I always loved Once Upon a Time for their memorable characters and Pan was one of the best. Season 3 was never enough for me and it's ending mid-season, though enjoyable, was not quite what I expected Pan's story to be. I think it's time we have a story that dives deeper into the mind of the leader of the lost boys and see just what it is that makes the father of The Dark One so... repulsive and alluring.
I hope you enjoy what I have in store for you. ~#Husky
| Prologue |
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick… tock…
Tick...
Why is the sound of a clock soothing to some and an irking to others?
How can something as simple as the tick of a hand drive some men to madness and others to sleep?
Take a hum now. Is that not as rhythmic as a chime? Go on and take a baby in a pram too- would he find the humming, as from a mother's gentle lips, any less comforting as an adult in the same scenario? Yet he stands alone now, in the middle of that same park which his mother used to always hum him to sleep in when the day grew too old and the wind blew soft. He does hear the sound still, but it does not carry the same simple tune. Sleep does not come, nor comfort, not joy, nor patience: only remembrance- only pain.
Time works in strange ways. And much like the hum, from mother or distant humming bird, it stays with us. Inside the mind, inside the thoughts- inside the memories. Time makes us remember, but, it can also make us forget. Forget who we were, who we are and who we are meant to be. But time does not stand alone: fate accompanies her. Through birth unto death- as all things have to end which begin –the destiny of each living thing has been written upon an invisible map. Some can read it, some can even change it. Who? Well, the authors of Fate. There are many, each assigned to their own realm, but they, too, can be changed. And how does one become the author of another's fate? Like all the assigned roles, they must be chosen. But first, they must be worthy. Then: they must be willing and prepared to face the consequences of their choices.
One man- or should I say, one boy, made that his life-long goal. But he not only changed his fate, but also that of the other lives around him. For better or for worse, you might ask? Well, that comes with its' own blurred complexities. The real question should not be whether it was good or bad, but rather, whether it was worth the cost that ultimately had to be paid.
Malcolm, or as you know him as, Peter Pan, has answered that question. That, along with the call of his own destiny (which, ultimately, can never be abstained), was put to two very important tests. First, the test of courage and second, the test of sacrifice.
Two things that dear, foolish Pan never possessed growing up. In fact, no one knew that misfortune more than the very boy whose existence would become his greatest fear and greatest strength.
You might be wondering by now who I am, but you already know me- all children do. Do not deny it, though we say we are grown up, the truth is: no one ever leaves their innocence- they only try to pretend it doesn't exist anymore.
All can be converted back to their original state. And you, my dear reader, have lost your innocence but I am here to show you that not all innocence is lost. Not entirely. There is a way to learn how to fly again.
As long as one continues to think lovely thoughts.