The night air was a lot colder than I had originally anticipated and I soon began to shiver. Peter clearly saw me struggle to fly so he came up close and grabbed my hand as we made our way past the second star.
"Don't worry, we'll be in Neverland any minute now." He said, squeezing my already cold hand for confidence.
I soon found out he was not lying,for I could see an exotic looking island in the horizon.
"Neverland!" I breathed out. Peter, having heard this, turned and look at me, showing off his perfectly cheeky smile. I couldn't help but smile back as we approached Neverland.
I was so caught up in the beauty of the island, that I almost flew straight into the pirate-infested bay. I stopped dead in my tracks as I saw their colossal boat. I found myself slowly descending closer and closer to the clear sea, for I had lost my bravery and it was being slowly devoured by fear. Peter saw this and tugged me in the other direction,away from the bay and away from the pirates. As soon as the boat was out of sight, I could feel myself regaining my confidence and happiness.
"Where are we going?" I giggled out, for no apparent reason.
"To the Lost Boys" he stated, as we flew up into the clouds.
(*)
"I'm Curly!" one shouted.
"I'm Nibs!" yelled another.
"I'm Austin and he's Alex!"(**) said a tall boy,pointing at his identical brother.
Several other boys called their names out simultaneously, but I was unable to catch their names. They seemed happy enough,but I could sense something was wrong. It was just hanging in the air, but I couldn't tell what exactly it was.
"Hi,I'm Catelyn,but you can call me Cat." I announced to the boys,waving my hand in the air shyly. I turned around to look at Peter."Will you tell me what's wrong now?" I asked.
"Later," he replied. "First, we eat!" Once hearing this, the Lost Boys started cheering and headed off into the 'dining' area of the hideout. Peter walked past me and grabbed my hand,while flashing his usual smile at me. I felt myself blushing, which made me blush even more! 'You're 16 Cat!' I said to myself. 'You can't have a boy smile at you without turning into a tomato!' I sure did hate my poor social skills… Peter led me into a ginormous room with a long table, piled with fresh fruit and cooked meats. He sat at the head of the table and he gestured for me to sit in the chair on his right. I looked down the table,watching the Lost Boys take their seats. That's when I first saw something wrong…
Around 10 or 11 of the chairs were empty. I looked at the boys once more and realised that some of them were missing. I recalled a few names from the book; Tootles and Slightly! They were two of the main Lost Boys, yet they were no where to be seen.
"Peter," I asked,raising my voice slightly to be heard over the loud noises of the remaining boys." Where's Tootles? Or Slightly?"
As soon as I said their names, I regretted it instantly. Peter's cheeky smile left his face the second he heard the question and the boys had become silent to see how he reacted.
"Cat…" he said,leaning in to me. "Follow me." He got up from the table and made his way through an earthen hallway. He turned left and opened a door which lead to a large bedroom, presumably his. "Sit down." He ordered. "We don't talk about the 'Lost' Lost Boys."
"What happened to them?" I asked.
"I said, we don't talk about them."
"Peter." I said,standing up from the bed to confront him face to face. I stared into his eyes and made that he knew I was not joking. "You asked me here to help you. I'm here and im presuming that the 'Lost' Lost Boys is your problem. Now do you want to tell me what happened to them or should I just leave and let you struggle with this on your own?"
As soon as I said this, he looked away,breaking the steady eye contact we had. He turned his back to me and sighed. He had been defeated by a threat of a tiny girl.
"It's Hook." He whispered. "Hook's turned them.."
"Turned them into..into what?" I asked, placing my hand on his shoulder.
"Adults. They've grown up."
(*)indicates that some time has passed
(**) I've given the Twins my own names because they don't have one in the book and I feel bad for them :3
Thank you for reading the 4th chapter! I wanna say a special thank you to FeatherSky and TheLovelyFacade for following and favourite-ing the story! I know I've said this quite a lot but the support you've all been giving is truly wonderful! ^.^
This chapter was a good length in my opinion (751 words) and I'll hopefully be doing more chapters of this size!
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