I looked over at my best friend Annabelle who was sitting in our posh London boarding school dorm room completely oblivious to the world around her because of the music blaring in her ears. I on the other hand had just finished all my homework for the next week including a seven page essay on the legend of King Arthur, which I was pretty proud of! I threw all my work books off my bed and let it travel to the floor with a thud, which must have thrown Belle since she sat up tugging her headphones from her ears and fell off the bed and towards the floor. This of course made me laugh hysterically while she gave me a look that could kill. But as always my mood was ruined though when Rosalie my second roommate ran in my room shouting the words:

"Matrons coming and she is on a mission!" Rose grabbed a short night dress from one of the draws and pulled it over her top before climbing into bed not even bothering to remove any other clothing.

"But none of us have done anything?" Belle looked over at me and so did Rose I just looked back at them with a confused look.

"What? Don't look at me like that, I haven't done anything against the rules!" they carried on looking at me and I searched my mind for things I could have done; nothing came up, I've done nothing wrong.

"Come on! This is you Alexandria Aurora Laura Darling if you look trouble up in the dictionary it your name written there, you are the definition," I looked at Rose with my sarcastic thanks luck. "And that's why I love you." She smiled sweetly brushing her long blonde hair out of her face. Rosalie Lauren Cast had always been the perfect girl. I mean she did sports; makeovers; always dressed in this month's clothes and somehow managed to make everyone hate and love her at the same time. While Annabelle, well Annabelle was different. She was the sensible on in are little threesome that made us all think what was right and wrong. Take last week for instant everyone was sneaking out to go and see Lewis Bray and James Maxwell fight; I mean no rules fight and all she had to say was 'I think it's childish' and Rose and I stayed in! We couldn't believe how she had done it, but still the next day everyone else got told off and we got to go to St. Edwards's boy's school and practice fencing.

"Nice save." I remarked tilting my head towards Rose and we all laughed before hearing the heels of hell coming down the hall. I knew it was matron because nobody else in school wore shoes from the nineteen thirty's anymore.

"Think Lex what did you do?" Belle asked looking flustered so I shut my eyes and thought of my year, week, month… Shit!

"I snuck out two weeks ago to that party remember the one that everyone was banned from going to after the last time girls got let out late at night," They looked at me in horror before looking at the door that just knocked "but how would she have found out?" I whispered before staring at the slightly opening door.

"Alexandria Darling, head mistresses' office. Now." She turned on her heel and left me in the room after all I'd been in this position so many times that she know trusted me to go and know the way there.

I slowly dragged myself out of bed pretending to try fake cry and sob as I went which caused Rose to laugh and Belle to fall back onto her bed and cover her head with her duvet.

"Start packing for me!" I called behind me before walking down the corridor of shame and towards the whales office; that's what we call our headmistress because there was a rumour once that if you said whale to her she would start crying. Sadly it wasn't true.

I sat in the familiar plush read chair outside the whale's office waiting for the stupid blonde receptionist to come over with her smug smile telling me it was time to enter the lion's den.

"The head mistress will see you now." I wanted nothing more to say something that would knock that smirk off her face but instead I remember that I was a young lady and nodded.

"Thank you." I smiled at her but as she turned around to leave I rolled my eyes and walked into the whale's office.

"I didn't do it!" I declared as I walked into the large office that belonged to the whale. The room had been one of the best in the school and even though every time I was in here it was for a bad reason there were old first edition books all the way around the boarder of the room. Normally they would be the most important thing to me in the room since I spent most of the time staring at them. But this time my eyes were drawn to the table in the centre of the room or more the medium old blue box sitting on it.

"I don't think you understand Alexandria," This is the first time the whale had used her gentle voice around me. "Please take a seat." She gestured to the chair in front of her and I sat in it cautiously.

"What's all this about miss?" I asked looking up at her.

"I'm afraid that I have become the bearer of bad news Alexandria," she looked down at the desk nervously pulling her skirt and fighting. "I'm afraid that…ummm…that your great grandmother has died of old age." I looked at my head teacher who looked scared at how I would react more than anything. The truth is that I didn't really mind, which is a dreadful thing to think but I've been in this situation so many times that it doesn't hurt anymore, plus I didn't really know her anyway; I only think I met her twice in my whole life.

"Oh, right." Those were the only words I could come out with, lame I know but true.

"She left you a great deal of money to be used as you wish with proper means of course. But before that she left you this," she pushed the old blue box towards me and I took it getting a better look. It was a pale blue and I wondered if it were a different colour beforehand a more rich blue perhaps but there was no doubt that the box was beautiful. The only thing that puzzled me was the old looking gold lock sitting on the front of the box. "We don't have the key, but still it's yours to do as you wish." I took it the box in my arms to find out it was heavy, meaning there was a lot of stuff in it. The only question was what the stuff was.

"Thank you miss." I smiled at her and turned to leave before being called for and therefore dragged back to my seat.

"Alexandria the funeral is tomorrow if you wanted to go." That took me off guard so soon I looked around the room confused.

"When did she die?" I asked looking her in the eye and not letting her drop my gaze.

"A week ago." She told me trying not to make it a big deal.

"And you got this box?" I pressed wanting to know everything.

"Some time after." She tried to be cool about it and shrug it off but teachers trying to be cool is like Sherlock Holmes trying not to solve a crime; impossible.

"So you only gave me this after you tried to open it? Well I don't have a key to it so why don't you just rip it open or something!" I screamed standing up and grabbing the heavy box before leaving the room not before hearing the whale scream:

"You know it's about time you grew up Miss Darling!" If growing up meant that I turned into her or anybody like her then she could count me out.

When I got back to my room Belle was sound asleep I laughed silently she was such a light weight and Rose was reading silently with her side light on.

"What did the whale want?" Rose asked softly looking up from her book.

"Oh, it was nothing." I lied walking towards my bed and placing the blue box by the side of it.

"Okay." Rose carried on looking at her book. I knew she knew I lied to her but she let it pass with everything that had gone on lately; I literally had no family left in the world. I didn't understand why that thought scared me but it did; to be completely alone was the worst thing in the world.

After about half an hour had passed and after Rose had gone to sleep I turned on my bedside light on and picked the box up from the floor. The truth was I knew exactly how to open the box, I had the key. It was the only thing I had from my mother; my father had said that it was passed down through to the first born girl in every Darling family. I took the necklace out of my bedside table's draw and held it out studying at the key on the end. I smiled as I put it in the lock and it fit, as I turned it and opened the lid it spurt dust out left right and centre causing me to cough uncontrollably.

I laughed silently as I looked inside the box, it was unbelievable. The inside of the box had newspaper glued all around it, they were all articles about children and then leaves and twigs all stuck to the sides; it was like my own private forest. I reached inside the box to find a forest green book and when I opened it a note fell out. The note read:

My dearest Alexandria,

Your mother was never one to tell stories and she didn't particularly like my ones but I hope with all my heart that you will. I promised somebody a long time ago that I would tell everybody I knew about the story of Peter Pan. Seeming it would be impossible to tell you face to face now, I will let you read my diary of the boy who will never grow up.

Your loving great grandmother, Wendy Moira Angela Darling x

I placed the book down with the note and searched through the box there was: an acorn necklace; an Indian headdress; a thimble and so much more. But right now I wanted to read about the boy that would never grow up.

And that is exactly what I did.