You guys continue to amaze me with your reviewing, especially leggyluver.orli! Thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart. Now, this chapter is short, and to the point because that's it's basic function. I call them filler chapters. Next chapter may be the same way, but I'm toying with another plot twist. I've just written part of the ending, which I'm loving, and we only have about six or seven more chapters to go. Enjoy.
Chapter 14: Got You Where I Want You
Peter was furious. He flew blindly through the night, hardly paying attention to the planets passing him by. Ben and Arrow were on either side of him, practically carrying him. He felt so hopeless that he couldn't fly anymore. He had the two boys bring him to Wendy, and told them to stay out of sight as they talked. But he couldn't hide from the truth anymore. He was going to be a father, have a biological child, and the Never Lands would be more than angry with him. It was already pissed at him for leaving for three years, and in such, aging three years that it did not return his missed youth as punishment. He shuddered to think what would happen now… something he wasn't ready for. He knew what had to happen now; it was something he wished he'd never have to do. But now it stared him in the face.
When they reached the hollow, he sent the boys to bed with an angry growl. They scampered off nervously. Peter sat down by his bed, and buried his head in his hands.
Amanda walked in and found him. "Peter, you're back."
"Wendy's pregnant," He snarled.
Amanda's eyes lit up. "Oh?"
"PREGNANT!" Peter shouted, seized the covers on the bed, and threw them onto the floor. He then stomped on them. He was breathing like a winded rhinoceros.
"Peter," She said. "P-Peter, stop. Stop."
"Why should I?" He asked, his eyes flashing darkly, and a clap of thunder following his words. "Everything is now ruined!"
"It doesn't have to be," Amanda said.
He turned to her, "What do you mean?"
"It doesn't have to be."
He stared at her.
"All's you have to do is never see Wendy again…"
"What?!" He snarled.
"Listen to me. If you don't see her again, if you don't bring her back here, this whole messy situation will all go away."
Peter flopped back down to the floor. "Never see Wendy again?" He whispered. Could he do that? Could he just go on living here forever and never see her again? Never hold her? Never…
"Yes," Amanda urged. "Think about it. Never Land would never know you had a baby if it's all the way in merry old England. But if you go parading around with it, you know what could happen."
"I know what's going to happen." He said sadly.
"You don't want that to happen, do you?" She asked.
"No!" He yelled. "But what about Wendy?"
"She'll be fine! Aren't her parents rich?"
Peter stared at her.
Amanda shrugged, "The children told me."
"No," Peter said, "No, I hurt her too many times…"
"Then do good by her and stay away." Amanda told him. "Stay here with me and the children. We need you too!"
"I know that," He said. "But this is Wendy. I've loved her since… since I can remember."
"Look around you," Amanda whispered. "This is paradise…"
"No, it's not. It's nothing without Wendy."
"You bring Wendy back here and everything you've worked for… killing Hook, making children's dreams come true, that will all vanish. I know you don't want that. I know it."
Peter stared at her. Could he do it?
That night, a lone figure walked the murky banks of mermaid lagoon as the rain poured down. They stopped every so often, listening for the pitter-patter of little feet. They checked the sky. No renegade brat flying through the air after them. At last, they stopped before the water, and a grin spread over Amanda's face as she saw heads pop up from the swirling tide.
"The time grows near," Amanda whispered to them, and grins identical to Amanda's spread over their faces. "My plan, my beautiful plan that I have suffered for so dearly is almost complete. I will succeed where Hook has failed. I will destroy Pan, and finally be the one in control."
The mermaids began to sing a song of triumph.
"Oh yes, you'll be rewarded as well," Amanda said, taking out a checklist. "Amanda… worming her way into Peter's life. Wendy… gone. Brats… perfect slaves. And Peter… oooooh yes, Peter. He's not even a boy anymore. He can't even fly!" She made her bottom lip tremble, and twirled in pouring rain, "all because his true love has left him forever! Without Wendy, he has no happy thoughts, which in turn, makes me happy." She stared at the mermaid's blank faces, "Oh don't you get it? Are you still worried about that knocked up girl back in London?" She genuinely laughed. "If everything goes according to my plan, and it has so far, he'll soon be wondering Wendy Who? When Pan's dead…" She gave another twirl, "such a shame though, he's is very easy on the eyes… but oh well. When he's dead, I'll finally get the recognition I deserve. This will no longer be a wonderland children dream about. It'll be hell for them. And I'll send out my minions, and collect children from all over, and bring them here. And soon I'll have my own army, and I'll get rid of that infernal Eternal Youth. I'm so sick of everything being so wondrously bright and beautiful. I'll create a dark, dark world for dark, dark times." Her laughter echoed in the darkness as she continued to dance in the rain.
One thing however, was the small light that followed Amanda out of the hollow. That small light was none other Tinker Bell, and she had heard the whole thing. Amanda was plotting against them. Wendy had been right! It was time Amanda was stopped… for good.