This is another chapter and hope you will like it. Don't remember to review. I'm not sure if Daphne should be dating at her age so please give me ideas on that. Anyways, thanks for reading it and I offer you all Chapter 6: Greetings from the Lost Boys
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sisters Grimm book series.
"But could you try and tell us all you know about Ariel's relationships?" Sabrina asked.
"Of course, if you wish." Farah replied, taking a deep breath and continued, "Maybe I should start from the beginning. Arial was more of a playful girl, I mean a mermaid, for her age. She was the one who broke all the rules father had set, especially those which had something to do with having contact with humans. She never listened and tried to find a sea witch to get herself legs just to impress a prince on land. She was supposed to be turn into foam, but granny replaced herself for Arial, so she stayed alive. Father was so mad at Arial that he threw her out of the dimension. Being afraid that she might get into danger, we two accompanied her here. She immediately became fond of this place and enjoyed herself here, exploring all day long." "So… are you implying that there are a lot of possibilities and that anyone could be Rodney's dad? Then it would be impossible for us to get the task finished!" Sabrina cried.
"Yes and no. There sure are a lot of possibilities but Arial only likes handsome man around her age, so that would be from 16 to 25. Don't give me that look, I know it's a wide range but that what she likes… or liked. " Lucia answered. "Thanks for the information and by the way, do you know what happened to the Jolly Roger?" Daphne asked. "We don't know as we spend all the time underwater. If it weren't for Rodney, we wouldn't even consider staying afloat, the Lost Boys love to play pranks on us. Lastly, if this even attracts your attention, stay away from the forest, there is where the crazy boys live." Farah said, patting Rodney on the back. The beautiful mermaids waved them goodbye and disappeared in the clear, blue water.
Sabrina and Daphne were clearly excited, now that they know where the Lost Bays are, they may as well find Peter Pan there-THE infamous Peter Pan. Daphne tried hard not to squeal out the name (everyone knew about Puck's "insecurity" at the mentioning of the words: Peter Pan) but pinched herself hard on the hands. Daphne is trying to break her odd habits like biting her own palm when she gets excited and creating strange words which she called Daphnish, but the actions were all in vain. After all, she never experienced the rapid growing-up process like Sabrina did, for her elder sister was always overprotective towards her. Linda the squirrel suddenly jumped out of Daphne's pocket and hopped onto Sabrina's hand. "Linda, could do us a favour by leading us to find the Lost Boys?" Sabrina cooed at the little creature. Seeming to understand, the squirrel climbed down to the ground and started leading the way deeper into the forest with the four children following her.
Meanwhile, Puck was deep in thought. He just saw Sabrina cooing over the squirrel which was something about her, he had never seen since the day the girls moved into Ferryport Landing. It was not because Sabrina usually disliked being too close with animals like when she started to frown seeing Elvis drooling, but because she was showing a soft side of herself for she always was the strong one, doubting strangers and recently had been more doubtful about her decisions after being betrayed by her good friend, Mirror. For a second, he thought of hugging Sabrina, telling her everything would be alright and that she'd never have to be skeptical of him being untrue to her, but immediately shoved off the idea at the thought of paying his biggest enemy a visit.
The four slowed down their pace as they got nearer and nearer to the Lost Boys hiding place. Walking with eyes fixed on the ground, keeping alert for any trap they might fall into, they missed out a piece of string hanging down the tree. When Rodney, who was still clumsy with his legs, accidentally made a small slid and touched the string lightly, a net on the forest bed (which had been covered with leaves hence being missed out) went trapping the children along with the squirrel together and hanging them high from the tall tree. "Why can't any of our missions go on smoothly?" Sabrina groaned, moving herself away from Puck who was next to her when they were bundled together. Puck seemed offended by the act and pursed his lips. Daphne giggled at the two teenagers act and huddled herself towards Rodney, who wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She really liked the brown- haired boy, he was both cute and caring towards her and they shared same interests and he seemed to like her too even though they were 4 years apart.
The four did not take action in freeing themselves, agreeing that this might somehow lead them to the Lost Boys or the other way round. They were right because no longer than 10 minutes, they could hear voices shouting and the voices increased which seemed to them that a group was coming towards them. Suddenly, out came the woods were ten boys, all around the age of 10 with dirt all over their faces and weapons like spears, bows and arrows and even swords on their hands. One of them made a precise shot at the piece of string, breaking it into half with the net thumping on the ground. The children all groaned in pain while the squirrel squealed hysterically as if she had been hurt badly. The boys with knives and swords cut through the net, releasing the five from the trap. Someone handed the boys ropes out of nowhere and the four were soon tied up with the squirrel tucked into Daphne's pocket.
With a boy on each child's side, the four were pulled up forcefully from the ground and forced to walk towards the woods. "Now we will bring you to see our leader and he'll surely be impressed by our good work." One of the older boys said.
I know that this chapter is a bit short but please bear with me. I hope you enjoyed the little romance between Daphne and Rodney. Feel free to give me ideas on any improvements. I promise to try and update the story whenever I can. Thanks anyways.
