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Chapter Five: The Quest

Bae took a seat among the group of rowdy boys he suddenly found himself in the presence of.

"Are you hungry?" asked Peter Pan, "We just made some soup."

"Yes please," Bae said.

Peter Pan brought a bowl of soup over and handed it to Bae. To Bae's surprise, Peter did not walk over but instead flew through the air. "Let me introduce you to everyone! I'm Peter, as you know, this here is Tinkerbell and these are the lost boys."

Bae listened intently as the boys each told him their names. They were all dressed in animal costumes. The one in the fox costume was Slightly, the bear, Cubby, the rabbit, Nibs, the skunk, Tootles, and the Twins were dressed up identically as raccoons. Bae suddenly realized he was a lost boy as well now that he was separated from his father. "Where are your parents?" Bae asked.

"Parents?" said Peter, "what are those?"

"Yeah, I've never heard of such a thing!" Tootles exclaimed.

"Me, either!" said Cubby.

It seemed each of the boys had their own comment toward what was just asked. None of them had ever heard the word, "You know, your mother and father," Baelfire explained.

Peter looked very confused, "What's that?"

"You know, they are the ones who raise you, take care of you, and love you, they protect you no matter what," Bae continued.

"Well we must be each others parents because we take care of each other!" exclaimed the Twins simultaneously.

"Well no, they are much older than us, we are just children." Bae said.

A scowl crossed Peter's face, "Oh you mean grown ups! They tell you what to do or how to act. No there's no one like that here."

"But you will grow up one day."

"Oh no, not in Neverland. Here no one ever ages. We can stay children forever!"

All of the lost boys started cheering at Peter's comments.

'Never grow up?' Bae thought to himself, 'But how can that be?'

"You can stay here with us if you like!" Peter proposed, "We could use another member on our team."

The lost boys continued cheering and started fumbling over one another to get closer to Bae. "Oh yes please do!" said Cubby.

"Yes! I can make you a wooden sword if you like!" Tootles offered.

"No, I wanna make it for him!" Nibs the skunk interjected.

"I said it first!"

Bae watched as both Tootles and Nibs started to play wrestle around on the floor. They bumped into the other Lost Boys, and eventually all but Bae and Peter Pan were a part of it.

"Boys! Boys! Calm down!" Peter said while laughing. The boys slowly returned to normal. Peter turned to Bae, "Now Bae what do you say? Do you wanna be one of us?"

Bae smiled at Peter Pan and all the boys. "Thank you for your offer, but my father is out there somewhere and he will be missing me. I will miss him too. I must find a way to get back to him."

"Well we can help you! What do you say boys, are we gonna help Baelfire find his father?"

All the boys started cheering "Yeah" in unison, jumping up and down, and on top of one another.

"Thank you.," Bae said graciously, "That means a lot."

"Well tell us then, where should we start looking?" asked Peter.

Bae thought for a moment before answering. "Well, I need to find a way back to my land. Do you know where we can find a magic bean?"

"Magic? There is no magic here."

Bae looked puzzled, "But you have fairies," motioning towards Tinkerbell, "and you can fly!"

Peter burst out into laughter, "Oh no Tink is no fairy, she's a pixie. Her pixie dust and happy thoughts are what make us fly. That is the closest thing to magic you will find here."

'So the blue fairy didn't lie to me,' Bae concluded. "Well then, do you have a suggestion on how to travel between lands?"

"I don't know, but Tink, and I, and the Lost Boys, we will accept your quest, and help you find your father!" Peter raised a wooden sword in the air.

All the boys started cheering again as if finding his father was some sort of game. They all took out their own wooden swords and raised them up high in response. Bae knew it was not a game, and might be a dangerous quest, but he was grateful to have these boys to help him.

"Now Bae, the first thing we gotta do is teach you how to fly!"