The ladies can smell salt and hear rushing waves; a light, chilly breeze as they stood at the edge of the cliffs when they stepped into the very deep cave. They glanced over the towering cliff, a sheer drop, black and faceless. Hundreds of large chunks of rocks surround the small pond. It was a black, harsh view with no tree, grass, or sand in sight.

"What do you think?" asked Emma, wondering where Pensieve's device when it's too dark to see except the rushing waves below. Zelena pointed at the very end of the cave there is only a tiny light, "there." Mal stopped Emma from climbing down, "we can't go this way, Emma." Emma puzzled looked carefully into the waters then she explained, "no boat, no human or magic being can pass through the waters."

"We can't climb around, so how do we do this?" Emma tries to think of another way to get across the pond. Emma unwrapped her rope from her shoulder while Mal and Zelena formed two large rocks where they can stand above the waters, Zelena told the plan to Emma while showing her two potions, a gray thick liquid potion, "we can't form a bridge, so we will do one rock each time." Mal threw one potion onto the cliff as it broke apart into the pond, but it was flowing. It is big enough to hold 3 people, "Careful, Emma." Emma climbed down halfway and jumped onto the rock, but almost tripped over the rock when Zelena screamed, "Emma!" Emma threw the rope onto the cliff as it hooks safely onto the rock for her to hold a second before dropping into the pond, panting and waving at the two ladies above, "I'm okay. I'm okay!"

Emma threw the rope to Mal so they can easily go down then Emma grabbed her rope back onto her shoulder. Zelena threw the potion onto the near cliff to create a second rock as it dropped next to theirs, perfectly flowing, but not moving at all. Magic wasn't working when they tried to move the rock, Mal softly murmured, "it's not working."

Emma looked above and calculated the distance while tapping them to stop, "I have an idea." Emma was preparing to climb back up to throw the rope to swing the moment the spirits were standing at the top watching below. Zelena looked up, "we have to hurry! They are here!"

Mal quickly transforms into a dragon, "no time!" Zelena didn't want to harm her, "No, Mal! No!" Mal ignored her when Mal flew across the pond while holding Zelena and Emma. Mal dropped into the pond while she threw them across the pond when she couldn't hold the dragon form any longer.

"Noooo! Mal!" Zelena watched Mal slowly drop while transforming into a human. Emma didn't understand, "why didn't it work?" Zelena controlled her emotions while watching her love drowning, "no magic works here." Emma didn't want her to die then looked back at the Pensieve device, the silver glowing basin full of emerald liquid emitting glowing on top of it.

"What's in the pond, Zelena?!" Emma slapped her face to be back in reality keeping an eye on the spirits, "Zelena! Focus!"

"Demons are in the pond, Emma. The water kills you," Zelena refocuses, forcing herself to keep her focus on the mission even though her heart torn into two.

"But there's a chance she'll survive?"

"I don't know, Emma. No one has survived this place."

Emma looked up again, the spirits drawing nearer, then back to the basin, "is there a way out?"

Zelena nods quietly as Emma's voice turns louder while taking off her jacket and her equipment, "where," Emma hits Zelena hard to keep focus, "where is it, damnit?!"

"The Pensieve device opens when …. drinks it," Zelena was not prepared to lose her baby which touched her abdomen, and her eyes dropped into tears. Emma looks into her eyes, whispering, "the water is poison, isn't it and Mal was supposed to drink it?"

"We can't touch the water, so the only way to receive the pensieve device is to drink it, all of it. No charm or magic can have the water removed," Zelena couldn't look into her eyes as she kept her eyes on the spirit which is now near the waters.

Fuck. Damnit. I'll go get her, "okay. We have to stay with the mission, Zelena. You go …," shit, okay, okay, we can do this, shaking herself out of her trance, "I will get Mal and you do your thing." Zelena simply nods without looking at her, but Emma grabbed her arm as they briefly looked into each other eyes when there's thick water fill into Zelena's eyes knowing it will kill her baby. Emma nods with the promise they will get out of there, alive. Zelena respectfully returns, and nods with a whisper, "okay."

Emma screams when her feet touched the water, and quickly removes her feet with her skin tearing off, bleeding, oh fuck. No wonder no one can survive this island, it's full of poison, acid, hallucinations, and mixed senses whether they are seeing is true or not. Be fast, Emma, giving herself prep talk with a rock in her mouth to bite then jumped into the water. The acid water almost blinded her but long enough for her to see Mal slowly drowning while fighting millions of mini demons biting and tearing her skin bit by bit.

Zelena can't think of Mal or her unborn child, the mission is at stake and if we don't get out of here then there wouldn't be Storybrooke or Enchanted Forest any more, grabbing the gold cup, the poison doesn't kill but keep me alive long enough for the spirits to reach me. The spirits move very slowly knowing we will die in the cave but with my determination, screaming at the spirits, "fuck you!"

Zelena drank three full goblets of the poison potion with unbearable pain dripping into her mouth as the blood filled in her mouth, her tongue, and throat, can feel its burn and bleeding. Halfway through the fourth goblet, she fell onto the rocks, her breathing heavy, she pulled herself up to fill the fourth time and forces herself to drink. Zelena sobbed heavily from the pain in her mouth and the baby, looked down and saw the blood from her vagina.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

The water in the pond became thicker and harder to swim through the mini demons kept pushing away with no might or strength to stop them from biting and eating her skin. I couldn't swim up when the thick water pressuring onto me, only a few inches more, Emma.

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

I'm sorry, mom.

Zelena couldn't tell the difference between reality and her hallucinations of seeing her mom from Oz and killing her sister, Regina.

I didn't …, drinking the sixth cup when the spirits almost landed on the rocks near Zelena. Zelena couldn't see anymore but felt the water was almost gone. The black skin slowly kills her fingers and arms, and the skin on her neck changes fully black, the same as her fingers and arms.

Did I kill her?

Emma could feel her body becoming colder, all of her skin is peeled off and an inch away from Mal after kicking and screaming against the monsters and the acid water. Her hair, she couldn't touch her body but knew her hair is gone.

Zelena woke up and thought she was dead from drinking the poison but Mal and the baby, looking around, I'm in the hospital? "Where are we?" Mal smiled proudly, handing her a baby girl, "our daughter. We had a baby."

"I'm in the hospital?" Zelena couldn't believe how beautiful her daughter, was holding her finger and suckling her nipples. Mal gently kisses her sweating cheek, "I love you, Zee."

"I love you too, Angie."

Oh, how I wish this was true, seeing a glimpse of the dark cave, I'm still in the cave? I need to wake up. Zelena kissed her unborn daughter, I'm sorry, immediately woke up screaming with heavy tears dripping down her face. One more. The spirits fought with her hand, to let go of the gold goblet, her arm is fully black and her neck is stone black.

Sapphire and Lucan are the only remaining survivor on the island, Lucan holds 10 wooden sticks, and Sapphire holds the torch to keep burning, the fire is the only thing on the island that's real. "Where are they?" they search for Emma, Zelena, and Mal.

"We have to burn the island, mate," Lucan and others put oil throughout the island, but Sapphire shook her head, "not yet. We have to find them first. We can't get out of the island without them!"

"Queen Regina will get us out. We have to go!" Lucan didn't want to be on the island any longer. Sapphire pushes Lucan away as she took the sticks from him, "you bastard, you want to go then go!" Lucan ran back to the boat while Sapphire kept on looking for the ladies.

Sapphire kept walking towards the middle of the island and spotted a hole then looked down, too further down, she took out one stick and put both sticks together to burn the other while searching down for three powerful ladies. She dropped the burning stick and the water blew apart, only fire burning at the top of the water. Sapphire decided to take the risk and jumped into the hole. The spirits were scared away when the stick touched the water and it exploded.

Emma was holding tightly onto Mal, floating onto the pond, burning as Sapphire yelled when she popped out of the acid water and quickly swam towards the end of the pond where Zelena passed out, holding the golden goblet. She groans and grumbled in sore pain at her tearing skin, "what was the fuck was that?!"

Sapphire crawls towards Zelena, tapping on her face, "Zelena, you need to wake up. Zelena?" Sapphire studied the basin with little liquid left and suspected that Zelena tried drinking it but didn't finish. Sapphire touched the bottom of the silver basin that looked like a large bowl but couldn't touch the water. Sapphire heard the noises of the spirits returning after the fire died out. Sapphire slapped Zelena hard on the face, "wake up."

"No more. Please no more," Zelena didn't want to force herself to drink anymore, feeling heavy sleeping.

How the fuck do we get out of here? Sapphire thought maybe Zelena needs to keep on drinking, grabs the cup, and the last fill poison water into the golden goblet. Sapphire pulled Zelena's mouth down and forces the poison into her mouth. Sapphire finally touched the bottom and the bright light glowed so brightly all around the cave when the spirits and demons ran towards Sapphire and Zelena. The sound of silver basin banging onto the floor near the boat, Sapphire laughed, freaking out of her mind with three ladies dead cold on the wooden bars near the boat. Lucan never made it back to the boat, but that's not the worse part, Sapphire's eyes widen when the entire demons and spirits appeared and ran towards … oh fuck, quick glaze to three dead ladies, they are coming for us.

"Run!"

Sapphire fought all of her might to push three ladies from the wooden dock to the boat then looked up when hearing Lucan yelling at the top of his lungs. Lucan slid to help Sapphire while talking loudly, "it didn't work! I tried …," panting and catching his breath. Lucan jumped into the ocean, not caring if he missed the boat, and Sapphire got caught by the demons by dragging her legs.

"Lucan!"

Lucan didn't want to leave his mate behind when no one survived, so he cut the rope and push the boat away, then swim to the dock. Running up the stairs and then search for her while the demons still dragging Sapphire towards the middle.

"Lucan!" Sapphire couldn't kick or fight against the mini demons as they dragged her by the legs. Don't leave me, Lucan. Don't leave me here, please. The sun finally rises as the small boat sails away, the ship is nowhere to be seen.

Regina

Three years later

Rechecking all the traps, the false floor, the log above our camp, and several other traps while the twins stayed in camp, well actually they are arguing a lot lately. They have been close quarters alone without schooling or any kind of training for three years. They have been living in the wild and it doesn't bother me. Sebastian doesn't mind as long he stayed near the camp, but Scarlett is having time of her life, enjoying her freedom and exploring the island. It was almost afternoon, checking the sun and the stars above as I walked back to camp, eyeing Sebastian, "where's your sister?"

"She's hunting for berries and rabbits for dinner," pointed at the spot where we held the bow and arrows in the tree. He seems to be deep in thought, sitting on the small log near the fire, "anything on your mind, honey?"

We search for a way back home, through Peter Pan's secret stash, the Indians, and even the mermaids for any leads with no such luck, "trying to remember the stories of Neverland."

"I'll find a way back home, I assure you," I sweetly kissed the top of his forehead with my arm on his back as I sat next to him. He has been thinking about mama a lot lately, I think it's because he's getting a little older, wishing for someone to connect with besides his twin sister. My hair has grown longer, and wilder than before and our clothes blended with the forest to hide easily from the prey. Thankfully, during the curses, I learn a lot of new skills necessary to live anywhere even in this kind of place. We had not grown older, or even a day age since we arrived, just our hair and clothes. That's one good thing out of this place, they can return to the same grade school to continue their education. I needed to check on Scarlett, "I set the traps again."

He heavily sighs, not giving up, and partly blames his sister for being trapped on this island, "I'm going back to Peter's secret stash to see if we missed anything, is that alright?"

"Sure, I'll be back," I grabbed my bow and arrows then followed Scarlett's footprints. Scarlett walked off the track, where are you going, wondering what's the hell she is doing. This is not the normal path she usually takes when she hunts, did she lie to her brother? I drew out my bow, preparing for defense while quietly and carefully walking while searching for Scarlett through the forest. Wait a minute, this is the way to the fairies, oh no, walking faster with my eye out for her. I remember the fairies lived in the most beautiful large tree which is connected to Enchanted Forest. It won't work anyway because we are humans and it only works for fairies. Scarlett hid behind the bushes and the trees as she grabbed and pulled me behind while shushing me. Scarlett pointed at one tiny fairy with a whisper, "I found one."

'It not going to work, Scarlett. Their doorway to Enchanted Forest only works for them," reminding her of the difference between us and them.

"I know, mom, but we can get one of the fairies to befriend us to convince one of them to go find Pixie. She'll help us."

We can try but all the fairies hate us and refuse to make contact, no matter how hard we try, they not going to magically show up, "alright, smartypants, how are you going to catch that fairy?"

"I haven't figured that part out yet, I was focusing on finding the fairies, I mean we were looking for them, weren't we?"

"Yes, but that wasn't my plan, honey," I have another plan formed in my mind, a much better plan instead of trapping her in the glass lamp.

"Are you going to share with the room of your plan?" speaking in a sarcastic tone, the same tone I used with a smirk.

"Don't speak to me in that tone, young lady. It won't work with me," I created that tone and she's a carbon copy of me. We continued carefully following the fairy, I sweetly smile at her seriousness and determination to prove she can be a powerful witch like me. "Do you remember the seeds we grew a few weeks ago?"

"Yes, I never knew why you wanted to grow those silly flowers nearby," mom forces us to work the yard a few miles down from our camp, filled with flower seeds of all kinds surrounding the largest tree. Right now, it's breathtaking and slowly growing as we kept watering the plants. It grew onto the bark and branches of all colors.

"The fairies couldn't help themselves but care and love for the flowers. It's their nature and believing the flowers sing to them," explaining the reason for growing the flowers.

"That takes forever," pointing to the fairy and showing me the empty glass lantern, "this is faster."

She's showing the evil side of her, which I personally enjoy trapping someone if I'm being honest with myself, once upon a time. "I agree, Scarlett. This is faster, but remember, we are not the enemies." I don't want to be on their bad side and besides, I'm the Good Queen, so it changes things. "If you trap one fairy, no one will come for that fairy. They are very protective and secretive, so even if you trap one, it's not going to help us get home. We want them to know that we are allies."

She remains quiet for a while, "let's go back, Scarlett," tapping her back to leave the fairy alone and return to our hunt for rabbits and berries.

We walked back to our camp from our hunt as she murmured that she hates this place. I briefly stopped her to look into my eyes, "patience, honey. I promise I'll get all of us home."

"I shouldn't come at all …. It was my fault," angrily stormed off and ignores mom when I walk faster towards our camp, holding the rabbits then throwing them onto the dirt near the fire.

"What's wrong?" I was surprised to see she threw the rabbits near my feet and stormed into her little home then shot mom a look, what's going on?

"It's nothing, honey," he doesn't need to worry. We already stressing to be back home as no time passes here and not an age older than three years. Sebastian read the book again when I prepared the fire to cook the rabbits, "reading the same book again?"

"I thought maybe we missed something," disappointed in himself but stubbornly continued trying to find a tiny clue in the book.

He bought up the body farm when he remembered from my stories as Evil Queen, but I shook my head, "it's closed and burned beneath the sand. Peter Pan did have a way back to London, a door he used when he tried to get Henry when he was a baby."

"Where's that door?"

I pointed to the North Star, "that star."

"He sent his boys to pick up Henry and … Neal, mom, so it can't be the North Star." He asked again when I softly chuckles at my little teasing about the stories then he grumbled at me, "mooom"

"We will get there soon. The flowers are almost fully blossomed, and I'm still looking for certain plants to speed up our plants' growth. The fairies will come and we'll be home before you know it, alright?"

"Fine. Fine," he grumbled and softly closed the book, I sighed while cooking as I eyed him and my daughter who is pouting in her little house inside the tree. I called Scarlett to come out to eat when the sun dawned. I went over to check on her, "listen, none of this your fault. Try to remember that." I reminded her several times but she still blames herself for the fallout. We sat to eat the rabbits and berries, well for me it's the berries, and my twins love the meat. I announced that I am leaving for a few days to search for a few items to mix my potions, "I'll be gone for three days at most," I changed into a motherly tone, a warning, "stay near the camp and don't go anywhere, is that understood?"

"We'll be fine, mom," Scarlett rolled her eyes at my warnings.

"Check the traps every night, Sebastian."

"Mom, we will be fine," he softly groans at my more rules and warnings.

I didn't want them to know that I am planning to visit the fairies. I know they want to come along, but with the journey and the fairies, they might be harmed and I couldn't risk their health. We hugged with my warnings again to be careful. Normally, I do not do this, but I don't have a choice this time. I only grew the flowers to keep them busy caring for the trees, plants, and flowers, no other reasons. The fairies freely come out at night, which is the other reason I am leaving at dusk to meet that one fairy that Scarlett wasn't supposed to find. I walked back to the same spot with my bag in place on my shoulder, she's the purple fairy. I waited for her to come back, and sat near the tree.

I never count the hours, but assuming it's about an hour and twenty minutes later, the purple fairy returns, zig zagging around me.

"Purple fairy, you came back."

"Did you find it?"

I lost my temper when she laughs at me, zigzagging again, "Purple!"

Purple transform into a human, purple outfit with the brightest blonde, blonder than Emmett and Emma. I asked again, "were you able to get the fairy dust?"

She handed me the bag of fairy dust and then replied, "yes, but the Queen Fairy wants to see you."

Great, Purple told the Queen, I stash the fairy dust in my bag. I followed her, it's quieter in Neverland, with fewer dangers than before. We chatted briefly about Neverland and myself as a Good Queen while walking towards the most hidden part of Neverland, the home of the fairies.

I took a moment to take in the beauty of their home, the white-yellow flowers hanging from the largest giant tree and the fairies singing and talking to themselves, dancing around the tree. There's nowhere else that exists as such as this, not even in Enchanted Forest. They have their own home on the small island near Neverland, a private island that I have never visited before. This tree is their second home, the Pixie Hollow, so they go back and forth to the care of Neverland.

"Queen Regina," the Queen Fairy appears as a human and told the purple to go away.

"Clarion, was this necessary?"

Her dress is all colored in gold with sparkled cloth at the top of the dress while the bottom part, it's already made of pixie dust. Her wings are butterfly wings shape and also made of pixie dust. She has honey-brown hair and wears different kinds of tiaras on each occasion, this time it's gold to show that she is in control and I have no word above her.

"Purple fairy tells me that you have been searching for a door, specifically a demon's door, is this correct, Regina?"

"I only want to return home, Clarion," I don't care if it's a demon's door or any kind of a door as long we go home. That's the main goal, I do not care about anything else. I didn't want to give them the knowledge that my children are here, they can't know yet. I don't fully trust their intention to keep them safe from harm.

My eyes crossed when she showed me the magical bean, "these don't grow here, so how did you obtain this?"

"Peter tried to grow the beans when he stole the seeds from the giants to steal the lost boys and Henry. The fairies took it from them," explains their brief war between fairies and lost boys, knowing the evil in Peter Pan.

I kindly thanked her for protecting Henry from Pan, but thankfully it didn't grow here, so that bean must be from the giant himself, "What do you want, Clarion?"

"I know Tink is in Storybrooke and doesn't want to return home, but I need her. Gruff has awakened and has been causing some problems in our homes. Tink and Fawn were the only ones who can …, Gruff adores Tink and Fawn. I believe Gruff thinks that Tink is dead and otherwise."

Oh yes, Gruff, looks big, mean, and scary, but he's the kindest monster who protects Pixie Hollow from the green-lighting storm that can destroy the fairies' homes or kill them. Tink and Fawn, the animal fairy were the only ones who protects Gruff from Elite Scout fairies who tried to capture him, but they made the fairies to see that he was a friendly monster. Ever since Gruff and the girls were best friends, so from her tone, it looks like the green comet storm is coming soon and Gruff has awakened, worried for Tink. Gruff is the only monster that can store the life of a dead fairy, he has saved Tink several times. He collects and holds the green energy until the storm has passed then released it back into the sky and Pixie Hollow is safe again.

She continued giving me the magical bean, "from one Queen to another, please help us to protect our home."

"I will send word to Tink and return to restore your home," taking the bean from her, "I promise Clarion."

"Thank you, Queen Regina.

I needed to see the ocean when I want to know if Emma has returned or at least safely returns. "Can I use your telescope?" They have the largest telescope, bigger than a lighthouse, well it's a more magical telescope that you can see the ocean far and wide. It's how they kept track of everyone and kept themselves safe.

"As you know, you're not allowed to enter our safe haven, but I can assure you that my Elites will inform you immediately of your crew's arrival."

I nodded dispassionately at that, I want to see for myself, but this best they can offer, "thank you, Clarion. Please do." I took my time walking back to our camp, worried for Emma, my sister, and Mal. My last thoughts of Emma is slowly fading away. I can't remember if I said I love you right before she left. Did I say I love her? There's a feeling in my gut, I can't explain, something bad happened to Emma. I was so deep in thought worried for Emma and my sister that I lost track of time until I realized I was already at camp when they called me, "mom, you're back!"

Scarlett inquired about my mission, "well? Anything, mom?"

"I found some pixie dust," but I didn't want to show them when they will be tempted to use them on an isolated island when they asked if they can see, but I shook my head, "it's better to remain with me for a safe reason."

"Look, what I found," Sebastian showed me a little boy, full of mud all over his face in a wooden trap cage. Where did he come from, I wonder. There's no one for miles even though it's pointless to ask when I know he wouldn't answer, "where do you come from?"

He stared back at me with his wide honey-brown eyes with curiosity and fear with flabby ears. I kneel close to remove the cage, "I am not going to hurt you, young man. Please don't run or scream. I assure you that you will be safe with us."

Sebastian was about to run after the boy, but I softly shouted at him, "let him go. He will come back."

"But …" wanted to catch him to get answers and he is the clue on how to go back to Land Without Magic.

"No, let him go, Sebastian," where can he go anyways, there's no one for miles except us.

"Mom, he's here! You know what that means?!"

"Mom!" Scarlett grumbled angrily at me for letting him go.

I heavily sigh at my twins complaining about letting the flobby ears young boy go, "he will return, I assure you." I don't blame them for being upset with this situation, stuck in the middle of nowhere and they need companionship, friends, and school. At least, some kind of social interaction that's necessary for them and their mental ability. I'm used to it, so being alone never bothers me.

We built a small stone shelter to protect our food to make it last from weather conditions with help of the fairies to make it solid for us. I ignored their taruturm and asked about our stock, "how much left?"

Sebastian sadly replied, "only a few berries left."

"Our coconuts?"

"We drink last of it when you were gone," Scarlett answered after Sebastian.

"Let's stock up," turns to my twins to gather fruits and berries while handling their baskets, "you both gather fruits and berries and I'll get coconuts," the coconuts usually found near the beach. It was easy to take off. I grabbed my pole pruner that Sebastian helped me to build out of wood and stone to easily get the coconuts off of the trees. They were about to protest again about the lost boy, "this is not up for discussion."

I walked quietly near the beach to the coconut tree, one thing is for sure, the lost boy will return when there was food out in the open.

The coconuts palm trees, as I worked with my pole pruners to loosen a lock nut to release the additional length of the pole and tighten the lock nut at the end of the pruner and twist the opposite to loosen the coconuts while making several cuts completely through the palm frond then it falls to the ground. It's hours of cutting but easy if people know how to build the pole pruner. I was lost in thoughts, I have a bad feeling in my gut that Emma was dead. I pray it isn't true as I ignored my thoughts of Emma dead somewhere in the ocean. I heard rustling in the bushes nearby as I tilted my head to check it out, but no one is there. It has to be that boy, who else would it be, I wonder. I continue cutting and more coconuts dropped onto the sand.

"Mom!" Scarlett searching for me.

"I'm over here, Scarlett," I heard her yelling out for me.

"Mom, why did you let the boy go? He would never come back!"

I silently inhaled at her constant complaining about the lost boy, but I sweetly replied, "I assure you, Scarlett, he will return tonight." I didn't realize it was dark already, heavily sighs again but enjoyed looking at the moon going down, brightening the ocean like diamonds, it was breathtaking. When living in Neverland, everyone loses track of time, days go by without realizing how fast it goes. I refocused on Scarlett, "go hunt for rabbits and fishes. Get your brother to help you."

Scarlett confused replied, "as more than three?"

"Yes, for the young boy."

Scarlett understood why mom send them to hunt for many fruits and vegetables, it wasn't only to stock up but to lure the lost boy. Scarlett grabbed several coconuts to bring to the small food storage shack. It will be long before we return home for sure, come home Emma. Where are you?