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Snow

The lost boys were better behaved than I expected them to be, everyone but that one unrelentingly faithful boy. she couldn't understand the appeal Pan had to these boys. Was he just a friend meant to suffice as family, or was it the thrill of adventure that lured them here. They were just a couple of lonely teenagers with no families. Out of all the promises I've kept, this one was most important to me. I understood what it felt like to be isolated in the wild by herself, It wasn't fun.

Tink wasn't bad company either. After looking past her hardened exterior, she's very sweet. I knew plenty of people like that.

We still kept the boys tied up, but they struck up easy conversation amongst themselves, and even with me.

Either group wasn't back from their expeditions. I'm not sure if it was that they weren't back yet or they weren't gone long enough that worried me. David and Hook she be back at least, but who knows what can happen, this is Neverland, after all.

As if on cue, a green blast of magic knocked them to the ground. Felix was grinning.

"He did it," he whispered. My heart plummeted and stopped at the same time. I looked at Tink and she nodded slightly.

After a few minutes, David and Hook came back, then Regina, Emma and Neal, carrying a lifeless but preserved Henry. As soon as they got there, Emma got right to business questioning the boys.

"I need you all to tell me where Pan might be." Not a peep from them. "It's no use defending him now. He's gone. I know what you're going through. I was like you before, a lost girl. But I've found my family, and you all can too. We can get you to Storybrooke. We can find your family. Aren't you all lonely here?" Some boys nodded and you could see their loyalty for their leader shatter.

"He's in his thinking tree," one piped up. Felix yelled at them to be quiet as they all gave us instructions to his tree.

"Thank you," I said. "David and Hook will prepare the ship and load you all. Neal will stay here with Henry and we'll find Pan." They all nodded and we went out in search of his 'thinking tree.'

It wasn't far. We travelled north for a few minutes, and the box Gold was trapped in was right in front of us, too good to be true. We drew our weapons and circled the area. I reached out for the box when Regina stopped me with a hand on my shoulder.

"He wouldn't have just left it here," she reasoned.

"It's David's only way home, I'll take my chances. I didn't have time to take them, as a vine ensnared me in it's grasp and pulled my back against the tree, followed by Regina and Emma. We were all held tight against each other and regardless of how many people it was holding, was held snug around us.

"Haven't you learned," Pan asked from the shadows, grabbing Emma's discarded weapon and stalking towards us,"Peter Pan never fails. If you were looking for Henry, there's only one way you'll be reunited: death." Regina shook and struggled against the ties, but Pan only laughed.

"Struggling, I see. The only thing speeding up your demise is regret."

"What are you talking about," Emma demanded from him.

"This tree is home to a very important event for me. I abandoned my boy here."

"You have a son," Regina exclaimed lamely.

"If you have a son, you must regret losing him too," Emma said under her breath.

"No, quite the opposite actually. I have him in this very box."

"Rumplestiltskin, the Dark One, is your son," Regina asked again.

"Indeed."

"How,s that possible," I wondered.

"Like I said, older than I look."

"You're a fraud," Regina accused. "You can't even hurt us. Your weak. You're stripped of your magic."

"But once my power is restored, I'll get to have some real fun. We all won't have to worry about our children again, something we'll all have in common soon." Emma jumped forward but got pulled back again with a much greater force."

"There must be some way we can get out of this."

"That's where you're wrong. This tree attacks the regret inside someone."

"I regret not killing you when I had the chance," she remarked.

"That's not all, is it. I have your son's heart inside me. I can feel just how much you let him down, right from when you gave him away."

"Leave her alone," I growled.

"Perhaps I should. after all, what kind of mother were you? Abandoning her to fend for herself for twenty eight years, with no hope of having a family, or anyone who loves her. Then you just come waltzing back into her life like it never happened. And don't get me started about your husband. He was only too good to you, and you repay him by loving another woman. I'm not surprised. You always were a mother's girl." I glared at him and tried jumping at him, at the accusations he's made. I loved Emma and David. I never abandoned her out of cold blood like he did to Rumple. I wanted to save her, to love her and to raise her. He couldn't lecture me about Regina either. She was never like a mother to me, and I never meant for any of this to happen.

"Are you finished," Regina asked impatiently. He sauntered over towards her to spit guilt in her face.

"Final words from the Queen, how bold of you. Not surprising from the one with the most regret."

"See, That's where you're wrong. I cast a curse that devastated an entire population. I've tortured, murdered, lied, I'm the coldest of all rulers in the entire realm. I've done horrible things, I should have enough regret to fill three seperate lives. But I'm not." She ripped through the vines like it was paper and prowled towards him. "Because it got me my son." In a hasty thrust of her hand into his chest, she was holding the pure heart of her son in her strong hands. He fell to his knees and clawed at the dirt. She grabbed the box Rumple was in.

"Now, I have a son in need of saving," she said, smiling, and I fell in love all over again.

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Neal was aboard the ship sitting next to Henry, holding his hand to his lips.

"Emma," he regarded, standing up and hugging her. Regina bounded towards Henry and placed his heart over his chest, holding the box in her other hand. she breathed deeply and pushed it back into it's rightful place. He didn't make a move.

"Are we too late," Emma wondered.

"I don't know. Henry? Henry, honey wake up for me, please." A beat passed before Henry gasped his first breath in an hour.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to save magic. I wanted to be a hero."

"There's plenty of time for that, kid," David said. Henry nodded and hugged both his moms.

"Now it's time to rest. You've had a long day." Henry nodded.

"A brave soul like deserves the very best. To the Captain's quarters," Hook announced. Neal laughed and picked him up, carrying him below the deck. Emma followed, and Regina made a move to. I grabbed her arm tentatively.

"Can I talk to you for a moment, about Echo Caves?" she looked over to Henry, then back to me.

"Quickly." I nodded and led her below deck to some sort of cartography room.

"I don't know what to do. I love you, and I love him, and I want to know what to do."

"Well, I can't help you with that. You need to figure it out yourself." I nodded and bit my lip.

"I have two lives in my head, when I was living with you and when I was with David, like the curse, but they're both real." Regina nodded. "I married David not only because I love him, also because it was right. If I accepted my love for you, I was giving into the darkness, I was accepting defeat and I couldn't have that. It was the right choice at the time, but I don't know what's right anymore. I'm scared."

"I am too, but I can't talk about this right now, I need to be with my son. We can talk when we get back to Storybrooke, I promise. You need to sort out…whatever you're feeling." My heart stopped again.

"Can't you accept someone other than Henry can love you?"

"…I'm going to go see Henry. Get some rest." She left abruptly and I stood in the room for a minute before going above deck and avoiding David's eyes.

Once we lifted off, thanks to Pan's shadow, I went back below deck to sleep in one of the cots set up in another room.

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We landed safely, other then a little scare from Pan, and I didn't expect to miss this cheery town, but I did. To celebrate, we all went out for supper at Granny's. I told stories to Red and once again tried not to interact with David.

When we got back to the loft, it was just us. Henry was with Regina at the mansion, and I think Emma's at the Rabbit Hole.

David stomped into the loft and threw his jacket onto the kitchen table.

"David, we need to talk about this," I said. He turned back around jarringly fast.

"What is there to talk about? You love her, not me, end of story." Tears were brimming his eyes and it broke my heart.

"It's not like that. I love you both. I've never had a doubt in my mind that I love you. But I love her too."

"I want you to know I'll fight for you, as long as I have to."

"I know. I just have to ask a favour of you."

"Anything."

"If I do end up with Regina, I don't want you to fight for me. I want you to be happy, even if it means letting me go." He paused and made the face he always makes when he thinks, eyebrows slightly furrowed and his eyes distant.

"Okay. But I want you to at least think about this. Know what you're leaving behind with both of us."

"Yes." Despite my hesitation, David tried not to show it bothered him. I tried to hide my constant thinking, contemplating, and hesitance in everything I did. Of course, he knew me well. Damn that cave. I'll have Pan's head for everything he put us through.