"Come on out, Dearie, no use hiding from me." Rumplestiltskin stood up proudly, his hands moving in a circular flourish in front of him as his hiding companion dropped down from one of the trees. Rumplestiltskin could only grin at the sight of his companion, who to most looked like quite a fright. While she was small and appeared to only be about fifteen years of age, she was still frightening to look at. Her lips were sewn shut, as were her eyes, and down the center of her forehead was one large eye that frantically looked every which way every few seconds.
"You are very unfun, Rumple." Slowly the small girl's lips and eyes began to unsew themselves and the eye in the center of her forehead closed. Her once grey skin became pink with life and she actually looked normal, if not for the odd looking scar where her forehead eye had once been.
"Now, Dearie, if you wish for some fun, I know exactly where to send you!" Rumple grinned as his companion scoffed and rolled her eyes. "I highly doubt Wonderland will be wanting me back so soon, Rumple." She smirked as Rumple stopped his usual flourishing movements. "So, you have figured out a way there and back without the use of a hat, then?" Rumple's usual grin was replaced with a frown as the young girl smirked and carefully drew a line across her neck with one hand, while lifting her head from her shoulders with the other.
"You can say a friend there taught me a few more tricks." She giggled as she kept her head in her hand, holding it up by her own hair before holding her head in front of her person. "A few more than you could have taught me. Really nifty tricks for someone like me, after all." She lifted her head and set it back upon her shoulders, watching as Rumplestiltskin's expression briefly became curious, but before it could stick around, it left.
"Well, enough of the tricks and games, what do ya want?" Rumple stared at the girl as she smiled widely and pulled something from the satchel at her side. "I'm tired of the Enchanted Forest, and I'm tired of Wonderland. I'm tired of pretending to be that Queen's pet. I want to go somewhere no one can find me, but I can find others." She smirked as she tossed a book to Rumple, who opened it and froze. He scowled before fishing for something in his pockets. Quickly he tossed it to the girl, who stared at the small object, shocked. "Well, this is a surprise. I think I'll be leaving now, thanks for the business." She grinned and dropped the object and watched the world beneath swirl rapidly. Without a second though, she leaped into the swirled earth and found herself somewhere else entirely.
When she had emerged from the world she once knew, she was rather confused. Instead of dirt and trees, there was sand and hot sun. Her bare feet felt on fire and briefly she wondered how that could smell. Rather than waiting around to find out how burning flesh smelt like, she darted into the tree line.
Briefly she wondered where Rumple could have possibly sent her. Did he send her to a place without magic? All it took was a brief moment's concentration and she knew magic was strong where she was. It vibrated softly though the island, through every plant and grain and it stemmed from a certain area on the island.
"Someone with magic, strong magic. Oh a kindred spirit?" She let herself fall forward and made no motion to stop herself with her arms. She fell flat against the ground, then turned her head so that she may listen to the magic in the ground beneath her. Briefly she saw flashes and the eye upon her forehead briefly blinked. There were boys, lots and lots of boys and this made her grow worrisome. If there were no girls, then surely she wouldn't be welcomed. And if she was, she would probably have to do something for the boys and that idea alone was gross.
Quickly she leapt to her feet and smiled. Her appearance quickly shifted and instead of looking like a young, teenaged girl with long auburn hair and slight curves, her hair became short and black. Her hazel eyes became a dark brown and her figure lost its curviness and she truly looked like a boy. She cleared her throat and was just a slight bit surprised by the masculine sound.
"Well this is interesting." She smirked at the deepness of her voice and the odd vibrations she felt in her chest as a result. Now she understood why people talked so much, the feel of the vibration in her chest was lovely and she could definitely get use to it.
"You could say that." She jumped and turned on her heel, her head tilting as she spotted a group of boys with large hoods creeping closer. She grinned happily and threw her arms into the air. "People! Hello! I thought myself alone! How glad am I to find you all." She grinned widely at the sound of her deep voice as the boys inched closer to her. Briefly she wondered if they might have seen her change, but that could not be possible.
"You talk weird." One of the younger, or presumably younger by his short stature next to the largest boy holding a large club, boys spook up as she let out a soft chuckle. "Talk weird? No, I speak weird. Now, who are you fellows? Surely you have names. Mine is-" She paused and froze as she realized she had not thought out any good sounding male name. "Odd. I must have hit my head, I can't remember my own name!" She grinned happily as the boys seemed to murmur among themselves before the largest stepped forward.
"Shut up. We're taking you to see Pan. We didn't see the Shadow bring anyone here, so you have to explain how you got here." The largest explained as she laughed and shook her head. "Explain? I got here through magic! How else? This place is just… full of magic. It really is wonderful." She snickered as the largest growled and moved to swipe at her, but before he could land a hit, she teleported behind him and shoved him forward with a chuckle.
"Too slow, too slow! Want to play? Cat and mouse. Cats and mouse. Mice and cat. You chase me, I chase you, who'll win, I wonder?" Her deep voice continued to vibrate and she found herself enjoying it more and more, but before she could say much anything else, the largest boy let out a growl and was after her now. She laughed loudly and began to run away from him and his people.
She listened as the largest of them stayed on her tail, while the smaller few had issues keeping up. When she was sure she was far enough away from them, she appeared behind the club carrying male. She was shocked as he lifted his club and smashed it right against her head. She let out a wail as her head fell from her shoulders and rolled away.
"You know, it's rather impolite to go beheading those who only wish to play." She offered as she picked up her male head and set it back on her shoulders with a frown. "Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves. Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe: All mimsy were ye borogoves; and ye mome raths outgrabe." She suddenly spoke out, before bursting into laughter at the strange look on the large man's face.
"You look curious, you know? Last person… No, not person. Cat? Yes, last cat I met, who taught me that very song, when curiosity got the better of him, just as it had the girl… Well." She paused in her rambling, grinning wildly as she dragged a nail across her neck, right where her head had severed from her neck just moments before. "I killed him!" She grinned happily and leaned away from the large man before letting out a long sigh.
"I have grown unentertained. Bring me to this Pan, fellow. Does he have Pots, I wonder? Pots and Pans. I used those to cook once. Got messy, said I couldn't go about throwing utensils. S'not my fault they were late for food. I had spent so long cooking." She sighed as the large male roughly gripped her wrist and began to lead her in the direction of where she assumed this Pan fellow could be. As she was roughly tugged along, she noticed the rest of the boys who had disappeared not too long ago were joining the large fellow in his quest to bring her to Pan.
As she was roughly tugged, nearly being knocked onto her feet quite a few times, she began humming in her deep voice before breaking out into a familiar, jaunty tune she so did love.
"Twas bryllyg, and ye slythy toves. Did gyre and gymble in ye wabe: All mimsy were ye borogoves; and ye mome raths outgrabe."
I wonder who this magic user could be and how she is associated to Wonderland, if she's associated at all? Currently in a guise of a deep voiced boy in the land of Neverland, will we ever find out who she may be? Feel free to either stick around and find out, assuming there is an answer. Only thing to be known is this is going to be one hell of a wild ride, and I do hope you stick around to enjoy it!