Chapter Eight – Swords and Battles
That night, as everyone slept, there was a strange noise of metal scraping against metal. Slowly, the sound woke Link up. He quickly shot out of the tent, slingshot in hand. Almost instantly, a sword landed at his feet. Picking it up, another sword appeared, this one moving for his head. On instinct, he brought the first sword up, blocking the attack. He sprung up and brandished the sword.
"Well then, it seems Link can fight. Attack!" the person holding the other sword said, as whomever it was attacked.
Link parried the blow, and struck with a side swing. The person blocked it as Link again started a side swing to the left this time. But instead, as he was about to hit the person's block, he brought the sword up and sent it crashing upon the person's head.
"Nice. I expect no less. Now, one more go," the person replied as the sword was swung around and toward Link's head. Link rolled around the person and slashed at their back. Hitting his target, he stood up. The stranger attacked toward Link's left, so Link sprang into the air and sent his sword rattling the stranger's head.
"Very good. Keep the sword. I must leave. Keep practicing." The person slowly was enveloped in fog.
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The next morning, Link sat up and looked around. He was in his tent, but there was something different. Looking next to his Stone, there was a sword. Suddenly recalling that night's "activities," he took the sword outside.
"Hey Link. Sleep well?" Ruo asked. Link unsheathed the sword and showed it to the three.
"Why don't one of you three tell me? I woke up around midnight and some attacked me with a sword after tossing this at me."
Sarah thought for a moment. "Dreaming, were we?"
Link shook his head. "Nope. I don't usually have a sword-on-sword fight with people in my dreams."
Sarah smiled. "Come on Link, you know what chocolate milk does to your dreams."
"Chocolate milk?" Ruo asked.
"You weren't supposed to tell!" Link shouted.
"Chocolate milk gives you nightmares? Now this is amusing," Zelda said.
"Not exactly nightmares. Last time, he dreamt he had gone swimming with fishpeople," Sarah said.
"Like that helps!" Link shouted. "Now can we stop talking about my problems with chocolate milk and get back on the subject?"
"And that topic was?" Zelda replied.
"The sword! Whether I dreamed it or not, this sword is real."
Ruo took the sword and examined the words written on it. "This is old, I can tell you that. I recognize the make from a book I read. It's a good sword." She handed it back. "Now, let's go get the next Stone, shall we? Thunder should be next, yes?"
"Yeah. Let's get packed up."
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Within a few hours, as they were approaching a small clearing, a rather large ugly thing appeared, looking a lot like a pig with a spear. Link drew his sword. The thing charged.
"Take this!" Link shouted as his sword smashed into his spear, sending it flying. He then took the sword sideways through the creature. Suddenly, the thing squealed in pain as it vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Nice, Link. You'll be a Swordsman yet!" Ruo proclaimed as Link sheathed the sword and started walking.
A little bit later, another pig-like creature appeared. Grabbing his sword, Link was about to attack when four more appeared. "What have I done to deserve this?" he groaned as he attacked the first one. Dispatching of it, he grabbed its weapon and hurled it through two others that had lined up. Link then sliced the fourth one and jumped behind the fifth, causing the attack by the fourth to kill the fifth. He then grabbed the fifth's spear before it hit the ground and skewered the fourth.
"Wow. That was strange." Link quickly sheathed the sword and they continued on.
Arriving at a strange door in the side of a hill, Link found that it was locked. So, he improvised. He kicked the door down, being as quiet as one could be after kicking a door down. And so they entered, Link's sword at the ready.
A/N: Marshmallows and chocolate milk, what a strange person we have here!Well, I'll leave youat that!
