Chapter One
Wendy stopped to catch her breath, it had been a while since she had run that fast. She would have laughed if she hadn't been afraid that they would hear her. She lowered herself to the ground behind a large boulder.
"Wendy, Wendy, Wendy. When will you ever learn." Wendy's heart leapt with fear at the sound of the only too familiar voice. "You can run, but you can't hide." Peter whispered, he was so close to her she could feel his breath on the back of her neck.
Whipping around Wendy saw that Peter appeared to be alone. "What, no back up?" she asked between breaths, slowly picking herself up off the ground and backing away from him at the same time. Unfortunately, for Wendy, for every step she took back Peter took two steps forward.
"What do you want from me Peter?" She grumbled, deciding to stand her ground rather than play his little game.
Peter rolled his eyes. "You know exactly what I want." He held his hand out to her and raised his eyebrows expectantly.
Wendy wasn't going to budge though, she stared at him. "I don't have it." She told him flatly.
He gave her a disbelieving expression. "You're a liar."
She stared him down for a long moment before letting out a disgruntled sigh. "Fine!" She reached into her pocket and pulled out the marble slapping it down in his hand. "Happy?"
Peter grinned widely holding the marble up in the air. "Once again the real lost boys win!" He howled to the rest of the group, to which they hooted and hollered back.
"Oh come on Wendy!" Marky grumbled, "What did ya have to give him the marble for! He didn't know you had it!"
Peter laughed. "Aww, don't blame Wendy, she just can't resist my irresistible charms, it's not her fault."
Wendy rolled her eyes, making faces at Peter when his back was turned.
"Do you want to play again, or are you sick of losing." Peter asked with a smirk.
"We're tired of losing." Marky said, before Wendy interjected loudly.
"We want a rematch!"
Marky frowned. "Yea, three humiliating loses aren't enough for one night!" He recited, as he did most nights, sarcastically.
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After losing to Peter another three times Wendy and Marky decided the game was unfair.
"We've only got two people on our team! You have...everyone else!" Wendy accused frustratedly.
"I'm sorry that they like to be on the winning team, can you really blame them?" Peter asked, condescendingly grinning at Wendy. When she just glared back he rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine, hows this, since the games unfair...I'll cook supper."
Wendy was never one to turn down Peters offers to cook, he may not have been a fantastic cook, but it meant one night she didn't have to make food, and the lost boys ate like animals so it could get quite tiring cooking for them. Though Peter did offer often enough that the lost boys were more than grateful for Wendy's food when she did cook.
"This actually doesn't taste like poison." Wendy remarked as they sat around the campfire.
"Yes, I think I've gotten better at masking the taste, unfortunately since it took me so long I'm quite sure you've already built up an immunity to the poison." Peter sighed. "I suppose I'll just have to find another way to kill you. You really are making my life difficult here."
Wendy rolled her eyes to hide the sudden pang of sadness that hit her, setting down her half eaten plate of food she stood up from the circle. "I'm gonna go to bed." She smiled at Peter despite the frown and concern that appeared on his face at her actions.
"Goodnight, Wendy." He said after she was halfway to her tent, too far for her to hear him.
Wendy plopped down on the somewhat cushioned floor of her tent. The memories of her family always hit her at the strangest times, and usually all things that Peter would say. Sometimes she wondered if he did it on purpose.
It had been she didn't know how many years since she had ended up in Neverland. At first it had seemed like a land straight from hell, but the longer she stayed, the closer she came to be to the lost boys. Though she still had trouble getting along with Peter, mostly because she knew if he just said the word she could have gone home a long time ago, but he refused.
Dwelling on the past was something she tried to avoid, it was no use now. It wouldn't matter if she told Peter she hated him everyday for the rest of her life, so what was the point?
Her best chance of getting off the island really, if she was being honest, would be to find something selfless in Peter, which she knew was highly unlikely. So, she had come to a resolution almost seven years ago, to the day, that she would enjoy herself despite him, and so far she had succeeded.
Most all the lost boys loved her, she was always coming up with new games for them to play, or new stories of adventures they could have, and they all loved it. Even Felix, though he liked to pretend he was above it all. Many times she would even catch Peter's attention with her stories.
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Peter stood up from the campfire, leaving the lost boys to eat their dinner without his morose mood bringing them down. He knew that soon the boy would be here, and so did most of the lost boys, the only person he hadn't told was Wendy, and of course Marky.
He didn't know what Wendy would do, but he knew she wouldn't be happy about it, and he knew he would have to do something to stop her from trying...well, to stop him.
He had been waiting since before Wendy was alive for the heart of the truest believer, and he wasn't about to let it get away from him just to keep from upsetting her. So all he had to do was get her away from the camp for...well he wasn't sure how long, there really was only one solution, but he knew Wendy would not be happy.
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Wendy woke up the next morning to a mostly empty camp, all that was their was Peter, fiddling with some firewood. "Where is everyone? She asked with a yawn.
Peter stopped what he was doing and looked at her guiltily, before she could ask she felt a sting in the back of her neck.
Her hand flew to the affected area as she began to feel dizzy. "Son of a-"
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A/N: Well I hope you don't hate it, leave me a review and let me know if you do. Also thanks for reading! Also sorry this chapters so short...also sorry for any grammatical errors it's not super edited...yepp. Well...that's it, next chapter should be up soon...should you want another chapter anyway.