Disclaimer: I do not own Fable, all I own are the ideas and characters not featured in the game.
Fable: The Lost Chapters
"Wake up you lazy bum!" said a voice that tore through my dreams.
"Wha- What?" I said opening my eyes.
"What are you doing in my house?" I asked the man.
"I am your roommate!" he said.
"Kalder!" I asked.
"Yeah, who did you think it was?" he said. Right then the village horn rang out.
"What's happening?" I asked, but a sharp howl that made me spring from my bed answered the question for me. "Balverines!" I thought. I bolted out of bed to the tapestry of my father killing a balverine. Out from behind it I took my sword and my bow. I ran out of the house and knotted an arrow. I headed towards the gate which was barred shut and helped Marty the doorman steady the door.
"Why did they choose to attack now?" I asked the stressed doorman.
"Dunno they just plowed through the clearing killing everyone!" he replied.
Kalder walked calmly towards the door, he acted like a pack of balverines was nothing more than an old woman not able to lift the seat. He walked over to the peep hole and opened it up. Moving to the side, he dodged the claw of a White Balverine.
"Crap!" Marty said, "It's worse than we thought!"
"Quick! Back to the barracks!"Kalder said.
The blacksmith was gone so we rushed to the merchant. Marty rang the bell on the counter while Kalder and I jumped over it. The merchant was sitting in the corner covered in something with a revolting smell.
"Stay away!" he screamed. He was covering his face with his forearm and held a frying pan towards us.
"What are you doing?" Kalder asked.
"And what is that smell!" I said holding my nose.
He sat up and looked at us. "Oh, hey guys. I'm sorry the place is a mess but here take a seat, maybe the wife could cook us up some tea. Come! Sit. Sit" I looked towards the kitchen, there was his wife unconscious under a plank of wood. I also observed the blood running down the side of his head. He had a concussion.
"And the smell!" I asked
"Oh yeah!" he said, "I got so scared I…" he was interrupted by a loud crack that erupted behind him. A balverine burst through the wall, grabbed him from behind, and ran off with us trailing far behind. We got half way there when I turned and ran the other direction.
"Where are you going?"Kalder asked.
I tried to explain but all hecould make out of itwas:
Vending machine…
I ran over, but there was a huge line at the vending machine. There was elevator music playing and people falling asleep waiting in line.
"Come on hurry up!" I said. "I've got to get the animal crackers or we'll all die!" Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. "Hurry up!" I was getting frustrated so I decided to plow through. I was doing fine when I got to a really fat lady. "Move lady!" I said trying to push her aside, but she started freaking out.
"Rape, Rape!"She screamed. She started hitting me with her purse and kicked me in the crotch. I tried to run away but she smacked me down to the ground.
"Holy crap lady! What is wrong with you!" I said squirming on the ground, but as luck would have it animal crackers fell out of her purse right in front of me. How ironic! I thought. I grabbed the animal crackers and ran away.
"Did you see that?" she screamed. "That little kid stole my animal crackers!" The people didn't even care.
I had one more stop to make before I could save the merchant.
Kalder walked into the stable that the balverine chose to hide in. He slowly inched his way in with his greatsword unsheathed. Before he knew he knew it balverines jumped all over him.
"Oi!" I yelled. "Let my friends go and you get the animal crackers!" I announced. They threw him into a barrel towards me and closed in on the merchant. "Wait! Give me him too and you get… the FUN SIZE!"They dropped the merchant and rushed over to me. They begged at my feet and I led them to a cliff, tossed the animal crackers over, and walked away.
"How did you know that balverines liked animal crackers?" he asked in awe.
"They don't! I just soaked them in blood." I said chuckling.
We walked into the main part of the village where the chieftain and some of the village's most powerful warriors were holding back the balverines. Most of our warriors had died, and we had killed all of balverines except for the White Balverine. It fled and we had won the battle. Our chieftain held a town meeting that Kalder and I would have to train at the guild so we could finally defeat the White Balverine.
We were headed through the cullis gate and when we appeared at the guild, we heard a familiar voice.
"Your momma's a balverine!" It was a small red-headed kid in a wool robe. He was sitting at a round table laughing with the guildmaster and two of the guards.
"Red!" I asked the red-head "Why are you at the guild?"
"Why not?" he replied.
"Young master Aaron is one of my pupils, one of my… gifted pupils." added the guildmaster winking.
"YEAH! I'm gifted!" Red said. Kalder and I looked at each other. He obviously had no idea that it was a derogative term.
"We would like to be apprenticed sir." I said.
"Well we could use some more apprentices. Since our finest two have just graduated. I accept, you three will be in our extensive programs."
"Three! Who else?" Kalder questioned.
"Why, Red of course. He failed the last five attempts to graduate so he will be in the same class as you." Kalder and I looked at each other. He is special! I thought.
For the next couple years we trained in three aspects: strength, skill, and will. Although each of us majored in a different aspect;
Red, in strength, Kalder in will, and I in skill.
Graduation Day...
The final exam was a short test on the whole training program. It was not as difficult as it should've been. At the end of the test the guildmaster would grade our performance, we all did well, even Red.
On the day of our graduation, we all were praised with cheers and gifts. From the training we all recieved prizes for our grades. I got a longbow, Kalder got an obsidian greatsword, and Red got "The Idiot's Guide to Bathroom use."
As we left the Guild the guildmaster had stopped us.
"Well now, this is a day that we have all anticipated." he said actually looking up at us. "You all have gotten much taller."
We all looked at each other. "And you Red, I'm surprized that you passed the final exam!"
"Yeah Kalder sure is smart, Im glad I took his answers and not Sam's!" he blurted stupidly.
"What's that supposed to me-" I started but the guildmaster interrupted me.
"I was waiting for him to think of something like that," he said, "its taken him years until he figured out to take a neighbor's knowledge and use it for himself."
The comment seemed a bit odd but it didn't matter."I have one more gift for each of you!" He reached into his woolsatchel and pulled out some stones. He handedone of them to each of us.
"I got a mana augmentation!" yelled Kalder.
"I got a piercing augmentation!" I said delightfully.
"I got a rock..." Red sighed.He glared at Kalder andI jealously. "I hate my gift!" he threw the rock onto the ground.
"It's a flame augmentation dumbass!" the guildmaster stated picking the stone up and smacking Red in the back of the head with it.
Red began to rub his head while he snatched the augmentation from the guildmaster's hand.
"Thank you guildmaster, I just love my rock." Red scowled.
"Ehem! suckup!" Kalder coughed.
"You will need to meet Maze for your quest card." said the Guildmaster, "You will find himat the tavern in Bowerstone South" He looked at the clock,"Now, off with you. I got two hookers in my room and I don't want to have to wait any longer!" he pushed us through the guild doors, and we set forth for Bowerstone South.