42 years after the curse…

"Ready?" Peter asked Felix and grabbed his backpack.

Felix sighed heavily. "Why are we going to school, again?"

"Sophia goes to school," Peter reminded him. "If we want this plan to succeed than going to the same school as she does is a way to spend more time with her, make her fall for you faster."

Felix groaned. He hated school. He hated teachers. He hated homework. You could say he hated everything, really. But there was one person – except for Peter – that he didn't hate; Sophia.

He still remembered the day they first met, the day he saw light in every bit of darkness. He hasn't seen her ever since that day. Emma and Killian did a pretty good job in hiding her from him so far, but they couldn't keep her hidden at school.

Felix wondered what she looked like now. He only remembered the little girl faintly and he hated himself for not remembering her more clearly. Somehow seeing her again made him nervous. Why the hell would he be nervous? He was never nervous. She probable didn't even remember him. She was two, it was impossible for her to remember him.

"Are you nervous?" Peter asked suddenly, snapping him out of his thoughts.

"No," Felix said a bit too fast and climbed the ladder. By the time Peter locked the treehouse and climbed down the ladder Felix was already halfway through the woods. He really wasn't looking forward to going to school. Not because of school stuff, but because of their plan. The past years he had his doubts about their revenge, was it really worth it? He couldn't talk to Peter about it because he hadn't met Sophia, yet. He didn't know what a pure soul she was, that she didn't deserved to be broken no matter how awful her parents are.

He tried to tell himself that she could have changed, could have become a bitch who did deserve it. He had only known her for two, maybe three minutes, she could have changed so much. But still something in his mind told him she hadn't, that she had stayed pure and was still the same. Why? He didn't know.

Everything just confused him. How could a simple girl have so much effect on him? He had asked himself that question so many times and still couldn't find the answer.

"Hey, Felix, are you okay?" Peter asked when he finally caught up with him.

"Fine," he said harsher than he meant.

"Okay," Peter raised his eyebrows and held up his hands. "but you have to be in a better mood when we are at school. The moment we spot Sophia you have to talk to her, so you have to put a smile on and don't scare her away."

He highly doubted that he would scare her away, he didn't when she was two. But, of course, Peter didn't know that. "Fine," he growled. "What does she look like?" of course he knew, but, again, Peter didn't know he already knew.

"The Mirror said she had dark hair and pointy ears like her father and the green eyes and chin of her mother."

The adorable pointy ears… wait, what?

They stood before the building. Felix took a deep breath before following Peter inside. He was immediately annoyed by all the teenagers who rushed through the halls. Some of them bumped into him but when he put his 'kill face' on no one even came close to him. Peter rolled his eyes when he saw Felix 'kill face' and elbowed him in the ribs, making him flinch.

"Don't. The 'kill face' will scare her away," Peter said somehow sternly.

"I'll change it when I see her," he growled back. So many people didn't improve his mood. He pulled the hood of his hoody over his head, but Peter pulled it back down again. Felix glared at him and crossed his arms.

"Look," Peter said and pointed to where two girls were talking to each other. Felix immediately froze when he recognised Sophia. His 'kill face' faded and he just stood there, staring at her. She was… gorgeous. The little girl he met all those years ago had turned into a real beauty.

For the first time in his entire life he felt a weird feeling in his stomach and he didn't know what he had to do. Peter elbowed him again, snapping him out of his trance and pushing him forward. Felix cleared his throat and took a few deep breaths before walking over to her. She waved her friend goodbye and closed her locker. She spotted him walking over to her and smiled, the same smile of the little girl he met before. And, of course, he couldn't help but return it.

"Hey," she said. Her voice sounded like a melody in his ears.

"Hi," he breathed. It was the only thing he could get out of his mouth. She laughed at his breathlessness. The most beautiful sound in the world.

"I remember you," she said and tilted her head.

Felix blinked a few times. "Really? How?"

"I have a pretty great memory. My parents call it my superpower," she explained. He was about to say something but she held up her hand. "Wait, don't tell me. Your name is…" she bit her lip in an adorable way while concentrating. "…Felix?"

He nodded. "Good to see you again, Sophia."

He held out his hand and she placed hers in it, just like she did when they first met. Only this time her hand was bigger but slimmer and fitted perfectly in his. Her skin was still soft against his rough fingers. Sophia shook his hand, but he didn't let go after, neither did she.

Their spell was broken when the bell announced that the first class was about to begin. He finally let go of her hand and she of his.

"See you later, Felix," she said before walking away, but he caught her wrist. She looked back at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Can I… see you after school?" he asked a bit hesitatingly. It looked like she was about to say yes, but, just as his luck seemed to have it, Miss. Nolan, her grandmother walked by.

She gave him a disproving look before turning to Sophia, and said, "Sophia, shouldn't you be getting to class?"

Then she looked at his hand who held Sophia's wrist and he immediately released it. Sophia smiled apologizing at him and waved him goodbye. When she turned a corner Miss. Nolan crossed her arms and gave him a stern look.

"I know who you are," she said and lifted her chin. "Sophia is smart and good, she doesn't need someone like you around to distract her. Now go to your class or leave the school."

He nodded and walked passed her. For some reason it stung. Someone like you. Just another way to say monster, the thing he really was. Why it bothered him so much, he didn't know. It never bothered him before. He was even proud to be known as a monster once, but somehow it felt like a curse now.

Peter came to walk beside him. "Wow, that went better than I-"

"Shut up," Felix growled and pulled his hood over his head again.

"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" Sophia called as she closed the front door.

"Hello, sweetheart," her father called from the kitchen. "How was school?"

Sophia placed her bag on the table. "Great!"

"Someone is in a good mood," Killian said and sat down next to her.

"I am," she said and stood up, grabbed a water bottle and sat back down.

"Why?" Killian asked curious when she didn't continue.

"There is a new boy at my school."

"Really?" Killian moved closer like she was telling him a secret. "What's his name?"

Sophia loved her father like no one else. She could talk with him about anything; school, friends, even boys. As long as they wouldn't touch her he was okay with it.

Sophia also leaned in closer and whispered, "Felix."

The smirk on Killian's face immediately faded and he straitened himself. "Felix?"

"Yeah."

"Blond hair, tall, scar across the face?"

"Yes, the boy that calmed me when I was two," Sophia looked at her father confused. "Something wrong?"

"Sophia, you have to promise me you stay away from him," Killian said sternly.

"What? Why?" she asked confused. "He's really sweet."

Killian sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "He isn't. It's probably all an act. Your mother and I have a history with him and his friend, Peter. They probably want to hurt us by using you. Please promise me you'll stay away."

Sophia was a bit shocked by the pleading tone in her father's voice. She nodded. "What happened?"

Killian was about to say something when the doorbell rang. Sophia stood up and walked over to the door. When she opened it was jumped a bit when she saw Caligo stand there. Caligo, son of Lily who was a close friend to her mother. He was two years older than her, had raven black hair, was pretty tall and always wore black and red. His eyes were a dark brown colour, almost black, but turned red every now and then. She never liked him. There was just something about him that just felt… dark. The red eyes didn't help either.

"Caligo, hey," she said a bit awkward. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you," he said. His voice was heavy and his eyes turned red. She knew that his eyes turned red because he was either looking at something he really liked and wanted or was planning to kill it. She always hoped there was an third option because she didn't like either of them.

She gulped when she met his eyes. "What for?"

He took a step closer and she tried to keep herself from stepping back. "I wanted to ask you on a date."

"Oh," she said awkward and tried to find a way out of this. "Uhm… I don't-"

She stopped when he stepped even closer, putting a strand of hair behind her ear. She tried to stand strong, but for some reason she always felt weak around him. She took a shaky breath and tried to step back but the door slammed shut behind her. What the hell?!

Sophia wanted to scream at him, push him away, but she couldn't. It felt like something was blocking her, it almost felt like… magic. Caligo pinned her against the door. He was way too close for her liking. Why was he suddenly like this? He was a cocky bastard, she knew that, but never so forward like this.

"Say yes," he whispered in her ear. His breath warm against her skin and she couldn't help the shiver that ran down her spine. She opened her mouth without wanting it to and almost said yes when the mayor – of all people – called his name.

"Caligo!" she almost shouted angrily. Caligo simple smirked at Sophia.

"Another time." He quickly brushed his lips over hers before running to his right, jumping over fences with a unhuman speed. When he was gone Sophia could finally breathe again and pushed herself off of the door. The mayor walked over to her.

"What happened?" Regina asked impatiently.

"I- I don't know," Sophia swallowed. "I couldn't move and he said I should say yes and I almost did so without wanting and-"

"That's enough," Regina said without looking at her. Sophia glared at her and straitened herself.

"My turn, what happened?"

Regina's eyes snapped to hers. "That's none of your business."

"It is when I'm involved." Sophia crossed her arms.

Regina made a noise of annoyances and waved her hand. Sophia looked confused at the hand. Was something supposed to happen? Regina did the same before snarling, "that little demon," and stalked away.

Sophia blinked a few times, trying to process what just had happened before going back inside. When she closed the door behind her she saw her father laying unconscious on the ground. She immediately rushed to his side.

"Dad? Wake up," she tried, shaking him. "Dad!"

She grabbed her water bottle from the table and unscrewed the cap. She poured the cool liquid on his face and he immediately woke up. He gasped and wiped the water off of his face while sitting up.

"Are you okay?" Sophia asked.

"I'm fine, little love," he said and smiled at her. "What happened?"

"I don't know," she shook her head. "the door slammed shut and Caligo di-"

"Caligo?"

"Yes, he was here to ask me out and somehow forced me to say yes but the mayor stopped him."

Killian stared at her as if she had two heads. "I'm going to kill that demon the next time I see him," he growled. Killian stood up and Sophia did the same.

"Where's Mom?"

"She's at the store, should be home any minute."

Sophia nodded. "You sure you're okay?"

Killian smiled down at her and hugged her. "I'm fine, sweetheart. We Jones are survivors, remember?"

"Okay," she said and pulled back from the hug, grabbing her bag. "I'm upstairs. I still got some homework to finish."

A/N: Thank you all for reading and even more thanks to the one's who reviewed! Please let me know if you like the way this story is turning out, I really want to know what you guys think. And what do you guys think of Caligo, lily's son? Penny for your thoughts?