Lea's Perspective:

The boys made their way back, and I followed them. I would lag behind about 10 feet to ensure and secure my distance. I looked up and saw some smoke, we had to be close. I could smell fire and chicken. My stomach growled because I haven't had time yet to hunt, but I then sat myself in a tree. The boys arrived at their camp so I continued to keep my distance. I climbed higher up the tree to get a better view, and may I just say that the camped seemed different from the one in the fairy tale. The boys here...they weren't little, the youngest one was about 12. I knew that the boys I saw earlier weren't young, but I just assumed they were some of the older boys. I scanned over the camp looking for their leader; Pan, but he was nowhere in sight. That was until I observed a little closer at their sleeping arrangements. There were small huts and tents, but in the center was a hut obviously larger than the others. It had to have been Pan's, I haven't even seen him and he looks self-centered. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a horn sound.

"Boys meeting at the fire in 10!" Felix called.

The boys started piling near the fire finishing their conversations with each other. Earlier I thought there would only be a few other boys...I was wrong. I thought there'd be like 6 more, but there had to have been 30 other boys of various ages. Still, the youngest was about 12 and the oldest was about 17. I'm almost 16 and I feel threatened by these 12 year olds. I drew my attention towards the larger hut, where Peter Pan himself walked out. He looked about 16 with deep green eyes and light brown hair. He doesn't seem like someone to mess with, and I knew I was about to witness hell when he comes to find out Felix's news in the next few minutes. Pan walked to the fire and stood front and center waiting for Felix and Hunter. Felix and Hunter walk up in front of everyone shaking.

"Well well well, back from your journey? A little later than I would've expected. Now where's the new arrival? I've been waiting eagerly to welcome him." Pan speaks with authority.

Felix starts to speak but stutters, "T-there's a s-slight p-problem."

"Problem? ...I don't do well with problems" Pan's voice darkens instantly. "What seems to be the problem?" He finished with a slightly maniacal grin.

"The arrival, he's missing. We arrived at the beach but he wasn't there. He must have gotten scared and run off. We tried to find him but we weren't successful..."

"So you're telling me you weren't there before he woke up like you were supposed to?" Pan states with a disappointed tone.

"No it's not that, we left on time but he must've waken up early." Felix claimed.

You could tell he was lying. The only reason why they were late was because Felix had to fix his stupid hair. Which is good for me, but not for Felix. If I'm going to be honest, Pan scares the crap out of me at the moment. I can't tell if he's trying to come across as being someone you should fear, but all I can say is it's working.

"Well that's a first. I guess we'll have to send out some search parties to welcome our new brother. But as for you Felix and Hunter, for your ignorance and stupidity, you get to be on morning and evening watch duty for the next month." Pan decided with little to no hesitation. Boys around the fire were whispering sporadically.

"Well you heard me boys-" Pan started. Oh no. "...Let's go welcome our new brother!"
The boys started screaming and chanting as they broke off into groups of 4. Hunter and Felix look less than thrilled to be on duty. Although from the way Felix was speaking earlier, it sounds like Pan was showing them a boat load of mercy. As for me I have to find somewhere to call shelter. To be safe, I'm going to skip the meal tonight so I have a better chance of not being seen. After the groups of teenage boys scrambled, I took this as my opportunity to start tree-hopping again. Before I left, I looked back at Pan only to see him staring into the fire lost in a daze. If anyone here thought something was up it would be him, but he seems completely calm. I started hopping trees with my bow until I got to a very deep part of the forest. In this part of the forest the leaves on the trees were heavily distributed making it easier for me to hide. I climbed about 3/4 up a tree and found a good branch to camp out on. It was also nice because my cloak I was wearing helped me blend in better. When I wake up tomorrow, I'll wake up extra early so I can have a nice breakfast. And just like that, I was out like a light.

I woke up the next morning a little stiff. But I was just amazed that I wasn't found. I can only imagine how ticked Pan must be that I haven't been found yet. As much as I hate to admit it, he scares me. I slid down the tree with my bow with the idea to hunt for breakfast. This morning was rabbit, but maybe I'll work my way up as time goes on. It's odd, because even though I'm technically being hunted right now, I'm feeling the calmest I have been in a long time, and that's saying A LOT. However, I wonder what it must be like being one of those lost boys. It's like they almost listen to Pan as if he's giving orders. The only thing they have in common is that they're all lost. And maybe that's why I ended up here.

Jake's Point of View:

Last night Pan called for a search party for the missing arrival. I don't even necessarily call everyone brothers because in a way, what Peter does is inhumane. He's been so different since the accident and I can't help but think that his old self might be gone. All I know is Peter won't stop until the boy is found. Even in my search party last night we searched for 4 STRAIGHT HOURS and nothing. No trace. This kid was good, and Pan is going to hate him for it.

"Yo Jake! Over here!" Dan and Julian call.

I get up from the log when my thoughts are interrupted.

"What's up?" I ask wondering what stupid thing they want me to do this time.

"How would you like to go in on a bet?" Julian suggests.

"Yeah I don't think so, I'm terrible at bets remember?" I recalled.

"No just hear us out, Pan is having one person from every search party from last night go out and look for the lost arrival. We thought it would be fair if we decided who it would be by a bet." Dan remarks.

"What about Tom?" I implored.

"He's sick with the flu. It's just us three. So what do you say, it's that or it's eenie meenie minie moe." He chuckled.

"Fine I'll do the bet what is it?" I gave in.

"We're betting on who can stuff the most grapes in their mouth, person with the least amount has to break off for the search party. Deal?"

"Deal." I answered.

I didn't think I'd get the most grapes in my mouth, but I was hoping for second place. But I fell short. Julian fit 21 grapes, Dan fit 18 and I fit 17. So I lost and I get to go on in the forest by myself...yay...

I grabbed my hunting knife just in case and set off for the forest.

"Have fun! Ha!" I heard Julian yelling to me at a distance. I ignored it and kept going.

I walked around for about an hour aimlessly. Obviously if this guy doesn't want to be found then why should we try to retrieve him only to make him think we're basically hunting him. Actually we are basically hunting him, when Pan wants something, he does whatever he can to get it. And Pan always uses his favorite quote "Peter Pan never fails", it gets old pretty quick. As I'm thinking I'm not really paying attention as to where I'm going, I could be walking around in circles for all I know. It wasn't until I hear a stick break behind me that made me jump out of my skin.

Author's Note:

Hello! See, things are just now starting to get good! What do you guys think of Jake so far? The next chapter is going to be a nail-biter so read closely! See ya in the next chapter!