Note: So i've never watched Once Upon a time before, but I kinda got this idea in my head after watching an ep with my uncle. There really isn't much to say other than I don't own the show and I hope you review and enjoy this one-shot.
Peter Pan reflects on the heart that mattered, the heart that had the power to change everything. He thinks about her heart and the events that lead to the loss of it.
He noted that her heart had been beautiful. She had been full of love, laughter, hope, and was a true believer. She believed in all kinds of things, from magic to science. It didn't matter to her. She just believed in them. He hadn't been so believing. It took him time to learn to trust while she rushed to it like a moth to a flame. Somehow, she had always trusted the right people "Because I could see their hearts shine like mine" she had told him once with a smile. "But your heart is odd. It shines when you know I'm around, but sometimes dims when you don't know I'm looking." He had no idea what she had meant and shrugged it off.
He recalled other things about her. Like how she giggled slightly when she was about to blush or tangled her hands together when she wasn't sure what to say. She played with her hair when she was bored, bit her lip when she was worried... and she would sit close to her little brother Rump when he was scared. She even made her brother a straw doll with a blue jacket to ease his fears when she couldn't be around. She loved to make things. She loved to tinker around with things. In many ways, she was his tinker bell.
"Sybelle," Pan called out to her as she smiled at the sky. She seemed lost in thought.
"Come with me." She breathed out as she reached for her brother. Pan felt slightly hurt that she didn't seem to be asking him.
"Go where?" Rump asked as he stared at his sister. He looked to Pan for answers, but the boy was just as lost.
"To Neverland." She whispered softly.
Peter Pan wondered, as he stared at her lifeless body, what would have become of them had she never taken him there. He wondered if he would still be the man, or boy if you were, that he was today.
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She took the two boys to Neverland with her, because Pan didn't want her to leave him behind. It had been the three of them for such a long time that he didn't know what to do without her. He would be lost. He would be a sad, lost boy. It broke her heart to think of him lonely. So, she took him with her.
They had been greeted by a number of Pixies. Bell had said that they had saw that her heart was that of the truest believer and that they wanted to keep me safe. Pan thought that was silly, but she seemed to be glowing with joy.
"I'm happy for you Tink." Pan smirked as he watched her dance with the Pixies. "You finally get to see how special you are."
Things were good for them. They had adventures and added knew boys to their family. Bell took care of them like she had for Pan and Rump. Although with the power of foresight, she had played with her hair a lot as their family grew. Rump seemed to be growing pale and shivering a bit. They never said anything and maybe that was the problem. Rump was to shy to say anything and Bell was too busy taking care of everyone to let anyone take care of her.
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"You have to take him back Peter." Bell cried out when they were alone. Pan knew she was truly upset because she called him Peter. She never called him that unless she was upset. It didn't matter if it was with him or someone else. She only called him Peter when she was at her wits end.
"You do it." Pan waved out. "I've better things to do than take the baby home." He was getting sick of Rump ruining his fun. This place was great. Rump should have been happy to be there instead of hiding in his sheets.
"But I can't." Bell cried out. "If I do...something bad will happen..." She was shaking.
"But Tink, I promised the boys that we would go hunting." Pan replied. "Can't it wait." Bell felt like crying. She held up her head and could him that everything was fine. She would deal with the matter herself.
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Pan recalled the pain he felt in his heart when he returned from his hunting trip. There had been a small note on his bed. Bell was leaving with her brother. It seemed that it was the only way to save his life. He had mistakenly eaten fruit that was draining his life and the only cure was to cut the tie between him and the tree it came from. He needed to go back home to do so. She had made up her mind to so even no matter what was done to her. The portal back home was where they had landed in Neverland. Pan wasted no time in getting there.
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Rump stood holding his straw doll as Bell opened the portal. She told him to be strong and brave. She kissed his head as she wanted for the portal to fully open. Her eyes widen with horror as she heard the sound of a thousand little wings. The Pixies were coming and they were angry. Her heart beat raced. The portal still needed time to open.
She turned to see the faces of the small creatures. They once smiled sweetly at her while shining with a green glow. The glow had made her full of wonder. It now made her full of fear. Their faces were monstrous. They didn't want to lose her heart. It was too special, too rare to lose. Bell screamed as she pushed her brother behind her.
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Pan came just in time to see Bell being attacked by the Pixies. He tried to get them away from her, but couldn't. Rump dropped his doll as the Pixies attacked him too. Bell cried as she felt her heart being torn from her chest. It hurt so bad. It felt like she was dying. Oh, right. She was dying. She fell on her hands and knees. She was in so much pain.
Rump watched in horror as his sister crawled through him. The Pixies were still ripping her heart out, but she still has fighting to reach him. She sat on her knees when she was in front of him and throw her arms around him. He was crying. She was crying while Pan was frozen. He didn't know what to do.
"Stay safe brother." She whispered before pushing her baby brother into the portal. The last he saw of his sister was her glowing red heart leaving her body.
Bell was not one to lose. She let the portal close, because she wouldn't survive the trip back home. She did the only thing she could think of. She grabbed her heart with both her hands and in a moment of pure rage, brought on by the lack of her heart, she crushed it into dust. She drew her last breathe as she watched the Pixies shocked faces. They hadn't believed she'd do that. They had wanted to keep her and her heart, wanted to make her their queen. Their hearts were empty and lonely. She understood the dimness she had seen in Pan. He was lonely without her. She imaged that maybe he had felt the same thing she felt towards him, love.
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Pan screamed as he held her lifeless body. He couldn't believe that she was gone. She has meant the world to him. She had been everything. He cried his heart out as he touched her face to brush the hair away. What would he do without his Tinker Bell? He would do anything to get her back, to see her smile. He felt her pull away. His heart raced. Maybe she was still alive. But she wasn't. The Pixies were trying to take her body. Even after her death, they longed to have her. He couldn't understand why. Her heart was gone.
"What are you doing?" He asked as he tried to pull her back to him.
"She's to stay with us." They hissed in one voice. "Until she can be mended."
"What are you talking about?" He screamed as he took a tighter hold of the body.
"A heart that's in darkness can be returned to light." The Pixies spoke. "The truest believers' heart can overcome death."
"You mean that she can be brought back?" Pan asked as the Pixies took her body from him. He was starting to feel hope again.
"Of course." They spoke. "The right heart can awaken hers', but now. She's too full of rage. Let it die and her heart will be opened to the touch of the heart in question."
His mind was racing as they took her body. The right heart could bring her back from the dead. He could bring that heart to her, the heart of the truest believer. He would bring that heart to her. It was the least that he could do. He would do whatever it took, no matter the price.
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Pan had made that price so very long ago. He had searched and searched for such a heart. Now, he had finally found the heart he needed. Henry would be able to wake his Tink up and than Pan would tell her how he felt.
He touched the Sybelle's face as he thought about her waking up. There had been many times he thought about kissing her. He wanted to know what her lips felt like. He had waited ages to find out. The thought of her opening her eyes soon made him lean just a bit closer than he had dared to before. In a small moment of bravery, he pressed his lips onto hers.
He pulled away and sighed with disappointment. He had hoped that she would have given a sign that she knew he was there, that she could feel him beside her. He knew that he didn't come as often as he should, but it pained him to see her like this, even after all these years. It angered him to see that Rump had moved on, found himself a family. Bell would have been upset with him. She would have called him Peter and told him off for sending her brother that doll.
"Soon Tink." Pan whispered before he left her side. Soon it would be Tinker Bell and Pan with their Lost Boys. The way it should have always been, but first he needed Henry's heart.
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After Pan left, her eyes switched behind her eyelids a bit as if looking for something. Her eyes stilled for a moment. Her lips parted as air filled her lungs. She closed her mouth before opening her eyes. There seemed to be a deep darkness in her eyes that had not been there before. She could hear the sound of wings. She sat up and turned her body to face the Pixies. She blinked a great number of times as if thinking she were in some sort of dream.
"Where am I?" She asked softly. "Where is my... where is Rump?"
"He is long since grown." They answered in one voice. "Now he is a man much feared."
"That's good." She sighed out. "I feared he would die without me...when...I..." She placed a hand to her head as she tried to recall what happened. She couldn't though. It was all hazy.
"Worry no more of him." The Pixies informed her. "You have the other matter to deal with."
"Oh...yes...but that's years away." She tried to ease her mind with that thought.
"The Truest believer is here in Neverland. His heart is strong." The Pixies spoke out.
"But how? He would not know the way." Bell cried out.
"Pan brought him here." They replied.
"He did what?" She screamed. She couldn't believe he had brought such a child here.
"He was looking for such a child."
"He meant to bring that boy here..." She felt her blood boil. She tried to think for other reasons to bring that child here. Maybe Pan didn't know what that boy could do to her. Maybe, he was the child for something else, someone else.
"He brought the child here for you." The Pixies remarked after a long pause. So he knew than what they would do to her.
"You maybe full of wickedness, but you do not lie." Even if they had tried to lie to her, she would have seen through it. They were apart of her. That's how they knew she was trying to leave all those years ago. If Bell still had a heart, it would be breaking. She shivered at the thought of what she had to do. "Let's kill Peter Pan."
End Note: I was going to name her just Bell or Isabelle, but there was already a Bell and I wasn't sure if it had been short for anything. So I went with Sybelle. I had planned to end it with him kissing her, but I felt like writing a bit more and thought that it added a bit more drama. I do love drama. Review. Review for me please.
