Wickedly Clever
Part Six – 'Tis the Season: Peter
Winter Solstice
Enchanted Forest
December 20th
About 500 years ago
Peter never knew his mother, Sylvia. She died giving birth to him.
His father, Arthur, had raised him from that time until now.
Peter stood rigidly next to his uncle, Gerald. (Gerald was his mother's brother.)
He was frozen; couldn't move even if he wanted to.
He watched as they lowered his father's coffin into the ground.
Arthur had died of a rare ailment; an ailment which affected the bone in his cheeks and along his jaw.
His father had been a good papa.
Tears spilled down his cheeks.
But it wasn't fair.
It wasn't supposed to end like this.
A/N – 12/27/13: First, this drabble was a nightmare to write. But at the same time it's going to be fun re-writing OUAT!Peter's back-story! *cackles evilly*
Second, I don't know what I'm going to do about Malcolm. To me, Malcolm being Peter and Peter being Malcolm never meshed together AT ALL. They are two separate people. Thus, I feel like excluding Malcolm from the story altogether, or stating that he's either Peter's uncle or Rumple's brother. What do you guys think?
Third, Arthur, Sylvia, and Gerald are taken from real life people. Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies had five sons: George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas. Their sons befriended J. M. Barrie, and later on Arthur and Sylvia befriended Barrie, too. This wonderful family was the inspiration for Barrie's classic tale Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.
Their son, Peter, was forever linked to Peter Pan until his death. Also, Gerald was the name of one of Sylvia's brothers; thus, he was George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas' uncle. And I have read their individual biographies on Wikipedia many, many times throughout recent years. And I can tell you that this family has suffered tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. Their stories bring tears to my eyes every time.
Fourth, the ailment that Arthur (both the real one and the fictional one) had was (and is) called Sarcoma. Arthur Llewelyn Davies discovered this growth in his cheek; he had two operations, which removed his upper jaw, palate, cheekbone, and tear duct. This left him disfigured and unable to talk, but it still didn't remove the cancer. Okay, I'm gonna stop here before I start to cry.
Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'll be sticking with the Tis the Season theme for about three or more chapters. Once 2014 is here and the holidays are over, I'm going to switch back to present day Neverland.
Love you guys. Until next time!