Chap 7
Sophie's POV
I woke up laying in what appeared to be a large sleigh. I sat up and looked around.
"Oh you are awake! That's great! We missed you so much Sophie!" The fairy lady told me ecstatically. Then I remembered what happened, these crazy people kidnapped me!
"Why are you guys after me?" I asked.
"Cause we are your family. We are trying to help you." The guy that looked like Santa told me.
"I have no family. I don't even know you guys!" They all looked pretty shocked to hear that. "All I know is I keep having dreams with you in them. You guys seem to hate me in my dreams. Peter says it is because you guys do. He said you wanted to get rid of me."
"That is because he is taking advantage of your memory loss." The white haired boy told me. "Think hard Sophie, You know us. We are your family. We love you."
"If you love me, then why did you kidnap me?" I asked.
"We thought you were in trouble. You were tied up to that tree." The huge bunny said.
"We were just playing a game. Look if you guys love me, you will let me go and allow me to figure things out on my own terms." I told them.
"Fine. We let you go, but we stay on island. Keep eye on you." The huge russian said.
"Thank you." I saw the bunny look like he wanted to fight it but the russian pulled him aside, along with the fairy. "Hey. Will you meet me at the lagoon tomorrow? I want to talk to you."
"Yea, of course Sophie. I will see you then." I asked the kid with the white hair.
The Guardians let me go and I went off to the hideout. If they let me go that easily they can't be that bad. If I can just remember a little bit, maybe I can figure this all out. The big russian was obviously Santa, Santa lives at the North pole. I tried to remember the North Pole. Come on, If I concentrate something has to come to me.
Flashback
"Jack! Come back here!" I yelled through the workshop.
"If you want the cookies, you will have to catch me!" He yelled back.
I ran through the workshop trying to avoid elves and yetis. I stepped on one of the elves, which sent me falling into the side of one of the yeti's, which caused him to get yellow paint splattered on the pile of red fire trucks he just finished painting.
"Frost and Sophie, Making more messes in the workshop?" North came out of his office.
"Oh come one North we are just having fun." Jack whined.
"Sophie if you want to catch Jack you will need to be a bit faster. Try this." North tossed me a set of roller blades, which I slipped on quickly and took off after Jack again.
End Flashback
Finally I remembered something, and it was something good. Does this mean Peter is lying to me? Why would he lie? I arrived at the hideout to find Peter going off on the boys about letting them take me.
"I am right here. They thought I was in trouble but I explained the situation and they let me go. They seem nice." I said, making my presence known.
"They are not nice Sophie!" Peter spat at me. "They must have some plan."
"Or they just let me go because they are kind people." I countered.
"Whose side are you on?!" Peter shouted at me.
"I didn't realize this was a war and I had to pick sides!" I shouted back.
"They are trying to take you away from us! You wanted to be with us, we are trying to help make that happen!" Peter yelled.
"You lied to me. I had a memory of being with them and it was a really good memory. You said there was nothing good with them. That they hated me." I nearly whispered.
"You remembered?" Peter asked looking stunned.
"Yes, and it was good. Why have you been lying to me?' I asked
"Because I want you to stay with me and you will."
"So what? Are you going to hold me against my will or something?"
"I don't have to. You want to remember and decided who to be with fine. But just know that you were running from something, something dark. Once you start to remember things, you will remember what you were running from, and then you will wish you never did. You will wish you never got your memories back and that you never tried to be with the guardians. I am the only one who take away all the bad Sophie. Once you realize that all you will ever want will be me." Peter said calmly. I never saw this dark side of him and it scared me. Even the lost boys seemed worried.
"I could never figure out why Wendy or Jane didn't want to stay in Neverland with me." Peter continued. "Now I have it figured out. They weren't broken enough. They just wanted a small escape from growing up. They didn't have some haunting past they desperately needed away from, a past that was causing them to slowly break bit by bit everyday. But you do Sophie. You are just the perfect amount of broken. Tell yourself what you want but you are never leaving Neverland. Just like me, Neverland is your drug." Peter said before turning and going into the hideout. The lost boys looked around confused by what they saw. I imagine they never saw such a dark side of Peter Pan. He was always so full of wonder, happiness, and excitement. Suddenly, he turned into the exact opposite.
"Come on boys. Let's go do some hunting." Nibs told the boys. I saw Slightly heading my way out of the corner of my eye.
"Sorry about that. All he wants is for a girl to stay with us. One girl is worth more than twenty boys. Don't judge Peter too harshly. Losing Wendy and Jane left a little bit of darkness in him. But you can take that darkness away. If you just stay with us." Slightly told me.
"I am just so confused. I need to know who I am before I decide. These guardians seem to want me just as bad if not more. I used to be with them. Why would I leave? And if they want me back so badly then they must care for me." I told Slightly. Slightly gave me a sad but understanding look and headed off with the group, leaving me out by the tree to contemplate what was going on.
Bunny's POV
"Did we really just let her go? We have been trying to get her back!" I shouted at the group.
"Look Bunny, If we force her to come with us then she won't trust us. She will push us away and that probably make it even harder for her memories to come back. But if we show her that we are the good guy and give her some stuff to think about, it will make her curious. Sophie may not have her memories but she has her personality still. It doesn't take much to make her curious and when she gets curious, she wants to know as much as possible and will try her hardest to figure it out." Jack said.
"I get it!" Bellowed North. "She will think she is making these choices on her own. She will want to know about who we are and she knows the answers are in her memories."
"She will work to get her own memories back!" Tooth finished excitedly.
"Yea, but what if Peter stops her." I countered.
"Sophie is stubborn. If he tries to tell her not to remember or to stay anyway from us, she will become more curious and work harder to get her memories." Jack said.
"I guess it is a pretty decent plan...but if we lose her I will beat you into the ground frost." I threatened
Peter's POV
I was winning! What happened? Now she wants to understand things! She wants to remember! I can't let her leave me. She is perfect for Neverland, for the lost boys, and for me. Wendy and Jane were both too responsible and had families that cared and nothing bad going on in their lives. They had good lives. Sophie may have a family but it's not her real family. I'm sure the past she is running from is the reason she is with the guardians. I have to make sure I am there when the bad memories come back. That way she will come to me and see that I can help and that I care. Otherwise she might go to guardians and let them comfort her. That would not end well for me. I will not lose Sophie. She asked if this is a war and that is what it may turn in to.
