It seemed every time he explored
Storybrooke a new area. This time he had been wandering around the docks when
he came across an open marketplace. It was filled with people milling around,
some buying, and some trading. It was a wonderful site that reminded him much
of his childhood. He was enjoying the sights and smells of home as he continued
to walk through. Turning a corner brought another new area filled with shops
and the like. There, off to the right, written in large bright lights was
Tiana’s place.
He was
drawn into the place by the aromatic smells of fantastic food. But more than
that, he had a feeling that it was here he would find some sort of treasure. He
was always one to trust those senses; after all it did involve treasure. He
entered the restaurant and was immediately hit with these warm feeling. The
place itself had a homey atmosphere and a feeling that everyone was welcome,
even him. He looked around the place, taking in his environment, and then his
eyes were drawn to the bar. There at the bar was a very familiar looking man,
especially in the familial sense.
He did a
double take making sure the man was actually there. None of his features
changed nor did the man disappear. He slowly walked towards the bar knowing
that he could be reunited with family; one he has been without for so long. He
came up behind the man and as if knowing someone was standing behind him he
turned around. He could not believe his eyes when they set upon him.
“Eric?” his voice stuttered in disbelief. Something he just
did not do, he was always confident.
“Killian!” His brother’s voice reached out to him. He had
not heard that voice in so long and he believed that it was one lost forever.
He lost one brother and he surely thought he lost another.
“Let’s take a seat brother.” Eric led him to a table with a
view out to the sea. A calming sight to the both of them. They spent many
adventures in and near the water.
“You’re alive?” He was still in a bit of shock. “How are you
alive?”
“It’s a long story Killian. Why don’t we order some food?”
His brother’s exasperated tone and look of tiredness stopped him from any
further comments.
“What is good here?”
“Everything that Tiana’s makes is amazing.” They eventually
ordered food and in the meantime Eric began to tell the story of what happened
to him. How he ended up in Storybrooke was another question and story all
together.
“It was shortly before losing our kingdom when I was
approached by a friend. He had asked me to become part of these knights to help
protect the realms. I took him up on the offer and then our kingdom was gone
shortly thereafter. I thought you were dead for the longest time.”
“You thought I was dead. I spent such a long time searching
for you.” Killian spat out in restrained anger. He spent so much time alone and
unsure if his family was alive. Even if he thought they were dead he still
searched for any hint of someone out there.
“I did and I wish that I had heard that you were alive. I
was transported into another realm and spent many years traveling through them
with the group of friends I had made. We were recruited for many jobs in many
different realms. I was on a mission at the time the curse hit and was not fast
enough to get away. I was transported here and became a fisherman working on
the docks. I’ve spent much of my Storybrooke life in this section, but I know I
need to find my way back to my friends somehow.” Eric told the story with
complete silence coming from his brother. Killian himself was lost in his head
and the meanings of his tales. He had been without his brother for so long and
now he had no idea what to do.
“Next you’re going to tell me that there are others alive
that I thought were dead!” He was filled with much anger at just the thought
that he had never knew.
“There might be. The realms are far enough apart, so there
very well could be.” Eric was trying to placate Killian. There was much he did
not understand and others that he would overcome. Inside Killian’s mind he hit
a road block. He registered a flash of red, but nothing more. It caused his
head to ache when he thought about it. It had never been like that before, he
felt that this was a much more recent instance. That whoever or whatever his
mind blocked had happened in the year back, but his entire being craved the
knowledge.
Eric could
tell his brother was having trouble remembering something, but he was able to
tell exactly who it was. In the time spent back in the Enchanted Forest, he had
met a certain mermaid again. He had been very angry to learn that she was still
alive and he had not known. All he knew is that Ariel decided he was not ready
to know about her again and caged all his memories of her. He hoped that she
would undo them soon before it caused his brother even bigger problems.
“Come on, you can stay with me.” Their food had finally
arrived, so he had them box it up to take with them. He paid for their meals
and led his brother away from the restaurant calling goodbye to Tiana on his
way out. He brought them to a place not far from the restaurant, a little shop
of trinkets where above it contained his apartment. It was in his spare room
that his brother would stay. The view from every room was of the ocean. In that
view, Eric spotted something shining and coming towards his dock. A message in
a bottle seemed to be his conclusion.
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