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Ellie's POV
Peter and Charlie lift Felix between them and Felix lets out a groan of pain as his jaw clenches and his back stiffens. I try to contain the sobs as I watch his face pale from the pain and the dark spot in the center of his shirt continues to grow larger. The lost boys don't say a thing, they just watch in silence, and I realize that they're all tensed ready for action if something happens.
Peter turns to face Henry's family with a scowl and I notice the particularly dark look he gives to Hook. Emma, Neal, Mary Margaret and David watch with sad expressions while Regina, Rumple, Tink and Hook regard us suspiciously.
"Well, I think this is quite enough action for one day. Perhaps I should extend a favor to you, as a gift for trying to kill your own family." Peters scowl turns into a glare as he watches the group and his eyes flicker to me. "Tell you what, lads, I'll grant you 48 hours. That's 48 hours to try and save Henry, but I don't like your odds. After that, he's mine, and you won't see him again!"
Fury was practically radiating off of Peter but he managed to keep it under control as he glared at them and then addressed the lost boys. "Head back to camp, I recommend a party tonight! I'm sure Henry will love to get involved again." He added with a smirk towards Henry's parents, I watched him in horror. He's actually going to hurt Henry, I know Peter has a dark side, but he's actually going to hurt Henry. What is his plan?
Peter turned to me and held out his hand, I gazed at him impassively and Peters hard glare melted to show uncertainty in his eyes. "Come on Ellie, we need to go, there isn't much time." He glanced down at Felix and Felix groaned, as if agreeing with Peter. But the thing is, Felix was no longer conscious, his eyes had closed and he was limp in between Charlie and Peter. Panic fills me as I watch him and the tears continue to stream down my face, unrelenting.
My resolve crumbled when I heard Felix groan again and I took Peters hand. He gave my hand a squeeze, as if to reassure me, and I glanced towards the group watching us, Henry's family. My family. Some of them actually give me a reassuring smile, as the lost boys melt into the trees, but then their faces fade and my surroundings change.
I glance around quickly and notice that we're standing at the top of a rocky hill top, to the side is a jagged cliff heading upwards with vines crawling across the surface, through the vines I can hear the rush of water and see a glittering stream. With a cry I run forward but Peters hand grabs my arm and yanks me back, I turn to face him, ready to push him off, but his face is mere inches from mine.
"Ellie, stop! That's nightshade, I think your family has had enough tragedy for one day." The concern in his eyes fades as he leans away from me and waves his hand at the cliff. The vines creep away from the entrance and I walk slowly through, before running to the spring and plunging my hands into it. When I turn around, water dripping through the cracks of my fingers I see Peter watching me. He's staring at me, and he looks hesitant, almost scared.
"Ellie, before you give Felix that water," Peter swallows, before continuing. "You must know the price, in order to save your brother, and drink from the spring, he will be unable to leave Neverland, forever. That is the price of magic."
I stare at him for a moment, confused, before it finally registers, and a thousand emotions run through me. Relief, understanding, grief, bitterness, loneliness, the emotions confuse me, until I realize. I want to leave Neverland, I don't want to stay here forever, I want to grow up, leave with my family and have one of my own one day. I want to live a normal life. But if Felix can't leave, neither can I, I won't leave him. This isn't the price of magic, it's the price of love.
Peter is still watching me, an unreadable expression, but his eyes look strained as they bore into mine. Guilt washes over me when I realize he's trying to understand my decision, I turn away from him and grab more water in my palms before walking over to where they placed Felix on the ground. Tears blur my vision but I doubt they suspect the real reason, they think it's for Felix. This is it, I don't get to grow up, I'm going to live here, forever.
Charlie shakes Felix awake and he manages to open his mouth and swallow the water I pour in. We watch in tense silence as Felix drops off again and I look down at his chest. I flop down onto my bottom in shock and Peter gives me a sharp look, but all I can do is stare at the black lines, which now cover Felix's heart.
"We're too late." I say in barely more than a whisper. Peter and Charlie glance at me before returning their eyes to Felix, who isn't moving, his breathing is so shallow I realize that one of these breathes may be his last.
"Just wait, El. It'll work." But Peters voice is laced with uncertainty as he looks down at Felix with a troubled expression. I let go a choked sob as the seconds drag by, and then, finally, Felix's finger twitches. Charlie gasps and grabs his hand and I watch as the lines that cover Felix's chest begin to inch backwards, returning to the cut, and then disappearing altogether. I look up and give Charlie a teary smile as Felix stirs beneath us, before finally opening his eyes.
"Took you long enough, Pan." Felix says with a grin. I give out a laugh and Peter smiles, another genuine smile. He's been doing that more frequently lately, ever since... ever since I got here. I look up at Peter and his smile turns into a cocky smirk as he looks at me.
"I told you it would work, didn't I?" He says, with a quirked eyebrow, and I giggle, actually giggle. It's been so long since I did that, but I'm giddy with relief, and Peter just has this affect on me, it's confusing. Felix turns his eyes on me and his grin stretches wider.
"Now I can do it again, if need be, Ellie," he says before looking at Charlie. "For both of you." Charlie glances uncertainly at Peter, probably hoping that Peter won't ban our sibling bonding, saying that blood isn't family. But all he does is give a wistful smile to Charlie before standing and strolling off to the edge of the woods, near the cliff edge.
I give Felix a stern look when I remember what he said, "you will do no such thing! If you ever try to save my life by giving up yours again I swear I'll kill you myself!" I snap at him, but his grin doesn't waver and Charlie laughs. My lips begin to quirk, but before I can grin at my brothers I stand and walk towards where Peter went, they can't see me smile, I'm supposed to be angry with Felix. But I can feel the huge grin on my face as my giddiness reaches a peak and I'm practically bouncing on my toes as I walk towards Peter, who's leaning against a boulder, looking out over the island.
"Peter," I say softly, and he turns to look at me, his features shift into his smirk as he gives me a cocky grin and strolls over to stand in front of me, 2 feet distance between us. "Thank you." I say, "You saved him, thank you." He gives me another genuine smile before it quickly vanishes and a troubled look crosses his face.
"Well, it wouldn't have been necessary if you had listened to me." He says, his face darkening.
"I didn't do anything! Hook found me!" I protest, glaring at him indignantly. "And none of it would have happened if you weren't trying to kill Henry!" My voice has risen to a shout but I know that Charlie and Felix are too far away to hear me.
Peters expression is amused, and I feel the urge to kiss him when he looks like this, but I don't, I continue to glare at him. He walks towards me so our faces are so close I can feel his breath on my nose. "I'd be careful, if I were you Ellisa, you never know what could happen on an island like this." He threatens, his face darkening again as he talks. I meet his eyes and refuse to flinch as he glares coldly at me. But his eyes, it's like he's trying to say something, but can't get say it, like he's warning me. I ignore the butterflies that race around in my stomach at his close proximately and reply in an even voice.
"I don't care, Peter, what happens to me, I'm already stuck here now."
Peter flinches and takes a step back, looking at me in shock, his cold regard fading as confusion replaces it. "What do you mean, Ellie?" He asks me softly, but there's menace behind his words as he moves back in front of me.
"I mean, that I can't leave now. I can't grow up, I'm stuck here, never able to have a life of my own. Because you are so self-centered!" My voice carries my hidden anger and hurt now as I look at him. I see a flash of shock in his eyes, along with hurt, but they're gone so quickly it's possible I imagined it. "I want to grow up, Peter, and now I can't. I'm stuck here with you!" My voice breaks with my vicious words and Peters composure slips before returning.
He scoffs and glares at me, the darkness returning full force to his eyes and voice as he watches me. "By all means, Ellie, go ahead, leave the island. We'll see how it works out." He gestures around us and gives a cold laugh as he smirks at me. "Nobody leaves Neverland without my permission," he says slowly, his face is inches from mine. "And I don't give you my permission." He says coolly, before disappearing into thin air, leaving me alone on a rocky hilltop with my two brothers.
Peter's POV
I appear just outside of Henry's family's camp and just stand there for a moment, in shock of what happened. She wants to leave, she want to grow up, she doesn't want to be here, with me. The words cause a stabbing pain in my heart and I put my hand over my chest, shocked. I look down, expecting to see an unseen arrow, or a dagger, but there's nothing.
Anger surges inside me when I realize that Ellie is the cause of this pain. It's so unfamiliar, and I don't know what to do about it. The closest thing to this was when I left Rumple, but this hurts more. What is she doing to me? And why won't she stay? I contemplate what I will do when I say her again, and what I would have done if Felix hadn't been poisoned, and she was forthcoming of her plans.
But it hurts to think about it so I try to clear my mind and walk to the edge of the clearing, watching invisibly as the action happens. My lips form a smirk which comforts me as I watch the group stalk into the clearing, tension high. Once everyone is in the clearing Emma stalks up to Hook and pushes him against a tree with her forearm on his throat. It's so similar to what she did when she first saw me I almost smile, she has such fire, not as much as Ellie, nothing will compare to her, burning like the sun. No, stop Pan, keep your head in the game. I shake my head briefly and scowl into the clearing, watching as Emma shouts at Hook.
"What the hell, Hook? Why'd you have to stab Felix? Why'd you try to hurt Ellie? Don't you care about the plan?"
"Pan's going to be furious you hurt Felix, and tried to hurt Ellie." Regina cuts in, glaring at Hook.
"I didn't mean to get Felix okay! And that was the point, if I hurt Ellie, I hurt Pan, it's obvious he cares for her!"
You have no idea.
"So you're saying, that you planned on hurting Ellie, in order to distract my brother from the game?" Rumple asks slowly.
"Yes, okay! You did the same thing earlier when you threw her off a cliff, crocodile!" Hook retorts and he shrugs out of Emma's hold to glare at Rumple. "And now we've made Pan angry, which means he won't be able to concentrate and we can find a hole in his plan."
Well it's working, I think, and Ellies face flashes in my minds eye, her with Hook behind her, pressing that poisonous sharp metal against her veins, the panic that overwhelmed me at the time. Never again, do I want to experience that.
"Well Hook, there are other ways to do that then killing my siblings!" David tells Hook, and I regard him curiously, does he already care for his siblings? Surely not, considering Felix's status, but then I recall how he and Felix fought, smirking and giving snide remarks, grinning like old friends, maybe he does.
"Look, mate, I just want us off the island, okay!" Now, are we-" I shut out their conversation, no longer wanting to listen, I like a challenge. Smirking I walked back away from the clearing before appearing at the camp. Ellie, Felix and Charlie aren't back yet, of course they aren't, they have a long work. A small nag of guilt attacks me but I ignore it as I make my way over to the fire and pull my pipe out. I'm curious to see if Henry reacts to the music this time.
Once I begin playing the lost boys get involved, and soon enough, I find myself dancing around the fire, eyes closed as I play my heart out, careful not to sound too forlorn. Images of Ellie pop up in my mind, her flushed face when we first kissed, upset for her brothers, laughing, smiling, fighting. I push them out of my mind and absorb myself into the music, listening to the boys shout in joy.
Ellie's POV
Once Peter left, I made my way back to the cave and collected Felix and Charlie. They were unsurprised that we had to walk back, apparently Peter rarely teleports people with him. Felix was still incredibly weak so Charlie and I helped him walk back to camp.
Once we got there, the moon was high in the sky and the lost boys were around the fire, shouting and cheering. I scanned the group quickly and found Peter, hood on, but drawn back from his face, his eyes were closed and he was smirking as he played. My stomach tingled with butterflies as I watched him, it confused me how he could look so perfect, forever in this image. I could understand why he would never want to get older, but it hurt, knowing that one day, I would get away from here, and grow old, but he would stay as he was, a handsome teenager.
Peter opened his eyes and glanced up, as if feeling my gaze. Our eyes connected and I tried to hide my longing to kiss him, which was probably evident on my face. Why, oh why, did the boy I like have to be an evil mastermind. Peters smirk shifts into a mischievous grin as he watches me which makes my knees weak. It's like he knows what I'm thinking, but then he turns away and continues to play, leaving me staring at him.
I blink, shaking my head and help Charlie move Felix across the clearing, laying him down on beside a log. Charlie and I flop down on either side of him, exhausted as we look up at the sky. Vaguely I wonder what the likelihood of sleeping in Peters bed again is, but I know its close to zero. He's probably furious, but I can't help myself wishing I could grow up, I've been frozen for way too long. I sigh and turn to glance at Felix, who's laying there contently with a smile on his face.
"Felix," I ask, "what were you and David talking about while you fought?" Felix smile turns into a grin as he opens his eyes and looks sideways at me, Charlie shifts onto his elbows to watch us, curious.
"I asked him where he learned to fight, 'cause our mother definitely didn't teach him." I laugh and Felix and Charlie join in. Felix looks at Charlie, studying him, "I saw what you did there Charlie," He adds, "you kept everyone from getting hurt, I'm proud of you, I'd almost say your growing up." He says with a grin, which Charlie replies with.
"Yeah well," I say with a sigh, "now we can't grow up, you can't leave the island Felix, or you'll die."
"I can't leave the island, Ellie, but you can." He looks at me and he has a sad smile on his face. "Don't let me hold you back, either of you, you deserve a happy ending."
"I can't go without you Felix! Neither of us can!"
"It doesn't matter," Felix hesitates, glancing around before continuing. "If Pan lets David and the others live, I want you two to go with them, get away from here."
"No." Charlie and I both say adamantly, although the temptation is high, I can't leave Felix, I know what it feels like to be abandoned, and I won't do that to him.
Felix sighs in frustration and flops down onto the ground, closing his eyes. "This isn't over, the two of you will leave, okay."
I scoff and Charlie rolls his eyes. "Right," we say in unison and I can't help but smile at Charlie, who grins back at me. I flop down onto my back and stare up at the stars, as Peter's music slowly allows me to drift off into yet another uninterrupted sleep.
Once again, I am so so so sorry for not having updated earlier! But I've outlined what's going to happen for the rest of the story so don't worry!
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