Prologue

Love was a grown-up feeling, so, naturally, Peter had to grow up.

His choice on the matter unfortunately did not matter. After all, all children wish to never grow up, yet they all one day become men and women, both outwardly and inwardly. It's a process too underhanded to quash.

It takes only one very special thing for a child to take the first step into adulthood. For some, it is the wonder for which they have in grown-up doings, like dressing up or looking mightily important. For others it is the desire for independence, a quest to prove them worthy of taking on the world.

For Peter Pan, it was his Wendy.

Of course, Peter didn't know that. All he knew was that after she and the Lost Boys stepped off the Jolly Roger, he returned to Neverland feeling awfully lonely with only Wendy on his mind, yet out of his life.