Rose sat high in a tree, watching all the students pass below her. Only her people who knew her would know where to find her. She had a book in hand, and as absolutely absorbed in it. She let one leg dangle off the branch she was sitting on. This was one of her all time favorite stories. It was her mother's favorite too. She leaned her head against the bark of the tree, smiling. Climbing trees was one of her favorite things to do. After reading, that is.

"Melody.... Melody are you listenen to meh child", said Sebastian in his heavy Jamaican accent. Melody shook out of her daydream, "Huh, yeah Sebastian what do you want?", they were walking up to her new school she didn't mind it she thought it would be a nice change. Considering she had been home schooled until now, it would be nice to make some new friends. Sebastian shook his head, "Goodness girl ur ahs bad as or worse den ya mudder sum times. I was tellin ya where ur dorm room is". "Oh I heard that part", said Melody with a smile, she loved messing with Sebastian's head sometimes, the old crab was so annul retentive sometimes. She walked passed the tree but noticed a foot dangling from it she looked up to see a girl sitting in it, Melody caulked her head to one side and gave a confused look at the girl. She was engrossed in a story book and didn't seem to notice the world going on around her. "Umm... hello up there", she siad.

Achak sat at the base of a tree, looking out at the landscape before him, absorbed in the serenity of it. Suddenly, he perks up when he hears a rustling in the tree branches above. He quickly glanced up to see where the sound came from, but saw nothing and just shrugged it off as a squirrel or a chipmunk. Achak looked down at his lap and saw an open book with odd words on it--certainly not English words--but them remembered: he had come here to study a foreign language as he had always loved to do. This time, he was studying French.

"Je m'appelle Achak...", he said out loud, then looked at the book again for a moment, before continuing, "Ma mere, elle s'appelle Pocahontas. Ma pere, il s'appelle John..."

He looked down at the textbook again.

Rose jumped and looked down. "Oh hi." She smiled at the girl. She jumped down from the tree, landing on her feet. She set the book under one arm before offering reaching out to shake the girls hand. "I'm Rose." She said happily.

"Wha-?" Achak said loudly, as his face scrunched up a bit. He looked up from his textbook and threw it to the ground before rolling over onto his belly and looking at the other side of the tree where the girls were talking. His eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh eh... sorry to... interrupt." He forced a smile then rolled back over to where he was before- directly behind the tree. He picked his textbook back up and then nonchalantly continued saying things aloud to himself: "Comment t'appelles tu?"

"Ahh there it is right down there Carpet", said Ameer to his thread woven companion. Carpet landed right in front of the school. "Well Genie we're here!", a cloud of blue smoke came out of the lamp tied to Ameer's belt. The Genie formed from the smoke, "Wow kid this place looks great", it was so hard for Genie not to call Ameer, Al sometimes because he looked and acted so much like his father. Abu jumped onto Ameer's shoulder, "Well Abu this is where we're gonna be for a while what do ya think". The monkey looked around at the huge school, "Whoa it's huge", said Abu only Ameer, Genie, and Carpet could understand him though. "Yeah I know whole lotta space means a whole lotta pranks huh Abu", laughed Ameer. The little monkey agreed, "Ahh.. come on kid you just got here can't you hold off on the pranks for awhile", said Genie. "Genie really you know me I can't help it, it's in my blood".

Melody smiled at the girl and the young man that had walked up as well even though she really hadn't understood him. "Hi my names Melody it's nice to meet you both". She was excited there were so many new people she didn't even know where to start. Sebastian looked at the two other children they seemed to be well behaved, maybe they could rub off on Melody abit. He got so tired of chasing the girl around on her little adventures that usually got her in trouble, he had, had to do the same with Ariel at that age and he was beginning to tire of it. "Well guys I'm really excited about this school how about you", Melody asked the other two.

Running on the thin narrow cement rocky path Tarra was gaining speed. As she did such she grinned and then finally when she near her foot was nearing the white line she jumped and landed in the sand pile. She marked her spot with a line and smiled. "Awesome! I beat my last jump." She said with her usual bright cheery smile at her success in long jump. She was on the track and field team well wanted to be and she had to practice at this if she wanted to be outstanding for tryouts. Feeling the need to she walked away from the pit now walking around. Tarra had her long hair in low pigtails. She was wearing a pair of shorts and a tank top. Might have not been the best thing to wear but it was better for her when she did track and field. It felt like she had just got there an hour ago...Well she did. Tarra was early for almost anything.

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Brianna was walking around enjoying what she saw around her. Brianna had one of her pet mice on her shoulder. Most people, well girls screamed at the sight of her little mouse but really her mouse was no harm to anyone. Although if let down cats might chase her mouse and she doesn't want that at all so just to be safe she had her mouse Jack. One of the mice her mother gave her on her shoulder. "Annie! Annie! What are we gonna do? Huh huh? We need something to do I'm bored!!!" Jack said. Brianna sighed. Jack had always called her Annie. How he got the nickname well obviously from her name. If you broke her name down to Anna then you break that down to Annie so there for Jack called her Annie. "I don't know what we're going to be doing Jack, jeez mother never told me that you were so hyper.." Brianna said while sitting down on a bench. Brianna had just got there half an hour ago and hadn't met anyone yet.

"I'm excited. So was my father when he sent me. He was practically jumping up and down, seeing his little girl come here. My mother tells me that he's basically been that happy since he was turned human again.

Alexander frowned slightly as he stepped out of the car and stood in front of the school. He looked down at Geliebten, who in turn barked up to him. He couldn't help but smile at his dog, she was a cute little thing. He looked down at a slip of paper that held his schedule and began murmuring to himself in German, he was really reading the paper out loud, but anyone who didn't know German wouldn't know that. Geliebten started to get a little startled as he did that, she really couldn't be blamed, she was still a puppy. He bent down to her and said, "Shh, Mädchen, ruhig. Sei ruhig." To her. Unfortunately, she only answered to German at the time, and any English commands would undoubtably startle or confuse her.

Achak nodded to himself before closing his textbook and sliding it into his backpack. He zipped it up and hopped up to a standing position before pulling the backpack on and walking out to the other side of the tree, near the other people.

He threw himself into the conversation:
"I am quite excited to be here. I've always liked school... anyway, I'm Achak." He smiled a little, "Sorry about sitting over there..." He nodded over to behind the tree. "I wasn't trying to be a creep or anything."

"...28, 29, uh, 30! Hey Chim, these pull ups get easier each time!" Tyson boasted as he leapt down from the tree in which he was hanging. "We better get a move on now. Look! There's the entrance." He pulled his shirt back on and strolled towards his new school, with Chim in tow.
"Wow look at all these trees!" Exclaimed an excited Chim.
"I know pal, we'll have lots of time to go exploring, but right now we need to figure out where we need to be. Keep an eye out for anybody else, maybe they'll know where to go." Tyson said, as he scanned the area for other students.

"My mother and father were excited as well", Melody said to Rose, she felt like they might have a lot in common, then she thought about what Rose had just said about her father. "Um you mean your father wasn't always human interesting my mother hasn't always been human either, small world". "Be hahpy ur were born on da surface girl cus ya woodant hahd made it goin to an undah sea schoold dats for sure" said Sebastian. "Oh Sebastian, really looking after me is not that hard is it?", she said to the crab. Sebastian huffed, Melody giggled, "He's not to happy with his assignment of following me and making sure I don't get into trouble", she said smirking at Rose and the other young man.

Long legs kicked out in front of him while he surveyed the area for something interesting to do. Dime was already bored, even though he was impressed with the large estate. All he'd ever seen was in Neverland—being outside of it was different, almost endearing. Huffing another breath, his chest deflated and he twined his fingers behind his head. A small figure flickered in front of him and he peered around through lidded eyes, closing them when he realised it was only Hush skittering around, leaving trails of fairy dust in her wake. “C'mon, just five winks and I'll be up,” He complained, rolling onto his side when Hush decidedly twinkled just below his ear. The noise was irritating enough but now that he was focusing, he could hear faint voices in the distance. Truthfully, he hadn't really gotten up and socialized with anyone. He wasn't sure why but for once, he felt shy. The Lost Boys were the only guys he knew, and now that he was surrounded by the opposite gender, things were different. Not that he didn't consider Hush a girl, but it was different.

Finally heaving an exasperated sign, Dime pushed himself to his feet and yawned tearfully into the sun. The bright day only made him feel more energized, and slightly annoyed that he had nowhere to expend it. Squinting past the suns rays, he shielded his eyes and spotted Tarra running... and then soaring through the air, landing gracefully on a mat of sand. And what was that even called? Human terminology was lost on him. Dime dusted himself off, brushed his fingers across his bare chest before opting to smile like an idiot. “Tarra!” He called, waving his arm above his head before he jogged towards the bleachers. At least he recognized someone here. Instead of letting her know that it was him, he crossed over the field and wrapped his arms around her, swinging her in a slow circle before finally releasing her. "This place... it's weird, ah?"

"Huh..." He mumbled a bit, before looking around and taking a few steps away. He pulls a piece of paper from his pocket and starts to read it.

Somewhat loudly, he says to no one in particular: "Does anyone here know someone called Dime? I think we're supposed to be sharing a dorm."

Ameer saw a large group of people forming around a tree he decided to go and introduce himself. Abu and Carpet trailed behind him taking in all the sights, Genie had already mad his way back into his lamp. He walked up to Melody, Rose and Achak, "Hi my names Ameer nice to meet you all. Abu jumped up onto his shoulder and tipped his hat to the two girls and the young man, "Hewhoa", he said that was about as much as he could say that others than Ameer could understand. Carpet went around the circle of people shaking hands using his tassel. Ameer laughed, "There eager to meet everyone too, This is Abu, and that of course is carpet", there was a stream blue smoke that came out of the lamp. With a blast of fireworks and streamer, "And I am the Genie of the Laaaamp!", Ameer shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Always with the big entrances huh Genie", Genie smiled and winked, "Hey kid it's what I do".

Achak turned back to the small group again and waves somewhat dramatically to Ameer, though they are very near to each other. He looks at the creature Abu with interest.
"Nice to meet you, Ameer. I like your monkey-thing." He holds up the paper in his hand. "Have you joined any of the clubs or sports teams? I'm in a few things... also, what classes do you have? We may have a few of the same ones at the same times."

Tarra heard her name be called but she didn't see anyone. It had to be someone she knew. Just then that was when arms were wrapped around her and swang her into a slow circle. Tarra laughed knowing exactly who it was. When he released her she smiled. "Well I see your mom and dad made you come as well." Tarra said smiling. Then when he said the place was weird she nodded. "Indeed this place is very weird but I think I could possibly adjust. "So Dime, met anyone around here yet?" She asked. Literally Tarra had to look up at Dime. Not that he was really tall it was just that she was really short. Tarra was 4'8" which was below the actual height of a human but her parents weren't exactly human so there for her height was short. It was surprising that Tarra was actually good at long jump.

Tarra then noticed Hush and smiled. "Hi Hush." Tarra said with a smile. "I found out they have a wood shop here! Perfect for my building skills." Tarra was actually quite happy that she knew someone here. Well Dime was more of a friend because well they're parents hung out quite a bit. "So how's your mom and dad doing?" She asked still smiling.

Melody laughed at the Genie and Ameer's entourage, "My goodness you have a lot of friends with you now don't you", she said to the embarrassed Ameer. Then she turned Achak, "Dime thats a very interesting name, and he's your roommate", she looked at her paper "I wonder who mine is?", she scrolled down the page, "Oh wow! Rose we're roommates cool that means I don't have to go searching for you", she smile and laughs.

“'Course they did,” Dime beamed, chuckling low in his throat. His mother, Wendy, had opposed the thought at first and wanted him to attend some cultured hoighty-toighty London academy. His father had completely denied it, saying that he needed to be with others like him—whatever that meant. He scratched the back of his head, analyzing the towering academy. To him, it looked more like a castle than anything else. Not that he'd seen very many of them in his time. “And Nana Bell sent you here, too, huh?” It was only when Tarra asked whether or not he'd met anyone else that he looked guilty, arching his eyebrows and whistling quietly. Hush finally landed on his shoulder, huffing indignantly at having to chase him all over the place. “I... guess I haven't gotten around to that yet, y'know. Just testing the waters so far. What about you?” The small piece of paper tucked into his back pocket still read his roommates name: Achak. Who was he? How would he find him?

Hush waved her small hand, placing it on her head and blowing wispy bangs from her eyes. She didn't talk much but she knew that Tarra would understand her completely—it was a fairy thing. She hadn't been gifted with a larger form yet, so she was still stuck as a small, feminine creature. She couldn't help but feel jealous.

Dime's beaming grin stretched across his lips when Tarra mentioned woodworking. He never really got past whittling wooden swords and shields, it'd always been a little game for him. He rocked back on his heels. “Woodworking. Mm, I hear they have a pretty mean gymnastics class,” He stated casually. Acrobatics had always been his thing, and he knew that Tarra might have been interested in it too. In spite of her small stature, she was amazing. Rivalling even his dad. “Mums doing alright, she wasn't real keen about sending me here. Went on and on about weirdo's and the dangers of the outside. Rubbish. Dad said we'll meet people just like us,” He nodded, gesturing towards the gathered group beneath the trees. “How's Nana Bell and yer' pops doing?”

Rose laughed. "Cool. I've already set my bags in the room. But right now I've got to go pick up the new Soccer Practice schedule. Wanna come?" she asked with a smile on her face. She'd found her roommate. That was one thing that made her happy.

Achak's face brightened when Rose mentioned her track schedule. "That reminds me. I should probably pick up my schedules for football, drama club, and choir, too..." He looked up towards the school's main building. "I'll have no idea where to go once I get in there... its like a huge stone fort." He puts the paper back into his pocket and takes a few steps towards the building. "I'll be somewhere inside for a little... then I'll head over to my dorm. If any of you see 'Dime', could you tell him where I'll be? I'd be really thankful." He nods to the group and starts up the path and into the building.

Tarra smiled at Dime. "Of course my mom sent me here. She said it'd be better for me to go out and see other things and have the freedom she hardly ever did have, although when I hear her stories well sounds like she had a ton of freedom. Although Pa wasn't too terribly excited about me going here he finally gave in though. I'm glad you came, I at least know someone already."

When he explained his situation of not meeting anyone yet she laughed lightly. "No I haven't met anyone yet." She then pulled out her sheet of paper that had her schedule and roommate with the room number. "Gymnastics class? Awesome. I think it'd be fun and I'm always willing to beat you at something." She said jokingly. "What classes do you have? Maybe we have some of the same ones." Tarra said smiling now looking over her list. When she saw the name of her roommate she sighed. It might be impossible to find her roommate. "Hey afterwards we should help each other find our roommates."

When he asked about her pa and mom she smiled. "They're doing great they were talking about planning many trips with your parents. Sometimes I think that our parents hangout way too much." Tarra said grinning.

Melody smiled at Rose, "Sure no problem", she smiled and waved at Achak and Ameer, "See you guys around", she said. She jogged up behind Rose, "The track team are you serious, what made you join the track team?", physical things just weren't Melody's forte. Sebastian huffed, "You might tink abot doin sometin like dat yu know", remarked the crab. "I already told you Sebastian I was thinking about joining the swim team I mean I am half mermaid after all."

It was strange how their parents seemed to plan the same things together, often huddled in their alcoves and discussing it over dandelion tea. Whenever Dime was around, they'd shoo him out and continue whispering and laughing, he never understood their jokes. Freedom was something he always held in high regards, and living in Neverland was like the ultimate freedom—he couldn't imagine anything better than that, even if he was seeing more of the world now. He nodded his head in agreement, grinning up at the castle. A new adventure, that's what it was like. “I'm glad you're here, too.” He admitted, pushing his mask back atop his head, “Don't know what I'd do without ya'.”

Hush puffed her cheeks out, tapping Dime's ear with the bottom of her slippered foot. He always seemed to forget that she was wherever he seemed to be, watching out for his best interests. Specks of fairy dust feathered from her foot as she tapped, then she stopped and sighed, rolling her doe eyes.

“Kidding, kidding, I know.” Dime breathed through his teeth, eyeing the small faery lounging on his shoulder. Sometimes he wondered if all fairies were like her. Overbearing mother bears. Then he looked at Tarra and knew he was wrong, they were all different. Even if Tinker Bell always pinched his cheeks whenever he visited. He wouldn't have admitted it but he was relieved when Tarra said she hadn't met anyone either. At least he wasn't the only one, then. “Beat me, huh? We'll see.” He retorted with a loud laugh, accompanied by a playful shove. Again, he pointed towards the gathered group as if to question whether or not they should approach them. “I've got Music, English... uh, Science, I think.” He counted on his fingers before he laughed awkwardly, he only remembered the classes he actually enjoyed. Finally shrugging his shoulders, he eyed her list. “Good idea, no clue how I'm gonna find mine. Achak. Maybe I'll send shadow.”

It was almost like Tinker Bell and Peter Pan had never parted ways. “Way too much,” Dime agreed.