Sorry sorry sorry that nothing was posted in so long!!! We went on vacations and then FF.Net had problems and.. yeah.. so here we are again!! *cheers* So anyways.. here it is.. WARNING!!!! WE ARE THINKING OF MOVING THIS STORY TO THE PETER PAN SECTION IN BOOKS!!!!!!
"BLAST THAT PETER PAN!!" Hook roared as he slammed his fist into the table. The many tiny items on the desk rattled, as if they were trembling in fear of the Captain's anger. His brows furrowed together as he tried to think of a fitting punishment for the insolent boy. To kill him didn't seem enough for this insult upon Hook's name, he wanted Pan to suffer.. suffer so much that the boy would WISH he were dead. This thought brought a smile of glee upon Hook's face for a brief moment before his normal scowl returned. But how to make the boy suffer? How indeed..
"How indeed..." he snarled to himself. If Hook kidnapped the lost boys.. Pan would merely save them, he had already kidnapped Tinkerbell.. but she had gotten away… as far as Hook knew, Peter had no actual item that he cared greatly for. Hook flinched outwardly remembering the time he had kidnapped Tiger Lily in order to find the whereabouts of Peter's hide out. Not only had that not worked, but Hook now had to be extremely careful when it came to traveling onto the Isle, the Indians did not take lightly to those who nearly killed their Princess. The mermaids.. those insufferable wenches could easily hide under the waves until Hook had left, there was no way he could ever do anything to harm them. But there had to be SOMETHING Hook could take from the boy that would make him suffer! There had to! As history has told us everyone has a weakness! What was Pans?! He was not an almighty unbeatable opponent! He was just a silly young boy who refused to face reality!
Smee was sitting in the corner eyeing his captain fearfully. Pan went a little too far with stealing the captain's hook. Hook was beside himself with unimaginable fury. Smee sighed before deciding it was up to him to try and gently persuade some sense into the Captain.
"Sir.. sir he's just a young boy.." Hook stood up, glaring at the frightened mate in pure rage. But suddenly Hook's face relaxed, his eyes widened in shock, one could practically hear the wheels in his head, it appeared the captain had finally come across the boys weakness...
"a young.. boy.." Hook murmured to himself. He looked back to Smee and smiled an evil little smile.
"Smee!! That's it!! You're a genius!" Hook exclaimed happily.
"Th-tha-Thank ya C-c-captain.." Smee mumbled before he skittered out of the room. The first mate did not have a good feeling about this! Hook walked over to a window and eyed the lush Isle, a cruel smile formed upon his lips as one malicious thought repeated itself in his brain. "Pan will loose the thing he holds most dear.. and by god.. will he SUFFER.."
**** The next day ***
Outside, rain was pouring down in torrents, lightning flashed, so close that one could hear the CRACK as it hit something upon the land, this was quickly followed by the terrifying roar of thunder. It was the kind of storm that made even grown adults want to fling themselves under the bed and hide from the flickering crackle, and deafening growl of the thunder. Again, due to her excellent powers of observation, Aurelia decided this was a day made for staying indoors.
Jax was not keeping the girl company, in fact he was probably off bothering Tinkerbell which he was prone to do as of lately. As for the boys, they were probably playing their inside 'quiet' games, with Peter acting the part of the almighty God. For once though, she did not mind being completely isolated from her friends. It was a perfect time for reflection, a moment lost more often than not due to energetic boys wanting to play, or overly distracting glowing balls of glitter who wanted to flirt with the nearest thing in a skirt.
Aurelia was nice, safe and warm in her cavern. The water in her cave showed not even a ripple, a very deceiving mask of serenity when one considered the constant roar and pounding of the rain outside. And even though it sounded as if an ogre was stomping on her roof, not even a tiny pebble fell. Though physically comfortable, emotionally..the thief was in a dire state. Her forehead was wrinkled in worry, her face pale and hands trembling slightly. Aurelia made another tally mark upon her wall, signifying how long she had been in the curious magical realm. A slight frown marred her face as a rather depressing thought came to mind.
"Two days.." she whispered quietly to herself, "two days until the anniversary of their death.." Although one would definitely not call it a celebration, Aurelia did indeed have a.. tradition of sorts as a remembrance to her beloved parents. In past years, the orphan girl had always gone to the highest point she could find to merely reflect. Since her parents had so dearly loved the sky, she felt closer to them by being as near to it as possible.
Each year she would spend the full day there, contemplating on her life, relationships. She flinched at the thought of her parents knowing of what her life had become, one of dirty thievery. One of lies, deceit and indecency. The constant pull of survival against the desperate need to believe she had done something in her life her parents could be proud of. Always the unanswered questions would return.. the basic one being why.. Why was it her parents? What actually happened in the plane? Why was God punishing her by taking away those she loved most? Why didn't Mel Brooks and the living members of the Monty Python produce a movie together? It would be a hell of a movie.
As her head felt way too full with very pressing questions, she searched for something to keep her busy. Something mindless, if possible. Scanning her cavern home, her stomach started to rumble. Realizing that it had been quite a while since her last meal, she started toward the exit of the cave to scavenge for food, but was rudely reminded that with a violent storm raging, she should stay indoors. Aurelia decided to make use of what was left from her last expedition, finding that all she had was some maize permanently borrowed from the Indians. "Popcorn!" she thought, and went to find something to hold the corn on. Finding a large stick in the corner of the cave, she stuck the maize squarely on to it. "Now to build a fire," Aurelia pondered. "Lighter, lighter...where is my lighter?" she asked herself aloud as she realized that she it was not in the cavern. "Fine, I'll make it from scratch!" Gathering more sticks and rocks that she hoped had some flint in them, she began to build a fire...
***One hour later***
"Start, damn you!" Aurelia nearly kicked the fire that just would not burn. "Ergh!" She began to jump up and down, kicking up the pixie dust Jax had left behind, 'causing her to sneeze unmercifully. As some of the sparkling dust landed on the dry wood, it sparked and lit. "Yes! I'm a genius!" Aurelia screamed as she set down to make popcorn. Just then she noticed that in her haste of flinging pixie dust.. the corn had fallen into the water.. and was now too soggy to even be considered corn. She looked at it speechlessly for an unmeasured amount of time before sighing in defeat.
"I give up.." she mumbled before collapsing onto one of her rugs and staring at the ceiling blankly. The rain continued to fall.
***
That night, the clouds slowly dispersed as the sliver of the moon pulled together enough strength to shine its light upon the magical island. As it was an enchanted land, nothing had been effected, no signs of the violent storm that had been raging hours earlier. If one could look upon the land at that moment, that person would have no idea that a storm nearing hurricane level had been raging earlier, one would instead describe the sight as peaceful and serene. The moon's light seemed only to shine on the island, as the stars smiled down upon the land. That feeling seeped into all of the inhabitants of the Isle, from the tiny crickets who had ceased in their singing, up to the Indians who for once were not alert to every sound of the Earth, to the young children tucked away in a tree all snoring softly. The island was quiet, the silence thick enough to cut with a knife, which suited Hook just fine as the first step in the ruin of Pan depended on a night like this. He smiled cruelly and laughed softly as his crew began to take action.
(A.N: I was seriously considering ending here. All thank me by reviewing! *pokes*)
The next morning, the recently oh so bored thief was dead to the world in her bed. She was curled up with her knees to her chest, hugging the blanket tightly. Her face was relaxed and childlike in sleep, her hair could honestly be used to describe a rats nest, and she was drooling on her pillow. Not exactly the picture of grace. The girl's eyes slowly fluttered open and she groaned before sitting up and automatically grabbing for a comb to get the mass of .. stuff on her head to resemble hair. Only after it went back to being auburn hair and not one giant knot, she stretched and rubbed her eyes before stopping. No thunder, no lightning, no pounding on the roof that signified rain.. the storm was over! YESSS!! Aurelia leapt into the air shrieking and doing a little dance around her house before diving into the water and swimming to the lagoon. As she burst from the water and turned her face to the sun she noticed the lack of any excited giggles and looked around. The lagoon was empty. Eeeh?! What the heck?! Aurelia shrugged before she pulled herself out of the water and lounged in the sun letting it warm her skin. Aaaahhhh sunlight!!! She grumbled after a short while of dozing, the lagoon was too eerily quiet to actually enjoy the sunlight. She sighed before walking along the beach until she heard a giant commotion up ahead. Taking her sweet time, she came across all the lost boys standing around chatting excitedly amongst themselves, while looking out at the water. Aurelia walked over and waved hello. None of them seemed to notice.
"Hya fellas!" she called out. ...Nothing. Aurelia raised an eyebrow before waving her hand infront of Slightly.
"Helloooo in there! Anybody home?" she asked. Slightly shouted before twirling around. The boys eyes widened as they noticed the girl for the first time.
"Lia!" Tootles cried out, running over and hugging her knees.
"Whats all the excitement about anyways? You guys didn't even notice me for the first couple of minutes!" she said, sounding offended. The twins pointed to the water.
"Hook's ship is gone Lia! No one knows whats going on. Peter created an all out search of the Island! ." Nibs supplied. So that explained where the mermaids went! They would never decline a favor asked of them from the almighty Peter. She mused that the Indians knew the land better than the lost boys, so the boys had gotten the job of curious spectators. Aurelia could live with that.
"Oh." And with that flopped onto the ground and closed her eyes.
"Whatcha doing?" Cubbie asked scratching his head blankly. She sighed in content.
"Sunbathing." But alas, that was not to be. Just as she became comfortable and smiled in content of the warm sun, a giant shadow covered her up. Aurelia slowly opened one eye and squinted at the tall thing that was in the way of her sun. She groaned in recognition before grumbling.
"Shoo, fly. You're in my sun," Aurelia addressed the shadow. In return, a toe nudged her stomach just before she heard "oof!" and found a flying, green pantyhosed boy on her stomach
"GAAAH! YOU JERK THAT HURT!!!" Peter blinked before he looked at her.
"Oh! Lia! You're here!! Good!"
"Any sign of anything?" Slightly asked. Peter looked up at him and shook his head.
"I didn't see anything that resembled the Jolly Roger." Peter responded. Aurelia glared.
"Could you kindly get OFFA ME?!" she shrieked. He didn't take notice as just then Tiger Lily appeared through the bushes followed by three burly Indians. She took in the.. compromising position Peter and Aurelia were in and immediately set a stony glare onto the pinned girl. Peter looked up at her expectantly.
"Nothing Peter. No sign of it at all on the Island." The princess said quietly, her glare never leaving Aurelia who just sighed in annoyance. Her head fell into the sand and she stared blankly upwards.
"Why me?" she moaned. "All I need now is that silly jealous pixie and my life will be complete.." Speak of the devil and she appears. And this time the devil was in the form of a 6-inch high scantily clad fairy. Closely followed by a perverted pixie. Just as Tinkerbell was going to unleash all of her wrath upon the evil beast known as Aurelia, Jax interrupted with a wolf whistle.
"In front of an audience Lia? I thought you had more decency than that..Kinky Aurelia.. that's just plain kinky." Faster than a beat of fairy wings Aurelia had shoved Peter off of her and jumped to her feet.
"JAX YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!!" She shrieked, feeling violated, before giving chase to the fairy.
Tiger Lily, Peter and the lost boys stood around in a casual circle as Jax fled from Aurelia's rage around them.
"So no sign of them on the Isle?" Peter confirmed. Tiger Lily nodded.
"If Hook were any where in Never land.. we would know where." She said.
"HEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEE" Jax cried.
"The mermaids haven't come back up yet." The twins said, echoing each other.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!"
"No sign of him from the air.. where could he have gone?" Peter said thoughtfully.
"AAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The group sans Jax and Aurelia looked at each other in confusion and worry. Ever since Hook had arrived, the Islands inhabitants had kept a close eye on the villain. For him to just suddenly disappear, their hopes were lying that perhaps the ship had sunk, and like a good captain, Hook had gone down with it. With that gigantic storm the day before, his death could have been a real possibility. Hoping against hope that perhaps the twisted man would finally be gone. It entirely rested upon what the mermaids found or didn't find.
Aurelia finally collapsed on the sand, gasping for air. Her sides ached and her face was red and sweaty. Jax had seen his chance of escape and disappeared to some where safe.. That annoying little perverted.. Aurelia's lungs soon slowed down so she could breathe normally as she gazed up at the group staring somberly out at the waters.
"Geez!" she exclaimed suddenly, making each of them jump in surprise, "you look as if the end of Neverland were right around the corner or something! Would it kill you people to crack a smile?" she demanded. Tiger Lily glared at her angrily.
"This is a serious situation!" the Indian hissed angrily. Aurelia scowled and stuck out her tongue before standing up and walking with determination towards the water.
"What're you doing Lia?!" Tootles called out. She spun on her heel and smiled gently at him before looking up and glaring so fiercely at the Indian Princess that Tiger Lily was forced to look away.
"I'm hot and sweaty and just plain gross after my homicidal tendencies! Gonna go for a swim." Aurelia dove into the water swimming steadily towards the area she vaguely remembered the ship being. She gulped in some air and floated on her back peacefully. Finally! Some peace! No annoying panty hose clad boys, no perverted pixies.. just the sun, the water.. and a blond mermaid making a beeline towards the area that Aurelia was situated in. Aurelia sighed before dunking her feet under the water and treading as Pearl swam up, her eyes wide.
"Before you ask me they didn't find one trace of the blasted Pirate or his crew on land." Aurelia said calmly. Pearl's eyes got unimaginably wider in complete shock.
"Well the ship..."
"its sunk?"
"We searched every where..no one saw it.." Pearl said softly. Aurelia nodded before she began to swim back to land.
"I'll report it to the land people. I don't see what the big deal is anyways.." the girl muttered under her breath as she got nearer to the shore. She slowly walked out of the waves twisting the water out of her hair as she walked. Peter and the lost boys were still standing there, Tiger Lily and her lackies had left.
"Well..?" Peter demanded. Aurelia looked at him blankly.
"What?"
"What did the mermaid say?" he demanded. Aurelia shrugged nonchaulantly.
"Wasn't there." She said inspecting her nails.
"WHAT?!" He exclaimed, visibly paling.
"What all of you seem to be forgetting is that the ship can't just magically disappear like that. He has to be some where.. and obviously if he's not on the Isle and it didn't sink.. he's gone. Shouldn't you be celebrating? Instead of panicking? Honestly. You Neverland people are barking mad!"
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