Darker Than You Know ( A Peter Pan (Robbie Kay) Fan Fiction)

Chapter 28

Welcome to the boat ride from hell, I thought to myself. I sat quietly on a short staircase, contemplating if I should ask about Peter. He was nowhere and I was beginning to worry that something had happened to him. I had lost Holly, I couldn't lose Peter too, he was all I had left. The boy with the brown hair seemed to know the adults aboard the ship. He constantly glanced at me with a worried expression on his face, he probably just thought I was hurt. The cuts on my face and arms had stopped bleeding, unfortunately I was covered in blood.

The sky overhead was covered in large gray clouds, slowing drifting in sync with the boat. The lost boys happily chattered to one another, talking about hopes of having a family and a home. Felix sat alone, my feet itched with the want to go to him and comfort him. We felt the same sorrow over Holly, he was the only connection I had left to her. I shifted from my position on the steps before a face filled my line of sight. It was the brown haired boy. His face was heart shaped and his brown eyes were fixed upon my own. I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion and tried to step to the left of the boy, but he stepped in front of me.

"Pardon me." I said irritably as I once again stepped to the left to go around the boy. He deliberately stepped in my path.

"Ok, kid. It's been real fun, but I'm not in the mood to play games with you. So," I pushed his shoulder to remove him from my way, "If you would so kindly get out of my way." What was the deal with this kid? Did he just get kicks out of irritating people? My temper wasn't handling this day well at all.

"Emerald, wait." The boy spoke before I had made my way around him. I stopped dead in my tracks. Turning slowly on my heels, my eyes met the hazel brown of the boy.

"How do you know my name?" My eyebrow raised in suspicion. 

"Oh, umm, Felix over there told me your name." His eyes looked to the ground. He was lying, the boy wasn't hiding it very well.

"Oh, how nice." My voice dripped with fake sweetness.

"Now, it's only polite that I introduce myself, isn't it? Well, my name is Emerald and I've been through all levels of hell lately. Where shall I begin? My dad murdered my mom and then I went to this island where my friend died in my arms. My best friend betrayed and beat me all while trying to marry me." The words continued to flow out and I really did not care if the boy thought I was crazy.

"And to really top off the total crapfest that is my life, I fell in love with a boy who doesn't really love me back and it hurts like hell." At this sentence the boy's eyes went wide and his cheeks flushed a light shade of pink. He smiled and brought himself closer to me as he reached for my hand. My hand jerked back along with the rest of my body.

"BACK OFF. What the hell do you think you're doing?" I grabbed at the skirt of my dress and stomped up the staircase, not bothering to wait for the boy's reply. My feet carried me to the bow of the ship. I rested my elbows on the railing and stared at the misty sky. My life had become crazy, perhaps I was in a hospital bed imagining all of what had happened. I had endured so much pain and I had lost everyone that I ever truly cared about. Maybe I would have been better off if I had never been taken away to Neverland. I thought that Peter had saved me by taking me away from my home. I thought that he had changed my life for the better. Now, looking back at where I had been and where I've come, he ruined my life. I couldn't return to normal life, my mind felt damaged. I couldn't go back home and live my life knowing what I did now. I let my eyes close, hoping that sleep would come quick, it was my only escape now.

The ship came to a halt and my ears were filled with the sound of cheers and laughter. The ship had docked and all the people were running off and hugging one another. I walked down towards the crowd and stepped away from all of the people, standing all alone. All of the people looked so happy, I tried to remember feeling happy, but could only remember sadness and hurt. The brown haired boy had suddenly broken up what seemed to be a happy reunion and shouted that Felix should be punished. I rushed forward into the crowd to protest, my voice was quickly drowned out by many others. My body was pushed back out of the circle of people. There was so many voices all blurring into one, my head spun and all the colors started to blur. Words echoed in my ears, I could hear Peter's name and something about a box. My stomach churned, my knees went weak and my body went to the ground. My eyelids were heavy. People were standing all around looking down at me. The brown haired boy rushed forward, placing a hand to my cheek. The gentle touch reminded me of something Peter would do. The world went black as my mind drifted to those green eyes I loved so much.