Mara Turner is adventurous, all she wanted was go on an adventure but was cut short when she came across Neverland with Captain Hook. Mara chooses to be left behind so Captain Hook along with his crew can go home. With Mara being stuck in Neverland...
When Mara noticed her canteen was empty, she had to ask James where the river was, he seemed too busy talking to the right-hand boy to take her and he responded "Just go straight there--" he pointed the west side, "--and it won't be hard to find"
She went where James was pointing, just straight ahead she went, the boys were still heard after taking about a hundred paces before hearing the river ahead. The weather was quite warm today, but she could feel the breeze coming from the ocean hitting her. She didn't want to continue training, she wanted to just stroll around, maybe take a look of the island and see what else is out here. When she reached the river, it was her chance to go, run off into those woods, skip training and tour herself around. She wouldn't care if she made Peter Pan mad or even James.
Pan said Neverland is a place where she could do whatever she wants. If she does not to train, then she won't. She'll might as well go for a walk. When she filled up the canteen, that's when she went to other direction, she followed where the river was flowing to.
It wasn't a long walk when she reached the end of the river, little waterfall from the river into the ocean, she found herself in a cove, it wasn't the same bay as yesterday where the Jolly Roger stayed. It looked more of lagoon though. Mara thought it was beautiful, especially the waterfall, flowery and green vines around. She climbed down the rocks, jumped off and landed on her feet on the rocky shore. She wanted to take a clear look at the waterfalls, she walked off further away.
As she was walking, she heard a splash from the water, she halted for a moment until thinking it could be only a frog or some sort, then kept going. It was another splash that sounded quite big, when she looked again, and to her surprise, she spotted a woman in the water but her head into the surface and staring right at her.
The woman was blond, heart-shaped face, her skin so white and clear looking, her lips were visible pink. Very beautiful that Mara envied of the woman's looks. She flashed a kind smile at Mara. "It's a girl" the woman's voice was hush, soft and as if she was announcing.
Another woman popped up out to the surface, her head out, this one had dark hair as raven's feathers, "A girl?" she sounded surprised.
"Girl?" another came up who had brown hair, then another then another and another. Few more, there were at least a dozen of them and different hair colors and skin tones. All said "Girl" when their heads popped up and said it like a song in a hush voice.
Mara was astonished, her mouth gaped as she stared at each woman. What were they doing in the water? The question went into her mind, but took a moment until she realized, "Mermaids" she whispered.
"Not just a girl--" a woman with dark hair and olive skin said, "--but a pretty one"
"Pretty, pretty girl" a red hair said.
"Come, pretty girl" the first mermaid rose up to her chest, her blond long hair covered most of her chest. "Come play with us, swim with us, we'll show you our secret"
Are these the inhabitants that James mentioned before? she wondered. He did say she wasn't the only girl on the island but were these mermaids he spoke of?
Every mermaid gave her a kind smile, she heard of them before, she had never seen one before, and she wasn't sure if they were whether friendly or not.
"Secret, we'll share with you" another said.
"Just play with us"
"Swim with us"
Mara was hesitant, something in her stomach told her to not to and didn't felt that they were trustworthy. These were creatures, and every creatures she had seen before her eyes were rude, cruel and vile. "I'm sorry" she responded finally, "I already have people to play with" she didn't want to mention the Lost Boys. "I'm supposed to go to them now"
I should leave, she thought, just walk away and leave. She did, she turned around, surely the mermaids can't just swim or walk onto the shore or anything if they were that vile enough to attack her or whichever. She stepped toward the forest when she heard one of them demanding "We said come play with us!" Something tangled her ankle instantly, yanked back and she fell on her arms and stomach. She was being pulled toward the water.
Mara tried grabbing onto the ground as she could while being dragged, she kicked and try shaking off the rope or whatever they used. She was already in the water until the rope snapped, she thrashed before getting on her feet then drew her sword. One of the mermaids was just a few feet away from her as she raised her weapon over her shoulder. Before she could swing, she felt a hand grasping her wrist from behind.
It was Peter Pan, looking all stern at her, "What are you doing?"
"They tried to drown me!" she exclaimed.
He pulled Mara behind him and looked at the mermaids "What did I say about leaving the Lost Boys alone?"
"She's no boy but a girl" the same blond mermaid responded all serious and she seemed to be the leader of the women. "She was the one who stepped onto my grounds"
"And we just wanted to play with her" one of the mermaids snickered.
"Again, I warn you all to leave the boys and even her alone" Pan replied sharply.
"As long as they don't come near" the blond mermaid sneered. With that, Pan turned, nudging Mara to go, she did, when leaving the lagoon, she heard the mermaids laughing.
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