Conner didn't sleep well that night. He went to bed really late since he had to finish a deliver for his father. Unfortunately he was woken up when he started sleeping seriously by a sudden scream in his room:
"WAKEUPBROORELSEFATHER'SGOINGTOBEFUCKINGMADATYOU!"
"AAAAAAAAHHH!" Conner screamed, suddenly waking up.
The girl that entered Conner's room started laughing a lot. Conner placed his left hand on his chest like he had an heart attack and slowly started getting out of bed.
"For the love of Din, Alex, I swear that I'm going to kill you some day if you keep doing this." He said to his sister (A/N: Alex's full name is Alexandra)
"Oh, come on bro. Don't be so mean to your sister." She replied smiling.
"We'll see when you wake up like this."
"There was our brother Tiberius already doing this so, you don't have to think about it."
"Thank you…?"
"Anyway, we have to get to work. I have to finish just one sword (it's cooling out right now while we speak) and then, after I have finished adding the last things I'll give it to you. Y'know what to do, right Conner?"
"Yeah. Deliver the weapons to the Castle, take the money, take new orders (if there are) and then get back here at noon."
"Good brother. So, let's go." She said giving a pat her little brother.
Conner was the youngest of his family, and so, before becoming an actual blacksmith, he was the one that delivered weapons and ammos to Hyrule Castle. Although technology was developed enough to the point that blacksmiths were not necessary anymore due to the appearence of the first factories the Royal Family always gave to the guard Dawnforge"made weapons. In fact Conner's full name is Conner Dawnforge.
Conner at that time was 10 years old, almost 11. He was way taller than the average (at least for his age) and had short, brown hairs and dark brown eyes. His sister was also in this way, as for his brother.
Since he was too young to become a blacksmith his family decided that until he was 12 he should have delivered weapons to the Castle. This of course happened also to the other members of the family: it happened to Tiberius (he's 17 now) first and to Alexandra "Alex" then (she's 14 now).
After getting dressed he walked downstairs where there were his mother Mary Ann and his sister Alex waiting for him.
"Breakfast's ready darling." his mother said to him.
"Thanks mom." Conner replied, still slightly tired.
"Conner, I'll be waiting you at the forge, alright?"
Conner nodded and proceeded eating. It was just half past seven, so he could do everything before leaving house a bit relaxed.
When he finished eating he said goodbye to his mother and went to his family's forge. There was Tiberius working on what seemed to be part of a rifle. He was way too busy so Connor just said hello to his older brother.
He could hear the voices of Alex and his father Adrian speaking of the job that Conner had to do that morning.
"So, today Connor has to bring four swords and a crossbow*." Alex said to Adrian.
"He could do it even without his horse."
"Yeah but he's going to be way too tired when he gets to the castle."
"He'd have to leave it out of the external court yard anyway."
"I suppose you're right. Oh Conner! Come here." his sister said to him.
"Here's the stuff that you have to take to the castle today. Easy, right?" Adrian said to his son.
"Yeah, seems easy enough. Can I take Silver Bullet? It would be better." he asked his father.
Silver Bullet was his horse, and it was a beautiful horse with a grayish fur. It was a gift from some family friends, Talon and his daugher Malon, that run a ranch not so far from their forge.
"Of course." his father replied to him. A man that was big enough to be the size of two wardrobes, he was close to the middle-age (he is 45 now) and he was bald. He had arms that were the size of a tree and a body as tough as a mountain. He made Goron go pale at his sight.
After Conner took everything, he took Silver Bullet and started riding towards the castle.
It was about nine o'clock when he arrived to Castle Town. Arrived in the centre of Castle Town he saw a lot of people. Seemed like they were preparing for something very important, like the arrival of someone very important. There were also many kids playing. The streets were uncomfortable for a horse so he had to leave Silver Bullet outside of the center. The air was full of steam that day and some Zeppelins were in the air. Conner was busy looking at some stunning buildings when he heard a familiar voice:
"Conner! Conner!"
He turned around and he discovered that it was Malon that was calling him. Malon had always been a good friend for Conner (they met since their parents were friends) and once he gave him a big gift: Silver Bullet (named in this way due to his silverish coat and due to his speed).
" 'sup Malon." he said to her smiling.
"I'm fine but did you see my father? He should have been home an hour ago and he hasn't come back yet." she said to him.
"You sure he hasn't fallen asleep (like it's the first time, y'know) before arriving there?"
"I'm sure you're right."she said smiling."While you deliver what you have to deliver, can you look for him?"
"Aye, Malon. See ya."
"Bye!"
He arrived outside of the Castleìs external court yard. No signs of Talon so far. A guard was waiting for him outside the gate that lead in the court yard.
"Halt! What's your business here?" said the guard to him.
" My name is Conner Dawnforge. I'm here to deliver some weapons to the Captain on behalf of my father, owner of Dawnforge Blacksmith." he said showing him a permission to the guard.
The guard looked at it and let him pass. A lot of steam came out of the gate when it was opening and that made Conner cough.
"He must be new. Every guard in the castle recognizes me now" thought Conner while he was walking towards the castle.
He delivered the weapons to the captain. He gave Conner a bag of money as a payment.
"No new orders?" asked Conner.
"At the moment no. You can go now." the captain replied.
"Why all this mess in the castle? Is someone coming today?"
"Indeed. A representative of the Gerudo tribe and their only male, Ganondorf, is coming today at the castle."
"Oh, I get it then."
"See ya kiddo."
"Bye." Conner said leaving. He still had a lot of time so he went into the internal courtyard to meet his best friend, Princess Zelda.
He found her looking at the window that let her see inside the throne room.
"Zelda!"
"Hi Conner!"
"Something wrong? You look...pale."
"I had a bad dream tonight and I fear that the man that is coming today to the castle won't do any good at all."
"You mean Ganondorf?"
"Exactly. I saw him in my dream and I also documented a bit about him. I don't trust him."
"When is he going to arrive?"
"He will be here at eleven o'clock."
"I hope that you're not right 'cause you look really worried."
"I'm also waiting for another person. A boy that I have seen in my dream. A boy from the forest with blond hair and green clothes."
"Do you know him?
"Unfotunately no. I wish I did."
"Judging by your face it musn't have been just a dream.
Zelda shook her head and then said:
"Then we must hope that he's fast. I don't feel well about this." Conner said.
"Me neither. I hope that he comes as soon as possible too." Zelda said looking at the window.
Luckily for them, they are not going to wait much.
