Emily's POV:
We walked in silence, further into the jungle.
The two boys behind me held a firm grip on my wrists making sure that I couldn't escape. With each step we took everything around us seemed to get darker. The trees grew taller and thicker surrounding us in shadows. Sounds of different animals filled my ears as we walked along the narrow path. It almost feels as if the animals inside of this place were watching our every move, ready to attack, not taking their eyes off of us.

I want to kick these guys so bad, fight them until I couldn't stand anymore and escape but I have absolutely no energy to do so. I stayed silent and continued walking in between the other boys.

Finally, we reached an opening in the jungle. The boys stopped in their tracks causing me to bump into the back of the tall boy who kept his hood on. He slowly turned around then looked down at me. I still couldn't see his face, his hood was covering most of his features. He smirked before swinging his massive wooden club back on his shoulder and faced the two boys who are still holding my arms down.

"Well, what are you waiting for, bring the cage down!" He ordered loudly. The younger boys quickly scurried off to a wide tree with a pulley on it. They both yanked the handle down and looked up. I watched with horror as a wooden bamboo cage came rolling down from the treetops.

"Oh and think about running and it will be the last thing you ever do." he spoke. The boy readjusted the club on his shoulder, his grip tightening around the bottom. I swallowed the lump in my throat as my hands started to shake. The thought of running would be useless and dangerous. The cage stopped just above the ground but just enough to hover. I heard somethings rattling inside as the cage stopped moving.

"If you think I'm getting in there you're sick!" I said, slowly pacing back from the tall boy. He narrowed his eyes at me before two familiar pairs of hands grabbed my arms again.
"Let go of me!" I yelled at them trying to throw kicks and punches.

"You know it really is simple." the taller boy said, swinging the wooden club off his shoulder and holding it in front of my chest. "You get in that cage and go through with your punishment or do I need to clean blood off of my beautiful instrument." He said running his hand down the side of the club.

My eyes widened in shock as the words left his mouth. I slowly stopped fighting the other boys and looked at the ground. "There's a good girl" he spoke before walking over to the cage and opening the door. There were lines of bamboo covering the whole cage with a pair of handcuffs chained into the left side.

"In you go." he said before standing back and letting the two boys chuck me into the cage. I groaned as I landed on my side. I was definitely going to feel that in the morning. One of the boys jumped into the cage. He looked worried but gave me a quick smile before grabbing the chains and clamping them down against my already swollen wrists. I flinched when the chain rubbed against my skin. He mouthed a quick sorry before jumping back out, closing the door and locking it shut. I could just see their faces as all three of them backed away from the cage, their backs facing me.

"William you'll be on guard tonight." the tall boy spoke. William nodded his head before the older boy faced towards me.
"Sleep tight." he said sarcastically before walking into the jungles fog with the other boy.

It started to get dark really quickly. The tall trees grew shadows as night fell. William started to walk in between the trees that surrounded the small opening. I thought back to the moment when he put the chains around my wrists and said sorry. My chest began to raise as I heard noises in the distance. My eyes could only just see that it was William grabbing and tossing sticks into the bush. I could tell he was planing on making a fire. I just hoped he wasn't planing on cooking me.

I sat back, my head leaning against the hard bamboo. I still can't believe I'm stuck in 'Neverland' with 'Peter Pan' and the 'lost boys'. I think I'm losing my mind. I swear if Tinker Bell comes flying around I'm going to lose it.

They are all stories after all.

"Emily" I heard a small voice speak in front of me. I slightly opened my eyes to see William on the other side. Why is he talking to me? I thought as my body woke up. I looked around and groaned. I am still in this cage, handcuffed to bamboo, guarded by boys, that are ruled by one boy, who is a complete maniac and thinks his Peter Pan!
How is this not a dream. I rubbed my eyes before looking at the boy on the other side of the cage.

"What do you want" I grumbled back in annoyance.

"I just want to talk" he replied looking through the bars of bamboo. His tone of voice was different to the others. It had a softer sound to it. But I'm not trusting anyone at the moment.

"Well forget it. I'm not talking to anyone till I'm out of this cage." I said moving back more into the hard surface.

"If I let you out, will you promise me you won't run away" he asked, grabbing a key from inside his pocket. He shined it in the moonlight, it's small silver shape glowed in the light. I grabbed the bars in front of him and put my face in between the poles of bamboo.
"Please let me out" I begged.

William's POV:
Emily quickly crawled to the front of the cage, gripping the bamboo with her pale hands. She looked desperately at the key. I could see in her eyes that she was frightened and confused, I had to at least tell her what was going on.

"Please let me out" she begged looking straight at me. I'm totally going to be dead if Felix catches me. Even worse Pan would probably slit my throat and chuck me into the ocean. I shivered at the memory of that poor boy, he was so young.

I put the key into the lock and opened the door. I reached my hand in and unlocked the handcuffs from the cage but not her hands. I couldn't risk her running away. And most of all I didn't want to see her getting hurt by Pan.

She climbed out of the cage, her legs wobbling a bit because of the lack of energy. I grabbed her arm trying to steady her but she pulled away and held her arms together.

"Don't worry Emily, I won't hurt you. I'm not like the others." I said trying to sound calm. She looked up at me before looking back down at the chains on her arms. "Come sit." I gestured over to the large log next to the fire. She slowly walked and sat next to me.

"So what is this place?" She asked, obviously still not believing.
"Neverland" I replied looking at the yellow and orange colour flames of the fire.
"Seriously?" She sighed taking out a long breath. "Let me guess, it's where children never grow up or grow old and you meet Peter Pan and Tinker Bell who teach you how to fly." She replied in a dull and sarcastic tone.
"Thats not exactly right. But you have heard of it."
She turned and faced me confused and a little bit irritated.

Emily's POV:
"What do you mean not exactly right." I asked frustratedly.
"It isn't what you think Emily." he said with a straight face looking at the flames. "You should never have come here." he replied picking up a stick and adjusting the burnt wood. I tried to think back to how I got here but every time I did it just turns into a big blur.

"I can't remember how I even got here." he looked at me then back at the fire.
"Pan's shadow." Then it hit me, I remembered running away and then that black figure taking me into the sky.
"Wait Pan's shadow, as in Peter Pan. The boy who put me in this stupid cage!" I yelled.
"Breaking Pan's rules would not be wise. Unless you have a death wish." William replied in a slightly angry tone.
"What rules?" I asked the brown haired boy as he kept poking at the fire.

"Firstly never call him Peter it is always Pan. Secondly the taller boy who carries the wooden club is Felix, he is Pan's head lost boy, he orders us around when Pan is off doing business." I wondered what he meant by business but I decided to keep listening. This was probably going to be the only information I'll get.

"We train and hunt, day and night. If you miss a session without Pan's permission you get put in the cage" he continued
"If you break Pan's rules there will be far worse consequences. You could end up in a life or death situation if you're not careful." He warned.

My eyes widened as I looked down at my swollen red wrists, the metal rubbing against my skin as I moved. If Pan's rules were life or death then I am going to find a way to escape off this island.

It was as if William read my mind. "I know your probably wanting to escape this island sooner or later but it can't be done. Trust me I've tried." he said looking out into the forest. There was a minute of silence before he cleared his throat and went on.

"Pan is very powerful" he continued taking the stick out of the fire and turning the burnt part into the ground.
"Powerful how?" I wondered looking at the dirt covering parts of his face.
"He has magic. Magic that comes from deep within the island." I looked back down towards the flames. I didn't want to believe what I heard but judging by his face William looked like he had seen this all happen before.

Yelling and howling noises came from the trees in the distance. William shot up quickly, pulling my chains along with him. My already swollen wrists pulled against the chains, a burning sensation hit my skin as the pain shot up through my arms.
"Go easy on the pulling would you!" I looked back at William who's face ran cold as he saw movement in the trees ahead. He grabbed my shoulders pushing me in the direction of the cage.

"Quick get in!"
I jumped in and he shut the door behind me then locked it. His scared expression was making me panic.
"Who's coming?!" I slightly yelled at him making him turn around and face me.

"Pan" ...

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