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Jane sat staring in shock at the man before her. It couldn't be. Sure he had a few features that resembled the boy she knew, but it wasn't possible...was it? Then Jane looked into his eyes and that was what convinced her. Those were Peter's eyes. Greener than the sea, so green it seemed that they held an entire forest in them. Yet while Peter's eyes were young and happy and full of life, this man's eyes were dull and hard and there was a deep pain hidden in their depths.
"W-what?" Jane stuttered, "I-I don't understand this at all. I saw Peter only days ago when you kidnapped me...h-he was young...how could you be Peter?"
"That is something I'll have to reveal when your boyfriend gets here," Thomias said. (A/N:I'm going to keep calling old Peter Thomias otherwise this would get very confusing.) He stood up and started pacing the cell very frustrated now. "You know this isn't how this was originally supposed to happen. You were supposed to be kidnapped by Hook, first off. I told him I would use you to capture Pan. But that bumbling idiot couldn't manage such a simple task. I should have figured. You did after all slay a dozen pirates single handedly."
"What?" Jane asked incredulously.
"Never mind that hasn't happened yet. Anyway after Hook caught you and brought you to me it was all supposed to be quite simple. I would kill you and be done with you. For some reason though I couldn't bring myself to kill you. Why Jane? Why couldn't I kill you? What is this strange power you have that makes me second guess myself? This isn't the way it was supposed to happen. Oh well no matter, you'll die just the same, but now I think it will be better if it is done by my young self. Yes that will do perfectly. Now I must quickly go and make arrangements. Quite a few lost boys are locked up in the cells next to you, would you like to see them mother?" Thomias asked icily pulling his hood back on.
"Oh yes please, they're probably very frightened, oh please let me go to them."
"All right," Thomias said. "You may see them. Come I'll bring you to them now."
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Peter and Tiger Lily crept up to the cave entrance as quietly as they could. So far they hadn't seen a single Korlargh around the place.
"They must hunt at night," Peter whispered to Tiger Lily. Tiger Lily nodded her head and motioned for them to continue. Finally the two reached the cave entrance and were surprised to see that there wasn't a single guard around.
"Well that's funny. I wouldn't think they'd leave their cave unguarded. What do you suppose is going on?" Peter asked.
"Maybe they feel perfectly safe during the day, as if they wouldn't expect an attack while it's light out." Tiger Lily replied.
"Well, that certainly is foolish. Would you like to go for a little walk down the caves?"
"I'd be delighted!" Tiger Lily said. The two crept carefully up to the cave entrance watching for signs of movement. When they spotted nothing, they turned to walk into the cave only to run into a tall man.
"Ah Peter Pan, I was hoping you'd come back. So sorry my little friends gave you a scare. Would you care to join me inside? I believe there is a person who wishes very much to see you," Thomias said. Peter glared at the man angrily.
"Where's Jane? Why did you take her? Who are you?" He shouted.
"Patience young one, patience. All will be revealed in time. I had hoped you'd come alone though. Could your companion...Chief Tiger Lily is it? Could she possibly go home and come back tomorrow?" Thomias asked.
"Never!" Tiger Lily said. "I will not leave Peter alone with you and a bunch of dangerous creatures."
"No? All right you may come too. I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you with your friends though. There is some private business that Peter and I must attend to. Come along then."
Thomias turned into the cave with Tiger Lily and Peter following close on his heels. They walked for what seemed like years until they reached a cell door. Thomias stopped and took out a large key ring.
"I'm afraid this is your stop Chief. A few of your companions are inside and I'm sure you'll have a grand time. Don't worry Peter will be along to get you all in just a bit. For now we have something to do." Tiger Lily glared at Thomias then she turned to Peter.
"This very well could be a trap Peter, if this man tries to do anything get out of here quickly. You can go back and tell my tribe what happened. You know the way in here now you can come back tomorrow and rescue us," she whispered to Peter. Peter nodded and Tiger Lily walked into the cell. Thomias shut and locked it then motioned for Peter to follow him. They walked a bit farther and then stopped at a cell where children's laughter could be heard. Thomias opened the cell and Peter's heart leaped at what he saw. Inside Jane was sitting on a chair with the captured lost boys all around her. They were laughing at a story she had been telling them.
When Peter had entered the cell Jane jumped up.
"Peter!" she cried throwing her arms around him. "Oh Peter you've come to rescue me, I knew you would!"
"All in due time Jane, all in due time," Thomias said from the doorway. "Come Jane we've got much to discuss."
"Mother don't leave us!" Tummi called.
"Please mother stay and finish the story!" Jasper cried. Jane walked over to the boys and leaned down to their height.
"Listen to me boys, I've got to go with Peter right now. We'll be back for you in a bit don't fret. Now, I want you to put on your bravest faces for me all right? That's it. I'll be back don't worry." Jane said as she walked out with Peter and Thomias.
Thomias leaned down to whisper in Jane's ear, "You shouldn't make promises you can't keep." Jane gasped and grabbed onto Peter.
"It's all right Jane," Peter whispered into her ear as he slipped his hand into hers. "He won't hurt you, I won't let him." Finally they reached a door that opened up into a great throne room. Thomias walked swiftly over to the throne and sat himself down on it. He waved his hand and a couple Korlarghs came forward and placed two large chairs in front of him.
"Leave us," he said to them. "I do not want to be disturbed until I call for you understand?" The Korlarghs squealed in understanding and left. "Now that we are alone I believe we can begin. Peter first I shall answer your questions and bring you up to where Jane is. First have a seat. He said motioning to the chairs before him." Peter and Jane sat in them without dropping their latched hands.
"Now originally Peter my plan was to have that bumbling idiot Hook capture Jane and bring her to me, but that plan obviously failed so I had to do it myself. You see I had hoped that by having Hook capture Jane you would believe that he had her, and then I could kill her without you ever knowing what happened."
"You stay away from her!" Peter shouted jumping out of his chair.
"Now now Peter really you must calm yourself. I'm not going to kill her this minute. Please sit down so I can finish." Peter sat back down once again grabbing Jane's hand. "Now, you may wonder why I want to kill Jane, she of course wishes to know this as well. Before I reveal that to you though there is something very important that you must know that may completely change your mind." With that Thomias stood up and lit a lamp next to him so they all could see. Then he pulled his hood back.
"No!" Peter said jumping up. "It's your face! Your face is the face that haunts my dreams every night! A face I've tried so hard to banish but it keeps coming back!"
"Yes Peter because this face up until now was your destiny. I am you Peter when you are old."
"NO!" Peter cried clutching Jane's hand to him. "No your not I won't grow up!"
"Ah, but Peter that is why I am here. You do not have to become this if you listen to me. Now lately you've found that you are slowly getting older am I correct?" Peter nodded his head. "Yes and I will tell you why. It is all Wendy's fault. She kept enticing you back to Earth where you weren't protected from aging, with those stories of hers. Then she caused you to feel an emotion that you shouldn't, love." Thomias spat. "She taught you how to love. And then she gave you the kiss...or as she called it the thimble. That was what sealed your fate Peter. That kiss took away an essential part of your innocence. Without it you aged slightly. Now, your aging has once again stopped, but now this girl has come into your life.
"She is what will bring your downfall if you do not heed my words!" Peter glanced at Jane curiously. Jane glanced back at him in confusion. "Peter what do you feel when you look at Jane?" Thomias asked. Peter squirmed awkwardly.
"Well...I don't know...she's the mother and everything and..." Peter babbled on and on.
"Do you love her?" Thomias asked.
"What?" Peter asked in surprise.
"DO YOU LOVE HER?" Thomias shouted causing Jane and Peter to both jump.
"Well yes, I suppose I do," Peter replied as his cheeks turned a pale shade of pink.
"Do you see that Peter? Do you see? When it was Wendy she couldn't get you to admit that you loved her, but now Jane's here and you admitted it right off without even trying to deny it. Don't you see what this girl is doing to you?"
"So what if I love her?" Peter asked. "That won't suddenly make me grow up!"
"Oh no? What do you think will happen Peter when Jane decides to go back?" Thomias asked.
"That won't happen," Peter replied. "Jane you wouldn't leave me would you?" Peter asked. Jane looked at him.
"Well Peter, I can't stay here forever, my parents are probably going insane with worry. Plus they're moving soon, I suppose they must have put it off..."
"Moving!?" Peter cried. "Moving where? Why would they want to move?"
"Well father got a job in America. We have to go live there now." Jane replied. Peter slumped back depressed.
"I can't believe Wendy would want to move," he said.
"Well Peter, maybe you could come with us!" Jane said excitedly.
"What?" Peter asked looking at her like she had just grown antlers.
"Well you could come back with me and then stay with us just until you found our new house, then you could come back here!" Jane said.
"Well, that's an idea," Peter said mulling it over in his mind.
"Don't you see what's happening here Peter?" Thomias asked. "She's convincing you to leave Neverland!"
"Well it's only for a short time!" Peter replied. "I'd come back here soon enough."
"Yes, but then you're going to want to keep leaving more and more until it would come to a time when you wouldn't want to come back at all! She wants you to grow up Peter! She wants you to grow up and marry her and just when you think you couldn't possibly be happier," tears slowly started running down Thomias's face and his voice shook. "She'll leave you. Not intentionally no, but if she had just given the man her purse...oh Jane why? Why did you always have to be so stubborn? Why did you have to leave me?" Thomias cried falling to the floor in a heap sobs wracking his body. Peter and Jane looked at each other in confusion.
"What is he talking about?" Peter asked.
"I don't know exactly," Jane replied. "I think it has something to do with the future." Jane slowly stood up and walked over to Thomias. She knelt down next to him and patted his shoulder. "There there, now don't cry. It will all be okay."
"You always said it would be okay, but it never was Jane. You and our child were shot and killed. I held you in my arms and pleaded with you not to go. I begged you to stay alive with me, but you didn't. You died right in my arms telling me that it would be okay. Nothing was ever okay after that Jane. I couldn't live without you with me. I tried to find away out of it, I tried everything. Then one day I had a dream. In it I found a loop hole in time. It took me back in time to when Wendy first came here. Naturally I was too upset to do anything then, but then I established myself with the Korlarghs. That's when I began to form my plan. That's when I decided that I could take away all of this pain if I just prevented my younger self from ever leaving with Jane. I knew the only way to do that was to kill Jane and get her out of the way. I can't do it though," Thomias looked over at Peter. "I spent to many years with Jane to kill her, but you, you could do it. You could prevent us from ever suffering this pain. We never have to grow up Peter! We can stay young and happy here in Neverland forever! All you have to do is kill Jane!"
Jane slowly stood up from next to Thomias and looked at Peter. He was glancing back and forth from the sobbing man on the floor to the girl who made him tingle all over every time he looked at her. He glanced back and forth between the two, indecision written all over his face.
"Well Peter what do you say?"
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A/N:Oh a cliff hanger aren't I evil? Hmm what a weird twist on the story. I'm crazy I know. Originally Thomias was going to be a lost boy who had been banished and came back for revenge, but I kinda like this story better so I went with it. This was an extrememly long chapter, and took me awhile to write. I've got chapter 9 done now but I'm gonna wait a bit to post it. I'm probably going to finish it with chapter 10, but I might make an 11th chapter if it's needed.
My Divinest:I don't think I've actually ever heard that song before, I know it's sad...but thanks for leaving a comment!
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Jane sat staring in shock at the man before her. It couldn't be. Sure he had a few features that resembled the boy she knew, but it wasn't possible...was it? Then Jane looked into his eyes and that was what convinced her. Those were Peter's eyes. Greener than the sea, so green it seemed that they held an entire forest in them. Yet while Peter's eyes were young and happy and full of life, this man's eyes were dull and hard and there was a deep pain hidden in their depths.
"W-what?" Jane stuttered, "I-I don't understand this at all. I saw Peter only days ago when you kidnapped me...h-he was young...how could you be Peter?"
"That is something I'll have to reveal when your boyfriend gets here," Thomias said. (A/N:I'm going to keep calling old Peter Thomias otherwise this would get very confusing.) He stood up and started pacing the cell very frustrated now. "You know this isn't how this was originally supposed to happen. You were supposed to be kidnapped by Hook, first off. I told him I would use you to capture Pan. But that bumbling idiot couldn't manage such a simple task. I should have figured. You did after all slay a dozen pirates single handedly."
"What?" Jane asked incredulously.
"Never mind that hasn't happened yet. Anyway after Hook caught you and brought you to me it was all supposed to be quite simple. I would kill you and be done with you. For some reason though I couldn't bring myself to kill you. Why Jane? Why couldn't I kill you? What is this strange power you have that makes me second guess myself? This isn't the way it was supposed to happen. Oh well no matter, you'll die just the same, but now I think it will be better if it is done by my young self. Yes that will do perfectly. Now I must quickly go and make arrangements. Quite a few lost boys are locked up in the cells next to you, would you like to see them mother?" Thomias asked icily pulling his hood back on.
"Oh yes please, they're probably very frightened, oh please let me go to them."
"All right," Thomias said. "You may see them. Come I'll bring you to them now."
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Peter and Tiger Lily crept up to the cave entrance as quietly as they could. So far they hadn't seen a single Korlargh around the place.
"They must hunt at night," Peter whispered to Tiger Lily. Tiger Lily nodded her head and motioned for them to continue. Finally the two reached the cave entrance and were surprised to see that there wasn't a single guard around.
"Well that's funny. I wouldn't think they'd leave their cave unguarded. What do you suppose is going on?" Peter asked.
"Maybe they feel perfectly safe during the day, as if they wouldn't expect an attack while it's light out." Tiger Lily replied.
"Well, that certainly is foolish. Would you like to go for a little walk down the caves?"
"I'd be delighted!" Tiger Lily said. The two crept carefully up to the cave entrance watching for signs of movement. When they spotted nothing, they turned to walk into the cave only to run into a tall man.
"Ah Peter Pan, I was hoping you'd come back. So sorry my little friends gave you a scare. Would you care to join me inside? I believe there is a person who wishes very much to see you," Thomias said. Peter glared at the man angrily.
"Where's Jane? Why did you take her? Who are you?" He shouted.
"Patience young one, patience. All will be revealed in time. I had hoped you'd come alone though. Could your companion...Chief Tiger Lily is it? Could she possibly go home and come back tomorrow?" Thomias asked.
"Never!" Tiger Lily said. "I will not leave Peter alone with you and a bunch of dangerous creatures."
"No? All right you may come too. I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you with your friends though. There is some private business that Peter and I must attend to. Come along then."
Thomias turned into the cave with Tiger Lily and Peter following close on his heels. They walked for what seemed like years until they reached a cell door. Thomias stopped and took out a large key ring.
"I'm afraid this is your stop Chief. A few of your companions are inside and I'm sure you'll have a grand time. Don't worry Peter will be along to get you all in just a bit. For now we have something to do." Tiger Lily glared at Thomias then she turned to Peter.
"This very well could be a trap Peter, if this man tries to do anything get out of here quickly. You can go back and tell my tribe what happened. You know the way in here now you can come back tomorrow and rescue us," she whispered to Peter. Peter nodded and Tiger Lily walked into the cell. Thomias shut and locked it then motioned for Peter to follow him. They walked a bit farther and then stopped at a cell where children's laughter could be heard. Thomias opened the cell and Peter's heart leaped at what he saw. Inside Jane was sitting on a chair with the captured lost boys all around her. They were laughing at a story she had been telling them.
When Peter had entered the cell Jane jumped up.
"Peter!" she cried throwing her arms around him. "Oh Peter you've come to rescue me, I knew you would!"
"All in due time Jane, all in due time," Thomias said from the doorway. "Come Jane we've got much to discuss."
"Mother don't leave us!" Tummi called.
"Please mother stay and finish the story!" Jasper cried. Jane walked over to the boys and leaned down to their height.
"Listen to me boys, I've got to go with Peter right now. We'll be back for you in a bit don't fret. Now, I want you to put on your bravest faces for me all right? That's it. I'll be back don't worry." Jane said as she walked out with Peter and Thomias.
Thomias leaned down to whisper in Jane's ear, "You shouldn't make promises you can't keep." Jane gasped and grabbed onto Peter.
"It's all right Jane," Peter whispered into her ear as he slipped his hand into hers. "He won't hurt you, I won't let him." Finally they reached a door that opened up into a great throne room. Thomias walked swiftly over to the throne and sat himself down on it. He waved his hand and a couple Korlarghs came forward and placed two large chairs in front of him.
"Leave us," he said to them. "I do not want to be disturbed until I call for you understand?" The Korlarghs squealed in understanding and left. "Now that we are alone I believe we can begin. Peter first I shall answer your questions and bring you up to where Jane is. First have a seat. He said motioning to the chairs before him." Peter and Jane sat in them without dropping their latched hands.
"Now originally Peter my plan was to have that bumbling idiot Hook capture Jane and bring her to me, but that plan obviously failed so I had to do it myself. You see I had hoped that by having Hook capture Jane you would believe that he had her, and then I could kill her without you ever knowing what happened."
"You stay away from her!" Peter shouted jumping out of his chair.
"Now now Peter really you must calm yourself. I'm not going to kill her this minute. Please sit down so I can finish." Peter sat back down once again grabbing Jane's hand. "Now, you may wonder why I want to kill Jane, she of course wishes to know this as well. Before I reveal that to you though there is something very important that you must know that may completely change your mind." With that Thomias stood up and lit a lamp next to him so they all could see. Then he pulled his hood back.
"No!" Peter said jumping up. "It's your face! Your face is the face that haunts my dreams every night! A face I've tried so hard to banish but it keeps coming back!"
"Yes Peter because this face up until now was your destiny. I am you Peter when you are old."
"NO!" Peter cried clutching Jane's hand to him. "No your not I won't grow up!"
"Ah, but Peter that is why I am here. You do not have to become this if you listen to me. Now lately you've found that you are slowly getting older am I correct?" Peter nodded his head. "Yes and I will tell you why. It is all Wendy's fault. She kept enticing you back to Earth where you weren't protected from aging, with those stories of hers. Then she caused you to feel an emotion that you shouldn't, love." Thomias spat. "She taught you how to love. And then she gave you the kiss...or as she called it the thimble. That was what sealed your fate Peter. That kiss took away an essential part of your innocence. Without it you aged slightly. Now, your aging has once again stopped, but now this girl has come into your life.
"She is what will bring your downfall if you do not heed my words!" Peter glanced at Jane curiously. Jane glanced back at him in confusion. "Peter what do you feel when you look at Jane?" Thomias asked. Peter squirmed awkwardly.
"Well...I don't know...she's the mother and everything and..." Peter babbled on and on.
"Do you love her?" Thomias asked.
"What?" Peter asked in surprise.
"DO YOU LOVE HER?" Thomias shouted causing Jane and Peter to both jump.
"Well yes, I suppose I do," Peter replied as his cheeks turned a pale shade of pink.
"Do you see that Peter? Do you see? When it was Wendy she couldn't get you to admit that you loved her, but now Jane's here and you admitted it right off without even trying to deny it. Don't you see what this girl is doing to you?"
"So what if I love her?" Peter asked. "That won't suddenly make me grow up!"
"Oh no? What do you think will happen Peter when Jane decides to go back?" Thomias asked.
"That won't happen," Peter replied. "Jane you wouldn't leave me would you?" Peter asked. Jane looked at him.
"Well Peter, I can't stay here forever, my parents are probably going insane with worry. Plus they're moving soon, I suppose they must have put it off..."
"Moving!?" Peter cried. "Moving where? Why would they want to move?"
"Well father got a job in America. We have to go live there now." Jane replied. Peter slumped back depressed.
"I can't believe Wendy would want to move," he said.
"Well Peter, maybe you could come with us!" Jane said excitedly.
"What?" Peter asked looking at her like she had just grown antlers.
"Well you could come back with me and then stay with us just until you found our new house, then you could come back here!" Jane said.
"Well, that's an idea," Peter said mulling it over in his mind.
"Don't you see what's happening here Peter?" Thomias asked. "She's convincing you to leave Neverland!"
"Well it's only for a short time!" Peter replied. "I'd come back here soon enough."
"Yes, but then you're going to want to keep leaving more and more until it would come to a time when you wouldn't want to come back at all! She wants you to grow up Peter! She wants you to grow up and marry her and just when you think you couldn't possibly be happier," tears slowly started running down Thomias's face and his voice shook. "She'll leave you. Not intentionally no, but if she had just given the man her purse...oh Jane why? Why did you always have to be so stubborn? Why did you have to leave me?" Thomias cried falling to the floor in a heap sobs wracking his body. Peter and Jane looked at each other in confusion.
"What is he talking about?" Peter asked.
"I don't know exactly," Jane replied. "I think it has something to do with the future." Jane slowly stood up and walked over to Thomias. She knelt down next to him and patted his shoulder. "There there, now don't cry. It will all be okay."
"You always said it would be okay, but it never was Jane. You and our child were shot and killed. I held you in my arms and pleaded with you not to go. I begged you to stay alive with me, but you didn't. You died right in my arms telling me that it would be okay. Nothing was ever okay after that Jane. I couldn't live without you with me. I tried to find away out of it, I tried everything. Then one day I had a dream. In it I found a loop hole in time. It took me back in time to when Wendy first came here. Naturally I was too upset to do anything then, but then I established myself with the Korlarghs. That's when I began to form my plan. That's when I decided that I could take away all of this pain if I just prevented my younger self from ever leaving with Jane. I knew the only way to do that was to kill Jane and get her out of the way. I can't do it though," Thomias looked over at Peter. "I spent to many years with Jane to kill her, but you, you could do it. You could prevent us from ever suffering this pain. We never have to grow up Peter! We can stay young and happy here in Neverland forever! All you have to do is kill Jane!"
Jane slowly stood up from next to Thomias and looked at Peter. He was glancing back and forth from the sobbing man on the floor to the girl who made him tingle all over every time he looked at her. He glanced back and forth between the two, indecision written all over his face.
"Well Peter what do you say?"
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A/N:Oh a cliff hanger aren't I evil? Hmm what a weird twist on the story. I'm crazy I know. Originally Thomias was going to be a lost boy who had been banished and came back for revenge, but I kinda like this story better so I went with it. This was an extrememly long chapter, and took me awhile to write. I've got chapter 9 done now but I'm gonna wait a bit to post it. I'm probably going to finish it with chapter 10, but I might make an 11th chapter if it's needed.
My Divinest:I don't think I've actually ever heard that song before, I know it's sad...but thanks for leaving a comment!
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