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Chapter 2: Dreaming of Neverland
That night in her dreams…
"I want to show you something…" Peter said.
"What is it Peter?"
"Have you ever thought of a place where all your dreams could come true? You never have to grow up and best of all… you can fly!"
Autumn looked at Peter in disbelief… "Well, yes… but such a place does not—"
"Shhh! Don't say that! It will ruin its magic!"
Autumn couldn't believe her ears… was he trying to tell her that Neverland did exist? Other than in her imagination?
"Come away, Autumn. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again…"
"Never, is an awfully long time…"
He smiled that charming smile that would melt any girl's heart.
Autumn began to stir in her sleep… hearing something in the reality realm that was coaxing her from her slumber… a voice, in the distance…
Autumn rolled over in her bed, there was a voice outside her window. Groggily, she got up and looked out it… there, she saw Peter, in midair out side his bedroom window. She spun around, not believing what she had just seen. …
Suddenly, Autumn bolted upright in bed, it was morning… the sun was pouring into her window, the birds were sings and there was the calamity of pans in the kitchen below her. She sat in bed and thought for a moment… as she did so, the nights events came back to her… she remembered her dream, then remembered looking out her window… but she didn't recall getting back in bed… had she even looked out the window? No, it must have been a dream… boys can't fly….
That day at school, Autumn couldn't help but notice that Peter looked as if he were glowing, more than he was the day before when she had excepted he invitation. He smelt of cool breeze… "No. that's your imagination" she told herself. … his hair was ruffled… like the wind had blown it self through it on his way to a far off—"Stop it! This is ridiculous! It was a dream!" she thought, cutting off her own train of thought. Just as she thought this, Peter looked at her and smiled his charming smile. But there was something about him… she knew this for sure. She followed him to his locker, when he opened it there was a leaf on his jacket.
A thought rose inside of her, but she pushed a way. "A leaf can come from anywhere." She told herself. She hid her countering thoughts with a smile and commented lightly, with a giggle… "Did you go leaf picking this morning?"
Suddenly he looked slightly nervous, as if he were hiding something. "Uhhh… heh yea…" he smiled to cover it up, but it wasn't his normal charming smile…
"How odd…" she thought. But shrugged it… trying very hard not think silly thoughts of Pan…
Again, in her dreams that night, she had the same dream she had the night prior… only this time… there was more…
"I want to show you something…" Peter said.
"What is it Peter?"
"Have you ever thought of a place where all your dreams could come true? You never have to grow up and best of all… you can fly!"
Autumn looked at Peter in disbelief… "Well, yes… but such a place does not—"
"Shhh! Don't say that! It will ruin its magic!"
Autumn couldn't believe her ears… was he trying to tell her that Neverland did exist? Other than in her imagination?
"Come away, Autumn. Come with me where you'll never, never have to worry about grown up things again…"
"Never, is an awfully long time…"
He smiled that charming smile that would melt any girl's heart.
He held out his hand, Autumn took it. And he led her out her bedroom window… in flight. She didn't understand how she was flying… but it was magical. As they reached the horizon, he looked at her and smiled. When she smiled back, he looked into her eyes…
"Hold on tight!"
"What?" Autumn said, for his command came so abruptly.
"And whatever happens…" he said grinning, yelling over the growing wind, as she noticed they were steadily picking up speed… "Don't let gooo!"
They shot through the barrier between this world and the next and exploded into a sea of stars planets… she looked down to see her reflection… water was beneath them… for some on reason she had the feeling of falling…
Clunk she hit the floor. She got up rubbing her arm, when she heard laughing out her window… "Oh… not again." She thought.When she looked out her window she saw Peter in his room, a glowing ball of light glittering about, jingling. Her eyes widened… a fairy! She rubbed her eyes, maybe she was sleeping…
Abruptly, Autumn shot upright in bed, again she found that it was morning… the sun was pouring into her window, the birds were sings their morning songs and the sound of her mother making calamity with the pans in the kitchen below her. No, there were no such things as—she stopped herself… she sighed, shaking her head, getting out of bed and going to school.
Over the course of the next few days, her talks with Peter developed, growing deeper, more personal, becoming more acquainted and getting to know each other on a close-friend basis. And the next few nights she had the same dream, but a little more would come to her each time… by the 5th night, they were having a squabble with Hook and his band of pirates….
Autumn was bound, and being pushed toward the edge of the plank, Peter helplessly tied to the mass of the ship. But for some reason, Peter had a smile on his face…
"You can't kill her, she can't die…"
"Oh, but that's where you're wrong Pan…" Hook began, almost in a smart-aleck "eat this" and a "I'm so going to enjoy watching you die" sort of way… "See, you're tied to the mass" he said pointing at him. "And she is about to be pushed off the plank… there's nothing you can do!"
"But you wouldn't kill her… she's the one…"
Hook looked at her in disgust… "Well then, she must die…" he swung at her with his sword…
"Hhhuuua!" Autumn shot straight up in bed, gasping for air, groping the bed around her. She sat there in the dark, breathing heavily, trying to fill her lungs. That's when she heard it again… she looked at the clock; 2:41am… she wasn't dreaming this time… she went to her window… she saw peter flying out of his window, he saw her this time. His eyes widened for a moment, then he kept on, as though he hadn't seen her at all. But he was gone now… and there was nothing more that she could do except go back to bed. As she lay there, trying to go back to sleep, she wondered about the last part of her dream… what did Peter mean… she was "the one"? Her eye lids grew heavy and the next thing she knew, it was morning.
The next day at lunch they were all sitting around their table as usual, laughing and joking. Suddenly the topic of dreams came up…
"I had the strangest dream last night! I can't remember much of it! But it was me, Autumn, and Lily and we were all on a trip and," Tru paused to laugh… "And we saw an elf… and this dog tried to talk to Lily and she totally spazed."
Every one laughed…
"Yeah, I had quite a peculiar dream myself last night… it was one of those ones where you thought you woke up and you really didn't…" Autumn said, looking at Peter, who tried to look as if he weren't nervous under her eyes…
"Oh I hate those! I always think I woke up and went to school and I find myself still lying in bed half way through first hour!" Katie said.
"What was your dream about?" Lily asked…
Autumn paused for a moment, weighing her options… "I don't remember…" she laughed with a scrunched face and grin. She looked over at Peter for a moment, a look of relief on his face.
After lunch, Peter walked Autumn to her locker. He seemed quiet almost a little uneasy, like he was hiding something perhaps. So she asked him if there was anything bothering him.
"No, no… I just… I've been… I'm…" he stuttered looking for the right thing to say. He looked down at Autumn, who'd been looking at him. "come on, excuse now!" he thought. "I'm worried about a test I have next hour." He spit out his last words quickly.
She nodded in compliance. When they got to her locker, he leaned in close to her as she was getting things for her next class.
"It wasn't a dream, Autumn." Peter said apprehensively.
A/N: Dont you just love cliff hangers? chapter 3 is on its way! review review!