No you are not dreaming I am updating. I am so sorry for my total lack of updates I've had a rather stressful year with exams and stuff making me unable to update, but its summer and I shall try my dandiest to update as much as I can even though I have a busy summer.
But any who its time to get on with the many thanks I have to all my awesome readers and reviewers and favoriters? (That's a word now) so here is the list, thank you all so much for supporting Annabelle even though the updates were lacking.
The biggest thank you to:
dream lighting - thank you so much for all the support you have given me throughout the now 12 chapters, it means a lot.
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Thank you all so much for putting up with the update lackingness :) I hope you enjoy this short chapter, I'm going to write tonight and tomorrow so I'll update as soon as I can.
The song for this chapter is 'Why am I the one' by Fun. I have a huge love for them right now and it goes with the chapter if you look at it from Peters and Annabelle's perspectives... and I'm rambling so I'll hush up and I'll let you get to the highly delayed update.
Bye :3

Chapter 12 - Peter?

I was abruptly dragged up and as soon as I was able to take a single step we were unfortunately off again. But instead of like yesterday I ignored all the mumbling coming from the pirates and I went into my own little fantasy. This little world I created in my head where I was walking with Fox got blown away with the wind picking up.
"I love you." A voice came from the wind, but no one else noticed. It was probably just my imagination but after last night I can't help but wonder if I did actually hear a voice. I mean from what I learnt last night it could be Fox trying to get me through the day. It can't have been surely, am I going insane? I suppose he did say that he'd always be there for me.
"Keep moving men!" Bonny's obnoxious voice echoed around.

"This is the ravine." Jimmy finally said something.

"The Indian Village is further along."

"Well this looks unguarded. If we cross here we can go around them."

"It's unguarded because the web is made from man-eating spiders." Oh joy, I absolutely love spiders.

"Then we should cross with care. I'd rather face a few spiders than a hundred angry Kaw people."
And with that we unfortunately followed Jimmy and crossed the ravine, each of us tied to the other walking with such care you'd think we were ballet dancers...

*FLASHBACK*
"Now Annabel-" Jimmy started.
"Belle." I corrected him, I may have been young but I can still have an opinion on my name, a very strong one yes, but still an opinion.
He sighed in return to my correction "Belle, this is your ballet teacher. Madame Rose, she has agreed to spend time each week to teach you ballet."
"Why aren't the guys learning?"
"Because I'm teaching them fencing."
"But Jimmy! I want to fence. Why can't I?"
"Because its not very ladylike. And I will teach you in the future just not now okay?"
"Why not now?"
"Because it is dangerous and I wouldn't want my favourite little girl to get hurt. If you like I'll ask Fox to teach you some every week too yeah. Only the basics though."
"Okay! Thank you Jimmy."
Madame Rose cleared her throat.
"Goodbye Annab- Belle. I'll pick you up in a bit, behave."
Madame Rose had vibrant ginger hair tied up into a loose bun, I could tell she was going to be a good teacher.
"Now Belle, lets get down to business."
Three hours of ballet passed and as the sun set the lesson drew to a close.
"Wow. Belle you're amazing! Are you sure you haven't done this before?2
"Uh-huh, first time." I panted out.
The door opened letting in the cold winter breeze as Jimmy and Fox appeared to pick me up.
*END OF FLASHBACK*

The memory made me smile. I loved ballet but Madame Rose moved away, that's what Jimmy said anyway.

We were only a quarter of the way through when the web started to thin out and I was sure I could feel something underneath where I stood. But before I could even look the web beneath me disappeared as I shot down with only rope to hold me.
"Pull her up!" Jimmy shouted.

"Help me!" I screamed out words I never wanted to say to a pirate.

Then in a flash one side of the rope was cut of and I only had one piece of rope to keep me alive. But seconds later even that wasn't true as I felt gravity pull me down at super speed to the ground below. I realised the last thing anyone would ever hear from me would be screams.
"Shush... Annabelle, hush its okay. Its me."
I looked up and saw Peter. Oh great, we were going to die together. Wait. Peter died. What?

We crash-landed in a heap on the ground.

"Peter you're alive!"

"Yep!" He suddenly gasped an clutched his side.

"Peter, are you alright?" I bounced up the few centimetres between us.

"I'm fine don't worry."

"Why are you covered in glitter? And what happened to all the missing patches in your clothes? Peter, what is going on?"

"I'll tell you on the way up. Wait here and I'll be right back okay?

"What are you doing Peter!"

"Trust me Belle. It'll be fine...I'll be fine."
And with that he flew off. Wait. He just flew off...What!
Excuse me while I pass out, thank you.