Kaladra flew down to the Mermaid Lagoon and searched for Linia that very next morning. She felt guilty for what she had said last night and wanted to keep her friendship but for some reason, Linia was no where to be found. Of course, Kaladra also didn't know where Linia dwelled, so that was also a problem. No one, not even the mermaids, knew where the twin of Peter hid during the night. After nearly an hour of searching, Kaladra reluctantly gave up and soared over the treetops back to her home. After making sure that she was gone, Linia appeared out of her rock cave and rolled her eyes. No particular reason… She was just feeling hatred growing inside of her. Not only that, but the old codfish told her to stay away from the Lost Boys from now on. Tomorrow would be the day that she would take Peter to Skull Rock and let Captain Hook do away with him. It felt wrong... It was wrong but Linia had been led to believe that Peter was just going to continue hurting people unless he was stopped. She'd do it herself but she had no plan unlike Hook. Leaning back on the rock wall, Linia wondered how she'd get Peter to go to Skull Rock. Suddenly, it smacked her in the face like a baseball. "Kaladra! The perfect bait!"

Now, Linia hadn't become evil and heartless. No, she was far from it. It's only that James Hook had corrupted her mind and caused her to believe his lies. This story is far from over.

Linia found the pirate ship in no time at all. The gruff men seemed to completely ignore her now since they were busy plotting the deaths of the Lost Boys. Letting out a sigh of relief, Linia crowed. "Hook! Where are you?"

Mr. Smee was the first to appear, waddling his way up to the floating girl. He had a pleased smile upon his face as he always did. "Good morning, m'lady. The Captn' will be out short-"

Hook burst out of his cabin, dressed in his finest clothes as usual. Instead of his curved silver forked end, it was gold with a dazzling ring upon it. "It's a pleasure to see you Lila."

"Linia."

"Er... Whatever. What bring you here this early in the morning?" Hook said gingerly.

"You say it as if it's bizarre when you brought me here about the same time yesterday." Snapped Linia.

"You're trying my patience, dear."

She would have continued arguing with the codfish but Linia had more important things to discuss. "Have you heard of the Lost Girl, Kaladra?"

"Heard of her? That little imp has spoiled every plan I've ever made!" Hook snarled, stabbing his hook against the wood mast.

Linia smirked. This plan was just too perfect. "She needs to be the bait. Capture her and bring her to Skull Rock. Peter will come to her rescue and you can get them both at once."

Hook almost laughed with joy but kept his cool. His three mortal enemies dying all on the same day was just too good to be true. "But how do we capture Kaladra?"

"Easy. I'll bring her out to the cove to do some 'exploring'. Meet us there when the moon is directly overhead and capture her. It's perfect." Linia explained, making hand motions on what to do.

Smiling, Hook held out his golden claw. "Spill your blood and you have yourself a deal."

Hesitantly, Linia reached her hand out and faced her palm up. The hook lashed out and went down her hand, leaving a small cut. "Deal. Now go find the Lost Girl." Hook laughed darkly.

Gradually, the elf girl floated away from the ship, clutching her wounded hand. She wanted to call the whole thing off now. If Hook would spill his own ally's blood, wouldn't he kill off Kaladra and Peter. But it was too late now. If she went back on her promise, Hook could kill her as well. Although Linia was worried about Peter and Kaladra's life, she had no idea that her own was in danger as well. Linia shuddered with fear of what she had gotten herself into, and flew to Hangman's Tree.


Kaladra was sitting in the tree, taking a nap. There was a peaceful look upon her face as she slept which made Linia's stomach lurch. Floating up next to the "Sleeping Beauty", Linia lightly smacked her awake. Kaladra sat up and was face to face with her friend. "I thought something had happened to you!"

"You obviously weren't too worried." Linia said lowly.

Kaladra sat in the tree Indian style and smiled happily. "Well, you can't blame me. I was up late last night."

Focusing her full attention to Kaladra, Linia spoke.

"Doing what?"

A bigger smile came over her face and Kaladra clapped once. "Just talking with Peter." She wasn't about to say that she enjoyed a long kiss with the boy.


"Oh, is that all?"

A small giggled escaped Kaladra. "Yes. That's it."

Wrinkling her nose, Linia sat on the tree branch beside Kaladra. "I found a place on the cove where there's a bunch of sea shells that are like the colors of the rainbow. But they only seem that way when it's night time."

Kaladra's eyes grew wide with interest. "Really? I want to see!"

"I could take you tonight."

"Really?! That would be wonderful!" Kaladra grabbed both of Linia's hands.

Linia let out a small cry of pain from her hand wound and pulled back. Looking down at her own hands, Kaladra noticed her left hand had blood on it. "Hey… What happened to your hand?"

"I cut it on a rock at the lagoon. My hand slipped and I injured it real good." Linia placed her pained hand behind her back and crossed her index and middle finger together.

Kaladra frowned. "Maybe we shouldn't go to the cove tonight."

"NO! I mean... The colors only work on this day."

"Alright then... I'll see you when it's dark then." Kaladra said and Linia nodded.