Tenshi-san: I have no life, hence another chapter of pointless drivel. Or perhaps it has a point, I don't know... And if you're interested, I put some art from this on Go to

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Once they stepped out of the cave, it became more obvious that whatever Peter had done with the Neverflower had changed Neverland a bit. For one the Jolly Rodger was backwards.

"What exactly happened?" asked Lili.

Peter giggled, tripped, and decided he wanted to stay on the ground. "I don't know." He looked at the rocks around the cave. "I thought there was one big rock, not a whole bunch of little ones..."

"What?" she looked at was her was looking at. "Ah. That..."

"I can't walk."

"How about flying?"

"Do you want me to wrap myself around a tree?"

"I have to carry you back." Peter slid from a sitting position to lying down.

"I suppose. I feel like I'm made of jelly..."

Lili sighed. "It's a damn good thing you don't weigh much." She said as she scooped him up. He wrapped his arms around her neck.

"Thank you." He said softly, right before he fell asleep. Aww... how cute.

"For what?"

Galen was sitting in his tree playing blackjack with Siun. (No one said fairies can't gamble.) "I do believe you are cheating."

Siun tinkled, and proceeded to deal.

Then a shockwave hit. Siun flew into Galen's chest, the cards scattering everywhere.

"What was that!" Siun fluffed his wings, and buzzed. "I know it was a shockwave. But where did it come from! I haven't felt anything like that since Wendy kissed Pan in the duel with Hook." Siun spun, sending a cloud of fairy dust everywhere. He pointed. "I suppose this means you want me to investigate..."

Siun put his hands to his hips and started to tap his foot.

"Ok! I get the idea!" Galen headed in the indicated direction.

In the house, Lili laid Peter on the bed. Tink flew over, and tinkled. She managed to sound worried.

"I think he'll be fine." Lili smiled, and smoothed back his hair. "He's just tired."

Now some of you may wonder what the Neverflower was, and why it existed. Quite simply, the Neverflower was a way for Peter to bridge his power to another person, allowing an adult who was not a pirate to remain in the Neverland. For grown-ups cannot go to the Neverland, once innocence is lost, we loose the ability to enter, to pierce the veil that separates the Neverland from the rest of the waking world. Peter is a riddle in many ways. Even though technically he wasn't very innocent, aside from his nativity, if he was ever shown the ultimate truth, the one where you learn why people have feelings, in addition to what they are, he'd lose everything. Including Neverland, which was his home. And without Peter, the Neverland was just... a deserted island. Not very fun at all.

Peter had come to the conclusion he could not handle what had been handed to him, and had gone for help. But Lili wasn't a child, she was while not yet twenty, still a grown up. So she shouldn't be able to walk in the Neverland. But Peter is so often law unto himself, he changed the rules. Lili can stay, because she contains a piece of Peter.

This was to have some lasting consequences that not even the Fairy Queen, Aoife, had thought of.

But they were useful in the long run. So many things are.

End Part One

Tenshi-san: Woo! Finished part one, which surprised me. I didn't know this had parts... I am rather sad... Thank you those who reviewed, and for your advice on the summary. I hate summaries, but only because I stink at writing them.