Hook's Revenge by Heidi Schulz

Author:Heidi Schulz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult - Fiction
Publisher: Disney Book Group

It can be disconcerting to meet a familiar person someplace unexpected. Jocelyn’s situation brings to mind the time I found my neighbor’s gardener digging behind the church. Of course, finding a gardener turning up earth is not out of the ordinary. However, it was past midnight and in a graveyard. He startled me so much that I dropped my shovel.

If Jocelyn had been holding a shovel, she would have dropped it as well. She rushed toward her friend, pulling him into a hug. As boys that age are wont to do, he squirmed out of her embrace and threw another berry at her. Perhaps because Jocelyn was showing such interest in someone other than Peter, the fairy ceased her attack and settled on a leaf to watch.

“Oh, Roger, I can’t believe it!” Jocelyn said. “Today was absolutely the worst day. I felt like giving up, but then I turned around and here you are. Edgar must have brought you back with him after he delivered my letter. Isn’t the Neverland wonderful? What adventures we will have together, just like you promised!”

Roger didn’t reply. Jocelyn felt a sinking in her stomach. Why was he just standing there staring at her? Certainly he hadn’t come all this way to tell her he was angry with her about being sent away from the school.

“Roger?” A world of questions hung on that single word. His reply left every one of them unanswered.

“I’m Dodge,” he said. “What’s your name?”

Behind her, the other lost boys started giggling. “Did you hear what she called him, Ace?”

“I heard her, what about you, Fredo?”

Jocelyn ignored them, peering into Roger’s brown eyes. They looked different somehow—vacant, and lacking the sparkle she was used to. “Don’t you know who I am? It’s me, Jocelyn.”

“That’s a nice name. I like it. Did Peter bring you here too?”

Ugh, him again. “Peter? That flying boy brought you? How did—”

Mention of Peter got the fairy’s attention. Jocelyn felt another sharp pinch, this one to her ear. The little devil rang out a series of alarm bells and wagged a tiny finger in Jocelyn’s face before flying back to her leaf.

Jocelyn rubbed at her sore earlobe, considering her phrasing. “I would like to know how you got here.”

“I told you: Peter brought me. I was running away from the workhouse—”

“Workhouse? What were you doing there?”

Workhouses are bleak establishments created to give the poor yet another reason to feel miserable. Picturing Roger in one of those awful places made Jocelyn’s heart ache. “Were those the ‘other arrangements’ Miss Eliza made for you?”

“I don’t know. I just remember that I had been there for a short time and I was leaving. Before that, I really can’t recall. A boy, Peter Pan, landed in front of me and asked if I wanted to have adventures. Who could refuse? Did he bring you too?”

“No, Pet—” Jocelyn noticed the fairy glaring and shaking her head. “Er, that person did not bring me here! I came on my own to hunt the Neverland crocodile.

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