A/N: All I'm going to say is…UPDATE! Oh and that the whole story will be in hook's POV except for the epilogue which will be Wendy and maybe a scene in Peter's POV;) and one section in the last chapter might be in Erin's POV not decided yet. Just to clarify, Hook and Erin were on the ocean for a little over a year before they found Neverland.
Disclaimer: all rights go to Walt Disney I only own the plot and my OC. (But you KNOW this!)
WARNING: strong and offensive language with hints of violence.
Enjoy!
(10 Years Later July 4th)
It has been nine miserable years and four long months since we found Neverland and met the blasted Buffon that ruled it. Peter Pan. Not only was the boy cocky, but not only an hour after we arrived he tried to kidnap MY Erin! And then one year later he CUT OFF my hand and FED it to that cursed CROCODILE! So now I have to walk around with a hook for a left hand! Sounds atrocious doesn't he?
Four months after he cut off my hand did he apologise to Erin for his behaviour stating that he was "only having fun" Naturally, it took her a while to forgive him… EIGHT BLOODY WEEKS IT TOOK HER TO FORGIVE THE VILE LITTLE CREATURE! As furious as it made, and still makes me, I have no say on the matter, for I don't want her to leave me...she's all I have.
So alas, since that day they have been the best friends. And with them being best friends brings the burden of worry when she goes flying off to the island with him. But I can only be happy that she has someone other than myself and the crew to talk to and play with, I can recall every time she has come home telling me of the 'grand adventures' that she has had that day with the demon child and his army of lost boys and all the fun games they would play together, like hide & seek and tag and the new game she made up called tracker, being the creator of this new game landed her with the title of Neverlands 'very first lost girl'.
Now eight years, three months and one week later they were STILL best friends and I STILL loathed the bastard with a burning passion for what he did to my hand and they were inseparable, until about a week ago… What happened was they had a horrible argument…
*Flashback*
I felt my face take on a, what I imagine to be, sour look when I saw the beastly little menace and my daughter on the deck of the ship. I ran a hand over my tired face and rubbed my temples in annoyance.
"Rinny darling, must you REALLY bring the boy back to the ship with you?" I questioned wearily.
She turned around shock showing on her face when she saw me standing there watching them both. Taking a side-long glance towards the boy she sheepishly stepped forward and with her sea green eyes cautiously peeked through her long, black lashes and shrugged her shoulders scuffing her foot on the faded mahogany deck.
"Erin dear, I'm not angry with you just...curious." I reassured her.
She looked at me fully then giving me her full attention.
"I'm terribly sorry dad, but Peter said he had a secret to tell me." She said.
I looked at her my annoyance quickly diminishing as I looked at her guilty face. I sighed deeply and looked past her to my mortal enemy in suspicion he was looking at me wearily.
"Why couldn't he tell you back on the island?" I asked raising my eyebrow in suspicion.
She froze for a second before biting her lip absentmindedly before her eyes lit up with realisation.
"He said he had to tell me in private and that the boys and Tink can't know about it" she said confidently smiling at Pan smugly.
I raised my eyebrow further at this remark. 'What could possibly be so important or so secret that the lost boys or his annoying fairy friend can't know?' I thought to myself. I asked this looking at the demon intending for him to answer the question.
Erin opened her mouth to say something then closed it in confusion she looked back at the boy with a questioning look. She obviously didn't know why he couldn't tell everyone his big secret and looked as if she would like to know the answer herself. Pan shifted uncomfortably under Erin's and my gaze.
"Ummm…well I err i…" he stammered.
As he continued to stammer he avoided eye contact with us both while subconsciously wringing his hat in his hands. Then as if a switch had been flipped he looked up at me and gave me an evil grin.
"Aw c'mon you ol' codfish! Afraid you'll lose her to me like you lost her mother?" he joked.
I felt my blood boil over in anger. He grinned in pride at my facial expression. Blindly I stepped towards him and pulled my cutlass from its scabbard and raised it in a slicing position I could see the childish glee all over his face at getting a reaction out of me adding fuel to my fire.
"You little…BASTARD!" I screamed as I swung at him with a strong right hook. (Excuse the pun)
He jumped into the air and flew in a circle around me then shot off into the rigging laughing all the way.
He stopped laughing when he looked past me at Erin. On instinct I turned with concern only to see her dark green eyes fill with unshed tears.
"How, how could you say something like that peter when you can see me standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?!" She yelled swiping at her eyes trying desperately to get rid of the tears.
He slowly sank to the floor at her words and scrambled past me to grab her shoulders.
"No…E-Erin please I di-" He started but was cut off by her loud snort.
"Oh please peter! If you cared about me in the slightest you would never have said th-" she paused in her rant and I saw her eyes dim before she spoke more quietly.
"that's it isn't it? ALL THIS TIME YOU'VE BEEN USING ME AS A REASON TO GRATE ON MY DAD'S NERVES! YOU, TINK AND THE BOYS YOU ALL MUST HAVE A GOOD LAUGH BEHIND MY BACK WHEN IM NOT THERE! 'Oh isn't she a scream! ACTUALLY thinks we're her FRIENDS?!' WELL I WONT STAND FOR IT ANY LONGER!" She screamed in his face shaking his hands off her shoulders and pushing him away and into the main mast.
"NO! Erin it-it's not like that I swear!" he tried.
She laughed the tears pooling in her eyes yet again.
"Oh you swear do you? Well I could have sworn I told you about my past with my mother in confidence and I pleaded with you NOT to ever mention it again because it reminded me of how she used to treat me when daddy wasn't there! And yet you would go so far as to betray my trust JUST to get a rise out of my dad and goad him into a fight just like you always do?! That's low Pan even for you!" She growled the tears slowly sliding down her face.
She wiped them away leaving red blotches on her already rosy cheeks and sniffled to try and stifle the loud sob trying to escape her heaving chest. Pan was frozen where he stood panic written clear on his face as he processed what she said and realising the mess he got himself into.
"Erin please, I-I wasn't thinking i- please don't cry you know I hate it when you cry." He whispered desperately.
He cautiously moved towards her being careful as if she were a cornered animal and shakily brought his hand to her face to wipe away her still falling tears.
"NO!" she shouted pushing his hand away.
"I hate you." She whispered.
She spun around and faced the starboard side of the ship her shoulders visibly shaking. The look of shock on Pan's face was enough to tell me that he was hurt by her words. He hung his head dejectedly and turned to the railing on the port side of The Jolly Rodger and got ready to take off. But he stopped. And he turned to look at Erin again.
"Just so you know…you're still my lost girl" he whispered loud enough for both of us to hear.
And just like that he was gone. I looked at my daughter in sorrow and moved to turn her around to face me. As soon as she was facing me fully she flung her arms around my middle and pressed her face into my chest and sobbed and screamed into my chest letting out all of her pent up anguish. I sighed and wrapped my arms around her violently shaking shoulders tightly and shushed her.
*end flashback*
That was week ago now and he's done nothing but try apologising to her for what he said. He's sent the lost boys onto my ship to tell her how much she means to them, he's sent the fairies with rare Neverland flowers and apology notes, he's got the Indian princess, TigerLilly to try and get her to forgive him. But she's not budged in her decision. Stubborn... she gets it from me. . As happy as I am that I have my daughter to myself again I can't help but notice how… closed off she is from me and the rest of the crew. She won't eat, she won't talk, I've heard her cry herself to sleep at night and she won't even drink my hot cocoa that she loves so much.
The next day I saw her on deck staring longingly towards the island and it hit me. She missed them. I decided then that it was time she had a little chat with the flying demon.
"Erin dear…" I started.
"Yes Father?" she asked no emotion in her voice.
I winced slightly at how formal she was being. she's never called me 'father' before it was always dad or daddy and that's how I'd like to keep it thank you. I made my way to the left of her and looked out at the island aswell. I turned my head slightly to see her face and solemn green eyes and sighed.
"I think it's time you forgave Pan" I said slowly so that she could let what I said to her sink in.
"I- you what?" she stuttered.
"Otherwise I'll go mad having him on my ship all day long trying to get you to forgive him and there's only so much of Pan I can cope with in a day let alone a week!" I grumbled the last part under my breath.
She heard and giggled softly looking up at me with her blue eyes and flung herself at me and thanking me over and over. All at once it was like the clock had reversed and she was five again... Begging me to let her come sailing with me, I squeezed her harder knowing that my baby girl is growing up. I pulled away slightly and moved her hair from her face lovingly.
"Happy 16th birthday Rinny"
She looked up at me with shining forget-me-knot blue eyes.
"Thank you daddy." She whispered and hugged me again.
"...never say I don't love you after this" I growled in jest as she laughed and told me she loved me too.
A/N: I know you all probably hate me for leaving it this long but I've had a severe case of writers block AND I've been having a game of thrones and a once upon a time marathon along with a Jurassic park and the mummy trilogy marathon on the weekends! Actually think my next story will be Jurassic park or the mummy I don't know let me know in the reviews?
Edited July 18th 2018.