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CHAPTER EIGHT
TUMBLING IN FREE-FALL
Tiger Lily sat at the edge of a cliff, to the side of her was a waterfall, with crystal water gushing out of it. She could hear the crashing of the water from far below her. She was resting her weight on her arms and hands, which pressed up against a large flat rock that she was sitting on.
She sat between Peter and the waterfall, Peter lying down with his hands behind his head, cushioning the harsh surface of the rock. With his eyes closed he listened to the water, beside Tiger Lily, gushing forward.
"Do you remember James?" He asked Tiger Lily without opening his eyes or moving. Tiger Lily looked down at him. The wind played with her long silky black hair, causing her to push the strands away from her face.
"Of course I do. But I'm afraid it's growing harder and harder to hold onto the memories of him." She paused for a moment. "Ever since he returned to Neverland as Hook, I, I" she stumbled for the right words, "I feel as if I'm losing the memories I have of him as James. Hook is so evil that the idea of him being James is incomprehensible." She stopped; not sure if what she had said made any sense to Peter.
"Hook is not James." Peter opened his eyes and looked up at her, who sympathetically looked at him.
"Peter, he is."
"No. When James died in that cave that was it."
"But Peter, when you die in Neverland you appear on earth. That's what happened to James. He died, went earth, where he grew up." She stopped for a moment. "He grew up," she repeated, "and then came back here as Captain Hook."
"I know that!" Peter sat up. "But James, James was nothing like Hook."
Tiger Lily extended her arm and placed her hand on top of Peter's. "Growing up changes people. You of all people should know that." She released a sigh. "I just can't understand why he would come back, filled with such hatred for you and all of Neverland."
"Because I'm the one who killed him." Peter closed his eyes. "I sent him away from here, so now he wants revenge. He wants to destroy Neverland because he can't have it anymore, he's a grownup."
"Peter Pan! You did not kill James! You did all you could to save him. It's not you that turned him into what he is today. It was never and will never be your fault."
Peter shook his head in disagreement but before Tiger Lily could reprimand him Tinkerbell, in distress, zipped around them.
"What is it Tink?" Peter asked in concern. Tinkerbell grabbed the collar of his shirt and began to pull on it. "What's happening Tink?!" Peter demanded. Tinkerbell continued to pull his shirt while she jingled.
Peter grabbed Tiger Lily by the waist. "Come on! Tink says Hook's up to something." Tinkerbell released Peter and flew to where the trouble was, Peter and Tiger Lily followed close behind her.
"Peter, what's happening?" Tiger Lily had her arms wrapped around his neck. Peter held her with both of his arms.
"I'm not sure, Tink isn't really making any sense. It sounds like-"
"Peter? Peter, what's wrong?" Tiger Lily asked because he had stopped flying after Tinkerbell.
"I, I don't know." He shook his head and started following Tinkerbell again. Tiger Lily looked ahead to where Tinkerbell was, she then looked at Peter, the color seemed to be draining from his face.
"Peter, Tinkerbell is getting too far ahead of us. You have to go faster."
"I can't." He said in disbelief.
"What?"
"I can't go any faster. I, I just can't." Peter began to feel dizzy. He stopped following Tinkerbell.
"Peter?" Tiger Lily was greatly concerned. He tightly shut his eyes, trying to push back the feeling of nausea.
"Tiger Lily-" He faintly said.
"PETER!" Tiger Lily screamed as the two began to plummet down. Tiger Lily tightly wrapped herself around him as they fell. "TINKERBELL!!" She screamed.
Tinkerbell heard the scream and turned around. She saw Peter and Tiger Lily falling. Peter looked like he was unconscious, and Tiger Lily tightly and helplessly clung to him. Without a moment of hesitation Tinkerbell flew to them.
She frantically sprinkled them with her dust. Tiger Lily closed her eyes and concentrated hard. "Happy thought, happy thought, happy thought-"
Tinkerbell closed her eyes, unable to watch as Peter and Tiger Lily were only a few feet form the ground, only to reopen them when she didn't hear a horrible thud. Tiger Lily remained hovering over the ground, holding onto Peter's limp body. Her eyes were tightly shut still.
Complete relief washed over Tinkerbell as she flew to them. Tiger Lily opened her eyes and saw that she had stopped them from crashing onto Neverland and moved to the ground to gently place Peter down, with his head resting on her lap.
"What, what happened Tinkerbell?" She asked while she studied Peter's pale face. Tinkerbell landed on Peter's chest and laid down upon it. Relieved that he was still breathing she flew to his face and wrapped her small arms around his one cheek.
Peter released a moan and brought his one hand to his head. "Peter?" Tinkerbell flew around in the air while Tiger Lily placed her one hand on Peter's cheek. "Peter?" She repeated. Peter opened his eyes and then shut them, finding it only caused his head to hurt more.
Tinkerbell fluttered over him. "What, what happened?" He asked.
"That's what I'd like to know." Tiger Lily said as she studied him.
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Captain Hook leaned over his desk, maliciously using the feather to erase part of the map. Mr. Smee was in the room, tending to the cleaning of Captain Hook's assortment of hooks. While polishing one of the gold ones, Mr. Smee hovered over the map.
"Cannibal Cove? Why there Cap'n?"
Captain Hook looked up from the map. "Because I simply want to make it larger." Mr. Smee shook his head yes in response. "The Jolly Roger needs more room."
Mr. Smee continued on with cleaning the hooks while Captain Hook kept erasing the shoreline of Cannibal Cove so that he may increase it in size.
CHAPTER EIGHT
TUMBLING IN FREE-FALL
Tiger Lily sat at the edge of a cliff, to the side of her was a waterfall, with crystal water gushing out of it. She could hear the crashing of the water from far below her. She was resting her weight on her arms and hands, which pressed up against a large flat rock that she was sitting on.
She sat between Peter and the waterfall, Peter lying down with his hands behind his head, cushioning the harsh surface of the rock. With his eyes closed he listened to the water, beside Tiger Lily, gushing forward.
"Do you remember James?" He asked Tiger Lily without opening his eyes or moving. Tiger Lily looked down at him. The wind played with her long silky black hair, causing her to push the strands away from her face.
"Of course I do. But I'm afraid it's growing harder and harder to hold onto the memories of him." She paused for a moment. "Ever since he returned to Neverland as Hook, I, I" she stumbled for the right words, "I feel as if I'm losing the memories I have of him as James. Hook is so evil that the idea of him being James is incomprehensible." She stopped; not sure if what she had said made any sense to Peter.
"Hook is not James." Peter opened his eyes and looked up at her, who sympathetically looked at him.
"Peter, he is."
"No. When James died in that cave that was it."
"But Peter, when you die in Neverland you appear on earth. That's what happened to James. He died, went earth, where he grew up." She stopped for a moment. "He grew up," she repeated, "and then came back here as Captain Hook."
"I know that!" Peter sat up. "But James, James was nothing like Hook."
Tiger Lily extended her arm and placed her hand on top of Peter's. "Growing up changes people. You of all people should know that." She released a sigh. "I just can't understand why he would come back, filled with such hatred for you and all of Neverland."
"Because I'm the one who killed him." Peter closed his eyes. "I sent him away from here, so now he wants revenge. He wants to destroy Neverland because he can't have it anymore, he's a grownup."
"Peter Pan! You did not kill James! You did all you could to save him. It's not you that turned him into what he is today. It was never and will never be your fault."
Peter shook his head in disagreement but before Tiger Lily could reprimand him Tinkerbell, in distress, zipped around them.
"What is it Tink?" Peter asked in concern. Tinkerbell grabbed the collar of his shirt and began to pull on it. "What's happening Tink?!" Peter demanded. Tinkerbell continued to pull his shirt while she jingled.
Peter grabbed Tiger Lily by the waist. "Come on! Tink says Hook's up to something." Tinkerbell released Peter and flew to where the trouble was, Peter and Tiger Lily followed close behind her.
"Peter, what's happening?" Tiger Lily had her arms wrapped around his neck. Peter held her with both of his arms.
"I'm not sure, Tink isn't really making any sense. It sounds like-"
"Peter? Peter, what's wrong?" Tiger Lily asked because he had stopped flying after Tinkerbell.
"I, I don't know." He shook his head and started following Tinkerbell again. Tiger Lily looked ahead to where Tinkerbell was, she then looked at Peter, the color seemed to be draining from his face.
"Peter, Tinkerbell is getting too far ahead of us. You have to go faster."
"I can't." He said in disbelief.
"What?"
"I can't go any faster. I, I just can't." Peter began to feel dizzy. He stopped following Tinkerbell.
"Peter?" Tiger Lily was greatly concerned. He tightly shut his eyes, trying to push back the feeling of nausea.
"Tiger Lily-" He faintly said.
"PETER!" Tiger Lily screamed as the two began to plummet down. Tiger Lily tightly wrapped herself around him as they fell. "TINKERBELL!!" She screamed.
Tinkerbell heard the scream and turned around. She saw Peter and Tiger Lily falling. Peter looked like he was unconscious, and Tiger Lily tightly and helplessly clung to him. Without a moment of hesitation Tinkerbell flew to them.
She frantically sprinkled them with her dust. Tiger Lily closed her eyes and concentrated hard. "Happy thought, happy thought, happy thought-"
Tinkerbell closed her eyes, unable to watch as Peter and Tiger Lily were only a few feet form the ground, only to reopen them when she didn't hear a horrible thud. Tiger Lily remained hovering over the ground, holding onto Peter's limp body. Her eyes were tightly shut still.
Complete relief washed over Tinkerbell as she flew to them. Tiger Lily opened her eyes and saw that she had stopped them from crashing onto Neverland and moved to the ground to gently place Peter down, with his head resting on her lap.
"What, what happened Tinkerbell?" She asked while she studied Peter's pale face. Tinkerbell landed on Peter's chest and laid down upon it. Relieved that he was still breathing she flew to his face and wrapped her small arms around his one cheek.
Peter released a moan and brought his one hand to his head. "Peter?" Tinkerbell flew around in the air while Tiger Lily placed her one hand on Peter's cheek. "Peter?" She repeated. Peter opened his eyes and then shut them, finding it only caused his head to hurt more.
Tinkerbell fluttered over him. "What, what happened?" He asked.
"That's what I'd like to know." Tiger Lily said as she studied him.
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Captain Hook leaned over his desk, maliciously using the feather to erase part of the map. Mr. Smee was in the room, tending to the cleaning of Captain Hook's assortment of hooks. While polishing one of the gold ones, Mr. Smee hovered over the map.
"Cannibal Cove? Why there Cap'n?"
Captain Hook looked up from the map. "Because I simply want to make it larger." Mr. Smee shook his head yes in response. "The Jolly Roger needs more room."
Mr. Smee continued on with cleaning the hooks while Captain Hook kept erasing the shoreline of Cannibal Cove so that he may increase it in size.
