"Ava, I'm sorry for slapping you. I shouldn't have done that. And you are right, you are more than just my baby sister. You just, never told us all the crap you have been through. "Emma looks at Ava and hopes that she can forgive her.
"It's okay. Henry is missing, and you are under a lot of stress." Ava tells Emma. Her mind, however, is on Killian. "We can sit down and talk after we find him."
(20 minutes later)
Everyone sits around to talk. Killian and Ava are sitting on different sides of the fire, not really joining in. She is studying him. Has it only been a few short weeks since they had met? He makes her feel safe, beautiful, special. Could this really be love? She really wanted to come clean with her family, but she is worried they wouldn't understand.
"Ava...Ava...AVA! ", her sister finally gets her attention.
"Yeah, sorry. I must have spaced out. "Ava looks at Emma and smiles, hoping she haven't noticed her looking at Killian.
"Everyone is getting some sleep. Are you going to stay up? "Emma asks again.
"Yeah, of course. "Ava looks around and sees that everyone has gotten up. Her parents and Regina had built themselves two little simple shelters. Although, her parents built theirs, while Regina used magic. Emma was walking over to her spot. Ave walks over to claim her own place, using magic she tried to summon a pillow and blanket; it didn't work. Regina tells her to imagine what you want clearly in your mind.
Ava tries again, and this time, it worked. She looks at Regina hoping she saw, but she was already asleep. She looks around and notices that everyone is, well almost. Killian was sitting on some rocks, facing away. She walks over to him, pulling her blanket around her. She looks at Killian, he smiles at her and stands up. "You know I was thinking, after we find Henry, I'm going to tell my family. "
A big grin appears on the pirate's face. "You mean that, love? ", he asks, touching her face gently. She nods, and he pulls her in for a quick kiss. "Sleep close to me. I don't trust Pan, and I want you to be safe. "
"Yes, love. "She answers, teasing him. He gives her another kiss and they go to join the others. She sleeps up against a tree and he sleeps four feet away. Close but not close enough for him. He wanted to feel her in his arms, to keep her safe.
Sometime passes and Emma wakes everyone up. She got a map from Pan. Only it was blank, and only she could unlock it. Everyone gives her space to, well not everyone. Regina wanted her to hurry up or let her use magic. Ava decides that she needs a break from those two. She gets up and walks away from the camp.
Someone grabs her arm, Killian. "I thought I told you that you needed to stay close to me? Where do you think you are going? "
"I couldn't take the arguing between Emma and Regina. Besides, I knew you would follow me. ", she quickly pulls him in for a kiss.
Her hands wrap around his neck. He gently pushes her into a tree and starts to deepen the kiss, gently nibbling at her bottom lip. He wanted to devour her. His movement becomes increasingly rough. His tongue sweeping into her mouth and she follows suit. Rolling her tongue over his. A soft moan escapes her, and he moves to kiss her neck, nipping at her soft flesh, wanting to mark her as his for everyone to see. He wanted to feel the warmth of her body against his.
She pulls from the kiss, he tries to bring her attention back but fails, "Killian, someone is watching us."
He spins around and is face to face with Pan. He pulls Ava to his side, keeping her close to him. "give us Henry."
"Now where is the fun in that?", Pan looks at Ava and smiles. "What is a lovely lady doing with an alcoholic, one handed pirate?" Ava doesn't answer.
"Leave her alone, demon child." Killian orders to Pan, pulling Ava tighter.
"I wonder what the Savior would say. Her baby sister letting a dirty pirate touch her, after all, I can see that she would rather it be her. Don't worry, your little secret is safe with me.", and he disappears.
Ava is shivering. Killian looks at her and gently kisses her forehead, placing his head on top of hers. They hear Emma yelling at Regina and make their way back to the others. Regina has taken the map from her and is going to use a locator spell on it. "So, it appears we will be venturing into the Dark Jungle after all." Killian states.
They make their way through the Dark Jungle, weapons at the ready. They reach a clearing and see Henry standing there, but it wasn't. It was Pan. The Lost Boys come from behind Peter Pan shouting and whooping. They surround the group armed with bow and arrows. Everyone is ready to fight. Killian yells that their arrows are poisoned. Ava was holding her own, but when she saw that her father almost gets hit by an arrow; her magic came out. In an instant every Lost Boy was knocked back with an upsurge of wind.
"Your sister has powerful magic." Pan is looking at Emma, "Cheaters don't ever win. Admit who you are." He disappeared.
"Ava, are you alright?" David asks his daughter.
"I saw you get scratched by that arrow." Ava whispers.
"Don't tell you mother or Emma, please?" David begs her. She nods in an agreement.
(Hours later)
Ava wakes up to Emma yelling that she had gotten the map to work. Killian reads it and tells everyone that the camp is due north. Everyone is ready to go but Killian tells them the terrain is not easy. There will be some nasty impediments along the way. David looks at Ava and says that they only got out of the last encounter because Ava had used magic and Pan let them go. Killian pulls out his flask and offers it to Emma. After he gets it back, he offers Ava and she takes it. Everyone starts walking toward where the map is pointing them to.
"AVA! You're not 21!", Mary Margaret yells.
"Actually, I think I am. I'm not sure though. I have kind of lost track of the days." Ava tells her mother, taking a sip of the rum.
"Your birthday is coming up? Your twenty first birthday. David, we should throw her a ball when we get home!", Mary Margaret decides to walk next to Ava and talk. She was extremely excited about being able give a ball for one of her daughters. Killian's walking on the other side, laughing.
"Why do I need a ball? Can't I just do what every other person does on their twenty first birthday? Get drunk and do something stupid?", Ava asks and then realizes that she just told her mother what she wanted to do.
"No, you can't. You are a Princess, and I would like to see one of my daughters wearing a beautiful dress. I want to properly introduce you to the world. This is the time that every Prince in the land would come to meet you. Please don't take this away from me?" Mary Margaret asks.
"Okay, but I get a say in the dress." Ava looks at her mother smiling and rushing to tell David.
"So, we should I tell her that I can't dance?" Ava asks Killian, who is trying not to laugh at the situation.
(hour later)
"Now it is behind us." Emma tells everyone. Great, she has gotten them lost.
Killian looks at the map and frowns. Pan had moved the camp. Regina once again wants to use magic to find the camp, but Killian doesn't think that is a clever idea. He suggests that they find the one person on this island that could help, a person with inside information. A Fairy.
"Tinker Bell!" Ava is getting excited about that idea.
"How do you know of her?" Killian asks.
"Everyone in the world knows her." Ava smiles at Killian, who has a confused look on his face.
Regina is sure that Tinker Bell isn't going to help them, but Killian leads the way.
