Echo did not know what to think or do. Her head was clouded and she found it hard to not think back at the moment when she was taken from her father and uncle. It was painful to see his face again, pained, angry, sad and broken. She felt like the whole world was crushing down on her.

It was quite hard for her to walk away and pull her hood on. With every step, she felt how the breathing got harder and thinking cloudier. Her eyes searched through the trees and ears picked up every single snap. She wanted to be sure that she wouldn't miss the chance to see her father again.

After twenty-eight years of living under the control of Peter Pan, her wish was to at least see the man who gave her life. She couldn't just stand and wait. She just had to go and see him. See if he was okay, if he missed her and if he even remembered her. Because she had heard stories how the curse was casted on the Enchanted Forest.

Her steps were getting quicker as she heard noises of fight. Every snap, every shout and every sound of swords colliding made her to run faster. She arrived to the edge of the meadow and stopped in the shadows. Her eyes jumped from one stranger to another until they stopped on one man.

"Boys!" she suddenly yelled and everyone froze. With her face hidden, she stepped into the light and noticed how they were scared. "Go back to Pan! I'll deal with you later.." she hissed and they looked at her. Not seeing any movement, she grabbed her bow and shot an arrow into the tree, between a boy's legs. They all suddenly jumped to run away.

Her body was tensed as she felt magic coming towards her. "Regina don't.." a voice spike but it was too late. A wave of a spell ran over her body, making her to chuckle. With a small laugh she turned around, opening her palm with a purple light glowing on her hand.

"With twenty-eight years, you learn quite a lot." her voice sounded mocking as she felt how the spell was collected into her hand. She squeezed her hand into fist, crushing the magic into smaller pieces which fell on the ground as a harmless dust. "You, need to go before Pan gets here." her voice was calm, holding a hint of storm.

A blonde woman stepped closer to her with a sword "My son is there.. And I won't leave without him!"

"Listen here you Blondie..." the girl snapped and glared at her from the shadow of her hood. "I have been here for twenty-eight years! I know every single person and for er of this island and I know Pan! There is no way that you would get your son back alone.. and for your information, the longer you keep me here the more threatened his safety gets. He's under my protection, but if Pan finds out then there is no way that he would stay away from the boy."

She turned to leave back into the woods, but a voice, so familiar from her memories, stopped her "Wait, my daughter is here! Please, have you seen her? Is she alright?" The girl turned around and sighed.

"I see her every day in a mirror, and she's not alright, not since she was taken away." her voice was soft and she removed her hood, looking up slowly. "Hello, papa."

A rustling of leaves made her head to snap at left and her eyes noticed a shadow between the trees. "Felix, you better have a good reason to be here." her tone rose from the softness into annoyance.

"Pan is getting impatient." the boy rolled his eyes.

"Tell him that I am not his dog. Tell him that he doesn't owe me."

Felix stepped closer and removed her cloak enough to show her dark veins "You're like a sister to me, Echo, and it pains me to admit but he does. He does owe you from the moment you decided to try and run away. His poison is in your veins, in your heart.. his poison is part of you and until he's not dead, you are bound to be with him."

She groaned and ran her fingers through her hair. "Fine! But not for him, for the safety of the kid." her finger was poking his chest. When she turned around to say something to her father, the boy grabbed her shoulder and she looked towards him. "Felix, I respect you and take you as a brother, but if you do not remove that hand.. I will.. and I will do it slowly and painfully until you beg for death."

"I believe that my daughter asked you to remove your hand." an angry voice spoke next to the girl and she looked at her left side where her father stood. He glanced down at her for a second and then glared at Felix. Echo brushed the hand off and sighed as she saw the surprised look on his face.

With a slight flick of her wrist, she gave him the sign to leave. The boy didn't walk away before he had sent a glare at her father's direction. Once he disappeared, Killian grabbed the girl into a hug, making sure to not hurt her with his hook. "You're okay.. my sweet little daughter." his voice brought tears into her blue eyes.

"I'm okay, papa.. I'm okay." the girl whispered back, hugging the man with her life.

A loud clearing a voice made them to pull apart and look at a woman with short black hair. She had a lively and gentle smile on her worried face and Echo raised her brow. "Hello! I am Snow White and this is my husband Charming." she started the introducing but was stopped when the girl raised her hand.

She frowned deeply and pulled her hand into a fist. "I have to go." her voice suddenly made all of them to turn their eyes on her. "They found Henry." she added and fixed her bow before she turned to leave.

"Echo!" her father spoke and she stopped. When her head was turned, he threw something towards her and she caught it easily. "Will you be safe?"

"Yeah, safer than I would be off of this island."

''I will save you."

She only smiled and looked down at the gem in her hand. With one glance at the group, the girl disappeared into the dark forest.

Peter Pan searched for Echo. His eyes were locked on Henry and he sighed, resting his head against the tree. "I'm not a dog." a very angry voice spoke, which made him to grin widely. He didn't turn around, knowing that she would soon stand by his side with an angry , even furious, look.

"No. But you do belong to me." he smiled brightly as she took lasts steps to stand in front of him. The boy eyed her carefully, like he was checking for any injury on her body. Yet, he thought that it was funny. Her own father hurting her. It didn't seem right and logical, because he had been so broken when he took her from him.

His lips curled into a sweet smile as he remembered that day. Yet, he didn't know why exactly had he taken her. Why he allowed her to stay. Why she was a Lost Girl. It confused him, mixed his thoughts together, not giving him a chance to think on himself. He often found himself zoning off as he tried to find a reason.

And then he would zone off as he looked at the young girl. The way she moved, the way the Boys feared her or the way she just was. That one girl had his eye on her, that one girl who could change everything and still have his attention. She could destroy Neverland and he would still follow her anywhere.

A sudden slap across his cheek made him to wake up from his thoughts. "You're... you know.. ugh!" her voice was filled with prisoned passion and she turned around her heel, storming away from him, taking softer steps towards Henry. Something in Pan's heart twitched as he rubbed his cheek with an amused smirk.

"You two are stubborn." Felix spoke next to the boy who raised his brows. "After twenty-eight years.. no.. after twenty-seven years, you two still don't admit what you feel." the other boy rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Why do you think that I have feelings for her?"

"Because you marked her! When she tried to leave and almost did, you marked her. So she could never leave your side, so she would just stay with you forever and ever. Look at yourself, Pan. You look like a lost puppy sometimes, you zone off as you look at her and you nearly kill every Boy as they dare to touch her or look at her." a snapping of fingers earned his full attention.

Peter looked at his friend in amusement, arms crossed over his chest. He had noticed that himself too. He also knew that his feelings for Echo Jones were deeper than they ever were. He just didn't want to push her away even more, knowing what could happen. She could leave, live somewhere else on this island. Not close to him, as far as possible.

"You don't have much time to tell her.. because soon, her father will come and he will take her away. You know that, I know that you do."

That made the boy to frown and drop his hand from his cheek. His eyes snapped on the girl who was talking to Henry and he relaxed a bit, seeing her there. Every muscle in his body screamed for her to be in his arms. Screamed for her touch and for her love. that one very moment, he was ready to admit himself.

He..

Peter Pan..

Was in love with Echo Jones.