He led us deeper and deeper into the forest. It hadn`t been long and I had no idea where we were anymore. Good work, Amelia. Now you`re really doomed. "Shut up!" I hissed and regretted it immediately. "What?" Peter Pan turned round and stared at me. "Nothing." I mumbled. "Whatever."The voice in my head chuckled. Following the leader, the leader, the leader. Following the leader wherever he may go. It started to chant. Really?

It started to get dark when Peter Pan finally turned round. "We`re there." "We are where?" I asked seeing only trees and bushes. He grinned and moved his right arm through the air. At the same time a tree vanished (I promise, I wasn`t just seeing things!) and we could see a clearing right in front of us with a fire place in the middle. "After you." He said with that smirk on his face again gesturing us to go through some more bushes. Wendy smiled and went. I hesitantly walked behind her. The clearing was empty.

"Welcome to our camp." Peter Pan laughed. "Our camp?" I asked surprised. He laughed again and then throwing his right hand in the air he shouted: "Come on boys! We have guests!" Out of nowhere about a dozen teenage boys came running towards us. All of them armed. Wendy moved closer towards me realizing that this might not have been such a good idea. "It`s ok. Don`t worry." I smiled at her. She didn`t seem convinced. "Girls?" One of the boys asked with surprise. "Yes, Michael." Peter said, then he turned towards the others: "This is Wendy and..." He looked at me questioning. "Amelia." I mumbled. He smirked. "I expect all of you to be nice to Wendy and Amelia. They might be staying a little longer." "No we are NOT!" I blurted out. "Oh Darling, I think you are." He said and winked at me. I shuddered. "Felix. Go and find them a place where they can stay." Pan ordered. The boy named Felix nodded. "Ronald, Harry, come with me!" He shouted and the three boys left.

"Now. I suppose you are hungry?" Pan asked. "Yes. Very!" Wendy exclaimed. I rolled my eyes. Pan laughed. "I´ll get you something. Just make yourselves at home." He smiled and left us standing in the middle of a bunch of boys all staring at us. There was an awkward silence.

"Hi. I´m Joe." One of the boys said stepping forward. He was about 15, had black hair and almost black eyes. "I`m Wendy." Wendy said and smiled. "So how did you get here?" Joe asked. "With the shi..." "None of your business!" I snapped. Ok maybe that was a bit harsh; he was only trying to be nice. But it definitely wasn`t something I wanted any of them to find our just yet. Joe looked at me in surprise. "She can talk." He laughed and the other boys joined in. "Yes." Was my only response. "Well, good for you... what was your name again? A-a-a-amm-e-e-elia?" All the boys laughed again. Right that was enough. I was not going to let that kid make fun of me like that. "Got a problem with my name?" I asked stepping towards him. "Are you trying to threaten me?" Joe laughed but the other boys had stopped.

"What`s going on here?" Pan was standing at the edge of the clearing holding a basket full of fruits and a crate of water whilst glaring at us. It looked a bit weird but at the same time pretty scary. "Nothin... I-I was just..." "I thought I had made myself clear about being nice?" Pan hissed stepping forwards. "It´s fine. Nothing happened." I said quickly. "If you say so." Pan winked at me and smiled amused. It was like he had changed into a completely different person in just two seconds.

"Please sit." He said gesturing toward two logs of wood lying by the camp fire. Wendy and I sat down and Pan gave us the food and water. "Enjoy." He smirked and sat down opposite of us. The boys were still standing around staring. Pan turned round and they scuttled away. "So, how did you get here?" Pan asked raising an eyebrow. Wendy looked at me promptly. "I don`t know. It was like we just suddenly appeared here. One minute we were standing in our bedroom discussing... well just talking about something... and the next thing we know we are standing in the middle of a forest." I lied, remembering how not long ago I had teleported to another place with John and that woman. "Is that so?" Pan asked, turning towards Wendy. She nodded a bit too quickly. "So you didn`t by any chance come here with that ship?" He raised his eyebrow even higher. I raised mine too querying. Wendy blushed and I knew he didn`t believe a word I had just said. "Don`t lie to me! I won`t work." He said and got up. Just then a red haired boy (I was guessing he was about ten) came hurrying towards us. "What is it, Ronald?" Pan asked. "You should see this." The boy called Ronald said pointing towards the direction he had come from. Pan nodded. "I`ll be right back." He said to us with a smirk and then they left.

"Come on, Wendy." I grabbed got up and grabbed her hand. This might be our only chance to escape. "No!" She said and pulled her hand out of my grip with a surprising strength. "No?" I asked, slightly confused. "No." She said again. "I`m not going to run into that forest again. It is cold and disgusting and we are going to starve to death or be eaten by something or... worse." She spluttered. She has a point. The voice in my head said. That guy said he would keep you safe. "Fine." I gave in. "We`ll stay here for now." I sighed and sat back down. Wendy smiled "Thanks."

We had sat there for a while when Wendy said: "Maybe we should just tell Peter the truth." I frowned. "Yes, you should." Both I and Wendy jumped and I quickly turned round. Peter Pan was standing right behind us with that smirk on his face again. How did he manage to sneak up on me like that again? He sat down opposite of us and looked at us expectantly. When neither of us spoke he stood up again and slowly came closer: "Look. I have tried to be nice, but if you don`t do as I ask there will be consequences. Do you understand?" The smirk had gone. The blood in my veins froze as a saw the anger and coldness in his eyes. It scared the hell of me.

"Fine." I said trying to keep a firm voice. The smirk immediately reappeared on Pan`s face as he sat back down. "We were on that ship." "Surprise, surprise." Pan chuckled. Wow this guy really had mood swings. "I was running away from... someone. The ship was my only mean of escape so I got on it not knowing where it was going. That`s where Wendy and I met." I continued to tell him about the rest of our journey. At times, Wendy would throw in a comment or nod. I let her tell her own story of how she had become part of the ship`s crew. She almost started to cry.

"Well, that wasn`t so hard, was it?" Pan said and got up. "Come on. I`ll show you where you`ll be sleeping." "That`s it?" Wendy said looking shocked. "Yes." Pan answered raising an eyebrow and with that he turned and walked towards the other end of the clearing. "Come on, Wendy." I said, pulling the slightly upset looking Wendy behind me. "This is where you`ll be staying tonight." Pan said and pointed towards a small tent. "We can fix you up something better tomorrow but that will have to do for now. You should go to bed soon, you have a long day ahead of you." And with that Peter Pan left.

"What the heck?" Wendy said when he had gone. "Don`t worry about it. Let`s just get some sleep." Wendy and I got inside the tent and cuddled up in the blankets that had been put there for us. Wendy got to sleep immediately. I stayed up a bit longer thinking about... well everything.