"Captain! We must withdraw!" I yelled. Men were being slaughtered by Ganondorf's forces. I was on my horse, trying to force them back. "Captain Link! We are about to be taken over." He looked at me, then out to the never ending hordes of monsters. "Fall back!" He yelled, raising his sword and making his horse go backwards. I followed him, as our remaining men followed.
"Very well, Captain. You are excused." The king said. I waited outside the door, hearing the King's booming voice. The door opened, and Link came out. "I'm sorry sir. If I had watched our flank-" "No, Lieutenant. It's not your fault. We were extremely outnumbered. That attempt to attack would have failed under any circumstance." I nodded. "I'll see you later, Lieutenant." And thats when the Captain left.
I sat in my room inside of the castle. The room is large, due to my rank (Lieutenant in the most prestigious sector in the Hylian Forces), and very luxurious. "Shit! It's all of my fault! All of it!" I yelled. Half of my men died. Half of a leigon of men. Half of them! You'd think, though, A Lieutenant, would be used to this. But guess what? Nobody ever gets used to it. Go to a thousand battles, one man falls, you will still feel sorrow. Nobody ever gets used to it, they just hide their emotions. No one. Ever. "Lieutenant Scythion, sir!" I looked to the door. One of my men, panting, his hands on his needs. "Lieutenant, Princess Zelda has dissapeared!".
"Captain, are you okay?" I asked. He seemed sad and forlorn. I could understand- his girlfriend had gone. It was deep into the night now, and we sat by candlelight at the Captain's house about a half-mile from the city. We were making final preperations for our trip to find her. Of course we were. Why wouldn't we? "I'm fine, Jake. Just a little tired, thats all." He looked up, and gave me a weak smile. "Sir, are you sure we shouldn't clear this with the king, I me-" "No," he interuppted. His face became serious " I'm having too many suspicions about the king.
"But Captain, he's the-"
"No, Lieutenant. Thats final."
I sighed. "Fine, sir. Who should we have with us."
"Just us."
"Captain, excuse me, but thats just stupid! Only the two of us! We absolutley need at least 5-"
" Lieutenant, obey my orders!" I sighed again. "Fine, sir."
And thats when this whole crazy adventure started.
Chapter 1 of my first real story! Thanks for reading, at r&r, please!
-Kicka