Wendy Pov:
My thoughts whirled around in circles as my parents explained something that I never hoped to hear.
"Wendy your father and I have decided to send you to boarding school." My mother said with no emotion or sympathy.
"We feel like you have given us no other choice in the matter." My father said.
"You are getting older Wendy and it is time for you to starting acting like a proper young lady."
"Mother, father you cannot send me to that boarding school it's like a prison, everyone says so." I said astonished.
I dwelled on recent events that led me to this moment. Yesterday, my mother and I went to town to grab a few items from the market when a young boy approached the carriage, which I sat in waiting for my mother. The boy called me out of my name and told me that I thought I was too good to spend time with other people besides my family. I decided to prove the boy wrong, so I joined him and the other children in a game of kickball in the street. When my mother walked outside of the store she scolded me for playing with the boys and led me into the carriage. This morning, I was greeted by a strange man in a yellow suit, at the gate in front of our estate. He questioned me about a lot of things including my family, until my mother walked outside and made the man leave without any answers. I came back to reality after refusing to listen to my parents any further.
"I am sorry, but this is for the best." My father said trying to place light on the situation.
I felt betrayed by my parents. "No I will not let you do this to me." I said running out of the door.
I allowed my long white, laced sleeved dress to fly in the air as my feet moved on the ground. I opened the gate and ran into the woods hoping to get far away from Tree Gap and my family. When I ran into the quiet woods it was like nothing I could have imagined. I pushed through the branches and passed the trees wanting to find something new and unexpected. After running and walking through the woods for a while, I heard a faint noise. It was a boy standing by a tree rubbing water onto his face. I stood there for a moment observing him carefully. His hair was dirty blond and he had elf like features. He wore a dark green vest, with dark green pants, and laced boots. There was no doubt that he was a dark, peculiar creature. The boy turned around suddenly making my eyes widen.
"How long have you been standing there?" He asked narrowing his eyes in suspicion.
I stood there silently not knowing how to respond.
"Well are you going to answer me, are you just going to stand there?" The boy said with patience clearly thinning.
"I was just walking past." I said calmly.
"No one can enter these woods. How did you get here?" He said walking away from the tree and closer to where I was standing.
"My father owns these woods." I said proudly.
"Does he? The boy said cocking in one eyebrow. What is your name, girl?"
"My name is Wendy Mor-, my name is Wendy Darling." I said.
"A Darling, I see. He said nodding in understanding. My name is Peter Pan, and if I were you I would leave now." Pan said like he was offering a warning.
"I would leave, but I do not know how to find my way back home." I said shyly.
Just when Pan was about to reply a tall, slim figured boy stood beside him. The boy walked towards me and I backed away getting prepared to run. The boy had a large scar the laid across his face and he held a stick in his hands.
"This is Felix; he is the one who can take you back home." Pan said placing a cold smirk on his face. Felix held up his hand toward me and I finally realized I was shaking. As soon as I was about to take off he blew some kind of dust in my face making me fall to the ground unconscious.
When I woke up, I had a strange feeling I had been asleep for years, when it was only minutes. I saw Pan, Felix, seven other boys, and one blond girl all watching me cautiously. I noticed that my hands were tied up and by my surroundings I was in a tree house.
"What is this? I want to go home, someone please take me home." I commanded.
"You should have thought about that before you started running in the woods. You will stay here until I say you can leave." Pan said kneeling towards me.
"Why are you doing this? I just want to go home." I said frantically.
"You will go home Darling, but now is not the time. You could be of use to me." Pan said eyeing me like he was searching for something.
I struggled to try to break my hands free from the ropes when Felix got Pan's attention. "Does she know?" Felix asked.
"Of course not she would have mentioned something by now." Pan said looking back at me.
"Are we still following through with the plan?" Felix questioned eagerly.
"No I have something special planned for this one." Pan said allowing a smirk to spread across his face and an evil glare in his eyes.
Felix nodded and Pan waved his hand gesturing for all of them to leave. When they were all gone Pan looked at me as I laid down on the bed gazing at him in disgust.
"Get some sleep Darling, you'll need it." He said blowing out the only candle in the room and then closing the door.
Days passed by slowly while I refused to leave my tree house. It was the only place I could truly feel safe and where I would hopefully not have to face Pan. I knew if I tried to escape now he would have one of his boys find me and drag me back here. I fell asleep most nights praying that this would all be a frighten nightmare that I could wake from. One night, I heard the door open with small footsteps moving closer to my bed.
"Wendy, are you awake?" Pan whispered loudly.
"I am now." I replied turning around to face him. "What is it?" I asked wanting to be left alone.
"Come with me, I have something to show you." Pan said holding out his hand.
"I do not want to go anywhere with you." I said bitterly.
"I know that boredom has been eating you alive here, so come with me." Pan said almost demanding me. "Just trust me."
I felt like I had nothing else to lose, so I grabbed his hand and he let down the ladder for me to climb down the tree. We walked past more tree houses and I wondered where he could be taking me. We walked through more trees and bushes until we made it to a small, narrow mountain. I looked at Pan a little worried.
"I have never climbed a mountain before." I said.
"That's why I need you to trust me." He said gesturing me to go first.
I place one foot above the other on the rocks and suddenly climbing seemed easy. The struggle I had was climbing in a dress and black boots. Pan climbed right beside me.
"I still prefer an elevator." I said to struggling the higher I climbed.
"Well you won't find one of those here." Pan said while climbing effortlessly.
"How old are you?" He asked.
"I am fifteen. How old are you?"
"I am 104 years old." He said with a tone that almost sounded serious.
I laughed lightly. "You are horrible at telling jokes." I said smiling.
"I glad you find this amusing, but I really am 104." Pan said with no smirks or sarcasm written on his face.
We both made it to the rocks at the top and I stared at him puzzled.
"Fine, you were right I am only joking. My real age is 17." He said with a playful smirk on his face.
"I knew it you are a liar." I said crossing my arms and shaking my head.
Pan shrugged and grabbed my hand leading me almost to the edge of the cliff. I looked at him to make sure he would not try to push me over and then I took in the scenery in front of me. The sun was beginning to come out and I embraced the warmth as it shined on my skin. Pan looked straight ahead like he was lost in thought. The scenery was breath taking. The sun rose above us and I could hear the birds chirping in the sky. There were no gray clouds in the sky and the water was perfectly clear and still. The wind started blowing through my hair and Pan looked down at me. He placed one of my stray curls behind my ear and just stared at me. I looked back at him briefly, and then I looked down feeling shy all of a sudden.
"We should go." He said with a serene expression.
We walked back to my tree house without saying a word to each other which made everything feel awkward.
The next days were not as awful as I expected them to be. I spent more time with the boys Pan considered the Lost Boys. They taught me how to shoot a bow and arrow and I enjoyed watching them play some of Pan's twisted games. I would gather all of them around in circle and tell them stories that they all could enjoy. I felt included and special, something that I never had a chance to feel with my family at Tree Gap. I enjoyed the freedom that I was given here, the freedom that I always longed for. I could sense Pan watching from a distance when I spent time with the Boys. There were days where he would take from my tree house and we would run together through the field with the tall grass surrounding us. Pan taught me how to sword fight and when I was defeated by him I always ran away, and he chased after me every time. Everything experience I had with Pan and the Lost Boys was new and different, unlike anything I had ever seen at home. I thought that I would miss my family, but the longer I stayed there the more I began to lose track of time.
One day, Pan and I were sitting on the rocks on the cliff listening to the sound of the waterfall. I sat down on the rocks looking up at the sky. Pan jumped up and started taking off his clothes causing me to suddenly look away. He stripped all the way down to his undergarments.
"What are you doing? I asked feeling slightly concerned.
"What does it look like?" He replied as if it was obvious. Pan stood on the edge of the cliff and jumped straight down making a loud splash into the water.
I leaned over the cliff watching him shake the water from his hair.
"Join me." Pan yelled.
"If you think that I am going to jump in that water you are crazy than I predicted, Pan." I said still leaning over the cliff.
"Whatever you say, Bird. I know that you're just afraid." He said lifting his eyebrows with his usual grim smirk.
"I not afraid of anything, I just do not know how to swim." I said boldly.
"You say you're not afraid of anything, prove it." Pan said attempting to play one of his sick mind games with me.
I backed away from the edge of the cliff and stripped down to my undergarments. I stood back at the edge of the cliff, held my breath, and jumped. My heart started beating rapidly as my body floated to the top of the water and I tried to catch my breath. I opened my eyes and saw Pan swimming towards me.
"I actually did it." I said feeling triumphant.
"Why did you call me Bird? I said quickly changing the subject.
"You are a caged bird. You are just a sheltered, lonely, lost girl." Pan said with a dark look in his eyes.
I scoffed at his arrogance. "That's not true. Some of it may be true but I have a life beyond these woods." I said trying to swim closer to Pan.
When I attempted to swim near him I lost control of my leg movements in the water and I panicked. I started kicking my legs nonstop and my head fell into the water.
I felt Pan's arm grabbed my waist and we floated back to the top. I held my arms around his neck as he held onto my waist.
"Peter?" I said gazing into his green eyes.
"Yes Darling, Peter said looking back into my eyes.
"Don't let go." I said feeling helpless for once.
"Don't worry I'm not. I will never let you go Wendy." Peter said and I could hear the genuineness in his voice.
I relaxed in his arms and let the cool water move against me. I held out my arms almost like a bird and closed my eyes. Peter still carried me in his arms and he started to twirl me around gently. I knew that I would never forget that moment with him.
Later that day, Peter and I sat by the fire in one of the caves in the woods. He held up his pipes and started to play some unfamiliar music. The music was almost hypnotizing. I got up and started dancing around the fire as he watched me closely. Peter sat down his pipes and we both danced and laughed until we grew tired. We laid down beside the fire in each other arms. I rested my head on chest.
"I wish this moment could last forever." I said.
"You want to spend forever with me?" Peter asked. "You know we could have million moments like this. We could see the world together and have moments like this all time. This never has to end." Peter said with an optimistic gleam.
I sighed wanting everything he just said and more. "I wish things could be that simple." I said with a sad smile on lips. "There are so many other things I want to do here." I said looking back into his eyes.
Peter's expression was frozen and unreadable. "Like, like this. I said looking from his eyes to his mouth. I leaned down slowly and Peter sat up quickly catching my lips with his. The kiss was sweet and tender. After a few seconds Peter placed two more gently kisses on my lips. I was surprised and pleased at how gentle he was being. He caressed my face with the back of his hand and we just stared at each other in silence.
"Wendy I have something I need to tell you." Peter said dropping his hand from my face.
Authors Note: Well I never thought I would be writing this. I really hope people like this. Believe it or not but I attempted to make this a One shot and failed miserably. There will probably be two more chapters for this posted on here and tumblr really soon. I don't know it depends on how many favorites, follows, or reviews I receive. I got this inspiration from watching Tuck Everlasting the movie today. Anyways thanks for reading! I also will finish my story Detention sometime this week.
