A/N: So I am back once again and I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE!

With Christmas and family issues, ALevels, laptop deleting all my work I have barely been able to find any time to write.

If anyone is still reading thank you for putting up with me

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot and Hayley

Hayley's POV

As we all crawled out of the dead tree, I was once again pulled by 6 pairs of hands, the owners all yelling saying they wanted to be my partner in the game I had decided to play. This made me smile, the fact that I was wanted not by just one person but 6! It was almost overwhelming. In the end I was partnered with Slightly, I didn't mind one bit and I felt like we would be fast friends. He was probably two or three years younger than I was, with dark brown hair and eyes to match which twinkled with glee and he started talking non-stop about possible locations of the hidden treasure.

I was so busy paying attention to what Slightly was saying I didn't see an upturned plant root and ended up getting my foot caught and falling over onto the forest floor.
"Hayley! Are you okay?" Slightly ran over to me and helped me up, he steadied me before letting me stand on my own.
"Oh yes! I'm fine, thank you. I'm just a klutz"
Slightly chuckled and shook his head before continuing down the path. We were talking about where Peter could have hidden the treasure before we decided to split up, but not too far from each other. I ended up by Mermaid Lagoon searching by the rocks but remembering to stay away from the water, after all, I don't want to drown on my first day here. But as I looked over to the elegant creatures in the water, I found myself walking closer and closer, not realising my actions until I could feel the water lap at my toes which were dug into the sand. A scaly, webbed hand reached for me and grabbed my ankle, slowly pulling me towards the dark depths of the lagoon they swam in.

In the distance I could hear what sounded like my name being yelled but it was muffled and all I could hear was a soothing melody coming from the creatures in front of me, beckoning me to come and join them in the water which was now up to my torso, I continued to walk towards them until the water was now up to my chin and I began to get dizzy, before my vision turned black I felt a pair of arms mine and I felt myself being lifted from the water.

~Hayley and Peter ~

Peter's POV

I couldn't believe it when Slightly came running up to me telling me that Hayley was about to be drowned by the mermaids. I flew over to the lagoon as fast as I physically could and saw her now neck deep in the dark water, her eyes were glazed over and she was lightly swaying, I could see she was about to fall face first into the depths, never to return as I saw the malicious smiles on the creature's faces. I sped over and grabbed Hayley under the arms before pulling her from the water and transferring her to my back before returning home. As I laid her on my bed, I could see she was pale and unmoving and panic rose in my chest. The same panic I felt when I found her in her room last night.

I was flying through London and wanted to see if she was reading more stories but the sight I found was not nearly as pleasant as I was expected, instead of finding her curled up on her bed or by the window, like usual, I found her laid out on the floor with her eyes flickering and a blade in her hand. By the time I got to her she was unconscious, pale and bleeding, the only colour on her was her clothes and bruises that seemed to cover her whole body. At first I thought she was dead but I saw her chest rise and fall softly. The panic I felt then had returned now as I sat by her and waited for her to awaken.

I couldn't help but feel these emotions that I haven't felt before. I couldn't help but think that she was beautiful, her light brown hair and chocolate eyes that twinkled when she smiled at me. I could tell she was self-conscious, not because of her actions but her demeanour, she obviously didn't feel comfortable with the scar on her face but I just felt like it showed she was brave and made her look even prettier. I sat there as looked over her, these emotions I was feeling weren't familiar and I couldn't place them at all but they weren't unpleasant. As I looked at the young girl before me I heard light footsteps walk towards me and glanced towards the approaching figure.

"Is she okay? I'm so sorry for splitting up Peter"
"It' fine Slightly, you came and got me just in time, she'll be just fine"
All the time I said this I didn't look away from Hayley, not even when I saw a ball of light land on my shoulder.
"Hi Tink" I whispered, almost as if I didn't want to wake the girl in front of me when in all honesty all I wanted was for her to open her chocolate eyes and smile at me.

A/N: So it was a bit of a filler chapter but at least I updated right? Right? Well anyway, a bit of an insight into the mid of our hero and his thoughts on Hayley. Tink was mentioned and the friendship between Hayley and Slightly has also begun.

I will try to update again before I return to school on the 8th.

Until the next update (I hope will be soon)

Keep believing

Love,

Holly
xoxo