Ermelia let out a second startled cry for the night, as she jumped backwards as the faerie flew at her, stumbling over her own feet and falling to the ground. She watched in awe, as she flew around, before tugging on a boy's hair. Not just any boy. It could only be...
"Pan! Malise, it's Pan" She cried out, ignoring the fact the older girl probably had already realized this fact. She ran forward before Malise could hold her back, coming almost directly under the boy as he hovered, staring up in delight. The boy who never grew up. The fearless boy who fought pirates and talked to mermaids. She grinned in delight.
"Hello! I'm Ermelia" She told him excitedly. Maybe he would even take them to Neverland!
He smiled, seeing that after all maybe they weren't much of a threat as he thought. Though that didn't stop Tinkerbell from pulling on his hair. She flew down next to him as he landed on the ground, in bare feet. He took his hands to his hips proudly, though fixed them politely as he took a bow in front of the children.
"The one and only." He stood up again with a grin on his face. Tinkerbell hovered next to him, pestering him to leave. He flicked her away for a moment, having been annoyed by her actions, and his smile faded slightly.
Malise couldn't help the grin on her face from spreading, and the warmth coming into her cheeks. She had never thought that in a thousand years...She had always wanted to believe Peter Pan and such characters were real, but living in conditions such as these, it was a tad difficult not to have the weight of reality weigh down upon you.
"What are you doing here" She asked in
a disbelieving voice. She was sure this scene would look utterly
ridiculous to anyone passing. A group of orphans talking to a boy
dressed in leaves and a glowing ball next to him. Niyati
watched on from behind Malise's slowly falling arms with wide, dark
brown eyes. She slipped under Malise's makeshift human barrier and
bowed before Peter.
"Have you come to take us to Neverland"
Ermelia grinned even wider as Niyati asked the question she was sure was on all their minds at that very moment. She watched the fabled boy as he made a show of looking considerate of the question. She joined in the game, throwing herself at his feet.
"Oh please! We'll do anything! Take us to Neverland Pete" She begged, trying not to giggle. She felt ridiculous, of course, but something about the boy made her want to over exaggerate.
"I came to listen to the stories." He stated plainly, as if Malise should have already known that. He didn't exactly know if he had come to take them back to Neverland, though it wasn't a bad idea.
He grinned a little at the over exaggeration of a particular girl, and pulled out his sword quickly scaring back some of them. "If you think you can battle fierce pirates, and keep away from the mermaids giving you a watery grave." He said in suspense, grinning all the while. Peter let the silence filter in between the orphans and himself while he flipped the sword back next to his side, like the show off he happened to be at times. He loved the attention.
"Then sure, you can come." He finished off nonchalantly giving a mischievous, yet tempting smile.
