Chapter 37
*Solstice*
"Kill him." Cale's voice echoed in my head. "He's going to do you harm."
Pan inched backward, now very cautious of me.
I smirked and cocked my head, "what's the matter Pan? Afraid of the dark?"
"Well I should ask you the same question." Pan sneered. "I mean, you are a lost Star."
Anger boiled in my veins. "Kill him!!" Cale's voice taunted. "You can do it."
I wanted to. Ten hells I wanted to. I wanted to rip his heart out. To crush it until sand only remained. I want to-
'No, no, no, no, no! This isn't me!!' My thoughts screamed. 'Fight back! This is only the virus talking! REMEMBER!! Cale is the one to blame, not Peter! '
"Kill Peter Pan." Cale said again.
"No." I said out load, but faintly. I shook my head, as if thinking that would rid my thoughts of my Cale.
"Ashes, ashes," Shine's soft voice sliced through my brain. "Ashes, ashes." She continued to sing.
"Get out of my head!" I yelled, I scratched at my head, trying to free my demons.
"Solstice!?" I heard Peter's voice far off, but I knew he was standing beside me.
"Get away!!" I shrieked at all three of them. "Get away!"
"Your life is nothing!" Cale screamed. His voice was high pitched and pricing. "Pan only wanted you because you're a Blue Star."
"No!!" I shouted. A tear slipped from my haunting eyes. "You're mad!!"
"We're all mad here." I heard Shine say, "including you." She paused, then continued to sing her torturous lyrics.
"Can you feel it star." Cale taunted. "Can you feel the darkness bubbling within? The regret, the anger, the hate..."
"Get. Out. Of. My. Head!!!!" I screeched like a banshee.
I must have been hysterical. I heard Peter approach me once again. I heard his deceiving accented voice, "I'm sorry." He opened his palm to revile a pink-like dust. He blew away the dust in my direction. The glittery dust danced around in the air and then whirled around me. As soon as I breathed it in, I felt dizzy and tired. I just wanted to sleep. My eyes became heavy, and I drifted off into the darkness once more.
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*Peter Pan*
Her eyes shut, drossy from the poppies. Solstice was crumbling to the ground but I caught her in time. I had to put her to sleep in order for me to cure her.
'Is that what I'm doing? Saving her, only for her to die anyway?'
I sighed. I held the Star in my arms and walked back to my hut. It was still dark outside. It was actually cold. It was never cold here.
I didn't give it another thought; I kept walking in the same direction.
Once I got to my hut and laid Solstice down on the bed. I went outside to think, but I didn't even get the time for that since my Shadow came out of the darkness with a metal canteen in hand.
"As ordered." It said, handing me the canteen.
"Well I see you didn't have any trouble. This will cure Solstice?" I asked.
The figure nodded but then paused, "But, at a price."
I raised my eyebrow, "and what's that?"
"Anyone who drinks the water of the spring, cannot leave Neverland. Ever. If they do, whatever they were cured for will come back and they will die."
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*Baelfire*
'He found her. Pan found her! I hope she's okay! This is perfect! Now Solstice and I can escape Neverland together. I still can't believe I found a way off Neverland!!' My thoughts ran wild. I ran to the hut; it was morning now, the dew wetted the greenery and the sun was bright and joyful.
Felix announced to Archer and I that Pan had found a cure for Solstice. She was going to be okay! I raced toward Pan's hut, and burst through the door.
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*Solstice*
I woke up to find that I was back in Pan's hut. It was morning but there was no joy in it. My body ached, my head throbbed, and my thoughts were tampered with. I closed my eyes. All I wanted to do was sleep. But no, I couldn't. That would mean sinking back into the darkness. No, not again.
"Awake, are you?" I heard Peter's voice.
I opened one eye to see Peter Pan standing before me. "Yeah." I shut my eye again.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
I opened my eyes, and met his gaze. "I feel like crap." I gave a small smile, "I'm pretty sure I don't look that great either."
Pan smirked and sat down besides me. "Are you feeling unlike yourself?"
"I think it will come and go. I don't really remember what happened. It's all a blur. I mean I remember bits and pieces but that's it. I don't want to be around others when I lose it again." I sat up straight, "Peter, you have to lock me up in a cage so I won't hurt anyone. I recall I hurt Baelfire. I cannot hurt anyone else."
"Well I think I might have a solution."
"What?"
"I found a cure."
My eyes went wide. "Y-You found a... cure!? Oh my gosh Peter!" I jumped up and hugged him. "I can't believe it! How?" I let go of him to look into his green eyes.
"It's from a spring. The very heart of Neverland. It's what keeps this island and everyone in it so, well, young."
I smiled, but my happiness was cut short. A stabbing pain shot through my leg. I cried out in pain. "My leg!" I fell back onto the bed—the pain was increasing and spreading. My legs, my arms, my hands, my chest, my neck, my whole body screamed in agony. It felt as if I were being boiled alive.
"Ahhhh!!" I shrieked.
Pan shot up and inspected my leg. His eyes darted to my arms. To our horror, black spots emerged.
"T-The third s-stage." I managed to say, despite of the pain. "W-Where's the cure!?"
Pan's face fell, "I must tell you something about it first."
"What's there to tell!?" I practically shouted.
"Since this water is magical, it too, comes with a price."
"Hades!" I shouted, "i don't care what the price is!!" The pain was increasing, "Arghhh!! Peter!" I shouted between sobs, "What's the price!?"
"If you drink this," he held up a metal canteen, "you can never leave Neverland. If you do, the Star Fever will come back and you will die."
"What?" I managed to say, "Is that the only w-way?" I breathed out the words; but then soon screeched again. The pain was being to be unbearable.
Pan nodded, "I'm afraid so."
"O-Okay." I stuttered, "I'll do it."
"Are you sure? Because once you make a deal with the devil, he always comes to collect." He warned.
"To Hades with him!!" I snatched the canteen out of his grasp and drank its contents. The water was cool and refreshing. The pain suddenly vanished, as if it was never there. The voices in my head stopped. My skin began to clear, and my eyes were no longer red.
I smiled slightly. I had been cured.
I grabbed Pan's hand, "Thank you so much Peter."
Just then, the door to Pan's hut burst open to revile Bae standing in the threshold.
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Yikes! A lot happened in this chapter! And sorry I haven't updated in like a week, I got super busy with life.
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