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Chapter 18: Mia
After my encounter with Hook, I started to get a bad cough.
"Mia, are you okay?"
"Yes," I wheezed. "I think I am allergic to family encounters."
Instead of laughing, Peter was unamused.
"I still can't believe you let them catch you."
"I didn't LET them do anything!" I whispered. It hurt to talk.
Sighing, Peter went to Henry. He came back to me looking pissed off.
"Henry thinks I am holding his family captive," Peter growled. "If we don't get the heart, I will die. The kids will die. You will die."
I coughed. The cough turned into a mischievous grin.
"What?"
"Peter," I whispered. "I have an idea."
I spent several days in a spare tree house. I was barely getting better, but, it was getting easier to talk.
At one point, I heard footsteps coming towards the door. The door opened, and there was Henry.
"Mia," He said. "You were gone for a long time."
"Yes," I said. "I've noticed."
"What happened to you?"
"What do you mean?"
"You look like a zombie," Henry said. I have no idea what a zombie is.
"It has been a while since I've looked in a mirror," I started coughing again.
"Are you okay?"
"No, Henry," I said. "Magic is dying. For some reason, it is affecting me more than anyone else."
"You're dying," Henry said.
I nodded sadly.
"How much longer do you have to live?"
"I don't know," I said as I coughed again.
"I need to find Peter," Henry said. "You will live."
"Thank you."
Henry climbed down the ladder, then left.
"Good job, love," Peter said, coming out from behind some curtains.
"Thanks," I said. "Did you have to make me look this bad?" I was referring to the spell that made me look like this.
"It made you look sicker."
"Can I come with you?" I begged. "I want to watch this."
Peter nodded. Then, he carried me to wherever Henry was.