Okay guys, things kind of hit the fan in this one. We find out who Morgana is and whatnot.
Even though this one kind of feels like a filler, it will lead up to the big climax.
Time seemed to slow for me as the light disappeared and I fell back into the cave that led beneath Neverland. Pan's glaring face watched me; blood dripped from his mouth and onto his clothes. Croc was standing beside him, his mind captured by Morgana and body to her disposal. I was still bound as air rushed past me, trapped like a hostage.
Truth be told, I don't remember hitting the bottom. My world was still fuzzy (whether it was from Pan kissing me or too many hit to the head from Croc I couldn't tell) when the dark took over. I felt something cool brush my forehead, something kind of wet. I smelt a familiar aftershave that reminded me of the one my dad always wore. I heard voices; distant and quiet but somehow alert and frantic. My eyes felt heavy and I contemplated sleep. Truthfully, I wanted to crash for a few hours in my bed on The Jolly Roger to the sounds of waves and the occasional sea gull. I wanted to wake up to the smell of dad's famous pirate stew and mom's salt biscuits. I fantasised of sitting next to my mom and dad, fighting Jamie for the last crust and nearly drawing swords for it.
Yet I opened my eyes and was greeted with a mild darkness. My vision was blurry, meaning my glasses were somewhere. I turned my head slightly and saw them there. Somehow, complete. My limbs ached as I hoisted myself into a sitting position. I could still taste blood on my tongue while I placed my glasses on.
"Octavia!" Something crashed into my chest and arms wrapped around me. Footsteps followed behind them with murmurs. I looked up to see the faces of all my friends and brother. A tanned woman with white hair was holding me and pulled me into her. She was familiar…
"Mom?" My voice was raspy. My head still hurt and I ached all over.
I looked up to see tears streaming from eyes that looked just like mine. She pulled me in closer. "Oh, Octavia. We were so worried! You were bleeding from your mouth and hit your head." She pulled back to look at me. "You've been asleep for three days."
What?
"What?" This managed to snap me out of it. Three days since Pan kicked me down the hole after he kissed me. I looked to the others, who seemed to be in shock. Jamie looked like he wanted to kill someone, Jay looked furious, Tasha seemed to be clenching her jaw… Oh man I think I said that last part allowed.
"He did what?!" Jamie howled. Yep, I said it out loud.
"Don't worry, I bit him." I stood up, bones creaking while I did so.
"You bit who?" A voice came from a tunnel to the right. I turned to see a two men and two women. One man had red hair and pointed ears while the other had the same hair color as me and a hook hand.
"Dad!" I threw myself into my dad's arms. He hugged me back. "I'm glad you're okay."
He placed his hand on the top of my head when I pulled away. "We've been so worried about you, Oct."
The red haired elf and a woman with light blonde hair and blue eyes stepped forward. I knew them. "Mr. and Mrs. Pan?"
Wendy nodded. "Yes." She seemed dejected. "Our son has betrayed all of us." She started to cry. "My baby, why has he done this?"
Peter came up to her and hugged her. The last woman, with golden hair and a green tattered dress, put her hand on Wendy's shoulder. I knew she was Tasha's mom. "When we stop Morgana, he'll face a proper trial."
"Yeah, about that." Ben came over to us. His arm appeared to be in a sling. "Who is Morgana?"
Mom sighed. "You all might want to sit down for this one." All of my peers sat down in front of mom, Jamie, Avery and the other adults either opted to standing or leaning against the cave wall. "Morgana is my sister." She paused. "When I was sort of evil, I had competition with my sister constantly to see who the better at magic was. Whenever I would win, she became furious." She looked to Jamie and me next. "After my husband and I were married, she tried to take Octavia and Jamieson away to raise as her own. Killian and I stopped her and managed to banish her from ever coming near the Jolly Roger."
"Wait, she tried to take you guys?" Evie asked.
Jamie nodded. "She wanted to use the Neverland pixie dust with her dark magic. But because they can only be used by Neverlanders, she couldn't."
"That was where we would have come in if she got us." I added. "She said she wants to use the pixie dust to remodel the world as she sees fit."
"But it can only be used to fly, right?" Mal asked.
"Yes and no." Tinker Bell jumped in. "It is like the ultimate fairy dust. Many people use it to fly, but very few know that it had other uses. Many Neverlanders use it for practical magic."
I thought back to my alarm clock. Tasha used her massive jar of pixie dust and when she used her small one to help Chad's sea sickness. Wait.
"Tasha!" She looked alarmed. "Do you still have the smaller jar?"
Her eyes lit up as she dug under her shirt and produced a test tube sized jar that lightly glowed a yellowish green. Pixie dust.
"We can get out of here!" Mal called.
"Looks like there is just enough for us to get out of the cave." Dad observed. "We'll have to get to the ship on foot." Everyone gathered around. "Tasha and Tink, you'll have to wing it. Ursula, Jamieson and Octavia, you guys will have to climb."
"Got it." Mother and daughter released their wings. Both a warm yellow color. Jamie, mom and I released our tentacles. Tasha flew over everyone and sprinkled the contents of her vial over everyone. We had to make this count, Tasha and her mom probably didn't have enough magic in their tanks to fly for too long.
"Okay everyone, think happy thoughts. It could be anything, as long as it makes you happy." Dad instructed. He watched mom for a few seconds and slowly he started to rise off the ground. I couldn't help but smile at that. One by one, everyone started to fly up into the air. I caught Elliot looking at Audrey and he started to float. Jay kept his eyes on me while he rose up. "Alright everyone, get to the ship and we will high tail it. We'll have to get somewhere where we can warn people and come back with some sort of army to stop Morgana and free Neverland." With that, everyone started for the top while Jamie, mom and I started to climb.
We ran through the dead woods with evil on our heels. Jamie and Avery lead in the front while mom and dad watched the back to make sure no one fell behind or attacked. I kept an eye on one side with Elliot and Tasha while Mrs. Pan and Tinker Bell watched the other. Peter Pan watched above us to make sure for no one to drop down.
"There!" I heard Jamie call and light became evident. We ran into the clearing and hit Mermaid Lagoon. The Jolly Roger was guarded by Pan and Crocodile.
"Well, well." Pan came forward. "I had a feeling you would come here."
"Patrick, stop this!" Peter came forward. "You are a good boy, so why are you doing this?"
He laughed. "I wanted this, father. I wanted to not just be the 'Golden Boy' of Neverland, I wanted to be its ruler. Morgana has promised me this once she's taken over the world." He twirled my blade. "Plus, I want to follow in your footsteps and cut off a pirate hand and feed it to the crocodile." He looked to me. "Your hand will do very well, Jones."
"You lay one hand on her and I'll feed you to the kraken." Dad defended me. I couldn't help but smile. I had always been a daddy's girl.
"You'll have to catch me first." He shot up into the sky and came down with his sword ready to attack me. He slashed wildly at me. Croc seemed to be going after anyone who he could get. I caught Pan around the waist with a tentacle and sent him back into the lagoon.
"Get to the ship, now!" Dad called and everyone started to board. Mom threw Croc back into the forest and got on board. The Pegasus sail was released and the ship started to float away. It was, however, still tied down.
"Aftah you, Jonesy." Elliot offered. I went to climb up the rope but found myself unable to move. Elliot and Jamie were frozen too.
"Oh, you didn't think it would have been that easy did you?" A voice called from behind us. Pan came up in front of us with a glowing rope in his hand that connected to us. I struggled to break free as the ship rose until it was stopped by the rope. "You three with be staying here." I looked up to the ship.
"NO!" Dad called over the ledge. Tasha jumped down and skid down the rope. Once she hit the ground, she did a cutesy smile and acted coy.
"Hey Pan." Patrick turned around.
"Aw, the little pixie came for me." He taunted. She frowned.
"Shut up." She slugged him in the face and he dropped like a sack of bricks. The glowing rope slowly disappeared and we could move.
"Kids, hurry!" Mom called.
We started to grab onto the rope. Tasha went first, followed by me, Elliot and Jamie bringing up the rear. We were less than a quarter way when the rope was cut by a scaled tail. The four of us fell into the cove with the ship floating away even more.
"NO!" We heard a call from the ship. I looked to see Crocodile standing there, glaring us down.
"GET TO AURADON!" Jamie called to the ship as it rose into the smog, disappearing from Neverland.
I watched Patrick Pan get up and guard us. "Looks like you four will be here a while." He smiled manically.
This was going to suck.
Well shoot. Tasha, Elliot, Jamie and Penelope are stuck in Neverland. How will they escape? What will happen with Patrick Pan?
You'll have to wait and see.