Once upon a time in a not so far away kingdom of L.A. lived a girl named Vanessa. Vanessa didn't believe in fairy-tales and thought that Peter Pan was as believable as Big Foot or Prince Charming but May 27th at about 10pm Peter Pan showed up at the window to her room.
She was not in her bed but asleep in the rocking chair in the corner of the room. Peter Pan slowly and as silently as possible opened the window and entered the room. Vanessa stirred in her slumber as the window shut with a 'click'. Peter turned around and glared at Tinker Bell for not being quieter. Tinker Bell stuck out her tongue and then flew further into the room.
Tinker Bell remembered the last time Peter had left Neverland to hear a story told by a girl. The only difference between Vanessa and Wendy to Tinker bell was that Vanessa had no siblings or apparent family. Vanessa was the nanny of a lonely seven year old girl named Lexi.
Lexi like Vanessa had blue eyes but Lexi, instead of having blonde wavy hair, has short black hair. Lexi looked up to Vanessa even though Vanessa was sixteen, only ten years older than herself, and had no family, real home or money Vanessa was always willing to help others. Lexi was asleep in the bed farthest from the window and the rocking chair. Vanessa groaned and opened her eyes. She did not notice Peter, standing by the window behind the rocking chair, and walked over to Lexi's bed and pulled up the covers that Lexi had kicked off.
"Good night." whispered Vanessa before heading over to her own bed. She turned off her lamp and crawled under the warm, thick sheets. Peter waited to make sure Vanessa was asleep before he left. She had not finished the story so he would just come earlier the next night. As soon as he opened the window a gust of wind swept through the room knocking over a lamp in the corner of the room jolting Vanessa awake. She pushed back the covers and went to Lexi's bed to check if she was still asleep. Peter slowly walked to the rocking chair and hid behind it. Vanessa walked to the window and leaned out admiring the streets below. Vanessa let out a sigh as she watched the stars glow in the night sky.
"I wish I could see the stars closer up. That would be so cool. But wishes like that never come true," Vanessa said leaning against the window frame.
"I can take you closer." Vanessa jumped and turned around to see who had said that. When she saw that it was a boy not much older than her, she relaxed a little.
"Who are you? Where did you come from? How'd you get in here?" asked Vanessa taking a step closer.
"I'm Peter. Peter Pan. I'm from Neverland. I got in through that window." Peter said pointing to the window. Vanessa glanced at the window then back at the boy.
"Peter Pan doesn't exist. He is just a character in a story, like Cinderella." muttered Vanessa, so Lexi couldn't hear, while shaking her head in dismay.
"I can prove it to you." He said grabbing her shoulders and moving her to face him.
"Fine, prove it then." Vanessa said disbelievingly, putting her hands on her hips.
"Tink." called Peter. No one came so Peter reached into a small bag that was tied around his waist with something that looked like a vine and sprinkled it on her. She blinked confused, swatting away the falling dust with her hand. He smiled and looked at Vanessa and then at the ground. Vanessa started to say something but stopped when she noticed she was hovering about three feet off the ground. She let out a scream and clung to Peter's arm.
"I believe you, I believe you now can I go back to the ground now." Vanessa asked nervously looking down. She was relieved to notice that she was lowering. Then, she started to rise again.
"Ok but you should know that when your thoughts are happy you will go up." Peter said lowering Vanessa and himself to the ground. She carefully let go of his arm and was happy to not rise up.
"So, you are Peter Pan," Vanessa said both shocked and excited. Peter smiled with pride and nodded, "but why are you here?"
"Stories, the stories you tell the girl," he said motioning to Lexi, "I listen to them and tell them to the Lost." Peter announced matter-of-factly.
"The Lost? You mean the Lost Boys?" Vanessa questioned pulling on her skirt, which she had forgotten to change out of. Her skirt was dark red and puffy like a knee length ballerina skirt. With it she wore a black tank top and a gold locket at the end of an old gold chain.
"No the Lost are both boys and girls. Recently both are leaving home, and not just boys teenagers too." Peter said looking around the room.
"Um…well you know Peter, neither Lexi or I have much of a home to stay for. She is my only family and her parents are more like prison guards then parents. She has barely said two words to them. Maybe…we can go with you. Back to, um, Neverland, just for awhile though. Not forever." She wrung her hands nervously as she asked. A grin spread across Peter's face from ear-to-ear.
"Of course you can. I'll teach her to fly too." Peter said smugly. Vanessa smiled and ran to the side of Lexi's bed.
"Lexi! Lexi, wake up!" Vanessa muttered sharply shaking Lexi's shoulder.
"Vanessa? What is it?" Lexi asked sitting up and rubbing her eyes.
"Remember the story I told you about Peter Pan? Well he's here and he is going to teach us to fly!" Lexi had pushed back the covers as soon as Vanessa finished and was standing next to her jumping up and down in excitement.
"I already know how to fly. Think happy thoughts. Silly, it's easy." Lexi said skipping over to Peter giggling.
"And Pixie Dust." Added Peter as he reached into his pouch and pulled out a handful of what looked like glitter. Lexi squirmed as the Fairy Dust fell over her face and shoulders. She started to lift off the ground. Before she went to high she flew in a circle and flew over to Vanessa. Vanessa lifted into the air not very high though.
"This way!" Peter called as he flew out the window. Vanessa started towards the window but Lexi grabbed her hand causing her to stop thinking something was wrong.
"I don't want to get lost." Lexi said as she headed towards the window her pajama pants flapping in the wind as she flew. It took about two hours to reach Neverland. So, when they got there it was just starting to become light out. Lexi squealed with joy.
"We're here! We're actually here!" She yelled jumping up and down with so much enthusiasm that it spilled over onto Vanessa so she was grinning.
"Come on," called Peter, "let's go! We have to go meet the Lost!"
Lexi looked confused and asked, "Who are the lost?"