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Cale was in the villa, laying down on his bed flipping through the pages of a book before unsurprisingly he quickly got bored, Looking for something, anything else to do he settled for roaming around the stupidly large mansion
It wasn't like he wasn't allowed to go outside, it was just, everyone is out right now and he doesn't want to worry them by all of them coming home only to see a certain red head missing. Now shaking the unnecessary thoughts from his head he quickly realized while he was thinking about his now gone family members he seemed to have wandered down a hall he doesn't quite recognize.
Is he lost?
He could almost hear Eruhaben saying one of his most iconic lines unlucky bastard
He looked around a bit to see a couple of rooms down the hallway. Making his way towards the first one he was met with a stunning music room. Right in the middle of this very music room was a piano that seemed like it was handcrafted by a very very skilled craftsman
Thank you cale heard super rock say with evident pride in his voice
Cale shook his head preferably not responding, if it was made by the rock It made since as to why it seemed like it was made to be gifted to a king
He decided he was staring at it long enough and walked towards the piano, his footsteps making a rhythmic sound when they clicked and echoed in the spacious but quiet room.
He hasn't seen a piano in a long time let alone touched one and his fingers were itching to try and play it. Little did he know that when he sat down his family was inside the villa, looking for him no less. They were heading out of his room with worry carved on all of their faces wondering where their favorite red head went, when they heard a melody play down one of the halls.
Cale began playing the beginning of his chosen song, it was nice and soothing and reminded the kids of the lullabies he would sing them when they couldn't get to sleep, though he always did refused to actually sing the lullabies to them, saying something about his singing voice being so bad it would immediately wake them up.
That was when they heard it
“ its the calling of an angel!” as usual they all ignored closheph. Cale, was singing
There was a time
When i was alone,
Nowhere to go and no place to call home.
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away too,
Deruth, who was on a call with Ron because the butler wanted to know if Cale went home, immediately felt pained, hurt and so guilty. He thought back to cales ‘trash’ days, where Cale wasn't even safe from the insults and ridicule in his own home. He knew the drinking and trash behavior was a coping mechanism, to cope with the loss of his mother and to cope with the new people he, his own father, forcefully added into his life.
Ron on the other hand looked at it a bit differently. Despite how much Cale liked to deny it he did indeed have friends when he was in the more 'difficult’ part of his life. Whether it was the people he protected by throwing the bottles at the gangsters or his drinking buddies that always managed to safely return him back home when he truly got drunk. Ron thought of these couple of lines as Cale denying that he was worth it, that he wasn't worth the love that was given to him and that made Ron clench his dagger closer to him as he made his way towards the music
Everyone followed suite
Cale continued his singing
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high
He came to me with the sweetest smile
Told me he wanted to talk for a while
For the first time ever they all disliked how big the Villa was because for the life of them they could not find the room cale was in right now, and rosalyn made the observation that they don't even have a piano room at least not one that they know of so they have absolutely no clue where cale might be. They let the on and hong take the lead as they all have confidence the children can track cale down based on where the sound is coming from as they did they all made their own speculations on who this ‘shadow’ might be and what this person might want with their young master.
Choi han is thinking hard because of a different reason though, he is wondering if he should be concerned like the others about what this song's hidden meaning is or if the song is just one the redhead picked up from earth. If it was a song from earth he would be none the wiser seeing as he does not recognize it.
Cale continued
He said, "Peter Pan, that's what they call me
I promise that you'll never be lonely"
And ever since that day
Ah that confirmed it for choi han, peter pan is a famous fairytale mostly stimming from america the song maybe an american one which would explain why he never heard it before.
Either that or cale was using it as a metaphor for something and he would rather not think about what that something may be.
Everyone else on the other hand were thinking long and hard about what these lyrics could mean, the ones who knew about trash cale thinking the hardest and finding the most unpleasant conclusions. Ron was somehow sharpening his dagger while fast walking toward the source of the sound, no one questioned how he was able to do it. Ron and Becrox and the rest of Cale’s blood family came to the terrifying conclusion that somebody manipulated their redhead while he was at his worse
The others came to conclusions that didn't seem so far off seeing as they all were carrying themselves with a terrifying aura which if Cale was there to witness he would think they were there to kill him even though he knows they would not harm a hair on his body. On and Hong increased their speed leading the others into the side of the mansion they didn't even know existed.
Cale continued
I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, Lost Boy", they say to me
"Away from all of reality"
Deruth froze on the other side of the camera and everyone else visibly stiffened and slowed, they knew, they all knew his past and they accepted him for it brushed it off and let bygones be bygones thinking that Cale wasn't like that anymore, they had no reason to dwell on it. Oh how wrong they were. While they were over here ignoring his past he was over there dwelling on it, getting constantly reminded of it and hating himself over it. Without a word they all broke out in a sprint. There was a fork in the hallway, one going one way while the other went the other way. Without saying a word, like cale was still here, they split up into two groups and continued searching
Much to their dismay
He continued singing
Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free
Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free
These lines should have probably assured them right? Wrong it did the opposite, it meant there were others, it meant that he found freedom in another person, it meant that wherever neverland was, Cale considered that to be his home. This hurt all of them, this pained them greatly, they never hated this villa as much as they did right now.
To their complete despair.
He kept going.
He sprinkled me in pixie dust and told me to believe
Believe in him and believe in me
Together, we will fly away in a cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny
As we soared above the town that never loved me
I realized I finally had a family
Soon enough, we reached Neverland
Peacefully, my feet hit the sand
And ever since that day
They ran, the children with tears in their eyes and the adults with dark faces. They wish they could go faster; they wish that they could just destroy the walls that separated them from him. But they couldn't as much as he was their home this was their home to. Someplace where they all could meet up and act like the world wasn't weighing on their shoulders. They all regrouped after yet another sharp turn. They were getting closer, they knew they were. And once they reached him they would ask all the questions that were breaking them down right now.
Then it repeated, what they could only call the god forsaken chorus, repeated itself talking about how he was free, not with them but with this mysterious person, that as far they know, brainwashed him while he was at his worst.
I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, Lost Boy", they say to me
"Away from all of reality"
Then they found the room, but what overcame their happiness was another round of despair as they found out that the room was blocked by a barrier, one that Eruhaben pointed out that was powered by the piano Cale was playing right now. Again without speaking a word they all readied themselves to all attack the barrier but before they could, something happened, something happened that brought tears to even the adults eyes
Peter Pan, Cales main party appeared besides him in a wisp like form, people including choi han,lock,rosalyn, eruabanhan, roan,on and hong, alberu and the like
Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling Cales blood family appeared along with his friends that were nobles,merchants and people from the various beast tribes and species appeared
Even Captain Hook, you are my perfect storybook Cales servants appeared this time, the knights, the maids, the butlers that all came from his mother side that decided not to give up on him even when he descended into grief
Neverland, I love you so This time a map of their homeland appeared behind everyone
You are now my home sweet home
Forever a Lost Boy at last
The kids were now crying, the adults tearing up and the more sensitive ones (*cough cough* Eruhaben Ron Lock) tears were already falling, they all cried out of relief and pure happiness. Knowing the feeling of finding home in one another wasn't just a one sided feeling. Relief knowing the red head was going anywhere anytime soon, not if they have a say in it anyways.
Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling
Even Captain Hook, you are my perfect storybook
Neverland, I love you so
You are now my home sweet home
Forever a Lost Boy at last
And for always, I will say
I am a Lost Boy from Neverland
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan
And when we're bored, we play in the woods
Always on the run from Captain Hook
"Run, run, Lost Boy", they say to me
"Away from all of reality"
Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free
Neverland is home to Lost Boys like me
And Lost Boys like me are free
This time they let the chorus repeat, the magical picture slowly changing to show everyone surrounding a certain redhead in the middle with smiles on all of their faces. It looked like a real family photo, that was until it dispersed and the barrier surrounding the door faded away and they were now allowed to enter.
If perhaps they all did rush in all at once and surrounded themselves around the redhead then no one would mention it
If they all shared a group hug where the kids were most definitely not the only ones crying no one said anything
If maybe, closheph recorded everything that happened from the moment he heard cales voice then no one would say anything to anyone, most definitely not the redhead
And if maybe just maybe all of Cales allies and friends have a copy of the recording, well, whos to say it was true?