The night wore on and the bonfire wore out as Pan and Aria retreated back into the tree house. As soon as they stepped into the house, he had her pushed against the nearest wall, his mouth hot on her mouth. She put her hands on his chest and gently pushed him away, breaking all the intimate contact between them.

"What's wrong, love?" He asked her, looking down at her worriedly, he gently re-placed his hand to rest on her waist.

"How long have I been here?" Her voice cracked slightly as she looked back up at him.

"Love, no one knows, time stands still here," He replied softly, a small smirk was creeping onto his face. That devilish smirk made her shake in his hands and he honestly did not expect this.

"Why do I trust you so much? This should not be normal… I know you have really strong magic, are you using it on me?" She voice was quivering, she hated how weak she felt but all night she was so unsure of herself and of Pan, what was she doing here?

Pan, he is the strongest practitioner of magic on this island, of course you're going to be drawn to him. What you do with him, that is your fate, and anything you do, it will be the right thing. Follow your heart Hun.

The words that Syrena spoke to her kept running threw her mind. The strongest practitioner of magic, drawn to him, fate; everything was happening to fast for her. Before she came here everything was slow, she was alone, she didn't have to worry about anything like this. She didn't have to worry about anyone.

"Love, you have magic also, one of the oldest types of magic to be exact. I can't use magic on you, even if I tried," He moved his hand from her hip up her side and back down, "You feel save here because you belong here; you always have and always will. Your ancestor, Ursula, was able to travel to all the realms, as legend said, but this realm wasn't occupied then. Hell, I thought it hadn't existed until I made it up, but the shadow told me other wise. Anyway, since she was a realm traveler she never belonged to one realm back then, and neither will you in any of them. That's why you trust everything here, that's why you trust me, because you found a realm that allows you to belong. It's like all the other mermaids, that's why they live here but swim to the other realms," He gave her a small smile and moved in to kiss her again.

"Pan, wait, I just met you, I shouldn't be like this! Don't you understand! I shouldn't have just jumped into bed with you! It's all going to fast! It has to stop!" She was screaming, her eyes were closed and her body temperature was dropping.

"Aria!" He screamed back, "Open your damn eyes!" She listened to him and opened them, the were once again the light gold color, "Listen to me, it's moving fast because its right. Us being together, it's the right thing. With some practice, you will also be the strongest practitioner of magic on this island, and we will be unstoppable. Everything will be perfect," His voice was slow and gentle as he continued to speak to her, as he continued to calm her down.

"You have to kill Henry though, do you honestly think that is right?" She asked back to him.

"Listen to me Aria, the people that are looking for Henry are selfish people. They only care for themselves, if Henry needed my heart, they wouldn't blink before taking it from me and giving it to him. They took Devon's heart, remember, just so they could talk to their beloved Henry, they don't care," He looked into her eyes; they were going back to the state of green.

"I'm going to go sleep in my tent tonight," She gave him a soft smile before walking out of his hold.

"Wait, Aria, you sleep here, it's better, I'll go," He pushed her towards the bed before leaving the tree house.

Aria gave a small sigh and sat on the bed. Soon enough, she was lying on the back falling into a deep sleep.

She was running. Brown eyes, fire, and an evil laugh were surrounding her. Her body was blazing hot but her cheeks remained wet.

"You can't run, we always win," A female voice laughed at her, but she kept running. A ball of fire flew past her head and set a tree on fire next to her.

"ARIA!" A voice screamed from behind her, but the fire kept closing in on her, "ARIA! SAVE ME!" The voice was the little boy she had fell in love with, Ash.

She stopped running and turned towards the brown eyes.

The fire of the trees continued to burn around her, slowly closing her into her death.

"ARIA! HELP!" Ash screamed again.

"We always win. Always."

Someone was shaking her shoulder, calling out her name but she couldn't open her eyes.

Her eyes flashed open and she gasped for breathe as a hand rested on her back and guided her to sit up.

She looked up into the eyes of Peter, he was kneeling next to the bed and his face was filled with concern. In the corner of the room was Felix holding Ash, both of their faces also filled with worry, but also a little bit of horror.

"Your eyes," Pan whispered to her, he grabbed her hand and moved to sit next to her in the bed, "They're beautiful, love, but I need you to calm down," He moved his hand in slow circles on her back. She shifted her body and now had her head tucked into his neck.

"I'm sorry," She whispered, just loud enough for them all to hear, "Nightmare," She gave out a soft chuckle, but it didn't hide the tears she was trying to keep in.

"What was it about, love?" She didn't answer, she just wrapped her arms around his waist and cried.

She felt his arm move as he ushered Felix and Ash out of the tree house before pulling her down to lay down on the bed, her body tucked into his.

"You're safe here, I promise," He whispered to her, his hand moving in soft circles on her back.

"Why is this happening Peter? Why are all these feelings, thoughts and nightmares happening all of the sudden… All in the same day," Her body shook against his as another sob escaped her.

He was quiet for a while, but his hand kept moving along her back. The silence was calming but soon he spoke again, "I think someone is trying to tamper with your magic."

Aria moved her head from his chest and looked him in the eye; his face was covered with anger as he sat up with her. He moved off the bed and paced around the tree house.

"Its hard magic but I wouldn't put it pasted the evil queen to try it… She is the evil queen for a reason," He told her.

"Why would they be tampering with my magic?" Aria asked, her hand moved up to her face to wipe the tear tracks on her cheeks.

"To turn you against me. To have an advantage," Pan's anger was getting worse, his hand's shook and objects around the room also started to shake, "They think turning you against me would make me give up Henry to get you back. Aria, you have to fight it. We have to fight them, they cannot tamper your magic," He moved to kneel in front of the bed, "We will win… Peter Pan never fails."

"What are we going to do?" Aria asked, moving her legs from the crossed position they were in to be hanging off the side.

"We're going to mess with their heads… With the Echo Cave… The game is about to get interesting," His smirk could have rivaled the devil himself.

"What do I do?"

"Nothing love, just go back to sleep," He gave her a small smile before walking out of the tree house.

Aria looked around the tree house one more time before she fell back in the bed and fell back to sleep… This time her dreams were filled with Peter and not brown eyes.

Once she woke up, the shouts of the boys weren't from the clearing; they were coming from the woods. Aria walked out of the tree house and saw only a few boys sitting on logs sharpening their knifes.

With a shake of her head, Aria went in the direction of the lagoon. When she arrived at the water, it felt different. She looked around and noticed that some of the mermaids were already above the water, like they knew she was coming.

Slowly she approached the mermaids, "Aria," a voice said from behind her.

Aria quickly turned around, startled by the voice until she realized it was Syrena. It was different though, Syrena wasn't a mermaid; she had legs.

"Where's your tail?" Aria asked her.

"Pan gave them to me so that I could find you, come, we must get you ready," Syrena ushered the girl towards the water.

"Ready for what?"

"Ariel, one of our mermaids went against Pan and is helping the evil queen, we are preparing for war. Pan said he has a plan, but we must be in the water surrounding the water and you must be with him. He told us to help you with your magic in and out of the water, you are going to need it," Before Aria could process what was going on; she was pushed into the water.

Her whole body felt like it was on fire, her legs tingled and so did her back. Aria felt weightless under water, her hair fanned out around her and her whole body relaxed as she sunk lower into the deep abyss. She opened her eyes and to surprisingly, she could see perfectly. The ocean floor was dark, but covered with colorful plants; fish swam around her and other mermaids floated near her, watching. She looked down at her feet and didn't see any; instead there was a sea foam green tail with blue and orange specks.

She turned her head towards her back and saw wings. The sea foam green wings went from the top of her head to her butt.

Aria looked up and made her way to the surface where Syrena was waiting, smiling down at her.

"At least you didn't turn into an octopus," Syrena said, giving out a small laugh at the same time. Aria laughed at her joke too, and nodded her head in agreement, "You look just like Pan said, and he's going to love it."

"What magic do I have?" Aria asked suddenly, looking down at her hands.

"Well, from what I have heard, while you are in the water, just think about what you want to happen… Anything at all," Syrena nodded her head as a motion to have Aria try.

Aria closed her eyes, her hand made more circular motions on the surface of the water, and slowly the water began to move with her motions creating a whirlpool. Aria then opened her eyes and the whirlpool stopped. She looked up at Syrena and the older mermaid's eyes were wide with shock.

"You are much, much stronger than we thought, you got that on your first try, and you were glowing. Aria, you are probably as powerful as Pan!" Syrena gave her a huge smile and ushered her out of the ocean. The more her body got out of the water her tail began to change into legs. The clothes she had originally been wearing had changed into a new blue shelled bra and a short light blue skirt what started just above her belly button and ended mid thigh. Her winds however, were still on her back.

"Pan's gonna love you," one of the merman's yelled form the water, looking Aria up and down.

She rolled her eyes and put her hand up to face him, she focused on the water and soon a jet of water shot from her hand and hit the merman in the chest, knocking him off his rock and into the water.

She looked over at Syrena, who once again looked utterly shocked, "How did you do that? Pan thought it would take longer for you to learn, " She asked Aria.

"I focused on the water, that is what you told me to do," Aria said to Syrena, at the same time she gave the older mermaid a smirk that was identical to Peter's.

"You're ready then. Come, we must get to skull rock," Syrena then jumped into the water, her purple tail reappearing on her body. Syrena beckoned Aria in to the water, and Aria jumped in, her tail also reappearing.

The two other them swam towards the small island, the rest of the mermaids following them also. As they arrived they saw boats on the shore, they were perfectly on time.

"Go inside, keep your wings hidden for now though, we will be outside, call to the water when you need us," Syrena said, Aria nodded at the older girl and swam to shore.

"You need to get away from him now," Aria heard a voice say from inside the cave as she walked inside, "He's trying to hurt you."

"No. The heart of the truest believer. It's what is going to save magic. It's going to save all of you," She heard Henry say. Aria was on the top step; she could see into the room that they all crowded it. Peter and Henry were standing by a huge hourglass while the Emma, Baelfire, and the Evil Queen had their backs facing her. Behind the Evil Queen was Ash. His mouth was taped and his arms and legs were bound.

Went Ash saw her, his eyes went wide and he started to struggle against his bonds. The Evil Queen must have felt his movement and turned around, looking her straight in the eye.

"Hello," Aria said to everyone, "Henry, are you going to help save our magic? I'm losing mine," She said, walking passed everyone to stand next to Peter, "She has Ash," Aria whispered in Peter's ear loud enough for only him to hear. His eyes went wide and his fist clenched at his sides.

"I hear you have something of mine," Peter said to Regina in a deadly tone or voice.

The Evil Queen smirked and brought the 3 year-old out from behind her back, "And you have something of ours," Her smirk widened, "How about you give us Henry and I'll give you him back."

"What if I say no," Peter said, standing a little taller, a dark glare was placed on his face.

"I'll kill him," The Evil Queen threatened, but Peter's glare changed to a smirk.

"I dare you," Peter said to the Evil Queen. Regina looked at him in shock, her hand went into the toddler's chest and pulled out the heart, but instead of a normal red heart.

Ash's heart was green.

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