I Am None

Chapter 8

     "Do you think he's doing it?" Hazel asked me, we were hiding behind a tree, watching Simon talk to Brayden.
      "Yeah, what else would he be saying?" I asked. She shrugged,
      "What if we didn't get him out of the spell? What if he's still a Lost Boy?" She asked, staring at Simon with anxiety.
      "Hazel," I made her look at me, "He loves you, and the only time he figured that out was when he got out of the curse, you saw him smile when he saw you." I said, she smiled, "He's out of the curse."
     "Ok." She said, then looked back at Simon.
      "So, I feel like we should come up with different names so Peter can't put a curse on us. I'm Captain Hook, What should you be?" I asked her, she thought for a moment.
     "I'm not sure, but I know what Simon could be."
      "What's that?" I asked.
       "His childhood nickname was Smee." She said. I raised an eyebrow, "I'm not kidding. We could call him Smee. Him and I could be part of your crew." She suggested.
     "Ok, Smee and...?" I asked. She thought for a moment.
      "Ok, Brayden. You should eat a pineapple." Those were the code words, I waved my hand for the crew to get him. The crew went and grabbed Brayden.
     "I'm not Brayden, I am a lost boy. I'm not Brayden, I am a lost boy." He repeated over and over. I walked up to him.
     "Brayden. Listen to me, you're name is Brayden, you're brother did this to you, you and I are best friends, I'm James." I said, I kept saying stuff about his life. He looked at me blankly,
     "Who does he love? Whoever he loves, that's what got Simon to come back. You telling him about me." Hazel said. I thought for a moment,
     "Peter. No mater what happened, he loves his brother. Brayden, do you remember Peter, you love him, he's your younger brother, he's not a good person right now, but he's out there, and he need your help." I said. Brayden blinked and stared at me, more with confusion than blankly.
     "Peter..?" He said quietly.
     "Peter, Peter, your brother." I said.
     "Peter, my brother. I'm Brayden, James is my best friend and I love my brother, Peter." He shook his head and looked at me, fully confused.
      Me, Hazel, and Simon explained to him what was going on. 
     "Man... so the reason I was cursed was because of the person that got me out of the curse?" He asked, "Wow, my brother is a horrible person." He said.
     "Yep, but you still love him." Hazel said.
     "There is another person I love. But yes, I will always love Peter. He's just part of me. I can't help it, he's odd, and apparently evil, but I love him." Brayden laughed. I smirked, I didn't know who he loved, which was weird considering I was his best friend, but I got what he meant. Even if Ava was the most evil person in the world, there will always be that one part of her that I love. And I still do.
     "I get it. Anyway, we have to save the rest." I said.
     That day, we saved half of the Lost Boys. Then we left for a little bit, to come up with a plan. Once we did, we went back to Neverland and the iconic movie: Peter Pan was what came out of that. You might've loved the movie, and I'm sorry that I probably ruined it, but I had to tell someone my story.
     Thanks for listening.