Another story! Whe-eee-eee!

Disclaimer: I own nothing Peter Pan, or J.M. Barrie
She sat in the shallows of the river, trying to understand why she was there. Sure, she had wished for more adventure, but this was just freaky. Yet cool, at the same time.

There were trees as tall as skyscrapers, giant mushrooms that looked perfect for bouncing on like a trampoline, animals that called out from the underbrush and, if her ears weren't deceiving her, the calls of Indians! She shivered with excitement. She was getting more than what she wished for. This place...it not only spoke of adventure, it practically screamed it out.

A branch crunched behind her. She turned around, and saw two men staring at her. One was fat and clothed in blue/white stripes, and the other was covered with tattoos. Very mottley looking. Then one drew a sword.

"O-o! Adventure already? Cool!" she clapped her hands, smiling widely.

"Now, miss, what are you doing here?" asked the one in the stripes. He advanced slightly. This girl's reaction wasn't normal. Most people screamed when meeting pirates for the first time.

"The name's not "miss". It's Abby. Who are you?" she smiled disarmingly at him.

"Uh, what-?" He was thrown off by the smile.

"Your name." she repeated, her eyes twinkling like a star.

"Smee." he said, confused. Most children screamed and ran away. This one stayed and met his eyes without fear. What the heck...? She must be thinking that she was having a dream...she thought he wasn't real! Haha...that was funny.

She suddenly stood up, and walked right up to him. "Okay Smee, I'm really sorry, but you pulled your sword out on me. I don't like that."

So saying, she did a round-house kick that sent Smee's sword flying into the thick of the jungle and sent him slamming up against a tree. His friend, who was in fact, the Noodler, shouted and drew his sword. She flipped over him, bringing the heel of her foot smashing on the back of his head. He was out.

She went up to Smee who was sitting up, rubbing his temples. "Do you have any rope?" she asked, just as innocently as a two-year-old. Smee, the idiot, gave it to her.

A few minutes later, she wandered away, awed by the magnitude of the beauty of the place. She had left the pirates tied to a tree in the river, their swords up on dry land, only a few feet away.

Slightly, Nibs and Tootles were out, doing whatever they wanted. Which mostly consisted of name-calling, double-dog-daring, wrestling and being stupid idiots. Suddenly, Tootles paused. He heard something. He grabbed Slightly and Nibs, ducking behind a bush.

"Tootles, what are you-?" Tootles clapped a hand over the mouths of both of them. They had to be quiet. Someone was coming up the path and...they were singing?

"The trouble with schools is
They always try to teach the wrong lesson
Believe me, I've been kicked out
Of enough of them to know
They want you to become less callow
Less shallow
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife
And learn to live "the unexamined life":"

The person came skipping up the path, dancing to their own tune. Tootles was enthralled. Who would do that on Neverland, where pirates, Indians and not not to mention Lost Boys, waited to capture or kill anything that was unsuspecting. Slightly and Nibs were also thought that the person was completely stupid. Singing at the top of their voice? Practically inviting pirates to capture them.

"Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life's more painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard?
When it's so soothing
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can sluff it off as I do
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
So keep dancing through..."

The person had taken their time, dancing and swaying along the path. The person paused right in front of them and Tootles saw that it was a girl. But that was all he had time to see. In an three instants, the girl had reached out and grabbed each of them by the wrist, dragging them each out. Faster than an eye blink, they were at the feet of the girl and she was standing there, grinning at them. While they stared at her, she continued singing.

"Dancing through life
Swaying and sweeping
And always keeping cool
Life is fraught-less
When you're thoughtless
Those who don't try
Never look foolish
Dancing through life
Mindless and careless
Make sure you're where less
Trouble is rife
Woes are fleeting
Blows are glancing
When you're dancing
Through life...!"

Then she stared at them, smiling the entire time. "Okay, who are you?" she asked.

"Ummm...why do you want to know?" asked Slightly, leaning slightly away from the weird grin.

"Because I want to know why three boys are hiding from me and spying. By the way, is my singing OK?"

"We were hiding 'cause you never know what Neverland is gonna throw at'cha. Your singing was pretty good." said Nibs, eyeing her suspiciously. Did he dare to trust her...?

"Yay! My singing was good! Yay me!" she clapped her hands together and laughed. The Lost Boys were stunned to say the least.

"I don't think she's with the pirates or Indians..." muttered Tootles to the others. "Ask her."

"No, you ask her!" said Nibs, poking Tootles in the shoulder.

"You!" said Tootles firmly, punching Nibs on the shoulder.

"YOU!" shouted Nibs, leaping on Tootles and starting a brawl.

"WAIT!" yelled Abby, shocking the boys into silence. "Did you say this was Neverland?" She turned to Slightly, glaring slightly. "Cause if you are lying..."

"This is Neverland. I'm a Lost Boy."

"Me too!" shouted Nibs, pointing proudly at himself.

"Me too!" shouted Slightly, shoving Nibs aside and pointing to himself.

"Sweet!! Um, just to let you know, I'm not with anybody at the moment. I just wandering, enjoying the sights. Oh, and I trussed up some pirates over by the river."

"Huh-?"

Then, with Slightly in the lead, they high-tailed it for the river, hardly knowing what would come next.

Is this any good? BTW the song's from the Broadway musical, "Wicked"