The One Who Loved Hook
Hook wasn't always called Hook. He only adopted that name after Peter Pan sliced off his right hand and he had to use a hook. He thought it had a rather intimidating sound. But in his heart he knew that Hook could never replace Jamie.
Hook was baptized James Luciano Bartolini. He was of Anglo-Italian parentage, and would be a member of nobility had he grown up in the real world. His mother was the daughter of an English Earl and his father, an Italian Viscount. However his father died rather unfortunately during an assassination attempt, and his distraught mother, widowed and in the final stages of her pregnancy, decided to return to her father's estate.
He was born in a ship. That made many things fated. When he was born, many thought he would die soon, and the ship's chaplain quickly baptized him. James after his grandfather, and Luciano Bartolini after the father he would never know. But cruel fate caused his mother to die instead of him, and left him an orphan.
Hook's bachelor uncle decided to raise him. As bachelors are wont to be, Earl Worthingham was a frightfully forgetful man who would forget even the simplest things like whether he had his dinner or if he had already taken a bath. It was amazing that he managed to look after Hook for three years.
At three years old, James Luciano Bartolini had already been a handsome boy. He had the dark hair and strong features of his father, and the piercing blue eyes of his mother. He also had an unnatural fondness of water and he always got terribly excited whenever his uncle took him out on boating trips.
It was at one of these boating trips when he got lost. It wasn't clear how he went overboard, but one moment he was there in his pram, and the next moment he was gone and they all heard a splash. The Earl jumped into the water immediately, forgetting to remove his shoes and coat, but the little body of James could not be found.
Meanwhile James was hit unconscious at the side of the boat and he sank like a brick to the bottom of the water. His last thought was, Maybe I am going to be part of the water. He could not remember what happened following that, but he did remember what happened when he finally woke up, and he never forgot.
He was lying on the sandy shore, with the sun shining down at him comfortably. But his wet clothes made him very uncomfortable. He tottered to his feet and surveyed his surroundings.
Neverland!
Hook wasn't always called Hook. He only adopted that name after Peter Pan sliced off his right hand and he had to use a hook. He thought it had a rather intimidating sound. But in his heart he knew that Hook could never replace Jamie.
Hook was baptized James Luciano Bartolini. He was of Anglo-Italian parentage, and would be a member of nobility had he grown up in the real world. His mother was the daughter of an English Earl and his father, an Italian Viscount. However his father died rather unfortunately during an assassination attempt, and his distraught mother, widowed and in the final stages of her pregnancy, decided to return to her father's estate.
He was born in a ship. That made many things fated. When he was born, many thought he would die soon, and the ship's chaplain quickly baptized him. James after his grandfather, and Luciano Bartolini after the father he would never know. But cruel fate caused his mother to die instead of him, and left him an orphan.
Hook's bachelor uncle decided to raise him. As bachelors are wont to be, Earl Worthingham was a frightfully forgetful man who would forget even the simplest things like whether he had his dinner or if he had already taken a bath. It was amazing that he managed to look after Hook for three years.
At three years old, James Luciano Bartolini had already been a handsome boy. He had the dark hair and strong features of his father, and the piercing blue eyes of his mother. He also had an unnatural fondness of water and he always got terribly excited whenever his uncle took him out on boating trips.
It was at one of these boating trips when he got lost. It wasn't clear how he went overboard, but one moment he was there in his pram, and the next moment he was gone and they all heard a splash. The Earl jumped into the water immediately, forgetting to remove his shoes and coat, but the little body of James could not be found.
Meanwhile James was hit unconscious at the side of the boat and he sank like a brick to the bottom of the water. His last thought was, Maybe I am going to be part of the water. He could not remember what happened following that, but he did remember what happened when he finally woke up, and he never forgot.
He was lying on the sandy shore, with the sun shining down at him comfortably. But his wet clothes made him very uncomfortable. He tottered to his feet and surveyed his surroundings.
Neverland!
