In a clear night of Spring, a young girl struggles to sleep in her warm and comfy bed. Despite loving to sleep, she couldn't do it tonight as her mind wouldn't stop the storm of thoughts about what most people fear… Responsibilities. The thought of becoming an adult, which well, she already was, but not in her own mind, was just unbearable.
'Peter Pan was right, I don't want to be an adult! Peter, save me!' Sophie said sobbing in a childish way, as usual.
As the night kept going, Sophie's mind entered the fantasy word and she forgot all about reality, making her calm and eventually fall asleep, but through ought the night something woke her up. A knock on her window.
'Oh my god, what was that?' She sits on her bed instinctively, looking all around her room. ' W-what if it's a ghost? I don't have salt here!' She pulled her blankets up as to cover her face in fear. Another knock was heard. She looked to her side, following the noise that lead her sight to her bedroom window. She eventually gained the courage to face the supposed ghost, got up in a jump and opened the window screaming to the outside 'Fuck you ghost! I'm trying to sleep, so if you want to get in that badly, here! I'll leave this open for you. But if you're bad… Please don't kill me!' She begged and hopped to her bed, hiding under the blankets.
'What's a ghost?' A voice was heard from the inside of her room.
'Go away, Satan!' Sophie said holding on to her blankets even tighter.
'I'm not Satan, whoever that is… I'm Peter Pan.'
Sophie peeked through her blankets, looking to the bottom of her bed but she couldn't see anything of how dark it was. Trying to see better she uncovers her face more, when out of a sudden a face appears above her, so close to her own face, she could feel the warmth of that person. So Peter could see her better, Tinkerbell helped lightning her, by standing beside him, making him look creepy as hell. Sophie jumped out of bed screaming in fear, leading herself up to the corner of her room. 'No, no… You're not real!' She covered her eyes in her hands.
'Of course I am, silly! See?' Peter poked her forehead. Sophie looked at him and started screaming again, crawling up into a ball on the floor of her room as she whispered to herself 'no, no, no, no, no'.
After a few minutes of Sophie's mumbling, she noticed nothing was happening, so she peeked through her fingers, looking into her room to see Peter Pan sitting on her bed with his legs crossed and supporting his head on his hand, with his elbow on his knee. Tinkerbell was sitting on his shoulder, lighting his face. He didn't look scary now, he looked like… Peter Pan, adorable Peter Pan, but confused Peter Pan.
Sophie sat up on the floor. 'Are you really Peter Pan?' Peter got up to his feet as he saw Sophie responding naturally again.
'Don't I look like Peter Pan to you?' He said as he started flying closer to her, resting his feet on the floor again, to not spook her too much. 'Come on!' He held his hand to her, so she would get up and follow him.
'Are we going to Neverland?' Sophie asked taking his hand. Peter without a struggle pulled her up, making her feel like she was flying already.
'Yes, mam! You will never have to grow up there! Isn't that what you asked for?' He said with the brightest smile.
'I just can't believe this is happening…' She said as Peter kept pulling her to her window. 'Wait!' She stopped him for a few seconds. 'I just need to go get something, it won't take long.' Sophie ran outside of her room, leaving Peter puzzled. She came back in less than a second with two creatures, one in each hand. Peter looked even more confused now.
'What are those?' He asked, scratching his head beneath his beanie.
'They're my piggies!'
'Aren't they too small for pigs?'
'They are not pigs! They're guinea pigs!'
'...What?'
'I'm ready!' said Sophie close to the window. 'But how will I fly?' She looked at Peter but back at her window right after. 'I remember! All it takes is a little faith and trust!' Before Peter could do anything, Sophie was already jumping out of the window with her piggies on each of her shoulders. She opened her arms wide as she jumped out, and as she started falling she realised. 'I forgot the pixie duuuust!' As she fell both piggies went flying up, with the strength of the wind.
Peter ran out of the window and caught her in time, by both her arms. As he caught her, both guinea pigs, fell on top of his head.
In her mind, for some reason she stopped falling and was now flying in the sky, right above some buildings. 'Wait… I'm flying! Peter, oh my god, I have magic powers!' She said looking back to try and see Peter behind her, but she heard a boyish laugh coming from above. She looked up and saw Peter holding her arms, so she wouldn't fall. 'Oh…'
'You did forget the pixie dust.' Peter landed her on top of a roof. As they landed, both guinea pigs hid inside Peter's beanie so frightened, Peter could feel them shaking on his head.
He took off his beanie with the piggies inside. He held it open with both hands in front of Sophie. 'I believe these are yours.' Sophie looked inside to see both piggies next to each other with frightened eyes. She picked them up and they hid in her shoulders wrapped up in her long hair. 'Why are you bringing them to Neverland?'
'Well, so they won't age with me! They're my babies after all.'
'Babies? So, you're their mother?' Peter placed his beanie back on his head and crossed his arms, listening.
'Not literally, of course. But I care for them as if they were' Sophie pet the peeking head of one of her piggies, while smiling at them.
'Then you can be our mother!' said Peter with excitement while lifting off the ground with his hands on his waist.
'I don't think I'm like Wendy… I wouldn't be a very good mother to humans. But I could be the first lost girl!'
'A lost girl… Hmm… But we only have boys in Neverland…' said Peter placing his hand on his chin with a deliberating expression. As he was thinking, Tinkerbell flew to the front of his nose and made some tinkling sounds. 'You're right. It's getting late. We need to go.' He looked at Tinkerbell and made a movement with his head directing her to Sophie. 'Go on.' Tinkerbell, looked at her and crossed her arms with a frown. 'We are taking her with us, so you're only wasting time, Tink. Or do you prefer that I take her in my arms' He said looking at her with a teasing expression.
'C'mon Tinkerbell, do it for them!' said Sophie smiling. She then picked the black piggy up with both hands by his belly, leaving his back legs dangling, and placed him in front of her, making the piggy lick Tinkerbell's face. Tinkerbell stepped back with the wet lick, cleaning her face with even more anger as Peter laughed hysterically. She then flew above Sophie and sprayed her with big amounts of a sparkling dust and returned to Peter's shoulder with a sulky expression.
'Thanks, Tink! But shouldn't your… piggies have dust too?'
'Oh, I wouldn't think that's a good idea, they have the tendency of running away. If you give them the option to fly, I don't think I would ever see them again.'
'I thought they liked you.' Peter said surprised.
'I guess they do, but they're scared easily.'
'Well, let's get on with it!' Peter held his hand to Sophie once more, to help her get off the ground. As Sophie took Peter's hand and started flying a tremendous feeling of joy filled her body. She could feel the wind running through her face and hair as she flew through the night sky. She looked to her side and saw Peter smiling at her, only their wide open arms with their hands held together, breaking them apart as they flew. Suddenly, Sophie retracted her arms.
'No one warned me that flying would make the night so cold.' She shivered as she embraced herself.
'I don't know what you mean. I'm perfectly fine!' said Peter as he turned himself around, placing both his arms behind his head as if he was laying on an invisible bed in mid-air. 'You girls are weak.'
Sophie looked at him shocked with his statement.
'There it is!' Said Peter turning around once more and pointing ahead. 'Second star-' Sophie interrupted him before he could finish. 'Second star to the right, straight on 'till morning, I know. Let's see who's weak!' Sophie looked at him with a mad face and started flying as fast as she could, leaving Peter behind. Peter stopped for a moment processing what just happened. He then gave a mischievous smile and started following after her, trying to beat her. Tinkerbell face palms seeing Peter going with it and follows after him.