Caught In Neverland

Falling

She woke up the same way she did every night in her dreams. Falling slowly through the clouds. Feeling fingers grasping onto hers, she looked over to her right to see Bae, smiling at her, as he gently brings her to the ground. She landed the same as always. Gracefully, from her tip toes, to the flats of her feet. She smiled and hugged him. "I told you it's not safe for you here" Bae said, looking soulful. "I couldn't help it. I wanted to see you all day. It was my birthday." "I know." he said. "I have something for you" and he handed her a silk pouch. Much like the one her mother gave her earlier that day. But this one was a light green. And was tied shut with daisies, and was held together with sunflowers. "You remembered!" She lit up the sky with her smile. From ear to ear. Sunflowers were her favorite flower. Especially the giant ones. The size always made her laugh, because they were bigger than her head, and here in Neverland, they grew very large.

She slipped off the flower, and out of the pouch came a bracelet. It was hand woven, with string and sunflowers. The smaller kind. From the bracelet hung an object that was carved by hand out of wood. A small heart. With something etched into it. "B+E" "It's the first letters from each of our names. You are my best friend Emma. And I will always love you most. I haven't had a family in a long time, and you mean so much to me. I could never lose you." Then he kissed her on the cheek. "Happy birthday." Emma blushed. "What was that for?" She tilted her head to the side, so she could smirk at him, and he just shrugged his shoulders. "Just in case" he said. As he looked down at his feet that were kicking around the dirt and sticks on the forrest floor. "I just want you to know that I will always protect you." And with that, he sprinkled her with fairy dust, and as she looked at him confused, she asked "what's going on? I just got here, I'm not ready to go home yet."
"You need to be. Emma, you can't come back anymore. You're getting older, and most kids here aren't as old as you. And if you hadn't noticed, there aren't any girls. You're special. And the more you're here, the more likely he is to find you." Bae said, in a sad tone. "Are you talking about Peter? But he was always so nice to me, why wouldn't he want me here anymore?" She started to cry. "That's just the thing Emma. He doesn't want you to leave. He told me you were special and he knew I was hiding you, and that he would find us and keep you here. He won't tell me why. But I have seen lots of children come through here, and the ones that don't go home, are usually miserable. Unless they have homes with families to go home to. But eventually they all either stay, because he keeps them, or they never return to neverland. The ones that stay, eventually forget everything from their home, and they are never the same. I could never have that for you. You mean too much to me." "Why don't you come with me now Bae, you said you'd leave right?" She asked. "Shhhh!" He whispered, we can't talk about that right now. The dust on you will wear off soon. You need to get home." He said as he started to fly her into the air. "But all I have to do is lay down, and I'll just wake back up." " No Emma, you're not sleeping, you're not dreaming. This is real. You will see. But you must promise me you will never come back. Please. I will come see you again. I promise. I don't know when, but I promise I will." She felt her fingers tips slide from his hands, and she felt the tears burning on her cheeks and they fell on her pretty new dress. "Please. No" She whispered, as her eyes closed and she awoke in her bed, with a jolt and her tears staining her dress that she wore to bed. It was still dark out. She knew her mother and father were still sleeping in their beds. She could hear a wind whistle, as she saw a shadow outside her bedroom window. She pushed hard off her bed and ran over to her window, and saw the last little bit of a face, with silky brown hair framing the edges, and she knew that she was seeing Bae, and that it really was all real, and she may never see him again.

She looked down to her wrist, at the bracelet that he had put there, and smiled. "I will see you again Bae. I know I will" She said. With hope for another day. Hope for her best friend. Her Baelfire.

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