Hello again! Look at me updating pretty quickly, here is Chapter 14: The Village. The chapter song for this one is another instrumental piece this time its from Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End - I See Dead People In Boats. Just because I love the At Worlds End soundtrack and can't stop listening to it or watching the movie...who know's maybe I'll do a Fanfic on Pirates of the Caribbean too!
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Chapter Fourteen: The Village.
As we walked the remainder of the ravine, the member of the tribe told me about his life. His name was Karo – Jeremy in my language. He had a wife and two children, a boy and a girl one who was to be forever 16 and the other to be forever 10. He prefers Neverland to his original home because it means he can spend the rest of his life with his family. He paused for a moment, as though he was cautious about what he was about to say.
"What about you, Annabelle?"
"Belle. Well I stayed with my parents for one year, then they could no longer afford to look after me so then I was sent to an orphanage. I never saw my parents again, and since I was only a year old I don't even remember them, the few baby memories I had got blended together into one. I stayed in the orphanage until I was six, which was when me and my friend Selena were kicked out. She found two maid jobs and gave me the best job without me knowing, I was with a couple who treated me like one of their own. While she suffered in silence.
"But one day the couple disappeared, I awoke to a house full of silence it was unusual to not hear a single snore. I thought they were already awake and went for a walk; I searched the entire house to only find my reflection for company. I was sent to where Selena was, I hadn't seen her for two years. But our reunion did not last long; soon after I started there they accused us of stealing. Selena took the blame allowing my freedom. That was the day I met the boys…well Peter, Fox, Curly and." I hesitated. "Jim- Hook."
We were silent for the next few minutes until Karo spoke, "The Village is just around the corner." There was a low mumbling heard from the village, so we silently decided to speed up.
As soon as I entered the village I looked around for the boys not realising they had already spotted me and were running up to me for a hug, they surprised me with a giant hug causing us to fall over and we erupted into laughter.
Although the happiness did not last long as the Chief wanted to hear my story. Shaka was there to translate as the whole village and the boys circled round to hear.
"What happened after Aaya escaped?"
"The pirates started a fire at the Tree City or whatever it was. They caught us and we tried to escape but Bonny… Bonny killed Peter." I paused. "They took me as a prisoner, they wanted answers and they got none. So they decided to use me as a hostage instead. Peter rescued me and in turn was taken instead."
"Wait." Curly interrupted. "You said Peter was dead."
"He did, but now he's alive and is covered with a sort of dust and can fly! But right now he's with the Pirates." I sighed.
The Chief said something with a hint of disbelief.
"The Tree Spirits have saved him." Shaka translated. "Continue."
"I then walked up the ravine, alone. I almost got caught by some wolves and then I found Karo."
"Thank you Belle. You and the others may go back to your hut now. We'll plan how to save Peter later." I looked around and realised the sun had just finished rising, time flies when you're having fun I guess. As I started to leave I was hugged by Aaya and thanked many times, she then gave me a mug with a warm drink in it, and I looked at her with confusion on my face.
"To help with the shock." She explained.
I headed back to the hut to find the boys around our campfire waiting for me.
"Jimmy took him back to the pirate ship?" Tootles asked.
"Most likely, I'm sorry boys. If they did take him they must need him, alive." Our conversation was interrupted by some of the village girls dropping of some clothes for us all.
"Clothes for you to wear in the sunlight." Aaya explained and as quickly they arrived they left and the arguments started.
"I'm not wearing that." Tootles moaned.
"Me neither." Agreed Slightly.
"Well why not?" Curly questioned. "Their tougher than our old clothes."
"We have to get Peter out!" Tootles outburst made Curly look up.
"Don't be daft. Have you forgotten what he did to Fox?" Nibs thought back as always siding with Curly.
"Peter did nothing to Fox." I whispered, holding back my frustration, no one heard and if they did they chose to ignore it.
"You want the same to happen to Peter? Let's show a little bottle."
"They're two peas in a pod if you ask me. Peter always wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with Jimmy, now he's got his wish." As much as Curly was right it still doesn't mean we can't save him though. I knew arguing back was pointless, Curly was stubborn.
"It's not the same without him!"
"No, it's a lot safer."
Toots took off his hat. "Whose gonna take his place then? You?" He was full of spite, something we never saw.
"We'd be better off."
"You don't have it in you."
"Oh, we'll see." I slowly walked up to Curly hoping that when I was close enough I could calm him down.
"Tomorrow I'll lead the croc hunt." We all looked at him in shock. "And when I bring in one of them beasties in, the Indians will make me a blood brother and then perhaps you'll show me some respect."
"You signed up for the croc hunt?" Nibs asked.
We never got the answer, the argument was over. We were all to shocked to carry on, I went over to Curly hoping to get him to back out.
"You don't have to do this you know."
"Yes I do." He sighed. "You don't understand."
"Why don't I understand? Go on explain why."
"You just don't. It's been easy for you!"
"Easy. You're saying I had it easy! You haven't witnessed the love of your life dying. You haven't been held hostage by pirates. You haven't done anything since we got here except moan!" I was so angry I didn't know what I was doing. "You don't understand you do things out of pure spite because things don't go your way or you get jealous."
"Annabelle I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that."
"Oh shut up. We both know you did. When will you learn that we all need each other and right now Peter is in a cell alone and may not even last the night. You've never changed. You've always been selfish and cowardly. If things don't go your way then you take it out one everyone else. You should be a pirate!"
I felt a sharp pain on the side of my face and realised Curly had punched me, I felt a warm trickle of blood stream down my face. Realising that Curly had the starting of a dagger in his hand, which had caught my face. Everyone looked, even more shocked at Curly.
"Annabelle…I'm so sorry!" He tried to clean the blood off my face, I pushed his hand away.
"Leave it." I said as I stalked off to inside the hut, cleaning up my face as best as I could. Outside was silent. No one dared to speak now.
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