Highway to Hell• A Peter Pan Fanfiction•

Chapter 2

*Emma's POV*

After walking for a few more minutes, they arrived to what looked like the bar back in storybrooke, "The Rabbit Hole".

Emma wondered what the person who could help them was doing at a bar, but she shouldn't be surprised anymore when it comes to the underworld, or her life in general. Everything that happened to her lately was awful and happened only in the books she read as a child but here she was, standing in the mythical underworld. 
 They got in, and the first thing she noticed was that one of her favorite songs, "Lithium" by Nirvana was playing. The bar didn't have a lot of people in it, just some very old men drinking beer.

Pan went to the counter and after a few seconds, a girl that looked sixteen came to them. The first thing Emma noticed about her was her hair. It was a red color that maybe used to be beautiful and rich, but now, it was dull and lifeless. It matched her boring blue eyes perfectly. Her face was a pale color with freckles on her cheeks but she didn't look innocent. Her eyes were hard and sad, and her dried lips were frowning.
 She quickly looked at all of them and then her gaze lingered on Henry.

"I'm pretty sure you are too young to drink."

Her voice had a rich British accent like the one Pan had, a ghost of a smile appeared  on her lips when she saw Henry trying to come up with a response.
"You could say that drinking isn't really what we are here for." Regina said.
"I know exactly what you are looking for, Regina Mills. Or should I say, Evil Queen?"
"How do you know her name?" Emma wondered if the girl was one of Regina's victims back in the Enchanted Forest, but the girl didn't have anger or fear in her expression, only amusement.
"I know who you all are Emma Swan. Snow- White, Prince Charming, Peter Pan, Rumplestilkin, The evil queen and the Savior all walk into a bar. Sounds like a really bad joke don't you think?"

Emma and the rest looked at the girl with surprise, except Gold who had a blank expression and Pan who smiled a flirtatious smile.

"Looks like we are going to save a lot of talking. You know why we are here, right?"

"Yes. You want my help to defeat Hades."

Emma was shocked. How can this girl know about this? Is she working with Hades?

"Will you help us?"

"No."

"Why? Don't you want to be free of this monster?"

The girl's eyes flickered to Snow who was now standing in front of her. She was clearly smiling now, and her eyes were challenging. 

"Even if I will help you, you won't defeat him. This is a battle you can't win, not this time."

"Don't you want to try?"

"I won't help you, because you are all not worthy of my help. Especially you."

The girl looked at Gold with anger, and he looked at her back with a blank face.

"Rumple is not the issue here. Help us and you will be rewarded." Pan's stare at the girl was hard but she was still looking at Gold.

"You don't stand a chance against him."

They were all silent until Henry asked her "How do you know? And who are you anyway?"

The girl finally turned her gaze from Gold to Henry.

"My name is Myra Leen. And I am the Oracle. Or at least I was."

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Rumplestilskin was walking through the woods, his cloak barely warming him in the strong snow that was falling. Mila sent him to a far village to buy her some supplies, and the storm arrived just when he was on his way back. He saw an inn not far from the road and quickly walked over it.

When he entered he saw that the place was full. Travelers were eating, drinking and laughing together, all waiting for the storm to end.
He sat at one of the tables and after speaking to the owner, started to eat.
He was still thinking about home when suddenly, he heard two men from a table near him talking in hushed voices.

"I'm telling you, she is here!"

"Yeah right. And she sees the future and can do magic. You had too much to drink!"

"Didn't you hear about all the people who saw her? She told them something that they all didn't believe and then it happened!"

His curiosity won over and Rumplestilkin walked to the two men.

"Excuse me, but who are you talking about?"

The man who was telling the other about the lady looked happy about his interest.

"The Oracle, of course! She can see the future and can tell you everything you want to know!"

"Where is she?"

The men pointed to the corner of the room where a girl was sitting. She had long hair and she was drinking from a bottle, ignoring the looks she was getting.

Rumplestilskin walked to her and she looked up at him. Her eyes were a vibrant and deep blue, her hair red like fire.

"Can I sit here?"

"It depends. What do you want?" Her voice was strong but gentle at the same time, He heard her even with the noise from all the people around them.

"I heard you can see the future. I want to know mine."

"Everyone think they want to see the future. They think it will help them, they think it will make everything easier. What they don't know is that the truth always hurt.Are you sure you want to know?"

"Y-yes."

She smiled in amusement. She was used to this answer and still couldn't believe they all said the same.

"Fine. But you should know that my prophecies are almost always worse than your biggest nightmare."

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So, I hope that you enjoyed the second  chapter. In the next one you will see what Myra told Rumple and more of what's happening in the underworld.

:)