The Castle of Dreams

- 20 - The Not So Happy Ending

Turns out getting the ship out of Neverland was not as easy as one would think. Multiple times Tessa had to be sent to reapply Pixie-Dust to the ship. But it was becoming very obvious how much it was draining her. "Okay. If you don't get us out of here soon, Pan, I will kill you myself." Tessa said after she fell to her knees from reapplying the Dust.
"Hey, flying a ship is not as easy as you would think." Peyton protested.
"And to think the disney Peter did this with no problem."
"Whoa. That's offensive, Miss Bell. I am trying here."

While they bickered, Casey,  Rebecca, Wiley, and Zackary filled Baylee and whoever else was listening, in on what happened after Peyton, Baylee and Beckett had been kidnapped. "...then Rumplestiltskin was there and he tried to take Oliver Kip, it was crazy." Wiley explained to Baylee. Baylee never interrupting until just then. "I'm guessing she named the baby Oliver, unless you are talking about someone else?" She said. Wiley shook his head telling her Sarah had indeed named her son Oliver. "As soon as Rumple left we talked Tessa into helping find you guys and my dad decided to tell us that Zackary here is my brother and ne-"
"WHOA WHOA WHOA!" Peyton yelled, after finally getting the ship out of Neverland. He peeked over the steering wheel at Rebecca. "Prince Zackary is what now?" He asked. 

"My reaction exactly." Rebecca said. 
"Well, not exactly, you kind of freaked out a little bit more." Max piped up. Rebecca blew a strand of hair away from her face. "Well, what did you expect me to say? I don't remember exactly what I said but I know it wasn't very nice. But still I grew up thinking it was just me, my dad and my grandma, now all of a sudden I've got an uncle, a cousin, a grandfather, and a brother and it just doesn't make any sense." Zack awkwardly patted her shoulder. "Well, you aren't the only one confused, because if we are siblings that means I've got more family than I've ever had, it's only ever been just me." He said. Rebecca shrugged her shoulders as Zack crossed his arms. "So, then what? You guys just came to find us?" Baylee asked after an awkward moment of silence. 
"Yup." Everyone said together. Baylee took in all that information the others had shared with her and thought about it, while the others starting getting restless from being on the ship to long. Peyton landed the ship gently on the outskirts of the Lake of Tears which he had somehow managed to find. They all climbed off the ship and were greeted by a cold breeze that had settled in. "How did you find the lake from the sky like that?" Baylee asked Peyton. Peyton shrugged. "I don't know. I just like knew..? I don't know. Anyways, it's getting dark and cold, should we stay awhile or should we just go straight through the tunnels?" He asked. 

"No one knows what's happening at the castle right now, and it looks like everyone we left here is perfectly fine in the cottage. But still I feel like they should come just in case." Grace said pointing across the Lake at Holly's cottage.
"Good idea, Gracie. Come on, let's go get them." Max said leading the group over to the cottage. Once they convinced everyone in the cottage to go with them they all went back to the castle through the tunnels. Once through, at the doors of the castle they all froze. "So, who wants to go first?" Wiley asked. But just as they were about to walk in they all found themselves magically in the room where Randel, and now Beckett were being held. "How in the world did we get in here? We didn't even come through the front door." Abigail said right as someone collapsed and someone else screamed. 

"BECKETT!" Rebecca yelled breaking away from the group and running towards Beckett who had for some reason fallen unconscious. "What happened?" Baylee asked no one in particular running up next to Rebecca, now kneeling next to him with his head in her lap. Rebecca shook her head. "I don't know but he won't wake up." Rebecca said shaking Beckett's shoulders to wake him up. With no luck, she looked up at the others and felt stray tears leak out from her eyes. "Why won't he wake up?" She asked. 
"Because of me." a voice said from behind the giant group of teenagers and few adults, even Randel who was surprised at the sudden appearance of the others and Beckett's mysterious not waking up escapade turned to look at the person who spoke. "What did you do to him?" Rebecca demanded. 
"Timothy, what did you do to him?" Randel spoke quietly. Timothy took a moment to think about his answer. "I only did it to help him." He said. 
"Help him? How is killing him helping him?!" Casey yelled at him. 
"I didn't kill him, he won't die until the stroke of midnight, you of all people my dear, should know midnight is the deadline." 
"So what are we supposed to do? Kiss him??" Tessa said with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Actually, yes. But not you. You must kiss him, Rebecca." Timothy said pointing at Rebecca. Rebecca stared at him. "I'm sorry, what?" 
"If you want to save your friend you must kiss him before midnight."