One special night, Mr. and Mrs. Darling headed out to a party after putting the children to sleep. Peter Pan and his trusty fairy, Tinker Bell, arrived in search of Peter's lost shadow. After snooping around, they found the shadow, but it refused to stick back on. Peter let out a cry that woke Wendy, John, and Michael. Not alarmed by the stranger, Wendy helped sew the shadow back on.
Thankful, Peter explained that he had lost it one night while listening in on one of Mrs. Darling's stories, hoping to share the tales with the Lost Boys. He asked Wendy to follow him to Neverland, where she could tell them stories and be their mother.