When The Light Changes

Old Friends, New Enemies

       I was so surprised that I had the courage to say that to Peter, but I was also heartbroken at the fact that I had just lost a friend forever. My mind was racing and it was getting late so I decided to go back to camp and fall asleep.
       When I woke up the group was making a plan on how to accomplish a surprise attack on Pan's camp. "Well good morning sleeping beauty," Syren  said to me. "Good morning," I said stretching my arms, yawning, and walking over to a log to sit in between Syren and Regina. "Do you have any input Brook," David asked looking at me. "Input on what," I asked confused because I was so tired, but then I realized what they were talking about. "Oh well your definitely not going to get in like this," I said my mind suddenly perking up, and I knew exactly what to do. "We're going to need some help and I know exactly where to get it." "What do you have in mind Brook," Hook asked seeming worried. " Oh relax, remember I'm good now," I said reassuringly, " she was one of my old lost girls, she got stuck here while completing a mission." "That's not exactly reassuring ," Hook responded. "Do you want my help or not, actually let me rephrase that, do you what Henry to die at the hands of Pan, or do you want to let me help you and save him?" I retorted getting angrier by the second. "Fine, calm down. Who is this old friend anyway I thought you were friends with everyone here in Neverland especially Peter." I glared at Hook and about released my powers on him but Regina held me back. "She goes by Tiger Lily."
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      "Who is this Tiger Lily chick and why haven't I heard of her before," Syren asked, actually yelled, when we were going through the forest on the way to find Tiger Lily. "You never asked," I yelled to Syren from my place in the front to her place in the back. Then I heard the rustle of branches and knew that someone was following us. I stopped walking so fast that Emma, who was right behind me, almost bumped into me. "What the hell," Hook yelled. "Shh, someone's following us." Then all of a sudden a tribe of Indians came out from the woods and released all out war on us. "HEY," I yelled, "We are not your enemies, it is I Brooklyn Rose of Everland. Your princess's friend and ally. I have come to ask for your help, because there is something that we both have in common, we both want Pan dead." I said making myself seem more dominating. "Brooklyn we are very sorry we saw these other individuals and didn't notice you, again we are very sorry," the man who seemed to be in charge of the hunting party apologized. "I will let you live, but only because you are the subjects of my dear friend Tiger Lily," I responded trying to scare them into doing what I wished, "now, take me to your princess!" "Yes, o-of course your highness, I mean majesty, I-I mean Brooklyn," the same man stuttered, and by those words alone I knew he had heard of me, and not in a good way. I hoped that Tiger Lily would still want to see me.
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We arrived at the camp at nightfall and as soon as we arrived I started looking for Tiger Lily. Then I saw her, she was still dressed in traditional Indian clothing and still had her hair parted down the middle with it tied together at the ends and on the top of her head was a blue band wrapped across her forehead and a single white feather with a red tip. "TIGER LILY," I yelled running to her excitedly. "BROOK," Tiger Lily yelled running over to me just as excitedly and giving me a hug. "What are you doing here?! Not that I don't want you here I mean you are welcome here for as long as you wish, however I heard about you and Peter, so I would understand if you would wish to leave soon," Tiger Lily said to me the excitement never leaving her voice. "Actually that's why I'm here, I came here to ask for your help to get inside of Pan's camp." "I would do anything to help you Brook, you know that, therefore my people and I would be honored to help you. But I have one question, what do you want to defeat Peter for?" "He is trying to kill an innocent boy." "Is this boy the truest believer?" "Yes," I answered her. "I will help you, but first let us celebrate!"
We created a camp fire and danced and sang around it without a care in the world. None of us cared if the lost boys or even Pan heard us and came to attack us we just cared about having fun. After a while of singing and dancing I decided to sit down on a log that we had placed around the huge bonfire, that's flame's seemed to reach the stars and was as big around as Buckingham Palace itself. "Tired?" Tiger Lily asked me coming to sit down beside me. "I guess," I responded. "Is that Hook," she asked. "Unfortunately yes." "Why on Earth would you help him?" "I didn't exactly have a choice, and he seems to think that I'm some spawn of Satan." "From some of the things that I've seen you do if I didn't know you I'd probably think the same thing. "Oh well thank you Tiger Lily," I said laughing. "Your welcome," she said laughing also. "I am serious you know. Why did you become so- so, evil," she asked looking for the right words and suddenly becoming serious. "I guess that when Pan betrayed me, that was it, I was still evil before that, however I was just better at hiding it, but when Pan betrayed me I became darker," I said. I wish that I just gave up on him then. Looking back I should have. Even thought I hate to say, or even think it, I will always think of Pan as family, no matter what he does. "I wish you would have told me," Tiger Lily said suddenly braking the silence. "Told you what," I asked her so deep in my thoughts that I almost forgot our conversation. "Everything. I could have helped you, I would have helped you, I still will if you need me. I know you your not a bad person, you were loving, you showed all of the lost girls, including me love, a luxury most of us had never known. But what do you do now, take them from their homes so that they can work for you and you yell at them for the smallest things. I hate to say it Brook, but I don't know you anymore," Tiger Lily said tears welling in her eyes. "I'm sorry. I hate myself for that, all of it. I should have told you, I should have asked for help, but I was too proud to do it. And I'm trying to change, I want to be the hero for one time in my life," I said tears welling in my eyes at this time also. "If anything ever happens again, please, I'm begging you, don't be too proud, and tell me, or Syren, or at least someone, don't be too proud to ask for help that you need, because we all love you." "I love you all too." "What's going on here, stop crying you two, laugh, this is a party in our honor," Syren said bursting onto the scene. "Don't flatter yourself Syren," Tiger Lily said and we all laughed.