Marth: Hmm…My second story for this one will get more attention.
Barose: -appears from Marth's Millennium Armor- And you never know…Maybe since this one's getting attention, and they like it, people will actually take the time to read your other story as well.
Marth: Oh…Hello there, Barose. Maybe once I get it back up...I still have to revamp it after all
Barose: Yeah...True.
Marth: I do like this one though. Most of the ideas were based on an RP between me and a group of friends so not all events are from me alone. But I think that's enough for the introduction for now...Let's begin!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fire Emblem or Legend of Zelda.
It was a day like any other. The mighty prince of Altea, Marth, stepped out of the castle to begin walking around the town a bit before taking a walk in the forest. His blue armor glistened in the sunlight and his long cape flowed behind him as he walked down the Altean streets, all the townspeople greeting him as he went and the children began to gather around him and walk with him. As he reached the town gate, he kneeled down and looked at them.
"Run along back to your parents, children. I cannot take you outside the gates without your parent's permission. And I am taking a walk in the woods and I would not want for any of you to be harmed if a wild animal were to come out."
Many of the children had looks of disappointment on their faces but they understood what they were being told and went back to their parents. Marth gave another smile as he turned toward the gate and looked up at the gate guards in their towers on the left and right of the gate. One of the guards looked down and saw that Marth was there and snapped to attention.
"Your Majesty! How may I be of service to you?" he shouted down to the noble prince. This quickly caught the attention of the other guard on the other side of the gate and he too snapped to attention upon seeing Marth.
"Please open the gate, I wish to go for my usual walk in the forest." Marth requested.
"At once sire!" the guard said as he turned to a crank that would open the gate. The guard on the other side did the same as it took them both turning cranks on each side to open the gate. As the guards began to turn their respective cranks, the gates slowly began to open as Marth stepped through the open gate and turned back to the guards to let them know that it was fine for them to close the gate again. They did so and gave a salute to the prince as he turned and headed for the forest.
Upon entering the forest, Marth took a deep breath of the forest air and gave a content sigh as he began to walk along through the forest, the light gleaming through the small openings in the trees. He smiled as he walked. The sight of the forest seemed to calm him down from his daily tasks as the prince of Altea. As he began to walk he heard an unnatural cry and rustling in the nearby grass. He quickly placed his hand on the hilt of his Falchion as a reaction and began to slowly move to where he had heard the sound. He placed his back against a large tree and began to slowly peer around the tree to see what had made the sound. What he saw made him lose his balance and stumble in disbelief. He saw what appeared to be a large armored monster nearly twice his size and carrying a spear. It had a bulldog-like face and appeared to be looking for something. As he pulled himself back around the tree and started to move to get a better look, a snap could be easily heard in the silent forest as Marth accidentally stepped on a twig. Marth immediately ducked behind the tree again to make sure the creature didn't see him. The large creature snapped it's sights toward the sound but didn't see Marth. The monster decided to investigate what it had heard and began moving toward the tree that Marth was hiding behind. Marth began to silently draw his sword, preparing to defend himself if need be. He moved around the tree out of the line of sight of the monster as it reached the tree, it began to sniff at the air as if to try and catch a scent of anything foreign in the air. It didn't take long for Marth's scent to be picked up by the monster as is swung it's large spear at the tree and knocked it down with ease. Marth barely managed to catch wind that the monster had swung it's spear and managed to duck away in time.
"Well…Whatever you are…I can see you aren't friendly…" Marth said, stating the obvious.
The creature gave a grunt and charged at Marth, spear brandished to strike. Marth agilely dodged to the side and struck at the creature. Marth's blade easily pierced through the leather part of the creature's armor and left a large gash in it's side. The creature became infuriated by this and gave a very loud bellowing cry before swinging it's spear wildly at Marth. Marth was agile, but the creature's spear was so large and the creature was swinging it so wildly there was no way to tell where it was going to be swung next and Marth was struck in the side and thrown into a nearby tree. He slowly got back to his feet and glared at the creature.
"I have no idea what you are or where you came from but I would highly suggest returning from whence you came." Marth demanded.
"I cannot return empty-handed or my master will kill me. Now stand aside human…" the creature responded with a grunt.
"Fine…Have it your way," Marth stated and lunged at the creature, swinging his sword at the creature again. This time however, his sword met with the strong iron armor on the creature's shoulder. The creature winced a little from the hit but didn't appear to be harmed as it swung it's spear at Marth again. Marth managed to block it with his sword and jumped back out of the range of the spear. Marth began to hear movement behind him as he leaped into the air just in time to avoid a blow from another creature. He turned to see another creature identical to the other; however this one was wielding a spiked mace. It appeared that when the creature let out the bellowing cry earlier, it was calling for it's comrade. Marth didn't have time to really think on the matter as both of them began to charge at him. He leaped up over the mace wielding creature as the creatures collided with one another and hit the ground with a loud thud. The creatures quickly got back up and went to either side of Marth and attempted to charge him again. Marth again leapt into the air this time over the spear wielding one and again the creatures collided with one another.
"It would appear that teamwork is not one of their strong points." Marth stated. He didn't give them time to regain their composure this time before striking again at the spear wielding creature's unprotected back. Marth's blade easily pierced into the creature's hide. The creature gave out a loud howl in pain as Marth pulled his blade out of the creature's back. Blood oozed from the wound as the creature started to get back on it's feet, but it wasn't long after that the creature slumped over and fell to the ground, unmoving. The other creature looked at it's fallen comrade before making a hasty retreat. Marth decided to give chase to the creature, but made sure to avoid being seen as he did so so that the creature would not know it was being followed. Marth was going to make sure that if there were a clan of these creatures, he'd find their hideout and get together a group of his soldiers to defeat them so they could no longer plague the forest. He soon reached an area of the forest he had not been to. He looked on in wonder at the creature as it seemed to disappear. He could not believe his eyes. The creature just seemed to vanish. Marth stepped to where the creature was and investigated. He saw what appeared to be an oval of dark purple light standing about twice his size in front of him. He leaned in to take a closer look at it. The oval appeared to hold no real purpose but he knew otherwise since this was where the creature had disappeared. He attempted to touch the oval with his sword but instead of connecting with anything, his sword instead appeared to pass right through. He immediately retracted his blade and stepped over to the side of it. It appeared to be paper thin which was why he had not seen it before when he saw the creature disappear. He again attempted to touch it with his sword and as his sword passed through the oval, his sword did not appear on the opposing side of it. He again immediately retracted his sword. He walked around to the front of it again and this time he decided to place his hand through it and he thought he could feel humid air on the other side. He pulled his hand back and looked as the humid air condensed on his hand. He was just about to inspect it one last time when he heard something moving behind him. He spun around, drawing his sword again only to be met by a rabbit as it jumped into his sight. He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn around once again when a wolf jumped out and pounced on the rabbit. Marth was caught off guard by this and stumbled back just a bit but it was enough for him to fall into the oval. When he reached the other side, he caught a glimpse of the sunlight before hitting water. Luckily the water was not deep where he was and he stood up and looked around. He saw a small island nearby and walked to it, swimming as best he could in his armor when the water was too deep to walk.
After drying off a bit and getting settled down a bit from what had just happened, Marth took a look at his surroundings. The area seemed to be very simple. There was the island he was on which had a single tree and a strange platform in the center. While facing the main shoreline, to his right there was a small island with a stone tablet. The text he could make out from where he stood was unfamiliar to him. To his left there was another small island connected to the one he was on by a bridge and another bridge coming from that one that led to the main shoreline. Across the water from where he was, he could see the main shoreline. He could see four tall pillars with what appeared to be a doorway under the water beneath them. He could also see 2 buildings. One was near where the bridge ended at the shore and one was on a small area of land across from his current location. The only other thing that he could see was a small area of what looked like a small farming land with 2 scarecrows. Marth finally decided not to continue standing around and to take a quick look around to try and figure out where he was. He kept one hand on the hilt of his sword just to be cautious. He made his way across the bridges to the main shore and seemed to have no issues. He looked around trying to figure out where the creature from before had went. He looked around again once on the main shore and looked intently at a doorway that was underneath the island he was on before. Something under the water at the doorway was catching his eye. He saw what appeared to be a pair red eyes looking at him. Before he knew it, a dark figure seemed to appear around the red eyes and moved with an unbelievable speed out of the water, leaped into the air and left the lake. The figure's skin and clothes were pure black save for it's gleaming red eyes.
"Where the hell am I and who or what the hell was that!?"
Marth: Well…I think that turned out well for my first chapter. I've been meaning to do this for a while now but never really took the time out to actually do so.
Barose: Though the RP never officially ended so at one point you'll have to think things up yourself, you know.
Marth: Yes, I know that. But no worries, there, I already have ideas on where things will go where the RP left off.
Barose: Well good. But for now, this concludes chapter 1.
Marth: Please don't forget to review and come back for the next one!