Author's note; I had to go around and change all the Nips to Nibs. Hah. Small edit, for those paying attention.
A menacing black flag slowly approached from the horizon, causing Nibs to adorn a rather attractive smirk as he passed the wooden binoculars to his partner.
"If they dare taint our land, I'll be the one to finally teach Starkey a lesson!" Nibs said confidently, drawing a wobbly wooden sword from its sheath and posing in a heroic position.
Tootles squinted, his chubby face molding around the binoculars as he tried to make out the ship that Nibs had mentioned. "But I thought only Peter was allowed to take him on," Tootles finally responded, lowering the binoculars and casting his fellow Lost Boy a rather dumbstruck expression.
Nibs rolled his eyes, obviously feeling the comment was far too idiotic to grace with a reply, and quickly tucked his sword back into place. Letting out an excited battle cry, Nibs leapt off the tree post the two had been stationed at, jumping onto a branch, then quickly lacing his muscular body down the rest of the tree with grace. "Prepare for an invasion!" Nibs shouted as he ran nimbly through the forest towards their hideout.
Tootles ambled clumsily behind, looking extremely eager to be one of the first to spot the ship, his chubby fists clenched tightly as he strained to keep up with Nibs.
Meanwhile...
"Melody darling," the gruff man pleaded (had he not been a respectable pirate, he would have whined), drumming his fingers along the wooden rail, "I was under the notion that you respected our desire to keep you offshore…"
Melody's curled black hair flew forward as the salty wind rushed across the deck. Carefully planning her words, Melody twisted her body slightly to face Starkey, "I've respected them for very long, as you know." Had he not been the Captain's first mate, the teenage girl would probably have spat in his face for suggesting Melody being inconsiderate for wanting this tiny piece of freedom. "I'm going to help gather food," she stated flatly, "with your permission or not."
Starkey frowned slightly, his mouth about to form a response when Smee let out an obnoxious "Arggg", causing all attention to be adverted towards the larger man's direction. "Miss Melody will be under me protection! Taint no harm under Smee's watch, I tell ya!"
Melody attempted a small smile at his enthusiasm, but Starkey just coughed and added sarcastically, "Well, then. I'm certainly going to abandon all of the Captain's orders to keep you aboard, Melody. Seeing as you're obviously now in such intelligent hands." Smee's smile wavered slightly, but Starkey didn't notice as his rant was far from over, "You don't know what's out there. Have you paid no attention to the stories of the murderous boys I've warned you about? Oh! Of course, I see. You think that now that you've learned to aim a pistol properly, you can take on anything, right? Deeply sorry to inform you, Melody, but you're staying offshore. End of discussion."
Melody slammed her fist against the wooden railing of her father's ship, shouting, "THAT'S NOT FAIR," but Starkey had already wisped away for more important matters.
This was the final straw. Ever since Melody could remember, she'd been faced with nothing but patronizing and unrealistic rules. She was fiercer than the majority of the other pirates, and could take on the best in a battle of swordsmanship. Melody was light on her feet, and could climb and crawl much easier than any of the other pirates could ever dream of. She'd make an amazing attribute to the crew… if only they'd ever let her get out and fight these so called villains.
Melody had dreamed of nothing but meeting face to face with the infamous Peter Pan, and being the first pirate to ever bring him down. She'd secretly sworn to someday avenge her father's death.
Little known to Peter Pan, Hook had harbored a wife and child in his ship, giving him more to live for than his usual battles with the arrogant boy.
Melody's beautiful mother had soon followed her husband into the depths of death, no longer able to live on such a savage pirate ship while in morning. Melody had merely been an infant at the time, her only memories of her father and mother were the stories the crew would drunkenly cheer out while around the fire at night.
Melody swiftly walked down the deck to her corridors, attempting a defeated look towards Starkey before she shut the door with a snap behind her. As soon as the thick wood shielded the crew's sight, Melody broke out into a grin, a plan already formulating. She quickly changed out of her formal dress, and into some masculine slacks, boots, and a thin white shirt that hid the girl's bust if one weren't to look too closely. Melody tied her hair up with a string, and stuffed it under the leather pirate hat Smee had given to her years ago as a gift.
Before leaving with her metal sword in hand, Melody stood and examined herself in the mirror above her tattered bed. She had definitely inherited her mother's beauty (thankfully, her father being such an ugly coarse man), her skin and eyes always radiating and brightening even the grumpiest of pirate's moods. This fact, however, was a setback for Melody at the moment. Her full lips and long eyelashes would surely give the girl away if she were to come too close to any of the Lost Boys.
Sighing, Melody glared at her reflection for a moment, before tipping her large leather hat down with her forefinger. "Perfect," she whispered, tilting her head and observing what a large shadow the hat would cast upon her face under the sun. She'd easily be mistaken as just a very thin pirate by anyone who took an interest.
It was time to prove that the Hook family was far from letting Peter win.
Author Note;
The first chapter of my first fic.. how'd you guys like it??
A little short, I know. But I plan on making the next chapter a lot longer with a lot more plot when I get the time. :)