(Edit: Chapter one & two are now combined into one chapter. I thought they were too short as two separate chapters.)
A teenage boy was sitting under a tree in the darkness of the Lorulian morning. His fuchsia bunny hood was covered his face and he was asleep, snoring softly. He didn't have a house; there was an unfortunate "accident." So, he was sleeping outside. His long blue scarf was flicking in the wind.
Suddenly, a little white and blue bird looking creature flew down and nudged the bunny boy. It had a light blue letter. It chirped and chirped. Finally, annoyed that he wasn't waking up, the bird creature took out a giant hammer and slammed it right next to the boy's head.
"AIIIIYEEEEEEEEEE!" the bunny boy shot upwards and his bunny hood fell down, revealing his face. His bright green eyes were opened wide in horror and fear and his dark purple hair was dancing in the slow breeze. He was breathing heavily. "WH-What's going on!?" he exclaimed.
The bird rolled its orange-red eyes. It dropped the letter on the boy's lap.
"Huh? Sheerow, what is this?" The bunny boy picked up the letter and opened it. He knew who it was from because of the blue before even opening it. He read the letter aloud.
"Dear Ravio,
I heard about your adventures in Hyrule. It seems interesting to hear about. We haven't seen each other in a few weeks, mind meeting me at the Milk Bar? My treat, since you're so stingy about spending rupees. I want to hear all about Hyrule. Hilda told me that the hero of Hyrule got you the triforce back. Sounds interesting...
See ya there!
~Avtai."
The bunny boy, whose name was Ravio, closed the letter and put it in his bunny hood (where he kept a lot of things). Sheerow, his bird, flew over and perched on his head.
"Looks like the kid wants to see us. Thanks for waking me, Sheerow, but next time... don't scare me so bad I wet myself. Seriously..." Ravio chastised his bird. Sheerow tweeted cheerily. Ravio sighed, laughing to himself. He started walking away from his tree and towards the Milk Bar.
A leaf fell from the tree where he was asleep under. It slowly fell to the Earth, where new fresh grass was growing. The sky was fading into a dark blue.
x x x
It took a little while of walking, but Ravio got into the Milk Bar. As he walked inside, he heard the soothing music of the Lorulian bard. The bar had a soft orange light inside among all the darkness. He spied the tall and rude Bar Owner cleaning out a bottle. He spit into it and wiped it with an old rage. Ravio winced is disgust. Sheerow chirped quietly.
"Ravio! Hey, buddy!" Ravio saw a boy waving his arm as they sat at the bar table. The boy had long blue hair with bangs that covered his right eye, and he had on a long blue hat on his head. His eyes were indigo and his skin was pale blue. He was wearing a long sleeved blue tunic, purple shorts, and black boots. Ravio recognized him anywhere.
"Avtai!" Ravio ran over and sat next to him.
"I'm so glad you showed up, Ravio." Avtai said cheerfully. Ravio had known Avtai for a few years. Avtai was a 16 year old kid who was close friends with Ravio and the lovely Princess Hilda.
"Of course I did! I wouldn't miss talking to you for the world!" Ravio replied. Avtai chuckled and turned to the bartender.
"Yo, Ingo." Avtai greeted the Milk Bar Owner. The Milk Bar Owner, Mr. Ingo, glared at Avtai, and his chaotic moustache twitched in annoyance. Avtai held back laughing at Ingo's weird moustache that seemed to have a mind of its own. "Ahem, two milks please, sir." Avtai ordered.
Mr. Ingo rolled his eyes. "Empy bottles." Ravio and Avtai both held out an empty bottle, and Ingo filled them with milk. "40 rupees."
Avtai handed Mr. Ingo two red rupees. Ingo went back to cleaning his bottle. Then Avtai turned to Ravio. "Tell me about Hyrule."
Sheerow fluttered around Avtai's head. Ravio took a sip of milk before replying. "Well, it was so cheerful and happy. The sky was almost always bright blue. All the grass was green, real green, and the nature there had such a sweet scent to it. Hyrule was amazing! A-and I met Link there, the hero of Hyrule. He was a nice guy; he let me live in his house for my whole stay in Hyrule." Ravio answered happily.
"Wow that sounds awesome! So, can you tell me about how the hero got the..." Avtai paused and lowered his voice. "...the Triforce back?"
"Well, I think they used their Triforce and made a wish." Ravio replied. He lifted his bottle and drank more milk. Ravio sighed contently.
"That makes sense... I have one last question. Hilda told me that... Zelda is her Hylian counterpart and Link is yours... so... have you met someone in Hyrule who might have been my counterpart?" Avtai asked.
Ravio looked at him curiously. "Well... no actually." he replied.
Darn... Avtai thought. He had hoped that Ravio would have met his counterpart. He had to have one. Everyone else did. He had heard about Dampe' in Hyrule, the nice Milk Bar Owner, the helpful blacksmith... Avtai wondered if his counterpart was really different than him.
"Well, it was nice talking with you." Avtai said, starting to stand up.
"No, don't go yet, Avtai." Ravio pleaded. "We never talk anymore, this is fun. Please don't go yet."
"Alright." Avtai sat back down.
Ravio bit his lip, seeming to have an important question to ask. Finally, he got up the courage to ask it. "Avtai, after being in Hyrule and meeting Link, a real life hero, I have decided something. I want to learn to be a hero just like him. Lorule needs a hero, and I would like to be that. So, can you help me become a hero, please?" Ravio asked. His eyes seemed to be begging. Sheerow flew down and tweeted like it was begging too.
"I'll see what I can do to help you." Avtai replied.
"Thanks, I owe ya one." Ravio took his bottle and finished his milk. He looked at Avtai mischievously.
"Ravio, don't start."
"You said you would pay."
"One is enough."
Ravio shook his head. "Nope, one is never enough."
Avtai sighed. "You alcoholic..." he muttered and paid for another round.
x x x
It was the middle of the afternoon when Ravio and Avtai finally left the Milk Bar. Ravio had made Avtai spend almost all his money. Avtai didn't mind. Ravio could be hilarious and ridiculous when he had too much milk.
Sheerow was perched on Avtai's head instead of Ravio's. Ravio was jumping in little hops happily. He then slipped on a leaf and fell onto his back, giggling all the while. "I fell." he laughed.
Sheerow chirped worriedly. Avtai extended his arm and helped the milk drunk up. "Calm down, Ravio." Avtai said.
"No, you calm down!" Ravio giggled. He wrapped his arms around Avtai in a tight hug. "I love you, man..." he muttered.
Avtai closed his mouth as tightly as he could, trying not to burst out laughing. He calmly breathed through his nose and cleared his throat. "Ravio, let go, you have had way too much to drink."
"No, mommy, I don't wanna go to the carnival!" Ravio whined. Avtai carefully pushed Ravio's arms off of him. Ravio stumbled and fell again. He wasn't laughing this time, now Ravio started crying. "No one loves me!" he cried.
No one in the world could understand drunken Ravio. It was like Ravio's curse or something. Avtai just wished that Ravio would sober up before the thrid part of Ravio's drunkenness occurred. Ravio was fun until he got to the third stage. Sheerow felt the same way as Avtai. The innocent little bird came up with a genius idea to snap its precious owner out of his own drunkenness.
The same enormous hammer that Sheerow used to wake up Ravio it now slammed onto Ravio's foot as hard as it could. Sheerow was actually a very strong bird after all the items of Ravio's it had to carry.
Ravio screamed like a little girl; his high pitched squeal was echoing across the kingdom of Lorule. Avtai winced as if Sheerow had smashed his foot with the hammer. Ravio, obviously sobered up now, glared and snatched the hammer away from Sheerow. "Sheerow, what the heck was that for!? That fuc... freaking hurt!" Ravio exclaimed, barely able to hold back cursing. Ravio was normally a calm sort of guy but it hurt!
Sheerow fluttered around Ravio's head happily, proud of itself. Before Ravio could do anything to punish his bird, Avtai spoke up. "Ravio, you were unbelievably milk drunk. Sheerow was just protecting you." he said quickly.
Ravio blinked in confusion. His eyebrows were arched in a quizzical state. It was just then he noticed the pale red sky. "I-It's the middle of the afternoon!?" he gasped in disbelief.
"Yep." Avtai replied.
Ravio put the hammer away and stuck out his index finger in front of Sheerow. Sheerow flew over and perched on his finger. Ravio smiled and slowly petted his birdie. His foot still hurt, but he was trying to ignore it. Sheerow chirped adorably and Ravio forgot all about his foot. Sheerow was the world's cutest bird.
"Hey, Ravio?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think we should visit Hilda?"
"Hilda!" Ravio exclaimed. "Yes, yes we should!" Ravio's eyes were shining with excitement. It was a secret to everyone, but Ravio absolutely adored Princess Hilda. When Hilda was talking with Yuga about taking Hyrule's Triforce, in order to protect Hilda from making a huge mistake, Ravio had headed to Hyrule to find a hero. Ravio would do anything for Hilda.
"Well then, to Lorule Castle."
x x x
Two guards were standing outside the dark castle, bickering. They were both pretty tall and muscular wearing purple armor that covered every part of their body except their eyes. They were holding long spears next to them.
"This new happy Lorule is boring, accept it!" one of them exclaimed.
"No way, I've never been this happy at my job before. It's great and peaceful. You should accept it!" the other protested.
"But it's still boring!"
"You're boring, just shut up and do your job."
"I am doing my job!"
The two obnoxious guards kept arguing about whether the new Lorule with the Triforce was better or worse as they noticed two figures walking over. They knew exactly who those two were and they both crossed their spear, closing off the entrance to the castle.
The sky was dark red with bright pink clouds that reflected in the shiny tip of the spears. The guards smirked as the two walked over to them.
Avtai and Ravio's eyes widened in horror when they saw those two guards. "Oh crap, it's the jerk-wads." Avtai muttered under his breath. Sheerow flew under Ravio's bunny hood.
"Hello there, kids." the first guard greeted them.
Ravio bit his lip and worriedly looked at Avtai, who hated being called a kid. Avtai just kept a calm expression with a glimmer of annoyance in his indigo eyes. Keeping his voice level, Avtai replied to the guards.
"Good evening, guards." It took every ounce of Avtai's self-control to not start cursing at them. Sure, sometimes Ravio called Avtai a kid but that was joking. The guards just wanted to make him mad and he knew it. "Ravio and I would like to visit Princess Hilda."
The guard started chuckling cheerfully and so did the other one. They had all the control. They could make the two kids do anything in order to get into the castle.
"You would like to see the princess, eh?" the second guard asked, laughing.
"Yes, now please let use pass." Avtai replied calmly. His one visible eye was twitching and his foot was tapping impatiently. He then crossed his arms menacingly. The guards laughed harder.
Ravio pulled his bunny hood down and tried to seem invisible. Sheerow, who was still inside the hood, tweeted fearfully and pecked Ravio. Ravio screamed and fell over, causing the guards to laugh harder.
Avtai was sickened by hearing the guard's crazed laughter. "Let us see the princess." He demanded, glaring.
"Oh, is that a threat from the kid?" the first guard said in a baby voice. Avtai couldn't take it anymore. He jumped up and kicked that guard in the face with such force that the guard fell backwards into the grass below. Avtai landed on his feet.
Avtai could've done something much worse to the guard, but he wasn't going to.
"C'mon, Ravio." Avtai helped his friend off the ground. Ravio pushed his bunny hood off of his face and the two of them walked into the castle, followed by Sheerow.
The two guards would never underestimate the kid again, but they didn't even know the full extent of what Avtai could do. No one did and no one ever would.
Avtai entered the castle with a smirk on his face.
(Author's Note- My other chapters were much longer. That's why I combined the chapters. Oh, and since this confused a few people, Avtai is a fan character. But he's meant to be the Lorule Counterpart of one of my fave LOZ characters. You'll see who eventually.
This is my first story, please be respecful with reviews. Thank youuuu!)
