|| This FF uses characters and themes from both the original book, the Disney version, and another live action version where Peter was a blonde (not Hook) I do not own any of the characters besides my OC Kate and the general plot||
Ch 3
Before the boys even tumbled in a brilliant orb of light filled the underground room and nearly blinded Kate. Her eyes squinting against the golden glow. "But first you must meet your first pixie" he said. "Tinkerbell this is...." he paused looking over at Kate "What is your name anyways?" he looked puzzled, and Kate's eyes began to adjust and she gasped at the sight of the very small, very beautiful Tinkerbell flying inches from in front of her face.
"M-My name is Kate....What is yours?" she asked, holding out a shaky finger to Tinkerbell whom ignored it and flew into her room in a huff. "My name is Peter, and don't worry about her she always gets that way when other girls are around me" he said, noticing the look on Kate's face when Tink flew off.
"Good, you found her. We were beginning to think the pirates nabbed her." a small voice said, making Kate jump from her stupor. She was so distracted by Tink that she didn't notice the gangly group of boys that had just entered the now smaller than ever room. The six boys were all staring at her with curious wide eyes. Their faces filthy and their tangled mess of hair sticking up at odd angles.
"I would never let myself get kidnaped by pirates" Kate said, crossing her arms and looking a little offended. "Maybe if you were in your right mind you wouldn't have but you still seem right funny to me" Slightly said, poking Kate on her forehead leaving a smudge of dirt on her pale skin.
Kate rose up to yell but Peter cut her off "Let me introduce you to the lost boys" he said quickly, making the boys line up from tallest to shortest. "This is Nibs, my second in command. Slightly, Curly, The Twins, and of course Tootles" He said pointing each one out in succession.
"Wait...you just call those two The Twins? Don't they have their own names?" Kate asked feeling a little confused. "Well I don't know what twins are, so they are just the twins" Peter said with such finality that Kate dared not bring it up again.
"Boys, Kate here is going to try and be our second lost girl. Treat her as you would treat one another and at the end of the week we will see if she is worthy to join us" Peter announced with flourish. The boys looked shocked but kept their mouths shut, Peter had a strong presence and no one wanted to go against his wishes.
"You start tomorrow, but now I think we need something to eat" Kate blinked a couple times, not really sure what she got herself into. Though the thought of having food and a roof over her head (even if it was a tree) was very sweet to her and she would give it her best shot. If she failed then maybe living with the Indians wouldn't be so bad after all.
"Um...Peter. I don't want to sound strange but I don't want to wear a dress around the forest. Its just not right" Kate said, plucking at the now tattered fabric. With the way these boys looked she knew that they spent many hours plowing through the forest and a dress just wasn't the right attire for that sort of thing.
Peter perched on his throne as the boys rushed about, pulling food out of the strangest places and setting it all out on a rickety looking table that had seen many accidents. He was thinking for a moment. "Girls don't have to wear dresses?" he said finally, like the very thought sent his head spinning.
"No, no they don't." Kate said frowning. "What happened to the clothes that I was wearing when I got here?" she asked, looking around the hollow. Peter perked up then "Oh! We kept them for scraps but you can have them back if you want" he flew across the room and started digging through some cubby holes and finally pulled out her old clothes and tossing them to her.
"May I borrow a knife? These won't work either" Kate said, deciding to turn her jeans into shorts and to make her t-shirt a little shorter. The shoes could go and the jacket would stay intact just incase she got cold. Though she expected that Neverland never went cold.
The sweet smell of cooking meat and other strange aromas wafted over Kate as she worked on her old clothes, aware that a very curious Peter was observing her every move. "There, all done. Now if you will excuse me" she got up off the bed and wove her way through the boys. Dinner seemed to be almost done.
Peter watched her leave and shook his head. "Girls always wear dresses, isn't that the way its supposed to be?" he asked Nibs while he positioned himself at the head of the table, one empty seat to his right. The rest of the boys filled the other seats. "Well yeah, every girl I ever met wore a dress, nothing more and nothing less" Nibs said smartly, biting into some odd looking bread.
Kate found a secluded part of the hollow in the dark and quickly pulled the dress off. She would keep it if she needed to cut extra clothes out of it, and pulled on her newly modified clothes. She felt better already, more covered anyway, as she came back out to the boys stuffing their faces and Peter laughing loudly at a joke he just told to the rest.
She sat down in the only empty seat and passed a wary eye over all of the strange food. There were fruits (she guessed they were fruits) that were like nothing she had ever seen. Even the meat and bread was strange. She noticed that everyone was looking expectantly at her now, the hollow very quiet. Even Tinkerbell had stopped sipping from her little cup to pass a haughty look in her direction.
Kate swallowed hard and picked up a piece of meat that looked like a drum stick and bit in. It was a strange smoky flavor, tinged with sweet and a little spice, the juices dripping from the corners of her mouth. 'This is amazing!' she shouted to herself and began to grab other things off the table. The boys, now pleased that she enjoyed their cooking, went back to eating and telling horrible jokes and everyone had to laugh at.
Kate was elated, she had never had a dinner like this in her entire life. Not even at the orphanage, everything there was stuffy and formal. Nothing but cold gray soup and cold ugly caretakers that stared at you, just waiting for you to mess up so they could pounce and give you a good scolding. Fun was not allowed at anytime in her life, at the orphanage she would have been punished, and on the streets it would have lead to a quicker death.
She felt content as the meal began to slow down, and finally Peter stood and everyone followed suit. Heading straight for there beds with a sleepy look in their eye. Kate guessed that they had been out all day playing and looking for her. A yawn escaped her, followed by the rest of the boys. "You can sleep in my bed for now, Ill sleep in my hammock" Peter yawned, floating lazily into said hammock and using his arms as a pillow, one leg draped over the edge.
"I don't want to kick you out of your bed" Kate said, he had been so nice to her. Even when she assumed horrible things of him. "Its alright, I actually like this better than my bed. Gives me the feeling that I am flying, even in my sleep" He smiled and leaned back. Kate huffed and went to his bed. She could tell that they were not going to get along very well.
He was so stubborn and she was just as stubborn. Not a very combination if she had learned right. With a scalding glance in his direction she curled up under the fur blankets and closed her eyes. Though she could have sworn she saw a smirk on his dirt stained face, completely triumphant.
|| Sorry that it was so short this time. I am just getting introductions done and also allowing you all to get to know Kate a little better. I promise that there will be more exciting chapters in the future, and a wonderfully evil villain inspired by a good friend of mine.||