Felix felt colder than he had ever been. Not just because the island was frozen but also because there was nothing inside him that could keep him warm. That fire had died when he saw Sophia no longer breathing. The only thing he could do now was make sure the Queen payed for what she did or die trying. He was on his way to Sophia's cave. It may have hurt him more to see her paintings if he wasn't already dead inside. Inside he did his best not to look at anything but what he was looking for. In the corner on his left side were a few small rocks, behind them her two cutlasses. He grabbed them and immediately the memory of them sparring came to his mind. The way she smiled, how her eyes were bright and for a few second free of worry. How her cheeks reddened and the way she tried to hide it so he wouldn't see. So full of life, but now…
He shook his head. He wasn't going to cry now, he needed to make the Queen pay. No one takes away his Sophia from him without paying a horrible price. He walk out of the cave, one cutlass in each hand, not looking back. The Queen's power came from heartbreak. Well, if she wants heartbreak, she'll get it.
Emma, Killian and Pan were inside The Jolly Roger. Inside it was warmer and safer. They decided to look through some books he had on board, maybe there was something in there that could help them. Emma sat next to Killian on his bed and Pan sat at his desk. The three of them had a book before them and the only sound that could be heard was the cracking of the fire that filled the room with heat.
"Hey, look," Pan said suddenly, breaking the silence and pointing at something in his book. "This crystal, it's the same as the one in the Queen's crown."
Both Emma and Killian closed their books and got off the bed. They looked at the drawing in the book. "It is, what does it say?" Emma asked Pan.
"The crystal is a rare kind that can consume power and life and give it to the thing or person that holds or wears it. The Queen must have used it to take our magic and Sophia's life."
"So if we break the crystal all magic will be restored and…" Emma gaped and Killian's eyes widened.
"Sophia's life will be too," Pan finished for her. "But before you get your hopes up, there is a possibility that the restored life will go to the Queen instead of Sophia. It will go to the nearest lifeless vessel it can find and if the Queen is closer than Sophia it will go to her."
"But the Queen is already alive, why would it got to her?" Killian asked.
"She isn't really alive, the crystal gives her Sophia's life but if she takes her crown off she will lose it again just like the power."
"And I take it she isn't just going to give us her crown if we ask nicely?"
"If it was that simple we would be home by now," Emma commented and sighed. "How are we going to get it? She has the most powerful magic there is so we can't just fight her."
They were silent for a moment, thinking. Killian snipped his fingers and said, "Sleeping powder." They turned their heads to look at him. "If we get her to inhale it she will fall asleep and we can take her crown."
"It could work," Emma said as she thought it through. "Sneak into wherever she is, give her the powder, take the crown, to the skull formed cave and break the crystal."
"The only problem is we don't know where she is and how good her defences are," Pan sighed.
"Well, you know this island, where could she be?"
Pan thought for a moment before answering, "There is this mountain. It gives a view over the entire island and the most deadly poison on the island can be found there. It would be a perfect spot."
"And if she isn't there?" Emma asked.
"Then we can see from there were she could be," Pan said and stood up. "Where do you keep your weapons, Hook?"
"There are no longer any weapons on my ship. The only blades we have are Emma's cutlass and my sword." He answered and Pan let out a grunt of annoyances.
"That woman has made you to soft, Hook."
"The reason I don't have weapons on my ship if because a curse took them, Pan," he spat back and crossed his arms.
"That's enough. Pan I hope you can defend yourself with a butter knife because that all you get," Emma said and handed him the knife. Pan mumbled something under his breath before taking it. "Now let's get some warmer clothing and find this crystal so I can get my daughter back."
Felix didn't know where he was going but his feet carried him to the camp. The normally warm and cosy camp was now cold and empty. The fire pit was out for the first time since he could remember and only a few lost boys were there. On the frozen over ground lay splatters of blood and just then he noticed that the lost boys weren't moving or breathing and covered in blood. They must have gone against the Queen and were killed for it. Seeing the dead lost boys did nothing to him. He never really liked them anyway. Pan was his only friend and the only one her really talked to more than necessary, and Sophia was the only one he really cared for. But now she was gone and he couldn't talk to Pan because he just couldn't understand.
He looked around the camp, looking for any clues of which may tell him which way she went. He kneeled down to examine some footsteps, but it was no use. Every footstep led a different way, there must have been a lot of panic when the ghost like Queen appeared. He stood up again, deciding that his feet would lead him.
So he walked, and walked and walked. While he walked he thought of Sophia. Although he didn't want to his mind brought her back every time. He missed her. He missed her voice, her touch, her sent, her eyes, just her. For once he wanted something, someone. But than life showed him that he couldn't have it. Just like it showed him he couldn't have parents, that he couldn't have real friends, that he couldn't have family or a home. That he couldn't be loved.
His life was just a cruel joke. Worth nothing. The only thing he was good for was destroying what could have been beautiful. Although he never liked Hook in any way he destroyed a part of his family, just like he destroyed his own by simply being born. And for once he thought he was more than the person who destroyed everything he touched. That he could be more for her, that he could love.
He stopped walking. He loved her. He still loves her. It only made chest tighten more because he never loved someone before and now he loves Sophia and she was gone. When he started walking again his steps were more determent, more angry and now he knew where he was walking to. He said it before and he will say it again.
"No one takes away the person I love."
The Queen sat on her throne. After she went to the camp to collect and kill the lost boys who did and didn't want to come she made her palace in the mountains. She knew that with her magic she could just wave her hand and it was done but it was much more enjoyable to see the lost boys work like this. If they didn't work hard enough she would whip them with her Dreamshade covered whip and they would work until the poison slowly and painfully killed them. She loved to see their spirits being broken, to see them struggle to stay alive, see the fight leave their eyes. She loved it.
She stood from her throne, some of the boys ducked in a little. She walked past them while grinning. The boys immediately worked harder and moved out of her way. She walked out if the mountain cave to take a walk in the fresh cold air. She had to admit that she did a wonderful job of getting writ of the awful heat the island always had. She never liked it but her husband and King said that the lost children liked it much more than cold.
She stopped for a moment to look at some frozen over flowers. She heard someone approaching her from behind. When the person was about to strike she turned and froze him.
"Felix, what a lovely surprise," she said and smiled at him. He let out a low growl and she laughed. "I'm sorry for what I did to your… whatever she was to you, but it was necessary."
"No, it was not," he growled at her. "you could just have stayed dead and she would still be alive."
"I see." She circled around him. "You care for her much more than I thought you did." She examined him closely. "It's a pity you never told her. She felt the same way even if she was still denying her, I saw and felt it." With her finger she followed the line of his shoulders. She saw him clench his jaw. "Perhaps you are interested in making a deal with me."
"Never."
"Even if it meant her parents would be back home? You may not care for them but you did for her and the least you can do for her now is make sure her parents are safe, right? You failed at keeping her safe after all."
He was silent and she knew she hit the right nerve. "What do you want from me?"
"You see, a part of Sophia is still inside of me. I can still feel some of the things she felt, still want what she wanted," she whispered in his ears and trailed with her long nails the side of her face. "So what do you say? Be my King and I'll make sure her parents are safely snuggled back at home on their sofa."
"Never," he said and her spell broke. With a swift move he sliced a deep cut in her stomach. "I'll never betray her. I'll rather die on her side then live beside yours!"
She laughed as she wrapped her arms around her bleeding stomach, "You foolish boy, you can't kill me." She moved her arms away from her stomach to show him the cut was completely healed. She waved her hand which made the cutlasses fly out of his hands and with another wave he was on his back. "You've made the wrong choice and now you'll –"
"Don't you dare touch him again."
How… how could she be talking to her? She looked over to Felix who was still waiting for her to finish. A warm breeze surrounded them and just before it left again there was a silent 'Go' whispered, barely hearable for her but for Felix it was clear and he got to his feet again, taking the cutlasses and disappeared into the jungle. Maybe she had underestimate the girls power. She was about to stop him and bring him back but her powers were blocked by something, or rather, someone.
Felix ran, he ran as fast as he could without slipping on the ice-covered ground. What the hell happened back there? It was impossible. The warm breeze he felt was her, the voice he heard in the wind was hers. Sophia spoke to him. She saved him. To lost in his thoughts he crashed into someone and they both fell to the ground.
"Bloody Hell, Felix!" he heard Hook say and he immediately jumped to his feet again. Hook set up and rubbed the back of his head. "Next time watch out a little, we may be on Neverland but the ground is still hard as hell."
Emma helped him to his feet again, "Your such a drama queen."
"But I'm your drama queen," he smirked at her and she rolled her eyes but there was a smile on her lips. How could they be smiling? They just lost their daughter! How could they joke, how could they smile? When she turned her head to look at him her smile faded and she walked over to him.
"Felix what happened?" she asked soft and gently.
"I went to the Queen to kill her but she overpowered me and just before she was going to kill me I heard Sophia's voice whisper to me and she saved me," it all left his mouth before he even formed the words in his head. A small smile tugged on Emma's lips again. "How can you be smiling?" he asked a bit harsher then he meant.
Emma looked over to Hook and then back at him, "We may have found a way to bring her back."
"How?" was all her could get out of his mouth.
"The crystal in her crown," Hook said as he came to stand beside Emma. "It contains Sophia's life. If we break it the Queen will die, Neverland's magic will be restored and so will Sophia's life."
He didn't know what he was hearing. Didn't know if he believed it. If this was true he could hear her voice again, hear her laugh again, see her smile again, feel her warmth again. He didn't want to get his hopes up just yet, he didn't want to have falls hope but as the thoughts of her alive again went through his mind a smile tugged on his lips. That was indeed a good reason to smile.
A/N: Thank you all for reading! Please leave a review! Tell me what you think and what you would like to see happen maybe in the future! ;)
