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/Crossover

PotC/Finding Neverland