Killian pushed himself off of the dirt, wiping his face with his sleeve. He had been in the camp for a few days now and most of his time he spend training with David.
"Come on, I don't have all day," the man, David, that was training him said. Killian stood up and grabbed his sword that had fallen again. He went back into position.
"When are we done?" he asked a bit breathless as David lunched forward and he blocked.
"When I think you've had enough," he made another blow which Killian blocked again. At that moment the blond and Mary Margaret approached them. Mary Margaret was David's wife and he talks about her a lot. The blond still hasn't given any hint to what her name might be which frustrated him, but he does love a challenge.
"How's it going?" the blond asked David.
"Jones here is improving, but he always can do better," David said, pointing with his sword to Killian.
"Good to hear," the blond looked at him and smile. He couldn't help but return it, there was just something about her, something that made the world look brighter. He turned his smile into a smirk when she didn't break eye-contact with him for a while and stepped closer.
"Does that mean I have the honor of knowing your name now?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.
The blond crossed her arms and gave him a bored look. "You can call me The Swan."
"Swan," he said and cocked his head. "it suites you."
"Keep training," Swan said, nodding her head as a goodbye and walked away. Mary Margaret gave David a goodbye kiss before following after Swan.
They got into positions again and this time Killian lunched first. "Why doesn't 'The Swan' tell me her name? I already been here for a few days and I know your and your wife's name."
"She only tells people she trust her name." David blocked his attack and backed away a little before lunching himself. They trained for a bit more until David told him they were having a break. Killian nodded and put away his sword. He started wandering around the camp a bit. Not because he wanted to see a certain blond again, no, definitely not.
He looked around him at the little houses and tents that were set around the camp. He suddenly felt something tug at his trousers so he looked down to see a very tiny human. It hat puffy eyes and tears were rolling down his cheeks. He had never seen such a young child in his life. He wasn't sure what he should do, didn't Swan say there were no lost ones in this camp?
"I can't find my Mommy," the little boy sniffed.
"Well, than look better," he said a bit awkward.
"Can you help me?" he asked with hopeful big eyes.
Something in the boys eyes softened Killian and before he knew what he was doing he scooped the boy up in his arms as if he had done it many times before, which he hadn't for as far as he knew. "What does your mother look like?"
At that moment Swan walked over to him. "I see you've met Roland," she said with a sweet smile that turned into a frown when she saw Roland's puffy eyes. "Roland, what's wrong?" she asked the boy and took him over.
"He said he couldn't find his mother," he said as Swan bounced Roland up and down a bit. "I thought you said there were no lost ones in this camp."
"That's because these kids aren't lost. They have their parents and are normally raised," she explained before turning back to Roland. "Let's go find you Mamma." She smiled at him before she walked off with Roland.
Something in the way Swan handled Roland warmed his heart. It also looked rather familiar, like he had seen her do it before. But that was impossible, this is the first time he had seen a mini human and the first time he had seen Swan with a mini human. Killian shook his head and sighed. Many things have happened the past few days that were strange so he didn't think anything of it.
Peter lay in his bed, looking up at the ceiling. He was bored, so bored. It had only been a few days since he set the curse and he was already bored. He tried to tell himself that it wasn't because of Felix that he was bored, but deep inside he knew that it was.
Normally when he was bored he and Felix would go do something, play a game or destroy some stuff, but it just wasn't fun if he did that alone. He pushed the strange feeling in his stomach down and closed his eyes.
His eyes shot open again when an idea popped up in his mind. He just has to find a new best friend to replace Felix with. He got out of bed and rushed out of his chambers to the first lost boy guard he saw.
"Go to town and tell that every boy between the 15 and 18 years of physical age is forced to come to my palace in an instant. When they're here send them to the throne room, understand?" he tells the guard.
"Yes, Your Highness," the guards said, bowing his head before he started informing the other guards. Pan smirked as he walked to the throne room. As he entered he sat on his throne and waited for the boys to come in.
After a few minutes the throne room was filled with confused lost boys. Pan stood from his throne and the crowd immediately went quiet.
"Lost boy," Pan started. "you're all gathered around here because I'm looking for a new second-in-command who will become my best friend." The crowd stayed quiet so Pan continued. "the next following days you will spend playing games. She winners of these games will earn the second-in-command title and will live in the palace for the rest of his life." The boys began to cheer as Pan grinned own on them. "Let the game begin!"
Sophia lay on her back, hands behind her head while she hummed one of her favorite songs.
"What are you humming?" Caligo asked. She was a bit startled by his voice because she honestly forgot that he was here too.
"'Demons At The Door' by Sleeping Wolf," she answered and continued humming.
Caligo huffed a laugh. "Of all the songs you could be humming."
"I thought it fitted by our situation."
They were silent again except for Sophia's humming. Sophia tried to keep herself from thinking about Felix. She was trapped in here and she needed to find a way out, thinking about him would just distract her, even if it felt like betraying him. Sometimes she would still cry herself to sleep or wake up screaming his name. Caligo would then sit down next to her and tried to calm her. She appreciated it, but the only one that could really calm her was Felix.
The last few days they were lucky. They got two other spoons and Caligo was able to free himself and one of her shackles. Now they just waited for one more spoon and then she would be free, too. They already formed a plan to get out of here.
Outside, guarding their prison, were giant creatures. They heard them walk over it a few times or lay down next to it. They didn't know what they were but they were their way out. Every times one of the creatures would walk over the prison it would shake and stones would break down from the ceiling. If there was a way to push back against the creature, perhaps it would see that as a challenge and push back even harder until the ceiling or walls would break and they were free. It was a long shot and they would probably get themselves killed, but it was all they got and their only hope to get free.
"What's your favorite song?" Sophia asked suddenly.
"I don't listen much to music."
"You're so depressing sometimes."
"Because I don't listen to music?"
"Partly yeah," she pushed herself up so that she was leaning on her elbows. "and because you don't have anything interesting to talk about."
"I do," he whispered suddenly very close to her ear. Without his shackles he was so quiet when he walked around that she sometimes couldn't even hear him and he would do things like this; scare the crap out of her.
She pushed him back against his shoulder and sat up right. "Oh yeah? Tell me something interesting."
He was quiet, too quiet. She couldn't hear or see him and that unnerved her. Suddenly he grabbed her around her waist and lifted her up with too much ease, holding her close to him as he whispered in her ear, "I think I got my strength back."
"Wait, what? How?" She turned her head which was a bad idea since he was so close. She felt his nose brush against hers. He must have closed his eyes because she couldn't see them and she was pretty sure they were burning red like crazy with her so close to him.
"The chains," he whispered, his breath hot against her face. "they held some of the magic back. Now that I'm free, I got my strength back."
She felt him lean in so she quickly turned her head so he would kiss her cheek. She could feel his body sag in a little from disappointment. "That's great," she said, removing his hands from her middle and stepped away from him. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay," he said softly. She turned to him and saw his eyes glowing a soft red color in the darkness of the room. "I know you aren't ready. Just pushing my luck, I guess." He looked away from her and started walking away. She felt guilty for rejecting him. Again.
She placed a hand on his shoulder, making him stop and look at her. She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a kiss against his cheek. When she pulled back and looked at his eyes they were glowing like crazy as he looked at her. She giggled as she heard him swallow hard and he didn't move at all. He had kissed her many times before, but she never kissed him and it didn't look like he expected that.
"Let's get out of here first," she said softly and stepped back. She knew what he was thinking, but he also knew she wasn't ready so she hoped that he for once would respect that. He snapped out of his trance and nodded before tripping over another food tray.
"Seriously Pan!?" he yelled, making Sophia laugh. She kneeled down and started to feel what was on the tray.
"A spoon!" she said, grabbing the spoon and holding it up. Caligo laughed too and took the spoon from her. He broke it and took her hand with the last shackle. After a few tries he pried open the lock and she was free as well.
She laughed and threw her arms around his neck, making him stumble backwards a bit. When she pulled back and looked at him she suddenly could actually see him. "Your eyes," he said. "they're glowing blue."
"Well, I can see now and I can see that there is still stew on your face from a few days ago," she said with a teasing smile.
"I thought that I got that all off," he grumbled as he wiped his face with his sleeve. She laughed and pushed herself up, extending her hand to help him up too. All they had to do now was break out of this prison and then they would be completely free.
A/N: Thank you all for reading! Please leave a review! I won't bite :)
btw, I've started watching iZombie and seriously it's the best, especially with the Game of Thrones and OUAT and other serie references. did anyone else notice that in episode 7 or 8 of the first season there is a shot of a house which is the same house as they use in Once for Emma's house. I just thought that was funny.