Pan Returns

Peter Pan Returns

Rumple couldn't see straight. The white hospital room spun in both directions and there was the faint sound of nurses and doctors shouting. Clear! He heard them say. There was a firm push on his chest, then another, then another. Zelena had left him to die. She promised to let him live. She promised. But she didn't get her happy ending, and neither would he. Belle was with another man. She was happy. He couldn't take that happiness away from her. As he started to black out for the last time, he caught a glimpse of a star-shaped mark on one of the nurse's wrists. He only knew one woman with a star-shaped mark on her wrist and she definitely wasn't a nurse, but before he could think any more about it, he was gone. 

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Rumple was dead, but he didn't feel dead. He was fully aware of his surroundings as if he were alive. A man and a woman were talking over him. The man's voice sounded odd, almost youthful in a way, yet it was very familiar. Rumple tried to move his fingers and only felt the dirt beneath him. Then he felt a pain in his left side as if he had been kicked. Suddenly, his eyes slowly began to open. Through his blurry vision, he now knew for a fact that he was no longer in the hospital. Everywhere around him was green, and the silhouettes of the man and the woman were standing over him. As his eyes started to adjust and his sight became clearer, he looked to the right and saw the star-shaped mark on the woman's wrist. He glanced up at her face. It was Lily. Before he had time to react, the man to his left bent down, and Rumple realized where he was. He was in Neverland, and kneeling right in front of his face was his selfish father, Malcolm. But it wasn't Malcolm's face that was in front of Rumple's. It was Peter Pan's. 

"Not possible," Rumple whispered. "I killed you. I remember. I drove my dagger into the both of us. We died."  Rumple slowly propped himself up against a tree, shaking violently at the shock of seeing his father. "How are you alive?" 

"You know Zelena, right? Wicked Witch. Of course you do, she's the one who brought us back with that resurrection spell. Yes, apparently you place the spell on the object that did the killing, and those most recently killed are the ones brought back to life. And since we were killed at the same time, here I am," Peter said, pacing back and forth in front of where Rumple was sitting.

"But you're young, and when we died you were older. You were Malcolm."

"Oh that was just the spell being generous. I appreciate it. I do love being in this form." 

"How did I even get here anyways? I was dead in a hospital."

"You know Lily, don't you? Her and Shadow brought you to me. As for the whole dying part, you didn't. There is such thing as magic. You of all people should know that."

"We had a deal, Pan. I bring you your kid, and you make me like you. A part of this island," Lily demanded. Her arms were crossed and she had an annoyed look on her face. 

"Lily, what are you doing? Once you're here you can never leave without his permission. You're making a big mistake. Peter Pan is a cruel, cruel man," Rumple warned her. "Your mother wouldn't want you to do this." 

Lily stormed over to Rumple and kneeled down in front of him. She pushed her hands onto his neck, forcing him against the tree and choking him. "My mother? What mother? Maleficent was never my mother. I never even met her until recently. And either way, I was always destined to be evil. It's all thanks to my old friend Emma's parents. What are they called again? The Charming's? Cute, but I don't find them charming at all," She sneered and let go of his neck. As Rumple gasped for air, Lily stood up and walked over to Peter. "Come on, Pan. Let's do this already." 

"She has so much rage and strength in her, doesn't she, Rumple? Like a tiger. My own tiger. She'll make a great addition to the island." Peter said. 

"PAN!" 

Peter smirked as he opened up a small brown bag of yellow dust and shook it over Lily's head. There was a flash of light, and the new Lily standing in front of Rumple was a younger Lily, much like the one Emma met as a teenager. The only difference was that there were tiger stripes on both of her arms, and another star just to the right of the star-shaped mark already on her wrist. She wore a tan dress that was ripped at the bottom and covered with colorful patterns, and bright feathers were weaved into her dark brown hair. Lily was a part of the island, and she was much stronger than she ever was before. 

Rumple's shocked turned more to fear. He knew what Lily and Peter were capable of on their own, but together, they were a force to be reckoned with. "What did you do, Lily?" He said, sensing that he was even more in danger.

"I'm not Lily anymore. Pan said I was a tiger, so from now on, you will know me as Tiger Lily. Suiting, don't you think?" Lily smiled and wrapped her arms around Peter, who in return slid his arm around her waist. 

"Why are you doing this?" 

"Stripping me of my youth wasn't very nice, Rumple. Neither was killing me. And as your father, I think I should teach you a lesson. You shouldn't take things from people, especially things that they love. In order for you to learn that, I feel like I should take the things you love away from you, starting with your charming ex-girlfriend. What was her name? Oh right, Belle," Peter threatened. 

"If you so much as harm a hair on her head, I will come after you, Peter, and I won't stop until you die for real this time." Rumple shouted at his father, his face turning bright red from anger. He attempted to stand up, but he was too weak and fell back against the tree.

"Don't worry, Rumple, it won't be just you that we're teaching. We're going after everyone who has ever wronged us and taking away what each of them love the most."  

"You won't get away with this. The heroes will come after you and defeat you, just like they did the last time." 

"Oh, but you're forgetting one thing, my dear son." 

"And what is that?"

Peter let go of Tiger Lily's waist and stepped in front of Rumple. He laughed and bent down to look at his son right in the eyes. "What you've forgotten is that I'm Peter Pan. And Pan never fails."

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A.N: I hope you enjoyed that short story! It was a lot more fun to write than I thought and I know it isn't possible on the show but hey, a girl can dream. Thank you for reading!