Good Friday my fellow Oncers!
So here is the first chapter to Dark Shadows Season 3!
Smaug makes his first appearance. He reunites with Zila in this chapter. I only own my OC's, Smaug and other Once characters belong to J.R.R. Tolkein and Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis. Benedict Cumberbatch will Smaug's voice in this story.
Zila's POV
I held onto Rumple tightly as the Jolly Roger was being guided through the portal. The whole way Dakota remained asleep in my arms. Then after what seemed to be an eternity the ship came out of the portal and settled into a vast ocean.
"Some ride" I said as I released myself from my husband's grasp.
"Look ahead love" Rumple said nodding ahead. I turned to see the infamous island of Neverland, to be honest it feel spooky. I then felt something deep within my mind calling out to me. I had no idea what it was but it felt like someone or something was in pain. I was so lost in my thoughts my attention was brought back when I heard Hook say.
"Oh that's a great use our time a wardrobe change"
I turned to Rumple and my eyes widened when I noticed my husband was in his former travel attire he wore when we were back in the Enchanted Forest.
"I'm gonna get Henry" Rumple said to everyone.
"We agreed to do this together" Regina argued.
"Actually we made no such agreement" Rumple told her coolly.
"Why are you doing this?" Emma asked to Rumple.
Rumple turned to the Savior and replied back to her.
"Because I wanna succeed"
"What makes you think I'm gonna fail?" Emma demanded sounding impatient. While Rumple was talking to Emma, I suddenly felt the same thing I sensed earlier calling to me. I then smelled blood and I looked down to see my palm was bleeding. Rumple healed the cut before looking up to me.
"What is it dearie?" Rumple asked me after he finished arguing with Emma.
"I don't know love, but something is calling to me from the island and it's something I just cannot ignore"
Another wave of pain hit me and I knew I just couldn't stay on this ship. "Rumple I can't stay on this ship I need to find out what the hell is going on"
Rumple nodded but he then looked to our daughter.
"Just make sure you keep her with you at all times, I don't want Pan getting near her" my husband said.
"So wait Zila you're going to the island as well?" Hook asked me. I turned to the pirate.
"I'm not afraid of what's on the island Hook, and if anyone tries to rip my daughter from my grasp I'll kill them personally"
At that moment Dakota woke up from her slumber and she began to squirm before she whined a little.
"She's hungry" Rumple said with a chuckle. He then bent his head down and kissed her tiny forehead before he planted a kiss against my lips. The kiss lasted for another second before Rumple disappeared into a cloud of crimson smoke his cane make a thud on the deck. Dakota stopped whining but that didn't mean she was impatient.
"Zila you can use my cabin to feed her" Hook said to me. I turned to the pirate and gave him a thank you nod.
I then excused myself so I could tend to my daughter's needs. Once I entered Hook's cabin I shut the door behind me and sat myself on the bed and unwrapped the blanket from around Dakota's tiny form. I then lowered my tank top and then I placed Dakota near my right breast and she latched on easily.
"Ow!" I said noticing I swore I felt teeth. The door opened and in came Emma.
"She's a good baby" the Savior said as she shut the door behind her.
"She was back in the Enchanted Forest" I said as Dakota continued to nurse. "She rarely cried at all and she aged very quickly"
Emma smiled as she watched Dakota continuing to nurse from my breast. Then my daughter had enough and I put my tank top back on properly before I placed her onto my shoulder to burp her. It didn't take long for a tiny burp to be heard. I then looked inside Dakota's mouth and sure enough there was several teeth forming including her four canines.
"May I hold her?" Emma asked.
I nodded and I stood up walking over to the Savior. I placed my child into her arms and Emma smiled even more as Dakota looked back at her. The newborn then smiled and I felt that she liked Emma.
"She likes you" I told the blonde.
"She's adorable I guess she won't be in the stage of infancy for very long"
"You got that right" I joked before Emma handed Dakota back to me. I still had the bag that Athena brought with baby stuff; if necessary I could use my magic to tend to her needs. Emma then excused herself before I had to take care of something else with my daughter. Then I summoned my black leather jacket onto me and I held my daughter tight as I used my magic to transport myself off of the ship. My magic transported me to the middle of a jungle. Masamune hung around my back as I focused my attention to where the pulling of whatever was calling was coming from. The cries of birds filled my ears before I sensed the pull was coming from left. I started to walk through the jungle ignoring the many plants and what not that crossed my path. It wasn't humid thankfully and I actually felt cold underneath my jacket. Whatever was calling to me led to a cave dark as night.
"What the f**k?" I asked to myself. While one arm held my sleeping daughter the other summoned a torch with a flame. I then cautiously entered the dark cave and continued into its depths. I felt I was getting closer to whatever made me come here to the island. The cave then became a huge cavern with many other entrances and I growled. Then a faint but familiar scent caught my nose and I almost dropped my daughter recognizing it.
"It can't be" I said as followed the scent trail through the cavern and into tunnel that was alit with various torches. I then came upon another cave only it was bigger, and the whole room was lit up.
"So you've come for me" I jumped out of my skin at the thing that spoke. At first I looked ahead and didn't see anything, and then my eyes caught garnet red colored scales. A huge dragon was lying on the cave ground with a chain around its neck; in fact there were two chains that pinned the great beast down. The dragon had golden colored scales from its neck all the way to its tail. Its wings were in bad shape and cuts and bruises were visible, as was blood. The dragon had a reptilian face and it had many horns on its head. Its eyes were like a golden fire with a black slit in the middle, and a single scar rested on the left side of its breast, in its encrusted jeweled scales. Tears came to my eyes as I walked over the dragon's head.
"Smaug is that really you?" I asked.
"Who else would it be?" came the sarcastic but yet teasing tone from the dragon. I then set down my torch and stomped out the flame before I came to Smaug's face. I held my hand out and it touched his snout. Smaug then moved his snout forward and he nudged my face before he licked it. I then buried my face against his scales.
"Oh gods I have missed you" I said now not helping the tears flowing down my face.
"I have missed you as well Zila" Smaug said simply.
Before the curse my father had sent me up to this cave located at least an hour's ride from the castle in Avonlea. From what I had heard there had been a dragon that had killed a group of thieves and it collected their treasure. Also rumors said that the dragon was intelligent and it was big. I remembered when I first entered Smaug's main treasure chamber I had been dumbfounded at the many jewels and what not that was in the cave. Smaug then had sensed my presence and he had lifted his head out of the bed of coins. He had accused me of being a thief which I had reassured him I wasn't. Smaug then taunted me that I had come to kill him. When I had enough of his taunts, I had made an attempt to kill him, but the dragon had caught me with his tail and threw me back to the ground saying no blade could pierce his armor. It had been true because Masamune could not pierce his skin. I had then noticed his wounds and had offered to heal them, but Smaug being the stubborn beast that he was refused before me made me leave. A few days later I returned to the cave much to Smaug's displeasure and he allowed me to tend to his wounds. Then I had hunted for him and you could sort of say was how our relationship began.
Trust me the two of us didn't bond right away, we would always have our spats, arguments, me occasionally storming out of his cave due to his rudeness. But eventually trust was formed between the two of us, and Smaug made an offer to me, he would not kill anyone in this new land if he could just live his days out in peace. Father was unsure of this offer, but decided to chance it. Smaug had kept to his word and didn't kill anyone; he only killed for the need to hunt. A year after we met when the ogre's war started, Smaug asked me if I wanted to ride him to kill the ogre's. Earlier he had asked me to be his rider and I accepted. But here's the thing Smaug only allowed me to ride upon him and no one else. In fact when other people were around he was his usual jerk of a self, which was understandable. However whenever he was around me he minded his manners.
Throughout the first few months of the war, Smaug was a miracle. He would burn down the armies with his fiery inferno, all sort of weapons were used on him, but they simply deflected off of his scales until one battle the ogres used some kind of weapons infused with magic and these would pierce Smaug's hide. In fact he got so badly injured I thought he would die. Smaug didn't want to leave battle but I made him retreat due to his injuries. It took almost a week for his wounds to finally heal. However with the ogres getting bolder, it was decided that Rumplestiltskin would be needed.
"How did you get here?" I asked Smaug as I examined the chains on his neck.
"Pan used some kind of spell to bring me here" Smaug said weakly. "The little brat thought he could use me like some sort of secret weapon and I told him to f**k off"
This made me smirk; Smaug had inherited my bad language.
I then waved my hand close to where the chain holder was around Smaug's neck and the chains fell off. Smaug then lifted his head and he shook his neck glad to be freed from his chains.
"Do you know how long you have been here?" I asked my friend as I examined his wounds.
"Alas I do not know, I want to return to the Enchanted Forest soon, I have younglings"
This made me turn to face him.
"You found a mate?"
Smaug nodded.
"I found my true mate, however she died giving life to our eggs"
Dragons had one true mate like my kind did, sometimes some dragons couldn't bear the life without their other half, while some could.
"I'm so sorry to hear that, how young are your hatchlings?"
"They are five years, their old enough to hunt and care for themselves, but not old enough to leave the nest"
"From the way you speak about you must love them"
"I don't know what you speak of" Smaug said with a snort. I only rolled my eyes this was a typical Smaug comment.
Smaug's golden eyes then went to Dakota who I held in one arm.
"Is that?" he asked.
"It's Dakota remember Rumple made an adjustment to the curse before it was cast so she would be reborn, and here she is, I just gave birth to her" I told him.
"That's not possible she looks like she is only two months of age" Smaug said looking up to me. I chuckled before placing a hand onto his snout once more.
"She ages at a fast rate my friend, now will you let me tend to your injuries?" I asked him. Smaug snorted which meant a yes. His first wound was near his scar so I tended to it first. But this time I used my magic to heal it away before I did the same with the others. Smaug gave a satisfied growl as each wound closed and new scales appeared. Then the fire drake used his wings to get himself to stand. Now that he was healed Smaug looked proud and magnificent as he always had been.
"Why are you here Zila?" Smaug asked me as he opened his wings to stretch them.
"Some people who worked for Pan took my grandson" I told the fire drake who then shot me a WTF look.
"You're a grandmother?" Smaug inquired not believing his ears.
"Rumple was able to find his son and his son is the birth father of my grandson who is named Henry"
"Ahhh I think I understand Pan mentioned that Neverland's magic was getting weaker and that only the heart of the truest believer could restore Neverland to its former glory"
"God damn it!" I snarled and a candle behind me suddenly went out.
"Try and calm yourself you don't want to frighten your youngling" Smaug suggested and I felt my face turn red. "I see your temper is the same"
"Says the dragon who wields the same temperament" I teased Smaug back. Smaug only chuckled before he gave me a more serious look.
"I sense other humans on the ocean who else came with you?" Smaug asked.
"Snow White, her mate Prince Charming, Regina, Emma who is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, Hook, and Rumple himself"
"Why is Regina here?" Smaug growled.
He never liked Regina the main reason was because the curse separated me from him.
"She is Henry's adopted mother, and Emma is his birth mother"
"Ahh I see and I take it Henry is your grandson?" Smaug questioned.
"That he is" I confirmed.
"You're awfully young to be a grandmother Zila" Smaug teased and I playfully smacked his nose. He responded with a gently growl and he licked my face with his black tongue. I chuckled as he did this.
"Rumple is also here he's trying to find Henry at the moment"
"I look forward to seeing him again, he is the only other being I like, other than your daughter, she's precious by the way" Smaug then nudged Dakota gently with his snout. Dakota opened her eyes when Smaug had nudged her. Both dragon and infant looked into others eyes, Dakota smiled before she yawned and went back to sleep.
"I can sense her magic, also I feel a fast growing rate" Smaug said looking back to me.
"That's because she's half immortal giving birth to her was a bitch"
Smaug only rolled his eyes at my profanity use before he nudged my face with his snout. I then rested my head against it and closed my eyes. I felt safe with this fierce, but yet dangerous creature at my side. The two of us remained like that until he pulled away.
"Shall we leave these caves I have been here long enough there is another cave on this island that is big enough to hide me in" Smaug said.
"I will make sure you get back to your children Smaug you have my word"
"I know you will" Smaug answered before he closed his wings and he neared me with his left. He extended it so I could climb onto it. I made him wait a moment and I conjured a baby sling and I put it around my neck, before placing Dakota into it. I then used a spell that would make Dakota not fall from the sling once Smaug was in flight. I then climbed up onto Smaug's wing and pulled myself onto his back. I put my legs to Smaug's sides and made Dakota was safe in her sling before I grabbed a couple of neck spikes with my hands. Smaug then opened his wings before he began to walk forward using his wings.
It felt weird being on his back again after twenty-eight years. Smaug easily stomped through the tunnels and through the cavern before he came upon the cave entrance. Using his back legs he jumped into the sky. Being back in the air with the fire drake was incredible. The sky was still dark and Smaug flapped his wings every few minutes to keep us air born. Up ahead I saw the Jolly Roger and Smaug growled.
"What is it?" I asked him.
"Some of Pan's magic" the dragon answered as Smaug came to a halt in the air still flapping his wings frequently. I looked from his back and saw that a storm was brewing in the sky, near the Jolly Roger and near us.
"Shouldn't you fly somewhere else" I asked the fire drake.
"The storm will fade shortly, and now that I'm free from those chains I can use my magic to protect you and your daughter" Smaug said. I then noticed Emma falling into the water and I watched in horror as her father went into the ocean to go after her.
"What a foolish human" Smaug growled meaning Emma. "These waters are filled with mermaids who would happily tear your friend from limb to limb"
This was true from Rumple told me the mermaids in Neverland were just as bad as Pan himself. Thankfully I saw David holding Emma close to him, Smaug and I watched as he was pulled back onto the Jolly Roger.
"What is the human female's name with again with the blonde hair?" Smaug asked turning to me.
"Her name is Emma" I answered him.
"Either she is very brave or very stupid, if that male human hadn't jumped into the water she would have been dead" Smaug growled. The storm then began to clear and Smaug let out a loud roar. No doubt the others on the boat saw his enormous form; Smaug then began to fly forward again. He flew us over the Jolly Roger before he turned us back towards the island.
"Wherever you are Pan I'm not afraid of you" I said to myself.
"And shall I cross paths with him I shall make him burn!" Smaug said before he roared out again. "And I shall kill whom I wish that dares harm you, your mate, or your youngling"
That comment made me smirk.
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Pan better watch out now that Smaug has been freed, and I would be scared if this dragon would crossed my path!
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