It's really short and I'm so sorry! But I wanted to get something out there for you guys!

Running her fingertips across the handprints that lined the walls of their underground home, Miley traced the outline of little boys' fingers and palms. "You haven't been here in a while" a voice came from beside her. Turning to her right, Peter stood beside her.

J. M. had said Peter to be twelve.

Was he? Actually, no … he wasn't. Peter was fifteen, just one year younger than Miley. Growing up means to take on responsibility, find a place in the world and to travel down the path toward adulthood. Peter was nowhere near that path.

"I know" she shrugged her shoulders.

"Wanna tell me why?" he asked, scratching the back of his neck.

He saw her tense up and quickly interjected, "Or we could just go on a … scavenger hunt!"

Nibs sucked in a sharp breath, "A treasure hunt!? Oh goody! Peter, Peter, what would we be looking for Peter?"

Peter felt confident and in power again, just as he liked. Miley somehow found a way to make him feel shy, not in control and older all at the same time and it scared him. Which also scared him, he wasn't meant to have … feelings. Just thinking about the word gave him the chills.

"Why treasure of course, Hook's treasure!" he exclaimed.

The Lost Boys gathered around Peter, trying to hold in all their excitement. "Will we be given a treasure map?" the Twins asked. "Will you be given a treasure map!?" Peter rolled his eyes and laughed.

Talking out of the side of his mouth, he muttered to Miley, "Will they be given a treasure map?"

Miley softly laughed and shook her head, "Yes, Tinkerbell has it."

Turning back to the boys, he exclaimed, "Of course you'll be given a treasure map! All you have to do is find Tink and she'll give it to you!"

The boys cheered and were off to find Tinkerbell, probably off in the woods, trying to pretty herself up with leaves and acorns for Peter. She was such a girl.

Peter was just about to follow them when she cleared her throat, "Peter?"

"Yeah?" he turned around, smiling now that he was feeling in control of the group once again.

"I can't stay as long this time…"

Last time, she stayed in Neverland for 4 days and was grounded for two months when she got back home.

"Did you not have a good enough time the last time you were here?" he asked curiously, flying close to the ground, his feet a mere four inches off the ground.

"No, no!" she exclaimed and laughed, "I had a great time! It's just … I got in a lot of trouble with people back home."

Instantly, Peter knew, "Nick?"

He knew about Nick, he didn't like Nick; he wanted to be Miley's only friend that was a boy. Nick was close to being an adult too, he was afraid he'd lose Miley to Nick with the pressure of growing up.

"Yes…" Miley said slowly, "And Demi."

Peter furrowed his eyebrows, "Who's Demi?"

Miley shook her head, for some reason Peter only remembered Nick, never anyone else. "I talk about her a lot, you don't remember? Last time I was here I had to leave because of her."

"Let's just go on the scavenger hunt!" Peter's smile returned, reaching for Miley's hand, "Let's not think about leaving. You don't have to go, you can stay as long as you like!"

Miley sighed and let Peter drag her out of the tree home, he never understood her feelings, or wants and needs. However, he did know how to make her happy, and that's what she needed at the moment.

Nick hadn't been paying much attention to her lately. Currently on tour, he'd call her once a week and when they talked he sounded distant. She missed him…

But, when she was in Neverland she tried to push those thoughts aside. Neverland was the place all angsty teenagers and lonely children wished to escape to. They just couldn't find their way. Luckily, she had Peter all to herself. Why he had picked her, she'll never know and that didn't really bother her. The fact that he had picked her, well, it just made her happy.

"Ready to go on an adventure?" Peter's voice broke through her thoughts.

A warm feeling spread through her body, "Always."

Stepping out into the sunlight, Miley couldn't help but smile. Why would she want to leave Neverland? Maybe she could stay a little longer than usual this time...

And that's when the strange sensation overtook her and she blacked out.

The wind whistled through the trees, brushing past her at an easy pace. She had never been to this cliff before, Peter had never taken her. Mermaid's Lagoon seemed dark tonight, the water sat still under the pale moon's light. The Never bird rested with her eggs in a nearby nest, watching over her home.

"Don't worry", Miley whispered, "I won't hurt anything." As she neared the edge of the cliff, a weary smile crept up on her creamy, pale face. The envious moon returned her smile, then turned to continue staring at the stars with jealousy.

She overlooked the water once more, it looked as if it had never been touched, so innocent, so vulnerable.

It had been an adventure to get here. Curly had gotten often attached to her, asking if she would go pick berries with him and then wash them off in the pond nearby, but she had to decline, causing him to ask why. She had patted him on the head and said that she wanted to take a stroll to clear her thoughts. He and Nibs offered to accompany her on her "thought trail", but she shook her head and told them this was something she'd like to do alone. Not even ten feet away from the tree, Tinkerbell flew by, crying about how Peter had disappeared, "He's off on another adventure" she tried to reason with the emotional fairy; the worst kind. Tinkerbell had tried to disagree, saying he didn't take his dagger with him, but Miley was already walking past the dandelion field, the berry bushes and the "ever-growing forest."

Miley's eyes shot open with fright, what had just happened? What had she just seen? Clearly that wasn't a memory. None of that had ever happened. It was as if it were...

No, impossible.