Once A Lost Girl | Once Upon A Time Story | Peter Pan

03x02 - Confessions - Present

   "You have got to be kidding me." I rolled my eyes once again.

   "Until you can prove to me that you're trustworthy, you're grounded." Regina stated.

   "You did not just ground me on Neverland!" I yelled. Who the hell does she think she is?

   "Do not use that tone with me, young lady! I am still your mother!" Tears of frustration threatened to spill over.

   "You are not my mother, Regina!! You never were! You can't just pick when to start, your majesty, and just think I'll go along with it!" A few spilled down my cheeks. Everyone else just sort of watched. "Why do you think I disappeared so much?! I wanted you to notice and at least pretend you cared!" I wiped the tears from my face. "And not once, but twice did you ignore me. So, yes, I've been to Neverland. I went because of you and I came back because... of you..."

   She sputtered. My breathing stayed uneven, but my body temp finally started to lower as I slowly came off my anger. A certain relief fell over me. It felt good to get all that out, to finally tell her what had been bothering me for all these years.

   "'Lyssa..." Hook tried, careful with his tone. I hadn't realized it but the plants around me just died. I bolted. "Damn it! Elyssa, wait!"

   I took a sharp right and ran into someone. Before I could see who, they spun me around and clamped a hand over my mouth. Hook stopped in front of us, Emma and the Charmings in tow. Of course, no Regina. The cold of a blade was pressed to my neck. My heart skipped a beat. I could feel the dreamshade dripping down my neck.

   "Hello, Killian." Felix of course. Who else?

  "Let the lass go, mate." He spoke. Suddenly his breath was on my neck and my head was forced to the left, exposing more skin. He sighed. I shivered.

   "Can't do that, I'm afraid. Pan gets... squirrely when he doesn't get what he wants. But he'll understand if I have to..." The blade moved up my neck to my cheek. The thought of my veins going black crossed my mind more than once. I tried to pull his hand away, he jerked his hand in an effort to make me stop; it worked. "Kill her if you don't comply." I really hope that's not true.

    "Look - Felix, was it? We don't want to hurt you. Just let her go." Emma spoke.

   I licked his hand. Surprised, he recoiled. I shoved Felix's blade to the side and stepped back from him. In hindsight, I should have just went with him in the first place. He tossed the knife directly at Snow. Undoubtedly, Charming would step in front of her. The knife stopped mid air.

   "What?" Emma said. I felt waves of magic leave my body. I wiped something from under my nose; blood. The knife fell to the floor.

   Felix stilled. Everyone was quiet. I didn't have the strength to move. My arms felt like jelly and my legs burned. That spell took a lot out of me. Slow clapping came from the woods across from me on the other end of the trail.

   "Would it be wrong if I told you I was proud, love?" He stepped out of the brush, all smiles.

   "Pan..." Emma's voice lowered an octave.

   " 'Ello, Emma." He kept his eyes on me, probably noting the wet dreamshade coating my neck. "Felix..." He frowned. Fear flashed through the dirty blonde's eyes. "Care to explain this to me?"

  "Well, I-" For the first time in my life I saw pure and unadulterated fear course through Felix's veins. So it was a bluff. He wouldn't have done it. Pan scares him. "I had to make it believable." He stated finally.

  "Believable?" Pan stepped toward his most loyal lost boy. I've never seen him this angry. His eyes flashed devilishly. Hook started towards me slowly, despite the massive waves of anger you could feel coming off the hazel-eyed devil. "You can make it believable without dreamshade, twat." With a flick of his hand, Felix was on his knees. I stopped breathing.