*Ravens POV*

It was about seven in the morning when I was rudely awakened by some noisy little eejits jumping on my bed.

Jasper, Edger, Hunter, Ethan, Michael and John were all jumping away on my bed singing Christmas carols.

"You have exactly fifteen seconds to get off my back before I shove poison ivy down your throats." I threatened.

"And we're moving" They said jumping off the bed and out the door.

"I would much rather an alarm clock to wake me up. At least it doesn't jump on your back." I muttered to myself starting to get up.

"Good morning Raven. Happy Birthday and merry Christmas." Wendy said coming over and giving me a hug.

"Thanks Wendy." I said putting on my pirates dress. We would be setting the table and making sure that everything was perfect this morning before the guests arrived.

I walked out of the door when suddenly I was swept aside by Peter who gave me a kiss right on the lips.

"Happy Birthday Raven!" He said once he had pulled away.

"Thanks Pannington. Now come on we have guests coming soon." I said flying down to the ground.

Everyone was running around putting up extra lights, placing cutlery and napkins and glasses on the tables. We had decided to put separate tables around the place. Each one had a white table cloth with silver plates and glasses and cutlery and a Christmas wreath in the centre.

Wendy and I put up a few more decorations and put the final touches to everything and made everything perfect until it was time to go and get ready.

We flew up to our little tree house and began to get ready. Wendy had made me a dress just for the occasion. It was long and went just past my ankles. It was light blue and the top was low but it didn't chow off too much. It had a dark blue sash around the middle which was tied at the back with a ribbon. I wore it with light blue flats and I put a piece if holly in my hair. It was probably the only long dress I would ever like wearing.

Wendy also had a long dress of light pink material. It had a darker pink sash in the middle and had short sleeves instead of the long sleeves on mine. She wore her hair in a similar style with a bit of holly.

We were just finishing up when we heard a knock at the door.

"Girls are you ready? Everyone will be arriving soon." I heard Pan call.

"Coming!" We shouted back. We ran over to the door and opened it up. Outside was Pan and Edward waiting patiently for us. Their eyes widened to about twice their usual size when they saw us.

"Wow. You look...great. Now I feel underdressed." Pan said staring at us.

"Thanks Pansworthy. You look great too." I said straightening the collar on his shirt. The boys had gone for a much more casual yet nice look. Pan wore black suit pants and a white shirt. He had even abandoned his hat and combed through his hair. Edward was more or less the same but he wore a light blue shirt instead.

We flew down to where the lost boys were adding the final touches to everything. They were all wearing shirts and ties and looked adorable to say the least.

At about seven the guests started to arrive. First to come were the indians. We had invited the chief to come with Princess Tiger Lily. They had brought with them Tiger lily's fiancée, Bear paw.

Next to come were some fairies from the fairy village. They looked very happy to see Pan and I.

And just when I thought everyone had arrived, two more people came walking through the woods.

"Peter I don't remember inviting anyone else." I said as the guests came nearer.

"Oh yes well this is a little surprise for you Raven." He replied with a smile.

Suddenly I saw who it was. "Dad!" I said running through the trees and wrapping my arms around him.

"Raven! Happy birthday darling. Oh I've missed you so much." He said into my shoulder.

"Mother?" I heard Wendy say from behind me. I looked up and saw that there was a woman standing next to my dad.

"Hello Raven. Happy Birthday. I'm Mary." She said smiling at me.

"Hill nice to meet you. I'm sorry but have we met before? I feel as if I know you." I said looking at her.

"Yes well have met although it was many years ago. I'm your mother Raven." She said.

"Dinner is served!" I heard someone call.

"We had better go to dinner. I'll explain everything then." Dad promised leading us through the camp.

We walked over to the tables and sat down. Pan sat on my right and dad sat across from me with Mary or mom or whatever she was. Little Michael sat next to her and John sat on the other side of hook. Wendy sat down next to me with Edward next to her and then the food was served. Dad had also brought the dog Nana from Wendy's house and she sat on the floor.

"Okay please tell me what's going on." I said to dad as we started to eat.

"Okay but on one condition. You must answer a few of my own questions when I'm done. No lies." He said. I nodded quickly desperate to know what was happening.

"Okay Mary would you like to do the honours? He asked. She nodded and started to speak.

"Okay. So about sixteen or seventeen years ago, I was asked to become the leader of a group on Neverland quite like the lost boys. We were known as the golden sparrows. Every day we would go out and fight pirates who came onto the island. Your grandfather was head pirate at the time but he was growing old and soon his son, your father, would take over and become head pirate. But before that happened, we fell in love. We used to meet in secret every now and then. If any one found out, we would be put to death immediately. One day I got a letter from my mother. She lived in London and wanted me to return to her to live there. Because she knew where Neverland was, I couldn't really say no. I told James and my tribe that I had to leave and I left Peter and Edward in charge of them. I then returned to London where my mother started to turn me into a proper lady. A few weeks after I had returned, I found out that I was pregnant with you, Raven. I didn't know what to do. If my mother found out, she would surely send you off to an orphanage once you were born. Only one person knew about it and that was my maid. She promised to keep it a secret and she did. We sent a letter to James and he came immediately. We decided to pretend that I had been kidnapped. That way no one would find out. We hid in my maids old house which was now abandoned. I stayed there for the whole pregnancy and I gave birth to you there as well. I then returned home and kept you hidden until James came back one night. I told him that my mother wanted me to marry Mr. Darling and our wedding was only dates away. I gave you to your father and he took you back to Neverland. I warned him that there was a chance that you could fly and to be careful of you. I kept it a secret from every one. I married Mr. Darling and had Wendy, John and Michael." She said finishing the story.

"So you're really my mother?" I asked.

She looked up and stared me in the eye. Her eyes were the same grey colour as mine.

"Yes."