Here is the second chapter guys I want to apologize if the story seems dark but that is the way I imagine it. Also I placed this story after the Twilight Princess game but I will make references to other Zelda games as well so don't get to confused. Please comment on what you like.
Ch.2 The Journey
"Hey! Look over there. Someone is at the far edge of the town." "Lets get him, maybe he was sent here." "Forget that, he's probably was apart of the attack" "No! I saw him fight the enemy, he was killing them left and right."
Link heard these people from only a short distance away he looked up hoping that they were survivors of the attack. He turned and saw four people huddled together armed with farming tools. Link walked towards them with the weight of his spirit lightened and the thoughts of the dead where temporarily gone from his mind.
"Hey are you from this village?" Link asked the group as he walked towards there direction. They were cautious seeing an armed man walking towards them, but they eased up when he came in a none threatening manner. "Yes we are apart of whats left, not that it would make any difference, we're the lucky few who got out with only a few scratches the others aren't so lucky." The with an axe told Link of there predicament how there were twelve other people who where alive but where seriously injured. He also told Link that at least ten children were still alive, but they were hiding in the barn only a short walk away from the town.
Link was quick to react he ran to his saddle bag and saw he still had a few red potions that could heal many of the injured townsfolk if properly distributed to each and everyone of the wounded. "Here I have potions that can aid those that need it" he said with a serious but proud voice as he grabbed his bag and began leading his horse down the trail. Only fifteen minutes passed by on the way to the barn, and Link felt uneasy as the others looked at him with scowls. 'Why are they angry at me?' Link thought to himself as he entered the door of the barn.
Link saw all the injured people lying on the hard ground of the barn with piles of hay being their only source of comfort in their current state of pain. Link gave one vial of red potion to each of the farmers who were well and told them to give half to each of the wounded and to patch up the wounds with cloth. Being wounded more time than he could count Link knew what would help the healing process and went over to an old man who looked as if his head was hit by a club. He gave a few sips of potion to the man and the skin began healing itself quickly Link then moved over the next person and the next until each of wounded were cared for before he told the people his mission.
"Everyone I-I need to tell you w-why I am here" Link stuttered, he was never good at giving speeches and detested every time he gave a speech to the Order of the Red Phoenix. "We need to prepare for a journey to the keep. The King believes that this might be a prelude to war and has decreed that all everyone is to head to the great keeps for protection." Everyone was in an uproar almost as soon as he finished talking. "What we can't leave our homes!" "I'm not leaving my home just because of some damn attack we survived didn't..." The barrage of verbal attacks just kept coming at him nonstop. No one was willing to leave with out a good reason or by force.
Then it happened, "SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!" Link didn't know where it came from, but a wellspring of courage shot up throughout his body and allowed him to speak his mind to them without freezing up. "Look I know what it feels like having to leave your home. I understand more than you know, but if you stay you will die" Link told them with a serious face. "Why couldn't they send troops to defend us instead of making us leave?" asked one villager. "There aren't enough troops to do that yet, I don't know why there weren't any to begin with, but I'm just doing what I'm ordered to do. I need to lead you to Steel Wall Keep so that you and your children may live." Link looked at their grim faces as the reality him them hard. They would abandon their homes their lively hoods to the fate of the invaders, it made many cry and angry.
The next morning all of the dead villagers were buried while the moblins were burned in a pile. Everyone had gathered all of their food and water and any personal belongings that they could carry with them. The sight was a grim one for Link, the townsfolk looked depressed and tired from the events of the past twenty four hours. But they all tried to make due with what had happened, life was hard on the frontier of Hyrule, many who were not able to survive the daily hardships died while those who could handle the hardships could die soon. Link wondered why anyone would want to live this far away from any of the fiefdoms and the protection of the Lords, but he knew better than to ask that question at a time like this. The Journey to Steel wall keep would be a long and treacherous one, they were bound to come across other villages that would need to be evacuated from the area in order to save their lives from the same fate as the villagers he was escorting.
Five Days Later...
Link had been to four different villages, each of them untouched by the raids that befell on the frontier. Link gathered over two hundred and fifty people into the caravan to seek shelter in Steel Wall, not counting the thirty soldiers that were meant as the only means of defense for the entire caravan. Link spent five restless nights awake keeping guard for fear of a raid despite how far inland he was. It kept him on edge but he couldn't keep it up, there where times he felt himself about to fall asleep while riding Epona. Link knew he couldn't keep it up if the nights continued to be restless.
Link kept tried thinking of a solution to his problem when he heard a familiar voice yelling from the distance before him. "LINK! HEY LINK!" heard from the few riders coming his way. It wasn't until they got closer that he recognized who was calling him,"RUSL!" Link shouted in response as his long time friend and fellow knight rode to him. "What are you doing here I would have figured you would've been sent to another part of the kingdom?" Link asked his comrade in arms. "We were sent to aid you in you efforts to defend the refugees on there way to Steel Wall Keep" Rusl replied with a grin. "With our help you'll be able to protect all of the people easier" said a voice behind Rusl. When the figure showed them self Link was shocked to find it was Illia wearing full battle armor. "Illia how? What are? Huh?" "I'll take that as a hello" Illia giggled at Links baffled reaction. "When did you become a knight the last time I saw you, you were still a squire?" Link asked Illia unsure as to what transpired in his absence from Hyrule castle. Link also noticed Collin and Talo along with the other members of the Order of the Red Phoenix (Shad, Auru, Ashei, and Renado). It was a welcome sight to Links eyes that he needed for the past five days. "The interactions can wait, right now all of the knights and soldiers need to protect the people on there journey to Steel Wall" Rusl said as the knights spread out to guard the caravan.
When dusk fell the caravan got off the road and began setting up camp for the evening. The people were in higher spirits now that more knights and soldiers arrived to defend them. They all felt safer now and could sleep easier with the added number to the night watch. When all was quiet Link wished to catch up with his comrades and learn what transpired in his short absence from Hyrule Castle. "The guard is in place, and should patrol the perimeter until the next watch is put in place" Link said as he sat down in between Rusl and Illia. "good Link now that that's over we are now able to catch up and learn what happened while you at the frontier" Rusl said with a smile, but Link could tell he had something else on his mind. "Well I think you all should tell me what happened at Hyrule since I was absent" Link said trying to get away from his horrifying experience at the village. "Well I was knighted just after you left I was disappointed that you had to leave, but I'm glad I'll be able to help more now that I can fight along all my friends" Illia said with pride glad hat she would no longer be helpless in battle. "Talo and I are now squires and we were allowed to join my dad on this mission, I'm a bit nervous Link, but I hope that I'll make you and dad proud" Colin spoke up looking up to his friend, and idol, Link.
The others talked about some minor events that happened while Link was gone until someone said "The King is bedridden from his illness." Everything went silent, Link was shocked that something as serious as the King being ill on the precipice of war could happen. It would definitely affect the moral of the men in the armies and the people would feel helpless in these dark times. "What about the Princess is she ruling in the Kings stead?" Link asked worried about the well being of Princess Zelda. "She is leading the kingdom its second time of darkness after seven years of peace, its sad really. After seven years we're thrown back into the dark abyss." Rusl said with a look of despair on his face. Link knew that Rusl wasn't the the only one who felt helpless to prevent the destruction that was sure to come with the coming tide of war. Everyone at the camp fire, believed that they would never have to face a threat to Hyrule in their lifetime after the Twilight threat. Yet now an army was on the border with a strength unknown to any, with its eye on Hyrule.
"My Lord we have scouted the land and found great caravans marching towards the fortresses" said a moblin scout who bowed to the ground fearing the figure standing before him. "What else have you learned?" the figure said with a hissing voice that sent shivers down the spines of all in the room. The moblin gulped before he answered his master "They are marching through the hill lands, the place is treacherous, it would take at least three days to reach the fortress at their current rate of travel." The dark figure chuckled at this news, the chuckle was one of darkness and pure evil causing all in the room to to sweat from fear. "MOBLINS! SEND OUT YOUR BOAR RIDERS IN PURSUIT! LEAVE NONE ALIVE" the shadowy figure ordered with his commanding presence. "Thraneus you will prepare your moblins for the march to the fortress while my other servants shall deal with the other nuisances that present themselves as a barrier between Hyrule and my masters wishes." "It will be done my lord, or may I die trying." The two headed monstrosity swore to his dark master before exiting the tent and shouting to his troops to prepare for a feast of Hylian flesh.
Hey Guys this is the end of the second chapter please review and tell me what you think no flames please and thank you.
