Chapter Seven
***Check it out, I updated! Yay for me. Sorry I waited so long, I just didn't have much inspiration. And yeh I left it at a bad spot so sorry again. Here's the next chapter, hope you like it.
"Alex…" he whispered to himself. Now that he could remember her name, he wished to god that he could remember his obviously awful plan. Looking that Alex, he again tried desperately to rack his brain for the hidden information. But no matter how he tried, no matter how much deeper he dug, he couldn't find the information he was seeking. Still staring at her, he finally spoke.
"I…I don't know…what do I do now? You gotta tell me what to do now. Do ya want me to leave, and forget this ever happened, or what?" he questioned.
"I'm not sure I even know what to do now Peter. I should hate you…I really should. But…" Alex stuttered. "But, I don't. And I don't know why, because the reason you didn't save us might have been something that would have helped us, or something terrible! I just…I don't know what to think." By this time she was pulling herself off of the floor and looking down and Peter.
"But for right now I think you should leave…and if you ever think of the reason why you did this, then come back and tell me. If not, and things remain the same…then that is exactly what will happen, things will remain the same." she finished off putting on her most serious and professional face.
Peter lifted off the floor and glided slowly toward her. He didn't know how to show how sorry he was for doing this, but he would find a way. Stopping in front of the girl, who's face was tilted toward the ground, Peter promised himself that no matter how much it took or how long, he would find out why he didn't save this girl that he obviously had an infatuation with. He would ask every one and every thing, and then when he did find out he would make it right again.
Then Peter gave one last look at Alex and flew out the window. Alex watched his retreating figure disappear into the Neverland forest, and slowly sat down on her cot. The girls who had previously woken up, had long past fell back into a deep slumber, and the room was once again quiet. Looking around, Alex felt confused, sad and angry at the same time. Laying down, she stared up and the cobweb covered ceiling, and after much protest from her previously cold heart, started to cry again.
*the next morning*
Alex woke up to a damp pillow and swollen red eyes. Sitting up in her little cot and stretching she noticed that the girls were not in their cot's. shrugging it off, Alex pushed herself off the bed and walked toward the window to see what time it was. Hook wouldn't allow clocks on the ship because of his phobia, so everyone had to learn how to tell time by the position of the sun. With one eye closed and the other squinting, she looked up and realized…12:00!! How could she have allowed herself to sleep so long?! What would happen to her when Hook found out?! The crews breakfast, what of that!? Quickly putting on one shoe, and hopping out the door while putting on the other, Alex rushed up onto the deck to find everyone busy at their daily task.
Making her way unnoticed through all of the men, Alex ran down the steps into the galley to find the six girls washing dishes. All of them looked up when she entered the room.
"Hiya, Alex!" Meloney said in her usual chipper voice.
"Wha…what…why didn't you wake me up?!" she asked in disbelief. She looked around at the girls waiting for an answer.
"Well, uh…we heard you and the Pan arguing last night, so we decided to let you sleep. We fixed breakfast, and we're washing all the dishes, so you don't have to worry about a thing." Karry explained. Alex kept her eyes on her, and gave a loud gulp.
"You…heard? You know?" she questioned again.
"Yeh…but we thought it would be better to just keep quiet. So in a way I guess we were kinda…spying." Jenni said. She looked up at the girl who she saw as a big sister as she leaned her back against the wall.
"Oh…guys, I'm sorry I didn't tell you…you just seemed so happy at the thought of him. I'm sure he must've had a good reason to…ya know…do, what he did…" Alex faded off. All the girls were quiet until Honey broke the silence.
"Well, whadda all say we go ashore today? We can just steer clear of that old Peter Pan. We can have plenty of fun!" she offered. All the other girls smiled and looked at Alex for a reply.
"Well, uh, I don't know. Hook might not even let us since we went ashore yesterday."
"Sure he will. We'll just tell him that we're out scouting or somthin'. No big deal" Honey argued. Alex looked at all the girls with their pleading faces and agreed, but still had doubts.
"Fine, fine. Three of you go and talk to the cap'n, and the rest of us will finish the dishes." a few happy giggles and squeaks came from girls, and three of them brushed past her onto the deck.
*one hour later*
The three girls that went to see Hook were able to convince him, and the girls were soon on their way toward shore. As they neared the land, Alex couldn't help but remember that certain day when she saw the boy she thought she would never see, or never want to see again. Pushing these memories aside, Alex joined in a conversation the other girls were having.
*hangman's tree*
After the conversation with Alex, Peter had returned to the tree to hopefully get some sleep. Unfortunately, his absence that night did not go unnoticed. When he reappeared in the hideout, Tinkerbell was waiting and spewing with questions of where he was and why he had left. Peter answered all of them best he could without making Tink to mad.
Eventually she had cooled down and Peter asked her if she could remember any plan about a girl that he had told her about in the past. Tink was clueless, but the question brought on other questions about this girl that lasted all through the night.
It was morning now and the Pan was now quizzing the lost boys on any of the plans they remember.
"Uh, I remember a plan about Wendy and Hook." Slightly said.
"What about the one about saving Tiger Lily?" Nibs asked.
"And the one about her and Marooners Rock?" Cubby then asked.
"Their the same plans you dummy!" Nibs shot.
"Who you callin' dummy, dummy?" Cubby shot right back, and then him and the other boy started tumbling all over the floor. Peter looked at the Twins, and all they did was shrug in unison, and Toodles did the same.
Peter crossed off the lost boys on a list of people to ask of the plan in his mind. Next stop, Mermaid Lagoon. Peter had told the mermaids all of the adventures about, so they would surly know. He flew out of the tree leaving the fighting boys behind, and going toward the mermaid filled cove.
*back with the girls*
"So, uh, exactly what are we going to do today?" Claire questioned while looking at Honey.
"I dunno, I just figured we'd find something." Honey answered. Claire shook her head and looked at their leader.
"What do you wanna do Alex? Ya wanna swim, fish, hunt, track…"
"Explore. I say we explore there's still a lot of places we haven't been yet." Alex stated her idea. All the girls agreed and the started walking through the dense jungle of Neverland. Alex was ahead cutting away and branches or vines that got in their path, and Karry was making a map in back of which way they were going.
She was looking down at the piece of paper and looking around her, drawing land marks that they could remember, when all of a sudden she ran into Meloney's back. Looking up at the head of the line she realized Alex had made another abrupt stop.
"You have a thing with stopping quickly don't ya?" she questioned. She was about to ask what was wrong when she got that sense again that told her to keep quiet.
Alex was looking around her curiously. 'Something's not right.' she thought. The younger girls stayed quiet and in their spots and their leader slowly walked further, then bent down to pick up a rock. The others looked at each other in puzzlement, wonder what Alex could be doing. The older girl the stepped back again a few steps, and threw the rock a few meters away from were she previously stood. Surprisingly a huge net rapped around the small rock and drew it upward.
"Trap." Alex said not even turning her head to look at the girls. "Keep on you guard." The group started around the net and back on their journey.
"Who do ya thing set that net, Alex?" Meloney asked.
"I'm not sure. But it sure does have Lost Boys written all over it." she said with a smirk.
"Oh…we won't get caught…will we?" she questioned again.
"Naw, not with Alex here." Karry reassured. The girl in front was listening in on the girls conversation, and temporarily let her guard down. Big mistake.
They were all walking through another clearing, when she stopped again causing the girls to run into each other again.
"Darn it Alex why don't you warn us about that sometime?" Karry exclaimed. Looking up at the front again she noticed Alex staring down at the ground. Cautiously, she looked down as well only to see twigs and leaves. But closer examining revealed that between the twigs and leaves, one could see a deep hole.
By now all the girls had seen it and had frozen in their tracks, and were looking at Alex like a cry for help. All she did was take a gentle step forward.
"No quick movements. Slowly, very slowly." she whispered afraid even speaking would cause the trap to cave in. The girls slowly began to do as their leader said and gently stepped forward.
Alex was almost to the side of the hole, when she heard a loud snap. Looking behind her she saw that one of the girls had made one too many steps at one time. It was unavoidable now that they would soon fall into god knows what. But she had to keep trying.
"Step gently. Step gently!" her voice grew louder and the snaps of twigs became more random now. Then suddenly all the girls fell into the trap as the thin layer of twigs and leaves finally collapsed.
All Alex could see was the other girls falling and the dirt wall that surrounded them before everything went black.
*MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! I so do love cliffhangers, don't you? What's that you say? I'm crazy? Why yes, yes I am. I can't wait to tell my friends! Lol. *sigh* anyway, review, review, review, and I shall write, write, write!
***Check it out, I updated! Yay for me. Sorry I waited so long, I just didn't have much inspiration. And yeh I left it at a bad spot so sorry again. Here's the next chapter, hope you like it.
"Alex…" he whispered to himself. Now that he could remember her name, he wished to god that he could remember his obviously awful plan. Looking that Alex, he again tried desperately to rack his brain for the hidden information. But no matter how he tried, no matter how much deeper he dug, he couldn't find the information he was seeking. Still staring at her, he finally spoke.
"I…I don't know…what do I do now? You gotta tell me what to do now. Do ya want me to leave, and forget this ever happened, or what?" he questioned.
"I'm not sure I even know what to do now Peter. I should hate you…I really should. But…" Alex stuttered. "But, I don't. And I don't know why, because the reason you didn't save us might have been something that would have helped us, or something terrible! I just…I don't know what to think." By this time she was pulling herself off of the floor and looking down and Peter.
"But for right now I think you should leave…and if you ever think of the reason why you did this, then come back and tell me. If not, and things remain the same…then that is exactly what will happen, things will remain the same." she finished off putting on her most serious and professional face.
Peter lifted off the floor and glided slowly toward her. He didn't know how to show how sorry he was for doing this, but he would find a way. Stopping in front of the girl, who's face was tilted toward the ground, Peter promised himself that no matter how much it took or how long, he would find out why he didn't save this girl that he obviously had an infatuation with. He would ask every one and every thing, and then when he did find out he would make it right again.
Then Peter gave one last look at Alex and flew out the window. Alex watched his retreating figure disappear into the Neverland forest, and slowly sat down on her cot. The girls who had previously woken up, had long past fell back into a deep slumber, and the room was once again quiet. Looking around, Alex felt confused, sad and angry at the same time. Laying down, she stared up and the cobweb covered ceiling, and after much protest from her previously cold heart, started to cry again.
*the next morning*
Alex woke up to a damp pillow and swollen red eyes. Sitting up in her little cot and stretching she noticed that the girls were not in their cot's. shrugging it off, Alex pushed herself off the bed and walked toward the window to see what time it was. Hook wouldn't allow clocks on the ship because of his phobia, so everyone had to learn how to tell time by the position of the sun. With one eye closed and the other squinting, she looked up and realized…12:00!! How could she have allowed herself to sleep so long?! What would happen to her when Hook found out?! The crews breakfast, what of that!? Quickly putting on one shoe, and hopping out the door while putting on the other, Alex rushed up onto the deck to find everyone busy at their daily task.
Making her way unnoticed through all of the men, Alex ran down the steps into the galley to find the six girls washing dishes. All of them looked up when she entered the room.
"Hiya, Alex!" Meloney said in her usual chipper voice.
"Wha…what…why didn't you wake me up?!" she asked in disbelief. She looked around at the girls waiting for an answer.
"Well, uh…we heard you and the Pan arguing last night, so we decided to let you sleep. We fixed breakfast, and we're washing all the dishes, so you don't have to worry about a thing." Karry explained. Alex kept her eyes on her, and gave a loud gulp.
"You…heard? You know?" she questioned again.
"Yeh…but we thought it would be better to just keep quiet. So in a way I guess we were kinda…spying." Jenni said. She looked up at the girl who she saw as a big sister as she leaned her back against the wall.
"Oh…guys, I'm sorry I didn't tell you…you just seemed so happy at the thought of him. I'm sure he must've had a good reason to…ya know…do, what he did…" Alex faded off. All the girls were quiet until Honey broke the silence.
"Well, whadda all say we go ashore today? We can just steer clear of that old Peter Pan. We can have plenty of fun!" she offered. All the other girls smiled and looked at Alex for a reply.
"Well, uh, I don't know. Hook might not even let us since we went ashore yesterday."
"Sure he will. We'll just tell him that we're out scouting or somthin'. No big deal" Honey argued. Alex looked at all the girls with their pleading faces and agreed, but still had doubts.
"Fine, fine. Three of you go and talk to the cap'n, and the rest of us will finish the dishes." a few happy giggles and squeaks came from girls, and three of them brushed past her onto the deck.
*one hour later*
The three girls that went to see Hook were able to convince him, and the girls were soon on their way toward shore. As they neared the land, Alex couldn't help but remember that certain day when she saw the boy she thought she would never see, or never want to see again. Pushing these memories aside, Alex joined in a conversation the other girls were having.
*hangman's tree*
After the conversation with Alex, Peter had returned to the tree to hopefully get some sleep. Unfortunately, his absence that night did not go unnoticed. When he reappeared in the hideout, Tinkerbell was waiting and spewing with questions of where he was and why he had left. Peter answered all of them best he could without making Tink to mad.
Eventually she had cooled down and Peter asked her if she could remember any plan about a girl that he had told her about in the past. Tink was clueless, but the question brought on other questions about this girl that lasted all through the night.
It was morning now and the Pan was now quizzing the lost boys on any of the plans they remember.
"Uh, I remember a plan about Wendy and Hook." Slightly said.
"What about the one about saving Tiger Lily?" Nibs asked.
"And the one about her and Marooners Rock?" Cubby then asked.
"Their the same plans you dummy!" Nibs shot.
"Who you callin' dummy, dummy?" Cubby shot right back, and then him and the other boy started tumbling all over the floor. Peter looked at the Twins, and all they did was shrug in unison, and Toodles did the same.
Peter crossed off the lost boys on a list of people to ask of the plan in his mind. Next stop, Mermaid Lagoon. Peter had told the mermaids all of the adventures about, so they would surly know. He flew out of the tree leaving the fighting boys behind, and going toward the mermaid filled cove.
*back with the girls*
"So, uh, exactly what are we going to do today?" Claire questioned while looking at Honey.
"I dunno, I just figured we'd find something." Honey answered. Claire shook her head and looked at their leader.
"What do you wanna do Alex? Ya wanna swim, fish, hunt, track…"
"Explore. I say we explore there's still a lot of places we haven't been yet." Alex stated her idea. All the girls agreed and the started walking through the dense jungle of Neverland. Alex was ahead cutting away and branches or vines that got in their path, and Karry was making a map in back of which way they were going.
She was looking down at the piece of paper and looking around her, drawing land marks that they could remember, when all of a sudden she ran into Meloney's back. Looking up at the head of the line she realized Alex had made another abrupt stop.
"You have a thing with stopping quickly don't ya?" she questioned. She was about to ask what was wrong when she got that sense again that told her to keep quiet.
Alex was looking around her curiously. 'Something's not right.' she thought. The younger girls stayed quiet and in their spots and their leader slowly walked further, then bent down to pick up a rock. The others looked at each other in puzzlement, wonder what Alex could be doing. The older girl the stepped back again a few steps, and threw the rock a few meters away from were she previously stood. Surprisingly a huge net rapped around the small rock and drew it upward.
"Trap." Alex said not even turning her head to look at the girls. "Keep on you guard." The group started around the net and back on their journey.
"Who do ya thing set that net, Alex?" Meloney asked.
"I'm not sure. But it sure does have Lost Boys written all over it." she said with a smirk.
"Oh…we won't get caught…will we?" she questioned again.
"Naw, not with Alex here." Karry reassured. The girl in front was listening in on the girls conversation, and temporarily let her guard down. Big mistake.
They were all walking through another clearing, when she stopped again causing the girls to run into each other again.
"Darn it Alex why don't you warn us about that sometime?" Karry exclaimed. Looking up at the front again she noticed Alex staring down at the ground. Cautiously, she looked down as well only to see twigs and leaves. But closer examining revealed that between the twigs and leaves, one could see a deep hole.
By now all the girls had seen it and had frozen in their tracks, and were looking at Alex like a cry for help. All she did was take a gentle step forward.
"No quick movements. Slowly, very slowly." she whispered afraid even speaking would cause the trap to cave in. The girls slowly began to do as their leader said and gently stepped forward.
Alex was almost to the side of the hole, when she heard a loud snap. Looking behind her she saw that one of the girls had made one too many steps at one time. It was unavoidable now that they would soon fall into god knows what. But she had to keep trying.
"Step gently. Step gently!" her voice grew louder and the snaps of twigs became more random now. Then suddenly all the girls fell into the trap as the thin layer of twigs and leaves finally collapsed.
All Alex could see was the other girls falling and the dirt wall that surrounded them before everything went black.
*MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! I so do love cliffhangers, don't you? What's that you say? I'm crazy? Why yes, yes I am. I can't wait to tell my friends! Lol. *sigh* anyway, review, review, review, and I shall write, write, write!