Wendy's POV

The first thing I felt as I returned to consciousness was Cold. Frozen needles pierced every inch of my skin. The frozen fire dug deep, past my skin and into my soul. I held my breath, not wanting to inhale a lungful of water. It wasn't until the need for became to great that I realized I could breath. I jolted up, taking Large, uneven breathes. My chest ached and my feet and fingers were frozen.

Slowly, I peeled my eyes open to see that I was on... the beach? I wondered why I was cold if I was sitting on the beach. Then a cold breeze misted of the ocean, sprinkling me with the salty water. I shivered. Then I remembered why I was on the beach.

"Nila!" I screamed. I jumped up and ran to the waters edge. "NILA!"

"Yes?" I heard a voice from behind me. I spun around to see Nila standing beside the trees. She smiled at me.

"Oh, Nila, I thought they had killed you!" I said hugging her. "Thank God, Your Alive!"

"You really shouldn't have jumped in though," She told me. "They weren't going to hurt me."

I let go of her in shock. I looked at her. She was smiling up at me like she had no problem with almost being drowned by them. "Whataya mean?"

"I'm one of them! I'm a mermaid, too!" Okay now I was more shocked than ever.

"But, You have legs. Your normal. Your human." I said. She blinked.

"Part human," She corrected me. "Part mermaid. Every time I touch water, I'll turn into a mermaid!" How was she so excited about this? "And I look so different when I'm a mermaid! Oh but you probably hate mermaids..." Her face fell. I never hated mermaids... If she's happy as a fis-mermaid. Let her be happy. I smiled at pulled her into a hug.

"As long as you like being a mermaid, I'm fine with it." I said. She started jumping around, but ended up losing her balance and- fell into the water. A bright Blue light came from beneath the water almost blinding me. Then a mermaids head popped out of the water.

"Nila?" I asked. It didn't look anything like Nila. She had Deep Blue hair with random dark green streaks and her face looked like a painted china doll. Not like the other mermaids Pale, gaunt faces. Hers was still light non scary. Her eyes matched her hair but with specks of Purple in them. She crawled out onto the beach and laughed. Her ummm... ahhh... tail was dark blue with purple and green scales here and there.

"Yup! Told you I was different!" She laughed. Showing her mermaid sharp pointy teeth. Woah. The light came again except it was yellow and then- Nila was back to normal. "Isn't that so cool! I like the water its so amazing. It's really pretty down there." I laughed.

"Okay, let's go back now okay? We can come back another day." I told her.

"Fine, let's go. But I want to come back soon!" She said. Her eyes lit up.

"Okay, C'mon," I said nudging her toward the forest path. "We have to be care full, Hook can be lurking anywhere."

"Wendy, I'm hurt, why would you be scared of me?" A frightfully familiar voice replied from behind me.

Peter's POV

I was just talking walking along talking with BlueJay and Tigerlily and watching as Rose chased Stone around the campground and Sky sat with Wolfe talking quietly. Stone had been running from Rose for a good hour now, and Peter was surprised to see he had lasted that long. In a desperate attempt to lose her, Stone hd jumped into a pond nearby. Bad idea. Turns out she can swim MUCH faster that him.

"C'mon To-To," Rose said, dragging him from the water. "Don't be so boring!"

"I am not boring!" Stone defended himself.

"Are too!" Rose laughed. "Your as boring as that rock!" Rose pointed to a random pebble on the ground.

"I am not boring!" Stone defended himself. Suddenly a blond blur rushed past the two. Rose perked up. Then chased after the girl. Stone, having no choice (Rose was holding is shirt securely) followed as well.

When the two reached the village, they saw the girl kneeling on the ground trying to catch her breath. Stone realized with a shock that it was Nila.

"Nila! Are you okay?" He ran forward. Peter and Wolfe ran forward as well. Nila looked up at them. Her eyes filled with fear. Her hand was holding her cheek. "Whats wrong?"

She removed her hand from face ad they watched in horror as dark blood ran from a cut on her face. Tigerlily appeared behind them with some sorta cloth she pressed against Nila's cheek.

"What happened? Where is Wendy?" Peter implored desperately.

Nila looked up and met his eyes. "Hook took her." Then she slumped over as she lost consciousness.