Neverland chapter 2

Here goes the story of how a guild named Neverland was built.

There was a man with a tall and well-built body named Dean whose age was 21 years old that time. He lost his parents at such young age and his sisters were separated away from him when a civil war occurred years ago.

This young man loved adventure, and was a great warrior. He participated in the war, but stopped fighting when he lost everything.

“Deeeeaaan!!!”

Well, maybe not everything.

Dean had a friend named Leon whom he met at the war. Leon was the one who took care of Dean when he was once injured badly and could barely move in an isolated forest. This young man is as young as Dean and he was a wizard, majoring in healing and earth magic. He was a bit taller and skinnier than Dean—of course, since wizards don’t really train their muscles—and had a very dorky personality. A little bit too talkative, but Dean thanked him for that since he didn’t feel really lonely anymore when they met. What made them automatically a best friend was that Leon also lost his family in the war.

“You know, Dean? If you are feeling lonely, we should really find you a new family.” The blue-eyed man commented.

The other man chuckled. “A new family? What are you gonna do?” He asked.

Now that Leon had gotten Dean’s attention, he scooted closer to him and explained excitedly. “Have you ever heard about a guild?” A question which was answered with a nod. “Let’s make one!” Leon added, causing Dean to furrow his eyebrows.

“You do know it’s not that easy to build a guild, right? Hey, that rhymes.”

“I know, but we’ll do it slowly! Imagine a place where you have fighters to take an adventure with you, Dean! To fight all the bad things and uphold the rights!”

It sounds so cheesy, but a lonely guy with lots of dreams to achieve got into a deep thought upon hearing it.

So there they were, starting with a small “business” when the civil war ended. They took quests such as arresting robbers, solved a bit mysteries, and many more. With the money they earned, they bought a small house.

But things were getting pretty tiring as there were only two members at that time.

One day when they were on a quest of finding a robber, they were surprised by the sight of the culprit, dead in the hands of a woman.

She was not just a woman, of course. By looking at her appearance, it was obvious that she was a warrior.

“W-what happened…?” Leon asked carefully.

The lady looked at both of them for a while. “We got into a fight, I had no other choice.” She answered lightly as if it was no big thing.

“This woman is dangerous. But I bet she’s strong and is a great warrior. But no, she’s dangerous. I better tell Leon about th—“

“Hey, do you want to join our guild?”

“Leon!”

The dark-brown-haired man signed Dean to be quiet for a while.

“Guild?” She asked.

“Yeah, and… Oh, pardon my manner. My name is Leon, and this is my friend, Dean.” Leon introduced both of them.

The lady remained silent for a while, as if she was investigating the two men in front of her, judging whether they were dangerous or not and whether she should tell her name or not. And the result was…

“Alexa. Nice to meet you.” She replied shortly.

“Alexa. Nice name!” Leon said. “Sooo… The two of us here is in the middle of building a guild, and actually this guy you just killed is one of the quests we received. Are you interested in joining us?”

Dean had a hard time in resisting the urge to slap his friend’s head.

An unexpected response was given to them by the young lady who was currently 18 years old. “Count me in.” She said, the tip of her lips curved, showing a slight smile.

Alexa—called Lexa or Lex by Dean and Leon—had never really explained why she decided to join Neverland, and the two founding fathers had no courage to ask either, so the reason remained a secret.

As time passed by, the three of them became best friends and the cold-looking Alexa slowly opened up and Dean was glad they found her. Besides being a great friend, she was also a very great woman warrior. The three of them were more like a family rather than friends; they cared of each other like brothers and sister.

“How come your eye-color is like that, Dean?” Alexa asked one day.

“Oh, this?” Dean replied as he pointed at his eyes. Green and red. Yes, if one was asked to point out one unique characteristic of Dean, everyone would say his eye-color. His left eye was green while his right eye was red. “It seemed scientifically impossible, but I’m not wearing any colored lenses. My great-grandfather also had two eye colors, but it was red and blue. My mom had green eyes—like you—so maybe that’s how this happened.” He explained.

“Believe me, Lex, you don’t want to see him staring with just his red eye. Run for your life!” Leon joked as he stood up from his seat and walked away, leaving Dean and Lex laughing.

“So…!” Dean started another conversation. “We—I mean the three of us—have been together for quiet some times, but we still don’t know your background.” He gathered his courage to ask.

Alexa still had a friendly expression thanks to Leon’s joke, but her smile was bitter. “Well… If you don’t mind, I heard the two of you lost your family?” She asked back.

“Yeap, that’s how we became a family, technically.”

“That’s how we became a family too, Dean.” She said as she smiled, stood up from her seat, and pecked Dean’s cheek like every other night. “Good night.”

Dean took a few seconds to process what his sister was trying to say, but once he knew, he smiled. “Good night, Lex.”

Day by day passed, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, and Neverland was a week away from having its first birthday.

“Guys, do you know what we should do for Neverland’s first birthday??” Dean exclaimed enthusiastically.

“Yes, get-a-new-member!” Leon replied sarcastically. As soon as he finished the sentence, he sneezed. “See, I’m getting sick from exhaustion. We need help.” He said.

Dean looked at Alexa for opinion. The only girl in the group shrugged her shoulders. “I guess he has a point.” She said.

“A point? I have the main idea, Lex!” Leon protested.

“Alright, alright. If you’re really sick, you should be resting now, don’t you think?”

Dean approached the both of them. “Well, I guess it won’t be a pain to get a new member. Where should we searc—“

A knock on the guild’s door stopped Dean from talking. He walked towards the door and opened it to see a young man standing in front of him.

“Can I help you?” Dean asked politely.

The guest stood still for a few seconds, creating an awkward silent between the two of them (while inside the house, Leon was busy sneezing and Alexa was busy searching for medicine).

But then the young man’s expression lit and he exhaled before he spoke up, “Oh. My. God. Dean, if I’m not mistaken?” He asked excitedly. Dean could only nod a few times in doubt. “Oh. My. God. Dean, it’s you. It’s you!”

“Uhh… Yes, it’s me. So, can I help you?” Dean tried to change the topic. He felt embarrassed being talked of.

“It should be me who asked! Can I help you… Dean?” The young man said with such glittering eyes that Dean couldn’t help but smiled. “Oh, I’m sorry, where is my manner. My name is Dominic. It’s a pleasure to meet you! Literally!” He said as he offered Dean his hand which the person took gladly.

“Okay, Dominic. I really appreciate that someone actually knows me, but I kind of don’t understand your intention. Would you mind explaining to me?” Dean asked.

“Of course! I will explain everything to you!”

Right then, Dominic’s glance caught the present of another man in the house and he couldn’t keep his happiness away.

“Oh my God, it’s Leon! I can’t believe I’m seeing a great wizard myself!” He exclaimed enthusiastically.

 “Dean, who’s come to visit us?” Alexa who was previously in the kitchen showed up.

 “Kkyaa! Alexa, you’re Alexa, right?!” Dominic—once again—exclaimed as he grabbed both of Alexa’s hands and jumped up and down.

 Alexa who was originally uncomfortable being around strangers couldn’t help but smile. “Yes, I am.”

“It’s really nice to see you guys! Hi Leon, hi Alexa, my name is Dominic!” He said, introducing himself once again. Leon at the back could only wave his hands.

 “So what is your intention again?” Dean tried to remind the over-excited boy.

 “Oh, yeah! Can I join your guild?” He requested.

 The other three of them looked at each other with a smile.

 Long story short, Dominic was a “gift” for their first anniversary. They were all happy about it, for the more, the merrier.

 “Where do you live, Dominic?” Alexa asked when they were having a dinner together.

 “I used to live in a village not far from here.” Dominic said while smiling.

 “Used to?” Dean asked.

 “Yeah, I decided to move away and luckily I have you guys. Thank you so much for letting me in!” He answered.

 “No problem, young man. We’re more than happy to have a new member here. I’m dying from doing one quest to another all day, y’know.” Leon poured his heart out, causing the other three to laugh.

Things were getting warmer each day with Dominic’s presence but things were heated when another person—a young lady named Gina—requested to join with the Neverland guild a few weeks after Dominic knocked their little guild’s door.

 Leon stepped into the living room and sat beside Alexa who was reading a book.

 “Hey, Alexa.” He called, as calm as he could be that moment.

“Yes? Can I help you Le—oh my God what happens to your hand?!” She gasped when she saw a very visible blister on her friend’s forearm.

Leon cringed. “It doesn’t really hurt, you don’t have to be worried.”

“Who did that?” Alexa asked, still concerned.

 “The new girl, Gina.” Leon answered in a whisper. “Well, she’s new so I can understand that. She accidentally hit me with her magic—which is fire, I warn you—but I told her it was okay and left her to practice by herself while I took care of this wound. But apparently I don’t know how to wrap bandages properly since you know, I heal with magic but I can’t heal myself. So, help?” He explained.

 Alexa chuckled and stood up from her seat, taking Leon’s unwounded arm and motioned him to stand up. “Come on, let’s treat your wound in the kitchen.”

 Gina was a pretty unpredictable girl; she could be calm and silent for one time, and then she would turn talkative at another time. They weren’t surprised to know that Gina’s magic element—which all wizards have—was fire, since after a pretty long time of knowing each other, the last thing you want to do is to make her angry.

So that made three-men-two-women in the little family, and the founder of the guild planned to not limit the amount of family members.

Because in Neverland, everything had no end.

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Made by : Liz & Ara
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