Neverland-250 Years Ago
Peter sat in his chair made of bones, he smirked as Felix and another lost boy dragged Baelfire to his feet "oh poor naïve Baelfire, why do you keep trying to escape?"
Baelfire kept his head down, he refused to look at Pan, "I want to go home"
"This is your home now Bae, and if you don't stop trying to leave, we'll have to put a leash on you"
Pan smirk faded as he saw Bae's head still down, He hopped onto his feet and grabbed Bae's throat lifting his head up to Pan's face
"I should skin you hide"
Bae kept his mouth shut, the less he spoke the angrier Pan would get
"Take him to his 'house'"
By house he meant the wooden cage they made Bae sleep in, it had some magic that would knock him out once he entered it
The Cave
Peter sharpened his knife as he waited for the glowing green fairy, "Ya got it Tink?"
"Yes Peter….now give it to me" Peter laughed as took out the leather wrapped package
He unwrapped it and handed her a metallic falcon mask \
"You can do it right?"
"Yes"
She waved her wand and the mask briefly glowed green
Peter laughed as he marveled at the mask "FELIX!'
Felix charged into the cave "Yes Pan?"
"Bring Baelfire"
Felix left the cave and after a few minutes he dragged Bae into the cave to Pan's feet, "What do you want now?"
Pan lifted him to his feet, "are you ready Bae?"
"For what!?"
"Your rebirth!"
He slammed the mask onto Bae's face and watched as it glowed brightly and Bae screamed in agony as the magic seeped through his eyes
"ARRGH!"
Soon the screaming stopped and Bae was on his back shallowly breathing through the small nose holes on the mask
Pan bit his thumb nail then kneeled over to Bae "Are you alright brother?"
"Who…..Am…I?"
His voice was darker and sounded nothing like a child's
"You're my bounty hunter, The Silver Falcon"
"Yes…I, I think I remember that"
"Good…cause I have a job for you"
Now
Emma sat Indian style listening the Bae telling the tale "I was still me under there but that mask kept me from remembering but I knew every bad thing Pan made me do, the boys he made me kill…then"
"Then what?"
"a year ago"
1 Year Ago
August fell onto the hard ground as the shadow levitated over him, "you really gotta work on your landing"
The Shadow flew away, August looked around his knee was killing him, a burning that felt like it was spreading, "oh man…I think I broke it"
August pulled himself up and limped as fast as he could, he needed to find some sort of help somewhere here,
"HALT!"
2 boys came running towards him, the one on the left was tall and wore a black hood with a scare coming across his face, he wilding a staff that he held behind his head
His companion wore royal grabs with a silver birdlike mask and a scarf covering his lower face, he wielded a sword
"You not the one Pan wanted" Felix's smirked he knew that meant he and the Falcon could ruffed August up before bringing him to Pan
"I'm not….but why do you want her anyway?"
"The Savior?…oh Pan has plans for her…..very special plans"
August reached at his backpack…good it was still there
He looked around for some sorta of weapon, He looked for the right moment, when Felix quickly turned behind his back
Then August ran
Felix dropped his staff and turned to the Silver Falcon "don't just stand there you idiot GET HIM!"
Falcon ran with supernatural agility, August however was slowing down and his left leg felt so heavy, "Gotta keep running"
He saw the cave up ahead, he could probably lose his pursuer
Echo Cave
August sat with his back against the rock, he massaged his leg but felt terrified as he realized his couldn't fell his hands on his leg
"You've stopped?"
August looked at the boy in front of him sword drawn and cold green eyes staring at him "You gonna kill me?"
"no…Pan wants you alive"
"Look let me go and I'll give you something in return"
"Like what?"
Augsut pulled his backpack off of himself he fumbled to unzip it then the contents spilled out
3 hersey bars, a folder full of his writing and the old leather bound book
"Once Upon A Time?"
Falcon lifted the large book and opened it, the book's pages moved like magic to the earliest story, and then Falcon's body was engulfed in a green aura before he fell over
August shot to his feet and nearly fell over as the pain in his leg got worse, "you okay there?"
"huh?….where am I?…..why am I wearing this mask?"
Falcon reached to his mask and pulled it off, the pixie dust fell off his face as the magic wore off
August was shocked the boy was younger then him but just a few minutes ago he sounded like a grown man "What's your name kid?"
"Bae"
"I'm August…now tell me what the hell is going on here"
Now
"so this book broke Pan's spell?"
"No the book merely made me remember who I was….I broke the spell"
"and you and August were together ever since?"
"Yup….but I still remember all the boys I got for Pan, they all begged me not to bring them to him….but I did it without remorse"
Tears welled on Bae's eyes, Emma's eyes bulged "Wait!"
"What?"
"Where the book?"
"In Augusts' backpack why?"
Emma reached into the backpack and began turning page after page "maybe it could tell us how to stop Pan"
"It won't Pan's story isn't even in there"
"Who wrote it?"
Bae shrugged his shoulders "I dunno August never told me, all I know is my stories in there, and yo….."
"What?"
"Nothing it's nothing"
He looked away…and Emma's power started kicking in "your lying, what else is in there"
"You"
"Me?"
"Yeah, y'see Emma the Shadow taking you wasn't just because Pan wanted a girl to the island, no your suppose to break some curse"
"me?"
"Yeah apparently my father made a curse that brought everyone to your land, August and you were the only one's to escape it and he was suppose to protect you"
"he sucked at it then"
"No Emma, that's the reason he was in Neverland, this wasn't the first time the Shadow went after you"
"really wow"
"wait you believe?"
"Yeah I mean, I'm in Neverland….why wouldn't I believe in curses and all that…but why me?"
"Well from what August and I read you were spawned from True Love so when my father made the potion he used True Love to make it so you…"
"are the failsafe"
"Savior"
"Yeah….wait….if I'm from your land who are my parents then!?"
Bae took the book from her and flipped toward the picture with the wedding scene "Snow White and Prince Charming"
"No way!…your messing with me"
"no I swear"
Emma flipped around and saw the final page "that's me"
"Yeah Emma….it is"
She slammed the book closed then wiped a tear from here eyes "okay where are we headed now?"
"Well we have to go through the other half of the Neverwoods….but one problem"
"what?"
"This half is where the Forgotten One's camp is"
"oh crap"
"You trust me Emma?"
"Of course….why?"
"Cause I have a really stupid plan"
The Hut-1 Year Ago
Bae stood in front of the fire and smiled as he dropped the mask in it…..he'd be free from it's influence if he could just get rid of it
The fire crackled as it fed on the metal…yet it did not burn, what ever magic created it, now made it indestructible
"No…."
"Bae?…it's Bae right?"
"Uh yeah August what's up"
"We've got a problem"
August lifted up his pants lefg and showed his wooden leg "I'm turning into wood"
Pan's Camp-Now
Pan tossed the black potion in the air and caught it again, soon he'd have all the pieces together and his master plan would be complete
"Pan?"
Felix came in with his hood down "he won't talk"
"Then I guess we should start the bonfire!"
Felix laughed as he lit a torch, it was time to see what burned first Augusts' wooden half or his human half
