Epilogue

Ella woke up to the sun pouring in through the window. Her head was lying on Killian's chest, feeling it rising and falling with his sleepy breaths. In the morning light, his face was serene and untroubled and she brought the hand that she had wrapped around him up to trace the lines on his face.

He began to murmur incoherently in his sleep as Ella leaned up to kiss his lips softly. He kissed back lazily, still sleepy. But when she leaned away he had a smile on his face.

"Good morning, love."

"Morning Captain," she smirked as his smile widened. He slowly began to open his eyes and was shocked by the state of the sun.

"I'm not used to you letting me sleep in this late, Hart," he said, the arms around her pulling her closer to him so that they were skin to skin.

"I'm not used to you being so tame in the morning," she answered, looking up at him and beginning to kiss along his jaw lightly.

"Well if you keep going like that love, I won't be tame for much longer," he practically growled as he threw her onto her back and rolled on top of her. Ella laughed as he brought his lips down to hers and kissed her passionately, their lips fitting together like they were made for each other.

"We can't," Ella smiled, pushing him away, he pouted but rolled off her. "Come on Hook," she continued, as he got out of bed in all his naked glory. "We have to get dressed and get back up to the house."

Ella however, didn't move as Hook moved about the room getting dressed. When he caught her she simply gave him a grin.

"You shouldn't be perving on married men Ella," he smirked as he pulled on his pants.

"That's Mrs. Jones to you Captain," she answered, mocking authority as she swung out of bed and went to go and put her own dress on.

"Well Mrs. Jones," Hook replied, pulling her to him by her hips once she was covered. Planting another soft kiss on her lips he murmured, "Happy anniversary."

She laughed, "I can't believe it's been five years."

"I'm sure Tink can reassure you if you're questioning."

"Yes," Ella replied as they broke away. "We should go and make sure that she's still alive."

Ten minutes later, the two were running off the Jolly Roger and up the path towards their house. They heard it before they saw it, rounding the corner and spotting Tink balancing two plates in front of her.

"Thank God you're here," she yelled relieved as she placed two plates on the outside table. Ella and Killian however were attacked by the two little monsters who the food belonged to.

"Mum! Dad!"

William and Ava ran into their parents arms with great ecstasy.

"Tink still can't cook," Will whispered into Killian's ear as he held him to his side.

"Don't tell her that," Killian warned his son.

"Mummy!" Ava was beating her small hands on her mother's shoulder, trying to get her attention. "Are we going to see Peter today?"

"Yes honey," Ella replied, placing a soft kiss on her daughter's forehead before giving her the unnecessary ultimatum, "But only if you eat your breakfast."

Ava wriggled out of her mother's arms to wolf down her food as quickly as she could. As soon as he saw his sister was eating, William dropped out of his father's arms too, determined to eat faster than Ava.

"She's always so eager to see Pan," Ella mused as they walked into the cottage to find Tom trying to make something slightly more edible for him and Tink than what Tink had cooked up for the kids. Ella loved having Tink and Tom nearby. It meant free babysitting whenever they needed it.

"She gets that from you, love," Hook smiled, before she gave him a gentle nudge. Many years ago, she would have hit him, but Hook had changed. No longer the kind of man who would attack Pan upon sight, he would always accompany them to Neverland. And over time, even he had begun to see Pan as more of a human and less of a monster.

Since that fateful say when Nevi had been killed by Felix and Peter, Ella and Hook activated the Neverfall Stone, a lot of things had changed.

Neverland had begun moving again.

Not physically, but time-wise. And Wendy, rather than going home, had chosen to stay with Pan, keeping him, Felix and all the lost boys in place. They were older now, moving at the same rate as the rest of the world, but Peter and Wendy still acted like thirteen year olds and would never admit the fact that maybe they both wanted to be more than friends.

Nevi was out of the picture.

When Neverland had healed itself, Nevi hadn't reappeared. Of course, they all were wary, but it had been five years and she hadn't shown herself. They had hope that perhaps Felix's dagger to the heart had done the job.

Killian got his hand back.

That was a welcome surprise to Ella and Hook, leading to many a night spent testing it out. But the energy that Neverland used to heal itself had apparently healed a variety of other ailments as well.

Because Ella had her wings back.

She didn't use them all the time, but she had a feeling they weren't back because of the healing from the Neverfall Stone, but from the fact that the child her life had been connected to – one Killian Jones – had begun to believe in her again. And she was fine with that. So fine that she had married him mere weeks after they returned to the Enchanted Forest. Ava and Will had been born a year later.

And regular trips to Neverland were now a common occurrence. With the return of life to Neverland came the return of pixie dust. So when Ava and Will hopped onto the shore in the bay, followed closely by Killian and Ella, Wendy and Pan were there to greet them happily. When Killian went to hug Wendy, Ella went to Peter.

"Hey Peter," Ella said with a smile, kissing him lightly on the cheek as he pulled her in for a tight hug. Pulling away, a crease graced his smiling face as he questioned, a semblance of knowing in his eyes, "You're glowing."

"Seven weeks," she replied in response, grinning at the fact that Peter's magic could detect the life growing inside her so easily. "Don't tell Killian. I want to surprise him later."

Pan backed away, making a face as he made weird arm movements, "Didn't need to know that E."

"You're such a child," she laughed.

"And proud of it," he grinned as Hook came over. "Killian!"

The men held out their hands and shook, giving small smiles to each other. "Peter."

"PETER!" Ava managed to wiggle her way out of Felix's arms and practically jumped on the boy. Felix then got to take a turn at entertaining Will for a while. It normally involved Ella's four-year-old learning how to hold a sword. "I've missed you!"

"I've missed you too, darling Ava," he said, touching his finger affectionately to her nose. "Would you like to help Wendy and I make lunch?"

The young girl couldn't resist that, and neither could Ella and Killian. Holding hands, they walked into the campsite, Felix piggybacking Will, and Ava swinging between Peter and Wendy's hands.

"We did pretty good, didn't we Killian?" Ella asked him as they walked, staring up into his blue eyes.

"Aye, love," he answered, smiling over at her. With a small kiss to her forehead he surmised, "That we did."

A/N: We did do pretty good guys. This was intense and amazing to write. And I'm so glad you all joined me for the ride. This is probs my last OC fic for a while, I'm thinking CaptainSwan in the new year.

I feel like I owe some of you reasoning why I chose CaptainHart over PanElla.

To me, PanElla was built on horrendous happenings. It wasn't a real relationship, it was forced. And the only reasoon Ella may have felt something for Pan was because she did have some of the tendencies of Stockholm Syndrome. Eventually, she was able to forgive him and move on, but only because she had Killian. I like the idea of Pan being able to love in more than a romantic capacity. His love for Ella, when it came down to it, was familiar and constant, but I didn't want Ella to choose Pan simply because she felt she had to. Especially when she had Killian offering himself up on a silver platter for her, it seemed like the more real option, and the best - relationship-wise - for her to live out a happy life.

DarlingPan wasn't intended. It kinda just ended up happening. To be honest I'm not a fan of the ship, but I like my Wendy much better than OUAT's Wendy. If only she'd had more character development. Maybe if they gave us that spin-off...

But over the next few weeks, check out these other OC/Hook and OC/Pan fics.

Eight Nights At Sea by karmacanary – Complete

The Ace of Diamonds by inzombiaaaac – Four chapters in, but really deserves some more readers!

Never Looking Back by aureaborealis – Quick updates, Hook and Pan, need I say more?

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Over and out, team.

Much love,

YouSaid. xx