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chapter 15 ? hauntings

"Mummy." A little girl peeked out from behind one of the crewmembers. Rumple's face softened.

"Come here, Riley." Father cooed and my little self-ran into my father's arms. He scooped me up and held me, tightly.

"Who's this?" Rumple growled.

"My daughter-"

"You abandoned Bae and had another child!" He screamed. My head buried into my father's chest.

"I was the coward, I know." Mother agreed.

"ENOUGH!" He screamed. He inched towards her. "You left him." Mother just stared at him with regret in her eyes. "And for that you shall pay." He plunged his hand into her chest. Father screamed to her and put me down. A crewmember took me by the arm and pulled me away from the scene. I can see tears brimming up in my little girl eyes and I screamed out.

"MUMMMYYY!" I cried. Rumple waved his hand and I fell back on the ground. I looked up to see Father tied to the mast of the ship. Rumple ripped Mother's heart from her chest and stared at it. He crushed his hand and Mother 's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she fell down. The ashes of her heart squeezed out from Rumple's hand and he smiled. I rushed over to her, not caring if they saw me or not. My father bent down and brushed my mother's face. His lips twitched and he stood up.

"You may be more powerful now, Demon but, you're no less a coward!" Father shouted, glaring.

"I'll have what I came here for now." Rumple ignored Father. Father gripped the bean in his hand.

"You'll have to kill me first!" He hissed. My face fell and I realized that's the part in my life where my father forgot about me. He was now hooked on revenge.

"HAHA! I'm afraid that's not in the cards for you, sonny boy." Rumple laughed. Rumple whipped a sword out, cutting Father's hand off. My father screamed in pain as his limb fell on the ground and Rumple bent down and scooped it up. "I want you alive, especially your little girl because I want you two to suffer like I did." He laughed and started to walk away. My father quickly grabbed a hook and stood up, running over to Rumple, stabbing it in his chest. Rumple chuckled with it still attached to his chest. "Killing me is gonna take a lot more than that, dearie."

"Even demons can be killed. I will find a way." My father hissed.

"Well, good luck living long enough." Rumple smiled before disappearing into a red cloud of smoke. The hook dropped on the deck. Father picked it up and stared at me. Everything soon started to fade until my surroundings were black. I stared down at my mother's lifeless body. My face swelled up with tears and a sob escaped my lips. I rested her head on my lap and leaned down, kissing her forehead.

"I'm sorry." I choked out, hugging her. BANG! I popped up and quickly got to my feet. BANG!

I shot up and didn't see no Pan and no camp. I was just lying on the dirty ground. I wasn't tied up anymore.

"What?" I whispered to myself. I got up and started to wander around. I jolted back when a hand was over my mouth. A muffled scream escaped my lips. Pan walked out of the tree line. My eyes looked to see Felix, gripping me.

"You really thought that I'd forget about you?" He smirked.

"Hoping." I snapped. He grinned and took me from Felix. I gasped when I saw that we appeared on a cliff overlooking a waterfall. He still held onto me.

"Jump," He demanded. I shook my head, fiercely.

"So, this is your plan on how to kill me, huh?" I barked to him. His grip tightened. A sword materialized in his other hand and he held it to my throat.

"I don't think I was clear," He growled in my ear. "Jump." He removed the sword from my throat and backed away, slowly. I held my hands up and started to back away. I felt an absence of the ground and stumbled back. No magic means no immortality. I waved my arms in the air and fell back. I screamed as I fell.

"RILEY!" Pan yelled in worry. I somehow latched my fingers to the edge of the cliff. Why is he worried?! My eyes narrowed at the bottom of the waterfall. I shakily looked up to see Pan peeking down at me with the sword still in his hand. I showed no emotion to him. No sign of wanting help. I closed my eyes and swung my other arm to the cliff. Sweat rolled down my forehead and I pulled myself up. I hugged the ground and my hair dangled down from my head to the ground. Don't cry. Pan kneeled down and brushed my hair out of my face. "Are you okay?" My eyes darkened at his question. I sprung up and ran away from him. "Where are you going?!"

"Camp, where else?" I shouted back at him.

"What is wrong with you?" He yelled. I stopped in my tracks and whipped around, rushing up to his face.

"You want to know what's wrong?" I hissed. He looked blankly at him. "One minute, I'm hanging over a cliff which you made me do and the next, you suddenly care if I'm alright?!" He stood silent. "You're fucking bipolar or some shit! I can't stand you, oh my g-" I felt a pair of lips suddenly, press against mine. My body filled with shock. My hands snaked into his hair and I started to kiss back somehow. I closed my eyes and melted into it. He pulled me closer to him and his arms wrapped around my waist. He started to push me back until I was against a tree. He grabbed my arm and put it above my head, pushing his body closer on mine. He pulled away and softly, looked at me. My lips were swollen with passion and I wanted more. He seemed panicked next and stepped away. I watched as he ran into the jungle and I knew I had to go after him.