“We’ve gone over this, Smee. What choice did I have? It was the only way to make sure my mother would be taken care of. If you saw her, Mr. Smee, you’d understand why I had to make a deal with the Odd Sisters, but the only way they will agree to give me my fondest wish is if I agree to bring them Tinker Bell.”

“I thought you got your fondest wish; we’re in Never Land! It’s all you’ve ever wanted.” Smee furrowed his brow.

James was surprised. He had thought that if anyone knew his secret heart’s desire, it would be Smee. “There is one other thing I want above all things, and Lucinda has promised she has the power to make it so. Besides, Peter won’t know. While everyone is asleep I will use Tinker Bell’s dust to get us to the Many Kingdoms so I can deliver her to Lucinda. By the time everyone wakes, we will be back, and we will pretend we had been put to sleep as well, and act just as surprised as they are that Tinker Bell is missing. Peter won’t suspect a thing. It’s brilliant!” said James, looking very pleased with himself.

“But is it right to take Tinker Bell against her will?”

“She was sent here against her will, Smee, taken from the home she loves. I’m taking her back to where she belongs.”

“Are you sure she isn’t from Pixie Hollow?”

“Pixie Hollow?” James didn’t know what he was talking about.

“You told me about it countless times as a child. You don’t remember? You said it was the secret heart of Never Land, where all the fairies are born.”

James didn’t remember; as far as he knew Tinker Bell was the only fairy in Never Land.

“I don’t know, Smee. I’m not an expert on fairy lore. Lucinda says Tinker Bell is from the Fairylands in the Many Kingdoms but doesn’t remember. She says her memory will return once she is home again.”

“I don’t know, Master James. I think you should have dealt with Circe. From what you’ve told me it doesn’t sound like Lucinda can be trusted. Besides, Tinker Bell seems very fond of Never Land, and of Peter, so is it fair to take her away?”

James didn’t understand where Smee had gotten all of this.

“How do you know so much about Never Land, Smee?”

“From you of course, Master James. You talked of nothing else as a child.”

“Well, nevertheless, Circe doesn’t have the power to give me what I truly want, and her mother does, and that is the last we will say of it,” said James, not giving Smee the opportunity to ask him any more questions.

“Yes, sir.”