Disclaimer: I don't own fable, nope!
Joel marched proudly about the hero's guild. He knew that he was allowed to leave it all by himself now, but he just wanted to take one last look about the place before he went out into the world of Albion. He walked across the small bridge and approached the "Demon door" that always had freaked him out when he was a child. It was a large stone door with a face that was carved into the side of the mountain. Joel reached out to touch it, but before he could lay a finger on it, the door began to talk in a loud, booming voice.
"Your path is dark." It said. "Only a light will reveal it, and you are not bright enough"
Joel frowned, thinking it was some sort of prophecy about his life. One of the apprentices behind him laughed. It was Benjamin.
"It's a riddle! If a hero does the task, or guessed the riddle, the door will open."
"But I don't know what to do!" Joel crossed his arms.
"Stop being a baby and figure it out!" he chuckled to himself then walked away.
Joel growled then turned around to face the door again. "Only a light will reveal it, aye?" he rolled up his sleeves and took out the small lamp that the guildmaster had given him after his graduation. He then lit it and held it in front of the door.
"Your path is illuminated! Fancy that!" the door laughed and face vanished leaving a beautifully carved stone door. Joel pushed the doors open and walked in. In side was a beautifully lit chamber. There was a small reading chair and table, and along the side of the mountain was a intricately carved wooden book case filled with books. There were a couple of other scrolls and parchments, and Joel found a couple books that he liked.
"Wow." He sighed. It was like a hidden wonder of beauty inside a mountain. Never had he seen anything so beautiful! After he had soaked there for a bit, Joel finally left and went to say goodbye to the guildmaster in the map room.
"Don't worry." The master smiled and patted Joel on the back. "You'll be seeing me a lot."
"Oh good." Joel smiled. "You're one of the only friends I have!"
And then, for the first time since he arrived at the guild, Joel walked out of the front door into Albion. As he walked down the path leading to who-knows-where, passing people pointed at him and laughed. He heard several jokes about the new farm boy hero, or the chicken-chaser, but ignored them. Then, finally, just before he was about to turn around and punch one of those villagers, a man came bounding down the path yelling,
"Hero! Quick, follow me!" Joel piped up and darted after the man. He was led down the path to a small picnic area. The man then stopped and pointed. "I' not going any further, but hurry! You've got to save my friends!" Joel sighed and took out his sword. As he walked around the bend he saw a bunch o cat-sized wasps attacking the people. The whole park was in an uproar. He quickly darted onto the scene and killed any wasp in his sight. This was so easy! He already began to love his job. Once all the wasps were killed, all the people ran out of the park. As he was about to turn around and head out, he heard a large buzzing sound and turned around in fear to see a giant queen wasp about twice as big as he was! Not being able to reach her with his sword, he help out the palm of his hand and began electrocuting her with lighting. Once he exhausted himself to the max of throwing lighting, he pulling out his longbow and began throwing arrows at the queen at exceptional speed. All the while other small wasps began buzzing around him and stinging at his arms and legs. Then finally, the queen was down and he killed all the rest of the wasps.
By this time, he was panting so hard, and never in his life had he felt so important! He turned around to leave and save about six people standing there cheering their heads off. He smiled proudly and gave a bow. "Thank you." He bowed again.
Joel put away his sword and strutted out of the park. All the while, people would give a cheer. He walked along the path until he saw the large gates of a tow in the distance. He ran along and approached the gate.
"Hey!" a guard stopped him before entering. "I'm sorry, but weapons are not allowed in Bowerstone. You'll have to leave them here." Joel sighed and handed his weapons over to the guard.
The large wooden doors slowly creaked open and Joel strutted through. The large town inside was exciting for Joel to witness; it was the biggest town he had seen in his whole life! As he walked up the dirt path he passed by a trader on his right, and then to his left he saw the tailor. He started to get excited about the life he was going to lead. There were villagers and children running and walking all about the town, busy with their own things. Just up the road he saw the large Inn, which also had a tavern. He could tell it was a town attraction because there were so many people there! As he got closer though, he realized that was only because Maze was standing at the door with his arms crossed and people were gathering around to behold the Legend.
"There you are, Joel." He rolled his eyes. "One day being late is going to get you killed."
He shrugged. "I'm sorry."
"Well, I see you are already starting a reputation for yourself! I heard about your victory with the wasp queen." He smiled proudly and looked at some people gather around and give Joel a cheer. "But," he lowered his voice and put his hand on Joel's shoulder. "There are other evils at work in Albion that would put your giant insect to shame."
Joel looked up curiously, knowing Maze had something to share with him. "What is it?"
Maze laughed. "Nothing you can handle… yet. But I figure you'll get the hang of it soon enough. But anyway, I have something I need to tell you."
"Well what is it?" he asked eagerly.
"I've heard news that your sister might be alive." He finally said then stepped back to get a good look at Joel's reaction. He smiled to see the hero's face turn bright as the sun. "Yes."
"She's alive?" Joel excitedly grabbed onto Maze's coat.
"Calm down, boy, that's all I know for now. Just keep calm and take some quests. I'll have some more answers for you soon." At that, Maze pulled out his Guild seal and vanished.
The hero was so happy, he didn't know what to think! His sister was still alive? He jumped up and down screaming for a second and then regained himself.
After wondering around the town for a bit, Joel only had enough money to buy some nice plate gauntlets. He had his eyes on the entire suit, but he wouldn't have the money for quite some time. So, removing his village gloves, he slipped on his new gauntlets and strolled out of town.
Once back at the guild, Joel walked into the library and started getting out all the books that he found interesting. He desperately wanted to fin his sister, now that he knew he might be alive, and so he began to read. He read for hours upon hours until the guildmaster found him sleeping amongst piles of books. He shook his head with a smile and left, leaving him there to dream.