Wendy Darling is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the twenty-first episode of the second season and is portrayed by guest star Freya Tingley.
Wendy is based on a character of the same name from the play, Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, and the Disney film Peter Pan.
Role in the Series[]
Before the Curse[]
Wendy lived during the Victorian Era in the Land Without Magic with her parents, Mary and George and her younger brothers, John and Michael. She was alarmed by Nana's barking, where she stumbles upon a boy and, believing him to be a threat, moves to defend herself. However, Wendy realizes that the boy was taking bread because he was hungry. The two immediately befriend each other and introduce themselves to one another. The boy introduces himself as Baelfire and Wendy gives her name. She begins hiding Bae in a hidden compartment in the nursery before she is caught by her parents. Upon learning Bae is an orphan, Mary welcomes him into her home and allows him to stay in their home.
The following night, Wendy and her brothers told Bae of the Shadow that appeared the night and that she finds magic fasicnating. However, Bae, remembering how the Dark One powers corrupted his father, told Wendy and her brothers not to trust the shadow and he did not want their family to suffer as his did. Though Wendy agrees, her curiosity gets the better of her and she encounters the Shadow, which takes her to Neverland. Though she is fascinated by the adventure and excitement, Wendy is heartbroken when nightfall comes and the children on the island begin crying for their families. Since the shadow wants only boys, it sends her back with intent on taking one of her brothers. Wendy tells Bae this and he decides to help her save her family. With her brothers, John and Michael, they arm themselves with makeshift weapons on the night the Shadow breaks into the nursery. Then, they run to hide in the cubby-hole, except for Michael, so Baelfire dashes out to ask the Shadow to take him instead. The Darling siblings bolt to the window as Baelfire is pulled away by the Shadow and disappears into the sky. ("Second Star to the Right")
Feeling guilty about Baelfire's valiant sacrifice for her family, Wendy decides to go back to Neverland to save him. Instead, she is taken prisoner by Pan, and though John and Michael attempt to free her, they themselves are forced to do his bidding for over a century in order to keep Wendy from harm. ("Dark Hollow", "Think Lovely Thoughts")
At some point during Wendy's imprisonment, she obtains a vial of pixie dust. ("Save Henry")