Chapter 3

So I've been on the island for three days and have so far learned how to shoot with a crossbow, how to build a fire and I'm currently in training for throwing knives. I feel like I'm in the Hunger Games, to put it briefly.

Pan has been like hawk, always watching but doesn't really say a lot to me. He just gives the occasionally look of approval whenever I hit a target or something. The only reason I'm learning all these things is to get home to the twins. I'm already worried about their health with that stupid mother of mine. She sees them as pets, like a pet hamster that you forget to feed.

"Nice one, princess" I heard Pan say from behind me as I threw a knife directly on the bullseye.

I turned to look at him with a shocked face. "So it speaks" I smirked.

He smiled and starting kicking the dirt around his feet. "So I was wondering... What is your name? I realised our intoductions to each other were rather one-sided"

I laughed and decided to play a game with him. He always went on about how much he loved guessing games. "Why don't you try and guess it?"

He gave me an intrigued smile and looked me up and down. "You look like a Mildred. Or a Tabbatha"

I scoffed, slightly offended. "You're not serious?"

He laughed to himself. "No, time may stand still here but my Shadow does keep me up with the times in the real world. I know names like that are hard to come by now"

What he said interested me. If time stood still here, then he didn't know what the Internet was. He's never watched television. He's never experienced the wonder of a light bulb. A strange boy indeed.

"Wait a minute, how do you even know what a girl is? If you've been here all your life and you've only ever had boys here..." I pondered.

He looked at me like I was an idiot and I felt like I'd said somehting stupid.

"I've not been here all my life you know. I had a mother and a father like everybody else. And I have seen a girl before. Outside of the island and on it"

"Oh. Nevermind then" I smiled sheepishly and turned my attention back to my throwing.

I could still feel Pan's gaze on me and I could feel myself blushing. Stop it! You need to get home! That is your goal, to get home to your siblings as soon as possible. NOT to flirt with a boy who wouldn't grow up.

With these priorities straight in my head, I made my face as cold as ice as I walked past Pan without giving him a second glance. I could tell he was confused though just from seeing him in my peripheral vision.

But oh no, the infamous leader of the Lost Boys wasn't letting me get away that easy. I felt his hand grab my arm and he spun me back around to face him. I kept my face straight. I refuse to get distracted by him.

"Hey, princess, you still haven't told me your name?" He said, a little more malice in his voice then before. I must have annoyed him more then I thought.

I wrenched my arm out of his grip. "I told you, its game. Play by the rules and figure it out yourself". And with that I walked away. No mercy.

It was time for dinner and I was talking to one of the younger Lost Boys. His name was Liam and he was only 12 years old.

"So, why do you think you were brought here?" I asked him while Felix and some of the others stirred a stew made of God knows what.

"I dunno. Peter's shadow only brings people here who he sees have been neglected at home or don't feel very loved. My mum and dad died ina car accident when I was 2 years old. I was left to my aunt Adelaide, and lets just say, she wasn't very nice" Liam explained.

"Why? What did she do?"

He looked at me and let out a sigh of defeat. I wondered why until he lifted the side of his shirt up and I saw a scar that stretched from his shoulder blade to his hip.

"She was a believer in the old methods of punishment for a boy who wouldn't say his Sunday prayers" He said with his sad eyes looking on at the fire.

"That's not just old, that's medieval" I said in disgust as he pulled his shirt down.

"Well, like I said, Pan brings boys here who don't feel they are getting the right love or respect at home" Liam then turned to me with questioning eyes. "So, why are you here?"

"Me?" I answered, unsure myself. "I don't know. I left my window open one night and away I was taken."

Liam just gave me a funny look. I nudged him.

"What's that look for?" I asked.

"I don't know what your life was like back home but Pan's Shadow doesn't bring someone here for no reason. That's something I do know." And with that, the little lost boy got up and walked away.

I thought about what he said. Why did the Shadow bring me here? What did he see in me that he thought needed saving?

All these thoughts raced through my mind as I looked up to see a pair of emerald green eyes staring at me through the fire. Looks like the bad boy had been beaten at his favourite game. I smiled to myself and got up, walking over to him.

He noticed I was walking over and looked up at me with a blank expression. Somebody wanted to give me the silent treatment.

"Violet. My name is Violet"

I don't know about you but I thought the beginning of this was kinda cute.

There may be a few mistakes in this as I am really bad at proof-reading and I can't be bothered to get a beta. It's a laziness condition. I'm working on it.

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