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UKISS = Nama chara di neverland
- Shin Soohyun = Dean
- Alexander = Leon
- Kim Kibum = Luke
- Lee Kiseop = Claude
- Eli = Steve
- Kevin woo = Vincent
- Hoon = Nelson
- AJ/Jaeseop = Lester
- Shin Dongho = Dominic
Selasa, 03 Juli 2012
[BEHIND THE SCENE] Neverland - Character list
Ah iya sampai lupa.. Belum kasih list character di Neverland ya?? ><
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Neverland Chapter 3
Glossary:
The road to the top of the mount was not easy, proved by the whiny Leon.
“We haven’t arrived yet??” He complained.
“We’re still on the way,” Nelson replied. “Geez, why is this branch getting on my way?!” He continued as he sloppily cut down some branches.
“Nelson, don’t do that.” Dean warned him. But Nelson didn’t hear what his friend was saying and he continued cutting down tree branches, and even their leaves.
And a few minutes later, Leon followed his action and he ruined some trees too. “Hey, what’s wrong with you guys??” Dean asked in confusion seeing their friends’ behavior. But he himself didn’t try to stop them. He felt weird, like his body wasn’t his. He felt something was controlling him, and he knew he had to snap out of it because it got too far.
“Guys, guys, stop!” Dean yelled. This thing controlling them was quiet powerful that Dean had to grab his friends and he looked at them in their eyes. “Something is controlling us, and we are doing a bad thing. Snap out of it!” He said firmly.
Fortunately, Leon and Nelson seemed to wake up from their previous condition and they looked confused.
“What have we done??” Leon mumbled to himself in disbelief. Well yes, the trees behind them were pretty much ruined.
“Hey, guys. We’re on the top of the mountain…” Nelson said in horror. “When did we get here?”
“Let’s walk down the mount and talk about it. Did you guys feel some sort of power, controlling you?” Dean’s question was answered with nods. “Do you have any idea of what that was, Leon?”
The asked person fell into a thought before he spoke up. “It might be magic. But these days no magic are allowed to control people, so it should be a kind of ancient magic. A quiet powerful one, a dangerous one.” Leon explained. He then continued, “This could be the power of the key we’re searching for right now.”
“What could have happened to us?” Nelson asked.
“Well, seeing and experiencing how powerful it is, we… could have gone nowhere to be found. It’s some sort of hypnosis.”
They remained silent for a while until Dean started another conversation. “Hey, Leon.” He called.
“Yes?”
“Let’s not tell Lex about this, okay? If she knows what happened—and what could have happened, she would stare at us…,” Dean looked at Leon to re-enact how Lex would do it like. “And then exhaled slowly… And—“
“Deeeaan~! Stop it, you’re freaking me out!” Leon complained, which caused Dean to laugh.
Suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue, the adventurers heard a very loud chirp which they knew was from a pretty large bird. Leon, Nelson, and Dean followed the source of the sound to see a red-gold bird perching on a tree not far from them.
“What kind of bird is that?” Leon asked in surprise as he slowly approached the mysterious bird. The said bird didn’t move an inch, it only stared at Leon while keep chirping loudly.
“It’s okay, we’re not gonna hurt you!” Leon said, trying to reassure the bird with his voice tone. Dean and Nelson followed right behind him.
“Should we just catch it?” Nelson said. Seemed like he was still under the influence of the magic.
Right after he said so, an arrow was shot and it stabbed the ground, right in front of Nelson as if it was a prohibition. The three of them stopped their step in unison and turned their head upright to see the owner of the arrow.
“Who are you and what is your intention of being here?!” Asked a mysterious man in brown clothes. He was standing on one of the tree branch, not far away from where the previously mentioned bird was perching. That man aimed a crossbow at Nelson and his friends.
“Wow, wow! Calm down, friend. We meant no harm!” Dean said, trying to explain the situation. But the guy wouldn’t hear him out and was still aiming his crossbow at them.
“Oskar, go and tell Lizzy our location.” The man commanded. The three members of Neverland stared at each other in confusion, wondering who the man was talking to. But suddenly, they were once again surprised by the protesting chirp from the bird. “Hey, come on! Just this once, okay?” The man requested—to the bird. It glared at him sharply, but it seemed like granting his wish, so it flew away.
“Uhm… C-could you please put down your weapon?” Dean requested. And he got no reply from the other man.
“If you guys meant no harm, then why are you ruining this forest?” The mysterious man asked, still holding his crossbow.
“Because we have a business to finish at the top of the mount. And since walking in this forest is quiet difficult, we decide to cut down the branches and other things that got in our way.” Nelson answered sloppily which caused him to get a reminding glare from his two friends.
The man didn’t get a chance to give any response for they heard footsteps among the trees behind Dean.
“Who’s there?” Leon said as he stared at the direction, seemingly pretty afraid of his own negative imagination. Dean who was closest to the owner of the footsteps drew his sword.
“Just to warn you, I’m armed. Come out slowly!” He commanded.
Suddenly, the same bird from before came out from the trees and perched itself again on a tree nearby.
“Oh geez, what a long walk!” The person—whom by the voice seemed like a woman—complained while her figure was still covered by the trees. Dean readied his sword.
A split second after, Dean’s sword met someone else’s sword and he had to admit he was stunned when he saw it was a young woman.
“Put your sword away!” She commanded firmly while the bird had started to chanted angrily. “Be calm, Oskar!” The girl said as she herself put away her sword, so did Dean.
“Lizzy!!” Called the mysterious man. The girl called Lizzy turned her attention to him.
“Ah, there you are, Steve. What’s this all about, seriously?” She asked.
The mysterious man—who now they all knew was named Steve—got off from the branch he was standing on since they met. “These are the culprits we’ve been searching for.” He explained as he glanced at Leon, Nelson, and Dean.
Lizzy stared at the three men in silence. “Why are you ruining this forest?” She asked, calm but sharp. Her hands were on her swords—yes, two swords.
“Whoa, whoa, calm down, there!” Leon said, trying to settle down the situation. “We were on the influence of a—bad—magic that moment; a quiet strong ancient magic kind of hypnotized us. To make it a little bit clearer, we felt like… We turned greedy and wanted to take everything. Yeah, like that!” He continued with an explanation. He hoped he was clear enough.
It wasn’t just clear; it actually shocked Lizzy. “You guys came to the top of the mount?!” She asked. She could be surprised, but her hands were still ready with her swords. Steve couldn’t let down his guard as well.
All three members of Neverland nodded. “So uhh… Lizzy?” Dean tried to strike another conversation by making sure that her name was Lizzy. However it made the bird—which they believed name Oskar—chanted angrily in front of Dean’s face.
“Oskar, calm the hell down! Oskar!” Lizzy shouted. Oskar the bird obeyed her and it perched on Lizzy’s shoulder. “I apologize, he doesn’t like if someone calls me Lizzy. My real name is Liz, so you can call me that. Oskar won’t mind then.” She explain as she stroked Oskar’s shiny feathers.
“O-okay,” Dean replied, still stuttering.
“When I first called her with that name, Oskar scratched me, leaving a pretty big wound.” Steve said as he grinned. He then put down his crossbow. “Oh, my name’s Steve.” He added.
“Do you trust us?” Asked Dean when he saw the both of them put away their weapons.
“At least I trust you. And about the top of the mount, I do feel something’s strange about that place.” Steve said while Liz nodded.
“Oskar doesn’t mind being close to you, that’s enough proof that you’re not influenced anymore.” She said. “And for this time, we’re gonna accompany you to the top of the mount.”
Her statement got the three adventures surprised. “Y-you’re willing to?” Leon asked.
“Just to make sure you won’t ruin this place anymore.” Steve added.
“We really appreciate your help! It’s really hard to point a direction in this forest.” Dean thanked the both of them.
So now Dean, Leon, and Nelson continued their journey. And this time they were accompanied by Liz and Steve.
“Uhm… Liz?” Dean called.
The girl turned her head. “What’s wrong?” She asked calmly.
“Actually, what kind of bird is Oskar?”
The said creature chanted angrily at Dean again for it felt annoyed. Liz quickly stroke his feathers to calm him down as she stared at Dean sharply.
“Oh, sorry it was my fault. You don’t have to answer.” Dean immediately added.
Steve chuckled at the scene. “Don’t mind him, that bird is a little bit over-sensitive.” He said, causing Oskar to chant again.
“Steve!!” Liz yelled at him. The man grinned and continued walking as if nothing had happened. “Oskar is a phoenix.” Liz answered Dean’s question.
Nelson was the one who responded first, “Phoenix? Aren’t they near extinction? And I heard they usually don’t want to be seen by human.”
“Oskar’s different. Liz found an egg with him in it five years ago, three years before she met me.” Steve explained.
“You’ve been together for two years?” Dean couldn’t help but ask. Hearing the odd question, the other turned their attention to Dean. “No, I don’t mean…,” He added quickly so no one would misunderstood—which he honestly admit in his heart that they didn’t.
“Yeah, two years of torture.” Steve dramatized, causing Liz to immediately step on his feet.
“Why did you follow me, then?” The girl protested.
“Can you even do this without me?”
“Isn’t it the opposite?”
“Whoa, you guys are so close.” Nelson commented innocently.
“No, we’re not!” Both Steve and Liz answered in unison.
“There, there, stop it.” Dean interrupted, just like he would have done if the members of his guild quarreled. “We’re almost there.”
“Really??” Leon said in disbelief for he had almost out of breath. Dean replied by nodding and pointing at their front side.
“Actually, what’s your purpose of coming here? Especially to that dangerous place.” Steve asked out of curiosity.
“We’ve got some business.” Nelson answered shortly. Leon could feel that his comrade was starting to get controlled by the same magic they experienced minutes before. He reminded himself not to give in to the magic.
Alarmed by its animal instinct, Oskar flew away from Liz’s shoulder as soon as they arrived at the top of the mount. It was a large field covered in grass and trees.
“Hurry and finish your business here, we’re going to guide you on the way down the mount as well!” Liz commanded.
Her hands were ready on her swords again while Steve readied his crossbow, anticipating the worst scenario.
“O-okay!” Leon replied as he quickly ran to search for they key they were looking for.
For a few minutes later, silence took over the place they were standing on. None of them spoke a word. Leon, Dean, and Nelson were busy searching while Liz and Steve were observing and guarding the place.
“I have a bad feeling.” Liz said to Steve.
The guy exhaled, “I hate it when you say that.” He said as he fixed the position of his crossbow.
“I found it!” Nelson shouted. Then he ran to meet his comrades.
“Have you guys finished everything?” Steve asked in rush. When Nelson nodded enthusiastically, he continued speaking. “Good. Let’s get down now because Liz is having a bad feeling.”
Before the three of them could figure out what Steve was trying to say, they heard Liz’s shout. “Who’s there?!”
Everybody turned their attention to where Liz was looking; a tree. Oskar had also come back, ready to fight alongside its master.
“Why are you here too?” Liz asked to her loyal bird. But Oskar didn’t want to go.
“Liz, what’s wrong?” Asked Steve as he approached Liz. Before he arrived, a sound was heard from behind the tree.
“Whoa, turn out we don’t just get the key, but we get another bonus!” Said someone as he came from behind the tree, followed by another three men.
“Who’re you?!” Nelson yelled as he, Dean, and also Leon readied their respective weapon. The man smiled—a tricky and unfriendly smile.
“Before you ask for somebody else’s identity, you better introduce your own self, Nelson.” Another man in white coat said sarcastically.
“How do you know my na—“
“Vincent’s right,” The man they encountered first cut off Nelson’s words. “My name is Luke.”
The man in white coat—whose name was Vincent—sighed in frustration. “I wasn’t talking about you, Luke.”
“Come on, guys. We’re not here for this.” Another unknown man in blue coat interrupted.
“Come on, Claude. Introduce yourself too.” Luke commanded. It was clear he was playing around with his enemies, but he kept a serious face.
“What’s wrong with you guys??” The last man spoke up.
“Lester, you too!” Luke seemed to be enjoying his game, causing his comrades; Vincent, Claude, and Lester looked at each other while shaking their head in disbelief.
“Luke, let’s just take care of the key, shouldn’t we?” Vincent suggested, reminding his friend back on what they had intended to do—before it got ruined by Luke.
“Honestly, we don’t want to create a ruckus, so just hand us the key.” Claude said directly.
“And don’t forget about the phoenix. Hand us that too.” Luke who seemed like the leader of the group added, causing Liz and Steve to draw their weapon on him almost immediately.
“You wish!” Liz exclaimed.
“We’re not gonna let you have the key either!” Nelson added.
“Well then, guess we just have to take it by force.” Lester replied as he aimed his bow at them as he made a space in between.
Steve whispered to his partner, “I’ll guard the back.”
“Five against four, huh?” Luke commented. He himself didn’t seem to be worried about the fact that they were outnumbered.
“Oskar, go!” Liz commanded. The bird didn’t want to leave, but it obeyed Liz anyway.
In a split second, Liz’s double swords had collided with Luke’s long sword. Dean was taken aback and was about to help, but his step was stopped by Claude.
“Right, one on one sounds fair.” Dean said when his and Claude’s sword met. The villain didn’t say a word and just continued launching attacks. “Tsk…!” Dean mumbled.
On the other hand, Vincent was ready to attack Nelson—whom he believed was holding the key. However Leon wouldn’t let anything bad to happen, so he quickly rushed in to help Nelson. Nelson himself was overwhelmed for he was fighting against a wizard.
“Run!” Leon commanded Nelson as he took over the fight.
“Earth element possessor.” Vincent mumbled, but loud enough for Leon to hear it.
“And you’re an ice element possessor.” Leon replied as he defended himself from Vincent’s attack.
Vincent smirked, “Wrong.” He said as he launched several attacks on Leon with all kind of elements; from Fire to Earth, five elements in total.
Leon who only possessed one element surely wasn’t on the same level with Vincent, but he refused to give up. “I am a master of the Earth element, while you are just a multi-possessor!” He said in confident.
On the other hand…
“Luke!” Lester called in between his fight against Steve. “He escapes! The one carrying the key!” He continued.
Luke only switched his attention to Lester for about a second, but Liz could find a gap to counter attack him.
“Tsk…!” Luke mumbled when he was attacked. “Claude! Chase him!” He commanded. Claude complied and immediately chased after Nelson.
Dean was a second away from chasing Claude, but Liz shouted first, “Steve! Go to Nelson!” Steve nodded and he ran after the two of them. “You better help Leon.” Liz continued when Dean was about to help her. Dean agreed and he went to where Leon was fighting against Vincent.
“A very clever thought, young lady.” Luke mocked her. “But you’re not gonna be able to defeat me alone!”
“Yeah, that’s right.” Liz responded calmly. Right at that time, Oskar flew towards them and attacked Luke.
“Damn it!” Luke exclaimed while he tried to wave away Oskar from him. But Liz was quick enough to attack Luke which resulted in a quiet serious wound. “Ugh!” He stepped back.
Lester who saw the scene shot some arrows to Liz, but thankfully Dean guarded Liz with his defense magic.
“Thanks, guys.” Liz said to Dean and Oskar.
“Luke!” Vincent yelled as he left Leon to see if his friend was fine.
“I’m alright,” Said Luke, “But we’ve got no choice; we must step back for now. Call Claude; we’re leaving.”
“The key?”
“We’ll take it later.”
Vincent nodded as he helped Luke standing up. The leader of the villain glanced for the last time at Dean, Liz, and Leon.
Lester who heard his friends’ conversation hurriedly ran to look after Claude, while Vincent and Luke went away from the place with the help of Vincent’s magic. But before they left, Luke whispered something to Vincent which he replied with a nod. Vincent then turned around and surrounded the field with fire and in a blink, the two of them were gone.
“Oh, geez!” Leon exclaimed. The three of them tried to stop the burning fire to no avail. “What should we do, Dean?!”
“We better go down and leave this place too!”
Then Dean, Liz, and Leon left the place with Oskar leading the way down.
While they were running, Liz looked at Leon, “Hey, are you okay?”
“Yeah, just a bit tired.” Leon answered while he tried to control his breath.
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Nelson ran as fast as he could, but apparently his enemy was faster than him.
“Give me the key.” Claude said in a calm but commanding tone. He drew his sword and was ready to take the key by force.
“Over my dead body!” Nelson replied.
Claude finally had enough and he started attacking continuously while Nelson could only protect himself without any slight chances to counter attack.
Suddenly an arrow was shot at Claude but the warrior repelled it with his sword.
“Hey, Nelson! You okay??” Steve who shot the arrow asked.
“Yeah, thanks!
Claude glanced at Steve and thought, “I better take the key first before the rest of them come.”
So Claude continued his non-stop attack, even fiercer and harder from his first round while still managing to take care of Steve’s arrows.
“Dang, this man’s no joke!” Steve thought.
Minutes passed by but Claude had yet to take the key from Nelson’s hand.
“Don’t underestimate me,” Nelson said in between their fight. “I’m a tactician; I’ve read all of your moves!” He continued.
Nelson and Steve’s enemy was getting frustrated, but right before he was about to attack, Lester called him from afar.
“Claude! Leave them, we gotta get out of here!”
The called person was reluctant to leave for he was determined to defeat Nelson. He growled to express his dissatisfaction.
“Claude! Luke said so!” Lester added.
“Alright, alright!”
As soon as Claude agreed, Lester threw some kind of fire ball created by Vincent at them and it didn’t take long for their surroundings to be covered in fire. Nelson and Steve tried to stop the fire just like what their comrades had done on top of the mountain earlier, but the fire didn’t budge since it was made of magic which had to be cancelled by magic as well.
“Steve!”
The called man looked up and saw Liz, Dean, and Leon running down the road while Oskar was flying above the trees.
“Are you guys okay?” Dean asked.
“Sort of…” Nelson answered. “Leon, can you extinguish this fire??”
Leon shook his head, “Sorry, my energy’s drained…”
“If that’s so then we better get out of here now!”
The five of them then ran as fast as they could to save themselves with Oskar still leading the way. A few minutes later, they arrived at the base of the mount and they decided to rest on the side of a small river.
“Who were they?” Steve asked, more like to himself than to the others.
“I have no idea, but they’re clearly targeting on the key as well.” Nelson answered.
“Key?” Liz and Steve said in unison.
“The 7 magic keys. Have you ever heard of it?”
Steve shook his head but Liz nodded. “I’ve heard of it. If I’m not mistaken, if the keys are gathered, the Gate of Doom could be opened and some kind of power will be given to the one who opened it.” She stated what she knew. Nelson nodded to sign that what she said was right.
“We were just curious, but it turns out the keys really do exist.” Dean added while looking at the key they have successfully taken—and protected.
“If that’s so, then maybe those people we met intended to take all of the keys and get that power?” Steve stated.
“Yes, maybe.” Nelson replied. “But whatever their intention is, I don’t think it’s for a good reason.” He continued.
“And they were about to take Oskar too.” Liz added as she stroked the feathers of her beloved phoenix.
“Looks like we’re going to meet them often from now on,” Leon said. “We have to make sure the keys don’t end up in their hands.”
“Well, whatever you guys are planning, we don’t have anything to do with it.” Steve said as he stood up, followed by Liz.
“You guys are leaving??” Leon asked.
“Our business is done, there’s nothing left for us to observe here. We’ll continue our journey.” Liz answered.
“Wait!” Dean exclaimed as he unconsciously held Liz’s hand. The girl turned her head in surprise. “Oh, sorry.” Said Dean when he realized what he was doing.
“Don’t mind it. Is there anything you want to say?” Liz asked.
“Uhh, well… Here, look. Do you want to join us?” Dean said with much effort. The others were quiet surprised by his question.
“Boss. Are you sure?” Nelson asked. It was the first time he had ever called Dean with the word “boss”.
“One hundred percent. They’re going to be a big help for us!” Dean answered.
“Boss?” Steve asked. He looked interested.
“We’re from a guild named Neverland, and here is our Boss, Dean.” Leon explained shortly while Dean smiled.
“So, what do you think?”
Liz and Steve looked at each other, then Liz dragged Steve a few meters away from them to discuss something they couldn’t hear.
“So?” Dean asked when the both of them—plus Oskar—came back from the discussion.
“We deicide…,” Steve started. “For now we will join you to see if your guild is suitable for us.”
Dean looked unnecessarily happy to hear that. “Good! Let’s go see the guild then!” He said as he led the way back home.
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- Perch = hinggap
- Armed = bersenjata
- Comrade = teman sepihak
- Collide = beradu
The road to the top of the mount was not easy, proved by the whiny Leon.
“We haven’t arrived yet??” He complained.
“We’re still on the way,” Nelson replied. “Geez, why is this branch getting on my way?!” He continued as he sloppily cut down some branches.
“Nelson, don’t do that.” Dean warned him. But Nelson didn’t hear what his friend was saying and he continued cutting down tree branches, and even their leaves.
And a few minutes later, Leon followed his action and he ruined some trees too. “Hey, what’s wrong with you guys??” Dean asked in confusion seeing their friends’ behavior. But he himself didn’t try to stop them. He felt weird, like his body wasn’t his. He felt something was controlling him, and he knew he had to snap out of it because it got too far.
“Guys, guys, stop!” Dean yelled. This thing controlling them was quiet powerful that Dean had to grab his friends and he looked at them in their eyes. “Something is controlling us, and we are doing a bad thing. Snap out of it!” He said firmly.
Fortunately, Leon and Nelson seemed to wake up from their previous condition and they looked confused.
“What have we done??” Leon mumbled to himself in disbelief. Well yes, the trees behind them were pretty much ruined.
“Hey, guys. We’re on the top of the mountain…” Nelson said in horror. “When did we get here?”
“Let’s walk down the mount and talk about it. Did you guys feel some sort of power, controlling you?” Dean’s question was answered with nods. “Do you have any idea of what that was, Leon?”
The asked person fell into a thought before he spoke up. “It might be magic. But these days no magic are allowed to control people, so it should be a kind of ancient magic. A quiet powerful one, a dangerous one.” Leon explained. He then continued, “This could be the power of the key we’re searching for right now.”
“What could have happened to us?” Nelson asked.
“Well, seeing and experiencing how powerful it is, we… could have gone nowhere to be found. It’s some sort of hypnosis.”
They remained silent for a while until Dean started another conversation. “Hey, Leon.” He called.
“Yes?”
“Let’s not tell Lex about this, okay? If she knows what happened—and what could have happened, she would stare at us…,” Dean looked at Leon to re-enact how Lex would do it like. “And then exhaled slowly… And—“
“Deeeaan~! Stop it, you’re freaking me out!” Leon complained, which caused Dean to laugh.
Suddenly, like a bolt out of the blue, the adventurers heard a very loud chirp which they knew was from a pretty large bird. Leon, Nelson, and Dean followed the source of the sound to see a red-gold bird perching on a tree not far from them.
“What kind of bird is that?” Leon asked in surprise as he slowly approached the mysterious bird. The said bird didn’t move an inch, it only stared at Leon while keep chirping loudly.
“It’s okay, we’re not gonna hurt you!” Leon said, trying to reassure the bird with his voice tone. Dean and Nelson followed right behind him.
“Should we just catch it?” Nelson said. Seemed like he was still under the influence of the magic.
Right after he said so, an arrow was shot and it stabbed the ground, right in front of Nelson as if it was a prohibition. The three of them stopped their step in unison and turned their head upright to see the owner of the arrow.
“Who are you and what is your intention of being here?!” Asked a mysterious man in brown clothes. He was standing on one of the tree branch, not far away from where the previously mentioned bird was perching. That man aimed a crossbow at Nelson and his friends.
“Wow, wow! Calm down, friend. We meant no harm!” Dean said, trying to explain the situation. But the guy wouldn’t hear him out and was still aiming his crossbow at them.
“Oskar, go and tell Lizzy our location.” The man commanded. The three members of Neverland stared at each other in confusion, wondering who the man was talking to. But suddenly, they were once again surprised by the protesting chirp from the bird. “Hey, come on! Just this once, okay?” The man requested—to the bird. It glared at him sharply, but it seemed like granting his wish, so it flew away.
“Uhm… C-could you please put down your weapon?” Dean requested. And he got no reply from the other man.
“If you guys meant no harm, then why are you ruining this forest?” The mysterious man asked, still holding his crossbow.
“Because we have a business to finish at the top of the mount. And since walking in this forest is quiet difficult, we decide to cut down the branches and other things that got in our way.” Nelson answered sloppily which caused him to get a reminding glare from his two friends.
The man didn’t get a chance to give any response for they heard footsteps among the trees behind Dean.
“Who’s there?” Leon said as he stared at the direction, seemingly pretty afraid of his own negative imagination. Dean who was closest to the owner of the footsteps drew his sword.
“Just to warn you, I’m armed. Come out slowly!” He commanded.
Suddenly, the same bird from before came out from the trees and perched itself again on a tree nearby.
“Oh geez, what a long walk!” The person—whom by the voice seemed like a woman—complained while her figure was still covered by the trees. Dean readied his sword.
A split second after, Dean’s sword met someone else’s sword and he had to admit he was stunned when he saw it was a young woman.
“Put your sword away!” She commanded firmly while the bird had started to chanted angrily. “Be calm, Oskar!” The girl said as she herself put away her sword, so did Dean.
“Lizzy!!” Called the mysterious man. The girl called Lizzy turned her attention to him.
“Ah, there you are, Steve. What’s this all about, seriously?” She asked.
The mysterious man—who now they all knew was named Steve—got off from the branch he was standing on since they met. “These are the culprits we’ve been searching for.” He explained as he glanced at Leon, Nelson, and Dean.
Lizzy stared at the three men in silence. “Why are you ruining this forest?” She asked, calm but sharp. Her hands were on her swords—yes, two swords.
“Whoa, whoa, calm down, there!” Leon said, trying to settle down the situation. “We were on the influence of a—bad—magic that moment; a quiet strong ancient magic kind of hypnotized us. To make it a little bit clearer, we felt like… We turned greedy and wanted to take everything. Yeah, like that!” He continued with an explanation. He hoped he was clear enough.
It wasn’t just clear; it actually shocked Lizzy. “You guys came to the top of the mount?!” She asked. She could be surprised, but her hands were still ready with her swords. Steve couldn’t let down his guard as well.
All three members of Neverland nodded. “So uhh… Lizzy?” Dean tried to strike another conversation by making sure that her name was Lizzy. However it made the bird—which they believed name Oskar—chanted angrily in front of Dean’s face.
“Oskar, calm the hell down! Oskar!” Lizzy shouted. Oskar the bird obeyed her and it perched on Lizzy’s shoulder. “I apologize, he doesn’t like if someone calls me Lizzy. My real name is Liz, so you can call me that. Oskar won’t mind then.” She explain as she stroked Oskar’s shiny feathers.
“O-okay,” Dean replied, still stuttering.
“When I first called her with that name, Oskar scratched me, leaving a pretty big wound.” Steve said as he grinned. He then put down his crossbow. “Oh, my name’s Steve.” He added.
“Do you trust us?” Asked Dean when he saw the both of them put away their weapons.
“At least I trust you. And about the top of the mount, I do feel something’s strange about that place.” Steve said while Liz nodded.
“Oskar doesn’t mind being close to you, that’s enough proof that you’re not influenced anymore.” She said. “And for this time, we’re gonna accompany you to the top of the mount.”
Her statement got the three adventures surprised. “Y-you’re willing to?” Leon asked.
“Just to make sure you won’t ruin this place anymore.” Steve added.
“We really appreciate your help! It’s really hard to point a direction in this forest.” Dean thanked the both of them.
So now Dean, Leon, and Nelson continued their journey. And this time they were accompanied by Liz and Steve.
“Uhm… Liz?” Dean called.
The girl turned her head. “What’s wrong?” She asked calmly.
“Actually, what kind of bird is Oskar?”
The said creature chanted angrily at Dean again for it felt annoyed. Liz quickly stroke his feathers to calm him down as she stared at Dean sharply.
“Oh, sorry it was my fault. You don’t have to answer.” Dean immediately added.
Steve chuckled at the scene. “Don’t mind him, that bird is a little bit over-sensitive.” He said, causing Oskar to chant again.
“Steve!!” Liz yelled at him. The man grinned and continued walking as if nothing had happened. “Oskar is a phoenix.” Liz answered Dean’s question.
Nelson was the one who responded first, “Phoenix? Aren’t they near extinction? And I heard they usually don’t want to be seen by human.”
“Oskar’s different. Liz found an egg with him in it five years ago, three years before she met me.” Steve explained.
“You’ve been together for two years?” Dean couldn’t help but ask. Hearing the odd question, the other turned their attention to Dean. “No, I don’t mean…,” He added quickly so no one would misunderstood—which he honestly admit in his heart that they didn’t.
“Yeah, two years of torture.” Steve dramatized, causing Liz to immediately step on his feet.
“Why did you follow me, then?” The girl protested.
“Can you even do this without me?”
“Isn’t it the opposite?”
“Whoa, you guys are so close.” Nelson commented innocently.
“No, we’re not!” Both Steve and Liz answered in unison.
“There, there, stop it.” Dean interrupted, just like he would have done if the members of his guild quarreled. “We’re almost there.”
“Really??” Leon said in disbelief for he had almost out of breath. Dean replied by nodding and pointing at their front side.
“Actually, what’s your purpose of coming here? Especially to that dangerous place.” Steve asked out of curiosity.
“We’ve got some business.” Nelson answered shortly. Leon could feel that his comrade was starting to get controlled by the same magic they experienced minutes before. He reminded himself not to give in to the magic.
Alarmed by its animal instinct, Oskar flew away from Liz’s shoulder as soon as they arrived at the top of the mount. It was a large field covered in grass and trees.
“Hurry and finish your business here, we’re going to guide you on the way down the mount as well!” Liz commanded.
Her hands were ready on her swords again while Steve readied his crossbow, anticipating the worst scenario.
“O-okay!” Leon replied as he quickly ran to search for they key they were looking for.
For a few minutes later, silence took over the place they were standing on. None of them spoke a word. Leon, Dean, and Nelson were busy searching while Liz and Steve were observing and guarding the place.
“I have a bad feeling.” Liz said to Steve.
The guy exhaled, “I hate it when you say that.” He said as he fixed the position of his crossbow.
“I found it!” Nelson shouted. Then he ran to meet his comrades.
“Have you guys finished everything?” Steve asked in rush. When Nelson nodded enthusiastically, he continued speaking. “Good. Let’s get down now because Liz is having a bad feeling.”
Before the three of them could figure out what Steve was trying to say, they heard Liz’s shout. “Who’s there?!”
Everybody turned their attention to where Liz was looking; a tree. Oskar had also come back, ready to fight alongside its master.
“Why are you here too?” Liz asked to her loyal bird. But Oskar didn’t want to go.
“Liz, what’s wrong?” Asked Steve as he approached Liz. Before he arrived, a sound was heard from behind the tree.
“Whoa, turn out we don’t just get the key, but we get another bonus!” Said someone as he came from behind the tree, followed by another three men.
“Who’re you?!” Nelson yelled as he, Dean, and also Leon readied their respective weapon. The man smiled—a tricky and unfriendly smile.
“Before you ask for somebody else’s identity, you better introduce your own self, Nelson.” Another man in white coat said sarcastically.
“How do you know my na—“
“Vincent’s right,” The man they encountered first cut off Nelson’s words. “My name is Luke.”
The man in white coat—whose name was Vincent—sighed in frustration. “I wasn’t talking about you, Luke.”
“Come on, guys. We’re not here for this.” Another unknown man in blue coat interrupted.
“Come on, Claude. Introduce yourself too.” Luke commanded. It was clear he was playing around with his enemies, but he kept a serious face.
“What’s wrong with you guys??” The last man spoke up.
“Lester, you too!” Luke seemed to be enjoying his game, causing his comrades; Vincent, Claude, and Lester looked at each other while shaking their head in disbelief.
“Luke, let’s just take care of the key, shouldn’t we?” Vincent suggested, reminding his friend back on what they had intended to do—before it got ruined by Luke.
“Honestly, we don’t want to create a ruckus, so just hand us the key.” Claude said directly.
“And don’t forget about the phoenix. Hand us that too.” Luke who seemed like the leader of the group added, causing Liz and Steve to draw their weapon on him almost immediately.
“You wish!” Liz exclaimed.
“We’re not gonna let you have the key either!” Nelson added.
“Well then, guess we just have to take it by force.” Lester replied as he aimed his bow at them as he made a space in between.
Steve whispered to his partner, “I’ll guard the back.”
“Five against four, huh?” Luke commented. He himself didn’t seem to be worried about the fact that they were outnumbered.
“Oskar, go!” Liz commanded. The bird didn’t want to leave, but it obeyed Liz anyway.
In a split second, Liz’s double swords had collided with Luke’s long sword. Dean was taken aback and was about to help, but his step was stopped by Claude.
“Right, one on one sounds fair.” Dean said when his and Claude’s sword met. The villain didn’t say a word and just continued launching attacks. “Tsk…!” Dean mumbled.
On the other hand, Vincent was ready to attack Nelson—whom he believed was holding the key. However Leon wouldn’t let anything bad to happen, so he quickly rushed in to help Nelson. Nelson himself was overwhelmed for he was fighting against a wizard.
“Run!” Leon commanded Nelson as he took over the fight.
“Earth element possessor.” Vincent mumbled, but loud enough for Leon to hear it.
“And you’re an ice element possessor.” Leon replied as he defended himself from Vincent’s attack.
Vincent smirked, “Wrong.” He said as he launched several attacks on Leon with all kind of elements; from Fire to Earth, five elements in total.
Leon who only possessed one element surely wasn’t on the same level with Vincent, but he refused to give up. “I am a master of the Earth element, while you are just a multi-possessor!” He said in confident.
On the other hand…
“Luke!” Lester called in between his fight against Steve. “He escapes! The one carrying the key!” He continued.
Luke only switched his attention to Lester for about a second, but Liz could find a gap to counter attack him.
“Tsk…!” Luke mumbled when he was attacked. “Claude! Chase him!” He commanded. Claude complied and immediately chased after Nelson.
Dean was a second away from chasing Claude, but Liz shouted first, “Steve! Go to Nelson!” Steve nodded and he ran after the two of them. “You better help Leon.” Liz continued when Dean was about to help her. Dean agreed and he went to where Leon was fighting against Vincent.
“A very clever thought, young lady.” Luke mocked her. “But you’re not gonna be able to defeat me alone!”
“Yeah, that’s right.” Liz responded calmly. Right at that time, Oskar flew towards them and attacked Luke.
“Damn it!” Luke exclaimed while he tried to wave away Oskar from him. But Liz was quick enough to attack Luke which resulted in a quiet serious wound. “Ugh!” He stepped back.
Lester who saw the scene shot some arrows to Liz, but thankfully Dean guarded Liz with his defense magic.
“Thanks, guys.” Liz said to Dean and Oskar.
“Luke!” Vincent yelled as he left Leon to see if his friend was fine.
“I’m alright,” Said Luke, “But we’ve got no choice; we must step back for now. Call Claude; we’re leaving.”
“The key?”
“We’ll take it later.”
Vincent nodded as he helped Luke standing up. The leader of the villain glanced for the last time at Dean, Liz, and Leon.
Lester who heard his friends’ conversation hurriedly ran to look after Claude, while Vincent and Luke went away from the place with the help of Vincent’s magic. But before they left, Luke whispered something to Vincent which he replied with a nod. Vincent then turned around and surrounded the field with fire and in a blink, the two of them were gone.
“Oh, geez!” Leon exclaimed. The three of them tried to stop the burning fire to no avail. “What should we do, Dean?!”
“We better go down and leave this place too!”
Then Dean, Liz, and Leon left the place with Oskar leading the way down.
While they were running, Liz looked at Leon, “Hey, are you okay?”
“Yeah, just a bit tired.” Leon answered while he tried to control his breath.
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Nelson ran as fast as he could, but apparently his enemy was faster than him.
“Give me the key.” Claude said in a calm but commanding tone. He drew his sword and was ready to take the key by force.
“Over my dead body!” Nelson replied.
Claude finally had enough and he started attacking continuously while Nelson could only protect himself without any slight chances to counter attack.
Suddenly an arrow was shot at Claude but the warrior repelled it with his sword.
“Hey, Nelson! You okay??” Steve who shot the arrow asked.
“Yeah, thanks!
Claude glanced at Steve and thought, “I better take the key first before the rest of them come.”
So Claude continued his non-stop attack, even fiercer and harder from his first round while still managing to take care of Steve’s arrows.
“Dang, this man’s no joke!” Steve thought.
Minutes passed by but Claude had yet to take the key from Nelson’s hand.
“Don’t underestimate me,” Nelson said in between their fight. “I’m a tactician; I’ve read all of your moves!” He continued.
Nelson and Steve’s enemy was getting frustrated, but right before he was about to attack, Lester called him from afar.
“Claude! Leave them, we gotta get out of here!”
The called person was reluctant to leave for he was determined to defeat Nelson. He growled to express his dissatisfaction.
“Claude! Luke said so!” Lester added.
“Alright, alright!”
As soon as Claude agreed, Lester threw some kind of fire ball created by Vincent at them and it didn’t take long for their surroundings to be covered in fire. Nelson and Steve tried to stop the fire just like what their comrades had done on top of the mountain earlier, but the fire didn’t budge since it was made of magic which had to be cancelled by magic as well.
“Steve!”
The called man looked up and saw Liz, Dean, and Leon running down the road while Oskar was flying above the trees.
“Are you guys okay?” Dean asked.
“Sort of…” Nelson answered. “Leon, can you extinguish this fire??”
Leon shook his head, “Sorry, my energy’s drained…”
“If that’s so then we better get out of here now!”
The five of them then ran as fast as they could to save themselves with Oskar still leading the way. A few minutes later, they arrived at the base of the mount and they decided to rest on the side of a small river.
“Who were they?” Steve asked, more like to himself than to the others.
“I have no idea, but they’re clearly targeting on the key as well.” Nelson answered.
“Key?” Liz and Steve said in unison.
“The 7 magic keys. Have you ever heard of it?”
Steve shook his head but Liz nodded. “I’ve heard of it. If I’m not mistaken, if the keys are gathered, the Gate of Doom could be opened and some kind of power will be given to the one who opened it.” She stated what she knew. Nelson nodded to sign that what she said was right.
“We were just curious, but it turns out the keys really do exist.” Dean added while looking at the key they have successfully taken—and protected.
“If that’s so, then maybe those people we met intended to take all of the keys and get that power?” Steve stated.
“Yes, maybe.” Nelson replied. “But whatever their intention is, I don’t think it’s for a good reason.” He continued.
“And they were about to take Oskar too.” Liz added as she stroked the feathers of her beloved phoenix.
“Looks like we’re going to meet them often from now on,” Leon said. “We have to make sure the keys don’t end up in their hands.”
“Well, whatever you guys are planning, we don’t have anything to do with it.” Steve said as he stood up, followed by Liz.
“You guys are leaving??” Leon asked.
“Our business is done, there’s nothing left for us to observe here. We’ll continue our journey.” Liz answered.
“Wait!” Dean exclaimed as he unconsciously held Liz’s hand. The girl turned her head in surprise. “Oh, sorry.” Said Dean when he realized what he was doing.
“Don’t mind it. Is there anything you want to say?” Liz asked.
“Uhh, well… Here, look. Do you want to join us?” Dean said with much effort. The others were quiet surprised by his question.
“Boss. Are you sure?” Nelson asked. It was the first time he had ever called Dean with the word “boss”.
“One hundred percent. They’re going to be a big help for us!” Dean answered.
“Boss?” Steve asked. He looked interested.
“We’re from a guild named Neverland, and here is our Boss, Dean.” Leon explained shortly while Dean smiled.
“So, what do you think?”
Liz and Steve looked at each other, then Liz dragged Steve a few meters away from them to discuss something they couldn’t hear.
“So?” Dean asked when the both of them—plus Oskar—came back from the discussion.
“We deicide…,” Steve started. “For now we will join you to see if your guild is suitable for us.”
Dean looked unnecessarily happy to hear that. “Good! Let’s go see the guild then!” He said as he led the way back home.
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Made by : Liz & Ara
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