Peter Pans Lost Girl (OUAT)

the past

A/N- the song for this chapter is died in your arms by bastille.

deceased-| dead; no longer living.

Crystals POV

The Enchanted Forest was isolated. The grass was a sickly pale yellow. No animals roamed the grounds. The trees were shrivelled and wilted. The wildlife that used to thrive has been dramatically failing. The wind whipped slightly creating a dramatic howling sound throughout the forest. There was really only one word to describe it, it was so dead.

All I could think about was how this happened. When one thinks of such a place, usually this is definitely not what comes to mind. It also did not make sense, how a siren could thrive alone in a land like this, with nobody in sight, completely alone. You couldn't even drown your next victim because you are unsure if there would be another one.

"Watch our for the ogres" Peter says smirking, breaking me out of my trance. "Ogres.. Right". Perhaps there was an ogre attack and the effects of that attack caused this land to be disturbingly barren. Plus there aren't many people around, at least that's what it seems like. There aren't many to protect it, or make it thrive, so it was still.

Suddenly he stops, abruptly. "It's a force field.. a field in which we must go through the past. What we are about to see, is entirely real Crystal. But we can't stop it. The siren is dead, Charming killed it. But if we go back we can be there at the time it is killed and still get what we want. But make sure you go unseen. We cannot change the past. Because it will affect the future."

If the siren was dead, why did he say we needed to kill it? This didn't seem entirely correct to me, it didn't add up. But I didn't question his motives, I figured it does not do justice and would get nowhere in doing so. Whatever happens, happens. I was putting my faith in him, I trusted him, right?

 I just stepped through. It was like stepping through water or how you'd imagine stepping through a mirror, but suddenly you found yourself slipping inside. It was like free falling, it was uncontrollable.

The atmosphere around us changes. The sickly palegrass turned lively green, the trees were standing upright, Birds hum the usual morning songs. The sun shined brightly illuminating the sky. It was an insane transformation, it seemed ludicrous.  It was like a transformation from the dead.

Suddenly, Pan yanked my hand, hard, and we hid behind a tree as we heard the sound of hooves approach. I sucked in a breath, remembering what he said about not being seen, for it would have an effect on the present, as well as the future. I imagined the ripple effect, yet it occurred to me, it didn't make sense, we were going to do something that could change the past, and in turn, the future. It was unknown. Yet we were already here, so the best we could do is stick to what we know, and make sure not to run into anyone unexpectedly.

In the carriage was Charming and some other girl complaining about the hardness of being a princess, that the carriage ride was making her hair come out of place. I almost laughed, as if she had the right to complain, her whole life just seemed handed to her, but she didn't seem to comprehend that, she always seemed to have a 'struggle', something to complain about.

Charming stopped hastily, in front of the road, a large tree blocked his path. He feels around in his pockets, his face shimmered with worry.

"My jewels.. they're gone." He says finally letting the realization sink in.

I watched as Snow White comes in running from Charming. They head off into the opposite side of the forest, running but then Charming catches her, in a net and then they go after his precious  jewels. 

It occurred to me we were watching their love story. I thought it was ironic, how a prince could fall in love with an ex princess, turn bandit. It was so obvious they admired each other, yet they wouldn't admit their feelings out loud, not yet at least.

If Snow and Charming were here, wouldn't Rumplestiltskin or The Evil Queen (my mother) be here? They are both powerful entities, if they were here, we would certainly be in danger, they had eyes and ears everywhere.

Why hadn't Peter thought this through? Surely he would understand the risks of this, I felt like we were being quite careless. Yet I never brought it up. I figured it's best to remain as it is, not when I had not much of a clue what to do.

So Pan and I scoped out the area, we then mapped the best route to take while being aware of our surroundings while being most unseen, so we could slip around without causing any chaos.

We would have to reach the fountain before Charming however, so we could strike promptly after he kills her, but it would have to be without him knowing we were even there.

That might be difficult, reckless and careless.

All the while Peter was keeping his distance.

I couldn't help shake the strange feeling that he was plotting something. He was Peter Pan after all, there was always an ulterior motive. He never waltzed into danger without being 6 steps ahead of the game. Perhaps I shouldn't have trusted him so easily, I should've kept my distance, at least then I could be ensured that I would be safe.

When wasn't he? What if I'm his sacrifice? Why did I think for a moment, that I could free the beast inside him. I should've been on my guard, I should've remembered the only thing I knew from my past, if you don't get too close, it'll hurt less when they leave.

 I felt like a pawn in his chess game. All I could do is wait for the first move.