Peter then flew with Tigerlily to come down out of flight and the others soon followed after him. After they landed, Hook watched them calmly and carefully before Peter and Tigerlily suddenly shared a hug.
"We came all this way and I wanted to help Peter find his mother... But I couldn't do it." Jill frowned as she felt bad suddenly.
They all soon saw something happening with the pixies.
"Uh, Jill, I think the pixies can help him meet her which is kinda like finding her." Thor said.
"Peter..." Tigerlily said to the boy.
Peter soon turned around to see the pixies all forming into what looked like an image of Peter's mother.
"Peter..." The image spoke before smiling.
Tigerlily then let Peter go and the boy slowly approached the image of his late and estranged mother, Mary.
"Mum?" Peter blinked.
"You found me." Mary smiled.
Peter soon stopped, looking emotional. "...I have your eyes." he then said to her.
"You have my heart." Mary smiled softly.
Thor soon hugged Lionel in the background as the smaller boy looked a bit emotional himself.
"I have imagined this moment my whole life, and now... I love you, Mum... So much," Peter said emotionally. "I don't know how you can miss someone you've never met, but I've missed you every day."
"Every day?" Mary repeated softly.
"Without you, I'm lost again, even without Sister Rose... What do I do now?" Peter asked.
"You're not lost, you're home," Mary said as she came over to him to gently touch and comfort her son. "On this island with these people. Your people. Your family. You must never give up on them as you never gave up on me."
"But Mum... I don't want to lose you again." Peter frowned tearfully.
"You'll never lose me," Mary promised. "I will always be a part of this Neverland and a part of you. I love you, my son... My Peter. My Peter Pan..." she then added before her image began to dissolve and she was now gone forever.
Peter was happy he got to meet his mother even if it was for a short time. The next thing that happened was Peter and his friends were flying around Neverland with the pixies as everyone in the woods were happy that he was their Pan from the legend and knew it was time for celebration. As Peter and the others flew off to a good distance, they saw fireworks going off.
"Everyone sure is happy." Jill said.
"It's a very happy ending for our new friend." Jack added.
"No, actually, it's something even better." Jill smiled.
"And what would that be?" Jack asked his sister.
"A happy beginning." Jill smiled in excitement for Peter's new life and legacy.
"Thank you for helping me," Peter smiled fondly at the twins. "But there is something that needs to make Neverland even more complete after the defeat of Blackbeard and me becoming the new heir to The Fairy Kingdom and calling myself 'Peter Pan' from now on."
"Really?" Thor asked.
"And what might that something be?" Lionel asked.
"Special help from other lost boys I happen to know," Peter replied. "They can help me stand up in Neverland and protect it from any threats that might come its way..."
"Lost boys... That sounds like a good idea, Peter." Jill remarked.
"Yes," Peter nodded. "I know just where to look too."
MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE ORPHANAGE...
"Good night, my little angels," Sister Rose said as she shut the door on the sleeping boys before sighing. "...Good night, Peter and friends... Wherever you ended up... I know just how you feel about being lost and alone... I too wonder what my purpose in life could ever be... Without a family there to help you." she then said before holding out her hand before a fireball seemed to appear in the palm of her hand like how Snow White could make icicles appear through magic and her own special ability.
In the boys' bedroom, all the boys were asleep while one of them couldn't seem to stop thinking of how his best friend and other new friends were gone. "Peter," Nibs said in his sleep before waking up after hearing something or someone land on his bed and see who it was. "Peter?"
"You thought I'd leave you here?" Peter smiled innocently.
Nibs smiled back as he sat up and looked very thrilled to see his best friend finally back. "No, I never." he then shook his head.
"Feel like some fun?" Peter smiled back.
"Yes, please!" Nibs nodded.
Suddenly, a light shined all over from above the ceiling which began to make the other boys wake up as something was about to happen. Rose looked over as she thought she saw a light shining under the crack of the door from where the boys slept and cracked the door open a bit before gasping as Nibs looked excited and hopeful. Meanwhile, Mother Barnabus was fast asleep in her bed until her eyes flashed open and she sensed a disturbance. She then quickly got out of her bed and dashed down the hallway to get to the bottom of the mystery that haunted her.
"What's going on here?" Rose asked as she stepped inside as ropes dangled from the ceiling and she gasped "Oh!"
"Sister Rose, I'm going to make all of the lost boys happy," Peter told her. "I was hoping that I would see you too."
"Peter, I'm so happy you're alright, but what's going on?" Rose asked.
"I'm taking the lost boys to Neverland." Peter smiled.
"Neverland?" Rose asked.
"Yeah. It's a place where they'll be happy." Peter said.
"Hmm... Well, this orphanage isn't a paradise with Mother Barnabus in charge," Rose said. "Wait, what about Jill and the others? Are they alright?"
"They're fine," Peter replied. "They promised that they'd help me out before they would go back home."
"Well... I'm glad they'll be okay," Rose smiled. "I always knew there was something very special about you, Peter."
"Yes, I think I've found it in myself too," Peter smiled back before thinking about it. "...Why don't you come to Neverland with us?" he then offered. "You can meet Tigerlily and Hook and we'll all live happily together where we never have to worry about Mother Barnabus again."
"...It does sound nice," Rose said softly. "I don't know though... I've been in this place so long."
"But don't you hate working for Mother Barnabus? She's horrible." Peter reminded.
"Yeah, she is horrible." Rose nodded as she had to admit that.
"So come with us? You'll love it in Neverland." Peter smiled.
"Oh... Perhaps..." Rose replied. "I'll see you off there, but I'd like to think about it."
"Of course," Peter reassured. "Take all the time you need."
Rose smiled before hugging him, lightly stroking his hair before they separated. All of the boys soon stood upon their beds as Peter made sure that they did and held onto some ropes that were given to them.
"All right, gentlemen. Hold on tight." Peter instructed bravely and confidently.
"Peter! You don't have a rope." Nibs noticed.
"We have a lot to talk about." Peter simply replied.
And so, one-by-one, the boys began to fly up with their ropes as Peter soon jumped off from the wall and floated in mid-air.
"All right, let's see what this Neverland is all about." Rose said to Peter before she took off on her own rope.
"You're gonna love it." Peter smiled.
And just as they began to take off, Mother Barnabus soon burst into the room before seeing Peter in mid-air as he saluted her away before taking off flying to get back to join the others. The pirate ship was then seen flying off and away from the orphanage.
"Goodbye!" Rose called out before she looked at her outfit and frowned. "Hmm... I suppose I could go through a new life."
"Maybe you'd like a new outfit too." Cherry suggested as she was shown with the others on the flying pirate ship.
"Yes... I suppose that could do," Rose nodded. "And don't call me 'Sister Rose' anymore. I'm Rose-Red after all."
The others nodded before they used some magic to give Rose an outfit that suited her more which was a tank top with a black jacket and leggings with boots and her black hair, showing a slight crimson tint in it, was worn down. She looked a lot more familiar to the twins and The Toon Force when she looked more like her natural self.
"Phew... Thank you..." Rose smiled before she took off her jacket, showing a special birthmark on the side of her left arm which looked like a crown.
"No prob." Lionel said.
"Now get ready we're headed to Neverland." Thor said.
"Just be ready to hold onto something on the way there." Patch told her.
"He can talk?" Rose asked.
"Yeah. Everyone reacts like that the first time." Patch replied.
"I always believed in magic, even if I come from a land without magic," Rose said. "...As far as I remember anyway."
"Do you know much about your past?" Cherry asked curiously.
"I'm an orphan myself," Rose replied. "As far as I remember. I believe my parents died after I was born because I had no other relatives or anything else of my own home and I've been working in this orphanage for as long as I can even remember."
"Sounds mysterious." Patch remarked.
"Mysterious like in mystery," Cherry added. "Maybe we can try to help you find yourself."
"Thank you." Rose smiled.
"It's no problem really." Mo smiled back.
Rose smiled before she looked out as they were on their way back to Neverland.
Tigerlily soon climbed up on a deck to see a certain friend of theirs. "I thought you were leaving?"
"Change of heart," Hook replied at the helm. "Will you take the wheel, please?"
Tigerlily gave him a small smile, then approached the helm and began to steer it a bit. Hook put his hand on her hand before he then began to leave as she took it from here.
"You don't want to go home?" Tigerlily then asked him.
"I already am." Hook said calmly as he looked back at her.
The two then shared smiles with each other as Cherry read from her 'Journey to Neverland' book.
"And with one final twist, Peter Pan was gone, never to be seen or heard from ever again," Cherry read from her book as Lionel rested his head in her lap while the twins sat at her feet. "And then, he disappeared in a bright light and the town was saved from his cruelty and abuse, freeing young Wendy to go back home with her brothers to be a family again."
"Whoa." Jill said.
"The Peter Pan in that book sounds completely different from the Peter we know." Jack said.
"Yeah, there are different versions of him in different Peter Pan books." Cherry replied.
"Interesting..." Jack commented before looking at his twin sister. "...Jill, you really like Peter, don't you?"
"...I kind of do, yeah." Jill blushed.
Jack frowned before he took a deep breath and a slow, shallow sigh before he shut his eyes. "...Well, if you want to stay in Neverland with him... I won't stand in your way," he then said. "Just know that I will miss you a lot."
'Oh, right. After this adventure, it's back home, but I don't want to leave Peter,' Jill thought to herself. 'What do I do?'
"Too bad we can't visit this Peter whenever we want." Patch said out loud.
"I dunno, but it looks like Peter's gonna be added into the book of The Avengers Grimm." Cherry said to the others.
"That should be interesting," Patch commented. "That is what that book is, right?"
"I guess so," Jack shrugged. "It was in our new parents' library and it tells stories about them, Aunt Cinderella, Aunt Rapunzel, Aunt Briar, Aunt Alice, and even Red before Rumplestiltskin struck and led the rebellion wars in the kingdom that started our misadventures in the first place."
Then suddenly, the book glowed before, in fact, Peter's story was added to the book as a brand new page through magic.
"Ooohh..." The others reacted in awe as the book seemed to be collecting fairy tale history.
"Man... I wish I could come up with good stories like that." Cherry said softly.
"Sure you can." Atticus smiled.
"Yeah." Mo nodded.
"You're a great writer." Lionel assured Cherry.
"That's right." Thor added as he nodded.
"Mm-mm..." Cherry shook her head a bit before the book glowed again. "What was that?"
"Huh?" Jack asked before he checked the book. "It looks like another page has been added too."
"Maybe it's for Tigerlily or Hook?" Thor suggested.
"Let's see," Jack said before opening the book. "...Hey, it looks like a picture of our new mother as a little girl with another girl who looks just like her."
"Does it have a title?" Mo asked.
"It says... 'The Untold Story of Princess Snow White and... Princess Rose-Red'?!" Jack replied, looking wide-eyed.
"Did it just say Princess Rose-Red? Okay, looks like we have some questions that will need answering." Atticus said.
"Yep." Mo nodded.
Peter and Nibs soon came onto the main deck where everyone else was.
"Is he a pirate too?" Nibs asked once he spotted Hook.
Hook then went to hide behind Tigerlily once the boys looked over.
"No," Peter chuckled. "Not yet anyway."
"Which way should we go?" Tigerlily asked as she steered the helm.
"Set a course!" Both Hook and Peter said at the same time.
"Hey! Who's in charge here?" Peter asked the adult man.
"Well, I'm the captain here." Hook reminded him.
"And I'm The Chosen One." Peter retorted smugly.
"Oi." Jill rolled her eyes playfully.
"They are definitely friends." Patch whispered to the others.
"Yep." Mo nodded.
"We'll have plenty of time to argue about that later, Fly Boy." Hook smirked at Peter.
"Suit yourself, Captain Hook." Peter smirked back.
Tigerlily smiled in amusement as she continued to steer them back to Neverland.
"Set a course!" Hook soon called out to Tigerlily.
"And where are we going?" Jill then asked.
"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning!" Hook proclaimed.
All of the boys soon cheered in excitement over that.
"Onward to Neverland." Rose smiled.
'They are going to have great adventures.' Mo thought to herself.
"Uh, so how exactly are we getting back home or to the next adventure?" Patch asked the rest of the Toon Force.
"Don't worry about it." Lionel replied.
"Whatya mean?" Patch asked.
"Just trust me, okay?" Lionel grinned and winked. "Are you forgetting that I often travel through dimensions?"
"Oh, yeah." Patch smiled.
"Exactly." Lionel nodded.
"I can't wait to tell The Grimm Avengers about this adventure." Thor said.
"It looks like we're gonna build onto The Avengers Grimm too," Jack smiled as he hugged the book. "Maybe you guys could join us on even more fairy tale adventures in the future."
"Maybe so and maybe if you guys are lucky, you can join us on Justice League adventures too." Cherry replied.
"Yeah!" Jack and Jill cheered together, excited about that possibility.
The boys then began to cheer in excitement about going to Neverland and being far away from that horrible orphanage they were forced to spend their whole lives in.
"We'll always be friends, Hook. Won't we?" Peter smiled.
"Always," Hook smiled back. "What could possibly go wrong?"
"Oh, they have no idea." Mo whispered to Atticus.
"Let's hope that it won't ever have to come to that." Atticus whispered back.
"So should we get back home?" Patch asked.
"Yeah, home sounds good." Thor nodded.
Eventually, the ship called The Jolly Roger docked in Neverland. The orphanage boys, now called The Lost Boys, ran all over and began to get settled into their new home.
"Peter, I think you're gonna be very happy here," Jill said emotionally. "Neverland sounds wonderful and amazing."
"Well..." Cherry began.
"Shh. Don't ruin it." Lionel advised since she had read a darker and scarier version of Neverland.
"So, Jill, you're leaving?" Peter asked the girl.
"Yes, Peter," Jill said, bowing her head before looking back up at him with tears in her hazel eyes. "I know this is your destiny and this is your home now... So I'll let you stay here and I'm going to go back home with my brother, Jack."
'Goodbyes are always hard.' Patch thought to himself.
'Let's see how Peter responds.' Atticus thought to himself.
'She loves him. That's why she's not looking him in the eyes, she knows it's hard to say goodbye.' Rose thought to herself.
Peter soon hugged Jill suddenly. Jill's eyes widened before she blushed and hugged him back, looking emotional.
"I wish you could stay, but I understand," Peter said to Jill. "You need to go home to your own family... And I've found a family and home of my own too. Here in Neverland."
"Yeah," Jill nodded. "I'm gonna miss you a lot, Peter. Maybe we can meet again after I tell my Aunt Alice all about you down at Looking Glass."
"This Looking Glass place sounds amazing," Peter smiled. "Put in a good word for me to this Alice lady."
"I will, I promise." Jill smiled back before they hugged again.
A door-shaped hole soon appeared behind The Toon Force.
"Guess that's how we're going back home." Patch said.
"If we're all done, then we should go," Lionel said. "Everybody say your goodbyes."
"Goodbye, Peter," Jill told the boy. "Thanks for being our friend."
"I just wish we could've met sooner." Jack added.
"Me too," Peter nodded before hugging the twins goodbye. "I'm really gonna miss you two."
"We're gonna miss you too." Jack and Jill nodded in the hug.
After separating from the hug, Jack and Jill soon went through the portal with The Toon Force. Once they went through, the portal soon closed as they arrived back home. Peter then smiled at his friends, now being called The Lost Boys, as they began to start their brand new adventures together.
