Episode 33

**Episode 33** of Forever After is the thirty-third episode in the series.

## Summary

As Lea makes her way though the story of Aladdin, she ends up confronting a familiar opponent.

## Plot

Lea is making her way through a bazaar after nightfall, before the shadow of a very large hook has her quickly checking behind her, even though there was nothing there but merchants. Lea approaches the merchants and shows them a drawn picture of a young woman with a tiny striped cat. No one has seen the woman in her drawing, so she leaves the bazaar.

    Once away, Lea comments on the bad stench as she turns around to confront Captain Hook, drawing her sword. Hook draws her own sword as she replies that the trail of death Lea left behind was haunting and not that difficult to follow, and Lea has the confirmation that Hook has been with her as she worked on the story of *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves*. Captain Hook said that she had to see what Lea would do and lunges forward, forcing Lea to block the blow and fall to her knees from the strength.

Lea looks Hook in the eye as she asks if the pirate saw what she did to storybook villains and if she saw her future there. Hook replies that she saw bloodlust in Lea's eyes and loops her hook around Lea's sword as the girl trembles, stating that she has been waiting for someone like Lea to appear. Lea jumps back, leaving her sword in the Captain's Hook as she notes the woman's obsessive behavior, and asks about annoying her own protagonist.

Hook scoffs at the idea of annoying Peter Pan, finding that playing hide-and-seek for eternity with a child has grown old as she tosses Lea's sword aside. Lea nervously makes a jab at Hook's age as she draws a new sword from her book, and Hook easily counters that experience wasn't a bad thing.

Lea goes on the offensive and tries to defeat Hook, but the pirate catches Lea's sword with her hook again, adding that she has learned a few things from being around for so long, like how to spot a struggling Prince Charming.

Lea pulls away again, sarcastically thanking Captain Hook for the fake concern, and Hook replies that she knows a Lost Boy when she sees one. Lea growls in anger, but falls back when Hook swings her sword dangerously close to Lea's feet.

    Hook asks Lea if she was having trouble finding Aladdin, and Lea demands to know why she would look for Aladdin when she was the prince. Hook mocks Lea's lack of the basic knowledge of Forever After, but explains that since Aladdin is the main character who gets the happily-ever-after, Lea can't be her. Lea would only become the "prince" of the story when the protagonist is a princess who receives her happily-ever-after from her prince, and when there is no prince in the story, otherwise she was just a background extra.

Lea thinks back to the stories she has completed with no prince, like Red Riding Hood and Momotaro, and understands things better. Lea thanks Captain Hook for tipping her off that she should be looking for Aladdin instead of Jasmine, and Hook raises her sword to block another strike from Lea as she points out that the actual name of the princess was Badroulbadour, realizing that Lea had never read the stories, much to the girl's embarrassment.

Hook advances on Lea, commenting that the Prince Charmings who haven't read the original stories don't last long. Lea replies that she didn't care about the fairy tale stuff and was just there to break things as she points the tip of her sword at Hook's neck. Hook, not bothered by this, pulls off a maneuver and pulls Lea's sword from her hand before commenting that the Fates only bring people to Forever After if they are the ones that are broken, and rams the hilt of her sword into Lea's chest.

Lea falls to her hands and knees, coughing, as Hook stands over her as she declares Lea has lost. Breathless, Lea tells Hook to make it quick, but the Captain refuses, saying that if she kills everyone she bests, Forever After would only have ghosts. Hook turns away and leaves, telling Lea that there was no way she could improve if she was dead, leaving the shaken Prince Charming alone on the street.

## Important Events

* Lea begins the story of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

## Characters

Lea

Captain Hook

Peter Pan (mentioned)

Momotaro (cameo)

Aladdin (mentioned)

Badroulbadour (mentioned)

Sangira

## Credits

*Written by Violet Matter*

*Storyboarding by Valery Yu*

*Art by Hannah Patten*

Backgrounds by Megan Roberts

*Lettering by Kylie Hunsinger*

*Copy editing by Kat Vendetti*

*Produced by Quinn Sosna-Spear and Wil Kennedy*

## Trivia

* The drawing Lea had was of Princess Jasmine and Rajah from the Disney adaptation of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp