Unknown's P.O.V
I smack my money down on the table, stomach full with beer. I get up and walk out the door. I walk pass the buildings of this empty town, watching as papers roll through the absent streets. I then feel a tiny pain in my right ankle.
I look down and find a rat biting my leg. As he sees me looking at him, he scurries away. He has a piece of my pant leg in his mouth.
"You furry little..." I yell as I run after it. It runs down an alleyway and I corner it. But, right as I'm about to yell at it some more, a cloud of purple smoke comes over it.
"Rumplestiltskin." I say angrily, as the rat turns into an even bigger rat. Or should I say, a crocodile.
"That's right, dearie!" He says, moving his hands in his usual manner. I take my hand and brandish my sword.
"Oh, slow down! I only want to make a deal!"
"What could you possibly want?" I say, looking him up and down.
"I need you to do something for me."
"Spit it out."
"Save a girl's life, and tell her something for me."
"What's in it for me?"
"I can find you something you haven't had in a while, love."
"I've got plenty of girls surrounding me."
"I mean true love."
"Don't need it." I say, almost walking away.
"You say that, but you know you don't mean it." I look back at him.
"Fine. Who is this girl?"
Nolan's P.O.V
It's been a couple of days and Joey still isn't back. I'm starting to worry. I feel like she'll never come back.
The "Dark One" better hurry up. He still hasn't told me anything of what he's going to do. What if he hurts Joey? Or someone else? I'm starting to get really worried.
Pan's P.O.V
I just watched the last bit of hope I'll ever had die. The only thing I truly loved. There's no way I'm getting her back. The only way to bring someone back is to give someone's life in return. And Joey's showed me death isn't the answer.
I wonder what I'm going to tell Nolan? Maybe I just won't say anything. Maybe he'll just forget. Forget? Idiot. How could Nolan ever forget about his beloved sister.
I walk through the forest when finally I get back to camp. The lost boys look preoccupied playing with swords. Swords. Joey hated that game.
I go into her old tent and sit on the bed. I should've kissed her right there and then. Should've held her closer. Should've made her feel safer in such a terrible place.
Unknown's P.O.V
"Her name is Joey."
"Joey. Isn't that a boy's name?"
"Not in her case. It's short for Jolene."
"Where is she and how do I 'save her life?'"
"All you have to do is have her drink this. She's already half dead, so you better hurry," he hands me a little bottle filled with dark purple liquid, "I've slowed the dying process already with a spell, but it won't last long. And she's in Neverland."
"Neverland?!"
"Yes."
"No way. I'm not going there."
"Do you want your true love, or not?" I pause.
"Fine. What do I have to tell her?"
"I'll tell you that later. Now take this magic bean and the potion and go. The bean will take you to right where she lay, if you think hard enough."
"Alright."
"Now hurry up before she dies for good."
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Finding A Way Back To Her - Book 2 of Finding A Way Back
Fiksi Penggemar"Is she happy?" Nolan says to me. "What?" "Is she happy?" "You'll just have to ask her yourself, because I don't know."
