The Forgotten Girl

by 23a

When Hook and Milah ran away together, they never expected a child. But they still loved her. And when the Dark One put their family in danger, they had to send her away, and drink a potion to forget about her. But when years later in Neverland she comes across her Papa there to rescue a boy, she will find a way back to her family - and into their memories. Has sequel.

13. Problems

"Yeah, that's a problem", I agreed.

"Problem? It's a crisis!"

"It's a hole."

"A forty foot deep hole made from a blast of fire from the mouth of a dragon!", Snow pointed out.

"Well, yeah, there's that."

"Elizabeth, how are you not concerned about this?", Bae asked.

"I've learned that worry really gets you nowhere", I said.

"Can you close the hole?"

"Maybe", I said, concentrating hard. I saw the hole close, the nature rebuild, but the magical energy almost knocked me out. I was so sick of spending all my time unconscious that I managed to force myself to stay awake.

"Great. Now... what about the dragon?", asked my Papa.

"I'm thinking."

Then I remembered a little trick I learned; if you whistle a certain way, it will attract every horse for miles. With transportation, we could get somewhere that could tell us what to do. I whistled.

5 horses came. Snow and Charming shared a horse, so that left room for three other people. My Papa and Bae both agreed to come, and Charlotte wanted to take the fifth horse.

"Charlotte, no, you'll get hurt."

"Elizabeth, I know how to ride a horse!"

"Fine. Be careful."

"Deal."

"So, any ideas on where to go?"

"I know where", said Bae, "follow me."

We all followed him until we reached a castle. The Dark One's castle. Bae disappeared inside for a few moments, and came out with a book.

"This should tell us how to defeat the dragon."

"Why do you think that?"

"The title of the book is 'Dragons'."

"Fair enough."

He handed me the book. I found the page on weaknesses. It said a dragon's weaknesses were slowness, stupidity, and something that was blackened out. I used magic to be able to read it. It said that to capture a dragon, you had to make a cage out of ice and solidify it with magic. It also said the price of doing so was your life.

I told everyone else this.

"Elizabeth, you're not really considering this, are you?", asked Charlotte.

"Yeah. I am."

"No!", said my Papa, "You're not allowed!"

"I'm old enough to make my own decisions, Papa."

"I don't want you to either", said Bae.

"Any other ideas?"

"Maybe if two people do it together?"

"Who else has light magic? Who else is the product of true love?"

"Emma is. But she's not here."

"Right. Who here?"

"Um... Robin Hood's son, I think, but he's only 2 or 3."

"That'll still work."

"Yeah, but I doubt his father would let him."

"Well, we have to try."

"Then we're going to have some serious problems."