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Wendy's eyes couldn't help but stare in awe at the world around her. It was something straight out of her dreams. It was wonderful. A girl who had always secretly wanted an adventure smiled to herself. Her wish had been granted.
But, she knew, that the safety of her brothers came first. All I have to do keep them safe, and then after the adventure is over, we can go back to London The girl kept remind herself. She was after all a foolish young girl.
Night came soon enough. The Darling children found themselves sitting on the outskirts of a lit up city. John had taken off his shoes and out of boredom spent the last several minutes retying them. Michael was freezing and held himself close to his siblings to keep warm.
"How long are we going to be here?" John asked. He groaned inwardly and threw his shoe a few feet away. "This is boring. I'd rather listen to Aunt Millicent talk about her cat Chester than be sitting here for another minute."
Wendy glanced back at the small kingdom that was shining in a bright silver blue.
"We're in some nonsensical fantasy world and we can't even explore it" John argued. "What's the point if you can't have a little fun"
"John!" Wendy exclaimed. "Stop it! You've been muttering about that for hours now. I think it's high time you kept quiet"
"Perhaps it's high time you stopped bossing me around" John remarked.
Wendy rolled her eyes. "I do not boss you around"
"Really?" John said. "This morning you made me put on an extra coat, but it was hardly chilly outside. Then you kept nagging at me to slow down on our way back home. Now you're making us sit here with nothing to do"
"Because this place is safe, John!" Wendy replied.
"We wouldn't even be here if you would've just given me the orb" John shouted.
"If you wouldn't have tried to grab it out of my hands, maybe it wouldn't it have fallen" Wendy shouted back.
Poor little Michael sat between the two. He covered his ears with his hands. The child had pleaded a few times to get them to stop arguing but his voice was drowned out by theirs. Scared of the world, and for his siblings, the child whimpered a bit.
Hearing the small whimper brought the two to acknowledge him again. They silenced themselves down for Michael's sake. They heard the sounds of jingles coming from near the small city. The tree spirits, as Peter had called them, seem to be motioning for the children to enter into their city.
They followed the ones that had motioned them over. They came to a place where small puffs of cotton-like fluff had been placed for them. Peter and a tree spirit were already present there, watching the children enter.
The tree spirit came towards the children. She jingled a bit, as if speaking to them.
"She says this is where we'll be staying for the night" Peter translated.
"You can understand her?" Michael asked. The boy nodded his head. The kids each had picked a small pile of fluff. Sleep came easily to Michael who had been worn out since they had arrived. Peter fell asleep quickly after.
"Great, first we have to sit now we're sleeping" John groaned. "What a fantastic adventure we're having" He turned on his side, facing away from his sister.
Wendy glared once more at her brother before finally letting her eyes close. It was a dreamless sleep, probably because part of her believed that this was all a dream. When she opened her eyes, she expected to find herself once again in her bed.
She was half-asleep. Her eyes were closed but she could hear the movements of someone tossing and turning in their sleep. Her eyes fluttered open. Wendy was about to gasp before her memory quickly reminded her of the events of earlier.
The orb, Peter, the tree spirits and John who had suddenly decided to become impossible; they all flooded back into her mind. Wendy sat up and looked over at her right. Something inside her panged a bit as she saw Peter toss in his sleep. He was muttering something, something she couldn't hear clearly. He seemed upset or rather desperate. Different emotions crossed his face.
The first thing that popped into her mind was that he was having a nightmare. Leaning over, Wendy nudged his side. She whispered his name as to not wake her brothers, only the struggling boy that was before her. When he didn't wake up, she nudged him once more, and called out to him a bit louder.
The boy was lost in his dreams. They were replaying the events that had happened over the past few days. Fox's death, the capture of his Aaya, Jimmy practically betraying him and the look on his friend's faces when he had to leave them by themselves, they all haunted his mind.
"Peter" He heard someone call out to him. He looked around his dreams, wondering whether he had imagined the voice or not. He felt himself slowly drift away from his dreams, regain consciousness. Someone was gently pushing his shoulder, calling out his name. It was as if his name was being tumble around. His eyes blinked open and peering at him was a girl with tangled golden hair. It took a second, only a second, for him to remember her name.
Peter sat up. His mind was still being tortured with his dream. He couldn't waste any more time, he had to go and retrieve the orb and help his friends.
"Are you alright?" He heard Wendy's voice asked. He glanced over at her and nodded.
"Don't tell the tree spirits where I'm going. They want me to wait till my wound is healed. But I have to go rescue my friends" He stood up and was about to take off when he heard the girl run up behind him.
"I'm coming to" She had decided too quickly. It was her thirst for adventure that wouldn't let its only opportunity slip away.
"No" Peter answered. The last thing he wanted was to put another life in danger. He had faced too much within the past few days; it was hard to believe that they had all happened.
"You and your brothers are safe here" He argued. He could see the stubborn, determination in her eyes. He wanted to easily let her have what she wanted but he himself was also stubborn.
"My only concern is my brothers' safety" She replied. She started to follow him. He looked back at her. It was clear that no matter what he said she was going to go. It would be simpler, much simpler to just let her come. So he did.
"Fine" He looked around to see if any of the tree spirits was watching, listening, to them. "But be quiet". The two snuck out of the city, trying to be as discreet as possible.
Once they were out, they started over towards a small dirt path, when they heard the sounds of leaves crushing behind. They spun around to see John, his eyes red from lack of sleep, running up behind them.
"Wait, for me" He said.
"You're not going" Wendy told him. "John, you're safe here, you and Michael".
John's glasses started to slip a bit off of his face. "So you get to go have an adventure while I'm stuck here being bored out of my mind."
"John, it'll be dangerous" Wendy argued. "Stay here, and watch Michael" Peter pulled on the girl's shoulder, gesturing for her to come along. "I'll be back soon!" She called out to John one last time.