How did (Disney's) Tinker Bell meet up with that version of Peter Pan?

Sticking strictly to the Disney version of events, we learn of Tinkerbell and Peter's first meeting in the Disney Fairies tie-in novel The Trouble with Tink. There's no specific timescale given other than that it happened after the events of the Fairies films, presumably to stop them painting themselves into a corner if they decide to continue making Fairies-branded Tinker Bell films

“A shark’s tooth,” Peter replied, just a bit smugly. “Isn’t it swell? I’m going to put it on a string and make a necklace.”

“The first time I met Peter, he was trying to steal a shark’s tooth,” Tink explained to Terence.

“That’s right!” exclaimed Peter. “I’d made a bet with the boys that I could steal a tooth from a live shark. I built a small raft out of birchwood and was paddling out to sea…”

From the way he began, Terence could tell that Peter had told this story many times before, and that he loved telling it.

“I had just paddled beyond the reef,” Peter continued, “when I felt something bump the underside of my raft.”

“The shark?” asked Terence.

Peter nodded. “He was looking for his lunch. But he didn’t know that I was looking for him, too!”

“How did you plan to get his tooth?” Terence asked.

“I meant to stun him with my oar, then steal the tooth while he was out cold,” said Peter. “But he was bigger than I’d thought, and before I knew it, he’d bitten my little raft right in half! I was sinking fast, and it looked like the end for me, when suddenly I heard a jingling sound over my head. I looked up and there was Tinker Bell. She yelled down at me…”

“‘Fly, silly boy!’” Tink and Peter cried together. They laughed, remembering.

“But I didn’t know how to fly,” Peter told Terence. “So Tink taught me how, right then and there. She sprinkled some fairy dust on me, and before I knew it, I’d zipped up into the air, out of the shark’s reach. Boy, was he mad!”