Snow and ice are covering the land of the north as winter comes, Silver which now turned 8 years old is following his father to hunt a deer with 2 guards following them slowly, for the viking clans, each household need to bring their own food from the hunt and only plundered food are shared amongst the clan member, so its considered shameful for one house hold to ask from another household a food even more so as winter is coming near
Silver with a short sword in his waist he did not bring any bow but he helps the adult to bring the arrow and maybe help them skin the deer when they managed to shot something as time keep moving on, a deer come into view as Haymon start to draw his bow back ready to shot and the two guards are ready to shot another shot if the deer are running away after the first shot to confirm the kill, its a strategy which ensure the deer won't run too far as it will draw their energy much faster to chase after a dying deer
*SWISH*
with the sound of an arrow cutting trough the air after being shot by Haymon from 30 meters or so, it hits the deer right in the head killing it instantly without even managing to run more then 3 steps away, a shot which seems inhuman in most case and yet the Northern people making it a standards for an experienced archer to be acknowledged as it will be needed for a hunt and for survival in the cold wilderness
after walking around and stalking their way trough the forest they managed to bring back 3 deer and 2 squirrel back to the camp all the deer are placed in the back of the horses and the squirrel are being tied in Silver's horse on their way back Haymon look at his son with a weird expression after seeing his son for the first time skinning a deer down with skill not making a single damn mistake which earn him praise and weird look from the adult
"say.. son, do you by any chance helps your mother skins something? your skill is liked those of an experienced hunter skinning its own prey" said Haymon to his son while he ride his horses
"I never help mother skins something, but I read it in a book of how to skin every animal and its actually my first time doing it in real life Father, its not as hard as its sound" said Silver truthfully, he did not lie as it is his first time ever skinning an animal, but its no different as he is a pro at using a dagger and any cold weapon to say because of his previous life as an killer
Haymon only nod to his son explanation and decide to not try to pray any further as its not really a problem that his son is a genius, but it still give him a smile knowing how smart his son is, even when talking about strategy of warfare his son seems quite capable even understanding some of the plan and starting to say something or giving his input to make the plan even better which making all the old warriors nod in acknowledgement of his brilliant mind in warfare
Silver pass his days boringly with training or learning the way of warfare and some management issues preparing him to become a great heir, by the time Silver turned 9 years old, his mother get pregnant to her second child, Silver that has been living in the era also start to adjust to his way of life and start to accept it even to a point he grew attached to this way
Some years has passed as Silver turned 12 his siblings or say, a sister already born when he turned 10 and has been cutely attached to Silver and so did Silver looking out for his sister lovingly every time he finished his training course with the older warriors he always spends some time to play with his little sister making the little girl never seems to bored and always cries when silver is not there to play with her
Silver are walking around the village with Ganga in his side, both of them looking well buffed with Silver still looking thin but with well defined muscle hidden under his clothe, on the other side, Ganga looks like his father which looks like young adult already with his bulky build, next year Ganga will have his Ceremonies at which he will be considered adult as he will be turning 15 soon
"hey Silver, do you think the Bearkut Clan really dare to attack us? its been more than 15 years since the last war with them right? why would they attack now knowing that they already lost 1 war?" asked Ganga walking beside Silver towards the dockyard
"hm? well maybe, I heard father is preparing a war in the war room, I tried to join but because I haven't have my coming of age yet I am not allowed there, but I am sure those crazy man will be sure to attack, a meaningless war that are driven by their chief ego of losing the last fight, their chief only sending his own people to die for his own greed and ambition I hate that kind of leader to be honest with you Ganga, talking about war, next year you will be of age, you will be in that war maybe, you sure you are ready?" said silver as he sat down in the edge of the dock looking away at the horrizon
"hehe, I am ready bro, I managed to beat some of the warriors and only lose out to the older one, I am sure I can give those Bearkut idiots some pounding haha" Ganga said proudly while hitting his chest showing his confidence
"says someone who cannot even beat a twelve years old once in his life? huh I sure hope there is no twelve years old there if not then you might get beaten to death" Silver said with a smirk looking at Ganga which have a sour face after hearing his words
"Man.. you need to bring that up huh? you are more scary than those oldies at least those oldies pull their punch back before knocking me down, but you? you never did, I even thinks you hold some sort of grudge with me remembering how much I pass out from sparring with you" Ganga said annoyed at Silver remarks, Silver are known to never hold back to Ganga and Ganga only even when he face against a real warrior Silver will still not go all out and making the warriors get shamed by getting knocked out
but when he faces Ganga, Silver holds nothing back, he always goes full force and give all his best effort to make Ganga lose consciousness which make Ganga doubt Silver word that he did not hold any grudge towards him, it started then Silver were only 6 years old, from 2 hits, it gets into 3 then 4 and keeps on climbing how much hit Ganga can take which make Silver happy that Ganga is growing by every spars
"trust me, I never hold and kind of resentment towards you, its just that I never want to hold my self back from my one and only rival in the future, even then you still keep on growing you know, every spar we had you will be harder and harder to get knocked out and now you even managed to fight me back as an equal for a bit, I just preparing you to be the one to hold my back when we are in the battlefield, as for other warriors? well I trust them but I will still worried that enemy will come behind me, but if its you? then I will not even need to look back because I know no one will get past my best buddies right hahaha" Silver said which gave Ganga a smile and shakes his head slowly
Ganga extend his arms out and make a fist towards Silver for a fist bump "next month it will be my coming of age, challenge me, after that if you managed to win, then I will swear to Odin that only you will have to abilities to cut me down and no one will be able to even if Thor come down and strike me with his hammer" Said Ganga confidently
Silver look to his side and smile "sure, be ready when I charged in front of everyone, if there is a scratch on my back, then I will surely give you a scratch 10 times worse then my own wound" he said smiling, a point where two young boys swear to become a warrior feared all across the continent begins from a small fist bump and a dream each of them held
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~ after this chapter it will have a bigger time skip until Silvers turned 15, I am thinking of changing focus instead of time skip because its kinda boring if its just jumped into the time where Silver boy will go around killing mindlessly
thanks for all the support and I am planning to give this story a go, I have been trying to make a fanfic but still, I think my original creativity will be better to express myself up, feel free to rate and give critics to my works... I can take it... trust me