Well, I'm actually quite surprised: someone left reviews like crazy and is eager for more. Well, to be nice, here we have Neverland! Like with a few of the worlds, I wanted to do something a little different since I have an OC involved. I hope this works. Enjoy!

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Chapter 13 - Neverland

The next thing Luna knew was that she found herself plummeting into the water of a lagoon, but with the unfortunate timing of the barrier's dissipation, she ended up struggling to keep her head above the water. She kept flapping her arms wildly against the surface, and frantically kicking in a vain attempt to prevent herself from going under. She almost sank down into the depths until a hand wrapped under her arms, pulled her along, and heaved her up onto a flat rocky surface. Luna coughed out water for a moment, and looked over to find a black-haired mermaid swimming near her with concerned eyes.

"Are you alright, little girl?" the mermaid asked, "You almost drowned. How did that happen?"

"Now I am. Thanks," Luna replied as she wrung her dress, "I don't know how to tell you, but the last thing I knew was that I crashed into the water." She hung her head in embarrassment. "And I can't swim at all."

"Gee, that's too bad," the black-haired mermaid sighed sadly, "If you can't swim, then you'll be missing out on what you can explore, little girl."

Luna heard giggling sounds, and glanced up to see two other mermaids together, one with red hair in a ponytail and another with long yellow hair. She realized that they were giggling at her, and it made her sheepish at herself even further.

"I never thought a lost child wouldn't know how to swim," the red-haired mermaid said while shaking her head.

"Oh, if only Peter was here to see this. It would've been more amusing," the yellow-haired mermaid laughed haughtily.

Just hearing all of that somehow got the black-haired mermaid upset. "You girls should be ashamed of yourselves!" She turned toward Luna. "Just ignore what they said. You're still very young, and you're new here, right?"

Luna nodded her head in agreement. "Yeah, I guess I am. Now I just have to find a way off this rock…"

"Hey, look, Ven! There's a little girl down here!"

Upon hearing the childish boy's voice, Luna looked up to see three heads peeking over the edge – two boys she wasn't familiar with, but one she certainly knew due to the blonde small-spiked hair. Ventus was here, and he's in the new world, too! It made her heart leap for joy that she had been found.

"Luna! What are you doing down there?" Ventus called from above.

"I fell into the water, and almost drowned," Luna replied from below, "but I'm okay now. What are you doing here?"

"We're lookin' for a shooting star," the little boy in the fox suit told her.

"Yeah, and Ven's coming with us," the boy in the bear suit added.

"Can you get me up to where you guys are?" Luna asked as she stood up on the rock.

The three boys looked at each other with unsure faces, and back to Luna.

But the boys didn't have any time to discuss amongst themselves when a tiny pixie flitted down the edge to Luna's position. Luna stared in awe as she saw the blonde-haired fairy examine her closely with narrow eyes, before fluttering at her with uncertainty.

"Hello. Who are you?" Luna asked innocently. The pixie moved her hands like she's introducing herself. "Oh, your name's Tinker Bell? I'm Luna. Can you help me get to Ventus? He's my friend, and I don't want to stay down here."

Tinker Bell nodded, and flew above Luna's head, all the while sprinkling little bits of dust on her. With the eagerness of seeing Ventus again, it helped her start flying up to the boys and land into her friend's hands safely.

"So, where were you going, Ven?" Luna asked.

"We're heading to the Indian Camp. That's where the shooting star fell," Ventus explained as he helped her on her feet, "You wanna come along? It'd be a lot safer for you than just staying here all by yourself."

"Do the boys mind?" she had to ask since she saw the Lost Boys looking at her with curiosity.

"Sure. We don't mind," the boy in the fox suit replied bluntly.

"But we gotta keep movin'," the boy in bear suit added.

The search team was about to get moving when Luna suddenly heard a splash, and Ventus jumped a bit in reaction. She turned around to see the blonde-haired mermaid staring at them with a devilish smirk on her face, making Luna groan angrily at her. However, this prank caused Medea to emerge from the shadows with a very irritated look on her face.

"That conniving, witchy little…!" Medea growled with an urge to murder someone.

"Not now, Medea," Luna stopped her, "Let's just go."

Reluctantly, her Guardian relented and they followed the boys all the way to a jungle clearing where an old-looking tree stood in the middle. When they did get there, though, everyone heard a birdcall and looked around, wondering what was making that sound. Then, from the sky, they saw a young boy flying in the sky; he wore a green cap, tunic, tights, and brown shoes. The little boys got excited when they saw him.

"Peter Pan!"

When Peter Pan – as he was called – flew down, he took a look at Ventus, Luna, and Medea like they're something new to see.

"Who do we have here? Never seen you three before," he said.

"I'm Ventus. Call me Ven."

"And I'm Luna."

"Call me Medea."

"Well…if you say so," Peter said, as if he didn't care. He walked over to the Lost Boys and shouted, "Ten-shun!" They immediately saluted him. "Now then, men: I don't suppose you wanna capture some real pirate treasure?"

"Real pirate treasure? Sure!"

"Well, guess who caught sight of Hook right when he was stashing his treasure?" Peter continued, "Whaddaya say we sneak in and grab it?"

Instantly, the boys got very excited about the prospect of pirate treasure. But an upset Tinker Bell flew over to the boys and kicked each of them in the face, and then flew over to Peter with an angry look on her face.

"Tinker Bell, what's gotten into you?" Peter asked, confused at her reaction.

"We were all supposed to go hunt for a shooting star together," Ventus replied.

"Yeah, and it's at a camp somewhere…so I heard," Luna added, trying to reason with him.

"Forget that. Pirate treasure is way more fun," Peter insisted, seemingly not giving a darn about it. "Tink, you're coming with us!"

But Tinker Bell fumed at him, and flew over to sit on Luna's shawled head.

"Well, that's no way to respond to an invitation." Peter turned toward Ventus. "C'mon, Ven, I'd bet you and Luna are a better sport than her, right?"

"I'm starting to wonder if you ever have the common sense to think about how a girl feels when things don't go her way," Medea retorted irritably.

"We'd love to, but first we wanna find the shooting star," Ventus replied adamantly.

"Sorry, Peter. Our fairy friend comes first," Luna agreed as she invited Tinker Bell to come to her shoulder.

As the three continued on to find the shooting star Tinker Bell spoke about, Luna glanced back a moment to see Peter and the boys run off elsewhere to look for pirate treasure. It made her wonder if the leader ever did think about those who are close to him, considering how he seemed to have more interest in what boys love to do than a girl's curiosity. Her mental questions were silenced when she felt Tinker Bell tugging on one of her curls, as if she were saying 'never mind them'.

"Sorry…I got distracted, didn't I?" Luna said while rubbing her head. "I don't get why Peter's like that. Is he always such a bossy guy?"

Tinker Bell folded her arms and shook her head with a frustrated face that clearly said 'you'd be surprised about him'.

"Oh, well. I guess it's just you and me, huh, Tink?" Luna agreed.

"You seriously know what's on that little pixie's mind?" Medea asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I don't know why…maybe I just know."

With their pixie friend at the lead, the three found their way to the Indian Camp, where several cone-shaped tepees can be found; but Luna noticed that the place was completely deserted. Maybe everybody went off somewhere else, she thought. But what caught her attention was where Tinker Bell was looking; and it was no surprise that Ventus would notice it, too. It was no shooting star they found: it was Mickey's Star Shard! They ran over to inspect the Star Shard, but someone else had beaten them to it, and also had grabbed Tinker Bell in the process. From the look of the unexpected intruder, Luna and Ventus saw that the two men are pirates; one was dressed as if he were a leader with his big plumed hat and red coat and a hook for a hand, while the other wore a striped shirt and shorts with a red cap and sandals.

"A shooting star and a pixie!" the pirate with the hook said with an evil chuckle, "Must be me birthday."

"Let Tinker Bell go!" Ventus demanded.

"Yeah, let her go or we'll make you!" Luna agreed with her Shadow Hands ready.

"Three of Peter Pan's brats," the pirate sneered, "Well, tell that cowardly sparrow if he wants his precious Tinker Bell back, he'd best meet me at Mermaid Lagoon!"

Unfortunately for them, the pirates ran off with the Star Shard and Tinker Bell; and just when they were about to give chase, the Unversed made their appearance to get in the way.

"Get outta our way!" Medea growled.

"We gotta get Tink!" Luna cried worriedly.

"Let's get rid of them first, and then go get her!" Ventus reminded her.

Left with no other option, Luna, Ventus, and Medea had to fight off the monsters in order to leave the area. Things got even more challenging with the ape-like creatures and the totem pole monsters making their own appearances; in fact, on Luna's part, she had to rely on Medea in order to take advantage of any openings against them. By the time they were done with the monsters, they had to catch their breaths before setting out to find help. But they were too late; their fairy friend was nowhere to be found.

"We lost them," Ventus said sadly.

"What're we gonna do?" Luna asked with concern.

"Where the hell is that bird-boy when we need him?" Medea groaned in frustration, "You'd think that he'd know when his friends are in danger."

She spoke too soon when they heard Peter shout, "Look out below!"

All three turned around to see Peter Pan coming down to see them. Although they were relieved to know he had come, they had more pressing matters at hand.

"Peter, Tink's been pixie-napped!" Luna exclaimed, "By a bad pirate!"

Boy, Peter was upset at this. "Then I'm too late. Hook's gonna pay for this!"

"He said to meet him at Mermaid Lagoon," Ventus told him.

"Gotta be an ambush," Peter suspected, "Hmph! That old codfish thinks he clever."

"We'll go, too!"

"We wanna help!" Luna added.

Peter smiled at them and replied, "Then we'd better hurry. Think you can keep up?"

"Hell, yeah, we will!" Medea answered with a cocky smirk.

Following Peter Pan's lead, the trio hurried down the path to the Mermaid Lagoon. As far as Luna is concerned, she knew that they had to go there if they want to help their pixie friend; but the one thing she failed to mention to him was how she ended up at that location and had to deal with a rude blonde mermaid earlier. She hoped that she doesn't have to deal with her again, or let that witchy creature harass her friends for that matter. If anything, Medea would probably want to kill that fishy lady for acting like a snob.

Thankfully, for the moment, she didn't have to: when they arrived at the lagoon, they heard the faint sound of a boom, and were taken by surprise when a cannonball nearly hit them upon arrival. Everyone, including Peter, stumbled a bit the moment a hit was made on the ground.

"What was that?" Luna asked fearfully.

"Cannon fire? Where's it coming from?" Ventus wondered the same thing.

"Over there, on the water!" Peter directed them as he pointed toward something from a distance.

Luna looked over to see a ship anchored far off from the lagoon, and could see that the cannonballs were coming from the vessel. But she had no time to question what it is when another cannonball shot towards them, forcing everyone to take cover. In the midst of the cannon fire, a familiar little pixie arrived on the scene, safe and sound.

"Hey, looks who's here!" Medea said as she took notice quickly.

"Tink, it's you! And you're alright!" Peter exclaimed with relief. Luna smiled when she saw this happy sight. Maybe he really does care for his friends after all, she thought.

In the meantime, Tinker Bell was just telling her leader what had happened to her.

"What? A strange fellah with a funny-lookin' sword has…" Peter was about to ask, but was cut off when more cannon fire startled them. "Hold on. I gotta stop that cannon!"

"Okay. We'll go after Hook!" Ventus agreed.

"You bet your ass we will, Ven!" Medea declared eagerly.

"Tink, if you would?" Peter asked his fairy friend.

Tinker Bell nodded, and began flying in circles are Luna and Ventus, until the both of them felt light as a feather. Luna knew what she was doing, but her blonde-haired friend didn't have a clue what was happening. He looked like he was about to ask what she did, but Peter informed them immediately what was up.

"It's pixie dust. Bet you feel lighter, don't ya?" he said.

Before Ventus could ask any more questions, Peter and Tinker Bell already flew off towards the pirate ship to stop the cannons. Knowing that her friend needs help understanding what to do, Luna decided to show him the ropes.

"It's easy, Ven. All you gotta do is think something nice, and you can fly," Luna told him, "That's what helped me be able to reach you when I was stuck down below."

Nearly instantly, Luna began to lift off the ground and fly around a little bit, leaving Ventus amazed at the new development. Then, she watched as he thought about something positive, and then he started to fly along with her; he was bewildered about it at first, but then he started to enjoy it as he got used to being off the ground.

"You see? What did I tell you, Ven?" Luna asked with a smile on her face.

"So, how is Medea going to follow us if she doesn't have pixie dust?" Ventus asked with concern.

"Let me worry about that," Medea replied.

Using her shadowy powers, Medea formed a pair of wings on her back and began to soar through the sky like a hawk, allowing her to keep up with them. Then, the three of them began to fly through the lagoon to search for where Hook could possibly be while his ship was blasting away at the place. It was a bit of trouble for them until Luna noticed the black-haired mermaid waving to her from a distance; thinking that it might be something important, she flew down to find out what was up.

"Hi. Do you happen to know where Hook is?" Luna asked.

"I saw him in the cove, not far from here," the black-haired mermaid replied, "I can lead you to him, but be careful. He doesn't take too kindly to anyone who sides with Peter Pan."

Ventus floated down when he heard this. "Hey, Luna, have you found out where Hook is?"

"Yeah, and this mermaid is going to help us," Luna replied, "Let's go teach that pirate a lesson."

"I'm not gonna ask how she trusts a mermaid," Medea muttered to herself.

Slowly and cautiously, the trio followed the black-haired mermaid down a watery path toward the cove entrance; there, they found another mermaid – the red-haired one – waiting for her friend, and she appeared to be frightened. That was a sure warning to them that Hook is nearby, and that he's not there to sightsee.

"He's just down that way," the black-haired mermaid whispered, "Be careful, and keep an eye out for the crocodile."

"You make sure that pirate doesn't attack the lagoon ever again," the red-haired mermaid agreed.

"We'll make sure he doesn't." Ventus promised. "Let's go, Luna."

"Let's go get 'em," Luna agreed eagerly.

They followed the path further down until they found Captain Hook standing on a platform, impatiently tapping his feet with his arms folded. Then, he put his hand to his ear, trying to listen for the sound of defeat, and then looked as if he had finally achieved victory with a mockery of mourning.

"Alas, and so passeth a worthy opponent," he said with belief that his foe is no more. "To think that his would be such an inglorious end…" He then let out a devious cackle out his mouth as he thought he had won. "At last, that scurvy brat will never trouble me again!"

"I wouldn't be so sure, Hook!" Ventus called out, ready to fight.

"We wouldn't let you win!" Luna agreed.

"Man, you gotta be one hell of an idiot to think a kid could be beaten so easily," Medea scoffed at the baffled pirate.

Captain Hook was stunned to see the three in the cove with him alive. "Swoggle me eyes! No, don't tell me!" He ran over to the edge, and pulled out his telescope to see that his first mate had been all tied up and Peter Pan was tapping his chest triumphantly. The captain was so furious at this that he slammed his telescope to the ground.

"Blast that Peter Pan!"

Outraged that he had been bested again, Hook ran over to another rocky platform and drew his sword out to challenge the three to a fight, but was stopped when the sound of a ticking clock began to chime within the cove. He suddenly became scared, and looked around to find where it was coming from.

"That sound!" he whined fearfully. Then, he turned around abruptly to find a crocodile anxiously awaiting his meal, causing the pirate captain to panic and back away. "No! Not again!" Hook cried out, "S-Stay away from me!"

Luna, Ventus, and Medea took advantage of the distraction and jumped onto the platform Hook is on so as to make sure he doesn't get away from them, ready to settle the score with the dastardly pirate once and for all.

"I don't think so!" Ventus warned.

"You're not going anywhere, ya dirty coward!" Medea agreed.

"You're a jerk!" Luna chimed.

The fight against Captain Hook was by far the most chaotic battle they had ever dealt with; mainly due to the fact that the pirate had some mean sword skills and bombs to back up his pathetic looks. Ventus pulled out the hard physical attacks while Luna used her Shadow Hands to push Captain Hook off the edge to the crocodile whenever she could, leading to a hilarious struggle for the captain to get back to land.

"You scurvy brats…!" Hook shouted angrily as he regained his footing on land, "Here's some presents for ya!"

That was when he tossed little boxes at the trio in an attempt to hit them; but each of them got smart to it and moved out the way. Luna used her Shadow Stealth to escape the blast, while Medea took to the skies and carried Ventus out of range. After that, it was pretty much a rinse and repeat in the fight until Luna summoned a Shadow Hand to grab Captain Hook and throw him farther into the water than normal.

When he finally surfaced, he struggled to keep himself afloat, but he couldn't relax for long when he saw the crocodile ready to come after him. The cowardly pirate jumped in fright, and thrashed hysterically on the water.

"Leave me alone!" he screamed as he ran along the water's surface comically, "Help me, Smee! Smeeeeeeee!"

Luna and Medea burst out laughing while Ventus looked on, proud that they showed Captain Hook who's boss.

"That was so funny! I wish Big Brother was here to see this!" Luna laughed.

"Damn, that pirate is such a freaking wuss!" Medea said as she cackled, "It makes me wonder why he even bothered having such a career if he can't handle a crocodile."

"Ahoy! Look what we brought!"

The three turned around to see the two boys return on a rowboat with a big treasure chest, and Peter Pan is seen flying alongside them. They rendezvoused to the entrance of the cove to take a look at the biggest find they'd ever seen.

"Is this a treasure chest?" Luna asked excitedly.

"Yup! The same chest I told ya about," Peter replied proudly, "We snatched it from Hook's hiding place."

"Well, let's get this over with and see what's in it," Medea demanded.

But when Peter opened the treasure chest, everyone was shocked to see that the chest was empty; well, except for the Lost Boys.

"Huh? How come it's empty?" Peter asked in shock.

"Uh, sorry…but we losted all the treasures," the boy in the bear suit replied sadly.

"Oh, well…that's too bad," Ventus said in disappointment.

"Aw, who needs it?" Peter replied, "It was prob'ly just full of dumb old jewels or doubloons or somethin' anyways."

Then, the boy in the fox suit got an idea. "We could just put what we treasure in there inside – if you wanna?"

Peter grinned in approval. "Good idea! Instead of fillin' it up with jewels and gold and stuff, we'll put in what's truly special to us; the real riches!"

A few minutes later, the boys brought in their personal treasures of toy weapons and tools, and put them into the treasure chest. Luna thought it was pretty silly that they would do that, but it was better than just letting such a useful container go to waste; she could tell how proud they were when they put in their stuff.

"What are you puttin' in there, Ven?" Peter asked, directing it toward Ventus.

Luna watched as Ventus thought about it for a moment, unsure of what to put into the chest as well. Then, she saw him search all over him until he pulled out his wooden Keyblade and showed it to Peter; she immediately identified it as the keepsake that her brother had given to Ven early on.

"How 'bout this?" he asked as he showed his keepsake.

Peter looked at with curiosity. "What is it?"

"It's…just something that one of my best friends gave me," Ventus replied.

"So, it's like a keepsake, huh? You sure you wanna part with somethin' that special?"

"I don't need it if I've got Terra, Aqua, and Luna," Ventus replied confidently. "Our best memories are still ahead."

As Ventus put his keepsake into the chest, Peter turned his attention to Luna.

"What about you, Luna? What are you putting into the chest?" he asked.

As she thought about it, Luna looked all over her, wondering what she could put into the treasure chest. She looked down at her moonstone brooch, but decided against it since it was a gift from her brother. But then, she put her hands to her head, and got an idea on what to do; she untied the shawl from her head, took it off, and put the black cloth into the chest.

"I think I'll put this in," Luna answered as she tucked the shawl into the chest, "I don't see why I have to wear that thing, when I could go for something else."

Medea was puzzled about that. "Y'know, I really don't get why you wore that thing in the first place? Is that grandpa of yours trying to hide some kind of beauty you have?"

"Not to my knowledge, no," Luna replied, "But it's pointless now. I'd rather let people see me without hiding something they'd like to look at."

"All right, then. Next time ya visit, we'll have an even bigger chest waitin'," Peter promised, "enough for all those treasures and lots more."

Ventus smiled at this. "Okay. It's a deal."

"Good luck with that," Medea said while rolling her eyes.

Just then, Luna spotted Tinker Bell carrying Mickey's Star Shard, and was about to put it into the chest as well.

"Oh, wait, Tink. I think that belongs to a friend of ours," Ventus stopped her; "Do you think maybe I could hang on to it?"

Tinker Bell shook her head in refusal, and was about to carry on with what she was doing, until…

"Now, Tink!" Peter warned firmly.

The pixie flinched at the warning, and silently sighed in defeat; she reluctantly flew over to Ventus, and gave the Star Shard to him.

"Thank you."

Luna could easily see that Tinker Bell was upset that she didn't get to put something into the chest herself, so she wondered what she could do to cheer up the disappointed pixie. Then, a bright idea came into her mind.

"Hey, Tink, what if I looked for something star-shaped just like that shard thing," Luna suggested, "and the next time we meet, I can give it to you to put in the chest? Is that okay with you?"

Tinker Bell smiled and nodded 'alright, you got a deal', and flitted over to kiss Luna on the cheek happily. She couldn't help but giggle at the pixie's energy, making it hard for her to believe that she's already friends with such a small creature.

But the mood was spoiled when she heard a splash, and heard Ventus jump and yelp out in shock. Immediately, she turned to see the same blond-haired mermaid who insulted her before, only this time the horrible woman was doing this more than once. Not only did it make her angry at this mermaid's behavior, but it also caught Medea's attention and made the Guardian angry as well.

"What the hell's your problem, you fishy freak?!" Medea snapped.

At that moment, Luna immediately sensed a dark aura yards away from the cove; she wondered where it could be coming from, but she didn't like the idea of leaving Ventus alone so suddenly.

"Hey, Ven, there's something I gotta look into," she said while turning to him, "Can you tell Peter I said goodbye for me?"

"Okay…but where are you going?" Ventus asked hesitantly, "Is it something that requires my help?"

Luna hesitated for a moment. "No…I'll be okay on my own. Just do something about that mermaid while I'm gone."

Immediately, Luna ran off from the cove with Medea following right behind her. But when she arrived at the Mermaid Lagoon, she looked around to find nothing malevolent in the area. It made her wonder what she was sensing anyway, and where the aura could've disappeared to; even her Guardian was getting a bad feeling about this, too.

"Something's not right here," Medea warned darkly, "It's almost as if this was a setup to nab you on the spot."

"But who would do that?" Luna asked.

Suddenly, without warning, a corridor of darkness appeared right behind her back; before Luna could react; a pair of hands reached out behind her, grabbed her by her mouth and left arm, and pulled her into the portal. Medea, sensing this, rushed right in behind her and followed her just as the portal had closed on them.