A/N: Hello all! Lol, I think I can call myself obsessed – I went to see Peter Pan for the 4th time yesterday! It was still brilliant, so if you haven't seen it yet then you don't know what you're missing!

Thank you to ChaoticLigtningStorm who is still reviewing! You were the only one who reviewed my last chapter! Thrilled you like my story! Keep reviewing! :)

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Disclaimer: All the characters belong to the marvellous and wonderful J. M. Barry. Where would we be without him?! All characters except Autumn so don't take her away from me – she's all I have in the world of writing!

Okay, I think that's all so here's chapter 8!

Chapter 8: Alone

Autumn stepped through the front door. Home at last! She stood in the hallway listening for signs of life.

"Hello? Anyone home? Mum? Dad? Boys?"

She walked into the living room and saw her two brothers playing with the latest Thomas the Tank Engine.

"Hiya, guys!"

They looked up from their trains and, upon seeing Autumn, began to cry. They both stood up and nudged past he,  tears streaming down their faces, leaving their toys in the living room. Autumn frowned and followed them to the kitchen to see them standing behind her mother and father. Autumn instantly smiled.

"Mum! Dad! I'm home!"

At this, her mother began crying also. Her father tried to sooth her, but failed horribly as tears began falling down his face as well.

"What's going on? Why are you all crying?"

Tears began to prickle Autumn's eyes.

"It's me! Autumn W-what's the matter?!"

Autumn felt warm tears sliding down her face. She reached forward to touch her mothers arm and they all vanished. Autumn fell to the floor in hysterics and her surroundings began to go black…

"Autumn…Autumn."

She heard a very far off voice echoing inside her head.

"Autumn. Autumn!"

The voice got clearer and clearer and she felt someone shaking her.

"Leave me alone!" Autumn mumbled through her sobs.

"Autumn!"

"Autumn! Wake up! Wake up!"

Autumn opened her eyes to see the face of Peter Pan gazing down on her, worried. She sat up and saw the tree house, just as cosy and warm as it had been. Thoughts of the dream ran through her mind and she closed her eyes to stop tears leaking out. When this did not work, Peter came and sat by her and held her hand tightly.

"Don't cry, Autumn. It was just a dream."

"B-but it seemed so real! I w-was at home…and…Peter, I'm sorry I have to go home but I must! I need my family and they need me."

Peter looked down sadly before saying in a whisper,

"Okay. I will take you back now if you want."

"Thank you."

She squeezed his hand gently and he looked up smiling.

"We better go to see the Indians about your hand first. Just to check how it is." Peter said, standing up.

"Are you sure you want to be seeing the Indians after what happened yesterday?"

"Why? What hap-Oh. Then I guess we better get going now, then."

He pushed open the door of the tree house and walked out into the bright morning sunshine. However, the sun was slowly disappearing, Autumn noted with a sigh. Peter pulled Tinkerbell out of his pocket and shook her over Autumn. Okay, happy thoughts. Let's see. Going home! She felt her feet lift the ground but thoughts of her dream were creeping from the corner they had been hidden in for just a second. Peter took hold of her hand and helped her stay in the air until she felt herself flying towards London.

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When they arrived at the steps of Autumn's house, it was evening. Autumn noticed something was wrong straight away. A field of flowers was gathered on the porch and all the lights inside were off. They can't all be asleep already. It's not dark properly yet.

Autumn walked forward a step and felt her foot hit something. She looked down and saw a newspaper.

A Tragic End to a Tragic Family

On Friday 14th March, 4/5 of the Sunn family were killed when Mr and Mrs Sunn and their two sons were driving down a narrow alley, before crashing into a tree, leading to their deaths. Just a day before, their eldest and only daughter, Autumn Sunn, had been reported missing. Police believed she disappeared between the time of 8:15 am and 8:30 am on Thursday 13th, after dropping her two brothers off at school and making her own way to the secondary school, not far off. Searches are still taking place around this area where the only evidence they found was her school bag discovered in some woods about a five minutes walk away from her school.

Both Mr and Mrs Sunn had been found drunk and specialists say they may have lived if this had not been the case. Local neighbour, Mrs Parlol, told us a bit about the Sunn family:

"It was indeed a tragic family. Mr and Mrs Sunn were always going out to parties and ending up coming home late at night, drunk. The children were very lovely and I often had to look after them when her parents didn't return home until the early hours of the morning."

Mr Sunn worked…

Autumn couldn't read anymore. The dream flooded into view. She dropped the newspaper to the ground and found she could not move. Her family were all dead. In one day, they had gone to being a happy family; well half the time anyway, to not a family at all.

Autumn gazed up at the flowers, now knowing what they were for and walked over to them. Most of them were saying they would be missed and sorry. Some were notes to Autumn asking her to come back home soon. What home? What do I do now? Autumn tried to cry but she couldn't. All her emotions were left inside, weighing her down.

"Autumn?"

Autumn turned her head to see Peter still standing there.

"I don't have a family anymore, Peter. They've all died. In a car crash. I don't have a home. I'm all alone."

Peter stood still, shocked before pulling her into a tight hug.

"May I come back to Neverland?"

"Of course. Neverland can be your home. Me and the Lost Boys can be your family!"

Autumn smiled and tried with all her might to fly. Peter helped her and it was a long journey but they eventually reached the tree house. The Lost Boys were running around, screaming but dropped their swords after seeing who had come through the door.

"Autumn!"

"Autumn! You didn't go!"

"Tell us a story!"

She gazed down at them all running around her, their faces full of happiness and joy.

"A story…" was all she managed to whisper.

"LOST BOYS!!! Autumn's had some bad news and she needs a rest. Go and get the Indians. I need to talk to them."

The Lost Boys slowly trooped out of the house and Peter began to walk towards the entrance.

"Go to sleep, Autumn. You might feel better when you wake up."

She smiled back at him.

"Thank you Peter. For everything."

He smiled back before shutting the tree house door. Autumn walked over to the pile of cushions and blanket by the fire that was her bed. She snuggled in and gazed up to the top of the tree trunk.

"Alone…"

Then the sadness took over her and she cried herself to sleep.

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Me and my cliff-hanger's lol! Hope you enjoyed it! I've just been on the web and I found out info about a film to be released later this year called J.M. Barrie's Neverland! :D It sounds good and it stars Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. Somehting else to be excited about! Look it up on Google!

Keep the reviews coming in and I'll get the next chappy up soon!