Editing Neverland (section)

===Fairies===
{{See also|Tinker Bell|Disney Fairies}}
[[Fairy|Fairies]] are arguably the most important magical inhabitants of the Neverland, and its primary [[magic (paranormal)|magic]] users. A property of their nature is the production and possession of fairy dust, the magic material which enables flying for all characters except Peter, who was taught to fly by the birds, and later by the fairies in Kensington Gardens. The only-named fairy is [[Tinker Bell]], [[Peter Pan]]'s companion, whose name alludes to her profession as a '[[tinker]]', or fixer of pots and pans. Tinker Bell is essentially a household fairy, but far from benign. Her exotic, fiery nature, and capacity for evil and mischief, due to fairies being too small to feel more than one type of emotion at any one time, is reminiscent of the more hostile fairies encountered by Peter in Kensington Gardens.

In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the [[Lost Boys (Peter Pan)|Lost Boys]] against the pirates, the source of fairy dust and where they act as "guides" for parties travelling to and from Neverland. They are also responsible for the collection of abandoned or lost babies from the Mainland to the Neverland. The roles and activities of the fairies are more elaborate in ''[[Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens]]'' (1906): they occupy kingdoms in the Gardens and at night "mischief children who are locked in after dark" to their deaths or entertain them before they return to their parents the following day;{{Clarify|reason=Would like clarity on what it means by "'mischief children who are locked in after dark' to their deaths or entertain them before they return to their parents the following day"|date=August 2020}} and they guard the paths to a "Proto-Neverland" called the birds' island. These fairies are more regal and engage in a variety of human activities in a magical fashion. They have courts; can grant wishes to children; and have a practical relationship with the birds, which is however "strained by differences." They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever, but quite [[Hedonism|hedonistic]]. After forgetting how to fly, unable to be taught by the birds, Peter is given the power to fly again by the fairies.

Barrie writes that "when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, ... and that was the beginning of fairies."<ref>J. M. Barrie. [[Peter Pan (play)|''Peter Pan'' play and novel]],</ref> Neverland's fairies can be killed whenever someone says they don't believe in fairies, suggesting that the race of fairies is finite and exhaustible. When dying from Hook's poison, Tinker Bell is saved when Peter and other children and adults across the Neverlands and Mainland call out "I do believe in fairies, I do, I do," so their deaths are not necessarily permanent. At the end of Barrie's novel Wendy asks Peter about Tinker Bell, whom he has forgotten and he answers, "I expect she is no more."

The ''[[Disney Fairies]]''–[[Peter Pan (franchise)|''Peter Pan'']] franchise has elaborated on aspects of Barrie's fairy mythology. The '''Never Fairies''' (and associated sparrow men) live in [[Pixie Hollow]], located in the heart of Neverland.<ref>Monique Peterson, ''In the Realm of the Never Fairies: The Secret World of Pixie Hollow'', Disney Press, 2006</ref> As stated in the [[Tinker Bell (film)|''Tinker Bell'' film]], after the baby's first laugh enters a flower, it breaks the flower into numerous pieces (the seeds), any piece that can blow with the wind and survive the trip to Pixie Hollow becomes a fairy, who then learns their specific talent.