Chapter 15 - "I know what knots look like and their names?"

                                    

                                          
"Some of us knew him as Archie, others as Jiminy." Snow White said to the people of Storybrooke as they stood around his tombstone. "But we all knew him as a true friend!" 
                          
She didn't really know the man, but guessed she should show a little respect. After all, almost everyone was there. Judas stood beside her, being the only friend she had. She shivered slightly due to her arms and legs being exposed by her dark black lace dress and black six inch heels. 
                          
"And though he may be gone, he will always live on inside us," Snow trailed off as he voice began to crack. "Reminding is to be our best selves...to do the right thing, to always fight for what we believe in!" Snow sniffled as she wiped her face. "So we shouldn't think of today as goodbye, just as a way of saying...'Archie, we'll be listening'." 
                          
Atarah wasn't one to talk to Jiminy while in the enchanted forest, and she didn't talk to Archie due to being in a coma, thanks to the Evil Queen. But Judas said that she should go, it'd show the people of Storybrooke that she was trying to redeem herself. Trying to reform herself. 
                          
She was planning on going to the library to pay Belle a visit. They were friends in the enchanted forest after all, as Atarah was constantly at Rumplestiltskin's, whether it be that he wanted a favour, she wanted a favour or him pulling her away from where she was happy most. Belle would often be there to calm her down. They usually talked about their love of books. 
                          
Most people were leaving now, so she joined them and slipped away without Judas noticing. She couldn't do stuff like whatever he was doing. It made her feel weird. 
                          
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She was still in her black lace dress and six inch black heels from the funeral hours earlier. She was on her way to the library to go see Belle and probably have a look for a few books. As she got to the doors she heard commotion inside. 
                          
Suddenly the doors flew open and knocked her backwards onto the floor. The man had raven black hair and was wearing leather. He looked around for anyone that witnessed him there, when his eyes landed on the raven haired girl on the floor in all black. He watched as she stood up and dusted her dress off, she looked up and her was looking into a pair of sea green eyes. 
                          
Atarah immediately recognised the man standing before her. It was her brother. Her eyes widened in shock. She left him back in the enchanted forest, how was he here? Was Cora here too? "Killian?" She asked. Why was he in Storybrooke? 
                          
She stated to wonder why he was in there, then her mind flew to who he wanted revenge on. Rumplestiltskin. Belle. Then it snapped in her mind and she was angry he'd go after her friend. 
                          
The man simply smirked in answer and left. She was about to run after her brother, when she remembered Belle. She groaned before she ran into the library, which looked a little dishevelled. Her eyes landed on the lift doors. "Belle? Belle, are you in there?" Atarah asked as she simply pulled the doors open. Her eyes landed on the scared looking brunette on the lift floor. 
                          
"Atarah?" She asked, before she shot uo and pulled the raven haired girl into a hug, Atarah awkwardly returning the hug. "Where, is he? T-the p-pirate. He tried to kill me! Where is he?" Belle asked her old friend. 
                          
"My brother tried to kill you?" She asked in horror. "Oh, my god! Dirty, rotting, stinking, good for nothing brother and pirate!" She muttered angrily. 
                          
"Thank you, Thank you for coming!" She told the woman as she pulled away from the hug. "But, why would you help me? I'm the lover of the man who's ripped you from your happiness countless times, not to mention he gave you a memory potion!" 
                          
"Well, I was originally coming here to see you. Belle, just because you're with the man who has ruined my happiness, as you say, doesn't mean I won't come to my old friends aid when she needs it!" She told the woman. 
                          
Suddenly Rumplestiltskin ran into the library and Belle instant ran into his arms. "Belle!" He sighed in relief. "You've nothing to fear. I'm here now!" The man looked over at Atarah. "Thank you!" 
                          
She awkwardly nodded. "I'll just wait outside till you're done, I mean, I was gonna get a book!" She shrugged as she left the room and sat on a nearby bench, picking at her nails. 
                          
Soon after Rumplestiltskin came over to her. "Atarah, Thank you for going to Belle's aid. I don't know what I'd do if he had killed her. I owe you!" He told her. 
                          
"Don't worry. Though, if my brother had killed her, I would bring her back to life. I can sometimes bring people back after 15 minutes of being dead." She explained to him. He looked at the younger girl and wondered why he had always been so cruel to her in the enchanted forest. He guessed it was because of who she was. He knew she wasn't completely that woman anymore, she was when she was angry, he knew that. He was just happy that he doesn't get her angry anymore. 
                          
They said goodbye to each other and Atarah went back inside the library and looked for a good book to read. She ran her finger against the spines of the books, when something caught her eye. She narrowed her eyes at the title. 'OLYMPIAN GODS AND GODDESSES AND THEIR SECRETS'. She was confused and she went to grab the book and pulled it out. 
                          
She opened it up and one the first page was wrote. 'Whoever is reading this book, you're lucky you've found this book. An Olympian God or Goddess bothering you. Inside here is their secrets and their weaknesses. Their secrets. Worry not, no Olympian God or Goddess can read this book. If they try to grab it, a force field stops them.' Then under that one it said 'everything you need to know about the almighty gods who think they're better than us story book characters!' 
                          
She was gonna take this book. No way was this true. "Hey, Atarah!" Belle called out to her. 
                          
Atarah popped her head around the bookcase. "Yeah?" She asked the princess. 
                          
Belle held up a knot made up of rope. "You spent time on a pirate ship, The Black Pearl, right?" Belle asked her. 
                          
Thankfully, Atarah had her memories and did remember spending time of Jack Sparrows ship, but was rudely dragged away from. "Yeah, I did!" She answered. "Why? You need me to identify a knot?" 
                          
"Could you?" Belle asked her sheepishly. Atarah nodded happily and walked round the bookshelf and placed her book on the table as Belle handed her the knot. She instantly recognised the knot, that looked like a small fist. 
                          
"This is a Monkey's fist! Where'd you find this?" She asked the princess as she slipped her book into her bag. 
                          
"I found it under some of my books!" Belle answered with a small smile. Atarah furrowed her brows as to why she was smiling. 
                          
"Don't you see what this means?" Belle asked her gleefully. 
                          
"I know what knot look like and their names?" Atarah asked her with a raised brow. 
                          
"No!" Belle said as she took the knot from Atarah's hands. She showed it to her by waving it in her face. "It means Hook came here on his ship!" 
                          
She gasped. "He came here on the Jolly Rodger?" She asked. "We have to go and check. You Ok for an adventure?" She asked Belle with a mischievous smirk. "Because if you are, we're gonna sneak on my brothers ship!"