The Lost Girl

Chapter 21: The Stairs

POV Warner

Raina and I ran up the stairs. Raina kept falling behind, so we had to take breaks for her to catch her breath, then we'd continue to run. Not soon enough we finally make it to the top of the building. The second we burst through the door Raina is bent over holding her knees, trying to catch her breath. I, however, feel great! I could run four more miles and still be perfectly fine! I was high on adrenaline. After a few minutes, Raina finally stands at her full height, she walks over to the edge and looks down.

I walk over to her and put my hand on her shoulder, "Are you ready for your future?" I calmly ask her.

She turns towards me, her beautiful hazel eyes piercing into mine, then she looks down at her interlocked fingers, "Yes... wait... No... Yes... No... wait," she looks back into my eyes, and lets out a breath, "has ready as someone can be."

I unlock her hands and hold them in mine as I continue to look into her eyes, "Raina, you can do this! I believe in you!"

She just shrugs it off, and pulls her hands out of mine, "If you say so."

I drop my shoulders, as she turns away from me, why is she so depressing? I turn her toward me again and tell her "Are you ready to fly?"

She gives me the look of a madman. I let out a deep breath, "Just stand up on the ledge and get ready to jump."

"YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT NOW?!?!?!?" She screams, as her breathing speed picks up.

"I need you to get ready to jump so that we can fly to Neverland," I tell her slowly, hoping it will calm her down, but all she does is give me a look that says you're crazy. I run a hand through my hair, "If it makes you feel any better I will be right there with you the whole time."

Slowly she nods her head and lets out a shaky breath and climbs up onto the ledge. I get up next to her and pull out the pouch of pixie dust, "Faith, Trust and pixie dust is all we need," and sprinkle the pixie dust on us.

Raina closes her eyes as the golden dust touches her face and reaches out for my hand as I start to float. I would've started flying away but Raina doesn't start to fly. I think for a second, "Raina," she opens her eyes, "You need to believe in magic, fairies, and all things impossible, or else you won't be able to fly. Then we won't be able to get out of here for Wendy."

The second I said that I felt bad to use it against her, but it had worked because she started to fly just like me. "Great job! Just don't lose those thoughts or else you might fall. Now, let us get on our way."

With Raina's hands in mine I launch us off, but we don't get very far when Raina starts to drag me down, so I drop her. The second her hands left mine her eyes shoot open and she starts to scream. I debate whether or not if I should actually go after her, just to see if she would start to believe again. But when she continues to fall I zoom down after her. The second my hands can touch hers I grab hold of her and lift her into my arms so she wouldn't drag me down as easy.

"I told you, all you had to do was believe and you would not fall," I look down at her to see her glaring at me, but she stops when she notices my smirk. Her breath hitches as she looks away and she starts to play with my hoodie strings. I give her a sad smile and look away from her in my arms.

Soon I hear her clear her throat only to hear her whisper, "Warner, could you just continue to carry me until we get to where we need to go, I am kinda scared to try again, after what just happened."

I give her a quick squeeze in my arms as I continue to look forward and not at her, "No."

Her voice cracks as she asks, "Why?" and I look down at her to see that she looks like she is about to cry.

"You need to learn how to believe in yourself," I calmly tell her.

"Can't I just learn how to in Neverland?" she asks me in an irritating whiny voice.

"Yes, but you have some many other things to learn in Neverland, that Peter needs you to arrive already believing in yourself," I say kind of losing patience.

"I see what you are getting at but is there any way I could change your mind?" she asked me, giving me a pouty lip and puppy dog eyes.

I look away before she can actually change my mind, "Nope."

"Fine," she says clearly not happy about it, "you winnnnnnnnn, AHHHHHHHHHH." 

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AN: Hey Pixies! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!