We kept walking down the hall. It wasn't too long before it started to go down further underground. The hall took a turn and started to shape like we were going down a spiral staircase. Mary seemed a bit quiet, then again I wouldn't stop talking to her about the boys, and Danny and Aris weren't really paying attention to her. Maybe she just felt bad because they were too busy talking, but they really did miss each other.
They had been best friends ever since they were babies, They were born a few months apart, Aris being younger. But they grew up together. I found them when they were 13 on the streets of Chicago. Danny's mom had passed away in child birth and Aris had never met his parents, but he did know his mom was Dan's dads sister. So when they left him Dan's dad took them in. He was a poor man, he drank too much, and he didn't care for the boys. They told me he only stayed with them until they were about 12 before he took off one night and never came back. So they left the old house and spent weeks on the road before they finally found a place under a bridge they liked.
It was about 2 AM as I was crossing that bridge, when I herd yelling from underneath. I found the two boys there, fighting. Dan had Aris pinned up against a support beam spouting curse words at him, before he was cut off by Aris who had hit him hard in the stomach. Apparently one dipshit had said something about the others mother and all hell broke loose. But thats all they told me.
Dan had fallen too his knees gasping for air as Aris was standing over him, blood dripping from his nose. He was about to strike again before I intervened. I'll never forget that fight. They still get angry with each other now but its not nearly as bad, and rare when it happens.
It was a bit hard pulling them apart from each other and calming them down but once I did, I politely introduced myself. They grew on me fast and I offered to take them somewhere safe. They exchanged looks. I remember the exact words Aris said... "Why not. We have absolutely nothing else to lose but each other." So I had a talk with them, and after some time I took them home to Neverland.
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Peter had stopped talking to me, he started getting really tired and I think pretty lost in his thoughts too, but its okay because I was feeling better. I could still hear Danny and Aris walking and laughing behind me, but I felt like I was hearing more footsteps then before. Actually I was almost sure of it, like someone was run-
"PETER!!!!!!" I herd from behind me. A figure jumped way up on his back and wrapped its arms around his head. He started to stumble around the hall as he was trying to pull the person off but before I knew it, it had fallen off and onto the ground.
"TOSHI WHAT THE HELL?!?" Peter yelled, laughing as he stumbled back onto his feet.
A boy a good deal shorter then me stood up from the ground and said "God, a little less rough next time?"
He laughed and turned around too look up at me. He had big brown eyes, longer blonde hair and very pale skin. He smiled a bit.
"Hi there!" He said. The boy looked about 11 maybe 12. He was a pretty cute kid. very loud though, then again I had no room to talk. Peter laughed "god you're annoying!" He said. He walked up and put a hand on the boys hair, messing it all up.
"Mary, this is our youngest lost boy. Yoroitoshi."
