Cara had found out a couple of years ago that the man that raised her wasn't her father, not her real father. She did love him like a father and he did his best to raise her. He taught her how to wield a sword and even how to forge them as he was a blacksmith. She had discovered at a young age that she had magic and knew that she needed to learn how to use it. She had found Rumple and he had taught her for what seemed to be free of charge, always reminding her that all magic comes at a price.
She wondered why she had the ability for magic when her father didn't and for a time just figured that it must have come from her mother, who she assumed had died. She had never asked her father about it because they seemed to get along just fine. One day when she was getting ready to go to Rumple to train more she found a letter that her father was writing to the Evil Queen, Regina. She had questioned her father about it and he told her the truth about her mother.
Her mother was the Evil Queen and she had been forced to give her up because she was not the King's daughter but Regina's true loves'. She was torn for a while because she hated the idea that she had never gotten to know that woman that was her mother. Over time she had learned the more about the reason that Regina had married the King and what had happened to her real father. In the end hatred grew in her heart and she wanted to help her mother get revenge on Snow White.
Now it seemed that it might be too late as her mother had cast the Dark Curse and was gone to a world without magic. She happened to be on Neverland at the time of the curse so it did not effect her. She found out because she had been working for Pan when he began to look for a boy who was supposed to be the true believer. She was still working for Pan because Hook had left her here. She was going to kill him as well probably because he had promised to take her with him when he left.
She was near the shore as she saw Hook's vessel approach the island. Pan had told her to keep watch and stop anyone if they came ashore. She threw a fireball before walking out of the shadows, "Looks like Pan was right..." She stated walking towards the group. She only recognized Hook, "Now I should kill you Hook for setting foot here after what you did to me."
