"EVERYONE SPLIT UP!" Jake shouted, spotting the wyvern getting ready to fire. But, that was not what scared him. He spotted a drake too.
Wyverns are distant cousins of dragons, with dragons having four legs with seperate wings while wyverns have two legs and two wings which replace the other two legs.
Drakes are also in the dragon family, but they don't have any wings at all. They are very quick with their feet, and can breathe fire like the rest of their family.
Now, having to battle a wyvern is bad by itself. But having to battle a wyvern AND a drake... Well, let's just say that, boy, you're dead.
Hearing Jake's warning, everyone split up into different places. The wyvern flew up to the sky to spot the people from there, and the drake was speeding along wrecking trees and looking for it's prey. It was almost as if they were working together, and that just made it worse for our team.
Cubby was hiding behind a tree, quite far from the drake. He was eyeing the ground for the wingless creature, but was not paying attention to the sky.
"Cubby! Move!" Skully shouted, seeing the wyvern getting ready to fire from the sky. Cubby moved away in just enough time. The blast of fire hit the tree, burning it to shreds. Few sparks hit Cubby too, and his skin burned.
Jake saw the drake, making it's way towards Izzy, who was worrying over the burns on Cubby's skin to notice anything at all. He had to think quick. He didn't want anything happening to another one of his friends.
"Hey! Over here ya donkey lizard!" Jake shouted, to get the drake's attention. Well, he managed to get the drake's attention, but he also managed to get the wyvern's attention too. Now, he had both the creatures on his tail.
Now that he had their attention, he had to think of what to do next.
"Jake! Lure them into that valley!" Izzy shouted, pointing to said valley.
Jake knew Izzy had a plan, so he did as she said. He ran as fast as he could to the valley.
"You don't go in!" Izzy instructed.
Doing as she said, he stopped right at the entrance and moved aside, letting the drake and the wyvern go in.
"Now what?" he asked.
"Cubby! Nibs! Tootles! Now!" Izzy shouted, looking to the top of one of the mountains. If you really squinted your eyes, you could see three figures at the top on one of the mountains. The three figures seemed to be pushing a boulder, which was now rolling down right towards them.
"We should move out of the way" Izzy said, grabbing Jake's hand to move away from the entrance of the valley.
"R-right" he said, trying to hide his blush.
They moved away, and watched the boulder roll down onto the entrance of the valley, blocking the exit.
"The other end of the valley is a dead end, and it's too narrow at the top for either of the to escape," Izzy said.
"Do you think they'll be okay?" Nibs asked worriedly.
"Yup. No harm done at all. They just need to rest up and they'll find a way to break the boulder" she said, happy with her planning.
"Yay!" Tootles cheered.
"Let's take care of those burns, Cubby" said Izzy, and she continued on to treat his burns. Thankfully, they weren't serious.
"Now, let's get going before some other monster tries to kill us" Cubby said, walking on.
Before leaving, Skully noticed something in the trees. Was that... a person? He flew up to the trees to check, but found nothing. He was about to go back to the group when he saw something in the bushes.
"Aha! Got you!" He said, pecking at a young boy, about 17 years of age. He had shabby ginger hair, and was wearing a green cap with a red feather on top. His eyes were a beautiful dark brown, almost black and he was wearing all green clothes.
"Stop it! Stop it!" he said, moving his arms around to stop Skully.
The others turned around to see what the commotion was, and stopped dead on their tracks. This was no ordinary boy. That was Peter Pan, the legendary boy that never aged. What was a person like him doing here?
"P-peter Pan?" Cubby asked, wide eyed. Never in his whole life did he imagine that he would be able to meet THE Peter Pan.
"No way..." Izzy said. She was speechless. She has heard only stories of all of Peter Pan's adventures. Wait... Peter Pan. P. Pan...
"You sent that letter in the bottle?!" Izzy asked.
"Haha... I guess you've caught on, huh?" He said, sheepishly.
Jake couldn't speak at all. Peter was his idol! Jake was his biggest fan ever! Peter Pan, to him, was the ultimate adventurer! He has travelled the seven seas, and beyond! He had been to every place imaginable! And to think that he was standing in front of him right now...
"Whats wrong, Jake? You look like you just saw a ghost" Pan joked, giving Jake a nudge with his elbow.
"N-no, nothings wrong... Just surprised," Jake stuttered.
"Peter!" Nibs shouted, going up to him and giving him a hug, which was later joined by Tootles.
"Nibs! Tootles! Glad to see you're okay, you guys," Peter said, rustling their hair.
The others, Jake, Izzy, Cubby and Skuply, were very confused by this. They were acting like... friends? How? But then in hit them like a train. Peter Pan. Nibs. Tootles.
"No way! You're lost boys!" Izzy exclaimed, after connecting the dots.
"Yup! We sure are!" Tootles replied cheerfully.
Now, before we continue on with the story, let me give you a quick civics lesson.
Peter Pan is the protector of all of Neverland. He, along with the lost boys, make up what we call the "government" or The Council. There are six lost boys, Nibs, Tootles, Slightly, Curly and the twins. These six lost boys look over the four divisions of Neverland. They are called protectors. The four divisions being Neverland South (NS), Neverland North (NN), Neverland West (NW) and Neverland East (NE).
Nibs and Tootles look over Neverland South, the twins look over Neverland North, Curly looks over Neverland West and Slightly looks over Neverland East.
Since Neverland South is the biggest division, two lost boys are kept to look over it. And since Neverland North is the most dangerous one, with dragons and all that whatnot, two lost boys are kept to look over it.
Now, below these lost boys, there are sub-protectors. They are appointed by the lost boys and Peter to look over parts of their division. So, the sub-protectors report to the protectors, and the protectors/lost boys all report to Peter.
Boom. Class dismissed.
Now back to the story.
"But then why did you need our help?" Skully asked, confused. The lost boys are said to be strong and skilled, so they could have easily gotten out of that river.
"That was a test!" Nibs answered.
"Let me explain it to you" Peter started. "We were looking for sub-protectors to appoint to this part of Neverland, and we saw you battling the Skeleton Pirates of the Schelet Peninsula. So we decided to test you. I sent that message in the bottle to make you come to Shipwreck beach, and you came. When you heard cries of help, you followed them without thinking for a second, which shows that you all have a kind heart. And then you all went through a lot of trouble to help Nibs and Tootles find Benny, who is just a made up character. You battled the basilisk, drake and wyvern, and that shows immense bravery"
"Were you the one that sent them?" Jake asked.
"The basilisk was not sent by us, it came on it's own. But the wyvern and drake were sent by us" said Nibs.
"Ooh I see..." Cubby said.
This is a lot to take in. Peter Pan and the Council of Lost Boys want to make them sub-protectors! This is a huge deal!
"But, there is a problem. Some of the lost boys don't think that you have it in you to become a sub-protector" said Peter.
"They say you're too young and inexperienced!" Tootles added.
"We'll try our best to convince them" said Nibs.
"But if they still don't agree, you'll have to prove it to them somehow" Peter added.
"Okay" said Jake. He couldn't blame them, really. What they said were true. They're quite young compared to the other sub-protectors. Keep in mind, some people stop ageing after a certain age, so judging them by the age they say they are, like Tootoes being nine, is useless. All the protectors and sub-protectors don't age, so they don't die. Well, unless they are killed by something other than old age.
"I believe in you guys, I think you can make it" Peter said confidently.
"Yeah, you're soooo nice!" Tootle said.
"And skilled" Nibs added.
"W-we're flattered, really" Izzy said, a slight blush showing because of all the praise.
"Thank you so much" said Jake, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. To be praised by your role model! Wow, was he lucky.
"Aah too nice!" Cubby said, burrying his face in his hands to hide his embarrassment.
"Thanks a bunch!" Skully said, flying around happily.
"Oh and," Peter started, pulling something from behind him. "This should be enough to replace your old sword, right Jake?" Peter asked, holding out a sword made of wood to Jake.
"M-more than enough!" Jake said, gratefully accepting it. He was practically having a party inside his brain right now.
"It's made from the wood of the Forever Tree!" Tootles revealed.
"No way! The Forever Tree?! That is so cool!" Izzy beamed.
Jake was close to tears. Of joy, of course. He was on full fanboy mode.
Cubby was very happy for Jake, and Skully was too.
"You deserve it!" Nibs said.
"You sure do! Anyways, I think we should get going... We have to go report to headquarters" said Peter. Headquarters is where Peter and the Council of Lost Boys lived and had their meetings.
"And we should get going too" said Jake.
"We'll see you soon!" said Peter, before lifting to the sky. Everyone knew that Peter Pan and the lost boys had a special ability. They could fly. After flying up to the sky and performing a loop-de-loop, he gave his signature cockadoodledoo.
"Best day ever!" Jake shouted, finally getting to celebrate.
"We could become sub-protectors! Oh my gooooshh!!" Izzy squealed.
"Well, it would be a huge responsibility" Cubby sighed.
"Agreed" said Skully.
"Well, I'll be with my crew, so it'll be just fine!" ended Jake.
Author's note:
Hi, hello, ola!!! I'm back! After a very long time, at that! I seriously didn't think I'd be gone THIS long... I'm actually still in my homeland, I just couldn't wait!I really hope you liked this story, because this is just the beginning! Does this actually seem like a short story collection now, because to me it just seems like a regular fanfiction story... Well, it'll only be like that for a few chapters. I hope. Lol.Anyways, thanks again for reviewing Yavuz! And no problem for that late review! I'm just glad you're enjoying it!With that being said, onto writing the next chapter! Haha! Hope you have a good day, see ya!