The deer among the wolves

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Still the same hour

After I finished staring at my home, it was the definition of beautiful, vines , wood, and that rustic candle smell "I think they want to see you... doe" I smiled since I'd been standing there for an hour just staring and smelling that glorious smell, he'd snuck up behind me and only spoke when he was right next to my ear, he grabbed my hand until we were at the edge of the camp then his voice suddenly got a lot louder, probably to be heard over the Boys " it seems we have our first... lost girl" he raised my arm in the air like I'd just won a fight and a mix of cheers and whoops erupted from the camp" tonight we celebrate finding her, we celebrate the first lost girl, the first doe" I was smiling throughout all of this, just being a 'lost girl', I finally felt... free, free from parents even though mine were beyond the best, rules, and most glad to be free of... lily.

I'd been told there was going to be a party, the attire was, whatever I felt but with a mask. After a few choices I went with a green dress that was floor length which fit my body well, golden spiral earrings and finally, a flower mask with feathers just in the right place to make it look like antlers.

When I was finally happy with the way my outfit looked, I decided to curl my hair with twigs, yep I'm inventive. And I was done, I heard someone bang their staff outside, I grabbed my green cloak which held together at the collar bone by two golden crossing antlers, I pulled up the hood and opened the door, I saw Felix standing their leaning against the post at the bottom of the ladder " I'd never expect pans favourite lost boy to be celebrating a doe" I smiled and he turned around, he hid it well but he blushed a little knowing he was indeed pans most trusted lost boy " I'd never expect a girl to want to join us " I smiled and we walked to the edge of the camp.

I saw pan wasn't there yet but I wasn't going to miss a little fun, I pulled down my mask, placed my cloak on a log and prayed I wouldn't trip of run into anyone. Luck has it I didn't and was swaying in the middle, by the way through all of this I still hadn't taken off my whale necklace. The music was so beautiful, until I saw who was playing it, I saw a cloaked boy, cloak was brown with bits of red and green, I'd seen this cloak once before but I knew the owner very well, I saw Pan staring at me playing his pipes, the enchanted pipes never worked on sirens since we're immune to magic, most magic but the music was still beautiful, I'd heard cheers around me.

They didn't care what I did and I adored that, I saw in the middle that there was a fire with Felix and Pan who was loving those pipes, I decided to pick up my cloak which wasn't too far, even as I moved there I felt his eyes on me. when I turned around the pipes were still playing but Pan wasn't there, I decided to go back to having fun so I pulled up the hood, adjusting the mask.

I was just about to step forward when a hand pulled my own, the hooded figure dragged me towards the centre and sat down on the log and moved their hand for me to sit next to them, so naturally I did, they pulled back their hood and it was pan, so I pulled back my own and placed my mask on my head " this is the part where you tell me how you knew I'd come back" he smiled and pulled out a piece of rolled up parchment showing an old picture of ... me?

"This is how I knew you'd come back to me, you see, every time we find an old photo of someone like this, it means they're have something the island needs" I just stared at the photo, I hadn't seen this for a long time, it was taken long ago by a ...

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"This is how I knew you'd come back to me, you see, every time we find an old photo of someone like this, it means they're have something the island needs" I just stared at the photo, I hadn't seen this for a long time, it was taken long ago by a street artist, at a ball " what the island needs is the doe, there are plenty of doe out there, I'm just the only one willing" he smiled that seriously sweet smile that looked just too good to be true "tell me love, what's the real reason you came to the island" I got up pulling him up with me, and pulled down my mask smiling " maybe I'll tell you later" he grinned and I started to do what I could to dance, he slowly joined in, moving around me until he was directly behind me, I felt two hands grasp my hips, I leaned my head back and I saw his face smiling " your the first one to join in with the party love" I smiled and turned round so I was facing " let's hope I'm not the last"

After hours of dancing or which I'd sat watching for a while, I'd noticed the crowd decreasing so I decided it was time for me to go back to the house. I did but only noticed a presence when looking in the mirror, then Pan appeared behind me" you should wear that more often, neverland doesn't have an attire" I turned and placed a hand on his shoulder " no but it does have creatures that prowl in the dark " he disappeared into where I guessed must of been his treehouse, I got unchanged and flopped on the bed which led to me falling into a sleep with no nightmares.

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