Wildest Dreams - Peter Pan OUAT

The Great Escape

Wendy

     I sit in the below deck of the ship, staring out the little crack in the wall; high enough just so I can see outside above the water. I have no idea where we are, or where we're headed. I've been told nothing during the time I've been aboard the Jolly Roger.

     I turn my head and look at the wall across from my pile of rotted blankets I call a bed. On it are jagged slash marks I've indented on the wall, marking how many days I've been here. Fourteen days. Two weeks. It may not seem like a lot, but when you get locked up with nothing to do but count the days, time takes a toll on you.

     I hear the pounding of footsteps coming down the stairs towards the room I'm being kept in. I quickly pick up the front of my wedding dress; still covered in dirt and Derek's blood. I stand and back up in a corner against the wall. The door flies open and there stands a plump little man, known as Smee.

     "The captain requests to see you princess." He says holding the door open. I attempt to press myself further in the corner, "well request denied." I snap. He rolls his eyes, "yes well he's not taking no far an answer." He says. He starts walking towards me and and grabs my arm, yanking me forward.

     "No please stop! Just let me go!" I shout. He pulls me up the stairs and is about to open the door when he pushes me against the wall. "Be quiet, just listen to whatever he says. Follow his order's and you'll be fine." He says eyeing me. I quickly nod and shut my mouth, while blinking back tears. He swings open the door revealing the deck filled with pirates. All of them look over at Smee and I.

     They all give me hungry looks; eyeing me up and down, licking their lips like animals. I scan over the large group of men, seeing some as young as what looks like 17. Smee keeps a firm grip on my elbow and yanks me across the deck towards another door. He knocks three times, then waits.

     "Come in!" I hear the voice of Hook say. Smee let's go of my arm and looks down at me, "well in ya go." He shoves me forward towards the door a bit. I grip the door handle with my shaky hand and quietly pull it open. I walk into the room and hear the door shut behind me. Hook sits at his desk, with his feet resting on top of it. "Ahh my dear Wendy, how are you?" I give him a dumbstruck look. "How am I? You've kidnapped me and kept me locked up on your ship, and you're asking how I am?!" He smirks, lifting his feet off the desk and placing them on the ground. He stands up, and starts walking towards me until my back hits the wall; leaving me with nowhere to go.

     "I do have to say, for a young innocent princess like yourself; you've got fire. Pan would love that about you." I look at him confused, "why do you even want me anyway? If you want money or jewels, why didn't you just take them instead of me?" I question, pressing myself further into the wall. He pushes himself away from the wall, while clutching his stomach chuckling. "What's so funny?" I ask. "Oh Wendy, we didn't want the money. We have plenty of other ways to get that." He says. "Then why am I here?" I ask timidly. "Well that's your decision.." I look up at him, "my decision?" "Yes, its quite a simple choice to make. You either stay aboard my ship and entertain me and my pirates, or you walk the plank... Your choice love."

     I feel like the breath has been knocked out of me, and I suddenly feel very winded. "Entertainment? You mean stay here as a slave to you, or I jump to my death?" I say horrified. He smirks, "take your pick." "No! No! I refuse either, take me back to my kingdom! Back to my family!" I shout. He walks over and raises his hook and brings it down towards my head, and strikes me with it. I fall to the ground from impact, and my vision becomes fuzzy. "Sweet dreams princess."

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     I wake up and immediately feel a throbbing pain in the back of my head. On instinct I reach up to try and rub my head but my hands are restrained. I look down and notice I am tied against a pole on the main deck of the ship. I see the pirates surrounding me with amused expressions; Hook at the front. "W-what are you doing?" I question, attempting to get out of these ropes. Hook smirks, then kneels down in front of me, "its no use, you won't get out of those ropes princess. Now time to make your decision."