The Strange Dream
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Link's POV
Alaan and I ran to the back of the castle which is filled with vast hills and especially trees. " Okay, here we are. So for the next part of your archery training, you need to adopt a steady and still hand. I marked an 'X' on the tree and I want you to try and shoot the arrow to the 'X'" I explained. "No sweat, I predict a bullseye on the first shot hehe" Alaan proudly says as he puts on an armguard and picks up his bow and arrows he made. "3, 2, 1, and SHOOT" Alaan shouts as he aims at the tree and releases his arrow. The arrow misses the tree and instead goes flying into the air being blown by the wind. "Noooo!! my arrow, wait up!" Alaan shouts as he takes off running down the hills to get his arrow back. "It's.. a good start, I guess" I chuckle while rubbing the back of my head watching him sprinting at top speed.
2 Hours Later
"Ughhhhhh, this is so hard Link, how do you do this" Alaan says exhaustedly as he has been running up and down the hills for his arrow mislaunches for the past two hours. "Haha I'm sure you will get the hang of it soon enough," I say quite tired. "Oh, I know. I will learn faster If is see you shredding it with your bow. So I'm gonna throw these wood logs into the air on the top of the hill and you being at the bottom of the hill will shoot the logs as they are thrown" Alaan explains as I get more interested. "Okay, sure thing. This will be fun and maybe this can help motivate you more". I say as I run down the hill.
"Okay 3, 2, 1 GOO". Alaan shouts as he throws pieces of wood logs into the air one by one and some in groups. I take my arrow out of my quiver strapped to my back and align my bow and arrow and release a flurry of arrows at top speed one by one piercing through the logs. I pause for a few seconds while I let the logs get launched. Once 5 or 6 are in the air, I quickly release on more arrow that shoots through the air piercing all the logs together.
"Woaaaahh, I thought you gave up when I saw you stop but you were just getting ready to take them all out with 1 arrow," Alaan says with amazement. "Hehe, It was nothing really, but I didn't get where I am now without a ton of training and hard work".
yaawwnn. "I'm actually getting pretty tired. I wanna sleep now" Alaan says while yawning. "Yeah we should probably get back now, it's starting to get dark," I say. We both head back to the castle, eat some food and I say goodbye to him as he heads to his room and I head to mine. I arrive outside my room and I open the door, take off my gear, and lay on my bed, looking at the sky through the window. I slowly fall asleep a while later.
4 am In the night
"..... Come find me...... Come find me......... Find me and it will start....... I am where your journey started... My colour reflects the surroundings... Please... Find... Me... Xadia... Is.......!!
I quickly jump up out of my sleep. I was sweating. "dam, not another one of these dreams. I had two already this week. It's the same message every time and why do I keep having this dream. Someone or something is definitely telling me something. I've never had something like this happen.
What did it mean 'I am where your journey started. Could it mean the forest where I was born? Yeah, It has to be. I have no choice, I have to at least try if I want these dreams to stop.
I'll have to leave early in the morning and sneak out silently and go towards... there" I say weakly.
"It's still the middle of the night so I'll wait till the sun comes up," I say talking to myself. I didn't feel like sleeping as I was pondering what the message meant. I started reading a book I had next to me to pass the time.
6 am
Ok, the sun's coming up, I got cleaned and got ready by putting on my gear. Since I was sneaking outside I put my black hood over my head and my black face covering. I picked up my bow and put my arrows in my quiver. I sneaked out of my room and went towards Alaan' room on the other side. When I got there I slipped a note under his door letting him know where I'm going and ask for his help of not making anyone find out I left the castle. As soon as I did that I sneaked into the top room of the castle and opened the window.
I saw the wall across from me next to the entrance to the castle. I pulled out my zip line arrow. I shoot the arrow out the window and It flies all the way to the outer wall near the entrance and the hook attaches itself onto the wall. I then attack my end to the window and ride the zip line towards the other side silently. Once I'm at the end I silently jump over the wall and out into the land.
The forest I was heading for was quite a distance away so I started sprinting while taking cover. After some time I made it to the Forest...
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