Once upon a dream

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The devil is real.
He's not a little red man with horns and a tail,
He can be beautiful.
Cause his a fallen angel,
And he used to be a god's favorite.

Neverland has long been abandoned by the gods. This island is a kind of prison. A prison for the innocent souls of lost children.

Little devils who don't even remember their parents' names dance here every night. "After all, they are better off without their parents!" At least, that's what Pan says. And they listen to him implicitly.

Peter is the main boy on this island. He is noticeably different from the others, there is a real, ominous darkness in his eyes, while other boys sometimes do not even understand what they are doing. Peter cheerfully encourages the boys to fight with the pirates. Everyone agrees almost immediately, only the newest of his "toys" think about whether it's good. Long-time lost boys don't care about moral principles, it's not for them. They are only a dim semblance of Pan, they are extinguished lights in the middle of a dark night. The new ones are like clay, and again Peter sculpts himself out of them. Pan has fun and flatters his ego that no one will ever be like him. However, he is right. He is the star that burns the brightest in the dark sky.

Pan's speeches stupefy the mind. He always knows what to say to sow confidence in a stranger. Peter is like an ancient evil that can penetrate into any head.

He proudly calls the other boys lost. They were not, if Pan could only tell the truth, he would call them stolen boys.
This is the tragedy of Peter Pan. If it weren't for the lost boys, he would have rotted endlessly in the loneliness that trembles even the blackest heart. And he won't allow it. However, Pan never gets attached to anyone, he needs lost souls in order not to be bored, nothing more. If a monster had destroyed them all in an instant, Peter wouldn't have grieved for a second. After all, it is not difficult to find a replacement.

For a flying boy, it's all a game. Human lives mean absolutely nothing to him, Peter doesn't see a drop of meaning in it.
He also teaches his philosophy to the lost boys. Therefore, they are fearless and will always give their lives for their king. They worship him. Peter is the highest point for them, so desirable, but forever unattainable.

Lost boys are not afraid of fire, he is not a hindrance to them, intoxicated by the magic melody, they dance to the pain, to bleeding calluses on their feet. They will not be injured, because the wonderful water of Neverland will heal their wounds in a moment.

The lost have fun, they are always happy, but none of them hears the quiet crying of the new boys in the deep nights. They just want to go home to their moms and dads.
However, Peter is categorically against parents. He actively inspires boys that moms are useless, and children are supposed to grow up the way they want to. The new boys have to listen to Pan's words. Therefore, over time, the magic flute begins to caress their ears as well. Soft notes replace mother's bedtime stories, father's teachings and the voice of sisters and brothers.
Boys forget the features of their mother's native face, and anyone who remembers and decides to talk about it will immediately be punished in the strictest way.

When the king of Neverland is bored, the boys arrange fights among themselves for the sake of their idol. After all, if Peter is in a bad mood, no one will be happy. Therefore, they fight, to the fractures, to the last blood and to the final death.

Sitting on a majestic throne, Pan proudly watches his followers. As soon as he waves his hand to the side, the waifs, like trained animals, will run to where the owner indicated.

However, watching the fights sometimes bothers Pan. He does not care about the boys at all, leaves Neverland, flies to other worlds and does everything that his dark, fickle soul desires.
Then, the lost boys fall into deep despondency without a leader and they get lost again.