"Gold…?"

"Gold, wake up."

"Wake up!"

I jolted up from the noise.

"W- what's wrong?" I slurred.

"Nothing. Get up, someone is here for you." Dagger spoke.

"A- alright..." I replied, nearly falling once up.

Throwing on a shirt, I walked downstairs and towards the front door. Opening it up, I stood in front of Ivy along with Icy.

"Huh…?" I looked confused in my tired state.

"We meet again, hah." Ivy laughed a little.

"Seems so, um… What are you two doing out here?" I still looked confused.

"Well, we were walking around to collect some stuff when we saw you. And the reason why we're here now is, I think I know you." He said.

"Know me?" I replied.

"Yep! You're the legendary who completed those challenges!" He said.

"Oh, yeah. Guess I became known after that." I said.

"You are. But anyways, Icy kept bothering me to ask, but… Can we pair up?" He said.

"Pair up?" I asked.

"Yeah, like… Let us join you." He replied.

"Er… That is behind me." I told him.

"Really? That sucks, would be so cool adventuring with a legendary. Not many complete those challenges, and they end up disappearing soon after completing them." He said.

"Well, I guess you can hang with me. I'm mostly free most of the time." I told them.

They seemed really happy to hear that.

"Okay, I got some stuff to do today. You can come around eight PM or so and we can chat." I told them.

"Oh, okay. We'll see you later then!" Ivy smiled and turned back.

They then left and I closed the door. Dagger asked who they were and I just replied they were a couple I encountered in the woods, and they were pretty cool.

"Cool." He simply replied.

"Yeah… Tonight I was planning a campfire, so I invited them." I told him.

"A campfire? Smores sounds so good right now." Dagger replied.

Dagger then walked to the couch and just sat there watching a show. He didn't show happiness and excitement like other days, so it made me a bit curious. I walked over and sat with him.

"Something the matter? Don't look like your happy self today." I told him.

"It's nothing really." He said.

"You sure? It doesn't seem like it." I replied.

"It's really nothing. I just wonder if my family still remembers me." He said.

"I'm sure they do. Why do you think that?" I asked.

"I don't know… Just always thinking about them. Still remember the day they kicked me out. My mom and dad had no emotion when they did so." He said.

"Aren't I your family? You have at least one who cares." I said.

He looked up at me a smiled weakly.

"Guess so… I'm so glad you didn't turn your back on me. Not sure where I'd end up if I didn't meet you." He said.

"Best to not think about it..." I told him.

"Yeah… Oh, not sure why I'm bringing this up now when I never did… But did you have a family?" He asked.

"No… I was a single child. I did have a cousin named Fuz… We hadn't spoken for years though..." I told him.

"Oh." He simply replied.

Rubbing Dagger's back, I just smiled.

"We're family now. Don't let anything change that." I told him.

He nodded and thanked me. I then got up and walked off to the kitchen to get some stuff. Dagger sat on the couch quietly and sighed. He then got up and walked into the kitchen with me, he suddenly hugged me and thanked me again. I smiled and gently rubbed his head, telling him that nothing will ever pull us apart. Dagger softly nodded and removed himself from me.

"W- well… I guess I gotta get ready for a camp fire." He softly smiled and walked upstairs to get ready.

I felt a warm feeling honestly. Keeping this feeling, I continued with my thing.

Once I finished, I waited for night and walked outside, opening the shed. Grabbing a few logs, I tossed them in the small fire hole I made. Using a small bit of gasoline, I drizzled it on the logs. Lighting a match, I threw it in, setting the logs ablaze. It was around nine almost at that point, and I just sat in a chair and watched the fire as it blazed.

As I was staring into the flames, I heard the backdoor open. Looking over, I saw Dagger along with Ivy and Icy.

"Sorry we're late… Icy had some stuff to do that took a little longer then expected." Ivy explained.

"Eh, it's fine. Just started the fire so you didn't miss anything." I told him.

I got up and set up three other chairs for them. They sat, looking overjoyed, probably due to me being this 'legendary'. Legendary was a pretty good title for me, but I'd rather stay being myself with no title. But I didn't tell them this.

Anyways, we simply made some stuff over the fire and ate.

"Man, this is so cool! I never thought I'd get to meet a legendary trial completer!" He said

"Um, yeah, pretty cool I assume." I said.

"Very! Anyways, it kinda sucks how you are done with trials… I really wanted to join your team and explore those places!" Ivy exclaimed.

"It was kinda tough and painful honestly… I don't think you'd find it fun." I told him.

"Yeah, I heard about that. But here you are!" He said.

"Yeah… Well, glad you got to meet a legendary trail hero." I said.

He nodded happily and went on for the next half hour. He ended up asking a load of questions of my adventures, which honestly I couldn't really give answers to all of them. Reason being there wasn't any adventures I went on that fit his question. All I did was do all trials and saved Dagger. After that, we lived here and started a new life.

Ivy and Icy seemed pleased though, which was good. He told me how cool it would be to do the trials in Yuka. It was more difficult but contained a much bigger reward. I read it gives you one spawn or something. Allowing you to receive anything you want. Money, an item, good health, all that stuff.

But as we continued talking, I looked at the time and looked surprised lightly.

"Wow, already almost one AM?" I said.

Ivy looked and gasped.

"Whoa! I completely lost track of time! It was really awesome meeting you, but we should get home!" He said, getting up.

He grabbed Icy and ran off, waving and saying we'll have another meet up soon. I waved and told him alright and got up. Putting out the small fire that was still burning, I stretched and yawned. I looked around and noticed Dagger was fast asleep in his chair. I kinda laughed, as I didn't even realized he fell asleep. I walked over and gently shook him awake. He awoke a bit startled and I told him it was time for bed.

Dagger got up slowly, groaning from being woken up. He walked in and I cleaned up the rest of the things before going inside myself.

Once inside, I didn't really feel like doing anything else due to how late it was. So I just walked upstairs and fell in my bed, seeing Dagger out instantly once again. I then closed my eyes...