I'm not really lost

Chapter 17

I kept up with the group, being half forced to as dad pulled me along with him. David walked past us to talk to Tinker Bell. Dad came to a stop and I looked up at him. "We're going into a fight, it might help to have something to fight with." Dad said and I watched as he turned around with Mom's sword. I stared at him for a moment, confused. "You should have it." I said to him. "She'd want you to have it." Dad said and I slowly took it from him. It was slightly heavier than I thought it would be. I watched as Dad handed me the belt too and quickly wrapped into around my waist. I stared up at Dad has looked down at me. "How's it look?" I asked him. "Like you're mother." Dad said to me and I frowned at him.

"Well, if this is your version of a rescue party, we got here just in time." I turned to see Regina and the Dark one standing there. "What are you two doing here?" Snow asked them. "Well, same as you, except we actually have a chance." Regina stopped. "What is that doing here?" She asked and I looked up at her. "Why is a Lost Boy with you? What you run away from Pan? How can you trust that this Lost Boy won't go running back to Pan?" She asked the others, before they looked at me. "Because that's not a Lost Boy." The dark one said. Regina turned to look at him for a moment. "Why don't you show yourself dearie." he said before using his magic to pull my hood down. "Ah, the child. Now it all makes sense. But the question is still the same." Regina said. "Pan wants me dead." I said to her. "And why is that?" She asked and I just shrugged at her. "We're missing one." The dark one said and Regina looked around. "Yeah, where is our lovable redhead?" Regina asked. Emma walked up to her and I guess told her.

"So what's with the box?" Tinker Bell asked. "In't not just any type of box. It's Pandora's box. It could trap Pan for eternity simply by opening the lid." Regina said, looking happy. "You didn't tell me my father was with her." Neal said and I turned to face him. "I didn't know." Emma said. "Wait, your father is the Dark One?" Tinker Bell asked, taking the words out of my mouth. "Yeah, and he's not getting anywhere near Henry." Neal said and I looked at both of them. "Bae..." The dark one said. "Why? What are you talking about?" Emma asked. "There's a prophecy that says that Henry will be his undoing. He didn't come here to protect him. He came here to kill him." Neal said and everyone took a step away from the darke one as I stood in place. "That's why you didn't want to find Neal before you got Henry back? Because you knew he'd spill your secret." Regina said.

"Everything I did was to protect Henry, to rescue him from Pan" The dark one said and I stared at him. "It all makes sense. You left before we even made shore." Emma said, grabbing her blade. "You wanted to get to Henry first..." Snow started as she held her bow at the ready. "To be on his own..." David said as he pulled out his sword. "So no one could stop you..." Dad said, grabbing his sword. "So you can kill him." Regina said. They turn fast around here, "It's not gonna happen, not unless you go through all of us first." Emma said. I snapped my finger and stood in front of the dark one. "Annabelle, you come right back here right now." Dad said and I looked at him. "No." I said to him. I looked around at all of them for a moment before I stopped on Emma.

"If he really wanted to kill Henry he would have done that already wouldn't he? He's the Dark One and Neal you said that you already had Henry once. If he wanted to he could have knocked you out and killed Henry. He could have killed Henry a hundred times over without any of you knowing it was him. But he hasn't, He's here, helping." I said to them and I turned to see Regina staring at me. "If he wanted to kill Henry he would have by now." I said to her. "Since when is your kid pro dark one?" I heard Neal ask. I turned back to the group and pointed at the dark one. "This man right here, isn't going to kill your Henry. He came here to die for him. Mom knew that and I know it." I said and they all stared at me. "You don't have her heart do you?" Neal asked his father. "No, I don't." The dark one said back to his son.