Grrrrr...
I'm a bit mad at myself right now.
I wrote this whole thing...
THE ENTIRE CHAPTER.
And forgot to save.
So I'm rewriting it right now.
It's gonna be about half the size of what it originally was,
but it'll mean the same.
T-T It's okay though.
Something to do for the rest of the night.
I'm not gonna bother this time.
Chapter 4
"Pssssst! wakeup wakeup, lady!"
"Muhh..?"
Upon opening my eyes, I revealed to myself that we had just pulled into shore.
Just lovely.
I didn't actually mean to fall asleep.
"Out 'n steady it, las!" One of the sailors toward the front of the long boat ordered.
I reflexively jolted straight up and slid into the hip length water.
The water here was never cold or gross.
It was extremely nice.
I held the edge of he boat, pushing it into the rising sand slightly,
to firmly handle it as they stepped out.
Someone threw a rope over to me,
and I immediately tied it to the bow before wading onto shore to tie it around a tree.
While I was doing this,
the crew members seemed to conjure up a strange box in which Hook sat in as they carried him.
It took a bit not to laugh.
Lazy arse.
We walked a bit through a convenient path in the jungle,
keeping a wary eye about us for any sign of...
Anything, really.
It got boring after awhile.
I wasn't one of the ones holding up the box, so I kind of lagged behind, searching the treetops.
I didn't really expect to find anything.
So when I heard a noise coming from behind, I didn't know what to do.
I stopped walking and turned around.
But that didn't seem to catch the crew's attention.
Then I saw someone quickly and sneakily roll across the pathway a few feet back. Another one followed, followed by another one...
I opened my mouth, but I had no wish to rat them out.
Instead, I ducked down and into the bushes.
I watched their faded silhouettes as the bushes moved with them.
The pirates didn't seem to notice.
I mean, COME ON, aren't you looking for these people!?
"Lookit lookit!! Follow them! Go!"
I took in a breath and smiled as I crawled after them as quietly as I could, staying several paces behind the last person.
They were whispering amongst each other, but I couldn't hear what it was about.
I thought I heard Hook's name... but I'm not sure.
They kept on walking, in a considerably dangerous range of Hook and the crew. Forever it seemed, they traveled alongside almost humorously until, whom I assumed to be though I still couldn't see their features, the leader made a noise and a waving motion.
They all went off, forking to the right. I hesitated.
Hook or Neverland?
Growing up or staying young?
Pillaging or adventure?
I'd assume by now you knew who I chose to follow.
"Good lady. Very good lady. Hurry hurry, don't get lost!"
The fairy spoke excitedly, still resting in my hat as I quickly caught up inconspicuously with the figures who would undoubtedly lead me from the hellish life I led now.
Behind the Scenes:
Okay, so I was rewriting this thing,
and I'd just recently got these rubber bands between my bottom back teeth,
and they're really important.
So I think it was right when I was writing the part where she goes off to follow them,
when I realized that I'd lost one.
Note that it is nearly 4 am right now,
and I had to turn on all the lights,
stop writing,
find this rubber band the size of a grain of rice somewhere on my floor
(it ended up next to my night stand, but can you imagine how long that'd take to find it?)
and so then I had to find FLOSS to put it back in with.
Turns out, we're losers and we don't have floss,
so I had to sneak in my grandma's room and grab some thread to put it back in with,
and that was just a picnic in itself.
So there ya go.
First I lose this whole chapter,
and now this happens.
This is NOT my day.