After just barely escaping with their lives, the five fairies continued on their journey.
Soon, they were miles away from Mermaid Canyon and hopefully away from the crocodile. Suddenly, they found themselves surrounded by a deep fog that almost shrouded them.
"OK, where did the fog come from all of a sudden?" said Rosetta.
"I don't know, but it's getting hard to see,"said Fawn.
The fog was so thick, that Silvermist couldn't read the Almanac, so she couldn't figure out where they were or which direction they should go. The fairies had already escaped one danger and it looked as if they were heading for another.
Just then, the Tinker Express was brought to a halt as it bumped into something unknown.
"What in the name of golden dandelions just happened?" asked Rosetta.
"I think we bumped into something," said Silvermist.
"I think you're right, but it's still hard to see. Iridessa, do you think you can shed some light?" said Tinkerbell.
Iridessa gathered up a huge ball of light and released it into a wave that slowly began to surround the mysterious landmark. As the fairies went to the front of the boat, their eyes followed the light all the way to the top of the landmark until it was revealed to be a large stone that appeared to be in the shape of a skull. The five fairies screamed and grabbed onto each other as they were terrified at the sight of the ominous skull-shaped rock.
"Wh-wh-wh-wha-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-what is that?" Iridessa asked with her bones nervously shaking.
After taking a deep breath, Silvermist looked into the Almanac and into the map of Neverland. "It says this is...Skull Rock," she said as she pointed her finger to a picture of the landmark.
These two words that Silvermist uttered sent a feeling of shock through Irridessa's body. "Skull Rock?" she whispered.
"What's Skull Rock?" asked Fawn.
"I've heard of this place. This is supposedly where pirates keep their treasure," Iridessa said.
"Pirates?" Tinkerbell, Fawn, Rosetta, and Silvermist exclaimed.
Tinkerbell and the gang knew a thing or two about pirates. They had heard terrible tales of pirates in Fairy Theater and of how they captured fairies and made them their slaves. Meeting a pirate was definitely not something they wanted to do.
"Yeah, I think we all better get this boat turned around and get outta here before-" Iridessa said before she was cut off by the sight of a gigantic shadow that arose from the fog.
Tinkerbell, Fawn, Rosetta, and Silvermist slowly turned their heads and saw the shadow growing bigger as it neared closer and closer to them. From out of the fog, they could see the hull followed by large sails and finally a black flag with a picture of a skull and crossbones on it. Now at first, the fairies didn't know what to do, but then their curiosity turned to panic as a group of pirates appeared on the ship from out of the fog.
The five fairies let out a gasp. They had never seen real pirates before and the sight of these pirates were a frightening sight to them. Just then, the ship came to a halt. From a distance, the fairies could see a ladder coming out on the ship's side and a group of pirates climbing down to a small paddleboat.
As the paddleboat with the pirates was making its way to Skull Rock, Tinkerbell and her friends hid on their boat so the pirates couldn't see them. The five fairies made sure to keep their heads ever so slightly down so they wouldn't be seen as the pirates went past them in the paddleboat. As they past them, Tinkerbell noticed what appeared to be a large wooden chest that was nestled at the end of the pirate's paddleboat.
Iridessa gasped a sigh of relief. "OK, they didn't spot us. Now, all we have to do is get-where's Tinkerbell?" she said, noticing Tinkerbell was not on the boat.
Inside of Skull Rock, the pirates got off of the paddleboat and two pirates carried the treasure chest onto the rocky floors of the cave.
"Careful with that, you blithering idiots!" said a voice from one of the pirates.
Tinkerbell meanwhile was sneaking behind the rocky corridors, trying to find a good place where she could see what was going on while not being seen by the pirates. Soon, she found shelter on a large cliff inside the rock. Soon, she was joined by Rosetta, Iridessa, Fawn, and Silvermist.
"Tinkerbell, what are you doing?" said Rosetta.
"I wanna see what's going on," said Tinkerbell.
"You know what I wanna see? The next day! Which is what none of us will see if we don't get out of here!" said Iridessa before Tink shushed her.
As the five fairies watched, the pirates opened up the treasure chest that revealed a beautiful glowing treasure filled with gold coins, jewels, and trinkets. The fairies were all amazed at the wondrous sight, but their amazement was soon cut off as one of the pirates who appeared to be the leader quickly shut the chest.
The leader of the pirates was a tall looking man with a short, but muscular looking man with a five-o-clock shadow. He wore a green bandana with white polka dots, a pink shirt with a red stripe in the middle, green pants and black boots. He also had an eyepatch on his right eye.
"All right, listen up ya scurvy dogs, hide me booty somewhere safe. I don't want anyone getting their hands on it," said the leader.
"I don't know how he could hide it. That's the biggest booty I've ever seen," Rosetta said as she was looking at the leader's butt.
Tinkerbell, Silvermist, Fawn, and Iridessa let out a tiny giggle.
"He means the treasure," Tinkerbell said, still giggling.
Unbeknown to Iridessa, the rocks underneath her began to crumble as the pirates began to hide the treasure. The young light fairy fell hard to the ground and the impact caused her to let off a bright light that caught the attention of the pirates.
"What was that?" said the leader.
"Uh oh," Iridessa said as she was shaking.
"Well, as I live and cut me throat, a fairy. Quick, after it, ya bilge rats! Don't let it get away!" exclaimed the leader.
The bloodthirsty group of pirates drew out their swords and charged in towards Iridessa, but at the last second, she released a wave of light that blinded them before flying away with Silvermist, Tinkerbell, Fawn, and Rosetta not far behind.
"There are more of them! After them, ya salty sea dogs!" said the leader.
As fast as they could, the five fairies flew away from the pirates that viciously pursued them.
Suddenly, Silvermist spotted a small hole located near one of the rock walls. "Look! We can avoid them if we go through that hole!" she said.
Without hesitation, Silvermist, Tinkerbell, Fawn, and Iridessa charged through the hole. However, the same could not be said for Rosetta as she was struggling to get through the wall.
"Rosetta, what's wrong?" said Fawn.
"I...uh...I...uhng, I can't get through," Rosetta said, still struggling.
"We have to help pull her out," said Tinkerbell.
Iridessa and Fawn each grabbed one of Rosetta's arms and tugged with all their might. The pirates were immediately approaching as Fawn and Iridessa continued to pull.
"It's not working!" said Fawn.
"We all have to pull together!" said Tinkerbell.
With that, Tinkerbell grabbed an arm and Silvermist grabbed an arm and the fairies tugged while Rosetta flew forward.
"C'mon, Rosetta, push!" said Iridessa.
As the sound of the pirates' blades slashing could be heard, Tinkerbell, Iridessa, Fawn and Silvermist had finally managed to pull Rosetta through. But the pirates were not about to give up so easily. From inside the small hole, the five fairies could hear one of the pirates talking.
"Captain Hardtooth, they went through this small hole!" one of the pirates said to the leader.
"Arrgh! Well I'll take care of that," Captain Hardtooth said with a sinister grin.
The ruthless pirate leader held out his hand and one of the other pirates handed him an array of large black bombs with a skull and crossbones on them. The captain placed the bombs in front of the opening of the wall and lit each of them.
The fairies had nowhere to escape and the bombs were set to explode any minute. It seemed as if all hope was lost. With their hearts racing and the thought of inevitable death festering through their minds, the five fairies held onto each other, braced themselves, and prepared for the worst. But as the sweat poured down them, they noticed there wasn't a sound. No explosion, no blast, not a sound. What could've happened? The five fairies wondered this as they noticed the entrance out of the hole was unblocked. After getting through the hole, the fairies saw that the pirates were all knocked out. Who could've done this? Who could've been tough enough to take out so many pirates?
"Hey guys! Look up there," Iridessa said to the other fairies as she pointed up to the dusk sky.
The five fairies gave a gasp as they saw what appeared to be the silhoette of a flying man. They couldn't make out who or what it was, but as the shadowy figure began to fly away, they could just make out the figure's cry.
"Woohoohoohoowooooooooo!" the shadowy figure cried before it flew away, dissapearing out of sight.
"Who or what was that?" asked Silvermist.
"I don't know, but I think we'd best get out of here before them big boys wake up," said Rosetta.
The other fairies nodded in agreement.
Once they had gotten the Tinker Express turned around, they headed south and continued on their journey. Meanwhile, Tinkerbell couldn't help but think about that shadowy figure with its mysterious cry. If was as if something inside was telling her that she and that figure would meet again.