BELIEVE
jenthegypsy
"Uncle Jim?"
James looked up from his journal, a half-smile on his lips at the sight of the boy clutching his own well-worn volume. Setting pen aside, he waited.
"Would you have a listen? I'm rather excited about this one."
"Are you now? We'd best get right to it, then. Please proceed."
The boy began to recount a most fantastic tale involving a peculiar Pirate Captain, a phantom ship whose crew became skeletons by moonlight, a cursed treasure, a prickly Commodore of the Royal Navy and a monkey named Jack.
Having spun the tail, he looked up at James with anticipation and more than a hint of dread.
"It sounded better in my head, I'm afraid."
"Nonsense! It is a fine tale, well told. They'll talk of it long after you and I are but a distant memory.
"You must believe me, Peter.
"Just Believe!"
SEPTEMBER 4, 2005 Drabble: Believe/CrossoverPotC/Finding Neverland
