Chapter One Rude Awakenings Part One

Day 781, 01:40 • Published in Philippines Philippines • by Josie Brooks

Standing fast against the darkness, the hero drew his longsword and charged the squat, big-headed monsters. Nine guttural battle-cries rang out as they charged him as well.
Swinging his sword around easily, he fought through all nine of them. His armor still shining, he wiped their blood from his blade with a cloth and sheathed it smoothly.
Stepping over their bodies without a thought, he approached the young lady he had just saved from certain death.
As he reached out for her a quiet tear fell down her cheek. "Oh, I knew you would save me." she sobbed, burying her face in his manly chest. "You are my hero, my Hekter..........

Hekter.........................Hekter... ..............................Hekter.... ......................................

HEKTER!!!!!"
The shrill shriek of his younger sister yanked him out of the glory of sleep.
"You are late for chores. The sun is almost up. You're gonna miss breakfast again." she smiled at the thought of him going hungry yet another morning.
"I won't miss anything" he grumbled and swiped an arm at his annoying sister. Ducking under the half-hearted blow she giggled as she descended the ladder from his attic room, her duty done.

Looking up at his window from his bed he noticed the first rays of dawn.

Rolling out of bed, he pulled on a shirt and went to the window. Looking out at the dawn he imagined the first rays of the morning glinting off of his breastplate. Then, his head dropping a little as he accepted today's reality and left behind dreams of tomorrow, he went to milk the cow.


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