Chapter 5: Tree House

Lily looked around her, her eyes wide with fear as she took in his words.

The lost ones surrounding her let out a loud cheer, clearly up for anything that involved 'playing'.

She ironically felt lost amongst all them all, because they knew what was about to happen and they knew that they would enjoy it.

But the words 'lets play' had a lot of different meanings to Lily... And she mentally begged for a long, boring and old board game at that point.

Something inside her brain told her that most likely wasn't what Peter had in mind. Lily wasn't going to enjoy this 'game' of his, and that was all she knew.

As she looked around, she saw their faces, they gave her questioning looks, as though they were judging her, while others seemed to consider her a fresh piece of meat,the hunger evident n their eyes.

Pan noticed their gazes and chuckled. "Meet Lily, my boys." He introduced her, slowly putting the dagger away, much to her relief. "She'll be here a while." He added darkly, his eyes holding a small hint of lust.

She narrowed her eyes at him angrily, but she couldn't keep her stare. Lily was way too tired, angry and so scared that she didn't know what to do.

She couldn't escape, her ankle hurt so she couldn't run, not to mention that she was surrounded.

"You can't just expect me to stay here." She exclaimed. "I will run away. I swear it!"

Felix smirked at her. "She's got fire." He noticed. Lily frowned, not even sure if that was a compliment or not.

Peter ignored his comment and raised an eyebrow at her. "You can run all you want." He chuckled. "But I will always catch you." He retorted. "I swear it." He added in a dark whisper.

"There's a first time for everything!" She retorted, giving Pan an angry glare.

She did well in hiding her fear, but all the same he could see it in her eyes.

He took one step towards her and grinned. "Peter Pan never fails." He stated.

"I bet you have!" She retorted. "Nobody's perfect."

Lily had a feeling that if she kept this up, their would certainly be consequences.

Pan raised his eyebrows in annoyance. "Watch your tone, girl. Bad things happen to naughty pets here." He threatened.

Lily's eyes widened at his words. "P-pet?! I'm not a pet! I'm a human being, you bastard!" She raised her voice.

Some of the lost boys's eyes were big and wide. People never talked to Peter Pan like that, least of all girls.

With a sudden shove from Pan, she was on the ground, looking up at him with glassy eyes. "You are mine." He snarled. "Deny it all you like... But you will always belong to me. Understand?"

"No, Pan." Lily stared at him in disbelief. "You don't own me. I don't care what you say. I don't belong to anybody, least of all you!" She hissed, getting herself up off the ground.

"You can't just expect me to stay here." She exclaimed. "I will run away. I swear it! You will never catch me!"

The lost boys were now completely silent, watching their leader intently as they sensed the anger radiating off of him.

"Was that a challenge?" He whispered darkly.

Her stomach churned slightly, and she did the only thing she could; back away as far as she possibly could.

There were still dozens of lost boys surrounding her, but she didn't care, as long as she was away from Pan.

"No. It was a statement."

Peter grabbed her arm in an iron grip. Lily glanced at his strong hand then looked into his eyes, noticing the way they seemed to turn darker and darker the longer she stared. "What do you think you're doing?" He demanded.

"I um... I...I'm tired..." She pretended to yawn.

She didn't know, nor did she care why she said that, all that mattered to her was leaving Neverland for good.

Peter raised an eyebrow at her answer and grinned menacingly . "Liar." He stated. "You're not tired."

Lily narrowed her eyes at him. "What makes you think I'm lying?" She snapped.

He pulled her closer to him, his full lips brushing her ear. "You're eyes." He whispered. "They're so big... So afraid."

"I'm not scared of you." She hissed.

"Keep telling yourself that." He whispered. "Though, I guess tonight I'll be generous." He winked. "Boys!" He yelled, now looking out towards the lost ones. "Why don't you show Lily where she'll be sleeping." He smirked as he let go of her arm, leaving a red hand print.

In a blink of an eye, Pan had vanished. "Wh-where did he go?" Lily whispered.

The lost ones ignored her as Felix grabbed her forearm roughly and started to pull her along. "Let go! I can walk, you know!"

And once again, she was completely ignored. He had led her towards a huge camp, and right at the end sat a giant tree house.

She was dragged towards it and let go of once they reached the bottom. "Go up. Pan will be waiting for you."

There was a ladder, broken in some places and Lily could see that it was unsafe. "I'm not climbing that."

He chuckled. "I was afraid you'd say that."

He pulled out his dagger and pointed it at her. "Do I have to tell you again?"

Lily groaned. "I-I'll go!"

It didn't take as long as she thought to reach the top, when she turned to look back down she noticed that the ladder had vanished.

"What the-?"

"Took you long enough." Pan snapped, opening the door to what seemed to be a large bedroom.

Lily looked around and, she'd never admit it, but she was quite impressed.

The first thing she noticed when she walked in was a king sized bed with thick furs for a duvet. There was a wardrobe built into the wood of the tree and a small dining table the far end of the room.

"Is this-?"

Peter cut her off. "Yes, this is where we'll live."

Her eyes widened in shock. "W-we? There's no way in hell I'm sleeping in bed with you!" She hissed.

He chuckled. "Believe me, Lily. We won't be doing a lot of sleeping in here." He winked.

Lily's stomach churned. "I won't stay here."

He raised an eyebrow. "And how do you expect to escape?"

The ladder had gone, sure, but Lily had always been good at climbing trees, despite the fact that she was scared of heights.

She didn't reply, instead, she walked towards the bed and lied down, pulling the furs over her. "Good night, then." Peter muttered.

Lily scoffed angrily and turned to the other side, facing away from him.

After a while, she began to think about her life back home with her loving mother. Pan obviously knew her, but what had she done to make Pan go after her own daughter?

A few moments later she started to doze off into a surprisingly peaceful sleep.

She was almost certain that she'd heard a melodic pipe playing somewhere outside the tree house which somehow made her even sleepier than she already was and eventually she was fast asleep.

Hours later, a certain someone stopped playing his enchanted pipe and made his way back inside his room, watching the beautiful girl sleep.

He grinned out of excitement. Knowing that everything had become and was going to be much more fun in Neverland.

"Rest not little tiger...The real fun is about begin." Pan whispered, lurking over his brand new toy.