~Sorry about Chapter two being so short and thanks to js-is-hott for
reviewing! I'm assuming that JS stands for Jeremy Sumpter?~
~Chapter Three~ ~Creatures of the Night~
As they neared Neverland, Wendy and the boys saw that it was not what it had once been. Some of the forests had been burned and parts were still emitting smoke that climbed into the sky. The Indian camp was no longer on the cliff where it once was. Wendy guessed that the Indians had gone to hide in the woods and that was why they were burned. Also, a new ship floated where Hook's ship the Jolly Roger once did. This ship was a bit more elegant than Hook's but Wendy feared that that was because how much more money these new pirates stole from people than Hook and his crew ever did since Hook's crew was in Neverland most of the time.
"Is that their ship Peter?" Nibs asked from behind Wendy.
"That it is." Peter answered gravely. Now that they were in the bright sunshine, Wendy could see that Peter looked a bit older than he had five years before. "The pirates sleep during the day and hunt for me, the Indians, and the 'treasure' at night. So we must do what they do. We must become nocturnal, creatures of the night, and when they attack us or the Indians we attack them. They don't know that you all are here so we must keep it secret from them." Peter said as he began flying lower until they came to the home underground. "When they attack you all must stay hidden in the shadows and attack them from behind. Do you all remember how to use a sword?"
"Yes, Peter," they all said in unison.
"Good, now, we must rest for we have a long night ahead of us."
"Yes, Peter," they said as they began to hunt for good places to sleep.
"Wendy?" Peter called.
"Yes, Peter?" She said as she tucked Michael under a blanket on the floor of the home underground.
"May I speak with you a moment?" He asked.
"Of course," Wendy said as she and Peter ascended the stairs to come up under the shade of the large tree that hid the entrance to Peter's home.
"I don't want to seem forward but I cannot stop thinking about what happened on Hook's ship in that last fight with him." Peter admitted.
"Do you mean the death of Captain Hook or how hard you and he fought each other that night?" Wendy asked, completely oblivious to what Peter was trying to say.
"No, when you kissed me and said that the kiss would always belong to me." Peter said blushing a bit in the sun.
"Oh," Wendy said not believing she could have been so ignorant. "What about it?"
"Does it still belong to me?" Peter asked gazing into her hazel eyes.
"Well, yes, I suppose so." Wendy said, trying to contain her excitement of Peter growing up and realizing that there was so much more than a friendship between the two of them.
"Good," Peter said. "I want you to have something."
"A present?" Wendy asked.
"You could call it that. But you must close your eyes."
"Alright," Wendy said closing her eyes. A few moments after she had closed them she felt Peter's lips brush against hers. She couldn't believe the rush of emotions she was feeling. She felt happy, loved, but scared at the same time. Wendy didn't know how she should deal with the emotions she was feeling. She also didn't know if was right for her to be kissing Peter. She knew that she wouldn't be able to marry him unless he came back with her and she knew that that would never happen. Peter was too stubborn to go back.
I"Stop thinking, Wendy!" /I She told herself. I"Just kiss him back and enjoy the moment!" /I So she did. When Peter backed away, Wendy was beside herself with joy but she didn't know what to say next.
"We should go back down and get some rest." Peter said looking at the ground.
"You're right, like you said, we are going to need it if we wish to fight the pirates tonight, also if we wish to beat them at all." Wendy said, going back down the stairs with Peter behind her.
~Chapter Three~ ~Creatures of the Night~
As they neared Neverland, Wendy and the boys saw that it was not what it had once been. Some of the forests had been burned and parts were still emitting smoke that climbed into the sky. The Indian camp was no longer on the cliff where it once was. Wendy guessed that the Indians had gone to hide in the woods and that was why they were burned. Also, a new ship floated where Hook's ship the Jolly Roger once did. This ship was a bit more elegant than Hook's but Wendy feared that that was because how much more money these new pirates stole from people than Hook and his crew ever did since Hook's crew was in Neverland most of the time.
"Is that their ship Peter?" Nibs asked from behind Wendy.
"That it is." Peter answered gravely. Now that they were in the bright sunshine, Wendy could see that Peter looked a bit older than he had five years before. "The pirates sleep during the day and hunt for me, the Indians, and the 'treasure' at night. So we must do what they do. We must become nocturnal, creatures of the night, and when they attack us or the Indians we attack them. They don't know that you all are here so we must keep it secret from them." Peter said as he began flying lower until they came to the home underground. "When they attack you all must stay hidden in the shadows and attack them from behind. Do you all remember how to use a sword?"
"Yes, Peter," they all said in unison.
"Good, now, we must rest for we have a long night ahead of us."
"Yes, Peter," they said as they began to hunt for good places to sleep.
"Wendy?" Peter called.
"Yes, Peter?" She said as she tucked Michael under a blanket on the floor of the home underground.
"May I speak with you a moment?" He asked.
"Of course," Wendy said as she and Peter ascended the stairs to come up under the shade of the large tree that hid the entrance to Peter's home.
"I don't want to seem forward but I cannot stop thinking about what happened on Hook's ship in that last fight with him." Peter admitted.
"Do you mean the death of Captain Hook or how hard you and he fought each other that night?" Wendy asked, completely oblivious to what Peter was trying to say.
"No, when you kissed me and said that the kiss would always belong to me." Peter said blushing a bit in the sun.
"Oh," Wendy said not believing she could have been so ignorant. "What about it?"
"Does it still belong to me?" Peter asked gazing into her hazel eyes.
"Well, yes, I suppose so." Wendy said, trying to contain her excitement of Peter growing up and realizing that there was so much more than a friendship between the two of them.
"Good," Peter said. "I want you to have something."
"A present?" Wendy asked.
"You could call it that. But you must close your eyes."
"Alright," Wendy said closing her eyes. A few moments after she had closed them she felt Peter's lips brush against hers. She couldn't believe the rush of emotions she was feeling. She felt happy, loved, but scared at the same time. Wendy didn't know how she should deal with the emotions she was feeling. She also didn't know if was right for her to be kissing Peter. She knew that she wouldn't be able to marry him unless he came back with her and she knew that that would never happen. Peter was too stubborn to go back.
I"Stop thinking, Wendy!" /I She told herself. I"Just kiss him back and enjoy the moment!" /I So she did. When Peter backed away, Wendy was beside herself with joy but she didn't know what to say next.
"We should go back down and get some rest." Peter said looking at the ground.
"You're right, like you said, we are going to need it if we wish to fight the pirates tonight, also if we wish to beat them at all." Wendy said, going back down the stairs with Peter behind her.
