Neverland

As soon as the ship was in sight, it took no time at all for Rozalin to get on board. "Now, off to look for the Captain!" she recited her monologue as if an adventurer setting out on a quest. Just then, she watched as Captain Ana dismissed her First Mate back into his cabin. A thought crossed the mind of the small pixie.

No one can deny that the Captain had a good brain beneath her pretty little head but the same however couldn't be said for her crew. And if you want information, instead of going for the manipulative mastermind, why not settle for the ditsy henchmen? She smiled deviously. Exactly.

She flew around the ship, past open windows which reeked of dirty clothing until she finally landed in the First Mate's cabin. She had ventured into the ship too much a time that she knew all the places by heart. "Hello, Mr Hawk," she called behind the man sneakily. "Hawk, Hawk," she sang. After she had let out a playful crow, Rozalin dissolved into a fit of giggles at her own joke. "So, Mr Hawk," she started, floating in a lying position with her back facing the ground and her front facing the ceiling. "What do you know about the Capt'n's plan on little Elora?"

Loki splashed his head with water from the salty sea. He cleaned his dirty blonde hair that had fallen victim to the devilish pixie's prank. "Aw, man," he grunted, sensing the smell of rotten eggs still stubbornly sticking to his scalp. "Bleghh!" Beside him, there were three others who were mirroring his actions, fellow sacrifice of the same tragedy. Two others had flown to Mermaid Lagoon to ask for some magical mermaid service to rid of the stench. "Lucky kids," he muttered, wallowing in self pity because of his pixieless self.

Sliding down the hollow tree, Loki was surprised to see an unfamiliar face. "Heyya!" he greeted cheerfully. "I'm Loki! Whatcha name?"

From the corner of his eyes, he saw Mold watching the children with a smug look on her face. "Careful there, Mold. Or you might give the youngins nightmares with a creepy smile like that," he teased. "And by the way, have ya figured out the riddle yet?" he challenged.

Loki was the one who had set the riddle for the Treasure Hunt this time. The kids had been pestering him all week to tell them them the answer but he refused to give in. 'Ayy, what fun is a riddle when ya know the answer?' he'd say. Some had even resorted to mix some mermaid's truth potion in his salad once but Loki had ran into the forest then and hid from everyone until the potion wore off. Since then he had taken precaution to sniff his grub, he could always catch that faint scent of mermaid magic.

To Mold he added with a loop sided grin, "Imma give ya a clue if you do somethin' for me."

Loki scowled and scratched his damp head when Mold had reminded him about his luck—or rather, the lack of it. "Not funny," he pouted and started shaking his hair dry, resulting on spraying anyone within close proximity. "It's serious stuff!"

He grinned when some of the kids started running away from him and made a dramatic show of choking for air. "Why I otta, come 'ere, you!" He pounced on the kids and started nuzzling his head on their faces. They giggled and laughed into his hair, the kind of deep belly laughter that only infants seem to possess—wonder when he started to lose that laugh? "Now ya kids go and play with Elora over there," he said, shooing them with a voice of mock authority. No one ever took him seriously anyway.

He gave a final wave towards Elora when Mold started pulling him out. His eyes twinkled when he saw that the youngins had already started preparing a bed for her. "Whaddaya know," he chuckled. Before Mold came around, when they were still leaderless after the absence of Pan, the kids started looking at him for guidance but that sort of thing was never for him. The children were a storm of disorder under his leadership so he was more than happy to pass the baton to the leafy girl the second she arrived.

"Hold yar horses there, milady," he stalled playfully when Mold had asked for his demands. The skies were darkening, nightfall approaching. Loki made a scene of taking a deep breath and filling his lungs with the cool air. "Ahhh, nothin' like the cool evening air, eh Mold?" Pondering on his request, he tapped his fingers rhythmically against his chin. "Now, what can I do with my one wish?" Grinning, he turned to her, the corners of his eyes crinkling with mischief. "How 'bout ya try taking the Queen's shark out for a ride?" he laid out his dare.

"There you are!"

Queen Zerra swam swiftly towards her daughter. She raised a sharp eyebrow and folded her arms neatly across her chest. "Didn't you know I have been looking for you, all day?" her voice was calm and didn't give out any indication of anger. However, there was sharp note that carried the weight of judgement and accusation.

The mermaid's eye softened as she stroked her daughter's silver hair. "It's late," she began. "Return to the castle for now. I'll speak with you tomorrow, Dorcas."

Dorcas, the eldest mermaid princess, sat at the bottom of the lake. She watched some other mermaids kindly helped the prank victims clean the stench of rotten eggs. Since she rarely socialized with the lost children and pixies above the water surface, she had little idea about how nasty Rozalin's pranks were.

"Didn't you know I have been looking for you, all day?" her mother's voice woke her up from her daydream. She immediately bowed to Queen Zerra, apologizing for her absense. "Mama, sorry - I forgot the time."

The queen ruffled Dorcas' silver hair, making the princess smiled in delight. "Yes of course." she then followed the queen back to the castle. "Why are there stinky people fooling around our lagoon?"

The Queen had followed her daughter's gaze while at the lagoon. It was not a rare sight to catch lost children socializing with the mermaids. For one reason or another, the children always had something they needed from her people. However, as long as it did not bring any harm to them, Zerra had always stayed silent on their alliance.

"It was probably Rozalin," she said, as a reply to her daughter's question. "I recognized the stench as the same one she had used on the mermaids this morning."
Really, that pixie can be a real pain sometimes. What's more, Queen Zerra could always see her pranks and tricks firsthand through her visions.

As if on cue, the Queen was stuck in a trance as another vision flashed in her eyes as if a movie scene rolling on a wide screen.

"Come here, sharkie, sharkie," she cooed. Gis was not a dumb beast but it couldn't resist the pixie's natural charms on animals. It slowly swam closer to shore towards the bright flash of red. "Gotcha!"

The shark was helpless as he floated out the water as soon as the pixie dust touched his smooth skin. The red pixie let out her infamous cackle. "Now, you stay there quietly, okay?" she mocked, playing at the shark's lack of vocals before flying away humming a tuneless song.

The shark flailed helplessly in the air, it's skin glistening with water as the morning sun burned into it's eyes.

The Queen let out a sigh before slowly cracking her eyes open. "Dorcas dear, would you mind taking Gis out on a swim first thing tomorrow morning?" she requested, without turning back to look at her eldest daughter. "Make sure you keep him in sight."

The princess nodded, "Sure, Mama." Taking care of her mother's pet was not a hard job. Little did Dorcas know what her mother had foreseen. Since she had never met the notorious pixie before, she paid little attention to the related stuff. "I'll keep him in sight carefully."

Melody swam silently through the dark waters. She knew she just entered Mermaid Lagoon. She was extremely nervous and didn't know what any of the other mermaids and men would do. Maybe she wouldn't be welcome or maybe she would be welcome...too... kindly. All of the thoughts swam in her head as she began to swerve off path. Melody regained her train of thought and began to swim straight again. She felt the pixies flutter in her stomach and felt sea sick. How would all of them react? she sighed, turning to look at a new fish swimming beside her. She was used to being followed, by fish, sharks, dolphins. Almost any sea creature you could imagine. Everything but lost children and other mermaids.

"Mama," Dorcas softly poked the queen's arm as she saw a strange shadow not far away behind them, "Somebody new has come." She was never a welcoming or warm-hearted girl, but under her mother's encouragement, she swam to a spot meters away from the stranger. There she saw a pretty mermaid with a head of soft, light red hair.

"You're new here? Never saw you before." Dorcas was not good at making friends, not ever. She squeezed out 2 sentences to catch Melody's attention, but still she forgot to introduce herself. Knowing she would chilled the water around her body, Dorcas kept a distance from the unfamiliar mermaid.

Melody, startled by the sudden voice coming from the other direction, opened her mouth to scream. She then slowly closed it and became a little bit more calm. Yes, I am new here. My name is Melody. Melody Lirina, and you are? Melody gestured toward the shadow wearily.

"Dorcas," she threw out her name indifferently. She swan closer, even though that made the water get colder. Carefully she scanned the new mermaid once again, "You're lost?"

She did not like offering her helping hand, but she would make an exception as long as her mother encouraged her to do so.

Melody shocked at the generosity of the beautifully pale mermaid swam out of the darkness towards her. That is a nice name. Better then Melody for sure. Not really lost though. Just thinkin about finding somewhere to stay.

"Hello," the Queen intervened. "I am the Queen of the mermaids here in Neverland. I don't think I've had the pleasure of meeting you." She smiled warmly although it appeared as a tight line across her lips.

"I'm sure my daughter had already introduced herself," she said, resting her hand on Dorcas's shoulder. "Come, please rest for the night in the castle. A new face is always welcome in my kingdom."

She started pushing the two young mermaids lightly from their bare back. Queen Zerra had always taken priority on the hospitality to her mermaids.

Melody was never touched by another mermaid. Of what she could remember. It was thrilling for her. She began to think about her past and easily started to cry. Thank god I'm already in water. She mumbled not too worried about them seeing.

Ana watched the water roll by, as she patiently waited for the ship to arrive to Mermaid Lagoon. It was about time Ana had a talk with Zerra about the treaties. Ana pulled on her jacket as she watched the ship slow to a stop, she heaved the heavy, black anchor by her side into the sea, checking quickly to make sure there were no mermaids in the path of the great piece of metal. Ana grinned as anchor splashed, with a loud 'Whoosh!' and water everywhere. Ana leaned over the rail of the ship, gesturing for the crew to go back to their quarters.

It's about to get ugly. Ana thought to herself, waiting until all the crew members were down below. Ana turned back to the sparkling water, filled with curious mermaids and mermen, looking upwards, staring at her with curious, but neutral, eyes. Ana smiled to them, letting warmth course through her eyes. She mouthed "Get Zerra for me." to a particular mermaid that seemed braver than the rest, and watched as she swam off, eager to find her Queen. Ana let her hand drift to her sword, gripping the handle tightly.

It pays to be careful. Ana reasoned to herself, gripping the treaty she had made with Zerra in the other hand, glancing at it once or twice.

What could Zerra possibly be doing?! Ana thought to herself impatiently, letting the smile slightly slip from her face.

Queen Zerra veered herself to the source of the call. "What is it, dear?" she questioned softly to the eager mermaid. The female explained the arrival of the pirate ship on the lagoon and the request of the Captain to have an audience with her. Truthfully, she was surprised to hear of the news. "Very well," she said calmly after the girl had finished.

The Queen turned towards her daughter and the new mermaid. "Dorcas, assist me in bringing the girl to the castle. She will be staying in your room, tonight. Right now, I have some matters to attend to." And with that note, she swam off to the surface where a black shadow of the chip was visible from under the waters. Her pet had at some time followed her from behind without her noticing. Petting the shark softly on it's large nose, the Queen surfaced out to the sea.

She glanced around and nodded towards the mermaids who were still lounging by the rocks, signalling with her eyes for them to leave. They bowed and submerged wordlessly into the water. From the corners of her eyes, she noticed her youngest daughter joining the group.

So that's why I hadn't seen this coming.

Finally, she turned towards the pirate's Captain. "You called for me, Anabella?"

Micah was distressed as ran around the outside of the Hangman's tree, it wasn't often that this boy was in such a state, but it was very clear as to why he was when the pixie that normally was with him was no where to be seen. "TARI!!!!!" he yelled loudly, as he tread carefully and lightly, searching high and low for his companion, not caring who he disturbed. Batari was his first friend, she had always been with him since the moment he became a lost boy 11 years ago.

WHAT?! Not in my room please! Dorcas screamed silently in her mind, but she remained cool and did not show any trace of her emotion. "Alright then. Be careful, Mama. Pirates are not nice, at least most of the time..." she knew her mother was way more experienced in dealing with the pirates, but it was always better to stay alert.

Dorcas bit her lips as her mother swan away. Cool now, she turned to the newcomer and asked her to follow her coolly. "Welcome, by the way."

Loki startled from the sudden noise that had blared into his ears. He raised an eyebrow and turned around in the spot he was standing to try and locate where the sound had originated from. He was never good with approximations. Just as he was about to give up and shrug off the disturbance, he barely caught a brief glimpse of a boy running around the area frantically.

"So, think about it, 'kay, Moldy?" he winked to the leader before he started a slow jog towards the lost boy.

"Heyya, Mike! What're ya doin' runnin' around so late?" he questioned evenly, barely breaking a sweat as he finally caught up with his friend. It took a minute for Loki to came into awareness that something was wrong—well, other than the obviously distressed Micah—and another to realize what it actually was. It was the absence of the soft buzzing of the flying pixie that was always heard whenever he was close to Micah. "Woah, where's Tari?" he said as he halted to a stop.

Loki circled his palms around his eyes and squinted through the 'microscope'. "I don't see her anywhere." Then, the boy put a hand over an ear and leaned to his right for two seconds, before repeating the process on his left. "I don't hear her anywhere."

Putting his hands on his waist and raising a judging eyebrow at Micah, he asked condescendingly. "Don't tell me you lost her."

At this point Micah did not know what to do, his friend, his companion that he had been with so long was gone, for the first time since he was five he wanted to cry and Loki was not helping the situation with his antics. He clenched his fists as he stopped, turning to look at the male that he considered a brother, of course he automatically lashed out physically to him, but it was something often seen between them. "Give her back, Loki!!!! I know you took her!!! You always wanted her for your self but you can't so just give her back!!!!" he yelled at him, not really thinking at the moment as he continued to lash out at the dirty blond.

"OWW!"

Loki pushed Micah's head with his extended arm, so that the boy couldn't get a decent shot at him again. He was a good eight inches taller than the kid which gave a huge advantage on his side. Not to brag, but he did have a winning streak on the odd fights among the lost boys—well even though that would be because his opponents are all smaller than him in size, but, still, a win is a win. "Hold yar horses there, kid."

Loki jumped back and swiftly crawled up a nearby tree. From the safe distance of a thick branch, Loki looked down to angry lost boy. He rubbed the spot where Micah had struck him which would probably leave a tender bruise next morning. "I ain't the one to take yar pixie, ya hear me!" he said, flailing his right arm in a threatening manner, imitating the actions of an old geezer trying to rid of neighborhood kids from his lawn. Loki chuckled at his own private joke.

"Ya listen here closely, ya whippersnapper!" he wheezed, mocking a cough. "I ain't interested in used items, ya see." He sat with one leg crossed over the other and held a solemn expression as he scanned the skies. "Well, what'ver t'is. Ya ain't gonna find her in this light." Or the absence of it, he meant. "Ya might as well head out to Mermaid Lagoon with me and Mold first thing tomorrow." A smirk crossed his lips. "That is if our Mold is game enough to take me on my dare."

"I know you took her!!! I seen how you always look at her!!!" Micah yelled up at him, he had been grunting and trying to fight the taller male, while cursing his height. A serious look was on his face as his fists and jaw clenched even more, the jokes were not lost on him but he was to upset to laugh at him. "Tari said she would be back before sun down.....she always keeps her word. So if you didn't take her then why is she not here?" he said to Loki as he climbed up the tree to get to the male's view point to see what he could. He was still angry but he also knew that Loki was right in what he said, he tried to calm down and even more then that he knew it was pointless to waste his energy. "Why are you both going there? Do you think they took her?" he said to him as he sat next to him, sighing in defeat as his eyes scanned what he could see of the island for any glint of his dear friend.

PIRATES!? Melody swam at the speed of light behind a rock that was sticking out of the water. She was shaking and created small waves of water. I don't have to stay, I can find a different place to stay. Melody said slowly regained her sanity. Sorry, I really don't like pirates...much.She chuckled nervously.

Ana took a deep breath. "Darling Zerra, you and I have matters to discuss, in, well, private." Ana said, walking a little further down the gang plank but staying on her ship, which gave her a small sense of security. Ana leaned back, sitting confidently on the ship's wooden board. She glanced at the various mermaids and mermen as they swam away. So cool, so neutral, so confident that their queen will protect them. Ana thought to herself, keeping herself from scoffing out loud.

Ana turned to Zerra, meeting her cool, calm eyes with her own calculating, confident eyes. She gestured vaguely to the Lagoon, saying "Madame, please tell me you have some place in which we can converse in a private manner without worry of one of your, mermaids, coming along, yes?" Ana said, keeping her voice warm.

The Queen was calm. "You need not worry about my mermaids, Anabella. They are under strict orders to return to the kingdom before nightfall."

She glanced to the seas beyond until where her line of sight was restricted by the vast waters, allowing only a glint of the setting sun to be visible to her. "You should know better, Captain, than to come to the lagoon when the skies are dark. It is not safe for mortals to come anywhere near here when the moon is out."

Queen Zerra flicked her glance back to the Captain. "I will meet you at the shores of Crocodile Creek." She announced with a tone of finality. "And I strongly advice you depart with your pirates from this lagoon as quickly as your ship can take you, Captain Ana."

Is the queen going to be okay!?Melody shouted pacing (swimming) back and forth. What if they take her? What if they hurt her!? Meoldy began frantically flailing her arms around thinking about all the possibilities.

Loki shrugged as he hung to the branch with one hand, swinging himself a few times before slipping off the tree to land on the ground, adding an unnecessary rolling to his performance. "I donno. But, it's always good to ask mermaids help when ya lose somethin'."

The lost boy grinned at his leader. "So, I take that as ya takin' my challenge, eh Mold?" Loki absolutely loved going to Mermaid Lagoon, especially at the break of dawn when the skies are purple from the mix of night blue and morning red. He'd never tell why though. But just between you and me, it might have something to do with the one mermaid who's always an early riser, lounging alone in the cool water.

"Well, now that that's settled, let's return to the house, shall we?" He said, pretending to shiver. "It's too chilly out here." He skipped inside without waiting for the other two and was invited by a sight of the youngins crowding in a closed circle. He raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Now, what are ya up to, youngins?"

The circle broke as they all turned to him, their faces lit with glee and concealed giggles at getting caught in the act. He scowled when he had seen what they had done—scribbling on Elora's sleeping face with crayons. He made his way to them with an angry scorn. "Just what're ya think yar doin'!?" he shouted. The kids startled from his outburst, backing away from the scene slowly as they looked at him with a guarded expression. Their faces white as they stammered with excuses.

"W-We were just p-playin'."

"Don't b-be mad, Loki."

"We p-promise we w-won't d-do it, again."

He glowered at them. "For sure ya won't," he said with a solemn expression. In a blink of an eye, the corners of his lips twitched before splitting into a wide grin. "Ya shud'av used paint."

Ana scoffed loudly, trying not to laugh. Don't get near the water at night she says! Strongly suggest you depart! Ana thought to herself, angrily pacing around, as the crew members began to get the ship ready, lifting the gangplank, lifting the sails, raising anchor, getting the ship ready to sail for Cannibal Cove to dock, then sail to Crocodile Creek in the morning.

Ana sighed, inhaling abruptly when a crew member tripped, the fear in his movements obvious. Ana gracefully walked over to him, extending a hand and helping him up quickly. As the crew member stumbled to his feet, he looked up to meet Ana's eyes, startling him silent. Ana smiled, and said "Tell me lad, why is that you look so scared? Did that itty bitty mermaid Zerra scare you?" She teased, letting her voice rise highly at the mention of Zerra's name. The crew member nodded, relaxing at the comment.

"B-b-but Captain Ana, did Zerra mean that? That it's dangerous to be out there?" He asked, stuttering a bit, letting some fear crawl back into his voice. If Ana hadn't known that this Jack Tar was a former lost child, she would have whipped him herself for saying so. But, however, being a lost child, the crew member never really lost that childish tone and thought to him. Most of them never did. It was a side-effect to growing up in Neverland.

Ana grinned and shook her head. "Ya see, laddie, Zerra has always thought herself high and mighty. Don't pay any attention to her, she's just jealous of my crew." She said, winking at the young Jack Tar. He beamed, nodded, and ran off to continue his work. Ana smiled again, wider.

A captain's job is never done. She thought to herself.

"I ain't interested in riddin' no shark right now Mold. I need Tari......" Micah said to her as he managed to pull on his serious face once more, watching as Loki slip from the tree and head inside, he just snorted before he slipped from the tree also. He looked at Mold before rolling his eyes, he never would accept her as their leader, to him there is only one leader they will ever have and that is Peter Pan. "I didn't lose her.....she was stolen." he mumbled as he looked around, he knew he would not be able to sleep without the tinkling sound of Batari singing him to sleep, so instead of going inside to rest he headed to other parts of the island, planning to find her where ever she was at.

"Where are you going to?" Dorcas questioned as Melody suddenly swan away. She never liked taking care of others, not to mention having the chase after them. However she knew Melody could get into trouble if she get lost. After all, she was not familiar with the lagoon and the regions surrounding the lagoon.

Okay, the prime princess agrees to play with you, she picked up her speed and swan fast after Melody. It was lucky to her that the water was cool, otherwise swimming around at such pace could be dreadful.

"Mama would be fine. She's far stronger than anybody else," she tried to relieve her.

Are you sure?She sighed while frowning. Sorry for running off like that, I hate pirates.She frowned some more. I am too much trouble I should leave shouldn't I?

Batari couldn't believe it, she was just heading back to Pixie hallow for her weekly trip when a Pirate had snatched her up to keep her for a pet, to use her for their captain when the time came. That was when she saw Rozalin, she yelled out for her fellow pixie, unsure if she was able to hear her. "ROZALIN!!!!!!" she yelled as loud as she could as she pounded on the glass jar, she really could not believe all of this is happening to her.

"If you leave suddenly, that would really be too much trouble," Dorcas rolled her eyes. Now she no longer minded having another mermaid in her room. She just hoped her mother would not scold her for letting the newcomer swimming around lunatically.

"Can we go to the castle now?"

Okay, sorry. She sighed, she felt nervous and was being immature. Let's go. After that she stopped frantically swimming around and decided to do as she was told.

Ana heard a sudden banging and yelling. Startled, she followed the sound, finding a Jack Tar holding a jar. Ana couldn't tell exactly what was inside, but whatever it was, it was shiny and bouncing around. Curious, Ana stepped forward.

"Laddie? What's that you've got in your hands?"Ana asked, putting a hand on the Jack Tar's shoulder, stopping the girl. She turned around and gasped when she saw it was Captain Ana.

"Ca-ca-ca-Captain Ana!" The girl gasped, still holding onto the jar tightly. She composed herself quickly, and smiled at her captain. "Well, ya see, I was out doing cleaning duty, and I saw a pixie. I thought maybe the pixie might be friends with the treasure pixie, so I captured her. I was going to go show you." She said, jumping up and down from excitement. Ana sighed heavily, smiling at the girl, who had now stopped jumping and was looking at Ana confused look.

"Lass, we can't just go around grabbing pixies willy-nilly. That's not fair to them. Hand her over." Ana said, extending her hand. The girl pouted, but nodded and complied. Ana looked into the jar, meeting the eyes of the terrified pixie.

"Tell me love, I'll let ya go soon. But first, what do you know about Rozalin and that blasted treasure pixie?" Ana questioned, smiling warmly, wanting to calm the pixie down by making the pixie trust her.

Queen Zerra started swimming back towards her kingdom. Since the disappearance of the lost children's previous leader, Peter Pan, barely anyone heeds the fatal warnings given by the mermaids. The young boy, even though mischievous and a determined rule breaker, but he knew of the mermaid's night calls to the moon. Their musical and melancholy voices had no parallel in the world. But be warned, their alluring wails carries a deadly wave to any mere mortal who hears them—for none had lived to tell the tale.

Once, a raid had been made against them by the alliance of the Indians and lost children to kill the merpeople out of irrational fear. And thus, as the Queen, Zerra had to make an agreement with the Indian Chief that she would contain her mermaids in the kingdom whenever the sun sets—on the exception of the night where a full moon peaks. Luckily, tonight was not those nights.

The Queen was surprised when she ran into the two mermaids. "Why are you two still here?" her voice was calm for she saw the distress in the new mermaid's eyes. "Come now. You shouldn't be out here at this time."

Batari stopped her actions, closing her mouth and shutting her words away, yes she was scared for she knew the pirates and knew what happened to Pixies that crossed them in the past. She didn't let her gaze waver from the captian's eyes, oh she was not fooled for a second by her smile or her words considering she spent years protecting Micah from them. "I am not your love......" she said to her in her tinkling voice, she didn't like the fact that people could understand her, it was a pain in her fairy behind.

Oh, this is hopeless.

Rozalin flew out the cabin frustrated and went off to look for another prey. That was when she heard a familiar voice calling her name. Batari? Her wings fluttered as she circled to see where the sound had come from. "Maybe I'm hearing things," she said thoughtfully. She shivered at the possibility that the Captain's madness might actually spread to her.

Speak of the devil...

When she heard the Captain's voice, the pixie hid on instinct before she even saw the female. It appeared that the Captain caught her henchmen in the act of a wrongdoing, she assumed as she followed the flow of the conversation. Oh, how she loved watching someone getting into trouble!

Poking out her head to witness the scene, Rozalin was surprised by the event that followed. Treasure Pixie? So that's what the Captain's been after! The red pixie grinned and internally congratulated herself for her discovery.

Well, then...

"You're asking for me, Captain?" she said cheekily, appearing before the pirate, her eyes laughing. "Why, I'm flattered. You know you could have just asked."

But when she glanced to where Batari was held captive in a jar, Rozalin fumed. "What—what have you done to her?!" she shrilled angrily. She will not ignore the sight of a fellow pixie being kept in such a small space unwillingly. "Lethergo!Lethergo!"

Batari was shocked when she saw Rozalin do her bold move towards the captain, she tried not to call out to her but she couldn't help it, after all Pixies stick together and never give each other up no matter what they do. "Rozalin....run!!!!! RUN NOW!!!!" she yelled at her fellow pixie, as she beat on the jar once more, trying to get Rozalin to realize that she was also in danger and that she needed to leave to be safe after all she knew she could handle this situation.

The pixie blinked.

They say that because a pixie was so small, they were incapable of feeling more than one emotion at a time. So, when Rozalin found ludacrasy in the words of her friend, a burst of giggles escaped her lips as she gaily flew in circles around the pirate.

"Why would I run, silly? That'd be tiresome when I could just fly. Silly, silly Batari," she laughed, already forgetting the crisis at hand.

"Now, where was I, Captain?" she thought quietly. "Oh, yes, yes, yes. So, is the Treasure Pixie the reason why you sent poor little," she eyed the other pixie suspiciously, narrowing her eyes. "... You-know-who to the lost children?" she whispered into the pirate's ear with playful mischief, settling on the woman's shoulder.

"Why, I thought you were going to let me play, yes?" she pouted before bellowing in laughter. "Silly, silly Captain."