I sat on top of the Home Under the Ground, petting Salmkias soft fur. She purred softly and nestled down into my chest. Peter flew up to the branch and offered me his hand. I laid Salmakia on the branch and took Peter's hand. It was soft and smooth. He slowly pulled me down off the branch and we floated in the air for a while. Hand in hand, it was all very romantic. Salmakia sat on her hind legs and leaned against the tree trunk.
"What's up Peter?" I asked softly.
"I want to show you something." He said and pulled me along.
We flew around Neverland for a while. It seemed like we were going in circles.
"Peter where are we going?" I asked.
"Don't you mean, where are we now?" Peter said with a smile. We sank to the ground and sat down. He pulled out a small whistle and blew into it. The whistle was so high pitched you could barely hear it. What was a dark forest was now extremely bright. So bright in fact, I had to shield my eyes. All the fairies came out and started to circle around us. It was like they were performing a show. Two of the fairies started to dance. It was beautiful. Peter looked at me and smiled, thinking I didn't notice. I looked at him but he quickly looked away and frowned. I simply smiled and kept watching the fairies. Peter looked at me again and this time when I looked at him, he kept starring. Peter took my hand in his and put his other hand on my hip. I laid my hand on his shoulder and we slowly started to dance. The music came from nowhere but you could hear it as clearly as you could hear yourself. He lifted me up and pushed me away. I slowly floated away from him but he quickly caught me and we stayed in the air and danced. All the fairies, even the two that had been dancing, started to stare at us. Tink was sitting on a leaf and watching. She was probably jealous of me. Peter and I floated high above the trees. The moon shone on both of us. He looked into my eyes and probably wanted to hug me. This didn't really surprise me. He had no mother, Wendy was gone, I was the only one he had to hug.
"Sara, this is all just make believe. Isn't it? I mean you and I, we aren't really…" Peter started. What a way to kill the moment Peter. My heart seemed to sink. To me this was as real as it was ever going to get but to Peter it was like playing a game that was getting to serious for him.
"I suppose… But Peter… when Wendy did this all with you, what did she say?" I asked.
"Wendy? I don't want to talk about her. She left to go grow up." Peter said.
"You probably won't have to ever again. But what did she say?"
"She wanted to know my feelings for her."
"Oh. Ok. So what do you want to do now? I mean, about me and you…"
"No…. Don't talk about that."
"Peter…"
"Why do you have to spoil everything?! We have fun don't we? I brought you to New York and danced with you! What more could there be?"
"There is so much more!"
"What! What else is there?"
"I don't know… Peter please…" I said and went to touch his forehead. He quickly leapt away from me and into the air.
"Don't touch me! Just go away!" Peter shouted and flew away. I felt tears come to my eyes. My heart was just about to rip. I started to fly away to the little house Wendy had slept in. The door creaked open and I stepped inside. Salmakia appeared in the doorway holding a lantern. She dropped it inside and closed the door behind her. Salmakia laid down next to me and whimpered.
"What happened?" Salmakia asked.
"I just ruined it with Peter." I said and buried my face in the ground. Slowly, I felt myself drift away to sleep.
I was flying through London, looking for Peter. Stopping at a doorway, I saw the figure of Peter, Wendy was sewing his shadow to his foot. Nana was on the ground barking at me. All of a sudden there was a flash of light and Tink was sitting on my head. She whispered something to me and I nodded. Slowly, I opened the window and stepped inside. Peter didn't notice me at all. I flew under Wendy's bed and started drawing on the mattress. The coordinates to Neverland and how to get there. I slowly got out from under the bed and back outside. Wait a minute… what's that smell? A CANNONBALL! This isn't part of the flash back! Wait no…. NO!!!!!
"AHHHHHHH!!!!" I shouted as I woke up. I looked around me. The little house was gone and I was now on a ship. Salmakia stretched and got to her feet. I sat up and got out of the bunk. How did I get here? Salmakia looked around and started growl. She jumped into my arms, her eyes darted back and forth for any signs of danger.
"What happened?" I asked.
"We're on a pirate ship Sara. But how? I thought hook was gone." Salmakia said. I shrugged and walked out of the small little cabin and out onto the deck. There was no one in sight. Across from me and Salmakia was a door that read Captains Quarters. We walked over to the door and slowly opened it. Music filled the room. Standing at the door was a younger looking Smee.
"Ello miss! My name be Sammy! Salty Sammy be me! Who might you be miss and would you care for eh bottle of rum?" said the boy. He was cute and wore a striped shirt. He looked like a jail bird really. His hair was tucked back behind his ears and his face was rosy. The boy's hair was black.
"My name is Sara. How did I get here?" I asked.
"Captain's orders. He told us to bring you here. Now come on. We can't keep the Captain waiting." Sam said and we walked into the room. It was just like Hooks room! A boy was at the piano. His hair was blonde and every strand of it seemed to be made of pure gold. He looked like Hook! His left hand was gone and was replaced with a blood red Hook. He was playing the piano and it sounded like Great Balls of Fire. He was singing to it and was really good.
"Goodness! Gracious! Great Balls of Fire!" He concluded and finished the song. He lifted his hook close to his face and grinned.
"Still not a scratch on my hook. Sam! Get the lady a chair and something to drink!" the Captain shouted. Sam rushed over to a large table and pulled out a chair. He motioned me to sit so I did. I looked all around me, waiting to catch a glimpse of Tink. Nope, she wasn't here which meant this Captain had found out about me all on his own. Score one for the bad guys and zero for the good guys. Time to go back to the real world and get some new Lost Boys. I thought to myself. Salmakia sat down and looked at me, wide eyed with fear. She wasn't sure whether or not to trust these guys or to despise them as Peter despised Hook.
"Would you like some rum Miss? Or perhaps some wine, champagne, whisky? Or, other?" asked Sam.
"What's other?" I asked cautiously. He smiled sweetly and said
"Diet Coke! We're kids so some of us don't like all the alcohol quit yet. So we have a few bottles of Soda in the cellar…." Sam said but the Captain stuck his hook in the table impatiently. He was red in the face and was frowning.
"That'll be enough Sam. I'm sorry about my friend here. He speaks without thinking first. I am Captain Jack, son of Captain James Hook of the Jolly Roger. What is your name?" asked the Captain. I suddenly realized why he was here. If he was the son of Hook, he must want revenge for his dead father! He wanted to kill Peter Pan! Salmakia was waving her tail about trying to alert me. She knew what was going on to and was trying to tell me to get out of here.
"My name is….. Sara. What do you want with me? Why are you here?!" I shouted, standing up and knocking the chair over. Jack simply shook his head and took a sip from the wine glass in his right hand.
"We are simply passing through. We will be gone soon. We just wanted to tell you that and make sure we are on the same page." said Jack.
"Well you aren't welcomed here. Go back to where you came from." I said and started for the door.
"Now that won't do. I wouldn't be so rude if I were you." Jack said. My heart suddenly stopped. There was a sickening click as Jack pulled a gun out of his belt and put the bullets in.
"Now come back here and sit down." Jack said calmly. I had no intention of going back so I just stood there, perfectly still. Salmakia crept up behind Jack and was ready to pounce on him.
"Why should I? I know why you are here. You want Peter. If you kill me, you won't get all the information you need. Get out of Neverland. Now. Don't ever come back either!" I said. Salmakia growled and pounced on Jack, knocking him to the floor and throwing the gun out the window.
"Get off me you stupid cat!" Jack cried in rage. He had only been stunned for a second and had quickly recovered. Now he was slashing his hook about at Salmakias face. The hook hit Salmakias cheek. Salmakia cried out in pain and jumped away from Jack. This wasn't good. Salmakia rushed over to me and tugged at my sleeve. I looked down at her with fearful eyes and ran out the door. The whole crew was on deck.
"Get that girl!" cried a voice over the intercom. Intercom? Since when did pirate ships have intercoms? The crew started to surround us. Dozens of boy band faces all around us. I took out my sword and slashed at the pirates. Some fell down dead but the others had enough sense to jump away from me. Salmakia bared her teeth and claws. She roared ferociously. The pirates all growled back at her and Salmakia retreated behind me. Her fur was on end and her eyes had turned a dark red. She looked a lot like the recreation of Satan in the form of a cat. But I knew she wasn't. She had a good heart and she was a loyal friend. A pirate came at her, swinging his sword wildly above his head. Just as he was bringing it down I stuck my sword in the way to deflect it. They crashed with a clang and the blow vibrated the swords and the users. The pirate stumbled back, dazed from the blow and fell head over heels. I took the chance and stuck my sword into his back. He cried out in pain for a while, then, all fell silent. He was dead. I took my sword out of his back and looked around. All the pirates were starring at me fearfully. I was a girl after all and I had killed one of them. Some of them dropped there swords and ran inside while others stood perfectly still, not wanting me to come chasing after them.
"Stay away from Peter, Salmakia and me if you know what's good for you!" I shouted and picked up Salmakia in her small form. We flew away into the dark forest. It was starting to snow which meant Peter hadn't quit gotten over what happened a little while ago. All of a sudden, there was a flash of bright yellow light as Tinkerbell appeared right in front of my face. She almost blinded me! Little she devil.
"I saw the whole battle! You did awesome! And you figured out what the pirates are doing here! Peter will be so glad he probably won't be mad at you anymore!" Tink said. She had backed away enough for me to see properly.
"Aren't you mad at me? I thought you didn't like me because I was hanging out with Peter." I said. Tink shrugged and circled around my head.
"I got over it seeing as you aren't leaving any time soon." Tink said. She flew down to Salmakia and starred at her hard. Salmakia returned the gaze and Tink decided to sit on her head.
"Hi there! What's your name?" asked Tink. Salmakia grumbled. She didn't like Tink sitting on her head. All the gold dust would get in her fur and would take forever to get out.
"Salmakia. Who are you?" grumbled Salmakia. Tink was moving from place to place. She was absolutely restless. One minute she would be on my shoulder then my head then on Salmakia. It was maddening.
"I'm Tinkerbell. I'm Peter's fairy. But you can call me Tink." said Tink.
"Well let's go home. It's been a long day and I'll be more then happy to sleep in a real bed. We flew through the forest, avoiding icicles. It was snowing harder. Oh boy! I'm in for it now! I thought. As we reached the Home Under the Ground, I saw a light flicker on and off. All of us walked inside to see Peter playing with a match, lighting a candle and then blowing it out again. He had tears streaming down his face. Peter looked up at me and turned red in the face.
"What do you want?" Peter asked.
"I came to tell you a few things Peter." I said softly. Peter sat on the ground cross legged and waited for me to start.
"One is that there is a new bunch of pirates in Neverland. They are the children of Hook's old crew. The captains name is Jack. They want to kill you and me and take over Neverland. That's what I've gathered. Second is that the pirates are also sort of afraid of us. I killed one and they all got scared. Third is that…… I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what
happened back with the fairies. Can you forgive me?" I asked. My eyes started to blur as tears came. Peter's face brightened a bit and his frown was gone. He looked innocent and small.
"I forgive you. We'll talk more in the morning but for now let's go to sleep." Peter said and took my hand. He led me into his room and sat me on the bed. Peter walked over to the candle that lit the room and blew it out. Everything became dark……
