Becoming Hook: A Villainous Peter Pan Retelling (Legends of Neverland Book 1) by Mary Mecham

Author:Mary Mecham [Mecham, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

Tinkerbell watched as the battle’s favor began to turn from the pirates to the Lost Boys. James and the pirates were held back by their reluctance to strike a deadly blow, none of them wanting to injure the boys. Peter’s followers had no such reservations as they rained darts down on the pirates with as much force as they could muster. As much as she hated to admit it, James was going to lose. Retreat was inevitable.

Well, if James’s men were going to fail, Tinkerbell was determined that this trip would be of value somehow. While everyone was distracted with fighting in the pouring rain, Tinkerbell slipped away. She couldn’t fly with fat raindrops as large as her head splattering all around her, but she still possessed an advantage the pirates did not. Her tiny form went unnoticed as she slipped into the bushes. The only benefit to the rain was that the boys would be forced back to their hideout on foot. It was too good of an opportunity to miss.

It was only a matter of time before the Lost Boys would fall back to their new hideout, and if she followed them, it would save her days of flying around hunting for them. From between the leaves, she watched James shout at the boys, imploring them to remember their families just as she had done to him all those years ago. The same uncertainty showed on the faces of Peter Pan’s followers as they frowned, trying to recall their pasts. Hope surged within Tink’s tiny chest at the sight. They remembered!

Anger bubbled in her gut when she saw the porcupines and pixies emerge from the forest. Those were woodland pixies, from a different tribe than her own, with the ability to communicate with animals; yet here they were, also forced into slavery by Peter Pan, just as she had been for so long. Did Peter have no morality at all? Was endless fun the only motivator for him? Or was it the sadistic pleasure of torturing others that drove his heinous actions?

Tink slathered her body in the thick mud that threatened to sink anyone who stepped into it, disguising her golden glow as effectively as possible. She waited in the underbrush until the pirates had fully retreated. A part of her rippled with annoyance. Hadn’t James realized she’d stayed back?

After the pirates were well out of sight, Peter ordered a search of the nearby foliage to ensure no pirates had lingered behind. It was no haphazard search, either. Peter, curse him, was meticulous and insightful about every possibility that might result in a pirate discovering their new hideout. Tink grudgingly realized that between James and Peter, Peter was perhaps a shade better as a tactician. As the boys scoured the area for any straggling pirates and found none, Tink slowly moved toward the porcupines. The youngest of the Lost Boys had been tasked with holding the pixie leashes, but he was not highly attentive to the pixies’ actions and kept wiping rain out his eyes and asking when it would be time to leave.

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