Peter Pan Never Fails

pt. 3

Emily's POV

I woke up where I fell asleep last night. It wasn't a dream. I thought to myself.

I propped myself up with my elbow and leaned against the boulder. Everything was sore, but I could move and there wasn't any fractured bones so that was a plus.

I tried to look around. I saw trees and vines, I heard birds every now and again, but other than that, just crickets.

I got up shakily. "Where are the boys?" I said quietly to myself. I figured they would have found me by now.

I decided to climb the Rock which stood 20 to 30 feet high. The sun was just rising above the trees. A breeze blew and flowers began dropping everywhere. There were cherry blossom trees all around the lake. It was all breath taking.

My feet dangled over the edge of the rock. "And just where have you been?" And angry voice said behind me. I turned my head to see an angry Peter towering over me.

I stood up shakily, but had to grab onto his shoulder for support.

"I've been here all night, where have you been?" I asked defensively.

"All night? You've been gone for two days!" He pushed my hand off his shoulder.

"Two days?" Have I really been out that long?

My answer was hard shove. I fell off the rock and into the water. I reached the surface and saw a still upset and yet amused Peter Pan. "What was that for!?" I shouted.

My leg was killing me and I could hardly stay afloat.

"Part one of your punishment" he simply stated.

"What are you-" I didnt get to finish, something wrapped itself around my leg and pulled me under.

Peter's POV

"What are you-" she didn't finish. She went under the water. At first I tensed, but I knew she was playing me. I chuckled. "Alright, you can come out now" she didn't come.

I got impatient. "This isn't funny" I said now completely serious. I crossed my arms.

Fine, if she wanted to play games and toy with me, I wasn't going to go get her.

Emily's POV

I fought and kicked, but my oxygen was running out. The water seemed to go on forever and the light from above was slowly  disappearing into darkness.

I craned my neck downward to see a faint outline of a fish. A mermaid.

I used my one leg and kicked her fin. That did nothing. I tried grabbing onto the rocks, but all that did was open the wound into my already injured hand and cut open a new wound in my other one.

She finally stopped, let go of my leg and swam to my level. Her eyes were a fiery red. Her hair was golden, like the sun and her tail was bright blue. I pulled back startled. I hit my head on the rocky wall behind me.

Several parts of my vision went into sparks and the edges just blackened. The mermaid was jerked to the side, but nothing touched her. She looked at me angrily, then at something else.

I felt two arms pulling at me. I tried everything to stay awake, but I was short of breath, and my head hurt a lot. I finally couldn't take it anymore. The darkness consumed  me.

3 days later~

Chases' POV

I was pacing back and forth at camp. The rest of the boys wanted to go exploring through the woods and mess with the pirates. I wanted to stay with Emily.

Peter rescued her from a mermaid attack, but she still laid unconscious on the floor with blankets covering her. I wish I could get her something better to sleep on.

I crouched down next to her and removed wet strands of hair from her face. She was either freezing or overheating. She must've been having a bad dream, or a terrible reaction to the mermaid attack.

I heard a moan come from her throat and her eyes fluttered open. Her eyes found mine and we're electric blue. She searched my eyes for a while, then she bolted upward and hit her head on the tree.

"Oww" she winced and rubbed the back of her head. "Chase? What... what happened?"

"A mermaid attacked you, now, you've gotta rest" I tried to get her to lay down, but she refused.

"Where are the others?"

"Their out and about" I replied, handing her a canteen of water.

"Boys will be boys I guess" She said, taking the water

"How long have I been out?" She inspected heself, probably to check for injuries.

I swallowed, "Three days..." she looked at me wide eyed. "Three days?" She shook her head and got up shakily.

"I'll sleep when I'm dead, c'mon" she held out her hand.

"I'll don't think you should be walking around yet, you could get even more hurt and besides, what if Peter gets back before we do?" I stood up anyway.

She started walking backwards into the woods. "C'mon Chase, we'll leave and be back before they even realize their gone" and with that, she disappeared into the woods and amazingly, I followed.