Peter peaks from behind a rock and smiles. The captain and Smee quietly set their chest of treasure down in a cave in skull rock. Tinker bell lands on Peter's shoulder and quietly makes some sounds.
"Peter! We need to get out of here, he will see us!" Peter shushes her quickly and watches the two pirates set the chest down on a sandy spot.
"He will never find it Smee... The devil boy Peter Pan will never find our treasure..." Peter smiles and continues watching. Smee smiles at his captain.
"Maybe we should check to make sure everything is accounted for captain." the captain nods and opens the chest with his one good hand. His left arm lies at his side, nothing but a covered stub at the end. Captain looks inside the chest and suddenly gets an idea.
"Smee! Hand me that dagger..." Smee nods and retrieves a dagger with a gold handle from the chest. Peter looks down at his own beat up dagger and frowns. The captain takes the dagger and twists it in his hand. He positions it behind his stub of his left hand and smiles evilly.
"I have an idea Smee..." Peter looks at the dagger, confused, and then flies out of the cave before the captain finds him.
Before long Peter figures out what the captain was doing with the dagger. Peter sighs and watches from the trees as pirates make a huge fire in a small sand pit near the shore of cannibal cove. He looks at them prepare the equipment to melt the dagger and reshape it. The captain stands close by with Smee, overseeing the handiwork for his hand. Peter watches in horror as the dagger is slowly melted and hit until it is shaped like a cruel claw. Peter frowns and waits for the pirates to assemble it onto the stub of the captain's hand. He then flies off quickly back to his hideout to inform the Lost Boys of this horror. They all listen in silence as Peter describes the events that just took place. They all frown and stay quiet until Cubby breaks the silence.
"So he's Captain Claw now?" Peter looks up and smiles at the chubby boy.
"That sounds funny... Sure we can call him that..." Peter chuckles and quickly decides that he is too amazing to be scared of this old man without a hand. Captain Claw shouldn't be a problem... The claw didn't look that sharp after all.
Peter barely dodges the Hook being swung at his head. He spins around and faces the captain. He has learned since the captain got his claw, that indeed it is quite sharp. And that the captain didn't like being called Captain Claw. Apparently it was a "hook" not a claw so he was Captain Hook. Peter didn't mind, it was still a stupid name, although it fit him. Peter blocks a swing from Hook's sword and flips sideways to get out of the way. Hook expects this and slices sideways, making a thin cut down Peter's bare arm. Peter winces and looks at the cut.
"Now you did it captain..." he flies at Hook, pointing his dagger at Hook's head. But Hook kicks up, sending Peter into the pole above him. Peter falls and instantly has a sword at his throat.
"Ready to die boy?" Hook sneers and pokes at the soft flesh on Peter's neck. Peter gulps and looks around for a way to escape. He sees no openings and sighs, ready to die. Suddenly Hook falls over and a battle cry is uttered. Peter looks up as the Twins pound on Captain Hook. Cubby and Nibs push back some pirates and Slightly points a popgun at Smee. Tootles stands in front of Peter, offering his hand. Peter shakes his head and gets up, leaving Tootles below him. Tootles just smiles up at him and points to an escape route, a dingy boat. Peter nods and whistles for the others to join him, they all run to the boat and jump in. Peter cuts the ropes and the dingy falls into the water, the Twins' row quickly and gets them back to shore. They all laugh when they reach land and Peter just smiles his thanks to his men.
He looks at them, boys, all scruffy and dirty, with pathetic excuses for clothes, just rags by now. He frowns and walks with them back to their hideout. He waits till they are all asleep then flies to a waterfall he hasn't been to in awhile. He opens the door to the pixie world and squeezes inside. He flies over to the sewing fairies house and knocks on the tiny door. A familiar fairy opens it and gasps when she sees Peter.
"My Peter you have grown haven't you? What can I help you with?" he explains his friends clothing issues and the fairy gets to work quickly. Peter sighs and waits impatiently by her house, pulling bite size berries from the trees and bushes and eating them. A few hours later the fairy reappears with six tiny outfits. They all look like different animals. She hands them to Peter and smiles.
"Go put them in the lake. But be careful not to touch the water. You have shrunk once... But odd things will happen if you get wet again. Anything with pixie dust on it reacts oddly with the water, and i'm sure you have come in contact with some pixie dust."
Peter nods and flies over to the puddle. He throws the clothes in one at a time. First he throws in Slightly's outfit, a red fox. Then he throws in Nibs', a grey rabbit. Then goes in Cubby's, a small brown bear. He smiles and throws the Twins' raccoon outfits in together and then tosses in Tootles' skunk outfit. He watches as the outfits grow to the exact sizes of the boys. He finds a stick and slowly pulls them out. Drops of water fall off the clothes and Peter is careful none touch him. He doesn't notice when a drop lands on his shadow. He feels a strange tug on his feet and turns around. He sees nothing and shrugs, flying home.
He hands his boys the clothes when they wake up and they all excitedly change into their new outfits. To celebrate, they all grab their weapons and promise to bring back an indian for Peter. Peter let's them go, and then falls onto his bed. He again feels a tug on his feet as he is about to fall asleep. He frowns and sits up, but finds no one there. He is about to lay down again when the tug gets stronger. He frowns and twists his feet, trying to remove the invisible thing pulling him. He gasps as the pulling flips him over and tries harder to get away. He clings to his bed but is slowly pulled off the bed. He falls onto the ground finally and quickly jumps up. He looks around him but there is still no one there. The pulling increases again and he almost is whipped off his feet. He looks down and his eyes go wide. His shadow clings onto a bed leg and pulls away from Peter. Peter blinks but the shadow is still tugging away from him. Peter pulls back, stretching the shadow long. The shadow clings desperately tithe leg but his grip loosens and he let's go and tumbles into Peter. They get caught up and bowl into the wall. Peter rubs his head and gets back up slowly. His shadow rubs its own head and looks around. Peter pulls on his legs again and this time he hears a snap. The shadow instantly shoots into the air, hovering near the ceiling. Peter looks up and stares at his shadow.
"How did that happen?" he sighs and tries to figure out how his shadow got free of his body...
"Get back here you scurvy brat!"
Hook fires more bullets out of his small gun in Peter's direction. Peter easily dodges the small bullets and laughs.
"Is that the best you got Hook?" behind him his shadow mimics his laughter, only without sound. Hook growls and fires again, the gun clicks and he frowns.
"Smee! Fetch more bullets before the devil boy gets away!" Smee looks up at his captain and gulps.
"W-we are out of bullets captain..." hook growls and glares at Smee.
"Well get me something to throw at him!" Smee nods and hurries into the cabin to find something to suit the captain. Hook glares up at Peter and his new shadowy friend.
"Come down here boy and maybe I won't kill you slowly..." Peter smiles and leans on a sail.
"To die would be a great adventure captain, but I'd rather save that for another day..." Smee runs out and hands Hook a sword.
"Here sir! I got this just for you!" hook grabs it quickly and throws it at Peter. Peter again dodges it, but his shadow isn't fast enough. Luckily, the shadow is nothing but a shadow so the sword passes right through and lands in the water on the other side. Peter smiles and looks back at Hook.
"You done yet?" Hook frowns and looks at Smee.
"Get me something else Smee..." Smee looks up from a thing he is holding.
"All I have here sir is your clock that I just fixed-" Hook grabs the clock and angrily throws it at Peter.
Peter doesn't expect this and fails at evading it. The clock hits him in the head and he falls to the deck. The clock continues flying through the air and soon is falling down to the water. A flash of green signifies the croc jumping. It catches the clock in its mouth and swallows it whole. The croc land back in the water and licks its lips, waiting for Hook as its main course. Peter groans and rubs his head. 10 pirates quickly surround him, all holding their swords near his head. His head spins and his eyes trick him into thinking there are twice as many pirates. He shakes his head and looks for a way to escape the spinning 20 pirates. He notices that all of them are standing with their feet apart. He sighs and ducks, spinning in a circle and kicking his legs out. The pirates all topple to the ground and Peter shoots up into the air, floating next to his shadow.
"Sorry captain, I have to go..." he is quiet for a second as he hears an annoying ticking noise. He looks below him and sees it's coming from the crocodile. He smiles and looks down at the pirates. "Have fun the ticking croc captain!" he flies off with his shadow following closely behind.
That croc could be useful after all, he would at least annoy the captain to no end...
