Disclaimer: None of the characters in the story belong to me! They belong to J.M Barrie. Enjoy!
And here it is! The second chapter! There'll be 2-3 more chapters to go, I think. Tell me what you think! ~Nightingalelynx
Summary: In which Tinkerbell hatches a plan and carries it out.
Of Tigerlilys and Wendys (Part 2)
Tinkerbell's plan started with the mermaids. Right now, she was gracefully skimming across the waters on the Mermaid lagoon, calling for the beautiful but mysterious fish-women. One by one, sleek heads adorned with pearl combs and the like rose out of the water, their large eyes fixed on the dainty, tiny fairy swirling above their heads.
"Tinkerbell…" The mermaids murmured. "You called for us…?"
"I need your help." The fairy got straight to the point. "Peter Pan has been spending way too much time with Princess Tigerlily, and if you want his attention, we must get rid of that obnoxious princess."
"He visited us a morning ago…" A dark-haired mermaid said.
"Why should we help you…?" They asked, powerful tails sweeping the water below them.
Tinkerbell thought long and hard about this. What do the mermaids want most that she could give? "I'll give you the location of one of Hook's underwater treasure." She decided.
"Not good enough… "The mermaids hissed at her. "Give us something even better… Tinkerbell…" This time, her name sounded like a threat.
"I'll give you each a day on land. I'll give you the ability to fly, for a day." Tinkerbell grasped at anything within her reach to give the mermaids.
A red-haired mermaid smiled, revealing fangs for teeth. "Deal…"She told the relieved fairy.
"Deal…" The mermaids echoed. "What do you want us to do…?"
Tinkerbell flew amongst their watery heads. "This is the plan," She began, smiling devilishly.
Now, let's have a look at what everyone else was doing. Wendy was cooking lunch in the kitchen, with Lost Boys just outside the hideout, playing 'wrestle the bear', a game that seemed to Wendy like a game of wrestling plus mud and a lot more yelling, and less rules.
Captain Hook was dreaming about Peter Pan and his whereabouts and how the wicked Captain of the Jolly Roger would disembowel the eternal boy, bit by bit...
Tigerlily was with Peter; searching through caves for treasure… and the source of the mysterious ticking noise (a clock Tigerlily had planted there herself).
Tinkerbell didn't know what they were all doing, but she had a pretty good idea. So after securing the mermaid's help, she flew rather nervously towards the Jolly Roger, checking left and right every once in a while to see if Peter was having his adventure here.
"Pirates of the Jolly Roger," Tinkerbell finally announced, revealing her presence and scaring a few of the silly pirates out of their wits. "I have come for help; therefore this visit will be peaceful. As a truce," she added as some of the pirates below drew their swords anyway.
Hook burst out of his cabin, expecting to see Peter Pan, but instead seeing an old ally; Tinkerbell.
"Why, Tinkerbell," Hook drawled. "You came to visit for what reason? I presume—"Tinkerbell cut him off, much to the annoyance of Captain Hook.
"If you'll help me get rid of Tigerlily, I'll tell you where Peter Pan is, right now." She choked at the end of the sentence, for the tiny fairy was now overwhelmed with three different feelings: the usual anger and jealousy, and now, guilt. Two she could just barely handle (but drove her to plan such a horrid plot), but three was just too much. She quickly drove away the extra feeling.
Hook's eyes, blue as forget-me-nots, watched Tinkerbell with new interest and grudging respect. "You, little fairy, will do anything to get rid of your enemies. Therefore," he added, waving a hand (his only hand, actually) to stop Tinkerbell from talking, "I will help you, because I like that in pirates, and I'll even encourage that in a fairy."
Tinkerbell snorted.
"Another reason is that I do want to know where Peter Pan is," Hook admitted, slicing his hook through the air in one fast, deadly movement.
Tinkerbell tinkled a hasty goodbye before flying off. She could hear the mermaids singing, now, which meant her plan was in action. She beat her little wings as quickly as possible to get there before Peter and that stupid, obnoxious, idiot Tigerlily.
"Peter Pan… Peter Pan…" The boy heard his name, coming from the mermaid lagoon. "We've got something to show you…"
He zoomed off, telling Tigerlily to wait for him there, much to the outrage of Tigerlily.
When he got there, eight or so mermaids were sitting on their rocks and singing a song Peter thought he had heard somewhere before… in London.
"So, what do you think…?" A blonde mermaid asked him, smiling charmingly at him without showing her fangs. "It's a mark, a symbol of growing up, the marriage song…"
Peter Pan froze. What? He thought.
"What a man you are now…" the red-haired one purred at him. "Having a family, a mother and now looking for a wife, now are you, Peter…"
"Mm… Tigerlily and you would make such a great couple…" the dark haired one told him. "Make such lovely children, but of course, with a family comes great responsibility…"
Responsibility! Peter thought.A pale, porcelain hand shot up from the water and grabbed the poor, shocked boy's ankle before he could fly off.
"Wait… Peter, listen to us… only a man would court a woman, and you, going off with Tigerlily, are courting the lovely child Princess…" The blonde said urgently, hearing the pirates from not-so-far-away.
"But you aren't a man yet," the dark haired mermaid told him soothingly, but just as urgently as the blonde mermaid. "If you continue courting Tigerlily, you will be."
"A man, Peter," the mermaids chorused. "You're growing up by staying with Tigerlily." With that, they sank beneath the water surface.
Peter, understandably, was stricken. Who did that Tigerlily think she was, trying to make him grow up? Well, he won't fall for it anymore, no matter what adventures she offered him.
He never noticed the tip of a small rowboat come into view, rounding a corner. He never noticed a small, shining fairy, crouched behind a leaf. He only noticed Tigerlily, standing on the shore.
"Why, you tricked me!" Peter shouted. "You tried to catch me and make me grow up! I won't let you! I won't!"
The pirates surrounded him before he could blink.
"What are you talking about?" Tigerlily called back, now bound by three burly pirates. She, too, was taken by surprise. Two pirates shoved an old, dirty cloth in the Princess's mouth, effectively shutting her up. She spat muffled curses at the pirates that no-one heard.
"Did you really think Wendy was your mother?" Hook mused, by order of Tinkerbell. "Of course, she feels more than that for you, Peter Pan, you foolish boy. Just like our dear Princess Tigerlily here… but Wendy Darling is smarter, I must say. She's pretending to be your mother, just waiting for the chance to make you a man."
Peter was horrified. "What! No! Wendy-lady would never do that to me! You're lying! You're lying!"
"I'm afraid not, dear boy," Hook told the hopelessly restrained child, barely disguising his glee. Peter was blinking back hot tears in his eyes, both angry and distraught at the betrayal of his dearest friends.
"You poor boy," Hook crooned with fake sympathy. "Losing two friends at once, oh, I know how that feels!" He paused maliciously. "No, not really."
Just then, the Lost Boys burst through the undergrowth. "We've come to save you, Peter!" They called. Tinkerbell flew just a little behind them.
And of course, as all stories should go, the good overcomes the evil, and the Lost Boys freed Peter Pan and Tigerlily. Hook was chased away, and they all went home.
But Peter Pan found no joy in this adventure. He glared at Tigerlily and stalked home. Wendy rushed into the slightly wounded boy's arms. "Oh, Peter!" She cried. "I'm so glad you are alright! When Tink came in and told us—"
Peter Pan gave her a cold, menacing stare before pushing her away and went into his room. Tinkerbell was left outside feeling very, very confused.
Oh, dear. Tinkerbell, what did you do?
I just realized that this was a little cliché… so I'm going to add something to the story plot! Haha, I'll work on it! In the meantime… review please! ~Nightingalelynx