QUEEN OF NEVERLAND ❇ PETER PAN

prologue

"Mom." Lilith's voice rang through the long dark halls of the castle. But no response came. The girl sighed waving a hand to open the tall doors of her mothers bedroom. The older woman snapped her head towards the door, expecting it to be one of her henchmen. A groan leaving her lips when she saw it was only her daughter.

Lilith frowned slightly at the reaction but quickly stopped the reaction. "What do you need Lilith, I'm busy." The Evil Queen said turning back to a table. "I was just gonna ask if we were doing anything today." The brunette told her.

"Of course not, we only train on Mondays Wednesdays." She said to her daughter, more focused on the spell book in front of her. "Oh." Lilith mumbled shortly turning to leave. "Why'd you ask?"

Lilith looked back to her mother. "Its my eighteenth birthday." Regina's eyes went wide for a moment. "Wow. I completely forgot, you're that old already?" The woman chuckled. Lilith felt her chest tighten at the words. "Yeah." She said with a fake laugh.

"Well I'm sorry but I can't leave. I'm this close to perfecting a spell to ruin Snow White." Regina said going through a shelf of ingredients. "Mom its my birthday, we always do something." Lilith said, upset. "I already told you no."

"But mom-" She started but was cut off by Regina. "I said no." The woman shouted at her daughter, a wave of magic leaving the woman. Lilith stumbled back at the impact. "Fine, mom." She said sharply, running out of the room.

Regina took a step after her daughter but the pot bubbled behind her, catching her attention, her spell was working. She turned back, instantly forgetting about her daughter.

A scream rang through the castle as Lilith through open her bedroom door. Her magic was out of control. The room was shaking, some of her things falling and others exploding. She caught her reflection in a mirror, a magic mirror. Regina used to use to talk to her daughter. Now it merely sat and covered in dust.

She picked up a jewelry box, also from her mother, and threw it towards the glass. Broken shards flew across the dark room. She continued to stare at herself in the cracked mirror.

The anger quickly deflated and the girl was left was sadness. Lilith sat in her large window, staring up at the sun letting the tears flow down her face. Soon the sun turned into the moon and the flowing tears were dried down to her cheeks.

A sound of a pipe filled the ears of the girl, pulling her from her trance. Lilith used her magic to transport her to where the music was coming from. Feeling hypnotized by the sound.

"Well who do we have here?" She heard as the cloud of smoke circled away from her. All of the boys cowered back from the girl, instantly knowing who she was. But one of them stayed in place, actually walking closer to her.

Lilith looked over the boy unimpressed. "Lilith, Lilith Mills." She smiled, holding a hand out towards the blonde boy. He smirked taking her hand, kissing her knuckles. "Well Lilith, I'm Peter, Peter Pan."

The girl took her hand back from the boy, finally realizing she was no longer in the Enchanted Forest. "What was that music you were playing?" She asked the boy, taking it upon herself to wonder the camp. "It my pip, it brings me my lost boys."

Pan suddenly appeared in front of her. "Which makes me wonder how you heard it." He said, making the girl stop in place. "You see this pipe is crafted for the ears of lost boys, not girls." He explained stepping closer.

Lilith shrugged, pushing Pan back slightly. "I don't know, it's your pipe."  She smirked as the boys face twisted with anger. "And stay back, I don't let angry little boys push me around." She said, holding up a fire ball in her hand.

"You've got fire." He smirked, eyeing her over. "I like fire." Lilith felt her stomach tighten at his words. "I want you to stay." He continued when she stayed quiet. "My pipe called you here for a reason."

She rose her brows. "Yeah? What reason Peter?" The boy huffed at the use of his real name but withheld shouting at her. "Well first of all, it means you're lost. You've got nothing left to go back to." Her face fell slightly but she quickly composed her cold face. His smirk grew.

"And second of all, clearly you have very powerful magic. I want you on my side." He explained once again stepping close to the girl. He knew why she was there, the shadow told him his first day in Neverland. But she didn't need to know that just yet. 

"Be my queen, Lilith, and I promise you won't regret your decision." She thought over her choices. He wasn't wrong, she had nothing to go back to. Just a sad, broken home with a mother who didn't care. "Fine, but I want control. Just as much as you."

He smirked again. "Your wish is my demand." He turned to face the rest of the boys, holding up the girls hand. "Boys I'd like you to welcome Lilith." He announced, watching as Lilith smirked at the group. "The new Queen of Neverland."