Neverland, the Lost Boys and the First Lost Girl

Truth

We laughed the morning away and took a light lunch up in the tree. After

lunch we started gathering orchids and by midafternoon had several large bouquets of them. I

was bending down to pick a particularly pretty flower when I heard an abrupt cry from Tiger

Lily. To my horror a pirate had a hold of her arm and I watched as she violently wrenched

herself away from him. A large number of other pirates had appeared beside him and I then

 feared for our lives. We were not far from the tree and ran as fast as we could to it, but there

were many pirates and they almost cut us off. We scrambled up the tree and were able to bring

up our ladder before the pirates got to it but it was a close call. Swiftly Tiger Lily grabbed her

bow and began to pick off the pirates below us they however also had an archer with them who

 sent us both diving for cover. The few pirates that had first attacked us had doubled in number

and now several more could be seen coming through the jungle. At this point, grandchildren,

we knew that we were in trouble. We were not expected back until tomorrow and there was a

good chance that by then rescue would be too late. Tiger Lily only had so many arrows with her

and it would not take the pirates long to come up with some sort of ladder to scale the tree. As

we guessed the pirates had already thought of a way to get us out. Several men with spikes

came to the base of the tree and began pounding them into the trunk. Tiger Lily was able to

keep them away from the tree for a short time but presently her arrows ran out. Now all we

could do was watch and wait while the men below us slowly worked their way up the tree.

There was now about thirty pirates around the tree and they each took turns working on the

stakes. Suddenly two of the men cried out and went down with arrows in them! Then from a

 different direction another pirate fell. This threw the pirates into a great confusion and more

and more men succumbed to the bite of an arrowhead. Tiger Lily and I were shocked and

curious of the identity our rescuers. Surely we thought the braves in the village had somehow

discovered our plight and had come to rescue us. The pirates now numbered between fifteen

and twenty after their loss from the unseen archers. A sudden movement from below us caught

my eye and I saw a form jump in the midst of the pirates and cut two of the men down. I

realized then that it was David and when another person joined him I recognized Tiger Lilly's

brother, Eagle Feather, the same one who I had struck a deal with. They began a fierce battle

with the pirates which Tiger Lilly and I quickly joined. She fought with a long dagger that she

kept with her and we stood back to back while fending off the pirates. It was a close thing but

 to my astonishment we were much better swordsman than the villainous pirates and eventually

either killed all of them or beat them back. When the battle was over we all stood breathing