CHAPTER 10

JANE'S PAST

Kitty and Jane were given the finest guest room on the ship. It wasn't the nicest place considering that it had a set of hammock bunk beds and a few candles, but it was a room. Plus, it was better than the hold. It was for Kitty, at least. Due to her continuous sickness and cravings, she had no choice but to lie down and close her eyes for a minute. Her mind went back to the conversation that she and Jane had earlier before they met Captain Hook. She sat up to see that Jane was lying in the top bunk. The only reason she was able to get up there was because she could fly. Kitty could not get the thought out of her mind knowing that Jane was originally from Neverland. Actually being born there was a different story. That was pretty rare. Peter Pan wasn't even born there and he's lived on Neverland practically his whole life, considering the fact that he never grew up.

Kitty sighed as she looked up. "Jane, there's still something you and I need to talk about. It won't leave my mind unless you say something."

Jane shifted in her hammock as she was lying on her side. "Well, you're going to hear about it one of these days, so I might as well go ahead and tell you. Before I begin, though, do you have any questions that I should answer while explaining everything?"

"I have a few. How were you born on Neverland? What treasure is it that they want that you know about? How did you start out? Why didn't you tell anybody about this before?"

"I didn't think you all would understand. Besides, I have a pretty long history besides the fact that I was born almost a hundred years ago."

"How old are you now?"

"Ninety-nine. I think it's time we got on with the story."

"Go ahead."

Jane began her story. "It all started out on Neverland. You see, while my mother was expecting me, she had escaped from my father. He had turned into a thief and went to become a pirate on the seven seas. Luckily, he never knew how to find a way to Neverland, that's for sure."

"You never knew your father?"

"Sadly, no. Anyway, a few months later, I came along. My mother found a new man to fall in love with that happened to be the doctor that helped to bring me into this world. I grew up a happy little girl. I started the first fifteen years of my life as a human."

"You were a human?"

"That's how I first started out. Continuing on. I had just turned fifteen years old a few days before. I was about to go off and make new memories for the year. On that faithful day, something wonderful happened. I saw a little bunny that was trapped inside a crate and his foot was stuck inside the small hole. I couldn't just leave him in there. I took him right out and took him back home to his mother safe and sound. That's when I noticed somebody was watching me the whole time."

"Who was it?"

"The Neverland fairy queen. She was such a sweet woman. So kind. So thoughtful. She said that she saw everything that I did to help that baby rabbit and grant me one wish. You wanna know what I wished for?"

"What?"

"I wished to be a fairy that could communicate with people."

"You wished to be a fairy?"

"It seems as though I did. So the fairy queen used her magic and turned me into one. I turned into a beautiful one, that's for sure. I had cute blue hair, a sparkling blue outfit and I had wings. It took me some time to get used to them, but it turned out to be a wonderful wish."

"You mean it turned out to be a wonderful wish at first."

"I'm getting to that. Anyway, when I returned home that day, my mother was bewildered by the fact that I had wished myself to be a fairy. My father told me that I needed to go back to the Neverland fairy queen and undo the wish. I told them both that if I wanted to be a fairy, I would stay a fairy. They didn't like that I back talk them. They told me if I didn't go to undo the wish in the morning, there would be serious consequences. I didn't want to give up my life being a fairy. I enjoyed it more than being a human. So I wrote a letter to my parents stating that I was leaving home and that I would never return. Turning into a fairy was just the beginning of my adventures."

"What did you do first?"

"I went back to the Neverland fairy queen and explained to her what had happened. She felt terrible and ask if I wanted her to undo the wish. I told her no. What's done is done. Then she started explaining to me the ways of a fairy. I became her royal planner considering that I was pretty good with taking notes and making sure everyday`s schedule was completed. It was a fine life. I did it everyday for fifteen years. If I were still a human, I would've been thirty, married and had children."

"Did you ever see signs of getting old?"

"Nope, I never did. That's one good thing about being a fairy. You never age. You stay fresh and young forever. As time flew by, though, I began to feel homesick and wanted to go visit my parents. The queen saw this and decided to give me a one year vacation to go out and have a life for once. The first thing I did was visit my parents, but then that's when I realized it."

"Realized what?"

"I had nearly forgotten that humans don't live forever like fairies do. When I went to visit them, I looked to see two headstones in the front yard. It's hard to see that two people that were with you from the start of your life just leave you like that. I looked to see two letters sitting on the dining room table when I went inside the house. They were both written from my parents and had been sitting there the day before they both passed away. On the same day, the same hour, the same minute and the same second. I was glad to see that they both died together with happiness. May they both rest in peace."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's alright. Anyway, the first two months of my one year vacation resulted in me grieving over the deaths of my parents. I was just flying around all over Neverland to whoever knows where. One day, though, I saw three young boys playing ball outside in the Neverland forest. That's when I saw him. Red hair, green leaf clothing and knew how to fly. I suppose you know exactly who I'm talking about."

"Peter Pan?"

"Peter Pan. That was the day I met him. Before Tinker Bell came along, I was his best friend. We used to have so much fun together. We played games like catch the shadow and where's tick-tock croc. I'll never forget those day. Then one day, Peter introduced me to somebody that I never wanted to meet, but I suppose he trusted me more than he did Peter."

"Captain Hook?"

"Yep. This is where my entire life turned around. You see, Peter wanted to introduce me to the old featherhat. He introduced me to him alright, and that led to me getting captured by Hook. This was before Hook met Mr. Smee and became the captain of the Jolly Roger. At this time, he was only a first mate, but he wanted to be something more. This is the part where the treasure comes in."

"What is the treasure, anyway? That's what I've wanted to know this whole time."

"The treasure is the gemstone of Neverland. They say it has the power to keep all the islands of Neverland standing. If something were to ever happen to it, Neverland would come to an end. Hook had always wanted to find the treasure and draw a map of where it was so he could prove to his captain that he can be the greatest pirate there is to be. Little did I know that all the power would go to his head."

"Did you ever find the gemstone?"

"We did, but it was not how I thought it would go. You see, the gemstone was magical. If you abused it's magic, Neverland would be destroyed. That's exactly what Hook wanted. For Neverland to be destroyed so he would never see a person not grow up. Luckily, I sprang into action."

"What did you do?"

"I used the remaining pixie dust I had to make it float out of Hook`s hand. Suddenly, this baby crocodile named tick tock croc came up and saw that he was trying to take the gemstone. He jumped up and bit off Hook`s hand. Turns out the crocodile was trying to make sure nobody ever took the gemstone. He was it's guardian. The gemstone was placed back inside it's treasure chest safe and sound, but that didn't stop me from taking the punishment."

"What punishment?"

"I put a human's life in danger. On Neverland, a fairy is supposed to do all he or she can to protect the humans. All I did was try to stop Hook from snatching the gemstone of Neverland. I was trying to save everyone's life. They told me that I may have stopped Hook from trying to steal the stone, but it was my fault that he got his hand bit off by tick tock croc. As punishment, I could no longer be a fairy. They took away my wings and turned me back into a human. Here's what they did, though. They gave me everlasting life, but in order to keep it, I had to leave Neverland and go to train as a Guardian Godmother."

"So this basically is where the story ends?"

"It seems so. Well, that's my life's story. Time for bed, Kitty. The baby needs its rest. Goodnight."

Kitty looked to see that Jane blew the candle out, making the room go dark. Kitty sighed and went to sleep. Tomorrow w as going to be a long day.

THERE YOU HAVE IT. THE STORY OF JANE. OH, HOW HAPPY AND SAD IT WAS. OH, WELL. THINGS HAPPEN. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

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