Chapter 4: Neverland

Jane woke up to find that her daughter was gone and Pan staring down at her with a smug smile. She trembled under his constant stare.

She barely noticed their change of scenery. Before they had been inside of Lily's bedroom, now they were in a small and warm living room.

However in that moment, Jane felt nothing but the darkness radiating off of her enemy.

Fear rose inside her and she couldn't help but shout. "Where's my daughter?!" She yelled.

Pan chuckled softly, his eyes blazing with victory. "Oh Jane, she's right where she belongs." Pan sneered. "In my possession."

"No!" She yelled. "P-please! Bring her back to me!"

Her pleas somehow caused a wave of anger to wash over him. "You knew the price Jane!" Pan spat.

Jane herself could feel the mixed emotions inside her. There was fear, hate, anger, sadness, dread and worst of all, guilt.

Because she did know the price. The price of leaving Neverland. A life for a life. She should have let Pan throw her into mermaids lagoon instead of trading her own daughter for her freedom. It was selfish.

Maybe she was just afraid, but the sudden guilt made her yell out in frustration. "I can't let you take her!"

But she should have known better, Pan smacked her, causing her to loose her balance and fall on the sofa.

Pan stood above her, smirking. "But you can't stop me." He reminded her. "Not unless you want me to kill you, darling."

Jane's eyes widened and she could no longer keep in the tears that had been threatening to fall.

Lily woke, her head aching. She didn't remember falling asleep, but that was not what bothered her.

Pan was nowhere to be seen and neither was her mother.

As quietly as she could, she ran down stairs and she saw Pan standing over the couch in the living room.

She was thankful that his back was facing her, until she saw that he looking down at her crying mother.

Her first thought was to try and help , but she knew very well that she would never manage alone.

She ran towards the door, and out of the house, about to call for help. But that's when she heard a scream. "Mum!"

Her eyes became wide and teary as she started sprinting back.

"Mum, I'm coming!" She screamed in panic. But before she reached the door Peter Pan had grabbed her arms tightly, his chest against her back.

Lily yelped in shock and begged him to let go. "I wouldn't go in there if I were you." He whispered into her ear.

"MUM!" She cried. "Let go of me! Please!"

"See, Lily, I would've let you say goodbye... But your mother was being a little too protective." He stated. "So now, we're leaving!" Pan hissed as he held her in a tighter grip.

"NO! Please!" She struggled against him. "MUM!" She sobbed.

Before she could protest Pan began to lift off the ground and pull her up into the sky.

Of course, Lily panicked as she held on to Pan for dear life. She had no time to think of what was happening, all she could do was pray that it'd soon be over. That she'd wake up from this vivid nightmare.

It'd hadn't been a long flight when they landed on a shore Lily was unfamiliar with.. "Wh-where are we?" She whispered.

She knew it was a stupid question, but she hated the constant silence.

"Welcome to Neverland, love" He said grinning mischievously as he spread out his arms in a welcoming manor

Had this been the Peter Pan she believed in, she probably would've been overjoyed, but he wasn't.

And the island before her wasn't full of sunshine or fairies, it was dark and gloomy.

They were on a beach, and Lily could see the fog coming out of the forest like in some horror movie she'd seen back home.

"This isn't real." She whimpered.

Pan smirked at her cruelly. "Oh, it's real." He whispered into her ear.

She flinched when his breath touched her ear. "I'm dreaming." She closed her eyes, refusing to believe him. "You're not real!"

Peter pulled down roughly on her hair, so she would open her eyes. "Oh, I'm very real, love." He sneered as glared at her with frustration.

She struggled against his grip. "Th-then please... L-let me go home!" She pleaded. "My m-mother... She... She needs me."

Pan scoffed. "Enough!" Pan snapped. He let go of her hair and grabbed her forearm in a vice like grip and began walking towards the forest, dragging Lily behind him.

She struggled when she realized where they were heading. "I'm not going in there!" She hissed. "Let go of me! What do you think I am?! A rag doll!?"

"I was thinking more of a pet, actually." Pan said sarcastically. "But 'rag doll' works too, I guess."

"Why is this even happening?" She thought to herself, bitterly. "What do you want from me?!"

"Define 'want'?" Pan chuckled darkly as he raised an eyebrow.

Lily shook her head at him. "Your sick" she scoffed back.

He laughed at this. "You don't know the half of it, love." He winked.

Lily's eyes widened. "Whatever you want... You won't get it from me."

"Is that a challenge because Peter Pan never fails" He enlightened.

Lily shivered at his voice. She bit her lip. "There's a first time for everything." She muttered.

This angered him, it was almost as if she was questioning him, no one, not even the lost boys would dare do that.

He slapped her, loud and hard, the sound of a whip crashing down on skin. Lily yelped as her head turned to one side.

She didn't say anything, she'd learnt her firs lesson; do not question Pan. Ever.

He took a hold of her hand tightly. "Now it's to meet the lost boys." He said darkly as he dragged her deep into the forest.

The trees clawed at her clothes, scrapping her skin as Pan dragged her towards the camp.

She yelled out in pain as she tripped over a sharp rock, causing her ankle to twist. Pan turned around, his hand still tightly grabbing onto her.

He rolled his eyes and bent down, "Watch where you're walking." He hissed.

Lily glared at him. "Maybe if you weren't so eager to drag me, I wouldn't have fallen!" She snapped back.

Pan narrowed his eyes at her for a second and yanked her up to her feet.

He smirked at her before grabbing her wrist and walking faster than before.

Lily wanted to cry but she knew she had to stay strong.

She almost walked into him when he stopped. "We're here." He whispered, stepping away from her.

"Where's 'here'?" She wondered aloud.

Lily almost jumped out of her skin when he whistled loudly. "Come on out boys!" He shouted.

Just then, a huge crowed of a dozen teenage boys, her age, maybe older came from behind the large trees that surrounded them.

Lily was terrified, but she tried her best not to show it. She knew who they were; The Lost Boys.

Pan pulled out his dagger and grinned at her. "Let's play."