Pan's Never-Neverland

Peter's Imprisonment, Part 3

Chapter Nineteen – Peter's Imprisonment, Part 3

"Are you crazy?!" Flameburst screeched as Blue Falls yanked her out of the house and darted out into the cool air of London. "We can't just leave him in there!"

"I thought you said it was time to give up on finding Peter Pan," her brother smirked.

"It's not funny, Falls!" she snapped, fighting him as they neared Kensington. "We can't leave him!"

"We're not," he shook his head. "By the way, how on earth did you get captured in the first place by that dark fairy?"

The girl's face turned a fiery red color, her golden eyes darting away in embarrassment. "I, um…I wanted to try that chili, remember? So I snuck in and tasted it. I was looking around for some bread to dip in there when that thing caught me and used some sort of magic to keep me frozen in his pocket until he showed me off to Peter."

"You pig," he sighed. She stuck her tongue out at him, but he ignored the gesture. "We need to find Tink."

"What're you going to do?" she asked, stunned by his urgency.

"What do you think?"

As they darted through the trees, moonlight pouring over them, they felt an odd, cold sensation pass through the park. Fear filling them, they hid behind the closet tree, peeking around to see what was going on. Flameburst parted her lips to gasp only to have Blue Falls quickly cover her gaping mouth. Crossing the sky was a dark column of smoke that seemed to slither its way through the clouds, eerie and silent, dangerous and solitary. With his eyes, Blue Falls followed the column's movement, catching a glint of white at the head of the thick smoke.

"It's him," the fairy whispered, trembling at the sight of the monster, the realization sinking in. "That creature that almost sucked the life out of you, Flame."

"But where's he going?" she asked, shoving her brother's hand from her mouth. She, too, began to follow the column with her eyes, catching sight of the second star to the right blinking in the night sky.

At once, the two fairies looked at one another, the message clear. He was headed for Neverland!

"Hurry! We have to find Tinker Bell!" exclaimed Blue Falls, leading the way back to the Fairy Pond deep within Kensington Gardens. The two of them did not stop, weaving between the couples and throngs of fairies that flitted and danced around the water.

"TINK! TINKER BELL!" they called out, searching frantically for the little tinker fairy. Out of the corner of his eye, Blue Falls caught sight of a little redheaded pixie, hammering away at some bit of metal she'd found. Diving down, he landed in a tumble before her, startling her from her work.

"Blue Falls?! What on earth-?!" Tinker Bell started, setting her work aside.

"Tink, listen to us!" Blue Falls gasped, his sister coming up from behind. "We've found Peter, but he's in great danger! All of Neverland is!"

Her eyes widened at this but she quickly shook her head. "Silly asses," she said wistfully, tears filling her eyes. "Don't play games with me now-"

"But we're not!" Flameburst insisted. "Please, come with us! We can show you where he's being kept!"

"Please, Tinker Bell," the boy fairy pleaded, taking her trembling hand in his. "Please, believe us…he needs you."

Inhaling deeply, biting her bottom lip, she put on a brave face and nodded her consent, her wings fluttering as she flew off the ground. On the way back to Shade's home, they explained all that had happened and how they had found Peter. Each time they even mentioned his name, her heart and stomach twisted as one in agony and hope.