"Do you have an escape plan yet?" Tink asked them as they sat down in her treehouse.

"We were actually going for a last minute escape…" Killian said and scratched behind his ear.

"I can't believe you," she said with an eye roll, crossing her arms and leaning back in her chair.

"We'll worry about that later, okay?" Emma cut in, "We need to find out daughter, any idea where she could be?"

"Don't you have some pixie dust?" Killian motioned to the neckless around her neck.

"It doesn't work anymore," Tink said a bit sad, "but I have a few ideas on where she might be."

"Spill."

"For one, I know where Pan's camp is. If they have caught her we know where to find her. Second, there is a cave on the other side of the island where she could be hidden, it's the only place where Pan has no control over."

"Why aren't you in that cave then?" Emma asked her curiously.

"I don't like caves, I prefer a home between the trees," she explained and motioned around her. "The cave is at the southern side of the island, Pan's camp is not far from it."

"Then what are we waiting for, let's go," Killian stood up and was about to climb back down, Emma followed him but Tink stayed put. "Aren't you coming with us?"

"No, I'm sorry but I can't," Killian walked over to her.

"You know you can come with us when we leave the island, there is enough room on my ship for an extra passenger."

She smiled at him and looked behind him at Emma. "I would like that, but I can't leave this place. It has been my home for so many years… I don't know…"

Emma came to stand beside him and put a hand on Tink's shoulder, "you don't have to decide now. When we leave we'll come back here, until then you can think about it."

Tink nodded and smiled at them, "Thank you."

"No, thank you," with that Emma and Killian left Tink's treehouse and walked back to the ship. After a moment of silence Emma began to laugh and Killian looked at her in confusion and amusement. "What's so funny, Swan?"

"We are getting our daughter back, Killian," she grabbed his hand come to stand before him, making him stop. "We are so close now, we are getting her back and going home."

"Aye, we are," he said and kissed her, feeling her smile into the kiss.

"How sweet," said a voice from behind them. Quickly they both turned around, weapons drawn. From behind the bushes appeared a boy. "It has been awhile, Captain."

"Not long enough," Killian snarled back at him. Emma recognised the boy, Felix was his name.

"Before any of you tries to kill me" -he gave Killian a pointing look- "I know where your daughter is."

"How do we know we can trust you?" Emma asked. He looked at her and his entire posture changed from confident to unsure. The smirk that was on his face faded slowly as he stared into her eyes. She looked over at Killian who seemed to be just as confused as she was. "What is it?" she asked a bit gentler.

"Uh… it's a…" he looked away while letting out a nervous laugh and rubbing his neck, "she has… same eyes." he gestured towards her eyes and looked at the ground. Emma softened a bit and put her cutlass back in its sheath.

"Emma, what are you doing?" Killian asked. She gave him a look that said that he had to trust her and took a few steps closer to the boy who was still looking at the ground.

"You're Felix, right?" she asked him. He looked a bit surprised that she knew his name when he looked up but then looked at Killian and the surprise left his face. When he didn't say anything she continued, "Do you know where she is? Is she safe?"

He nodded and relief flew over her body and she heard Killian let out a breath that he was probably holding. Felix however was still tensed and that made the relief short lived. "There is something more, isn't there?"

He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "She is hearing… whispers."

"Whispers?" Killian repeated.

"Yesterday when I came to check on her she was crying," a frown formed on his face and she saw guilt flicker in his eyes, "she said she had a headache and that she was hearing whispers."

He was leaving something out but she didn't push it. "Can you take us to her?"

"Swan, a word," Killian called from behind her. She gave Felix a apologising look and walked over to her husband. "We can't trust him," he said when they were out of earshot.

"Why not?"

"I told you before, he is one of Pan's most loyal followers and closest friend."

She looked over her shoulder before turning back to Killian. "That doesn't matter, you saw the way he changed when he recognised her eyes in mine and how he talks about her. Killian, I think he cares more about her than his loyalty to Pan."

"He probably knows her 2, maybe 3 days! He was already loyal to Pan before I came on this island 300 years ago. People don't change like that in a matter of days."

"You did when you met me," he was silent for a moment, gaping and searching for words.

"That's not the same," he said finally and she gave him a unconvinced look.

"Killian, everyone deserves a second chance."

"I'll decide if he deserves one or not," he walked past her toward Felix and raised his sword. "So you are telling us that you broke your loyalty to Pan to keep Sophia safe?"

"Yes," he answered without hesitation, "and I can take you to her."

"And how do we know this isn't some kind of trap?" Killian raised the tip of his sword towards his neck and he swallowed, raising his chin just a little.

"You don't," Emma walked over to them when Killian pressed the tip of his sword deeper in his skin.

"Killian stop it," she grabbed the sword out of his hand, pushing him a little back and looking Felix in the eye. "Is this a trap?" she asked him.

"No."

She nodded and turned back to Killian, handing him back his sword, "he's telling the truth, discussion over." She walked past Killian. He looked confused at Felix and back at Emma before following her.

"How do you know?" he asked her when he was beside her again.

"The curse gave me the ability to tell if people are lying remember?" she said without looking at him.

He looked back at Felix who was following them a bit hesitated, "If you do anything to betray us, I going to kill you."

"I'm sure you will," Felix said. The rest of the trip he followed them in silence back to the ship.

Pan had trapped her in a cage until their battle. She had been sitting there now for hours and her headache was killing her. She wondered where Felix had gone off to and if he would come back any time soon. Her eyelids became heavy and she felt herself become tired. Maybe it was a good idea to sleep a bit before the battle, gather some energy. She closed her eyes and immediately she heard the whisper. She wanted to open her eyes again but the whisper stoke to her and she could understand what is was saying.

"Don't open your eyes" it whispered. "Listen to me and do as I say"

"Okay," she said back.

"You have to win this, you have to defeat Peter Pan and become queen of Neverland"

"How?"

"Magic"

She heard ruffling noise beside her and opened her eyes again. Why was she listening to the whisper? Why was she talking to it? This was crazy, she doesn't want to become queen of Neverland, she just wants to go home. Someone was approaching her and opened her cage. She climb out and looked at the boy who opened her cage.

"Pan is waiting for you," the boy said and walked into the jungle, motioning to her to follow him. he brought her to a clearing. All the lost boys where gathered around it and were whispering to each other while eyeing her. One of the boy sat behind some kind of drum which he hit twice and everyone went silent. Torches that were standing upright in the ground lit one for one and Peter Pan landed right before her. All the lost boys cheered and Pan made a dramatic bow. She crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

"Lost boys!" he began, "Today I discovered this lost girl on the island!" he gestured towards her before continuing, "she was stupid enough to accept my challenge and the consequences that follow!" All the lost boys laughed at her and yelled at her.

"Because she is that stupid," he continued, "I let her chose."

He turned to her with a sickening smirk but she just grinned back. "Magic," the voice in her head whispered but she ignored it.

"A fight," she said and walked closer to him, "without magic, without weapons and without help from any one. A one on one fist fight."

Again he didn't expect that from her and that pleased her.

"Alright," he said and walked to his side of the clearing, she did the same. "Let's begin."

Felix leaned over the railing of the ship, his eyes fixed on the horizon and his mind drifting off to Sophia. Hook was keeping a close eye on him from the helm. He had told them where she was and they immediately set sail after that. Neither of them had spoken to him ever since and he was glad they didn't. He knew Sophia looked a lot like her father so he was prepared for that. But not for the eyes of her mother. They were the same, exactly the same and he couldn't help but stare at them when he first saw her.

He probably looked like an idiot. Hook had known him for 300 years, 300 years of showing no emotions at all, 300 years of not caring and suddenly he was like… this. He saw how confused and surprised he looked at his sudden change of attitude. But Felix was surprised too, Hook had changed a lot too. For one, he didn't have his hook anymore and how he was with Sophia's mother, like no matter what he would stay at her side and protect her till his dying breath.

I would do the same for Sophia. The sudden thought confused and scared him a bit. He liked her, he couldn't deny that anymore, but could he compare that to the relationship between her parents? He shook her head. It didn't matter if he could or not, she would leave and he would be left behind. And if he did come with her he wouldn't have a chance. She deserves someone who isn't broken, someone who isn't cold hearted, someone who could care for her and who her parents would approve of. He wasn't that someone, he was nothing more than a lost boy that belonged on Neverland.

"Don't let him get under your skin," he looked beside him to see Sophia's mother leaning against the railing, looking at the horizon.

"What?" she turned her head and looked at him with a sweet expression.

"Killian… or Hook, don't let him get under your skin," she said and smile at him. "He is just very protective over Sophia."

He looked down at the waters below them, "I get that."

"You like her, don't you?" he felt his cheeks warm up, what was he supposed to say? To her mother?!

"It doesn't matter."

"Why not?"

He was silent for a moment, staring at the waves, trying to find the right words to explain why not. "Because she will be leaving and I would stay behind."

"Why not come with us?" he slowly looked up at her, would Sophia want him to come with her?

"What if Sophia doesn't want me to come?"

She gave him a knowing look and smiled to herself, like she knew some kind of secret that he didn't knew. "Look, Felix, I don't know you that well and what Killian has told me isn't that positive," here it is, she going to say he wasn't worthy of her, didn't deserve her after everything he has done, that he- "but I don't care, neither does she. I don't care what you did in the past. All I care about is if you can make my daughter smile brighter, laugh happier and make her feel cherished and loved."

Before he could respond she turned on her heels and walked towards the helm to stand beside Hook. The words repeated over and over again in his head. Could he make her smile brighter? Could he make her laugh happier? Could he make her feel cherished? And most importantly; could a unloved lost boy make her feel loved?

The boy behind the drum hit it and cheers filled the clearing. She stood in her fighting position, making sure she stood strong. They circled around each other for a moment before Pan attacked. She dodge his blow and made some distance. She was observing his moves, how he stood and his defence. His defence was flawless, he moved light on his feet and his standing was strong like hers. He probably knew how to fight standing but did he know how to fight on the ground?

He threw a few more punches her way which she dodged. His movements were almost flawless. Almost. She noticed he moved swift on his toes and barely stood on his heels which made kicking him to the ground easy. After a kick she decided that it was her turn to finally attack. So far he had blocked of dodged all her punches and kicks.

"Is that all you got?" he asked her when he blocked another punch.

"I was just warming up," with that he threw a punch at her with she dodged by stepping to his inside and moving his arm the other way. With a swift move she grabbed his wrist, gave a blow under his chin, pushed him backward and swept him off his feet. The crowd went silent when Pan hit the ground. The silence was broken by the voice of the boy behind the drum.

"First round goes to the lost girl!" he yelled and the crowd cheered. Pan got to his feet, he looked furious and the crowd went silent again. "Winner choses the second theme of the round."

"Alright then," she pretended to be thinking, "I'll make it easy for you Peter. Ground wrestle, first one to get the other say the save word wins."

"And what's the save word?" Pan asked while glaring at her.

"Let's see… what about 'Hook'?" she gave him a challenging look.

"Fine, let start."

They both sat down on their knees and waited for the drum. She saw that Pan's anger hasn't cooled down and she was enjoying it too much. Far too much…. Why was she enjoying this so much? The drum sounded and she erased the thoughts from her mind. Pan launched forward and grabbed her by her shoulders. She twisted her body so that she wouldn't fall backward and he would lose his balance. With all he strength she pushing him to the ground. He grunted in pain and she was about to set a stranglehold when he blasted her away with magic. She fell backwards and gripped her left shoulder. Pan stood up again and walked over to her.

"Change of rules, scream 'Hook' when you're about to be killed by magic," he lifted his hands, fireballs forming in his hands.

"Use your magic"

With a flowing move she rolled out of the way, got up and blasted him back with an invisible magic force. Pan landed on top a group of lost boys. She stared down at her hand, where did that came from?

"Use it again," said the whisper. "Kill him."

A grin spread across her face and she felt the power flow through her veins. With an invisible force she lifted Pan and chocked him. He tried to free himself and hit her with his magic but failed at both. With Pan still in the air she spoke to the lost boys.

"From this day on you will remember, the great Peter Pan has been defeated and there is a new Queen in Neverland!" the lost boys began to cheer. She brought Pan closer to her before continuing. "Remember this day," she said as she looked him dead in the eye, "because you didn't just lose your first battle from a girl, but also from the daughter of Captain Hook."

Perhaps if he wasn't chocking he would have looked more shocked but she didn't care. She tossed him careless to the side. "Tie him up, put him in a cage, I don't care just make sure he is out of my way."

A few lost boys followed her commands while Peter yelled at her, "You will regret this! You hear me? No one messes with the King of Neverland!"

She ignored him while he was carried away. She turned towards the lost boy and held her fist in the air. "Long live the Queen!" she called and all the boys repeated after her.

"Long live the Queen"

A/N: Thank you all for reading! please please please leave a review, I really want to know what you think of the story. What would you think could happen next? What would you like to see?