Happy summer break everyone! No homework means more writing time. Yay. Enjoy chapter 6!
Her expressionless eyes met up with his small face.
"So how did Mr. Gold being magic back into Storybrooke?"
Henry groaned. He had been answering their stupid questions for hours. He just wanted to get away from them.
"He had some true love potion, that's all Emma told me!"
"True love potion?" Tamara repeated, looking perplexed.
"True love is magic," Henry rolled his eyes at her as if everyone was supposed to know. "It breaks sleeping curses, poison curses... It can even change the darkest of hearts. Even saved my life."
Greg scribbled some things down in his black and white composition notebook as the boy spoke.
"Can we take a break now?" Henry looked up towards the harsh rays of the sun with squinted eyes. "I'm really hungry."
Tamara put a hand on his shoulder. "We need all the information you have. Besides," she looked around where they were sitting. "There's no food around here."
Henry scowled. He felt sick. "Well I don't know anything else."
"I think you do."
"I don't know anything else." He repeated. If he weren't so small, he could get away, bravely defeating the enemy with his sword and shield- just like his grandpa would do.
"I'm not fooling around Henry. Tell me!"
"No!"
She grabbed his arm and leaned in so she was only a few inches from his face.
"You're making a huge mistake."
"You can't even get back to Storybrooke! There's no way you can hurt them!" He struggled wildly in her grasp, beginning to scream and cry.
"Greg? A little help here?"
Greg sighed, putting down his notes and pinning the boy to the ground as he screamed and kicked, clamping a hand over his mouth.
They were so occupied with the boy, they didn't notice a group of four men dressed in dark robes walking into the small, grassy area they were in.
"Sorry to interrupt... But we can take the boy from here." One of the men spoke, taking down his hood to reveal his messy blonde hair and shady features.
Greg and Tamara stood up immediately, pulling Henry up to his feet.
"Yeah, I guess so." Greg said reluctantly, not expecting what he saw in front of him. "You believe this little brat is your leader?"
He let loose a small smile. "It's not him we want, it's his accompaniment that'll do us the most good."
Greg sighed, still not knowing what he was talking about at all. "He's all yours,"
Tamara shoved him foreword, and Henry looked in terror up at the men. Tears streaked his pink burned cheeks.
"I thought he would be a little more... Grown up," the man said in disapproval, beaconing him forward with them. "Just keep silent and follow us."
Henry simply nodded, not making eye contact with any of them.
"Oh, and give a hello to your boss for us," the man added, taking one last look towards Greg and Tamara.
Then, they disappeared into the dark woods.
Neverland wasn't as childish and prestigious as they imagined it to be. Actually, it was far from it. The four of them stood in awe, looking forward towards the thick woods. Hook and David pulled the small boat up on the sand.
"Okay mates, I suppose this is where we go our separate ways." The captain said, clapping his hands together to rid the clinging sand from them.
"Hook and I can search the south side of the island while you guys take the north." Emma suggested, looking around at everyone's faces to catch their reactions.
"I guess that would be a good idea," David shrugged, "it's just... Neverland is so... Big."
"So we're looking for Henry, Mary Margret, and Gold." Regina clarified, "and what about those Shadow Hunter people? What if we run into them?"
Hook shrugged. "They would most likely want to help, due to the fact they're trained to defeat the shadows and we'll most likely lead them right to us."
Emma narrowed her eyes towards the pirate. "I feel like there's more bad things about this place you're not telling us."
He let out a laugh. "You are a smart one. Just don't die, whatever you do. We have enough to worry about already."
Everyone let out an unsettling laugh.
David went over to Emma and embraced her tightly. "Be safe out there." He told her in a fatherly tone. Then he lowered his voice. "I really think that pirate is half insane, so stick to your instincts."
Smiling, Emma let go of David and gave him a look of agreement. "Promise."
She saw Hook had already begun walking off into the woods. "You coming Emma?" He said impatiently, not wanting to be apart of the pitiful goodbye circle. She sighed, and followed him into the parallel universe.
David looked at Regina. "Looks like we have some walking to do."
She nodded, and they entered the woods as well, through they went the other direction. They both heard bickering not far away and shook their heads. It was going to be a long rescue journey.
The part of the woods they had entered seemed darker than he had remembered. Though, he had only been in Neverland for four days.
Henry was sure to keep up the fast pace the men in robes were going at. He didn't know who they were yet, but he knew they meant trouble. They seemed volatile, almost inhuman as they walked forward in silence. Henry felt more like a boy than he had in a long time. He wanted his family so bad it made him hurt inside.
With all the thinking he was doing inside is head, Henry almost didn't notice that the group of men had halted to a stop. He blinked, and soon every one of the creepy men were staring down at him. If eyes could kill... The eleven year old was sure he would be dead within seconds.
The blonde guy, who Henry presumed was the leader, grabbed his arm and gave him a stern look. "You will do as you're told boy... Or we're going to have some issues."
Henry gulped down his fear, knowing he had to get some answers to help him put the pieces together.
"Who are you guys?"
The blonde man smiled. "You'll be with us for a while; I guess you can be told some information..." He looked around towards the other members, but none of them seemed like they wanted to object to him.
"My name's Fabian. We're all a group called the Lost Boys. We were formed when our leader, Peter Pan, found us on earth and brought us here... Brought us here so we could dominate this land. But Peter Pan was forced to hide in another body when a threat came hundreds of years ago. And... He chose your body lad,"
Henry's eyes went wide. "He's... Inside of me?"
"Kind of. Peter Pan isn't a human. I mean, he was at one point, but he lost his body when he was forced to leave."
He scowled in confusion, but he don't dare press the 'forced to leave' subject.
"He's a shadow. But his leadership and darkness lives on... Inside of you. He chose your body to inhabit himself for... Around a decade, right?"
Henry nodded slowly. The sudden realization that another soul was inside of him began to make him very nervous. Not to mention... An evil soul.
"Wh-what are you going to do to me?" He said, his voice trembling. He tried to keep himself from shaking too much in front of the man named Fabian. He didn't want them to know he was scared.
"Simple... Rip him from you,"
Before Henry could dash away, Fabian reached his hand forward in the air and lifted the boy up with magic, smiling to see him struggling so much.
"You must have people looking for you Henry."
He struggled and kicked, wanting so badly to be able to hurt him back and run away.
"But it doesn't matter. They won't be able to find you anyways."
With that, he closed his eyes and clenched his fist, causing Henry to feel... Weird inside.
"Now this won't hurt unless you make it hurt boy." He simply said.
Soon, Henry would feel something inside of him- gnawing and churning madly. He felt as though he lost the ability to breathe; the kicking and thrashing stopped and he felt like he had no energy. He closed his own eyes and bit his tongue to keep from crying out. But then, just as quickly as it came, the feeling ended, and Henry fell to the ground in a small heap, gasping and shaking.
Fabian, along with the other members, let out a merciless smile.
"Welcome back to Neverland, Peter Pan."
...Poor Henry, I know... Will everyone be able to find him before it's too late? Can Mary Margret and Gold find Eric? How long can Regina go without doing anything bad? Will Emma and Hook survive being stuck together? I really appreciate all y'alls reviews guys! :)