A/N: hey, I said I'd be quick, didn't I. I'm probably going to update tomorrow too. So get excited. I'm up to 28 reviews! I lurve you guys! He he he! This chappie doesn't have very much detail; so if you want some more info just ask some questions in a review or whatever. Sorry if it doesn't make very much sense! R&R!
Cam – Return of the Fairies
So the aliens have landed
They'll be moving through you and I
And as the family disbanded
They dragged the sadness into the light
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I go to bed, and after what Em said today, I know that Peter was right. It doesn't make sense though. All the things that he has said, well, it just means that I have my whole life to unlearn.
I don't feel like doing anything. I just want to sit. I can't sleep, I can't eat, and I can't do anything else.
I go outside and get my bike. I go for a ride. Thinking thoughts, and going through parts of the suburb that I didn't really know. I relaxed, and listened to the sound of life around me. The sun started to set, and a violin starts playing. I can hear it in the distance, and as I get closer, I find that it isn't a violin, but a singer. I slow down and listen to her sing. I look up and see a girl sitting on her windowpane. She looks about thirty, and is just singing, while looking out at the world, patting her companion, a cat. She watches him jump down the bricks, and she quietens down to a hum. The cat comes towards me warily.
The singing stops altogether and I hear a yelp. The lady comes rushing down and I realised that I overestimated her age. She is in her mid twenties. She smiles at me in relief.
'Oh, it's not Tim,' she says to me.
'No I'm not Tim,' I tell her. She blushes and looks down at her bare feet.
We stand inn silence for a couple of seconds, and soon all the light has disappeared.
'Hey, I just want to tell you, that if you have a rough time ahead of you, you have to trust your instinct to get through it,' she suddenly blurts out. I look up at her. She is a really weird singer... person… girl. She notices my look.
'Oh, sorry, it's just I really read horoscopes, and this week it said that today, I would meet a complete stranger, and give them good advice.' I smile at her.
'Cam, Cameron Pan,' I say sticking out my hand to her.
'Hey Cam, I'm Julia, and this is my cat Romeo,' she says proudly. I glance at Romeo. He's a beautiful cat, black, short hair, with a lovely shine.
'I heard you singing, and I just had to stop and listen.' She blushes again.
'Thanks, I really enjoy singing… but I can't… you wouldn't want to know.' She looks really crestfallen.
'I would like to know.'
'I can't because of my illness,' and suddenly the quiet Julia surprisedly turns into a loud one as she talks of her illness. We sit down on a seat on the pavement and I tell her about Peter, not the full story, just a bit, so she can understand. I even talk a bit about Em. She smiles as I describe Em to her. She gets up and picks up Romeo, once I have finished.
'Thanks, it's been great talking to someone who can't judge me, but I have to go,' she says smiling.
'Yeah anytime, and I'm pretty sure you gave a complete stranger some good advice.' Her smile widens even more and she leans towards me.
'Go for her,' she whispers in my ear. 'So if you're ever in the neighbourhood, come round and we can have a chat,' she says over her shoulder, walking back to her house. I smile and shake my head. 'Go for her,' she had said, and I wish I could. But somehow, I know that I'll never have enough courage.
'Thanks Julia,' I yell to her back and get back on my bike.
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No more tears and no more pain
Only things to keep you sane
Only fun
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By the time I get back I know that I will be able to get to sleep. I crawl into my bed, slowly pulling the covers over my head. My doona feels good on my skin, and I feel nice and warm. I lay on my side for a couple of minutes, until I feel that my eyes are starting to get droopy. I roll over and let my thoughts wiz past me. Not letting any of them catch on. I think of the days that have gone, and of the days to come. I close my eyes again, and let my thoughts release. And slowly I can feel myself drifting of to sleep.
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And in the distance there's talk now
Everyone wants to go home
I hope you know you're not leaving
For the night has just begun
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I wake up hearing a high pitch whisper, and a tinkle of bells. I know it's still dark without even opening my eyes. But suddenly, a burst of light comes and I quickly open my eyes, just in time to see a bright light darting behind my lamp. What the hell? I think. I think I'm going crazy. I shake my head, closing my eyes. Then I open them again and the thing is still there. I can still hear the whispers, and the bells.
I walk over to it, and what I see gives me such a shock that I trip over my feet and fall over my feet. I quickly get up and pretend it didn't happen; I never fall on my rump! I sigh, I sound like Peter. I hear a giggle, and I know from Peter's description what it is.
'What's your name?' I whisper, walking over to my lamp where it is still hiding, even though it knows that I've seen it. It tinkles, and I can make out something like Bella.
'Bella?' I repeat back to her. She smiles and nods. She flies up towards my ear. She seems so excited to be with me. She whispers in my ear for quite a while. She repeats it to make sure that I understand completely. I sit down on my bed.
'So what your saying is that the fairies and their King, have a feeling that something terrible will happen to Neverland, because ever since Peter left, everything has gone downhill.' She nods and encourages me to continue. 'and therefore you want me to come to Neverland with you.' She smiles and flutters around the room. I did a pretty shaky job of summing it up, but she seems happy. You can sort of tell that the fairies aren't very good at strategies.
I have to think about it. Bella isn't technically my fairy. She's Tinkerbell's daughter, so they sent her thinking that it would make sense. Apparently after Peter left, Tinkerbell went mad, and became a disgrace to the fairies. They want Peter back, the fairies I mean, but he has grown up. So they've come up with a plan, to reign me to become a protector of Neverland. It seems like a little dodgy plan, but anything to get away from here would be nice,
I really want to go to Neverland, because of curiosity, and so I do. But I leave knowing that I have to be back before morning.
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And if I live to stay a day
Words are left to fade away
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I learn how to fly, I get a tour of the island, I meet the mermaids, I meet the Indians and the fairies, I learn how to use a sword, and I learn about Peter's past. Neverland welcomes me with open arms, and it seems that I do to. I have talent for everything they teach me to do. I'm a quick learner though, and I seem to know everything already, the only trouble I'm having, is flying. I enjoy it, but I know that everyone expected me to be better at it. Everyone immediately loves me, since I am Peter's grandson, but it doesn't feel right, I know that something wrong is going on.
But as I get further and further into the night I relax with them, and I fel more at home than I do in England.
The entire time that I'm in Neverland, all I can think about is how Em would love this place. It is absolutely mystical. I train hard; I want to get good quickly. I have fun doing things that I would have never done before, but I do now because nobody knows me. I feel free and anonymous. I love learning the fairies language. That's one of my favourite things, apart from sword fighting. I guess because I'm good at both. But my teaches in Neverland push me hard, and give me more and more challenges.
I come back to England, and then at night return to Neverland. I learn new things every night, but I really want to get better at flying. So I try to make them teach me to fly, rather than the other things I'm good at. But they tell me that flying is something that can get better by practising, but at first it all has to click. You have to get used to the idea of flying, after being taught for so long that it couldn't be done. So I wait excitedly after each of my lessons so I can fly again.
Neverland has a different space of time. It goes quicker than England so that three days here, is more like three hours in England. But because of my enthusiasm I barely get any sleep though, and neither does Bella. I get her up all the time to take me flying. And when she gets too tired, I carry her back home. All I want to do is be good at everything, but I can't.
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And it started
No pain for a rusty boat
Down hearted
No pain for a rusty boat
Alex Lloyd- aliens
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It's been about a week since I first came to Neverland, and it's starting to show that I haven't been sleeping at all. I haven't seen Em in a while, but I know that she'd be concerned because mum, dad and Jack keep asking me why I look exhausted. I take up on Dad's offer on afternoon and take a nap, waking up to find that Peter is waiting for me.
I can tell by his eyes that he knows.
'Good luck,' he whispers in my ear, and then leaves, his eyes glistening over, and I know it's out of jealousy.
One night as usual a fairy comes to take me back to England. Bella comes too, but in case we get lost, there's a back up. The night is fresh as I get whips of the breeze through my hair. I smile, because I know, even as I am barley out of Neverland that I'll be back soon.
A/N: so there's a lot of reviewers I'd like to thank coz there is a new one. As usual I'd like to thank everyone who has ever reviewed, but a special thanks to Auriela, sorry darling, you can write about anything you want in reviews, Leigh A. Sumpter, thanks for your review! And hp6, thanks for your review, I'm glad you liked it. For all those others that didn't manage to get a review in before I updated, review for this one please! He he he!
p.s. the title of the chapter has nothing to do with the chapter! I just liked the sound of it!