A Knight to Remember
Chapter 1
Let me tell you a tale of glory, of honor, of sexiness...
Let me tell you the story of the greatest man to ever walk the Earth!
This is a story of the one, the only, the sexy.
The Story of Fernando.
And a little woman who is cute but regardless it is a story
of Fernando!
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A gallant knight rode up to a small hamlet, his shining armor radiating in the glowing sun that nearly settled in its wake.
"Please please... no fanfare." the knight chuckled as he placed a rose in his mouth, "Fernando is here, hold your applause." he waved.
However, there was no applause.
There was no fanfare.
And most catastrophically,
There was no ladies.
Fernando kept on waving to nobody, "Please please, I am just a man." he laughed and then opened his eyes, then saw the eerie emptiness surrounding him.
His horse neighed softly as the wind blew a windchime.
"Huh?" Fernando looked around as he saw the deserted state of the hamlet, "Where are Fernando's adoring fans?" he asked as he saw that each house had their lights turned off, which was going to leave him in outer darkness when the sun finally set.
"Anyone?"
His echo resonated through the street.
"Now this is just not nice." Fernando pouted as he rode up to a tavern, "Is this how this town welcomes a hero?" he spoke and then dismounted his steed.
The wind blew softly as the knight picked up his lance and shield.
Fernando opened the door to the tavern, only to be met with eerie silence, "Hola?" he asked around, "Is there anyone here? Fernando has graced this bar with his presence!" he started to become irritated.
Suddenly, a man popped out from behind the bar, clenching a pitchfork tightly.
"You fool! Get in here!" he yelled and ran to him.
"Huh- Hey! Watch the armor!" Fernando was grabbed by the bartender and then pushed further inside, "I just polished it!"
"Do you want to die!?" the bartender said as he led Fernando to behind the bar, where everyone else was cowering in fear.
"Huh?" Fernando asked as he saw the villagers crouching, "What is happening here!?" he released himself from the man's grasp, "Is there some fiend I need to put at bay? Fernando is here! Do not worry, citizens!" he yelled and ran to the door.
"NO!" everyone shot up and pounced on the knight, dragging him down.
"What is this?" Fernando yelled, then looked outside as it became dark, "Let me go!"
"NO!" the villagers yelled.
The clock rung loudly.
"Worry not!" Fernando groaned as he started to drag the villagers, "I... Will... Rescue you!" he growled and then saw as it became night outside.
His horse started to neigh and become restless, then started to tug on the pole with all his might.
Suddenly, a mass of shadow swooped by and covered the beast entirely.
Fernando gasped in shock.
The mass stayed on for a few brief moments, and when it was gone, it left a bare equine skeleton.
The knights jaw dropped.
"Servando!" the knight yelled in horror and used this might to break free and reach the door, "NO!" he kicked it open and then stepped into the night street.
"You're a dead man!" the bartender screamed and shut the doors behind him.
The night became silent and ghastly, the wind blowing on the new skeleton nearby.
"Servando..." Fernando mumbled as he ran to the bones, "No... you did no-" he paused when the wind picked up, then saw the black mass form at the intersection around ten meters away.
"You monster!" the knight yelled as he put up his shield, "I will defeat you, vile demon!"
The black mass spread out the entire width of the road and started to move en masse towards the knight.
"I am Fernando! Son of Hernando! And I am the Knight of Solar Spire!" Fernando proclaimed as the mass rose up like a tidal wave.
The closer the mass got, the more details Fernando could make of it, and this was when he realized that this black mass was a huge plague of insects.
"Foul bugs!" Fernando yelled and then turned behind him when he heard buzzing, revealing another army of bugs ready to engulf him, "You may have brought an army, but Fernando brought a Fernando!" he laughed and then closed his helmet.
The two masses closed in on the knight.
Until the fuzed.
Fernando felt the bugs try to creep into his armor, then felt their bites on his skin.
"Silly bugs! I will not be your lunch!" he laughed and then started to glow like the sun, "I will not be eaten, not yet, amigos!" he laughed as the sunlike aura started to push the bugs away.
The man then lifted his lance and started to burn the bugs alive.
The entire road was consumed in flames, and it was a few seconds until the fireball ceased to exist, revealing Fernando a lot of charred insects around him.
"You should have thought twice.. but you were a hive mind." Fernando chuckled as he saw the lights of the whole street light up.
Now was the time for fanfare, now was the time for cheers.
Fernando grinned as he saw the villagers celebrate his victory, "Worry not, citizens. Fernando is here." he said as his armor radiated in moonlight.
"Thank you so much, Fernando!" a villager ran up to him, "You saved our town from the Devourer of the Night!" he clapped and gave him a bag of gold.
"Please, please... keep your money." Fernando shook his head, "Now... Where did those bugs come from?" he asked, "I must avenge the memory of Servando." he clenched his fist as he saw the bones of his loyal steed.
An old man crept through the crowds and stood before the Knight, "They came from over yonder..." he muttered and pointed to a massive peak in the east, "I remember when I was a wee lad, a dark sorcerer inhabits that peak."
The mountain lit up with lightning strikes.
Fernando turned his gaze into it.
"The Sorcerer demands tribute every year." another villager spoke, "We forgot to give it to him... and so he cursed us with those bugs..." she cried, "They took all my pigs."
"Thanks to you, you killed them!" a man yelled, "If you could kill them, maybe you can take out the sorcerer!"
Fernando grinned, "Worry not, villagers... Fernando is here..." he chuckled and raised his lance towards the dark mountain, "I will defeat the sorcerer!"
The crowds cheered as their hero marched onward.