Chapter 1
I am standing in front of one of the most successful knights of Hyrule and I'm gaping at him, speechless. He cocks his head and asks,
"Are you ok?" I nod absently. What in Farore is Capt. Link doing here!? I think to myself. I shake my head and return his handshake. "A great pleasure to meet you, sir!"
"Well", he says "I am on business so let's get started! I would like to invite you to the training of the knights to see if you are worthy of being a successful Hyrulian Knight! Every rookie is given a captain in charge to supervise him, and I volunteered immediately for you. I find that you have some strength, working in the blacksmith that forges our swords." He looks over me, inspecting me, "And I see you are as thin as a deku stick, but we can fix that with a little meat!" He grins "So what do ya say, Demen, you in?" I stood staring at him blankly. This could change my life! I have been dreaming to go into the knights for what seems like forever. Now, one of the best knights is at my door, asking me to join.
I nod and say, "It would be a huge honor!" He smiles, "Good! Well, you shall start immediately tomorrow at 6:00am!" He looks inside my house, "Also, don't worry about living here tomorrow, every rookie is given a bunk to themselves in the Barracks. Until though, rest up here, you have a huge day tomorrow!" He waves goodbye and I shut my door. I am smiling with happiness as a lay down to sleep.
I get up at 5 in the morning. I couldn't sleep last night because I had way too much excitement. I get dressed with my normal wear. I head out to the castle training grounds. When I get there, I am halted by a guard.
"Name?" the guard asks
"Demen Unara, sir"
He looks at a list he has. "You're early. Go ahead in and the Captain in charge of you will meet with you." I nod and start to walk in but I bump into a large person with plate armor on and fall to the ground. "Oof. Sorry sir, I wasn't-"
"Hahahaha!" A laugh from the armored person cuts me off "You think your knight material? You look like a cucco!" I get up and ignore him by walking by him. Suddenly I hear metal scrapping on a scabbard.
"Don't ignore me kid!" I turn and see he is running towards me with a metal sword in his right hand. He swung it horizontally at me, but I instinctively ducked under the swipe. He then thrusts at me, hoping to pierce me, but I back flip to get away.
"Henza, stop that nonsense! Quit fighting with my rookie." I turn to see Captain Link in a white shirt and long pants and a chainmail shirt with boots. The knight who was attacking me sheathed the blade quickly, "Captain! Uh, I wasn't fighting; this civilian was caught back here." Link starts toward him while saying, "Yeah, when the guard at the entrance didn't do a thing about him. Henza, honestly you are the most horrible liar. For your behavior, you get to clean the toilets. Now!" Henza heads off, grumbling about something. Link turns toward me.
"Sorry about that. You look pretty nimble on your feet though. That's good. Let me give you a quick pass around through the training grounds." I nod and we head up the hill. He takes me through where the swords arena is, the archery range and the barracks.
"This is where you will be staying. This day will begin your training as a rookie. I will oversee your training and hopefully you will be a knight." He explains. "Any questions?"
"How long does it take for a rookie to be a knight, sir?" Link sighs. "First off, please don't call me sir, I use to live in a forest and I am still not use to it and to answer your question, about a year or two." I nod grimly. I am going to be here for a while.
He smiles and says "Well, time for you to get your equipment!" He reaches into a leather pouch on his side and pulls out a folded white t-shirt with chain mail, Cloth pants, and leather boots. The shirt has a Hyrulian symbol of the red bird that had its claws at a triangle that I noticed as the Triforce. I was puzzled. "Magic pouch, it is very convenient." He handed me the clothes. "Oh! Almost forgot! Here, you sword. It isn't as good as a knight's, but it will work for training!" He pulls out a scabbard with a sword in it, and a sword belt. The sword has a brown hilt and a 3 foot blade.
"It's your choice to put it either over your back or to your side." I nod as he passes them to me. I strap the scabbard onto the belt and to my back. He then grins, "That's how I like to put mine. Anyway, your bunk is in there, upstairs and to the right. Get changed and meet me at the sword arena and we shall see how you fair with a sword." I head inside and see the bunk with my name on it. I change out of my clothes and into the ones given to me. I noticed that the bunks were pretty empty, but there were four other names other than mine. Henza, Gant, Fildan, and Lanz. I guessed they are fellow rookies. I recognized Henza and groaned. It was the guy that attacked me. I went outside and headed for the sword arena.
A.N. I know things aren't very exciting, but I am just building to the action. Hopefully the next few will be better! Until next chapter, Skylor out!