Lost with Life Chapter 2
#2 of Lost with Life.
Link is a guard, busy dealing with the odd and strange people in the markets. He is one of many guards, but often at night, he gets a strange feeling as if he is missing something. Throughout the story, he will regain his memory of the life he once lived long ago. He will meet the strangest people, fight the deadliest beasts, and perhaps find what he was missing.
The next day quickly came, and Link found himself out on the streets with Dylan. It was still early, and both of them were standing in front of their captain, along with ten other guards. The captain wore the same uniform as the guards in front of him, except for the helmet. His helmet covered his face for more protection. A lot of the guards said his face was horribly scarred and that's why he leaves it on. Some others say that he's actually a really muscular woman with a deep voice. No one really knew. Link and Dylan were as quiet as the others while the tall and muscular captain began to speak. "Right, glad you all made it. We need three men to volunteer to travel to Ordon Village tomorrow. There are people that need us down there now. Everyone who volunteers gets a bonus of two hundred rupees." He stated before a human guard shouted something from the back of the group.
"Why do they need us?" She inquired.
"There have been reports of some kind of unknown monster down there, those farmers down there don't know how to fight good so we have to show them how it's done!" The captain confidently answered.
To Link, the idea of traveling sounded like a great idea. He had spent most of his life in the castle walls so he wanted to see the rest of the world, even if they weren't going very far. "I volunteer." Link said, loud enough to be heard by the captain.
The captain smiled as he said, "I see one man in front of me with balls. Do we have any others?"
Just then two young human guards shouted out at the same time. "We will!" they both said with smiles on their young pale faces, that were partly hidden behind their helmets.
The captain then smirked, partly knowing that these people had no idea what they were getting themselves into. "You three, tomorrow I want you at the castle gates at sunrise! Now get back to your usual patrols." The captain said to them before walking off down the street.
The guards quickly dispersed, and Dylan just looked at Link without a word. Link just looked straight back at him. "What?" Link said to him.
"You bloody idiot." Dylan said as he walked off towards the marketplace.
Link quickly caught up with him. "What did I do?" he questioned him.
"You only just signed your own death warrant! Have you heard about that monster down at Ordon? Oh, wait, of course you haven't! If you did you'd know to stay away from it! But I guess you could just be a mentalist and I never knew it!" Dylan exclaimed as he looked worried.
"So... I guess this means the monster is bad?" Link replied with a small smile.
"Bad? I heard the thing has a hand the size of your body! It'll just swat you away like a fly!" Dylan told him, getting the attention of the people they walked passed.
"If it's hurting people, we need to get rid of it." Link calmly said.
"Err, I don't think you just heard me." Dylan sarcastically responded.
"I did, and I'm still heading to Ordon. I need the rupees anyway." Link replied, not about to change his mind on this.
"What for? What's worth throwing your life away and getting your bollocks handed to you by some demon?" Dylan questioned him.
"I want to move away from this place." Was Link's simple answer.
"So you're going to risk death just to move away from this place? And I thought I didn't like this place." Dylan said the last part a little quieter as he and link soon found themselves in the marketplace, and heard a familiar voice.
"ARMOR, SWORDS AND SHIELDS FOR ALL RACES! NOW FIFTY PERCENT OFF!" The goron announced.
Dylan let out an angry sigh before saying, "Sod this place, I'm patrolling the inn."
Link followed Dylan off into another street. Hours passed, the sky was now dark, and the two of them were now patrolling the now quiet marketplace. The two of them were sat on the bench Link sat on last night, they were both tired of walking. Dylan was now talking to Link about the last time he left the castle walls.
"And then, the bastard fired an arrow at my arse! Not just an arrow, but a flaming one! If I hadn't jumped, it would have ended very badly for my backside." Dylan told Link as he saw the younger man trying not to laugh.
"How many times have you been outside in the fields?" Link asked him.
"Too many times, I used to be a traveler, made a lot of money through it too! And then I met my wife and settled down with her. She didn't like it whenever something was trying to take my head off with a big sword." Dylan said before chuckling. "I was lucky to have met her, it was almost like we met by fate." he added.
"Do you believe in fate?" Link curiously asked him.
"I'm not sure, maybe I was just lucky to have met her." Dylan said before shrugging and standing up. Link stood up with him after realizing their shift was over. They both began walking off to finish their job for the day, that's when Dylan said something to Link. "In case you don't make it back, any last words?"
"Yeah, have a little confidence in me." Link replied with a friendly smile. Dylan's response was just a small laugh, and nothing more. Half an hour later, Link found himself back in his bed. Now that he thought about it, he had no idea why he was risking his life just to see the world a little. At that moment, he was certain it was the right choice, but now, he wasn't so certain. Link closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep, he knew he'd need his rest.
Morning came, and Link was now outside the castle walls, standing with two other guards. They all had their spears with them, and wore the same armor. The two guards were both standing side by side, one slightly taller than the other. He noticed that besides the height, they looked very similar. "Are you both related?" he asked the two guards.
They both simply nodded in response, before the taller one to the left said, "I grew up with my brother in Ordon."
Then the slightly shorter one spoke up next. "My name is Fen." He happily said.
"Everyone calls me Nef." The taller of the two responded.
Link noticed they both sounded young, younger than him anyway, "What's Ordon like?" Link curiously inquired.
The shorter of the two quickly answered. "It's nice, quiet, not much there though. It's mostly just full of farmers and stupid goats."
Just then, the taller of the two laughed. "Still not gotten over those goats?" he asked his brother.
"It almost broke my butt bone! I couldn't sit down for a week." Fen replied with a frown on his face. Link smiled, and then quickly turned around when he heard someone approaching from behind. It was the captain, wearing the same uniform he was in yesterday. He had a quiver full of arrows on his back and a bow in his left hand, as well as a short sword hanging off his belt.
"Come on, let's go demon hunting." The captain said to his men before walking off.
The shortest of the two brothers looked between the taller one and Link before running over to the captain and saying, "Wait! Aren't we going to use horses to get to Ordon?"
The captain just looked over his shoulder and kept walking. "Don't be lazy, we can walk it in less than a few hours. Don't make me regret bringing you along." The captain said before walking off down the only path in sight.
Link and the other two quickly caught up to him and stayed close. Link hoped he wouldn't see any flaming arrows coming his way soon. They walked on, following the captain's orders. Everything was pretty quiet and the sun was high up in the sky, giving them good visibility. They moved on, until Fen felt an arrow rip through his left thigh, causing him to drop his spear and scream. The arrow was still in his thigh, he could see and feel the blood flowing out of his new wounds. Nef quickly knelt besides his brother as he looked all around himself. "Where did that come from!" he yelled.
The captain quickly looked over to the right, and saw two silhouettes of some creatures over the hills. They weren't human, and they weren't Hylian. He didn't care what they were, they messed with the wrong person. "Get behind something while I take these ones out!" the captain said as he reached back and took an arrow out of his quiver. Link helped Nef move Fen behind a dip in the landscape, which gave them just enough cover from the arrows that were being unleashed on them. The captain unleashed a single arrow, directed at the silhouette to the left. The silhouette dropped down to the ground, causing the captain to assume it was hit by his arrow. The second silhouette quickly disappeared as the thing ran away. "They may be back with reinforcements. We might not be able to hold them back while we've got an injured person with us." the captain said as he looked back to Fen.
Link looked over to the captain and asked, "What should we do?"
"We head back to the castle, it'll take two people to carry that man to safety. He needs that arrow out of his leg." the captain said as he pointed to Fen.
Suddenly, an idea came into Link's head, not a very smart one either. "I can still run to the village, if I run, I should get there soon." he said to the captain.
"And I get stuck dragging that young one back to the castle with his brother, fine. At least one of us will get there, just don't attempt an attack on the demon until I'm down there with you. Save some for me." the captain replied before handing Link a map to the area, he knew he'd need it.
"I will." Link said with a smile before quickly sprinting down the path he was on. After sprinting for only fifteen seconds, he heard a scream behind himself. He looked back to see the others still there, he guessed the captain must have pulled the arrow out of Fen's leg. Link then looked forward again, and started running. He ran until he was exhausted after almost a full hour of running, Ordon was further away than he thought. Eventually though, he found signs that he was heading in the right direction, and soon found the path heading into a wooded area. There was something strange about these woods, but he couldn't figure out why he felt so strange all of a sudden. As he walked deeper in, he passed by a hut that looked like it had been abandoned a long time ago. He wondered why there would be someone living away from the rest of the village. He walked passed the hut, ignoring it. He walked further down the path, and then soon found himself at a bridge, made of wood and rope. It looked fairly new, he guessed the village had to keep this bridge sturdy for all of the traders that come through here. He walked over the bridge, keeping his eyes forward. He didn't want to know how high he was. His feet soon reached solid ground again, and he began walking forward. He noticed that there was a little side path to the left, which he looked down.
Link suddenly found himself looking at a spring, a beautiful one too. There was a waterfall, which flowed down into a pool of water below, which created a smaller but wider waterfall, leaving a big pool of clear water below it. All the mist in the air created a small rainbow. For some reason, the sight of the spring gave him chills down his spine. It was strange, although he knew this place was beautiful, he didn't like it. He just got a bad feeling from it, so he didn't waste anymore time there. He walked down the other path that was meant to lead him straight into the village. Link then walked into a small area, with a big dead tree to his left. Something caught his attention about the tree, there was a house carved into it, and a worn out rope ladder leading up there. The house had a doorway and a window at the top, which led him to believe there was at least two floors to the house. There were also a few pumpkins growing near the tree. He wondered if anyone was really living up there. "Hello?" He said, loudly and clearly. He got no response. Link began walking away down the path when he got no response, until he heard something.
"Hehehe!"
Author's note: Now the fun really begins! I have a bunch of ideas for this story, hopefully you will all like what I have planned out. There will be action! Romance! Horror! Sadness! Happiness, and everything in between. Also there will be plenty of unexpected turns! Also I wanna thank you all for reading this far, and BigBossSonic for editing this! Also if you see any problems, just tell me and I will try my best to fix them as hastily as possible.