“The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out…” - Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan has been away from Neverland for eight long years; with danger and mystery gone with him. In those years, Neverland has been blest with peace and prosperity; the Pirates have set sail, the Indians have been smoking Peace Pipes and even the Lions, Tigers and Bears have found their fare in the animal kingdom. The Lost Boys still adventure together, but without Peter it has been a safe fun, with a notable lack of peril and death.

But the wind has changed. The night has darkened, the Things That Go Bump are waking up, and the sound of crowing has been heard, carried from the distant horizon.