Chapter Two: Ava's Kidnapper

Peter still infuriated flies back home to call on the lost boys. They are nowhere to be found and his guess is that they are out hunting or playing with the Indians. He knows that he is perfectly capable of rescuing her on his own, but figuring out who took her is another story.

"I know I'll go to the fairies they know everything surely they'll know who took her" Peter said to himself.

Rushing back to the kingdom, he finds all of the fairies are fast asleep, waking them would be rude but at a time like this, he does not care. Finding the bell of emergency, he rings it loudly. The King and Queen awaken and are somewhat perturbed at their sudden wake up call. Peter explains all tears rush down his face at he pleads for their help. The King and Queen agree, and summon the army of fairies.

"We know of the man who took your Ava," Prince Gentry said sadly.

"Who took her?" Peter asked anxiously.

"His name is Devlin he somehow has entered your world Peter, he is in love with Ava and will stop at nothing to have her love," Prince Gentry said sadly.

"You have known all this and have said nothing!" Peter bellowed.

"We could not until he took her Peter, he threatened to have us all killed. I had to do what was best for my people!" The young fairy prince argued.

"So you would risk the life of another for your own Prince Gentry?"

"I risked her life for that of my people's lives, one day you will understand, but for now we must get her back. He will not harm her for now" Gentry said.

Peter looked up into the night sky praying that Ava was all right and that no harm has come to her. "Where are you my Ava?"

Shrouded in darkness Ava cannot see anything, the blind fold covers her eye's. I swear as soon as this is over I'm going to kill the man that abducted me. Squirming trying to break free from her bondage, Ava's screams are being muffled by the gag in her mouth. Hearing footsteps she calms down in hope that it might be Peter coming to rescue her.

"Sh ... my little Ava finally I have you and we will be together forever" his voice soothes and serenades her. Removing the gag from her mouth and the blind fold, her kidnapper revealed. His dark chestnut brown hair wavy, bronze skin and emerald eyes are captivating. He smiles at her and helps her up.

"Where am I and why did you take me away from Peter?" Ava asked staring into his bright green orbs.

"I have brought you to Neverland Ava, taken you away from that island, and that boy. I need you Ava, and I love you" the boy confessed his feelings to a shocked young girl.

"No Peter brought me to Neverland, and with him is where I want to be, please take me back home" she pleads.

"No please don't leave me, not before I show you around. Just stay with me for a while, I won't hurt you I promise" his voice so trusting and sincere Ava could not do anything else but give in.

"What's your name?" Ava asked.

"Devlin, my little Ava" he replied leading her out of the bedroom.

To the people Devlin is a hero, a lover of all people and so much more. To Ava he is a criminal, a brute that refuses to let her return to her beloved Peter Pan. However, there is something about him that she cannot help but trust. Maybe it's when his eye's sparkle with a simple glance at her or the sound his voice makes when he says her name. As if his soul wants to sing and leap for joy. His emotions are tied to her own, she feels his every emotion, and they are bound to each other but are they destined to be or is it all a cheap spell?

Showing her around Ava learns that it is about midday, Devlin invites her to lunch, her mind says no but her voice said yes, but it was not her voice. Ava felt someone else respond for her, Devlin smiled. With each minute, Ava feels a little bit of Peter leaving her memory, and in its place Devlin.

Back on the island of Never Neverland Peter gathers his dagger and a small water jug; it is only an hour journey to the mainland. Prince Gentry follows Peter with a small army of the fairies, joining them. Peter is still angry with the prince but he needs all the help he can get to find his dear sweet Ava. Flying off into the early noonday, Peter yearns for Ava's touch, her smile, her kiss.

"My dear Ava promise me that you'll stay with me forever and ever?" Devlin said pouring the flask of wine into a glass.

"I cannot do that, I don't love you I love Pe ... Devlin!" Why can't I say his name? She asks herself. His face perfectly clear in her mind and yet his name lost from her lips.

Devlin smirked the spell placed on Ava is working to his advantage and soon enough Ava will forget everything, the island, the kiss, and more importantly Peter Pan forever. Ava feels it something is wrong with her, and she knows it. Her spirit has a heavy feeling on it, her mind restless. Crying she runs from Devlin to where she does not know and nor does she care.

Letting her leave Devlin knows that she will return, there is not escaping his plot and now nothing and no one can save Ava Lovely. Or so Devlin thinks the only one that can save Ava from the spell is her love for Peter, but how can that save her when with each passing moment she looses her memory of him, can the love in her heart sustain her memory of the boy who never wanted to grow up? Or will it be lost forever, thrown into the darkness left there for all eternity?