Sorry for the long wait, everyone. I haven't been in the mood to write lately. Anyway, I highly recommend the book Cap't Hook to anyone who loves James and wants to know his back story. It's written by the same guy who did the screenplay for the movie Hook and is a very good read.

Please review and tell me what you think!

Cobra

Chapter Six: Alleya Boards the Jolly Roger

Alleya sat near the water's edge at the Croc's Cove and pulled out a rag. She dipped it in the water and began to rub it in slow circles over the rigging. The leather had become stiff with the blood. Soon, the dark brown began to shine.

She then moved to the metal portions of the rigging. She oiled them and made sure they all moved right and finally picked up the hook. She rubbed it until it shone in the light of the setting sun.

"Well, what do you think Puck?"

"I think you did a fine job, now, lets go find the pirates!" He said impatiently. Alleya smiled and they took to the air.

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The pirates lounged about on board the Jolly Roger. Many were asleep. They were bored. Really, really bored. Hook had stayed confined to his cabin since he had realized that Smee had forgotten his hook and rigging.

Smee was on 'watch', not that there was anything to watch for. Pan believed that Hook was dead and that the pirates no longer posed a threat without the leadership of the Demon King.

But everything was about to change.

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"Hello!"

"YAHH!" Smee yelled. His eyes flew open and he was shocked to see a fairy like creature in front of him.

"Can you tell me where to find Captain Hook?"

"Hook don't want no visitors…" Smee said shakily, surprised by the sudden appearance of the fairy.

He heard the crew gasp and he turned. A girl stood there, a dagger at her hip.

"I think he'll want to see me."

"What makes you think that, girly?"

The girl smiled.

"I have something he wants."

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Alleya stared in distaste at the pirates. They were a ragtag group of sailors who looked as though they had never seen a female in pants before.

They probably haven't she thought. The one with the beard and the molted parrot on his shoulder stared at her.

"And what could you possibly have that the Cap'n wants?" He sneered. She flipped her bag over her shoulder and pulled it open. She stuck her hand in and paused, looking at the pirate.

"This," she said, and with a dramatic flair, she pulled out Hook's hook.

The pirates stared at it, and then at the girl with it. She glared at them with cold blue eyes.

Smee pointed. "He's in his cabin, and not in the greatest of moods."

"Obliged," she said. "Puck!" The fairy creature grinned, showing pointed teeth and flew up and landed on the girl's shoulder. She walked purposely towards the cabin and entered without knocking.

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James was sitting next to a porthole, staring silently out the window. He heard to door open.

"Smee, damn you man, leave me alone!" he snarled.

"I don't know who Smee is, captain, but I have something you may want."

James froze. It was a female's voice, one that he had never heard before. He stood up angrily and faced the imposter.

The first thing he noticed were her eyes, they were periwinkle blue, and twinkling with some sick pleasure. The second thing he noticed was the fairy on her shoulder. He glared at it.

"There's no such thing as fairies."

The fairy gasped, grabbed his chest, and swooned, falling from the girl's shoulder. He hit the ground with a dull thump. The girl just shook her head. James stalked forward, ready to bodily shove the girl from his quarters, when the fairy leapt to his feet and flew just in front of James' face.

"There is no such thing as fairies!" James spat again.

The fairy shrugged. "Maybe so, your captainship, but I not be a fairy! The name is Puck!"

James, who had never met a fairy who was not a fairy before, just stared.

"Enough Puck," the girl said softly. This brought Hook's attention back to her.

"What did you have to give me?" he asked with a sneer. She held out her satchel and pulled out…

His hook and rigging. He snatched it out of her hands.

"Where did you find this?"

"In croc cove. I cleaned and oiled it, it was pretty nasty."

James stalked over to his bunk and began to remove his shirt. The girl just stood there.

"What is your name?"

"Alleya."

Alleya, what a strange name, he thought as he strapped the rigging on over his bare chest. He put his shirt back on and turned around. She was over near the corner of his quarters, her head resting on the side of the ship.

"Your ship is depressed," Alleya said to him.

"You talk to ships?"

"You talk to her, why can't I? I can understand her."

James stared at the girl, this Alleya. Where had she come from? He voiced his question.

"London."

"Did you come with Pan and the other one, what was her name…" what was the name of the girl that Smee had talked about?

"Jane?" Alleya positively spat the name. "Unfortunately, Jane is my older sister."

"That makes you…Wendy's daughter…" James growled. This girl looked nothing like Wendy.

"Yes, although they kept me locked in a cell for my entire life!"

James now took a moment to observe Alleya. Her skin was pale, almost as pale as his own. Her face was narrow, giving an almost impish look to her.

"Now why would Wendy do that?"

"I'm dying," Alleya said simply. James looked her up and down.

"I have a rare disease, so rare they don't even have a name for it, and it slowly eats me away…but here, in Neverland…"

"One can not die by illness," James said. "You're healthy here." He leaned against the bulkhead and continued to watch her. He had to admit, it was nice to have someone intelligent to talk to.

"I sense that you really don't like your sister."

"We hate each other. She didn't want me to come, but Tinkerbell said she would bring me if Peter refused to. As soon as we arrived here, I split off so I wouldn't have to stare at my sister's ugly mug drooling over a twelve year old boy," she finished violently.

James suppressed a smile. This girl could be an asset to the crew.

"You said you could understand the JR?"

"That's the name of your ship, right? The Jolly Roger?" He nodded.

"Yes, she wants to look new again. We need to beach her and seal all the holes, clean out the bilge hold, get new sails and ropes, and make her feel loved again."

James pushed off the wall. "My thoughts exactly. Tell Smee to beach her at Croc Cove."

"Smee the one with the beard and the molted parrot?"

James nodded. Alleya turned and ran out the door onto the deck. James patted the ship's walls.

"Soon, Jolly, R, soon."

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Alleya flew above the pirates. They gaped at her. "Oi, Captain Hook wants the Jolly Roger beached at Croc Cove."

They stared at her. How could a girl show up and take command of their ship?

Alleya sighed, flew down, grabbed one of the pirates by the scruff of his shirt and threw him overboard. He yelped and hit the water.

"Well, what are you waiting for! Get on it!"

The pirates scrambled to do what the strange flying girl said before another one got thrown over.

Alleya perched herself on the rail on the forecastle and grinned in amusement. "And someone get that pirate out of the water," she called out.

Puck was rolling around, laughing. "You fit right in!"

"Yes, she does," James said as he walked out of his cabin. His blue eyes danced dangerously as he surveyed his pirate crew. He rested his hook on Alleya's shoulder; she didn't tense or move away as he thought she would, she just sat there.

"The Jolly R likes you, and she'd like you to stay."

"Oh don't worry, JR, I don't plan on leaving."