Maria frowned as she watched "the outsiders" as the residents of storybrooke called them rush towards the docks with the mayors kid. She watched as they took out a bean-a bean! A smile grew on her face as she rushed towards the newcomers. Her hand tightened around her knife she had repossessed from Rumplestiltskin as she jumped into the portal the two adults had dragged the kid through. She would find a way back to her people, back to her land.
A girl with long black hair frowned at the dungeon the people of the land had trapped the magic user in. She stuck to the shadows and slipped by the guards as they switched shifts. She scoffed at them, just what kind of guards were these? She had trained her brothers far better than this. As she approached the cage the man in the cage frowned in her direction.
"Well your new dearie, what can I do for you" He rhymed out as he saw the girl sneak through. She was dressed in an animal skin dress with long pants underneath, a bow on her back, and daggers in her belt.
"Are you Rumplestiltskin?" The girl questioned him in a demanding voice.
"Well, that depends" Rumplestiltskin sang "on who are you" the girl smiled
"A girl trying to find her way home, can you help me?" She questioned him in a no-nonsense voice. The man looked at her curiously. "And just where is home for you?"
"Neverland" She replied with a voice of steel.
As Maria landed in the forest she smiled, a forest, this was a good idea. "This isn't the Enchanted Forest, it's Neverland" The man informed the mayors kid as Maria stood. The woman faced her and pointed a gun at her. "Who are you" Tamera eyed the dark-haired girl. She seemed way to happy to be here.
Maria grinned. "Wouldn't you like to know" She stood her full height and threw her boots and socks into some bushes. "Thanks for opening the door to home for me" She smiled at them, She turned to the mayor's kid.
"So why exactly did you want to bring Mills here?" She questioned them with a tilted head. "More importantly, what gave you the impression you could survive in Neverland?" The woman's hand tightened on the gun as the man faced her. "We're only here to destroy magic, then we leave. This is Neverland, the motherland of all magic." Maria stared at them blankly before bursting out laughing. Tamara and Greg stared at her before deciding she was crazy, and went to use a radio to contact home office while keeping an eye on the teen.
"An office in a jungle huh? Who works there" Mills asked the two sarcastically. Maria stopped laughing to give him an approving look.
The man looked at the boy. "It's not your concern kid, just know that they take care of us"
"Do they?" He questioned, can they tell you how to get home after you destroy magic?" The man gave him a superior look. "We don't ask questions, we just believe in our cause"
"What is this thing, a toy?!" the woman shouted out as sand came out of the radio she'd been trying to contact her 'home office' with. A look of understanding washed over Maria. 'So they're the only fools who bought into this, there isn't a group trying to destroy my home'.
"It's a good thing you don't ask questions"
She turned to Mills. "What's your name?" She questioned him with a small smile. He blinked. "I'm Henry, what about you?"
"Stop talking! and get up. Both of you. We're moving" Maria raised an eyebrow at him. "You're from here right? You could be useful to us, so you're joining us. She thought about it, before deciding seeing their faces when they discovered there was no home office would be worth it.
The girl stared as the man paced back and forth in his cage muttering to himself.
"You're from Neverland? He allowed you to live in Neverland?" She looked at him with disdain. "Let's get one thing straight magic user" she stared him down "No one allows me to do anything, I lived in Neverland because I wanted to, and I led my people. Whoever you think it is that has control over me, doesn't." The man stared at the girl before a grin appeared on his face.
"Oh he allowed you dearie, whether you're aware of it or not, the only question is, why?"
Maria wanted to laugh at the stupidity of these adults. They were actually building a smoke signal for their dear home office. how cute. She felt a rustle in the leaves and grinned before putting herself in a position to witness the show as the two adults debated the possibility of a setup.
Soon a group of boys appeared and Maria smiled as the man appeared to lose some faith.
"Who are you?" He asked the boy with the club as Maria snickered at him before shooting a knowing look at the boy who hadn't looked at her yet.
The boy widened his arms with a smirk. "We're the home office. Welcome to Neverland"
The woman frowned before looking at the man. "The home office is a bunch of teenagers?" Suddenly she swerved to look at Maria, pointing a gun at her. "You your one of them aren't you? Are tryng to pull one over on us?" Maria laughed "Trust me, they don't need me to pull one over on gullible fools like you. And they're not teenagers"
"They're the lost boys" Henry's voice filled with wonder. "Why do the lost boys want to destroy magic?" The woman turned to face them again.
"Who says we want to destroy magic?"The boy with the club looked up revealing his face in the hood. Maria grinned at the scar she'd caused. "Now hand over the boy" He looked at Maria for a second, but Maria gave him the deadpanned look of 'you don't honestly think these two have any control over me do you?' so he stopped with the boy.
The woman stared at him "Not until you tell us the plan for destroying magic and getting home" She stared him down causing the scarred boy to smirk.
"You're not going home" The woman pointed her gun at Maria while the man walked forward. "Then you're not getting the boy, and we'll shoot your little girl here. The boy laughed. "Of course we are" The shadow sprang forward at the same time as the womans shot at Maria. Maria simply used a knife to deflect the bullet and rushed forward, she vaguely heard Henry start running after seeing the mans shadow ripped off before she threw her dagger at the woman who was simultaniously shot up with arrows coated in dreamshade. She retrieved her knife before smirking at the lost boys chasing after Henry, leaving only the second in command, Felix.
"You're not chasing after him as well?" She questioned him curiously. He shook his head. "Where have you been all this time?" Felix questioned her, causing her to frown. "I'm afraid I'll have to fill you in later. The first person I tell, can't be you." She smiled at him before turning. "I'm afraid I'll have to reunite with you later though Felix, there's somewhere I need to go first" Felix frowned but made no move to stop her. "How will you find camp?" She looked over her shoulder. "You forget who I am, I'll find a way" she told him as she walked away.
The girl frowned as the magic user continued to theorize why she was allowed to stay in Neverland.
"It's my home, can you help me or not?" the man stopped
"Oh I can, tell me, I didn't catch your name dearie" She straightened
"My name is Pocahontas"