Author's Notes:
1: I DO NOT own Once Upon a Time, it's characters, or it's storyline. Once Upon a Time, the characters, and their twists are owned by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis as well as ABC. I DO own Reiha Moon and her story. I own the cover images you may see on this fanfiction or any others - be it my own personal art or commissioned artwork from another artist. Be respectful to the art and DO NOT steal it!
2: Bold-italic phrases will indicate Reiha's thoughts or the thoughts of others while in their point of view. Italic-underlined phrases will be what is said by the Spirits of Neverland but it also represents when Pan communicates with Reiha mentally. When you see "..." it indicates a change in point of view.
3: The song representing the story is "Animals" by Maroon 5.

4.) The Sacrifices we Make
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Baby, I'm preying on you tonight. Hunt you down eat you alive. Just like animals, animals, like animals. Maybe you think that you can hide. I can smell your scent from miles. Just like animals, animals, like animals.
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I stopped my pacing and turned to face Pan. "What about I meet your Lost Boys first?" Don't get me wrong, I had thought of a game, something a lot less violent then our previous one, but it's a team-based game. It may even be something the Lost Boys will enjoy. Something new. What say you Peter Pan?

...

"Not brave enough to have a one-on-one game with me, love?" I taunted. She got lucky last time, next time she won't be. I thought arrogantly as a smug smirk tugged at the corners of my mouth. My cynical amusement had returned. The stupid girl clearly doesn't realize that with her being stuck in Neverland, till I say otherwise, she'd obviously meet my Lost Boys. Eventually. Though I had to wonder why was I hesitant in bringing her back to camp. I shook my head. It matters not, she'll meet them when I want her to. "How about target practice?" In a small way I felt like a hypocrite. I had just told Reiha that she could choose the game, but at the same time, I don't understand, to a cautiously skeptical level, why she wanted to involve my Lost Ones. If she can't stand the way I play, how does she expect to like playing with my Lost Boys? I didn't understand her. I couldn't. She didn't make it easy for me, either. This woman angered, challenged, and confused me all at once. It was offsetting and yet, oddly enough, I liked it. One could say I craved it.

"Don't tell me the 'eternal nightmare,'" She mocked as she returned my smirk. Even though she had mocked me, I felt the heat rise in my face. So, she remembered that title of mine. A part of me was flattered but I shook it off regardless. So what? It doesn't change a damn thing. I thought as my eyebrows knit together. "Wants to keep me all to himself." She leaned over and our eyes danced. A scowl painted my lips.

"You wish. Girls aren't good for anything." Reiha's anger had resurfaced.

"You are such a fucking hypocrite!" She debated passionately. "If girls aren't good for anything, then why the fuck do you keep bringing them here to relieve you of your desire?! Sex is considered 'something,' you fucking moron!" She hissed.

I disregarded her statement and continued. "You can't trust them. They play with

ones mind, clouding it with feeble illusions, causing one to believe in love." I spat before breaking our trapped gaze and looked to the ground. "Love is weakness and will lead to one's destruction."

...

"Of course YOU would believe that." I leaned even closer. "You're not capable of loving anything other than your reflection." I commented which caused Pan to glare at the ground. "Love challenges us and gives us something worth fighting for. Yes, it leaves us open to heartbreak, but imagine how much stronger you fight to hold onto it."But you will never understand that. "But I'll tell you one thing: if we were to fight to prove just how strong love is, I'd kick your scrawny ass." I announced optimistically. His glare eased as a strange look reflected in his eyes. He seemed conflicted, which was quickly erased.

"Fine." He looked towards me with that stupid fucking smirk of his. "Let's see if you're right. The wager to see who will fall pathetically first is accepted. Remember, love, this was your idea, not mine." The arrogance in his tone had resurfaced. I blinked several times. Wait, what? I tilted my head and looked at him in wonder.

"What does your challenge have to - " I cut myself off. What a fucking idiot. Even though he had COMPLETELY overlooked my challenge, I stood tall and shook my head. "Very well, Pan, but who knows," I shrugged with a smirk. "Anything is possible, especially here in Neverland."

"I can tell you right now: I WILL win this game. Girls are easy, being so emotional. I have hardly any emotions to speak of." Pan said with a cold stare. I rolled my eyes. Tell me something I don't know.

"Don't count your chickens before they've hatched, Pan." I warned. His ego and his lust for power are what drives him, but they are also his weaknesses. I was surprised though, he seemed serious about winning this challenge, and I had to wonder why. What's gotten into him? I sighed and glared towards the ground. Why the fuck should I care?! I looked towards him once more. "Well, Pan, regardless, we shouldn't keep your little slave-like children waiting."

...

My anger flared once more. "Slave-like children? I saved them from horrible lives!" I defended with a growl. "No matter, we should see how my Lost Ones are doing." I informed, my tone holding a strict harshness.

As I walked past her, Reiha barked back. "Oh yeah, what about the boys who I heard crying during our last game?!" I was thankful that my back was facing her, last thing I'd need for her to see what the genuine shock that captured my expression. She heard the young ones' cries? I shook my head as my smirk returned once more. Reiha may just become our very first Lost Girl yet. "All they ever wanted was a friend. A FRIEND, Pan. But you get them to do your dirty work when you don't want to waste your magic, don't you? What is it you actually do here in Neverland, Pan?!" My anger was beginning to build once more so, to save my energy, I refused to answer. As we began to make our way through the jungle, I knew that the camp wasn't too far from where we were. Once we reached the outskirts of camp, I smiled to the boys who sat before us. My Lost Ones.

...

Before us, circling the bonfire, were a of pack of feral-looking boys. All of them were dressed in medieval-like clothing, all colored in brown and green hues. A few of them appeared to be some looked almost ten years old, others looked around twelve to sixteen years old, and a couple appeared to be in their later teens. As soon as they took notice of us, they welcomed Pan with an uproar of cheers, however behind some of their structured masks their eyes reflected fear. A few of them even seemed to bare some hatred for him as well. My glare lifted as I looked around the lot of boys. My heart sunk. What kind of shit has he put them through to make them fear, if not hate, him so much? The ones who bared hidden fear, I wanted to embrace, and tell them that it would be alright. I scanned all of their faces, memorizing each one so that once I got their names, I would remember it. My eyes came across one that looked as old, if not slightly older, than Pan. Of course I mean in physical appearance. He wore a messy brown-almost-black cloak, a forest green scarf, a tattered brown shirt, dark pants, and a pair of dingy green boots. Beneath his hood was dirty blonde hair, both literally decorated in dirt and the hair color, and a scar ran across his face. He seemed a lot like Pan: smug, arrogant, and brutish. But there was also something human, more good in him than that of his leader. I tilted my head before tugging on Pan's shirt, nodding towards the tall blonde.

...

I felt a tug on my sleeve and glanced towards Reiha. She nodded her head to my most trusted Lost Boy. Why is she so interested in Felix? I shook my head to silence the thoughts that wanted to follow. Doesn't matter, she won't fancy him one bit. After all, he is my most loyal Lost Boy for a reason. I smirked and turned it towards him. "He's my second-in-command, Felix." I informed as I pointed towards him. Felix returned my smirk as he threw his club over his shoulder. "You see that club of his?" She sent me a look I couldn't decipher. "He likes to beat people, and things, with it." I mentioned casually as if it meant nothing to me, which it didn't.

"So he's the Lost Boy you impersonated when we met..." Reiha muttered glancing towards me. "Makes me wonder if you envy him, even just a little" She teased. I frowned at this. Not in the slightest. I only care about me and me alone. I whistled for Felix to come over. He complied and strode towards us.

"Yes Pan." He seemed to enjoy almost-singing my name. It was a little odd for him but I shrugged it off. He grinned and looked towards me, only to look at Reiha in wonder. "Is she our new game?" I nodded as my smirk returned.

...

"She is our new and fun game." I didn't know people could be considered game unless they are hunted and eaten by cannibals. I thought tilting my head. Then again, Pan did threaten to slice me to shreds and dine on my flesh once it was cooked when we met. A brief shudder shook my body. Once recovered, I noticed that Felix's eyes had wandered my body. Well that's not awkward...

"Is this one going in a cage, Pan?" Once more Felix had stressed Pan's name.

"No. Not this one." Pan answered as he disregarded my comment. "She has fire and bite," Damn right. "Which is more than I can say for most of our stupid, and useless, female visitors." He explained with a shrug. I blinked countless times as I couldn't move past Felix's question.

"You lock people in cages?" This question caused a wide smile to creep across Felix's face. "What is wrong with you?!"

"Yes. We keep them in cages, especially if Pan says to. He is our leader, after all, and we must do as he says." He pointed out. Second-in-command, hah, try kiss-ass.

"I will let her stay in camp." Oh, how courteous. Thank you. I shifted my glare towards Pan.

"I don't know whether to be happy that I'm camping with a bunch of trapped hormonal boys or envy the girls who've been locked in cages." I stated with a shrug. "Let me guess: you don't have the maturity and balls to handle females when they are outside of them, right?"

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There goes what patience I had left. Her last comment caused something within me to snap. I whipped around and smacked Reiha in the jaw, causing her bottom lip to split open. "Learn your place. I am king here, girl, whereas you are nothing." I hissed. My temper was beyond comprehension, at this point. I grabbed her by her hair and pulled her towards me. "You want to be in a cage, do you?" I summoned a cage behind her. "Wish granted!" I tightened my grip on her hair before throwing her in it. I locked the door, and placed an enchantment on it making it so she wouldn't escape until I decided otherwise. "You brought this upon yourself, girl." I barked before storming off.

...

I stared at the vacant spot where Pan had stood. Why didn't he kill her? Normally, if anyone spoke to Pan with such a tongue, they would have been killed. No mercy. I walked towards the cage where the woman was being held.

"You must feel pretty fucking manly, striking a woman, don't you, you fucking coward?!" She hissed bitterly before she spat blood in his direction. She wiped the blood on her jacket's sleeve. Once it left her lips, I was surprised to see that the split lip Pan had given her was gone. "You're not the only person with magic here, asshole. Be careful how you treat people, you never know when they'll overpower you." She muttered after he was completely out of sight. I continued to watch her. She was fiesty, just as Pan had said. How amusing. She was nothing like Wendy. The only thing they shared was the fact that both of them were female. This woman wasn't afraid to speak her mind, no matter how brutally blunt she was. She wasn't afraid to fight back. I had to commend her for that.

"So girl, where are you from?" I figured I would make conversation with the woman while Pan let off some steam. I often wore a mask of cruelty just like Pan did. What can I say, he's inspirational, especially after everything he's done for us. For me. However, I had heart, though I never cared to show it.

"Somewhere you wouldn't know." The woman heaved a heavy sigh and looked towards me. "Earth, though I'm guessing you wouldn't know much about it." I smiled and shook my head. I know more about Earth than you think.

"I'm from Earth as well. Pan rescued me from a horrible life on the streets." I informed in a hushed tone. "He took me in, brought me to Neverland, and I finally had a place I could call home."

"Felix don't get too friendly with her, she is being punished. Don't forget what happens when you break a rule." Pan threatened. He didn't have to remind me, I remembered all too well.

"Don't worry," I called back. "I'm just trying to scare her." I lied before looking towards the girl. Her revealed hazel eye sent me a questioning look. I couldn't blame her, I didn't know why I would lie to Pan. It wasn't like me. Why would I do such a thing? It baffled me, especially since I know the penalty for lying to Pan. "Sorry," Why was I apologizing? Why was I doing what I normally would not do? What was this woman doing to me? "I had to make up a lie. Pan can sense that I am speaking with you about things. If I didn't, and he knew the truth of my treatment towards you, I would get it worse than before..." I muttered as I covered my face, hiding the scar that started below my right eye and trailed across my face. Even though Pan had hurt me, I appreciated him and all he's done. In a sense, I worshiped him. Through my fingers I saw gentleness fill the young woman's eyes - er eye. The next thing I knew, her right hand made contact with the left side of my face. The touch almost caused my heart to stop beating. What's happening to me?

"People like Pan punish others but fail to realize that there are consequences for their actions, just like the rest of us." Her lips curved into a small smile. She shook her left shoulder, causing her jacket to fall to her elbow. Her left hand grabbed hold of her shirts and pulled them back, revealing a scar above her heart. "Believe it or not, a blade went all the way through." She looked away from me and released the shirts. I was in awe. But that would mean - "I died that day." How is that even possible? I didn't know what to make of her statement. She seems to be quite lively for a dead person... Regardless of my scattered thoughts, I felt sorry for her, though I didn't understand why. She is unlike any woman I've ever met. She didn't seem like she'd run away regardless of her current situation. What I believed most of all was that she didn't deserve to be caged like some kind of wild animal.

"Pan did this to me. He can be vile and almost demonic at times but I still remain loyal to him. I can't explain why or how. Maybe it's because he saved me from the Hellish life I was living." I supposed before taking notice to Reiha's narrowed gaze. I let loose a sigh. "Listen," I whispered while lowering my hands enough to reveal my eyes. "When Pan goes off hunting, I will free you." I said, though it was semi-muffled because of my hands hanging above my mouth. "I will trick Pan and tell him that I will continue to stand guard. I will challenge his trust in me by asking him to remove the enchantment, telling him that I would more than likely want to poke at you with my club. Does that sound like a good plan?" I asked as I removed my left hand and placed it on her right hand subconsciously.

...

Felix... I shook my head. "I appreciate it, but I don't want to burden you, especially if it puts you in a dangerous situation with Pan if he ever found out." I smiled towards him. "He's not man enough to handle a woman like me." I glared beyond Felix towards Pan's direction. I sighed and fixated back on Felix. "However, he'll let me out eventually. I'm sure of it." I lifted his hand to my face. "Thanks though." I muttered before placing a kiss on his hand. This caused Felix's smiling face to flush. "It's nice to know someone here in Neverland uses their heart."

"Believe it or not, a lot of these boy's hate Pan." I chuckled at this.

"I kinda figured some of the Lost Boys resented him, you could see it in their eyes." I looked towards him once more.

"If the boys did anything to displease Pan, he hurt them. If one pushed too much, he'd kill them in front of the others, to make a point not to cross him." I looked away. So he's more like his fairytale counterpart than he leads on... My heart sunk with this information, though I also had to wonder why Felix was sharing so much information with me, and why he wanted to speak to me in the first place. "They were tricked by his charm and were brought here, ever since they were never allowed to leave, even if they wished it so. However the others who adore him, they stayed too long and grew used to Pan's ways. Does that make any sense?"

"Yes, it makes sense. Psychiatrists would call that Stockholm syndrome. The girls I rescued were the same way." I looked towards my lap. I wish I could have done more for them, at the time... "They had became so dependent on their perverted and depraved captor, they were almost scared to leave the basement I had freed them from." Felix's eyes were filled with curiosity.

"There is a term for what these boys are going through?" Felix's face contorted with confusion. "Huh... I never heard it till now." It seemed to have perplexed him but it seemed to have sunk through. I raised an eyebrow.

"That saying has been around for decades. How long have you been here, exactly?" Felix almost seemed unsure. Has he forgotten?

"I don't know..." Felix's voice trailed. "This realm makes one forget." He informed. "I don't even remember my childhood. All I remember is the streets, and even then it's pieces here and there. See it's does the same to Pan. Like he's captive. Though he'd never admit this. His precious island is everything to him." Oddly enough, Felix's tone raised quite a bit. I winced at Felix's loud voice. Did he have to yell? I looked at Felix.Goof. I thought with a smile as I shook my head.

"Is there a problem Felix?" Pan's voice echoed through the jungle. Felix seemed to fall silent only to speak up not a moment later.

"No. I was just watching and yelling at the girl, Pan!" Felix seemed thrown off by the fact that his voice was loud, let alone enough to reach Pan. I placed my hands on his face and smiled.

"I will do everything in my power to keep my memories, even if it means sacrificing everything else..." I looked away briefly. Not that I have a lot to lose. I lowered my gaze. "Not all my memories are great, but sometimes," I glanced to Felix. "You have to take the shittiest of memories to enjoy the good ones." Especially the bad ones. Felix nodded, I guessed he could relate to having memories, both good and bad. It would seem he's had his fair share of bad memories, caused by Pan or his own mysterious past.

...

I got up, feeling both bored and irritated. I was also facing paranoia with Felix speaking with Reiha. Though I felt rather paranoid, I was quite curious. Who knows what those two were blabbing about.No matter, it ends now. "If you were indeed scolding at her, do tell me what it is you were lecturing at her about. And Felix don't you dare lie to me, I'll know if you do." I informed as I approached the area. I could feel a new kind of darkness awaken within me, however it seemed to only come forth when I had returned seeing Felix close to Reiha. I had to wonder about what. Reiha simply rolled her eyes.

"Thank you for not asking me because I have nothing pleasant to say to a coward who would hit a woman." She announced as she folded her arms across her chest. Something caused her eyes to narrow. I folded my arms as my gaze settled back on Felix.

"Well Felix, out with it!" I demanded fiercely. Felix's body shook with a shudder but he quickly recomposed himself.

"I told Reiha that there was no escaping her fate unless someone helped her." He informed, however I sensed that there was some deception in his statement. He's never betrayed me before. No matter, he was deceptive and he will be punished. I snarled at the thought. My eyes narrowed. To say I was pissed would be the biggest understatement of the century. I frowned and and grabbing Felix by the throat.

"You were planning on helping her, weren't you?!" I shouted, my fury not being concealed in the slightest. With a push of my hand, Felix went flying across the area. I approached Felix and cut a deep wound across his chest. Insubordination will not be tolerated. I could feel a burst of energy behind me.

"That's enough, Pan!" Reiha hissed dangerously. "Even if he WANTED to help me, I told him I didn't want his help. Use a truth spell, you'll find I'm not lying." She defended while gripping at the cage's bars. I sensed the sincerity in her voice, however it wasn't the lie that irked me, it was learning he wanted to help her that enraged me. I kicked Felix in the side before appearing before Reiha.

"Oh, I know you're not lying, love. Felix thinks he's so very clever in trying to hide the truth from me, that's what angers me." I seethed.

"If you have a problem with him wanting to help me, blame me not him. It's my being different and not some pushover girly girl that caused it. It's me who brought it on. It's just like it was me that caused you to LOSE our game of 'Hide and Seek.'" Just hearing her refer to me as a loser was enough to push me overboard. My hand broke through the cage and grabbed Reiha by the throat, gripping it tightly. My other hand plunged into her chest and ripped out her heart. My eyes scanned it, noticing that her heart was indeed very pure.

"Do you know what happens if I squeeze this?" I asked snidely, the new darkness attaching itself to my very soul. I heard a sound behind me. Felix was trying to force himself to stand, regardless of the pain he was enduring. Fool.

"No! Don't do this, Pan! We need her! Stop!" He debated but I continued to ignore him. If I didn't know any better, I'd say Felix had feelings for Reiha. For some unknown reason, the very idea only angered me further.

"Do you seriously think I'm afraid to die? I've died before, Pan." She mentioned as a glare captured her gaze. "Do it, at least I will be free from you. You are nothing but a bully who has NOTHING going for him. You are a coward who uses people to get what you want. You are pathetic. Here's a wake-up call for you Pan, you do NOT scare me, you don't even intimidate me. At all." As much as I didn't want to, I let the comment about being a coward go as I gave her heart a little squeeze, just to see how she would react and if she had lied to me. Surprisingly she didn't even wince, whereas most people would gasp or cry out in pain.

"Does it hurt at all? How does it feel knowing that I hold your pathetic life in my hand?"

"It stings." She admitted honestly, which was surprising. "But nothing compares to being a prisoner to someone like you. You can't handle women, that's why you cage them."

...

Something snapped within me. I ignored the pain that coursed through my body and pushed myself to stand. Without a second thought, I leaped forward and onto Pan. This was more out-of-character than when I had lied to him. Why was I doing this? You have fallen in love with her. An eerie voice echoed in my mind. Was it true? Have I fallen for Reiha? Did love do this to people? Did it change them? "Leave her alone Pan!" I cried as I clutched my wound. The next thing I knew, I had swung my club and hit Pan with it. Absentmindedly, I picked up Reiha's heart and turned to face her. She was looking at me with wide eyes.

"Why would you do such a thing?" I couldn't understand it either. I had just attacked my leader to defend a girl. I SHOULD be defending Pan, just as I always had. "I... I don't want this..." Reiha's voice cracked. She looked as if she was on the verge of breaking down. "Why is this happening? Pan's your leader... He saved your life, you said it yourself. You have a debt to him, whether that's the reason for your loyalty or not. You can't let some girl be the one to change things..." She hugged at her arms, as if to comfort herself. "I'm so sorry Felix..." I glanced towards Pan. He was knocked out cold. Blood fell from the huge gash on his head. I knew that he would live, he was Peter Pan after all, but he would be unconscious for awhile. I looked back to Reiha, I was so shocked I dropped my club. The very club with Pan's blood on it. The blood of my leader as he laid at my feet.

"I didn't mean to... I just... Something snapped inside me and I..." I stuttered. I didn't know what to say or how to fully, and rationally, justify this. "We are in big trouble now. I hit, no, I knocked out my leader and when he wakes he won't be happy." And that's putting things lightly. I shuddered at the thought. Reiha was right, Pan saved me from the horrors of the real world. So why would I let some woman change that? "We have to find a way out of here." I could feel my worry begin to build within me before I looked towards Reiha. "What if the others see this?" I bit my lip, and subconsciously bit down hard enough to draw blood.

...

I rubbed my throat as I looked at Felix. "I can fix this... All of it, if you want me to... But know that there's a price." I looked away from him as my heart ached, even though my heart wasn't in my chest. A hefty price, at that. Felix looked at me.

"Why would you, of all people, want to fix this?" He wondered. "He's a bully, you said it yourself." Felix seemed to have just remembered that he was holding my heart in his left hand. "I suppose you want this back." He shrugged, his face flushing a bit. Yes, yes I would. I thought with a giggle. He handed my heart back to me, I accepted it and placed it back into my chest, cringing at the momentary pain it caused. "We could kill Pan..." Felix suggested. Wait what? What the fuck has gotten into him? "He is unconscious, I can easily slit his throat." I can't let him do that.

"No." I answered Felix simply. "Yes, he deserves to die, that much is obvious, but none of us should be the ones to do it." I walked towards Felix, taking his hands in mine. "You feel guilty about of attacking your leader, I feel guilt about being the reason it happened. I can make it so neither of you remember this happened. The one Pan will know to have hurt him will be me." It would be the right thing to do. Felix doesn't deserve to face the guilt. "It's the least I can do, after you have done so much for me." I looked away feeling true heartache. "The price is, you will forget this... All of this. You will have the illusion that all you did was watch me. No communication, nothing." I looked back to him. You will forget everything that made me care for you. "I don't want you to forget, I really don't, but I don't want you to feel this guilt either." Felix's eyes widened. A moment passed and without another word, and Felix suddenly turned away from me. The next thing I knew, he had grabbed Pan's hair and slit his throat with Pan's own dagger and tossed him aside. I was shocked, to say the least. "Felix... What have you done?" Did he have so much resentment towards Pan? Did he want me to be free so badly? Why would he kill him?

"You're free, Reiha, you can leave now." I walked over to him and placed my hand on his back. I didn't want Peter Pan to die, as much as he deserved it - shocking, I know - but it was done. What's done is done. It can't be undone. I guess technically it could be, if the right steps were taken, but Felix didn't seem to want to do that.

"Are you sure about that? He is Peter Pan, after all, and Peter Pan never fails." Though clearly he can, just not in his opinion. I proved that. Felix had dropped the dagger, his eyes wide. Was he in some kind of haze when he killed him?

"We have to go..." Felix muttered. "I have no idea if Pan will come back but I do know that the island will be pissed. My God, I killed Pan..." He muttered before he seemed to begin to have a mental break down. I felt the ground shake. It's like Felix had said, Neverland wasn't pissed as fuck, the proof was in the storms that began to form and rage. Why Neverland would give a shit about a cockroach like Pan, I will never understand. "Reiha, we have to leave! Now!" I simply shook my head.

"I'm not running." I announced bravely. "If Neverland is angry, let it be angry. I'm not afraid," Though something told me otherwise. "And you shouldn't be either." I looked to him and smiled. "There are consequences for our actions Felix. We need to face it. We'd be just like Pan if we ran from it. I don't know about you, but I don't want to be considered to be anything like him." I looked down to Pan. "I want to fix this not for me, and definitely not for Pan, but for you and the other Lost Boys." I looked back to the tall blonde. "You do what you need to but I'm not leaving."

...

Why must she be so fucking stubborn?! I thought as I knitted my eyebrows together. "You will be killed, Reiha! Don't you get that? Don't you care?! I know I do." I grumbled. "If you die, everything I did would have be in vain." I realize that what I said sounded childish and pig-headed but I didn't care. I shuddered once more as I looked at Pan's dead body.

"Hey, you chose to kill him when I tried to reason with you!" She debated with a pout on her lips and her arms crossed across her chest. She resembled a child throwing a temper tantrum. It was cute. Regardless of this I decided to the subject back to the previous one.

"Tell me how you can fix this, then." The storm grew rough as it began to knock trees together.

...

"Simple, I bring him back," As much as I really don't want to. "And make it so you both forget that this whole situation happened. I will rebuild the cage with my magic, you will be healed and found leaning against a tree looking casual, and Pan will only remember returning to the area after his immature little episode. Whatever happens, happens." I could tell with the expression that painted Felix's face that he didn't like this idea.

"This is not fair!" He debated childishly. "If Pan wasn't a heartless prick like he is, none of this would have happened." He argued, acting like a child, just as I did moments ago. I can't argue with that.Next thing I knew, a huge tree crashed down and slammed into Felix.

"Felix!" I ran to him, summoning my vampiric strength to toss the tree aside. I lifted his body and eased him against the trunk of a tree. I smiled weakly down to him, happy that the tree hadn't caused him any more visible injury than he had already received. "I know it isn't fair, dear sweet Felix, but do you want everyone to suffer because you want to be selfish?" I reasoned with a pained smile. "I know I don't." We can't be selfish.

Felix looked towards me. I could almost feel his heart breaking behind his gaze. He let loose a heavy sigh. "I don't want anyone to suffer, either. But do you think you could, uh," His face flushed. I had to admit, I was curious about what he was about to request but I didn't say anything. "Kiss me before you do it?" He requested as he pulled my body towards his, our bodies held together by his hands. His grip gave me the feeling that he didn't want to release me. My face flushed. My first kiss... I shook my head trying to fight the embarrassment.

"I will never forget this Felix, your compassion and kindness. Nor will I forget this moment, the moment I fell for Felix the Lost Boy." My face became hotter upon my confession. "I believe love can blossom in you once again, Felix, with me or someone else." I leaned towards him and placed my lips on his. In that brief moment I questioned my actions. I was tempted to be selfish by keeping Felix's memory and explore my feelings for him. However, I couldn't allow that to happen, especially since innocent people were involved. Sometimes... You have to put others before first. Felix leaned returned my kiss. Tears fell from my eyes as they closed. Felix broke the kiss and locked gazes with me.

"I'm ready." It could tell it was a lie, he truly wasn't ready for it, but I guess he was ready as he'd ever be. Before I could do as I said I would, a human-looking shadow showed up.

"Because of what transpired here, you, Reiha can never be with Felix." I figured as much, but it still hurt. "Instead, to keep Neverland in balance, you must build relations with your enemy - Pan." It looked toward Felix. "And you Felix, you will be allowed to keep your memory of Reiha, of this tender moment between the two of you, just to know you can never have her." The shadow said narrowing it's eyes. I sensed the magical energy leave it's transparent hand, as it cast a spell to revive Pan. "Pan will not know what has happened here but you two will live forever with the reality of never having what you truly desire: to be together." It finished the spell and left. I glared after the see-through being. I may not be able to be with Felix but at least I can remember what we had, no matter how brief. It is something Peter Pan will never know.