Meanwhile, Terence was trying not to lose hope. He knew he had seen his love flying away and hoped more than anything she had gone for help. It made his heart pound, though, knowing she might put herself in danger to save him. He couldn't let anything happen to her. No matter what happened between them, he would always love her. He winced as he tried to flutter his wings and felt one of them was quite bruised by the pirates' fingers. He tried, again, to knock the lantern over but failed; all he could do was sit and wait. Hook had already taken him out to question him about the "ultimate treasure" but had become furious when he couldn't understand the jingling coming from his prisoner.

Terence knew Hook wanted pixie dust but he had no idea what for. He had heard stories about fairies dying to protect their precious dust and a Dust Fairy would certainly never be the one to reveal the fairies' secrets. But Terence was scared. He had finally found love and he didn't want his life to end so soon after. He wanted time to enjoy with Tinkerbell, he imagined their Mating Ceremony, how beautiful she would look. He thought of her face when he had presented his Dust Cup; he thought about his fellow Dust Talents at the Dust Depot and how he hadn't really said goodbye. He thought about all of his friends in Pixie Hollow, would they miss him? He sighed, resting his head in his hands and shaking his head.

"No more happy thoughts to keep you in the air any longer," he said to himself. "No more happy thoughts so is there a point in hoping for the best?"

Tink zoomed alongside Peter, neither one of them speaking. Peter mentioned to her that they were sort of leaving Neverland. That the pirate he was going to lived off the coast of Neverland, a place called Pirate Island. Tink didn't like the sound of it and stayed close to Peter but he didn't seem to notice. He kept his eyes forward and his face was resolute. Tink flew closer to him and gasped as she felt a warm feeling coming from him. She reached out a trembling hand and touched his cheek.

She saved my life so I'm going to do everything I can to help her. No one has ever done that for me before. I've never really had a best friend before.

Tink's eyes widened as she heard his voice in her head and she jerked her hand away. Peter noticed and turned to face her, his eyes wide.

"What's wrong?"

"Um. Nothing. Nothing at all."

"You're a terrible liar, Tink. What is it?"

"You've really never had a best friend before?" Peter froze in midair, his legs dangling beneath him.

"Who told you that?"

"No one. It came from you." Peter looked baffled and terrified at the same time.

"That was in my head! How did you hear what's going on in my head?"

"You try," she said slowly and after a few moments of hesitation, Peter held out his hand and Tink landed in his palm. He held her close to his face and closed his eyes.

There's something special about you, Peter. I don't really understand it myself but we were meant to find each other.

Peter's eyes shot open and he stared down at her, open-mouthed.

"Amazing," he said faintly.

"We're definitely connected somehow. After we rescue Terence, we'll have to find out what it is." Peter didn't say anything but merely nodded.

"There's Pirate Island," he pointed and he dove toward the ground, Tink right behind him.

Peter landed smoothly, one hand on his hip, the other going to his mouth. He crowed loudly and cast a quick look around.

"Look alive, sleepyheads! Peter Pan has returned!"

"Peter!" Tink heard several cries of excitement. She now officially hated pirates so she hid underneath his hat and peered out cautiously. The first thing Tink saw was…well, she had to describe them as children, there was no other word for them. They had to be younger even than Peter and they all had broad grins on their faces. The boy who was leading the way was a handsome youth with jet-black hair that was half hidden by a red bandana. He was dressed like a pirate and his brown boots bore a large J on them. He carried in his hand a wooden sword. Right behind him was a little girl, whose dark hair was styled in pigtails, hidden by a pink bandana. She wore a lot of pink and Tink immediately liked her, for the smile on her face was a kind one. The third child looked like the youngest and he was puffing air to keep up. He was a round little thing, with a blue bandana over his hair and a blue vest, sort of like the one the first boy wore. In his hands, he carried a rolled up scroll.

Behind this group of little pirates, a green bird followed, also wearing a bandana. Tink thought it was very silly but she didn't question it. She had no clue as to the customs of pirates.

"Peter, you're back!" The girl yelled.

"We sure have missed you," the youngest cried.

"Crackers yeah," the bird said. Peter smiled.

"I've missed you too, mateys but I've come to ask for your help."

"Anything Peter," the oldest boy said, holding up his sword. Peter reached up and gently lifted Tink off of his head, holding her in his palm. She started to fly away but Peter gave her a kind look and she stopped.

"This is my new friend, Tinkerbell. She's a fairy and her fairy mate has been captured by Hook. We've got to save him and we don't have a lot of time to do it. Will you help me, crew?"

"Peter, like you even have to ask," the boy said, sheathing his sword. The girl edged closer and looked shy.

"Oh she's so beautiful. I've never seen a real live fairy."

"Tink, these are my pirate friends. This is Jake, Izzy, Cubby and the bird's name is Skully. He's a part of the crew too though." Tink said it was nice to meet them but all they heard was the sound of bells.

"Is that her talking? Can you understand her?"

"For some weird reason, I'm the only one who can understand fairy. Anyway, we need to get moving. Can we take Bucky and counter the Jolly Roger at Pirate Cove?"

"Has Hook already set sail? Bucky can definitely out sail the Jolly Roger but I'm still confused," Jake said, watching Peter. "What's that sneaky snook up to now?"

"All we know is that he's captured Tink's friend. And Tink thinks that he'll kill him if we don't rescue him in time."

"No, I know they will kill him," Tink chimed. Izzy bit her lip.

"What did she say?"

"She said we need to get going. Alright crew, you take Bucky and I'll meet you near the Lagoon. I'm going to tell the girls and maybe they'll help us out too. Come on Tink."

"Peter, how did you get here," Cubby asked slowly. Peter didn't answer; his hands on his hips, he slowly rose into the air and hovered a few inches off the ground. The pirates' eyes widened.

"WHOA how are you doing that?"

"Tink did it. So I owe her one. If Bucky can make it in fifteen minutes, we can counter Hook's ship in time." When Jake nodded to show he understood, Peter took off into the air, Tink perched on his shoulder.

"Peter, they are really young to be getting into this sort of danger."

"They face Hook everyday, it's nothing new to them. Jake and his crew are very brave. I trust them with my life."

"Then so do I," Tink replied and Peter smiled, glancing up at her.

"We make a good team, Tink. After we save your friend, I should take you exploring! We'll go on all kinds of adventures together."

"That sounds great, Peter," Tink said, ignoring her racing heart. Peter fell quiet until they soared over the Never Sea and lowered over a lagoon. Tink started as she saw beautiful women lounging on the rocks in the middle of the lagoon. She went slightly red as she watched Peter drop to the ground and greet them. Peter turned toward her and beckoned for her to follow.