In this latest sixth Chapter to Maggie Pan. Maggie's mother Moira was being taken to the Pirate's camp where she would be initiated into the Pirate's camp whilst Charles Corven tries to rescue her before getting captured.
Maggie comes back to the group of Lost boys waiting at their hideout with the young Lost boy Too Small at her side
The leader of the Lost Boys Thud Butt will then offer Maggie the chance to prove herself as a warrior.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Hook but I do own some characters in the story, so enjoy.
Chapter Six
On the inner forest of the Island.
After narrowly escaping the pirates and knocking off a few of them with the strikes of his sword, Commodore Charles Corven was making his way across the mixed number of trees and bushes throughout the inner grounds of the forest on the flat grounds. He spent hour upon hour heading straight across the grounds until he caught sight of a Pirate group coming back to the main camp.
When he saw that they were taking Moira Banning by the hand as she was blindfolded, he realised that they must have murdered the others. Deciding to go after them and pick them off one by one, Charles went straight towards them in a running motion until he was close enough.
Drawing his pistol he shot the first one in mid-run and then shot a second one as he passed by and disappeared into the bushes. Coming out again he was about to go forward and grab hold of Moira's hand. He was close to Moira when one of the pirates stepped in to trip him on his feet.
Falling down on his front Charles landed with his face in the grass.
Getting off the ground he turned around when the pirates drew their guns.
They aim their shots on him in case he could move to attack any of the pirates.
Seeing no choice but to drop his weapons as the pirates had him surrounded, Charles placed his gun on the grassy ground and stood himself up on his feet before two of the pirates grabbed him by the arms to hold him still.
Two more pirates picked up his weapons before they stripped him of any other weapons on his belt and in his clothes. Charles looked to Moira before he spoke out to her. "Moira Banning, are you alright?"
As soon as the pirates had found no further weapons on him, they stepped back from him to let their Pirate leader speak.
"Charles is that you?" asked Moira. "Yes, I'm here. what happened to you, how did you get captured?" Charles asked when the pirate leader spoke approaching the Commodore.
"This woman has invoked the right of Parlay with Captain Sephiran. Therefore she has protection, not you officer. So prepare to meet your end." Realizing that Starkey was right, Charles looked to Moira who spoke out aloud even though she was blindfolded.
"Starkey wait, if it would please you so then I wish to tell your captain that you and I had captured the famous Commodore Charles Corven. Since he was the one who brought me here in the first place, I would wish to share the glory with you, sir."
The pirate Starkey turned his head to Moira, he approached her before he pulled the Blindfold up so she can look him in the eyes as he spoke. "Oh, and why should I abide by your offer Missy?"
"Because I wish to offer myself as part of Captain Sephiran's crew. I've met with your man on the inside of the Fortress. When he approached me in my cell, he did not reveal his name to me as he feared being discovered but he told me to seek out Captain Sephiran the great Leviathan. He said that he can take me in." Each of the pirates looked at each other, puzzled by the knowledge that the inside man within the fortress had sent her.
Charles looked at Moira as if trying to figure out how she knew but then realized she could be lying. He wasn't sure.
"And what do you hope to gain Missy?" Asked Starkey.
Moira spoke her answer. "I hope to gain Captain Sephiran's favour by luring Commodore Charles to Sephiran personally."
"Well then if what you say is the truth, then you might gain my trust. I will speak to the Captain about your chance to take initiation and become the first female Pirate of Captain Sephiran. Is it right that your name is Moira Banning?" asked Starkey.
"It is Miss Banning, Mister Starkey. I was a maid in the Commodore's ship for a long time." Moira lied to Starkey.
Charles' suspicions were confirmed as he saw that she was lying to the pirates, playing the part of a traitor to get close to them.
But then he wondered if there was a man who was playing both sides in Fort; Fairfax. Did someone approach her at the brig? Charles wondered or was it another lie that might give away her true nature?
Moving his thoughts aside, Charles focused on playing his role. He spoke out in anger.
"You've been planning this for a long time you scullery tramp, ever since I lost your daughter to the Lost Boys."
Moira turned her head to Charles and approached him, coming up close she whispered into his ear. "I will set you free when I can. Where's my daughter?"
"She's safe and out of sight." Charles whispered back to Moira.
Once she withdrew, Moira then punched Charles in the face with her left hand in a fist.
As Charles grunted in pain as did Moira who held her hand, the pirates laughed at the display that the maid was showing on the Commodore.
"My my, you must have crossed her when you allowed her daughter to be killed by those lost boys." Starkey remarked, looking around he spoke again. "Alright, let's move along. We have to bring the commodore straight back to camp, the Captain will want to enjoy seeing him wriggling like a worm on a hook. And maybe offer Miss Banning her initiation into our crew."
With that, the crew went on their way one of the pirates replaced the blindfold on Moira's eyes before bringing the captive Commodore along with them. Moira took hold of Charles' hand as she stayed by his side, knowing now that her daughter was safe she continued on with the charade as she was planning on helping the Commodore plan an escape in her mind.
The group went on further and further into the forest for the next hour until they finally arrived at a camp that was a mile from the line of cannons facing the fortress walls of Fort: Fairfax. As soon as one of the pirates removed the blindfold Moira looked around at the camp from where she stood.
Moira could see for herself that the camp itself was indeed a Pirate's camp with high tents and Barrels.
Obviously from Pirates town, or somewhere else. Soon after they had arrived at the Pirate's camp, Starkey had ordered the group to wait outside the camp until he was finished speaking to the Captain.
Taking Moira by the arm he then brought her into the pathway where there were many tents with many barrels of food, water, and ammunition as well as cargo. In her eyes, the whole Camp was well supplied and organised with enough artillery to maintain a siege for many days or weeks into the next few months. As soon as they had passed by a few tents, Starkey was bringing her towards the main tent at the centre where there was a man in dark grey clothes standing in front of a table inside the tent. When Starkey approached he spoke addressing the man inside.
"Captain Sephiran, I have brought you someone who wishes to speak with you."
The man in dark grey attire known as Captain Sephiran turned his head to look at Starkey standing with a woman at his side, he stood up straight before he went to pick up his hat from the hanger. As soon as he got his hat on, Captain Edward Sephiran stepped out of the high tent and approached Starkey and Moira. "Mr Starkey, who is this woman?" he asked.
"This woman is Miss Moira Banning; she has invoked the right of Parlay, Captain sir. There was not much I could do." Starkey explained to the Captain who looked at him and then he turned to look at the woman Moira Banning. "Is this true Miss?" he asked her.
"Captain Sephiran, I speak the truth. I wish to offer you my allegiance as a potential female pirate of the seas. I have also lured the great enemy who bears the rank of Commodore." Upon hearing the rank being said aloud, Edward Sephiran's eyebrows rose up in realisation at what the woman was telling him before he said the name. "Charles Corven the Commodore of the Royal Navy?"
"Yes sir. I didn't want to say the name aloud if it offends you." Moira replied standing with her hands in front of her.
"Miss Banning it does not offend me, as you have lured my worthy opponent into my hands. So as a Humble Pirate, I do thank you for your service. If you wish to take the Initiation, you are most welcome." Edward spoke, drawing a small grin at Moira for her services. Although he seemed cheerful and kind to Moira, she still reminded herself that the Pirate Captain was a despicable man of no Honor or anything as he stands.
Captain Sephiran turned his head to Starkey and he spoke.
"Bring the Commodore to me, I wish to see him immediately. I will offer this woman my hospitality in honour of her accomplishments."
"Aye, sir." Starkey replied before leaving Moira in the company of the Captain.
Once he was gone, Captain Sephiran invited Moira into his high tent and she followed him in as he went to the back of the tent to open his cabinet filled with liquor bottles of all sorts as a token of his appreciation for her service. As she entered the high tent, she found it to be a humble place of Luxury with a large bed and a table with chairs for dining as well as a bathtub at the corner.
As Captain Sephiran pulled out two glasses, he was about to reach for a bottle of wine when he stopped to wonder what was it that she would like to drink. Turning around Sephiran asked her. "Miss Banning, may I ask what would you like to drink?"
"What do you have?" asked Moira.
"Well, I have red wine and Champagne, Rum and Whiskey, Moonshine and Brandy. I even have a few other fine drinks as well like Cider, Ale and the honey liquor we call Mead of course." Sephiran answered, standing back to show her the bottles of liquor sitting inside the cabinet. Moira knew that it would be rude to refuse a captain, so she made her choice.
"I will take a red wine." she answered.
"Red wine, that's a good choice, Miss Banning. I prefer red wine myself whilst the others prefer Rum." Sephiran said with a small grin before he turned back to the cabinet. Picking up a bottle of wine from the shelf, he opened the bottle and filled each glass with wine.
Once he had replaced the cork in the Bottle, Sephiran took the two glasses in his hand.
Turning around he brought the glasses in his hands across to Moira.
When he offered the glass to Moira, she hesitated at first but seeing her suspicion start to rise she breathed a sigh and then took the glass in her hand before she took a sip from the glass. As she tasted the wine from her glass, she noticed that it was rich and it was pure as any wine that she had ever drunk in her whole life. Holding the glass in her hand as she swallowed the taste, Moira couldn't help but draw a grin at the taste of such good red wine. It was like drinking a heavenly substance.
"It's really good Captain, I never thought that you could keep such good wine like this." Moira said.
"Ha-ha, that's because the wine itself has been kept in storage for almost a long time. Having stolen this bottle from the lands in France, I've kept this special brand for such an occasion." Sephiran explained to Moira before he took a sip of the wine from his glass.
Tasting the wine on his tongue, Sephiran swallowed it with glee and then he took another sip.
Moira nodded to him in agreement before she took a small sip from her glass.
But as she held the cup in her hand, Moira looked at Sephiran and he asked him.
"Captain Sephiran, one of your crew were curious to know the name of your man on the inside of the Fortress."
"Oh, did any of my crew ever ask you about him?" Captain Sephiran said to Moira after lowering his glass from his mouth.
"They didn't know him. But some of them were suspicious of him as he might betray you in some way." said Moira
"Now you see, Miss Banning. That is exactly the sort of words that will cause you to lose favour in me, there are some secrets that are best left hidden from the ears of strangers especially when curiosity could kill a cat miss Banning." Captain Sephiran stated coming close to Moira, who was beginning to feel nervous so she spoke.
"My apologies Captain, I am not familiar with your laws as a leader and I did not mean to offend you in any way sorts. But on hearing so much about you from the Commodore himself, I thought you to be an immoral man."
"Well I've had my past days of raiding on the sea and land when I was under the loyalty to the nefarious Captain James Hook himself, also the Commodore was a complete snob of a man. I raided his home and fought against him and his family while their guard was down."
As Moira listened to him talk about his prideful talk of murdering the Corven family, she realised that what Charles had said was true about the Leviathan Pirate. In her mind, she started to picture him as a monster who kills without mercy, but she keeps it to herself.
Captain Sephiran was about to speak further when a pirate appeared outside the High tent waiting to enter the doorway.
Hearing the knock on the tent pole which announced the pirate's arrival, Captain Edward Sephiran turned his head to see the pirate with the two pirates holding their prisoner Charles Corven outside.
Drawing a smile at the sight of his worthy opponent, Captain Sephiran chuckled before he spoke. "Speaking of Corven, I believe that my great and worthy opponent has arrived outside the tent. Please excuse me for I must meet with him, Miss Banning."
With his sincerity, Captain Sephiran turned from Moira.
Placing his glass of wine on the table nearby, Sephiran walked outside his high tent through the doorway. Moira watched Sephiran walk out before she followed him outside but then went back inside when Captain Sephiran came up close to Commodore Corven and as he stood at a short distance, he could see the glare on the great and worthy opponent he had been facing for almost three hundred years or more.
"It's been so long Commodore, you seem to be well in the rough of this jungle." he said.
"And you're still the vicious Leviathan who was responsible for the murder of my family." Charles replied. Sephiran drew a small grin at the mention of that day. He spoke. "Well, I can see now that you still hold it against me on that score."
Charles glared at Captain Sephiran before he spoke out.
"You should have seen me when I had gained an Iron gauntlet after you had cut on my right hand all those years ago."
"That is quite an achievement, did you have a blacksmith build you the Iron gauntlet when you healed up? Well, the only regret is that I didn't have a sharper sword to cut off your whole arm along with the hand and threw it in the fire so you wouldn't use it." Sephiran remarked to Charles whose rage was showing on his face.
"If you were not hiding behind Hook's protection, I would have seen you dead sooner," Charles growled in anger.
Sephiran drew a small grin in humour before he punched him in the face hard which left a bruise and then he kicked him in the stomach.
Charles grunted and groaned from the pain he was suffering when Sephiran spoke once more.
"I was not hiding behind Hook at all. I was in different places in the outside world gathering pirates for my own crew. As soon as I have that fortress, I shall put all my efforts into finding your son and wife so that you can perish with them."
Breathing a sigh of relief that he was satisfied with his actions, Sephiran looked to his pirates and he spoke his orders to them. "Chain the Commodore to the nearest tree, we shall leave him with no water for four days and then we shall present him to the defenders at the fort. Let us hope that they will surrender the fortress in those four days once they see that we have him in our grasp."
The pirates gave a chuckle of amusement at the sound of Sephiran's wicked plan, they then took Charles off to one of the trees to be chained like a dog left to starve and dehydrate.
"And set up a new tent for our honoured guest as well," Sephiran ordered some of his pirates.
Whilst Sephiran was barking out his instructions with the rest of his crew, Moira looked around at the Captain's desk looking for any messages or any sign that there is an inside man in the fortress. But when he heard that they were going to use him as leverage to secure the fortress, Moira realized the danger that would await Lieutenant Austen, Caitlin, and Curly Corven.
So she left the search alone, walking over to the table Moira took Sephiran's glass and then went to the cabinet to pour another drink of wine for the captain when he came back inside the high tent to see Moira at his cabinet.
"Helping yourself to my drinks?" he spoke, startling Moira who turned around in fright holding the bottle in her hand.
Breathing a sigh she breathed in and she spoke to the captain.
"I'm sorry Captain, I only wanted to refill your wine glass since you have been talking with the Commodore. I hope that it was not displeasing of me, sir." Moira said, placing the bottle down and showing him the full glasses of wine before she brought them over to him. Sephiran approached her as she came forward.
They stopped when they met halfway, Moira offered a glass to the captain who spoke.
"It is very generous of you Miss Banning, thank you. I think after this glass of wine I will have my men set up a tent for you to use for your privacy, but know this I will be keeping a close eye on you whilst you reside in this camp as I do not tolerate any traitors among my crew. So is that understood?"
"Of course, and I do not tolerate any of the crew's hands making a move to touch me. The last hands that touched me belonged to a man who disrespected me, so I put a sharp knife through the two hands, nailing him to a tree as he screamed in agony." Moira stated, acting like an unmerciful woman to the Captain who drew a grin at her fierce spunk.
"My lady, you must have such a creative way of torture." Captain Sephiran said complimenting Moira.
Thinking on her response, she quoted Shakespeare. "I dare do all that may become a man who dares more is none."
Captain Sephiran's eyes rose as he recognized the quote. "Ah you know the quote of the Scottish Play Macbeth, it was one of my favourite plays." he said to Moira who then replied to him. "I'm glad you are pleased with my taste in the plays of theatre, Captain sir."
"Well you can call me Edward, and I assure you that no hand shall be allowed to touch you. That is my word." Captain Sephiran declared, raising his cup to Moira's. They clanked their cups before they took another sip of wine from their glasses, Captain Sephiran paused before he spoke. "Would you like to join me as my guest for supper?"
Moira looked at the captain before she nodded with a small grin. "I would be happy to join you, Captain; Edward." she said and then took another sip of wine to stem the nervousness growing inside her.
Meanwhile back at the Lost Boys' hideout.
Maggie was halfway through the forest, taking the lost boy Too Small by the hand as they made their way back to the Lost boys, the two spent the time talking together about the past and the adventures that followed before Peter came back to Neverland.
Whilst they spoke for a minute, Maggie had approached the subject with Too small.
"Too Small, can I ask you something?" she asked.
"Okay, Maggie." Too small said, looking at Maggie who then asked him.
"Have you ever considered choosing another name for yourself?"
"No, I've always been called Too Small for so long a time." Too small spoke to Maggie.
"So I can understand, but if I were to give you a name, would you like it?" she asked.
"I don't know, what name would you give me?" asked the lost boy.
"Well since you say that you're Too Small, it reminds me of a little boy named Tiny Tim." Maggie said thinking of a book she once read at school. The name itself had made Too Small frown in curiosity as he asked her.
"Tiny Tim, who is he?" Maggie looked at him and giggled at the question before she spoke.
"He's a little boy from a story I once read at Christmas time, it's called a Christmas Carol."
"What's it about?" asked the little lost boy. Maggie then told him that it was about an elderly man named Ebenezer Scrooge, a moneylender who is said to be a selfish and miserly old man before he was visited by the ghost of his former business partner and the three spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to come and each spirit shows him his past and the present and what awaits his future if he didn't change his ways.
At the Lost Boys' hideout, everyone except Thud Butt, Andrew, and Tootles had decided to part ways to play a different game in another part of the Hideout.
Thud Butt was speaking with Andrew, catching up on the events of what happened at Fort; Fairfax and about the fate of his family which had made Thud feel remorse for his former friend who had lost his family so long ago. As they sat in silence they continued to wait.
Thud Butt had wondered if they got lost in the woods when Tootles had noticed Maggie's return with Too Small at her side and they were speaking together.
To Thud Butt's mind, he thought that Maggie looked like that of Wendy Darling as she spoke to Too Small.
Once the two had returned to the court, Maggie and Too Small looked forward to seeing that everyone had left.
At least everyone except Thud Butt, Andrew and Tootles. The three stood up to approach her.
"So you've finally caught Too Small, have you?" Thud Butt said to Maggie.
"Yes, but he got a little dirty along the way." she replied.
"So I can see that, did she hurt you Too Small?" Andrew asked looking at Too Small who looked down sheepishly.
"I learned my lesson not to disrespect girls, because ghosts might come and get me for that." Too small said.
"Ghosts?" Andrew said, before looking at Maggie who then explained.
"I was just telling him a story called A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens."
"Oh yeah, I remember that story. I used to read it most of the time when I was back in London. I say it is a good story to tell during Christmas time." Tootles spoke explaining to Thud Butt who remembered it when Tootles told the story and to Andrew who remembered the story as well when he spoke.
"A Christmas Carol? Wow, I remember when my dad used to read it to me a few times."
"Yes that was a very special story to listen to on a good night." said Thud. Maggie drew a small grin and gave a chuckle at the excitement of the two boys and her elderly friend before she spoke. "Well, I promised Too Small now known as that I would tell him the story tonight in exchange for letting me name him after a character from the book."
"Really, well what character would that be Maggie?" Asked Tootles.
"Tiny Tim, after Bob Cratchit's little boy." Maggie answered. Tootles drew a smile of approval whilst Thud Butt wasn't sure.
But only Andrew had decided to leave it to the lost boy to decide. "So what do you think Too Small?" he asked the lost boy beside Maggie.
Too Small thought on the name for a minute before he smiled and answered.
"That is a great name, I like it so much I want to be called Tiny Tim from now on."
"Well, then Tiny Tim it is." Andrew stated with approval. Seeing that they were in agreement, Thud Butt had decided to join in the approval and spoke. "Alright Tim, the name is yours." Too Small smiled at Thud Butt's approval, and he went and embraced him.
Thud Butt looked up at Maggie and he spoke.
"You know Maggie, you do look like the Wendy Darling who used to tell stories."
"Well thank you Thud Butt." Maggie replied to his kind words. Deciding to move on, Andrew spoke. "Maggie, Thud Butt and I have been talking and we have decided to give you an Honorary welcome at dinner, Thud Butt can announce then the decision to aid my father."
"But tomorrow the boys and I would like to see how well you can fight." Thud Butt said to Maggie.
Looking at Andrew and Tootles, Maggie turned back to Thud Butt and she nodded her consent.
After the terms were resolved, Maggie took the chance to explore the whole structure of the tree-house as she had never been where her father had trained. But when she got to the edge of the ground after what looked to be a short walk, she saw a glimpse of the whole island which was so beautiful since she has last seen it on the way up.
Maggie looked down at the Stronghold of Fort: Fairfax and she began to wonder if there were any soldiers who were waiting for them to come to their aid whilst the Pirates were still on their shore. As she stood there watching the view she also wondered where Tinker-Bell was. Is she safe? Was she wondering about the Island? It wasn't long before she heard something flapping behind her.
Just as she turned around, Maggie saw that it was the fairy Tinker Bell herself.
"Tinker Bell, is everything alright?" The fairy's light then faded down before Tinker bell spoke. "Yes some things are alright for now, is Too Small alright?"
"He's fine. But I gave him the name Tiny Tim." Maggie replied with a small grin. "Tiny Tim? You mean from…." Tink asked, frowning.
"From A Christmas Carol, I guess Tootles had been telling some good stories since he had come back here." Maggie finished for Tinker Bell who then spoke. "Yes, I remember Tootles telling me that story once."
Maggie drew a grin at that as Tinker bell paused before she spoke.
"There's something else that I must tell you, Maggie."
"What is it?" asked Maggie.
At the port of the stronghold. Fort; Fairfax.
A few pirates who had snuck on board the ship were just in hiding in one of the Buildings.
They hid for hours after they had suddenly been discovered by Sergeant Mac Philips who gave out the alarm alerting all soldiers together.
The group of Navy soldiers led by Lieutenant Graham Warton had put down most of the Pirates with their guns and swords but only a few had escaped being shot.
Later that day, the soldiers then held a meeting with Lieutenant Warton and the Sergeant who realised that they wouldn't be able to hold the fort for another day even if they did gain the aid of the Lost Boys. So they had agreed to order an immediate evacuation of the fortress, and try to make it to Cannibal Cove where they can hideout until they can reclaim the fortress with a full force of men behind them.
Unbeknownst to them, another Sergeant known as Rayan Horace was listening to their meeting to gather some information about their plan to leave the fortress. Seeing this as an opportunity, Sergeant Horace snuck out of the Ship later that evening so that he can inform the leader of the Pirates of what he has heard from the crew and the troops of Fort: Fairfax. With a dozen pairs of sentries from the Royal Navy patrolling the grounds of the whole town since the town's evacuation, the grounds were not safe for any pirate.
Heading across the small town towards the main entrance of the Fort, he made his way along the straight road towards one of the houses on the front when he got to one of the buildings. When he entered the front doorway, the door closed behind him as a pirate with a pistol stepped out, training it on the sergeant who turned to see him. "Forfeit your sword and your pistol soldier, or feel the shot of my gun." he said.
"Well unless you wish to feel the wrath of Captain Edward Sephiran, I would rather you do not shoot me. I am his man on the inside, Sir." Sergeant Horace replied, pulling out a Note and a silver skull coin from his pocket before the few pirates stepped out of their hiding place to see the Sergeant.
One of them stepped up close to the officer and he looked down at the silver skull coin and the note.
The pirate took the coin and the Note before he opened it to read.
Upon seeing and reading the words, the pirate raised his eyebrows convinced of the Sergeant's proof.
"That almost explains some things since you don't seem to be a sort of man who would betray his own Navy officer."
The Pirate returned the note to the Sergeant before the other pirate with the pistol came close to the Sergeant. He spoke his doubts. "Actually I'm not sure if he is on our side. How do I know that he is just playing both sides to gain the Commodore's favour or something..." Suddenly the pirate stopped mid-sentence when he felt something jabbing into his chest. When he looked down, he saw a dagger that the Sergeant was holding in his hand.
Realizing that the Sergeant was pointing a weapon at him, the pirate looked up at Rayan Horace's face.
The look was stern and sharp as he spoke. "Be careful not to move close to your own words, I wouldn't want you to go telling anyone about my true allegiance. Each of you should know that I have been on the side of Sephiran since he offered to name me Captain and a small per cent of the plunder on this Fortress. My friend William Austen had been second in command of the Commodore for far too long so now I want my chance to take this fortress in Sephiran's favour and then maybe govern the Pirates town as well."
"Ah then it means it was you that he had been sending messages to for the past decades." said the second pirate.
Sergeant Horace chuckled at the pirate's conclusion before he spoke.
"Do you have a name, sir?"
"My name is Mr Schmitt, sir." the second pirate replied introducing himself before giving an intro to the other pirates.
"The pirate with the pistol is Walker, and the two beside me are Hecko and Barnaby Burrows."
"Well then since you are all here and well, I would like to ask if any of you would do one favour for me." asked Sergeant Horace, pulling out a small bag of gold he gave it to Mr Schmitt who spoke. "What would that favour be sir?"
"Tell the captain that the troops of the Navy will be abandoning their posts at the fortress the day after tomorrow and I shall stay to open the doors for his crew to march inside." Sergeant Horace instructed the Pirate Schmitt.
Hecko squinted in suspicion as he got close to the sergeant and spoke. "And How do we know that you're not going to lead us in and shoot us down?" Sergeant Horace looked at the pirate Hecko drawing a wicked grin as he said his name. "Hecko I have much to gain from your captain as his pirates do, and since you ask I think you can be useful." Suddenly the pirate Hecko gasped, gawking at the dagger that Sergeant Horace drove straight into his chest, much to the surprise of the other three pirates who stood in the room. Sergeant Horace then yanked the dagger out of Hecko who then groaned in agony as he fell to the ground.
Sergeant Horace then turned to Mr Schmitt raising the bloodied dagger up in his hand.
"My apologies for killing your shipmate but I needed to cover your escape. You have the coin in your hand as proof of my loyalty to Captain Edward Sephiran. So I give my word of honour." Sergeant Horace said, giving a wicked laugh as the pirate Schmitt looked at him nervously. When Sergeant Horace stopped laughing he spoke with a grin, "Right Buccaneers?"
Regaining his composure the pirate Schmitt then drew a wicked grin of his own and he answered.
"Of course Captain Rayan Horace, if you do keep your word that the fortress has been deserted and that you open the doors for us then you will have my loyalty as your new right-hand man, sir."
"Good, now the sentries should be away soon." The sergeant said to Schmitt and the other two pirates as he went to the door.
Turning to the three pirates he spoke to them. "I will see you three to a boat on the docks and then I'll call the sentries away so you may sneak in and escape whilst I tell the soldiers about how I had stopped Hecko from killing me."
The three pirates nodded to the Sergeant's instructions before he opened the door, leading the three pirates out of the building but leaving the body of Hecko behind as they made their way back to the pier.
Later that evening back at the Lost Boys' Hideout.
After talking with Tinker Bell at their private spot, Maggie had then instructed her to find the deserting soldiers.
She further instructed the little fairy to pass the word onto them, alerting them all of what she saw around one of the buildings of Fort; Fairfax as well as that Charles' wife and Lieutenant William Austen had reached the Outpost after dinner.
Tinker Bell promised to do this task which made Maggie smile before she spoke to Tink about her childhood before coming to Neverland and the adventure that followed. When dinnertime was nearing, Maggie had learned further from Tinker Bell and the other Lost boys that they were preparing a 'Never-Feast,' which is a meal of make-believe food.
So she would have to use her imagination to eat as there wasn't anything at dinner which was a game to them all.
With that knowledge in mind, Maggie came to the never feast table and helped some of the boys serve out the dishes.
Whilst she did this she shared her own idea of flavoured Ice Cream for dessert with Pockets, Latchboy and No Nap as part of the never feast to get the other boys to join in with her. As a surprise the three thought it would be a great idea, they allowed her to participate.
As soon as the feast started, Maggie announced that she served some flavoured ice cream and promised to serve Soda drinks for all the boys to try tomorrow night, describing sodas as cold fizzy drinks to them.
They agreed to save the sodas for the next night much to the surprise of Andrew who was impressed with her imagination.
Even Tinker Bell herself was looking forward to the burping contest that Maggie was planning to introduce to the group.
Half an Hour into the never Feast game, Thud Butt stands up as if to make an announcement.
Once all eyes were on him, Thud Butt spoke addressing the Lost boys whilst holding a cup in his hand.
"My fellow Lost boys, teenage boys and little boys. I would like to propose a toast as we celebrate this never feast in Honor of our two esteemed guests; Maggie, the daughter of our beloved Peter Pan and our fellow lost boy Andre Fire Crow."
The rest of the boys cheered on Maggie who simply raised her cup before she drank it and Andrew who stood up.
He spoke to the other lost boys. "Thank you Thud Butt, it is good to be back here after a long time. And since we're all here together with Maggie Banning the honorary guest here with us tonight, might I ask some of you lost boys to give her our honorary Welcome."
The line of lost boys on the other side of the table gave a loud cheer as if agreeing with him.
Maggie drew a grin before she stood up from her seat to speak.
"Aww that's so sweet of you Andre," she said to Andrew who nodded.
All of a sudden, the lost boys started pelting her with food which made her let out a squeal of surprise.
Soon her face and her clothes were getting covered in pie cream and ice cream.
She crouched down as coloured creams were getting into her hair and on her arms.
Regaining her composure, Maggie scraped the cream off her clothes and started pelting each of them back, returning the favour to them in good sport, before long Too Small now known as Tiny Tim to Maggie had taken her side along with Ace who was liking her spunk. When she saw Andrew trying to sneak out of the food fight, she called out his name. "Andre?" she called out to Andrew who turned before he received a pie in the face.
Wanting to get even with Maggie, Andrew marched back to her and threw a pie into her face but she ducked down before the pie landed in the lantern where Tinker Bell was sitting in. She squealed aloud but she laughed at the fun.
After the Never-Feast was over, Maggie thanked the lost boys for the meal.
Taking leave from the table, she went off to get herself cleaned up.
Too Small followed after her as she was looking for a stream of water where she can clean her face for the night.
When Tiny Tim caught up with Maggie he spoke.
"Are you looking for the stream?"
"Yes I am, can you show me where it is Tim?" Maggie asked Too Small who nodded and replied. "Follow me."
Taking Maggie's hand, Tiny Tim led her through to where there was snow and then over to a deep water pool where a little waterfall was standing.
When they approached, Maggie and Too small saw their reflection.
The two were so covered in imaginary food made of cream, custard, ice cream, and Frosting of all sorts that they didn't recognize themselves, the two were much dirtier than the other lost boys at the table.
So Maggie started cleaning her face and her hair. Too Small soon joined her at the stream.
Cleaning his own face next to Maggie when she turned her head to look at him.
"You know Tim, this has been quite a good game and I wanted to thank you for taking my side. I wish I had a little brother like you." Too Small drew a grin at Maggie and he soon wrapped his arms around Maggie's neck.
Looking at the waterfall, Maggie took Too Small in her arms before standing up on the edge.
When she jumped into the water, Too Small squealed as the two landed and plunged straight into the water.
Within a few minutes, Maggie and Too Small climbed out of the pool when Thud Butt appeared.
Coming forward to see them climbing out of the water all soaked and sharing a hug together.
Although he didn't want to disturb them, he waited until they withdrew but when Maggie opened her eyes and turned her head, she saw Thud Butt with Latchboy standing beside him laughing. She separated from Too Small but kept one arm around him.
"Hey Thud Butt, what brings you here?" she asked Thud Butt who then walked forward.
"Well as soon as you had left I announced to the Lost boys that we shall aid the grown-ups at Fort; Fairfax and Andre's father in battling against the pirates who oppose them as well. Tomorrow if you can pass the training day, we shall proclaim you the second Lost girl of all Neverland." Thud butt stated to Maggie and Too small who turned to her. "Isn't it great Maggie? we're going to help you."
Maggie nodded to Too Small before she looked up to Thud Butt, deciding to share a bit of news she had learned earlier on today from Tinker Bell. "Uh Thud Butt, there's something I should tell you. I've just learned from Tinker Bell that the pirates have captured Commodore Charles and my mother, and the fortress is being evacuated."
"Oh, so the soldiers are deserting their post to get to safety." Thud Butt said aloud feeling a little disappointed.
But there was more for Maggie to tell as she spoke.
"There's something else, as Tinker Bell had learned whilst she scouted out the inside of the fortress. She found that the traitor inside the fort bears the name Sergeant Rayan Horace. He is in league with the pirates, so I will train with the lost boys so that I can face the pirates in sword combat and defeat them as my father did."
Thud Butt looked at her face as she was determined to build herself up.
He began to see the courage of her father in her as he approached her. With Peter's sword in his hands, he offered it to her.
"Then if you're going to train with us, you're going to need a sword in order to battle the pirates." Maggie looked upon the sword that Thud Butt held in his hands, she was hesitant at first as she didn't want to kill. But Thud Butt spoke again.
"First you must be prepared to kill a pirate when he fights you because he will kill you, so this won't be a game. Do you understand?" Maggie looked at Thud and replied.
"I'll do what I must do if it protects my mom and those around me."
"As I will do as well Maggie, the sword is yours to borrow. You can hand it back to me when you're finished." Thud butt stated to Maggie as a promise. Feeling confident now, Maggie reached for the sword and she took it by the handle. With the sword in her right hand, she held the point up feeling its weight as she gazed upon the blade. Turning back to Thud Butt, she smiled and spoke. "Thank you."
As Thud Butt and Maggie stood, they soon received a visit from Tinker Bell.
Thud Butt was the one to speak. "Tinker Bell, what's the news of the Fortress."
"I've alerted Sergeant Mac Philips and Mr Laughlin of Sergeant Horace's treachery and I provided them with some proof of it. They are still going ahead with the Evacuation so they've prepared their boats to leave in the morning to warn Curly and his army of Sergeant Rayan Horace for his treachery. They shall meet with them and Caitlin together the next night." Tink explained to Thud Butt and Maggie.
"Thank you, Tinker Bell." Thud said when Tink looked at Maggie to see her soaked.
"Why are you all wet Maggie?" the fairy asked. Maggie laughed before she explained that she and Too Small were taking a bath in the water pool.
Meanwhile at the Pirates' Camp.
The Pirates at their camp were settling down to their meals with drinks and music in the air.
Moira was wearing a new teal dress that the Captain had given her in his high tent.
Offering her the standing curtain to change in, she accepted it and went to get herself dressed.
Some of the pirates entered the tent, setting the table for them whilst she was getting herself dressed for the evening.
As Captain Sephiran stepped outside whilst the food was being served, Moira kept her ears open for anything to listen on, but all she heard was the song of other pirates who were laughing and jesting about for the whole night.
So she decided that after dinner she would openly mock the commodore to gain the respect of the crew and then offer a song to the crew who might soon get drunk and fall asleep as would their captain himself which would be a good time for her to find what information she could get out of the Captain's notes.
Once she was dressed, she stepped out of the standing curtain to see the banquet on the table when Captain Sephiran stepped in to see her. At his request, the pirates inside had immediately stepped out of the high tent to leave them alone.
Within the hour of enjoying the hospitality in the Captain's quarters, Moira had indulged herself with some pieces of cooked meat and vegetables as did Captain Sephiran himself who ate his own meal slowly, taking a drink of wine afterwards.
As they sat at the table, Captain Sephiran had wondered if she had resembled someone he had heard of for such a long time.
So he spoke. "Miss Banning, If I may be so kind as to ask what was your mother's name?" That question brought Moira's attention as she stopped her eating to look up at him and she spoke her lies carefully.
"Her name was... Jane Banning: she raised me well in a lovely home in the Americas. Why would you ask me such a question?" Moira laid her cutlery on the table and placed her hands on her lap as she knew that he might find something that might give her away.
"Well, I was curious to know of you and your parentage. You see before the infamous Buccaneer Captain Hook had met his end, he once spoke to me of the Lost boy Peter Pan and a couple of girls who had visited Neverland in the past. Have you ever heard of a girl named Wendy?" he asked Moira, who took a few seconds to think on her answer as she started to see his tactic well enough, using food and drink to loosen her tongue.
So she answered his question.
"I have heard on the island that there was one girl who went by the name of Wendy. She was said to be a storyteller who was brought to Neverland to tell stories for the lost boy known Peter Pan, and his other lost boys."
"Yes that she was indeed and whilst I was out of Neverland doing raids for treasure and gathering more pirates outside the world of Neverland, Captain Hook went out on the Island with his crew to find the girl Wendy. Did you know that she was invited to Piracy when Hook visited her and brought her on board his ship?" Sephiran asked Moira.
"Alas I didn't know this much, what I hear is only that she had decided to return to her home before she forgets about her family. Choosing to take a few of the Lost Boys along with her as the Commodore himself said to his men," she said.
"Hmm," Captain Sephiran said before he took a grape from his plate of food and ate it whilst Moira took a sip of water from her cup, after swallowing the eaten grape he spoke as Moira lowered her cup to the table.
"It is interesting because when I came back to Neverland after recruiting some new pirates in the sea, I learned that Captain Hook had stolen away another young girl who looked like Wendy. The girl herself claimed to be Wendy's daughter when he kidnapped her.
I didn't know that this Wendy had a daughter but she went by the name Jane and this Jane caused Captain Hook himself a lot of trouble in the past since she came to Neverland. Did you know of her?"
Moira then began to feel nervous as she realised that he knows about her mother's name as well, she was afraid that she might say the wrong answer so she spoke. "I never heard of such a story sir, as you told me that only Wendy had been on Captain Hook's ship."
"Oh yes, I did tell you the story. I apologize for asking you such a question." Sephiran said.
Moira nodded accepting his apology before she spoke. "I appreciate your enquiry, but My mother was a different person. May I ask why did you attack Commodore Charles' family? I mean you could have only shot him in front of his family and not murdered them."
"You're interested in the story of Charles Corven?" Sephiran remarked seeing that Moira was curious to understand more about his motives.
"I was only interested in why he was pursuing you for years. His obsession reminds me of your Captain Hook, was he not obsessed with gaining revenge on this Peter Pan?"
Seeing Moira's point, Edward Sephiran decided to give her the benefit. "That he was Miss Banning and that being said, I shall tell you my reason because I trust you now. I did what I was ordered to do back then as Corven was a favoured officer of the Navy and to British Society. The English crown would have charged him and a few others to stop the raids of my predecessor Captain Hook from going on. So I won his favour by attacking the Commodore himself, his family did put up a resistance before they died in their home."
As Moira looked at him, the inside of her heartfelt disgusted with how he spoke proudly about his achievements in the past, looking down she breathed a sigh to regain composure before she began to speak sitting back on her chair.
"Pardon my regards for the Corven family Edward, but if they were innocent at the time, you could have let them live or at least offered them a bribe."
"Killing soldiers and their families, raiding houses on the seaside has been a tactic I've always favoured. It was just better to me than plundering small islands in the pacific and looting ships at sea." Captain Sephiran said before he drank his wine from his cup.
Moira looked down from the captain's face and she spoke.
"Well, for one thing, I think most of your men miss the business of looting merchant ships at sea more than collecting barnacles on a ship." At first, Sephiran looked at her as if disturbed by how restless his men might be, suddenly he started laughing at the remark.
"You have the commodore and his Navy Base at your disposal, what else is there to achieve?" Moira asked.
Captain Sephiran regained his composure as he answered. "Ruling over this island as my own, there is a lot of other treasures on the island than anyone would think. Did I tell you that having shot the commodore's brother was a tragedy of the past?"
"I believe it to be dishonourable but you did what you had to do sir." Moira responded.
"Agreed, but If I could do it again I would do so in a heartbeat. As for the answer to bribing the Corven family; I approached Commodore Corven's brother with a bribe once within a month before the night of the massacre but I learned from this Calvin Corven that he, his brother and his family would never have accepted my bribery claiming that their loyalty lies with the British Navy's honour and it would never be bought for thirty pieces of silver as it's not for them to sell. The most honourable achievement I have now is knowing that Charles fought like a man before I drive my sword into him. He has the lost boys out there who will share in his fate too."
"Well, then I will wish you all the best of luck Captain." Moira commented to Sephiran, standing up from the chair. Sephiran stood up as well as she then took her glass to finish it off. She paused holding her glass as she spoke. "Thank you for your hospitality."
"Your welcome miss Moira Banning, and I hope that you'll return the favour by killing at least one of the lost boys for me." Sephiran said looking straight at Moira who was hesitant when he spoke of killing a lost boy as an initiative.
"I would only blame those Lost boys for failing to spare my daughter's life." Moira spoke.
"Then whether you do become part of my crew or not, you might have to surprise me with what sort of pirate you mean to be." Sephiran commented to Moira as he looked at her a little suspiciously.
"Hopefully, time will tell. When I get to see those boys pray to a maiden pirate for mercy. Maybe you shall see what I will do to them for murdering my daughter." Moira spoke to the Captain who became satisfied with her desire for vengeance.
He nodded at her. "Here's to your lasting health and to your initiation, Merciless Moira."
Captain Edward Sephiran remarked toasting his cup to Moira.
Bringing his cup to his mouth, he sipped the wine from his cup.
Moira toasted to him back and she drank the rest of her wine, emptying the cup dry.
With that, Moira placed the cup on the table before making her way out to the door flaps.
Leaving the Captain with his thought on her, Moira walked as far away from the tent as she could. She was looking to get a chance to gather back her thoughts after her meeting with the captain, whose suspicions were laid to rest with her longing for revenge on the Lost Boys.
She felt glad that she managed to deceive him as if he didn't know much about deception.
When she got to the far side of the camp, she found a few bushes where she can hide out to think alone without the eyes of the pirates as they might already be lining up to take advantage of her and use her like a whore or worse.
Crouching down, she sat on the ground as she breathed in and out.
Running her hands through her hair, Moira had wondered what she was thinking feigning allegiance with the pirates to stay alive and allowing them to capture the Commodore when she could have helped him.
It was almost an hour into the night time as she stayed in her hiding spot, having regained some of her thoughts together.
Other than regaining her thoughts, she was preparing her own plan to help Charles escape his bonds she was about to come out of her hiding spot and return to the camp when she heard someone coming up from the waters.
It was the voices of three men who were talking about a man named Sergeant Horace they spoke to whom had informed them that he was in league with their Captain. As she listened to them, learning that the soldiers in the Fort were deserting the fort and the ship, Moira realised that the whole fortress and ship are going to be defenceless and they could easily use the fort to set a trap for Curly's soldiers coming at the outpost.
When the three men had gone off, Moira checked from side to side checking the area around her.
Seeing that the coast was clear for her to leave she resurfaced from the bushes, looking over her shoulders as she made her way back towards the camps of the pirates but turning her head she saw the three pirates heading straight into Captain Sephiran's high tent.
The pirates stopped outside the high tent when the captain stepped out to see his three soldiers and he spoke with them.
"Gentlemen, did you just come back from failing to take the fort or do you have any information from the man on the inside?"
Only Mr Schmitt stepped forward waiting for the captain to speak to him.
"Mr Schmitt, do you have something today?" Captain Sephiran asked.
"I have a message from Sergeant Rayan Horace sir." Mr Schmitt answered.
Hearing the name of his inside man, Sephiran's left eyebrow rose up in intrigue with the pirate's information.
Approaching Mr Schmitt closely he told him to speak.
Mr Schmitt nodded before he answered. "The soldiers inside the fortress are in talks about evacuating the fortress the next day. He believes that the fortress will be yours for the taking on the second day as he has learned from the whispers of the crew inside the ship and around the town. He helped the three of us escape by murdering our pirate Hecko to call the other soldiers away from the port sir."
"Ah, Mr Schmitt. I'm beginning to like the way he proves himself as a resourceful warrior to me." Sephiran said drawing a grin at Schmitt, pausing before he spoke further. "Congrats Mr Schmitt, you have done well. I believe you and the two others deserve a drink after your failed attempt to take the ship today, so come inside."
With that, he turned around to head inside the tent with the three pirates going inside.
Whilst Sephiran and his three pirate informants were inside the high tent to enjoy the rewards their captain was offering them, Moira had made her way to the camp where there were loads of pirates having drinking games and gambling together. There were a few others who were throwing knives on a barrel and playing their instruments for entertainment, even the Pirate Starkey was playing the violin for the troops.
So she stepped forward to speak to him about performing a song whilst he played his violin.
It was only fifteen minutes later, and after a couple of drinks of rum Starkey had shared with her, Moira and Starkey had called the pirates to attention and the two performed their little song together to the enjoyment of a few pirate crew whilst the rest were not minding much about the entertainment.
As Moira and Starkey were entertaining their little soiree with their music, some of the crew were enjoying the music and drinking up the song itself like they were drinking water. Whilst the pirates were enjoying the entertainment, the captive Commodore Charles was sitting against a large tree with his hands chained up over his head. With a rope tied around his waist, Charles couldn't do anything else to get himself out of captivity.
He knew that he could not try to escape as he was unarmed and without any way out of his chains
So he had to wait until Moira can turn him loose but as he was waiting with his hands tied, Charles looked around for any sign when he received a visit from his mortal enemy who was coming up to him. Sephiran approached the tree where Charles sat in his chains and stood at a short distance from his feet. Looking down at the worthy opponent he spoke.
"So Corven, we finally meet again. May I ask how you like your new spot in the camp? I would have placed you in a cage but then you would have broken out of it with your iron hand and escaped to come after me. Don't you agree?"
"It would have been something else if the cage was iron, but then if it was the other way around you'd be in a cage," Charles replied to Sephiran but not looking at him. "Well as long as you are remaining here, you won't have to worry about any cages. So tell me did you really think that you could cut me down and run from my crew?" Sephiran asked.
When Charles didn't answer, Sephiran walked up and kicked his leg before he moved back. "Vex me not Corven or I shall have the crew drown you on the shallow waters, I'm a man of my word."
"Ha, your word. You're a backstabber Sephiran, a murderer of innocent children and a man with no honour." Charles retorted to Sephiran.
Instead of attacking his enemy, Sephiran just stood there with a smirk on his face.
"I may be many things, but I do have some honour. You take life when you have to as I do Commodore"
"Oh, then where was your so-called honour of yours when you shot my brother with a pistol?" Charles asked now looking at him.
"Well he could have killed me first before I drew my sword to fight, I admit that would be dishonourable. Your brother would have done so well in a duel to the death, I would have considered it an honour taking his sword as my own as you would to me." said Sephiran.
"If I had taken my brother's place, I would have shot you down that night." Charles stated.
"Does that sound like regret Commodore? Perhaps you should have kept your brother at your side." Sephiran retorted.
"Is that what you come here for, just to taunt me with your games?" asked Charles.
"Of course not, although I was merely enjoying myself in baiting you into wriggling about on the tree. No, I'm here to tell you some news, it seems that your fortress is going to be deserted by the next day following according to my man on the inside." Sephiran said revealing the news he had heard from his men.
Charles looked up at him in surprise and shock at the news. "What? That's a lie, my officers wouldn't allow any soldier to leave."
"Yes, I suppose that's true. But as you're not around to rally them back together, your troops have decided to order an evacuation of the fort. Oh If can guess it right your nephew Curly Corven will come to the fort to aid his troopers, but when they do they'll come to find the fort bears the pirates flag." Sephiran said with a wicked grin.
"It seems that I've now taken your fortress Corven. Once I'm finished with your troops, I shall put my effort to finding your son and those lost boys along with those soldiers, my crew will shoot them, they fight them and kill them all." said Sephiran.
"So it was one of my lieutenants that you seduced into your twisted schemes?" Charles Corven said to Sephiran who drew a smirk thinking for a moment. Seeing as he won't last a week he decided to reveal his plan.
"Well since you won't have time to live, I shall say that a man named Horace had more to gain from me than he did from you. Oh yes, you see, when I name him captain he will sail under my command and offer me a tribute and then...I'll rule Neverland."
Sephiran said before laughing aloud as if he said a joke to Charles.
Only Charles was left with disgust at the fact that he was right, looking away from him in despair. Afterwards, Sephiran went back to his high tent to revel in his new victory with confidence.
The next morning.
At the Lost Boys' hideout.
When Maggie woke up on the tree-house bed, she looked around to find that she was sleeping in Too Small's bunk.
Finding Too Small sleeping beside her it all came back to Maggie as she remembered that she was telling him the story of Christmas Carol as a bedtime story which he stayed up until the end of and fell asleep before she blew out the light.
Not wanting to wake up Too small, Maggie slowly crawled out of the bunk and she decided to go and do some training by herself.
Leaving the bunk bed Maggie started jogging around the trees of the hideout.
It wasn't long before Ace joined her having woken up from his bed, he gave her an apple for her breakfast as they jogged along.
After a few minutes, Andrew and the Lost boy Don't Ask appeared to join her in her jogging. As they jogged, they were getting close to the snowy grounds which was a fun place for the lost boys.
By the end of the Jog which had lasted for forty minutes as far as Maggie could tell, she stopped for a rest as did Andrew and the other lost boys when Thud Butt had soon joined them as well as No Nap and Latch boy.
"Hey boys, have you been out racing together?" asked No Nap.
Maggie giggled at the question. "If this was a race No nap, then one of you boys would have lost to me," Maggie answered in a sarcastic tone.
"Oh and how would you know that?" asked Latchboy.
"Because I used to run races at my school and I was fast enough that I had beaten my brother in a race once." said Maggie, the lost boys laughed as did Andrew.
"Oh so you don't think I can beat any of you in a race?" asked Maggie.
"Hey I'd race you and I can beat you any day." said Don't Ask. Maggie squinted at the lost boy before he asked him. "Can you really?"
"Yeah." Don't ask answered.
"Yeah?" asked Maggie.
"Yeah." he said again, taking Maggie's bait.
"Okay, Mr Don't Ask, let us race you and me. If you win you can kiss me on the cheek." Maggie said stating the terms to Don't Ask, who became shocked by the offer when Maggie spoke. "If I win, then you have to accept the new name that I will give you. Deal?"
Tempted by the bargain at hand the lost boy nodded shaking Maggie's hand.
"Alright then, we'll start here. Andrew you can say the word Go." Maggie said before she and the lost boy stood in line whilst the other lost boys stepped back to clear the path. Seeing Maggie position herself, Don't ask did what she did.
After a few seconds, Andrew said the word. "Go!" with that the two started running along the path they were jogging.
That's Chapter Six done, for now, I shall be working on the seventh Chapter where Moira will be recovering from her tipsy moment the night before and Maggie will be trying out her sword fighting against the Lost Boys.
So Stay tuned for some new updates, there might be some new surprises along the way.