"Come one boys!" Duke called. "We're not going to defeat pirates standing here." He said.

"But Peter said we should stay and wait for the coast to be cleared." Said Pipsqueak.

Duke clenched his fist. "Why are you listening to him? He's a grown up. He left Neverland and grew up. We don't take any orders from grown ups whoever they are. And I'm your leader so you do what I say."

The lost boys all blinked and looked at him as their minds clicked. Duke was right. Since when have they ever taken orders from a grown up? That was not the way of a lost boy.

"So are we on for the Pirates?" As if Duke needed an answer from them. All the boys cheered. "Yeah!" And they ran towards the Jolly Roger.

"Are you coming?" He asked Matthew who had been waiting behind. The young boy looked at the older boy. Should he go? Would mother and father allow it? But he was in Neverland. Here no one told you what to do. And he had always wanted to fight pirates. This may be his only chance. "Yes." He said excitedly and nodded.

"What?!" Jane who had just arrived to hear what Duke asked came out with shock upon her face. "Are you crazy?!" She headed towards Duke. "He's only a little boy. And dream or not I'm not letting him go down towards that iron hand fiend." She said angrily.

"You think this is all a dream?" He questioned. "This is all real. Stop denying it. I would've thought the daughter of Peter Pan would be excited to be here."

"Is that all I am to you and everyone else here? Peter Pan's daughter? I'm more than that and all this is nothing but pure childish nonsense. And Matthew is not going to Hook's ship." She forcefully took her brother's hand. "He won't be able to take on a pirate and Hook will use him against my father. He's tried it before."

Matthew pulled his hand out of his sister's grasp. He wasn't taking anymore of her nonsense. "Stop it Jane! You're not the boss of me. And we use to fight pirates all the time. Remember? Now we can. Like we use to play pretend."

Jane looked at him but shook her head. "It was only pretend. None of it was real. You go there and you'll be killed."

"Well I'm still going." He said stubbornly and ran off so he wouldn't hear another word from her.

"Matthew!" She called. "Now look what you did." She blamed duke then proceeded to chase after him.


Duke scoffed. This girl was a real annoyance. No wonder there weren't any lost girls. Girls were a real pain. Not wanting to miss any action Duke headed off to the ship. From where he was he was still able to hear Jane calling for her brother.

"Stupid girl." He mumbled. She'll give them away. Didn't they ever shut up? He was then at the ship and already the Lost Boys were fighting the pirates and typical, Jane was in a corner about to get sliced but he quickly came to her side and blocked the pirates blow.

Pushing the pirate back he threw his spare sword towards the girl. "Here." He said and then continued fighting the pirate.


She had forgotten how the soil of Neverland felt under her feet. It was warm and soft. Wendy came out of the tree, her thoughts still on her missing piece of memory. What was the missing puzzle piece she needed to complete it? However she then forgot about what she was thinking when she saw she was the only one outside. Where were the children? Her children? Jane? Matthew? They surely couldn't have gone far.

"Jane!" She called. "Matthew?" Wendy searched frantically around the area for any sign of a child. Had the pirates kidnapped them again? No Wendy don't assume the worse.

"Peter!" She called desperately for her husband hoping he would be able to help. No one knew Neverland like he did.

He then came and was followed by Tinkerbell. "What?"

"The children. The lost boys, Jane, Matthew, they're all gone." She said worriedly.

He looked around to see what she meant. If they were hiding he'd know. He always could tell if someone was lurking. But the only presence he sensed was Wendy and Tink. He turned to Tinkerbell. "Tink fly ahead." He said. "See if you can find any sign of them. The fairy nodded and then flew off.

"Come on Wendy." He said and took her hand beginning to float in the air. Flying. The combination of happy thoughts and fairy dust. There was no greater feeling. Except...

Peter turned to Wendy so was looking below for their children. Wendy. The girl who made him decide to finally grow up. She had never forgotten. He feared she would soon forget Neverland and then she would soon forget him, but when he saw her almost a woman she did remember. And she never forgotten their time in Neverland. At night she would tell him about their adventures. From when she first sewed his shadow back to him to her hidden kiss, all before both would drift off to sleep. Happy thoughts to dream about was how the Pan family slept. A story every night before they closed their eyes, dreaming of a far off place that existed between sleep and awake. Filled with pirates, Indians, mermaids and lost boys.


"We can't both have her lady."

A familiar voice rang through his head. He remembered seeing a woman. A woman like Wendy. She had whispered Wendy's name, her eyes were tired from searching the heavens. And a selfish act of closing the window was done, but the love of both mother and father for their children was stronger than the child's selfish actions. He had wanted Wendy to stay. He wanted her to always tell him stories and to go on many adventures. He did not want the girl to leave. She was his Wendy and only one could have her.

But as Peter dug into the memory he could not remember who the selfish boy was. Who had wanted Wendy to stay and not grow up? Even the own sound his voice replaying in his mind sounded unfamiliar.


"Peter look!" He snapped out of his thought and saw Wendy was pointing at the Jolly Roger where it appeared a battle was taking place. They flew to the side of the ship were they peeked and saw the Lost Boys battling with pirates. They then found Matthew sword fighting with small pirate. Wendy's eyes widened in horror. But Peter stopped her from doing anything stupid. "He's fine. Look." He pointed at his son. "He's beating him." He smirked. It made Wendy a little relieved but she was still worried he would get hurt. They then found Jane fighting alongside Duke. At least she was safe with him by her side.


AN: Hey. I noticed this hasn't gotten reviews yet. I'm not forcing you to give some, but I would love some feedback on what people think of this story. It would be very appreciated so I can work on it.