Emily's POV
"Welcome to the tournaments!" Pan roared from above us causing the already railed up group of boys to break into a fit of howls and cheers, the noise filling the training area.
Pan stood on a platform at the trunk of the giant oak tree, the prize piece of the training area. I had never seen the platform before, it seemed to have just appeared out of nowhere, it wasn't that had to miss. I found the excitement Pan was showing to be rather concerning. This is what he had been waiting for, the trails now settled on whatever he had planned next and by the looks of it, he wasn't the only one. All the boys were giving him their attention as he soon settled their chaotic state.
"Listen up!" Pan called and all the boys cut their shouts as they stared up at the giant tree, Pan's glinting green eyes. "You will each be allocated a person for each round depending how well you did in trials. The rules are simple. Get to the top, defeat your opponent and you win," Pan said simply.
My eyes widened as he stood over the edge of the platform before leaping off the edge. The boys erupted in shouts and cheers as Pan fell from the lowest of branches that still towered over us and landed swiftly against the ground effortlessly. If anyone else were to have been in his place...well, they certainly wouldn't have landed on their feet.
I had hardly learned the basics. Surviving those three days felt like torture and I don't think I would have made it without help. Now I was supposed to fight these trained boys on my own based on my ranking? How the hell was I supposed to get out of this one?
"How are you holding up?" Will yelled over the other boys shouting.
"Just great..I'm so glad I have to fight a bunch of boys just for the fun of it!" I yelled sarcastically.
"Tell me about it." Will sighed.
"Hey Emily, you ready to kick some ass!?" Ben yelled showing a lot more enthusiasm than Will and I as he suddenly jumped on Will's back making him fall forward but catch him before they could tumble to the ground.
Still when Ben put it that way it didn't sound too bad. I just had to defeat my opponent and there's no doubt I ranked low enough meaning I should be to get through at least one round.
I smirked, "Of course I am."
"This is probably a bad idea," Ethan said as he too looked up at the oak tree followed by Ben and Will making me confused as they kept staring at the tree.
"It's not like we have a choice, plus if she fights like she did with Felix then she might actually have a chance of winning," Ben calculated and I turned to him with a blank face.
"Thanks, Ben."
"You're welcome pretty lady," Ben grinned wriggling his eyebrows. It was hard to take him seriously as he grinned puffing his cheeks.
I laughed as Will looked over his shoulder and rolled his eyes, flinging the younger off his back causing Ben to let out a yelp as he fell down to the ground.
"Charlie and Ben!" Pan yelled over the boys, "You're up first!"
Ben shook his blonde hair out of his eyes and stood to his feet as the cheers around us grew louder. He did look rather confident but Ethan was still at his side, his hand over his shoulder.
"You ready for this?!" Ethan yelled at Ben.
"Hell yeah! I hate that kid," Ben said without a care in the world, clearly pumped and ready to take on Charlie.
"Perfect," Ethan nodded in approval and stood back so Ben could move through the crowd.
I watched Ben jumping up and down getting warmed up before he moved through the boys which was an odd thing to see...especially since his golden-blonde hair was visibly bouncing through the crowd with him.
The two boys made their way to either side of the oak tree standing before Pan.
"Go get him, Benny!" Will yelled cheering him on.
"Benny?" I questioned with a grin.
"He came up with it not me." Will shrugged his shoulders.
I watched as both boys lunged forward to get ready for Pan's call and that's when I realised again I had no idea what was going on.
"How is this going to even work? It's a giant tree,"I asked in disbelief turning to Will who remained calm as he stared up at the branches with a knowing look.
"Just watch."
Pan walked to the front and held up both hands in the air. I watched with wide eyes, my lips parting slightly as faint green dust ran off from his hands and twisted through the air moving around all of the branches and tangling through the leaves until it spun into the air at the very top. The tree shook its branches more than any strong gust of wind could sending some leaves floating down to the ground above our heads. I let the leaves pass my face as I couldn't look away from the tree. All of the branches began moving on their own, some spinning, longer ones flying around the tree as though they weren't connected to the trunk at all, while others were moving in and out of the trunk like poles. Moving platforms began disappearing and appearing around the tree, forming little stepping stones from the lowest branches leading up to the largest one I could see that kept its place at the top of the tree, just like the one Pan had stood on.
"Holy shit," I stammered in disbelief.
I had overheard the boys talking about Pan's magic but I couldn't believe it was real...at least nothing like this.
"Pretty much," Will said not taking his eyes off the top platform.
"Forget about fighting each other, the bloody tree is going to kill me first!" I yelled accepting the truth causing both Will and Ethan laugh.
"Yeah, that's kind of the point," Will laughed teasingly at my misery.
"Do you really think Pan would make this that easy." Ethan chuckled.
Oh forgive me for assuming death wasn't going to be involved again.
"Let the tournaments begin!" Pan yelled.
The two boys took off climbing the tree, jumping straight for the lower flying branches, Ben quickly jumping on and past the flying branches while Charlie jumped on the moving platforms, each one of them desperate to get to the top platform first. I was amazed to see them moving so quickly with so much going on around them, one moment of lost focus and either one of them could be sent straight to the ground.
I watched nervously as Ben jumped from the disappearing platforms, a branch almost hitting him off it before he could react.
"Do you think Ben will last?" I asked worriedly.
"He's pretty fast and has good reflexes, so probably." Ethan remained calm as he watched Ben climb.
Great, if Ben could probably make it then that means I definitely don't have a chance.
I watched as Ben and Charlie were on opposite sides of the moving platforms, both climbing further up almost getting to the top platform.
"Let's go!" I heard Will yell to Ethan and me.
"Go where?" I asked but Will just grabbed my arm and pulled me through the crowd until we were at the front of the group.
"What are we doing?" I asked wondering why we would want to stand closer to the flying branches that were spinning around the tree.
The wind the branches were causing alone above our heads had me treading back from the tree while Will and Ethan stood their ground. That's when I noticed some of the other boys were huddled in groups at Charlie's side of the tree.
"Sometimes they lose balance and fall off...so get ready to catch," Will said as he kept his attention focused on Ben as if this was all completely normal.
"What!?" I yelled.
I heard the noise from the boys around me getting louder and I followed their gazes at to the top platform to see Charlie hanging off the edge with his hands and Ben getting closer.
Ben's POV
I knew there was a reason I hated this kid. He beat me last tournaments.
I kicked Charlie in the stomach watching as he got closer to the edge of the platform. He lost his balance and slipped but when I looked over the edge I could see him hanging just by his hands. I kicked one hand off and watched as his arm flung back.
"Sorry about this!" I said as I lifted my leg again, "Nothing personal."
"Are you sure about that? I did beat you last time-"
"No, you didn't," I argued back, stamping my foot on the platform with a huff, "the branch did-"
I scream left my lips as I felt a branch hut my back sending me flying over the edge of the platform and onto the smaller ones below it. I lifted my head from the platform and eyed the branch with anger as I watched it fly chaotically around the highest platform.
"Curse you, you stupid tree!" I shouted after the branch as I began climbing for the highest platform.
Will's POV
"What's going on?" Emily asked as our vision was blocked from both Ben and Charlie who were now standing at the top platform.
"They're probably settling who's going to win, that's if Ben doesn't get hit by a branch again," Ethan answered from my side.
Come on Ben, win at least one round this time.
Moments later I watched as Charlie fell down from the platform and crash into a branch before falling the rest of the way. I hissed as he hit the ground, the boys below barely catching his fall.
"That has got to hurt," I said as I watched some of the boys crowd around him.
I then turned my attention to Pan who had moved his hand ever so slightly, his eyes focused on Charlie and soon enough the boy was able to get off the ground, with the help of the boys he was able to limp and rest in the crowd. Pan may be able to heal those that lose but he would never heal them completely. We had to get stronger somehow and Pan used the tournaments for that purpose if it isn't just for his amusement.
When Ben climbed back down all the boys were shouting out and chanting Ben's name. His victory was celebrated for a moment before Pan was calling the next pair of names, the two boys already getting ready for Pan's call for them to start. The rest of the boys starting to cheer on the new round.
Ben walked over to us and put his hands on his knees taking short breaths. We dragged him away from the tree and back into the crowd.
"Didn't know you would pull a flyer move," Ethan raised a brow suspiciously but chuckled as he shook up Ben's hair.
"Flyer move?" Emily questioned, "...that's what that was?
"Yep. You knock the other person so that they fly off and hit the ground." I explained and laughed as I watched Emily stare at me with her mouth open in shock.
"Of course I pulled the flyer move...we have a lady watching now," Ben chimed as he stood with his chest puffed proudly.
Emily's POV
Did he seriously just say that...
"Oh, right, pushing people to their death is definitely how to get a girl," I let the sarcasm roll off my tongue but Ben clearly didn't get the hint.
"See," Ben grinned nudging Ethan who only gave him a blank look.
"I'm definitely falling for you Ben," I said sarcastically pushing the joke a little too far as I watched Ben's face light up like a five-year-old.
"Really!-"
"No!" I cried throwing my hands to my face making Will and Ethan crack up laughing.
"Don't you laugh at me I just won the first round," Ben said as he pushed Will and Ethan.
"Yeah and you still have two more to win just like everyone else," Ethan said.
"Pfft, I can win, look at these guns!" Ben said proudly trying to show off his biceps.
I scoffed "what-"
Will's hand covered my mouth, "Just let him have his moment."
Emily's POV
"Come on Will!" I yelled alongside the others.
I may as well get into the spirit of...well, whatever this was.
Ethan was miserably holding Ben on top of his shoulders as Ben rocked back and forth, throwing his hands in the air just like the flying branches as he screamed to cheer Will on for the final moment at the top platform. The three of us moved back past the crowd to see the top platform clearly.
Will threw a punch and knocked the other boy onto the moving platform. He landed on his side, his arms handing over the edge as he remained still on the platform. After a moment Will looked down and the fight was declared over as Pan appeared on the platform to bring the boy to the ground. Cheers erupted as Will climbed back down to the ground, passing through the boys who chanted his name but he found us.
"Well that was fun," Will said breathlessly as he stretched the pain away.
"Ethan and Ben!" Pan called.
Will and I turned to the two of them. It was the first time Pan had called any of us to fight each other but Ben and Ethan didn't seem to mind, they seemed even more competitive.
"Every man for himself," Ben said holding his hand out to Ethan to which he shook with a smirk, "No, hard feelings right?"
Ethan responded with a light chuckle, "I'll see you at the top, then we can see who's feelings are hurt."
"I- hey!" Ben shouted as followed after Ethan in the crowd of boys.
They both ran to their positions and they heard Pan call out for them to start.
"Who do you think will win?" I asked curiously as I watched the two quickly climb to the top.
"Most likely Ethan but you are Ben's secret lover now so you never know." Will chuckled his eyebrow lifting suggestively.
"It's not a secret," I said blankly.
Will laughed, "Nope it is definitely not a secret. All of the lost boys probably know, "He teased before turning back to the tree.
"Look, they're at the top already!" Will said in surprise.
The yelling from the boys was getting louder and louder. I looked up to see Ben and Ethan throwing punches at each other until Ben fell over onto his back, my eyes widening in shock to see Ethan send a powerful kick to his stomach causing Ben's cry of pain to be heard over all the noise. I heard Will start to laugh and I looked over at him like he was crazy.
"How are you laughing right now?" I yelled.
"They're completely faking it," Will grinned as he watched the two.
I turned back to the top platform and watched their movements carefully to see each punch was purposely missing by the slightest bit. The other boys standing around us seemed to not notice at all.
Ethan's POV
"You know we could just pretend to fight each other," I suggested and Ben's face lit up.
"That's perfect! They won't even see it coming," Ben agreed enthusiastically.
"But don't do something stupid like jump off the platform and expect me to catch you," I warned him to which he just nodded his head quickly and pulled his fits up to his head.
It was working at first until I tackled Ben to the ground maybe a little too hard.
He groaned, "What was that for!" Ben yelled as he rubbed his head.
"Well, we have to make it look real, remember?"
Ben smirked and kicked his leg up to my chest.
I fell back purposely throwing myself to the other side of the platform. Ben pulled that kick perfectly well but I could still feel the impact enough for him to get back at me and make his point. I rolled back over to face Ben only to see his shadow cast over me as he jumped on me and faked a punch, again still giving me enough to feel that it hurt.
"That real enough for you?" Ben mocked and I slapped his hand away throwing him off me to the other side of the platform.
"Ready, Ben?" I asked but his face turned in confusion.
"Ready for what?"
"I'm going to 'knock' you out," I said showing the quotation marks with my fingers but he crossed his arms childishly.
"I don't want to be knocked out, why can't I knock you out?" Ben said stubbornly.
I sighed, "Are we seriously arguing over who gets to be knocked out in a fake fight!" I yelled as I grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back as he swung a fake punch.
"Fine!" Ben said as he stood back and fixed his hair. I gave him a quick nod before spinning around and pretended to kick his face. Ben groaned and fell backward onto the platform and I rolled my eyes as he over-exaggerated the role of being knocked out. He stuck his tongue out and put his hands and legs in the air like a dead dog before hanging his limbs over the edge.
"Good thing we're high enough so that they can't see your face," I said and laughed at his dumb expression.
"I'll see you at the bottom," I said then started to climb back down.
Emily's POV
I didn't buy it was Ben hanged from Ethan as he faked, or should I say over-exaggerated having to limp back.
"Well, that was quite the show you guys put on," Will said with his arms crossed as Ben stood on both feet easily once everyone had turned their attention back to the tree.
"It was actually pretty fun," Ben admitted.
I noticed Pan staring at us and I quickly turned away.
"Guys Pan is watching us," I whispered.
They all turned around to look at Pan.
"Not all at once!" I said rolling my eyes.
"Do you think he knows?" Ben whispered.
"Let's hope not," Ethan said.
We all jumped in fright as Pan yelled out the next pair.
"Will and Emily!"
I turned to Will and he did the same to me. I really didn't want to fight him and I knew he didn't want to fight me either.
"Don't worry I have a plan, just get to the top first," Will said and I could only nod as I followed him through the crowd until we both made our way to either side of the giant tree.
"Begin!" Pan yelled.
We both took off. I watched carefully for the branches and made sure they were clear out of my way before running to the trunk of the tree and began climbing the smaller still branches to get to the moving platforms. I could feel my feet get more balance as the branches grew thicker but that I was so focused on not slipping I had only just turned instinctively as one of the flying branches whacked the bark off the tree right next to my head. I took a deep breath and swallowed the lump in my throat as I kept climbing to the moving platforms.
I shifted my feet to the edge of the branch as I kept my eyes on the floating platform before jumping on to it. I kept my balance as the platform moved then I jumped to the next one. I watched for the flying branches and climbed to the top platform, my hands shaking as I pulled myself up onto it, my stomach shifting uneasily as I noticed just how high this platform really was. Will had climbed the other side and slowly shifted closer to me, his arms out defensively and I copied his position, slowly treading closer as we both walked in a circle around the platform.
"We're going to do the exact same thing that Ethan and Ben did," Will instructed calmly.
"Fake fighting," I mumbled and Will nodded his head and tackled me to the ground but holding my weight so I wouldn't fall from the edge.
I got used to the rhythm quickly, pushing Will over and pretending to punch his face. Will fell back and the boy's cheers got louder.
"Ben was right, this is fun!" I laughed and Will chuckled lightly at my amusement as he kicked his foot up and I dodged it smoothly.
Will's POV
"Emily, there's something I've been meaning to tell you," I said as I let her tackle me to the ground, "I know you said we shouldn't follow Pan's rules but we can't do it anymore."
I watched her frown but she was also confused. I knew she wasn't convinced.
"What, why? What did Pan say to you," She demanded, probably remembering the back to trials yesterday.
I rolled her over and held her down, throwing a punch and she didn't flinch at all.
"Because I've taken it too far with Pan. He was going to kill me, Emily," I said, softy.
She looked at me and I could see the tears forming in her eyes.
"Why-y does he want to hurt you?" She asked angrily.
"Because he's trying to get you by hurting me. Please promise me that whatever happens with Pan, no matter how big of the consequences that you will never believe in him." I said.
She pushed me off her and we both stood up.
"Sooner or later when you won't see it coming he will try to get you to trust him and trusting Pan means that you're putting yourself in danger. Believe me, I did it before in the past, many times and I suffered for it. I don't want him to do the same to you."
"Why are you telling me this?" She asked.
"Because I don't want to see you get hurt. You have no idea what lengths he will go to get what he wants."
I feared we had spent enough time fighting. The boys know I'm more experienced than Emily, they would have expected me to have ended the fight the moment we stood on this platform. But there was one thing I had to do, to keep them all from seeing her as a weak target, she had to be the one to do it.
"You need to finish this fight," I said and Emily snapped out of her thoughts and looked at me.
"Wait why do I have to win?" She asked.
"Because this will keep the boys from seeing you as just the lost girl, they will respect you as one of them."
"So how am I going to pretend to beat you?" She asked.
"You're going to do the flyer move."
Emily's eyes grew wider as the words left my mouth.
"Don't worry this is part of the plan," I said confidently.
"I'm not pushing you off this thing!" She shouted getting nervous.
"You have to trust me."
"I do trust you," she said softly.
"Good, then let's do this," I said giving her a nod to which she pushed me back to the edge of the platform.
I swung my arms back pretending to lose balance, my feet nearing the edge. She looked at me worriedly but I gave her a determined look. She hesitated for a moment but eventually ran up to me and kicked my chest pushing me off the platform. I felt my stomach sink ready for the fall down but instead, I felt a hand grab my arm and a strangled groan from above me as Emily held onto me causing me to hang I looked up with wide eyes to see Emily lying down on the platform trying to hold onto me.
"Emily you need to let go!" I shouted and watched as she looked down at me with horrid eyes.
"I can't just drop you!" She cried as she struggled against the platform, her chest slipping towards the edge.
I watched as something slipped from her neck.
It was a bluestone necklace.
I have never seen her wear that since she got here.
It looked familiar...
My mind was brought back to Emily who let out a yelp of pain, her arms shaking.
"Trust me you need to let go now!"
Her eyes glanced down and they stared at me unwillingly. I pulled at her wrist and flung myself back causing her grip to loosen while giving the boys the impression that she had let me fall.
Emily's POV
I watched in horror as Will fell onto one of the moving platforms and then tumbled onto the ground. His eyes were closed and his body lay still on the ground, Ben and Ethan rushing to his side. I rolled over onto my back and felt hot tears running down my face.
What have I done?
I waited a minute before wiping away the tears and took a couple of breaths. Will knew what he was doing, Pan will heal him. I couldn't ignore that I had just won this round, I couldn't show the boys or especially Pan that I have been crying over my competition. I climbed down and managed to play out a reckless attitude as I walked through the boys who were chanting my name.
Will's POV
"I'm so sorry."
Ben and Ethan moved out of the way to revel Emily on the verge of tears as he reached the back of the crowd. I stood up from the ground and wanted to hug her straight away but I could feel Pan's stare gazing over us.
"Are you serious, you did so well!" I smiled trying to lighten up the mood. "Don't worry, Pan's magic healed me."
"You really scared me for a second," She mumbled and I could see the fear in her shaken eyes.
"Don't be scared, it's all pretend fighting remember?" I smiled as she soon returned one back.
"Tommy and Felix!" Pan yelled for the next round to start.
"Emily guess what!" Ben said suddenly.
"What-"
"You're going to be in the final round!" He yelled excitedly.
"Oh yay..." She said sarcastically.
We heard a scream coming from the tree and watched as Felix had kicked Tommy in the ribs sending him colliding against the platform. Before he could get up the boy attempted to turn around only for Felix to punch him in the pace causing Tommy to collapse against the platform. The fight hadn't even lasted a few minutes.
"Felix is insane...he knocked him out cold," Ben said.
Felix jumped down from the moving platforms straight to the ground and looked at Pan who nodded at him with a satisfied look before he disappeared to retrieve Tommy from the platform. The boys cheered and yelled for Felix, while my stomach sunk as I knew what would be coming next.
"Felix and Emily!" Pan called over the boys.
"Please tell me there is another boy called Felix here," I said even though I knew what the answer is.
"You will be fine! Just think about how much you hate him and use that anger to take him out," Ben said as if it were that simple.
"I really don't want to go through this again. What if it's Felix doing the flyer move on me," I said worriedly.
"Emily we have all seen you fight up there-"
"Fake fighting," I corrected them.
"You're ruining my pep talk," Will said.
"Sorry" I mumbled.
"What I'm trying to say is that you can beat Felix and be the first girl to win the tournaments!" Will said determinedly.
I nodded and started to walk through the crowd.
"Yeah babe, go kick his ass!" I heard Ben yell as I walked up to where I stood before.
I watched as Felix got in place on the other side. He smirked at me and took his hood off and I glared back. I stood at the starting place on my side and got really for the call. The truth is that I really did hate Felix, from when he would try to fight against me or the other boys to be Pan's top lost boy...pet.
"Fight!" I heard Pan yell.
My thoughts were instantly pushed aside as I dodged a branch and started to climb onto the first couple of still branches as I did before, now moving faster than last time I was able to reach the platforms. I ducked down quickly as a branch almost hit me again and jumped onto the next moving platform trying to keep my balance as I watched carefully as the branches swung back and forth around me. I stopped, standing still on the platform and waited.
Will's POV
"What is she doing?" Ethan asked in confusion.
I watched as Felix kept climbing while Emily just stood still on the platform.
"Felix is almost at the top! Why isn't she moving," Ben yelled.
I watched as her eyes were looking at every branch.
"She's memorizing the pattern..."
I still couldn't tell what she was planning to do. Felix was about to reach the platform at the top and if she didn't act now, she would lose the final round.
Emily's POV
I formed the pattern of the branches in my head and took a deep breath hoping that this crazy and rather stupid idea would work. This is my chance to prove to Pan and the lost boys that I'm not just some weak lost girl. I watched the branches carefully and started to count down. If I timed it right this should work.
3...2...1...
Silence filled the whole training area as I jumped from the platform and fell onto the moving branch just as I timed. It swung me around for a second before flinging me up into the air just high enough so that I could grab hold of the top platform with my hands.
As I started to pull myself up and I heard the cheers erupting from below. But they weren't cheering for Felix... they were cheering for me. I can't believe that stunt actually worked.
Pan's POV
My eyes widened as I watched her jump from the platform and onto the branch that swung her to the top, her hands just reaching and grabbed into the platform. The lost boys started to cheer her on a get louder then they had for the whole day knowing that they had never seen that happen before. I can't believe someone finally figured it out...I just didn't expect it to be her.
Maybe she can make this a little fun.
It's time to make this tournament a bit more interesting...
Emily's POV
Felix and I walked in circles, taunting each other as we both shared a look of hatred.
"Hope you don't mind losing your first tournament," Felix smirked.
"Hope you don't mind me throwing your ass off this obstacle," I said irritatedly.
We both ran at each other and I tackled Felix to the ground, having learned that from fake fighting with Will I was able to punch him straight to the jaw. I watched as his face grew red with anger. There were only a few things I had picked up, one lucky shot seemed to have come to a quick end as Felix grabbed my arm and pushed me back, my body flying back and collapsing down on the platform. I only just realised that half of my body was hanging off the edge of the top platform when Felix held me there.
Will's POV
My eyes narrowed as I watched Felix pick Emily up and almost push her off the edge. I walked forwards but was only held back by Ethan and Ben.
"Will I know this is hard, but you can't do anything!" Ethan shouted over the boys shouting as he pulled me back.
"You're already on Pan's bad side, one more thing like this and he could kill you!" Ben protested.
I knew they were right but I also knew what Felix was capable of.
Emily's POV
I kicked Felix in his 'area' and watched as he fell to the ground, a pained but silent groan leaving his lips. I held my fist up to his face as I punched him in the nose with the anger I had racing through my body. I wasn't sure if it was the pure hatred I had for this boy or the adrenalin, either way, I wasn't going to stop.
"Don't you want to know the real reason why Pan brought you here?" Felix smirked as I hesitated.
I watched him for a second and let go of him. He hit the ground and started laughing.
"Did you really think you're here just because Pan's shadow brought you here?" Felix said in amusement.
I watched as he got off the ground. I held up my fist again ready to punch him but he continued.
"You're just here because you're a part of Pan's plan. Will, Ben, Ethan...they're all just following his orders and when Pan's done with you guess where you will end up?" Felix smirked.
"Stop!" I yelled at him causing a dark chuckle to leave his blood-covered lips.
I tried to take calm breaths as I looked down at the boys who were still yelling. I saw Will, Ethan, and Ben with them.
Could they all be using me, this whole time?
I felt Felix grab me and throw me to the other side of the platform. I groaned as I landed not far from the edge.
I quickly got up and kicked Felix in the stomach once he got close enough. I felt tears building up in my eyes. I didn't want to believe him but something was telling me that what he said was true. I grabbed Felix by his cloak and pushed him back against the platform. He hissed as his head hit the hard surface and I punched him before he could get up again causing his head to smack back against the platform.
After all I've been through with Will, how could he do this...?
Blood started to drip from Felix's nose and mouth and that's when I stopped and stared down at him. I looked at his face and was shocked. I hadn't realised that I had kept punching him. I had taken things to far. He was just trying to get into my head and it worked...I let him. I stepped back quickly and watched as Felix tried to get up but couldn't. His head rolled back and hit the platform for the last time before his eyes shut.
I had beaten Felix...I have won the tournaments.
The boy's cheers brought my thoughts away and I climbed down to the ground and watched as all the boys crowded around me, their cheers filling my ears. I smiled as Ben and Ethan picked me up and lifted me onto their shoulders as the boys kept chanting.
"Behold our new winner of the tournaments!" Pan yelled crossing his arms.
I smiled as I saw all the boys cheering and yelling. I had finally gained their respect.
Pan's POV
I appeared at the top platform where I saw Felix looking over the edge and down at the group.
"You did what had to be done, yes?" I asked him sternly.
He turned to me with a grin, "Of course I did," Felix said wiping his hand to his blood-covered face. "She didn't hold back once the words got to her head. I take it that's what you were hoping."
"I wanted to see what she would really do if her drive of hatred was strong enough...the results weren't exactly as I expected." I admitted as I looked over Felix's face, ", But I can't say they're not promising."
"So I take it that the plan is back on track?"
"Yes...but he does keep interfering," I said while looking down at William.
"I will gladly take care of him if you want," Felix said as he narrowed his eyes at him.
"No, let him stay...for now. I've got everyone exactly where I want them."
I smirked down and Emily and the boys.
Will's POV
I could see the black string around Emily's neck. She obviously put the stone back inside her top not wanting anyone to see it. I knew that stone from somewhere, I just couldn't think of where. I decided to ask her tonight but not now, she looked too happy. I watched as Ben and Ethan continued to carry her along with all the other boys back to campus.
I just hope that necklace isn't what I think it is...
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Will knows about the necklace...
Pan has some secret plans...
What's going to happen next?
Find out next chapter ;)