Disclaimer: I do not own Peter Pan, he belongs to the wonderful mind of
J.M. Barrie. This fan fiction is based on the real-life Peter Pan movie
with Jeremy Sumpter and such, but the time setting here is modern day, in
the USA. But, I do own the characters which you do not recognize, which
would be the easiest way of saying it. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: First Glance
Arianna finished raking up the last orange leaf from their large sugar maple tree. She sighed and threw down the rake, glad to be finally done, but in a couple of days, she would be asked again. It was almost always Arianna's job to work on the yard. She would water the plants, rake the fallen leaves, water the grass, mow the grass, tend the flowers, plant more plants, pull weeds, etc. At first she hated it, when she first learned to mow the lawn when age 8. But after so many years, she was well used to it, since it almost was a daily routine.
"Maggie!" Arianna called. A little 6-year-old girl came bounding out of the screen door, a limp and sandy colored teddy bear in her arms. Her eyes lit up when she saw the large pile of leaves. "Can I jump in it now, can I? Is it ready?" she squealed. Arianna laughed. "Go ahead!" she said, jumping in before Maggie had a chance. The golden leaves scattered everywhere. The two of them laughed and did it over and over again.
Soon almost all the leaves had returned to their original spots on the ground. Maggie backed up and was about to run again when Arianna stopped her.
"Hey, Ari, why did you stop me? It was going to be my final jump," Maggie complained. "If there were more leaves to protect you, I would have let you jump," Ari said, smiling. Maggie nodded her head and changed her frown to a smile.
"Hey Ari, will you tell me more stories tonight?" she asked.
"Of course, squirt. But first I gotta rake the leaves up again and throw them away. When I have to rake a whole bunch again, we can jump again." Maggie skipped back into the house, humming happily to herself. Ari sighed, picked up the green rake and began to rake the leaves up again. While she raked, she thought up more variations on stories and new stories.
Suddenly the large sugar maple shook. Orange leaves floated down to the ground. "Aww, man. There's more."
The tree shook again, sending down a whole bushel of leaves. Ari, puzzled, dropped her rake and looked up at the tree. A branch shook and a twig fell. There's something in our tree, she thought. It couldn't be a bird because this was much bigger. But what is it? She moved closer to the tree and stared through some bare areas and saw something green. It can't be green form this tree. It's fall. All the leaves turn orange, thought Ari. It moved again and this time, Ari thought she saw a face and hair. She squinted up at the tree to try and figure out what it was. There were eyes. Brown ones. Ari gasped. She went around the other side where the lowest branch was. She jumped up and caught it with her hands then walked up with her feet, pulling herself onto a large, sturdy branch. She carefully made her way around to where the eyes were. She was almost there when she saw the eyes one second and the next second there were gone, leaving gold leaves to fall to the green grass.
If the thing jumped down, she would have heard it, so it must have gone up. Ari nimbly climbed up near the top of the tree. She almost memorized where every branch was so she could have climbed it with her eyes closed. Ari was excellent at climbing trees. She reached the top and poked her head out of the leaves. She looked all around her and at the ground below. Then she looked upwards. Ari thought she saw a figure flying away into space.
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Please R&R. Suggestions, comments, whatever. Hope you liked it. More to come!
Chapter 1: First Glance
Arianna finished raking up the last orange leaf from their large sugar maple tree. She sighed and threw down the rake, glad to be finally done, but in a couple of days, she would be asked again. It was almost always Arianna's job to work on the yard. She would water the plants, rake the fallen leaves, water the grass, mow the grass, tend the flowers, plant more plants, pull weeds, etc. At first she hated it, when she first learned to mow the lawn when age 8. But after so many years, she was well used to it, since it almost was a daily routine.
"Maggie!" Arianna called. A little 6-year-old girl came bounding out of the screen door, a limp and sandy colored teddy bear in her arms. Her eyes lit up when she saw the large pile of leaves. "Can I jump in it now, can I? Is it ready?" she squealed. Arianna laughed. "Go ahead!" she said, jumping in before Maggie had a chance. The golden leaves scattered everywhere. The two of them laughed and did it over and over again.
Soon almost all the leaves had returned to their original spots on the ground. Maggie backed up and was about to run again when Arianna stopped her.
"Hey, Ari, why did you stop me? It was going to be my final jump," Maggie complained. "If there were more leaves to protect you, I would have let you jump," Ari said, smiling. Maggie nodded her head and changed her frown to a smile.
"Hey Ari, will you tell me more stories tonight?" she asked.
"Of course, squirt. But first I gotta rake the leaves up again and throw them away. When I have to rake a whole bunch again, we can jump again." Maggie skipped back into the house, humming happily to herself. Ari sighed, picked up the green rake and began to rake the leaves up again. While she raked, she thought up more variations on stories and new stories.
Suddenly the large sugar maple shook. Orange leaves floated down to the ground. "Aww, man. There's more."
The tree shook again, sending down a whole bushel of leaves. Ari, puzzled, dropped her rake and looked up at the tree. A branch shook and a twig fell. There's something in our tree, she thought. It couldn't be a bird because this was much bigger. But what is it? She moved closer to the tree and stared through some bare areas and saw something green. It can't be green form this tree. It's fall. All the leaves turn orange, thought Ari. It moved again and this time, Ari thought she saw a face and hair. She squinted up at the tree to try and figure out what it was. There were eyes. Brown ones. Ari gasped. She went around the other side where the lowest branch was. She jumped up and caught it with her hands then walked up with her feet, pulling herself onto a large, sturdy branch. She carefully made her way around to where the eyes were. She was almost there when she saw the eyes one second and the next second there were gone, leaving gold leaves to fall to the green grass.
If the thing jumped down, she would have heard it, so it must have gone up. Ari nimbly climbed up near the top of the tree. She almost memorized where every branch was so she could have climbed it with her eyes closed. Ari was excellent at climbing trees. She reached the top and poked her head out of the leaves. She looked all around her and at the ground below. Then she looked upwards. Ari thought she saw a figure flying away into space.
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Please R&R. Suggestions, comments, whatever. Hope you liked it. More to come!