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Chapter 4 *Katerina's POV*
My homework was done and I was officially wiped out for the day. The crocodile clock beside my bed struck 10. I stared at it intent. I had always puzzled over where the clock had come from. My mother told me when I was seven that it used to belong to my great-grandmother, Willa... Winnie...Wendy...something like that. I kind of forgot her name, but as I stared at the clock it reminded me of the huge limo-sized crocodile in my vision. But of course that had nothing to do with me at all and the visions were probably just stress related. "Maybe it's time to take that long awaited trip to the psychiatrist." I said to myself.
My thoughts were broken when I heard something crash into the wall. It looked like a huge firefly, but I had never seen a firefly trail golden dust behind it. "I knew I shouldn't have kept that window open." I thought and went to pick up the fly swatter in the corner. Hesitantly, I made my way to the wall and looked down at the fist sized ball of glowing light. I aimed but was knocked backwards when it hit me smack in the face.
"What the..." I mused as I lay on my back. Then the thing landed on me, and when it did I realized it wasn't a bug it was a...fairy. It moved around rapidly as if it was trying to tell me something. I stayed perfectly still, thinking it might sting me or something. Then it stopped and sat on my stomach.
"Oh, I keep forgetting. You big people can't understand my language at all." Said the fairy. Now that it was still I could examine it more closely. This small ball of light was a female, with short brown hair cut just above her shoulders and there were leaves all through it. She wore a long flowing dress in many different shades of green and her feet were bare. She caught me staring and said, "Oh, I didn't scare you. Did I?"
I tried to focus. Ok, there was a fairy sitting on my stomach, but what could I do. And considering the strange events that had happened earlier today, this seemed to fit quite nicely. So I went along with it. I'll probably wake up soon, I thought.
"Not really. You kinda hurt my nose, though." I said. She smiled at me showing off her white teeth. Her silver eyes gleamed back at me.
"Oh good." She said. "By the way I'm Sarah. Who are you?"
"I'm Katerina." I said. "One question. Why are you here?"
"Oh, I forgot." She mumbled and hit her forehead in a stressful gesture. "You have to hide me."
"Hide you?"
"Yeah, Tink caught me with Peter. Followed me all the way here with threats to kill me!" she exclaimed and almost right on cue I heard a faint bell- like tinkle.
"She's almost here! PLEASE HIDE ME! I'll...I'll take you to Neverland if you do, I promise." She was buzzing around my head like before.
"OK! OK!" I replied and grabbed her tiny body and walked her over to my dresser. I opened the top drawer and put her inside then shoved it closed.
A few moments later a tinkling noise shot loudly through my window along with the matching ball of light. For some reason I had hidden also. I didn't know why all I knew was I didn't want to deal with another fairy. The ball of light which I assumed was Tink, flew around the room making wild noises. When she found nothing she retreated into the hallway and I was left alone with a fairy named Sarah and a promise to be taken to Neverland. Now I had read all about Peter Pan and seen the movie a couple times but I had never truly believed in such a place. Well, at least now I know I'm dreaming, I thought.
Then a new noise came from downstairs. Someone was in the house besides the two fairies. I only had to puzzle over who it was a few seconds before I heard, "Kitty Kat... Where are you?" Only one person had ever called me Kitty Kat and it was the self same person that I had bitch slapped earlier today. "I will find you, Katerina." Came Peter Jenkins' angry voice from the stairway.
Shit! I had to do something fast. I had to get out of the house, but how? I couldn't jump out the window it was a long way down. What to do? What to do? My head snapped up and let myself believe the impossible. What if the fairy was telling the truth? What if I wasn't dreaming? So I took the chance I had to get out somehow.
I crept closer to the drawer and whispered into the key hole, "Hey, you in there?"
"Is she gone?" came Sarah's little voice.
"Yeah, for now. I was wondering...um... is your offer still good to take me to...uh...Neverland?" I stumbled, for some reason I just couldn't believe what I was saying.
"Good Idea!" she exclaimed, "If Tink is still here she'll never find me if we go back to Neverland. Wow your smart."
I heard Peter's voice boom again and this time he was in the hall way. "Where are you? You little bitch."
I turned back to the drawer and opened it. "Whatever. Let's go." I said, hastily.
"Who was that?" she asked, know buzzing around my head again.
"I'll tell you later. We got to go NOW!" I tried to whisper as best I could.
"Alright, alright. Here you go." She threw a handful of her gold dust on me. "Now just think a happy thought."
Fat chance of that happening with Peter so close, I thought. But for some reason I didn't think about Peter. In my mind's eye I saw the man from my vision with the dark curly hair... the captain. Before I knew it I was floating, but I could not marvel at this for there Peter stood in my doorway. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he'd been drinking. "There you are, bitch." He breathed and then stumbled towards me. I was frozen to my spot in the air as he got closer and closer to me. Then Sarah, who had been flying behind him, grabbed his heal making him fall flat on his face. I stifled a giggle as he tried to get up. Then the other fairy, Tink, flew into the room and Sarah reacted quickly.
Sarah flew towards the window and motioned for me to follow. I flew after her out the window and shut it quickly, right in Tink's face. She'd never be able to open the window by herself. Let the inebriated Peter deal with her, I thought with a laugh.
We flew over my town and then up further into the sky. The sky was black and for a while it was all I could see in front of me. Then my eyes adjusted and I saw that I was no longer over my town, in fact I was no longer over earth. The planets whizzed past my head and the stars twinkled in my eyes. Then I noticed Sarah by my head again.
"Prepare yourself. This might hurt because you're a big person." She said.
"What might..." but I was cut off as I was sucked into, what I could only describe as, a black hole. My ears popped severely and everything went black again. Then I saw a light from far away. The light at the end of the tunnel, I thought randomly. As I flew closer the light grew brighter illuminating a small island. The closer I got the more I noticed and when I was almost directly over it my eyes caught sight of something sitting in the river. It was a frozen pirate ship!
Chapter 4 *Katerina's POV*
My homework was done and I was officially wiped out for the day. The crocodile clock beside my bed struck 10. I stared at it intent. I had always puzzled over where the clock had come from. My mother told me when I was seven that it used to belong to my great-grandmother, Willa... Winnie...Wendy...something like that. I kind of forgot her name, but as I stared at the clock it reminded me of the huge limo-sized crocodile in my vision. But of course that had nothing to do with me at all and the visions were probably just stress related. "Maybe it's time to take that long awaited trip to the psychiatrist." I said to myself.
My thoughts were broken when I heard something crash into the wall. It looked like a huge firefly, but I had never seen a firefly trail golden dust behind it. "I knew I shouldn't have kept that window open." I thought and went to pick up the fly swatter in the corner. Hesitantly, I made my way to the wall and looked down at the fist sized ball of glowing light. I aimed but was knocked backwards when it hit me smack in the face.
"What the..." I mused as I lay on my back. Then the thing landed on me, and when it did I realized it wasn't a bug it was a...fairy. It moved around rapidly as if it was trying to tell me something. I stayed perfectly still, thinking it might sting me or something. Then it stopped and sat on my stomach.
"Oh, I keep forgetting. You big people can't understand my language at all." Said the fairy. Now that it was still I could examine it more closely. This small ball of light was a female, with short brown hair cut just above her shoulders and there were leaves all through it. She wore a long flowing dress in many different shades of green and her feet were bare. She caught me staring and said, "Oh, I didn't scare you. Did I?"
I tried to focus. Ok, there was a fairy sitting on my stomach, but what could I do. And considering the strange events that had happened earlier today, this seemed to fit quite nicely. So I went along with it. I'll probably wake up soon, I thought.
"Not really. You kinda hurt my nose, though." I said. She smiled at me showing off her white teeth. Her silver eyes gleamed back at me.
"Oh good." She said. "By the way I'm Sarah. Who are you?"
"I'm Katerina." I said. "One question. Why are you here?"
"Oh, I forgot." She mumbled and hit her forehead in a stressful gesture. "You have to hide me."
"Hide you?"
"Yeah, Tink caught me with Peter. Followed me all the way here with threats to kill me!" she exclaimed and almost right on cue I heard a faint bell- like tinkle.
"She's almost here! PLEASE HIDE ME! I'll...I'll take you to Neverland if you do, I promise." She was buzzing around my head like before.
"OK! OK!" I replied and grabbed her tiny body and walked her over to my dresser. I opened the top drawer and put her inside then shoved it closed.
A few moments later a tinkling noise shot loudly through my window along with the matching ball of light. For some reason I had hidden also. I didn't know why all I knew was I didn't want to deal with another fairy. The ball of light which I assumed was Tink, flew around the room making wild noises. When she found nothing she retreated into the hallway and I was left alone with a fairy named Sarah and a promise to be taken to Neverland. Now I had read all about Peter Pan and seen the movie a couple times but I had never truly believed in such a place. Well, at least now I know I'm dreaming, I thought.
Then a new noise came from downstairs. Someone was in the house besides the two fairies. I only had to puzzle over who it was a few seconds before I heard, "Kitty Kat... Where are you?" Only one person had ever called me Kitty Kat and it was the self same person that I had bitch slapped earlier today. "I will find you, Katerina." Came Peter Jenkins' angry voice from the stairway.
Shit! I had to do something fast. I had to get out of the house, but how? I couldn't jump out the window it was a long way down. What to do? What to do? My head snapped up and let myself believe the impossible. What if the fairy was telling the truth? What if I wasn't dreaming? So I took the chance I had to get out somehow.
I crept closer to the drawer and whispered into the key hole, "Hey, you in there?"
"Is she gone?" came Sarah's little voice.
"Yeah, for now. I was wondering...um... is your offer still good to take me to...uh...Neverland?" I stumbled, for some reason I just couldn't believe what I was saying.
"Good Idea!" she exclaimed, "If Tink is still here she'll never find me if we go back to Neverland. Wow your smart."
I heard Peter's voice boom again and this time he was in the hall way. "Where are you? You little bitch."
I turned back to the drawer and opened it. "Whatever. Let's go." I said, hastily.
"Who was that?" she asked, know buzzing around my head again.
"I'll tell you later. We got to go NOW!" I tried to whisper as best I could.
"Alright, alright. Here you go." She threw a handful of her gold dust on me. "Now just think a happy thought."
Fat chance of that happening with Peter so close, I thought. But for some reason I didn't think about Peter. In my mind's eye I saw the man from my vision with the dark curly hair... the captain. Before I knew it I was floating, but I could not marvel at this for there Peter stood in my doorway. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he'd been drinking. "There you are, bitch." He breathed and then stumbled towards me. I was frozen to my spot in the air as he got closer and closer to me. Then Sarah, who had been flying behind him, grabbed his heal making him fall flat on his face. I stifled a giggle as he tried to get up. Then the other fairy, Tink, flew into the room and Sarah reacted quickly.
Sarah flew towards the window and motioned for me to follow. I flew after her out the window and shut it quickly, right in Tink's face. She'd never be able to open the window by herself. Let the inebriated Peter deal with her, I thought with a laugh.
We flew over my town and then up further into the sky. The sky was black and for a while it was all I could see in front of me. Then my eyes adjusted and I saw that I was no longer over my town, in fact I was no longer over earth. The planets whizzed past my head and the stars twinkled in my eyes. Then I noticed Sarah by my head again.
"Prepare yourself. This might hurt because you're a big person." She said.
"What might..." but I was cut off as I was sucked into, what I could only describe as, a black hole. My ears popped severely and everything went black again. Then I saw a light from far away. The light at the end of the tunnel, I thought randomly. As I flew closer the light grew brighter illuminating a small island. The closer I got the more I noticed and when I was almost directly over it my eyes caught sight of something sitting in the river. It was a frozen pirate ship!