Caligo looked down from his spot in the tree. He had been following Sophia to the woods. She was currently in the treehouse of those two boys from Neverland. Yes, he knew the truth. It wasn't that hard to discover, he just had to believe. He always knew he was different, that everyone in this town was different from the world outside Storybrooke.
One time he had followed the mayor, Regina, to her vault at the graveyard. He had felt it, the magic. When she left he entered and what he found was amazing. Every bit of magic from this realm was there. Regina was collecting it, little by little. Sadly for her, he took it. Every last bit of it. The power felt amazing.
The mayor had been after him ever since, but he was too fast, too sneaky and too powerful to be stopped. Maybe he could have warned the town, tried to get the Saviour to believe and break the curse, but then he could be stopped. Then the power could be taken away from him.
So he didn't warn anyone.
He also wanted more. The darkness was calling for him and he wanted to answer, but he couldn't. There was still one person that could stop him without the curse broken.
Sophia.
Daughter of the Saviour and Captain Hook. She was born of pure light, he of pure darkness. He couldn't deny the little crush he had on her, she was a beauty, but she was also still his enemy. He could either destroy her or darken her soul. He chose to darken her, which was harder than he thought, but he had a few tricks.
The two boys from Neverland were just perfect to mess with. They had a plan to break her and that plan was perfect for him to darken her. When she was broken he could pick up the pieces, but instead of putting them back together he could keep them broken, make her his in so many ways. Those idiot didn't even know how much they were going to break her.
But something was definitely not going according to plan. Felix, the boy she was supposed to fall for, was falling for her too. He wasn't supposed to fall for her, he was supposed to break her. If he falls in love with her he wouldn't break her, because he would break himself too.
That was why he went to her yesterday. If those idiots fail their plan he had to find another way to get her dark. Why not make her chose to be? If she loved him she would do anything he asked her. Sophia would become his Queen, his Queen of darkness. But that was only if she turned dark.
Caligo was snapped out of his thought when he saw Sophia and Felix climb down the ladder of the treehouse. Caligo focused on them, trying to hear what they were saying. When he couldn't hear them he used his magic.
"Sorry for what my father did to your face," he heard Sophia say.
"It's not your fault," Felix said to her. Wait. How did she know her father gave him that scar? In this world he believed that he fell and cut himself. Okay, Hook had still done it, but Regina erased that memory and replaced it with the new one.
Sophia raised her hand and traced the scar on his face, and said, "It does look good on you."
"Really?" Felix asked.
"Really," Sophia said and pressed a kiss on his cheek. Caligo grinned, he had stolen one from her on the lips. "Bye, Felix," she said as last and walked away, towards his tree. Felix seemed to be star struck by the kiss. Caligo rolled his eyes, he knew Felix wasn't that much of a lover boy, but really? A kiss on the cheek left him breathless?
He looked away from Felix and focussed back on Sophia. He jumped from tree to tree until he was sure Felix couldn't see them anymore. He smirked and jumped down from the branch he was on, right before Sophia. She jumped in surprise and stepped back.
"Caligo," she said surprised, the smile fading from her face. "Were… were you spying on me?"
"What? No, of course not," he said with the smirk still on his face, stepping closer to her. "You just happen to be right where I wanted you."
She swallowed but stood her ground, in her eyes was no fear. Another thing he liked about her, she didn't fear him. Everyone in this town feared him, even his own mother. He didn't blame her, she didn't know she was a freaking dragon. He only came home when he needed sleep or food. As much as he tried to deny it, it hurt to see his own mother fear him. It was the reason why he had grown so fond of Sophia, she never feared him. Not when they were little, not now that they were older. She would never fear him.
"You just happen to be right in my way," she said and crossed her arms, looking unamused.
"About my question yesterday…" Ignoring what she said and swayed closer to her.
"No," she said shortly and wanted to walk past him, but he stopped her.
"I don't take 'no' for an answer."
"Then don't ask it." There was the fire he liked so much. She tried to walk passed him only to get blocked by him again. "Is there anything else?"
"Now that you're asking…" he leaned in closer and let his eyes drop to her lips. Sophia swallowed again and wanted to step back or push him away but he held her on her spot with his magic like he did yesterday. He felt her breath on his skin, but it was shaky. Still no fear showed in her eyes though. But also less surprise than yesterday when she couldn't move, like she knew what he was doing.
He was about to kiss her when they were interrupted by someone calling at them, "Get a room you two!"
He turned his head and growled at Peter. Even though he tried to hide it fear shone in Peter's eyes. Sophia took this distraction to break free from his spell and pushed him away.
"Thank Peter," she called over her shoulder as she ran off. When Caligo looked back at Peter he was already running to the treehouse.
"You better run!" he growled after Peter. If he didn't need that idiot he surly had killed him by now.
Sophia quickly opened the door and shut it even quicker, locking it. She let out a heavy sight and leaned back against the door.
"Sophia, are you alright?" her mother asked her from the living room. Sophia pushed herself from the door and walked to the living room.
"Fine," she said and sat down. "Just trying to stay away from Caligo."
"What did he do?"
"He tried to kiss me," she said disgusted.
"Oh," Emma said surprised. "What did you do?"
"That's the weird thing, I couldn't do anything." Emma gave her a confused look and Sophia sighed. "I wanted to push him away, but I just… couldn't. Like he had me under a spell or something, like magic."
Emma's confused expression turned into a knowing one. "Oh, I see."
"No," Sophia said and held up her hand. "No, I don't like him."
"I didn't say that."
"But you thought it." Emma smirked at her so she decided to change the subject. "Do you believe in magic?"
"Oh, uhm…" Emma said, surprised by the question. "No. Why do you ask?"
"I was at the library today and found this book," Sophia explained and pulled the book out of her bag. "It has all kind of fairy tales in it, but they are… about us."
She handed the book to her mother. Emma looked through it, but there was no realisation or that she remembered something like Felix had.
"Funny," she said eventually. "someone had a wild imagination."
"You don't think any of this stories are… odd or… I don't know, familiar?"
Emma shook her head and handed the book back. "No, it are just stories. Nothing more."
Sophia took the book from her mother and put it back in her bag. Emma stood up and walked to the kitchen.
"I'm going to start on dinner," she called over her shoulder.
"Okay, I'll be in my room," Sophia said. She stood up and walked up the stairs. When she closed the door she grabbed the book again and sat down on her bed, looking through it. She stopped for a second when she saw a drawing of her grandparents, her mother as a baby and Regina standing in what looked like a destroyed nursery.
The longer Sophia read through the book the more everything seemed to match up. No one in this town aged if they were older than 20 or 30. That's why her grandparents still look so young and why Felix hadn't changed one bit since they first met. She also discovered that her mother was the Saviour, the one that is supposed to break the curse with a True Loves Kiss. But before she could do that she had to believe, she obviously didn't or it would have worked every time she kissed Killian.
Caligo and herself weren't mentioned in any part of the book. It didn't really surprise her since they both were born in the curse self and the book was clearly from before the curse.
Sophia let out a silent laugh when she realised what was actually going on. Her parents were bloody fairy tale characters from the Enchanted Forest. She was a freaking princess, Felix was a lost boy from Neverland, her mother was the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming and her father was Captain Hook. From all the pirates he could be he was Captain bloody Hook.
This was crazy, it can't be true. Magic doesn't exist, neither does curses or True Love Kisses. But Felix seemed to remember… or was he just toying with her? And Caligo, he seemed to use magic on her… or not? Sophia shook her head and shut the book, this was all too confusing. Maybe everything would be clearer tomorrow after she had some sleep. Tomorrow was a Saturday so she should be able to sleep in.
Wait.
Tomorrow was a Saturday.
She told Felix she would tell him what she found out tomorrow.
She let her head fall back. You're doing really great on listening to your father, Soph. If he found out she would be in big trouble. But why did they hate each other so much? From what she had seen of him so far was only a sweet boy with a lost soul. He just needed someone to care for him. Of course he had Peter, but Peter was a lost soul too. They both needed someone.
Sophia opened the book again and started reading at the part where, apparently, Peter Pan traded his son for youth. Scratch the part about Peter being a lost soul, he was just a cruel person. No wonder Felix had a doubtful look whenever it came to Peter; he was scared Peter would betray him too.
She read their story, the story of Peter, Felix, the lost boys and Captain Hook. The story of Tinkerbell, Wendy and a boy named Bealfire.
The story of Neverland.
Felix lay on the couch, eyes closed, hands behind his head and a smile on his lips. He heard the hatch open and someone entered, but he didn't look up, knowing that it was probably Peter.
"I saw Sophia just then," Peter said. "does that mean you two spend some time together?"
"Yep," Felix said, popping the 'p'.
"Did you kiss her?"
Felix opened on eye and looked at him. "Why do you want to know?"
"Just want to know how much progress we made," Peter shrugged.
"Only my cheek." He closed his eyes again.
Peter huffed. "You know, while you were here daydreaming about your cheek kiss, Caligo was with her and almost kissed her on the lips."
Felix shot up. "Caligo did what?!"
"Whoa, easy," Peter held up his hands. "I stopped them before it went too far. She seemed thankful for that."
Felix body relaxed again and he leaned back against the couch. "So what's out next move, Pan?"
"Pan? As in Peter Pan?" Peter laughed. "That kiss had more effect on you than I thought."
Shit, stupid memories. Felix laughed a bit too. "I guess it had."
"There you are," Regina said. She looked up at the tree that was currently occupied by Caligo.
"Madam Mayor," Caligo said in a form of greeting, but didn't look at her.
"Get down here," she ordered.
"Nah."
"I'm warning you."
Caligo turned his head, looking at her with his red eyes. "You know you can't harm me." Regina stayed quiet and Caligo smirked. "But there is a reason why I let you find me."
"You let me find you?"
"Yes," Caligo turned to her and jumped down from the branch he was sitting on. "I want to make a deal."
"A deal?" Regina asked wary. "What makes you think I want to make a deal with you?"
"Because we want the same thing," he said and walked closer until their faces were only inches away. "That the curse remains unbroken."
"Why would you want the curse to remain?"
Caligo bit his lip. "If the curse breaks I can be defeated, I'll lose my power."
"What's your deal?" Regina crossed her arms.
"You leave me alone and won't stand in my way," he smirked and stepped back. "and I'll make sure the curse won't be broken."
Regina thought this over for a second, it was a good way to get some of the weight off of her shoulders. She didn't trust him, but she couldn't really do anything else at this point. She was powerless, he had consumed all the magic she had collected over the past sixteen years.
Regina looked up again and met his red eyes, holding out her hand. "Deal."
He shook it, but as soon as his palm touched hers it burned her skin. Regina yanked her hand back and looked at her palm. A mark was burned into her skin. When she looked at him, he just grinned at her.
"So you won't forget," he said and disappeared in smoke. Regina looked back at her palm. The mark was slowly fading until it was nothing more than just a red spot that formed a dragon. Maybe this wasn't a good idea after all.
A/N: Thank you al for reading and a special thanks to everyone who reviewed!
So, I'm curious, who do you ship with Sophia? Felix or Caligo? Let me know in the reviews. ;)
