The Castle of Dreams

- 17 - Kidnapped

While the chaos of King Timothy at the ball began settling in Baylee and Peyton had begun to panic. Where were their friends? Wiley had been with them but he had suddenly ran off leaving just the two of them alone once more. "What should we do?" Peyton asked. Baylee shook her head and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know! Why are you asking me?" She asked.

"Uh, maybe because you're the smart one!" Peyton said back.

"Well, they have to be here somewhere. How could we have lost the-" Baylee was cut off when someone's hand slipped over her mouth and a knife was held at her throat. "BAYLEE!" Peyton yelled reaching for his belt where there had been that small knife/sword. The only problem was Peyton didn't have it. Cursing silently he looked at the man behind Baylee. He was bigger, not overweight or anything but definitely bigger than Peyton was. The crooked grin and missing teeth as well as the eyepatch over his left eye he looked like well, a pirate. Oh no. A pirate? That wasn't good. Peyton began to step forward but the Pirate pressed the knife closer to Baylee's neck. "Careful boy. One wrong move and she dies." Pirate man said. Peyton froze in his tracks, not daring to go any closer no matter how much he wanted to. He had to save Baylee. "Fine. What do you want?" Peyton asked. Someone crept up behind Peyton and forced a knife up to his neck as well. "Just keep your mouth shut and do as you're told." A gruff voice said from behind him. Peyton didn't say another word but he and Baylee were pushed towards the doors all the while still having knife's pressed against their necks. They were led outside of the palace to a giant pirate ship. Still keeping their mouths shut Peyton and Baylee looked up at the ship wondering what could be waiting for them up there, even though they both had a pretty good idea. The pirates kind of gave it away. But they didn't put up a fight. Their captors led them over to a wooden post where they tied them up and went to get their Captain. As soon as they were out of earshot Peyton and Baylee looked over at each other. "Well this is bad." Peyton said. Baylee laughed sarcastically and rolled her eyes. "Of course this is bad. We should have never left the others. Now we're gonna end up all separated again." Baylee said.

"Oh but my dear, that was the whole point." Someone said coming over to Peyton and Baylee. The two of them looked over at who had spoken and to their surprise saw more people than they were expecting. The one that had spoken was none other than Captain Hook, but behind him stood his entire crew of pirates as well as King Timothy and a really really short man. Captain Hook walked over to Peyton and Baylee and put his hook under Baylee's chin. "You my dear are just a bonus, It's really him I want." He said. Peyton was confused but Baylee turned her face away so the hook was no longer right under her chin. "That's ridiculous. Why would you want him?" Baylee asked. The captain moved over to Peyton. Tangling his fingers in Peyton's hair, Hook pushed Peyton's head back against the post. "I want him because..most reasons I don't even remember anymore. But I know I will get my revenge on this boy." said the Captain through gritted teeth and releasing Peyton. Baylee and Peyton exchanged glances. How were they going to get out of this? "But that stuff wasn't Peyton. I mean I know you think it was but it's wasn't. We weren't here back when whatever Peter Pan did to yo-"

The captain cut Baylee off by cracking up. Then he turned to look over at Timothy. "This is the smart one you were telling me about?" He asked. King Timothy crossed his arms with an evil smirk on his face. "Oh, yes. That's her. She will try everything to get you to let them go." Timothy said. Hook laughed again and looked over his shoulder at Baylee. "Nice try, girl. But you won't trick me." He said. Baylee glared at him and then at Timothy. Timothy just laughed and disappeared along with the short man that had been standing next to him. "Okay. So you want me. You can have me, but come on man let Baylee go. Whatever I did I'll take the punishment." Peyton said to Hook. Hook turned to look at Peyton. "How brave of you. But alas, I cannot let her go. She is a prisoner just like you, and when we get back to Neverland you shall both walk the plank and never see the sky again!" Hook cried. Faster than Peyton, Baylee and all of the pirates could even blink the scenery of Zack's castle disappeared and was replaced by a vast ocean with a ginormous island in the background. King Timothy had appeared again, this time with someone else other than the short man. At first glance Peyton and Baylee thought Timothy had Rebecca. And at first it seemed Timothy hadn't even noticed he didn't, when he did however he released Beckett's shirt . Beckett fell on his knees since he was unsteady on his feet. "That was a very foolish thing to do, Boy." Timothy spat at Beckett. Beckett took a deep breath and pushed his hair out of his face. "Yeah, it was. But you can't have Rebecca. I won't allow it." Beckett shot back.

"Aw. You're in love with her aren't you?" Timothy asked in a mocking tone. Beckett turned a violent shade of red. Before he could say anything however Peyton and Baylee stepped in as best they could. "Apparently you are too, you old creep. Why do you want Little Red so much anyways?" Peyton asked yelling across the ship. Timothy glared at Peyton. "That is none of you business, Peter Pan." Timothy said then looking at Captain Hook. "You've got him and a bonus now if you'll excuse me. I have to dispose of this meddlesome boy." Timothy finished nodded his head at Hook grabbed Beckett's arm and disappeared. "NOO!" Peyton and Baylee screamed. Hook and the other pirates laughed. "Let us go!" Baylee demanded. Captain Hook strolled back towards Baylee and once more placed his hook under her chin. "And why would I do that, my sweet?" The captain asked simply. Baylee glared at him and Hook laughed. "Did you change clothes?" He asked after a moment sounding quite confused. Peyton and Baylee looked down at their clothes and saw they had indeed been transformed back into the outfits they had woken up in. Which meant Peyton had gotten that small knife back, he just had to wait for the right moment to attempt to use it. "Of course we didn't change our clothes idiot we're tied up remember?" Baylee tried. The captain looked down at the ropes and then at Peyton then Baylee. "Oh I guess that makes sense...anyways. which one of you shall walk the plank first?" Hook asked quickly recovering from his confusion. Peyton glanced at Baylee but Baylee was quickly trying to worm her and Peytons way out of Hook's grasp. "Well it's always ladies first right? So that would mean me. But then again, it's not really me you want gone it's Pan and if he goes first then you'll have to worry about the lost boys carrying on Peter Pan's long long long rivalry with Captain Hook and of course you can't have tha-"

"MEN! FIND ME THOSE BOYS." Hook yelled. "Smee! My fresh coat." The short man with the striped shirt that was a few sizes to small ran up with a red coat and helped the captain put it on. When Hook was satisfied with his coat he turned to Baylee and Peyton. "Stay right there. We will find those boys and then you can all walk off together!!" And with that he turned and stalked back into the ship's cabin areas while the other Pirates rushed around. Once they were all out of sight Peyton turned as best he could from within the ropes and stared at Baylee. "Baylee, what in the world were you thinking? You just basically framed all of those boys." Peyton said his accent coming out strongly. Baylee tried not to giggle. It had been quite some time since she'd heard Peyton's british accent and when it slipped out it was really funny. But this was a serious moment. Baylee met Peyton's eyes. "Oh, I'm sorry, I was just trying to buy us some time! It's hard to think out an escape plan when you're being confronted by a crazy man with a hook instead of a hand. Especially when that hook is right at your neck!" She exclaimed. Peyton chewed his lip and looked away from Baylee. She had bought them a little time, and if Peyton knew anything he knew those boys knew how to hide, even if he barely knew them. He was about to say else when Hook came back out of the cabin area. Smee, his first mate right behind him. "Stay here." The Captain demanded Peyton and Baylee. The two of them just ignored him. "We'll be back very soon." he said descending the ship onto the land with the rest of his crew. After waiting a few moments to make sure they were gone Baylee tried to wriggle her way out of the ropes. With no luck she finally gave up and layed her head back against the post they were tied too. "Ugh. We are never going to get out of this." Baylee complained. Peyton leaned his head back as well and glanced over at Baylee. "Is the Baylee I know really giving up?" He asked. Baylee groaned and met Peyton's eyes. "Not usually, but Pey-"

"Uh-uh-uh." Peyton said cutting her off. "Our clothes changed back so I've got that knife/sword thing back if I could only reach it I could cut the ropes and we could get out of here and find the others and save Beckett from Timothy only I can't get it because they tied my hands together. It seems not all Pirates are complete loons after all." He said. Baylee gaped at him. He was right. They had changed back so he would have the sword back and they could escape. How had she not thought of that? Except for the fact that Peyton was right about one other thing, as well. The pirates had been smart to tie up their hands before tieing them up to the post. "So in a way that entire plan fails because I can't even reach it." Peyton continued. Baylee rubbed her left wrist with her right hand as best she could. The ropes were tied very tightly, it would take a miracle to get them untied and out of the way before Timothy did something horrible to Beckett. As if on cue Peyton and Baylee heard voices ascending the ladder onto the ship. They both froze in place and looked at each other, terrified.

"Why do you look so terrified?" A familiar voice asked at last.