Chapter 3: Forest Warrior Academy
Evan woke early as he had instructed Aries to wake him, he couldn't hold in his excitement. Nearly bolting to get ready he left with his tunic nearly half on. After leaving the home he had rented for his stay he was at Link's in a matter of seconds. After several minutes of banging on the door yelling "GET UP! GET UP!" he had only achieved a slight sound of moaning and groaning.
"I'm up, I'm up" mumbled the voice from inside. Evan knew that this completely meant nothing and that Link just went back to sleep.
"Navi are you in there? Navi... Navi!" his voiced turned into distress after his call had not been answered. Link was now up and could hear Evan's concern.
"He's alright I sent him out to let the academy now of the new student and that I would be showing you around today. He should be back any minute actually." Revealed Link in such a casual tone. He put on his hat and favored the blue tunic for today when he bumped his ocarina of his nightstand. It hit the floor with a sound not deafening but somewhat ultrasonic paining the ears of any person near.
"What was that?" shrieked Evan with a sharp cry of pain.
"Something is wrong with my ocarina, it's never done that before. Maybe I should play a few notes to see what the problem is." Suggested Link.
"No wait! It's ok, I think there might just be something stuck in there, anyways let's go!" Evan said with an eagerness to leave. Just then Navi was back to join them.
"Link I forgot to tell you last night I had some of the academy repairmen work on the ocarina to tune it up a bit, so please don't play it."
"A little late for that now aren't we?! Oh well let's just head out to the academy." Link urged. The village was quite small and the only real reason it existed was for the Academy. It stood nearly 3 houses high which were about 10 feat high each. The ground of the village was an excellent place for training grounds as well as meditation circles. The group neared the academy and was walking into the first class.
"This here is the martial arts for the sword class, you will be entering this class first every day, it will last about an hour. What sort of sword do you have for the class Evan?" questioned Link. Evan was somewhat distracted by the intricate design of the building. The rooms were wide open and well suited for battle. Quickly remembering he had a question to answer he replied,
"My sword is a 22 inch double edged Moon Blade." He said proudly.
"MOON BLADE?! Where on earth did you get that?" Link was eagerly awaiting the answer.
"My grandfather Amezeroth gave it me just before he died, he told me his father used it in the Forest Wars of about 60 years ago."
"So they still do exist... Moon blades haven't been used since the Forest Wars, in fact I don't think anyone has seen one until today." Link was still utterly amazed as you could see the astonished look on his face.
"Enough of that let's move on to the next class, it still hurts to talk of my grandfather." Evan said with his spirits slightly dampened.
"I'm truly sorry you're right let's move on." Link announced as his facial expressions offered his condolences. They slowly walked down the hall and to the right entering a class that was currently in session. "Pardon me master Myu, I'm just showing Evan around the academy." Master Myu was a man of nearly 25 who was tall for being of the forest. His hair was the color of a deep fire red, and his eyes were even darker. His expression frightened even the strongest of opponents, he was extremely strong in both the martial arts and the spiritual arts.
"Evan, this is the class of spiritual arts led by master Myu. This will be the second class that you come to, the class itself is to prepare you for the most challenging of obstacles. Not by strength but of the mind. You will be trained to solve your way out of dungeons and play every melody of the ocarina.
"What does an ocarina have to do with the spiritual arts?" questioned Evan who was still in awe of the academy.
"An ocarina has powers unimaginable, it is the second most powerful source aside from pure magic. With an ocarina you can summon the powers of time, bring forth the winds and rains, and teleport to distant lands in the instant it is called upon. There are many other songs that our researchers are working on but so far I think we have a grand total of about 287 songs, isn't the right master Myu?"
"It's 288 Link, master Elindo head of the research department finished his studies on the song of the potion. Although it still hasn't been mastered we have the basics in and this could be a great breakthrough for our warriors."
"That's great. Now Evan if you'll just follow me this way..." Link led Evan to his final class. "The class your about to see is the magical arts and martial arts for the bow. We lost the instructor to martial arts for the bow and so I will be taking over that portion of the class. The other instructor to the magical arts is Zelda. In her part of the class you will learn how to summon the great powers of Din, Farore, and Nayru. Our classes coincide considering that many of your bow shots will be taken with magical power." Concluded Link.
"Wow, this is great thank you so much Link! What about the extra time that I have left?" asked Evan.
"We have a library on the second floor that you may visit at any time to brush up on tactics or history. We have an excellent training grounds were we have some of our mystics summon monsters for you to fight and practice against, and last but not least we have a duel arena where you may challenge our other students to fight, and believe me it is perfectly safe." Link said with a voice that sounded a little tired of talking.
"Is it alright then if I sort of go and do my own thing then?" Evan addressed.
"Yes, that's fine."
Link left with Navi to go and teach the martial art for the bow class while Evan went his separate way to explore mostly the training grounds outside. While practicing some of his sword skills he felt an arrow hit his shield that was concealed on his back.
"What was that?!" he thought to himself as he looked behind his self. Three masked men were standing before him, two had swords drawn and one his bow.
"You... murderer." The three said in unison. "You killed our brother and we have come to make you pay, fight now and die with honor!" shouted the thieves. You could tell that their rage was continually billowing up in them and they were just about to burst.
"Alright then, bring it on you scoundrels!" Evan shouted back with obvious arrogance. He drew his moon blade and took a defensive stance. The three of them quickly encircled Evan and the man with the bow started to strum it with an arrow. Before the arrow had reached the bow though Evan had lunged forward with his blade and stabbed the man as though he had a spear. Yet again right through the heart.
"You villain!!" shouted the remaining two thieves as they felt their adrenaline kick in. The one struck from the left while the other struck from the right. Evan was caught with his guard down, he blocked the man on the left but from the right his weapon was knocked from his arm and his hand was cut quite deep. The man on the left had gotten up still regaining his balance while the other was holding his sword up to Evan's neck screaming,
"This'll be the end of you boy!" Evan didn't know what to do, his breath was an visible pale ice blue. Panic was written all over his face.
Evan woke early as he had instructed Aries to wake him, he couldn't hold in his excitement. Nearly bolting to get ready he left with his tunic nearly half on. After leaving the home he had rented for his stay he was at Link's in a matter of seconds. After several minutes of banging on the door yelling "GET UP! GET UP!" he had only achieved a slight sound of moaning and groaning.
"I'm up, I'm up" mumbled the voice from inside. Evan knew that this completely meant nothing and that Link just went back to sleep.
"Navi are you in there? Navi... Navi!" his voiced turned into distress after his call had not been answered. Link was now up and could hear Evan's concern.
"He's alright I sent him out to let the academy now of the new student and that I would be showing you around today. He should be back any minute actually." Revealed Link in such a casual tone. He put on his hat and favored the blue tunic for today when he bumped his ocarina of his nightstand. It hit the floor with a sound not deafening but somewhat ultrasonic paining the ears of any person near.
"What was that?" shrieked Evan with a sharp cry of pain.
"Something is wrong with my ocarina, it's never done that before. Maybe I should play a few notes to see what the problem is." Suggested Link.
"No wait! It's ok, I think there might just be something stuck in there, anyways let's go!" Evan said with an eagerness to leave. Just then Navi was back to join them.
"Link I forgot to tell you last night I had some of the academy repairmen work on the ocarina to tune it up a bit, so please don't play it."
"A little late for that now aren't we?! Oh well let's just head out to the academy." Link urged. The village was quite small and the only real reason it existed was for the Academy. It stood nearly 3 houses high which were about 10 feat high each. The ground of the village was an excellent place for training grounds as well as meditation circles. The group neared the academy and was walking into the first class.
"This here is the martial arts for the sword class, you will be entering this class first every day, it will last about an hour. What sort of sword do you have for the class Evan?" questioned Link. Evan was somewhat distracted by the intricate design of the building. The rooms were wide open and well suited for battle. Quickly remembering he had a question to answer he replied,
"My sword is a 22 inch double edged Moon Blade." He said proudly.
"MOON BLADE?! Where on earth did you get that?" Link was eagerly awaiting the answer.
"My grandfather Amezeroth gave it me just before he died, he told me his father used it in the Forest Wars of about 60 years ago."
"So they still do exist... Moon blades haven't been used since the Forest Wars, in fact I don't think anyone has seen one until today." Link was still utterly amazed as you could see the astonished look on his face.
"Enough of that let's move on to the next class, it still hurts to talk of my grandfather." Evan said with his spirits slightly dampened.
"I'm truly sorry you're right let's move on." Link announced as his facial expressions offered his condolences. They slowly walked down the hall and to the right entering a class that was currently in session. "Pardon me master Myu, I'm just showing Evan around the academy." Master Myu was a man of nearly 25 who was tall for being of the forest. His hair was the color of a deep fire red, and his eyes were even darker. His expression frightened even the strongest of opponents, he was extremely strong in both the martial arts and the spiritual arts.
"Evan, this is the class of spiritual arts led by master Myu. This will be the second class that you come to, the class itself is to prepare you for the most challenging of obstacles. Not by strength but of the mind. You will be trained to solve your way out of dungeons and play every melody of the ocarina.
"What does an ocarina have to do with the spiritual arts?" questioned Evan who was still in awe of the academy.
"An ocarina has powers unimaginable, it is the second most powerful source aside from pure magic. With an ocarina you can summon the powers of time, bring forth the winds and rains, and teleport to distant lands in the instant it is called upon. There are many other songs that our researchers are working on but so far I think we have a grand total of about 287 songs, isn't the right master Myu?"
"It's 288 Link, master Elindo head of the research department finished his studies on the song of the potion. Although it still hasn't been mastered we have the basics in and this could be a great breakthrough for our warriors."
"That's great. Now Evan if you'll just follow me this way..." Link led Evan to his final class. "The class your about to see is the magical arts and martial arts for the bow. We lost the instructor to martial arts for the bow and so I will be taking over that portion of the class. The other instructor to the magical arts is Zelda. In her part of the class you will learn how to summon the great powers of Din, Farore, and Nayru. Our classes coincide considering that many of your bow shots will be taken with magical power." Concluded Link.
"Wow, this is great thank you so much Link! What about the extra time that I have left?" asked Evan.
"We have a library on the second floor that you may visit at any time to brush up on tactics or history. We have an excellent training grounds were we have some of our mystics summon monsters for you to fight and practice against, and last but not least we have a duel arena where you may challenge our other students to fight, and believe me it is perfectly safe." Link said with a voice that sounded a little tired of talking.
"Is it alright then if I sort of go and do my own thing then?" Evan addressed.
"Yes, that's fine."
Link left with Navi to go and teach the martial art for the bow class while Evan went his separate way to explore mostly the training grounds outside. While practicing some of his sword skills he felt an arrow hit his shield that was concealed on his back.
"What was that?!" he thought to himself as he looked behind his self. Three masked men were standing before him, two had swords drawn and one his bow.
"You... murderer." The three said in unison. "You killed our brother and we have come to make you pay, fight now and die with honor!" shouted the thieves. You could tell that their rage was continually billowing up in them and they were just about to burst.
"Alright then, bring it on you scoundrels!" Evan shouted back with obvious arrogance. He drew his moon blade and took a defensive stance. The three of them quickly encircled Evan and the man with the bow started to strum it with an arrow. Before the arrow had reached the bow though Evan had lunged forward with his blade and stabbed the man as though he had a spear. Yet again right through the heart.
"You villain!!" shouted the remaining two thieves as they felt their adrenaline kick in. The one struck from the left while the other struck from the right. Evan was caught with his guard down, he blocked the man on the left but from the right his weapon was knocked from his arm and his hand was cut quite deep. The man on the left had gotten up still regaining his balance while the other was holding his sword up to Evan's neck screaming,
"This'll be the end of you boy!" Evan didn't know what to do, his breath was an visible pale ice blue. Panic was written all over his face.