《The Lost Girl (once upon a time Peter Pan fanfic)》4 - Healed
Advertisement
Anna's P.O.V.
Although I was determined not to fall for Pans tricks, he was making it pretty difficult. I just had to keep thinking up reasons as to why he's playing the good guy around me. Maybe the water he's going to get is sea water, and the salt will hurt me? That's probably it, though he was taking quite a long time. I wonder where Henry is? I thought to myself. Maybe Pan was checking on him, which is why he's taking so long...
Finally I saw him appear out of the trees. I glared at him as he sat down next to me, but I don't think he noticed.
"Can you sit up?" He asked.
"So you can pour sea water on my open wound? Not a chance," I scoffed.
"Hey, I'm not that mean" he joked, to which I chuckled at, before quickly stopping myself and glaring at him once again. "Seriously, this isn't sea water,"
"Then where'd you get it from?" I asked suspiciously. The only water I'd seen since I got on this island was the ocean, unless he had a secret supply or something like that...
"It's from a fountain. It contains the magic which Neverland possesses. All you need to do is drink some and even the most life-threatening injuries will heal," he told me.
"So... if I was hit by a dreamshade coated arrow I could just drink that and be okay?" I queried. That seemed to good to be true.
"Well... sort of. You see, the water is connected to Neverland. Once you leave, the magic won't follow, so the only way to continue living would be to stay here,"
"What? Then I'm not drinking that!" I said, raising my voice in shock.
He chuckled to himself, "Your injury is not life-threatening. You will live if you let it heal naturally. It's only fatal injuries which would cause you to stay forever. I only brought you this to ease the pain."
Advertisement
"Oh..." I said dumbly. Now I was embarrassed. "Well, uh, can I have it then?"
He handed me the small cup of water. It looked crystal clear. I guess he must be telling the truth. I shut my eyes and drank it all in one gulp, I was a lot thirstier than I thought.
"See, your wound is healed," he said, reaching up to touch where it once was. I flinched away from his hand. "Well, if you're feeling okay now, you should get up. It's pointless to just lie on the ground all day," he said coldly, before pushing himself up and walking away.
"What was that about?" I said quietly to myself, but I guess he had a point. I may as well look for Henry while I'm here, though I'm not entirely sure how, considering the only thing I know about him is his name.
Looking behind me, I saw little spots of blood leading through the forest. If that was my blood, then it will lead me back to Emma and the group! But maybe that's what Pan wants - he seems smarter than to leave me right next to my escape route... I should stay here until I find Henry. Hopefully everyone back at our camp will find the trail I left and come to rescue us.
***
Emma's P.O.V.
Snow looked hurt by what I'd just said, and to be honest, I felt kinda bad too. I mean, she did help us in that fight, and it's not her fault for coming here, but I have to find my son.
"Are you coming or are you all just going to stand there?" said Regina impatiently. She seriously got on my nerves a lot.
"For once I agree, we're not going to find the boy by just standing around," said Hook, to which we all nodded and followed the trail.
Advertisement
***
The blood seemed to thin out along the track, which was much to my relief because I didn't want her death to be on my hands. She should be okay.
I felt a hand rest on my shoulder. Mary-Margaret looked concerned. "Emma it's going to be okay. Henry's going to be fine and so will Anna! You need to start having hope," she said comfortingly.
"Who said I lost hope?" I replied sharply, although deep deep deep down I was starting to.
"No one, you just look worried. Listen, I know you didn't mean what you said back there, and I completely agree with you about Henry being our top priority, but we also have to save Anna."
"I know," I said, before speeding up to catch up with Hook.
Regina had stopped and appeared to be waiting for us, but when I came closer I noticed she was standing next to a camp. Pan's camp. The pool of blood ended next to a fallen tree, and it was slightly bigger than the spots on the track, so that must've been where Anna was. But where was she now?
"It's quiet..." I said cautiously, "Too quiet..."
***
Anna's P.O.V.
I barely walked five steps when I felt a hand clamp around my mouth and pull me behind a tree. It was Pan again.
"What was that for!" I hissed at him after pulling his hand off me, "I wasn't going anywhere!"
"Shh, look down there," he said pointing down the path which he'd dragged me along while I was unconscious. Emma and the group were following my blood trail, they'd found me. Then it hit me.
"Was I just bait to get them here!" I shouted at him
"No, but it worked out quite nicely, didn't it?" He replied smugly, " But keep quiet, will you? I want it to be a nice surprise for them when we attack" he grinned. I wanted to shout and warn them, but he once again clamped his hand over my mouth to keep me quiet. I really was starting to hate him.
I saw them pause at where Pan had healed me. I couldn't just watch the lost boys attack them, I had to give them some warning.
Quickly I bit Pan's hand, to which he responded by yanking it away from me face. I screamed "Pan's going to attack!" while I could, and I expected him to shut me up again, but instead he stepped out from the trees to face them, dragging me with him.
"So great to see you all again," He grinned, "This time I won't be so easy on you..."
Advertisement
An Un-Ideal Eternity
An Un-Ideal Eternity is about a man named Desmond, who is killed, revived, and then finds himself immortal in a post-apocalyptic society. Just because it’s a society doesn’t mean that either he or “they” have to be civilized. And just because a gentleman has become immortal does not mean that he has no dangers to be wary of. The good news is that he’s been afforded some very kind and very generous ministrations from his future-self. The bad news is that all those efforts might still not be enough, to allow our hero, to live in as untroubled and as un-tumultuous a manner as he’d prefer.
8 100A Hardness of Minds
(35 Chapters >70,000 words, edited version available on Amazon) A Near-Future Hard Sci-Fi about Data, War, and First Contact in our Solar System. Life exists under Europa’s ice, but there’s doubt in the data. Against of backdrop of escalating tensions, double-sided revelations of first contact ripple through all involved as the probe attempts the first landing on the ice of Europa. The novel intertwines perspectives of Earth and under Europa as all struggle for truth. For fifteen years, the Europa Clipper has hinted at life under the ice-shell of Europa. An eccentric mogul, bent on expanding his legacy—funds and launches the first privately funded probe to Jupiter. The robotic submarine can reach the ocean floor and returning by an expertly trained AI. Tensions flare between the United States and China, while cyberattack threatens the project. Meanwhile, Dalton, a self-sabotaging synthetic data engineer, longs to make a name for himself in the scientific community, even at the cost of being infamous. Unknown to Earth, alien society has penetrated up the kilometers of ice, and has long researched ‘Nullworld,’ the mysterious ‘ether’ beyond the ice from which no sonar returns. Tensions in their global society have escalated as their city-state fights with a neighbor whose hydrothermal vent has run cold. Now the military caste is in control, halted all research, and pressed capable scientists and engineers into militia service. The alien scientist must escape and bring back research he hopes will diffuse tensions: the revelation of another water world. This is the second hard sci-fi novel by author Eric Kay (No Lack of Sunshine). It explores issues of data integrity in the age of adversarial information warfare, moving minds away from the brink of war, and experience versus knowledge by proxy.
8 84Game Start Cancel
Today was a great day. I died. It wasn't a great day because I died. No, it was a great day and I died. One has nothing to do with the other. Enough nonsense. Let's continue with the topic we're all curious about. Why was it a great day? I achieved my dream to transform my real life into an MMORPG. Grinding skills, leveling up, collecting coins, going on an adventure, and making progress on my main quest. The dream of every gamer. And no, I'm not mad. Let me give you some context before we continue. I'll keep it short, for we have more urgent matters to discuss. Art by: Roland Deaconu
8 130The Lord of Mischief
In an epoch where transcendental entities roamed the lands and religions of opposing doctrines contend for ideological supremacy, Mephistopheles, an ancient evil had emerged from the deepest crevice of the abyss onto the mortal realm.He ventures throughout the land to reclaim his lost authority and return to his rightful throne as the Venerable Lord of Mischief and Deceit. Although with his profligate and debauched nature, he is bound to take countless detours before he could achieve his ultimate goal. Will his inevitable encounters with unique individuals redefine his hardened perspective and reshape his philosophy in life?Honestly, no one knows.
8 56STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic
Four thousand years before Anakin Skywalker was born, the Jedi thrived as the guardians of peace in the galaxy. The Republic, weakened by a costly war with the Mandalorians, faces now another great threat. A false Sith Empire created by two fallen Jedi, Revan and Malak, has risen from the ashes of that war. Now the Republic is on the brink of defeat to their once great hero, now turned Darth Revan. Hoping to protect the Republic at all costs, the Jedi dispatch an elite strike force to capture the Dark Lord. To the dismay of the Jedi, Revan is betrayed and killed by his apprentice Darth Malak, who proclaims himself the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Now with the entire galaxy at stake, the Jedi and the Republic must go to extreme lengths if they are to survive the seemingly endless forces the new Sith ruler commands. Only by the will of the Force, will they survive... This is a novelization of the popular video game by Bioware. One of my favorite stories within the Star Wars universe, I am putting my own little twists and style on this story in a way I could see potentially fitting into the new canon by Disney. I will be releasing new chapters periodically with the goal of trimming the story down a little bit as well. Enjoy, and of course constructive criticism always welcome, and if you like what you're reading, consider voting for my story.
8 93Mortality, My Worst Enemy
America is a kind soul, so is it any surprise that America donates his bone marrow to children hospitals? Befriending his "marrow match" Caleb, the two grow so much that America even hosts a meeting for him. Of course, America knows that Caleb is human and won't live forever like him. But just how long will America last?
8 172