Return to Never Land

chapter 6

It was getting dark, Felicity nearly lost sign of Jane, Peter or the Lost Boys. She then finally felt relieved once she saw Jane. Felicity walked over and shook herself dry from earlier.

"Jeanne," Felicity drawled, coming closer. "You okay?"

"No, I'm not okay." Jane replied.

"What's wrong?"

"NEWSFLASH FELICITY!" Jane shouted, making Felicity fall on her back. "Neither of us is gonna be okay because we're stranded on this childish island!"

"Why don't you fly?" Felicity wrapped herself in her own arms for comfort.

"Oh, Felicity, can't you just accept that this is all fake and we need to grow up?" Jane spat.

"Okay, I'll bite," Felicity was done with being pushed around and she lowered her voice to show she meant business. Her eyes even flashed laser green. "What IS your problem, Jeanne? And I don't want you to yell at me, push me or do anything rude BECAUSE FRANKLY I'VE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH YOUR TEMPER, YOU ARE RUDE, PUSHY, AND OBNOXIOUS! SO TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG BEFORE I BITE YOUR HEAD OFF!"

"Felicity!" Jane was shocked at her sudden anger.

"Well,.... you made me mad!" Felicity said, still angered, but a little calm now.

"I-I'm sorry, Felicity..." Jane walked to her slowly with a solemn tone. "I didn't mean to hurt anyone."

"How do you think your mother and brother feel back home after you did what you did?" Felicity glared, her eyes, still flashing green.

"Oh, Felicity," Jane sighed. "All I ever wanted was to get away from this dreadful place."

"Trust me, this place isn't dreadful," Felicity said in a cheerful tone with a smile and her hands out, happily. "Papa's music room and Maman's poetry room are dreadful!"

"I just wanted to get home to my dear, sweet mother," Jane looked in her eyes. "But there's no way... I also really, really miss my father! It hasn't been the same since he left to protect us. I know he's doing it for us, but I've missed him since he left when I was six!"

"Ahh...." Felicity understood now. "You're being a grumpy gus because Edward is still out there and not with you, Wendy and Daniel, huh?"

"Yes," Jane nodded with tears in her eyes. "I just want him to come home so we can stop living in this horrid reality! Not even Mother's fairy tales can cheer me up... You can't imagine what that's like..."

Felicity hummed a little and sat beside her. "Actually Jeanne," she crossed her legs and looked back into Jane's turquoise eyes. "I do. My mother goes on adventures a lot. She did a lot when she was younger, but she does it more often when the time calls for her. Whenever she has to leave, Papa stays and takes care of moi while she's gone. Papa rarely goes out himself, I love him, believe moi, but sometimes it gets a little boring having extended pipe organ lessons with your father, even if he's a master. I miss my maman every time she goes on one of her adventures. Did you know my maman once went to a place called the Pridelands with dangerous lions, warthogs and even some cheetahs, but do you know what happened?"

"What?" Jane was on the edge of her seat.

"She was just fine," Felicity smiled. "If Maman can survive that, Edward will make it back home and you'll be with your perfect family of four."

"Oh, Felicity... I had no idea..." Jane sounded soft now. "Do you ever know when your mother will come back when she goes on an adventure?"

Felicity shook her head. "She sometimes comes back with bruises or scratches, but she somehow makes it back home okay. She and Papa even first met on one of her adventures when the Queen was just a peasant girl. Maman even has a scrapbook of the adventures she went on."