Storytime

The Beggar Boys

Part 1

"Don't even say that," Silas replied as he tried to enjoy the meal despite it being the same thing as every previous day in recent memory.

"No seriously, if all I have is bread and water for one more day I'm gonna go crazy. I'm sick of sitting around doing nothing and eating the same crap every day! I'm gonna steal a guard's sword and stab myself if I have to put up with it any longer."

"You should be happy we have anything to eat at all. It's even more suicidal to do what you're thinking."

"Is not! I can make it out safe and you know it."

"Come on, if you're gonna be stupid like this why don't we just try and steal some food from the market instead?"

"The guards said if I steal one more thing they'll kick me out of the city and not let me back in. They watch us both any time we go near the market!"

Silas sighed and replied, "Why can't you just be happy we have a job and can afford to eat this bread every day?"

"Oh that was fine and good for like a month but now this is the only thing we can just barely afford on our pay and we have nothing to do the other twenty-three hours of the day but sit here and be homeless. I can't take it anymore!"

After many weeks of going hungry and begging for handouts from everyone walking by and stealing food when they couldn't go on much longer, they boys finally had gotten a job with one of the richer families in town. Every day for one hour they'd groom their horses and clean the saddles and other simple stable work for the pitiful payment of two copper pieces a day each. That was barely enough to get a fill of clean water and plain loaf of bread to share between them every day. They had no other way of making money, being such young boys and all, and they certainly had no money saved up. So every day it was work, buy some bread and water, and sit around with nothing to do. Sometimes they'd walk around looking for fruit close enough to the city to not get attacked by forest creatures and on occasion they'd come across something worth selling for a small sum and be able to get something better to eat. Unfortunately they hadn't had much luck doing that in over two weeks.

"If you're gonna do something crazy, you might as well break into someone's house and steal everything then. At least that way you probably won't be dead if it goes wrong!"

"And then sell the stuff to who? There's not a merchant in this city that doesn't know I'm homeless. They'd know I stole it when I try to sell them a bunch of household stuff! Plus nobody without guards or good locks has anything worth stealing. But in the ruins there's stuff we could sell for so much, we'd live like royalty! We could live at the Melia Fenix Inn permanently and eat whatever we wanted. Oh it would be so wonderful."

Tyler laid back against the city wall and closed his eyes with a delighted smile at the thought that his horrible, boring, awful life could be over and they could live like happy, normal kids.

"Can't we just circle the walls and nearby roads and look for stuff people dropped to sell like usual?"

"We did that like three times already this week and there was nothing! All that walking hurts my feet and wears out my shoes and I sure can't afford new ones!"

"Yeah well your feet are gonna hurt even worse when they got chopped off by a goblin!"

"Goblins don't go near Leonid ruins, dummy. You know that!"

"Yeah… cuz they know how dangerous they are!"

"They're just slow, dumb beasts. Of course they'll get killed if they hole up in there. But I'm different!"

"Oh, is that so? A homeless boy that's stronger and faster than a goblin. You're nuts."

"Silas, I've seen adventurers go into shops and come out with a whole bag full of gold coins. Gold coins! They sell all the cool magic stuff they find in ruins and they're rich!"

"Yeah, they also tend to not come back out of ruins a lot too. You ever notice how nobody ever says they found a bunch of stuff in the ruins right outside the city? That's cuz they're all smart enough to not go in that one!"

"Nah ah, they're all stupid. They go in with their weapon out and hope they can kill everything they see to steal the stuff they're carrying and sell it. Then when the place is clear they pick all the locks on the chests or bust them open or whatever and get all the old magic weapons and stuff and sell them. Well I'm not that stupid. All I gotta do is sneak in all quietly, avoid anything that moves, and pick up the closest expensive looking thing I see. Then I come out and sell it instead of being greedy and trying to clean the whole place out and we could eat cake in a nice warm bed at an inn every day for a month at least!"

"We'd be the fattest homeless boys in Ellenwood," Silas giggled.

"Exactly! We could finally live like rich boys."

"Yeah except you forgot the part where you get your head ripped off by a Leonid ghoul!"

"That's not gonna happen. Undead stuff only comes out at night mostly so I just go in there in the day and it'll be totally empty. I'll check out a few rooms, find something I can sell, and be back in time for a great dinner with my best pal."

"And what will your best pal do when you never come back?" Silas asked and stared at the ground sadly like it had already happened. "I'd really have nothing to do all day if I had nobody to talk to."

"Come on, don't be like that. It sucks sitting around all day. Do you want to be poor forever? What if the Shandowers move and we can't work in their stable anymore? We'll probably starve this time. You wanna go back to how it was before? Look, I didn't run away to come sit around here and do nothing and eat the same stupid bread every day. Even getting beat up by my drunk dad was better than this cuz at least I had a bed and better food."

Tyler was of course referring to their lives before they came to Ellenwood. Silas lived in a small town that got attacked by a goblin raid and both his parents were killed. He hitched a ride with some of the imperial soldiers back to the larger city of Ellenwood because he hoped it was big enough that he could at least find some way to make ends meet with it being such a big city and all. About a week after he got there and was absolutely starving, he met Tyler who had arrived just a day earlier. He knew Silas was obviously homeless and he was too after having run away from his horrible, abusive father in a nearby town. The journey from the town to the city took forever and when he finally made it to Ellenwood he didn't really know where to go or what to do. He just knew he had to get away and the large city seemed like the perfect place for a kid to live by himself. There were so many opportunities to make money and places to eat and buy and sell stuff, or so he thought.

Unfortunately, they were both wrong in thinking it would be as simple as that. For almost two months they had next to nothing to eat. They found scraps here and there and begged for barely edible leftovers from shop owners just to get by. When they couldn't get any hand outs they took turns stealing food from the market at night but got caught by the guards twice each.

Then one day they found a heavy steel breastplate on a dead goblin in the woods close to the city while they were looking for edible fruit. The person who had killed it was likely an adventurer on their way in to town and they stripped everything of value off the corpse except the breastplate because they were probably carrying enough already. But the boys each took a hold of it and laboriously carried it all the way to an armor shop back in the city. They received four silver pieces which of course was equivalent to a hundred copper pieces, a great sum for anyone let alone homeless boys considering their now daily pay of four coppers total. They ate and drank decent food for a week and a half after that.

Later on they found broken, rusty equipment from time to time on the paths close to the city, in the forest, and around the city walls that they sold for a few copper pieces here and there. Nothing was nearly as valuable as the perfect steel armor though. They dreamed of finding something else like that but it was such a lucky chance to have come upon something like that in the first place. After a few weeks of hard times again they got desperate and started begging people in the city to let them work for food or just a little bit of money. Finally a daughter of a very wealthy family took pity on the poor, young boys and allowed them to work in their family's stable for the low daily pay that now allowed them to have a large loaf of bread and clean water every day. At first they were happy and felt like regular citizens with jobs to support them despite still having to sleep out on the streets. But after the many days of the same repetitive job and food and absolutely nothing to do in between, Tyler was starting to hate it. He dreamed of striking it rich like an adventurer with just one lucky trip into some nearby Leonid ruins.

They were an ancient civilization that disappeared mysteriously one day but left all their stone cities and outposts and stuff behind as well as all their magical artifacts. There were necklaces that would let you breathe underwater and swords that gave off light whenever the owner wanted them to. All items of the sort were worth more than the average peasant made in a year! Rich people bought magical and rare items for protection and collections so they were willing to pay a lot for them. Because of that shopkeepers had no problem handing out large sums for anything of the sort. Even the regular, unenchanted Leonid weaponry and armor was worth more than a regular old steel breastplate and the place had to be littered with stuff like that!

Tyler couldn't stop thinking about it night and day. There were very valid rumors about monsters and demons and the undead infesting all Leonid ruins so only the toughest adventurers would dare enter and there hadn't been any that tried to go in that particular one in recent memory. Of course Tyler figured he could walk in, hit one room, and be off with a Leonid helmet or powerful magic scroll or something like that before anything even knew he was there. Then they wouldn't have to suffer through the same old bread every day and sleeping outside in the cold together.

Of course Tyler loved sleeping cuddled up next to his best friend because he had far more of an interest in boys than in girls. He had no problem wrapping his arms around Silas to keep him warm overnight. Holding onto his body lovingly was one of the few things that made him really happy. He wished he could get closer to him and kiss him but he didn't want to risk it. Silas could possibly not want anything to do with him anymore if he didn't like the fact that he was attracted to him.

He felt it was so silly sometimes though when they were sitting outside the city walls near the forest and usually at least twice a day, one of them would say they had to go to the bathroom and run off into the woods. Then the other would say they have to too and they each wouldn't come back for several minutes because they were off playing with their penises in private. They did it so often it was a wonder how the whole forest wasn't coated in a layer of their white goo. With not much else to make them that happy in their lives, they loved to run off and gleefully rub their penises all the way to happiness as often as they could. They'd always come back with big smiles and knew what each other had been doing but never wanted to discuss it or do it anywhere near each other. It was such a new trick to both of them and they were so embarrassed by it. So they just did it and never talked about it instead of doing it together.

Tyler wished he could just once see Silas do it right in front of him. That feeling was made even worse by the fact that they stripped naked to bathe and wash their clothes in a small pond just outside of town all the time. He loved Silas' beautiful nude body and his cute little penis. It seemed like it had grown a little just like his did since they first met and he wished he could play with it. But for every time he wanted to tell him to just sit back against the wall and jack with him, he also was worried he would freak out and not want to be anywhere near him again. They had spent almost every second of their lives together since they met and he didn't know what he'd do without him. He sort of doubted Silas would just run off on his own or they'd both be lonely but if he found out he was interested in him romantically, things would never be the same between them again. They would never be as good of friends and things would be really awkward, especially when they got naked to swim and wash their clothes in the pond.

But even with the thrills of jacking off all the time and seeing his buddy naked, the dirty stable work and boring, repetitive life was really dragging Tyler down. Silas still disagreed with Tyler's idea though and wanted to talk him out of it.

"I just don't want anything to happen to you. I'd be all alone!"

"Then come with me and in the unlikely case we get eaten by zombies, then we'll both be dead."

"I'm not going near that place!"

"Come on, if you don't help I'm not sharing my huge Leonid artifact money with you."

"You would too!"

"Yeah, I know… but you'd really wanna go on living like this except without me to entertain you? That'd be so boring!"

"Better than being dead!"

"No way, this is way more boring."

"You're just hyperactive. Can't you just be happy we have a job and food to eat? And we can run around in the woods and find berries and play around and swim whenever we want."

"You make it sound way better than it is. I can't stand it. I can't do this forever. I hate being homeless! Me and you deserve a place to stay and good food and all that."

"Don't do it. You'll never make it out alive!"

Tyler saw an approaching adventurer coming towards the city gate that they were sitting next to so he got up and said sarcastically, "Fine, I'll try something waaay better first and if that doesn't work, I'm going."

When the guy walked up in his fancy, probably enchanted armor and similar fancy sword and a bow on his back, carrying a large pack full of stuff, Tyler walked in front of him and said, "Hey mister, you're a big, strong, rich adventurer, right? Can you spare something for a poor homeless kid? I got nothing to eat and I'm starving and I think I might be real sick too."

Of course he was lying about most of that but he knew he had to make the person as sad about his condition as he could.

"Ugh, really? Before I even get in the city the beggars are after me."

"I'm just a kid, sir. My parents died and I got nothing! I'm not some old alcoholic freak begging for money. I really need something… don't you got any spare food at least?"

"Get lost. Go bother someone else, kid."

Silas came running up after hearing the conversation with tears in his eyes and cried, "Please, just give him something! You don't know what's going on! He's just doing this as an excuse to prove begging doesn't work and he's gonna run off to the Leonid ruins to try and find some expensive stuff so we won't be homeless anymore. Tell him how stupid that is."

The man looked right at Tyler and said, "You're crazy."

"Please, don't do it, Tyler! I don't want you to die!" Silas cried and wrapped his arms around Tyler.

"Seriously, don't do that, kid. That's nuts. I wouldn't even go in there. You'd be better off begging."

"Apparently not. Even rich people like you can't spare a few coppers to let poor orphan boys eat for a day," Tyler said and looked back at him meanly.

"I just used up all my blizzard scrolls and my invisibility one to get away from a fire demon and I had to leave my enchanted shield behind. I dunno what the hell I'm gonna do to get the equipment I need to go back and get it. I'm so far in the hole now I'm gonna be homeless along with you if I can't find some others to go with me and gang up and get my shield back. Even if I do, those scrolls were crazy expensive and for emergencies only. I can't safely go adventuring with none left and I sure can't afford any more. I dunno what I'm gonna do."

"With a sword like that I doubt you'll starve like us if it came to it," Tyler argued.

"Well I'm still in pretty deep trouble, kid. Ask the next adventurer that comes for something."

"They all never share. They're so greedy!" Silas cried. "You're carrying like a thousand gold in equipment and you can't even spare us a single silver coin?"

"Sorry, I barely got any actual money on me and I need it to hire some associates to go get my shield back. Wish I could help, guys," he said and quickly walked into the city.

"He's probably telling the truth. The next one will be nicer," Silas assured him.

"Oh yeah, just like the last ten. When has an adventurer ever given us anything?"

"Well… never but if one does it'd probably be something worth a ton! Remember that one guy who kept saying that weird stuff about us doing something with him and then he'd give us something or whatever. I dunno what he was talking about but he almost gave us something. He sure seemed to like us a lot. Too bad he left when the guard walked past cuz he said he wanted us to come back to the inn he was at and do fun stuff with him. I dunno what it was but he said he'd pay us!"

"He was crazy. They're all greedy, treasure-hording jerks. Why else would they risk their lives just for money? And they never just give any away!"

"Please don't do it, Tyler!"

"I already made up my mind. I'm going and we're sleeping in an inn tonight, alright?"

Silas continued crying heavily and Tyler hated seeing him like that but he was so determined by the tempting thought of some fast, easy money.

"I'm not gonna go back and sit around and be hungry, tired, and bored in that stupid city. I can't take it. I'll be right back, okay?" he continued and broke away from Silas' grip and quickly started walking down the road.

"Fine but I can't stand thinking about what it would be like living knowing you got eaten by a monster. I'm coming too!"

"Okay but you better be really super quiet and sneaky the entire time. Then we can come back, sell what we find, and be rich boys!"

Silas didn't reply. He just followed his friend down the road. They took the path that split off through the woods and each kept a very careful eye out for bears and goblins. When the ruins were in sight they heard a rustling in some nearby bushes and out popped a very tough looking man with a short sword and leather armor.

"Ahhh!" they both screamed and clutched each other and cringed like they were about to be cut in two.

"Hand over all your money you little brats or I'll slit your little throats," the man demanded.

After cowering in fear for a few moments, Tyler quietly replied, "We don't got anything… we're homeless."

The bandit stared at their tattered clothes and empty pockets and worn out shoes and knew they were telling the truth.

"Well damn it!" he yelled angrily then decided to scare them into not sending the guards after him. "Maybe I better kill you both so you don't send the guards out here looking for me then, huh?"

"You… you don't gotta do that. We're going into the ruins to get eaten by monsters cuz we're tired of being poor, homeless boys with nothing to eat," Silas cried.

The bandit looked really surprised and after a moment said, "Oh… okay. You ever try stealing instead?"

"Yeah and the guards caught us a lot."

"Whatever, your lives I guess," he said and went back to hiding in the bushes.

The boys quickly ran off down the path before he had time to change his mind. When they got near the spooky looking entrance to the ruins, Silas stopped and said, "This is insane. We almost died before we even got here. It's a sign. We should go back!"

"Don't you think he'd notice if we headed back towards town now after that story you made up?"

"Who's making up anything? This is suicide!"

"We came all the way out here and now I'm really hungry and tired so let's just go inside, grab something, and take a different path back."

Tyler started walking through the large stone doorway and Silas had no choice but to follow him. If Tyler was gonna die, he didn't wanna live with the guilt for not stopping him so he had to come along now.

They found themselves in a tiny entry room with absolutely bare stone walls and nothing in it.

"See, it's empty. Let's go," Silas whispered.

"We are gonna get eaten if you don't keep your mouth shut! We gotta be completely silent so nothing hears us. Let's just check out a few rooms close to the entrance and that's it."

Tyler slowly tiptoed into the hallway to go deeper into the ruins and Silas wished he wouldn't. That was especially true when a large stone door suddenly slid down closing it off. Now Tyler was stuck inside and Silas was alone in the entry room.

As soon as Tyler looked back, he panicked. The absolute dread of a plan gone horribly wrong came over him like a wet blanket. He collapsed onto his knees and whispered, "No… no," and put his hands on his face. Now he was trapped inside with no way to get out. Anything living or otherwise probably heard the door slide down and there was nowhere to run to and no way to defend himself. He sat back against the wall, staring into the dark hallway and dreaded what kind of beast would come rip him to shreds as he cried. He imagined how Silas must feel now, all alone. He would be so sad and blame himself. He figured he was crying too now and assumed he was already dead. After what seemed like forever to him but was only about a minute of sitting there crying, he decided he had to at least try to get out another way. He searched the walls for some sort of lever and when he finally found a stone lever that looked like it would open the door, he hung from it but wasn't heavy enough to pull it down. He tried and tried and made no progress.

Being a pretty bright boy, he knew he had to find some sort of metal pole to stick in it and pry it down. Then he could escape with his life and he'd never complain about bread again! So he cautiously made his way down the incredibly dim hallway. It was lit by a few dim, permanently glowing crystals that shed an eerie green glow over everything. When he eventually came upon a room, the wooden door had rotted away long ago so he simply peered cautiously inside. A rat in there noticed him and ran up to bite him. He quickly gave it a swift kick and it landed against the stone wall and didn't get up. His heart pounded and he tried to calm down for a while then slowly entered the room. It was empty except for a stone table in the middle. Not a single item of value or any item at all really was there. He doubted he could pry the lightning crystal off the wall either.

He headed down the hallway a few more feet and came upon a hallway on the opposite side and slowly peeked inside. This time there was a stone bookcase build right out of the wall and a large stone chest. He wasn't too concerned about treasure now but he figured anything metal would be in the chest. He tried his hardest but couldn't budge the enormous lid though. Then he went over to the bookcase and saw that there was nothing but dust and a few small stone containers that looked like jewelry boxes. He opened some of them and all were empty but the last one which contained some scrolls. He pulled out the six that were in there and opened one up.

He read it silently and recognized it as a magic scroll. He had no idea what they would do but knew they were probably extremely valuable. They wouldn't do much good though if he didn't get out alive though. After making his way down the hallway he peered inside two more empty rooms with just stone slabs. They must have been beds or something and the other room was a storage area. He traveled down the hallway some more and it opened up to an enormous cavern. The place was at least two hundred feet [60 m] wide and had steps leading down into it. The ceiling was dozens of feet up and the place had to have been at least a deep as it was wide. There were rows of tall stone slabs like tables that made it look sort of like a temple. At the center of the far end was a stage of sorts with a few steps leading up to it. On it were pedestals and glowing crystals that lit up the entire place pretty well. Right in front of the stage there was an odd looking statue too.

Tyler cautiously looked down into the cavern and watched for any signs of movements. There were many dark corners that could have had any sort of monster lurking there but from what he could see, it was empty. After watching and waiting for the longest time and still seeing nothing, he still felt too terrified to walk in. Then he imagined how worried Silas must be feeling and knew he could either sit there until he starved or take his chances in the last big room. So he summoned up all his courage and walked down the steps. He figured if something came out and cut him to pieces, at least he had given it his best try. As soon as he took his first step though, a stone panel under his foot had a little give to it and pressed into the ground. Then suddenly an awful smelling gas poured out of tiny holes in the wall. Tyler tried to cough quietly and stepped back and got some fresh air. He thought it might be poison gas but he felt fine so after some hesitation he stepped over that stone and continued down the steps.

He got to the bottom of the stairs and it was still absolutely silent. He looked all around and the place was full of stone chests that he'd never be able to get the lids off of. There was nothing metal in sight so he figured he'd try up on the stage. He walked past the rows of stone seats or tables or whatever they were and came upon a statue in front of the stage. When he got a good look at the front side, he saw that it was of a human adventurer and distinctly not a Leonid design. It was such a strange sight and he had no idea what it was doing there. The whole place was giving him the creeps and as soon as he turned around and looked up at the stage, he saw a hideous creature looking back at him. It was like a floating, translucent corpse carrying a magical wooden staff with glowing red eyes.

Tyler quickly dodged back behind the statue and crouched there in fear thinking, "Oh no, he saw me. I'm gonna die!"

He wasn't schooled in mystical creatures of the world but he knew a doom wraith when he saw one. He had heard stories about those horribly powerful undead creatures before. Adventurers needed advanced magical training and seriously powerful magic armor to stand any sort of chance against one and he was lacking both. He knew he stood no chance and it was all over now and wondered how the monster would finish him off. Probably a fireball or an equally terrible spell. He just hoped it would be fast and painless so it would be over without hurting too much.

But as he crouched there, waiting to die he remembered the scrolls in his pocket. The idea of him defeating the monster with scrolls that he didn't even know the function of was pretty silly but he decided he'd rather go down with hopefully some sort of fight at least. So he got out one of the scrolls, peeked around the statue at the wraith who was now floating slowly down the stairs and looking right at him. He bravely stood up and read the scroll out loud. A massive fireball flew through the air at the creature but it absorbed it like it was nothing. Tyler was impressed by the scroll's offensive power despite it not working. He couldn't help but briefly feel bad because he could have made a lot of money from selling that scroll. But now wasn't the time for that so he quickly reached for another one out of his pocket. He unrolled it and read it as fast as he could. A blue glow surrounded him and he thought it didn't do anything. But then suddenly the stone statue in front of him morphed into a real, actual person. And not just any person, it was an adventurer with beautiful golden armor and a massive battle axe on his back like he had never seen before. In his hand was a thin longsword with all sorts of magical lettering on it and a golden handle. He was covered in brilliant golden armor from head to toe. The design looked so magical and foreign that Tyler fully expected a powerful demon that simply looked like a human to be inside it. He figured he'd turn around and cut his head off with the axe. But instead it just seemed to look around.

When he caught sight of the doom wraith, he said some magic sounding words with a human sounding voice and waved his hands and the wraith shot lightning out of his staff. It hit an invisible barrier in front of the guy that appeared just in time though. He held out his sword which suddenly turned as black as the night sky. It then launched the eerie dark coating off the tip and into a sphere that flew at the wraith. Before it could even react, it was sucked inside the ball which exploded with a deep thud.

Tyler couldn't believe his eyes. The guy or whatever it was had just defeated the wraith like it was nothing! It was just plain gone now! Of course after assuming he was totally dead already, he sat there in awe that the wraith was gone. He still felt like he was waiting for the demon to kill him next though. He wished he'd take pity on him for being just a poor little kid in a bad situation but deep down he figured he had just released a demon that looked identical to a human. No human adventurer had that kind of magical equipment and skills let alone could come out of a statue.

His first reaction was to run back down the hallway and pull on that door lever as hard as he possibly could but he found that he couldn't get up off the ground where he was sitting. It felt like his arms and legs had dissolved and weren't there anymore. After looking at them he noticed they were still there but he couldn't feel them. The feeling really concerned him because he wanted to get out of there immediately. Along with not being able to feel his limbs, they looked deathly pale too. He had been sitting on his butt and holding himself up with his arms behind him but now his arms collapsed and he hit the hard stone floor. As hard as he tried, he couldn't get any sensation from his arms or legs. He saw that the signals his brain was sending were moving his arm around like he wanted but he couldn't feel it moving through the air at all. So he laid there in horror as the armored figure turned around and looked down at him. Tears flowed down his face as he wished it would all just go away. He was tired of being scared and defenseless and apparently very badly poisoned by that gas trap after all. He just wanted it all to be over one way or another.

"Who are you?" the man asked.

Tyler couldn't see his face hardly at all under the heavily armored helmet. He tried to reply but only made gasping noises. His throat felt really funny and he couldn't feel himself breathe. Then he caught his breath and talking worked again even though he didn't feel like he was talking.

"Don't hurt me… please," he gasped and felt really dizzy.

"You're as pale as death himself. Have you been poisoned?"

"I… uhh…" he struggled and then couldn't talk anymore.

The mysterious man quickly pulled a necklace out of a pocket under a gap in his armor and put it around Tyler's neck. He instantly felt better and there was just a certain numbness in his limbs but at least they felt like they were there again.

"You… you're not gonna hurt me?" he asked as sweat suddenly covered his face and he felt like he was going to throw up.

"No! Geeze, how could you even say that? You're just a child! Why would I do that?"

"Aren't you a demon?" he asked with slurred speech as his vision started to blur.

"Don't be silly. Now come on, we've got to get you to a healer immediately. Can you walk?"

Tyler was too dizzy and sick feeling to answer him so the man quickly picked him up and ran up the steps and down the hallway after sheathing his sword. When they got to the door lever, Tyler was amazed as the man pulled it one handed like it was nothing. The stone door slid open and he heard Silas' voice scream, "Tyler!"

"He's been poisoned. Come on!" the man said and quickly started running down the path back to the city. Silas was close behind. Tyler felt sicker than he had ever felt in his entire life. That must have been some seriously awful poison gas. As he was being carried he thought about how awful it would be if he died from poisoning after being rescued by the nice sman. That would sure sum up his awful luck that day.

As the man ran quickly, Tyler heard him say something about the necklace and it only blocking poison halfway instead of completely and something about an antidote then suddenly he was lying on the counter of a potion store he had seen before in the city. He didn't even recall entering the city but there he was, lying across the counter.

"I need an antidote for Leonid poison immediately!" the man yelled and the store owner quickly fumbled around nervously under the counter and came up with the potion.

"Swallow this," the man said as he stuck the bottle up to Tyler's mouth and dumped it in.

"Oh no, is he gonna be alright?" Silas asked worriedly as he finally caught up and burst through the door.

Tyler gulped down the sweet tasting liquid and laid there on the counter hoping with all his heart that it would work.

The mysterious armored man stood over him and watched to see if he got any better.

"Come on… that's it. Now we've got some color back in those cheeks. You're doing fine, kid."

Tyler started to gradually feel better and asked, "What? Huh?"

After a few more moments he regained full feeling in all parts of his body and sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Tyler! You're okay!" Silas said and hopped up next to him on the counter and hugged him.

"Mmmm," he cooed back happily and wrapped his arms around the beautiful boy who was showing him so much affection. He was about to kiss him on the cheek when he fully came to his senses and realized that making out with his best friend was a bad idea. He gave him a little squeeze then said, "Whoa."

He looked over at the man in the golden armor who had saved his life twice now. He was busy settling the deal with the shop keeper.

"Hey thanks, you're a life saver. I'm glad you had one handy. How much do I owe you?"

"Well that's no cheap one but I figured you looked like you had the money, you know. I hope I was right. That'll be two silver pieces."

The man must have been as rich as he looked in all that fancy equipment because he pulled a small leather pouch out from under his armor that hung on his belt and handed the man a gold coin which of course was worth ten silvers.

"You can keep the change. You deserve it for helping save this poor child's life."

"Heeeey, thanks! You're my new favorite customer!" the man said happily. Anyone would be thrilled after a tip like that. Most poorer working folks never owned a gold coin in their life, though a potion maker was far wealthier than most so it wasn't like a month's pay or something.

"I'm such an idiot, Silas. I'm so sorry," Tyler said and started crying slightly after such a traumatic series of events. He was still shaking from it and felt awful for being so careless and greedy and foolish.

"It's okay. I'm just glad you're here now," Silas said and cried a little too.

"What were you doing in there anyway?" the man suddenly asked Tyler.

"I… I… um… " he stammered. The powerful guy in that incredible armor was pretty intimidating. Tyler found it difficult to talk to him like a normal person.

"And what happened to me? Was I turned to stone?"

"I… um… I dunno. I guess so. You looked like a statue."

"And you rescued me? You know an antipetrification spell? You're nowhere near old enough to have been so well trained. Or are you a prince or something?"

"No, no way. I'm just a homeless kid. I… well, I wanted to make lots of money like adventurers do cuz we didn't have any so we went to the ruins together. I thought I could sneak in and just grab an ancient artifact or magical item and then run out and sell it and we could eat for months and pay for a place to stay. But I got trapped in there without Silas and couldn't pull the door lever. I found some magic scrolls in a room when I was looking for a way out or something to pry the lever with. Then I got into that big area where you were and saw the doom wraith and thought I was dead for sure!"

Silas' jaw dropped and he exclaimed, "A doom wraith?!"

Tyler turned to Silas and said, "For the record, it wasn't him that poisoned me though. If the door hadn't closed, I would have found the scrolls after just having to beat up a rat and then made it out and everything would have been fine," then turned back to David and continued, "So I figured I might as well read the scrolls even though I didn't know what they did. The first one was a fireball and didn't do anything to him. Then the next one made you turn back to normal I guess and then… then you saved me!"

Tyler hopped off the counter and wrapped his arms around his rescuer's midsection.

"Wow, that was really not a good idea," the guy finally replied.

"I know, it was so stupid. I was just tired of only having bread to eat and starving most of the time before that."

"How did you get poisoned?"

"There was a poison gas trap I triggered I guess. I didn't think it was anything till it made me all sick. Thanks for bringing me here and getting me better. I'm really sorry cuz there's no way I can ever pay you back the cost of it. I bet you hate me now. Adventurers don't like spending money on beggar kids."

"Oh nonsense. Don't worry about that. I'm just glad you made it."

"Why? You don't even know me. Adventurers hate beggars like us. They never give us anything even if we're starving. You must be a real nice guy for doing all this."

"I can't believe anyone would be so heartless! If I saw two homeless children on the side of the road, I'd certainly give them enough to feed them until they were my age."

"Wow, too bad you didn't come by the city sooner. Hey why were you like a statue anyway?"

"I was looking for treasure and trying to clear out the ruins so Leonid archaeologists could study it. It looked completely empty but I turned around as that doom wraith was already casting a spell at me and I couldn't block it in time and that's all I remember really," he explained then hesitated and added, "I don't know if I really want to ask this but… what year is it?"

"734E3" Silas answered him and he looked like he had just gotten punched in the face.

"Ohhhh… whoa. Okay. Wow," he said and staggered backward a little.

"How long have you been in there?"

"Twenty years apparently."

"Whooooaaa," both the boys gasped in unison.

"No wonder the city looks so different now. I knew as soon as I entered the gate that it had been quite some time."

The shopkeeper gasped and said, "Wait a minute, golden armor and that sword… you can't be. Are you seriously who I think you are?"

"Oh I am. I'm glad at least one person remembers me."

"When I was first opening this store I heard about a legendary adventurer in town in all golden armor."

"Whoooaa, you're some famous guy?" Tyler gasped in amazement.

"I guess so. It's been a while though so probably not as famous as before. Man, it feels like it was just yesterday to me though."

"COOL!" Tyler screamed and gave him another hug. "I got saved by a famous adventurer. Wow! Cool! You're my hero now."

"Well it's good to have adoring fans again."

"Oh no… Tyler, it's almost dinner time. We gotta get to the Shandowers or they'll fire us for being late!"

"Don't worry about it. I still got four more magic scrolls from the place! We can sell em and make tons of money and not have to work there anymore!"

"No way! Awesome! How much do you think they're worth?"

"I dunno. I can't tell what they do till I use them. But if one was a fireball and one was an antipetrification spell then I bet these are worth a fortune too."

"Let me see those," the golden hero man said.

Tyler handed them to him and as he was reading them modestly said, "You know you should probably keep them instead. I owe you a lot for saving my life."

"Sorry to disappoint you, kid but you blew through the most expensive ones by far already. But don't get me wrong, I'm glad you did or I'd still be a statue! In fact, I'm the one heavily in your debt. I don't think I can ever repay you for returning me to normal."

"Well you saved my life twice in a row. I'd say that covers it," Tyler replied with a big smile.

"Well I guess we're even but still, you could probably only get a silver coin, maybe two for all four of these. They're pretty pathetic scrolls so they're of no use to me. This one heals very light wounds, this one's a basic short range light spell for dark dungeons, this one pours slippery oil on the floor, and this one summons a small rat to attack your enemy," he explained as he handed them back to Tyler.

"Oh my gosh, two silvers? We can afford food for a long time with that much!" Silas exclaimed and he and Tyler hugged and danced around.

"Yay, we're rich!"

The adventurer laughed and said, "I don't know if I'd really call that rich but for you guys I guess it might be."

"Do you think we should quit showing up to the Shandowers though? I mean this won't last forever and we should keep saving up for the future."

"Well, I guess you're right. We'll be in big trouble with no job when this money runs out."

"You have jobs? I thought you were homeless?" the adventurer asked.

"They only pay us two coppers a day each. That's just enough to afford a loaf of bread and some water so that's what we have every single day. And then we sit around and do nothing and get yelled at by adventurers for asking for stuff. It sucks," Silas told him.

"That's horrible! They ought to pay you more."

"Oh well, we're not gonna ask for more or they might get mad and fire us and then we'd be in big trouble cuz we already got caught stealing food twice each and the guards said they'll kick us out of town if we do it again so we'd starve."

"That's the saddest thing I've ever heard! I'll tell you what, I need a place to stay tonight. Is the Melia Fenix Inn still around after all these years?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, well now that the famous David Duhouser is back in town, he's going to stay at his usual room there and he'd sure love the company of two very deserving boys," he said with a big grin.

"So you are him," the shopkeeper said in amazement.

"That's me."

"You'd be wise to take up his offer, boys. He's the most famous adventurer ever."

"Wow, cool!" Tyler said excitedly. "You'll really let us stay with you?"

"Of course," David answered and stepped up behind Tyler and slid his hand into his pants pocket. "I think it's about time someone helped out such poor, unfortunate boys for once."

Tyler thought the man was going to play with his penis for a second and got all excited but then felt a few heavy metal objects fall out of David's hand and into his pocket. They felt an awful lot like coins but they were so heavy. He couldn't help but stick his hand in there and pull one of the three out.

"Whoa… you can't be serious," Tyler said when he saw the unmistakable gold color and just about fell over.

Silas gasped when he saw it too.

"Trust me, it's no big deal. I've definitely got more than enough money as it is and you need it a whole lot more than I do."

Tyler pulled out the other two coins and saw they were gold as well.

"Oh… I… oh my gosh," he stammered and couldn't believe it. That was more money than he ever expected to own in his life. He was waiting for David to tell him it was all a joke but he was too nice to do something so mean.

"So, are you gentlemen going to accompany me to the Melia Fenix? I'm not sure I can find the way with all these new shops and everything."

"Yeah, absolutely!" Silas quickly answered and the boys ran together out of the shop with David close behind.

"We've always dreamed about staying there. Geeze, I could kiss you!" Tyler said as they were approaching the enormous inn.

Tyler was so happy he imagined kissing the guy and then holding onto his big strong body affectionately after he took all that armor off. Then they could lay in bed together and rub each others' penises until they each exploded happily. And Silas would just have to watch because he loved this guy now and wanted to make him really, really happy. Of course, he knew it was all a silly fantasy but he liked thinking about it a lot.

When they got there David walked up to the counter and a pretty young woman was working there so he figured she wouldn't be old enough to recognize him.

"I would like to rent your best suite for umm… how about two nights. You know, the one on the top floor on the far side of the hall."

"Alright, it's currently available. You must really be someone special if you're staying there. Two nights will be eight silvers."

David gave her a gold coin and she got his change. The boys started to wonder if all he carried was gold coins in that money pouch.

"Well I've actually stayed here many times before but you probably don't remember because I was turned to stone for twenty years."

"Yeah but I bet you heard of him. He's David Duhouser!"

"Whoa, no way. I heard about you once. You disappeared around here a long time ago and nobody knew what happened to you. Wow, this is so incredible to meet you," she replied excitedly.

"Why thank you. And this fine gentleman rescued me from my stony prison so they'll both be staying with me also. Make sure they each get whatever they want."

"I want some real food!" Tyler blurted out rudely.

"I'll send a nice dinner up as soon as possible," she replied.

She gave him the large iron key and they all ran up the stairs and down the hall to a very fancy looking door. He unlocked it and they stepped inside in awe. The room was enormous. It had two bedrooms and a huge bathroom and dining area. There were huge paintings on the walls and fancy candle holders and soft fabric curtains everywhere. The beds looked so soft and comfortable that naturally that's where both boys ended up after running around like maniacs to see it all.

"Ohhhh I could stay here forever," Silas said and wrapped his arms around Tyler.

"Yeah, this is way better than sleeping on the hard ground," Tyler said and happily hugged Silas back.

"Hey, remember when I said we'd be spending tonight in an inn?" Tyler reminded him.

"Oh shut up. I'm still mad at you for doing something so crazy!" Silas replied.

They watched David take off his golden helmet and Tyler liked what he saw under it. He had a similar golden brown colored hair. It was like light rusty brown or some sort of blonde, light brown mix. It looked really great on him. He was far younger than he had expected. He couldn't have been older than in his early twenties. As he took off the rest, he saw that he wasn't terribly muscular like some super strong adventurers but he definitely looked like he could swing an axe pretty well. He was wearing some fine looking clothes underneath and actually had three money bags on his belt, two of which looked even fuller than the other one he kept grabbing gold coins out of.

He unhooked the two heavier bags and tossed them onto a nearby table where he had set his armor and several gold coins spilled out of both. The boys' jaws dropped because that was like a person's entire life savings and he was carrying it on him! He could have bought a house with the amount of gold in just one of those pouches.

"I told you I had more than enough money to share," he said with a smile.

"You're really good looking, David," Tyler said out of nowhere as he gazed adoringly at him.

Silas giggled and David just smiled and replied, "Why thank you. You are too."

"Famous guys are always good looking," Silas laughed.

"I dunno, I met a few ugly ones," David replied and the boys both giggled.

Tyler got up and poked at his armor on the table. He tried to pick up the helmet and found it was lighter than it looked. He put it on and smiled up at David who knocked on it and asked, "How's it fit?"

"Not so good but I'd sure wanna wear it if I ever end up in Leonid ruins again. I'm definitely not going near any of those again though."

"Well the great part about this helmet is it lets you see where living things are through walls. Check it out."

Tyler looked around and saw a strange bluish glow in the wall. Then it moved around and appeared to sit back down.

"Wow, there's someone in a room down there! Cool!"

"Is it a girl? Can you see her naked?" Silas asked excitedly.

"Naw, it's just a glow," Tyler giggled.

Tyler took the helmet off and asked what the rest of the armor did because he figured it was enchanted as well.

"Well the entire set absorbs magic at about a seventy-five percent rate and makes me immune to poison. It also reflects lightning attacks back at the attacker and continuously heals me gradually as I'm wearing it. It does some other lesser stuff too."

"Holy cow, that must have cost a ton!"

"Yeah, it wasn't cheap but after years of adventuring I made enough to afford it. Plus it's more than paid for itself since I can pretty much go anywhere and do anything with it."

"How about that sword? That thing's neat!"

"That is a legendary Leonid artifact that used to belong to one of the great kings. It can cast several types of spells like one that destroys the undead instantly. Plus it's great for slashing goblins."

David went through most of his magical jewelry and battle axe and explained what they all did and how he got them. After hearing about some of his brave adventures the boys were amazed. He was certainly the coolest guy in history.

"Well you sure got some neat stuff. No wonder you're famous! You're the toughest adventurer ever. And now you've got a new biggest fan!"

Tyler gave him another hug which was much more fun now that he had no armor on.

"Thanks so much for letting us stay here with you and giving us all that money. You're our savior!" Silas said and joined in the hug.

"Hey do you know any magic spells?" Tyler asked.

"A couple," he answered with a grin.

"Show us one!"

"I dunno. I don't think they'd like it if I blew up their best room with a fireball."

"Show us one that just looks neat. I've almost never seen anyone use magic."

He waved his hands and said a few words and started glowing.

"This is to see in dark dungeons," he said.

"Neat!" Silas yelled in amazement.

"I know, why don't you demonstrate some magic for us, Tyler?" he said and took off one of his rings and gave it to him. "Put it on and rub it once."

Tyler excitedly did so and after rubbing it, didn't see anything happen. Silas gasped and David smiled but he still didn't know what happened. Then he looked down at himself and saw that he was invisible.

"Ah! I'm gone. Where'd I go?"

"You're invisible."

"Coooool!" he yelled. "I always thought you had to take off all your clothes or they'd be all floating around and stuff."

"Naw, it would be pretty useless if you used it to get away from a monster and they saw your empty armor running away. It would be awfully inconvenient to have to get naked just to escape and then you'd have to go back and get your armor anyway. This one works for whatever you've got on."

"Cool, I could do anything with this!" Tyler said and ran around the room and jumped on the bed. Then the others lost track of him until Silas heard a giggle behind him and felt his pants being yanked down.

Tyler giggled some more because he knew he was naked under them. He loved seeing his friend's cute little butt whenever possible so of course that was the first thing he did.

"Oh yeah, if you think that's cool, rub it again," David said.

Tyler did so and Silas laughed as he pulled his worn out old pants back up and said, "Ha ha ha, you're visible again."

"Sorry, I just wanted that back before I lost my pants too," David laughed and Tyler gave the ring back.

"I think you've got all the best magic stuff ever made!" Tyler exclaimed.

"Well I have come across a lot of neat stuff in my travels."

"You know you don't look very old for the most powerful adventurer in the world. How old are you?"

"Well I guess forty-two now but really twenty-two."

"Geeze, that's it?! You're hardly older than me," Tyler replied.

"We're thirteen. That's a lot older than us," Silas giggled.

Just then there was a knock on the door. When they opened it, one of the inn workers brought in a large silver tray full of great looking food. The boys went crazy at the sight of such an awesome feast they had been dreaming about for so long. There was cranberry juice and a whole chicken and mashed potatoes and vegetables and several other high end foods. They each thanked the person who brought it and thanked David about a million more times then dug in.

"Slow down or you'll get sick," David laughed and picked off part of the chicken for himself. Before long the whole tray was devoured and the boys sat back in their chairs lazily.

"Ohhh that was so good," Tyler sighed.

"It's fun to let poor boys like you finally have a little fun," David said with a smile.

"I'm never gonna eat plain old bread again," Tyler declared.

The boys went straight to the bed and laid down together after such a large meal had made them so sluggish. Tyler put his arm around Silas and cuddled up tight next to him like they always slept and they relaxed there together for a while.

"You two look so cute like that," David laughed when he saw them cuddling together on the bed.

He inspected his armor and counted his money to see that everything was in order now. He pretty much had everything to continue adventuring but things were different now. He didn't have any family to immediately go catch up with so he wasn't in any hurry to do anything in particular really after twenty years. Long ago when he was just fourteen he was the son of wealthy parents. They lived in their own estate outside of another pretty large city. They were well defended with magical weapons and armor and other items so when the occasional goblin attack happened, it was no big deal for them. But one night a massive group of powerful goblins attacked and killed both of his parents and stole a bunch of stuff.

He was so sad but vowed he'd get revenge on them. So he sold everything of value he didn't need to survive and bought a large number of scrolls and magical equipment and found where the goblins came from. He killed every last one of them with ease and recovered everything they stole plus other expensive items they had. It was enough to afford to live alone for quite a long time but that got boring with nothing to do and nobody to talk to. So he figured he'd run out of money eventually and he already was better equipped than any adventurer he knew so he decided to make that his new job.

So at the young age of fourteen he started traveling around and going through every dungeon and cave and ruins that he could find. He eventually made so much money, he could have retired but he loved the thrill of adventuring over the boredom of doing nothing back at home. Plus every monster he killed was one that couldn't attack humans later. So he kept it up until he was the most famous adventurer ever and could afford to pay for custom made, one of a kind, enchanted golden armor made by the wizard academy.

Things were going great until he turned twenty-two and had the unfortunate incident in the ruins near Ellenwood. It was very unlikely that the spell would have landed without being absorbed by his armor and that he didn't detect the doom wraith before he struck but it all happened and now here he was. Before that he had always helped out poor people, especially children, because he had so much money he didn't really need. There weren't a lot of homeless children he had come across because most were taken in by relatives or at least by the local church. But whenever he did come across some, he made sure to give them enough that they could live on their own for a long time.

After giving the boys lots of time to rest, David came over to the bed and said, "I don't know about you guys but I think it's time for a nice, hot bath."

"Yeah!" they both quickly agreed and hopped off the bed and ran into the huge bathroom. Being the fanciest inn in the whole city, this place had a pre-filled tub and all kinds of fancy soaps and things and soft washcloths and best of all, enchanted heating rods under the tub. David rubbed his hand over the control area to turn them on and the water got up to the perfect temperature in no time.

"Wow, we haven't had a nice bath in forever. We always wash off in the pond outside the town but that water is cold. And we wash these smelly old clothes there too," Silas said as he took off his shirt.

"Maybe later we should go clothes shopping and get you both something far more fitting of such fine boys."

"Oh, I'd love that. I'm sick of wearing this old stuff," Tyler said as he took off his shirt and threw it down in frustration. There were several tears and worn spots and stains on it and he always wished they could afford new clothes but they never had enough for even the most basic shirt and pants. They had each gotten what they were currently wearing after selling the steel breastplate but now the clothes were in awful condition after wearing them everywhere every day.

Silas may have been a little embarrassed about getting pantsed by an invisible Tyler before but if he was going to get a real, warm bath he'd get naked in front of a hundred people! So both of them took their shoes and pants off without thinking twice and hopped in the tub together. They each felt a little curious about seeing David naked. Neither had ever seen an adult naked in recent memory.

Tyler was amazed when David pulled his pants and underwear down and had a penis that was about twice the size of his own. He thought it was pretty cool and wondered if it would feel even better to rub his own penis if it was that size. It also had some hair around it and Tyler remembered that's what adult guys looked like. He and Silas sure didn't have any though.

As soon as David sank down into the tub next to the boys Tyler said, "Wow, you've got a real big penis."

"Tyler!" Silas said and punched him in the arm. "Don't say such silly stuff like that. Be polite."

"Haven't you ever seen a naked man before? It's not really all that big. It just grows a bit as you get older. I'm sure when you're older you'll have one the same size."

"Cool!" Tyler said and imagined himself with a gigantic penis like that. He wondered how big it would be when it got hard.

Silas sat back against the side of the tub and said, "Ahhh this is so nice."

"Yeah, I only ever dreamed about taking a nice, warm bath. I'm gonna be so clean when I come out!"

"Yeah, but don't forget to wash behind your ears," Silas giggled and rubbed behind them with his wet hands. Tyler splashed him back and they wrestled around and splashed each other. They all washed up with some of the soap and David was nice enough to start wash Tyler's back while he was working on Silas. The boys both stood up so they could get at their entire backs and Tyler eagerly ran the washcloth over Silas' butt several times. Then he handed Silas it when he motioned for it and he started to wash his front.

David gave one quick pass over Tyler's butt and he secretly enjoyed it thoroughly. Then to his delight he moved around to the front and started washing his chest and neck for him. It was like getting a full body massage. His gentle touch rubbed every part of him. When he got down to his tummy Tyler got all excited about the next part. But then David skipped right over his penis and started washing up and down his legs.

"Hey, you missed a spot," he giggled.

Silas had turned around before that point and smiled and giggled when he heard David say, "Well alright then," and rub the washcloth over his penis gently.

"Ooh, there we go. Gotta get that all nice and clean. Mmm," Tyler said with a delighted expression. His penis grew hard really quickly from David's soft rubbing.

"You like rubbing that thing, huh? I guess you learned that fun little trick that boys love so much," David laughed.

"You bet! Oh I love it. It feels so good," Tyler replied gleefully. "Silas does it too. We both love it."

"How do you know?" Silas asked.

"Cuz it usually doesn't take ten minutes to go pee in the woods," he giggled and Silas giggled too.

"Yeah, that's a lot of fun," he admitted.

Tyler hoped now that they finally talked about it for once that Silas would want to do it with him around so he could watch. He loved Silas' beautiful body and especially that great penis he had and wanted to watch him pump it until the big, happy moment. He didn't know why he felt that way but he wanted it so badly. He wanted to touch his naked body all over and kiss him and feel his penis in his hand and maybe even rub his penis for him.

"Yeah, jacking off is definitely a great pastime," David said.

"Is that what it's called?" Tyler asked.

"Yeah, don't you know much about it?"

"Not really. I just tried rubbing it one day and then it happened and I wanted to do it again and again and again," he answered and both the boys giggled again.

"Well then I guess I should probably tell you. Normally a guy finds a girl and he sticks his penis in the hole between her legs and moves it in and out until the white stuff comes out inside her and that makes her pregnant and that's how they have babies."

"Wow, so that's how it happens," Tyler replied in amazement. Silas was equally amazed by the solution to that big mystery.

"Yeah so if you rub it, it feels like it's sliding through a girl and tricks the white stuff into coming out and feels great."

"Cool. Well I love doing it."

"Yeah, I do it a lot too," David said with a smile.

Tyler pictured him doing it and couldn't believe he really did it too.

"Can you keep rubbing mine for me? It feels really, really good!" Tyler asked him.

Silas thought it was a little weird of a request but David didn't mind at all. In fact, he thought Tyler was quite a beautiful boy and was delighted at the request to do something sexual with him. He never really did end up liking girls like everyone else. The only people that really caught his eye were beautiful, young boys. Getting to hang around with two great looking, nude boys was the best way he could imagine to spend his first day not turned to stone. These boys didn't know anything about sex and Tyler was sure horny and not the least bit shy so he figured he should try doing something really fun with him.

"How about I show you a neat trick that you'll like even more?" he suggested.

"No way! Something even better?" he asked excitedly. The whole idea of David knowing lots about this sex thing was getting him so excited. He imagined all sorts of cool things he could teach him that would feel awesome.

"Yeah, tell me how this feels," he said and turned Tyler around so he was facing him then knelt down low in front of him and put his mouth around his penis. Silas giggled at the funny sight but a few seconds later he wondered what it felt like when Tyler felt David's tongue rubbing up against the tip of his penis and immediately moaned, "Ohhh that feels really good!"

David started to bob his head back and forth and it drove Tyler wild. He loved the intense feeling that was way better than just rubbing it with his hand.

Silas thought he sounded like he was getting electrocuted or something because every couple seconds he'd gasp or moan. David reached up and slowly massaged his butt and that sensation drove him quickly to an orgasm. He squirted out a couple drops of cum and hoped it was okay to do it right in his mouth. It felt so good he could hardly breathe while he was squirting it all out and panted like a little puppy after he was done.

"Whoooa, that was awesome!" Tyler exclaimed.

"I thought you'd like that."

Silas didn't know what to think. He never imagined a guy putting his mouth on a penis and sucking on it. If it felt as good as it looked though it made sense why he did it and why Tyler liked it so much. He had overheard a little bit about sex and girls from some older boys a while ago and it sounded really great to him. It explained why he thought about what girls would look like naked and why he couldn't take his eyes off certain parts of them. He felt a lot more normal then and really enjoyed staring at good looking girls after that.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Tyler exclaimed and gave David a big, naked hug under the water.

"You sure are one cute kid, you know that?" David replied and Tyler felt all special after that compliment. He didn't really know it but he was totally in love with David.

"I suppose you want a turn too, huh?" David said to Silas.

"I dunno, that looks kinda weird," he nervously replied.

"It feels so good! You gotta try it!" Tyler demanded.

"Maybe later."

"You won't even believe how good it feels," Tyler said and turned around. Silas was still standing there and all this talk about jacking off and sucking must have gotten him going too because he was fully hard now. Tyler was staring right at his friend's penis directly in front of his face and suddenly wanted to suck on it so badly.

"Here, I'll show you," Tyler said and instantly had his mouth around the thing.

Silas looked down nervously as Tyler tried to replicate what David just did to him. He played around with his tongue on it then bobbed his head so his penis rubbed against the inside of his cheeks.

"Ohhhh," Silas quietly moaned.

"See, I told you. Want me to keep doing it?" Tyler asked.

"Yeah… I guess."

"Thought so," he giggled and kept happily sucking away. No boy could say no to that! The feeling of that beautiful penis inside his mouth was awesome. Tyler had always wanted to touch it and play with it and make him really happy and now he finally was. Silas stayed pretty quiet the whole time but after all Tyler's diligent sucking, he loudly let loose burst after burst. Tyler felt the warm goo ooze out into his mouth and liked the taste of it. It tasted like one extremely happy Silas to him and he loved it.

Silas let out a pretty loud cry as he started shooting and Tyler was so proud of himself for doing a good job. As soon as he swallowed it all down, he stood up and wrapped his arms around him lovingly and said, "Did I do good?"

"That was amazing," he said between heavy breaths.

"I told you you'd like it. You're just too shy to ever want to do anything really fun."

"Yeah, like go get killed in some ruins?" he replied.

"No, like jack off together instead of doing all alone in the woods."

"Well I dunno… I didn't want anyone watching me."

"Well how do you like someone sucking on you? That's much better, huh?"

"Oh yeah!" he replied gleefully and gave him another hug.

Tyler turned around with a very happy look on his face and said to David, "Thanks so much for showing me that! I think we're gonna do that a lot now! Oh that was so great. Way better than that jacking off thing."

"Come here you little cutie," David said and pulled him down into the tub and held him in his arms. He liked being called cute by him a lot. It made him feel so special like maybe David felt the same feelings about him that he did about David. And he felt even better when he felt a soft kiss on his cheek. He quickly turned and returned it and Silas just giggled at how funny it was to watch a man and boy kiss.

As they all relaxed in the tub, David told the boys more about sex and how all boys jacked off and adults had sex just for fun and for making babies. They both agreed that it was very fun so it made sense they'd do it just for that.

"Have you ever seen a lady naked?" Silas asked him.

"Yes, a couple times."

"Ooh, cool! Did you do that sex thing with any?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because they didn't want to," he laughed and Silas giggled because he already figured that was the reason. "But it's lots of fun to play with cute little boys too you know."

He gave Tyler another kiss on the cheek as he laid back against his chest. Tyler swiftly turned around and put his hands on his shoulders and returned the kiss on his cheek.

"Especially such a nice boy with such a beautiful body," he added and ran his hands down Tyler's sides and when he got to his buns, he held onto them and squeezed them lightly. Then he carefully pressed his lips against Tyler's and really sexually rubbed his smooth backside. Tyler was delighted to be kissing like that. It was like a dream come true for him. He kept on kissing happily and got really aroused again by all the intimate contact.

Silas was shocked at what he was seeing. There was his best friend making out with a guy! He had never seen anything like it before.

"How come you like him so much?" Silas suddenly asked, hoping he'd explain some of it to him.

"Well, some guys really like to do stuff with women and some don't. I just happen to prefer playing around with cute boys like you two."

"Wow, that's weird."

"I guess it is but it sure is fun, huh? Come on, you know you liked him sucking on you."

"Yeah, that felt pretty good," he replied and blushed.

"Trust me, us guys can have just as much fun together and with women."

"Cool," Silas said and thought the whole idea of not needing girls to have sex was fantastic. He started really being obsessed with females lately and wanted to see one naked so badly but he didn't know why until now. Now that he knew it was all just for sex and having kids, he liked the idea that he could relieve all that tension with other boys like him and not even need a girl to feel what his body was begging for so badly.

"Let me try," Silas said and pulled on Tyler's shoulders. Tyler didn't want to leave David's loving arms but he knew he ought to give Silas a turn so he would stop thinking he was so weird for wanting to do it. He didn't know anything about sex but he did know that boys were supposed to like hugging and kissing girls and stuff.

As soon as Silas took his place, he got all shy and said, "I can't believe I'm gonna kiss a guy."

David gently rubbed his neck and shoulders then went straight to his butt and rubbed it just like he had for Tyler as Silas leaned in to get his kiss. David pressed his lips against the young boy's and loved the feel of it just as much as with Tyler.

It wasn't often that he got to play around with boys like that. He met only two very curious ones in the past on separate occasions. They were especially grateful for him helping them out because they were so poor. Hugging turned into kissing and they couldn't get enough of the nice feeling flowing through their young bodies as he did it. So he couldn't help but give them even more pleasure and they loved it when he slid his hand down their pants and started fondling their sensitive, young penises. They just sat back and enjoyed it as he jacked them off after pulling their pants down. They each kissed him on and off until the big moment came. All their boyish hormones raged as they felt another hand pleasuring them for the first time.

One boy just enjoyed the whole experience and thoroughly thanked him so many times before departing. The other boy however liked it so much that he insisted on hanging around with him the entire time he was in town. At the inn he spent a night with him after getting permission from his very poor parents. After seeing that he had given the boy several gold coins to share with his family so they'd be able to buy good food and clothes and everything for a long time, they figured they'd let their very grateful son hang around with his new hero. Really the boy just wanted David to make him feel so good again. So they got back to the inn and David taught him all about fucking and sex and finally got to try it for himself for the first time after letting the boy have the time of his life first. They had a very nice, romantic evening together between all the cuddling and sex.

They tried it over and over as much as they could that night and twice the next morning. Then David had to fulfill his contract with the mayor to clean out a goblin cave nearby and the boy was sad to see him go but he stopped by afterwards for some quick sex with the kid right in his own room at the farmhouse while his parents were at the market. To the boy all the sex was even better than getting the money from him.

David wished he could have stayed around longer in the town but he knew everyone, and the boy's parents especially, would grow suspicious of why he had such an interest in the kid and suddenly stopped adventuring to hang out with him so he was forced to depart. But that was definitely the best day of his life. He always remembered sticking his penis up inside the little guy's body for the first time and what it felt like to cum inside him.

And now here he was, rescued by one very affectionate and one very curious boy who were both so horny, they'd do anything with him. He planned to ask David to try some real sex with him as soon as he could. He suspected he was gay too from the way he kept staring at him adoringly and was more than willing to do sexual things with him. The whole idea that neither of the boys knew what sex was before this and they just knew how good it felt to rub themselves down there was so arousing too. It was the perfect situation for all of them to have some fun without thinking it was a big deal.

David kept kissing Silas and got the feeling that he didn't like it quite as much as Tyler. His penis had gotten hard from it though so David took one hand off his butt and very slowly slid it up and down his penis. It was half in and half out of the warm water which provided a neat sensation for the little guy. Tyler stared excitedly at the great view from behind of Silas' round buns just above the waterline.

Silas broke off the kiss and David asked, "So, does that feel nice or what?"

"Yeah, it makes my whole body feel all tingly. I still think it's weird though."

"Yeah, it is a little weird but that's the whole sex thing for you. Sucking on penises and touching each other all over and kissing and all that is pretty strange at first but once you realize how much you like it, you can't get enough."

"Kinda like jacking off, huh?" he asked with a cute smile.

"Exactly."

Tyler was as aroused as can be and had to get a hold of his beautiful friend's body so he turned him around and said, "Maybe this will feel even better."

They knelt facing each other and Tyler put his arms around his neck and gave him a long kiss on the lips. Silas held onto Tyler's hips then squeezed his butt because he had never gotten to feel someone's butt before. He liked how soft it was. Their wet bodies shined from the mixture of torch and magic gem lighting in the bathroom and David was really aroused now by how hot it was to watch two young boys make out naked. They were both the same height and very skinny and had the same boyishly shaped butts so it was like complete symmetry as they held their chests tightly together and kissed. They each had their eyes closed and it was so romantic for all of them.

"That was great. I always wanted to do that with you. I think I'm like David and like boys instead of girls," Tyler finally admitted, much to David's delight. Silas didn't mind it either. He thought it was weird that his friend was romantically interested in him but if it let him get his penis sucked on, he had no problem going along with it.

"Well that's fun and stuff but I can't stop thinking about touching some boobies so I guess I'm one of those people," Silas giggled.

"That's okay, boobies are fun too I bet," Tyler laughed.

"The real fun part is between their legs. That's where you stick your penis and have a really good time. I hear it's like a tight, squishy, wet tunnel and it's all warm and nice and makes you penis feel so good. Of course you gotta pull out before you finish or you'll squirt inside her and maybe get her pregnant so that's no fun. That's why boys are even better. You can finish off inside them and not worry about a thing."

"Yeah, that was awesome. So does your mouth feel a lot like a girl does?" Silas asked curiously.

"A little but not quite as good. Anyway I was talking about something other than sucking. Did you know boy's got a nice and tight, squishy tunnel where you can stick a penis in too?"

The boys thought about it and then giggled when they realized he meant their butts.

"No way, are you serious?" Tyler asked between giggles.

"Yeah, totally. People do it all the time. Some guys even fuck girls in the butt cuz it's a little tighter and they can't get pregnant that way."

"Is that what it's called?"

"You mean you've never done any fucking?" David asked with a wink.

"Nope, never! I didn't even know about it," Tyler answered.

"Wow, that's weird," Silas giggled. "I think I wanna fuck a girl though."

"It may be weird but it's really, really fun. I got to fuck one boy a couple times before and it was incredible. He really liked it too cuz I jacked him off while I fucked him and when you cum with a penis up your butt it feels extra good."

"Is that what it's called when you squirt out all that white stuff?"

"Yeah."

"You gotta teach us all these words."

"Well that's about all of them. Fucking someone is when you stick your penis in them and move it back and forth. And the whole thing is called sex and when you do it yourself with your hand that's jacking off. Oh yeah and when you finish, people call that cumming and the white stuff is called cum then."

"Cool, I feel so grown up now!" Tyler said with a proud smile. He peered down in the clear water and saw David's completely hard penis and said, "Whoooa your penis is huge!"

Silas looked too and was equally impressed.

"Geeze guys, you're embarrassing me. It's just six inches [15 cm]. That's about how big most adult guys are."

"You fit all that in a boy's butt?" Silas asked and giggled slightly.

"I sure did. It's bigger in there than you might think. Want me to prove it for you?" he suggested and Silas giggled again and shook his head no. He hoped Tyler would be up for it. By the look on his face, he could tell he wanted to do it. "Yours aren't too bad either you know. I bet they've been doing some growing lately, huh? I guess you're starting to turn into adults."

"Cool, I want a big penis like yours!" Tyler exclaimed.

David stood up and sat on the side of the tub so they could get a better look at it. Tyler stepped forward and felt it in his hand and rubbed it up and down a few times.

"Geeze, it's so big and hard. Cool."

"Well it's got to be if you want to fuck someone with it. You can't do it with a soft little noodle."

The boys giggled and David noticed they were both still totally hard.

"Those big, long poles you've each got there look close to five inches [12½ cm] long. They're almost as big as mine."

"Yeah right. They're not even close to as big around and stuff and we don't got any hair yet."

"Well I think you both look really beautiful with smooth, sexy skin and those enormous weapons. You could poke someone's eye out with them. They're like lances!"

They both giggled again and thanked him for the nice compliments.

"Hey Tyler, what's that cum stuff taste like?"

"I dunno… kinda weird but I like it. You wanna taste some? I bet I could make some more for you," he asked enticingly.

"Maybe later."

David's penis was hard and throbbing and begging to be stuck inside a boy. He knew Tyler would do it for sure but for some reason he wanted to see if he could convince Silas to try it. He stood up and held onto Silas's small, still very boyish shoulder and said, "So cutie, do you want to see what it feels like to get sucked on while someone's fucking you? I know you'll like it."

"Umm… maybe I'll let Tyler try that first. He seems to like stuff like that more."

"What do you say, Tyler? You want to?"

"Yeah, I do! It sounds so fun. You can cum inside me all you want. I think that's really fun sounding."

"Okay, wanna go do on the bed like most people or right here in the tub?"

"Right here! I wanna do it now!" he said excitedly.

"Alright. You're sure one energetic little guy."

David turned him around and held onto him from behind and massaged his shoulders and slowly rubbed his penis between his buns as he said, "Okay, all you have to do is relax and then sit there and enjoy it. Of course when you're fucking someone's butt you gotta use some slippery stuff to slide in and out. I happen to know a spell for just the right stuff for the job. Remember that scroll you found that I said will spill super slippery oil on the floor and make the monster chasing you fall down? Well I learned that spell and after a long time I learned how to modify it and combine it with another sleep spell that makes the oil have this stuff in it that makes everything it touches relax slightly. That little rump you've got there is real tight and small and the muscles usually all push together when something tries to slide up there but with this stuff the muscles will be relaxed and made it work great. And best of all it's a conjuration type spell so the stuff disappears after a short time."

"That's really neat!" Tyler said excitedly.

"Too bad it disappears or you could sell that stuff and men could fuck women in the butt and never get them pregnant if they don't want to," Silas added.

"Or really horny little boys could play around together," David replied.

"What's that mean?"

"Horny just means you like jacking off and having sex a lot."

"Oh, that's us!" Tyler laughed.

David grabbed the small ceramic tray that held the bar of soap then said a whole bunch of magic words and oil dripped out of mid air into the tray.

"Wow, that's a lot of words."

"Well I'm no professional wizard. It was pretty tough making this into one spell and in the correct proportions and for the right length of time in the first place so I guess it's still a bit rough."

"You can say all the words you want if it lets you fuck me," Tyler happily told him.

"Okay, you ready?" David asked and gently pushed Tyler so he'd bend forward enough to expose his little hole.

"Hold on, I wanna see too," Silas said and pushed Tyler down so his face was just above the waterline. He kept his hands on his back and got a good view of his butt.

"Hey, quit it," Tyler said and got back up.

"Fine, I'm watching from here," he said and slid in beside Tyler with his legs under his midsection the short way in the tub.

David covered his hand in the oily stuff and rubbed it up and down his penis. It was sort of thick oil so it stayed on really well and boy was it slippery. He rinsed off his hand to stop the very slight muscle relaxation, although it was barely noticeable on external skin. As soon as it hit a boy's insides though, they loosened up and made him perfect to fuck. Now that he was all set, he maneuvered his penis to just the right spot. He held it up against that tight ring of muscle and a few seconds later, it loosened up and he slid inside him with ease.

"Okay, does this feel alright?" he asked as inch by inch he made his way into him.

"It feels cool!" he answered.

"Wooooow," Silas snickered when all six inches [15 cm] were nestled cozily inside his friend's body.

"Told you it would fit. Now comes the fun part," he said and started to slide it back and forth.

"That does look like it would feel really good," Silas commented.

"Ohhh this is the best feeling ever. I love it. Thanks for doing this with me, Tyler. You're the best boy in the whole world."

"Wow, it's so big and hard… it feels like your penis stayed turned to stone," Tyler giggled.

"Your butt feels incredible. And you're so warm. I love it! Sex is so much fun. Well here come the best part for you," David said and took a hand off his side and started jacking him off. All the nice compliments made Tyler feel as good as the jacking.

"Wait, let me do that," Silas said unexpectedly. He wanted to see what it felt like to jack another boy off.

"Okay," David said and pulled Tyler up so he was standing almost straight up, giving Silas easy access to his penis. Then he held onto his shoulders and kept shoving his penis up into his butt over and over.

Silas moved in front of him and as soon as he got a hold of his penis, Tyler said, "No, you gotta suck on it."

"Okay," Silas quickly agreed. He was equally curious about what it would feel like to suck on a penis though he was nervous about the end.

David kept plunging his penis up into Tyler's hot body and with Silas sucking him off, Tyler felt like he was getting the royal treatment. It did feel a little good to have that big thing moving through his butt and he certainly was enjoying Silas sucking on him even more because of it.

David tried not to finish too fast because he had promised Tyler that it felt awesome to cum with a penis inside him so he had to let him finish first. Plus he loved feeling a boy's body go through an intense orgasm while he was still inside it. Fortunately he didn't have to wait long because after about two minutes of slow fucking, Tyler moaned softly and as soon as he fired his first shot off, he sounded even more pleasured than before. David felt the little guy's insides wrap tightly around him over and over and felt his hard prostate gland squeeze against the underside of his penis. He knew that made him feel extra good and couldn't wait to get his reaction.

Silas took his cum filled mouth off his penis and swallowed it all quickly and said, "That stuff's kinda gross."

"Ohhh I think my brain exploded," Tyler panted and David smiled at how cute that description was. "It was like my whole butt felt good too that time. That was so cool."

"See, I told you it feels better. Maybe you should try fucking me later too. This is just as fun, trust me."

"Okay, anything for you, David," he replied lovingly.

David picked up his pace and as soon as he did, it didn't take long to feel the end approaching. He held out as long as he could then finally let his cum fly out into his favorite boy.

"Ooh, he's cumming," Tyler told Silas with a big smile.

"Ohhhh baby, that felt good," David said. "There's nothing like real sex. And with such a handsome boy too."

He gave Tyler a big hug then slowly withdrew his penis.

"Wow, I just had sex with a famous person. That's so cool!" Tyler exclaimed.

He rinsed it off underwater then looked over at Silas and asked, "What do you think? Looks pretty fun, huh? You wanna try it some time?"

"I wanna try it now but not that way!" he replied then looked at Tyler eagerly and asked David, "Can I still do it even though you just did?"

"You sure can," he said and Tyler obviously liked the idea of Silas fucking him too. "You better hurry though. That oil isn't gonna stick around forever."

Silas quickly slopped a bunch of it on his penis and Tyler turned around for him. He got on all fours and Silas shoved his penis quickly inside his still nice and relaxed butt.

"Oh wow, this is nice," he said as he started pounding against Tyler's backside. David couldn't tell if he was going so fast in case the lube disappeared or because he really liked the feeling. It was probably both but either way, it was hot to watch the little guy fuck him so frantically. He certainly wasn't going to waste any time trying it out cautiously. David figured after watching him slide through there rapidly that it was the best way to do it so now he was fucking away as fast as he could.

"Ohhh myyyy gooosssshhh," he said after only about a minute and then stopped with his penis buried all the way inside him and let loose a flurry of rapid squirts.

"You're a quick one," Tyler giggled.

"It felt so good… I couldn't hold on any longer," he panted.

"Cool! I better fuck one of you later then cuz you make it sound fun."

"It is so fun! How else do you think I can cum so fast?"

"It's nice to get to the end real quick without a bunch of work. Not like with your hand where you pump and pump and pump and it's like geeze, come on, come out already. I wanna feel good now!" he giggled.

"See, you don't need a girl to have sex and feel great," David said and gave Silas a hug.

"You're so smart," he affectionately replied and gave him a little kiss.

They soaked in the tub together and relaxed after the big sex party with their arms around each other. Several minutes after Silas was all done the oil disappeared from the tray. Eventually the nudity and arms around both his buddies got to Tyler again and he hopped into David's lap and started kissing him. Silas wanted some of the action too so he stood really close and sort of bumped Tyler's head away so he could kiss David. Tyler responded by pushing him away soon after then giving him a big kiss on the lips instead. The boys held each other as they continued kissing and David gently caressed both of their backsides. They seemed to like getting touched there as much as he liked touching them.

"It felt really good fucking you, Tyler. I don't need any girls anymore. I'll just play around with you instead," Silas said softly and gave him another kiss.

"Good cuz you sure don't need to have any kids yet," Tyler giggled.

"Mmm, all boys should fuck each other I think," he sighed and kissed Tyler again.

"Yeah, then they'd be so happy and could give their arm a rest," he giggled back.

David got up and kissed at Silas' neck and cheek until he turned and gave him some kisses on the lips too. As he was kneeling there, Tyler slid his hand behind him and squeezed his butt.

"Ooh, it's all hard and muscly. You're so strong!" he commented.

"Glad you like it," David replied between kisses.

Silas reached back to feel it too as he continued making out with him. Tyler felt all the muscles up and down his back and then hugged him and pressed his face against his back. He loved his manly body and how strong he was. It was like he could protect him from anything and he felt so safe around him.

"Thanks again for saving me. You're the nicest guy in the world," Tyler said lovingly.

David turned around and hugged him back and said, "You're very welcome. I'm glad to have saved such a nice, sweet, boy. Especially one with such a cute body and a nice butt that's just right for fucking. And you even let me borrow it for some fun. You're the best boy in the whole world."

Not wanting to be left out from all the affectionate talk, Silas said, "You can fuck me too later. I bet my butt feels good inside too."

"Well why don't we get out and go buy you kids some clothes and then come back and take them all off and play around some more. I'll gladly take you up on that offer, Silas."

"Yippee! New clothes!" Tyler said and hopped up and out of the tub, dripping water everywhere. Some of the drops hit the heating coils and sizzled. He quickly patted himself off with a towel then picked up his old shirt like a piece of garbage between two fingers and said, "I don't wanna put this back on after I just got all clean."

"Well you can't go to the tailor naked," Silas laughed.

"Can too! I bet he gets that all the time," he giggled.

"Here, put these on," David said after digging through a pile of bath robes he found.

"Oh come on, I'll look silly walking around town in just a bath robe."

"Nonsense! You'll really turn heads walking along in that sexy little robe."

"But I only wanna turn your head," he said and gave him a cute romantic gaze.

"Well it's either that, naked, or your old clothes."

"Okay, fine," he agreed and he and Silas put on the soft robes and tied them up really well.

As Silas was making sure his was secure, David said, "I bet all the girls will look at you and think ooh, look at that cute boy. I wonder if he's naked under there. He's got such a nice, smooth chest and sexy hair. I wanna take that robe off him and see the rest of him."

Silas blushed and looked all shy then said, "Maybe I'll bring one back with us."

"Naw, you gotta let me fuck you! And they'd think it was weird if you did it with a boy before you got to them," Tyler protested.

"Well then you'll just have to do it with her instead of me," he said with a big smile.

"You nut. Nobody's gonna wanna come back and fuck you but me."

David got all his clothes back on and his armor too so nobody would break into the room and steal it then said, "Alright, let's go."

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