Once Upon A Time: Goldilocks comes to Storybrooke

Chapter 12 (flashback)

Peter had taken Goldilocks to the magical flower that makes the pixie dust. They collected enough for her to fly back to The Enchanted Forest, but by the time they had finished it was fairly dark. Goldilocks had also been through a lot that day, and before too long, she had fallen asleep. Peter Pan carefully picked her up bridal style and carried her back to his camp, before setting her gently on a bed of leaves.

"Who's that?" A voice behind him said, and Peter turned around to find Felix, his closest friend appeared.

Felix was taller then Peter, and he was wearing a brown shawl with a hood and tight brown trousers. Felix was wearing the hood up, and he has a long blonde fringe and a fairly dirty face.

"Her name is Goldilocks," Peter whispered, being careful not to wake her.

"Why is she here? Is she the truest believer?" Felix asked.

Peter lead Felix away from the sleeping Goldilocks.

"The truest believer is a boy," Peter reminded his best friend.

Peter Pan had not always been a boy living in Neverland. As a grownup, he had used a magic been to travel to the magical island. However, he had been told you could only be a child to visit Neverland.

Peter agreed, and he was turned back into a young boy. He was also presented with a huge hour glass, and was told that you could only visit Neverland, not actually live there. The hour glass represented how much time he had left to live.

However, Peter had been told that if he could find the Truest Believer, and convince them to give their heart to Peter, that would keep him alive, immortal, and forever young in Neverland.

Over the few hundred years Peter had rounded up an army of "lost boys", but none of them were the Truest Believer, but they stayed in Neverland with Peter, and they waited patiently.

For all Peter knew, the Truest Believer hadn't even been born yet!! But they did know it was going to be a boy that would keep Peter young.

Felix thought for a moment. "Oh yeah." He looked at Goldilocks. "She's pretty, isn't she?"

"Very," Peter agreed. "The second girl to come into Neverland."

A young girl called Wendy Darling was the first. Peter was convinced she was the Truest Believer, as she had told her brothers many stories about Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, but the only problem was she was a girl, not a boy.

"Will Goldilocks be staying?" Felix asked.

"I don't think so," Peter said. "She really wants to get home, back to The Enchanted Forest."

"And you're going to let her leave?" Felix asked.

Peter shrugged. "She is of no use to me."

Peter turned around and walked away, pushing past several of the Lost Boys, who were dancing around a huge fire. Felix followed Peter.

"I can go back to Captain Hook's ship?" Felix suggested.

"That pirate?" Peter laughed softly. "He has been no help to us ever since he got to Neverland."

"He did gave us Baelfire," Felix remember.

"Yeah, but Baelfire wasn't the Truest Believer," Peter lightly kicked a rock out of his way and continued walking. After a while Felix did eventually stop following him, so Peter was on his own.

Peter jumped up, and flew to a high branch on a tree. He sat down, his hands clasped together and his arms resting on his knees. He looked up, and saw Skull Rock across the sea, where the hour glass of his life was, sand slowly dripping to the bottom cup, counting his moments.

Peter had to find the Truest Believer, and he had to find him soon.