"Mom! I want to go see Killian!" I was 12, and my poor mother had been hearing this for two weeks since she first took me to his land.

"Hush, child! No one else can know about our journey's." My mother grabs her cloak and raises her hood, "Come here, Destiny."

Being the good child I was, I obeyed. From behind her back she brought out a similar cloak fit for a princess. "Oh mother!" I take the cloak from her hands, rubbing my hand over the soft fabric, "Is it really mine?"

My mother brushes my hair out of my face, "Of course it is, my dear. Now put it on! The quicker you're ready the quicker you can see K-"

"Kaillee!" My head jerks up and my eyes find the worried face of Ruby. In a moment of confusion, I look around. After realising I'm in the diner I look back at Ruby.

"I'm sorry, what were we talking about again?" I look around the diner again, making sure no one saw my episode. But as fate would have it Mr. Gold was sitting in the far booth, eyes locked on me with a small smile on his lips. I break from his gaze and turn back to Ruby.

She gives me a questioning look, but continues anyway. "Like I was saying, Henry is missing. Has been for about 4 hours. Mayor Mills is furious because it has to be 24 hours for her to file him as a missing person."

I gape, "Has anyone looked in the castle?"

"Of course! That's the first place I told them to look. He wasn't there."

I frown into the cup of hot chocolate that I had found a second earlier. "Well I hope they find him." I pay for my drink, thanking Ruby, and leave the diner. In my peripheral vision I see Mr. Gold stand up as well and follow me out of the diner.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.

I quicken my pace as I turn onto the main road. I can make it. Please don't say anything.

"Ms. Jones? Mind if I walk with you a bit?"

I freeze, "Sure." I wait for him to catch up. Once we were side by side we start to walk again. "It's a beautiful morning isn't it?"

Gold nods his head, "It sure is."

We walk in silence. When is he just going to say it? I know what he wants from me. "So how'd you like the party? I didn't see you after I gave you your cupcake." I ask.

"Oh I had to go. Something came up at the shop." He says, "So. How long have you been in Storybrooke?"

Knowing the answer to the question, I tilt my head and put on a confused face. "Umm. Well for as long as I can remember." I shrug my shoulders like it's no big deal and continue on.

We stop in front of the Pawn Shop. I have only a couple more blocks to go to get to the Cupcake Shoppe. Mr. Gold had walked down the small path to his front door and was unlocking it when a picture of my blue diamond necklace pops into my head.

"Um, Mr. Gold? I know you don't have the shop open for a couple more hours but do you think I could look for something?"

He smiles and points his cane through the now open door, "Of course. Come on in."

I smile back and enter the store. I've been in Gold's store more than a couple times looking for my necklace so I don't know why this would be any different. I decide to ask anyway, "Do you happen to have any new additions to your store since the last time I've been here?"

Gold walks behind his counter and stares at me, "Not quite sure. Maybe if you told me what you're looking for I could find it?"

I think I frustrate him when I come into his store. I never tell him what I want yet he knows that I know exactly what I want. "I'm sorry Mr. Gold but like I said before, I don't know what I'm looking for. I'll know it when I find."

I start looking around the store, still not sure why this time is different. Then I saw it. Tucked away behind swords and small potion bottles was my beautiful necklace. "Mr. Gold?" I gasp out, my voice stuck in my throat.

"Is something wrong, Ms. Jones?" I feel him looking over my shoulder, "Oh my. I see you've found it, yes?"

I was so overwhelmed with emotions all I could do was nod. I reach my hand out to touch it.

"Now, Ms. Jones I don't think you should do that."

But it was too late. I only had a second to feel the small chain before my world turned into infinite blackness.

"Destiny? Can I ask you a question?" I was sitting on the edge of Killian's Father's ship, watching the fish swim happily underneath the ocean.

"You just did silly. But, I shall allow you one more, because you are my friend." I bump Killian's shoulder with mine. I was 16 and I had snuck away to visit Killian for his 18th birthday.

Killian chuckles, "Well I have something for you."

"Killian. You do know it your birthday today, not mine."

Killian shrugs, "Here. I saw it and I thought of you." He hands me a small square box. I gasp when I open it. Inside lies a delicate blue diamond necklace. The chain, a beautiful silver looks too fragile to touch, and on it lies a single blue diamond that sparkles like the sea.

"Oh Killian! I love it!" I throw my arms around him, "Thank you so much!"

He takes the necklace from the box and closes it around my neck. "There, you look beautiful."

I look down at my feet and blush, quick to change the subject. "Now what about that question?"

"Of course. I was just wondering if you'd stay a bit longer this time. Because you know you only visit for a couple days. Then I won't see you for another year and I was just hoping-"

I take his hand, silencing him. "I'd love to stay with you." I pause and his face lights up, "But I can't. Mother's getting worse. I'm not even supposed to be here!"

He shakes his head, "Then how did you get here?"

I bite my lip, I was really hoping he'd never find out. "I came by myself."

He scrunches up his face in confusion then it dawns on him, "You have magic. Of course you have magic! You're mother does so why not you?"

"Please don't be mad. Are you mad?" I grab his hand.

He looks down at our hands and smiles. "No. I could never be mad at you, Tiny." When we first met I hadn't hit like any growth spurts so I was unbearably small. And that's how Tiny was born. And it's also the end of my name but that's not why he calls me Tiny.

"I just wish it wasn't like this."

I lean my head on his shoulder, "I know. I wish I could stay with you. You're my best friend!" We sit there, watching the waves splash against the side of the ship. "How about this, let's make a deal. And you know me, I never break my deals."

Killian looks into my eyes, trying to figure out my plan. "Okay.. but I'm not agreeing until I know the deal. I'll only make that mistake once!"

I laugh then shake my head, "You'll like this one. How about, when I turn 18, I'll come to your land, and I'll stay."

I look at him to see his reaction. Like I hoped, he was smiling, "I'd love that. But what about your mother?"

I lay my head back on his shoulder, "She'll get better by then, surely. And I'll be 18 so I'd be a grown woman. And when I come, you shall have a magnificent ship with the best crew and you will captain it, I will be your right hand girl and we'll sail all of the seas!" I throw my hands up and small sparks fly.

Killian looks up in awe, "I'm never going to get used to this." After the sparks fade away he turns to me, offering his hand. "Deal."

"Deal."

I want to cry so badly. That was the last time I saw Killian. Why would it take me there? I wish I could stop it. But I can't. I can't do anything. I'm stuck here in this darkness where the only flicker of light is my past. I try my hardest to do anything, to even feel a part of my body would be heaven. My struggles prove useless as I'm pulled into another memory.

I make the doors swing open and I strut down the hallway with purpose. Reaching the main room I take off my cloak and throw it on the table, "Rumpelstiltskin!" I yell into the seemingly empty castle. Today would mark two years since I last saw Killian. I touch the silver chain that hides the blue diamond in my dress.

"Yes, dearie?" I turn around and find him with his feet propped up on the table.

"Do we have any customers today? If not I have plans."

"Oh but we do, we do have customers!" He cackles. "A certain Pirate is said to be at the local tavern. I have some business to attend to with him."

"You do, or we do? You know I don't play your games Rumple."

"Fine!" He stands up, throwing his hands into the air. "You can come."

"No, I didn't want to. I have plans."

"Well, you should've thought about that before you asked to go, dearie!" He cackles again and disappears.

I groan. "Damn it."

"No swearing, Dearie!" I hear somewhere in the castle.

"I can bloody swear if I want to!" I yell back. I grab my cloak and teleport to my room. There I find Belle fixing my bead.

"You know you don't have to do that." She jumps and places her hand over her chest.

"Oh! Ms. Briggs. I didn't know you were home. I was merely straightening up a bit." She picks up some rags and hurries to the door.

"Miss Belle?" She freezes and slowly turns around.

"Yes, Ms. Briggs?"

I roll my eyes, "You do know I'm not your master. I can clean my own room."

"Yes Ms. Briggs."

"And don't call me Ms. Briggs. You make me feel old and dead. Like my mother." I chuckle a bit then focus back on the scared girl.

"Yes Ms.- Yes ma'am." Before she could get into anymore trouble, she curtsey's and leaves my room.

I flop onto my bed and pull out my necklace. "I'm sorry." I whisper, kissing the blue diamond.

I had been working with Rumple for a year when this happened. My mother died and it was downhill from there.

"Destiny! Can you hear me?"

I hear Rumple's voice echo in the darkness. I try my hardest to hang on to his voice but like before my struggles were useless. I feel myself drift off into another memory...

I run down the dirt road, dirty tears run down my face. They ran me out, my own tribe. I didn't even get to say goodbye to Nova. I stumble over a log and land face down in the dirt. "Someone please help!" I cry. Not expecting a reply I curl up and cry.

"A lady shouldn't be crying in the dirt, dearie."

I jump up and shoot fire at the sound. "Show yourself!"

The stranger cackles."Oh! We have some magic, don't we?"

I spin around, trying to find the person, "Go away!"

Then he pops out from a tree, "Go away? But you summoned me!"

I take in his green,gold skin and gasp, "You're-you're!"

He takes a mock bow, "Rumpelstiltskin, in the flesh!"

I throw my hand out, freezing him to the spot only allowing his face to move, "What do you want from me?" I growl.

He cackles again, "You must be very powerful to stop me. Let's make a deal. You have no home?"

"How do you know that."

"Well I'm pretty sure not every girl cries in the dirt for no reason." I shrug, I'll give him that one.

"So what kind of deal?" I ask. My mother always told me to stay away from Rumpelstiltskin. She told me that he makes deals, and that no one can get out of his deals.

"So glad you asked, dearie! How about you let me go. A trust exercise of sorts?"

I roll my eyes, "If I must." I wave my hand up and down, unfreezing him. "Now what do you want?"

"You come work with me. Some of my customers take a lot of convincing and I think you could be useful to me. If you agree I will protect you, though I'm pretty sure you can do that yourself. I'll allow you to live with me in my castle." He says, circling me.

I nod, thinking about his deal, "What's the catch?"

"Oh no catch! You just can't use your powers against me. Deal?" He sticks out his hand.

I look into his eyes, using my powers to decide if he's lying in any way. When I know he means what he says I take his hand. "Deal."

"Wonderful!" He cackles and we disappear in a purple cloud.

The memory fade and leaves me once again in a pit of darkness. I might develop a fear of the dark after this. That'll be fun.

"Destiny? You never came back for me."

I look around desperate to see his face. Nothing but darkness greets me.

'Killian!' I scream. Helplessly, I begin to cry, letting the darkness consume me.
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