"Let me tell you a story, a story of adventure, a story of a boy who grew into a man, a man who he is still today. That man is me, Rusl. I am the Head of the Hylian Knights, a group of the most skilled Knights in Hyrule. To become a Hylian Knight, one must be a highly skilled swordsmen, one who takes on fear it self, and one who death has no scare upon. The Hylian Knights are a very hard group to be apart of. One out of twenty recruits are able to make it into the Hylian Knights, but out of five Hylian Knights, three are usually killed, one usually will go insane, and that last one, will become a known hero of Hyrule. I am the Head of the Hylian Knights, meaning I am of the highest skilled swordsmen Hyrule knows of, one who makes fear itself tremble in its boots, and one who will not even let death stop him. I am the first man to run into battle, and the last one who will come out of it. A scar from battle is a trophy to me, it shows my courage to protect my country of Hyrule. Being the Head of the Hylian Knights is one of the greatest honors a knight can achieve. One out of thousands will receive this title, and he who receives this title will be feared by all. He who receives this title will be able to command all knights who serve the Hyrule Kingdom. He who receives this title will be seen as one of the greatest heroes among Hyrule and a friend to the King and Queen of Hyrule."
"Now let me tell you my story, the story that made the famous man I am today. I was born to a Hylian Knight and a maiden of Hyrule. My mother died after my birth, so I was left to care under my father. My father was a great man, he was tough on me, but that was only to make me strong. I lived in Castle town when I was a boy. Now let me tell you how my father was killed and a story of a well known hero, a hero who saved Hyrule from destruction. This hero was a young boy, but he could be compared to the Hylian Knights. He had courage far greater then many grown men, despite only being a eleven year old boy. This boy was Link, he who stopped Ganondorf 's rein over Hyrule before it could even start. Queen Zelda, known as Princess Zelda at the time, sent Link on a quest to Death Mountain and Zora's domain to stop Ganondorf from taking control of Hyrule. Legend says that Link drew the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time, a sword that only the pure of heart could hold. He then was sent into the future seven year to when Ganondorf had already taken control of Hyrule, and was seen as the King of Evil. With Master Sword in hand, Link slew Ganondorf and saved Hyrule from his rein of evil."
"With his long quest over, Link returned the Master Sword to the Pedestal of Time and returned back to his own time. Now this is only legend and no one can prove that it happened, but when Link returned to his own time, he went straight to the King of Hyrule, King Harkinian and told him all about his quest and how Ganondorf was going to betray him and kill him and take the thrown from him. King Harkinian at first didn't believe the words of Link, but soon believed him. Ganondorf who had watched over the whole thing, got angry. He couldn't control his anger and charged for Link, pulling out his sword, proving that at least Link's words of Ganondorf betraying the King and trying to take Hyrule were true. Link knew he was not strong enough to fight Ganondorf in his current child state, so he stood back hoping for the best. This is where my father comes into the story, my father, seeing Ganondorf charge at a mere child on the intent to kill, jumped in front of Link right as Ganondorf went to strike. With no sword in hand, my father was stabbed right through the chest by Ganondorf. He died in an instant, but that second that he stalled Ganondorf was the only second that was needed."
"The other Hylian Knights that were with my father, jumped at Ganondorf, all withdrawing there swords. They took control of the whole thing, stopped Ganondorf in his tracks. King Harkinian without a second passing gave Ganondorf the death penalty for killing a man, attempting to kill a child, attempting to kill the King of Hyrule, and attempting to put Hyrule under a rein of darkness. Ganondorf was taken away at that instant, and was never seen or heard about again. It is assumed that Ganondorf got his death and that the King is just not saying anything of it. Well since my father was dead now, I was summoned to the King. I was still a child at the time, only seven years old. The King told me all about my fathers death and that from now on my father would be known as a hero for his bravery. Link who was also there with the King came to me and told me that my fathers death was all his fault, telling me that my father risked his own life to save Links. Link apologized to me for everything. You're probably thinking that I didn't accept Link's apology and that I stormed out of the throne room right there and then. Well I did accept Link's apology, I knew that since my father was a Hylian Knight, that it was his sworn duty to protect the Kingdom with his life."
"A statue of my father was build in the castle grounds at Hyrule Castle, and the statue was labeled, the label had read, The man who sacrificed his own life for the well being of Hyrule, let his story for ever be known. Well since my father was now dead and my mother has been dead since my birth, King Harkinian took me in, he leant me a room in Hyrule Castle and said I could live there till I came to the age of fifteen, and when I do, then that is when I must take my leave into the real world. He said that he couldn't let the son of a hero live on his own. I lived there with him and Princess Zelda, Zelda was like a older sister to me, she had four years on me. After a few months of living there, Link came to Zelda and told her that he must leave Hyrule in search of a friend. They said there goodbyes and soon after Link came to me and told me the same thing. He told me that he might return in months, or years, or maybe that he will never return. I told him my final goodbye, and before he left he said that that one day I will be the one who must protect Hyrule in my fathers place. I never saw Link after that, but he made me realize what my future dream is, to become a Hylian Knight one day."
"To become a Hylian Knight, one must go under intense training for two years. You couldn't start training till you passed a physical and mental test. You can't even take the test till you're consider a young man. That could be when you're as young as thirteen or as old as nineteen. I told King Harkinian of my dream to become a Hylian Knight, and he told me that on my fifteenth birthday, he would allow me to take the physical and mental test and if I passed, then my training to become a Hylian Knight would begin. He said that I would have great potential to become a Hylian Knight just like my father. After that, I continued my childhood till I was about ten, and then when I was ten I started training to become a Hylian Knight. I trained about four out of seven times a week, the other few days I had to rest or I would end up hurting my self from too intense of training, and if I ended up doing that, I would eventually kill myself. My training was working, each day I seemed to be better at the skills I was training myself with."
"After five years of training, I finally turned the age of fifteen. I was much stronger and more skilled then I ever was when I was a little kid. I was no longer a boy, but a young man. I took my mental and physical test on my fifteenth birthday to begin my real training to become a Hylian Knight. I passed with flying colors. King Harkinian told me that my test scores were some of the highest scores he had ever seen. He said that he had more doubt that I wouldn't end up become a Hylian Knight. He told me that I had enough potential that maybe even one day I would be Head of the Hylian Knights, little did he know that he was right. I reminded him of my leaving on my fifteenth birthday, and left Hyrule Castle as a young man. I moved to Kakariko Village and bought a nice house to live in. Training didn't begin for six months, so I ended up getting a job till then. I didn't need a job after training began, because just for even training to become a Hylian Knight, I got a slight income, enough to feed and cloth my self for many years. The training was tough, much tougher then I expected it would be. We trained six out of seven days a week for six to twelve hours a day. It was brutal, but I was one of the few who could handle. Many men were quitting left and right, some even dropping dead."
"For two years this went on, till my graduation day around the time I was seventeen. I had done it, out of the thousand who passed the physical and mental test, I was one of the only thirty-six who passed the training, less then expected had passed the training. I now was a Hylian Knight, my goal had been achieved, but my destiny has yet to come. That day was the day that marked the true beginning of my life."
Authors Note: That's it for the prologue of the story. I'm hoping each chapter will be longer then this, but we will see. I hope you liked my story so far. Please review and tell me what you think. If you have any questions just ask and if you want to be apart of the story, just tell me an event that happens or a character, and I will choose whether to add it to the story or now. If I do add something of yours in my story, I will be sure to say something about it in an authors note saying what you added and thanking you for it. If you want to submit something to my story then you must not review anonymously or you must leave me a name.