We all hung out around a clearing, where they chose to set up camp. After the pirate had woken up, they had set a rule that we both would stay away from each other. Now I sat on a log beside the Queen, who asked me questions continuously.
"So what else can you do, besides your enchanted voice?"
" I was born with light magic, I was taught dark magic by Pan, I have a phenomenal talent for healing magic, and I can charm speak." I said slightly bragging.
"Damn, you could probably take Rumple." She chuckles.
"You know the Dark One?" I ask, snapping my head to look at her.
"Of course, he came here with us. Why?" She questioned suspicious.
"Here?"
"Yes." She said, with suspicion still present.
"Interesting." I say, thoughtfully, slowly turning to face forward once more.
Suddenly there is a rustling in the bushes. Lost boy's jump out. All of a sudden everyone has surrounded me.
"Oh god." I say exasperated.
"What?" The blond, Emma they call her, snaps.
"I'm not a child! I swear to god if you coddle me…" I threaten
"Well, you look 13, so excuse us!" She snaps again. The boys look between us all, confused.
"FIne. If me being 13 is going to cause problems, thats an easy fix.". I make quick work of the confused boys, using my magic to tie them up. I wave my arms across each other, in front of my body, letting the smoke of my magic, engulf me. When it dissipates, the 13 year old is gone, replaced by 30 year old. Though you could still see my mother in me, I was truly my father's child.
My pitch black hair, was grown out to waist, and completely straight. My skin was still slightly tan, from the constant exposure. My eyes had become a more vibrant green, highlighted by my ridiculously long, black eyelashes. I was tall for 13, so I only grew a couple inches to 5.7. My body filled out, leaving me in a crop top that was more of a bandeau, and extremely short shorts.
I smirked in triumph as all 3 men looked at me in awe. Then I remember one is my father, and another is my brother. With a quick wave of my hand, my clothes change to leather lace up pants, a blood red blouse, and a black vest.
"Stop oggling me. Especially you. You're married." I snap, pointing at Charming. They all turn their gazes away, except Baelfire. I scowl at him, before I see the realization in his eyes, so I walk at him, fast. I grab him by the arm, and drag him into the forest much to everybody's surprise. Most knew better than to follow, and so they also held Emma back.
"You better keep your mouth shut!" I yell in a hushed whisper.
"Oh my god." He said, blankly, staring past me.
"Are you hearing me, you half-witted scut? One word, and I'll rip your throat out with my teeth!" I hiss.
"I have a sister." He says blankly again.
"No, really! You wanna yell it any louder?"
"But, how?" Now slightly in awe.
"Bae," I say in a soft, mocking voice "When a mother and father love each other very much…"
"Stop! That is NOT what I meant! Can you take this seriously!" He exclaimed distraught.
"Fine" I hiss. "You want to know so bad? Your mother left your father for my father. Well, they had a kid. That's that."
"Obviously it's not." He threw his hands up in the air. "Where were you raised? Why are you in Neverland? Why are you hanging around you father, and somehow he has no idea who you are?"
"I was raised at sea, obviously, and as for the last two questions," I put a finger on his chest. " you can thank your father for those." I growled.
"What did he do?" He asked, looking at me, slight fear in his eyes.
"He came after us. Mother had us return to your village so we could take you with us. Your father saw my father and challenged him to a duel. My father and our mother didn't want me in the crossfire. They sent me through a portal that was supposed to take me to the land without magic, but I ended up in Neverland instead. They took a memory potion to forget me, so your father could never know I existed. Obviously the potion worked."
"That was the day he…." Baae trailed off. I got worried.
"He what?" He looked unsettled."Baelfire, what did he do?". He turned his back to me.
"He killed her." He muttered so low, I almost didn't hear.
"He killed her?" I ask, distraughtness showing.
"I'm sorry." He said, turning back to her.
"My father, where does stand ? Is he fighting to avenge her?" I ask, all despair gone.
"He did, for a very long time, until he met Emma." He says, angrily.
"And, what? He gave it up for a woman?" I growled.
"A taken girl at that.". I hadn't seen Emma with anybody, and I would assume someone she dated would go on a dangerous to protect her.
"Who's taken her?"
"Me, obviously." He said confused at my confusion.
"Uhhh, right. You keep Emma. My father and I have to attend to other things." I said, patting him on the shoulder.
"I could question it, but somehow i think I'm better off not knowing." He said, rolling his eyes. He turned and walked back towards the group. I moved to follow, before a voice interupted.
"Good luck with your new team then. I doubt you'll be getting Henry back any time soon anyhow." The devil spoke. I looked around.
"Show yourself, coward." I barked.
"I was good to you, Clara. I took care of you." He said, disapointedly.
"Your a liar." She snarled. He continued, ignoring her.
"If you think you don't need me anymore, you must be dreaming.". She was done.
You bought a star
in the sky, tonight
because your life is dark
and it needs some light
You named it after me
but I'm not yours to keep
cause you'll never see
that the stars are free
Oh we don't know our heavens now
we only know our hell
and if you don't know that by now
then you don't know me that we'll
All my life I've been so lonely
All in the name of being holy
still you'd like to think you know me
You keep buyin'stars
You could buy up all the stars
but it wouldn't change who you are
you're still living life in the dark
Its just who you are,
You're buying stars to shut out the light
We come alone and alone we die
And no matter how hard you try
I'll always belong in the sky
And you could buy up all of the stars,
But it wouldn't change who you are.
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
"I get it, I get it. If you think it's going to change my mind, your sadly mistaken. Good luck with your new team. I think you might have some luck in the Echo Caves." She could practically feel the anger he had for her, radiating, until he disappeared.
"Ruttish half-faced beef-witted craven." I mutter, returning to the clearing, with the rest of the group.
"Alright, listen up. Pan just came to chat with me."
"And? What did he tell you?" Regina demanded.
"Exactly where Henry is."
"What? Where? What are we standing here for, lets go!" Mary-Margaret said excitedly.
"It's just not that simple. Before we do anything, we need an escape plan.". This was going to be my life, these idiots.
"Do you have one?" Emma looks at her expectantly.
"Perhaps. If we go to the mermaid lagoon, we can seek their help." Everybody looked at me like I was insane. Hook came forward to clear up my confusion.
"Sorry, love, but last time we had a run in with the sea devils, it didn't go so well."
"Well, they actually trust me, so I can probably get them to help us out." I say, walking over and start packing our minimal amount of supplies.
"We're going now?" Charming questions.
"Well, I assumed you wanted to find Henry as fast as possible, and leave here, do you not?" I say, pausing to look at him, raising my eyebrows.
"Let's go. I won't sit here, getting nowhere while my son is probably caged up in the Echo Caves." Regina snapped, coming over to help me.
"Our son." Emma butted in, coming to help us.
…..
"Here we are. Mermaid Lagoon." I say, looking around me.
"I don't see any mermaids…" Charming said, looking around.
"Well, they don't just hang out in the open. Come on." I said, asI walked through the waterfall. They hesitantly followed through. They looked around in awe of the cave, glittering with the reflection of the water. Still, the cave was empty.
'What…" Charming began, before the soft echos of their music began.
" They wish to make sure it's truly me. My voice is something no imposter can replicate." I explain before I start.
In the valley of the dolls we sleep, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me, of me
Born with a void, hard to destroy with love or hope
Built with a heart, broken from the start
And now I die slow
Voices from within the caves, startup to join me.
In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley
By now, the mermaids hhave come out. They lounge in the water, or sit atop the rocks.
"Pirate, what brings you to us, with these, land scum." One of the mermaids spat.
"Yeah, yeah, they're jerks. Look, as much as you hate them, would you help me out?"
"What is it you need?" She asks me, seeming reluctant.
"A portal. We will be leaving Neverland soon."
"Ah, you've finally left the clutches of Pan?" She says, bemused.
"Yes. I think I've paid my dues." I say, grinning back at her.
"Very well, take this." She says, throwing a magic bean at me.
"Don't you dare tell me you've had this all along." I look at her in disbelief.
"In Neverland, magic beans need a large amount of power. Now that you're traveling with the saviour, and the queen, you have enough to make it work" She explained.
"Well then, thank you. I owe all of you my life. Feel free to visit in this new world." I say shooing the group out of the cave.
"Another time, Pirate." She speaks to me as we leave.
Once we've left, we go straight to the echo caves. I know what's coming, yet my brain is still trying to think of a way to get out of this. The only way would be to abandon the group, and take the bean for herself, but she would never leave an innocent child to the fate Pan had in mind for Henry. So for Henry, she would suck it up, and tell them.
"Well everybody, welcome to the echo caves."
Wow I used to swear alot in these. If you are wondering, these insults are all Shakespearean so they make absolutely no sense but i think they are better then swearing and it sems like a cute quirk for Clara. R&R it makees the story better and gets updates out faster!