Hey guys, just a fair warning that this fanfiction is Neal and Emma. NOT Emma and Hook. But Hook is still a sassy sex god so don't worry, I just have other plans for him. But please don't get upset or stop reading if you don't like Neal, it's just Emma deserves a simple happy ending, and that's with Neal. So yeah, enjoy! :)

I walk for a long time before I decide to just climb a tree in a clearing and sit there watching the sky, zoned out of my thoughts. Tears burn my eyes and drop slowly and I scrub my eyes furiously with the back of my hand, trying to stem the flow. I don't know what to believe, Peter acts like he cares but what if he's just using me as bait, or a distraction for Henry's family. And then there's the fact he plans on doing something to Henry. I can't see that, Henry is too good. He doesn't deserve whatever Peter has planned for him.

It isn't until I hear someone shout in a close proximity to me that I leave my thoughts and quickly zone back into my mind. Immediately I look down and see Henry's family watching me. Neal, Mary Margaret and David just stand there, curiously, while Emma stares at me tensely and Regina and Hook have weapons raised another girl is with them, wearing green clothes and blonde hair tied in a bun.

I realize the shout was Mary Margaret telling Regina 'no' and I roll off the tree just in time to avoid a fireball, landing sprawled in the dirt. I glare up at Regina as she lights up another and get to my feet quickly. "What was that for?" I shout.

"You're with Pan! Now give me my son!" Regina snaps back.

"I can't give you Henry! I've said that before. I can't help."

"Why are you wearing lost boy clothing?" Emma asks me, eying me suspiciously. I sigh and look around, then I notice the last presence in the clearing and stiffen, glaring at Rumpelstiltskin.

"Well my other clothes are a bit worse for wear, thanks to him!" I say venomously, the group looks down at that and Neal shifts his eyes between me and his father.

"We've been through this already," Neal says uncomfortably, "trust me, it won't happen again." He finishes, giving Rumpelstiltskin a look to which he merely sighs.

"I see Pan got there in time." He says, and I once again, glare at him.

"Yes, you're brother got there on time." I retort and I smirk with satisfaction when Rumpelstiltskin's eyes widen fractionally and the group gasps in shock.

"What is she talking about Gold?"

"What are you keeping from us now?"

"Papa?"

Rumpelstiltskin stops, he actually looks uncomfortable and nervous as he begins explaining, turning to look at Neal. "When I first visited this land, it was with my older brother, who helped us escape from our parents. That brother, was Peter Pan." He explains, looking back at me to see me watching him smugly, but with also a hidden interest. Peter had told me his side of the story, but given circumstances it wouldn't hurt to get his brothers side.

"We stayed here a short time, before Peter, or as he was called him back then, Peadarpan, made a deal with the shadow. He would stay on the island and live forever as long as he completed a task for the shadow in the future. And so, he left me and had me taken to the Enchanted Forest as an orphaned 8 year old." (AN: Sorry the name is really weird but I needed something that made it sound like 'Peter' and 'Rumpelstiltskin' are brothers and the internet research had a 'Peadar'.)

"Hang on, you said Pan destroyed your father?" Neal asks, watching Rumpelstiltskin with a confused expression.

"Not exactly. You see, my brother was the only fatherly figure I had, and when we came to Neverland, he abandoned me, leaving me fatherless and alone. The person my brother became, Peter Pan, destroyed my family."

Several members of the group look sympathetic, and I feel sympathetic as well. I look at the blonde woman curiously and she sees me looking. "I'm Tinkerbell, but call me Tink." She says with a smile, I smile and nod.

But then Emma looks at me in question. "Hang on, so if you're David's older sister, how are you this young if you only came to Neverland a few days ago?"

I look at Neal, who's watching me with a slightly guilty look. "You didn't tell them?"

"I didn't know how." He answers, looking down. I sigh and turn to the group, ready to tell them my story. But Rumpelstiltskin, or Gold, as everyone has been saying, beats me to it.

"I'll handle this, dearie. You see, Ellie sacrificed her life for her brother, Charlie, when they were still in the Enchanted Forest." He begins, and immediately I'm greeted with sympathetic stares from the group. I cast my eyes downwards as Gold continues.

"I found her, laying on the ground, dying, and there was something about her that I knew I would need. So I healed her, and I told her that one day I'd come looking for her again, when I figured it out that is. Ellie's brother believed she was dead when he saw her stabbed by the ogre. He lost his family, and became a lost boy. Obviously when he came here, he realized he had his brother, Felix, who was already here."

"Wait, why was Felix already here? When did he go?"

Gold looks at me for help and I sigh as I walk over to a tree and lean on it. "When I was 9 and Charlie was 7, Felix left. Our parents never treated him right, I knew that even when I was little. He tried to deal with it, feeling lost, for our sake. But he couldn't handle it anymore, so he left us in their care. Unfortunately when he left, Momma became depressed, guilt-ridden when she and our father realized what awful parenting they'd done. A year later, Papa died."

I turn and glare at Gold who avoids my eyes. "You can thank him for that." I say icily and everyone turns to gape at Gold.

"You killed their father?" Regina asks, incredulous.

"He couldn't pay for the medicine being bought for their mother, so I took his life." He says and I flinch.

"After losing Felix and Papa, Momma couldn't bear it, so she left. And Charlie and I made our way into the forest to live."

"No, no, my mother would never abandon her children! She would stay, no matter what." David says, and I give him a sad smile.

"Our mother tried, David, but she couldn't. She was guilt-ridden and heartbroken and just needed to get away from all of that. I'm not saying I forgive her, but I understand." I tell him and David reluctantly nods. I realize that this is the biggest issue he is facing, dealing with the fact his mother wasn't who he thought she was.

"After Charlie left, I went looking for him, and had a... a run in with some pirates." I say. Hook, who had been regarding me suspiciously the whole night raises his eyebrow in question. Everyone else also stares at me curiously, except for Gold, who actually gives me a sympathetic look.

I shift uncomfortably, before grinding my teeth, holding my arm out and yanking the sleeve upwards, exposing the think lines that run all the way down to just below my elbow and back up. The group collectively gasps and stare in silence for a moment as they gape at my scars. I flush, I hate showing people these.

"Oh, you poor girl! What happened?" Mary Margaret asks and I glance at Hook before explaining my ordeal.

"No wonder she doesn't like you, Hook." Neal says, giving Hook a look.

"Hey, not all pirates are the same, mate." Hook returns, tearing his eyes off me to give Neal a glare and then returning them to me.

"So then, Rumpelstiltskin froze me, and left me there for 80 or so years, and then I got taken here." I finish, pulling down my sleeves and holding my hands behind my back. Emma looks at me and her eyes soften, and I see a form of kindred spirit in her as I smile tentatively back.

"Well, don't worry, you can come home with us and have a proper family." Mary Margaret tells me with a smile. "That is, when we get Henry back."

"You can't, Peter has a tendency to not lose."

"Ah, but that was before he had a weakness. A weakness I gave him. You."

I laugh and my heart beats painfully. "I'm not Peters weakness, he doesn't care about me, he's just using me like he is Wendy."

"Wendy? Wendy is here? Where is she?" Neal asks in rapid succession, a look of disbelief on his face. I look at him in confusion, and I notice Emma is also looking at him, a mix of jealously and pride on her face as she watches him fret over someone.

"She's in the cages, he's using her as a method of convincing Henry to help." I tell them and Neals face falls.

"Damn it, he's playing Henry. Using his self-sacrificing genes, that's from your side by the way." Neal says, pointing at Emma.

"Hey," she says, looking wounded, but I have a feeling that if the situation weren't so serious the two would be laughing.

"You're all getting off track," Gold cuts in, "Ellie is Pan's weakness. I proved it earlier today when I managed to conjure this," he says, and he holds a small box in his hand with a red crystal top.

"You got it." Regina smiles.

"Is that-?" Tink asks.

"Pandora's box, yes, while Pan was so distracted saving Ellie, he missed me sending a certain mermaid to fetch the box, she slipped past him and returned unnoticed. Now this, will help us defeat Pan and get Henry back."

Everyone smiles at Gold, but I notice that Hook hasn't taken his eyes off of me the whole time, even after I explained about my scars. I turn and meet his eyes and he's watching me with a slightly furrowed brow, as if I'm a puzzle he just can't solve.

"Yes?" I ask him impatiently, drawing attention away from Gold and to Hook and I's confrontation.

"You. We could just use you again to distract Pan, or as a trade. He wouldn't let anything happen to you."

"You are not using my sister as bait for a maniac!" David says angrily and I look at him in surprise, feeling my heart warm. Emma is watching Hook in shock, she looks like she just realized something. I turn back to Hook and glare at him.

"Peter doesn't care, he wouldn't save me, the cliff was him apologizing for locking me in a cage for two days."

"Ah, but you see love, Pan does care about you. In fact, I do believe he is in love with you."

I freeze, and everyone else does the same.

"What?" Four voices chorus out at once, me in weak disbelief, David semi-angrily, Emma in amusement and Tink, incredulously.

"Yes, that's why you were special, Miss Bright, you're Pan's soul mate, his true love. He will save you, but, I disagree with using you as bait. You see, that will only make Pan angrier, and he's a big enough problem as he is."

"well if you guys have decided to not use me as bait, again, I suggest you get planning. Peters doing something tonight. I don't know what, but its happening."

"We need a plan." Emma says, looking at Regina and they both immediately walk over to Gold to ask him about the box. I walk over to Mary Margaret, Neal and David, Hook and Tink are a few paces away, talking in whispers to each other.

"So, what are you going to do?" Mary Margaret asks, smiling down at me.

I sigh, "I don't believe a word Hook and Gold are saying, but I'm going to find my brothers, and I'm going to try and convince them to come with you guys. We can... we can have a proper family." I say, and Neal and Mary Margaret smile, while David clasps my shoulder.

"And a family we shall be." He says and I grin at him. Perhaps I can be happy.

"Well, isn't this a touching sight, family bonding time."

I sigh, I spoke too soon. Turning around, I see Peter standing at the side of the clearing with lost boys surrounding him. On either side of him are my brothers, Felix with his club and dagger and Charlie with a bow and arrow. Peter glares at David and I and David releases his hand before taking a protective stance in front of me with his sword. Slowly everyone else draws their weapons to look at the lost boys.

But not Hook, I don't notice him moving until it's too late. He reaches over and yanks me out from behind David, pulling me to the front of the group with his cold hook pressed against my throat. It presses painfully into my skin but doesn't go in as he surveys Peter. I try not to breathe too much in case the hook shifts and opens my skin.

The reaction is instantaneous, everyone behinds me orders Hook to let me go, which he ignores, but they don't move in case his hook slips. The lost boys in front of us draw their weapons and Charlie lifts his bow, pointing it straight at Hook, glaring with furious eyes.

"Let my sister go, Hook, and I won't kill you." He spits.

"Ah, you really think you got that good aim, Charlie, isn't it?"

"Oh, I don't know what Ellie's shown you, but trust me, I can shoot a hell of a lot better than her and her attempts." Felix cracks a smile and I laugh before wincing as the hook digs in. Peter doesn't react, just continues to watch Hook with ice cold eyes, nobody behind us moves.

"Do you really want to risk it, lad, especially considering what one scratch of this will do." Hook lifts his hook from my throat and holds it up to the fading light as the sun begins to set. I can see the blackness on the end of the hook.

"Dream shade," I whisper, remembering the poison Peter told me about, and the group behind us gasps before Hook covers my mouth with his other hand and shifting my hair aside with his hook. He gently brushes it behind my ear and I feel the cold metal of his hook on my neck as he presses it against my throbbing artery.

"Just a scratch right here, and she could be dead in minutes," he murmurs against my neck and I try to not shake as my breathing picks up and fear takes over. I look up at Charlie, Felix and Peter and see that Charlie is slowly lowering his bow to watch us with wide eyes. Felix seems like he can't function properly as he attempts to remain unaffected by the events and Peter has an emotionless mask on. Apparently he can't find the energy for a smirk as he watches and his eyes flash.

"You'll never make it off the island alive if you even attempt that, Hook." Peter says in a barely even voice, as he glares darkly at Hook. My eyes dart around as I search for a way out of this, but I can't find anything.

"Well, that seems unlikely given the circumstances already, Pan. So what do you say we make a deal. Give us Henry, and I'll spare the girl." Anger boils inside me as I realize I'm being used as a trading card. I don't know how to feel. Furious because I'm being objectified, or hopeful that Peter says yes. And the thing is, I don't know if I want him to say yes to save Henry, or to spare me, or because he cares. So I just look up at Peter and he meets my eyes. I can't distinguish a single emotion in then.

Peter laughs as he pulls his eyes towards Hook. "The game doesn't work like that, Hook. You should know by now. This is my game. Henry will not leave this island, his family will never see him again."

Hook's arm shifts as he prepares his response and I take advantage of that. I pull my foot up and slam it down on Hooks, he winces and before he can react I elbow him in the ribs, causing his arm to pull back. I twist in his grip once the hook is no longer an imminent threat and I knee him in the gut. He doubles over in pain and I take a few steps away from him to glare at him.

Suddenly my surroundings erupt as the lost boys attack. I whip around to see Emma, Neal, Tink, David, Mary Margaret, Gold, Regina and eventually Hook, fighting against various lost boys. I search for my brothers in the mix but before I can do anything, someone grabs my arm and pulls me to the edge of the clearing before pinning me to a tree by my shoulders.

"Are you okay? What were you thinking! Are you trying to get yourself killed!" Peter snaps at me as his hands run down my body, checking for injuries, before grasping my hands tightly. His face shows a confusing mixture of fury and concern as he sums up that I am okay and he sighs. He pulls one hand away from mine and cups my chin, tilting it sideways gently to survey my neck.

"It didn't scratch, we're good." He sighs again and cups my face, pushing me into the tree with his body so I'm wedged between the two. "I know you don't understand, but I can't tell you, and," Peter swallows, eyes boring into mine. "And I do care about you, but please, just stay out of this, its for your protection. Now stay here and don't leave. Please." He whispers the last part, before his eyes close, and when they open he has his cocky smirk on again. Peter turns abruptly, unsheathing his sword as he walks off to meet Neal in combat.

I sigh and lean my head against the tree, before standing and taking a step forward. I freeze when I remember Peters warning to me and stop walking. I kick the ground in frustration, anxious to aid my friends, but then I realize, which side do I fight for? I don't know who I would defend here, so I just stand there, watching the battle anxiously as arrows fly and swords clang.

Felix is near the middle of the clearing, fighting David, then I realize that they both have small smiles on their faces as they fight. Huh, bonding already, I think as I watch. Charlie is at the edge of the clearing, shoting arrow after arrow into the midst of the clearing, but not hitting a single lost boy, not hitting either side actually, I realize. Then I see him shoot one at Mary Margaret, causing her to jump back and avoid the blade of one of the lost boys, and a surge of pride goes through me as I realize what he's doing. He's stopping anyone from getting hurt, on either side, and I smile so lovingly across the clearing that Charlie looks up from his shot and grins at me, before taking aim and firing again.

"Well well, what are you doing out of the fray, love? Did Pan order you to stay out?" Hook's voice says and I turn around to see him standing beside me, watching me carefully.

"What do you want?"

"Me? I want off this island, and I want Henry with us when we leave," he leans forward near my ear as he says the next part. "Gets me brownie points, you see?"

I shift away from Hook and glare at him. "And what do I have to do with this?"

"Well love, you interrupted me earlier before I could make a deal, now, where were we?" He says and he lunges at me.

I try to move but he grasps me and puts an arm around my neck in a choke hold. "You know, I really wish you could have lived, I don't like killing innocents, but its for the better of all of us, okay love?" He says into my ear and I shiver. I pull my foot back and kick him in the shins and he cries out in pain before I turn and punch him in the face. I feel his nose break beneath my hand and he cries out again, but I just sweep his legs out from under him and he falls to the ground. Hook kicks his legs out and I crash down next to him in the dirt and leaves and turn to crawl away, but he grabs my legs and drags me towards him. Scrambling in the dirt he puts his weight on top of me and I glance around me, I can't see anyone else, but Peter, Charlie and David are per-occupied from what I can see.

I shift my weight and Hook falls off me sideways and I jump to my feet. Hook follows, cursing and swearing, he looks livid with his nose running blood and limping on one leg, and I realize that he's had enough games. He lunges at me, hook out, and I realize I have no time to move, just watch as his hook comes down towards my chest. But then I can't see Hook anymore, because a tall frame blocks out my view of him.

Felix.

Felix swings his dagger around to hit Hook, but suddenly he freezes and grunts in pain. Hook stabbed him. Hook removes his hook in shock as my brother crumples backwards. I scream "No!" at the same time I hear Charlie shout Felix's name and I catch him as he falls to the ground, sinking to my knees beside him.

All fighting in the clearing ceases as they see Peter Pan's right hand man, laying on the ground, dying, to protect his sister. Charlie collapses on the ground next to us as I cradle Felix's head in my lap and Charlie pulls back Felix's shirt to show the right side of his chest already becoming patterned with black lines. The wound isn't deep, so it wouldn't kill him.

But the dream shade will.

"Felix what the hell!" I yell down at him as he grins up at me, face pale. I see David step forward and crouch next to Charlie, a conflicted expression on his face as he watches the brother he didn't know he had die.

"I wasn't there when you needed me last time, now I was. I saved you." He says, and he looks so relieved and guilt-free that I give a choked laugh as tears burn my throat and well up in my eyes, before spilling over. I feel someone crouch beside me and automatically know it to be Peter, but I turn to look at him as he stares down at Felix with wide eyes.

I can hear Emma whisper shouting at Hook about trying to kill me, and Hooks frustrated respone

"She's our only way off of this cursed island, Emma. If we hurt Pan, we get Henry back."

"You can't just kill an innocent girl though! Hook what is wrong with you?" Mary Margaret asks in a low voice.

"Look, love, we just need an opening to get Henry, and killing that girl would distract Pan long enough to find and save Henry."

"And then what? How do we get off of the island? Pan's wrath will follow us everywhere." Regina says.

I'm brought back to my own torment when Charlie speaks. "You didn't need to die yourself to save her Felix!" He says in a choked voice, his eyes wet with tears.

Felix smiles again as he looks at me. "I did what was necessary. Now you're safe." I let go of a sob as my hands clench into Felix's hood and tears stream down my face. He looks at Peter, "look after her, Pan," he says slowly, with a knowing smile.

Peter swallows as he looks down at Felix and he opens his mouth to speak. "You aren't dying today, Felix." I look up in disbelief and Peter meets my gaze. "There's a spring," he says, looking up at David, who watches him intently. "It can heal dream shade poisoning, but there is a price. All magic comes with a price."

My eyes shift down to Felix and I notice his eyes have closed, the black marks on his chest are spreading, inching closer to his heart. I look back up and meet Peters intense gaze.

"I don't care about a price, I'll pay it. Take us there."

Peter nods, looking down at Felix with sad eyes, and I realize that Peter truly saw Felix as a friend, and not a lost boy.

"Lets go."

I hope you liked this chapter guys, it took a while for me to write. Impersonating TV characters is difficult. Don't worry! Hook isn't evil, he's just an idiot. :)

Also, I was thinking of writing a sequel to this, involving everyone going to the enchanted forest and encountering a sorcerer/sorceress while trying to return the kingdom to its 'former glory'. This sequel would involve some Robin Hood and another pairing along with the current ones. (Yes, this story has a happy ending, I am not a cruel author :P)

Just let me know if you'd be interested, and/or have any ideas. Thanks. :)