Sophie's POV

I knew I shouldn't have ran off. They both seemed to care, although both in different ways, but I just couldn't handle it. I don't want to hear people fight and scream over me. I should trust Jack, I do trust Jack, but he would never understand. He was never outcasted my society. Some people would say I brought this on myself. I shouldn't have changed so much and act how I do. It started after my mom died, all I ever felt was pity from others and I hated it. I began to push people away and became more reserved. I would just listen to music and keep my nose in a book. When I was ten the school did this big breast cancer fundraiser and we could get pink strips in our hair. I loved it. When I eleven I finally convinced Bunny to let me color my hair. I got just blue streaks in it and then six months later got purple added. People gave me all kinds of judgmental looks after that. They said I was asking for trouble and becoming a rebel. Of course I had to make things worse...

Flashback

"Stop being such a weirdo Sophie." The girl called to me. I knew it was samantha, the most loved girl in the fifth grade. I ignored her and kept walking towards the swingset. "Hey! I'm talking to you weirdo!" she yelled again. but this time grabbed the back of sweatshirt and yanked me back.

"Just leave me alone Samantha." I muttered not meeting her eyes.

"Woah! The freak talks." She laughed back. "Why are you so weird? My big sister says it's cause you don't got anyone to love you anymore except your weirdo brother."

"Your sister doesn't know anything. And neither do you so leave me alone." I spat back at her.

"Hey! My sister knows a lot more than you! She said you guys got put with some weird family that makes you sleep in dresser drawers. She said you had no family that would take you."

"They aren't weird and we sleep in normal beds. Probably a lot cooler than where you live."

"You wish freak. I have the best of everything! And you have no one and never will."

Well that did it for me. My temper got the best of the situation and I punched her in the face. She pushed me down in the dirt and jumped on me to pin me down. I head butted her and gave her a bloody nose. When she still wouldn't get off me, I bit her...hard.

"Eww! You bit me!" Samantha screamed jumping up. That whole situation ended up with us spending the day in the counselor's office.

"Now Samantha, you need to understand that Sophie is going through a tough time. A lot has changed for her and she no longer has either birth parents." The counselor lectured before turning to me. "Sophie, it is not okay to start fights or to bite people. Now maybe if you started dressing friendlier, socializing with others and stop pushing people away you wouldn't have such a hard time with other students. I know it is hard. Normally a mother would help you from acting in such a manner and would help you understand how to behave around other people but you need to try to be...well..."

"Normal" Samantha interrupted. I was glad to see she was getting a black eye.

"I was going to say friendly and social." The counselor interjected. "I doubt your mother would want to see you fighting with students, biting, and...changing your body.." I could see the counselor staring at my hair.

"You know nothing about my mother!" I yelled jumping up from my chair. " She would love me just like this! She would say Samantha was a brat and got what she deserved! She would say you have no idea what you are talking about, clearly picking favorites, and have no idea how to handle bullying! Your little princess there was bullying me! All she gets is a slap on the wrist. My mom would say this whole town is full of thick headed idiots who only knew how to judge others!" I stormed out of the room, praying to never see them again.

End flashback

I shivered at the memory. I was a major outcast after that. I looked around and noticed I was in the clearing that Peter took me to before. I sat down in the middle and thought through what was going on. I had no clue what I was going to do. The guardians were obviously my family and I didn't want to lose them. But Peter really seems to want me here. He and the lost boys would be heartbroken. But Jack, he said he thinks he has feelings for me. Does he really like me that way? Peter is obviously not going to let me go without a fight and I don't think the guardians will let me go that easily. I don't want a huge fight though.

"Hey, what are you doing out here alone?" I looked up to see Slightly and Nibs walking towards me.

"Don't ya know theres bears out here. They would eat you alive." NIbs told me.

"Nibs! Those bears never mess with us." Slightly groaned.

"Hey guys. i was just thinking." I told them before they started fighting.

"Oh how fun" It was Nibs turn to groan and earn a punch from Slightly.

"What are ya thinkin about?" Slightly asked sitting next to me.

"About everything that is happening. I got all my memories back and now I realize that the guardians are family and care for me. But Peter really wants me to stay. And now Peter and Jack are fighting over me." I explained.

"Woah. You got your memories back?" Nibs questioned, suddenly interested again.

"Yes Nibs, that is what I said." I said back with sass.

"But how?" Slightly asked in awe.

"I just kept trying to remember and I slowly did a tiny bit. And then I talked with Jack and I remembered everything." I explained.

"Everything?" Nibs asked

"Yes, everything. Even what I was running from." I said and saw Slightly scoot closer looking for more details. "My mother died when I was younger. I blamed myself for it. And I was outcasted by a lot of people." At that point even Nibs seemed interested, so I gave them the full run through of everything that happened and that I remembered.

"Oh wow Sophie. It is always hard to lose a parent but be there when it happened. That's worse." Slightly told me.

"Did you lose a parent Slightly?" I asked since he seemed so insightful at the moment.

"No. I don't believe I did. Curly did though. He was with her when it happened. His father was a drunk and blamed him. Curly had nightmares for a while after it, even after he forgot it all he still had some nightmares for a bit." Slightly answered.

"That's why Curly acts so tough and loves to be in charge. He doesn't want to take orders from others. He did enough of that when he was at home." Nibs added.

"Oh wow. I never realized. Poor Curly.' I said deep in thought about the young boy.

"Poor Curly? That boy is tough as nails and loves it here." Nibs interrupted my train of thought.

"He doesn't remember it ever happened. Doesn't even remember the fact he had nightmares about it all.' Slightly explained.

"Oh, well that is good." I agreed. "Do ever wish you could back? ya know, like leave Neverland?"

"No!" Nibs exclaimed.

"Sophie, we didn't all have the best lives like you do. You have a loving family, most of us did not. None of us even remember our lives before this." Slightly explained.

"So you don't even remember how you got to Neverland?" I asked.

"Peter found me and Slightly. We lived on the streets..I think...we were on the streets anyways. We were the first lost boys." Nibs told me, which was a bit shocking.

"Curly was next, Peter found him. Then Tootle and the Twins fell out of there prams and were never claimed." Slightly finished.

"Ya know, even if i go with the guardians I can visit. They can be your friends too. Maybe even like family.' I told them.

"I doubt that." Nibs said getting up.

"I'm not sure Peter would like that..." Slightly started.

"Peter doesn't share!" Nibs butted in "he wouldn't want to share you."

"Well he doesn't own me! I can make choices too." I told Nibs.

"Sophie. Nibs does have a point. We know Peter a lot better than you do. He wouldn't like it." Slightly told me.

"Why does Peter want me so much anyways?" I asked the insightful boy.

"A girl is worth more than twenty boys Sophie." Slightly informed me for the second time. "Girls are a rare thing here. They are much too clever to fall out of their prams and girls rarely run away. There is something special about girls that boys don't have. Neverland needs a girl."

"What do you mean needs a girl?" I asked.

"Can't you see? Peter is trying to make a family." Nibs told me "The younger boys need a mother."

"Mothers are very special and important. They teach you to share, to care, give the best hugs. They know all the lovelier things that only girls know. Boys don't know these secrets so fathers can't teach them. That is why we need a girl." Slightly explained.

"I told you I don't know how to be a mother." I reminded them.

"You don't have to know. It is one the secrets that girls carry within them. It is something that just happens." Slightly informed me.

"Okay, so how are you so wise?" I asked him.

"It is common knowledge Sophie." Slightly told me. I looked past him at nibs with a questioning look and only got a shrug in response. "You make a far better mother than Wendy or Jane did."

"Oh, uh..well thank you." I responded.

"So uh Sophie...Will tell us what it was like with the guardians?" Nibs asked me.

Bunny's POV

I was racing through the woods hoping to come upon Sophie. I know we said we would give her time but I just need to see her. I need to know she is okay. I came across a clearing and saw her sitting there with two of the lost boys.

"Wait so that was a bunny? He looks like a kangaroo." The boy with longer hair asked laughing.

"He is a bit over sized. But yes, he's a bunny. The Easter bunny to be exact. He is so awesome. A little rough around the edges but still super cool. He travels by these tunnels he has underground. one day I jumped into the tunnels with him when I wasn't supposed to and he didn't know. I was lost and wandering around for hours." Sophie told them.

"Was he mad? What did he do?" The long haired boy asked.

"Yea. he wasn't too happy but I think he was more worried. He always told me I was too curious and that curiosity killed the cat. I would just laugh and tell him it was good that I'm a little girl than." Sophie laughed.

"And I would laugh and tell you that you looked more like a cat to me." I said loudly, leaning against a tree. They all turned and looked at me quickly.

"Bunny?" Sophie asked.

"Yes. I am a bunny. Not a kangaroo." I said giving the long haired boy a look. I realized then it was the two boys from the beach.

"I was telling them about growing up with the guardians.' Sophie informed me.

"Oh well please continue." I told her and sat on a log near them. The boys relaxed after a little while and Sophie told them of a number of adventures with us guardians and I added little pieces here and there. Maybe these boys weren't too bad.

Peter's POV

I was flying towards the clearing that I took Sophie to the day we explored. I had a feeling she would be there. What I found was a big surprise though. She was in the clearing, with Slightly and nibs, and that dumb kangaroo. And they were all getting along. Was Slightly and Nibs siding with them? Did they want to be with the guardians? I couldn't let them take the boys away too. I had to find a way to make the guardians the bad guys again. I would find a way. If those guardians thought they would win just because they found her first they were stupider than I thought. This is my island, my world. I get what I want.