Magic ➙ Ethan Dolan

chapter two

     Annie felt her heart pounding as she stared at the boy. "How did I get here?" She asked.

     "You're here because you read the story." Peter replied.

     "The story?"

     "Yes. I put that book on your shelf, and I put that dream in your head. Then, I told my shadow to bring you here." Peter explained.

     "Where exactly is here?" Annie asked.

     Peter chuckled, before replying. "Neverland, of course!" He said with a grin.

     "But...I don't want to be here." Annie mumbled.

     "Would you rather be at home with your drunk mother who goes out every night with strange men? Tell me, Annie, did you eat dinner tonight?" The strange boy asked.

     "How do you know my name? I never told you it." Annie asked, and took another step back. Now her back was against a tree.

     "I know everything, Annie." Peter replied. "Now, did you eat dinner?" He demanded.

     "Y-yes." Annie lied. Peter make a tsk sound, and shook his head.

     "Annie, I have a few rules on Neverland. Rule number one, you will answer every question I ask you. Rule number two, you will not lie to me, rule number three, you will do everything I say, and rule number four, you will not try and escape. If you break any of these rules, there will be a consequence, but since it's your first day, I'll let you off the hook. Do you understand?" Peter explained. Annie looked down at her feet, and nodded her head.

     "Good, now come with me." Peter said and started walking away. Annie stayed still where she was. "Come, Annie. Now." Peter said through gritted teeth. Annie felt a strong pull, and she started moving forward, but her feet weren't moving. Peter was using magic to make her follow him.

     Annie tried to use her legs, but they were frozen. Annie couldn't move any part of her body except her head.

     "When we get to the camp, I'll let you go." Peter said. Annie gave up trying to move, but eventually she stopped. Peter had taken the spell off, and Annie could move on her own.

     "Are we at the camp?" Annie asked, but Peter ignored her. "Peter, are we here?"

     "Rule number five, everyone must call me Pan. Especially you." Peter replied. He walked out of the trees, and into an open field. Annie saw five tents all lined up beside each other, with a large camp fire and four long logs placed around the fire. There was six boys sitting on the logs. Some were eating, while some cooked stuff over the fire.

     "Who are they, Pan?" Annie asked.

     "Those are the Lost boys." Peter replied.

     "Like, in the dream? I saw other boys in my dream."

     "Yes. They're in the book too, but that book is inaccurate."

     "And the dream is?" Annie nervously asked. She was still worried about Peter, and this island.

     "Most of it is." Peter replied. At that moment he kneeled down, and put his hands up to his mouth. He made a crowing noise, and all the Lost boys immediately came running over. They all stood in a line, and held their heads up high with their arms at their sides.

     "Boys, please welcome Annie to the island." Peter introduced Annie, and all the boys started cheering. "Now, tell Annie your names."

     "I'm Felix." One boy said. His voice was low, and he had a scar on his face.

     "I'm Luke." Another boy said. He had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes.

     "I'm Jakob." He had black hair.

     "I'm Tanner, and this is my younger brother, Hunter." Tanner was tall, and muscular. He looked like the oldest, even older than Peter. Him and Hunter both had green eyes, and blonde hair.

     "And I'm Grayson." The last boy said. He had brown hair and hazel eyes. He looked a bit like Peter.

     "Nice to meet you all." Annie said with a smile.

     "Now, go back to dinner. I'll be showing Annie her tent now." Peter instructed the Lost boys. They all walked away and sat back down on the logs. Peter led Annie over to the tents. They walked past all of them, and stopped at the last one. Peter went inside, and Annie followed him.

     Inside there was a bed, a nightstand, a lamp beside the bed, a chest at the foot of the bed, and a dresser. On the dresser, there was a pile of clothing.

     "Change into that, then come out and join us by the fire." Peter instructed, then left. Annie looked around. She opened up the chest, and saw that it was empty. She opened up the dresser drawers, they were filled with clothes. Annie changed into the clothes that were laid out for her. There was a dark green long sleeve shirt, black cargo pants, and black gloves. Beside the dresser, there was a pair of brown boots. Annie finished getting dressed, and fixed her hair. She ran her fingers through it, and left it down.

     Annie left the tent, and saw all the boys sitting on the logs, including Peter. He was playing an instrument, it looked like a flute. The Lost boys were dancing in their seats as they ate their food. Peter looked up at Annie, and stopped playing. He smiled slightly, before going back to playing. None of the boys had noticed that he had stopped. Annie walked over to an empty spot on a log, and sat down. One of the lost boys brought her a plate of food. It looked like some sort of meat, beans, and a plant. Annie thanked the boy before he walked away and sat down. Annie started eating, and it actually didn't taste that bad.