Chapter 1

AN: This is the Prequel to my story A Second Chance. I only have the rights to my OCs Hadley and Conner.

10 years ago...

The party was in full swing. The small blue haired princess sat on a makeshift throne giggling as even the most ferocious of villains work to amuse her. Captain Hook stuck his head in Tick Tock's mouth for old times sake. The Gaston twins were taking turns stepping on each others face. Shere Khan was purring like a kitten while his cub, Conner, jumped on him and tugged on his ears. Children were running around screeching in joy as they cause chaos for the goblins.

Amongst the children running around, a tiny girl with arctic blue hair stood off to the side avoiding the other children. Her bright green eyes dart around as she glances at the other children, nearly all of the other children on the Isle. The only child missing being Mal.

Gaston Jr and Gaston the Third notice the tiny girl sticking on her own. They grin and stomp on over to her finding joy in the clear panic in her eyes. "Looks like the worm crawled out of her hole," Jr smirks as he grabs the front of her oversized bright blue shirt so she can't escape from him or his brother.

"Back off! Why don't you two just go back to showing off to Blueberry Princess over there," the tiny girl says trying to make herself look bigger by standing up straight.

"Hey idiots! The kid is under my protection!" states a boy the same size of the twins but with a leaner muscle. His tiger ears twitched as he crosses his arms glaring at the Gaston twins.

"Why should we, kitty boy?" Gaston the Third asks shoving the orange and black haired boy back.

"Unlike you, I have claws. The only one allowed to hurt members of my gang is me," he growls as one of his tanned hands morphs into a tiger paw with sharp claws.

The twins grumble and they drop the small bluenette. "This isn't over runt," one of them sneers before they walk off.

"I could have handled them," the girl says crossing her arms as she looks up at the older boy.

"I'm sure you could have," he says as his paw morphs back into a human hand.

"Hadley," she says after a moment sticking out her hand for him to shake.

"Conner," he grins shaking her hand. "Partners?"

"Yeah. Partners."