I do not own Once Upon a Time, but I wish. I only own Molly and any other future OC's.
"You could stay here in Neverland, if you want." Peter offered as they were walking along the shoreline. Molly had a smile upon her face and replied,
"Now, what made you ask me that?"
"I could feel that you are alone at your home, no one around to notice how lonely you feel without no one at your side. How your heart aches from the emptiness without affection. How you lose your breath when you feel like your heart is stopping…"
"I have a home, Peter. With a family that is-" Peter stopped walking and stood in front of Molly which quite surprised her a bit from a sudden action from him.
"You stay here with me, forever. You'll never have to grow old like I said before. You would never have feel alone again for years that has yet to come. You'll have the Lost Boys and I as your family; your own family." Molly pondered a bit at Peter's offer. Molly suddenly felt Peter's hand grabbing onto hers.
"I could give you nothing more than happiness, I promise you that."
"And love?" Molly quietly questioned. Peter had a small smile and replied,
"And love."
Peter looked at Molly as she fell to ground unconscious from the pain and exhaustion. He looked at the boys who held her. From the cold stare that Peter was giving them, they thought he was going to kill them.
"Take her to the cage next to Baelfire, make sure she doesn't escape." He looked down at her and smirked,
"Not that she could with her ankle being broken." Peter walked away, but only to be stopped with Felix bringing Henry. Felix stopped and look at Peter with a questioning look.
"He-hey, is she okay?" Henry questioned as he tried to take a closer look at the poor broken girl, but Peter stepped in front of him with a sarcastic smile.
"She's quite alright, she was just tired from all of the adventures that Neverland offered her."
"But she looks like she's hurt! She needs hel-"
"I said she's fine, Henry." Peter empathized. He looked his shoulder and gave them a look to signal the boys to take Molly to cage now before Henry starts to question even more about her.
"Who was she, anyways?" Henry questioned. He looked as one of those boys picked up the girl in a bridal way and walked into the forest to somewhere unknown to him. Peter put his hand on Henry's shoulder and led him to the bonfire with Felix behind them. Peter and Henry sat down on the log.
"Is she a lost girl? I never knew…"
"She is most certainly a lost girl, but she is also a mother to the lost boys as I am a father to them." He heard the rest of the Lost Boys gather around bonfire. He grinned as he slowly got up from the log and walked around the bonfire.
"She would also tell stories to us, Henry. Her words painted a new world for us as she told the stories. Stories about a skeleton king finding a Christmas town, a girl who fell asleep from a prick of a needle, a woman joining an army to save her father, a lion losing himself because of his father death, a street rat falling in love with a princess and all others." Peter brought out his pipe flute and brought it close to his lips.
"Then she would tell a story about us, Peter Pan and The Lost Boys." He started this play his flute and one by one, all of the lost boys including Henry started to dance around the fire. The hollers, the wolf calls, and the noise from the Lost Boys reminded him of Neverland on how it was before it started to die. Peter pulled himself away from the excitement and headed toward his tent with Felix trailing behind him. When Peter entered his tent, he took a big grasp of air as his felt his heart being in pain. His legs gave out and fell to the floor. Felix quickly went by his side and picked up Peter and sat him down. Peter looked at Felix and said,
"We have plans that needs to be set in motion sooner than I expected."
Molly woke up and sat up slowly. She hit the top of her head against something as she tried to stand up, but only to realize that she was trapped inside of a wooden homemade cage. Molly knew Peter would have her hang up on a tree inside a small wooden cage. Oh, she knew he wouldn't make anything anymore easy on her especially with her broken ankle, but she has to try even if it cost more damage on herself. She grabbed on the wooden bars and tried to break them.
"Come on…" Molly whispered angrily toward herself. She needed to get out of here, she needed to save the boy before it was too late. It wasn't fair for the boy to be caught up by this, it wasn't fair for him to hold up the highest responsibility to save Neverland.
"It won't break." Molly heard a man's voice stated. Molly's heart leaped as the voice reminded her of someone she once knew. She looked through the cage and saw Baelfire, but not as a young scared boy she once knew. His cage was not as far away from hers. She saw how grown up he was from the last time she saw him. She felt bad, he must have been in there for a while and cage was too small for a grown man like him.
"I tried to break it too, but you know how Pan would not make something that would break so easily for us to escape."
"Baelfire…oh have you grown." Molly stated as she tried to reach out her hand through the wooden cage to touch his face. Neal chuckled as her hand was placed on his cheek. He leaned his head slightly into her hands, remembering how soft her motherly touch was when he was once a lost boy.
"Why are you here? Why did you come back to Neverland? You had a chance to live a normal life." Neal lifted his head away from her hand and looked at her with a serious face.
"My son, Henry, was kidnapped and brought here. How seen anyone who looked unfamiliar to you?"
"The boy…the truest believer, is your son?" Molly questioned him as Neal nodded.
"Yes, I have seen your son. I know what Peter will have in store for Henry…I tried to save him and give him back to another family who is also looking for him-"
"You saw Emma and the others?" Neal asked. Molly nodded her head and replied,
"Well yes. I told them I wanted to save him long before he was bought here, long before he was even born."
"Why are you talk-"
"Peter has been waiting for Henry for a very long time, Baelfire. Neverland has been slowly dying and Peter wants to save it. I am uncertain on how he exactly knew of Henry before he was born, but he knew. Peter knew that it has to be Henry for needs to save Neverland from dying. That is why his shadow keeps bringing young boys here. Even they weren't him, Peter offers them a home because he knows that in their world... they are lost and unloved." Molly said. She looked at her hands and clenched her hands tight into a fist.
"Molly…what is he going to do with my son?" Neal questioned quietly, afraid on whatever answer she will give to him will not be a good one, but he could only hope.
"My plan to rescue your son failed due to one of lost boys spotted me. Peter had the lost boys hunt me down like it was sort of game…." Molly closed her eyes and whispered loudly enough so Neal could hear,
"Peter is going to kill your son to save Neverland."
"Peter, do you think things will ever get back to how they were?" Molly asked as she sat next Peter on the edge of the cliff. Peter looked far off the distance with a soft sad smile in his face as the sun was setting. Molly started to notice the changes with Neverland and Peter. Neverland was changing drastically as for Peter which is taking a toll on his body and energy.
"Yea…not sure when, but one day." Peter replied, sounding more distance than he ever was. Molly placed her hand on top on his and held it lightly. She looked at Peter for a while and then at sun which was already gone.
"I hope it's soon…"
Thank you once again for reviewing my story, it really means a lot to me. I'm still surprised on how quickly this story became quite popular. Oh, I would like to clear up come confusion. At the very beginning of the story and the very end of the story are Molly's and Peter's past. The reason I'm doing that is because I feel like it would help with the story more and with the chapter(s) I'm writing. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to message me!