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Chapter Three- A pesky shadow.
The three Darling children rushed home to find that their mother was nowhere in sight. The three children looked all around the house, except the nursery. "Because mother never goes into the nursery if we are not there." Wendy reasoned to the boys. They kept looking around the house, finally giving up.
"This is hopeless." Michael sighed.
"Don't give up Michael. She has probably gone for a walk." Wendy reassured him.
"No, she promised she would not leave the house so she can hear my first day of school as soon as I… as I…" Michael broke into tears.
"Michael, gentlemen don't cry." John said sternly.
"John! You know that you are sometimes just like father!" Wendy scolded.
"And you are just like mother! Look at you!" John shouted.
"At least I care for my younger brother!"
"Wendy! How dare you suggest that I don't care about Michael!"
"Well, I never! You are always scolding him and telling him to act like a gentleman! He is only young! And isn't that what father does? Always tells you to act like a gentleman?" Wendy threw back.
"I am not like father! But look at you Wendy, with your hands on your hips and scolding me off for talking to Michael! You are just like mother! I can't believe it! I thought you never wanted to grow up, to remain with the lost boys and Peter! But look at you. You have grown up more than you know. What happened to you Wendy? Why can't you be the sister that helped take down Captain Hook? Why can't you relax instead of setting up a time to meet Peter! Why can't things go back to how they were!" John threw up his hands and sighed in disgust at Wendy.
"Wendy… John!" Michael sobbed. "Mother won't come back while you are yelling…"
"Be quiet!" Wendy and John yelled at the same time. Michael burst into tears again. Wendy rolled her eyes at John.
"Now look what you have done." She scolded.
John shook his head and made his way upstairs. Wendy picked the sobbing boy up and sat him on the table.
"Look Michael, I know we can't find mother, but maybe Peter can help us."
"Why are you fighting?" Michael whispered.
Wendy just looked at her brother. He was so young and innocent. "Michael, I am sorry…"
She was cut off halfway by a cry of surprise coming from John.
"John!" Wendy cried as she ran to the stairs as fast as she could while still carrying Michael. As soon as they were at the top of the stairs, they made their way to the nursery. John was standing over Wendy's bed and looking down at a figure on the bed. Wendy rushed to John's side and placed Michael down next to her. They all looked down and their faces turned from surprised to sighs of relief. Mrs Darling was sleeping with pixie dust over her head. The pixie dust shimmered before fading away. Michael seized this opportunity to pick up some pixie dust and sprinkle it over his head.
"I have finished my first day of school and found mummy!" He cried as he soared up into the sky.
"Michael!" Wendy cried, "What if mother wakes up and sees you?" she reasoned.
"She'll be asleep for a while." A voice said.
"Peter?" John said as Peter Pan stepped into the room.
"What are you doing here Peter?" Wendy asked.
"Peter, look! I'm flying!" Michael exclaimed with pride.
Peter smiled at Michael and then turned his attention to Wendy. "Captain Hook was here."
The children's blood went cold as they finally surveyed the room. To their surprise, the room was spotless.
"Are you sure he was here Peter?" Wendy asked.
Peter stopped and looked around the room again. "Oh, Tink and I cleaned up a bit, but he…" Peter looked at Mrs Darling.
"Peter, what happened to mother?" Wendy asked as she finally tore her gaze from the room and focused on Mrs Darling.
"She came in and saw us." Peter replied.
"She saw you and Tinkerbell?" John asked.
"No, Captain Hook and I fighting. Then she saw Tinkerbell." Peter glumly replied.
"What? What happened? Tell us everything." Wendy pleaded, grasping for some sense in the events that had just occurred.
"Well Captain Hook came in looking for you all and I came in and stopped him just in time!" Peter exclaimed, puffing out his chest and smiling. "Then your mother walked in and he threatened to kill her. But luckily, I saved her and she has forgotten everything that has happened thanks to Tinkerbell." Peter smiled as he finished acting out the scene with his words. He did a bow and Michael clapped.
"Why aren't you clapping?" Michael asked with genuine confusion.
"Because this is serious Michael." Wendy replied while glaring at Peter. "How does Hook know where we live and why did he even come here?"
"I'm not sure Wendy." Peter replied while rubbing his chin.
"Well, he obviously wanted us for some reason." John imputed.
"No, he wanted fairies…" Peter wondered.
"Fairies?" Wendy asked.
"Yes, the fairies. He asked me where pixie hollow is and if I didn't, he would…" Peter trailed off as he glanced to Mrs Darling. Wendy saw it.
"He threatened mother didn't he?" She realised.
"I didn't let any harm come to her! I promise!" Peter declared.
"Yes Peter, we can see that." Wendy agreed.
"Well, I scared him off good and proper with the alarm clock you gave me Wendy!" Peter smiled.
"Yes Peter, I'm glad, but we need to figure this out. Hook wants the fairies, but why?" She mused to the three other people staring at her.
"Well, the fairies have powers don't they? So maybe Captain Hook wants them for it." John reasoned.
"There is one thing for it!" Peter declared.
"What is it?" Wendy asked.
"We go to Neverland!" Peter smiled. He let out a rooster crow.
Michael, who was beginning to fall asleep at the time, perked up as he heard the word 'Neverland' being spoken. "We get to fly to Neverland?" He asked, his eyes opening in to his big wide puppy dog eyes.
"Yes Michael! We do!" Wendy exclaimed as she ran and hugged Peter.
"Hoorah!" John cried.
"We get to fly!" Michael cried out in joy. He suddenly rose to the top of the nursery roof and flew around in circles.
"Michael," Wendy laughed, "Please come down at once."
He flew around the room, ignoring Wendy as Peter whistled with his two fingers. A tiny yellow glow filled the room, casting little shadows against the nursery walls. With these shadows, Wendy realised how late it was getting.
"Peter, we must hurry if we want to go to Neverland before dark." She urged.
"Alright Wendy. Tink, let's give them the pixie dust!" Peter cried.
Tink reached into her pixie dust bag and pulled out a tiny handful of what looked like golden dust. She flew to each of the children's heads, except for Peter, and sprinkled some pixie dust.
"Alright, let's fly to…!" Peter was drastically cut off as his shadow pulled himself away from Peter and flew around the room.
"Quick! Shut the window!" John cried.
As Michael was the closest one to the window at the time, he flew with all his might to the open window. The shadow saw what Michael was trying to do and sped towards the window.
"He isn't going to make it!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Hurry Michael!" John cried.
As the shadow just reached the window sill, Michael reached forward with one last burst of speed and pulled the window shut and latching it onto the other side.
"Well done Michael!" John applauded he rose off the ground as his head was filled with a happy thought.
"Now we have to catch my shadow." Peter frowned.
"It will be easily done Peter, and then we can go to Neverland!" Wendy exclaimed as she too, rose up off the ground.
Peter cast one doubtful look at Mrs Darling, expecting her to wake up at any minute. "Let's hurry." He nodded.
The children scrambled around the room, chasing after the pesky shadow. It flew all around the room then it decided to do the unthinkable, it flew onto Mrs Darlings face. The children watched as Peters shadow ran into Mrs Darlings own shadow lying down on the wall. Not one child moved. They all flew to beside Wendy's bed and waited.
"He has to come out sometime." Michael hoped.
"Someone will have to grab him." John said.
"I think Peter should do it." Wendy said. "It is his shadow after all."
"But he wouldn't hurt a girl." Peter reasoned. "So I think Wendy should do it."
John and Michael nodded their agreement. Wendy sighed as she walked towards her bed. She climbed over the top of her mother, and sat next to her shadow. To her surprise, Mrs Darling did not stir. She looked for Peters shadow and as soon as she saw it, she spoke.
"Peter, would you mind coming out for me please?" She asked nicely.
The shadow shook his head.
Wendy thought for a moment, then smiled. "If you do, I will give you a kiss."
The shadow seemed to perk up then. It gently pulled himself away from Mrs Darling and stood next to Peter. Wendy climbed back over Mrs Darling and grabbed her sowing kit. She lifted up Peter's foot, then his shadows foot and then she began to sow. Peter rested his hand on Johns shoulder for balance. John was happy to oblige "As a gentleman always helps out when someone is in need." He had said.
As soon as Wendy was done she packed up her sowing kit and looked at Peter's shadow. He was against the wall so Wendy quickly walked towards him and kissed the shadow on the cheek. The shadow jumped for joy.
"Now, finally, can we please go to Neverland?" Wendy asked.
Peter smiled his agreement.
Wendy, Michael and John quickly packed a bag full of clothes each and stood on the window sill.
"Think a happy thought and you will soar up to the sky!" Peter smiled.
"My teddy bear." Michael said as he ran to get his bear. He soared out of the window next to Peter the split second after.
"Going to see the lost boys!" John exclaimed as he joined Peter and Michael.
Wendy quickly ran to her mother and kissed her on the cheek. "We will be back soon. I promise." Wendy smiled. She ran back to the window sill with her luggage and whispered; "Peter." She rose up into the sky with the boys and they began their journey to Neverland.
As Wendy had run back to the window sill, she failed to notice Mrs Darling stirring. She opened her eyes and watched helplessly as her children seemed to fly out of the window. A single tear rolled down her cheek.
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