Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 04: In the Land of Irtha
-The dream-
He is there…
He is in a village, full with Pokemon…
But…
Most Pokemon in this village… are death…
Their bodies are covered with red blood. Their arms and legs are torn apart from their body…
Who did this?
None other than…
Him…
He is standing in the middle of the village, holding the death body of a small Pokemon in his hand…
He rises the soulless body into the sky before letting out a roar!
-Reality-
!
Link wakes up in the morning. He realizes that he is still on the bed in the inn. Rucas is still sleeping next to him.
"Hey! Why do you wake up so early today?!" Navi asks. Link ignores her and thinks of his dream...
He had a bad dream last night…
He dreamed that he killed so many Pokemon in a village!
"Hey! Link! Wake that Lucario up and get ready!" Navi shouts. Link ignores her again and wakes Rucas up.
Link and Rucas quickly change their cloth. Link picks his Gilded Sword and Hylian Shield while Rucas picks his Knuckle, and then they go to the lobby of the inn for a breakfast.
After finishing their breakfast, Link calls Epona from the Hyrule Field with his Ocarina, and then the journey continues.
"Hey! Wow! Link! Look at him!" Navi says. Link looks at Rucas. Although Link is riding his horse while Rucas is running to Hyrule Castle, but Rucas runs a lot faster than Epona!
"Hey! Lucario! How can you run so fast like that?" Navi asks.
"Well… It is the ability of Lucario to run fast." Rucas says.
"Awesome! Pokemon sure is cool!" Navi says.
Epona and Rucas run across the vast Hyrule Field. When the sun in the sky is over their head, they reach a ranch in the middle of the Hyrule Field.
"This must be the Lon Lon Ranch!" Navi says.
"WRREEEEEE" Epona cries before she runs faster to the Lon Lon Ranch.
"Hey! Rucas! We will have a lunch at that ranch!" Navi says.
"K'" Rucas replies.
Epona runs into the ranch in the middle of Hyrule Field, followed by Rucas.
Upon Link gets off of Epona, a cow-like Pokemon appears and greets him.
"Welcome, mister, to Lon Lon Ranch! My name is Miltank, the assistance of this farm owner." The cow-like Pokemon greets.
Upon hearing that they want a meal, Miltank takes Link, Rucas and Navi to the restaurant in this ranch and let them order the lunch.
'I didn't remember that Lon Lon Ranch has a restaurant before…' Link thinks.
"LD: Hey! Pokedragon! Didn't you say that Link in this story is mute?
Pokedragon: He is mute, but he can still think."
While waiting for the lunch, Link goes to the farming area of this ranch. He finds that this ranch had changed so much, even the current owner of this ranch isn't the girl that he knows.
'Maybe Rucas is right. This is 3000 years after I left…' Link thinks.
After finish their lunch, Link and Rucas leave the Lon Lon Ranch and continue their journey to Hyrule Castle Town.
They reach Hyrule Castle Town at the dusk. The bridge to the town area is about to close when they reach, but they finally be able to get into the town.
Rucas tells Link that it isn't a good idea to go to Hyrule Castle behind the town at night, so they decide to stay at the inn for a night.
Not only Lon Lon Ranch, Link also discovers that Hyrule Castle Town had changed so much…
"…" Link looks around the town without saying anything.
-At the Irtha Legend College
The bell rings, mean that the today's class is over.
Most students prepare to leave the classroom. Some will go back to the dormitory, some will go to library or canteen, and some will find a place to do their homework or relax.
When the class is over, Blastrike, Seawheel and Floria walk up to Ellisk, who is walking out of his classroom.
"!" The first thing that they can notice is Ellisk has a large bruise on his face.
"Ellisk! What happen?!" Floria asks.
"… You know." Says the Heliolisk.
"I asked the teacher about changing your room, but they don't allow you to change your room." Blastrike says.
"That is fine." Ellisk says before he walks away. Blastrike, Seawheel and Floria look at him with worried face.
While walking, Ellisk bumps into someone.
"Oop! Sorry!" Ellisk apologizes, and then he realizes that the one whom he bumped into is Glacia!
"Please be more careful next time, Heliolisk." Glacia says before she walks away.
'She is so strange… But at least she isn't that bad…' Ellisk says before he continues walking back to his room, Room 813.
When he enters the room, his roommates are waiting for him in the room.
"Hey! Newbie!" One of three Pokemon says. Ellisk puts away his back and turns himself to face his roommates.
The first roommate is a lizard and gecko-like Pokemon named Sceptile. His name is Jedi.
The second roommate is a half chameleon and half dragon Pokemon named Charizard. His name is Ordin.
The last roommate is a crocodile-like Pokemon named Feraligatr. His name is Nardal.
Compared to Ellisk, they are giants while Ellisk is just a dwarf.
"What about changing your room?" Nardal asks.
"Teacher doesn't allow me to do that." Ellisk says.
"You'd better try harder than this, you know what will happen if you still stay with us." Jedi says.
"I don't mind staying with you." Ellisk answers. His word makes Jedi, Ordin and Nardal look at him with strange face.
"What do you mean?" Ordin asks.
Ellisk looks into the eyes of three predators.
"We are same." Said the Heliolisk.
Meanwhile…
"Ah! I am waiting for you!" A bird-like Pokemon says when an Aurorus walks into his office.
"Did you call me? Principle Togekiss." Glacia says and looks at Togekiss, the principle of Irtha Legend College.
"Glacia, I have a very important thing to discuss with you." Togekiss says.
"What is it?" Glacia asks.
"… Have you ever heard the legend about Sacred Children?" Togekiss asks.
To Be Continue…
Pokedragon: Now thing starts to get more complicated…
LD: Hm… Judge by this, maybe Glacia is … one of main characters in this story?
Pokedragon: Of course! Now four main characters have made their appearance. They are Link, Rucas, Ellisk and Glacia.
LD: I suspect that there are some more main characters that have made their appearance already… But you do not tell me…
Pokedragon: Maybe yes, maybe no.