The Fate of the First Hero of Light
Zelda is walking towards the throne room.
She has a bright smile on her face.
She is thinking back to her birth date celebration.
She chuckles.
"Silly Mjrn it was not my birth date..."
"GOOD MORROW TO YOU YOUR MAJESTY!"
"AAAAAAEEEEEEIIIIII!"
Zelda jumps and takes an offensive stance.
"YOUR MAJESTY!"
"LADY EDELINE!"
Zelda's eyes are open wide.
"Good day Your Majesty. This stance where did you learn of it?"
"..."
Zelda does not speak.
"Please Your Majesty do not worry for your safety, I will protect you from now onwards."
"Lady Edeline what do you mean?"
"It was just as I said Your Majesty I would protect you from harm. Your Majesty if I may ask where did you learn of that offensive stance?"
"Lady Edeline, Geir taught me how to figh... defend myself."
"I see."
The hatred on Lady Edeline's face is clearly seen.
"Lady Edeline about Geir..."
"Excuse me Your Majesty?" Lady Edeline has recovered.
"It was nothing, Lady Edeline you had wanted to see me?"
"Yes, Your Majesty I wanted to revise our nation's defense plans."
Zelda follows Lady Edeline they both enter the throne room.
Many plans are laid out in front of Zelda.
"Lady Edeline how did you come up with these plans?"
"Your Majesty as you know the King had me sworn a solemn oath that I would protect you. Seeing as you had led our Kingdom to such massive success and glory. I wasted no time in formulating plans to ensure Your Majesty's and the Kingdom's safety."
"THAT IS WONDROUS INDEED IS IT NOT YOUR MAJESTY?" asks the Knight he seems to be in high spirits.
"Yes, it is Sir Hunrey! Sir Izdryn how do you feel of this?"
The Fire Mage is staring out of the windows.
His thoughts return to his surroundings.
"Yes, Your Highness it is."
Zelda looks on in worry at the Fire Mage.
"Lady Edeline has been cold towards Sir Izdryn I wonder why?" she thinks to herself.
"Your Majesty please I only need your approval of these plans. Then they will be enacted immediately!" says the Paladin Lady Edeline.
"Yes, Lady Edeline I will just have Geir look at them. I am sure he will agree to the..."
Lady Edeline looks downwards her hair hangs in front of her face.
"...claurilles...why is it always...about him..."
"Excuse me Lady Edeline?" Zelda did not hear her clearly.
CRACK
SNAP
"LADY EDELINE!"
Zelda look on in shock as Lady Edeline is breaking a nearby chair's crest rail with her bare hands.
SNAP
CRACK
She breaks off another piece of the chair.
Her hand is bleeding pieces of the expensive chair's wood is in her hand's closed grasp.
The anger on her face is clearly seen.
"Lady Edeline control yourself!" the Fire Mage screams at the infuriated Lady Edeline.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT OUTLANDER! WE DON'T WANT..."
"BE QUIET!"
Zelda is furious.
"FORGIVE ME YOUR MAJESTY!"
"Lady Edeline you will control yourself!" Zelda screams at the Lady.
"Your..."
"I AM NOT DONE TALKING!"
"..."
"If you ever disrespect Sir Izdryn again you will be relieved of your duties!"
"..."
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" screams the red faced Zelda.
"...yes, your majesty..."
Lady Edeline turns her face downwards in shame.
Zelda immediately regrets what she had said.
The look of shame on Lady Edeline's face, Zelda feels as if a sharp dagger is piercing her conscience.
"Lady Edeline I am..."
"Zelda do not pity the wench."
"WENCH! WHO DARES SPEAK OF ME IN SUCH A MANNER!"
Lady Edeline turns around grasping to her side.
She moves to unsheathe her weapon.
"CLAURILLES!"
"That is my name." speaks Geir.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE CLAURILLES?"
"Tsk." Geir scowls and looks with complete disdain at the furiously enraged Lady Edeline.
"GEIR! WHY ARE YOU HERE?" Zelda nervously screams.
"Zelda here are some documents approve them and send these people to..."
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING CLAURILLES? WE DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!"
Zelda glares at Lady Edeline.
"..."
"Geir please look at these plans."
Zelda hands Geir the defense plans Geir's cousin had formulated.
Geir pages through the document.
"Did that wench formulate these plans?"
"Geir please enough!" Zelda reprimands Geir for his rudeness.
"YES, I DID CLAURILLES WHY?"
"Well done, you have earned my praise."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
Zelda could never have imagined Geir complimenting his cousin Lady Edeline.
CRACK
SNAP
CRACK
SNAP
The exquisite wooden chair suffers again.
"LADY EDELINE YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF HER MAJESTY!" the Knight speaks to her.
"Please forgive me Your Majesty."
"Lady Eveline we will just have to learn to be frien..."
Geir is still studying the plans, he looks towards her.
"I can see why Lord Anaxtus favoured you before I was born."
"DAMN YOU!"
Lady Edeline rushes towards Geir weapon drawn.
Zelda sees a silver flash moving towards Geir.
"PLEASE STOP!" Zelda screams.
CRASH
Zelda sees silver shards fly everywhere.
She turns to look with a heavy heart.
"Please do not be dead." she prays in her heart.
Geir is standing up straight holding his closed hand the remaining parts of the sword's blade crumbles out of his hand's grip.
Lady Edeline is staring at the remaining part of her broken weapons blade.
"How is this possible?"
"Wench I am not the same as when I was young. The next time you attack me will be the last mistake you ever make."
"TO ARMS MEN DEFEND LADY EDELINE!" the Knight screams.
The Royal throne room fills with Knights they have their weapons drawn.
"SIR HUNFREY! PLEASE ASSIST ME!" Lady Edeline signals to her broken blade.
"AT ONCE! YOU THERE HAND THE LADY A WEAPON!" he screams at a subordinate.
Lady Edeline is given a weapon.
Zelda stomps her foot on the floor in rage.
"STOP THIS INSTANT!"
"Zelda this will never end with her. We are both from House Dominitus let me deal with this."
"Geir please stop!"
Geir glares at Zelda.
She feels fear overtake her.
"He will really kill me if I interfere!" she thinks to herself.
Zelda has recovered.
"Geir you are not allowed to kill her!"
"..."
Geir walks towards Lady Edeline.
"DIE YOU BASTARD!"
Lady Edeline swings her sword towards him.
CRASH
The sword shatters into shards flying everywhere.
Time has passed...
Geir has long stopped moving, he is standing still in place.
"...take this..."
Lady Edeline stumbles towards Geir she swings her sword.
He grabs the sword with his hand gripping it tightly.
Lady Edeline pulls with all her might.
The sword does not move.
Geir has created an ice gauntlet around his hand.
He uses the strength that his unique tribes physiology enables him too exert.
SNAP
He effortlessly snaps the blade into pieces.
Many broken swords lay scattered around him, the floor is glistening with the blades metallic shards shining in the light.
Lady Edeline stumbles towards a Knight she is given a weapon again.
She moves to strike Geir again.
Zelda who is bored at seeing Lady Edeline trying to strike Geir over and over while failing to accomplish anything.
CRASH
Silver shards fly.
Zelda rolls her eyes.
"Not again..." Zelda thinks to herself.
BOOM
Like a loud cannon blast Geir punched her in the stomach.
Sending her flying through the air.
CRASH
She hits a wall and falls on a table breaking everything on it.
"FINALLY!"
RUSTLE
There is movement in the pile of debris.
"DAMMIT THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST!" the angry and annoyed Zelda thinks to herself.
"HOW LONG IS THIS STILL GOING TO CONTINUE?"
"Do not worry Zelda she is defeated." says Geir.
"GEIR COULD YOU READ MY MIND?"
"No, you were talking aloud again."
"WHAT?"
Geir signals to the Knight.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FIEND?" the Knight scowls at him.
"Clean up this mess."
"WHAT? FIEND YOU DARE!" the Knight moves to strike Geir.
"ENOUGH!" Zelda screams at the top of her lungs.
"..."
Finally it is still.
Zelda gives the orders, Lady Edeline is carried away and the room is cleared.
Geir takes the plans once more.
He studies them again.
"Zelda."
"Yes, Geir?"
"Prepare the Knights we are going to war."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"These plans are excellent, the Kingdom's eastern front had always been exposed. The wench..."
"Geir enough! Please do not speak like that."
Geir looks towards Zelda and sighs.
"The Paladin made good plans regarding the eastern front's defense."
"Geir you had always said I should not strengthen our defenses in that region. Why would we need to do that now?"
"Zelda in the eastern kingdom, there is a great mountain range. The mountain range is located well inside of your Kingdom."
"Mountain range?" Zelda seems confused.
"YOUR MAJESTY IT IS HERE..." the Knight explains.
"Geir what is so special about this mountain?"
"The three Kingdoms to our east use that area to resolve their disputes in."
"WHAT?" the Knight is shocked.
"DISPUTES! GEIR WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"
"They wage their wars in that mountain range."
"SIR HUNFREY! PREPARE THE TROOPS WE HAVE TO ACT!"
"YES, YOUR MAJESTY!"
Zelda is up immediately.
The Kingdom is in need!
BAM
Geir hits her on the top of her head with a closed fist
"OW! GEIR I NEED TO ACT!"
"SHUT UP AND LISTEN!"
The Knight wants to act but Zelda signals to him.
"Alright no need to shout."
The explanations start...
"So the local tribes had grown into larger nations, but could never reconcile their differences. Now they fight their wars on their ancestral home's grounds that are located inside of our Kingdom's borders?" asks Zelda.
"Yes."
"SURELY YOUR MAJESTY WE MUST STILL ACT! THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BE CONTINUED IN OUR KINGDOM!"
"I agree Sir Hunfrey. Sir Izdryn what do you think?"
"Yes, Your Highness I believe so as well." says the Fire Mage.
The Fire Mage looks very tired and distant.
"I will be leaving."
Geir turns around and walks to exit the room.
"GEIR WAIT!"
"Zelda?"
"What are we going to do now?"
"Zelda the wenc... Palladin was Lord Anaxtus's prodigy when young. She has been trained since young in strategy and military doctrine. There is no one better to assist you."
Geir keeps on walking.
"Geir please stop! Why did we not act sooner? What is the reason?"
"Zelda this war will cost this Kingdom many lives and will be an enormous drain on the Kingdom's finances."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" the other party scream in unison.
"The three countries who have been fighting in that area know the lay of the land very well. It will be extremely difficult for the Kingdom's soldiers to adapt to fighting them. There is also the possibility that they might unite when faced with a common enemy. Still this war would eventually have to be waged it is unavoidable."
Geir walks again.
He almost reaches the door.
"GEIR! STOP! WAIT!"
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?"
"YOU FIEND!" the Knight signals to the other men.
Zelda quickly signals to them.
"GEIR JUST STAY! DO NOT GO!"
"Why Zelda? I have no business here anymore."
"NO, BUSINESS?"
"The Paladin can do everything I can. Why must I still be here?"
"Well about that..."
Geir leaves down the stairs.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Zelda's outstretched arm is pointing towards where Geir left.
Zelda collapses out of dread on her knees.
"What will happen to me now?...WAIT! I KNOW!"
Zelda knows immediately what will make Geir stay.
She runs down the stairs.
Days have passed...
Geir enters the throne room.
"Zelda here are the plans. Approve them send these men to..."
"GEIR!"
Zelda runs towards Geir and hugs him.
"Zelda what is wrong?"
"No, it was nothing. I was just glad to see you that is all!"
Geir hands Zelda the papers.
Zelda clears her throat.
"Yes, let me see here!"
She starts paging through the plans.
"Geir what is wrong with you!?" the Fire Mage screams.
Zelda looks towards Geir.
"AAAAEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIII! GEIR WHAT HAPPENED!"
Geir's face is swollen he has red spots all over him.
He stumbles.
CRASH
He falls over.
"CALL THE HEALERS!" the Knight orders a nearby guard.
The white mages enter the room and Geir is evacuated.
Short times pass...
Zelda leaves the infirmary, she walks through the Knight's barracks on her way leading towards the throne room.
"Even I could not find the cause?"
Zelda thinks to herself remembering her studies at the school of healing magics.
"I still have my responsibilities!" she remembers to continue the days schedule.
Zelda sees a little doll laying in the hall.
She walks to and picks up the doll.
Zelda giggles at the little doll.
"It has a little parka!"
She looks at the traditional dress, instantly recognizing it as the Tulok tribes design.
"Is this supposed to be Geir? It even has his terrible hair style! Who made this?"
Zelda turns the doll around to look at the face.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"
The doll has many long needles stuck into its face and body.
"The position of these needles! It is the same as Geir's injuries!"
Zelda hears chanting from a nearby room.
Zelda sneaks towards the room's door.
"...i hate you...i hate you...i hate you...i hate you...i hate you..."
The room's door is slightly ajar, she looks inside.
Zelda covers her mouth with her hand she almost screamed aloud.
The room is filled with little dolls similar to the one she found.
They all have spikes or needles inside of them, many are also burnt or torn.
She sees a figure sitting on the ground a malicious darkness surrounds the figure.
The figure has a dagger and is stabbing the Geir doll in the face.
"I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE..."
The figure freezes and stops chanting.
RRRRRIIIIIIIPPPPP
The Geir doll's head is ripped off.
"WHO'S THERE?"
Before the figure can turn around to look at Zelda.
Zelda is gone!
She has already disappeared!
She ran to the throne room!
This was the fastest she has ever moved in her life.
She jumps on her throne and sits down.
"Thank you Holy Mother for protecting me!"
She is still out of breath.
"YOUR MAJESTY WHAT IS WRONG?" a woman's voice.
"AAAAAAEEEEEEIIIIII! PLEASE DO NOT CURSE ME!"
"Your Majesty what is the matter?"
Zelda looks towards Lady Edeline.
"It was nothing Lady Edeline!"
"Who could it have been?" thinks Zelda to herself of the mysterious figure.
"Did you perhaps see one of my dolls laying around Your Majesty?"
"IT WAS HER!" Zelda screams inside her head as she now knows who is the mysterious figure.
Zelda swallows nervously and lies.
"No, Lady Edeline I did not see it!"
"I understand Your Majesty. If you happen upon it would you please let me know?"
"Yes, I will Lady Eveline!"
Finish.