Caught In Neverland

Tinker bell

Baelfire would just sit there by Emma. Watching her breathe. Each breath in perfect sync as the last. "Emma, I hope you're alright. I can't imagine this place without you. You're all I have. Please don't go." He stroked some of her hair behind her ear, and decided to brush it since it had been a few days. He had his own horse hair brush, and just used it to brush hers. "Come on Peter, what is taking you so long!" He spoke out loud as if someone else could hear him. Suddenly he did hear something, or someone. It was more of a movement than anything, and whatever it was, it must have been small. Maybe a never bug? Those things were nasty. Pretty but when they stung, you'd swell up everywhere.

He got up and looked around but didn't see anything. It was then that he heard the small angelic high pitched voice, and knew exactly what he had heard. "Hi Tink. I know you're there, you can come out now it's just me. Well, and Emma, but as you can see, she isn't really here at the moment." When Tinkerbell spoke, it sounded more like a squeak at first, til you really listened. Then you could hear her tiny voice. Clear as a bell. "Is Emma alright?" She asked. She was still very young so she still had the mind set of a child. Fairy grow to be very old. Blue was nearly 200! Blue was the head fairy. She was the one in charge and the one you went to when you needed something, but Tink was just on her own. She kinda left the pack. For peter. She was his own personal fairy, and with her, came an unlimited supply of fairy dust. "She is asleep Tink. Shadow spelled some never berries and she ate them. Now Peter and I are trying to find a counter spell. Something to wake her up. I sent him to my home land to find clues about anything that might work. Do you have any ideas?" He asked her. She shook her head no and landed on his shoulder. Looking over at Emma from Bae's shoulder she decided to jump down and lay on Emma's chest. She looked over to him and asked "do you want me to sprinkle some fairy dust over her to preserve her? I can do it if you want me to, it will make it to where no one can harm her. But it will also make it so no one can touch her either. Then, if you do find something, you won't be able to give it to her. That's the only bad thing." Baelfire thought to himself for a moment. It seemed smart, but then what if someone someday found a cure? She was definately someone that people could want to harm one day. What if the Queen found out about her here? Or Shadow found her! This idea would keep Shadow from stealing her soul from her body. He didn't know what to do. "There is no way to help her if you preserve her? Ever?" She shook her head no. Then, if I haven't found anything out or I haven't heard from Peter in 3 more days, I may have you do it. I cant risk Shadow doing that to her. At least right now, she is still her. If he does that, it will kill her." They nodded in agreement. 3 days. Peter had 3 days to save her, or he would do it himself.

Meanwhile, back in the Enchanted Forrest, as Peter watched Regina, and Snow watched Peter, Regina was hatching a plan, or a spell as it were. It was intricate and needed time and many ingredients. Good news was it didn't need anything that was important to her. She had an idea of a spell, a reversal to the one used on Snow. She had encased the apple after it had fallen in case she wanted to use it again. "You two can leave. I don't want an audience. You can go into the other room. I may be in here a while." As they watched her set bottles of different colored liquids on the table and a few bags of something, they didn't know what they were, maybe a powder, they turned around to walk out of the room. "Come with me Peter, I want to show you something." As Peter followed Snow, they walked over to a different hallway. It looked as if it hadn't been touched in many years. Dark purple cloth hung from the Windows and the walls. Torn and in pieces, but still hanging. "This used to be my room." They had stopped in front of a room at the end of the hall. "When I was a child, my father would bring me here. It was our summer home." Peter looked around at everything and went to look out the window. When he looked out, he could see lights and hear noises coming from the room next to the hallway. Where Regina was.

"What in hades is she doing in there!" Suddenly, purple smoke fizzled in front of them and she appeared. "Fear not'" and then she smirked and gave an evil laugh. Her hair looked a little disheveled and a tad out of place, but with a certain and steady stance, and one finger pointed into the air, she said "for I have come up with the solution! I will need about 3 days for this potion to be ready. The souls must bake for 2 days." They both looked over at her. "SOULS!" They said in unison. Regina laughed. "I'm just kidding. It should be ready in about an hour. Sheesh! You two really can't take a joke. My goodness. No wonder neither of you are much fun." And she poofed back to her room. Snow, having placed her hand on her chest to brace herself for a heart attack that she was sure she almost had, and Peter, still looking at the place she left from. "That woman is sure somethin else! Do you think I'm her type?" He asked Snow. "Do you have a heart?" She looked at him and snickered. He thought for a second. "Yes?" Snow smiled and nodded her head. "Then you're her type. However, physically, you're too young. Sorry kid." She pat him on the back.

Baelfire sat still, waiting for Peter. It had been 2 days since he had left. It was nearly nightfall and if he hadn't seen or heard from Peter by morning, Emma would be lost to him, but for her protection. Tinkerbell sat on a root inside the tree. Just above Baelfire, slowly sprinkling fairy dust on his head to keep him safe in case Shadow appeared and still there was no sign of it. Either he couldn't find them, or they were right where it wanted them. Either way, Bae needed to be alert and able to protect Emma, if the need arose.

After a while, Bae had noticed that the sun had gone down hours before. He was nervous but decided to tell Tink to get whatever she needed in order to be ready. She nodded her head in sadness and flew out of the tree. Bae decided to lay down by Emma and while holding her, spoke to her subconscious. "Emma. I'm not sure if you can hear me, but I just wanted to tell you I am doing this to protect you. Not trap you or keep you with me. I promise to talk to your mother and father and have them take you home to be with them. After Tinkerbell is done, Shadow won't need you anymore and you won't be in danger anymore. But I have to say something first. While we are still alone." He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "I love you Emma, I always have and I always will. I just wanted you to know that. I thought you were the one. But it seems that I was just meant to be alone." He went to kiss her lips. He could still feel the breath on his face as he inched closer. Just as he was about to touch her lips, Tinkerbell flew back in and he stopped. "Whenever you're ready." He told her. And she flew in fast circles above Emma so she could get all of her at once.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" It was the Queen, Snow and Peter. The Queen blew the magic from Emma and away from her. It never touched her. "Peter what have you done!" Bae ran over to Emma and layed over her. "I won't let you harm her!" He yelled. "Relax boy, we came to save her. Move aside." Said Regina. Bae knew that was Snow and she looked over to him, assuring him that it was ok. He moved, and Regina came close to her, dripped a fluid on her lips, and bent down to whisper something into her ear.

Everyone, including Regina stepped back and watched as a purple smoke enveloped Emma and they watched as she slowly stood up and opened her eyes. The smoke cleared and she was awake. "Mom? Peter? You're here!" She ran over to her mother and hugged her tightly. Then turned around and saw Bae. "Bae?" He looked up to see her. Smiling at him. "I heard you. Talking to me." He smiled back, and with rosy red cheeks, ran over to hug her. She whispered into his ear while he held her. "I love you too." He held her tighter. "I will never let you go. Ever again." They both turned around to look over at Regina and Snow. "Now what? How do we get out of here, without Shadow knowing?" Emma said. "You can't. But they can, and they should while they still can." Peter said. Regina moved to the front of them all. And held up her hand as a fire ball grew larger, and sparks flew from her fingertips. "I beg to differ."

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-Xniera