{ Dreamshade }

•Chapter 20•

"What's that?" Y/n asked. Pan dipped the tip of the arrow into a cup filled with black liquid the lost boy next to him was holding. "Dreamshade." Pan answered, "It's a nasty poison." He added. He blows some air onto the tip. He took the crossbow from the lost boy's hand. He looked at the girl in front of him. "We have a story here about a man who once shot an apple off his son's head with an arrow." He explained. He loaded the crossbow with the poisoned arrow. "Let's see if it's possible." He smirked. "If you're shooting at the apple, what's the poison for?" Y/n questioned. Pan aims with the crossbow to check the arrow's aim. "A motivation not to miss." Pan answered, "Felix! Get over here." Pan called out. Y/n looked up as the blonde boy walked up to them. "Is-is Felix good? Is his aim good?" Y/n stuttered. Pan looked at her. "Doesn't matter. You're the one doing the shooting." Pan tells her. He carefully hands her the crossbow. Y/n took a step back. "I-I don't want to shoot. I don't know how...I don't want to." She stuttered. Pan gave her a sweet smile. He walked up to stand behind her. He helps her get in place and aim at Felix.  When Y/n looked at Felix, she shook her head and lowered the crossbow. "Pan, I don't want to. What if I hit him?" Y/n tried to argue. Pan let out a chuckle. He raised her arms again, pointing the crossbow at Felix. "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!" The Lost Boys chanted around her. "You won't hit him. Trust yourself. Go on." Pan tells her, "It's exhilarating." He added. Every boy was chanting at this point. "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!" They all said. Pan leaned down to her ear. "Shoot him." He ordered. His voice sends shivers down Y/n's spine, and because of that, she pulled the trigger. The arrow impaled the apple to the tree. Pan smirked at the girl in front of him. Y/n's eyes widened. She turned around to look at Pan. "I just did that." She said in shock. "You sure did. I told you it was exhilarating." He replied. All the boys started to cheer and clap. Pan smiles proudly at Y/n. The girl turned around again. She smiles brightly at Pan. The demon holds out his hand. "Come." He tells her. Y/n shyly took his hand and walked away. "Darling?" Pan said. Y/n snapped out of her thoughts. She opened her eyes. ."What are you dreaming about?" Pan asked her. "Target practice," Y/n answered. Pan wraps his arms around her waist. "Those were the good days." He sighed. Y/n nodded slowly. "They were." She replied. She puts her hand on his cheek. "I want to go back home, relive those moments." She tells him. "We're going home, my love." He assures her, "Now, go back to sleep." He tells her. Y/n closed her eyes again. She pressed a soft kiss against Pan's lips. "Night, Peter." She whispered. "I'll see you in your dreams, Darling. Sleep tight." He replied. 

Morning came, and the Jolly Roger sailed towards the docs of StoryBrooke. Y/n ran up to the docs. She waited for the ship to stop. The captain of the Jolly Roger made his way off his ship. Y/n smiled excitedly when the one-handed pirate walked up to her. She jumped into his arms. "You're back!" She exclaimed. Killian smiled at her. He wrapped an arm around her. Y/n pulled away from their hug. "Where did you go?" She asked him. Killian opened his coat. He pulled out a sketchbook. "You were in Neverland?" She asked him. Killian sighed. "I brought you back some of your stuff. To make it more at home." He tells her. He pulls some other things from a bag sitting behind him. Rocks from the lake she'd collected over the years, her bow and arrows, a dagger from Pan, bowls the Lost Boys had made her. Killian then reached into his coat. He pulled out Y/n's most precious possession, her teddy bear. Y/n took it from his hands. "You found it?" She asked. She looked up at Killian. "It wasn't easy, love. It was sitting on your bed. I know you don't sleep well without it and-" Killian explained. Y/n cut him off by wrapping her arms around him tightly. "Thank you." She said. Killian returned the hug. "Anything for you, love." He tells her. Y/n looked up at him. "But how did you go back?" She asked him. Killian turned back to the ship. He pointed at the black sail. "Regina caught him again. He can no longer escape." He explained. Y/n looked at the black sail. She felt Pan's shadow trying to escape. She felt bad for him. But she wouldn't let Killian know that. She smiled at the pirate. "I'm glad it's trapped." She lied, "Nothing can hurt us anymore." She added. Killian brushed some hair out of the Lost Girl's face. "We're starting over, love." He tells her. Y/n smiled at him. "We do need some plants back on the ship. I need to see some green when I wake up." She tells him. Killian chuckles. "We'll see about that." He replies. 

Killian had to work some things out with Emma and Regina. Y/n was left behind at the docs. She was looking up at the sail. "I'll come back for you." She whispered. She then turned around. She made her way to the place where the lost boys have been, Granny's bed and breakfast. The old lady had been kind enough to give the boys shelter. Y/n opened the door and walked up the stairs. She knocked on the first door she saw. The door quickly opened. Devin, one of the lost boys, stood in the doorway. "Y/n? What are you doing here?" He asked her. "I need you to gather the Lost Boys for me. There is something we need to discuss." She tells him. The boy looked at her with fear in his eyes. "D-did we do something?" He asked her. Y/n chuckled and shook her head. "Meet me in the forest, by the well. Do you know where that is?" She asked him. Devin nodded in response. "Good. I'll see you there." She said. Y/n turned away, making her way out of the building. Behind her, she could hear the Lost Boys yelling and running around. She closed the door behind her as she walked out. "A gathering?" Pan's voice sounded next to her. Y/n turned around. "I would like to see that," Pan tells her. He stepped towards her. The Lost Girl crosses her arms over each other. "I need my boys." Y/n shrugged. Pan tilted his head at her. "Your boys?" He questioned. He teleported behind his lost girl. He leaned down to her ear as he puts his hands on her waist. "Don't be so confident, my love. You may control them, but I can still control you." He reminds her. Y/n bites her bottom lip at his lowered voice. Pan pressed soft kisses against the skin of her neck. "Peter-" Y/n started. "Shh, my love." Pan cut her off, "I own you." He whispered. "No one owns me." Y/n replies, "Not even you, Pet-" she started. Pan cut her off by teleporting them behind the building. He slammed her into a wall. He wrapped his hand around her throat. "You are mine." He tells her. He squeezed her throat slightly. Y/n glared at him. Pan chuckled at her response. "Always a pleasure, my love." He said. Y/n pushed her boyfriend away. "I'll be in the forest. If you decide to make an entrance, do it right." She tells him. The Lost Girl started to walk away. Pan appeared in front of her again. "You think you can handle them?" He asked her. "They're my boys, I think I can handle them. I'm like their mother." She reminds him. Pan grabs her wrist. "They're boys." He reminds her. "They're our way home." Y/n snaps back at him, "Let's face it, we're not getting out of here without them. So, let me handle them." She continued. Pan glared at her. Y/n shrugged it off and walked away.

Later, the Lost Boys had all gathered by the well in the forest.  Y/n walked up to them. All the boys turned their heads to look at her. Y/n had an amused smirk on her face. "Well would you look at that. Don't you look handsome." She said. Devin stepped forward. "Why did you call us here?" He asked her. Y/n walked towards the well. "As you all know, Pan cast his curse here. The one that should've enslaved everyone in this land." Y/n spoke up. The eyes of the boys were glued to the girl as she walked. "And, as you know, he did not succeed. But, we are getting our revange." She continued. Devin tilted his head at her. "What do you mean?" He asked her. Y/n looked at them. "I mean, that we are not going to sit here and let time take us. We are getting our revenge, but we're not gonna get it here. We need to get back to Neverland." She tells them. The Lost Boys gasped. "Back to Neverland? But what if-" Another Lost Boy started. "Pan is not in Neverland." Y/n assures them. "Yeah. It's a good thing he's dead." Devin whispered. "Peter Pan is alive." Y/n cut in. Every boy's eyes widened. "What?" Some asked. "He'll kill us." Devin said. Y/n chuckled at them. "If he wanted to kill you, you wouldn't have been alive right now, would you?" Y/n pointed out, "Anyways, Pan is alive, and we want to go back home." She added. "But we are home." Devin tells her. "Storybrooke isn't out home. It will never be our home." Y/n replied, "Don't you boys miss the trees? Running around in the jungle? Playing all day and no adults around telling you what to do?" She asked them. 

To Y/n's surprise, they all agreed with her. "But we have no way to go home home." Another Lost Boy reminds her. "I might have a way to get back. But I'm going to need your help. All of you." She tells them. "What do you need us to do?" Devin asked. Y/n smirked as she looked at her boys. She walked back towards them. "The Hatter has a hat." Y/n started, "A magical hat. It can take us to a place to get magic beans to create a portal. With that portal we can go back to the island." She explained. "So, all we need to do is convince this hatter to give us his hat?" Devin asked her. "The hat is broken. But we're going to repair it. I am meeting up with him today. But he's very stubborn. A none-believer." She tells them, "I need some time to convince him. But, I need you to keep him inside the house while I  work my magic." She added. Devin stepped forward. "You don't have magic." He points out. Y/n laughs at him. "It's a saying, dummy. Are you boys up for this?" She asked them. "How do we know this is not part of your grief? How do we know Pan is alive?" A Lost Boy asked them. Y/n tilted her head at them. "Are you doubting your queen?" She asked him. He quickly shook his head. "No! No, of course not!" He tells her. "Good." Y/n said. She looked around to see if Pan was around, but he wasn't. Y/n looked back at the Lost Boys. "Pan is alive, because Peter Pan never fails." She tells them.