Peter woke to crashing and shouting. He groaned and sat up in his bear skin clad bed.
"What's going on out there?" he called out to the room outside his private quarters. The whole room went quiet and he sighed and stood up. He picked up his green hat from the bedpost and set it on his messy red mop of hair. He walked out to the main room and saw six boys standing rigid. He frowned and then stood up straight.
"Attention!" all the boys stood as he did with their hands slapped against their sides.
"Now," Peter continued, pacing in front of them. "Why was I woken up? Hmm?" he stopped pacing in front of a tall lanky boy in a fox outfit.
"Do you have an answer for me Slightly?" Slightly bit his lip and looked at the other boys from the corner of his eye.
"Oh well umm... Pan... It's just that we thought..." Peter crossed his arms, tired of the stuttering. He turned to another boy, this one with buck teeth and a rabbit costume.
"How about you Nibs? Can you give me a more confident answer?" Nibs gulped but his big mouth was able to explain things more clearly.
"Well. We were hunting and we thought we saw someone. A new boy, wandering the woods."
Peter instantly perked up.
"A new boy? Finally!" he turned to the shortest of the group a boy in a skunk outfit.
"Tootles, take me to where you guys saw this boy. The rest of you camp out here in case he finds this place. Tink's in charge." Tootles ran out ahead of him and he followed, flying because he was too excited to walk.
Tootles led Peter deep into the forest of Neverland until only Peter, not even Tootles, knew exactly where he was.
"Around here Tootles?" he asked with upmost urgency. Tootles shrugged, not sure and being incapable of speech anyways. Peter frowned at the lack of certainty.
"Well. I guess we will just wing it from here. Come on, let's look around." they nodded to each other and started searching together. After a few minutes they heard a young boy calling out into the foliage.
"Someone! Anyone! Anyone there!" Peter followed the sound of the voice and almost bumped into a short boy with black grimy hair dressed in rags.
"Oh hey!" Peter smiled at him and the boy looked at Peter with eyes wide with fear. His voice held a thick British accent.
"W-who are you?" Peter smiled more and bowed low.
"Peter Pan at your service."
The boy stared at Peter, not frightened anymore but confused.
"Peter Pan? You mean like those queer stories that good chap Barrie wrote?"
Peter frowned, having no idea what he's talking about.
"Uh... Sure. Anyways welcome to Neverland, you're here because you don't have any grown-ups taking care of you." the boy nodded, sure now he was dreaming.
"Ok. Well that's true my parents died about two weeks ago. And-"
"Perfect!" Peter grabbed his arm and dragged him back through the jungle. "Come on you have to meet the rest of the boys!" Tootles ran after them, ignoring the fact Peter forgot to mention him.
The boy was pulled into a tree or more under a tree and into a large room.
"Lost Boys! Fall in!" yelps and whoops came from all over the room and five boys dropped from the ceiling landing at attention in front of Peter. The last boy waddled out from behind Peter and took his position at the end.
"Boys! This is-" Peter looked up and down the boy and saw a feather caught in his messy hair.
"This is Feathers. He's our new lost boy." all the boys cheered and smiled at the newly named boy.
"But my name is-" Feathers began to protest but Peter quickly cut him off.
"So feathers, let me introduce you to everyone. These blockheads are my men, the lost boys. The tall one with the fox outfit is Slightly, the rabbit one next to him is Nibs. Then the two raccoons are The Twins, and then the pudgy one is Cubby. And last of all Tootles is the short quiet one." Feathers waved to each though he still wasn't happy about his name change.
"So who's the leader around here?" he looked around for an adult and everyone just laughed.
"Peter of course!" The Twins finally answered when they had controlled their giggles.
"Ya! Pan is the leader!" Cubby nodded matter-of-factly. Peter stood up straighter, proud his boys supported him. Feathers frowned and looked at Peter.
"What about the adults? Some kid in a weird green outfit can't run a whole place." Peter frowned, offended that this boy he saved didn't think he was a good leader.
"The only adults on the island are pirates." Slightly commented.
"Or Indians." Nibs added.
"And either way they aren't us! And we don't need adults! They are just slow and useless" Peter shouted and stalked to the exit. "I'm gonna go find Feathers some real clothes. You all entertain him while I'm gone. Make sure he knows all our rules. Come on Tink!" Tink flew out of her private quarters and the last thing the two heard was Feathers freaking out at the giant firefly.
"I don't understand him Tink. Why would he question me being in charge?"
Peter flew a few inches off the ground, heading towards a waterfall in the middle of the island.
Maybe because you are just a boy... And he's used to adults being in charge, he is from the mainland. Tink rationally commented. Peter frowned and ignored her rationale, preferring to wallow in self-pity.
"I'm not just a boy! I'm an amazing boy! A boy that could have left him in the forest for the bears and lions! But I didn't! And that's how he repays me?"
Just focus on what you came to do Peter, we will whip him into shape don't worry. Tink tried to comfort him, if only to stop his whining. Peter sighed but nodded and flew in front of the water fall.
"You check, make sure I can still get in." Tink nodded and flew around to the back of the falls. After a few minutes he returned and nodded.
Yup. You are all clear. Peter followed her back behind the water and found the hole separating the pixie world from the rest of Neverland. He squeezed in the small opening and Tink followed. They flew down to a little pixie sized house made from a gourd and Tink knocked on the small bark door.
Anyone in there? She called and another voice came from inside it.
Just a minute!
A tall, pretty fairy walked out and smiled at Tink and then up at Peter.
Oh Tinkerbell! Peter! It's been awhile hasn't it? What can I do for you two?
Peter smiled and nodded to the tiny female.
"I was wondering if you could make another outfit for a new lost boy of mine. His name is Feathers so could you do something with feathers?" the fairy lady thought a moment then nodded and smiled wide.
Of course! I think I have just the idea! Give me some time though. Come back when the sun is halfway down the sky, it will be done by then. Peter sighed, knowing that meant he would have to wait forever.
"Ok. We will come back then I guess." he flew off, out of the tiny fairy sized land and back into Neverland, to waste some time.