Chapter 7

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Third P.O.V.

"He so likes his games." Hook mused causing Harper to look at him confused. 

"What game? There's nothing there

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"What game? There's nothing there." Regina asks. 

"If he said there's a map on this parchment, then there is." Hook said. 

"Great. So if I just stop denying who I really am, whatever that means, then we'll be able to read this thing." Emma said. 

"But how do we know Pan won't use it to lead us straight into a trap?" Regina asks. 

"Because he doesn't need to. This whole island's his bloody trap." Hook spoke. 

"Ah wonderful!! This is wonderful!!" Harper exclaimed.

David and Mary come back from searching the jungle. 

"There's no sign of him anywhere." David told them. 

"Any luck with the map?" Mary asks. 

"Don't hold your breath." Regina grumbled. 

"What's that supposed to mean?" Emma asks offended. 

"Don't you see what he's doing? Every second we spend talking about this is another second we're not looking for my son." Regina complained. 

"Can you stop being so whiny?" Harper asks the older woman. 

"Harper, not now." Emma said looking at her sister before looking at Regina. "You got a better idea?" 

"Magic. If there's a lock on there, I'll find a way around it." Regina said simply. 

"Hah! Something, you've said is very helpful so far." Harper mused. 

"Harper!" Emma said already enough of her sister. 

"What? She's been standing there complaining about finding Henry while the rest of us also want to find him. But we have to be patient." Harper said. 

"I have to agree with the teen girl." Hook says. 

"Call me teen girl again. And I'll chop your tongue out of your mouth." Harper said. 

"Harper, enough." Emma said causing her younger sister to step back. "Pan said it had to be me." 

"I'd listen to Emma, love. Breaking Pan's rules would be unwise." Hook said. 

"Why do you reveal these things once we are on the island? You should just tell us when we first left Storybook or when we arrived in this blood place." Harper said. 

"Sadly, I agree with the pirate." David said. "And Harper maybe he has his reasons." 

"I should have just stayed in Storybook or in Chicago." Harper mumbled. 

"I'm winning you over. I can feel it." Hook said with a grin. 

"And your magic doesn't exactly have a gentle touch, Regina." Mary spoke up. 

"Use it on the map, it might blow up in all our faces." David said taking some risks. 

"Oh I'd love to see that." Harper said excitedly. 

"Well, that's a risk i'm willing to take. And Emma can I take your sister as my apprentice?" Regina answered. 

"No you may not. Well, i'm not. If I'm the one who's supposed to figure out this thing. I need to do what Pan said." Emma said. 

"Great." Regina grumbles. 

"She'll get there. Hey. Don't give up. He's playing a game. You can win." Mary told her. 

*Time skip*

Eventually Regina had enough so she decided to grab the map from Emma and use her magic. 

"What the hell are you doing?" Emma asks. 

"The locator spell. This parchment belonged to Pan. It'll lead us to him." Regina said. 

"So it appears we will be venturing into the Dark Jungle after all." Hook said. 

"You mean the place you told us never to set foot in?" Harper and Emma asked together. 

"That's the one." Hook said. "And never do that." 

"Do what?" Harper and Emma asked together. 

"Well, Emma, you said you wanted to be the leader. Lead." Regina told her, handing the map back. 

The group were following the map, walking in the Dark Jungle. 

"Ready to thank me?" Regina asks. 

"Actually, yeah." Emma said. 

"If you'd let me do it sooner, maybe we'd have found him by now. Wait. He's there. Pan. I can feel his smugness." Regina said once she felt something. 

The others all pull out their weapons as Harper stood closer to her sister. Apparently Harper forgot her swords back at camp so she had to be next to her sister. 

"Shall we? While we still have the element of surprise on our side?" David asks. 

"Careful. He may look like a boy, but he's a blood demon." Hook said. 

"Hey. We can do this. You can do this." Mary told her daughter. 

They walked closer to the camp to see no one was there.

"No one's here." Mary said. "Maybe your spell was wrong, Regina."

"Yes. Blame me... again." Regina said. 

"Guys... Hold on." Emma said as she saw something. 

Everyone also looked up to see a boy on a hill with his back turned to them. 

"Is that..." Emma asks. "Henry!" 

That's when the boy turned causing all of them to stop including Harper who stood next to Mary. It was Pan.

"Hi, Emma." Pan said with a smirk. 

"Where the hell is Henry?" Emma demanded. 

"You broke the rules. That's not fair." Pan said. "Bad form. I expect more from you, Captain." 

"Aye, and you'll get it." Hook said glaring at him. 

"Give Henry to me." Emma said angrily. 

"Sorry. Can't." Pan said. "Don't you know? Cheaters never win." Pan said.

And that's when a lot of boys walked out from their hiding spots surrounding the group. 

"Yup, I should have stayed in Storybook." Harper mumbled.

"Watch out for their arrows." Hook warned. "They're laced with dreamshade." 

"I have no weapon. So what am I supposed to use?" Harper asks the group. 

"Fight them if you have to. Use your body or hands." Emma told her. 

"They have swords and bows and arrows." Harper said. 

That's when all the boys rushed forward causing the group to have to defend themselves. Harper rushed to a tree where three boys followed her. 

They tried to hit her with her swords but she dodged each of them before grabbing their swords and throwing them aside. 

"I got no weapon. So you'll just have to fight fairly." Harper said with a smirk before the three look to each other before rushing together. 

She then starts punching, kicking and punching. She repeated that before going over to help the others. 

Pan watched her curious about who she was. He watched as she knocked out each of his boys. He whistled causing all of the boys to back away and rush behind him. 

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