Return to Never Land

chapter 9

The Lost Boys and Peter sang about Hook being a codfish like they did before the crocodile supposedly ate him. Talk about karma. Peter laughed, then did his signature rooster call, and turned to the others.

"Let's hear it for Felicity and Jane!" Nibs cheered.

"The first and officially-" the twins added.

"Lost Girls!" Tootles finished.

"Thank you," Jane bowed. "Thank you!"

"Oh, merci beaucop!" Felicity added with a curtsey.

"Say, why don't you bunk with me?" Slightly winked with a giggle.

Felicity blushed at him, then turned with Jane. The girls noticed Peter looked rather down in the dumps. Tinker Belle flew to him, told him something, then flew to a far distance.

"What's wrong, Peter?" Felicity asked.

"You guys can fly now," Peter sighed. "You can go home."

"We can go home..." Jane smiled.

"But!" Nibs sniffled and blew his nose into Tootles' skunk tail.

"But! But! But!" the Lost Boys cried, not wanting their new best friends to leave so soon.

"We'll miss you, a lot..." Cubby wiped his eyes.

"Yeah." one twin said.

"A lot." the other added.

"And we'll miss you," Jane turned to them. "A lot. But it's best Felicity and I go back home, we're needed there. There's someone back home who needs me. And besides, now I got great stories to tell him... And they'll be about Peter Pan and the Lost Boys."

The Lost Boys stopped crying and smiled with hip-hip cheers for Jane.

"Hey, in that case," Peter chuckled, bent on one knee and kissed the back of Jane's hand. "Mademoiselles, it would be my pleasure to escort you to London."

"Hey, I'll do the cheesy French dialogue around here!" Felicity snapped, but giggled since she was teasing him.

"The pleasure will be all ours, good sir." Jane smiled at Peter.

"It's a long way home. Hit it, Tinker Belle!" Felicity called to the pixie.

Tinker Belle nodded and sprinkled pixie dust all over the girls to get them back home. They laughed and rose off the floor. The Lost Boys waved and they felt very sad to see their friends go, but were happy for them. They hoped to see them again real soon.

The girls woke up to see they were back in the nursery. Felicity was in the guest bed, snuggling her Peter Pan doll, and Jane shook her awake.

"What is it, Jeanne?" Felicity yawned and turned to her older cousin.

"We're home!" Jane beamed.

"We're home?" Felicity asked with a smile.

"Mother, oh Mother!" Jane called, which made Wendy and Cherry come into the nursery, looking tired.

"What's wrong, Jane?" Cherry asked in an emotionless tone.

"Oh, Mother!" Jane rushed to Wendy and hugged her.

"Maman!" Felicity rushed to Cherry and hugged her.

"You were right," Jane told Wendy. "He is most remarkable."

"Who, dear?" Wendy asked.

"Oh, Mother, Cherry, I'm so sorry. If only I'd listen to you." Jane sniffled.

"Can someone please tell me what's going on here?" Cherry sounded far from amused.

"Oh, Maman..." Felicity moaned and squeezed her mother tighter.

"What is wrong!?" Cherry growled.

"I had a bad dream..." Daniel said as he came in the room.

"Was it Hook again?" Jane asked as Cherry picked up her younger brother. "Were those pirates up to their old tricks again?"

"They're gone, Danny." Felicity told him.

"What's going on?" Daniel asked.

"We know how to take care of that old codfish," Felicity said, taking out her wooden sword. "We can do it all together!"

"We can?" Daniel asked, his eyes lighting up.

"The three of us." Jane added.

"Really?" Daniel was now excited.

"We saw him you know," Jane said. "Captain Hook kidnapped us. Stuffed us both into an old dirty bag, he did."

"He took us off to Never Land," Felicity continued, coming over. "And tried to feed us to a giant octopus."

"Wow!" Daniel loved this new story.

"There were pirates everywhere," Jane added. "And, oh, Tinker Belle, she was so beautiful."

"You saw Tinker Belle!?" Daniel couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Uh-huh, and her light almost went out," Jane had an improvement after this adventure alright. "You see, you have to be very careful."

"Okay, you guys have been up too late," Cherry sighed. "This reminds me of when Uncle George saw that pirate ship cloud before my parents and I went home."

"I remember that." Wendy smiled in remembrance and nostalgia. "Well kids, let's talk about this later, okay? It's very late and you all need your rest."

"Yes, Mother." Jane and Daniel said.

"Bon nuit, Tante Wendy." Felicity yawned as they all went back to bed.

Cherry shut Daniel's door as Wendy catered to the girls. She was about to close the bedroom window, but heard a noise outside. She poked her head out and looked around in wonder. It was a clear night sky, but no one was there, but she could've sworn someone was. Wendy then turned in shock to see Peter was sitting on the window edge.

"Wendy?" Peter asked.

"Hello, Peter..." Wendy smiled warmly.

"You've... changed..." Peter recognized her, the closer he got.

"Not really." Wendy told him. "Not ever..."

Tinker Belle flew over to her old friend.

"Hello Tinker Belle." Wendy greeted.

Tinker Belle waved and sprinkled pixie dust on Wendy. The woman felt like a little girl again as she flew with Peter. Cherry looked out the window and smiled at Wendy reliving one of her most favorite childhood memories. Cherry then looked down and saw Edward coming back home.

"Jane will be pleased." Cherry sighed with a smirk.

All was well back in the family home as Edward was back with his family. Jane was indeed happy to have her father back. Shortly after spending a little more time with her extended family, Felicity was happy. Her own father even came back. The Forte family were happy, even though it wasn't shown very properly, considering their family.

"Papa, I'm glad you're back like Uncle Edward." Felicity hugged Forte really close.

"How was Belle and Adam?" Cherry asked, gripping her husband's cold and clammy hands.

"Fine," Forte breathed. "We're welcome back in the castle whenever we're ready. Are you ready, Cerise?"

Cherry glanced down at Felicity as she played a Peter Pan game with Daniel and Jane like in the good old days.

"I think we could wait just a little later..." Cherry replied, linking arms with him and staring at the night sky as a pirate ship cloud past the full moon.

Peace was restored into the family and the war ended. Jane was finally happy again and enjoyed being a kid while she could. Felicity had some new friends to tell her family about. Daniel was of course, still one with his inner child.

                                       The End