Today I embark on my true calling. By the time you read this I will hopefully be well on my way to fulfilling my dream, testing my mettle against treacherous seas, and even more dangerous enemies, while searching for the ever elusive Never Land, where I feel I truly belong. I fight a battle within my heart that keeps me from resenting you for claiming me before I would become a Lost Boy. I remind myself you only did so out of love for me, but I cannot bring myself to live the life you have planned. Please know that I have not forsaken you, and I do not shirk my duties to our family. I have found a way to live the life I want while fulfilling my duties to you. I am to be a pirate. Rest assured I shall send you my plunder as I search the seas in my quest to find Never Land.

Yours faithfully,

James

Chapter I