Chapter 5: Realms of the Afterlife
Solomon led everyone to a secret part of the children's realm there was a big tree with a hidden door once showing it to everyone, Peter then quickly moved to open it and saw what looked liked a big blue portal, he was to jump through when Solomon called out to him
"Peter wait?" Solomon said
"Just a few things you should probably know"
"Like what" John asked
"Well first of all that gateway leads you to the middle ground of the afterlife which is filled with lost souls, souls who never truly found peace" Solomon said "through there you can find your way to other realms of the afterlife"
"How are we to get back here?" Wendy asked
"Well you don't need to worry, you belong to this realm and this realm will always come and find you"
"But you Peter, since your soul is not at rest, you are the one you can become trapped or lost so you need to stick by at least one of your friends understand"
"Yes I understand" Peter said
"Are you sure?" Solomon asked
"Of course I am sure" Peter said
Peter then jumped right through the portal and found himself in what looked liked a dimly lit cave he was surrounded by what looked like people just aimlessly walking about, just them Maimie stood beside him
"Spooky" Maimie said smiling
Peter looked down at her and smiled. "I like you" Peter said
Wendy, John and Michael entered into the realm and looked around at all the people who just seemed to be walking aimlessly about
"We should found out where the other doorways are" Wendy said
"Yeah I'm not so sure I like it here" Michael said
"Well first we got to find where Peter is as well as Maimie" Wendy told him
"Did you notice just how fond Peter is of that little girl" John said "I don't think I remember him being so fond of anyone beyond himself"
"Well there was Wendy" Michael reminded him
"As much as Peter was fond of me, this is different" Wendy said "I think Maimie was actually his friend"
"Peter had friends, he had Tinkerbelle and he had the lost boys" Michael said
"Not really" John said "none of the lost boys ever really knew Peter beyond what we knew about him" John said "but that girl she knew things we did not even know, Peter was even talking to her about growing up"
"And when we knew Peter he would never even want to talk about that" Wendy said remembering what happened when she had mentioned it to Peter in an attempt to get him to open up to her about his feelings
Meanwhile Peter and Maimie were wondering around, Peter actually waved his arm out in front of a few people to see if he could get their attention
"Hello" Peter said
"I don't think they can hear you" Maimie said
"So it would seem, this place is boring, lets see if we can not find the way out"
Peter then started to feel the walls of the cave to see if there was anything that might be another type of doorway, just then he pushed his hand on a particular wall and the wall slid open and there was yet another blue portal
"Oh the cleverness of me" Peter said with his hands on his hips
"We should wait for the others" Maimie said, just then they were finally found by Wendy, John and Michael
"You are suppose to stay with us remember?" Wendy scolded Peter
"I was with this one right here" Peter said patting Maimie on the hand
"Don't do that, I am not a dog" Maimie said swatting his hand away
"Sorry" Peter said
Little did all the children know but they were actually being watched not by a lost soul, but a soul who often spent his time in the cave, he had often been forced to spend his time there thanks to the captain
"Pan is here" Smee said "he is finally here, the captain was right that he would be a restless spirit" Smee then quickly made his way to another doorway in the cave and quickly jumped through it
"So where do you think this leads" Michael asked
"We are never going to find out by just standing here" Maimie said
"I really like you" Peter said with a big smile, "ladies first"
Maimie jumped through the portal and then Peter jumped in after her
"See you on the other side" Peter said smiling at the others
After jumping through Peter looked around and it looked liked he was back in Kensington Gardens
"Peter does this look familiar to you?" Maimie asked him
"It looks like my old home" Peter said, just then the others finally arrived
"This is very beautiful" Wendy said "I wonder where we are?"
Just then Peter looked up and saw that there were numerous fairies coming out from the trees and looking like they were heading in one direction
"Fairies" Peter said
"This must be there realm" John said
"I wonder if Tinkerbelle is here" Wendy said
"Who?" Peter asked
"Do not tell me you have forgotten Tinkerbelle, she was you fairy Peter"
"I have had so many fairies" Peter said "I often tend to forget them"
Just then in another realm in what looked liked some kind of tavern, a small group of men were playing cards, these men were all well known pirate captains on one end of the table was Blackbeard, another was Flint and there was Barbecue and of course instructing everyone to put there cards so they could all see each other hands was Hook himself
"Full house gentlemen" Hook said "Looks like I win again"
"You were always were a good card player, even when you was me boat swim" Blackbeard said
"To good I say" responded Flint
"Are you accusing me of cheating?" Hook asked "Why would I cheat you?, it is not like we are playing for money or anything for that matter"
"Aye" said Barbecue "Being dead sure has its boredom's does not it, and it is not like anything ever changes"
"It couldn't be worse then walking around mindlessly in that lost souls realm" added Flint
Just then Smee came in, and literally tripped over himself, all the captains turned around and looked at him rather annoyed
"Captain" Smee said
"What is it you old dog?" Hook said
"After waiting for what seems to be forever, I have finally seen him, he is here" Smee said
"Who is here?" Blackbeard asked
"Peter Pan" Smee said
Hook looked up, "he is finally here, you have seen him?" Hook asked
"Aye Captain and he wasn't alone, he had that Wendy girl and her brothers with him and there was another smaller girl I have never seen before, sir"
"He must be searching for a way to put his soul at peace, well lets just see what happens when he meets me again" Hook said getting up from the table
"Excuse gentlemen but I have been waiting a very long time to pay a very old friend a very long overdue visit"
To be continued