Tick, Tock.
Blue eyes stared at the clock, blank eyes empty of all feelings looked at the moving arrow while ears listened to the mechanic sound.
Tick, Tock.
A hand brushed back a brown mane behind soft ears, while her stare moved to a wooden coffin that layed in a corner of her room.
Tick, Tock
The man who laid in that coffin was named Elijah Mikaelson. An Original. That meant he was one of the very few vampires who started existing nearly a thousand and some hundred years ago. His brother, Niklaus, the first hybrid, a creature that is both werewolf and vampire, stabbed him to the heart with a dagger covered with the ashes of an White Oak tree, Klaus gave his body to Marcel, her caretaker and person she owes her life to, as a show of his trust.
And now, Marcel entrusted her with the coffin, as he knows nobody would ever find them in here.
Davina sighed.
Her daily life now consisted of waking up, occuping herself with either magic or drawing, and then sleeping. God, how did she hate the witches who made her live this life, who condemned her to stay hidden because of a stupid ritual to appease the Ancestors.
Now, all that Davina wanted, was freedom.
Freedom of the witches, freedom of Marcel, to be capable to walk down the street just like any normal girl her age, to have fun, to make friends, what Davina craved most, was normal.
Which brought to think of her book, Peter Pan, it was a beautiful fairy tale. Full of adventures, fights, typical moments that were unique in one way or another. She wanted to be as free as Peter, but she could not, the witches sacrifice her the second or she set foot outside. She had enough, she had to be able to attack them, why she could not just kill them all if they ever find themselves in front of them ? Davina swung her legs over bed .She approached the window and looked at the dark blue night sky, the silver light of moon as the only source of light that night. Her eyes turned to two stars, one brighter than the other.
"Second star to the right and straight on till morning. "She whispered, remembering the popular sentence of the story.
She gave a small giggle as her eyes started to water at the thought.
Freedom, something she could never have.
But, she believed.
She believed that some day, somebody would walk through her door and tell her it was over, tell her that the witches won't kill her for their ritual, that she could be free.
Perhaps if she said it outloud, if she showed to anybody who could hear her that she was capable, things will be fixed.
"I believe. "She voiced out in a soft whisper. As if she was trying to convince herself, she said it louder. She closed her eyes, opening them again, the blue pool shining bright. She walked over to the bed, but she hears a sound that makes her stop in her tracks.
She turned around, frowning. Was it some vampire that Marcel ordered to come see her ?
It couldn't be, the sound didn't come from the door. It came from the window, from the outside. She walks again to the window, her finger tips touching the sides of it as she looked for whatever maybe the source of the sound.
"The second she does, a aguamarine shadow laid his white eyes on her. He tilted his head and looked at her, his shadowed hand in front of him as he expected her to take it.
Davina looked at him with fear, never in her life has she read about shadows, whether it be in grimories or science books. two things she knew were legit, what would happen if she gave him her hand ? Or take her magic ?
Whatever he wanted to do, Davina felt threatened.
The shadow, as he saw the girl wasn't making a decision, grabbed her hand with force, making her yell. She thought she saw the ghost of a smile crossing his face dark shade. Davina was trying to pull her hand , using all the force she had to do so, but it didn't bother him in anyway, as if the shadow was stonger than her, once he got a good grip of her arm, as sped toward the sky. Davina screamed in panic.
"Let me go. "She screamed out. But he did not listen ,too focused to move towards the second star as in the story. Or perhaps he ignored her, it sounded more like it.
As soon as they crossed the star, the landscape changed, fear assaulted her body as what was the cheerfull city of New Orleans turned into a dark island, gloomy, and didn't seem to look like anybody would go there willingly.
Arriving near the shore, the shadow dropped Davina, resulting in her fall to the ground. Davina looked around. She was not alone. There were three other people. A man, a woman and a boy.
"Who are you, girl? "Asked the man, he seemed to be in his mid-thirties. Bald and dangerous. Davina, not knowing what was happening was a little afraid of the man in front of her.
"Davina, Davina Claire. "Davina said, sceptical of them, .
"Are you from Storybrooke? "Now it was the woman speaking , it was a black skinned woman, appeared to be in her twenties, black hair.
Davina frowned at the question. What kind of town called Storybrooke?
"Uh, no, I'm from New Orleans. "The confusion was evident in her voice and in her face. The woman turned to the man.
"Maybe the home office sent her too? "The woman suggested. The man's eyes never left Davina.
"Maybe. "The man shrugged. He grabbed the hand of Davina and as quickly as she knew, she was attached. The man pulled her and pushed her.
"Walk, both of you. "The man he ordered and that's when she noticed the ropes that tied the hands of the little boy.
"You make s'mores" The boy asked as he bounced on the balls of his feet. The man looked at him with a scowl and said. "No, I'm going to build a signal," He looked at the woman "Help me collect some dry leaves. We have to let the Home Office knows we're here."
"And if that is not enough? What if the empty communicator was not an accident?" The woman requested. The man frowned and said, "Do not let the child get in your head."
Suddenly, there was a rustling of leaves around them. The boy, the woman, and man and Davina all looked to where the sounds came, and soon, teenagers began to show themselves, surrounding them.
"Who are you? "The man asked the teens.
"We are the Home Office, welcome to Neverland. "The boy who appeared to be their leader said in a false welcoming mood. Davina studied it more closely, he had dirty blond hair and a scar from the left side of his forehead to his left cheek.
"The Home Office is a group of teenagers ? "The woman was asked, sounding betrayed. This group of boys is the famous "Home Office"?
"They aren't teenagers , they are lost boys. "Henry said, recognizing them from the story. Davina frowned, weren't they supposed to be cheerful... and wearing animal-like clothing ? The blond boy looked down at the small child, impressed.
"Look at that ..." Scar face said, expressing his astonishment.
"Why do the lost boys want to destroy magic? "Asked Henry. Davina frowned, magic could not be destroyed, at least not to her knowledge.
"Who said we wanted to destroy the magic? "Said the blond boy, a mischievous look on his face.
"It was our mission," said Greg, stepping forward a little. Scar face looked almost bored, as he says, "So you were told, yes. . Now the boy ... hand him over "He looked hesitant to Davina as he said,". And the girl too "
"Not until you tell us the plan. For magic. To go home," said the woman, stepping in front of the boy.
Davina could now say what she learned from Marcel and the other vampires that giant smirk turned into an evil smile in a split second can not make the kind, These boys were the enemy. And what the boy said confirmed it.
Scar Face looked at her with a blank look and said. "You're not getting home"
"So you do not get the boy," said the man. Scar face looked at him while he chuckled and said: "Of course we are."
Then suddenly, they heard a roar. A black shadow came flying down from the sky, the same shadow that took Davina far from the church where she was. and ripped the shadow of the right man on his back as the man shouted, he collapses to the ground.
Dead.
The eyes of Davina, the boy and women widened they watched the man now dead. The woman turned to them and shouted, "RUN!"
"Get them." said the scarred boy.
No need to repeat it twice, Davina and the young boy now would run into the forest. The woman was about to follow them until she was hit in the back by an arrow.
As they ran through the forest, they could hear the lost boys behind him and that worried him. They ran around a tree and up a hill when the boy tripped on a root. He was about to get up when he felt someone grab the back of his jacket, pulls him , saying. "Come on" The same hand grabbed the arm of Davina and was pulled a bush.
They slightly panicked by hearing Lost Boys run right past where they were hiding. Davina looked at the boy after the Lost Boys had disappeared, and said, "Thank you." as she panted.
"Pan and his forces are in tune with every grain of sand on the island. We must be careful," The boy said he grabbed a sharp rock and began to cut the connections around their wrist. The youngest of them gulped and said, "A-Are you a lost boy?"
"I was. But I escaped, and now they're after me too," said the boy. He then asked, "How? What happened?"
"No time for questions. We have to keep moving," the boy said and pulled the young boy from the ground, Davina followed them and started to run.
"Davina and the two boys ran through the jungle, running lost boys when they stopped in a clearing to take a little break. The boy looked and said. "I think we lost them"
"Okay ... can we take a rest for a minute?" Henry asked. The boy nodded and Henry fell on a rock with a sigh. After a second, the boy said, "You're new here. Did the shadow take you, too? "
"No, I was kidnapped by some people that work for Pan," said Henry. The boy looked sad and said, "I'm sorry. If he sent for you, he wants you ... and if Pan want you, he will get you. And You? "He asked looking at Davina.
"I've been taken by the shadow. "Davina said, no emotion in her voice, after all she almost died. The boy frowned.
"It's strange, the shadow not ever relate girls. "Said the boy, Reflective aloud. Davina gave him a confused look.
"Why? "Asked Davina.
"Girls are not allowed on the island. "The boy's voice was stoic and monotonous. "Too needy. "He said mockingly.
Davina rolled her eyes, part of her wanting to move that boy to the tree with her magic, but she gulped, knowing that if she did, she could just become a prisoner again.
"Why does Pan want you ?" Henry asked, trying to change the subject. It was obvious that this girl was angry and did not want a fight ahead of him. The boy sighed and rolled her scarf,forgetting the girl,as he said , "The Pixie dust. I stole it from him because thought I could use it to fly away and go home. But it does not work. It's useless. "
"Do not worry. My family is coming to rescue me, and you could come with us," he said, trying to be looked at Davina. " You too." he smiled at her, Davina looked at the boy with a sad face. She wished it could be that easy.
The boy gave him a mocking look, and said, "You really think you're the first boy to believe that their family is actually coming for them?"
"... My family is different. We always find each other, "said Henry. The boy looked at him and said, "You better hope they don't, or else Pan will their shadows into oblivion."
Davina shivered, remembering the death of the man who had his shadow tear. She certainly did not want Marcel anyone else suffering the same way.
"Henry standed up and patted the boy's shoulders, saying, "It's gonna be okay, I promise. Don't lose hope. All we need is the time ... is there a place we can hide from the Lost Boys...?"
The boy seemed to think for a second and said, "There is a place they can't track us. The Echo Caves. But it's far away."
"Suddenly, they heard footsteps and rustling leaves again. Davina immediately said, "So what are we waiting for? Lead the way. "
"Then they began to hear voices, and the boy nodded and started running again.
Davina, the boy and Henry were still running to the caves when Henry falled. This time, he quickly got up and continued to run, but ran beside the boy, saying, "They are close, I can see them ."
"We're almost close to the caves, Follow me" Said the older one, but he was cut by an arrow.
"They cut us. They know the caves. We have to go this way! "Henry was behind them and they started to run again.
They were still running through the jungle with Henry at the front of the two. They came through a small hole in the side of a mountain, and Henry stopped just in time to not fall into the ocean with jagged rocks at the bottom. He stuck out an arm, stopping the boy and Davina to do the same scream " Watch Out!"
They heard more screams behind them. " They're over here !" said the boy, rising a panic in each of them.
"Henry asked, "What do we do? Is there another way to Echo Caves?"
"No, we are done for," said the boy angrily. He then moved the scarf, showing Henry pixie dust again as he said, "I'll give them pixie dust. Maybe they'll let us live. "
"You want to give up?" Henry asked.
"We have no choice: they got us. This is the end," said the boy. Davina looked dust remembering the famous proverb "Faith, trust and pixie dust. She was going to take the dust, but Henry beat her to it.
Henry shook his head and said. "No, it's our way out"
Henry tore pixie dust of the boy neck, and pulled away as possible from the edge. The boy was shocked, as he says, "W-What are you doing?"
"Getting a running start," Henry said as he opened the lid of the powder pixie .The boy looked at him and said, "Why"?
"Everyone knows that pixie dust can make you fly," said Davina, as if the boy was an idiot. Ignoring the tone, the boy insisted, say, "Don't you remember? Dust does not work! "
"That's because you have to believe," said Henry. He said, "I certainly do not believe."
"So you're an idiot. "Davina openly insulted the boy in front of her. He gave her a bad look.
"That's okay ... because I do," said Henry the ignorant, and dragged the boy and Davina with him on the cliff. Davina leave a smile on his face as they started flying in the air.
The group of children flew through the air for a while until the boy did to a field in an empty tree location. They landed quickly fall in a heap on the floor. They all three got up quickly and Henry smiled, saying. "See, if you believe everything is possible"
"You couldn't be more right, Henry," said the boy, his nice look turn into pure evil look. Henry looked confused, worried and a little scared as he says, "How -How'd you know my name I never told you ?"
"Let's make a game. A puzzle to solve," said with a gleam in his eyes evil. Henry's eyes widened as the realization hit him, and he said, "You lied to me! You are a lost boy! You work for Pan!"
The boy said: "Not exactly," He gave a too much more creepy look . " I am Peter Pan ."
"Henry stepped back a step as he says, "But you said Greg and Tamara magic was bad", there was a huge smile on Peter's face now as he raised an eyebrow," That you'd help them destroy it. Why?
"Because I needed their help, and it's so much easier to get someone to hate something then to believe," Peter said with a smile always on his face.
"Henry tried to hide his fear as he said, "Why did you bring me here?"
"For quite some time, I've sought for something extremely important. Something more elusive as the greatest of all mysteries," said Peter as he walked. Henry swallowed and said, "What?"
"The heart of the true believer. And when you took that pixie dust, Henry, and jumped off the cliff, "Peter knocked on a tree," You proved yourself. You are the lucky owner of this very special heart. And now you, and it, are mine, "said Peter. He turned to Davina and said in the same tone," And vou have had the misfortune to be you find here now, what makes you mine as well. "
Peter took his knife from his belt and put it in the air as he shouted, "Come out, boys!"
"Lost Boys from all over as they circled Henry.
Once Henry and Davina was at the center of all, Peter smiled and said, "Let's play."
Hey guys !
Here's the rewrite of chapter 1, chapter 2 should come out tomorrow, and chapter 3 will take me some times but it will be there in less than a week normally, don't forget to give me your thoughts on this, and if you like the way the story is going now, I'm trying to make it more realistic, and try to not make Pan too OOC, cause know we don't want that.
