Awhile ago I wrote a drabble entitled 'A modern day Pinocchio' and it was about Cyborg. So I've decided to continue the trend…I'm going to go through some TT characters who I think could embody the fairytales I like and know.

Requests are welcome.

So here's my second in the series…

Robin:

A modern day Peter-Pan

I'm mature, I know this and I'm pretty much used to the comments of my being uptight and obsessive. But I've been like this for years now, I'm the leader of my team, everything I do is for them, every time I fight its not for myself, it's the fact I need to protect them, protect my city because in simple terms…I'm scared to do anything else.

I've remained the same, I'm Robin. Boy Wonder. I fight bad guys and nothing else, I'm untouchable to normal people, the majority has probably forgotten that there's someone behind the mask who is just human like them.

Peter Pan was afraid to grow up, so he flew to Neverland and remained a child forever. He had adventures with his lost boys, it was all about the adventure, the fun, the thrills fighting people like Hook gave him, he'd fight over and over and over, never tiring of this forever lasting game.

I was a little boy, scared and alone, I'd lost everything, it hurt so badly and I didn't even fully understand! And I couldn't comprehend what it would've been like to experience this pain if I had! I'd became Robin…sidekick to the greatest superhero on earth, instead of growing up and dealing with the pain as I was supposed to…I locked it away, I locked the human inside me away. I'd become Robin…the mask was my Neverland.

Then I met my team. My lost boys, even if one was female. I'd even met my…my Wendy.

But Peter Pan! Even when he beat Hook, even when Wendy had kissed him. He'd STILL lost because he lost her. He couldn't grow up and be with her.

And either can I…

My Wendy told me a story, of how I become a man, I become Nightwing. But even though I smiled, just like Peter Pan did when he let his Wendy go...I was still breaking up inside. Because even though he loved Wendy on some level, he still couldn't grow up for her! He at the end of the day was still too afraid to grow up. Not even for the one he loved!

And that's why. I'm Robin. A modern day Peter Pan.

All children grow up…except one…

End.

Please review, and request other fairytale titans. Its fun diving into their little made up minds

Valda

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