Slowly Sophia opened her eyes and looked around. What was she doing in her cave? She can't remember anything after… after Felix kissed her. She had kissed Felix. And the kiss felt so… right. She felt at home in his arms.
"Your home is here, he means nothing to you."
Her home is here, he didn't mean anything to her. Still she wasn't completely convinced. But it didn't matter, she had to get out of here and go to the tomb of the lost Queen before it was too late. She got of the bed and walked toward the exit of the cave. She stopped when she heard voiced outside. She heard the voice of her mother and her father. Tears formed in her eyes, she had missed their voices, she had missed them.
"You hate them. They don't love you."
She hates them. They don't love her. She walked back in the cave and with a simple wave of her hand she disappeared in a cloud of light blue smoke. She appeared in the tomb. Looking up she saw the moon was almost on his highest point.
"What do I have to do, My Queen?" she asked.
"The neckless, use it to free me from my prison."
She unclipped the neckless and held it before her. It was a simple silver chain with one small crystal hanging from it. It glistered in the moonlight beautifully. She closed her eyes and let the wind lift her from the ground. She flew directly under the moon and she felt it's power. All the power she could summon including her own she directed to the neckless. She opened her eyes again to see the crystal glow a bright light blue colour.
"Lay the crystal on my tomb."
She lowered herself to the ground and walked to the tomb. In the stone was a small hole. She took the crystal and put it in the hole. The second the crystal fell in the hole the earth shook and she was pushed to the ground by an invisible force. She sat up and saw the Queen rise from her tomb. The Queen had ghost like hair, a dress with holes and tears in the fabric and her skin was as white as snow. The crystal of the neckless was in her crown. Sophia got back full control of her thoughts and body and she was terrified. What had she done?
"Sophia, you freed me," the Queen said. "But I'm not done with you just yet."
"What do you want from me?" she asked barely hearable.
"You see, I can't come back completely unless we trade," the Queen said and came closer to her. "A life for a life."
The Queen moved her hand forward and Sophia felt the life being sucked out of her. she screamed in the hope someone, anyone would hear her and save her. But it was too late, the power inside her, the light she once had was taken. She felt weak, there was nothing left. With that she fell lifeless to the ground.
The earth began to shake and everyone struggled to keep upright.
"What was that?" Emma asked. Hook immediately went back in the cave only to come back a few second later with a pale face.
"Sophia's gone," he said. Felix felt his stomach drop and a slight panic rose up in him. Where is she? Did something happen to her? Is she okay? What's happening?
"Where could she be?" Pan asked. From all the people here he seemed more annoyed than worried. No wait, he was only annoyed. A strong wind blew through the island. It was cold and ice appeared on the leaves and the trees and bushes. The normally so warm island slowly turned frozen. Felix was glad to have his cloak but Emma and Hook didn't have anything to keep them warm. When he looked over at them Hook had Emma wrapped in his arms, trying to keep her warm.
"What do we have here?" a voice said from above them. They all looked up to see a woman, the Queen. She was like a ghost turned to flesh. On her head was a crown with a crystal. Felix recognised the crystal, it was the same Sophia wore as a neckless.
"What did you do to her?" he asked through gritted teeth. "Where is she?!"
"Your little lost girl is dead. She traded her life for mine," the Queen said. Felix felt anger, pain, disbelieve, rage, everything. This wasn't true, this couldn't be true. Sophia was strong, she can't be dead. It just can't be.
"You're lying!" he shouted. He wanted to rip her apart, this couldn't be true. He roared forward, not really knowing what he was doing, but he didn't came far when she blasted him backwards.
"Go to the skull formed cave on the island and see for yourself," she said with a sickening grin.
"Why are you telling us this?" Emma asked, trying to keep her tears back.
"I want to see your pain, I want to see you all hopeless. Your heartbreak is my power." With that she disappeared again, her wicked laugh could still be heard in the wind. Felix stood up again, tears stung his eyes as he walked into the now frozen jungle.
"Where are you going?" Hook called after him.
"Prove that she isn't…" he couldn't get the words out of her mouth. He kept walking, he didn't care if they followed him or not. After a while he heard footsteps behind him. He didn't allow himself to think of what would happen if it was true, if she was really… gone. Every step closer to the skull island made his eyes more watery and the tears threatened to break through. He never cried. Never did, never had. Not when he was hurt, not when he was mistreated, never.
When they arrived by the waters it was completely frozen over. He didn't care if the ice wasn't strong enough he just walked over it. It didn't even matter if he fell through, no one would care if it happened anyway.
Felix made it to the skull island and walked inside the Queen's tomb. The fight he felt before left his body when he saw her. There she was, on the ground and not moving. He didn't even know how he got at her side so fast. He gently moved her hair out of her face and lifted her head.
"Sophia?" he whispered. The first tear fell when she kept silenced. "Sophia, wake up. Look at me." She didn't make a move, not even a little and it broke his heart to see her so lifeless. He lifted her up in his arms, holding her tightly while he silently sobbed, "Please look at me."
Emma didn't know how long they've been sitting here. Her tears were dried out, Killian's too. He was now silently rocking her on the ground. Pan was outside doing who knows what and Felix… he was broken. He still held Sophia's body gentle but tightly against, sometimes he whispered something but she could hear what. She knew he needed someone so she pulled back out of Killian's embrace. She looked at him, his eyes were puffy and she could see the dried tears on his face. He silently asked her if she was okay and she nodded. She wasn't okay but she had to be strong right now. She looked over at Felix then back at Killian. He nodded in understanding and she stood up.
She slowly approached and kneeled down beside him. Although it hurt to look at her daughter's lifeless body she had to be strong because he couldn't. She placed her hand gently on his shoulder but her didn't move.
"Felix?" she whispered softly. This seemed to get his attention as he slowly lifted his head to look at her. She saw the emptiness in his eyes, the pain and the heartbreak. Tears still streamed down his cheeks. "You are not alone."
He looked back down at Sophia and whispered barely hearable, "I am alone." His voice was broken. "I never had anyone until now and I lost her."
"We are still here."
"But you'll leave, everyone leaves." She didn't know what kind of past he had before he came to Neverland but it was clearly too much for him. "I should have been the one. She should have just killed me."
"It's not your fault." He looked at her again, his eyes were dark and broken, it was too much for him.
"It is," his voice was convincing. He really believed it was his fault. Gently she moved lifted Sophia out of his arms. At first he didn't want to let go of her, like he still wanted to hold on to her. But he let go eventually and she placed her daughter carefully on the ground before them. Fresh tears formed in her eye when she stroked her cheek but she blinked them away. She had to be strong for Felix right now.
"No it's not. None of this is your fault. You did your best to protect her," she said but he was still not convinced.
"I should have done more." She grabbed him by both his shoulders, making him look at her instead of Sophia.
"Listen, Sophia wouldn't blame you for any of this. I don't blame you, Killian doesn't blame you, no one blames you. From everyone here you have done the most to protect her so if there is anyone to blame it is anyone but you. Do you understand?"
He nodded and she saw he was holding back tears. Her mother instincts took over and he pulled him into a hug, stroking his back and let him cry into her shoulder. She closed her eyes to keep her own from spilling as she listened to his broken sobs. He was too young for this. He may have lived thousands of years but he was still too young.
They walked out of the cave and into the cold where Pan was waiting for them. They had put Sophia's body on the tomb, not wanting her to lay on the ground.
"Was about time you came," Pan said annoyed as he pushed himself off the wall he had been leaning against.
"Shut up, Pan," Killian growled and glared at him.
"Easy Captain," he said and held up his hands. "I'm sorry for your daughter but we have kind of a problem right now."
"Then lest go to my ship and see our next move there."
"I'm not coming," Felix said from behind them. "not that anyone would care."
"Why not?" Emma asked.
"I don't belong anywhere, I'm no use."
She sighed before looking back at him, "If you change your mind you know where to find us." She knew he needed time. Emma and Killian walked over the frozen waters but Pan turned to Felix before he followed them.
"I'm sorry, I know she meant a lot to you." The words did nothing to him, nothing did. He felt empty, alone, and angry. When the three of them were out of sight he walked back into the cave. Although it hurt him like hell to see her he had to go to her one last time. For the last time he stroked her hair, brushed his fingers against her cheek and kissed her forehead.
"She will pay for what she did to you. I promise."
A/N: Thank you all for reading! This chapter is again shorter than the others and again I promis the next will be longer! please leave a review, I really want to know what you guy thought about this chapter and this story in general. ;)
Ps. I cried while writing this chapter, but I promise you that everything will be alright in the end!