Sorry it took so long to update, but here it is Chapter 12! This story is getting long! I'm so pleased!
"Wake up……….Eric? WAKE UP!" Eric opened his eyes to see a young fairy girl standing over him. She had ginger hair and blue eyes. Her red wings stood out against her white petal dress. She stared intently at Eric.
"Who are you?"
"Sondra" she began unbinding his wraps.
"Hey?….HEY?…hold on a second missy"
"Sondra" she pronounced clearly.
"Yeah I know…I just meant….you know what, never mind. Why are you doing that?"
"You're not really hurt, you're being held prisoner. And I'm helping you escape."
"Why?" he began unbind his own legs since his arms were free, and she was right. He felt fine; no bumps, not even a bruise. Only the left over scar from the fall off the deck and a few scratched thanks to Neverland adventures. He thought. Wait. Neverland adventures? Fall off the deck? All his memories came flooding back. As if hearing his thoughts Sondra began to explain.
"They've been keeping you on medication to keep you our size so you don't grow again. Bandages so you can't move, saying you forgot your accident because it was so traumatic."
"They didn't tell me the traumatic part…..but come to think of it; it would have made sense. But I remember everything perfectly now. I was attacked by the fairies and gold dust."
"I know, it was a group of fairies, not all of them. Hook managed to pay off (and scare) a group of fairies to his side and now he wants you as leverage against Peter! The other boys are too used to getting captured, and knew more about fairies. So they decided to grab you."
"I feel so honored" he mumbled sarcastically. She giggled as she finished the last of the bandages. He got to his feet; he was tired, but fine.
"Come on," she said "this is only the beginning."
"Where did he go?" the burlier of the two pirates asked he stared around. Nothing out of the ordinary, only a big tree. He stared at the smaller pirate; it was the young one who had told Hook to stop.
"How should I know?" he asked defensively.
"You have better eyes than me" he answered as he peered around.
"Do you think he went up the tree?"
"Nah, no one can climb that fast." He moved along.
"If you say so Fred, if you say so" The young pirate stared skeptically up into the branches but saw no one, so he followed his fellow pirate into the jungle. I wish all this had never happened.
Up above in the high branches of the tree, Tootles and Ian sat in the dark cover of large green leaves. They watched Fred and the other pirate stumble off into the woods. When their footsteps faded into nothingness and the only sounds heard were the occasional bird chirp, they finally felt able to take a breath.
"Ok, their gone" Ian sighed
"Good thing too, Fred is a really vicious pirate!" Tootles exclaimed.
"What about that other guy?"
"Him? Oh, he's really new. I don't know his name. But he does look familiar"
"Well…..anyways you know Eric? Do you know where he is?"
"No, he set off a day or two ago looking for you. No one has seen him since" Tootles answered in a grave voice unlike him.
"Well, we have to go look for him. Can you ask Peter and the other boys too help?"
"That's the reason I'm here. I wanted to go find him and help him find you, but Peter wouldn't …so I left."
"Wow."
"Yeah."
"He's not as great as I thought" Tootles gave a little gasp. "Never mind. Let's go get Eric!" They hopped down onto the ground. Ian picked up a large stick, he heard rustling. The two pirates ran at them. Ian fended them off with a stick. Whacking and hitting them over and over again as they struggled for weapons. Then the burly man named Fred pulled out a gun and shot into the air. Everyone froze.
"Don't you dare move!" Everyone remained still, even the other pirate. "I didn't mean you, John! Jeez, to be honest with you, some of us men regret forcing you into this business. But the Captain insisted."
"Yeah I regret it too." He mumbled as he dusted himself of. He stared at the setting sun. "We better stay here tonight. We can set up camp"
"Yeah, you go find some shelter while I tie up these two." Fred pulled some that was wrapped around his belt and began to bind the two boys back to back, with hands and feet bound. John headed off into the woods, he came back a few minutes later saying he had found a cave. Fred picked up the two prisoners with ease and followed John a few minutes into the jungle and there was the small cave he described. The prisoners were set down inside. Fred went to get firewood. Soon a roaring fire was keeping the cave warm. Eventually Fred dozed off, now he was snoring loudly. John sat in silence.
"So………were you really forced into piracy?" Ian asked in a whisper.
"Yes."
"Why?" an awed Tootles asked with wide eyes.
"I suppose it was a kind of revenge on Peter."
"How?"
"Well it was revenge on Peter because it was revenge on Wendy, and you all know how he cared for her."
"Wendy?" Tootles eyes became even wider "Our mother Wendy? She left years ago." Tootles was one of the few inhabitants of Neverland that had a sense of time.
"How would making you to be a pirate hurt Wendy?" Ian asked.
"I'm her brother."
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