Dark One's Daughter *Book Three*

Think Lovely Thoughts

Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I completely forgot.

Now that we had Baelfire and a way off of this accursed island, we went back to get Tink and put our plan into action. As soon as we told Tink our plan, she prepared herself and we started making our way to Pan's compound, using the map that Emma had got.

"I'm gonna ask Tink how close we are to Pan's compound. I don't wanna be surprised by any lost boys on patrol," David said.

"Good idea," Mary Margaret agreed.

"Looks like you two buried the hatchet," I commented, rushing over to Mary Margaret.

"Buried? Uh... I don't know. We've at least put it away for now," Mary Margaret said.

"So you're really gonna stay here with him?" Emma asked.

"The thought of leaving you, Emma, it kills me. But there's nothing we can do. If David leaves the island, he'll die," Mary Margaret reminded us.

"So you're just giving up?" Emma asked. "Family means being together, all of us."

"But there's no other way," Mary Margaret said.

"Maybe this is just you rubbing off on me, but I don't believe that. There's always a way. I mean, Tasha you must know something," Emma turned to me.

"There might be a tonic or a potion that can help with this, but I'd need all my books back in Storybrooke," I told them.

Suddenly there was a great round of rustling in the bushes ahead of us. Everyone took out their weapons, waiting for Pan to pop up.

But it wasn't Pan, it was Regina and Papa.

"Well, if this is your idea of a rescue party, we got here just in time," Regina commented.

"What are you two doing here?" Mary Margaret asked them.

"Well, same as you, except we actually have a chance," Regina said.

Regina gestured to a small box in Papa's hands, making me gasp.

"Pandora's box," I muttered.

"It could trap Pan for eternity simply by opening the lid," Regina explained.

"You didn't tell me that our father was with her," Bae whispered to me.

"I didn't know," I whispered back.

"Wait, your father is the Dark One?" Tink muttered to Bae.

"Yeah, and he's not getting anywhere near Henry," Bae replied, making me look over at him in confusion.

"Bae..." Papa said.

"Why? What are you talking about?" I asked.

"There's a prophecy that says Henry will be his undoing. He didn't come here to protect Henry. He came here to kill him," Bae explained.

"Oh, my God. Henry is the boy from the prophecy?" I asked.

"That's why you didn't want to find Neal before you got Henry back?" Regina questioned, slowly shifting back over to us. "Because you knew he'd spill your secret."

"Everything I did was to protect Henry, to rescue him from Pan," Papa defended.

"Like we haven't heard that before," I muttered to Bae, loud enough that Papa heard.

"It all makes sense," Emma said. "You left before we even made shore."

"You wanted to get to Henry first..." Mary Margaret trailed off, pulling back and arrow.