For those seeking romantic myth, look to the pages of J.M. Barrie. For those who wish to sift fact from fiction, here is the truth behind the legend. A saga too painful to be mere fable, yet too fantastic to be real. The sad tale of the suffering wrought by a twisted creature, and the vengeance sought by a broken man. Here is the tragedy of the Captain, and the Pan.

It is never an enjoyable experience for a mother to find a stranger in the room of her children at night. Even when that stranger is another child.