A/N: This is the sequel to 'Surviving to find you'. I recomand reading that story before you read this one but you don't have to. Don't forget to leave a review ;)
"Not again"
The branch broke off completely and Sophia fell through the portal right before his eyes. He wanted to jump after her but the portal was already closed. Killian sank to the ground repeating 'No' over and over again. Behind him he heard Emma gasp and Zelena giggle wickedly. Anger rose up in him, he stood up and walked over to Zelena, grabbing her by her jacked.
"Were did you send her?" he growled at her.
"You know how portals work, Captain. You go to the place you think of," Zelena said, still with a wicked smile on her face that only made him angrier.
"Killian calm down," he felt a hand on his arm and looked to his side to see Emma at the brink of tears. His entire posture soften. He let go of Zelena and stepping away from her. Zelena took this change to take off but he didn't care, she wouldn't come far without magic. He pulled Emma into a hug, stroking her hair as she sobbed into his shoulder. "Killian, we lost her again."
"But we'll find her again too," he said as his own tears rolled down his cheek.
"We are terrible parents," she whispered in his shirt. "We should have gone after her, we should have helped her, we should-"
"Don't say that, love. If we could we would have done it," he pulled away from the hug just enough to cup her cheeks in both his hands and look her in the eyes. Brushing a tear away from her cheek he placed a kiss on her forehead before resting his own on hers. "We'll find her, I promise. And after we found her we are going home and never lose each other again," he whispered softly and she relaxed a bit.
"Promise?"
"Promise"
"And what do we have here," Sophia heard from behind her. The voice was deep but not the deep kind from a grown man.
"A very pissed off teenage girl," she said annoyed as she stood up and turned to the voice, brushing off the dirt from her clothing. From the look on his face he didn't expect that answer. She looked the boy up and down and focused for a moment on his face. He had blond hair covered by the hood of his cloak, a slim face, pretty tall, blue-gray eyes and a scar starting right between his eyebrows running down the left side of his face. Handsome. She mentally shook her head and slapped herself, where the Hell did that came from?
She decided to focus on her surroundings, figure out where she was. "Where am I?"
When he didn't answer and just kept staring with wide eyes she just rolled her eyes and began to look around her. There were a lot of trees, bright green leaves, the sky was darker than it should be. She looked back at the boy, he was wearing a cloak that ended just above his knees, brown trousers and what he was wearing under his cloak seemed to be a combination of different kind of shirt. He was also carrying a wooden cudgel on his shoulder.
Then it hit her, the boy was a lost boy and she was standing in the middle of the jungle of Neverland.
"Are you a lost boy?" she asked him, taking a step back. That seemed to get him out of his daze, he shook his and cleared his throat.
"Yes, and who are you?" she liked the way his voice sounded.
"Tell me your name fist, then I might consider telling you mine"
"Felix, now tell me yours"
"No last name?" he still seemed to be a bit dazed by her, why not have a little fun?
"No, tell me your name," she could hear that he tried to sound intimidating, but if this really was Neverland than it must have been a long time since he last saw a girl like her. This is going to be a lot of fun.
"Alright than," she extended her hand. "Sophia Jones, nice to meet you Felix." He stared at her hand for a moment with a confused expression on his face. She lowered her hand. "Never mind."
"Wait, your last name is Jones? As in the same Jones as Killian Jones?" he asked her while he scanned her face. "I knew you looked familiar."
"Yeah, he's my father."
For a few second there was an awkward silence before her spoke again. "How did you come here? The shadow only takes lost boy, not lost girls."
"I fell through a portal."
"Well, now you're coming with me, I have to get you to Pan," he took her by the arm and she felt a slight tingle where his skin touched hers. She knew he felt it too because he froze completely and was now staring at her. She yanked her arm out of his grip and walked backwards.
"You are not taking me to Pan. My father told me about him. It was nice to meet you but I'm not coming," she turned and made a run for it.
"Wait! Come back!" she heard him call behind her but she kept running. She was not going to Pan, not in a million years. Out of nowhere he appeared and tackled her to the ground, sitting on top of her and keeping her arms pinned to the ground. "You are coming with me whether you like it or not."
She tried to get out of his grip but gave up after realising it had no use. "No," she said a bit breathless.
"What did your father tell you?" he asked as he leaned a bit closer.
"That he is a manipulating little imp and that he can't be trusted," she said. "But before you say anything in his defence, I know his story, I know everything about him, so don't try to change my mind, because. I'm. Not. Coming."
He seemed to consider her words for a moment before speaking, "And what if I offer you a deal?"
"A deal?" she asked a bit surprised. "Why would you offer me a deal?"
"Because your right, Pan isn't the nicest person, I don't want to find out what he does to lost girls," he looked away from her. "And you're really pretty." He mumbled and his eyes were wide when they found hers again, his entire face became red and he swallowed hard. "Did I say that out loud?" he whispered barely hearable.
She nodded and bit her lip to keep herself from laughing when he became even redder. That's so cute. The thought made her blush a little too. He laughed a bit nervously and rolled off of her. When he stood again he extended his hand to help her up. She took it, trying to ignore the spark she felt every time she touched him.
"So, what's your deal? If I don't like it I'm running again," she said and crossed her arms.
"Yeah, there is a hidden cave not far from here. You can hide in there for the time being. I'll take you there and won't tell Pan that you're here in exchange for a favour," he explained, the redness slowly leaving his face.
"Sound fair," she walked closer to him. "But what kind of favour?"
"You'll know when I ask," with that he turned and started walking.
"Promise me you'll keep your word and don't betray me."
He stopped and looked over his shoulder. "I promise."
She walked forward, not completely convinced. "Say it again. This time, look into my eyes while you do it."
He turned fully to her. Bad idea to make him look into her eyes. She felt her knees go weak under his gaze but kept herself strong, not showing how much he affected her. "I promise," he said again, raising an eyebrow. She nodded at his unspoken question and he turned again, walking into the thick jungle.
"You coming?" he asked over his shoulder.
"Yeah," she answered and followed behind him.
"Mom, Dad, we need your help," Emma said as they approached her parents.
"What are you doing here? I thought we send you home," Snow said, looking behind them. "Where's Sophia?"
"That's why we're here," Killian explained. "She fell through a portal and we need to find Regina."
"Have you seen her," Emma asked.
"Yeah, she and Robin just went to Granny's with Roland," David said.
"Can we do anything to help," Snow asked her and grabbed her hand.
"No, just stay here and make sure everyone else is alright," Emma softly squeezed her mother's hand before letting go and taking Killian's. Together they walked to Granny's and found Regina in one of the booths with her step-son and husband. "Regina we need your help."
"Hello to you too," Regina said a bit teasing but saw the expression on their faces and quickly turned more serious. "What's wrong?"
"Our daughter fell through a portal and we need to find out where she is," Killian explained.
"Wait, how did that happen?" Robin asked confused.
"It's a long story but for now we need to find out where she is and how to get there."
"I might know a way to get to her but first we need to know where she is," Regina told them and Emma felt a bit of relief wash over her.
"Can you use a mirror to find her?" Emma asked hopeful.
"My magic isn't strong enough if she's in another realm, but yours is," Regina said. "Why haven't you tied it yet? You know how to do it."
Emma felt her shoulders slumber a bit and sighed. "I've tried it my magic is to drained, I don't have enough."
"Then I recommend to sleep for a bit. It's the most effective way to restore you energy and magic. I'll look into finding a way to the realm where she is, but for now you two need to rest and restore some energy for the trip."
"Thank you, Regina."
"Don't mention it."
"Here it is," Felix said as they entered the cave. Sophia looked around her while he stayed at the opening of the cave.
"This looks… cosy," she said, sitting on a rock that came out of the wall. "I could make this my bed for the time being…" she absently stoked the stone while she looked around. It was silent for a moment before he broke it.
"Well, I'm going. Pan expects me back soon," he turned to leave.
"Wait!" she said, jumping of the rock and walking over to him. "Thank you for helping me." She stood on her tip-toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He felt his face become warm and quickly turned around so she wouldn't see it.
Out of the cave he let out a sigh. What the Hell was wrong with him? Taking a few deep breaths he began his track back to the camp. He found his mind drift of the Sophia. She was the first girl he had seen after, what? Four, maybe five hundred years. Of course he had seen Tinkerbell but she was a woman not a girl. Sophia may be 15, maybe 16 years old. Somehow she left him stunned.
He wondered if it was normal to feel a spark when you touch a girl. What if it wasn't normal? Did she feel it too? He shook his head. It didn't matter, he was not going to fall for her. She was just a lost girl, daughter of Captain Hook. If she fell through a portal on accident Hook would probably be here in a matter of days to get her back. Then it wouldn't matter what he felt, not that he felt anything at all.
Does she? He found himself thinking. She did kiss him on the cheek, but all girls do that, right? It was just a way to say thank you, it didn't mean anything. Or did it? Even if it did he wouldn't stand a chance. He already embarrassed himself right in front of her. She may be a lost girl but she was also loved. He could see it in the way her eyes shone and that she didn't hear Pan's song. In those beautiful green eyes that…
He really needed to get her out of his mind. He was acting like a love sick puppy. He heard Pan's song become louder as he walked closer to the camp. Pushing away some leaves her entered the camp. Peter looked over to him and stopped his song.
"Did you find it?" Peter asked as he approached him. Felix knew he was asking about Sophia. For a moment he considered telling the truth, but something in his mind stopped him. They had made a deal, he had promised her he wouldn't tell Pan… but he was also loyal to him. He was his king, the one who saved him all those years ago from growing up. But he promised Sophia…
"Earth to Felix?" Peter said and waved his hand in front of his face.
He snapped out of his thought and the words left his mouth before he even though them through, "No, I haven't found it. It was probably already gone before I got to the spot."
Peter nodded, turning on his heels. "We'll send a search party tomorrow to different places in the jungle."
Felix let out a breath he didn't knew he was holding when Pan bought his lie. "I'll see to it."
Pan nodded and he went to a tree at the far end of the camp, sitting down against it. Tomorrow he would go to Sophia to tell her she must watch out because pan knows she's here and he didn't want to get into trouble for lying. He definitely didn't want to see her again or make sure she was okay. No, he just didn't want to get in trouble. Definitely not because he wanted to see that smile again, to see those green eyes again. Definitely not…
"Killian?" Emma asked softly as he came back from the bathroom. They had taken Regina's advice and went home to sleep a bit. As soon as they were home they changed into sweats and Emma was laying in Killian's bed.
"Aye?" he said and sat down beside her on the bed and grabbed her hand.
"I can't sleep," she said and looked down at their hands. "Can you hold me?"
"Of course, love"
She moved over a bit so that he could come in the bed. He pulled the comforters over both om them and pulled her close against him. She rested her head on his shoulder. He felt her tears and began stroking soothing circles on her back and whispered sweet nothingness into her ear. "Sleep now, darling." He whispered and short after they were both asleep.