Peters' lost girl

The shadow

When Peter and Scarlet reached the tent Peter sealed the entrance with a silencing charm to ensure no lost boy could overhear their upcoming conversation. As he was doing this Scarlet wandered aimlessly around the small living quarters shared between Pan and herself, a small breeze was felt before the red headed girl felt a magical presence beside her, without looking up she smiled and in a hushed tone murmured "why do we need the boy Peter?" Raising her head she now looked deep into the deep forest green orbs which belonged to Peter, she could tell he wasn't telling her everything, he sighed a deep drawn out sigh, looked down at his feet for a brief moment then back to Scarlets eyes which were blazing with so many emotions. He took a step forward towards the curious girl, reached out his hand for hers she looked skeptical for a split second then took his hand within second the cosy surroundings of their tent vanished and what materialised before her very eyes was the one place she'd never dare step foot , Skull Rock, she'd always wondered what it looked like and only went off Peters vague descriptions of the place and always heeded his warning about wandering into the place without his supervision.

As Scarlet looked about the the cave in wonder Peter took this opportunity to observe her every move, from the way her eyes lit up with childish curiosity at her new surroundings to the way she tries to cover up her gleeful excitement with a strong mature demeanour. his forest green eyes followed her as she swept through the cave, his attention was suddenly dragged away from the mesmerising red head as a cold presence was suddenly felt around the two, and from high above a dark figure came swooping down from the darkness, the figure had no definable features only a single pair of bright illuminating, menacing eyes that even set Peter on edge, the ghostly entity flew with beautiful grace, would be something that Scarlet would think, however Peter saw through the graceful fluidity of the creature that now 'stood' before them and looked upon it with hate glistening in his eyes, yet the hate was buried deeper than Peters eyes, it stemmed from a much darker place in the young boys soul. "what do you want" Pan spat towards the thing who didn't seem to be phased by the attitude he had received from the boy, it simply looked the two dead in the eye and, if it was possible for something with no facial features at all to convey emotion through expression, smirked at the two unknowing children "you remember what i told you boy" a blood curdling voice emitted from the shadow as Scarlet had just deducted "you, you're a shadow, from the dark hollow" she exclaimed in a slight whisper as she grabbed onto Peters arm for some sense of security, Pan acknowledged her movement and tried to push her slightly behind himself but she refused to move from his side, she did not want to show weakness, she was brave. "ah a clever girl aren't you?" the shadow chuckled, which rumbled through skull rock, causing the two to stumble slightly in shock, turning back to Pan the shadows aurora became even darker than before if it is possible, "we need this boy Pan dont let him slip away i can still feel the hope on the island you dont have long" it warned before taking off again circling the cavern once before stopping and turning around agonisingly slow his eyes locked onto Scarlet whos head was held high and was standing strong, "tell the girl you know she is affected too, this fate is meant for both of you" and with that final warning the shadow diapered into the darkness of neverland.

Confused Scarlet turns to Peter still clutching tightly onto his hand "what was that shadow talking about Peter?" her curious mind asked the boy by her side, he sighed heavily and turned to face the smaller girl who face held so much concern "scar you remember how we got here dont you?" he questioned her holding her gaze, keeping a firm grip on peter she simply nodded not trusting her voice in that moment, "well when we came here i had to make some type of deal or compromise you could say with that shadow" small flashbacks to that day shone through Peters eyes as he continued explaining to an ever so curious Scarlet "well that compromise what that we would only be immortal for a certain time and as you can see scar" he indicated to the giant hour glass that stood proudly in the centre of the cavern, strangely though it was almost out of sand Scarlet turned back to Peter eyes wide with realisation " w-we're dying arent we Peter?" the words tumbled out of her mouth, her voice breaking ever so slightly and tears threatening to spill down her porcelain skin, all Peter could do was nod solemnly, he moved to console the shaking girl but no sooner had his hand touched her arm she jerked away, tears brimming in her eyes threatening to spill over any moment "y-y-you promised wed be safe here Peter you promised me!!" the trembling girl screeched as she backed away with every step Peter took towards her , she trusted this boy with her life for as long as she can remember, never in her many many years of living did she ever think he would put her life in danger at all, as peter was advancing to the sobbing red head his heart shattered into a million pieces he knew she was a strong girl, he knew it took alot to break her walls shed spent so long building up but in that one moment of dishonesty her whole world came crumbling down and it was all his fault, his once stone cold exterior turned into a soft concerning demeanour as he continued to try and sooth the girl whos back was now plastered to the cave wall, they now were standing face to face , nose to nose, the only sound that could be heard was the heave breaths scarlett was taking to calm herself.

The two stared into each others eyes for a moment before Peter spoke softly " all we need to do to stop this scar is get the heart of the truest believer, we split the heart and we will never have to worry again" he tried to sound as convincing as possible as he knew acquiring this extremely special heart was a difficult task indeed and he has had people working for him for many years trying to gain it, but he did not want to worry scarlett with this news, however Tamara and Gregg have been his only successful 'workers' he has had as they were the ones to bring Henry to the island but they were no problem or threat to him anymore as the lost boys, lead by Felix dealt with the adults. Scarlett took a shaky breath as she gripped Peters hand which was placed on her cheek, nodding ever so slightly the dread in her eyes calmed a little but was still visible to Peter "easy" she breathed smiling at the tall boy in front of her who returned her uneasy smile, they both knew this wouldn't be 'easy' but neither would show weakness in front of the other, so the both put on their stone cold facades linked their hands together and started back towards the camp the give Henry a real neverland welcome.