Chap. 4

Sophie's POV

I was dressed in all black and in a black room. There was a blood red coffin in the middle. As I go closer I saw Jamie, My friends and the guardians standing around it.

"Look what you did sophie?" Tooth said through tears.

"Good job mate" Bunny sarcastically told me

"You disgrace other children. You shouldn't even be here" North scolded me.

"And to think I saw you as a sister. You are nothing but a killer." I heard jack say.

"It was an accident. I am sorry. I didn't know." I begged the group.

"How could you Sophie? I can never love you after this. No one can. You will always be unloved. No one will ever want you" Jamie told me looking like her wanted me dead.

Suddenly everyone was talking at once, yelling at me.

"You're pathetic"

"You should've died"

"How can you live with yourself?"

"Baby"

"Wimp"

"I wish you were dead."

I woke up suddenly, sitting straight up, covered in sweat. Where did that dream come from? I tried to remember but I couldn't figure it out. Those people they were my family...why were they so mean? Were they always like that? I have no memory of them being mean. I only have a few memories but they are all good. They did say I was a pain yesterday and that they were here because of jamie. Maybe that dream is how things were.

"Have a bad dream?" I looked up to see Peter standing above me.

"Yea, I did." I told better all about my dream and he sat quietly listening. "I thought they were my family, thought they loved me. Why would I have such terrible dreams about them."

"Oh Sophie, You are forgetting your life before here. They were not as good to you as you think they were. You simply forgot the bad things they did to you."

"Really?"

"Yes, do you remember how you got here?"

"All I remember is falling off the sled."

"You were pushed off Soph. They were trying to get rid of you." I could feel the tears coming. How could they do that to me? They were supposed to be family. I felt Peter wrap his arms around me. "They may not want you but We do. The lost boys and I want you to be a part of our family. We will take care of you now." Next thing I knew there were six more sets of arms around me as all the lost boys came to comfort me.

"Thank you" I managed to whisper.

"We will keep you safe from your nightmares now Mother." Tootles told be bravely.

"Since you are up, want to see something cool?" Peter asked.

"Sure" I said wiping the tears.

Peter grabbed my hand and pulled me outside up into the early morning sky and onto the clouds.

"Bet you never saw the sunrise from the clouds" Peter smiled at me.

I must admit it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. We went back to the treehouse and spent hours playing around Neverland with the lost boys. It was the middle of the afternoon when I noticed how dirty my shirt had got and the fact that it smelled a bit.

"Peter I think I am going to go wash my shirt. It is gross and uncomfortable." I called out

"Ok, Just take Slightly and Nibs with you." Peter answered back.

Jack's POV

It has been a full day with no sign of Sophie. The other guardians are on their way to Neverland now. I think I remember where the lost boys live. If she is here they would know about it.

"Bunny, we are going to see the lost boys. If Sophie is here they will know."

"Well let's get to it. I am worried about her."

We walked for another hour before coming to the big tree. I hit it with my staff a few time knowing that the boys would hear me if they were there.

"Jack Frost is here for a visit!" I yelled at the tree. Suddenly four boys popped out of the tree, Tootles, Curly and the twins if I remembered correctly. "Where is the rest of you?"

"Peter is out scouting for invaders and Slightly and Nibs are with our new mother. She wanted to wash up." Tootles informed me

"Your new Mother?" I asked worried

"Yes, her name is uh Aahana." Tootle answered. Weld Aahana was pretty far from Sophie so that calmed me down some.

"That is her Indian names Tootle, The name she told us when she got here was Sophie!" Curly hollered at Tootles.

"I thought we called her Aahana now!" Tootles yelled back.

"No! We call her Mother now!" The twins joined in. Soon they were all yelling and then started beating on each other. Bunny looked shocked at what he was seeing.

"Lost boys" Was all the explanation I gave him. "So off to the lagoon? Sounds like our girl is there."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Bunny looked more irritated than usual.

Sophie's POV

We went to a lagoon that the boys use for swiming and I striped off my shirt to wash it. I wasn't worried about being exposed. I still had that wrap on and I covered my chest down to above my belly button. I felt covered enough like this. I got my shirt washed and laid it on a rock to dry and say the boys splashing in the water.

"Hey Aahana, if you want we can go to the Indian camp and get you a new wrap after this." Called Slightly. The two oldest boys haven't called me Mother yet, They say I am the Mother but they both call me Aahana. I am okay with this. I like the name Aahana

"Yea that would be great!" Well, If i am going to get a new wrap I can get this one wet. I took off my yoga pants and had on some plaid shorts underneath. I jumped into the water after the boys. We went on rough housing and splashing each other for at least half an hour when the boys suddenly got quiet.

"Did you hear that Slightly?" Nibs asked

"Yes" Slightly replied quietly. They both quickly and silently got out of the water and grabbed their weapons. I followed them onto the shore, I only had the small knife Peter had given me. "Here hide behind this rock. We will protect you. It is our job." Slightly lead me to a large rock close to where my shirt was. I sat down and made myself as small as I could.

"Well here is the other two lost boys. Came by for a visit." A familiar voice said, it sounded like Jack but he would be gone by now. He doesn't care about me.

"Oh well it is very nice to see you again Jack. We were just taking a swim." Slightly replied.

"Yes the water is lovely today." Nib put in.

"Look we heard ya mates had a girl with ya, where is she?" A thick Australian accent said. Could it be Bunny? This made no sense. Why would they be here?

"I see no girl. Is there a girl here Nibs?" Slightly said.

"No, girls don't like doing things lost boys do." Nibs answered.

"Look kid! Sophie is like a daughter to me! If you are hiding her you will regret it." Bunny threatened.

"If she is a daughter to you, you wouldn't have abandoned her." Nibs said getting right up in his face. Wow, he is brave.

"She is our family now. Not yours. Family doesn't leave each other to waste away on a beach. We saved her when neither of you were here for her" Slightly continued off of Nibs. "How much attention did you ever pay to her" Did you even know she has nightmares every time she sleeps?" I saw Bunny and Jack look at them in awe.

"Didnt think so." Nibs finished. "Let's go. They are no threat to us." Slightly walked over to me and grabbed my hand pulling me up. I could hear Jack and Bunny gasp in shock. We walked to the edge of woods and waited for NIbs. He gave them one last threatening look, grabbed my shirt and pants and joined us as we walked back into the woods. We got a decent distance from them before I collapsed in tears. I don't know what is going on in my life anymore. Who are the bad guys here? Bunny and Jack seemed to care. Was it all an act? Slightly sat with me and put his arm around me while Nibs kept watch. We stayed like that for what felt like hours.

Bunny's POV

She left us. She went with the boys. Has she lost her memory? Does she really think I abandoned her? I could never do that to her. She has become the center of my world. I have never felt love like this for someone. Now she thinks I don't love her. What about these nightmares? Why did she never tell me? What could they be about? I couldn't take the pain of losing her like that. I collapsed right there on the beach. I lost what meant most to me in my life. I didn't just lose her, I watched her walk away.

"What are you guys doing on beach?" I heard North's voice approaching from behind me.

"Did you find Sophie?" Tooth asked.

"Yes" Jack answered. " And then she left us."