The Queen & Her King (sequel to the princess & the lost boy) Completed

Chapter 9: The Piper

(Pan's P.O.V.)

"Pan! Pan!"

I looked up to see Jeremy sprinting towards me. The hood of his cloak falling off his head as he came to a sudden stop in front me. Two other boys, Jason and Randall were right behind him. All three were out of breath as they panted from their run.

"What is it?"

"The Queen is back. She's back in Camelot."

"I thought you said she was kidnapped."

"She was, but she returned. There's only one catch..."

"Spit it out already lads."

"The Queen is different. She's passed a law that allows magic back into Camelot."

I stood up from the log I had been sitting on. She actually did it. She got rid of the ban against magic once and for all. She was bringing magic back to Camelot just like she always wanted.

"That's not the worst part of it."

"And what exactly is that?"

"You tell him Jeremy," Jason whispered, nudging Jeremy closer to me.

I smirked slightly as Jeremy glared at Jason over his shoulder before turning his gaze over to me.

"The Queen has decreed that the witch be her adviser," he said with disdain.

"Morgana?"

"Yes. The High Priestess. Everyone has been calling her the witch ever since her return to the palace. The people are in chaos. The knights are determining what side they are going to choose."

"The Queen gave them a choice to either stay by her side and be merged together with the Saxons or to be banished, upon return would be death," Parker announced.

"That doesn't sound like Ashlynn."

"Something happened to her, but we don't know what. We asked some of the other boys to snoop around and get any other information we missed, but...it's only been a dead end."

"Call them back," I ordered, grabbing my flute off the log.

"But Pan...we won't receive any new information," Jason said worriedly.

"You are all going to Neverland. There you'll receive proper training from Felix. I need to handle this myself."

"But Pan-"

"No buts, lads." I turned around to face them. "Felix will train you to be the best. I trained him personally, and I have no doubt that he'll pass those lessons on to you. I'll alert Felix of your arrival. Round up the other boys and use this bean to go to Neverland." I placed the bean in Jeremy's hand.

"What will you do without us?"

I chuckled softly. "You boys don't need to worry about that. Just report to Felix that I'm going to visit the Queen and bring her back to Neverland once and for all."

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I pulled up the hood of my cloak just before I walked into the village. Everyone was chatting about the announcement from earlier today made by the Queen. Most of the villagers had closed up their shops just to gossip about the day's events. However, there were some that were going around asking people to purchase whatever it was they were selling. I avoided them. I didn't quite need anyone alerting the knights that were roaming the streets my location just yet anyways.

"Sir Leon! There is no sign of the piper. The parents of those missing children are worried sick. They claim that their children told them about an enchanting song playing, but they didn't believe them. The children left their homes and disappeared out of thin air."