Peter Pan's Labyrinth

Chapter 10

Really, I mean it. I own nothing.

"So, we're not outnumbered," Samuel said.

"We're just waiting," Samantha finished.

"Yes," Wendy replied.

Piper laughed at the group.

"We've got the air," he remarked, "As well as a nice, but unexpected surprise for the old Codfish."

"Which is?" Tiger Lily asked, growing curious, since she had heard nothing of the planning.

"You'll see," Wendy remarked, "Let's just say that they're very handy."

Slightly flew down to the ground and said, "Pirates are almost here. Everybody, stay perfectly still."

"Oh look," Tootles remarked mischieviously, "Slightly and Tiger Lily are right next to each other. What a cute couple. That must be why Slightly got caught halfway to where your tribe was."

If stone could blush, Slightly and Tiger Lily would have done so.

Footsteps were heard from the forest, so everybody froze. The pirates got to the middle of the clearing, when Wendy shouted, "Now!"

The Indians, Lost Ones and fairies decimated the pirates in a matter of seconds. Then, Hook sauntered into the clearing and said, "Now, Pan, are you going to fight me?"

Peter turned to the captain, his eyes full of amusement and hatred as he said, "Of course not, James Hook. It would not be a fair fight, seeing as I always win. Therefore, I brought you a friend from Neverland to answer your challenge.

"Who are you blathering about boy?"

"Listen, Hook. Listen carefully."

The field fell silent as Hook waited for an answer.

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.

Hook's eyes widened in terror. The crocodile grinned at him.

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.

It ate him in one gulp and became a statue once more.

"That was easy," Wendy remarked.

"Yes it was," Peter replied.

Wendy turned to him and saw that he still had a chunk of his jaw missing. She felt something in her pocket all of the sudden. She remembered what it was. It was the thing that she and Bobble had found.

"Peter," she asked, showing it to him, "What is this?"

"My jaw!" he exclaimed, "You found it!"

She put it where it went, and gave him a full kiss on the lips. Suddenly, everybody had regained color. She recognized everything.

"Peter," she smiled, "Let's go home. Does that sound like a good idea, Father?"

"Indeed, Mother," he replied, "Do you remember the way?"

"Second star to the right, and straight on until morning. I'm not as forgetful as you are."

Suddenly, he lifted her up.

"I'd like another thimble," he said in a playful, matter-of-fact tone.

"So would I," she replied, ignoring the fact that he had, yet again, referred to it as a thimble rather than a kiss. She was the one who told him that a kiss was a thimble in the first place, so he would never believe that.

Epilogue

Off they all flew to Neverland, where they all lived happily ever after.

Because, after all, every story needs a happy ending.