16. The Miller's Daughter

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Astrid sat at the table as her mother stood beside her, both listening to David talk over the phone on speaker. "Hey, I just talked to Emma. It's a bad wound. She says it's poison. He can only cure it back here in Storybrooke. They're taking the ship home." David began.

"What about Hook?" Astrid inquired in slight concern but was ignored for what feels like the umpteenth time.

"Well, let him know that they have the knife, okay? Who knows what the wicked woman would do?" Snow replied to her husband and then they hung up.

Snow sat down in the chair beside her daughter's at the table and moved her hands over her face, removing them with a small sigh. "You're failing as an influence of that pirate, Astrid."

Astrid silently scoffed but faked a convincing amused smile and remarked, "He'll be okay. He always is."

Astrid ran quickly through the jungle on the island known as Neverland, using her sword to cut away branches in her path. She was trying to find a way off of this island, so that she could find her real family.

It grew dark as the girl stopped and decided to set up camp, starting with building a fire to keep herself warm. After making the fire, she laid down and closed her eyes, slowly falling asleep.

The next morning, Astrid woke up to the excited shouts of the Lost Boys as she quickly stood up and ran in the opposite direction.

Astrid then felt herself being quickly pulled into the air by her ankle. "Ah, bloody hell! Stupid trap!" She muttered under her breath as she now hung upside down ten feet from the ground.

Astrid tried untying her foot but it was no use; She listened as the voices got closer and closer until the group of boys surrounded her from below, smirks on their faces.

"Looks like your game is over." Peter smirked towards the still dangling girl who glared at him and replied, "Pan, let me down."

Peter waved his hand and Astrid swiftly went crashing down onto the ground face first as she groaned in pain and sat up. "Throw her in the cages, boys. That'll teach her for running away." Peter said in amusement, his hands clasped behind his back as he watched the girl in front of him with his signature smirk.

Astrid folded her arms across her chest and smiled sarcastically. "I can escort myself to the cages, thank you very much." She remarked in annoyance as she stomped back to the camp and over to the cages.

Astrid, Snow, and David had just arrived at the pier as Emma, Henry, Gold, and Neal were getting off of a small boat; Ruby was already there, helping Neal help Gold walk.

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