"What the hell was that?"

I turned to look at Greg, who was shuffling away from the all sudden moving trees in front of us. I grabbed Henry's arm tightly and pulled him closer to me. He looked at me wide eyed and scared.

"What the hell do you think?" I responded to Greg, looking up at him from Henry.

"The…"

"Home office?" Sounded a voice from the group of boys emerging from the bushes and trees.

Well, there's Felix for you. Always knows how to make an entrance.

"Welcome home, Venn." He leered and stretched out the words.

Henry gripped onto my hand tighter and turned his shaky head to look at me. "V, how does he know your name?" He whispered, so quiet my ears could barely hear him.

"Get behind me," I whispered back.

"The home office, is a bunch of teenagers?"

"They're not teenagers." Henry's hands clamped tightly around my own. "They're the Lost Boys."

Felix faked an impressed look on his grimy face. "Look at that."

"Why do the Lost Boys want to destroy magic?" Henry asked. I squeezed his hand, silently urging him to stop talking.

"Well who said we wanted to destroy magic?"

"That was our mission." Greg began. I wrapped an arm around Henry's waist pulling toward my own away from him.

"So you were told, yes. Now," He turned to look at me. "Hand over the captives." He was so damn smug. As always.

Tamara stepped forward. "Not until you tell us the plan."

Well, she's dead.

"Henry, when I say run, run," I whispered to Henry, not taking my eyes off the boys surrounding us.

"For getting home."

"Three."

"You're not getting home."

"Two."

"Then you're not getting the captives."

"One."

"Of course we are."

"Go! Run!"

Henry and I bolted into the left of the forest. I kept his hand in mine and trudged him through the thick array of trees. The Lost Boys were right behind us, so I pulled him behind a series of tall bushes and short trees. We rolled across our backs and
crouched, hidden in the shrubs. The group of boys past.

I sighed deeply and un-tensed my muscles. Henry, who was then laying on my chest did the same, sitting up. He looked around.

"Venn…"

"Shh," I said, putting a finger to my lip. "Don't move."

I lightly gripped his shoulders. "Just give me a second. I'll check for guards by the south side. Those aren't the only boys. Pan is smart, he will have them scattered everywhere."

"Venn, Don't…"

"I'll be back in like two seconds, okay kid?" He nodded hesitantly.

I stood up slowly and began to walk steadily up and out of the bushes. I didn't see any boys, so I proceeded.

I walked about a good 20 steps more before I was grabbed from the waist.

I was pulled up against someone and a hand was clamped harshly around my mouth. The boy smashed his back into a tree, facing away from Henry.

He leaned his head and brushed my cheek slightly. "If you thrash or scream, I will knock you out dead."

Perfect, Devin.

"Thanks." I heard Henry's voice back by the bushes.

"No problem."

I jerked in Devin's grip, which only lead him to tightening it.

Pan.

"We must be quick. Pan has forces everywhere."

What the hell?

I heard them start running. They ran right past me and Devin, not even noticing us leaned up against the tree.

Once we could no longer hear their footsteps, Devin had loosened his grip enough for me to elbow him in the gut and sprint right toward where Pan and Henry had escaped off to.

I ran for a while, expertly navigating my way through each branch, each uprooted tree. Not knowing which way they took, I began taking rights. If Pan did want something with Henry, he would lead him toward the camp.

I heard a twig crack and instantly grabbed my pocket knife from inside my jacket. I raised it up and began to circle around, searching for the sound of the noise.

"Put the knife down, Venn."

"Felix,"

"Put. It. Down."

I clenched my fist but released it, watching it fall to the ground in front of me. I turned around to be met with an all to happy scar-faced Lost Boy smirking darkly at me.

"Well. Look how you've grown," He said, adjusting his club on his shoulder. He took a long look up and down, not saying there was much to take in.

"Can't say the same for you," I smirked back, crossing my arms. "It's been a while."

"Indeed."

"What do you want?"

"I think you know." He swung the club from his shoulder to his side and walked slowly toward me, leaving us inches apart. He smirked and tucked a piece of stray hair behind my ear.

I turned around and tried to run, but my attempts were ended shortly. He grabbed my shoulder and whipped me to the ground.

After a hard blow to the head, Neverland faded away into darkness.

( line break)

"You couldn't be more right Henry."

"How did you know my name? I never told you."

"Let's make it a game. A puzzle to solve."

"Why did you bring me here?"

"For years I've sort out something very important. Something very powerful. The heart of the truest believer. And when you took that pixie dust and jumped off that cliff, you proved yourself. You are the owner of that very special heart."

Boys began to close in a circle, surrounding Pan and Henry entirely. Felix came into view holding Venn steadily in his arms.

Pan turned his head to look at him. "That fast?"

Felix nodded and they shared a blunt chuckle. Pan motionedhis head toward the floor. Felix smirked and threw Venn's unconscious body on the ground at Henry's feet.

"Venn!" He dropped down and held her hand to check for a pulse. "What did you do to her?"

Pan smirked. "Oh don't worry, she's fine."

Henry didn't look up from her. "What do you want with her?"

"She has more to do with this than you think, Henry. See, the game is just beginning."

Two Lost Boys stood him up and began to drag him backward toward the camp. Henry looked at Pan with a disgust.

"Just wait until I reset the board."

"Let me go!" He yelled.

They continued to drag him backward. Pan crouched down where Venn was still lying knocked out.

"Please! Don't hurt her!" Henry attempted to run forward.

"Don't worry Henry. I wouldn't dream of ever hurting her." He smirked.

Soon Henry and the other boys were gone off to the camp. Pan cleared some of Venn's long brown hair out of her face and lifted her up into his arms, placing one arm under the folds of her knees and the other around her neck.

"I told you that you wouldn't get far, love." He whispered softly.

He brought her back to the camp, back to her hell.

AN / ehehehehehehehehehehe here we go! Back at it again with another OC! Ehehehehehehehehehehheehheehehehe I'm so excited! I will try to update once or twice a week if I can. I'M SO EXCITED!