Family

(Announcement time! I'd like to tell you that the titles for Chapter 2 and 3 have been swapped as they make more sense the other way! Enjoy!)

Now that I knew who the dark sorcerer was, I could research her existence. She used to live in my village until the Elder Guardians saw her rage! They tried to destroy her, but failed. She then disappeared into the night and now it seems she creates monsters of destruction!

Sam, a bounty hunter, had received a note from the king saying that his daughter had been taken by a beast and was now in the Eastern Caverns. He said that he had a friend up there that could help us defeat the monster.

Me and Sam decided to go alone. I wasn't going to risk loosing anyone else on these quests!

"So, Sam, what's it like helping royalty?" I asked

"It's nice, most of the time. You get payed well, you help lovely people. However, sometimes they refer to you as a low life or scoundrel!"

"Honestly, if I helped royalty, I'd hate it! There're the constant problems, someones been kidnapped, they've been assassinated! I've been doing so much work stopping creatures, like the Fire Cracker or the Kronum, that I can't take a break for a while!" I said

"I see what you mean!"

We were on foot and the Eastern Caverns were far away, so we had to build shelter every night it took us to get there! Yet, when we got up on our 3rd day, we weren't where we slept, we had moved to a cave! A wolf walked towards us.

"I am Greyjacket," It smiled at us

"Impossible! You can't talk! Hello? Anyone here?" Sam said

"Sam, there's no one else here, only me, Greyjacket. Friend of the king!"

"If you can talk, then how? Explain that!"

"Telepathic Brain Waves!" I said "We have to travel tomorrow, the weather out there is stormy. It's to dangerous!"

"What do you mean? A storm shouldn't stop you from going somewhere! You've beaten much more!" Sam replied

"Listen Sam, every victory comes at a cost! The dragon, lost almost all my warriors! The witch, lost every warrior and person we were meant to save! The Kronums, I was the only survivor!" I replied

"So, you always survive, troops are expendable! They'd have a new one by noon!" Sam replied

"That's not how it works, Sam, those people had family's and they won't ever return back to them! The same fate might come to you!"

Sam went silent and didn't speak for the rest of the day, it seemed that when I mentioned family it hurt him. Me and Greyjacket talked for the rest of the day.

"Grey, who am I?" I asked

"Haha, you should know that! You're Geoffrey Gold!" He replied

"After killing the witch and the dragon, they all said I'm not who I really think I am!"

"Proxima is trying to warp your mind, she's trying to lower your defence!"

"I see, but what if she is telling the truth about all this?"

"I am the reincarnation of an Elder Guardian from long ago, I know the truth about everything and what will happen. I know that you are Geoffrey Gold, nothing else!

The day came when we would leave for the princess! Instead of walking Grey gave us a ride. Through caves and trees, we bounded! He told us about how a mountain troll had gone of course and took the princess, the troll knew we were coming, but we were ready for it

We arrived at the cave; swords ready. Grey snarled at the smell of the troll.

"Welcome brave adventurers!" A voice boomed!

"Who are you?" I shouted as we crept into the cave

"I am Bernard the Troll," he said, "Why are you here?"

"We've come to get the princess back!" Sam shouted

"Ha ha ha, you are gravely mistaken! You will not be getting the princess back!" He exclaimed

The troll stomped its way out of the shadows with a sword in his hands.

"Aren't you a little small for a troll?" Sam laughed

The troll ran at us ready to strike, I jumped in front and stopped his sword

"Sam, you and Grey, get the princess and go! I've got the troll!"

The two ran to get the princess and I continued to fight the Troll. He was powerful and strong, but I had the feeling that I was going to stop the troll! He swiped at my right side, blocked. I swiped at his left shoulder, he blocked. He stomped his foot down shaking me, he then took a shot at my body. I jumped back dropping my sword, I was weaponless!

I had lost hope of my survival, but Grey jumped in front of the troll and pushed him back and tried to fight off the Troll! He was wrestling him with all his might. Sam had taken the princess out the cave. I went to help Grey, but he pushed me back. I left the cage before the roof crumbled onto them. Grey jumped out in time, but fell down the edge of the cliff.

We all headed down the side of the cliff as safe as possible to where our friend laid. Sam keeled down next to him, but he was already injured to much.

"My second life may be at an end, but it was for a good cause!" he said, "Sam, start heading back, I must talk with Geoffrey!"

"What is it?" I asked

"Proxima is planning something on your village, you must stop her before she does so!"

"When?" I wondered

"Soon, hurry back!" He then disappeared, leaving a hair braid of his fur!

"It will grant you luck, now hurry!" His voice echoed.

We hurried back to the village to see she had set fire to most of the houses. Sam and Clara had left back to the kingdom.

"Proxima Ren! Stop your destruction!" I shouted

She turned to me and laughed.

"You? You will stop me?" She said

"I am the mighty Geoffry Gold! I have defeated your creatures, I will defeat you!"

"You haven't killed a single one! In the end, the survivors kill them! My dragon was killed after your friends burned it from the inside!"

"At least I helped them!"

She laughed. A beam of purple light was fired at me, I moved out the way. She was powerful. I ran inside one of the burning houses, and onto the top floor balcony. She threw a ball of energy at me destroying part of it.

I climbed up onto the roof and across the houses. She rained fire onto each one, I dodged them all. I got close to her and jumped over ready to slash at her. She stops me in midair and brings me closer to her.

"Do you know who you are?" She asked

"I, I am Geoffrey Gold!"

"No, you were never called that! Do you know who you really are?"

"Who am I, really?"

"You, you are my son, Geoffrey Ren!" I stare into her eyes, building rage. I was her son

"Impossible! That's not true!"

"Yet you know it's true! You feel our blood connection!" I said nothing, "It was nice to meet you again, my son!"

She then threw me back and into the ground...