The stone was cold on my bare feet. I put my now wet tshirt on and I looked at Peter hesitantly. He nodded in the direction of the entrance.
"You ready?" He whispered.
"Yeah...I think.." I replied,staring at the dark doorway. I walked towards the gate and tried to move it out of the way,but it did not budge. "Damn!"
Peter walked past me and tugged open the gate-making a creaking noise.
We sneaked down the dark rocky staircase,trying hard not to fall over. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and heard their laughter. The pirates. I stopped and tugged Peter by the hand.
"I…I can't do this!" I whispered,beginning to shake from terror.
"You can do this!" He replied, grabbing me at the shoulders.
Breathe in. Breathe out. I'm terrible at saving people.
"Okay." I said,regaining my composure."How are we gonna do this?"
"Follow me." He said as he walked into the light. "And remember,break everything in your way."
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"Come get me bitches!" Peter yelled as he flew up into the centre of the cave. I ran across the side of the wall to hide behind a rock. A swarm of pirates were now attacking Peter, but he seemed to be able to hold them back. I looked around, just to get my barings straight.
We were in a giant cave, with a river like stream of water passing right through the middle. Many of the pirates were on boats on this stationary river. There was another doorway on the opposite side of me,which looked very suspicious. I had a feeling in my gut that it was all there. Everything Hook was doing was happening just on the other side of that doorway. How was I supposed to get to the other side without being spotted? I looked in the direction of the nearest pirates,but they were concentrating in catching Peter. I took my chance, for I knew that I wouldn't be able to do that again.
I jumped into the icy cold water,but luckly no one noticed me from all the commotion Peter was making. I swam quickly to the other side and heaved myself up onto the rock. That's when I encountered my first pirate.
He was short and weaker than the other ones, but a pirate nevertheless.
"Look who we have here!" He said, his breath smelling like alcohol. Luckily for me, I managed to punch him in the face before he drew too much attention to me. I began to run to the door and saw Peter kicking those pirates asses! I giggled slightly and then pushed open the door.
There was a staircase leading down into a large room. As I walked through it, I noticed a large steaming pot in the centre of the room. I sighed. "Why are villains so cliché? Can't they like,think of something original?" I thought, as I began to look at some of Hook's ingredients. Nightshade, raw potatoes, mermaid scales,booze and….and fairy blood. And those were only some. I went closer to the pot and began to cough. My coughing turned into choking. I could feel myself losing my energy and I desperately needed water. I fell to my knees but I still managed to crawl out of the smoke's reach. I began to start breathing steadily. That's how he was doing it.I began to break the ingredients and soon everything was in a pile on the floor; and stained from the blood.
I decided to leave here before I was caught so I began my ascent up the steep stairs. The closer I got to the door the louder the outside became. Once I reached there, I placed my ear on the door, to see what was causing the noise. To quote Peter: "It's always Hook."
That was the first time I heard him speak and it sent shivers down my spine.
"You can't be alone!" He said. "The great Peter Pan is never alone! He always has his Lost Boys to do his dirty work…or even his Wendy."
Ouch. I opened the door slightly and managed to catch a glimpse of him…holding Peter by the neck. My head began to spin as I started to panic. What was I to do? Sure, I found out how he was doing this, but what use was this without Peter?
"There's no one." I heard Peter croak out. "I'm by myself."
"Bullshit!" A random pirate screamed out.
"Shut up!" Replied Hook, shoving his gun in the pirate's direction. "I'm sure that you're not. So no one will miss you if I were to…let's say…kill you?" He told Peter leaning in closer. I saw Peter beginning to suffocate.
No. Nonono. I couldn't let him die.
"Let him go!" I screamed as I ran towards Hook. Someone grabbed me from behind,preventing me from reaching Peter. Hook turned around and this time, I managed to get a proper look at him.
He had huge long black curls which went down to his shoulders and piercing blue eyes. He smiled,showing off his pearly white teeth.
"Look who this is!" Hook announced,still holding Peter up against the wall.
"Let him go!" I screamed,trying to break free from the pirate's grip. Peter was then grabbed by two other pirates,as Hook began to walk towards me.
"She has nothing to do with this!" Peter yelled. "I'm the one you want!"
"Aw!" Hook commented sarcastically,as he started to examine me. "The first Wendy was a lot nicer than this New Wendy.." He pulled out his knife and placed it against my neck. I began to shake for fear. "Oh, don't worry New Wendy,you're a lot safer with us than with Peter." He placed his long finger on my lips. This was my chance.
Hook yelped in pain as soon as I bit him and I noticed a trickle of blood coming off his finger. This yelp turned into a chuckle and then into a laugh which sent shivers down my spine.
"I'm afraid that was a big mistake." He whispered into my ear as he sliced my cheek open.
Thanks everyone! I can't believe that I've got 400 views! It's incredibly motivating and I'm trying to write as much as I can, but I've been in Cardiff for a couple days and I haven't managed to write! I'm sorry! However I think this 1,000 word chapter is a good way to make it up to you!
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Question of the chapter: Since this is my first fic, how long chapter wise do you all think this should be?
Reviews from the previous chapter:
GUEST: My sister loves Agatha Christie books. I personally haven't read any, I'm just not into murder mysteries :/ either way, thanks for the review x
FEATHERSKY: Thanks! That's exactly why I chose to write her in that light, to reflect what she's like in the books/movies. Thanks again for the continual support!x
