Tinkerbell's body reacted before her brain could and sent her diving toward the ship. Her trajectory had her headed straight for the sword wielding pirate. She landed on the pirate's forehead with a thunk. This caused the pirate to take a step back out of shock. Tinkerbell recovered from the fall and starting flying in angry circles around the pirate's head. The pirate swatted at her as if she were a fly.

"Don't hurt the fairy!" Cried Smee, the first mate. It is against Neverland law for a human to harm a fairy due to the repercussions of the first human fairy war. The pirate stopped at Smee's command, but it was too late. Tinkerbell had already incurred damage and lay motionless on the flat side of the pirate's blade. The commotion on the ship subsided as all the pirates leaned in to see the limp fairy. As they leaned in closer, two of the pirates knocked heads. It wasn't an intense hit, but the vibrations caused by the collision shook the small fairy out of her stupor. Once she had her wits about her, she continued her assault on the sword-wielding pirate.

Tinkerbell tried her best to disorient the pirate by flying around his head and even into his ears. While trying to evade hurting Tinkerbell, the pirate tripped over his own feet and fell onto the plank. The flexible board snapped under the pirate's weight and he, along with the young Peter Pan, fell with a splash into the great lake.

Tinkerbell looked over the side of the ship with extreme urgency. She scanned the water for the boy's body but it was too murky. What she could see, however, was immensely frightening. Four crocodiles were quickly making their way to the spot where the pirate had disappeared under the water. Neverland crocodiles are notoriously greedy. All four went after the large man, forgetting about the spindly Peter Pan. As Tinkerbell continued to search the water, she noticed a stream of small bubbles leading away from the ship. She followed the path of bubbles to shore and breathed a sigh of relief as she saw a drenched Peter Pan drag himself out of the water.

The boy looked exhausted as Tinkerbell flew closer. He tried to stand but just couldn't find the strength. His drenched hair covered his eyes causing him to be increasingly afraid and defensive. When Tinkerbell grew close enough that she thought the boy might hear her, she screamed "Hello" at the top of her lungs. Out of shock, the boy spun around, flinging what felt like a torrential downpour on Tinkerbell's head. The dizziness got the best of Peter Pan and he crumbled to the ground in tears. Tinkerbell, now completely drenched as well, knew that there was no way to communicate with the boy in this state. He was wet, cold, and scared; and Tnkerbell wasn't sure how to help him.

Suddenly, an idea struck her. She grabbed a stray leaf off of the ground and picked up a piece of charcoal rock that was common on the shore of the great lake. Using the biggest letters she could manage, she wrote the boy a note:

To Peterpan

You are not safe here. You must leave. There is a place called the Tree of Life. Go there as fast as you can. Follow the sun until you can no longer hear the sound of water, there you will be safe.

From Tinkerbell

By the time Tinkerbell was finished writing the note, Peter Pan had passed out from exhaustion. She left the note on his chest and could feel that he was freezing in his wet clothes. He looked sad and alone, sentiments that Tinkerbell knew all too well. She wanted to care for him, but she knew it was against Neverland law. Peter Pan had to leave Neverland as soon as possible, Tinkerbell knew that. But, for that to happen, she had to keep him alive first. If Peter Pan didn't get into some dry clothes quickly, he would die of pneumonia. With the size disparity that existed between humans and fairies, Tinkerbell knew of only one place to find a change of clothes for the boy.

As Tinkerbell flew in the direction of the human fairy village, she noticed the differences between this village and the home fairy village. The huts in both villages were the same, because all fairy homes are built by home tinkers, but the way they were decorated was much different. Human fairies always tried their best to mimic human lifestyles. They modified their huts by covering the grass roofs with clay shingles. While the home fairies settled for simple cloth curtains on their windows, human fairies used blinds and shutters to cover the glass. Along with the decorated huts, the human fairy village also contained paved streets and sidewalks. The lamps they used, although powered by the sun, were modeled after the electric lights that humans had on their street corners.