|| 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||

Ch7

Kate spent the rest of the day gliding through the clouds. Peter had left her halfway through the flying 'lesson' at her request to go speak with Tink. Kate knew how awful it must have felt to be rejected like that and Peter needed to fix it, whether he thought it necessary or not.

Kate started to circle around the island, enjoying the view of the coast from so far up when she spotted a boat anchored at a cove. Its great pirate flag waving in the breeze, fear shot up her spine as she lifted higher and vanished into the clouds.

Peter had warned her about the pirates, no matter how much they joked he always, always, stressed to her that she should never go near them. Carefully she positioned herself above the boat to see what was going on. The pirates were all shouting and prodding someone tied to the mast, a tall man in a red coat and a lavish pirates hat stood a few feet away from the prisoner, reading off of a sheet of paper.

"I wish I could hear." She grumbled, chancing flying a little lower. As she inched closer she got braver and braver and ended up hiding right on the side of the boat, curious eyes peeking over the side at the boy tied at the mast.

He was dirty, that was for sure. Thick ropes cut into his pale skin and long tangled strands of black hair hung across his bruised face. Kate winced; he looked as though he had been horribly beaten.

"What do you have to say for yer self boy?" The captain said, rolling up a piece of parchment and staring at the boys sagging form. His body was so weak, that as he looked up at the captain, with piercing green eyes, Kate feared he would fall apart without the ropes.

"I did not steal your treasure, and I do not know of this…'Peter Pan'" He said, voice strong despite his circumstances. He gave the captain a dark stare before he lost what little energy he had and slumped back over. Greasy black hair covering his face again as the rest of the crew shouted and scoffed.

When he spoke something sparked inside Kate, she wasn't quite sure what but she felt drawn to his voice. A powerful need to save him welled up in her for an instant but died down. There was no way she could take on a whole boat full of pirates. She could fly, yes, but the odds were stacked against her.

"Then where did all my loot go then, eh?" The captain's icy voice cut through her thoughts like a steel blade. "It didn't just up and walk away now did it." The captain said, drawing his sword. Kate covered her eyes as he swung, the crew was creating such an uproar that Kate peeked and saw the boy on his knees at the captain's feet. The cut ropes lay about him and his whole body shook. "I say, he should walk the plank!" the Captain shouted.

The men went into a frenzy then as the plank was brought out and the boy was dragged to his feet and forced to stand at the start of it. Worried Kate stood under the plank, pressed as close to the side as she could, just in case one of them looked down. A thousand ideas ran through Kate's mind as the prisoner walked down the plank.

There was no way she could catch him, he was a little bigger than Peter and she came up to Peters shoulder. She couldn't fly with him either, she was still learning and wasn't sure once again, if she could hold him up. His shadow cast over her and she looked up and her heart leapt, his green eyes were staring right at her. She put her finger to her lips and he kept walking, a sword at his back.

Thinking fast Kate dived, just as he was pushed into the water. She flew so fast that she knew it was going to hurt when she hit the water, but maybe the pirates wouldn't notice if she hit the water at the same time as him. The water smacked against her body sending tingling pain up her arms and back.

Opening her eyes, she looked around. She squinted, fighting the urge to close them against the stinging salt water. Then she spotted him, hands tied and sinking fast. Diving down she grabbed him by the arm and began to swim upward. It was difficult but they finally broke the surface.

The current had dragged them away from the boat, but further from the shore. Groaning Kate pulled his head above the water, trying not to drown herself, and began to swim. It was a long and difficult task, and she about gave up when her bare feet felt the soft sand of the ocean floor.

Feeling a little more empowered now that they were so close she forced herself to drag him the rest of the way. Managing to get his top half onto dry land before collapsing into the sand, body cold and dead tired. She fought sleep for the longest time, but it gripped her just as the sun was setting.

Oh how she wished Peter would come and save her again….

|| Wow, uh I had forgotten about this story in the midst of my real life and got an e-mail yesterday telling me someone had added it to their faves. Thanks for reminding me, here is another chapter, I will begin work on the next one today to try and get two chapters out before I forget again. Sorry…..I'm very absent minded o.o I also wanted to know, those of you who like this story, is there anything you all would like me to write a fanfic to? Like ….I dunno…Bleach or Lion King or something ||