chapter sixteen

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Annie woke up the Wendy rustling around in her dresser. She sat up in bed, and stretched. Wendy grabbed some clothes, and shut the drawer. She turned around, and saw that Annie was awake.

"Oh, I hope I didn't wake you." She said.

Annie shook her head. "You didn't. What time is it?" It still looked dark outside.

"Uhh, I'm not really sure." wendy replied. That's when Annie remembered that there were no clocks on Neverland. Annie laid back down, wanting to go back to sleep. But she heard some Lost boys yelling, and knew it was morning. Annie groaned, and threw her blankets off. She got out of bed, and walked over to her dresser. Wendy had already changed, and was ready for the day.

Annie picked out an outfit, and got dressed. She left the tent, followed by Wendy. There was some muffins sitting on one of the logs, and Annie went to grab one. She bit into the muffin, and knew almost instantly that it was blueberry. Annie decided to sit down on a log, and eat the muffin. Wendy grabbed one, and sat beside her. Tanner, Jakob, and Hunter also came over. There was no sign of Peter or Grayson yet.

A Lost boy came over, and sat down on a log. He picked up a stick off the ground in front of his log, and started carving a point onto the end with his knife. This Lost boy was mysterious, and to himself. Annie had never said a word to him, nor had she heard him spoke except for the times when he introduced himself to guest, like herself. The only thing Annie knew about him was his name, but she was very curious to know how he got that long scar down his face.

Annie finished her muffin, and brushed her hands off. Peter came out of his tent, and walked over to the logs.

"Everyone, follow me." He yelled. All the Lost boys stood up, and started following Peter into the woods. Even Wendy's brothers, who Annie hadn't talked to much either, followed Peter's orders.

"Pan, where's Grayson?" Luke asked. He was at the front of the group, behind Peter.

"He's ill today." Peter replied. There was no further discussion after that as everyone walked deeper into the woods. Annie, Wendy, and the Lost boys had been walking for what felt like hours. They had walked up so many hills, and Annie knew her legs and arms were badly cut from the tree branches. Finally, the group came to a halt.

"What're we doing here, Pan?" Luke asked.

"Do you have anymore questions?" Peter snapped. "Today, we're going on a bit of a scavenger hunt. I lost something, and I want it back."

"Well what is it?" Luke asked.

"Luke." Peter said through gritted teeth.

"Sorry." Luke mumbled.

"It's an envelope. I dropped it somewhere around here, but couldn't find it on my own. Your job is to find it, and bring it back to camp." Peter explained, and disappeared.

"Well, let's get looking." Annie said to Wendy, and sighed. The Lost boys had all seperated, and started looking everywhere. Annie and Wendy went to an empty place, and started looking underneath a thorny plant. Just as Wendy was about to touch the plant to move it out of the way, a boy yelled.

"Don't touch that!" It was Jakob, and he came running over. "You didn't touch it, right?" He asked Wendy, and checked her hands.

"What's your problem, Jakob?" Annie asked, annoyed. She wasn't in a very good mood.

"I don't have one, but you will if you touch that plant. It's dreamshade, the most dangerous plant on this island. One touch, and you'll have a slow and painful death." Jakob explained.

"Thank you, Jakob." Wendy smiled slightly and moved her hand away. Annie led her away from the dreamshade, and they started looking somewhere else. They came to another wall of dreamshade, and tried to look past it.

"Wait, there's water back there!" Annie exclaimed. Wendy tried to look past the plant, and she gasped when she saw the bright blue water, surrounded by rocks. It was like it's own mini cave ontop of the hill.

"I have magic, to get the dreamshade out of the way." A Lost boy mumbled. Annie turned her head, and saw Felix standing beside her.

"You do?" She asked. Felix nodded, and waved his hand over the thorny vines. "Thank you!" Annie smiled, and walked inside the cave.

"Just don't drink the water." Felix warned. Annie nodded, and continued walking inside. She walked on the rocks, they were wide enough for her and Wendy to safely walk on them. There was some plants at the very back of the cave, on a strip of grass. Annie walked over to them, and saw the corner of a piece of paper. Annie carefully moved the plant petals away and picked up the paper. It was a sealed envelope, with 'Grayson' written on it in fancy cursive writing. Peter didn't drop the envelope, he hid it.

"We found it." Wendy mumbled.

"Yeah, we did." Annie smiled. Annie and Wendy announced to the Lost boys that they found it, and they all made their way back to camp. When they got there, Peter was sitting on a log, staring down at the ground.

"Pan!" Annie yelled, catching Peter's attention. She had led the Lost boys back to the camp, and walked in front of them. Annie walked over to Peter, and handed him the envelope.

"You found it?" Peter asked. Annie nodded proudly. "Thank you." Peter mumbled. He then walked away, and went into one of the tents; Grayson's.





 He then walked away, and went into one of the tents; Grayson's

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