The Pirate King
The Siren
&&_ I shall reign at last...
They all love him - always - this boy who refused to grow up and become a man. All of Never Land catered his whims, played endless games, cherished their 'prince'. And through it all, he lay trapped, chained to a world he despised more and more as the days passed him by.
Never Land and Peter Pan took his life from him, made a mockery of a man feared by every mariner of the Seven Seas. He lost love's gift, and became a stranger to his children.
But he lay waiting patiently, for that day when fate would slip and he could seize control at long last...
...and then the storm clouds came, and the waters became dangerous, choppy and wild. And he knew, the good captain knew, that the day has come at last.Peter Pan was growing up, and his Lost Boys were leaving him, joining the pirate clan, ready to become men. They no longer seek the comfort of boyhood, rejoicing at last the strength of adulthood.
But more important...
More important was that Neverland was willing to share the magic at long last. Now Hook himself was given a glimpse of the enchanted island's magic, and he longed for more.
It was he fitting, he thought, since Never Land took so much from me.
but there was a price for the gift
He must fall in love with the merprincess
He must love again, trust again, and fill the pain of no longer being alone. A choice must be made, one that may affect his life more strongly than when he became eternal playmate of Peter.
Will he choose eternity with Undine?
Or will he lay claim to destiny as Never Land's new King?
But on the darker side of things, under the surface, Undine also lies in a torrent of choices. Her time as Queen has arrived and must decide if the good of her people lies in the clutches of the Hook, or the playful and care free boy called Pan.---
&&_ I shall reign at last, subplot two
