**Lottie POV**
"Where are Hook and Baelfire?" I called out as I looked around the ship.
"They went to get a shadow. They need it in order to make the ship fly out of here." Jill replied as she walked over to me. We were on the ship now. Charming and Snow were on the lower deck next to a limp Henry who lay on old jibs and cloth that was found in the ship. I was positioned to look or rather watch over the lost boys who sat with their hands tied eating bowls of soup that Snow gladly cooked up down under deck. Jill was before in the nest looking out for Emma, Regina and Alex.
Now she was back down on upper deck with me.
"How are the boys?" She asked, eyeing them. I shrugged, turning back to them.
"I stitched up Felix's hand and helped a boy named Drew with tying a cloth over a cut he got. Other than that it has been calm. I've been feeding them as you can see. Thankfully they have so far caused no trouble. I think a lot of them are glad to leave this place." I finished. Jill nodded in agreement.
"I can see that. It makes sense actually. After all, lots of these boys were taken against their will and all they want to do is go home." She replied. I smiled.
"Well that's good then. They can all go home!" Jill shook her head.
"Lottie, think about what you just said. They have most likely been gone for over a century which means their family is dead. They all most likely have no more family left." I looked at the boys sadly.
"How can someone stay on here for a whole century?" I mumbled more to myself then Jill but she heard.
"They don't. Time in Neverland is different. You know that." I looked at her with a new fear at the thought.
"Jill.. how long had I been gone from my parents?" Jill shrugged.
"I wouldn't know. You must ask your mother when you get the chance."
"If I get the chance." I replied. Jill sighed and walked over to the edge of the deck so that she was looking down at Snow and Charming surrounding Henry.
"Are you alright Jill?" I asked as I followed her to the side. She nodded slowly.
"I'm just very tired of this adventure." She replied simply.
"Adventure? You think this an adventure?" She chuckled.
"Of course I do. Who wouldn't?" I nodded.
"Yes but you act as if this has happened before." I replied.
"I have though. The amount of times I have been here with Hook. One time I was here fighting Hook instead of Pan and then another time I was mistaken for Wendy and then another time I was used as bait for mermaids... Oh Lottie I have become sick of this place. This place is filled with adventure. It is the reason why this place is the children's place for dreams." She replied. For a moment there was a calm silence between us as we continued to look around the ship.
"Jill, do you believe that at one point this place was a kind of heaven for children?" I asked curiously. Jill seemed to go deep in thought for a moment before answering.
"If this was a heaven, why is Pan evil? Why have people died and never come back? No Lottie, I wouldn't call this place a heaven. I doubt it ever was. If it was than it would need a very good person to change it back to good." I nodded in agreement.
"For one thing this place needs more glitter and good things instead of bad." I replied jokingly. Jill chuckled.
"Yeah that wouldn't hurt."
"Jill! Lottie!" We turned away from lower deck and ran to the back of the upper deck that faced land. Down below stood Hook and Baelfire in a small boat.
"Did you get it?" Jill asked as she threw down a rope.
"Yeah. I also think the girls are coming. I swear the land down there seemed to go very dark which means they did something to Pan." I looked over at the land while Jill threw down the rope.
"How long have they been gone?" I asked Jill. She shrugged.
"Enough time to make us do all this." She replied, motioning to the upright ship and the food everywhere. I looked around sadly and then back at Neverland.
"Lottie. You're mom and the rest of them will be fine. Don't worry." I looked up to see Baelfire looking at me with concern. He had just climbed up the rope and was now leaning toward the side of the ship in exhaustion. I nodded and turned back away from the deck.
"I'm going under deck." I called out. No one stopped me so I figured I was fine.
**Jill POV**
Lottie was under deck and Hook and Baelfire were on opposite sides of the ship, obviously pissed off with each other for reasons I did not know. The only group that seemed drama free was surprisingly the lost boys.
I walked over to them slowly and grabbed a bowl of soup as I went.
"You all seem pretty quiet." I started as I sat down on the deck. The boys who were being nice looked up at me and some surprisingly smiled. Others glared at me or looked at me nervously, not sure what I would do.
"Where is Alex?" One boy asked.
"She should be coming back by now." I replied simply. I heard Felix say something under his breath but I chose to ignore it.
"Alex trained me you know." The same boy said. I looked at him and saw that he was about my age in looks. He had dark hair and eyes the color of dark water.
'What's your name?" I asked him.
"Will. I was also the one that almost had you drown last time you were here." He replied. I chuckled now recognizing him.
"I knew you had something to do with my past. You looked familiar." I replied with a silly laugh.
"Jill!" I looked up and saw Hook watching the side of the deck toward Neverland. I stood up quickly.
"Give me you telescope. I think I saw something." He commanded. I did as I was told and watched as he looked over the land.
"There. I see them. And... Regina has the heart!" He looked away from the telescope and gave it back to me. I looked back over the land with the telescope and saw that he was right.
"Hook! There is no boat for them! You took the last one on land." I called out behind me.
"Go help them than." I heard him reply. I gritted my teeth at the command. I really did not want to get wet at the moment. I sighed knowing I had to follow orders and dropped my telescope as well as the small bag attached to my belt on the ground and walked over to the edge of the deck near the lost boys.
"What are you doing?" One of the lost boys asked as he saw me edge closer to the open edge.
"Going for a swim." I replied flashing them a smile before jumping off the edge of the boat.
The water was freezing as I entered but got better as I swam. I locked my body against the smaller boat and started to paddle the boat toward shore where I saw the three figures start to appear on the sand.
**Lottie POV**
"They're back!" I rolled off the small bed and fell smack on the ground. Quickly getting up I ran upstairs and onto the top deck where I saw a boat coming over to us with all three of them and a soaking wet Jill in it. I chuckled now understand what Jill did.
Thank God I went under deck before that command was ordered.
When they finally reached the boat and climbed up the rope I followed Regina down to lower deck where she quickly placed the heart back into its owner. There was a gold haze that seemed to shatter around the boy as she did it and next moment he woke up with a start.
"Henry!" Emma called out, running over to him.
"Wait! Get Rumpelstiltskin out of that box!" I called out as I saw the box left on the ground next to Regina. Baelfire picked it up and slowly opened it. A jet of red steam spilled out onto the floor revealing Rumpelstiltskin in the same pose I saw him before he first disappeared.
"Come on everyone we have to head back to Storybrook before Pan gets his senses back." Regina called out as she and Emma started to motion Henry to the door to under deck where I guessed he would get some sleep. It looked like he needed some.
I looked around and saw Rumpelstiltskin and Baelfire talking while on the other side Charming and Snow were watching Henry like Hawks as he slowly walked down under deck. Just than Wendy came out from under deck and moved out of the way for Henry.
"Let's get this ship out of here." Hook ordered.
Alright Guys,
So For the next week or so I am going to post a chapter everyday. This is supposed to be my summer to do list or something like that. As you guys might be able to tell this story is nearing its end. (Finally)
I believe by the end of this week this story will end..
Which means this might be the last book with Alex... Which actually is upsetting since she is one of my favorite characters that I have ever written. :(
But I am actually tempted to add a book where I pretty mcuh just write mini stories of Alex when she was younger and when she was older after visiting Neverland. For example, how she met her husbend or maybe training practices with her brothers or something like that. What do you all think? Should I do it?
Lots of Love
Wintergirl08