Emily's POV

We walked in silence.

I watched curiously as Pan walked in front of me, blocking the view ahead. I still kept a safe distance away from him, I didn't want to risk getting any closer. The path started to get narrower causing the many different jungle vegetation to rub against my arms and legs. Pan came to a stop before looking back at me.

"Welcome to Campus," Pan introduced.

He grabbed the large leaves that blocked the path like a gate and moving them to the sides. I stayed silent as I followed him forward until I moved the same leaves as he had behind me. We walked into a massive open space like someone had dug a hole in the middle of the jungle. My feet came to a stop as I stood shocked at the sight in front of me. I could see Pan's smirk at the corner of my eye but I was too focused on the scene ahead.

Big bamboo huts were placed along the sides of the open space, each one beside each other with the same size and shape. Except in between the line of huts stood a massive two-story hut -well you could probably call it a house- in the middle of them all, I was guessing that was Pan's hut.

In the center of the open space not too far away from the line of huts placed a huge bonfire. Big piles of newly cut logs had been placed on top of the remaining black covered burnt ones while even bigger logs were covering the outer rims. Stones were placed around the logs creating that circular rim around the bonfire.

I looked around at the boys who were down at the beach the other morning. They were all scattered in different spots around the open area, some coming in and out if their huts while others had particular jobs that they were attending to. Most of the younger, smaller looking boys had long sticks in their hands as they fought each other roughly; the other boys cheering them on. The rest of them were talking in small groups. It was hard to recognize any of them as they all dressed with the same brown cloaks on with their hoods covering most of their faces.

Pan cleared his throat and just like that all the boys suddenly stopped what they were doing and looked in our direction. They gave Pan their full attention as they waited for what was to be asked of them next. It actually creeped me out as they all stared and waited like robotic children.

Pan walked slowly towards them. He stared at each every one of them with such an intimidating look that it made a shiver run through me. He stopped walking and the whole area was surrounded in dead silence. Will warned me about Pan but I didn't think it was that serious. I waited, for someone to do or say something.

"Boys, let's make a warm welcoming for our guest tonight," Pan yelled out to the boys making me jump slightly at the sudden burst.

They all broke out into cheers and howls as they banged their wooden sticks together. Their sudden change of emotion made me feel off like they all knew something I didn't. I was scared to think about what Pan had planned tonight. I turned to face him but he was gone, disappeared into thin air. I looked around the site confused as I tried to find him.

"Emily?!"

A smile came to my face as I spun around to find Will with a warm smile along with two other boys. They both looked around the same age as Will but the slightly taller one had straight dark hair and the other was the same height as Will with light blonde waves.

"How did it go with Pan," Will asked in a worried tone.

I cleared my throat before answering.

"Well, it took some convincing but it ended with a bowl full of strawberries, mushrooms, and bread. Then we ended up here," I said, looking around the campus again.

Will was about to speak but the boy with the blonde hair interrupted him.

"Wait, he didn't even cut you?!" The boy asked his expression shocked and stangely disappointed?

My eyes widened.

Cut?

Will elbowed him hard in the stomach then gave me an apologetic look.

"This is Ben," Will gestured to the boy who was crouching down holding his stomach.

Ben waved his hand up but kept hold of his stomach.

"And this is Ethan," Will gestured to the other taller boy.

I gave Ethan a small smile in which he returned. He seemed more reserved than the two. Ben exhaled loudly before standing up straight and stretching his stomach, he gave me a pearly white smile that lightened up his face compared to all the dirt that was smeared everywhere. Their unusual clothing and appearances made me remember that I had woken up this morning on an island in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to burst out with questions but decided to play along, for now, walking with the three of them in case I ended up back in that cage again.

"So what's up with this place?" I asked the boys as we walked around the bonfire and towards the huts.

"This is Campus," Will introduced, "All the boys sleep in those huts, the massive one in the middle is Pan's. Don't ever go in there without his permission unless you want to end up back in the cage," Will answered in a serious tone.

I looked up at the massive hut as we walked past it.

"We eat and do a little bit of training here but our main training ground is a short walk past the huts," Will said.

"Training?" I asked confused as to why a bunch of boys living on a deserted island needed to train for.

"It's where we train for exploring the island and hunting," Ethan explained.

I couldn't help but laugh, they were so serious about something so make-believe.

"Right," I rolled my eyes. "And I'm guessing Pan is in charge of everything around here?" I asked sarcastically.

"Yep," Ben confirmed, catching up to Ethan and walking beside him.

Great, I'm going to love it here.

"Pretty stupid if you ask me," Will said angrily as he kicked a rock that was on the ground.

"Seriously, aren't you sick of being on Pan's bad side. You'll get put back in the cage again," Ben whisper yelled, looking around through the camp like he was worried Pan would kill him if he heard.

"You've been in the cage?" I asked Will, he looked down at his feet.

"He's been in far worse situations then the cage," Ben laughed only for Ethan to roll his eyes and slap Ben over the head.

"Ok ok," Ben said putting his hands up in surrender. "But you should really watch what you do and say, Will, one more rebellious move and you could be heading to dre-"

"Is there a problem?"

We all looked up to see Felix standing in front of us. His hood still covering his face and his signature club resting on his shoulder.

"No." both Ben and Ethan replied quickly, but Will stayed quiet.

Felix scoffed before grabbing Will by the collar of his shirt making my fists curl. I went to intervene but Ethan put his hand in front of me, eyes still on the two.

"Is there something wrong with your ability to speak William?" Felix growled at him.

"No there's not," Will spat, looking at him directly in the eyes.

Will didn't look like the rebellious type when I had met him but he obviously has had his own past experiences on this island.

Felix started to laugh as he outreached the boy in height, lifting Will off his feet ever so slightly.

"Put him down," I said in a firm tone standing strong enough to keep the nerves inside.

Felix chuckled and let go, shoving Will to the side and now stepping in front of me.

"What are you going to do little girl?" Felix taunted.

Oh, I see.

An island run by boys, a maniac for a leader and a jerk in second in command, not a single girl in sight so I suppose the automatic response is to assume I'll quiver in fear and do as I'm told. Just because I'm a girl. I scoffed and bit my lip, moving my hair out of my face as I glared up at Felix. I curled my fists and took a step further towards the boy who stood his ground, an overly sweet smile playing on my lips for a second before I swung my arm up straight to his face giving it all I could and punched him straight to the nose.

Been wanting to do that since he put me in that stupid cage.

Gasps left the boys mouths as Felix stumbled back, a painful groan escaping his lips as he dropped his club to the ground, his hands instantly covering his nose. His hood fell revealing his dirty blonde hair, blue eyes and a long scar running down his face. He slowly looked up at me with cold eyes as he held his nose.

Will, Ben, and Ethan stood shocked. I only just released that all the boys around campus were facing us, watching, their faces also shocked.

I heard a deep laugh echo through the silence. Pan walked out from behind one of the huts, clapping his hands together with a grin across his face. Felix smirked at me before putting his hood back on and getting up off the ground as if the pain had just simply gone away.

"Oh, Emily you're going to make tonight so much fun," Pan grinned as he patted Felix's shoulder as he walked off.

Realisation finally kicked in as I turned to Pan who had his back facing to me.

"Wait that was all a setup?!" I shouted at Pan, my fists started to tighten as he continued talking.

"Just a little. I wanted to see how you would react, and I have to say, I'm not disappointed," He smirked

Will's POV

I knew Felix couldn't have gone down that easy. It was just another one of Pan's idiotic games.
I could tell Emily was angry by the way her fists turned white from the amount of pressure she was forcing on them but I certainly wasn't expecting her to punch him either. She narrowed her eyes at Pan about to take a step forward but I grabbed her arm back before she could move. Pan chuckled before walking past us and back into the jungle.

"Are you alright?" I asked Emily who was inhaling and exhaling deeply. This seemed to make her even angrier.

"No, I am not alright!"

I looked at Ben and Ethan for help but they gave me the your-on-your-own look before quickly walking off.

"It's Pan, he's just trying to wind you up with the games he plays," I tried to say in a calm tone.

She only rolled her eyes in response and mumbled something under her breath that was probably offensive to Pan before looking back at me and taking a deep breath as she finally calmed down.

I chuckled lightly, this girl is going to get into a whole lot of trouble.

Maybe just enough trouble to get me out of this hell hole...

I looked through campus to see some of the boys were eating already.

"You hungry?" I asked Emily pointing towards the boys eating.

Emily looked at the food, her stomach grumbled answering my question.

"Come on, let's eat," I said pulling her along towards where the food was being passed around.

Emily's POV

Will and I both grabbed a bowl and sat on a log with Ben and Ethan around the bonfire. I poked at the gooey substance in the bowl, pushing the lumps around with my spoon.

"What did you say this was again?" I asked my face squirming at the lumps.

"Stew," Ben replied taking a spoonful and swallowing it down. "Well, technically it's-"

"I don't want to know! If I have to eat this stuff to survive around here I'd rather not know what's in it," I huffed, interrupting Ben.

Will looked at me then back at his stew. He put the bowl down on the ground followed by the spoon.

"Well there goes my appetite," Will said looking down at the bowl.

Ben quickly picked up the bowl and chucked the spoon back on the ground before scooping the rest of the liquid into his own bowl. "Ha more for me then," he said placing another spoonful into his mouth.

"Be my guest," Will said putting his hands to his mouth in disgust.

"Not the brightest kid is he?" I whispered to Will.

"Nope," Will replied picking up a small rock and chucking it at Ben, it bounced off his forehead and into his stew.

"Hey, I was going to finish that!" Ben yelled back grabbing the rock and taking it out.

I laughed along with Ethan and Will as Ben continued to eat the stew.

It had been a good 20 minutes since we ate. Some of the boys were still eating, others talking in front of the fire.

Ben and Ethan were wrestling each other on the ground behind Will and I.

Oh, that explains the dirt...

"Trust me you're never going to win with those arms," Ben said gesturing to Ethan's small arm muscles. I ignored the grunting noises coming from behind me and faced Will who was staring deeply into the flames of the fire.

"Hey Will" I spoke quietly.

"Mm," he hummed facing me.

"What did Pan mean about tonight?" I asked him.

"I don't know. He's probably going to play one of his games with you. If you win he'll reward you and if you lose...well, you'll be punished."

Punished?!

I just got out of his stupid magical cage!

He can't just go punishing people whenever he feels like it!

"And what if I don't want to play these games," I said through gritted teeth.

"It's Pan. You don't exactly have a choice," Will said with the same amount of anger I was.

"That's not fair!" I lightly yelled causing some of the other boys to look at us.

"Hey, I don't make the rules"...

The sunset had just gone down. The large bright moon was now above our heads. I looked into the darkness of the jungle, every tree in the distance was now a black shadow. Most of the boys had finished eating and were just talking around the fire. I looked in the direction where I had come from the cage. I squinted my eyes as I looked closely at one of the trees. There was something or someone there staring at me.

"Will, do you see that?" I asked a shiver ran down my spine as I kept contact with the figure.

"See what?"

"Over there by the path" I pointed.

"I can't see anything" he replied squinting his eyes.

I looked at Will to see his face focused on the spot I pointed at then back to where I saw the figure, but it was gone.

"Boys!" We heard a deep controlling voice echoing through the jungle. We all turned our attention to Pan who was holding what looked like a series of different shaped bamboo flutes strapped together. All the boys stood up and listened.

"What do you say we have a celebration bonfire for our guest," he smirked looking directly at me then back at the boys. All the boys started cheering and banging there sticks together again making as much noise as possible.

Pan put the flutes against his lips blowing through the pipes. The boys started to jump and dance around the fire throwing their arms in the air as they all made their way in a circle around the fire, each boy following the other in a pattern. Will and I watched as Ben and Ethan stood up and began to join the others.

"What's going on," I asked Will.

He completely ignored my question and stared into space with a dead expression like he was brainwashed. He got up and followed behind the others. They all started howling and dancing around the fire. I was so confused, I couldn't hear anything coming from Pan's flutes, so why were they acting like this.

"What do you think?" I heard Pan's voice in my ear, I quickly spun around to come face to face with Pan.

He kept his eye contact on me while putting the flutes against his lips again, moving his head to make the different sounds. Even though I knew what he was doing I still couldn't hear anything.

"I can't hear anything," I pointed out to him.

His brows pulled together in confusion. He stared at me intensely before looking at the boys who continued to dance.

"What?" I asked confused.

"See these flutes. They're enchanted, only certain children can hear the music," He explained while I looked down at the object he held in front of me.

"And what about them?" I asked blankly looking at the boys.

The flames of the fire began to grow higher, the little sparks flying into the air before turning into smoke.

"Emily, this whole party is celebrating your arrival on Neverland," he said waving his hand towards the boys.

"I'm not in the party mood," I said stubbornly, crossing my arms.

Pan's smirk faded as he heard my words. He raised his hand and clicked his fingers together. In an instant darkness suddenly surrounded us, I looked at the fire that was once vibrant, now gone with only a grey smoking rising into the air. Every boy was no longer dancing but lined up in front of the fire standing and staring at me with their eyes narrowed, expressions angered. My blood ran cold as I heard Pan's loud voice echo through camp.

"Boys, I think it's time for our game," he bellowed.

He pulled out a long dagger holding it out in front of him. I watched with shock as the boys stood behind Pan each one now with a weapon in their hand, I even saw Will, Ben, and Ethan standing there with weapons out. They looked completely different than before like Pan flicked a switch.

I stepped back my heart pumping faster and faster

Pan smirked before yelling out,

"Let's play!"

I hope you all liked this chapter. Thank you all for reading.

I have so much planned ahead, I'm so excited!

Let the game begin!