Dreams Come True:

Page 38: Conflicts and Parties... And Fish?

*That Night*

Hook stood on top of one of the sails, using his telescope to gaze over the town. He spotted Dream walking down the street, heading home from Granny's, where she spent the day telling her brother everything that happened in the Enchanted Forest. Hook smirked to himself, seeing the girl. He would still get her back from hitting him in the head with the compass. But he still needed her to get to Rumpelstiltskin.

He grabbed a rope, swinging down to the deck. He turned, seeing Cora walk towards him when she took Hook's hook to help her on the ramp that led to the deck. Hook followed her while they headed to the dock. "Well, my dear Cora. This is where we shall part ways... Thank you for everything, but it's time for me to skin my crocodile." Hook said when the two of them stopped to look at each other. Hook turned to leave, holding Dream's bracelet in his hand.

Cora, however, used her magic to appear in front of Hook, making him furrow his brows. "You might want to rethink this," Cora suggested, keeping her soft tone of voice. "We had a deal. Get out of my way." Hook said in a low, threatening tone. "Believe it or not, I'm doing you a favor." Cora smiled, making Hook scoff at her comment.

"By preventing my vengeance?"

"Ask yourself how I'm doing that," Cora said when Hook looked at her, sighing when he realized that she used magic to appear in front of him. "By using your dark magic..." He sighed when Cora nodded. "Exactly. Magic is here. And that makes matters a bit more complicated. If you go off half-cocked after an empowered Rumpelstiltskin, do you know what will happen?" Cora asked Hook, who clenched his jaw, looking away from her. "So, you do. Good." Cora smiled, making him look back at her.

"Hey. You folks need anything?"

The two of them turned to see a man who worked at the fishing quarry. "Tackle shop don't open until morning, but if you wanna go out and try and snare some of New England's finest pescatarian creatures, I'd be happy to open early for you." The man smiled, offering them help kindly. "No, thank you, we're fine." Hook sighed, being short so that the man could leave. "It's a fine vessel you got there; when'd you get in?" The man asked, looking at Hook's ship.

"What vessel?" Cora asked, making the guy raise his brow.

"Why, that one, right--" The guy stopped when Cora used his magic to make the ship disappear. "Hey! That's a neat trick. You some kind of magician back in our land?" The man asked, looking at Cora in awe, but she raised her hand again, turning the man into a large bass fish.

Hook moved to knock the man, who was now a fish, into the water, before turning to look at Cora. "What did you do with my ship?" Hook asked, looking at where his ship was just there. "I hid it from prying eyes. For what we both want to do, we need the element of surprise. Now, are you ready to listen to me?" Cora asked, smirking at the pirate, who sighed to himself.

"Go on, Your Majesty. What now?" He asked her when she used her magic to make Dream's bracelet appear in her hand.

"Let's go have a little look at this Storybrooke, shall we?" She said, starting to walk forward when Hook followed her.

*The Next Night*

Emma, Henry, David, and Mary Margaret walked into Granny's, where the town was throwing a "welcome home" party for Emma, Mary Margaret, and Dream. Ruby rushed over to hug Mary Margaret, who was her best friend in the Enchanted Forest, while David and Emma carried in food.

"I wasn't worried a bit." Ruby smiled while she still hugged Mary Margaret. "I can tell." Mary Margaret chuckled at her.

"Oh, we all missed you." Archie smiled, hugging Mary Margaret, while everyone hugged her and Emma.