A/N: It is time to go to NEVERLAND!

Chapter Eleven

Three months later

The wind blew through the trees while Belle walked down the path and the music of a pan flute floated on the wind. She kept walking while the pan flute music grew louder and she wondered where the music was coming from. Suddenly she stood at the top of a large cliff near an old, bare tree and sitting in the tree was a young boy. He looked to be about fourteen years old and had brown hair and brown eyes.

"Hello," the boy said as he held the pan flute in his hands and smiled.

"Who are you?" Belle asked.

"My name isn't important. What's down there is," the boy said while pointing with his hand toward the edge of the cliff and Belle slowly walked to the edge. The wind howled in her ears as she looked over the edge of the cliff and her heart sank.

"No," she whispered at the sight of Rumplestiltskin lying broken on the pointed rocks below and blood dripped from his fingers.

"RUMPLE!" she shouted as the boy's laughter echoed in her head and she sat up on the bed. She turned the light on as she bent her legs up and wrapped her arms around her stomach.

"Belle!" Rumplestiltskin shouted then the door opened and he quickly limped in the room. He headed for the bed as Neal appeared in the doorway and Rumplestiltskin sat on the bed, wrapping his arms around Belle. She was shaking and sobbing with her face buried in his chest and he gently her back and forth.

"What happened, Papa?" Neal asked while Rumplestiltskin hushed Belle and she held him tighter. Neal had been floored when his father insisted on him moving in, but watching how tender and caring he was with Belle made him feel like he was intruding.

"I don't know," he said then reached over for the box of tissues sitting on the night table and removed some tissues. Belle looked at him when he wiped her eyes then her nose and she placed her head on his shoulder. "Did you have a nightmare, Dearie?"

"Yes," Belle said and shivered.

"Tell me about it."

"It was terrible. I was walking through this forest when I heard this weird music."

"What sort of music?" Neal asked while walking to the bed and stood next to Rumplestiltskin.

"I think it was pan flute music," Belle said and Neal and Rumplestiltskin looked at each other.

"Then what happened?" Rumplestiltskin asked.

"I got to the edge of a cliff and there was this boy sitting in a tree," she said then shook harder. "He had the most evil eyes."

"Did he tell you his name?"

"No, but he did tell me to look over the edge of the cliff. When I did…" she said then started sobbing again and he hushed her, gently rubbing her back. They waited for her to calm down while he took some more tissues out of the box and handed the tissues to her. She wiped her eyes then blew her nose and settled against him.

"What did you see?" Neal asked.

"I saw…you," she said while looking at Rumplestiltskin. "You were lying broken on these pointed rocks and there was blood everywhere. I could still hear his laughter as I woke up."

Rumplestiltskin looked at Neal then Neal got up and started walking to the door when he noticed that the window was open and frowned.

"Um, Belle, why is the window open?" Neal asked.

"It was warm in here," she said and he frowned, walking to the window. He quickly looked outside then closed the window when he looked down and something was lying on the floor.

"What's this?" he asked when he picked whatever it was off the floor and saw it was a white straw doll wearing a blue vest.

"Bae?" Rumplestiltskin asked as Neal walked to the bed and sat on the edge of the bed.

"It's a doll," he said, handing the white straw doll to Rumplestiltskin. Rumplestiltskin took the white straw doll from him as he held the white straw doll in his hand and frowned.

"No, it can't be," he said softly.

"Rumple, what's wrong?" Belle asked.

"This doll…is mine," he said and they gave him a puzzled look.

"Let me get this straight," Emma said while Rumplestiltskin, Belle, Neal, Henry and Emma sat in the living room and Belle was snuggled next to Rumplestiltskin. Neal had asked Emma and Henry to move in with them so Snow White and Charming could have the apartment and Neal poured some tea from the tea pot into the chipped, china cup, handing the cup to Belle. Rumplestiltskin stroked her hair while Belle sipped on the tea and leaned against his chest. "Belle had a nightmare about some boy and you dead at the bottom of a cliff then Neal finds a doll in her room and the doll belongs to you."

"Yes," Rumplestiltskin said.

"I found the doll on the floor near the open window in Belle's room," Neal said.

"But how did it get there?" Henry asked then yawned. He was wearing a gray t-shirt and blue and white stripe pajamas bottoms and Emma sat on the arm of the chair, stroking his hair.

"Why don't you go back to bed," Emma said, but he shook his head.

"It couldn't be possible for anyone to get in the house. Not after last time," Rumplestiltskin sighed as he remembered the break in.

"What are you talking about, Papa?" Neal asked.

"Someone broke in the house and kidnapped Belle," he said and Belle took his hand, wrapping their fingers together. "Afterwards, I placed stronger wards and charms so no one could get in."

"Well, someone got in," Emma said.

"And the window was open," Belle sighed. Rumplestiltskin knew she was feeling guilty as he rubbed her arm and she smiled.

"It wasn't your fault, Darling," he said and kissed her knuckles.

"It's never a good idea to leave the window open," Neal said and Emma frowned, pressing her lips together.

"Why?" Henry asked.

"It just isn't," Neal said as he thought back to what happened to the Darling children and sighed.

"I don't understand," Rumplestiltskin said as he wondered why Neal was being so cryptic.

"Tell us," Emma said and Neal sighed.

"The reason it isn't good to leave the window open is because Peter Pan's shadow will come and take you to Neverland," Neal said.

"Wait, Peter Pan isn't real."

"Some would say that about me and Belle, Dearie," Rumplestiltskin said with a grin.

"Right, sorry, but why would he want to take Belle?" she asked.

"I don't think he was after her," he said then sighed. "He's after me."

"He's after you?" Henry asked.

"Yes."

"What did you do to him?" Emma asked.

"I…was born," Rumplestiltskin sighed and they gave him a puzzled look. "He is my father."

"My grandfather is Peter Pan?" Neal asked.

"Yes."

"But he's a fourteen year old kid," Emma said.

"He wasn't always a fourteen year old boy. His name is/was Malcolm and he came from our world. After my mother…after she was gone, it was just the two of us."

"Sounds like us, Papa," Neal said.

"No, it was worse. He never wanted me. All he wanted was money and would pull any con he could to get it. When he was found out, we had to leave or were chased out of town. Finally he decided he was better off alone and gave me to these spinsters."

"He just let you go?" Emma asked.

"Yes, but one day I was told he was in a pub and went to see him. He was in trouble as usual, but he was happy to see me. He told me that he was coming to get me and we were going somewhere to start over. He had gotten a magic bean and needed my help to get to where we were going. He needed my belief."

"Where did he want to go?" Henry asked then yawned.

"He wanted to go to Neverland," Rumplestiltskin said. "We used the magic bean to open the portal and went to Neverland. I admit I was thrilled when we arrived. There was no one there, but us. I thought we were finally going to be a family. I should have known it was just a con when he suggested we play hide and seek. He went to hide while I counted then went to find him. When I did find him, he had already made a deal with the real inhabitant of Neverland…The Shadow."

"What sort of deal?" Emma asked.

"He would be given eternal youth in exchange for…me."

"He agreed to that?" Neal asked.

"Yes," Rumplestiltskin said with a nod of his head. "The Shadow changed him into Peter Pan then picked me off the ground and took me back to the spinsters. I begged him not to let it take me, but he just laughed and told me that he never loved or wanted me."

"What a jerk," Henry said.

"Do you know why he sent you the doll?" Emma asked.

"I have no idea," Rumplestiltskin said when he noticed that Belle had fallen asleep against him and smiled, wrapped his arms around her.

"Well, I think we should talk this over with Snow, Charming and Regina," Emma said as she, Neal and Henry got up and headed for the stairs.

"Are you going to be ok, Papa?" Neal asked while looking at Belle.

"We'll be fine," he said as they went upstairs and Rumplestiltskin lifted his right leg then placed his foot on the coffee table, closed his eyes and leaned back against the cushion, drifting off to sleep.

Gold's pawnshop

The white straw doll was on the counter while Emma, Neal, Henry, Belle Rumplestiltskin, Snow White, Charming and Regina stood near the display case and Rumplestiltskin placed his hands on the glass.

"You sure no one else could have sent it?" Charming asked.

"No," Rumplestiltskin said, shaking his head.

"But how did he even know where you are?" Snow asked.

"That's what I've been trying to figure out."

"Well, there is someone who might be able to tell you," Regina said.

"Are you talking about Hook?" Emma asked.

"Is he even still in town?" Snow asked.

"Yes, I saw his ship at the docks."

"Then let's go talk to him," Regina said as she headed for the door and Belle looked at Rumplestiltskin. She knew he didn't like going for walks near the docks since his fight with Hook.

"Are you coming, Papa?" Neal asked as Rumplestiltskin picked the white straw doll off the counter, placed the white straw doll in his pocket then limped around the display case and took Belle's hand. They followed him as the door closed behind them, but no one noticed the shadow floating near the ceiling as the shadow sail through the window glass and soared into the sky.

The soft clicking sound of the black wood cane on the wood should have relaxed him, but it only made Rumplestiltskin feel angry and he held tightly onto the golden handle. Belle held onto his arm as he glanced at her from time to time and softy smiled.

Rumplestiltskin had gone back to the house to change his clothes and was wearing a black shirt with shiny black scales and frayed cuffs and the shirt was open at the top. Rumplestiltskin was also wearing a silver/gray scaled vest that was closed by griffon head or eagle head claps. The black leather coat had large cuffs with large silver buttons and the high collar draped over his shoulders and down the front of the coat in a large crocodile scale pattern. Black leather gloves covered his hands and the last thing he wore was a black leather pirate boots and the black leather pirate boots came up to the top of his knees.

"Well, this is a surprise," Hook said as he stood with one foot on the railing and held onto a rope.

"Knock it off," Emma said as he gave her a slightly stunned look then smiled.

"You just couldn't stay away, eh, Swan?" he asked and she rolled her eyes.

"Can we just come onboard?"

"Of course," he said then saw Rumplestiltskin and frowned. "Not him."

"Yes, him," Emma said as she glared at Hook and he sighed.

"All right," he said as they came up the gangplank and he looked at Henry. He had seen him a few times as he grinned at Henry and Henry nodded his head. Hook then looked at Neal when something clicked in his head and Hook blinked his eyes a few times. "Baelfire?"

"Hello, Killian," Neal said and Hook looked at Rumplestiltskin.

"Move," Rumplestiltskin said and Hook stood back. Rumplestiltskin wondered how Hook knew Neal as he arched an eyebrow then sighed and headed for Belle and Neal.

"Are you ok, Papa?" Neal asked, looking at Hook. Belle had told him about the fight between Hook and Rumplestiltskin and Rumplestiltskin nodded his head.

"So, what do you want?" Hook asked.

"We need you to tell us where Pan is," Emma said and Hook frowned, looking confused.

"Who are you talking about?"

"We're talking about Peter Pan," Regina said and Hook's eyes widened.

"Why do you want to talk about that bilge rat for?"

"We need to know if he's here," Emma said.

"Not that I know of," Hook said while Rumplestiltskin limped to him and removed the white straw doll from inside his coat.

"So you didn't send this?" he asked and Hook looked at the white straw doll.

"No," Hook said with a frown.

"How did you meet Pan?" Charming asked.

"It was a long time ago," Hook said then sat on a crate and sighed. "You see, I wasn't always a pirate. My brother and I were members of the Royal Fleet in our world and my brother was the original captain of the Jolly Roger. I was his navigator. We were sent to retrieve a priceless treasure and my brother told me the treasure was in Neverland."

"How did you get there?" Snow asked.

"My brother used the Phoenix Sail. It allowed us to travel between worlds. When we arrived in Neverland, my brother and I went to look for the treasure."

"Did you find it?" Henry asked.

"Aye, Lad, we did, but at a great cost," Hook said and Emma saw the sadness in Hook's eyes.

"What happened?" Neal asked.

"My brother was poisoned by these thorns. He was nearly dead by the time we found the treasure."

"What was the treasure?" Belle asked.

"It was the Fountain of Youth. The water from that fountain could heal any wound, but the price was the drinker could never leave Neverland."

"Who told you that?" Rumplestiltskin asked.

"Pan did," Hook sighed. "If I knew that, I would have just let my brother die. You see, he didn't tell us that he had to stay and my brother and I left the island. My brother died just as we came to the boarder where Neverland meets the sea. I turned the ship around and went to confront that little bastard."

"Hey, watch your mouth," Emma said as Hook looked at Henry and shrugged.

"He just laughed at me then vanished," Hook said and Belle saw the sadness in his eyes. "That's when I decided I had enough and my crew and I became pirates."

"And you're sure Pan didn't come with you?" Regina asked.

"I think I would have known if someone had snuck aboard my…," Hook said when two large shadows appeared in the sky and Hook took out his pistol.

"Look out!" Neal shouted when the shadows soared down as they fell to the deck and covered their heads. Looking up, Neal's eyes went wide and his heart froze in his chest. "No!"

They stood up when they saw the shadows carrying Henry and Rumplestiltskin into the air while the black wood cane and the white straw doll fell out of his hands and the black wood cane clattered onto the deck.