Four Swords Re-booted
It's been a while. Did you miss me? Or did you miss the cast of four who have sat right where we left them for the past couple months? Yup. Right there. They just 'freeze' so to speak ;) If you haven't been reading recently or are new, I'd suggest you head to chapter one and really see what's going down. It's pretty simple so I am sure you will pick it up quickly.
Well, let's not stall them any longer! Here comes chapter 10!
Chapter 10: Crack-whip Peak
"Hmmm..." the old man pondered on the subject of the ancient pottery that the four were looking for, "I believe I have heard of that relic before. Let me check some scrolls and see if i could find anything."
"Take your time." said Green.
"Or just take OUR time. Blue grumbled.
"Oh, be nice. He's probably been down here since 1986!" Red replied to Blue.
"That's old school." Vio chuckled.
The old man finally came back with some miscellaneous books. "Let's see," he said, "anyone want to help me?"
"Ohhhh NO, not more READING!" Blue whined
"I don't think I could, old man! We practically cleared out an entire library the other day!" Green said.
Meanwhile, Red fumbled to the corner (mostly because he was fixated on the cover of one of the manga he picked off the shelf) and sat himself down and opened the book.
"What's that?" Green asked Red.
"I don't know yet..." Red replied.
"Well, let's take a look!"
Green had a tendency to read ahead of people. He was about five pages ahead of Red when one panel caught his eye. "Red, give me the book." Green said forcefully.
"Why? It's just getting gooood." Red whined.
"Trust me, you're better off not reading that." Green said back.
"Oh really?"
"What are you two arguing about?" Vio asked.
"RED HAS A DIRTY BOOOOOK!" Green said like a small child announcing a secret.
"I have a WHA-?!" Red looked shocked.
"Oh my." The old man looked at the book. "Now how did you find THAT?"
"It was on the floor..." Red replied.
The old man took the book and put it where it belonged.
"I found something!" Blue announced. "I was glancing at some maps and this one caught my eye."
"Let me see." Vio said while holding out his hand for the map.
"No, I'm going to figure this out this time." Blue replied.
"Suit yourself." Vio said, slightly disappointed, yet surprised that Blue actually wanted to read a map by himself. "If he could interpret it, THAT would be something." He thought.
"I see... hmmmm... OKAY! So we have to head over this mountain, Travel through the Swamp, get to the coasts through some deserts before-hand, then take a boat to the other continent, and if all goes well, we will be where we need to be!" Blue explained.
"I have a feeling that it's not going to be that easy..." Green said in a concerned voice.
"Well, we have to give it a try!" Red cheered.
"I don't kno-" CHCHCHHKSHHHHHHHHHHHH "What was THAT?!" Vio exclaimed surprisingly.
" 'That' was the massive void that we are trying to stop, remember." Green reminded everyone.
"Almost forgot about that." Red said shakily.
"We best be off. Thank you old man!" Green waved at the old man who had graciously helped out the four.
"No problem. You can keep the map if you want." The old man replied.
"Thank you! We will!" Blue waved at goodbye.
As the four left the cave, they decided to look at just how long their climb to the summit of the mountain would be. No doubt it was a steep climb. As Green rummaged through the pack, he pulled out: A hookshot, a longshot, One snake-whip, and a grappling hook.
"I guess we are working together on this climb."
Up the mountain there where multiple wooden poles sticking out, a few pads to land on, and a lot of loose looking rocks. If the four weren't careful, they could take some serious damage from a fall that high. Death was a high outcome at those stakes.
"Well, we can't go around and under is certainly met with a pile of molten lava..." Vio sighed.
Green distributed the item to each person. Red got the snake-whip, Blue got the grappling hook, Vio got the longshot, and Green took the hookshot for himself. As Red ran around testing his new 'toy' on various tree branches and rock overhangs, the other four where also busy testing out their new 'tools' on miscellaneous other areas. When everyone was sure their items worked efficiently, they got reading to climb. They found a tall rock to get a head start and Vio latched on to the first post. He swung himself with ease and went from pole to pole until he hit the first pad to wait for the others. Red went next and in-between each leap, he let out a little squeal. He couldn't tell if he was having a blast or scared to death. He eventually got to the pad and sat down on a rock for a a breath. Green went next, similar to Vio, and finally Blue who was similar to Red, but without the sequels or the terror. He actually enjoyed it. He felt pretty cool while swinging as well. As everyone gave a quick "nice job" to one another, they got ready to continue. They noticed the pad was a bit small now, but they got smaller on the way up. They just hoped it wasn't their eyes playing tricks on them. As each hero continued on, the poles seemed to get looser and looser and the way up got slower and slower until eventually they had to stop for a break. The sad part was, there was nowhere to take a break at! The pads past the fourth had complettly worn down or fallen off altogether, which explained what the old man had made his furniture and bookshelves with. Where he got his clothes from, they dare not think about. They knew they would probably find out soon. eventually They got so tired that swinging was beginning to become a problem. Sitting on top of the poles was too dangerous, as was hanging from them. The rocks where too dangerous to sit on either. They completely crumbled away at the touch oddly enough. That gave Red the idea to try and carve a ledge from the crumbly rocks, but the process was tedious and too long. He figured that his post would fall before he even made enough room for his palms. They progressed, although slowly, untill Vio and green had reached the top (they switched off orders at the first four pads so it isn't the same as when they left.) All that was left where for Blue and Red to make their ways up. Blue finally crawled over the edge of the final rock (with some help) and sat down to rest his rope-burned hands. Red seemed to be stuck and felt a lack of weakness to continue. Every urge that Red could muster was to just loosen his grip. Voices in his head said that he couldn't do and he should just give into his pain.
But as he glanced into the heavens for any advice or help (and by heavens I mean the eyes of his rubbery snake whip), he knew that he had to continue.
"I can do this," he thought, "I just have to do two more and I wont have to hold onto this thing for dear life.
Red could hardly bring himself to swing back and forth, so he decided to climb up onto the pole instead (recall what i said about the poles being extremely weak?) and hoisted himself up.
"Be careful Red! That thing could break at any moment!" Vio shouted.
"I- *huff* I got this!" Red replied weakly. he crouched down and leapt the seemingly impossible distance in his tired state.
Everyone on the summit gasped as they saw possibly the last moments of Red's life.
Halfway through the air. Red faltered and let out a bit of a tired screech, though failed. He flew his arms everywhere as he felt all the forces of gravity bring him back to where he started. Suddenly, as if planned by some outside force, his whip caught on to one of the poles and jerked his short trip to certain doom to a halt.
Right there, 30,000 feet in the air, 3,000 stories high, Red hung dangling on a rubber snake tool that looked as though it were designed by a six-year-old. and he just hung. Mostly in complete shock. His hands were over his eyes as to not watch his 'plummet' to the ground [never happened if you weren't reading].
Then at the top of the mountain summit, Vio fainted right on top of Blue.
After the short experience, the adrenaline going in Red's blood allowed him to rope to the last bit and be pulled up by Green (Blue was still pinned down by Vio's now limp body.) and Red went to the closest corner he could find and sat down for a brief nap.
Wow! Exciting! So, Red ALMOST died... And a little secret. If this were a one shot, he would have. maybe an alternate ending later on? I don't know. Anyways... Thanks for reading!
Thank's for waiting for me to post this next chapter. I know it took me ages as I was spending my summer relaxing and had to put this off...
I guess an hour's work isn't so bad is it? I do write these late at night, though...
Finally, news on the new fanfic i have had promised for everyone! I have many ideas ready and I don't know which ones to go with.
(A/N2): The second fanfic has been published. It can be read here: s/11070829/1/Four-Swords-Master-of-Fate
If you have any ideas for the story, msg me and I may just include them! (this also includes a shout-out of your name!) Trust me, anything goes!
Thanks for reading, Keep being awesome, and have a great day (or night, whatever)
-InvisiableWalls