Felix grabbed Belle by the upper arm again and pulled her into the forest behind Pan. They began walking again, but this time was much shorter of a distance. After some time of walking they started to hear voices. She recognized two of them as Regina and Emma. She then heard the voice that made her heart leap into her throat, it was Rumple. He was so close to her, all she wanted to do was run to him.
Felix looked down at the petit woman that he was supporting. She was smiling as she heard the voice of her lover. Felix had never seen a woman smile so beautifully before. He almost dropped her arm when he saw the beautiful smile play on her full pink lips. He then realized he smile was not meant for his eyes. It was not about him and never would be. Felix could feel himself becoming angrier the more he thought about the beast that caused that beautiful smile, and how it was not for him. He started to tighten both of his hands into fists in anger of what she was doing.
Belle let out a sob when Felix's fingers dug into her skin so tight she knew she was losing blood flow to her fingers. Pan immediately turned around and grabbed her chin, squeezing hard while his other hand clamped over her mouth. Pan pushed her into a nearby tree, scrapping her back on the rough bark.
"Not a sound." Pan hissed though his teeth, spraying Belle with specks of saliva. Pan then looked at Felix who grabbed Belle roughly and wrapped his upper arm around her throat and put his other hand over her mouth as he stood behind her.
"I'm going to see if that mermaid has returned." Rumplestiltskin told the group half-heartedly as he walked into the forest. Belle could make out his form through the section of forest that separated them. Pan let Rumplestiltskin walk a good distance, before he began to follow him. Belle, Felix, and Pan all trailed Rumplestiltskin for a good mile, before Pan started to veer off the path Rumplestiltskin had made, and started to circle around him, cutting him off before he could get to the beach. Suddenly Pan stopped and told Felix to wait here with Belle.
Pan then stepped out into a clearing in the middle of the forest, moments later Rumple stepped into the clearing. He was a little surprised to see Pan leaning against a tree.
"Hello Rumple." Pan said, mimicking Belle's nick-name for him.
Rumplestiltskin looked worried for a brief second; recognizing the pet name Belle called him, but quickly covered the look of worry with hatred. "What do you want Pan?"
"I want to make you a deal, Dark One."
"Oh really, well let's hear it."
"I give you something you want in exchange for Henry."
"You have nothing I want except Henry."
Pan laughed a high pitch laugh that made Belle shiver. Felix then moved Belle into the clearing, never removing the hand from her mouth, and making sure the keep her body very close to his.
Rumplestiltskin looked at Belle in shock. Her hair was matted and covered with dirt; her clothes were torn, bloody, and covered in mud. She had a cut on her throat and a blood trail that stained the neck of her shirt. Belle gave Rumple a look of apology and tried to tell him she loved him with her eyes.
Pan walked over to Belle and tucked a strand of her dirty hair behind her ear, "So you get this lovely creature that I happened to find, and you take your people with you and leave Henry. None of you ever return to Neverland, and we all live happily ever after."
Rumplestiltskin was in shock, he had so many emotions running through his brain at this moment. He wanted to run up and take Belle into his arms; he wanted to wipe all the blood and dirt off of her and keep her safe. He wanted to know how she got here, and what she was thinking when she came to such a dangerous place. He wanted to save her, but he couldn't leave Henry. Rumplestiltskin, for the first time in a long time, had no answers. Rumplestiltskin just stood there looking at Belle, trying to think of a solution.
"Well? I see this was not what you were expecting." Pan said as he grinned at the Dark One.
"Give her to me." Rumple sternly said to Pan
"So you will leave Henry with me?"
"I can't do that."
"Well, then I can't let you have Belle." Pan said as he started to walk into the forest.
"Wait!" Rumple said as he took a step closer to Belle. "I …will…"
Belle cried out a muffled "No!" and bit Felix's hand, causing him to let go of her mouth for a brief second. "YOU CANNOT SACRAFICE HENRY! LEAVE" Just then Felix clamped his hand back over her mouth and her "me" got muffled into his hand.
Rumple gave her a pleading look as he tried to think of what to do.
"I will tell you what. I will give you a day to think about it, but know I cannot control what happens to Belle while she is with me." With that Pan threw fairy dust into the air and Belle, Felix, and Pan were whisked back to the camp. Belle landed hard on top of Felix, causing Felix to fall flat on his back, with Belle on top. Felix smirked up at Belle as she tried to wrap her brain around what had just happened. Belle quickly realized she was back at the camp and jumped off of Felix, as if he had the plague.
Felix chuckled and looked away from the beauty that was just on top of him. Pan laughed to himself and looked at Belle who was sitting on the ground.
"He might try to act like the evil Dark One, but when it comes to you he is just a love sick boy. He will be giving me Henry on a silver platter in no time. Let's get you back to the cozy cage, shall we princess." With that two boys picked her up and dragged Belle back to the cage she was in this morning. They locked the cage door behind her, and left without saying a word.
Pan's spirits were high on this night and the boys had a feast. Pan was confident that he would gain Henry in no time, but he had a trick up his sleeve just to seal the deal. He looked over at Felix, who was leaning against a tree looking at the cage that housed the girl he was so obviously infatuated with.
"Young love, how sweet." Pan said quietly to himself.