I stop right above the group that I was assigned to follow to sit and watch them for a while. I get bored after a few minutes because all they are doing is stomping through the bushes and whining. I can't hear them very well from where I'm sitting. That, or I just don't care... Probably the latter. I catch a few things that they are saying. Hook and David are talking. Something about 'Dreamshade', and 'only a few days' or 'weeks at the most'. I am assuming David got hit with one of the boy's arrow. They coat the tip of their arrows and spears with Dreamshade. I shake my head at them. Don't they know that it is easily healed? I mean, it comes with a price... all good things do. I lose the little interest I had and decide to come back later. I head back to my tree house and I quickly make my way to my rope ladder and when I get up there I slouch down on my bed and slowly drift off into a deep sleep.
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I laugh as I dance to the sound of my father playing a fast song on his fiddle. My mother claps her hands as I twirl around the fire in our backyard, my hair spinning around me. I stop when I see my best friend Scarlet walk over to me. I grab her hands and start spinning her in circles with me. We laugh and my father switches to a familiar tune. I smirk at Scarlet and start the dance that we had made up when we were younger. She laughs at the easy moves and starts to dance in a more complicated version of our little dance. I smile and copy her moves. We dance in sync until the tune ends. We collapse onto the ground and lay in the grass, panting and staring up at the stars. My mother comes over and sits down next to me with a smile on her face as my dad begins to play a slower song. My mom starts to sing along to the song.
I sleep in the clouds, dream in the sky, I'll keep dreaming as life passes me by, I think my dreams keep me sane, I dream of happiness, a life without pain, some people say I'm stuck in this place, and I'll never go anywhere, but in my dreams I've already been there, I know some day I'll have to wake up, but I feel the real world is more like a nightmare, I'm safe in my closed eye wonderland, this poem goes to all the dreamers that understand, no matter what they say... keep your dreams but don't dream your life away. (A Bed of Clouds. This poem does not belong to me. I found it on the internet. Author: Unknown)
The song ends and I smile, as my dad's hands slow down and the tune fades out.
"Can we sleep out here tonight?" I ask my mom. She shrugs her shoulders and nods.
"I guess that's alright. Just be safe. We'll be inside if you need us," she says as she gets up and walks into the house. My dad stands to his feet and walks over to us.
"Goodnight ladies." He leans down and kisses both Scarlet and I on the cheek.
"Goodnight, Papa."
"Goodnight, Mr. Murphy." He smiles and walks inside, closing the wooden door behind him. I take a deep breath and smile.
"I love nights like these. I wish it could be like this forever," I whisper.
"Me too." We slowly drift into a deep sleep. If only I had known what was going on inside the house.
The next day I woke up to our only horse gone from the stables, the house cleared of anything of importance, and my parents nowhere to be found. I had asked my neighbors where they went and they had told me that my parents had left in a cart with their bags and the horse, didn't even say goodbye. I had told myself that they would come back, they wouldn't leave me alone... Would they? Scarlet took me to her house after three days of my parents being gone. I stayed at her house for two weeks before her mom decided to kick me out. I lived behind their house in a small tent that Scarlet and I made out of some spare blankets and sticks. We waited a year before Scarlet found the magic beans that changed my life.
I was twelve when they left me. I thank my parents because they taught me that you can't trust anyone. Even if you think you know them. Even if you think they care. Cause let me tell you.
They don't.
*Flashback Over*
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I open my eyes and sit up, looking around and shaking my head as if to get rid of my dream. I stand up and stretch out my stiff limbs. I walk over to the door and walk outside. It is getting dark out so I decide to try to find the group of people I was told to watch. I wander around for a while before coming to a meadow in the middle of the forest. I've been here a few times, but never enough to know whether there are any animals or things crawling in the tall grass. I pull out a knife just in case.
I walk through the grass and jump when I hear a noise. I look up into the sky and see a large swirling, glowing circle. My hand shoots up to cover my mouth and I almost scream when I realize what it is.
"A portal." I hear a scream and two figures fall out of the sky. I wince when they land. I can feel them hit the ground, and I am at least twenty feet away. I slowly walk over to the figures and kneel down next to them. I try to see their faces but it is already so dark out. I pull someone who appears to be female, off of the other one, a male. I look at the two and I realize that I won't be able to carry them back to my camp. I get an idea but dismiss it immediately. Although every time I try to think of something else, my mind goes back to the first idea. I sigh and turn around to head back. I shake my head at my stupid idea. I still don't know why I am going through with this...
I run through the woods until I reach the outskirts of a familiar camp site. I sigh in relief when I see that the person I came here for is sitting alone by the fire.
"Felix."
"Hello, Princess. I didn't expect to see you so soon," He says standing up and walking towards me.
"I need your help," I say, looking at the ground. He smirks at me and laughs.
"Anything for you."
"Come on." I turn around and make my way back to the meadow, rolling my eyes at his tone of voice.
As we walk there I explain to him what happened and he sighs but agrees to help me bring them to my camp. We get there quickly and we immediately start trying to find a way to get them back to my camp. Finally just deciding that I would carry the girl, and he would carry the boy.
I lean over the girl and slowly pick her up, flinging her over my shoulder after I pick up one of the two bags. Felix has no problem carrying the boy and he laughs at my distress. I glare at him as he smiles. When we get to camp and I lay the girl down and put the bag next to her. I quickly make a fire and turn back towards the girl. I gasp and jump back when I see her hair. At first I dismiss any thought that it is, who I think it is. But I walk over to her anyways, flipping her on her back to get a look at her face.
I gasp again and Felix lifts his head up to look at me.
"What is it?" Felix asks me. I shake my head in awe. "Liz? What's wrong?"
"It's Scarlet."
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Pan Never Fails
Fanfiction"It's a good thing you guys don't ask any questions." I look down at the young boy who spoke, who's hands are tied tightly together. Twelve, thirteen at the most, I'm guessing. He walks into the forest with two adults, one male, and one...
