One has lost the love of his life. The other has lost her family. But fate pushes these two lost hearts together, and they realize that they can help each other find what they need. And so they set out on the adventure of their lives. Dear reader, do not expect the most romantic of love stories, for this is a tale of revenge and bloody tears. Alas, once upon a time ...

For as long as she can remember, Emma has waited for the day her life would begin. Ever since she was abandoned by Neal, their dreamcatcher has done the opposite of its job - caught the good dreams and given her the nightmares. Now, she finds herself stuck with Hook in a land she barely knows. Is it time for a new dream? (Inspired by Disney's Tangled - hidden lyrics in the fic!)

"When I was a boy, my father and I boarded a ship, with plans to travel the realms. One morning, I awoke and he was gone." Before he became Captain Hook, he was Killian Jones, a boy with dreams of traveling all of the seas with his papa. A few wishes upon a single star take the young boy on an adventure that makes him who he is today.

The surviving princess of a curse teams up with two pirates to find her family again, while the evil queen seeks to completely destroy her happy ending. Anastasia x OUAT (AU).

Emma is dead. When Hook walks into the cabin, Charming attacks him, accusing him of having killed her. But Charming must allow Hook to try something that just may save his daughter's life.

Unable to fall asleep, Hook decides to leave the docked ship and take a stroll by the forbidden lagoon, inhabited by mermaids and sirens. Blinded by his love for Emma, Hook unintentionally puts himself in danger.

Alone and without anyone who is capable of controlling magic, Emma finds herself on the Jolly Roger with a bleeding and badly injured Hook. Finding no other choice, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Nightmares of losing Henry and Neal plague Emma to the point that she fears falling asleep. In the middle of the night, she leaves the ship's sleeping quarters to clear her mind and runs into Hook, who cannot and does not sleep for the same reason.

After just having agreed not to kill each other, Rumpelstiltskin decides to pay Hook a visit in the captain's cabin. His love for his son leads the Crocodile to offer Hook reluctant (and unwanted) advice about love and Emma Swan.