The sun was blazingly hot, too hot in my opinion. London never got this warm, I believe the only time I was ever in such heat was two summers ago..that was an enjoyable time, aside from John and Michael getting horrible sun burns...it was a bit funny seeing mother apply cream to them. Boys were so reckless. I reached over to one of the many plants around us, yanking off one of the leaf's and fanning myself.

Ah much better.

Peter had called everyone out, apparently he had a plan on how to get the supposed treasure. The boy stood in front of us all with a determined expression, Tinkerbelle floated confidently by his side.

"Men, and Wendy" he nodded in my direction. "We have one goal. And that is, getting to that treasure before Captain codfish and his stinkin crew get it. Understood?" the group of boys saluted him. "Yes sir"

"Now. There's a chance they've gotten a head start, but we can still beat them. We're gonna split up into teams. One team will be the distractions while the other team will dig up the treasure. Afterwards we'll all meet back at hangman's tree. Is that clear?

The group of boys saluted him once more.

Distractions? that didn't sound safe... I slowly lifted my hand so that the copper head could see it.

"What is it, Wendy? something wrong?" Peter asked, arching a brow. Tinkerbelle rolled her eyes in annoyance before floating off to rest on a tree branch with a huff.

"Well. I um. Who are we trying to distract? we can't all go together to dig up the treasure."

There was silence for a good two minutes before he replied.

"The pirates of course, and what would be the fun in that? harassing Hook is the best part of our adventures" he smirked. Acting as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Really, he was already hurt, and still wanted to mess around!? Not to mention most of the Lost boys were hurt too. Why wasn't he thinking of them at all?

"It sounds utterly barbaric and I won't take any part in it." I snapped, taking a seat on a nearby log.

Everyone including Tink, gasped.

"B-But...Wendy. It'll be okay, we do this all the time. It's all in good fun, really..." Slightly spoke, his voice was a bit shaky and his eyes darted from me to Peter, the other boys muttered together, I couldn't understand a thing they were saying.

Suddenly, Peter was inches from me, I didn't even notice him approach me. As absurd as it may sound, it was almost like he...well...it was almost like he poofed right before my eyes.

"You don't have a choice. Whatever I say goes" Peters eyes had narrowed, I didn't like the tone of voice he used...it was so- aggressive. He really was childish...

"Oh? well you have no right to tell me what to do and you know what else, sir?" I stood to my feet, my fists clenching. I'm leaving. So, if you want to go ahead and get yourselves hurt even more, then that's fine by me, just don't start crying; when you have holes in every inch of your body. I won't pity you!"

It had been a long time since I went off on anyone. In fact I don't believe I'd ever...been this harsh, he was just so infuriating and I was worried about him.. all of them and he couldn't even see it.

Peter gaped at me, like he was at a loss for words. The boys were frozen, all eyes were on me, it was a bit uncomfortable but I had no time to worry about that.

"Ahem...well. Now that we've cleared that up. I'll leave you to your...oh what was it you called them? yes...ADVENTURES"

I turned on my heel and marched into the opposite direction. I didn't dare look back, not even when Peter shouted. "I DON'T CRY"

I couldn't believe how insufferable he was...yet I was still worried about him being hurt. Ugh, now I was worrying ...like a mother. I walked farther and farther into the forest, I didn't have a particular destination, so I was basically walking around aimlessly. I know it wasn't the smartest move, but I was too upset to care.

I was surrounded by giant trees, and gorgeous blooming flowers. It seemed all so familiar...like I'd walked on this exact path before. If it was true that I had been here in the past...I'd like to get my old memories back. Peter had mentioned knowing my brothers, it made me wonder if they had come with me to this magical place?

John would have loved seeing pirates...and...Micheal.

Well. He always had an interest in Indians ...so perhaps the Indian tribe would have interested him.

It was shame they weren't with me, now.

"Hi, you look awfully down" a soft voice, spoke and broke me from my trance.

"Yeah...I suppose I am a bit-" glancing around, I realized I had no idea where I was ...I was near the ocean, but that's all I knew. ...Had I really walked that far?

It felt like I was only moving for a few moments.

My attention drew back to the voice, once I found the source, my jaw dropped. Resting against a nearby rock, was a Blonde haired, blue eyed, Mermaid. She was beautiful, her skin was a creamy light color, and there was a twinkle in her eye that you'd only notice for second. She smiled softly at me before pushing herself from the stone and swimming closer to me. Her jade tail, made large splashes as she directed herself to shore.

"I'm Marina. And who are you?" her head cocked to the side. Goodness, she was lovely.

"I'm ...Wendy...Wendy Darling." I smiled but it didn't reach my eyes. I just couldn't shake off my sad feeling.

"Wendy...?" The mermaid rubbed her chin for a moment, it looked like she was thinking deeply.

"AH. You must be the Wendy, Peter talks about. if you are. It's so nice to meet you!" Marina beamed and her tail smacked the water excitedly, causing the splashes to hit me, it was cold, but on a hot day like today, it felt nice.

"I-It's nice to meet you too. Marina...I think I may...be that person. I suppose..."

"You suppose? either you are...or you're not." she was beginning to sound a bit impatient now.

"Well... then I am." I laughed nervously. This answered seemed fine, seeing as her agitation was gone and she held a cheerful smile.

"Well, I'm glad that's cleared up." Marina's gaze shifted over as if she was looking at something important. "HEY. She's over here. Come and get her"

Come and get me? I quickly backed away, glancing from side to side. Who was she talking to? I felt fear building up inside me, with good reason too. Once I saw, who she was addressing.

Sailing up to shore was a row boat. Farther off was a giant Pirate ship. ...An all too familiar pirate ship.

Sitting in the small boat was, the hooked captain himself with him was the man I assumed was Smee and two large, scary, muscular pirates.

"Oh, no" I turned to run away, but my ankle was grabbed by Marina. She chuckled mischievously.

"LET ME GO" I begged, trying to break free from her grasp. I couldn't believe I fell into this kind of trap. What was I gonna do now? The mermaid's hold tightend, it felt like my leg was going to be snapped. How was she so strong?

"Now, now. My dear. No need to be frightened. You won't be hurt...for now. Just listen to what I say...and everything will be..fine" Hooked, grinned wickedly, as he stepped out of the row boat. a Rope was clenched tightly in his hand.

...I was...in a lot of trouble..

CHAPTER END. I'm so sorry for taking so long to update.

My work hours have been insane, anyway. I hope you enjoyed this chapter

I'll do my best to update, soon.