Lenno was shocked when he heard of the announcement that his love is being engaged. The woman, the daughter of the Chief, had this terrified and outraged look on her face. She searched for Lenno in the crowd of her tribe. Her father is forcing her to marry another man, whom she did not love. After the Chief ended the tribe meeting, she walked off into the forest to a tree. She heard the steady sounds of the beating drums slowly disappear as she approached a tree by the river. Part of the tree formed into a face of an old woman. The face looked concerned at the younger girl's face. The girl began to talk.
"Grandmother Willow, what do I do? My father will never let me not marry Kocoum, nonetheless marry Lenno. What do I do?"
"Whatever your heart desires child."
"But-"
"Do you truly love Lenno?" The girl nodded.
"Do you want happiness?" The girl nodded.
"Are you willing to make other's unhappy for your happiness?"
She reluctantly replied to the tree. "To be with Lenno, then yes."
"Okay, bring him inside my trunk before the sun sets. I will take you to another place. A place where you two can live together."
"Thank you Grandmother Willow!"
"My pleasure, my dear Pocahontas."
Lily knocked on a door. She waited for a while. No one answered. She knocked louder. Jefferson eventually opened the door bearing a baseball hat.
"Ugh! Lily, what are you doing here at this time of night?" They knew each other long before the curse. He met her when he accidentally traveled to Neverland instead of the Enchanted Forest. The failed attempt led him to her tribe's land. She took him to safety and helped him get back to Wonderland. Now he lets Lily sometimes watches Paige, his daughter, when he has to go somewhere. Paige looked up to Lily like an older sister, so he let her stay at their house plenty of times.
"Actually, it's early morning."
"Right." He rolled his eyes as he let her in.
"And I need some information and answers."
"Is it about your trouble to come at a normal hour of the day?"
"No."
"Damn... What is it?"
"It's about Neverland."
"Neverland?"
She nodded. "Neverland."
"What about it?"
"Can you transport me with your hat or do I have to call upon the shadow?"
"Shadow. You know Pan won't let you come and go without his permission."
"Yes, I know. Is Peter still... You know, Peter?" The Mad Hatter had many failed attempts prior to the curse and after Tiger Lily left Neverland to get back to his daughter.
"Yes. Still very much 'Peter' last time I went. Still very sore and conflicted on the subject of you."
"Hey, can you talk to me while I'm there?"
"What are you expecting long distance phone calls?"
"I'll take that as a no... Can I use myself to summon the shadow?"
"Maybe. Slim chance though. You matured. You're a teenage girl," She gave him a look. "You are older, plus I don't know if Pan will let you back on the island ever since-"
"I know...But I need to get back. I need to get back what is rightfully mine though. So...-" She said suggestively.
"NO. No. No. No. No. And no. You will not use my daughter to summon that thing! What if that thing takes her away instead of you?!"
"I have a plan Jefferson! She won't get hurt! I have everything planned out."
"And what do you propose that?"
"Well..."
Pocahontas was leading Lenno to Grandmother Willow.
"She said she can take us away to another place where we can be together." Pocahontas continued on with explaining to Lenno about Grandmother Willows proposal.
"Can't we just try to talk to your father? Maybe he will-"
"Already tried. He said no."
"But the tribe... You need to be there help lead."
"Father and Kocoum will never let me lead the tribe. Plus now," she said, stopping and taking his hands in hers" we can see new lands, have new adventures. We can be together."
"But-"
"Maybe we can start our own tribe wherever we are going."
"How would that be possible?"
"I don't know... All I know is that anything is possible if you just believe. That is what my mother told me when I was younger."
"If not your father, do you really want to leave your mother behind?"
"No. But I will do anything to be with you." She said smiling up at him as she pulled in the direction of the wise tree.
"Me too." He smiled. He did not want his love to regret anything, especially leaving her life behind here.
"Good. We are here."
"Stop." Pocahontas and Lenno heard behind them. They turned around to find Kocoum pointing a bow and arrow at them.
"What are you doing?" he asked roughly.
"I'm going to be to happy." She said confidently as she took Lenno's hand. Lenno stood tall. With his stature, he looked intimidating, like his name, he looked like a real "man." Kocoum felt threatened by him. He felt weaker standing next to him. He lowered his weapon. Kocoum wished to have a woman look at him with such awe, love, and desire as Pocahontas looked at Lenno. He wished he can look at a woman the way Lenno looked at Pocahontas.
"Go. Go far. Before your father catches up and sees you two."
"Thank you Kocoum!" Pocahontas told Kocoum as she hugged him. He smiled down at her. He looked around and came around a patch of flowers. He plucked three of them out. He gave one to Lenno, one to Pocahontas, and kept the last one.
"Take these as a peace offering. If I were to send more people your way, please take care of them. I don't fully trust the way your father is running the tribe."
"Thank you." Lenno told Kocoum.
"We will. Stay safe." Pocahontas added.
"You too. Now hide. I'll lead the men and the Chief back to the camp. Take care of her Big Chief." The two lovers hid up in a tree before the men finally caught up to Kocoum.
"Where is my daughter?" The Chief roughly asked Kocoum.
"They got away." The Chief looked at the flower in Kocoum's hand.
"They got away or you let them go."
"They ran off."
"Okay, all men spread out. I need to deal with her and that treacherous boy she ran off with."
"No. Let them go. Let them run off."
"That is no punishment, Kocoum. If you want to be Chief of this tribe, you need to learn-"
"The biggest punishment a father can give a child is no punishment at all."
"True but-"
"You need to look out for your children's and your tribe's happiness."
"Very well..." The chief motioned for the men to lower their weapons and follow him back to the camp towards the beating drums. After a while, Lenno climbed down from the tree and caught Pocahontas, who insisted on Lenno catching her.
"'Big Chief?' I like that name." Lenno teased Pocahontas. She playfully slapped him as she ran towards the hollow hole in Grandmother Willow's trunk. Lenno chased after her. They both stopped right in front of the wise tree. They took each other's hand and squeezed it. They looked at each other and smiled.
The two lovers entered the trunk of the magically tree, admiring the tiger lilies they were holding. Soon enough the two were transported to a place that they soon will learn to call, Neverland.
After finally getting Jefferson to let Paige summon the shadow and retrieving the vials from Mother Superior, who only frowned at the young girl, it was around 9 in the morning. Lily was exhausted after spending the whole night, walking, persuading, and planning. She sat down on her bed. "Maybe if I just shut my eyes..." she mumbled to herself. No such luck. For, as always, she is transported to the Pan's camp back in Neverland. He has been trying to contact ever since the curse broke. She used to always go to Archie's because she had a sleeping problem. Now she knows why. She could never sleep peacefully before and after the curse. If you think about it, the curse was a miracle or a blessing of sorts to her. She at least got some sleep without Pan trying to terrorize her through dreams. Pan did not know where and who she was. She quickly sat back up and ran her fingers through her hair. Neverland. A place she thought she never have to go back to. Never is suppose to be an awfully long time.
Peter grimaced as he once again failed at contacting Tiger Lily. He smirked as he thought it was funny that the most kindest of people can hold such a grudge towards others. He glanced at Tamara's list once more trying to find a Tiger Lily. But not once did he see her name. If she wasn't in Storybrooke, where could she be? He checked in the Enchanted Forest and in Wonderland. The boy even checked everywhere in America. But no such luck.
She was never good at hide and seek because she giggled too much for him not to find her. Her giggles were infectious to him. He could listen to it for days. But, ever since that one moment, he looked her differently. She soon looked at him differently, too. She vowed to never come back to Neverland. To him, never is an awfully long time. For Peter Pan, it's been long enough.
OHHHH SNAP! This week's episode was... SPICY! Haha... Am I the only one who thinks Prince Eric is in the cage and not Ariel? Leave a review on your theories!
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