Neverland's Captive - Ouat Peter Pan

Chapter 53 - The Warning

Here we were, once again trying to save the town. I've learnt that you don't get a break in Storybrooke, there's always someone or something trying to kill you.

This time it was Greg and Tamaras doing. Turns out me and Emma were right about her. She knew about magic all along and was plotting to destroy it.

She stole the beans that we worked months on getting, meaning my chances to see James again had vanished. Whenever I feel like I'm getting somewhere, it gets taken away.

That's not all though. She shot Bae and sent him through a portal. I was devastated of course but the anger only made me more determined to find and stop her.

The big question on my mind was who she was working for. Who wanted to destroy magic? Who sent them here?

Luckily for us, we snagged a bean from them to use to get to The Enchanted Forest before the town would be destroyed. It wasn't where I wanted to go but there was only one bean now and one way to go.

Unfortunately, Hook managed to steal it from right under our noses. After everything we had been through together, he abandoned all of us. I shouldn't be surprised. Once a selfish pirate, always one.

Now we had to find an alternative to save the town. Regina volunteered to use her magic to stop the diamond. But after Emma revealed it would kill her, we had to stop her. We couldn't do that to Henry.

Right now, we had just got to the mines and I could already see the magic being drained from Regina. Thankfully, Emma stepped in to help her. My magic hasn't been used in so long I would have been no use anyway, even if I revealed I had it.

All at once, a blast from the diamond pushes us all back by force. I land hard on the ground but regain motion quickly, standing up and seeing Henry gone even though he was right next to me.

"Henry?", I call out, walking a little further down the tunnel as the others are still motionless on the ground.

Suddenly, I feel a strong hand yank one of my arms from the side. I look to see Greg trying to put something on my wrist.

Before he gets the opportunity, I use what little magic I have to push him away and he falls onto the floor. An object bounces its way onto the ground also, falling out of his grip.

I observe the black item on the ground and discover a cuff, Pans cuff. He created it to take peoples magic away from them temporarily. That's who Greg and Tamara are working for, that's why there here?

I quickly collect it from the ground before he has the chance to retrieve it and shove it in my pocket. It wasn't going to be that easy taking it away.

I stand prepared for what he's going to do next but he as he stands up he looks as if he is debating with himself on what to do. Realising this is not a battle he can win without that cuff, he turns around and exits the tunnels.

"Emily? Henry?", a voice calls from behind.

I turn to see Emma, Regina, Mary Margret and David running towards me and looking panicked. Shit I was so wrapped up in what just happened I didn't even realise Henry was missing.

"Thank god, are you okay?", Mary Margret says as she pulls into a tight hug but I break it off quickly.

"They took Henry, we need to go", I say urgently.