p data-p-id="c4aa747e9eabd7f4ad95a79105f0ff95"strongPeter Pan POV/strong/p
p data-p-id="68e19cae59082e018fb0ce1afd374ff5"Hours later, we set out, weapons in hand and battle faces ready. We move silently as one, weaving through the dark forest without a single torch to light our path. We are use to the nighttime, we know every square inch of the island and without the moon to light the night, we are at an advantage over the pirates./p
p data-p-id="3c4d4f46fde0f9e7418cdc9335c15fb0"As we near the edge where Hook has docked his ship, I signal for them to move slower until we come to a complete halt. I focus in on the ship, using my magic to give me a better view of the top deck. Two pirates stand guard on either side of the ship, but all except one scrawny soul had dozed off. This will be a piece of cake. /p
p data-p-id="e7621f8e1fc0f590cd33211f6e29d4cc""Remember, Hook is mine. Felix take the lead once I've found the captain. Bella, fight with every ounce of you strength but don't go off alone. You're new, but we can't afford losing you." I say in a hushed whisper. I look at each and every one of my Lost Boys in the eye, and Lost Girl, before narrowing my eyes./p
p data-p-id="202e7b94d9fd8ab32c93b10418a34575""Let's play."/p
p data-p-id="df167229b9043b4dd6716202013e1dd8"We swiftly climb aboard the ship, hiding with our weapons ready in every crook and crevice we could fit into. As I scanned the ship and saw my boys were ready, I slowly drew out my pipe, playing the enchanted song that I know will draw the pirates out. Sure enough, one by one, dazed and tired men make their way from their beds looking about in confused wonder at what has brought them out into the night./p
p data-p-id="0abb687cf5b265e2efbd7de39bdd6859"Silence. For ten, silent seconds, we wait. Then there he is, Captain Hook. His head creeps up as he climbs the stairs, looking angry and annoyed. "What the bloody hell is going on here? Come to look at the night stars now, you bloody idiots?"/p
p data-p-id="56e9c2c3a113d5049cc090a5d817c351"With that, I surge forward, shouting out the familiar battle cry that everyone knows so well. I head straight for Hook, dagger in hand. /p
p data-p-id="738ad905bc6d68d49c7dfa34e35c9f62""Captain, " I begin with a smirked expression. "Fancy seeing you again." /p
p data-p-id="f53258f8b4f607c57150a1965e26563c"He narrows his eyes. "Pan. I should have known." He draws his sword, slashing back in forth out of anger. /p
p data-p-id="b8033eab19708f1be1498cb24c5cbaef""Yes, you should have. Everyone knows better than to come to emmy/em island and tell emme/em what to do. Honestly, have you emreally/em forgotten?" I taunt, stalling. The more men my boys can take down before I fight him, the less distraction I will have./p
p data-p-id="ca90acd90bf294474a590cc07c0ef986""You could say my priorities have changed, mate." Hook spits out the last word as I circle him. This is going to be too easy./p
p data-p-id="6df200c243cc4a6554731f65d05b9b21""Oh, now don't tell me one-handed pirate with a drinking problem has gone soft?" I smirk, and that does it. Hook charges at me at once, screaming, /p
p data-p-id="1cf80f927917eebc7df47ddcf6b76cdb""I'll show you who has gone soft, you bloody demon!"/p
p data-p-id="fec5658d9f5314d2803018372aa77e88"I flash behind him just as his sword nearly meets my body, sending him charging to the wall. His sword stick, and in hasty frustration he pulls it out./p
p data-p-id="6e1d1f1dc1a7c2135bbdba87f2f82d13""Not playing fair I see, classic Peter Pan." Hook growls. /p
p data-p-id="c5bf21f4569ceb7f83c4153062f41204"I shrugs. "I could beat you fair. emMy/em island. emMy/em rules." I stick the dagger back in its sheath and in my hand a sword appears. "Shall we?" I say, raising an eyebrow./p
p data-p-id="f1fd0c32ca5a9fd3bcb585b89852105a"Behind me Felix charges at a pirate, giving him quite a few nasty cuts, then knocks another one out with his stick. Above me, to my left, Meredith is sending arrows flying left and right and sending pirates running to the lower deck./p
p data-p-id="6defa5e7c5d5aa3ac567932ba5319ed2"I get distracted looking at her, and Hook uses this to his advantage. He swipes his sword, sending a deep gash to my shoulder. Looking up he sees Bella, and with a toothy grin, says, /p
p data-p-id="c4eadb97b2db1530f596da2c92a1b58b""So I see you decided to hand her over. Good for you, being smart for once." /p
p data-p-id="ffbfff0b96c6a3d6ce2122737b2e4907"I glare at him. "You will never have her!" We fight back and forth, one sword clashing into another, both making every attempt to send a killing wound to the other./p
p data-p-id="e3936a836a8c2007ee3e57e7482225e7""Pan, look out!" Bella's frantic wail calls. I barely have time to register her voice, and just as my eyes land on her I feel my body freeze. Squid ink./p
p data-p-id="fcfda3b029a89ecf19a1973f6770a3ee"Behind me one of the pirates, Smith, has thrown a vile of the poison onto me, trapping me in my place. I can't move, can't speak, can't do anything. The effect only lasts a few moments, but that is long enough for anything to happen to Bella./p
p data-p-id="042aa4f2d151c62e3ad3941fe2e576a1"Captain Hook lets out a heart laugh. "Ah, dear Bella! Want to save your leader? Open a portal to Arendelle! We'll let him go then!"/p
p data-p-id="85bbfb7c4b2498e0ef02f49c3586fa4c"No! I silently scream. Bella doesn't know what squid ink is, she doesn't know that it isn't fatal. Her confused, yet desperate expression confirms that her memory of magic was completely swiped when I took it./p
p data-p-id="f09e3d1545e783be67889f017d05c339""Portal? But I don't have any magic!" She wails frantically. All around me, pirates are throwing my boys off the ship and onto the beach, who have also been hit with squid ink, leaving me alone to face Hook./p
p data-p-id="903dab8c179b405255c9fc6b248c38db"Hook rolls his eyes. "Of course you do, love, now get a move on it!"/p
p data-p-id="8d610d02fe5d2dcea93554d7424fb18a""But I-" She starts./p
p data-p-id="35f205cdfc170b8586c61f258fbd4a61""On the count of three, "Hook draws back his sword, ready to send it through my heart, " One, Two-" /p
p data-p-id="d968e47cb335b21870da64be4c4ffbad""Wait, no!" Bella cries out, throwing her hand forward in a feeble attempt to grab Hook and stop him. Instead, a burst of power is released and a portal forms. Her eyes are glazed with confusion, she really has no idea what she is capable of./p
p data-p-id="0687ede4f27032a0927884169265385f""Grab her!" Hook orders as his men tie her up with ropes. He looks back at me, "So long, Peter Pan!" He chuckles as he throws my body off the side of the ship, the squid ink releasing me just before I hit the water./p
p data-p-id="16df56c3f021e0208fb7ed855cc82a8a"I fly back up above the ship, desperately searching for Bella./p
p data-p-id="3406e5d34a85c7b3a4b029ca7a75f609""Pan!" she cries as the ship begins to take off."/p
p data-p-id="0089498b723c0662248f1c96c5c0bb6a""Bella!" I call back, charging forward. Her hands are reaching out, and I can almost touch them. Then, just as I am about to grab her, the ship surges forward into the portal and closes behind, carrying Bella with it./p
p data-p-id="85ea9788212bb00af9cd8bf5c8d17dff""No!" I shout angrily. I am furious. There isn't a word strong enough for the rage inside me now. /p
p data-p-id="45925d27c7eaf54a3fc33a711fde3fff""I will get you back, Bella!" I call out to the night sky, where moments ago she disappeared, "Peter Pan never fails!"/p
p data-p-id="eacc1ac3ae75125b8ff3dbc23b11da48"emExcept for maybe this time,/em I think solemnly as I fly back down to the sand, where my Lost Boys are huddled together, just as in shock as I about the loss of our Lost Girl./p
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