"You have to admit, that dress did bring out the colour of his eyes," Sophia laughed as they walked up the few steps of her porch.
"We should have taken a photo," Felix chuckled. Sophia let go of his hand and unlocked the front door. She poked her head inside and looked around.
"Mom? Dad?" she called. When she didn't hear anyone she turned back to Felix. "Coast is clear." They entered the house and Sophia closed the door behind them. Felix followed Sophia upstairs to her room. When they were inside he let his bag fall to the floor and dropped to the couch. "Tired?" she teased him.
Felix leaned back and closed his eyes. "And what if I am?"
"Then I guess you might also be too tired to hear what I found out about the curse," Sophia smirked and sat on her own bed.
"When did you have time for that?" he asked her, opening one eye to look at her.
"I had a free hour because of a sick teacher." She grabbed the book out of her bag.
Felix stood up and walked over to her. "Tell me what you found."
She opened the book and he sat down next to her. Sophia pointed at a drawing with the Evil Queen and a structure on the background.
"This is her vault, it says here that she took it with her to the new land," she explained. "inside are all kinds of ingredients that we could use to make a potion that could free my mother from the spell she is under and make her believe."
"And then she can break the curse," Felix grinned at her, pride shining in his eyes. "you are truly amazing." Sophia ducked her head, feeling a slight blush creep up her face at the compliment. Felix lifted her chin with his fingers, making her look at him. "You got some chocolate on your face, let me help you."
He leaned in slowly and kissed the side of her mouth before kissing her lips. She hummed, tasting the ice cream on his lips. They were so lost in their moment that they didn't hear her parents coming home.
"Sophia, do you want to see yo-" Killian entered her room, the smile fading from his lips. Felix immediately jumped back, his face horrified just like hers.
"It's not what you think," Sophia said quickly, knowing that it is actually worse than he thinks. Killian didn't say anything, his expression turned angry and he walked over to them.
"No no no no no n-" Felix crawled back on the bed but Killian grabbed his hair, dragging him out of the room. Sophia rushed after them down the stairs. Killian opened the front door, dragging Felix out on the porch and threw him down the few stairs.
"Get the bloody hell out of my house!" Killian yelled at him before turning and slamming the door shut, locking it.
"Dad, what are you doing? You can't just leave him there," Sophia said, slightly panicking.
"And why can't I?"
"He has nowhere else to go."
Her fathers' face got only angrier when he realised why Felix was here. "He's been living here, hasn't he?" Sophia's face paled and she swallowed hard. "How long?"
"Only a few days but-"
"You can't be serious," Killian covered his face with his hands and turned away from her, taking a deep breath. He turned back to her, his face softer but he was still angry. "You're grounded. You're only allowed to go outside for school, but that's it. Don't try anything because I'll personally walk you to school if I have to. And you are not allowed to see Felix ever again."
"What? Dad, please listen-"
"Go to your room!"
Sophia felt anger rise up in her. "I hate you!" she yelled at her father before turning and walked up the stairs to her room. She slammed the door shut and sat down on her bed. She was only helping him, and now he was all alone. Alone outside in the dark and the cold, where is he going to stay now? Is he going back to Pan? Probably not. Is Granny going to rent him a room now? Maybe, but the chance was slim.
This was all her fault, she should have been more careful. And now she wasn't allowed to see him. If it wasn't for the fact that her mother was the town sheriff and her grandmother one of her teachers she would have ignored it, but she couldn't. She knew her family and if there was one thing that her family does, it was keeping an eye on each other. As soon as her mother and grandmother would hear the news they wouldn't leave her alone.
She was so screwed.
Emma rushed to the living room, spotting Killian on the couch, his hands covering his face. She heard screaming, doors slamming and stomping footsteps. She had been in the bathroom when it happened. She walked over to Killian, placing her hand on his should.
"What happened?" she asked him gently, sitting down next to him. He was clearly distressed.
"Sophia hates me," he mumbled, his voice sounded broken. "she hates me," he repeated.
"Why does she hate you?"
Killian looked up from his hands, his eyes a bit red. "Felix had been hiding out in her room."
"Wait, what?" Emma asked a bit shocked, that was not what she expected.
"I wanted to show her the picture of the echo but found him kissing her on her bed," Killian looked at the floor. "I dragged him out of her room, threw him outside and locked the door. I grounded Sophia and now she hates me."
"Killian, she doesn't hate you," Emma said gently, rubbing his back. "you did the right thing, it is only to protect her. She'll understand in time."
"She said he had nowhere else to go."
"He'll find a place to stay, doesn't he live in that treehouse with Peter?"
"Apparently not anymore."
"I'm sure he'll be fine."
Killian turned his head to look at her. "I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about my daughter. I'm worried that she'll ignore me, that she'll hate me for what I did and is going to run off with him. I can't lose her, Emma. Not to him, not to anyone."
Emma gave him a small smile. "Killian, you know that one day you have to let her go, right? She won't stay young forever. She'll want a family of her own one day."
"But I'm scared that I won't be a part of it," he said, looking down again.
"Of course you'll be a part of it. She loves you, just let her anger cool down a bit." Killian looked at her again, a small smile on his lips. He didn't look completely convinced. Emma sighed. "I'm going to start on dinner, try to rest a bit. I can see you are tired."
"I'm going to talk to her," he decided and stood up.
"Killian, shouldn't you let her cool down first?" she asked, standing up too.
"I need to know."
With that he walked upstairs to her bedroom. He stood before her door, hesitating a bit before knocking.
"Go away," Sophia called from the other side of the door.
"I just want to talk," Killian called back.
"I don't." Killian sighed but opened the door anyway. He was expecting to see her on her bed, but she wasn't. He looked around the room, spotting her sitting on the couch in the left corner of her room, hugging a pillow. "I said go away."
Killian walked over to her, sitting down beside her. "I just want to know why."
"Why what?"
"Why did you let him live here?"
Sophia buried her nose deeper in the pillow and closer her eyes. "I didn't want him to be alone."
"Why would he be alone? He has Peter."
She shook her head. "They had a fight, Felix left and Pan teamed up with Caligo and they are now trying to tear us apart." Sophia huffed a humourless laugh and looked up at him. "You could join them, they would accept you gladly."
A pang of guilt and pain rushed through him. He gritted his teeth, looking down. "Who's Pan?" he asked instead.
Sophia shook her head, burring her face in the pillow again. "I mean Peter, but never mind. Just leave me alone."
"You really care for him," he stated, making no move to leave.
Sophia looked at him, her eyes cold. "I do. You have no idea how much." It hurt him to see his daughter look at him like that, the guilt didn't really help either. "And he cares for me, too." She tilted her head. "You remember when he saved your life?"
"Aye."
"Can't you see he wants to change, that he wants to become someone worthy of me? Why can't you just see that he loves me?"
"I just don't want to lose you," Killian looked at her, tears stinging his eyes. "I know that you are growing up and that you'll want to have a family of your own one day, but it scares me," he admitted. "I only want what's best for you, that your life is perfect. You've been so distended the last few day and now that I know why it kills me that there is…" Killian shook his head, closing his eyes. He was fighting to keep the tears from flowing down his face. She didn't need to see him cry, but it just killed him that there was some other man beside him in her life that she loved. Maybe it was selfish to think like that, but he couldn't help it. He knew that he had to let her go, let someone else take over his role to take care of her one day, but he was just so scared that the man wouldn't treat her like a princess, the way she deserved to be treated.
The fact that she loved Felix stung even more, almost feeling like betrayal. He hated Felix so much and now his daughter loved him, and he loved her. Again, Felix would take away someone he held dear. He would never win from that monster. But something in the back of his mind said that Felix wasn't the monster, that he really had changed for her. Felix did save him. He hated him so much, maybe even more then he did, but still he saved him.
Sophia placed her hand on his shoulder and when he looked up at her, the cold look was gone and a small smile was on her lips. "You're not losing me to him. No matter what, you'll always be the number one man in my life. But just give him a chance, too."
Killian nodded, smiling faintly. "I'll try."
Sophia hugged him and he held her tightly. "Thank you, Daddy."
"You're welcome, little love."
She pulled back from the hug with a smile that meant trouble. "So he can stay here again?"
"Oh, no. No he can't," Killian said. "and you are still grounded."
Sophia pouted and grabbed the pillow again. "Please?"
"No."
She grabbed her phone and showed him a picture of a pouting Felix. "Please?"
Killian burst out in laughter when he saw the picture, but shook his head. "No, although I would like a copy of that."
"Not getting it," she pulled away the phone from him and shoved the pillow she was holding in his face. "You can have his pillow if you want."
Killian pushed the pillow out of his face, throwing it to the ground while a shiver ran down his spine at the thought of Felix using that pillow. What if he had drooled on it? Sophia laughed at his reaction and he laughed with her. It felt good to hear his daughter laugh again.
When they laugh died down she looked serious at her father again. "But can I see him? Can I at least bring him his bag and make sure he has a place to stay for tonight?"
Killian hesitated for a bit before nodding. "You can, but you can only see him at school as long as you are grounded and he can't come over." She hugged her father again. "Now go before I change my mind. Be home before dinner."
Sophia smiled thankfully at him, before gathering all Felix stuff and putting it in his bag. She swung his bag over her shoulder and grabbed a book from her bed, calling a quick 'thank you' before leaving her room.
Pan threw Caligo one last time against the wall before leaving him between a few boxes. He had tortured him until he finally told him where he had got the stolen magic; the mayors' vault in the graveyard. Apparently that was the place where she kept the curse, too.
Pan had formed a plan. Because of the curse, Neverland was destroyed, just like all the other realms. But Pan wanted to go back to Neverland, it was his home. And because he couldn't, he would create a new Neverland. What better way to create a new land then with a curse?
Pan looked down at Caligo one last time, smirking darkly when the demon didn't move. Pan took a deep breath and let the wind take him. It had been so long since he had flown, he almost forgot what it felt like. He looked down at the town, no one had even the slightest idea of what was going on.
He let himself land just before the vault. He felt a protection spell that was cast around it, but it wasn't a strong one. With a simple wipe of his hand he removed the spell and walked inside. With another wipe the stone coffin of someone named 'Henry' moved to the side and opened a secret staircase. Pan walked down the stairs and smirked when what he was looking for was right in front of him.
He grabbed the little scroll with the curse from the gold and velvet box and opened it. He read through the ingredients, one by one. He looked around the vault, seeing that everything he needed was there. Then he came to the last ingredient and his smirk faded slowly as he read the line over and over again.
The heart of the one you love most.
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