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Fairy Tale Shmairy Tale
Matt wrapped Mimi in a soulful kiss as the children cheered over their freedom. The couple parted, their faces just inches apart. Sora flew in between them and made some gestures to Matt, whose eyes widened.
"Absolutely! That's the second best thing I have heard all day!" Matt cried, leaping to his feet and pulling Mimi up with him. He was beaming broadly, his eyes filled with happiness.
"What did Sora tell you?" Mimi asked, curious. Matt's reaction was of pure joy, and she wondered what could possibly be so good. Matt circled his arm around Mimi's waist and looked down on her with a smile wide enough to circle Neverland.
"She did it, Mimi! Sora has figured out how to keep me young forever! I don't have to leave Neverland! And neither do you, my love!" Matt cried, hugging Mimi tightly. Mimi was stunned; she would never see her family again if she stayed in Neverland.
"Matt. . . I have to go home. My family. . . they're everything to me." Mimi whispered. Matt stopped hugging Mimi and parted from her slightly, his eyes filled with confusion and hurt.
"You don't want to stay here with me?" Matt asked, a hint of the child within coming to the surface in his quavering voice. Mimi felt a tear roll down her cheek.
"I want to be with you more than anything. But I have a family that loves me in Odaiba, and leaving them without them knowing where I was, if I was safe. . . . well I just couldn't do that. I'm so sorry. . . " Mimi replied. Matt nodded slowly, letting the information sink into his mind. He took Mimi's hand and sadly smiled down at her.
"Then I will take you home. We all will, right guys?" Matt said, looking to the children. They had all become silent when they heard Mimi wasn't going to stay, and now looked forlornly at the young girl.
"We'd love to. Besides, I have yet to see any place outside Neverland." Kari said, trying to keep herself from sounding too gloomy. The other children nodded, trying to smile through their sadness. Mimi took Matt's hands in hers and looked at him with a longing stare.
"I wish there was some way we could be together." Mimi said quietly, the tears flowing freely. Matt wiped the stream from Mimi's cheek and sighed heavily.
"I do too, love. I do too."
The group flew in silence toward the world where Mimi had originated. The same world all the children had originated. All eight of them touched down in a small alley beside a well lit street. All was calm out in the sleeping city. Not a soul was awake. Sora flew up to Mimi and perched herself on Mimi's shoulder. She made some gestures, which made Matt smile.
"She says she's sorry for being so terrible to you. She wants to be friends." Matt said. Mimi grinned and nodded to the fairy, who flitted with delight. Everyone smiled happily, then Matt took Mimi's hands and sighed.
"I guess this is goodbye, then. Know this. . . . I will always love you." Matt said, tears brimming in his crystal blue eyes. Mimi could stand no more and started to sob loudly. The children crowded around Mimi and Matt, enveloping them in a strong hug. Tai suddenly released from the hug and spoke.
"I don't want to go back." Tai said plainly, causing the group to look down at the child in amazement. Izzy and Joe also stepped away like Tai and nodded.
"I don't want to go back either." Joe stated, his voice firm.
"I want to stay here. This is home." Izzy whispered. TK ran over with Kari to the others and started laughing.
"I wanna stay too, Matt!" TK cried, looking at Matt with desperate eyes that matched his brother's. Kari nodded, her cinnamon eyes filled with emotion. Mimi and Matt looked at each other, then at the children.
"You know, I'm sure there are families who would adopt these children. They could have a wonderful life here filled with the love they deserve. Mothers who can take care of them and love them as their own." Mimi said quietly, watching Matt's face for some sort of sign. He smiled softly and nodded to Sora, who showered the children with her fairy dust.
"Watch this. . . . " Matt whispered, almost silently. Mimi held onto Matt as the dust settled on the children, and all of them except Kari began to age rapidly. A sudden flash of white light emitted from the Lost Boys, and Mimi shielded her eyes with Matt's shoulder. Matt leaned his head down to Mimi's to cover his eyes, and when they looked up, the couple saw an amazing sight.
"Oh my. . . . oh my goodness!" Mimi said, wonder filling her voice. There before them stood the Lost Boys, Kari, and Sora. The boys were all ten years older than they had been moments before. Tai was now tall with messy brown hair and mature deep brown eyes. His face was better defined, and Mimi admitted he was a handsome young man.
"I've been waiting so long to look as old as I felt!" Tai said, grinning like an idiot. Beside Tai stood Joe, who was taller than Tai and had medium short blue hair. He too looked more defined, and sophisticated than he had previously.
"I feel like a new man. . . a real man!" Joe said happily, smacking Izzy's shoulder heartily. Izzy was staring at his hands in amazement, and he ran one of them through his spiky red hair. He wasn't as tall as the other two, but he certainly had grown. Now he was Mimi's height and was silently making sure the whole experience was real.
"Matt!" a slightly deep voice called. Matt and Mimi looked to see an almost identical version of Matt run up to them with big blue eyes. He looked to be about fourteen years old, and was pulling Kari behind him as he ran.
"TK!" Matt cried, embracing his baby brother for the first time without kneeling to pick him up. Tears were in the brother's eyes as they talked like adults for the very first time in a long time. Mimi grinned as Kari held TK's hand and motioned that they were together.
"That was fast!" Mimi gushed to Kari, who smiled.
"I always knew he would end up being my one and only. I prayed for the day he would grow up, especially after I outgrew him. Today is my day, and we are ever so happy!" Kari responded, clutching TK's hand in hers. TK wrapped his free arm around the small girl's waist and grinned as the group gathered around and began to talk excitedly.
"Ahem!" a feminine voice rang out. The group of teenagers turned around to see a tall redheaded girl with short hair and rust colored eyes standing before them. She grinned and cocked her head to the side.
"Well, aren't ya gonna say hi to your old friend Sora?" Sora asked, laughing as she spoke for the first time. Everyone cried out in joy and rushed to the girl, who had become human like they were.
"How did you do this?" Matt asked, incredulous. Sora smiled and sighed softly.
"Fairies of Neverland were to bring children to the island and let them live there for eternity. If all the children under the fairies care decided to go back to their homes and grow up, then the fairy can do just that. The hitch is, they also grow up. . . literally. I'm as human as the rest of you now!" Sora explained. Kari stepped forward, a sheepish look on her face.
"Sora. . . can you explain to me how I got to Neverland? How did I end up being your charge?" Kari questioned. Sora's smiled faded slightly as she took Kari's hand in hers.
"Long ago, before you were born, we didn't make children leave Neverland until they left their teen years. A fairy had two charges, a young man and a young woman, who aged despite attempts to stop it. They fell in love, and became with child. During the birth, the mother perished. You were born a healthy little thing, but your father had turned twenty during the pregnancy and was sent away before you were born. So we kept you here in Neverland, helping you when you needed help, and sending you to Matt when he was brought there. This is why we send the children home if they age, and that's why I was trying so desperately to keep you and Matt from aging. I was terrified you two would fall in love. . . " Sora explained. Kari nodded, a tear forming in her eye. TK took her other hand and squeezed it gently, and Kari leaned back against the boy's chest.
"Well, you don't have to worry about us, Sora. We're home now, and I don't know about Kari, but I found the one I love." Matt said, kissing Mimi on the lips gently.
"Well guys we better be going home now. . . " Izzy stated. The teens looked around, bewilderment and fright crossing their faces.
"And where do you propose home is?" Joe asked. Mimi smiled and walked with Matt to the end of the alley.
"Follow me."
Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa sat on their sofa sadly, thumbing through pictures of their daughter in silence. Tears fell from the woman's eyes as she remembered the night her daughter disappeared without a trace. For the two days after, her husband had been beating himself up over the entire ordeal, blaming his stubborn parenting for Mimi's disappearance.
"I just didn't want to lose another child. . . ." Mr. Tachikawa muttered. Mrs. Tachikawa nodded, understanding why her husband had been so strict. She knew the whole story behind her husband's youth, and the child he had never known before. Suddenly the door opened, and Mimi burst in with Matt and the rest of the group.
"Mimi!!" Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa exclaimed, leaping to their feet and hugging their child to them happily. The others stood and watched the happy reunion without speaking, allowing the trio to hold each other for several minutes.
"Who are these people? Where have you been?" Mrs. Tachikawa asked, motioning to the group standing before them. Mimi ran a hand through her chestnut hair and sighed loudly, wondering where to begin.
"Sora? Is that you?" Mr. Tachikawa suddenly blurted, noticing the redhead in the back of the group. Sora stepped forward and nodded, and Mimi's father sank to his seat.
"Shawn. . . I have brought you someone I would like you to meet. This is Hikari, your daughter." Sora said, bringing Kari to the front with her. Mimi and the others gasped as Kari shook with nervous excitement.
"Hikari. . . Kari. . . that's what your mother always wanted to name you." Mr. Tachikawa whispered, tears forming in his rust colored eyes. Kari began to sob as she ran to her father and embraced him.
"Daddy. . . I've dreamed of this moment for my whole life." Kari cried. Mimi and Mrs. Tachikawa huddled down with their newest family member and shared tears with the newly reunited father and daughter.
"Matt. . . this means we're brothers. . . dating sisters." TK said, a silly smile plastered on his face. Matt watched the family and smiled as he put his arm around his baby brother's shoulders. It seemed like the perfect fairy tale ending. . . .
*Okay, if you want that as the end, then don't review. If you want a true epilogue to see what happened to everyone, please send out a review. Thanks!*
Fairy Tale Shmairy Tale
Matt wrapped Mimi in a soulful kiss as the children cheered over their freedom. The couple parted, their faces just inches apart. Sora flew in between them and made some gestures to Matt, whose eyes widened.
"Absolutely! That's the second best thing I have heard all day!" Matt cried, leaping to his feet and pulling Mimi up with him. He was beaming broadly, his eyes filled with happiness.
"What did Sora tell you?" Mimi asked, curious. Matt's reaction was of pure joy, and she wondered what could possibly be so good. Matt circled his arm around Mimi's waist and looked down on her with a smile wide enough to circle Neverland.
"She did it, Mimi! Sora has figured out how to keep me young forever! I don't have to leave Neverland! And neither do you, my love!" Matt cried, hugging Mimi tightly. Mimi was stunned; she would never see her family again if she stayed in Neverland.
"Matt. . . I have to go home. My family. . . they're everything to me." Mimi whispered. Matt stopped hugging Mimi and parted from her slightly, his eyes filled with confusion and hurt.
"You don't want to stay here with me?" Matt asked, a hint of the child within coming to the surface in his quavering voice. Mimi felt a tear roll down her cheek.
"I want to be with you more than anything. But I have a family that loves me in Odaiba, and leaving them without them knowing where I was, if I was safe. . . . well I just couldn't do that. I'm so sorry. . . " Mimi replied. Matt nodded slowly, letting the information sink into his mind. He took Mimi's hand and sadly smiled down at her.
"Then I will take you home. We all will, right guys?" Matt said, looking to the children. They had all become silent when they heard Mimi wasn't going to stay, and now looked forlornly at the young girl.
"We'd love to. Besides, I have yet to see any place outside Neverland." Kari said, trying to keep herself from sounding too gloomy. The other children nodded, trying to smile through their sadness. Mimi took Matt's hands in hers and looked at him with a longing stare.
"I wish there was some way we could be together." Mimi said quietly, the tears flowing freely. Matt wiped the stream from Mimi's cheek and sighed heavily.
"I do too, love. I do too."
The group flew in silence toward the world where Mimi had originated. The same world all the children had originated. All eight of them touched down in a small alley beside a well lit street. All was calm out in the sleeping city. Not a soul was awake. Sora flew up to Mimi and perched herself on Mimi's shoulder. She made some gestures, which made Matt smile.
"She says she's sorry for being so terrible to you. She wants to be friends." Matt said. Mimi grinned and nodded to the fairy, who flitted with delight. Everyone smiled happily, then Matt took Mimi's hands and sighed.
"I guess this is goodbye, then. Know this. . . . I will always love you." Matt said, tears brimming in his crystal blue eyes. Mimi could stand no more and started to sob loudly. The children crowded around Mimi and Matt, enveloping them in a strong hug. Tai suddenly released from the hug and spoke.
"I don't want to go back." Tai said plainly, causing the group to look down at the child in amazement. Izzy and Joe also stepped away like Tai and nodded.
"I don't want to go back either." Joe stated, his voice firm.
"I want to stay here. This is home." Izzy whispered. TK ran over with Kari to the others and started laughing.
"I wanna stay too, Matt!" TK cried, looking at Matt with desperate eyes that matched his brother's. Kari nodded, her cinnamon eyes filled with emotion. Mimi and Matt looked at each other, then at the children.
"You know, I'm sure there are families who would adopt these children. They could have a wonderful life here filled with the love they deserve. Mothers who can take care of them and love them as their own." Mimi said quietly, watching Matt's face for some sort of sign. He smiled softly and nodded to Sora, who showered the children with her fairy dust.
"Watch this. . . . " Matt whispered, almost silently. Mimi held onto Matt as the dust settled on the children, and all of them except Kari began to age rapidly. A sudden flash of white light emitted from the Lost Boys, and Mimi shielded her eyes with Matt's shoulder. Matt leaned his head down to Mimi's to cover his eyes, and when they looked up, the couple saw an amazing sight.
"Oh my. . . . oh my goodness!" Mimi said, wonder filling her voice. There before them stood the Lost Boys, Kari, and Sora. The boys were all ten years older than they had been moments before. Tai was now tall with messy brown hair and mature deep brown eyes. His face was better defined, and Mimi admitted he was a handsome young man.
"I've been waiting so long to look as old as I felt!" Tai said, grinning like an idiot. Beside Tai stood Joe, who was taller than Tai and had medium short blue hair. He too looked more defined, and sophisticated than he had previously.
"I feel like a new man. . . a real man!" Joe said happily, smacking Izzy's shoulder heartily. Izzy was staring at his hands in amazement, and he ran one of them through his spiky red hair. He wasn't as tall as the other two, but he certainly had grown. Now he was Mimi's height and was silently making sure the whole experience was real.
"Matt!" a slightly deep voice called. Matt and Mimi looked to see an almost identical version of Matt run up to them with big blue eyes. He looked to be about fourteen years old, and was pulling Kari behind him as he ran.
"TK!" Matt cried, embracing his baby brother for the first time without kneeling to pick him up. Tears were in the brother's eyes as they talked like adults for the very first time in a long time. Mimi grinned as Kari held TK's hand and motioned that they were together.
"That was fast!" Mimi gushed to Kari, who smiled.
"I always knew he would end up being my one and only. I prayed for the day he would grow up, especially after I outgrew him. Today is my day, and we are ever so happy!" Kari responded, clutching TK's hand in hers. TK wrapped his free arm around the small girl's waist and grinned as the group gathered around and began to talk excitedly.
"Ahem!" a feminine voice rang out. The group of teenagers turned around to see a tall redheaded girl with short hair and rust colored eyes standing before them. She grinned and cocked her head to the side.
"Well, aren't ya gonna say hi to your old friend Sora?" Sora asked, laughing as she spoke for the first time. Everyone cried out in joy and rushed to the girl, who had become human like they were.
"How did you do this?" Matt asked, incredulous. Sora smiled and sighed softly.
"Fairies of Neverland were to bring children to the island and let them live there for eternity. If all the children under the fairies care decided to go back to their homes and grow up, then the fairy can do just that. The hitch is, they also grow up. . . literally. I'm as human as the rest of you now!" Sora explained. Kari stepped forward, a sheepish look on her face.
"Sora. . . can you explain to me how I got to Neverland? How did I end up being your charge?" Kari questioned. Sora's smiled faded slightly as she took Kari's hand in hers.
"Long ago, before you were born, we didn't make children leave Neverland until they left their teen years. A fairy had two charges, a young man and a young woman, who aged despite attempts to stop it. They fell in love, and became with child. During the birth, the mother perished. You were born a healthy little thing, but your father had turned twenty during the pregnancy and was sent away before you were born. So we kept you here in Neverland, helping you when you needed help, and sending you to Matt when he was brought there. This is why we send the children home if they age, and that's why I was trying so desperately to keep you and Matt from aging. I was terrified you two would fall in love. . . " Sora explained. Kari nodded, a tear forming in her eye. TK took her other hand and squeezed it gently, and Kari leaned back against the boy's chest.
"Well, you don't have to worry about us, Sora. We're home now, and I don't know about Kari, but I found the one I love." Matt said, kissing Mimi on the lips gently.
"Well guys we better be going home now. . . " Izzy stated. The teens looked around, bewilderment and fright crossing their faces.
"And where do you propose home is?" Joe asked. Mimi smiled and walked with Matt to the end of the alley.
"Follow me."
Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa sat on their sofa sadly, thumbing through pictures of their daughter in silence. Tears fell from the woman's eyes as she remembered the night her daughter disappeared without a trace. For the two days after, her husband had been beating himself up over the entire ordeal, blaming his stubborn parenting for Mimi's disappearance.
"I just didn't want to lose another child. . . ." Mr. Tachikawa muttered. Mrs. Tachikawa nodded, understanding why her husband had been so strict. She knew the whole story behind her husband's youth, and the child he had never known before. Suddenly the door opened, and Mimi burst in with Matt and the rest of the group.
"Mimi!!" Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa exclaimed, leaping to their feet and hugging their child to them happily. The others stood and watched the happy reunion without speaking, allowing the trio to hold each other for several minutes.
"Who are these people? Where have you been?" Mrs. Tachikawa asked, motioning to the group standing before them. Mimi ran a hand through her chestnut hair and sighed loudly, wondering where to begin.
"Sora? Is that you?" Mr. Tachikawa suddenly blurted, noticing the redhead in the back of the group. Sora stepped forward and nodded, and Mimi's father sank to his seat.
"Shawn. . . I have brought you someone I would like you to meet. This is Hikari, your daughter." Sora said, bringing Kari to the front with her. Mimi and the others gasped as Kari shook with nervous excitement.
"Hikari. . . Kari. . . that's what your mother always wanted to name you." Mr. Tachikawa whispered, tears forming in his rust colored eyes. Kari began to sob as she ran to her father and embraced him.
"Daddy. . . I've dreamed of this moment for my whole life." Kari cried. Mimi and Mrs. Tachikawa huddled down with their newest family member and shared tears with the newly reunited father and daughter.
"Matt. . . this means we're brothers. . . dating sisters." TK said, a silly smile plastered on his face. Matt watched the family and smiled as he put his arm around his baby brother's shoulders. It seemed like the perfect fairy tale ending. . . .
*Okay, if you want that as the end, then don't review. If you want a true epilogue to see what happened to everyone, please send out a review. Thanks!*