Chapter 2. A nightmare

Alex woke with a start, he'd been having nightmares for the last couple of days but they had never been as vivid as tonight. 15 years have past since that fateful day. Leon's armies had swept throughout the land of Hyrule until they reached the King of Hyrule. There at the base of his castle King Faor pushed Leon's troops back. And the battle has raged on there going back and forth ever since.

Seeing that he couldn't fall back asleep Alex decided to get moving on towards Ofwera the town closest to the king's castle. Ever since he learned what happened to his mother he swore to destroy Leon and everything he stood for. He had tried to rally a small army he went to the Mountains and asked for the help of the Gorons but he had no luck and the Zoras didn't prove to be much help either. Most people were just much too afraid of Leon or "The Dark Lord" as some called him.

Seeing how far Alex had traveled looking for support he had become widely known throughout Hyrule making him a prime target of Leon's troops. So he was constantly on the move with nothing but a few rupees, a dagger, and his bow. It was very early in the morning when he started his long walk to Ofwera.

He couldn't stop thinking about his dreams though, after all the misery he had been put through because of Leon. He stopped for a rest where he became overcome by thought of all those years ago.........

Alex was found by his mother's side by the town blacksmith as he was fleeing the city. The blacksmith could not just leave the baby by himself so he grabbed the baby and took him to Ofwera, a city untouched by Leon's army. There the blacksmith, named Ian raised Alex as his own son until he was 10 years old. He taught Alex how to forge and wield common weapons like swords and bows. He found that Alex was a very quick learner.

Alex could still hear Ian's words of advice in his head "Keep Moving!!" "Don't let your enemy out of your sights". The one thing he could never forget that he said was "Never let your guard down". That's when he heard a familiar twang of a bow. In a flash Alex darted out of the way and an arrow stood right where he had been sitting. He heard grunts and snarls and loud clanging of metal all around him and as he turned around dagger in hand he found him self face to face with an Iron Knuckle.