The Return of the Forgotten Neverland

The Forgotten Species

"Hey Tam."

Tam looked up from where he was reading on Havenfield's couch to look over at Sophie.

"Yeah?"

"What would you do if Linh died?"

Tam sighed before closing the book, his hands deftly slipping a bookmark between the pages he had been reading. He leaned back on the couch and sighed.

"What would I do..? Honestly, I could bear to lose ano- her."

"Tammy Boy, that's not a - hey wait a second. Were you about to say another?"

"No, no I wasn't. And well, I don't need to answer that question. Guess we'll find out when the time comes. And stop calling me that Sencen."

"Too bad Bangs Boy."

"Your taste in hairstyles is terrible. I mean, you just need to take one look at your hair to realize it."

Keefe gasped dramatically.

"You did not just insult Lord Hunkyhair's hair!"

"I think I just did." Tam got up and waved his cloak, shadows darkening the room. The others in the room stopped what they were doing to sigh. The shadows lightened but Tam was already gone. The last glimpse they could catch of him was him exiting the door, his cloak swirling around him before it shut and Tam could be seen no more.

"What a dramatic idiot." Linh said, shaking her head. Marella sighed.

"I know right."

"Hey! Only I get to call my brother an idiot." A water ball formed in Linh's hand threateningly. Marella rolled her eyes.

"And technically, I didn't call him an idiot. I agreed with you when you called him an idiot."

Linh blinked.

"I guess." The water ball vanished. Marella smirked.

"Exactly."

"Hey Linh, did you and Bangs Boi have another sibling?"

Linh looked over at him.

"Not that I know of. Why?"

Keefe waved her off.

"Oh nothing except that Shade Boy over somewhere was about to mention another - or something else that starts with ano."

"Yeah we don't." Linh turned to fully face him. "Did you hear him right?"

"Yes I did. I have a photographic memory, remember?"

"Yeah but it can be befuddled if you saw the scene incorrectly."

"Fine. Foster?"

Sophie nodded.

"He definitely said it."

Keefe turned to Linh triumphant.

"See?"

Linh shrugged.

"Well I don't know then. Maybe he was going to say anyway?"

"Ano and any sound different. And he switched gears."

"Are you suggesting that he's hiding something from us? From me?" Linh narrowed her eyes at him. Keefe shrugged.

"Dark, secretive and mysterious. That's our Tammy Boy. He could be."

"We were together since birth!"

"Well, he could have just left you at some point and came back with a day or two. And guilty until proven innocent."

Sophie coughed.

"In the Forbidden Cities, it's innocent until proven guilty."

Keefe frowned.

"Well that's just stupid."

"It's just in America. And it's not stupid! Loads of innocent people were probably saved."

"The same works both ways Foster. What about the guilty people who didn't leave evidence?"

"I guess. Why are we even discussing politics?" Sophie asked.

"You started it Foster."

"Did not!"

"Did too. Honestly, I thought you had a photographic memory, how could you forget?" Keefe asked, the back of his hand on his forehead as he sighed. Sophie rolled her eyes as she smacked Keefe. Fitz looked and whistled.

"Dang, that was hard."

Keefe rolled his eyes.

"Harder than steel that's for sure. That's our Mysterious Miss F."

"Shut up Keefe."

"Hey Linh?"

"Hmm?"

"How was Tammy like when you guys were younger?"

Linh sighed.

"He was reserved and quiet. He also loved to read. But if I asked to play with him, he would. He also always loved covering one of his eyes." 

"Read?!" Keefe sat up in shock. "Tammy Boy reads?!"

"Read. Past tense Keefe."

"But why'd he stop?" Sophie asked. Linh sighed.

"He never fully stopped. He just started reading less and less. His favorite genre's fantasy though."

"We live in a fantasy world." Sophie mumbled as the others laughed. 

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Tam looked towards the sky and sighed. His eyes closed as the rain started coming down, hitting his face and starting to soak his clothes. He opened his eyes again and just leaned back against the wall as moved downwards. He ended up sitting down with his legs in front of him pointed upwards like a mountain. His fingertips which were reaching for the sky, met each other in front of his face but his palms were far away from one another. His eyes closed again as the rain fell down and water dripped from his eyes. By this point, he was definitely wet, not wet enough to be soaked but definitely wet. The rain brought back so many memories - good, kinda bad and bad. 

"I wonder if they'll ever find out about the Forgotten Species. They might they might not. After all, they are apparently extinct and banned from being researched because of that and a few other reasons. But then again, this is them we're talking about. If they hear something about it, I'm 100% sure they will fight and break all the rules possible just to find out about them. Can't let them know I know about them."

Tam's wry smile lasted for just a few seconds before his clothes became soaking and he started to shiver. He sighed before practicing temperature regulation. 

"Sneaking out in the Human World is helpful when you want to practice temperature regulation in freezing cold rain. Now, I wonder how I can stop them from finding out. They're getting closer to the truth just by looking through the library. Linh and the others can't ever find out, I won't let them. They need to remain forgotten forever. If these crazy idiots find out, they will return."

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New book, first chapter. This will probably update slowly. We'll see.