Kailani's Tale

(Once Upon A Time Fan Fiction)

"Chapter 3"

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Neverland
(During Regina's Curse)

It had been several years since Hook had to leave Kailani behind. Kailani and Tink had claimed their spot near the mermaid lagoon, they built themselves their tree houses. The mermaids had become good friends to them and helped them out, they had a few encounters with Pan and his boys but they pretty much left them alone.

Kailani had books that she had drawings of the different plants and fruits that were dangerous and which were not. Near the mermaid lagoon there were caves that had spring that glowed from the crystals that were at the bottom, the mermaids allowed the girls to use it.

Kailani also missed her Papa, one night she woke up from a nightmare and looked around thinking her Papa would be there to tell her everything would be ok. She missed her mother who had been killed by the Dark One nearly three hundred years ago. She missed the crew of the Jolly Roger who were like brothers.

She wished there was away she send a message but sadly due to a curse that was placed on the enchanted forest, Maii who the Mermaid Queen said that due to the curse travel between realms was impossible.

According to one of their seers a savior would come in 28 years and break the curse. Early one morning Kailani was in the jungle gathering some blueberries to make some berry juice to give to Wendy Darling.

Wendy Darlings and her brothers had come to Neverland to save Baelfire, instead Wendy was taken prisoner and her brothers were forced to do Pan's bidding and search for the heart of the truest believer, a boy who was destined to save Magic.

Early one morning Kailani was out picking some berries to make some berry juice, both Tink and Kailani were going to take some food and the juice to Wendy, Pan kept Wendy locked up in a cave, the girls had discovered her one day while doing some exploring, it was Wendy who told them about the boy Pan was looking for, they often wondered if Pan knew the girls had discovered Wendy, he has never made an attempt to move her so he must not even care.

As Kailani picked the berries she heard some chanting near bye and saw some of Pans boys, they must of moved camp again. She wasn't afraid of them anymore and had had even been able to out Pan once or twice. She had turned around only for a second when she heard some laughter and saw one of the boys grab her basket.

"Hey that's mine!" Kailani yelled and ran after the boy. She managed to grab his cloak and pulled making him fall backwards, he dropped the basket causing some of the berries to scatter.

"Ow" boy groaned trying to get up, it was Devin.

"What are you smiling about?" Kailani said grabbing the basket.

"Hello" Kailani heard a voice behind her and the world around her suddenly went black.

"Wake up" Kailani woke up and saw Pan smiling down at her. Kailani stood up and saw she was surrounded. In the middle the circle was once of the lost boys tied to a pole.

"What do you want?" Kailani asked him, she tried to remain calm.

"Joseph here has broken some of my rules and I can't abide by that, he must be punished" Pan told her.

"Why are you telling me?" Kailani asked him.

"Please Pan I'm sorry" Joseph said.

"Shut up" Pan said to Joseph and turned back to Kailani "you Kailani are going to dish out the punishment"

"What if i refuse?" Kailani asked.

"Then you spent the next the month in your vacation spot" Pan told her with a smile. "Which would you like the cage or a dark and scary cave"

"Neither" Kailani says. She was getting really scared. Pan walks over to Joseph and rips out his heart, this made Kailani jumped, remembered the Dark One had ripped out her mothers heart and crushed it, killing her.

"Your going to crush his heart" Pan told her taking her hand and placing the heart in her palm.

"No"Kailani told him "You can lock me in a cage for the rest of my days, I won't crush his heart"

"Yes you will" Pan told her taking the hand that had the heart, she tried to struggle but he held on to her, he squeezed her hand and Joseph began to cry in pain, memories of her mothers death began to flood her mind. Soon all there was left of the heart was dust, Kailani stood in shock, she couldn't move or breath, she just stood and stared at the lifeless body.

"Take her back to the beach" Pan said. Kailani found her way back to the beach, she was in shock, she didn't speak or say a word when Tink asked if she was OK, she just went to her tree house and began sobbing. Tink was furious, she knew who was behind this.

"What did you do to her?" Tink asked.

"What do you mean I do to who?" Pan asked "Oh your little friend, I merely showed her the darkness that is inside her"

"What do you mean?" Tink asked.

"One of my boys had to be punished and I had Kailani dole out the punishment" Pan told her and pointed to the boy who was still on the poll being taken down by some of the other boys.

"You forced her to do this" Tink said "She would never do this willingly."

"Really? You so sure about that?" Pan asked her "She's the daughter of the Dark One after all, darkness is part of her and know she has tasted it"

"I won't let you hurt her" Tink told him.

"I would sleep with one eye open if I were you" Pan smiled and walked away.

TO BE CONTINUED