Escape to Neverland (A Peter Pan Fanfiction)

MERMAIDS ARE CRAY!

After a few minutes of walking, Peter stopped as we came across a distinct tidal pond. “Pete, why did you stop?” I asked. Suddenly, Peter tugged at my hand and we hid behind the leaves of an exotic plant. “Peter Pan! What are we doing hiding behind a shrub?!” I demanded before Peter shushed me. He kept staring at the pond, so I decided to stare with him. The water was navy blue and sun was quite luminous in the area. There were four abundant violet-grayish colored stones in the center of the pond. Near the stones, there was a shower-like waterfall that flourished with clear water. Also, there were mountainous stones with invigorated bright green vegetation surrounding the area. The view was absolutely marvelous. It was like I was in a fairy tale, well technically I was. However, it was what inhabited the area that made my jaw drop. Beautiful mermaids of all color relaxed upon the four stones. “Welcome to Mermaid Lagoon,” Peter exclaimed as he ushered his arm in the direction of the lagoon.

“Wow, real mermaids!” I exasperated. I couldn’t help but just stare at them, not to sound creepy. “We can meet them if you’ll like to,” Peter said with a cheerful smile. I nodded my head and we proceeded forward towards the mermaids. “Oh look!” a mermaid with long jet hair blurted as she pointed at Peter. Suddenly, all of the mermaids turned their heads in Peter’s direction. “HI PETER!” all of the mermaids bubbly greeted. Peter waved and said, “Hiya girls!”

“Where have you been Peter?” a mermaid with a high auburn ponytail asked. Peter looked down and grinned, “Well, I’ve been so many adventures that I haven’t had time to visit you guys.” All of the mermaids giggled, and I felt really awkward just standing there. Meeting the mermaids was a mistake, I didn’t expect them to flirt with Peter the whole entire time. “Ooh! Tell us about one of your adventures! I love your adventures!” A girl with a blackish-blue bob cut pleaded. “Hmm,” Peter pondered. “Did I tell yall about when I found Felix?”  The mermaids cheered.

Peter found Felix? “Oh I love that story! Please tell it again!” a mermaid with a purple pixie-cut adored. With that, Peter cleared his throat and closed his eyes, “I remember, I had just finished a battle with Killian. I cut off his hand and fed it to Tick-Tock, boy was it hilarious.” The mermaids laughed, but I just rolled my eyes. “Then, as I walked along the coastline, I found a boy wrestling to get out of a fishing net. ‘Help me, someone help’ I remember the boy saying. I rushed over to help the boy out of the fishing net and cleaned him up a bit. He told me that he had lost his memory and that he had no idea who or where he was. I explained to him about Neverland and told him that he could be whatever he wanted to be. There was a tag on him that said ‘Felix’, so I decided to call him that and that’s how we met.”

The mermaids cheered and clapped. “Oh Peter, you always tell the best stories,” a mermaid with a starfish in her long golden blonde hair allured. “Yeah! That story was great!” I praised. Just then, all of the mermaids turned their heads in my direction. “Peter, who’s she?” the jet haired mermaid asked with a face of disgust. Peter held my hand, “I would like yall to meet my friend, Stephanie.” I awkwardly smiled and waved with bashfulness, “Hello.” The mermaids didn’t say anything, they just stared at me with blank faces.

Just then, the blonde mermaid smiled and asked, “Nice to meet you Stephanie, would you like to swim with us?” I wonder where this was going…. “Uh, no thank you,” I replied. The mermaids started to swim closer to me. “C’mon, it’s so much fun!” the purple haired mermaid smirked as she splashed water at me. The water got all over my me and made my clothes stick to my body. Another mermaid splashed water onto my face, it got into my eyes and it burned!

“No, please stop,” I pleaded. However, all of the other mermaids decided to join in, even Peter. “Learn to have some fun Steph!” Peter snorted. The splashes of water turned into gallons. However, I felt a hand on my left ankle and I was pulled into the lagoon. “STEPHANIE!” Peter cried, but it was too late. I pulled and jerked at the hand as I tried to break free, but it was just too strong. The deeper I went into the lagoon, the more air I lost. Then, I passed out.

………………….

I woke up spitting out water. I breathed in air and was brought back to life. I looked around my surroundings and saw a boy who greatly resembled Booboo Stewart. He looked about my age and was super cute! “Uh, hi,” I shyly said. The boy smiled beautifully, “Are you okay?” I looked straight into his Dark Brown eyes and replied, “Yeah, I’m fine. Were you the one that dragged me into the lagoon?” Before he answered, he took my hands and raised me to my feet. “More like saved you. One of those mermaids grabbed you and pulled you into the water. I saw what happened and silently dove into the water to save you. The mermaid put up a fight, but I was stronger. Your heart had stopped beating, but I performed CPR and revived you.” I looked around and saw that we were in the middle of the forest, far away from the lagoon. “Thanks for saving me, those mermaids were really mean. Peter didn’t really help either…” I pointed out. The last thing I remember was Peter shouting my name, where could he be? “Peter is okay, you learn to love him,” the boy claimed. As I looked at the boy, I noticed that he was wearing native clothes.

“Are you an Indian?” I questioned. The boy nodded and said, “ I was out here hunting for the tribe, but then I saw you at the lagoon.” I nodded and asked, “What’s your name?” The boy let out his hand, “Yellow Hornet, nice to meet you.” Wait, was he joking? “I beg your pardon?” I asked with a confused expression on my face. “Yeah, it’s a weird native name, but it’s really Yellow Hornet. You can just call me Yellow though,” Yellow explained. “My name is Stephanie Karnosh,” replied as I took his hand and shook it.

Then, there was a shout in the distance. “STEPHANIE!” the voice shouted. I turned my head towards the sound of the voice. “Peter?” I thought out loud. Just then, a tired Peter Pan had appeared. “Stephanie! Where have you been? I thought I lost you,” Peter croaked as he hugged me tightly. “Stephanie, I’m so sorry about the mermaids. It’s all my fault, I…” Peter stopped talking and looked behind me. “So I see you’ve met Yellow Hornet. Hello Yellow, nice to see you.” I looked at Yellow and said, “Yeah, Yellow saved me from the mermaids and then he revived me.” I smiled and then looked at Peter, he had a pissed off expression and it looked like he was going to blow a fuse.

“I can’t thank you enough Yellow,” Peter stated. Yellow nodded and said, “Anything for Peter Pan.” There was an awkward moment of silence until Peter broke it, “Well, we really must be going. C’mon Stephanie, nice seeing you Yellow.” Peter grabbed my hand and we walked. As Yellow got smaller and smaller behind me, I waved to him. He waved back and started walking away. I’m glad I had met Yellow. He was sweet and drop dead gorgeous!

I hope he doesn’t forget about me. However, Peter acted quite strange. It’s like he hated Yellow with a passion. How do you hate someone that beautiful? I was still pretty angry that Peter didn’t save me, they were drowning me! All Peter did was join in, he laughed at me! I took my hand away from Peter and stopped in my place. Peter turned around and gave me a baffled look. “Stephanie, why are you stopping? Is there something wrong?”

I just looked at him and angrily snapped, “Peter, we need to talk.”