Hi everyone! I kinda got busy and ran off schedule, but here is the next chapter and its a bit longer to make up for it. (about a page longer in word :D ) Hope you enjoy it.
Chapter Six- The Jealousy of Mermaids.
Wendy gasped for breath as she finally went under. The last thing she heard was Peter screaming her name. She opened her eyes and looked at who dragged her under. She glimpsed the hands and followed them till she saw the mermaids.
"We said we only wanted to drown you." Cordelia sneered.
The others laughed. "No more Peter Pan for you Wendy." Another one smiled.
They are jealous! Wendy thought. They want Peter to themselves. She wished she could talk underwater but knew she couldn't. She would have to die in silence.
"Yes, when you are out of the way, there will be no more talking's about Wendy from Peter, and no more seeing you ever again." A mermaid cheered.
Horrid creatures! Wendy thought. They wanted to kill her so Peter… Wendy stopped thinking about the mermaids, and about Peter. He talked about her. He might talk to everyone about her for all she knew. It had seemed like he had forgotten her for a while because he had not made contact with her, Michael and John for a couple of months, but as he reasoned, time doesn't appear in Neverland. Neverland is timeless. She suddenly felt her arm being yanked sidewards and she opened her mouth in surprise. Realizing that she had to shut it again so she could stay somewhat alive, she did so promptly.
"Hey! We were talking to you!" A mermaid snapped.
"She can't talk back Marina." Another mermaid snapped back to Marina.
"Shouldn't she be dead yet?" Marina retorted, trying to make up for her last comment.
"I don't know…" Another onlooker replied.
Wendy was getting tired of this. All this was, on the mermaids' behalf, petty jealousy. She wished that they would get on with it. She was getting tired of struggling. She was getting tired of everything actually. From Peter, to coming back here and leaving her family without saying goodbye or at least leaving a note, and then, these mermaids. Wendy shook herself. Don't be silly, she reasoned. Peter will come and save you, he always does.
"And then, after that we will make sure he won't see her again!" A mermaid shouted.
"Clam it Nerin!" Cordelia shouted.
Suddenly the mermaids started squabbling. Wendy realised they had still been talking when she was beginning to get so sleepy… The water began to feel calm. The water around her soothed and made her feel like she was at home. It was warm and comfortable and when a hand reached down and started dragging her up, she almost regretted leaving.
Peter had grasped Wendy with all his might while distracting the mermaids with something shiny. He pulled and heaved against the resistant waves and finally managed to bring Wendy back onto the miniature rock island. Morning had well and true risen, and it was almost the middle of the day.
"Wendy?" Peter asked.
He watched as Wendy coughed and spluttered on the rock. He wondered what he could do. He looked around and decided that the best thing to do would be to guard Wendy from any more mermaids. He couldn't understand them. They were only having fun. He encouraged that. But for some reason or another, they couldn't get along with Wendy. He shrugged and looked at Wendy. It was a girl thing, and he defiantly couldn't understand girls. Well, just this one. He looked around. No more mermaids had come up yet. Peter wondered how long the pearls would distract them for.
"Peter… what are you doing?" A voice snapped Peter out of his thinking.
He focused his vision to see Wendy looking at him in a confused manner.
"Uh, what was I doing?" He asked.
"You were staring at me. But I am okay now, thank you for saving me." Wendy smiled.
"That's okay Wendy, anything for a lady in distress." Peter crowed triumphantly.
"Peter! You saved her? How could you!" Cordelia cried from the waters of the Lagoon.
"Cordelia, why did you try to kill her?" Peter asked.
"We didn't, we just wanted to play…" She mumbled.
"Peter!" Wendy began.
"No Wendy, Cordelia, I don't believe you." He said.
Cordelia's face turned into rage. "How do you put up with her?" She shouted at Peter. She turned around and splashed Wendy with her tail, leaving Peter, somehow, miraculously dry.
"I'm sorry Wendy. I didn't think they would do that. Wrecks the morning doesn't it?"
"No Peter, I thought it was still beautiful. But I would like to go back now, if you don't mind that is." Wendy asked.
"No, I understand. Come on Wendy." Peter grabbed her hand and helped her up. They jumped up together and started flying to Hangmans tree, where they boys would certainly be waiting down below.
Cordelia swam under their miniature rock island and to her mermaid friends. "Peter saved her." She growled.
"Peter normally stays with us for hours." Nerin complained.
"We have to get her away from Peter." Marina said.
"Yes, but how?" Nerin replied.
"I know, we will go and see a dear friend of ours." The most cunning mermaid, Meredith proposed.
"Who?" A young mermaid asked.
"Why, none other than… Captain Hook!" Meredith cried.
"But he wants to hurt Peter!" Nerin argued.
"We'll just have to guarantee that he doesn't then." Meredith replied.
"But how? We know they have been at each others throats!" Nerin said. The other mermaids nodded their agreement. They were all looking at each other, sitting on rocks shaped in a circle. This is where most meetings were held. Inside a cave, it was the perfect place for privacy and for secrecy.
"We will just have to bargain with him." Meredith rested her head on her hand while she thought. "Ah! We will tell him where pixie hollow is." She grinned.
"But we don't know where that is." Cordelia replied.
"And no one will tell him that. We will pretend that we do." Marina explained.
"Okay, but I don't like it." Nerin agreed.
The other mermaids looked at each other. They knew that Captain Hook was dangerous. They needed to come up with a safe plan of attack.
Meredith smiled. She took the girls faces of uncertainty as uncertainty of when to leave. "Go on girls, make me a deal!" She announced.
The mermaids smiled and swam away. Nerin watched them all go and hesitantly followed after. She had a horrible feeling that something would go wrong, but she didn't say anything. She watched as all the other mermaids cheered and squealed with delight as they swam at a fast pace to get to the Jolly Rodger.
The sea was calm today, full of disappointment of the loss of Wendy, but began to be excited as the team of mermaids swam, chattering away for how they would conduct their business. The waves started to roll and the sea began to sway.
"Smee." Captain James Hook commanded. That one word brought his faithful yet somewhat timid right hand man running up the stairs to the top deck.
"Ahh, y...y... yes sir?" Smee stumbled.
"Take a look through my telescope and tell me what you think is coming towards us." Hook asked.
"Ahh… What am I looking at sir?" Smee asked as he was looking into the sea.
"Look for a commotion." Hook smiled.
"I'd say these were mermaids sir…" Smee finally decided.
"Yes, that's what I thought. What do you think they are here for?"
"I'm not sure Captain. Something to do with Peter Pan?" Smee asked.
"Yes, that is what I am thinking too." Hook mused. He and Peter had been enemies since the beginning. As Captain Hook pretended to steer his ship (as it had its anchor down) and watch the mermaids coming towards him on his left, he couldn't help but wonder what the mermaids were up to.
"What…?" Smee began to say before her was cut off by Hooks orders.
"Men! Get the cannonballs ready! Be ready to fire on my order!" Hook shouted.
Pirates scrambled into positions. Some went under the deck to secure cannons while others raced each other to man a cannon. No one wanted to haul the heavy weights that were their ammunition.
"Ready!" Hook called.
"A…a…a…aim!" Smee stuttered.
"Captain Hook, don't fire!" A voice called, just before Hook could call the attack.
"Pull away men!" Hook shouted.
The men moved their cannons up one by one and heavy ammunition shot into the sky in the process. (Little did they realise, they had barely missed Hangmas tree and this was by complete accident. When Peter and Wendy started to go inside they heard a thump close to their right. When they investigated, they did not expect to see a Pirates cannonball.)
"What?" Captain Hook shouted.
"Come to Mermaid lagoon and we'll do business." Another voice called from beside the ship.
Captain Hook and Smee rushed to the side of the ship to get a better look at who was down there. When they got there, they saw almost every mermaid in Mermaid lagoon, and that wasn't a lot.
"I think we shall do business here my ladies." Hook announced as he motioned his men. At his signal, the Pirates pointed their cannons at the mermaids.
The mermaids quivered. "We have come here to make a deal with you." A mermaid spoke up.
"Is that you Cordelia?" Hook sneered. "I thought you would have been long gone by now, after what you did."
Cordelia blushed. "It seems that Peter is forgiving, Hook. But you wouldn't know about that."
"If you want to sneer instead of making a deal, you can sneer to my cannons!" Hook challenged. A pirate shot a cannon ball close to the mermaids. They twittered in fear.
"Okay!" Nerin shouted to Hook. She turned around and hastily added to the other mermaids; "Chickens."
She spun around and explained the plan to Hook. Hook listened with rapt amusement.
"Smee," He whispered. "Make sure you listen closely, I have a plan."
"Aye aye sir." Smee saluted.
"So Wendy and her brothers are back in Neverland? Hmmm. And you want me to get rid of Wendy without harming Peter? I think I might be able to do that." Hook mused.
"We need a guarantee that you won't harm Peter!" Cordelia shouted.
"Oh, of course. You have my word." Hook smiled.
"And so you won't go back on your word, if you do things right, we'll tell you where Pixie Hollow is." Nerin smiled.
That secured Hooks attention. "I will get rid of Wendy and as a sweetener to the deal, her brothers as well. I will also not harm Peter Pan. You have my word." Hook said.
"When you do the job, we'll tell you." Cordelia smiled. She motioned to the other mermaids and they swam away triumphantly. Nerin watched them all swim away. She had the feeling that something was amiss. She looked up once more to see Captain Hook's grinning face and decided to join her mermaid friends, halfway across the Neverland Ocean.
Hook watched them go and then turned to Smee. "You heard all of that didn't you?" Hook asked.
"Ahh, yes sir." Smee nodded.
"Good. I will have need of a witness soon enough." Hook smiled.
"What do you mean Captain?" Smee asked.
"Well, I promised that I wouldn't harm Peter now didn't I?" Hook smiled again.
"Yes sir."
"Well I won't. You will." Hook laughed.
"Good plan sir!" Smee agreed.
"Goodbye Peter Pan!" Hook shouted. "And goodbye Wendy!" He laughed.
"Ahh, Goodbye Peter! Goodbye Wendy!" Smee shouted along with Hook.
Captain James Hook smiled to himself and walked to his cabin. Things were starting to turn out for the better, and soon, Neverland would be his.
Okay everyone here is the deal, you read, you review. Nah jk, you dont have to, but i'd like it if you did. More reading+more reviews= Happy me which= longer chapters! (That are updated quicker... ish! :D )
Anyway, here is some information on some mermaid names and their meanings, i just thought it would be somewhat helpful and a bit trivial. :)
Cordelia= A sea jewel.
Marina= Sea Maiden.
Meredith= Protector of the sea.
Nerin= One from the sea.
Nerissa= Daughter of the sea.
... Now review! :D