Run Away With Me (Peter Pan fanfic - OUAT)

There is no escaping Neverland - Chapter 4

'It's the way that you know what I thought I knew'
Crazy in Love - Sofia Karlsberg

Birds chirped around me and I think I heard a waterfall gushing down somewhere in the background. I groaned, without opening my eyes, at the weird position I was sleeping in, since when was my bed this hard? Wait a minute, birds, waterfalls? We certainly don't have that near where my new apartment is. My eyes snapped opened and I jumped up off the floor into a standing position and felt a head rush. Dammit, I held my head until my vision became clearer and I studied my surroundings. It was as if I was in a forest but since when did I leave my bed?

I groaned again not knowing where I was. I was still in my pajamas and my dagger was safely tucked away. Aha my dagger.
Suddenly I heard a rustling of leaves "who's there?" I asked into the wilderness as if I expected them to say "it's me, want me to make you breakfast? The rustling got louder and I located the source and out came a teenager about my age. Catching him off guard, I held him up against the tree with the dagger dangerously close to his throat. In some way, he looked familiar but I couldn't quite place my finger on where I had seen him before.
Pressing the dagger against his throat a little more, I showed that I meant business "who are you?" I asked at the teenager who showed no emotion on his face.
"Seriously you don't remember me, it's only been like a day" a familiar voice escaped from his lips. I lowered the dagger and realisation hit me like a brick.
"Pan?"
"So we're on second name basis huh?" He said, dammit why do I have Darling as my second name? Noticing that I had that I had lowered my dagger and guard, he flipped us around and my back was to the hard tree. A groan escaped from my lips as the trunk dug into my back and somehow he managed to have snatched my precious dagger which glistened caught the sun's light, in his manly hands.
"And I'll keep this for safe keeping" he said and slotted it into his satchel. His expression turned serious "now tell me, what are you doing here?" He asked.
I failed to answer as I still hasn't coped from all the shock, Pan noticed this and grinded my hips further into the tree trunk with his until my whole body was uncomfortably digging back; he had both my hands pinned up above my head and glared at me.
"I asked, what are you doing here?" He snarled.
"I-I don't know" I stuttered, I had never faced this side of Pan before, well only because I had one encounter with him.
I bit my lips fearfully, until I tasted the familiar metallic taste of blood I subconsciously drew out.
Then he transported both my hands into one of his and used the other to slide down my cheek. Sadness was evident in his emerald eyes "you look so much like her" he whispered more to himself than to me.
"Like who?" I asked, also whispering as I didn't trust my voice to come out in anything other than a stutter.
"No one" his hard gaze returned and he forcefully grabbed one of my wrists and dragged me behind him. Running, as I couldn't keep up with his large steps, I was almost out of breath when we reached wherever he was taking - well, dragging me to.

He slowed down at what looked like a camp where there was at least one hundred boys having their breakfast. Little beady eyes snapped up to me and shock was plastered on their innocent little faces.
"Wendy...you're back" one of them said.
"Wendy, I thought you were gone" another boy said
"You look the same" another puzzled boy commented.

That was when Peter Pan chirped in "This isn't our Wendy, the other Wendy is dead to me, to us" an emotion I couldn't detect was plastered on his face and his eyes looked a little lost, as if he was recalling a memory.
"If she's not our Wendy, which Wendy is she?" A younger boy asked timidly? How many Wendy's are there?
"Ok, I don't know who you weird people are and how do you know my name?"
"Wait, you're name is Wendy as well?" An older boy asked, confused.
"Nah, my name is pineapple" I said sarcastically.
Obviously these people were like Sheldon Cooper (TBBT) when it came to recognising sarcasm.
"Pine-Apple" they tested out.
"For goodness sake, my name is Wendy! Now will someone explain why I'm here on this loony island" I used mad hand gestures to exclaim my point "with loony people?" my look was directed to an amused Pan.
"Ask our leader" they said in unison.
"And who exactly is your leader?" I asked, frustrated, I was supposed to be at home, getting ready for school now, instead I was stuck with loonies on a loony island.
"Me" a familiar voice joined in as Pan stepped before me. I burst out into hysteric laughter until tears brimmed my eyes.. Finally, after coming back to my senses, my laughter died down before I looked at their stunned faces which set me off like a firework again.
"Oh shoot, you're not joking" I sobered up, taking their serious looks into account and flashed a slight red.
"Are you done now?" Pan snarled, clearly not enjoying being showed up like that in front of his people.
"Yes, now take me home now" I demanded turning serious.
"Haha, no chance" he said.
"Wh-what?" I asked.
"I'm not letting you go home"
"Why? I have a family wondering where I am right now and I can't just leave them" I explained.
"This will be your new family"
"I don't want a new family, I want to go home" I whispered.
He clicked his tongue "well we don't always get what we want"
"Pan just let me go home, please" I begged, tears welled up in my eyes at the thought of staying here, home was where I belonged.
For a split second, his features softened as he looked at me with a sad expression before it was replaced again with his all too familiar expressionless mask. "Now why would I do that?"
"Because I don't belong here, you can't force me to fit in some place I just found about"
"Oh I will make you belong that you'll forget about your so called home"
"I will find a way to escape" I said determinedly though I knew I was just lying to myself. If Pan lead over 100 boys, of course he could trap me here like a prisoner.
"Wendy, Wendy, Wendy, don't you know, there is no escaping Neverland" he said smirking but this wasn't a playful smirk, this was a threatening smirk.
"Who are you? You're not the Pan I had an actual nice time with the other day" I said, a murderous look in my eyes.
He bit his lip seductively "People change" he talked as if it was out of experience.
"Not in just one day" I said.
"Why is this any of your business?"
"Why isn't it?" His jaw ticked and I knew I was just pissing him off now.
Glares were exchanged between us until another teenager came up to Pan.
"What is it Felix?"
"It's Hook, somehow he has detected someone entering the island" this Felix guy explained.
"And I can't find who entered the island but I can -"
I cleared my throat and Felix's attention was diverted to me.
"Wendy" Felix nodded angrily.
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" I asked suspiciously.
"Felix, outside now, I have some things to discuss with you" Pan said and excused himself leaving me standing awkwardly in the middle of the camp with 100s of eyes on me.
"What?" I exclaimed and immediately, they went back to eating; breaking out into conversation obviously about me.
"That can't be our Wendy"
"She's weird"
"Did you see how she talked to Pan like that and Pan didn't even lock her up"
"Damn, she's hot"
I sighed, did they not know to talk about people in front of them, or behind their backs.

Someone tapped my shoulder and my head whipped around to see another boy, were there no girls here?
"Yes"
"Um, I'm Baelfire" a slight red crept up his neck.
"I'm Wendy" I said sticking my hand out for him to shake. He stared at it weirdly "you shake my hand, it's kinda a sign of friendship" I demonstrated by taking his hand in mine (take your hand in mine, it's ours tonight. This is our rebel love song...)
"Yeah I know"
"Doesn't everyone here know my name?" I asked sarcastically.
"They think of you as someone else"
"What do you mean?" (No commenting JB songs coz he sucks and I don't wanna make my chapters sucky)
He guided me away from the camp and took me through the woods "I'm not supposed to talk about this in front of Pan"
"But he's not here at the moment"
"That's what you think, he has eyes and ears everywhere"
"Such a stalker" Baelfire looked at me weirdly, not understanding the word. "Anywho, what did you want to tell me?" I asked.
"Don't mention this in front of Pan and is is just what I heard off of other boys since I haven't been here that long" I nodded in agreement "ok so many years ago Pan visited this girl in the human world, her name was Wendy. Wendy had two brothers : John and Michael and she had always believed. She told stories to her brothers and believed very much in this world called Neverland. Her believing and wishes attracted Pan and he whisked her and her brothers to Neverland. They discovered the great joys, the fact that you didn't age in Neverland and she had lots of fun. Eventually she and Pan fell in love and blah blah blah but she changed him. He became soft and lovesick that he practically kissed the ground she walked on. She visited Neverland frequently sometimes without her brothers and their relationship got stronger until they couldn't stand being apart. So Pan asked her to stay with him in Neverland for forever, they wouldn't age and didn't have any rules or parents to control them. She said no, she had a family and her life at home she was responsible for and couldn't bare just giving everything up to be with Pan. She tried to convince Pan to go back to the human world with her and her family but he was the ruler of Neverland. He was specifically assigned the weight of Neverland on his shoulders and because he loved her so much, he let her go. He hadn't heard from Wendy ever since and I guess because you look and sound exactly like Wendy, it must have triggered the memories." Bae shrugged at the last part.
"Oh my..." My voice broke and a new light shone on Pan and I saw him from a different perspective. He was just a lost, broken boy who put Neverland before his life. All he needed was guidance and someone to just be there for him.

"There you are" a familiar voice boomed.
I turned around for my eyes to be locked with a cold, hard stare.
"What do you want?" Bae stepped next to me in a protective state.
"What are you doing here" an intense glare directed from Pan's eyes was fixed on Bae, making him squirm under his gaze.
"Nothing of your business, now what do you want?" I asked angrily, he had no right to interfere me and Felix's private chat.
Yeah a private chat about Pan himself.
"Whatever, I just wanted to ask if you were hungry"
"Where's the food?" what I just woke up.
"If you come with me, you can get it"
"Or you can bring it to me" I said.
"Fine if you don't want any food, I'll just go"
I sighed "Wait" Food is life "Bae you coming?"
"Nah, I'm good" he said and disappeared into the darkness of the woods. Okaay, then, more food for me.
"Now lead me to the food"
Pan's eyes flickered with amusement "Follow me"