I saw a dark cave with a light at the end. Then I saw something bright fluttering near me.
"Tinker Bell?" I guessed.
The bright but oddly transparent fairy nodded.
"What's happening?"
Tinker Bell then bursted to many angry sounding bells.
"I can't understand you."
Tinker Bell rolled her eyes. Then she took my hand and pointed towards the end of the tunnel.
What am I dreaming about?
Then I stood at the end. The white light changed suddenly and showed a dark grey island that looked like Florida with a hurricane over it.
"Neverland?"
Tink nodded sadly.
The image then changed to Mermaid Lagoon. I looked closely.
A well suited man who wore a black suit and dark sunglasses was talking to a group of other men. They seem to be in a deep discussion. Like a spy group would do.
"What are they?"
Tinker Bell bursted to a bunch of urgent, for which I could not comprehend.
"Forget I even asked. Let's just say that they are bad guys."
As I looked a little more closely, I saw a boy hunched over something.
I gasped. It was Peter Pan. Except he wasn't his usual self. He was transparent, like a ghost almost ready to diminish, and what was in his hands, was the dull, lifeless form of Tinker Bell.
I stood, frozen in my spot. Fear was filling my mind. I stared at Tinker Bell.
She just stared at me back with a ghostly expression.
She was a ghost.
Why couldn't I figure that out sooner?
My eyes darted to the men approaching Peter and the image went black.
"No!"I ran up to the dark opening and tried to push through. But I couldn't. The darkness was too strong for me to push through. I pressed my ear to the barrier and willed to hear something.
Why is everything so . . .dark?
Just as I thought that, I heard yelling. That pushed me over the edge.
"No . . .no, this is not supposed to happen. No . . . get me out of hear!" I said, clamping my hands to my ears.
Tinker Bell then said (weirdly I can understand); It's all your fault! You won't believe. Everything is being destroyed because of you, Elysea Pan!
"Shut up, shut up! Get me out of here!" I screamed.
That's when I woke up. I sat up immediately, panting from fear, my chest in knots.
Why? Why do I have to mess everything up? I did nothing wrong!
I looked around at my empty living room. I looked at the clock and it read 6 AM.
I grumbled. I trudged over to the kitchen to find something to eat. I heard a rustle in my dad's office. I jumped up and reached for my handgun, which is hidden under the sink.
I held it in front of me and slowly walked towards my dad's office. The rustling stopped.
So did I.
A intruder.
Then I kicked the door open. No one inside.
That's odd.
Then I looked up and saw a Asian girl wearing a short sleeved blue turtle neck with skinny jeans, lying flat on the . . . ceiling.
"What the . . ," I muttered.
The girl pushed off the ceiling and floated to the floor. She was surprisingly pretty and had her hair in a short ponytail, looking to be in her early teens.
"Who are you? What do you want?" I said, pointing the gun towards her, not letting my guard down.
The girl just stared and then she held up a gold locket. I recognized it immediately.
"You are a Starcatcher?" I asked.
"Starwatcher to be exact. But you are close," she said.
"Sorry," I muttered. Man, this girl had a smart mouth.
She put her locket down and gave me her hand.
"Jiang Chen Pan," she said.
I lowered my gun and asked,"You are a relative?"
"Adopted."
I place the gun on the desk and shook her hand.
"I never heard of you," I said confused.
"Probably because I was adopted two years ago," Jiang replied.
"Okay, why were you adopted so suddenly?" I asked.
"Because I have somewhat strange abilities. I can sense starstuff falls and levitate," Jiang said.
"Levitate?"
"I can rise of the ground without starstuff."
"So you can fly."
"Don't you even know what 'levitate' means?"
"Yea."
"I don't think so, because if you did you wouldn't say 'fly' off the bat."
Then Jiang started to walk around the office.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"To warn your father about something. Is he here?" Jiang asked.
"Nope, he left with some Starcatchers to Disneyland. Why?"
Jiang stopped in her tracks, then said,"They already left?"
"Yea. So what?"
"Oh no. I have to find them," Jiang said urgently, then headed towards the window.
"What? Why?"
"They are heading straight into a trap and I am supposed to warn them."
"Aha! So it is a trap. You know, two great minds think alike. From the moment I heard of this Peter Pan gibberish it was all just a set up by some crooked person."
"What?"
"You know, they believe in something that isn't real."
"I think you got the wrong idea. They are going into a trap that is set up but the King and once they are stuck there is no way to get out."
"Oh, well um okay. So this stuff is true huh. Aah, I am so stupid to say that."
"No hard thoughts."
"So you are some kind of messenger?"
"Messenger if you want to call it. I prefer Watcher."
I threw my hands up in the air sarcastically.
"Good. Nice talking with . . . um, what's your name?"Jiang asked.
"Elysea Pan but you can just call me Elysie," I said.
"Right." She started to climb the window sill when I said,"Can I come and help?"
"I think this is too dangerous for you to be involved with," Jiang replied.
"But I am a trained in this type of stuff. I feel like I am being pushed to the sidelines in this whole situation. I want to help and be part of the action."
"These forces that your father and I are dealing with cannot be contained by guns and bombs."
"Then I will just have to help you without 'guns and bombs'."
Jiang just shook her head,"You may be trained for justice, but you have never been trained to defeat immortal demons. You need to believe in something or you will be easily manipulated. Until then, you don't have a chance to even slow these demons," Jiang said.
"Fine. I didn't sign up for Camp Half-Blood but at least I just apply," I said.
Then I rebound saying,"But if you do need help, I can come and bring some of my good friends who believe in your cause to help you guys out."
I saw Jiang's face break into a grin.
"You are very brave. We may need that,"she said as she jumped to the window sill.
"What's your number?" she asked.
I grinned and said,"Well I won't give you my cell because those dark forces may track your help calls so I will give you my other number that is super secured."
"Your J.U.S.S. number," Jiang said.
"How do you know that?" The J.U.S.S is a secret agency so no one should know about it.
"As a Watcher, I have to keep up to date with the Catchers and their families," Jiang explained.
"Whatever, forget that I even asked or kept it a secret. It's (800)198-6280," I said.
Jiang punched it into her cell phone.
"Well gotta go. See you some time in the near future," Jiang said and jumped from my window. She slowly floated to the ground and then started running . . . at the speed that I think is light.
Woah, she is fast, I thought.
I decided to call up my dad. It was only 7AM.
The ringing seemed to go on forever. Then he finally picked up.
"Hello?" my dad said.
"Hi dad, this is Elysie,"I said.
"Oh,Elysie. I hoped you read my note so I won't have to explain it on my own."
"Where are you?"
"We are in front of the Disneyland entrance with the other Starcatchers, waiting to get in."
"Stay where you are. Don't move not a foot towards the entrance. It's a trap. Tell that to the other Starcatchers."
"What? Elysie, we have to get in there before the Others set their plan more into play."
"It's not my decision to tell you to stay. A Star Watcher came to my house, Jiang Pan. She told me that she wanted to warn you and the catchers that you are walking into a trap set up by the Others."
There was a awkward silence.
"You mean, Jiang the Watcher? How did you get in contact with her?" my dad finally said.
"She just popped up at your office window. I don't know exactly where she came from though. Why?" I asked.
"Jiang rarely appears to Starcatchers, especially ordinary people like you."
"I am not ordinary, just to put that out there. Why can't she talk to people?"
"Watchers tend to be kept hidden. They have the powers to predict star falls and have unique abilities. The Others always hunt for Watchers so that they can get to the starstuff first. Jiang is the only Watcher left on this planet. My brother discovered her in a Chinese orphanage because they were going to terminate her for paranormal actions and behavior. My brother saw her and found out that she was a Watcher. Jiang is not a ordinary Watcher though. She knows the exact location of any starstuff material. She knew about the starstuff infused sword in the Crown Jewels, the Keep in the White Tower, and the bridge to Neverland in Disneyland which we learned that the bridge moved. So my brother adopted her. Jiang lives a normal life but she is homeschooled and away from any type of civilization. She is also kept as a secret from the rest of the family. Only senior Starcatchers know about her."
"Woah, so I completely met a sacred person. Neat."
"Well, we will just have to wait till she gets here. It shouldn't be too long. Sorry that I misunderstood you. Thanks for giving me the heads up."
"Okay,um,dad?"
"Yea?"
"Can I go with you?"
"Elysie, I can't let you in on this. Not right now."
"Why not? I am not scared of anything. Why should I be afraid of Neverland?"
"It isn't Neverland anymore."
"What can I do?"
"Go to the library and borrow the Starcatcher series."
"There are books?"
"Yep, bizarre and I don't like it but true."
"Okay. But if I don't see you on Sunday I will go."
"We will see."
"Is there anything else that I can help you with?"
"Just pray, a lot."
"Dad, I don't think my so called prayers go any higher than the ceiling. Religion is a stupid thing that people believe on so that they feel important."
"Don't ever say that, Elysea. Never say that ever to me or anyone again. Got it?"
"Jeez, okay."
"Gotta go."
"Okay."
"I love you a lot, Elysie. You know that right?"
"Yea, dad. I love you too."
"I will see you really soon."
"Okay dad. Bye."
The call ended.
I checked the clock. It was 7:30 am on a typical Tuesday morning in January.
"Time for school,"I muttered.
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Jon flipped his phone. And turned to his fellow Starcatchers who was eating their breakfast.
"Well guys, I am going inside, I can't wait any longer."
"But didn't your daughter say that Jiang is on the way," Kevin, Jon's friend said.
"I don't care. Some of you can stay but I need a couple of you. We are going to fulfill our mission."
"But it's a trap!" The other Catchers nodded in agreement.
"Are you chickening out? Trap or no trap. We are going to to try and avoid it. The long we wait, the more the chance that the Others will do unspeakable evil. Who's in?"
A couple of Catchers raised their hand.
"Okay men, come with me."
"What will we tell the Watcher?"
"Tell her exactly what we are doing. Tell her not to stop us."
Then Jon turned with his fellow Catchers, Kevin and Luke, and ran off towards the entrance of Disneyland, and entered.
The Catchers all sat in silence as they ran down Main Street. They are supposedly in the Happiest Place in the World but ti looks like their friends are running courageous into their deaths.
----------------------------------------------------
He saw them surround him and he knew that all hope was lost.
"Nice to see you again, Peter. You missed me?" the man in a black coat known as the Skeleton said. His skin was a pale gray and he had yellow cracked teeth and bloodshot eyes. He looked like a dead man literally back from the dead.
Peter just glared at him. Ombra then jerked his arms behind his back and said,"If you make any moves, I will end your pitiful life."
Peter then saw a man in a crisp tux walked to him, his hat tipped over his face. He wore gloves and from Peter's view, you couldn't see his skin at all.
"Are you Peter Pan?"the man asked.
"Why do you care?" Peter answered defiantly. The man let out a low chuckle.
"You really think that you are all that. Ler's face it, your not."
"Who are you?"
"I am the King. I am here to rule over your Neverland."
"What? How did you get here?"
"A little persuasion and hole traveling."
"Leave or you will regret it."
"Oh really. Who the one who is weaker? You or me?"
Peter's mind raced. This guy thinks that he's all that. I gotta get out.
He fingered his back and felt the hilt of his dagger. Oh yes.
Peter jumped to his feet and slammed his head into Ombra's chest and jammed his fists into his stomach.
Ombra groaned in pain and Peter's hands were free.
"GET HIM!" the King commanded.
Peter saw the Skeleton and Ombra rushing towards him. He ran.
Peter ran as fast as he could but then he was corned. He just saw a rock wall and no way to clear it without flying. Peter turned back to his foes who were catching up pretty fast. Darn, here goes nothing.
Peter braced himself, his sword stretch in front of him.
"I am not going down with a fight," Peter yelled.
"Well," Ombra said unsheathing a sword from his suit,"I will be glad to fight."
Peter stormed at Ombra's sword and clashed his dagger on Ombra's. Ombra quickly regained balance and slashed at Peter. Peter ducked and rolled quickly and kicked at Ombra's legs, bring him to the ground. The Skeleton reached his hand towards Peter's neck but Peter slashed his dagger across the Skeleton's arms. Leaving a vacant slit. That's just sick and wrong.
Peter then jumped over Ombra and ran ask fast as he could. He couldn't see where he was going but he tried to get as far away as possible.
"Levitate?"
"I can rise of the ground without starstuff."
"So you can fly."
"Don't you even know what 'levitate' means?"
"Yea."
"I don't think so, because if you did you wouldn't say 'fly' off the bat."
Then Jiang started to walk around the office.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"To warn your father about something. Is he here?" Jiang asked.
"Nope, he left with some Starcatchers to Disneyland. Why?"
Jiang stopped in her tracks, then said,"They already left?"
"Yea. So what?"
"Oh no. I have to find them," Jiang said urgently, then headed towards the window.
"What? Why?"
"They are heading straight into a trap and I am supposed to warn them."
"Aha! So it is a trap. You know, two great minds think alike. From the moment I heard of this Peter Pan gibberish it was all just a set up by some crooked person."
"What?"
"You know, they believe in something that isn't real."
"I think you got the wrong idea. They are going into a trap that is set up but the King and once they are stuck there is no way to get out."
"Oh, well um okay. So this stuff is true huh. Aah, I am so stupid to say that."
"No hard thoughts."
"So you are some kind of messenger?"
"Messenger if you want to call it. I prefer Watcher."
I threw my hands up in the air sarcastically.
"Good. Nice talking with . . . um, what's your name?"Jiang asked.
"Elysea Pan but you can just call me Elysie," I said.
"Right." She started to climb the window sill when I said,"Can I come and help?"
"I think this is too dangerous for you to be involved with," Jiang replied.
"But I am a trained in this type of stuff. I feel like I am being pushed to the sidelines in this whole situation. I want to help and be part of the action."
"These forces that your father and I are dealing with cannot be contained by guns and bombs."
"Then I will just have to help you without 'guns and bombs'."
Jiang just shook her head,"You may be trained for justice, but you have never been trained to defeat immortal demons. You need to believe in something or you will be easily manipulated. Until then, you don't have a chance to even slow these demons," Jiang said.
"Fine. I didn't sign up for Camp Half-Blood but at least I just apply," I said.
Then I rebound saying,"But if you do need help, I can come and bring some of my good friends who believe in your cause to help you guys out."
I saw Jiang's face break into a grin.
"You are very brave. We may need that,"she said as she jumped to the window sill.
"What's your number?" she asked.
I grinned and said,"Well I won't give you my cell because those dark forces may track your help calls so I will give you my other number that is super secured."
"Your J.U.S.S. number," Jiang said.
"How do you know that?" The J.U.S.S is a secret agency so no one should know about it.
"As a Watcher, I have to keep up to date with the Catchers and their families," Jiang explained.
"Whatever, forget that I even asked or kept it a secret. It's (800)198-6280," I said.
Jiang punched it into her cell phone.
"Well gotta go. See you some time in the near future," Jiang said and jumped from my window. She slowly floated to the ground and then started running . . . at the speed that I think is light.
Woah, she is fast, I thought.
I decided to call up my dad. It was only 7AM.
The ringing seemed to go on forever. Then he finally picked up.
"Hello?" my dad said.
"Hi dad, this is Elysie,"I said.
"Oh,Elysie. I hoped you read my note so I won't have to explain it on my own."
"Where are you?"
"We are in front of the Disneyland entrance with the other Starcatchers, waiting to get in."
"Stay where you are. Don't move not a foot towards the entrance. It's a trap. Tell that to the other Starcatchers."
"What? Elysie, we have to get in there before the Others set their plan more into play."
"It's not my decision to tell you to stay. A Star Watcher came to my house, Jiang Pan. She told me that she wanted to warn you and the catchers that you are walking into a trap set up by the Others."
There was a awkward silence.
"You mean, Jiang the Watcher? How did you get in contact with her?" my dad finally said.
"She just popped up at your office window. I don't know exactly where she came from though. Why?" I asked.
"Jiang rarely appears to Starcatchers, especially ordinary people like you."
"I am not ordinary, just to put that out there. Why can't she talk to people?"
"Watchers tend to be kept hidden. They have the powers to predict star falls and have unique abilities. The Others always hunt for Watchers so that they can get to the starstuff first. Jiang is the only Watcher left on this planet. My brother discovered her in a Chinese orphanage because they were going to terminate her for paranormal actions and behavior. My brother saw her and found out that she was a Watcher. Jiang is not a ordinary Watcher though. She knows the exact location of any starstuff material. She knew about the starstuff infused sword in the Crown Jewels, the Keep in the White Tower, and the bridge to Neverland in Disneyland which we learned that the bridge moved. So my brother adopted her. Jiang lives a normal life but she is homeschooled and away from any type of civilization. She is also kept as a secret from the rest of the family. Only senior Starcatchers know about her."
"Woah, so I completely met a sacred person. Neat."
"Well, we will just have to wait till she gets here. It shouldn't be too long. Sorry that I misunderstood you. Thanks for giving me the heads up."
"Okay,um,dad?"
"Yea?"
"Can I go with you?"
"Elysie, I can't let you in on this. Not right now."
"Why not? I am not scared of anything. Why should I be afraid of Neverland?"
"It isn't Neverland anymore."
"What can I do?"
"Go to the library and borrow the Starcatcher series."
"There are books?"
"Yep, bizarre and I don't like it but true."
"Okay. But if I don't see you on Sunday I will go."
"We will see."
"Is there anything else that I can help you with?"
"Just pray, a lot."
"Dad, I don't think my so called prayers go any higher than the ceiling. Religion is a stupid thing that people believe on so that they feel important."
"Don't ever say that, Elysea. Never say that ever to me or anyone again. Got it?"
"Jeez, okay."
"Gotta go."
"Okay."
"I love you a lot, Elysie. You know that right?"
"Yea, dad. I love you too."
"I will see you really soon."
"Okay dad. Bye."
The call ended.
I checked the clock. It was 7:30 am on a typical Tuesday morning in January.
"Time for school,"I muttered.
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Jon flipped his phone. And turned to his fellow Starcatchers who was eating their breakfast.
"Well guys, I am going inside, I can't wait any longer."
"But didn't your daughter say that Jiang is on the way," Kevin, Jon's friend said.
"I don't care. Some of you can stay but I need a couple of you. We are going to fulfill our mission."
"But it's a trap!" The other Catchers nodded in agreement.
"Are you chickening out? Trap or no trap. We are going to to try and avoid it. The long we wait, the more the chance that the Others will do unspeakable evil. Who's in?"
A couple of Catchers raised their hand.
"Okay men, come with me."
"What will we tell the Watcher?"
"Tell her exactly what we are doing. Tell her not to stop us."
Then Jon turned with his fellow Catchers, Kevin and Luke, and ran off towards the entrance of Disneyland, and entered.
The Catchers all sat in silence as they ran down Main Street. They are supposedly in the Happiest Place in the World but ti looks like their friends are running courageous into their deaths.
----------------------------------------------------
He saw them surround him and he knew that all hope was lost.
"Nice to see you again, Peter. You missed me?" the man in a black coat known as the Skeleton said. His skin was a pale gray and he had yellow cracked teeth and bloodshot eyes. He looked like a dead man literally back from the dead.
Peter just glared at him. Ombra then jerked his arms behind his back and said,"If you make any moves, I will end your pitiful life."
Peter then saw a man in a crisp tux walked to him, his hat tipped over his face. He wore gloves and from Peter's view, you couldn't see his skin at all.
"Are you Peter Pan?"the man asked.
"Why do you care?" Peter answered defiantly. The man let out a low chuckle.
"You really think that you are all that. Ler's face it, your not."
"Who are you?"
"I am the King. I am here to rule over your Neverland."
"What? How did you get here?"
"A little persuasion and hole traveling."
"Leave or you will regret it."
"Oh really. Who the one who is weaker? You or me?"
Peter's mind raced. This guy thinks that he's all that. I gotta get out.
He fingered his back and felt the hilt of his dagger. Oh yes.
Peter jumped to his feet and slammed his head into Ombra's chest and jammed his fists into his stomach.
Ombra groaned in pain and Peter's hands were free.
"GET HIM!" the King commanded.
Peter saw the Skeleton and Ombra rushing towards him. He ran.
Peter ran as fast as he could but then he was corned. He just saw a rock wall and no way to clear it without flying. Peter turned back to his foes who were catching up pretty fast. Darn, here goes nothing.
Peter braced himself, his sword stretch in front of him.
"I am not going down with a fight," Peter yelled.
"Well," Ombra said unsheathing a sword from his suit,"I will be glad to fight."
Peter stormed at Ombra's sword and clashed his dagger on Ombra's. Ombra quickly regained balance and slashed at Peter. Peter ducked and rolled quickly and kicked at Ombra's legs, bring him to the ground. The Skeleton reached his hand towards Peter's neck but Peter slashed his dagger across the Skeleton's arms. Leaving a vacant slit. That's just sick and wrong.
Peter then jumped over Ombra and ran ask fast as he could. He couldn't see where he was going but he tried to get as far away as possible.
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