Chapter 10: The After Party
Hey awesome peoples! It's me, Flavia, and before you freak out cause we haven't posted in forever just know we have a good excuse… So we were totally walking to the bus stop and we got a call from the president of the United States telling us we had to save the world from giant burritos coming to destroy earth! Don't worry, we succeeded! Yeh, that's my excuse for not doing my homework too. AMAZING! I KNOW! JK! : `D. Anyways, I wanted to write this chapter, but Talia did the part with Snow, Regina and blablabla bc I don't know where they last were and if I would have wrote it, it would be fucked up. I also made this chapter (well some of it) in Peter POV, because I felt like it! Deal with it! JK JK I love you guys. PS before I leave I just wanted to say thx again to all our readers for staying amazing! So yeh hope you guys enjoy! Plz review and Talia and I are rly rly sorry for not posting! Plz forgive us. We love you!
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Mackenzie's POV
So Carter and I left the party. We also stole like six pizzas, but ssssshhhhh! No one will know… I think. We were walking to his home in the tree when we heard a noise. Carter took out his sword and I made a dagger appear in my hand. As I did so, I almost sliced Carter with the blade… Oops.
"What the fuck, Mackenzie! You literally almost killed me with that! If it wouldn't have been for my awesomeness, I would have died." Carter exclaimed.
"Sorry… I would come to your funeral though! Bernard would be your best man and everything!" I said, forgetting about the noise entirely.
"First of all, best mans are for weddings, you idiot, and second, Bernard is a squirrel, I don't want my best man to be a squirrel!"
"Why not? He's…" I asked, but I didn't even have time to finish my sentence when Peter walked out of the trees.
Peter's POV
I was really mad at Carter for just stealing Kenzie like that! Who does he think he is? I don't know why Kenzie likes him more than me! I mean I'm amazing… Oh I could think of a few things, Peter… Shut up… Other Peter? What's going on? I'm totally arguing with myself and it's all because of this girl and her attitude, but I can't be distracted! I'm a lone wolf, live alone, die alone! Anyways, I decided to follow her and Carter… I'm not a stalker! What? I slowly walked out of the woods because they noticed my presence.
"Peter? Is that you?" Carter asked.
"NO, Carter! It's your mom!" I answered sarcastically to his obvious question.
I heard Kenzie sigh, "What do you want, Pan?"
"I need Carter to do something for me! You have to hide the entrance to the Neverland waterfall."
"You can't do it… Why?" Carter sassed. Ok, he was starting to get on my nerves.
"Because I said so!" I exclaimed threateningly completely forgetting Kenzie was there.
"Fine, where's the pixie dust?"
"Um… You have to walk!" I replied in a 'duh' tone.
"It's all the way on the other side of the island, not to mention on top of a cliff!" he retorted.
"Well I guess you're gonna have to climb as well! Now stop talking back and go!" I snapped. Carter stormed off in a huff.
I looked back at Kenzie who was giving me a fierce glare, "You have to stop being so harsh…" she trailed off and her features softened. She gazed deeply into my eyes as if mesmerized. She started twirling the ends of her hair. I stepped closer to her, but when I did, she took a step back. I took another step forwards and she moved backwards. This continued until her back hit a tree and we were only centimeters apart. I got her now! She kept staring profoundly into my eyes, still fiddling with her hair, while I gazed into her brown ones. I decided to close the gap, but just as I was about to lean in, she spoke, "Daaaaam! I look good!"
I was confused for only a second. Any good emotions I had been feeling moments ago vanished, "You're looking at your reflection in my eyes, aren't you?"
"Well, no duh!" she said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. My eyes shifted to the ground. "Wait!" Kenzie put her hand on my cheek to make me look at her again, "I'm not done!" I scowled and turned my back to her. "What's wrong, Peter?" she asked innocently.
I took a deep breath, "Nothing, my dear Kenzie!" I made a small mirror materialize in my hand and turned around to give it to her, a fake smile plastered on my face, "Here. Now you don't have to look at your reflection in other people's eyes." I may have said that last part too severely, because she gave me a doubtful look before taking the mirror from my hand.
"Thanks," she responded slowly, "Anyways, I'm going to bed. I'm extremely tired after you and Felix totally made me throw up!"
I smirked, "Sorry, love!"
"Goodnight, Peter!" She turned around and strolled off. I wanted to go after her, but I couldn't get carried away by a girl!
Mackenzie's POV
I walked into Peter's small hut and hopped into his hammock… Well it was basically mine now! I kinda felt bad for stealing Peter's home, but he didn't seem to mind. I contemplated the little hand mirror Peter gave me. It was black with green swirls. Soon enough sleep overcame me and I drifted off into a dream, the same dream I'd been having almost every night, but something was different. Usually, after Peter kisses me, the dream ends, but this time something else happened. Something unexpected.
I felt a sharp pain in my back. My eyes shot open and I pulled back from Peter with a gasp. I slowly looked down at my stomach to see a blade had been stabbed right through me. I saw it being retracted and I fell to the ground. "Mackenzie!"
I woke with a start. Beads of sweat dripping down my hair line. I had to talk to someone about these dreams! I looked around the room. No Peter. Good. I hopped out of the hammock and creeped outside. I headed towards a certain tree, Carter's tree and climbed in. It was so dark inside, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face! I whispered, "Carter? Are you awake?"
"Carter's not here at the moment." Someone answered. I immediately knew who it was. Oh shit. Fire lit a torch hanging in the room, to reveal Peter laying casually on Carter's bed. Carter must still not be back from the mission he was sent on yet.
"Oh hey Peter! I was just looking for you!" I lied.
"Really? You sure you weren't looking for Carter?" he spat. I detected a bit a disgust when he said Carter's name.
"Well…" I tried to think up a good excuse, "When I couldn't find you I decided to ask Carter where you were!"
"Right," Peter scoffed unbelievingly, "So why were you looking for me, then?"
I opened my mouth then closed it. I didn't want to tell HIM about my dream! "I just had a nightmare." I looked at the floor in embarrassment.
"Aw! Poor, little Kenzie had a nightmare!" Peter got up and smirked.
"Shut up!" I glared at him.
He smirked widened, "Come on, I'll take you back to bed!" We left the tree hollow and we walked in silence back to his cabin. When we got there he lay down on his hammock and gestured for me to lie down next to him. I gave him a suspicious look before climbing into the hammock and under the blankets. He put one arm around me and asked, "Do you wanna talk about your dream?"
"No!" I responded quickly. There was no way I was gonna tell him about the dream!
"Ok, well do you need anything else? Like a bedtime story?"
"That would be nice," I answered. I heard him chuckle and I realized he was being sarcastic! "I mean, what? Bedtime stories? Ew!"
"Just go to sleep, Kenzie!" His voice was soothing. I shut my eyes and let myself fall into a deep sleep in Peter's arms.
Third person
It's been nearly an hour since the group reached the island and they were still bickering about where to go.
"Pan is obviously keeping Mackenzie in the forest, so we should start there!" The Evil Queen shouted over the arguing.
"There's no way I'm taking one step back into those trees! The Neverwoods shouldn't even be considered an option!" Captain Hook retorted, "Not to offend, Your Majesty, but I would like to mention that it's you who is preventing me to returning to my ship so I could guide you through the island safely since I've been here before!"
"Actually, Captain, the reason I don't allow you to go back to your ship is because I don't trust you! How do I know you won't just leave us on this island with no return back to the Enchanted Forest? Now I'm in charge so I make the decisions around here and I decided we head into the woods!" Regina spat.
"You know, Regina," Snow White cut in, "Maybe we should listen to the Captain. He's got a point! None of us have ever been to Neverland except him!"
"Let's say we listen to Hook. We walk all the way around the bloody forest and then what? Walk back again? Where will that get us? Nowhere!" The Queen exclaimed.
"I agree with the Evil Queen," Rumpelstiltskin interjected, "The Neverwoods is where Pan's camp is. Our best chance of finding the girl is through that jungle!"
Graham stood silently off to the side, blocking out the constant bickering. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a figure just beyond the trees of the forest. He turned towards it and it was gone. Although it was dark, he could have sworn he saw blond hair disappear into the dark woods. He turned to the arguing group, "We should get going. I think someone's watching us." No one was listening. He raised his voice a bit, "I said I think someone's watching us! We really should leave! Hello? Does anybody care? No?" The Huntsman cleared his throat several times before shouting at the top of his lungs, "LISTEN TO ME!" Everyone turned towards him.
"Oh! For Heaven's sake, Huntsman! What is it?!" Regina cried impatiently.
"Make up your minds already so we can get off this beach! I think we're being watched!"
"How do you know?" Rumpelstiltskin asked unbelievingly.
"I'm pretty sure I saw someone in the forest right before they ran off!" Graham explained.
"Pan?" Hook spat.
"No, it looked like a girl!"
"Maybe it's Mackenzie!" Snow exclaimed, hope rising inside her.
"If it was Mackenzie, she wouldn't stay hidden in the bushes!" The Evil Queen pointed out.
"Does your daughter have blond hair?" The Huntsman asked, recalling the blond bun he had seen vanish into the trees.
"No." Regina and Snow replied at the same time.
"It was probably nothing! It's much too dark out to be sure that it was even a person!" Regina added.
"No! I am absolutely positive there was someone lurking in those trees! I'm a huntsman, for God's sakes! These eyes were made for seeing in the dark!" Graham countered.
"Well who else could it be, besides Mackenzie?" Snow White questioned, "There aren't many girls on Neverland!"
"There are mermaids, but you don't see many mermaids strolling around the island!" Captain Hook stated, "There is an Indian tribe that lives close by, I believe, but they aren't known for their blond hair!"
"It doesn't matter who it is!" Rumpel let out in an exasperated tone, "We just have to keep in mind that whoever that was could be working for Pan, so we should get out of the open as soon as possible!"
"That's why we're heading into the forest!" Regina decided.
"Oh no, we're not!" Hook countered. The argument came back to life. Everyone disagreeing on which direction to go in.
Graham finally broke it up again, "We all want to get out of here as soon as possible, correct? Well this is getting us nowhere! I say we take a vote! All in favour of entering the Neverwoods, risking our lives and potentially walking straight into one of Pan's traps say 'I'!"
"I!" The Evil Queen and Rumpelstiltskin piped up not noticing the tad of sarcasm in the Huntsman's voice.
"All in favour of going around the jungle to avoid all possible dangers?"
Captain Hook and Snow White agreed to that.
"What about you?" Snow asked Graham, "You must have an opinion."
"Well, I would much rather go with the Captain since he's the only experienced one…" Graham stopped. He caught a glimpse of a bright, red object glowing in the Evil Queen's palm. His heart. "I changed my mind!" he saved himself quickly, "The Neverwoods would be a much better option!
Snow and Hook exchanged perplexed glances before realizing what had happened, "Hey! That's not fair!" Hook exclaimed, "You forced them into agreeing with you!"
"Whatever do you mean by that?" The Queen put on an expression of fake innocence.
"You have HIS heart," The Captain continued, referring to the Huntsman, "Plus you have the Dark One's dagger! You can make them do whatever you want!"
"Sucks for you, doesn't it?" Regina sassed while turning her back on the group. She paced across the sand towards the Neverwoods. Graham and Rumpel quickly followed suite.
Hook turned to Snow and said silently, "If you come with me, I can take us down a safer path to find your friend."
Snow gave him a suspicious look while considering her options: #1. Go with the woman who swore vengeance on her and her two henchmen, one of them being the Dark One, into the dangerous jungle or #2. Go with the pirate who luckily has nothing against her and knows the island better than anyone in their small group. The latter definitely sounded more promising! "Ok." She answered subtly. They started heading off in the opposite direction.
They had only gone a few feet, when Rumpelstiltskin appeared in front of them, "Where do you think you're going, dearies?"
"Uh… We were just… You know… Walking!" Snow White stuttered.
"Yes, walking! Wait, but what's this? Were we walking in the wrong direction?! Oops! Oh, I'm sorry! My bad!" The Captain blurted out, pretending to be oblivious.
"You two aren't leaving my sight!" The Evil Queen scolded.
"Why not? Wouldn't we have a better chance at finding Mackenzie if we split up?" Snow uttered.
"Yes. The only problem is I don't trust either of you! How do I know you won't just hop back onto that ship and ditch us?" Regina pointed to the Jolly Roger that was floating on the sea.
"Because I would never allow it!" Snow retorted, "Remember, Regina, I love Mackenzie and I want to get her back as much as you do!"
"You might not have a choice! Hook can easily take down someone as weak as you whenever he feels like it!"
Snow put on an insulted expression, but before she could argue, Graham spoke up, "Please don't start again! Let's just go!"
"The Huntsman's right," Rumpel agreed, "Let's keep moving!"
The group ventured through the Neverwoods and the tension was strong! Everyone kept giving each other dirty looks and none of them got along very well. Graham stayed alert, because he was certain that they were being followed.
That's the chapter! Hopefully we can get the next one up soon, but you never know we might get a call saying we have to save the world from savage hamburgers! Ok who saw the season 4 finale of OUAT?
Warning! Spoilers!
How can Emma be the Dark One?! Like WTF is going on?! Can't wait til the new season!