Forever Changed By You

Chapter 7: Kidnappings

Snow White's POV: Charming refused to rest until our beloved daughter was found. Luckily, witnesses who had been suspicious of the boat anchored in the bay saw the princess board the vessel, and never come off. It was a start to finding her, but it turned out to be a lot harder than that. None of our contacts in any of the realms had seen our dear daughter Marigold or the pirates that took her, and even Emma was in a state of unrest. She said she could feel that something was off, but she couldn't quite place it. And after 3 days of having gotten nowhere, except through possible leads from information, Charming had had enough. We set out to save Princess Marigold. Charming led this expedition with Hook at his side given the fact that it was Hook's ship the Jolly Roger by which was our means of transportation. I insisted on coming to save my own daughter, and put up a fight whenever Charming tried to convince me of the dangers surrounding the idea. Emma came because she refused to leave Hook's side and wanted to help in the rescue of her own sister. Henry, being the stubborn boy that he is insisted on coming along because he believed he could be of help. But eventually I convinced him that he'd be most helpful as our home contact in case anything else went wrong, he could keep us updated. And so, we set out to save Princess Marigold from the dangers that surrounded her.

Peter's POV: It's been a week since the night that Marigold and I had found out about the love we shared for each other. Every time we have made eye contact, I can't help the smile that spreads across my face and the blush that spreads across hers. I suppose the boys have their suspicions, but they like Marigold so much that they don't seem to mind much. When I left the camp this morning, Marigold was cooking breakfast on the fire for all the boys. I was about to disappear into the brush when I turned around one last time to look at her. She looked up from the fire and smiled and nodded at me as if to wish me luck today as I did my normal rounds around Never Land.

It was now about noon here in Never Land as I walked through the woods calmly waiting to see if there were any disturbances that deserved my attention. I made a sharp left turn around a tree when I felt arms go around my shoulders and pin me to their chest, covering my mouth with their hand. When my eyes had time to adjust to the fast motion, I looked in front of me to see Snow White holding a cross bow aimed at my heart. I angled my head to peer behind me to find Hook holding me to his chest with a dagger to my throat. "How the hell are you even alive?!" I turned forward to see Emma say as she appeared from behind Snow White. "Rumple didn't exactly kill me..." was I could manage to say because Hook's dagger had begun to leave a cut across the skin over my Adam's apple. And with being said, I immediately vanished from Hook's grasp to a calm leaning position against a near tree. By now, Charming had appeared into the small clearing between the trees as well, and each of them had their weapon pointed at me. "But we saw Rumple kill you..." Snow White said in a questioning tone. "What you saw was the elderly, immortal version of myself dying in the arms of his son. But the dagger didn't kill the child inside, and reset me to be a mortal boy to live out the rest of his life." I said in a sort of calm and icy tone. "Well, why don't I just kill that mortal boy right now." Hook said bringing a sword dangerously close to my face. "Please don't." I said in a bit of a pleading voice, which seemed to catch them all by surprise. "Did I just hear you beg for your life?" Emma said in a somewhat confused voice. "Yes." I said, and felt a hilt of a sword hit me in the back of the head, and everything went black.

Marigold's POV: After the lost boys had been fed, and Peter had gone out to do his usual 'observing' of the island, I took to cleaning up some of the tree houses in the camp. Most of the lost boys had gone out hunting, patrolling, and scavenging for anything else they could find, while I was left alone with Jacob, one of the lost boys who had not left my side since Peter had left this morning. Peter had obviously told him not to tell me that he was basically asked to be my own personal bodyguard for the day. I smiled at Peter's need to keep me safe. I sighed and looked towards Jacob just lingering there and hovering over me. "So...Jacob, are you sure you don't have a job to do today?" I asked him, trying to get him off my case. "I do..." was all he said before turning his attention back towards the dirt. I sighed and picked up some clothes that had been thrown on the tree house's floor by one of the lost boys. As I climbed down the ladder after having finished cleaning all of the lost boy's homes, I sat myself on a tree stump near the center of the camp. I was so deep in thought at that point that I hadn't noticed Jacob's strange disappearance before it was two late. Within a quick second, an arm had snaked around my waist from behind while the other arm held the hand that was over my mouth. "I'm sorry miss, but he paid me well to do it." I heard Jacob say into my ear, regret filling his voice. He took a piece of fabric and tied it from the back of my head through my mouth so I couldn't scream. He then put a cloth bag over my head, and threw me over his shoulder.

He carried me for hours this way. Me thrown over his shoulder, unaware of my surroundings as he walked at a very fast pace. He did not stop until he reached his destination. I heard a familiar voice thank him, and then my body came in harsh contact with a wooden deck. As I tried to push myself up, a boot came in contact with my shoulder blades, causing me to crumple back to the floor. I heard the footsteps leaving me there, but I still couldn't see because the bag was still over my face. Soon, I felt the all to familiar rocking back and forth of a boat. Within minutes of noticing this change in movement, the bag was removed from my head. "Barbossa." I said, anger filling my every syllable. "It's Captain to you." He said, a evil smirk playing across his features.

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