Peter Pan

A Young Boy No More

Disclaimer: I do not own Peter Pan-but I wish I did! He is a total DREAM! I mean… being able to write a story or direct a movie like that is beyond belief- a TOTAL dream!

Author's Notes: This story is the next adventure of Peter and Tinker Bell. Margaret (Jane's daughter) is now married and has three children of her own, Tonya, Nancy and Karen. Most of the plot follows the latest Peter Pan movie (which follows the book pretty close) and Return to Never Land. I understand that this first chapter isn't going to be very good but the story should pick up momentum as it continues. Please at least ride it out to the second or third chapter. Then if you don't like it you can tell me so (I want reviews of all kinds anyway, I just want you to give my idea a fair chance. First chapters are often what grab readers attentions making them the hardest to write!) or continue reading if you wish. Enjoy!

Chapter One- A Fairy Tale Before Bed

"Come here Children. I will tell you a story before bed."

"Mother, please! I'm twelve! You can't expect Jess and I to listen to silly stories!"

"Tonya! I will not be spoken to in such a way!" Tonya's mother replied sharply.

"A story?" I asked. "What kind of story, Mrs. Nickelson?"

"Along tale, three actually. The first told to my Mother by my Grandmother, the second told to me by my mother and the third an adventure of my own!" She answered with a grin.

"Let me guess, Mother. Does it have to do with a boy in tights who never grows up?" Tonya asked with a false sense of excitement. "Named Peter Pan? Again? We've heard his story the most!"

"Maybe you'd like to tell the story then, Tonya, dear." She replied. "As I recall your guest and sisters haven't heard the story before."

"And they most likely don't want to! We're not babies any more, Mother! We're quite grown up!"

Speak for yourself! I wanted to shout. Mrs. Nickelson's stories were great! Plus being grown up was over rated.

"Tonya Nickelson, I'll have none of this! You think you're too grown up for stories? Then I think you are too grown up for sleepovers. This will be your last one. You think you are too old for adventures of a lifetime? Then you are too old for sweets and goodnight kisses."

In all of the times I had been over at the Nickelson's house (a total of too many times to count) I'd never heard Tonya's mother so mad. She was normally sweet and gentle, a lot like my mother had been.

"If it weren't for your guest and younger sisters, you would already be punished for speaking to me in such a manor! As it is, I will leave you and your friend to your grown up business."

Mrs. Nickelson stood up and walked to the door. "Nancy, Karen, if you girls wish to hear the story of the boy who will never grow up and his marvelous adventures in Never Land, I will have hot cocoa and cookies waiting downstairs."

I couldn't help myself, "Mrs. Nickelson, are they chocolate-chip cookies by any chance?"

Mrs. Nickelson's angry face broke into a smile as she laughed. By the time Tonya and I had started kindergarten we were the best of friends. Now a days we were inseparable, I mean we practically lived at each other's houses! Mrs. Nickelson had managed to not only memorize all of her children's favorite dishes and snacks, but mine as well.

And chocolate-chip cookies were at the top of my favorite's list.

"Of course, Jessica, dear." Her smile still playing across her lips.

"Come on, Tonya! One story won't hurt!" I persuaded.

Tonya just glared at me.

"It was one my mother used to tell me all about until I had my own adventure with Peter," Mrs. Nickelson added.

"Who's Peter, Mummy?" Karen, the youngest of all the Nickelson girls, asked.

As Tonya's mother answered her youngest I continued to persuade my best friend.

"But there's CHOCOLATE-CHIP cookies!" I emphasized my words drastically.

Tonya continued to glare at me from her favorite armchair by the fireplace.

"Fine then. You want the cookies so bad you can go downstairs and join the babies." Tonya replied suddenly crossing her arms.

Mrs. Nickelson and Tonya's little sisters had already gone downstairs. I decided I would go for two reasons. One: I love chocolate-chip cookies. Two: Mrs. Nickelson tells good stories!

"At least babies still get to have fun!" I retorted and walked out the door. I knew she'd follow soon enough of her own accord.

Tonya might be stubborn, but she's not one to miss out on a bit of fun. Walking into the living room I was delighted to see a tray of my favorite cookies sitting on the coffee table. Nancy and Karen were sitting in their favorite chairs facing the fire.

"Jessica, dear, is that you?" Tonya's mother called from the kitchen.

"Yes, ma'am." I answered.

"Did you manage to convince Tonya to come hear another 'baby-ish' story?"

"No, but you might want to make that extra cup of hot cocoa." I replied with a smile.

Mrs. Nickelson stuck her head around the kitchen corner. "In that case, will you help me carry in the mugs?"

"Of course, Ma'am." I picked up the mugs as she lifted the hot teapot gingerly.

Sure enough, just as I was reaching for my first cookie, Tonya walked down the stairs. She sat down next to me and avoided her younger sisters' eyes as she reached for a cookie as well.

"You're just in time. Care of a Mug of cocoa, Tonya, dear?" Mrs. Nickelson said gently as if to not frighten her away.

"Yes please, Mother." She answered, then asked quietly. "So tell me, Mother. Who is Peter?"

"Ahh- 'Tis quite a long tale, that of Peter's. For he is the Boy Who Will Never Grow Up."

"Impossible! All children grow up," Tonya exclaimed halfheartedly.

"Perhaps they do, but Peter has yet to grow into a man. He is the same age today as he was when my grandmother, Wendy Darling, met him."

Mrs. Nickelson spun us a stupendous tale involving Peter, Tinker Bell, Wendy, John, Michael and the Lost Boys. Peter's tale started when he was twelve. He stayed up late one night and over heard his parents talking.

They were planning his future. Speaking of school and which office he would work in when he grew up. All of this talk frightened Peter. He did not want to grow up! He wanted to stay a boy forever and enjoy all the fun of life as a child.

So that night he ran away from home. He found Tinker Bell, his faithful Fairy in the Kensington Gardens and from there they flew to the second to the right and straight on till morning. Peter was going to make Never Land his new home, and home it was.

Peter often rescued other boys from the same fate he was afraid of. If they joined him they were considered one of his lost boys. They're rules were simple. Peter was the caption and no one was allowed to grow up.

All of the lost boys loved stories and because Peter was the caption and their make believe father, it was his job to find new stories to tell them. One night he stopped by the Darling window. He saw Wendy, John and Michael sword playing and later he heard their mother tell them the story of Cinderella.

When he told them all her had heard of the story from Wendy's mother the Lost Boy's wanted more of the story and they had Peter return to the Darling house. When he came back he had more than what they were expecting. He had two new lost boys for them and a new mother to tell them stories all of the time!

But Tinker Bell being jealous of Wendy from the start decided to plot against her. As the Darling children and Peter entered Never Land they spotted Caption Hook's Pirate ship. It wasn't long before Hook noticed Peter as well. His mates tried to blow him out of the sky with cannons and such, but all they managed to do was split up the group.

Peter sent Tink off to find Wendy while he went and distracted Hook from her and her brothers. Using this time as a way to rid the Never Land of Wendy, Tink led her straight into the Lost Boys.

Flying to them she told the Boys that Peter wanted them to shoot the Wendy Bird that was flying towards them. Doing what they thought Peter had told them they shot Wendy down. But when she landed they noticed that she wasn't a bird but a lady.

They learned when Peter arrived that Wendy was to be their new mother and tell them stories. They all assumed Wendy was dead but Peter's Kiss (his acorn button) had saved her! They built a small house around her instead of taking her to their secret house.

When Peter learned that Tinker Bell was the one responsible for Wendy's near death experience he claimed that she was no longer his Fairy or friend. Tinker Bell was sad and lonely. Later her depression would lead her to joining Caption Hook.

Wendy's brothers meanwhile had been wondering the forest. While doing so they got trapped in Indian Princess Tiger Lily's bear trap. Unfortunately from there the three of them were captured and used as bait by Caption Hook to trap Peter Pan.

Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys save the day! They escape and return to the hidden house. Later Peter and Wendy are dancing with the Fairies. Wendy had fallen in love with Peter. That night she began to question Peter, trying to see if he felt the same way about her.

Peter did like Wendy, maybe even love her, but he didn't tell her that. He told her that he was only a child who didn't care about such adult matters like love.

Caption Hook and Tinker Bell had been watching the two of them dance and then their fight. It had given Hook something to fight Peter with. If he could sympathize with Wendy and put her against Peter, than he would win against Peter Pan once and for all!

His plan worked. Wendy became the pirate known to the crew as Red Handed Jill. When Peter heard of the new pirate he talked of killing her. Wendy told her whole make believe family that she was the newest pirate aboard the Jolly Roger and if Peter wanted to kill her than so be it.

Instead Wendy demanded that she and her brothers leave for home immediately. Peter arranged for a guild to take them home. Wendy said they could all go home with her. Her mother and father would adopt them and they too would have a real mother and father.

Peter allowed them to go home with Wendy but he refused to go along with them. Little did he know that all of them had just walked into a trap. Caption Hook had captured them all. He was planning on making them all walk the plank. He couldn't reach Peter with his hook or sword so he poisoned Peter's medicine, knowing he would take it because Wendy told him to do so.

Tink, finally able to get out of Hook's grasp flew as fast as she could to warn Peter of the poison. But Peter didn't believe Tinker Bell so she had to drink the poisoned medicine herself. It killed her and Peter was devastated.

In order to save her he began chanting, "I do believe in fairies, I do! I do!" over and over again. People all over the world young and old began chanting with Peter too.

Soon Tinker Bell was alive and well again thanks to everyone's belief in fairies. Tink told Peter that Wendy and the Lost Boys had been kidnapped by Hook and set out to find them.

Again Peter saved the day, but this time Peter had help from Wendy and her thimble (hidden kiss). When they all made it back to the Darling house Wendy tried again to persuade Peter to stay but to no avail.

"For Peter was to remain the Boy, Who Was To Never Grew Up," Mrs. Nickelson concluded her first story.

"Mummy," Nancy asked. "What happened to Grandma Jane when she visited Peter and the Never Land?"

"Ahh, you see girls, Jane's adventure wasn't romantic like her mother's. It was inspiring."

Jane was young when her father left to help fight in World War Two. He had told her to be a big girl and take care of the family and that is exactly what she did. She took care of her mother, Wendy, and her younger brother, Daniel.

One night after a really close bombing had gone off Jane had yelled at her brother telling him that Peter Pan wasn't real. She had said there was no such thing as magic or Pixie dust. Daniel had started crying and Wendy couldn't believe that Jane had done such a thing.

Jane had gone to be crying, knowing that she and her brother were going to evacuated to the countryside early the next day. Drifting to sleep by the window Jane clutched her brother's Peter Pan doll.

Little did Jane know but outside her window while she slept was Caption James Hook, just waiting for her to fall asleep. For as soon as she did so he and his crew members kidnapped her thinking she was Wendy. They took her back to the Never Land, planning on using her as bait to catch Peter Pan.

Their plan failed. Peter had saved Jane, also thinking she was Wendy, but when he let her out of her bag he knew right away that it wasn't Wendy he had saved. Jane had to explain to him that she was the daughter of Wendy and that she needed to get home.

Sometime during her visit to Never Land Jane had mentioned that she didn't believe in Fairies and thanks to her Tinker Bell was dying. Peter had to get Jane to believe in fairies or else he wouldn't be able to save Tink.

Trying to find her way home Jane had run into Caption Hook who told her he was trying to get home as well, but in order to do that he had to get his treasure back from Peter first. Jane agreed to help him get his treasure from Peter as long as he promised not to harm anybody.

"His exact words were, 'I swear not to harm a single hair on his head'." Mrs. Nickelson added, "Of course he was speaking of Peter."

And Jane trusted his word, she found Peter and he invited her to become a part of the Lost Boys… well that she could be the first Lost Girl. And Jane excepted.

In celebration Jane suggested that they play a game, treasure hunting. During the hunt Jane realized that she didn't want to help Hook and threw out his whistle just as she found the treasure.

But to her dismay one of the Lost Boys found the whistle and gave it a toot, summoning Hook's mates instantly. Hook appeared and captured them all. Jane objected when he began to harm Peter but he contradicted her.

" "Ahh, but my dear!" he said, " I only promised not to harm a SINGLE hair on his head. As a matter of fact, here, you can hold on to it for me."" Mrs. Nickelson quoted Caption Hook.

"How lame!" Tonya exclaimed. "I can't believe Jane fell for that!"

Mrs. Nickelson ignored Tonya's interruption and continued her story.

All of the boys were kidnapped and taking upon the Jolly Roger, large chains with heavy balls on the ends were tied to their feet so they couldn't fly away. Jane ran back to Peter's hidden house to find Tinker Bell to help her.

But Tinker Bell was dead by time Jane got there. She had killed Tinker Bell and now because of her Peter Pan was going to die as well. Jane cried and whispered, "I'm sorry Tink. I really am. I do believe in fairies. I do. I do!" and as a single tear rolled down her face and landed on Tinker Bell's rigid body she suddenly came back to life.

Her light flooded back in a rush of color and Jane quickly filled her in, together they came up with a plan to save Peter and the Boys. All Jane had to do was fly.

After saving the day Jane went home and had plenty of stories to tell her younger brother about Peter Pan and his adventures in Never Land.

"So Jane didn't bother asking Peter to grow up with her for he had taught her how to stay young forever more," finished Mrs. Nickelson.

"And what about your adventures in Never Land, Mrs. Nickelson?" I asked politely. My head was buzzing happily from her story telling. I couldn't wait for more!

"My story is quite different from the other two." Mrs. Nickelson said. "For my story was full of romance, but also full of terror. Peter had finally gotten rid of Caption Hook, but I saw the rise of something else, something much more evil."

So Mrs. Margaret Wendy Angela Marie Nickelson told us of her tale of Never Land and the rise of the evil. When Peter came and took her away to never land she didn't fall in love with Peter, but one of his lost Boys, Nick. She had spent much of her time with him instead of Peter. This depressed Peter, for the daughters of Wendy and her granddaughters were supposed to explore Never Land with him. He had promised that to Wendy.

But Margaret had thought of Peter as an arrogant, spoiled boy and didn't want anything to do with him. Peter became jealous of Nick, not because he liked Margaret, but because he didn't receive the attention from her he thought he deserved.

In order to get rid of Nick Tinker Bell (with out Peter knowing) had gathered her Pixie Friends and together they tried to bring to Caption Hook back to life to do their bidding. But when he did come back he only wanted to kill Peter Pan.

In order to save Peter Pan and the Lost Boys Margaret had to get rid of the dead Hook by finding both the ticking crocodile and the suction cup octopus along with another creature willing to eat him. Bringing the three of them together to create the ultimate Hook fighters.

The creatures had succeeded, but there was a chance that Hook could come back, stronger than ever and destroy the whole Never Land. Frightened for the people and fairies of Never Land Margaret had tried to persuade them all to come and live with her or her neighbors. All of the Lost Boys agreed again and some of the Indians, bears and fairies came back to live with her.

Later, after they had all grown up, Margaret and Nick (who had gone to live with a neighbor three housed down) got married. They later had three children.

"And of course we named them, Tonya, Nancy and Karen." Mrs. Nickelson was finished with all three of her stories.

All of the cookies were gone along with the hot chocolate. I was impressed. I had heard stories about the Never Land, never anything about Peter Pan, but I never thought they could be real. But here was the proof, walking in the room from the den.

"Daddy?" Nancy asked glancing at her father. "Did you really live in Never Land as one of Peter's Lost Boys?"

Nick chuckled. "You bet! I had a great time there. Maybe I should tell you guys the story of how I became a Lost Boy."

"No thanks, Dad." Tonya said. "It's all rubbish! None of it's true!"

"Is that so?" Her father asked, face darkening. "How do you figure I came about, your three step-uncles or your great-great step-uncles then?"

"I don't know. But there has to be a more reasonable, grown up answer than Never Land." Tonya replied. "I'm not a baby anymore. You can tell me the truth."

"Sometimes growing up requires believing in what is real, even if it seems impossible." Her father answered shaking his head. "You think you're so grown up, Tonya, when in reality you have so far to go."

Tonya angrily stood up, dumping her mug onto the tray and stomping up the stairs. As she reached her room she slammed the door shut.

"You mustn't treat her that way, Nick." Mrs. Nickelson said quietly.

"We can't let her run the house hold and forget her place. She knows I tell her the truth," Mr. Nickelson looked downcast.

"Yes, she knows that very well, it's just that she got teased a lot on the first day of school, dear."

"Ohmigosh," I whispered.

Author's Notes: I hope you enjoyed this. I'm sorry that the introduction had to be so boring. I bet plenty of you Pan Fans have seen that movie so many times that it's basic memorization and now completely boring to have to read through that. I'm sorry. But for the most part it will get better! Please Review! This is my first Peter Pan fic!

Other stories of mine

The Boy Who Lived, Loved and Saved-Not Only the Wizarding World, But the Muggle One as Well (Harry Potter Fic)

Hogwarts, A Mystery (Harry Potter Fic) one shot

Hay-lee and Tira (Inheritance Trilogy Eragon, Eldest, & Empire Fic) co-authoring with Luna32, story can be found under her account

Gohan and Videl Go to Hogwarts (Harry Potter/DBZ cross over) co-authoring with Sciencegirl92, story can be found under her account

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