A week had passed since the curse was broken. The town had calmed down, Regina had been forgiven by most but she still had to earn their trust, and everyone was working towards their happy ending.
Everyone except one.
Without his power Caligo felt useless, just another mortal roaming around. He had warned Sophia and she had listened for as far as he knew, but Pan had disappeared completely. No one has seen him since before the curse, so he was slowly sinking into the background as everyone was settling back into their lives. It was like nothing had changed, and things only seemed to get better.
Except for him of course. His mother was sterner to him which irritated him very much since he could do nothing about it. So, just like when they were still cursed, he spends most of his days outside, away from his mother and mostly everyone else.
He busied himself with searching for Pan, or spying on Sophia. He still wanted her to be his Queen, but he couldn't get to her. All the time she was with Felix. They would hold hands while walking, getting ice cream, or her hanging out in the ice cream shop while he worked. They would study together, he would take her out, and the part that most disgusted him was that they would kiss. Like every opportunity they had he would lean down and kiss her anywhere he could reach, and she would do the same but standing on her tip toes instead of leaning down. It just disgusted him to see her with Felix like that.
He should be the one that held her, kissed her, or gone out with her. But no, fate was cruel and left him on the side line. So as long as he couldn't change fate, he stayed there.
Today Caligo decided to look for Pan again. Maybe he would be lucky for once today. He walked through the woods, keeping a close eye on the trees since that was always the place he would spy from. He thought he saw something move in one of the trees, so he stopped to look closer.
"Took you a while," he heard Pan say from behind him.
Caligo chuckled lowly while turning slowly. "It wasn't like you wanted me to find you." When he was fully facing him he saw Pan leaning against a tree, arms crossed. Caligo was sure his eyes were glowing red with how much hate he felt for Pan.
"True," Pan said and pushed himself off of the tree. "but I need your help now."
"Not interested," he growled lowly.
"Then why are you here?" he asked and raised his eyebrow.
"I want my magic back."
"And what if I can promise you more?"
Caligo lifted his chin. "How?"
"I want to enact another curse," he started pacing. "a 'New Neverland' as you might call it. In this land I can give you power, more power than you could ever dream of. And of course I know about how you still want Sophia, even now. I can give you that too."
"What do I have to do?"
"I need to talk to Felix, but since he is always with her. She probably won't leave him alone with me. Ever." he turned and pointed at Caligo. "You have to distract her."
"How do I know you're not tricking me?"
"Oh, you don't," Pan said and grinned darkly. "but it's the best shot you have towards your happy ending."
"I can also just take my magic back from you," he snarled.
"You and I both know you can't- you have to have magic to take it from someone else, and I took all of it from you," Pan smirked.
Caligo fisted his fists and clenched his jaw. Pan was right, he had nothing. "Why do you need to talk to Felix?" he asked, not really caring but wanting to change the subject.
"Well, you can call it 'talking'," Pan smirked, and that was enough for Caligo to understand what was going to happen. And if he was honest, he didn't dislike the plan, not at all.
A dark grin spread across his face. "When do we start?"
There she was, Sophia, leaving her house probably on her way to Felix. Caligo saw her leave the front yard, and was headed towards him. So just like he always did, he stepped right in front of her with a dark grin. As always, she jumped back before her expression turned annoyed and she crossed her arms.
"Haven't seen you in a while," she said, expression still annoyed.
"And here I was, thinking you missed me," he smirked.
"In your dreams."
He stepped closer to her. "Every night."
"If you'll excuse me, I have somewhere to be." She wanted to walk past him, but he stepped in her way.
"But I quite like you here to be honest."
"Caligo, you know that I have magic and you don't, right?"
He clenched his jaw. "Oh, I know, but even with your magic you can't get passed me."
"Wanna bet?" she challenged him. Caligo smirked, and before she could move he pressed her with his body against the wall of the building next to them. He grabbed her hands and enlaced their fingers, holding them beside her head. He may have lost his magic but he still had his dragon like skills, and the knowledge of how to block magic.
"You sure you want to?" he whispered in her ear, and chuckled lowly when he felt her shiver against him. "I love it when I have that effect on you." He pressed a light kiss right under her ear.
"Get. Off. Me," she snarled dangerously.
"Why?" he asked, placing soft kisses against her cheek until he was at the corner of her mouth. She turned her head away from him, and tried to get her hands free but his dragon like strength held her pinned.
"You're disgusting," she spitted. He hummed a low laugh, brushing his nose against hers while she still tried to escape. Suddenly she gasped and kneed him between his legs, making him duck in and stumble backwards, releasing her. "You're distracting me."
"Why would you think that?" he said, hating the way his voice sounded because of the pain.
Her eyes widened. "Felix," she whispered and ran to the forest. Pan better have taken care of Felix because he really couldn't go after her in this state.
"Felix, there is someone here for you," Ingrid called from the shop to the back. Felix looked up from what he was doing and smiled. That was probably Sophia. He stood up and walked to the door that led to the shop, giving himself a quick glance in the mirror and combing his fingers through his hair before opening the door.
A bit surprised would be an understatement when he saw Pan standing there instead of Sophia. The smile faded from his face as he walked over to him. "What are you doing here, Pan?"
"Could we maybe talk somewhere private?" Pan said and pointed behind him. Felix crossed his arms, and lifted his chin.
"I don't mind talking here."
Pan licked his lips and blinked, looking around. Felix came to know that he always did that when he was nervous, or acted nervous. "There is something imported that I need to show you."
"Why me?"
"You're the only one that is likely to listen."
"What about your new friend, Caligo?"
Pan laughed nervously. "He hasn't talked to me after that… incident." His expression turned serious. "Felix, you have to believe me, no one else will and the town is in danger," he said in a more hushed voice.
Felix thought this over for a second, Pan wasn't to be trusted, but if there was really something wrong…
He sighed and turned to Ingrid. "If Sophia comes tell her I'll be right back."
"Okay," Ingrid said, giving Pan a suspicious look before going back to wiping the counter.
"Lead the way," he said, nodding towards the door. Pan turned and walked out the door, Felix following. "So what's this treat that endangers the town?"
"Someone is planning to cast a second curse," Pan told him. "Only this one will be bend to their will."
"Who?"
"Who what?"
Felix gave him a look. "Who wants to cast the second curse?"
"I don't know, I only found all the ingredient pots at the well but they were empty and the water in the well was bubbling."
"And how would I know you are not the one who wants to create this second curse, and you need me for something?" he gave Pan a wary look.
Again, Pan licked his lips. "Why would I enact a curse?"
"Because you want power, you want youth and you may have magic but you can't do anything with it."
"I swear I'm not the one. I noticed the ingredients missing in the vault and went to look for them and found them at the well."
Felix stopped and Pan turned to him in confusion. "Then let's warn Sophia and her parents."
"There is no time, if the last ingredient is added the curse will be enacted, and we'll be too late," Pan said frustrated. "Do you want Sophia to be cursed again? Who knows what this person has in mind for her."
Felix clenched his jaw and motioned for Pan to continue leading the way. They arrived at the well a few moments later, and Felix noticed that there were indeed empty ingredient pots.
"What is the last ingredient?"
He looked up at Pan and saw him smirking, not a good sign.
"Wait, no," Felix held up his hand, moving back. Pan raised his and walked towards him. "stay there, no no no no no n-"
Pan was fast and bored his hand through Felix chest before he could turn and run. He pulled it out, a heart, his heart was in Pan's hand. Felix gasped as his chest started to burn, and breathing was getting difficult.
"The heart of the thing I love most," Pan said with a dark grin. "and in my case, the heart of my best friend." Pan held the heart above the well and started squeezing. "Don't be afraid, be honored."
Felix felt his chest tighten, everything started to hurt and he fell to the ground. He only heard Sophia's voice screamed his name faintly before he closed his eyes, never to open them again.
No, this couldn't be happening, it couldn't be. Sophia ran through the forest to the well she saw in her dream. She didn't want to think about what she would find there when she arrived. She pushed back the memory of the dream, hoping that she overreacted. That she would arrive at the well, finding nobody there and then laughing at herself for overreacting. Then she would go to the ice cream shop, Felix would ask her what took her so long and she would tell him that she thought her dream came true, and that she was scared and he would just hold her until she was calm again.
But that wasn't the situation.
When she arrived at the well she was too late. She saw Pan crushing the last bit of Felix heart while he closed his eyes, life leaving his body.
"Felix!" she screamed and rushed over to him. She sat down next to him, ignoring Pan while she placed his head on her lap. "Please don't do this to me," she pleaded him, brushing his hair out of his face. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at him.
"You're too late," Pan said from behind her. Sophia slowly turned her head to him, a look on her face that could kill.
"You monster! You, heartless monster!" she yelled at him. For a second she thought she saw hurt, and regret flash through his face but it was gone as soon as it came. Only then did she notice the green smoke that was rising from the well.
"There is nothing you can do to stop it now," Pan smirked, and simply walked away.
Sophia looked back at Felix, his face already turning pale. She bent down, and rested her forehead against his, smiling faintly when she smelt the soap he started using because of her. She started sobbing silently, not caring how she looked or who could hear her as the green smoke consumed them, and took her away to the New Neverland.
A/N: Welcome to the second season of 'Cursed Them All'! hope you all enjoyed this first new chapter of the season. let me know what you think in the reviews ;) I will be updating every two days instead of daily.
and a big thanks to my new beta reader Pan'sLittleLostGirl, make sure to check her out!
to the guest who asked: Who's Henry in this story? Snowing's kid?
Henry is in this story the son of Neal and Tinkerbell.