Hello all! Yes, I've taken a brake from my Sailor Moon story to
bring you a Peter Pan one! YAY! Well, just a heads up, this is going
to be like a novel. There will be three parts with at least 10
chapters each. 'Kay? Please remember to review!
The Thief of Eternity
~Part One-Come and Go...As Always~
~Chapter One-Leaving it all Behind~
A young girl with thin, silky blonde hair down to her mid-back gazed out her window. It was midnight and she could see all the stars, but she paid no attention to them. Instead she gazed at the moon. She was at her desk; a computer facing her on the top right hand corner and she had her fingers on the keyboard. What was she doing staring out her window while the computer hummed at her? Any author should be able to figure that one out. She had writer's block.
"This is hopeless!" She said as she pushed the chair away from her desk so she could get up.
"I want to write, but I don't know what to write about!"
Suddenly she snapped her head towards the window.
'That's funny.' She cocked her head. 'I could have sworn I just saw something floating in the air.'
She then merely shrugged and turned of the computer. She crawled into bed and was soon sound asleep.
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In the dead of night, a large dark object sailed across the wind. It didn't exactly sail smoothly, and the huge mass of wood would've crashed into the Statue of Liberty if it hadn't veered away just in time. It dipped down and landed gracefully in the water and parked itself beside a dock.
"Get on with it men!" A man in a read coat bellowed as he shook a hook in the air. "Get a move on!" The captain screamed at his men.
Two men who were tying the ship to the dock were whispering to each other about how this was supposed to be a vacation, not a work-your- butt-off-till-you-die day.
"Finally," said Captain Hook as he leaned back in his chair. "Away from that Pan-boy."
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"Wait up!"
Two girls heard a formiliar voice. One of them spun around without delay. The other one had to get her nose out of Magic Knight Rayearth volume one first.
They both saw a pretty girl with golden hair and crystal blue eyes running towards them. Yes, it was the girl from the night before. The one who had writer's block.
"Serena!" The two girls cried when they caught sight of her.
"Hey Selene, Stephanie." Serena said smiling. The first girl, Selene grinned.
"What's up?" She said, tossing her auburn hair over her shoulder. Her emerald colored eyes seemed to grin when Serena replied.
"The sky, I hope!"
The third girl, Stephanie, closed the graphic novel she was holding and brushed her chestnut hair away from her face.
"So," Stephanie said, tugging on one of Serena's braids.
"So what?" Serena said, snatching Stephanie's Phillies hat of her head.
"Hey!" Stephanie said as she jumped up to get it, but it was no use. Serena was just so tall! Well, not really. She was 5'2''. That's normal for a teenager wasn't it? Stephanie was 5 inches shorter, so no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get a hold of her hat.
"Here!" Serena laughed as she tossed it over to Selene.
"KEEP AWAY FROM STEPHIE-CHAN!" she yelled.
The game had been a monkey in the middle until Selene spotted a boy from her class.
"Griffin! Here!" She tossed it over to him.
Serena froze when she saw whom Selene had thrown in to. When Griffin threw it over to Serena, she handed it over to Stephanie.
"What?" Griffin said. "What's going on?!"
Serena glared at him.
"Game over." she said firmly. She then pivoted and started towards Borders.
"Hey! Wait up!" Her friends called to her.
They finally caught up and stood there panting.
"What was that?" Stephanie asked.
Serena was silent for a few moments and then replied in an agitated voice.
"You know how much I hate guys."
"What about Darren? You don't seem to hate him!" Selene said, pointing an accusing finger at Serena. "And he was the one who broke your heart in the first place!"
Serena's fists curled up into balls. She spun around and glared daggers at the two girls.
"Just drop it." She said in an icy voice. She then spun around and stomped off to the graphic novels section.
Selene sighed and she lowered her head.
"You shouldn't have brought that up." Stephanie said. "You know how painful it is for her to think about her past."
"Well, she just needs to grow up!" Selene spat. But then her eyes softened and she sighed. "You're right. I'll go apologize."
The two girls walked up to Serena who was busily looking through a Card Captor Sakura book. She saw them and lowered the book.
'That's what makes her such a good friend.' Stephanie thought. 'She always listens, no matter how mad she is.'
"I'm sorry, Serena. I know I shouldn't have said that. I know it hurts you when we talk about your past relationship with Darren."
Serena smiled a sad smile.
"It's okay. I shouldn't have yelled at you either. I really should be over him by now. Besides, we both wanted to brake up."
"If you don't mind me asking, why IS he the only guy you seem to like?" Stephanie cocked her head.
"Because he's the only guy I trust within my age limit."
"So what age do they have to be for you to trust them?" Selene poked playfully at her friend.
"If they are 10-18, I don't trust them." She said. "And I am never going out with anybody again."
"Was it Darren's fault?"
Serena shook her head.
There was a long silence and then Selene spoke up again.
"Um, Serena?"
"Yeah?"
"You don't have to answer this if you don't want to."
Serena looked up.
"Do you...ever get...lonely with only girls to talk to you?"
Serena smiled sadly. She closed the book and plucked a Magic Knight Rayearth book from the shelf.
"I myself don't know the answer to that question." She said as she walked to the cash register.
Stephanie and Selene followed Serena out the door.
'Serena looks really depressed. I've gotta do something.' Suddenly Stephanie knew what to do.
"Come on!" Stephanie said as she grabbed onto Serena's hand. "Let's go for a walk on the boardwalk!"
"I don't know...don't you guys just wanna get lunch and go over to the arcade?" Serena said. She was a bit confused by Stephanie's randomness.
"There's a new ship in the dock! It looks like an old pirate ship! ...Just in better condition."
"In that case, let's go!" Serena took off at top speed, and trust me, that's fast.
"Wait up!" Selene cried as the other two girls struggled to keep within 50 feet of the sprinter.
When they finally got to the dock Stephanie and Selene collapsed on the bench, gasping for breath as Serena stared in awe of the huge ship.
"That was a good idea, Steph." Selene panted.
"I know. Serena has such a fascination with boats!" Stephanie said with labored breath.
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"Wow! (hiccup) That was (hiccup) great (hiccup) food, Captain!" A small, chubby, drunken man stated.
"What did I tell you Smee?!" The Captain hooked the heavy man and lifted him of his feet. "I don't ever want to find you gulping that much beer at one time ever again! Now get back onto the ship and make yourself useful!"
The Captain let go of Smee, and the chubby little man scurried onto the ship. Hook started mumbling to himself and walked up to the ship. As he got closer, some one caught his eye. There was a girl at the dock leaning against one of the posts. The wind blew her bangs gently to the side of her face. Two braids of golden hair hung down to her mid-back. Why had this girl caught Captain James Hook's eye? Because she was gazing at his ship with a dreamy yet sad look in those crystal sky-blue eyes of hers.
The girl had a pleated green mini-skirt on with a white and green sailor shirt on.
He approached the girl and stood beside her for a few minutes.
"You...like my ship?" He grinned as he waved his hook towards the ship.
"Oh..." The girl sighed. "It's a beauty!" she said without taking her eyes it.
"I'm glad you like it." Captain Hook hated children, but he found himself liking this one.
Just then the girl saw a flash of light and directed her attention to where his left hand should have been.
"Oh!" She exclaimed. She pointed to his hook. "What happened to you hand? Were you attacked by a shark?"
"No no no." Captain Hook chuckled. "A wretched brat cut it off! Infact, he was not much older than you by the looks of it."
"Oh! That figures!" The girl shook her head as Hook looked at her, confused. The girl looked up at Hook (after all, he was pretty tall) with an angry look on her face. "You can never trust guys my age!"
"I agree!" Hook said, obviously pleased with her reaction.
"So..." she said. "What did he do with it?"
"He threw it to the crocodiles. Why, the croc that got a hold of it liked it so much, he wouldn't leave me alone! Always coming back for seconds!"
"Wait a minute!" The girl said suspiciously. "What was his name?"
"Peter. Peter Pan. I came on this vacation to get away from-"
"Ha! Peter Pan?! Oh, and you must be Captain Hook!" She said sarcastically. "Look, I don't know what you're trying to get me to think, but what ever it is, I'm not buying it!!"
"What?! Now see here, I'm not lying!"
"Oh right, and pigs can fly 747s! Ha! What a nut case!" The girl laughed as she shoved him off the dock into the water.
Hook fumed with anger as he climbed up the later to the dock. Just then he heard two more voices talking with that wretched brat. He didn't pay much attention, until the highest voice spoke to the girl.
"You shouldn't have done that Serena!"
"So," Hook said to himself, "Serena is your name? Well, I have a feeling Serena is in for a big surprise tonight!" He smirked and waited till the girls left the dock to hoist himself up.
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"I can't believe you, Serena!" Selene said as they ran away from the dock.
"You shouldn't have done that!" Stephanie repeated.
"Hey!" Serena said. "You know me. That's just who I am!" She stuck out her tongue and winked.
Selene rolled her eyes, but then seemed to remember something.
"Hey! What was that you wanted to tell us?"
"Huh?" Serena was confused.
"You know." She put a hand on Serena's shoulder. Serena winced with pain and cried out.
"What's wrong?" Selene said, removing her hand from Serena's left shoulder.
"I guess I forgot to tell you. I just got a tetanus shot."
"Oh! I'm sorry!"
"That's okay. Continue."
"Oh, right. You said last night on the phone that you had something to tell us!"
"Oh yeah!" Serena looked around and motioned for her friends to come closer. They made a small circle and waited for Serena to tell them whatever was on her mind.
"Tomorrow," she whispered, "I'm running away."
Selene stared at her friend with a blank expression on her face and Stephanie's violet eyes grew wide.
"Well, I don't blame you," said a voice from behind them. They all jumped and looked over to see a tall, thin, (not to mention incredibly cute) boy standing there.
"Don't scare us like that, Darren!" Serena gasped.
"Sorry," he said. He grinned.
Stephanie turned back to face Serena.
"You shouldn't do it! Your parents will have a fit! And they'll miss you so much!"
"My parents won't miss me at all." Serena glared.
"Don't! you don't have to! I won't let you!"
Suddenly Darren put a hand on Serena's shoulder.
"It's her choice. If she wants to, she can. She's always told me she feels like a prisoner in her own home. And think about it. They're always telling her to grow up and act mature, and then the next day, they treat her like a child. Wouldn't you run away if you were in her place?"
Serena blushed furiously.
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Underwear.
Socks.
Shorts.
Pants.
T-shirts.
Sweatshirts.
Wallet.
There was something missing.
"Oh yeah!" Serena said under her breath. She ran over to her desk and grabbed her prized Swiss army knife. She shoved it deeply into her pocket and left her room.
She snuck down into the kitchen, and crewed over to the fringe. She tried to avoid creaky spots, praying her dog wouldn't hear her from his crate in the laundry room and bark.
She opened the pantry carefully and grabbed various boxes of food.
'Now that I think of it, I'll have to get a job, and for a while I'll have to live off of stealing.' The thought was horrifying. Especially the part of having to (shudder) work!
She banished the awful thought and ran up to her room again.
She grabbed her backpack and stuffed the boxes of food into it.
"Well, time to go." She told herself.
She then realized she wouldn't be able to go out any of the doors downstairs.
The front door stuck when you tried to open it. If she went through the door that led to the garage, she would have to open the garage door. That wasn't exactly quiet. The only way to the back door was through the laundry room, and having her dog bark and waking up her parents wouldn't exactly help now, would it?
She picked up her backpack and slipped her arms through the straps. She opened her window and climbed out. She crawled along the roof and found a grassy spot. She was only about ten feet above the ground. She pulled the brim of her black hat low over her eyes and jumped.
She landed like a cat. She took off her backpack and carried it. It would be easier to hide that way. She took off into the streets, running toward her future, leaving everything she ever knew behind.
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"But how are we going to find her, Captain?" Smee asked Hook. He never liked the idea of kidnapping in the first place. Or stealing. Or killing. Or any crime what-so-ever. To tell the truth, I've often wondered how he ever became a pirate in the first place. Oh well. Enough about him.
"Oh, we'll find her. We found Jane, didn't we?" Hook smirked.
"But she's just a girl, Captain! She didn't know any better!"
"Oh yes she did, Smee!" Hook said as he swiped the fat man of his feet with his hook. "She did! She did know better! And no one," he said as he lowered his voice, "But no one insults me and gets away with it!"
"What about Peter Pan, Sir?" Smee said. He had just made a huge mistake.
"DON'T MENTION PAN TO ME SMI!" Hook roared.
Smee started trying for excuses as the captain raised his hook, but he suddenly stopped.
"Someone's coming," One of the crewmembers said.
Everyone stepped back into the shadows of the alleyway as Hook peeked around the corner to see a black figure running in their direction.
Just then a cop car started coming down the other way. Hook hid in the shadows and the figure dove behind some boxes by the sound of it. When the car had passed, Gook heard a voice. It was the voice of the figure.
"Just what I need!" A female voice said softly. "A cop to make me go home!
Hook's eyes widened.
"What luck! It's her!" He said to his crew. "That's Serena, the girl we're after!"
"Are you sure?" said one of the pirates.
"I'm sure. I'd recognize that voice anywhere."
"What should we do?"
Hook grinned as he gave the orders.
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Serena ran to the next alleyway and ducked out of sight.
'Man, that was too close for comfort!' She thought. 'I'm going to have to be more careful!'
When she was sure the coast was clear, she took off again.
She looked up at the stars while she ran along the cobble stone sidewalk. Don't ask me why there was a cobble stone sidewalk in New York in the 21st century. It just fits in with the story.
Serena kept her gaze on the sky as ran, staying in the shadows. She moved along with incredible stealth. She didn't know where she was going, but somehow she knew she was going to be all right.
She didn't know why or what, but she had a feeling something amazing was going to happen, and that God's plan for her was only a few steps away.
She didn't see the rope being stretched across the sidewalk ahead of her.
Suddenly she felt her foot catch on something. She flew through the air and slid along the sidewalk.
Luckily, the cobblestone was worn down and smooth from so many hundreds of feet over the years, and Serena just happened to be wearing black leather gloves that ended at her wrists, so there was no damage done. She picked herself up and brushed herself off. She was tempted to turn around and inspected the area to see what had tripped her, but earlier she had vowed not to look back for anything, for fear she would change her mind and go back to that prison she once called 'home.'
She sighed and fumbled for her backpack. She found it and slung it over her good shoulder. She started to get up, when an arm grabbed her around the waist and felt a hand clamp over her mouth. She then was dragged into the ally way behind her.
She kept a blank expression on her face as the person turned around so she could see into the ally. That's when her eyes widened in surprise.
"So we meet again, Miss Serena." The man who she had pushed earlier stood in front of her. The hand lifted from her face, and she wanted to barrage the man with questions, but immediately two hands shoved her into an old sack and ripped her backpack out of her hands.
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"Bring her this way, men!" Hook said.
The girl had put up a struggle, but the kicking had stopped. The girl had obviously realized she would not be able to penetrate the material that surrounded her, creating a tight prison. The sailors carried the bag as if it held nothing of any significance within its flimsy walls. They took no care as to set it down gently, but instead dropped it onto the hard wooden floor as if it was nothing but a bunch of worthless mass.
The girl within it struggled to sit up and a blue eye could be seen through a tiny hole in the bag.
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It took forever, but Serena had finally succeeded to sit up and peer through the tiny tear in the cloth. But what she saw was too shocking to believe. They had just passed the Statue of Liberty's head and torch.
'How is this possible?' she wondered. She wasn't afraid. She had a strange feeling that this was the first step toward her destiny.
Suddenly she felt a blunt object crash down on her head. She swayed and tried to blink away the dizziness, but it was no use. She fell back as everything went dark.
Yes, I know, cliffhangers. Aren't they evil? Bwa ha! By the way, at the end of most chapters I'll have facts about the story. Just little ones to keep you bored. Hehe.
Fact: Recognize anything about Stephanie and Serena? If you've read my bio, you'll know that I named Stephanie after my self and designed Serena's appearance after mine. The only difference is she has thin straight hair and I have thick curly hair. (She also has a lighter shade of blue for her eyes.
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Until then,
~Sharky~
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The Thief of Eternity
~Part One-Come and Go...As Always~
~Chapter One-Leaving it all Behind~
A young girl with thin, silky blonde hair down to her mid-back gazed out her window. It was midnight and she could see all the stars, but she paid no attention to them. Instead she gazed at the moon. She was at her desk; a computer facing her on the top right hand corner and she had her fingers on the keyboard. What was she doing staring out her window while the computer hummed at her? Any author should be able to figure that one out. She had writer's block.
"This is hopeless!" She said as she pushed the chair away from her desk so she could get up.
"I want to write, but I don't know what to write about!"
Suddenly she snapped her head towards the window.
'That's funny.' She cocked her head. 'I could have sworn I just saw something floating in the air.'
She then merely shrugged and turned of the computer. She crawled into bed and was soon sound asleep.
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In the dead of night, a large dark object sailed across the wind. It didn't exactly sail smoothly, and the huge mass of wood would've crashed into the Statue of Liberty if it hadn't veered away just in time. It dipped down and landed gracefully in the water and parked itself beside a dock.
"Get on with it men!" A man in a read coat bellowed as he shook a hook in the air. "Get a move on!" The captain screamed at his men.
Two men who were tying the ship to the dock were whispering to each other about how this was supposed to be a vacation, not a work-your- butt-off-till-you-die day.
"Finally," said Captain Hook as he leaned back in his chair. "Away from that Pan-boy."
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"Wait up!"
Two girls heard a formiliar voice. One of them spun around without delay. The other one had to get her nose out of Magic Knight Rayearth volume one first.
They both saw a pretty girl with golden hair and crystal blue eyes running towards them. Yes, it was the girl from the night before. The one who had writer's block.
"Serena!" The two girls cried when they caught sight of her.
"Hey Selene, Stephanie." Serena said smiling. The first girl, Selene grinned.
"What's up?" She said, tossing her auburn hair over her shoulder. Her emerald colored eyes seemed to grin when Serena replied.
"The sky, I hope!"
The third girl, Stephanie, closed the graphic novel she was holding and brushed her chestnut hair away from her face.
"So," Stephanie said, tugging on one of Serena's braids.
"So what?" Serena said, snatching Stephanie's Phillies hat of her head.
"Hey!" Stephanie said as she jumped up to get it, but it was no use. Serena was just so tall! Well, not really. She was 5'2''. That's normal for a teenager wasn't it? Stephanie was 5 inches shorter, so no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get a hold of her hat.
"Here!" Serena laughed as she tossed it over to Selene.
"KEEP AWAY FROM STEPHIE-CHAN!" she yelled.
The game had been a monkey in the middle until Selene spotted a boy from her class.
"Griffin! Here!" She tossed it over to him.
Serena froze when she saw whom Selene had thrown in to. When Griffin threw it over to Serena, she handed it over to Stephanie.
"What?" Griffin said. "What's going on?!"
Serena glared at him.
"Game over." she said firmly. She then pivoted and started towards Borders.
"Hey! Wait up!" Her friends called to her.
They finally caught up and stood there panting.
"What was that?" Stephanie asked.
Serena was silent for a few moments and then replied in an agitated voice.
"You know how much I hate guys."
"What about Darren? You don't seem to hate him!" Selene said, pointing an accusing finger at Serena. "And he was the one who broke your heart in the first place!"
Serena's fists curled up into balls. She spun around and glared daggers at the two girls.
"Just drop it." She said in an icy voice. She then spun around and stomped off to the graphic novels section.
Selene sighed and she lowered her head.
"You shouldn't have brought that up." Stephanie said. "You know how painful it is for her to think about her past."
"Well, she just needs to grow up!" Selene spat. But then her eyes softened and she sighed. "You're right. I'll go apologize."
The two girls walked up to Serena who was busily looking through a Card Captor Sakura book. She saw them and lowered the book.
'That's what makes her such a good friend.' Stephanie thought. 'She always listens, no matter how mad she is.'
"I'm sorry, Serena. I know I shouldn't have said that. I know it hurts you when we talk about your past relationship with Darren."
Serena smiled a sad smile.
"It's okay. I shouldn't have yelled at you either. I really should be over him by now. Besides, we both wanted to brake up."
"If you don't mind me asking, why IS he the only guy you seem to like?" Stephanie cocked her head.
"Because he's the only guy I trust within my age limit."
"So what age do they have to be for you to trust them?" Selene poked playfully at her friend.
"If they are 10-18, I don't trust them." She said. "And I am never going out with anybody again."
"Was it Darren's fault?"
Serena shook her head.
There was a long silence and then Selene spoke up again.
"Um, Serena?"
"Yeah?"
"You don't have to answer this if you don't want to."
Serena looked up.
"Do you...ever get...lonely with only girls to talk to you?"
Serena smiled sadly. She closed the book and plucked a Magic Knight Rayearth book from the shelf.
"I myself don't know the answer to that question." She said as she walked to the cash register.
Stephanie and Selene followed Serena out the door.
'Serena looks really depressed. I've gotta do something.' Suddenly Stephanie knew what to do.
"Come on!" Stephanie said as she grabbed onto Serena's hand. "Let's go for a walk on the boardwalk!"
"I don't know...don't you guys just wanna get lunch and go over to the arcade?" Serena said. She was a bit confused by Stephanie's randomness.
"There's a new ship in the dock! It looks like an old pirate ship! ...Just in better condition."
"In that case, let's go!" Serena took off at top speed, and trust me, that's fast.
"Wait up!" Selene cried as the other two girls struggled to keep within 50 feet of the sprinter.
When they finally got to the dock Stephanie and Selene collapsed on the bench, gasping for breath as Serena stared in awe of the huge ship.
"That was a good idea, Steph." Selene panted.
"I know. Serena has such a fascination with boats!" Stephanie said with labored breath.
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"Wow! (hiccup) That was (hiccup) great (hiccup) food, Captain!" A small, chubby, drunken man stated.
"What did I tell you Smee?!" The Captain hooked the heavy man and lifted him of his feet. "I don't ever want to find you gulping that much beer at one time ever again! Now get back onto the ship and make yourself useful!"
The Captain let go of Smee, and the chubby little man scurried onto the ship. Hook started mumbling to himself and walked up to the ship. As he got closer, some one caught his eye. There was a girl at the dock leaning against one of the posts. The wind blew her bangs gently to the side of her face. Two braids of golden hair hung down to her mid-back. Why had this girl caught Captain James Hook's eye? Because she was gazing at his ship with a dreamy yet sad look in those crystal sky-blue eyes of hers.
The girl had a pleated green mini-skirt on with a white and green sailor shirt on.
He approached the girl and stood beside her for a few minutes.
"You...like my ship?" He grinned as he waved his hook towards the ship.
"Oh..." The girl sighed. "It's a beauty!" she said without taking her eyes it.
"I'm glad you like it." Captain Hook hated children, but he found himself liking this one.
Just then the girl saw a flash of light and directed her attention to where his left hand should have been.
"Oh!" She exclaimed. She pointed to his hook. "What happened to you hand? Were you attacked by a shark?"
"No no no." Captain Hook chuckled. "A wretched brat cut it off! Infact, he was not much older than you by the looks of it."
"Oh! That figures!" The girl shook her head as Hook looked at her, confused. The girl looked up at Hook (after all, he was pretty tall) with an angry look on her face. "You can never trust guys my age!"
"I agree!" Hook said, obviously pleased with her reaction.
"So..." she said. "What did he do with it?"
"He threw it to the crocodiles. Why, the croc that got a hold of it liked it so much, he wouldn't leave me alone! Always coming back for seconds!"
"Wait a minute!" The girl said suspiciously. "What was his name?"
"Peter. Peter Pan. I came on this vacation to get away from-"
"Ha! Peter Pan?! Oh, and you must be Captain Hook!" She said sarcastically. "Look, I don't know what you're trying to get me to think, but what ever it is, I'm not buying it!!"
"What?! Now see here, I'm not lying!"
"Oh right, and pigs can fly 747s! Ha! What a nut case!" The girl laughed as she shoved him off the dock into the water.
Hook fumed with anger as he climbed up the later to the dock. Just then he heard two more voices talking with that wretched brat. He didn't pay much attention, until the highest voice spoke to the girl.
"You shouldn't have done that Serena!"
"So," Hook said to himself, "Serena is your name? Well, I have a feeling Serena is in for a big surprise tonight!" He smirked and waited till the girls left the dock to hoist himself up.
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"I can't believe you, Serena!" Selene said as they ran away from the dock.
"You shouldn't have done that!" Stephanie repeated.
"Hey!" Serena said. "You know me. That's just who I am!" She stuck out her tongue and winked.
Selene rolled her eyes, but then seemed to remember something.
"Hey! What was that you wanted to tell us?"
"Huh?" Serena was confused.
"You know." She put a hand on Serena's shoulder. Serena winced with pain and cried out.
"What's wrong?" Selene said, removing her hand from Serena's left shoulder.
"I guess I forgot to tell you. I just got a tetanus shot."
"Oh! I'm sorry!"
"That's okay. Continue."
"Oh, right. You said last night on the phone that you had something to tell us!"
"Oh yeah!" Serena looked around and motioned for her friends to come closer. They made a small circle and waited for Serena to tell them whatever was on her mind.
"Tomorrow," she whispered, "I'm running away."
Selene stared at her friend with a blank expression on her face and Stephanie's violet eyes grew wide.
"Well, I don't blame you," said a voice from behind them. They all jumped and looked over to see a tall, thin, (not to mention incredibly cute) boy standing there.
"Don't scare us like that, Darren!" Serena gasped.
"Sorry," he said. He grinned.
Stephanie turned back to face Serena.
"You shouldn't do it! Your parents will have a fit! And they'll miss you so much!"
"My parents won't miss me at all." Serena glared.
"Don't! you don't have to! I won't let you!"
Suddenly Darren put a hand on Serena's shoulder.
"It's her choice. If she wants to, she can. She's always told me she feels like a prisoner in her own home. And think about it. They're always telling her to grow up and act mature, and then the next day, they treat her like a child. Wouldn't you run away if you were in her place?"
Serena blushed furiously.
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Underwear.
Socks.
Shorts.
Pants.
T-shirts.
Sweatshirts.
Wallet.
There was something missing.
"Oh yeah!" Serena said under her breath. She ran over to her desk and grabbed her prized Swiss army knife. She shoved it deeply into her pocket and left her room.
She snuck down into the kitchen, and crewed over to the fringe. She tried to avoid creaky spots, praying her dog wouldn't hear her from his crate in the laundry room and bark.
She opened the pantry carefully and grabbed various boxes of food.
'Now that I think of it, I'll have to get a job, and for a while I'll have to live off of stealing.' The thought was horrifying. Especially the part of having to (shudder) work!
She banished the awful thought and ran up to her room again.
She grabbed her backpack and stuffed the boxes of food into it.
"Well, time to go." She told herself.
She then realized she wouldn't be able to go out any of the doors downstairs.
The front door stuck when you tried to open it. If she went through the door that led to the garage, she would have to open the garage door. That wasn't exactly quiet. The only way to the back door was through the laundry room, and having her dog bark and waking up her parents wouldn't exactly help now, would it?
She picked up her backpack and slipped her arms through the straps. She opened her window and climbed out. She crawled along the roof and found a grassy spot. She was only about ten feet above the ground. She pulled the brim of her black hat low over her eyes and jumped.
She landed like a cat. She took off her backpack and carried it. It would be easier to hide that way. She took off into the streets, running toward her future, leaving everything she ever knew behind.
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"But how are we going to find her, Captain?" Smee asked Hook. He never liked the idea of kidnapping in the first place. Or stealing. Or killing. Or any crime what-so-ever. To tell the truth, I've often wondered how he ever became a pirate in the first place. Oh well. Enough about him.
"Oh, we'll find her. We found Jane, didn't we?" Hook smirked.
"But she's just a girl, Captain! She didn't know any better!"
"Oh yes she did, Smee!" Hook said as he swiped the fat man of his feet with his hook. "She did! She did know better! And no one," he said as he lowered his voice, "But no one insults me and gets away with it!"
"What about Peter Pan, Sir?" Smee said. He had just made a huge mistake.
"DON'T MENTION PAN TO ME SMI!" Hook roared.
Smee started trying for excuses as the captain raised his hook, but he suddenly stopped.
"Someone's coming," One of the crewmembers said.
Everyone stepped back into the shadows of the alleyway as Hook peeked around the corner to see a black figure running in their direction.
Just then a cop car started coming down the other way. Hook hid in the shadows and the figure dove behind some boxes by the sound of it. When the car had passed, Gook heard a voice. It was the voice of the figure.
"Just what I need!" A female voice said softly. "A cop to make me go home!
Hook's eyes widened.
"What luck! It's her!" He said to his crew. "That's Serena, the girl we're after!"
"Are you sure?" said one of the pirates.
"I'm sure. I'd recognize that voice anywhere."
"What should we do?"
Hook grinned as he gave the orders.
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Serena ran to the next alleyway and ducked out of sight.
'Man, that was too close for comfort!' She thought. 'I'm going to have to be more careful!'
When she was sure the coast was clear, she took off again.
She looked up at the stars while she ran along the cobble stone sidewalk. Don't ask me why there was a cobble stone sidewalk in New York in the 21st century. It just fits in with the story.
Serena kept her gaze on the sky as ran, staying in the shadows. She moved along with incredible stealth. She didn't know where she was going, but somehow she knew she was going to be all right.
She didn't know why or what, but she had a feeling something amazing was going to happen, and that God's plan for her was only a few steps away.
She didn't see the rope being stretched across the sidewalk ahead of her.
Suddenly she felt her foot catch on something. She flew through the air and slid along the sidewalk.
Luckily, the cobblestone was worn down and smooth from so many hundreds of feet over the years, and Serena just happened to be wearing black leather gloves that ended at her wrists, so there was no damage done. She picked herself up and brushed herself off. She was tempted to turn around and inspected the area to see what had tripped her, but earlier she had vowed not to look back for anything, for fear she would change her mind and go back to that prison she once called 'home.'
She sighed and fumbled for her backpack. She found it and slung it over her good shoulder. She started to get up, when an arm grabbed her around the waist and felt a hand clamp over her mouth. She then was dragged into the ally way behind her.
She kept a blank expression on her face as the person turned around so she could see into the ally. That's when her eyes widened in surprise.
"So we meet again, Miss Serena." The man who she had pushed earlier stood in front of her. The hand lifted from her face, and she wanted to barrage the man with questions, but immediately two hands shoved her into an old sack and ripped her backpack out of her hands.
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"Bring her this way, men!" Hook said.
The girl had put up a struggle, but the kicking had stopped. The girl had obviously realized she would not be able to penetrate the material that surrounded her, creating a tight prison. The sailors carried the bag as if it held nothing of any significance within its flimsy walls. They took no care as to set it down gently, but instead dropped it onto the hard wooden floor as if it was nothing but a bunch of worthless mass.
The girl within it struggled to sit up and a blue eye could be seen through a tiny hole in the bag.
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It took forever, but Serena had finally succeeded to sit up and peer through the tiny tear in the cloth. But what she saw was too shocking to believe. They had just passed the Statue of Liberty's head and torch.
'How is this possible?' she wondered. She wasn't afraid. She had a strange feeling that this was the first step toward her destiny.
Suddenly she felt a blunt object crash down on her head. She swayed and tried to blink away the dizziness, but it was no use. She fell back as everything went dark.
Yes, I know, cliffhangers. Aren't they evil? Bwa ha! By the way, at the end of most chapters I'll have facts about the story. Just little ones to keep you bored. Hehe.
Fact: Recognize anything about Stephanie and Serena? If you've read my bio, you'll know that I named Stephanie after my self and designed Serena's appearance after mine. The only difference is she has thin straight hair and I have thick curly hair. (She also has a lighter shade of blue for her eyes.
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