Quest: A Dream Team Fanfic [HIATUS]

Chapter 2.1 - Lost Pet

Quest

Chapter 2.1 [Lost Pet]

"So Dream, you mentioned your parents were adventurers, are they both from Articia?" George and Dream walked side by side in the streets, they were heading to the address listed on the quest poster. There they could gather information about the cat they were looking for before they started going place to place searching.

Dream shook his head, "No, my mother is from a port town in Loem, but my dad is from Articia. They told me they met on a joint dungeon subjugation sponsored by both Loem and Articia because the dungeon was right on their borders. It might've been about 30 years ago, I think." It wasn't as early in the morning as it was when George and Dream met so the town streets were beginning to crowd as the day drew closer to noon. George was doing his best to lead the two of them through the town using the map that was printed on the backside of their quest poster. He really hoped they wouldn't have this much trouble finding their cat as he was having to find their home.

George whistled before snapping his head back into Dream's direction, his previous concerns about being lost forgotten, "30 years ago?! You're not talking about the massive dungeon that spawned on the borders of Loem and Articia along the cliffs of the Divide? The one where they sent over 100 Artician Imperial knights and 300 adventurers from both Loem and Articia combined?"

Dream stopped walking and George was trying hard to hold back his shock and excitement. He almost missed important information while trying to look for a house. Dream nodded almost hesitantly, "You know it?"

"Do I know it? Are you crazy!" George was half shouting in the middle of the road as he grabbed Dream's shoulders and started shaking him, "How could I not! That's an unbelievably legendary dungeon subjugation. Probably the most famous in the last century! And your parents were a part of that! Now I'm curious, who were your parents??" George let go of Dream, he glanced around and noticed odd stares thrown his way. He looked back at Dream red in the face "S-sorry, I'm getting out of hand, but this is too amazing, to think I'm talking to the son of two adventurers part of that dungeon subjugation."

"Hey, it's all cool, I didn't even know it was such a big deal. It was just one of the many stories they told me as a kid." They started walking again, "I've always lived in the mountains with just my parents so the only time I interacted with others is when my dad took us down the mountain to a nearby village to trade away some of our game in return for supplies, especially to prepare for the winter."

"I'm from the region that part of the dungeon used to occupy. Everyone knows about it there, and I used to listen to stories from some of the older folk in the town I lived in, they would talk about how the battles raged on for over a week all through the night. I always admired the knights and adventurers who were a part of that battle, if not for them then the monsters could have overrun our region and I wouldn't be here today."

"Is that why you became an adventurer? Because you were inspired by them?" Dream asked. George turned the corner with Dream lagging just slightly behind.

George shook his head, he was much calmer now after the initial shock and excitement. His smile became sadder in response to Dream's question, "No, I became an adventurer for a different reason..."

"Oh..." Dream hesitated, "sorry, is it a touchy subject?"

George glanced over at Dream as he quickened his pace to match George's. He didn't seem like a bad guy, sure he had a peculiar fashion sense and an odd way of doing some things. And maybe he lacked just a tiny bit of common sense, but George has had nothing but positive vibes from Dream. In fact, in his opinion, he would say they hit it off pretty well for two people who only met each other hardly an hour ago.