Hoodedstranger
Lord of Altera
Day 1 Night time
My first friend
The first life i met, after being washed up on the
beach, was a young female tailor/clothier.
She asked "I have never seen anyone like you.
Are you from out of town?"
I replied with a question to her "Can you tell me where i am?"
She replied "yes, but not here. Follow me." I did as she told me.
She took me to a house hidden in the forest.
She closed the door gently, and sat on a chair.
"This is where i once hid when bandits plundered my house."
I saw how she looked down in pain. I wanted to ask her, but
I hesitated. "Why don't you lie down on the bed?". I did nothing.
"You can trust me. I want to help you"
So I did the right thing, and sat down on the bed.
"I am sure you had it harsh. You have gone through
some tough times, have you not?"
I nodded.
"I forgot to ask your name. What is it?"
"Call me ulvar..." i answered. "What be your?"
She told me nothing. She first stared at me with silence.
Then she was smiling.
"How about I help you get back up on your feet?
In exchange that you help me. Do you accept?"
I gave a smile back to her and nodded.
"How about some new clothes for you?
You can't walk around with those pants and a bare body."
I could naught help but ask her
"why are you helping me? Others would have taken
me down, to turn me in, if they saw me."
She replied with a smile "You may be a stranger to me, and you
may have been a captive on someones ship. But when i saw you
I could not just deny to help you."
I then felt warm in my body, when i smiled.
I started shedding tears without emotion. I stood up to hug her.
She asked me "Why don't you tell me your experience, and i tell you
about myself?" I replied "Yes, let us do that. You are the only one I
trust now on this land."
I let go of her, and return to the bed and lie down.
She sat down again. She said "Call me Winda for now".
"Then i shall you about myself first."
She looked at me with focus.
She wanted to share her pain, if i would share mine.
I looked up at the ceiling and started talking.
"I grew up in a town where people hated intelligent children. I happened
to be one of them. They were afraid, because i had knowledge.
The only people i could be around with was my own mother.
I do not remember if i had a brother, but he would have hated me too."
I then turned my glance at her. She was looking down on her lap, and shedding tears
She then noticed me, and said "Go on" with a smile.
"There's nothing much that i can tell you, because my memory is at loss."
I knew she would ask me "Then how do remember where you grew up? Your name?"
I replied "I will answer that when the time has come. Let me tell you more about what happened."
"I was a..." she interupted me with what i was gonna say. "A prisoner on a ship? I know.
I did not become a tailor to only sew clothes. Most male prisoners only wore pants like yours with a bare over-body."
"That is right. I was a prisoner on a ship. Of course, i were naught alone."
"Me and the others would be sent to a place where we would battle for our lives."
"I was the only one with no fear. But i knew i weren't a fighter."
"One day, something odd happened. I were the only one on the ship.
But we were still out in the sea. Not a single soul was to be seen, but no escape boats were used."
"That sounds unusual."
"But that is not the strange part. Would you believe me if i told
about the sea monster?"
Winda was stunned, and asked "You saw it?"
I replied without question "Yes, it had tentacles, and it was green.
The first thing i heard was the wild roar. It broke the ship apart, and i were forced to swim the seas.
Of course, i did not get far. I was dragged down, and i could barely hold my breath. But suddenly, i heard the sound of
agony. I was able to swim again, but i would naught be able to make it."
"I thought i would have died. But i was saved. By a being that were half human, and half fish. Then everything blacked out"
"Later, i woke up, and i found myself washed up on the beach. You know the rest of it"
Winda was not able to resist from bursting out crying. She went over to me and hugged me hard.
She was not able to speak for a while. But she was able to lighten her heart.
"I am glad that i am not the only soul who suffers a bad past growing up. I thought i had it worse then you did."
She briefly smiles and starts crying again. She let go of me and apologized, i told her "We all have to lighten our heart sometimes"
"why don't you tell me about your own child hood?"
She nodded.
"I grew up in a town, almost like yours. But my problem were smaller then you would think"
"Other boys was teasing me, and beating me up. Just because i was the daughter of a world traveling merchant.
My mother was kidnapped by bandits, and my father was too busy with his working always saying that money comes before family"
When i was 15 i heard that my mother died. 6 months later, John, who was a member of my fathers crew was found washed up.
He told me about the same monster you described"
"John were a tailor, and he was my only friend."
"Without him, i would not have made it five years ago. He kept me company, he always helped me, and he even taught me about
tailoring. He even showed me this hidden house. It's a shame the bandits kidnapped him."
I closed my eyes and asked "When was that?". She replied "A month ago, and the bandits are still making trouble.
The more they come, the more i spend my time here. I'm glad i met you. I was starting to feel lonely."
We both smiled at each other.
"We should get some sleep now. We will start with our job tomorrow."
I agreed, and i closed my eyes. Then i have dream. It's night time, and i stand in the middle of a village.
I hear the sounds of horses galloping, heading my way. I look at the way the sound comes from,
and it turns out to be lunatics holding up swords and bows. One of them tries to decapitate me, but i dodged it.
Then they all stopped to turn around. One of them spoke to me"That's the first time someone ever dodged that"
He was a bald man, and wearing leather armour. His weapon of choice was a crossbow and a shortsword. I was assuming he was leading this group.
"Who are you anyway? You look like a circus freak!" He and his group started laughing at me.
Somehow i knew, that was the time to strike. I picked up the nearest torch and threw it at the leader while he was still laughing.
He started to scream, as he was set ablaze. His group was frightened. But the horses were more frightened and started running wildly!
I could not help but laugh myself. All the villagers took their chance and made their redemption true.
They only captured the leader alive. He started to speak of me like i was his worst fear. But just as i was about to be seen, i woke up.
My first friend
The first life i met, after being washed up on the
beach, was a young female tailor/clothier.
She asked "I have never seen anyone like you.
Are you from out of town?"
I replied with a question to her "Can you tell me where i am?"
She replied "yes, but not here. Follow me." I did as she told me.
She took me to a house hidden in the forest.
She closed the door gently, and sat on a chair.
"This is where i once hid when bandits plundered my house."
I saw how she looked down in pain. I wanted to ask her, but
I hesitated. "Why don't you lie down on the bed?". I did nothing.
"You can trust me. I want to help you"
So I did the right thing, and sat down on the bed.
"I am sure you had it harsh. You have gone through
some tough times, have you not?"
I nodded.
"I forgot to ask your name. What is it?"
"Call me ulvar..." i answered. "What be your?"
She told me nothing. She first stared at me with silence.
Then she was smiling.
"How about I help you get back up on your feet?
In exchange that you help me. Do you accept?"
I gave a smile back to her and nodded.
"How about some new clothes for you?
You can't walk around with those pants and a bare body."
I could naught help but ask her
"why are you helping me? Others would have taken
me down, to turn me in, if they saw me."
She replied with a smile "You may be a stranger to me, and you
may have been a captive on someones ship. But when i saw you
I could not just deny to help you."
I then felt warm in my body, when i smiled.
I started shedding tears without emotion. I stood up to hug her.
She asked me "Why don't you tell me your experience, and i tell you
about myself?" I replied "Yes, let us do that. You are the only one I
trust now on this land."
I let go of her, and return to the bed and lie down.
She sat down again. She said "Call me Winda for now".
"Then i shall you about myself first."
She looked at me with focus.
She wanted to share her pain, if i would share mine.
I looked up at the ceiling and started talking.
"I grew up in a town where people hated intelligent children. I happened
to be one of them. They were afraid, because i had knowledge.
The only people i could be around with was my own mother.
I do not remember if i had a brother, but he would have hated me too."
I then turned my glance at her. She was looking down on her lap, and shedding tears
She then noticed me, and said "Go on" with a smile.
"There's nothing much that i can tell you, because my memory is at loss."
I knew she would ask me "Then how do remember where you grew up? Your name?"
I replied "I will answer that when the time has come. Let me tell you more about what happened."
"I was a..." she interupted me with what i was gonna say. "A prisoner on a ship? I know.
I did not become a tailor to only sew clothes. Most male prisoners only wore pants like yours with a bare over-body."
"That is right. I was a prisoner on a ship. Of course, i were naught alone."
"Me and the others would be sent to a place where we would battle for our lives."
"I was the only one with no fear. But i knew i weren't a fighter."
"One day, something odd happened. I were the only one on the ship.
But we were still out in the sea. Not a single soul was to be seen, but no escape boats were used."
"That sounds unusual."
"But that is not the strange part. Would you believe me if i told
about the sea monster?"
Winda was stunned, and asked "You saw it?"
I replied without question "Yes, it had tentacles, and it was green.
The first thing i heard was the wild roar. It broke the ship apart, and i were forced to swim the seas.
Of course, i did not get far. I was dragged down, and i could barely hold my breath. But suddenly, i heard the sound of
agony. I was able to swim again, but i would naught be able to make it."
"I thought i would have died. But i was saved. By a being that were half human, and half fish. Then everything blacked out"
"Later, i woke up, and i found myself washed up on the beach. You know the rest of it"
Winda was not able to resist from bursting out crying. She went over to me and hugged me hard.
She was not able to speak for a while. But she was able to lighten her heart.
"I am glad that i am not the only soul who suffers a bad past growing up. I thought i had it worse then you did."
She briefly smiles and starts crying again. She let go of me and apologized, i told her "We all have to lighten our heart sometimes"
"why don't you tell me about your own child hood?"
She nodded.
"I grew up in a town, almost like yours. But my problem were smaller then you would think"
"Other boys was teasing me, and beating me up. Just because i was the daughter of a world traveling merchant.
My mother was kidnapped by bandits, and my father was too busy with his working always saying that money comes before family"
When i was 15 i heard that my mother died. 6 months later, John, who was a member of my fathers crew was found washed up.
He told me about the same monster you described"
"John were a tailor, and he was my only friend."
"Without him, i would not have made it five years ago. He kept me company, he always helped me, and he even taught me about
tailoring. He even showed me this hidden house. It's a shame the bandits kidnapped him."
I closed my eyes and asked "When was that?". She replied "A month ago, and the bandits are still making trouble.
The more they come, the more i spend my time here. I'm glad i met you. I was starting to feel lonely."
We both smiled at each other.
"We should get some sleep now. We will start with our job tomorrow."
I agreed, and i closed my eyes. Then i have dream. It's night time, and i stand in the middle of a village.
I hear the sounds of horses galloping, heading my way. I look at the way the sound comes from,
and it turns out to be lunatics holding up swords and bows. One of them tries to decapitate me, but i dodged it.
Then they all stopped to turn around. One of them spoke to me"That's the first time someone ever dodged that"
He was a bald man, and wearing leather armour. His weapon of choice was a crossbow and a shortsword. I was assuming he was leading this group.
"Who are you anyway? You look like a circus freak!" He and his group started laughing at me.
Somehow i knew, that was the time to strike. I picked up the nearest torch and threw it at the leader while he was still laughing.
He started to scream, as he was set ablaze. His group was frightened. But the horses were more frightened and started running wildly!
I could not help but laugh myself. All the villagers took their chance and made their redemption true.
They only captured the leader alive. He started to speak of me like i was his worst fear. But just as i was about to be seen, i woke up.