Nicole and Tink flew back to the lair as fast as they could, Nicole in front trying to get a head of Tink so that she wouldn't be it. "Give up Tink," Nicole called back to the fairy, "I tagged you and you can't get me back!" Tink tried to go faster, 'Just watch Nicole, I'll get you!' Nicole going so fast fell through the entrance of the lair. She landed right in front of Peter, "So, you and Tink have a nice flight, Nicole?" Nicole looked up at him, giving him a smile, but then Tink came tumbling down the tunnel plopping on Nicole's head. 'Got you! Told you I'm the best at tag.' Nicole looked up at Tink who climbed down to stand on her nose, facing her in the eyes, "Yeah, yeah. You won . . . this time." Nicole got up and looked at Peter's face, which was now filled with confusion. "How did you understand Tink?"

"I don't know, but I can also understand other fairies."

"Other fairies? Tink is the only one in Neverland."

"No she isn't. Tink and I found something extraordinary."

"Something that I haven't found yet? What is that?"

"Tink and I found a huge realm of fairies. They look just like Tinkerbell," Tinkerbell nodded her head agreeing with Nicole's story, "but some have different color then others. Especially Cosmos." Nicole looked over at Tink and saw her blush. Peter was shocked, but interested, he had always wondered where his little fairy friend had come from, maybe she had come from this realm. "Why were you two flying so fast?"

'We were playing tag.'

"And before that we were leading Hook and his crew around in circles. We needed to lead them away from the cave."

"Let's go back to the cave. I'm very interested, and if Hook was around there, he might know about it already." Nicole jumped out of the lair first, followed closely by Peter, and then Tink followed them both.

They soon landed outside of the cave, and took precautions before entering. As soon as they got deep enough into the cave, Cosmos, the fairy they had met earlier, was waiting for them. "Hey you're back!" Cosmos flew over to them. "Cosmos, this is Peter."

'I know of the great Peter Pan," Cosmos said hello to Peter then went straight over to Tink. 'Miss Bell,' he bowed and offered his arm out to her, and of course she took it. "Is he why she is being so nice to you?" Nicole nodded her head, and saw the two fairies begin to go deeper into the cavern. "Well, we better catch up to them before they go on without us. Miss Nicole," Peter said mimicking Cosmos's actions. Nicole playfully hit him in the side, but then took his arm, "Thank you very much kind sir." They all walked into a different cavern with a three other fairies sitting next to each other. Cosmos introduced the three fairies, 'These are the elders of the fairy community, known as the fairy council.' Nicole was confused, "With all respect, how can there be elders of anything in Neverland?"

'We made the time flow down here, but not on the surface,' Nicole was startled by them answering. 'You mush be the child.' Nicole didn't know what to say back. Was she really the child that they were all looking for? 'Of course you are, I can feel it.' Nicole looked up in shock. "How did you know what I was thinking?" The three elders came down from the top of their pedestals, 'Come sit down, children.' Nicole and Peter sat down as they were asked to, but Tink decided to go on a flight through Neverland with Cosmos. 'Do you want to know the full prophecy?'

"There is more to it then what I know?"

'There is much more that you need to know,' the eldest of the three came forward. Nicole was about to speak again, but then she fell to the ground with a pain in her head. "Ahhh!" Nicole held to her head as Peter knelt by her side, hoping to help in some small way. "What's happening to her?" Peter looked up at the fairies, 'Some one must be tampering with the power.' Soon the pain in her head melted away, and she was better. "Nicole, you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Please tell me the story."

"Maybe we should go home and rest."

"No, I want to know," Peter looked at her with concern, "I'll be fine." She loked at the council, "Please tell me." The eldest began the story, as Nicole and Peter sat next to each other, looking like two small kids at story time. 'Long ago when the world was new-'

"Hey, I know this!" Peter pointed out, "Maybe you have, but I haven't. Now calm down." Nicole said to Peter, "Please continue."

'As I was saying, Long ago when the world was new, the world was made of both Magical and non-magical beings. We all lived in harmony, until one day a young man came forth and began a harsh and long wart between the two types of beings. This man's name was Hook, he led the human army behind the safety of his ship, the Jolly Roger. He convinced humans that the magic that we used was black, and evil; even though we had used our magic to help, and not to destroy. In the midst of this war a woman gave birth to a child, but this was not a normal child. The child was half magic and half human. The mother knew that she couldn't trust the other humans with the child, for there was a large amount of prejudice. The mother came before the fairy council and asked for the fairies to take care of the young boy. The fairies had sympathy on the woman and the young boy. They took the boy in, that boy was you Peter,' Peter looked at the ground, "So that is why I can't remember how I got here."

The elder continued, 'Our numbers were slowly, but surly dwindling, so were the numbers of the magical creatures. The fairies decided to do something about it. The original fairy council created an island, in another world, but still connected to your through passage of a bright star. Peter was fairly young when we made our escape to Neverland, which is what we called the island. Some how Hook heard of our flee to Neverland and tried to lead his army to follow us, but only he and his ship made it through. Peter soon became curious, and we allowed him to be able to go and visit the world he once knew. But we were very cautious and assigned a new fairy to look over him. Soon he and the young fairy forgot about this realm and started to live on their own.'

"But I don't understand something," Nicole asked, "If this island was created after the real world, the wouldn't time pass in Neverland like in the real world?"

'When the Island was created, out of the sight of human eyes, the population of the magical creatures was limited. So the original council created a power, they called it the Sphere of Time. This sphere enabled the surface of Neverland to stay young. In this realm, since fairies have a long life span, time continued. But with creating this sphere, the council knew that Hook would eventually reach out his evil hand to capture the sphere, and control of time. So they decided to take a part of the sphere, to hide it away in the real world so that Hook could not control the sphere totally, even if he had gotten a hold of it.'

"I understand all of this, but what does this have to do with me?" asked Nicole.

'The piece of the sphere that was taken from it was hope of a child.'

"Hope of a child?"

'Yes. It is like a child was promised in that piece, but we couldn't find a couple that would raise the without hate, in our time. But fifteen years ago, we found a couple that would nurture the child. We sent a group of fairies that carried the piece with them down to Earth to the couple and blessed them with the piece in their sleep. They soon were blessed with a girl child. A girl child that had control over time, but never knew. That child was you, Nicole.'

"Are you telling me that I'm part fairy?"

'Yes, just like Peter. That explains how you and Peter can communicate to fairies, like Tinkerbell.'

"But I look like a normal human, Peter has the pointy ears."

'We arranged it that way, but you must understand. Because you were blessed with this gift, it is up to you to stop Hook. You cannot let him gain control of the sphere. If he controls the sphere, to take control of Neverland, the island will die. You are connected to the sphere, just as it is part of you, but you have to be together to actually control it's full power. It is up to you to return Neverland back to it's normal time, to give back the youth to the ones it was stolen from.'

"You can count on me. I'll do what ever it takes to help Neverland."

'Nicole, before you go. The prophecy states that after the chills set things right, the child loses their magic.'

"I'll be fully human?"

'Yes, and you'll never be able to see Neverland again.'

"What?!" Peter and Nicole yelled in unison. Peter stood up and stepped toward the elders, "Why won't she be able to come back?"

'Just like there was prejudice in the real world against you, Peter, there is prejudice in this world as well.'

"The Lost Boys are human, and they are allowed to stay here."

'When the Lost Boys came here, they gave up their human being. They decided to be magic forever.' Nicole lowered her head, accepting the decision. "But . . ." Peter was still trying to find an excuse for her to stay, "Peter it is no use. It is part of the prophecy, something that was written over thousands of years ago, we can't change it." Peter couldn't believe it and stomped out of the cave. "There is one other thing I don't grasp."

'What is that?'

"I'm thought as a young adult on my world, why does the prophecy call for mew, but a child at the same time?"

'You still believed in Neverland and in magic growing up. Yes, your appearance is of a young adult, but you heart and mind was still pure, it was still a child's.' Nicole thought about it for a few seconds, "Thank you for telling me the truth." Nicole turned and started to walk out of the cavern. 'Nicole, we know that you fell for the boy. Stop now, before it become too strong, and you cannot fulfill your destiny.' Nicole nodded; still facing the exit, then began to run, then jumped to start to fly. Her eyes began to water with tears, ' If I can't come back, then I'll never see Peter. I guess they are right, I have to keep priorities straight, or I might not be able to leave.'