Checkmate

34. Fairy dust and distractions

With the lost boys confined to their room in time out for their behaviour earlier in the day, I asked Regina to call everyone over, including Killian, who had connected himself rather closely to Emma over the last few hours.

As they settled in the living room, I stood in front of the fireplace to address them. "Pan's dam is breaking," I admitted. Emma cursed an expletive that earned a sharp tap on her arm from Snow and a rather impressed look from the pirate that David was obviously not too keen on. "I managed to block it for now, but he has nightmares and dreams."

"Couldn't you make a new one?" Regina asked.

"Can't build what is already there," Emma answered for me as her shoulders lifted into a shrug.

I nodded at the blonde's words. "Emma's right. It's got to be knocked down for me to build another one."

"Definitely not," Neal demanded. "I'm putting my foot down."

Killian scoffed and gestured towards me. "Calm down, mate. She can rebuild it."

"In the three seconds it would take for him to kill her, what in all the realms could hold him long enough for her to rebuild it strong enough?" Regina mused aloud.

"You would need a distraction," Snow admitted.

"She is the distraction," Emma stated, gesturing towards me.

"Guys," I attempted, but the adults talking over each other cut me off. I gave them a few more seconds, before the pirate said something that David didn't agree with, the two men standing ready before I waved my hand, freezing them all. "I just wanted you all to know the situation. I don't really need help with it. All I gotta do is kiss him. I know that."

I unfroze them, giving them all a moment to settle back down.

"Pan, as Thomas, could wake at any time, yes. And yes, I could wake him with true love's kiss, but I don't even know for sure if he is my true love," I admitted, taking a seat next to Regina as she rested a supporting hand on my shoulder.

After a few moments of wallowing, Regina's hand tightened as Snow's face lit up. "The fairies would know," she said suddenly, drawing the attention of all in the room.

"You know about the dust?" Regina asked as she looked at the younger woman, her face scrunched.

"Dust?" Snow repeated. "I just thought they would know a way to help."

"Dust. As in fairy dust? Sprinkle it on you and you fly?" I furrowed my brow. "How would that help?"

Regina released a scoff. "Fairy dust isn't like it is in movies."

"Movies?" Killian repeated quietly to himself.

"Dust or fairies. Either way, we need to see Blue," Snow insisted, standing to leave no matter what.

Blue and the other fairies were in the chapel, various candles adorning the walls as Regina, Snow, and I entered. Many of the women kneeling between the pews as we walked past, their voices low as they muttered their prayers. Blue caught sight of us and pressed a finger to her lips before we could speak, silently ushering us to another part of the building where a few other fairy nuns were situated.

"I'm assuming you need our help?" She asked, her voice flustered.

I furrowed my brows. As Snow stepped closer to the woman. "You seem-"

"What's going on, fairy? And tell us quickly, we don't have all day," Regina interrupted Snow's concerned inquiry without hesitation, the three of us sensing an issue with the woman that I assumed made all of us wary.