A/N Sorry it's been so long since I've update, I honestly forgot that I have a fanfiction account and that I write stories. Life got the best of me sorry about that! Hope you enjoy the next chapter and I'll try to update more often.
I awaken to the hushed voices of Harry and Ron, talking about Merlin knows what. All I know is that I'm utterly terrified. I knew that he wouldn't give me up. I knew that my freedom would only be temporary. I just want to be free, to live my life as who I want to be, not some girl in a fairytale that isn't even accurate. Why can't he let me go? Why can't he not be selfish and let me grow up? That's all I want, is to grow up, be an adult and do adult things. I want to work, I want to grow, I want to live, I want to fall in love, I want to get married and one day have children. I want things that will never be.
Peter Pan, a boy whom I thought to be in love with, someone who gave me adventure, fun and excitement. Is nothing more than a demon! An evil demon who only wants for himself and never cares for anyone else's feelings and desires. Pure evil. He is the King of Neverland, and what he says goes. He is coming for me, that I know. I just pray that its not soon. I open my eyes and see Harry and Ron still talking. Now more alert, I can here they are talking to Professor Dumbledore about the letter.
"But Professor, I just don't understand why you can't tell us what the letter means! Why must we wait for Hermione to wake up? Please sir!" Ron now yells, clearly frustrated.
"Mr Weasley, if you continue to harass Professor Dumbledore about this, it will be detention. Do you understand?" Professor McGonagall
"Yes Professor." Grumbles Ronald. Ha! That'll teach him! I should probably let everyone know I'm awake now.
"I'm awake Professor." I whisper, not realising my throat is dry and slightly sore. Everyone's heads snap over to me, Harry's face is one is relief.
"Hermione your awake! I'm so glad your ok. You're ok right? No wait of course you're not! Dumb question, here, have some water!" Harry says so quickly its hard to process completely before there's a glass of water in my face. But I'm quick to drink the provided water.
I sit up once I've had my drink and look around, I see my new friends from Storybrook here, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Ron and Harry. Dread fills me knowing what I must tell Harry and Ron about a past I'd rather just forget existed completely. I sigh, sit up straighter and greet my friends from Storybrook.
"Hi everyone, how's Storybrook going?" I ask them.
They look at me and smile, Emma is the one to respond.
"Everything in Storybrook is going well. The town is thriving, and we have tourists coming to town now, which is good, boosts up the economy. How have you been Wendy? How is this school treating you?" Emma asks me, but before I can respond Ronald interrupts, getting into Emma's face.
"Wendy? Her name is Hermione lady! You don't know her to why are you even talking to her. Her name is Her-mi-on-e! Get it? Hermione!" Ronalds screams at her
"Mr Weasley! You apologise to Miss Swan right now, she is talking to Miss Granger not you, and you will do well to listen and speak when spoken to!" Professor McGonagall firmly tells Ron. However, Ronald seems to be having none of it.
"No Professor, this woman called Hermione the wrong name. She called her Wendy; her name is Hermione!" Ronald yells at Professor McGonagall. I quickly step in before things could get out of hand.
"That's because it is my name Ronald." I say to Ron. He stops, turns to me, looking extremely confused.
"No, your name is Hermione Granger." He responds. I sigh and look at him.
"I have to tell you and Harry the truth about me, but I need no interruptions Ronald, I mean none. You can ask questions but after please, this is a very long story and complicated ok. Can you promise not to interrupt me, Ronald, Harry?" I look at him expectantly. He looks at me, his eyes looking into mine. He sighs and nods. I turn to Harry who nods as well.
"Great, now firstly, Emma, that's great to here that Storybrook is doing well with and now having people visit! This school is amazing! I love it here and I'm learning so much about magic and learning how to control and use it." I say to Emma with a smile. I turn to Ron and Harry.
"Now remember, no interruptions ok." They both nod.
"My name isn't Hermione Jean Granger, its Wendy Moira Angela Darling. Yes, the very same Wendy from the Peter Pan books. Yes, he is real. Fairytales are real. The people behind you are the very same people from our childhood stories Harry. Bella, from Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Prince Charming, The Evil Queen, Captain Hook and yes Peter Pan. All real! I am the Wendy Darling." I start off. I look at Harry and he looks shocked; I turn to Ron and he shares the same expression.
"I was born into this world, over a hundred years, in Bloomsbury London on the 19th of September 1850. Today's date is the 3rd of November 1995. Yes, I am 145 years old. Please no interruptions, you promised." I say quickly, noticing Harry who was about to interrupt. He closes his mouth and gestures for me to continue.
"When I was twelve years old, my Aunt came and visited my family. She told my parents that it was time for me to leave the nursery, have my own room and grow into the young woman I was meant to be. At the time I didn't want to leave the nursery, I didn't want to grow up! Growing up in the 1860s for a woman in that time, meant becoming a wife and mother and running the house and be pretty for my husband." I stop and take a few breaths and continue.
"My brothers, including my adopted one, Baelfire, and I didn't want me to leave the nursery. I just wanted to be a child and tell stories about anything and everything. That night was to be my last night in the nursery. On that night I was determined to not grow up. You see, for the last couple of weeks, every night there would appear a shadow that just look into the room but would never come too close. I knew that the shadow belonged to someone who could take me away so that I never had to grow up. I go to the window and open it. Baelfire wakes up and asks what I was doing. I told him that there was a shadow that comes every night and that it will take me to Neverland. I looked at the shadow and shouted the two magical words 'I believe'." I take another few breaths and continue.
"The shadow takes hold of my hand and takes me away to Neverland. I land in the water and swim sore, but I'm attacked by mermaids. Now these mermaids are lovely to look at but are perfectly devilish and will kill for any and no reasons. I am saved by a boy, a particularly handsome boy. He looks at me and is confused. 'A girl' he says, 'why would the shadow bring me a useless girl.' I look at the boy and smile and introduce myself to him. 'Hello, I am Wendy, Wendy Moria Angela Darling, and you are' I put my hand out to his to shake as I had seen my father do plenty of times before. He cocks his head to the side and smiles at me puts his hand in mine and says 'Peter, Peter Pan'. We smile at each other for a few seconds, and he lets go of m hand and asks a question. 'How did you get to the island, the shadow only ever brings boys, never girls?' he asks me. 'My parents want me to grow up and I don't. I knew the shadow would take me here to Neverland, so I would never have to grow up and do stupid adult things.' I explain to him." Taking more breaths.
"Peter is pacing now and his smile is wide. 'Ahh, growing up. You're right, here you do not have to grow up. But you must past my tests to see if you can stay here.' He tells me, and I laughed at him. 'Who are you to give out these tests?' I jest him. His grin is devilish now, 'I am Peter Pan, King of Neverland, so if I say there are tests Wendy Darling, there will be tests.' He explained. I nodded at him, and we were off. He introduced me to his lost boys Felix, Rufio, Thud Butt, Pockets, Ace, Don't Ask, Too Small, Latchboy, Devon, Slightly, Curly, The twins, Nibs and Tootles. Everyone is confused but they get used to having a girl quickly. That's my first day there. On my second day my first test happened. I was to scare a pirate and not be caught scaring them. I completed the task. That night the boys were celebrating my victory while I was cooking a stew for dinner. After dinner I told the boys stories about a scary villain called the Dark one name Rumplestiltskin and they very hooked from the moment I opened my mouth." More breaths
"The next day, my next task was to sword fight Rufio and I have to draw blood first, I was sceptical about it, but I did as I was told, and I had the fight won and 45 seconds by not only drawing blood but by also disarming him. The boys celebrated, I cooked dinner again and told stories to the boys this one about the Evil Queen trying to kill Snow White for what she did to her. Again the boys where hooked. My third day there was no test, we had adventures and the boys taught me to hunt and how to make a bow and arrows to protect myself. This continued for days. Eventually I was there for three weeks. Peter came to me and took me with him to show me something. He had made me my own treehouse to live in, he said 'A lady shouldn't be sleeping with the boys and needs her own bed.' And left me with it to sleep. Eventually of a night I started hearing noises. The boys where crying and howling in their sleep. I went to Peter about this, and he got angry at me, telling me to not to worry about it. I pressed on. I suggested that he let the boys go home to their families and he snapped at me, calling me a stupid girl, saying how to shadow should have never of brought me to Neverland. He told me in he is sending me back to London and I cried begging Peter to let me stay, he said he has no use for girls and that in two days' time the shadow will come for my brothers. The shadow came and took me back." Just continue to breath Wendy
"It was morning when I returned to London and Baelfire was sleeping under the windowsill. I asked him how long I was gone for, and he said just the night, I was confused as I was I Neverland for weeks. He asked me how long it for me and I was said longer as time goes slowly in Neverland. He asked me why did I come back, I said because the King didn't want me but the King wants my brothers and he cannot have them. Two nights passed and Baelfire took their place, and I knew that I couldn't leave him there. Not when he has no family. That next night I went to the window and said 'I believe' and the shadow returned and took me back to Neverland. Peter was there again to greet me, he had a smirk on his face, and demanded to know why I was back. I told him to release Baelfire he has no family I will take his place, to my shock he agreed to the deal. I did not get to see Baelfire go back but one thing I know about Peter Pan is that he never lies and always follows through when a deal is made." More breathing.
"My 140 years on Neverland was spent with me living with the lost boys, Peter told them to call me mother, and from then on, I was a mother to the lost boys and I was doing motherly things as well, I just wasn't allowed to grow up. One day I upset Pan that bad that he threw me in a cage, to this day I still don't know what triggered him to do it, all I did was just question him on Rufio's punishment was a little to harsh. I was thrown in there for 98 years. I grew hysterical, but eventually it grew on me, it became my haven. Eventually a boy name Henry Mills who is just behind you short, brown hair, green eyes, came to the island, he has something that Pan wants which is his heart, he has the heart of the truest believer. Pan wanted it and got me to lie to Henry to be able to obtain it." Keep breathing.
"He was nearly successful, but he was stopped and defeated. I have no idea how he is back, I thought he was dead. We thought Rumpelstiltskin, The Dark One, killed him. But he's back and wants me. I'm not sure why he wants me with him so don't ask. There that's a shortened version of my life story. You may ask your questions now.