Peter flew through the sky in a bee line toward the Indian Camp. When he -- she -- got there, the Oracle camp was missing. Peter looked everywhere, and saw Tiger Lily, he -- she -- stalked up to her. "Where's the Oracle!?" Peter yelled.
She dropped the water bucket she was holding and shook her head, "Oracle gone. Dead." Then she pointed to the ground, then the sky, then wriggled her fingers as they flowed with the wind.
"Crap!" Peter jumped into the air and searched for the Mermaid Lagoon. He -- she -- landed at the base of the water and ducked his -- her -- head near the water, clicked his -- her -- tongue, calling the mermaids.
One came to him -- her-- and stared with big silver eyes.
"What happened to me?" Peter asked in mermish.
It answered, "Fate." Then it swam back under the water. Peter cursed then flew back to the underground tree house.
"Tink? What's wrong with me? Why am I a girl?" Peter moaned.
Tinkerbell rang her bell at Peter, then whispered in his -- her -- ear.
"What? Leave Never Land? Never!" Peter yelled, standing up. "Go see Wendy? Why? She'll help me? How? Teach me to be a girl? No way!" Peter stalked to the center of the room, "I don't want to be a girl! I want to be a boy and stay in Never Land, and have fun!" Peter crossed his -- her -- arms, crossed his -- her -- legs and pouted.
"What did you say, Tink! I'm acting like a girl?!" Peter growled at her, but it sounded more like a purr. Tink ringed her bell laughing. Peter put his -- her -- hands in his -- her -- head and started crying. "Fine, I'll go to London, back to Wendy."
Tinkerbell landed on his -- her -- shoulder and whispered. "I need a new name? Why? Peter is a boy name? Fine, you're a girl, you think of a name."
Tinkerbell thought for a second then rang her bell, again she whispered. "Petunia? Why that name? It sounds like Peter?" He -- she -- thought about it for a second. "Petunia Pan? Fine."
"What's that Tink? I need to start saying I'm a girl? I do say I'm a girl. What? Fine." Petunia stood up on her legs and combed her fingers through her hair. "Happy?" Tinkerbell nodded. "So then, off to London." Petunia crawled out of the underground tree house one last time.
"Oh, Tink you can't come with me, can you?" Tinkerbell shook her head. "Then, start all over again. Bring someone here to be the new Peter Pan. Make him bring Lost Boys back to Never Land. When I come back, I want it to be the same."
Tinkerbell flew over Petunia and let the pixie dust scatter. She thought of a happy thought, then flew into the sky, waving goodbye to Never Land.
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Tinkerbell watched "Petunia" fly away into the sky, and grinned her little pixy grin. She wriggled her fingers, and laughed her tiny bell laugh. Her plan worked perfectly. She didn't think "Petunia" would fall for it so easily. He laughed again. There was no way Wendy would welcome "Petunia." Wendy loved Peter, and Peter no longer existed. Tinkerbell floated up to the top of the nearest tree and danced on the highest leaf. Ringing her bell with every step she took. She was delighted. She wanted this "Petunia" girl to leave. Tinkerbell was in love with Peter, not Petunia. Same with Wendy, and so she knew Wendy would turn Petunia down.
Tinkerbell giggled, her plan worked perfectly.
Now, fairies are so small they only have room for one feeling at a time. When "Petunia" first opened her eyes, and claimed to be Peter, Tinkerbell scoffed. She didn't believe her. She was an impostor. Tinkerbell didn't have room left to have second thoughts. She had her plan and she stuck to it. Now, "Petunia" was gone, and so was Peter. And Tinkerbell laughed.
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Tinkerbell is a little devil! Grawr! Review! Please?
