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[itsapirateslife]

"Captain!"

Hook had been in his quarters on the Jolly Roger when the call came from Smee. He'd left his fellow pirate in charge of his new crew of lost boys and he couldn't help rolling his eyes. Usually a call like this meant something was broken or they needed the Captain to settle some point. They were still tied up to the docks of Storybrooke, honestly, how much trouble could these boy cause?

He grabbed his hook off his desk as he passed and screwed it into place before he took his coat off it's hook. Once he finally looked the part of the fearsome pirate Captain Hook, he found it helped his authority with boys if he played up the part, he strode out on deck. "Yes Smee...what is it?"

Smee hurried up to Hook, a dripping wet bottle in his hands. "Captain! I was teaching the boys how to use the fishing nets when one of them got this caught in the line. I don't kn..." He kept going but Hook wasn't listening anymore. He swiped the bottle out of Smee's hands, has he had a dark feeling that he knew what it was.

"Thank you Smee, go back to your nets. Let the Captain take care of this." Hook immediately returned back into his cabin and locked the door tight. If his hunch was right, he didn't want the Evil Queen or the Crocodile to get wind of this. He settled into his chair and looked the bottle over...and rubbed it.

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[itsapirateslife]

Hook watched the genie suck down the soda with a considering look as he sipped his rum. He only wanted the answer to a question.

"You've clearly heard of Storybrooke then." The non reaction was as much an answer as anything but it didn't hurt to be sure.

[heartlessknave]

"I was there for awhile, yeah," the Knave answered. Something occurred to him and he dug into his pockets and yep - still there. Maybe it was a good thing he was a genie and subject to Hook's whims - Granny couldn't get at him from here. He hoped, anyway.

"Interesting town."

[itsapirateslife]

"The question is, how did you escape it?" It wasn't exactly a town that one could leave easily, unless they had a magic pirate ship of course. "Not to mention that there is only genie that I've heard of in Storybrooke and his name is Glass. Not Will."

[heartlessknave]

"Yeah well, I weren't a genie then," the Knave sighed. "I was just sitting there, minding me own business when the White Rabbit showed up. He said a friend needed help and talked me into coming with him. He creates portals, don't ask me how and we jumped in."

[itsapirateslife]

"Right, of course, this is your first day." Hook said, not even bothering to hide his sarcasm as he grinned into his rum. "Must have been some friend if the end result was this." Hook didn't know of anyone he'd make that kind of sacrifice for.

[heartlessknave]

"Yeah, she is," the Knave answered. Alice was, well, a lot of things but she had gotten him his heart back and he was grateful to her for that, even if he hadn't gone so far as it put it back in.

[itsapirateslife]

"A she. Well, that explains it." A small smirk tilted the corner of Hook's lips. Love made people do stupid things, he'd be the first to admit it.

[heartlessknave]

"It ain't like that," the Knave said, guessing that Hook thought he and Alice had that kind of relationship. "She helped me out once and I owed her, that's all."

[itsapirateslife]

"Still a she. It's amazing what we do for the fairer sex, even if ain't like that." While he would never admit it, Hook was just as susceptible as any man. "Was she the genie you replaced?"

[heartlessknave]

The Knave just smiled wryly. That was true, all right, much more than he wanted to admit. He'd been perfectly happy sitting on his arse in Storybrooke, watching telly and occasionally lifting things from people. If Alice hadn't needed him, he'd be there still.

"It's a funny story, that. It was her genie," he answered. He wasn't exactly keen on giving Hook the gory details but he couldn't not answer, either. "Long story short, a wish made us change places."