While we glided to the next world, Terra told me about his time alone. He had been to the same world as Ven and I but had just missed us. He told me how he had learned things that were helping him fight the darkness. I told him I was proud of him as we began our descent to the watery world. When we landed, we noticed a short, stout man and a rather tall, red covered man holding a rapier. Both were guarding a treasure chest, and surrounding them were a number of Unversed.
"What are they, Cap'n?" the stout one asked.
The tall one ignored the other man, "Back! You'll not get me treasure!"
Terra was one step ahead of me. He was already running towards them ready to fight.
"Leave them to us!" he told them and they ran off.
Destroying the Unversed was becoming a rather annoying task. Especially now that there were these gorilla and totem pole looking Unversed. When they started to jump at me, I would hit them like a baseball, sending them over the cliff. It was fun, and when Terra joined in we turned it into a little game. Soon we were all out of enemies…for the time being.
"If I'd desired your assistance, I'd have demanded it," called the captain as he and the other one came back. "We had the situation under control. Isn't that right, Smee?"
"Oh yes, Cap'n. Completely. We woulda cleaved those fiends to the brisket, we would. Why, I'd have given 'em a little of THIS – and THIS-," Smee agreed showing the 'THIS' he would have given the Unversed.
The captain got closer to us and the chest, "And don't think your efforts mean you'll get a share of me treasure. Understand?"
I glared at him, "We're not interest in your precious box, Captain."
"We're looking for a person. A boy, wearing a mask." Terra told them. "Ring any bells?"
The captain turned around and walked off, "Not a one. Smee! Ye blithering barnacle! We're off. We shall leave this place before the light draws 'em back."
Terra called him back, asking him about the light. The captain explained to us that the chest was filled with light from all over. Also that there was a boy, who was trying to steal it named Peter Pan. Terra then offered us up for babysitting duty for him. We then had to carry the chest to a place called Skull Rock. Terra grabbed on end and I grabbed the other.
"I should make you carry this yourself, you know?" I told Terra as we hauled the chest across the island.
Terra playfully glared at me, "Yeah, yeah, I know. But hey, at least it's light."
"Very true. I wonder what's in it."
"Who knows?"
Terra and I shared a look, "Oh no, no, Livia."
"C'mon Terra."
He looked at me thoughtfully. Then he shook his head, and continued to walk, dragging me behind him. I rolled my eyes and tried to catch up. Even with my long legs, it was a difficult task. We made it to the cove and loaded ourselves unto the small row boat. The Captain and Smee greeted us at Skull Rock. Though they didn't stay very long, after Smee mentioned a shooting star that was still shining after landing. We stood there and waited for the infamous Peter Pan to show his face. But no one appeared except a boy with red hair and covered in green that was flying above us.
"Are you Peter Pan?" I asked.
"That's me!" he replied.
"The light is not yours to take!" Terra called to him.
The fight was fair, even though it was one versus two, the fact that Peter could fly put Terra and I at a slight disadvantage. If it wasn't for our combo attack that launched me into the air, we wouldn't have been able to take him out. It finally came out to be a drawl.
"What do you want with the light?" Terra asked.
"Light? What light?" Peter asked.
"Look Pan! We got the chest!" a young boy voice rang out in the stone cold environment. Two young boys, one dressed like a bear and the other one dressed like a fox. In their tiny hands were the handles of the chest as they ran off.
"Hey!" Terra called out to the young boys.
Terra and I ran after them. They tried to run faster but ended up tripping and spilling all the treasure.
"That hurt!" the fox complained. The bear apologized sincerely.
I looked at the gold, "Now, what do we have here?"
Peter or Pan as the animal cloaked kids called him came over to him, "Well, that's pirate treasure, o' course. Jewels, doubloons – ya know the usual stuff."
"We've been guarding a pile of loot?" Terra said balling up his fists.
"Sounds like you've been tricked."
"I'll say…We owe you an apology." I told Pan.
"Right, we picked a fight over nothing." Terra agreed.
Pan shrugged it off, "Aw, it was all in good fun. Besides, not every day I get to fight such a good swordsman….and swordswoman. Say, what's your name, anyway?"
"I'm Terra and this is my girlfriend Livia."
I stared at Terra, "Since when do you introduce me as your girlfriend."
Terra smiled at me sheepishly, while Pan chuckled, "Right then, Terra, Livia. Which way did Hook go?"
I looked back at Pan, "They said something about a shooting star…"
"Shooting star? Tinker bell must be in danger!" Pan turned to the boys, "Slightly," he looked at the fox, "Cubby," he looked at the bear, "guard that treasure with your lives!"
And with that Pan flies off.
"Aye-aye, sir!" Cubby called.
"You go an' get 'em, Pan!" Slightly cheered.
"We should be on our way," Terra said pulling me out of the rock.
As soon as we made it outside, we ran back in due to the call from Slightly and Cubby.
"Slightly, Cubby get back." I told them, drawing my Keyblade.
In front of us was a swarm of maybe a hundred jellyfish like Unversed. The Unversed were quick little buggers. We threw ourselves into the attack. We cleaned out the cave, after a long amount of time. Our two young friends came running back into the area.
"Boy, you sure cut that monster down to size!" Slightly exclaimed.
Terra shushed them, as Hook's voice called to us from outside. We told the boys to go hide. Hook came in and showed us that he had captured Tinker Bell, who turned out to be a small girl with wings. She was trapped inside an oil lamp. I asked if I could take a look at her, and he handed it to me. When his back was turned, I opened the lamp letting the winged girl free. Hook drew his rapier and we drew our Keyblades. Then came a ticking sound. Hook froze, turning slowly and saw a rather large crocodile, that smiled devilishly at him. The captain screamed and took off running.
"Hooray! We sure showed Hook this time!" Slightly cheered as he and Cubby came out from hiding.
I hummed softly, as Tinker Bell lit up the cave with her glow. It reminded me of our last night with all our friends. A tear slipped from my eyes, and Terra quickly whisked it away. I kissed his cheek, and smiled.
"Aww," Cubby groaned, "so much for the pirate treasures…"
Slightly hung his head.
"Did you guys really want the jewels and gold that badly?" I asked.
The boys turned to us, "Nah, we don't care about that stuff."
Cubby shook his head, "Uh…but, uh, Pan was countin' on us."
Terra kneeled down in front of them, placing a hand on his on Slightly's shoulder, "I'll tell ya what – put the stuff that's really special to you in there."
I leaned against Terra, "And that can be your treasure."
The two boys cheered.
"Real swell idea, thanks!"
The boys picked up the chest and headed off. Terra stood up and hugged me to him. I smiled and nuzzled my head against his chest.
"Kind of makes me wonder – what I'd put in there." Terra pondered aloud to me.
"Same here, love, same here."
