Henry had been at Peter's camp for some time now, and was still waiting on his parents to come rescue him, as he tried not to anger Pan until then. Today was training day and Pan had put Henry up against a lost boy a bit taller than himself.
As Henry swung the branch at the lost boy, Peter and the others laughed, as Ashley washed up in her tent. But with all the laughter and commotion outside she jumped when she heard the new boy cry out, and before she could make her way to see what happened, Peter and Henry were making their way inside her tent. Ashley looked at Peter who was holding Henry's arm in his, and pushing him towards her. Ashley walked over quickly making Henry nervous and sending him back in fear. Ashley froze and looked up at Pan who was smiling at her, but when Henry looked up Pan's smile quickly turned to a worried frown. "What happened?" Ashley asked as she turned to her bed and knelt pulling a medical kit out from under the bed and tossing it on her blanket. "Henry and Felix were sparing, and Felix accidentally caught Henry's arm. It's not a large gash, but there is blood." Pan explained as Ashley turned around. "Henry, I'm not gonna hurt you, I just want to look at your wound." She explained leaning down as she spoke to Henry. Henry looked up to Pan who motioned him forward, though Henry still wasn't sure. "Peter, why don't you leave us alone, I'll fix his arm." Ashley said looking up at Pan. Pan gave her a questioning look and looked back to Henry before clearing his throat and crossing his arms over his chest. "Alright, fine. I'll be outside if you need me." ANd with that he swiftly pushed the blanket out of his way and stepped outside. Ashley watched him leave and knowing that she pissed him off made her happy, as she smiled and looked back down to Henry. "Henry I promise, I will not hurt you. May I please take a look at your arm?" Ashley asked the boy. Henry hesitated for a moment then nodded yes, walking towards the bed, Ashley right behind him. Henry sat down on the bed and looked around as Ashley opened her medical kit and dug through the stuff, finding bandages and cream, before getting to her feet and grabbing some towels. She wet the towels in the sink and brought them to Henry, reaching out for his arm, but he pulled away out of reach. Ashley sighed and knelt on the floor in front of him, and smiled kindly. "Henry I understand you are scared, but please understand I will not hurt you, I promise you that." She thought for a moment and spoke again. "I am nothing like Pan and his monkeys, I really do want to help you." With that Henry looked up at her,"Really?" Henry whispered, Ashley nodded her head with a bigger smile. For some reason, Henry felt safe now with Ashley, and could see why they might call her mother.
Ashley reached towards Henry again and took his wrist in her warm hand, and held his arm out to check the wound. It was a small cut down his fore arm, no stitches needed, but it did need to be cleaned and wrapped up. She looked up at the boy and reached for her bandages,"well it looks like I don't need to cut the arm off, or stitch anything together. Just a good cleaning and a few bandages will do the trip." Ashley said as she grabbed a wet wash cloth and ran it down his arm, he jump since it stung a little, but smiled as she helped him. Ashley got up and ran the rag under water wringing it out, then making her way back to Henry she knelt back down and finished cleaning his arm. "So if you are nothing like Pan and his boys, why are you here?" Henry asked. Ashley froze, then let go of his arm and set the rag on her lap looking up at him. She wasn't sure what to say, tell him the truth and risk scaring him more, or lie and if he finds out break his trust. Ashley huffed and decided a bit of both couldn't hurt.
"Well Pan's shadow left me here." She said but her tone was some what happy sounding, which even surprised her. Henry looked down at her and cocked his head to one side,"and?" He pressed on. Ashley laughed,"And I've been here for a long time, taking care of Peter Pan and his lost boys, which now includes you." She responded looking a the boy with a smile. Henry still pushed,"but don't you ever miss home?" Ashley was shaken by the question, and stuttered as she let the words fall out of her mouth in a hushed tone."Every day Henry, every day." She shook her head and took his arm back into her hand,and finished cleaning up the blood. She began to wrap the bandages around his arms, tightly to help add pressure to the wound. "There you go little man, all done." She said in a more cheerful voice getting to her feet, looking over her handy work. Henry looked it over too and smiled as he got off the bed and turned his arm around to see her patch job. "Thanks." He said and with out a second thought hugged her. They both froze for a moment realize they were in a hug, and Henry pushed away, but just before he did Ashley grabbed him and whispered. "Henry I believe your family will come for you, and you will leave Neverland. But until that day, if you need anything, including to get away from Pan you just call or come to me." She said. Henry nodded and Ashley watched as he left her tent.((For now I am stuck, but I don't want to write more if people have no interest, so if you would like me to continue please let me know. Please no bad comments, I am still fixing this all up and making it what I really want, I promise it will get there. But if you would like more please let me know so I can start working on more..))))))