Title: An Awfully Big Adventure

Rating: T (minor character death)

Genre: Adventure, Romance

Warnings: OMG, FLUFF

Summary: Rufio returns from his adventure in death just in time to embark on another adventure- in love. Oh, and he also has to find Maggie, before Peter returns to Neverland.

A/N: Written in response to a raven like a writing desk 's contest: Rufio/OC. Deadline is October 31st. 2011. That I kinda screwed up on... Inspiration in review form is greatly appreciated!

DISCLAIMER: SEE PROFILE

As they flew up into the night air, Rufio slapped his head so hard that Tink nearly dropped him.

"What is it?" she asked in alarm.

"Fly us to the kid's rooms!" he cried, curving his head around and flapping his arms for emphasis.

Tink skidded to a stop in mid-air and swung herself and her flailing party around. Racing to the open window, she soared through and dropped Rufio on his face.

"Mwwoow."

"Sorry," Tink whispered as her friend pushed himself up slowly, spitting fibers of carpet out of his mouth. "What now?"

Whilst rubbing his rather sore nose, Rufio picked himself up and motioned in the general direction of the kid's beds. "Let's wake 'em up, and I'll explain."

Excited about being given permission to talk to her best friend's kids, Tink rushed to Jack's bed first and began turning cartwheels all over his chest. "Wake up, Jack, come on! Wake up!"

Suddenly she stopped, and began mashing down on Jack's chest with her tiny foot in contemplation. "Hmm," she mused, now using her hands to feel around. "Either Jack got fat, or Maggie grew up way fast."

"What are you talking about, Tink?" Rufio asked from his place beside Maggie's bed. "Maggie is right here."

Tink's eyes got big. "Come feel this, then."

Curious, Rufio abandoned his post and began poking Jack's chest. It sure was squishy.

"Wow, Tink, he did a lot of eating in the time he was gone, huh?"

Tink nodded, doing jumping jacks on one side of Jack's chest while Rufio squished the other.

Suddenly, a fist came flying from the blanket, hitting Rufio square on the jaw and causing him to stagger back about six inches.

"What was that for!" Rufio whispered loudly.

Tink flew to her friend's shoulder as a girl peeked over the covers. As the top of her head came into focus, she blinked, and then attacked her attackers with the fury of a harpy.

"Begone, RAPIST!" she screeched, pulling a sock from her foot to brandish it threateningly. "I've got a... a... a sock! Why on earth do I have a sock?"

Rufio exchanged bewildered glances with Tink as the strange girl began murmuring to herself.

"A sock? A sock! What will I do with a sock? Rub it against their noses?"

Suddenly she looked up, to assess her attackers. A boy, and a... fairy?

"Well, isn't that excellent. I have a sock, and he has a- why do you have a fairy, boy?"

Rufio blinked in surprise, not having expected to be called upon. The girl ran up and pushed her nose into his face. Even more of a shock was that she was nearly as tall as Rufio.

"Well?" she demanded, swinging her sock towards Rufio's shoulder and accidentally knocking Tink off. "Why do you have a fairy on your- oh, sorry, chick- shoulder, boy?"

"First off," Rufio started, poking his finger into the girl's chest and pushing her back, "My name isn't boy, it's Rufio. RU-FI-OOO. Got it? And secondly," he bent down to pick up Tink and place her back on his shoulder gently. "She has a name, too- Tinkerbell. Or, just Tink. And thirdly-"

"Wait," the girl said. "Why are we even having this conversation? What are you doing here? Who are you?"

"Well, I was just gonna ask you that!"

"It's none of your business!"

"Yes, huh!"

"Nuh, uh!"

"Wha's goin' on?" Maggie asked sleepily as she rose. "Why're all shoutin' an' stuff? Fire?"

As adorable as she looked, with her long brown hair tasseled and her eyes droopy from slumber, the girl turned and snarled.

"Run, Maggie! Strangers are here! Stranger danger! Stranger dan-"

"TINKERBELL!"

Maggie shot from bed, tiredness all gone, as soon as she spotted the fairy on Rufio's shoulders. "And Rufio! I thought you were dead! How'd you get back? And why are you here? Are we going back to Neverland?"

Rufio laughed. "It's a long story, munchkin. But I promise I'll tell you, soon. We just need Jack. And who is this girl?"

Maggie blinked her eyes in the direction Rufio was pointing. "That's Meg. She's my mean older sister. I'll go get Jack!"

With that, she ran off, leaving Rufio and Tink to stare at Meg in disbelief, while Meg had relocated to her bed and was holding her sock in front of her like a shield.

"Tinkerbell? Neverland? Peter Pan?

"This is ridiculous," Meg muttered.

"No," Jack said, shaking his head fiercely. "It's brilliant."

Rufio clapped Jack on the shoulder. "It is, huh?"

Meg pinched the bridge of her nose. "For the sake of my sanity, let's pretend I even believe this crap. You want to kidnap an old lady, take her to some magical fairy-tale land, where she can live happily ever after and never die?"

"Yeah, that's it!" Tink chirped from her perch on Maggie's head. "Ya got it!"

Meg stared at the fairy in terror. "Why is this happening to me? I'm a good kid, I don't do drugs or anything..."

Rufio leaned over Maggie's shoulder and stage-whispered into her ear. "Your sister's crazy."

The girl nodded. "Hey, Meg. If it makes you feel better, we're not actually kidnapping Granny Wendy. Since, you know, she's old and stuff.

Meg stared at her sister in disbelief. "No, no, no, that's not how it works. Tell, her Jack, she likes you better."

"What? I'm on her side, here."

Rufio stood, deciding to take action like the born leader that he is. "Listen, it's settled. We're doing this, for Wendy's sake. Now, Tink's gonna hit us with some dust, you guy's remember how to fly? Happy thoughts. Me and Meg will take Granny Wendy, Jack, you get Peter, and Maggie you get your mom. Deal?"

"No." Meg said, raising her head. "Formal protest."

Jack frowned. "Denied. What's your problem anyways?"

Meg looked around the room with her arms thrown away from her sides as if someone would swoop in and begin making sense. "What is even going on? Who are you? Why do you have a fairy? How do you know my family? Why are we going to Neverland? Why-"

"Whoa, Meg, calm down." Rufio scratched the back of his head. "I'll explain everything when we get to Neverland. But, right now, Granny Wendy is dying. And if we don't move fast, your parents will be making funeral arrangements by morning. So can we go?"

Meg frowned, but didn't protest. As much as she was against this wacky idea, she did love Granny Wendy- out of herself and her siblings, she was the only one who had seen the woman more than once. In fact, she had once been an orphan at this place. It was Peter and Moira who had raised her, but Wendy had given her a home.

"Fine." She gritted out. "I'm in."