Nohansen Lake Shore Village: The Morning After
Diamond woke up in his bed at the crack of dawn. He'd gotten up and had breakfast as he usually did and prepared for the journey that would change the Land of Jewels forever.
"Come on Marie he's just going up north for a while he'll be back." Diamond's dad said.
"Yeah mom it's not like I'm leaving forever." Diamond said to his mother who had him clutched in her arms for around ten minutes.
"I just can't let you go out into the world yet." She said grabbing him even tighter.
Ramsey sighed. "Marie, he's eighteen years old he's old enough to move out of the house."
"Yeah mom I'll be back in a week, two weeks tops." Diamond said as she released him.
"You're right. I'm just not ready for you to leave yet." Marie said.
"For the last time mom I'm coming back." Diamond said.
"Right. Right." She stuttered.
"Well son. I spent three years on making you the best swordsman I could. Don't you dare waste it." Ramsey said.
"I won't dad." Diamond said as he walked off. "Love you guys."
Diamond walked up the hill that led to the Shine Meadow, once Hyrule Field, which connected all the possible regions in the Land of Jewels. He stopped at the top of the hill and looked back at Nohansen Lake Shore Village and saw his parents and friends all just standing there. He smiled and waved at them. He looked over to the charred and terrifying tree in witch the biggest threat to their existence lived. He saw the dark figure standing out on his balcony. Diamond pointed at Ganon as a warning and continued on.
He didn't know if Ganondorf saw him or not but he didn't care. He pressed on. About six hours after he left he'd passed through several villages until he stopped in one to take a rest. He walked into the pub with a all the eyes in the room staring at him. He walked up and sat at the bar.
"What 'll ya have?" The Bartender asked.
"Just give me some water." Diamond answered. "What are they so curious about?"
"Well." The Bartender began. "About a week ago a horde of Moblins came rollin into town. They started causing a whole bunch of trouble. They were stealing, killing, and just plain moving in. But then two days later everybody comes outside to see all the Moblins dead. They were all run through by that Daruka the Moblin Slayer. Every last Moblin, man, woman, a child were slaughtered. And ever since then everybody here has been a bit jumpy when a man with a sword comes through here. So, where are you headed?"
"Shattered City." Diamond answered.
"Shattered City eh? That's a good day away from here." The Bartender said. "Well you best be careful out there."
"I will." Diamond said. "How much for the water?"
"Ten Rupees." The Bartender answered.
"Here you are. Have a nice day sir." Diamond said as he got up and made for the door.
"Best of luck to you Swordsman." The Bartender called out as Diamond exited.
Diamond exited the village and continued on. He made it to Shattered City around noon to see the start of some sort of parade. Every citizen in the city was crowding the streets. Trumpets and Horns were filling the streets with sound as a royal carriage pasted by.
"What's going on?" Diamond asked one of the people.
"It's the return of the King." The man answered. "Everybody is to come to the castle as he tells us were he's been."
"Really?" Diamond said as he began to pursue the carriage.
About a half an hour later everybody was at the castle awaiting the King to come down the steps of his Castle. Diamond however decided to wander the courtyards for a while. Diamond was looking for any possible way into the castle that didn't require him climbing several feet up a wall or going in the front.
"Stupid me. I forgot to ask the Deku Tree how I'm supposed to get in the castle." Diamond said to himself.
"Hey you!" A man yelled at him from behind.
"Yes." Diamond said as he turned around.
"Everyone is supposed to be in the front courtyard for the ceremony." The Guard said.
"Yes well if you could just take me to the Princess. Then I will clear out and you don't have to see me again." Diamond said.
"On what grounds." The Guard asked.
"Well I was sent by a magical talking tree to stop a one thousand year old wizard from taking over the world." Diamond said.
"Are you fooling with me?" The Guard said.
"No it's the truth." Diamond said.
"Like the legendary Deku Tree would talk to you." The Guard said.
"What's going on here guard?" Another man said from behind.
"Oh Commander, um this swordsman here wishes to speak with the princess."
The Commander paused for a minute. "To the dungeon with him."
"Yes sir." The Guard said. "Come on swordsman."
"Finally I get to go in the castle. Do I get to have the grand tour?" Diamond said sarcastically.
"Yeah, the grand tour of the Dungeon." The Guard said.
About an hour later Diamond was sitting in the dark dungeon of the castle with his legs shackled to the ground. The Dungeon stank like a dead Moblin carcass and was only illuminated by single window. Diamond looked over to his left to see a skeleton of a man still shackled to the ground. He grabbed his lower left leg bone and smashed it on the ground.
"Sorry dude, but to be down here this long you probably deserved it." Diamond said as he began to pick the locks on his shackles with the jagged bone.
Diamond got himself free after a few attempts and proceeded to the door that was at the top of a staircase. He opened to door to find a guard asleep in his chair.
"Sleeping on the job huh." Diamond said. "That's not very good. Someone could escape."
He grabbed his Sword, his trench coat, and his wallet and tip toed down the hallway. He looked around the corner to see an empty suit of armor to the right. Diamond scurried down a few other hallways putting on his coat and putting his sword on his back. He made it to the huge and fabulous throne room. No one appeared to be in it but he didn't see the two guards standing by the door.
"INTRUDER!" One of the Guards yelled out.
"Aww crap." Diamond said. "As he put his hand on the handle of his sword and readied to draw it.
"Well, well. If it isn't Mr. Swordsman." The same Guard from earlier said. "Did you enjoy your grand tour of the dungeon?"
"Yes it did. And the really old fellow next to me provided me with one of his bones to use as a key." Diamond answered.
"What is going on in here!?" The King shouted as he came in.
"Sir, this swordsman was locked up for trespassing earlier and he's escaped." The Guard said.
"What is your name Swordsman?" The King asked.
"Diamond Keya is the name." He answered.
"Keya." The King paused. "Let him free. You know Diamond your father and I are very good friends. You could of just came in the front."
"Ah." Diamond said. "I did not know that."
"Well now you do." The King said. "Your dismissed guards. Have a seat Diamond."
"You heard him. Skedaddle." Diamond said to the guards.
"Now Diamond, tell me why you're here. I haven't seen you for seventeen years." The King said.
"Well. This is gonna be a bit long." Diamond said as he began to tell everything. He told the King that Ganon was alive and he is in pursuit of the Fountain of Youth. He told him that the only way to stop Ganon was to gather the Ultimate Gems and unlock Link from the Sacred Realm.
"Commander Onyx!" The King yelled.
"Yes Sire." Onyx said as he opened the doors.
"Fetch my daughter. I must speak to her." The King told him.
"Yes sire, right away." Onyx said as he ran to get Jewels.
"What is it father?" She asked as she entered the room.
"Jewels we need your help. This is Diamond Keya from Nohansen Lake Shore Village." The King told her.
"Good day, Princess Jewels." Diamond said.
"Good day to you Diamond." Jewels replied. "What is it you need father?"
"Well you know the Moon Palace right?" The King asked.
"Yes." Jewels answered.
"What is the Treasure that is in that Palace?" The King asked.
"Yes. It's called the Sliver Moon." Jewels answered.
"The Sliver Moon is one of the Ultimate Gems." Diamond said. "How do I enter this Moon Palace?"
"You need the Saber Key." Jewels answered. "But its possessed by a rich tyrant named Jonathon Saber."
"Where is Jonathon Saber?" Diamond asked.
"He owns the local Pub. He's sure to be there." Jewels answered.
"Well that's where I have to go next. So I bid you good day Royal Family, we shall meet again." Diamond said as he walked out of the room.
"What was that all about father?" Jewels asked.
"I'll tell you after the ceremony Jewels." The King answered.
Shattered City Pub: Midnight
Diamond walked into the pub with everyone staring at him once again. Then they went back to there business. He walked up and sat at the bar.
"Hey Barkeep!" Diamond called out.
"Yeah, what 'll it be?" The Bartender asked.
"I wish to speak with Jonathon Saber." Diamond answered.
Everyone stopped and looked at Diamond once again.
"Is there a problem?" Diamond asked the people.
"What's going on out here? Whats with the awkward silence?" Saber came out and said.
"Mr. Saber, this swordsman wishes to speak to you." The Bartender answered.
"Send him in then." Saber said as he went back into his office.
Diamond went in and the door shut behind him. Saber sat behind his wooden desk with several rupees scattered on it.
"Have a seat Swordsman." Saber said.
"The name is Diamond." He said as he sat down.
"What can I do for you?" Saber asked.
"I seek the Saber Key." Diamond answered.
"The Saber Key. That thing has cost me nothing but trouble. I'm seeking to get rid of it." Saber said.
"Then I'll take it off your hands." Diamond said.
"It's not that easy Diamond. I like people to earn things and if you wish to have the Saber Key you must earn it." Saber said.
"How?" Diamond asked.
"I like to do a tournament every year. I call it Castle Match. It's a tournament held in my castle between eight warriors and every fight, is to the death." Saber said. "And it just so happens that I already have seven competitors for this years tournament if you join we can do it tonight."
"Fine you've got your eighth competitor. I'll be at your castle any time." Diamond said.
"How about immediately." Saber said as he exited his office and began to speak to the people in the pub. "Gentlemen, we have our eighth. Let Castle Match begin!"
Diamond woke up in his bed at the crack of dawn. He'd gotten up and had breakfast as he usually did and prepared for the journey that would change the Land of Jewels forever.
"Come on Marie he's just going up north for a while he'll be back." Diamond's dad said.
"Yeah mom it's not like I'm leaving forever." Diamond said to his mother who had him clutched in her arms for around ten minutes.
"I just can't let you go out into the world yet." She said grabbing him even tighter.
Ramsey sighed. "Marie, he's eighteen years old he's old enough to move out of the house."
"Yeah mom I'll be back in a week, two weeks tops." Diamond said as she released him.
"You're right. I'm just not ready for you to leave yet." Marie said.
"For the last time mom I'm coming back." Diamond said.
"Right. Right." She stuttered.
"Well son. I spent three years on making you the best swordsman I could. Don't you dare waste it." Ramsey said.
"I won't dad." Diamond said as he walked off. "Love you guys."
Diamond walked up the hill that led to the Shine Meadow, once Hyrule Field, which connected all the possible regions in the Land of Jewels. He stopped at the top of the hill and looked back at Nohansen Lake Shore Village and saw his parents and friends all just standing there. He smiled and waved at them. He looked over to the charred and terrifying tree in witch the biggest threat to their existence lived. He saw the dark figure standing out on his balcony. Diamond pointed at Ganon as a warning and continued on.
He didn't know if Ganondorf saw him or not but he didn't care. He pressed on. About six hours after he left he'd passed through several villages until he stopped in one to take a rest. He walked into the pub with a all the eyes in the room staring at him. He walked up and sat at the bar.
"What 'll ya have?" The Bartender asked.
"Just give me some water." Diamond answered. "What are they so curious about?"
"Well." The Bartender began. "About a week ago a horde of Moblins came rollin into town. They started causing a whole bunch of trouble. They were stealing, killing, and just plain moving in. But then two days later everybody comes outside to see all the Moblins dead. They were all run through by that Daruka the Moblin Slayer. Every last Moblin, man, woman, a child were slaughtered. And ever since then everybody here has been a bit jumpy when a man with a sword comes through here. So, where are you headed?"
"Shattered City." Diamond answered.
"Shattered City eh? That's a good day away from here." The Bartender said. "Well you best be careful out there."
"I will." Diamond said. "How much for the water?"
"Ten Rupees." The Bartender answered.
"Here you are. Have a nice day sir." Diamond said as he got up and made for the door.
"Best of luck to you Swordsman." The Bartender called out as Diamond exited.
Diamond exited the village and continued on. He made it to Shattered City around noon to see the start of some sort of parade. Every citizen in the city was crowding the streets. Trumpets and Horns were filling the streets with sound as a royal carriage pasted by.
"What's going on?" Diamond asked one of the people.
"It's the return of the King." The man answered. "Everybody is to come to the castle as he tells us were he's been."
"Really?" Diamond said as he began to pursue the carriage.
About a half an hour later everybody was at the castle awaiting the King to come down the steps of his Castle. Diamond however decided to wander the courtyards for a while. Diamond was looking for any possible way into the castle that didn't require him climbing several feet up a wall or going in the front.
"Stupid me. I forgot to ask the Deku Tree how I'm supposed to get in the castle." Diamond said to himself.
"Hey you!" A man yelled at him from behind.
"Yes." Diamond said as he turned around.
"Everyone is supposed to be in the front courtyard for the ceremony." The Guard said.
"Yes well if you could just take me to the Princess. Then I will clear out and you don't have to see me again." Diamond said.
"On what grounds." The Guard asked.
"Well I was sent by a magical talking tree to stop a one thousand year old wizard from taking over the world." Diamond said.
"Are you fooling with me?" The Guard said.
"No it's the truth." Diamond said.
"Like the legendary Deku Tree would talk to you." The Guard said.
"What's going on here guard?" Another man said from behind.
"Oh Commander, um this swordsman here wishes to speak with the princess."
The Commander paused for a minute. "To the dungeon with him."
"Yes sir." The Guard said. "Come on swordsman."
"Finally I get to go in the castle. Do I get to have the grand tour?" Diamond said sarcastically.
"Yeah, the grand tour of the Dungeon." The Guard said.
About an hour later Diamond was sitting in the dark dungeon of the castle with his legs shackled to the ground. The Dungeon stank like a dead Moblin carcass and was only illuminated by single window. Diamond looked over to his left to see a skeleton of a man still shackled to the ground. He grabbed his lower left leg bone and smashed it on the ground.
"Sorry dude, but to be down here this long you probably deserved it." Diamond said as he began to pick the locks on his shackles with the jagged bone.
Diamond got himself free after a few attempts and proceeded to the door that was at the top of a staircase. He opened to door to find a guard asleep in his chair.
"Sleeping on the job huh." Diamond said. "That's not very good. Someone could escape."
He grabbed his Sword, his trench coat, and his wallet and tip toed down the hallway. He looked around the corner to see an empty suit of armor to the right. Diamond scurried down a few other hallways putting on his coat and putting his sword on his back. He made it to the huge and fabulous throne room. No one appeared to be in it but he didn't see the two guards standing by the door.
"INTRUDER!" One of the Guards yelled out.
"Aww crap." Diamond said. "As he put his hand on the handle of his sword and readied to draw it.
"Well, well. If it isn't Mr. Swordsman." The same Guard from earlier said. "Did you enjoy your grand tour of the dungeon?"
"Yes it did. And the really old fellow next to me provided me with one of his bones to use as a key." Diamond answered.
"What is going on in here!?" The King shouted as he came in.
"Sir, this swordsman was locked up for trespassing earlier and he's escaped." The Guard said.
"What is your name Swordsman?" The King asked.
"Diamond Keya is the name." He answered.
"Keya." The King paused. "Let him free. You know Diamond your father and I are very good friends. You could of just came in the front."
"Ah." Diamond said. "I did not know that."
"Well now you do." The King said. "Your dismissed guards. Have a seat Diamond."
"You heard him. Skedaddle." Diamond said to the guards.
"Now Diamond, tell me why you're here. I haven't seen you for seventeen years." The King said.
"Well. This is gonna be a bit long." Diamond said as he began to tell everything. He told the King that Ganon was alive and he is in pursuit of the Fountain of Youth. He told him that the only way to stop Ganon was to gather the Ultimate Gems and unlock Link from the Sacred Realm.
"Commander Onyx!" The King yelled.
"Yes Sire." Onyx said as he opened the doors.
"Fetch my daughter. I must speak to her." The King told him.
"Yes sire, right away." Onyx said as he ran to get Jewels.
"What is it father?" She asked as she entered the room.
"Jewels we need your help. This is Diamond Keya from Nohansen Lake Shore Village." The King told her.
"Good day, Princess Jewels." Diamond said.
"Good day to you Diamond." Jewels replied. "What is it you need father?"
"Well you know the Moon Palace right?" The King asked.
"Yes." Jewels answered.
"What is the Treasure that is in that Palace?" The King asked.
"Yes. It's called the Sliver Moon." Jewels answered.
"The Sliver Moon is one of the Ultimate Gems." Diamond said. "How do I enter this Moon Palace?"
"You need the Saber Key." Jewels answered. "But its possessed by a rich tyrant named Jonathon Saber."
"Where is Jonathon Saber?" Diamond asked.
"He owns the local Pub. He's sure to be there." Jewels answered.
"Well that's where I have to go next. So I bid you good day Royal Family, we shall meet again." Diamond said as he walked out of the room.
"What was that all about father?" Jewels asked.
"I'll tell you after the ceremony Jewels." The King answered.
Shattered City Pub: Midnight
Diamond walked into the pub with everyone staring at him once again. Then they went back to there business. He walked up and sat at the bar.
"Hey Barkeep!" Diamond called out.
"Yeah, what 'll it be?" The Bartender asked.
"I wish to speak with Jonathon Saber." Diamond answered.
Everyone stopped and looked at Diamond once again.
"Is there a problem?" Diamond asked the people.
"What's going on out here? Whats with the awkward silence?" Saber came out and said.
"Mr. Saber, this swordsman wishes to speak to you." The Bartender answered.
"Send him in then." Saber said as he went back into his office.
Diamond went in and the door shut behind him. Saber sat behind his wooden desk with several rupees scattered on it.
"Have a seat Swordsman." Saber said.
"The name is Diamond." He said as he sat down.
"What can I do for you?" Saber asked.
"I seek the Saber Key." Diamond answered.
"The Saber Key. That thing has cost me nothing but trouble. I'm seeking to get rid of it." Saber said.
"Then I'll take it off your hands." Diamond said.
"It's not that easy Diamond. I like people to earn things and if you wish to have the Saber Key you must earn it." Saber said.
"How?" Diamond asked.
"I like to do a tournament every year. I call it Castle Match. It's a tournament held in my castle between eight warriors and every fight, is to the death." Saber said. "And it just so happens that I already have seven competitors for this years tournament if you join we can do it tonight."
"Fine you've got your eighth competitor. I'll be at your castle any time." Diamond said.
"How about immediately." Saber said as he exited his office and began to speak to the people in the pub. "Gentlemen, we have our eighth. Let Castle Match begin!"