Day 2
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I slide down the ladder onto a pile of bones and rotting corpses. To say this place smells foul is a monumental understatement. It smells exactly like what it is: hundreds, maybe thousands of years of decay. Awful place. I'm not very far into the Catacombs, but I've been down here almost an hour, maybe two. I'm being very cautious and I've had to kill two skeletons about forty damn times now. I walk down a small staircase and two more skeletons form at my feet.
"Fantastic." I say tiredly. I stab the one on my right and slash the left one twice. Their eye sockets glow brightly as the bones fall to the ground. Good, these ones will resurrect as well. I charge down a short hallway and dodge two more forming piles of bones. Upon reaching the door, I realize it's sealed shut. Damn it all! I hack and slash at the skeletons with my sword until they all fall. I know it won't last long so I need to hurry. M eyes dart around the chamber for anywhere to hide. They stop on a hole in the wall. Perfect! I run for it while the skeletons begin to reform themselves. I run down into the hole and I'm greeted by a blast of fire right to the chest. It burns through some of the armor and I scream with pain. I rush him, dodge the next blast, and stab him in the gut. As he bleeds I stab his heart to finish him off. He breathes his last and falls with a thud. I drop my shield and take his lantern. I hold it up to see in the darkness. In the corner, there's another person! It's no my brother though. Perhaps it's one of Pinkie Pie's friends. She's crouched in the fetal position facing the wall. Her shoulders are shuddering, it looks like she's crying.
"Excuse me." She gasps and whips her head around to look at me. Her eyes are red from crying. She turns back around and cries harder.
"P-P-Please...D-Don't hurt me." She chokes out. I sheathe the sword and approach her.
"Of course not. I won't hurt you." I say softly. Her hair is a softer shade of pink than Pinkie's. "We need to get out of here."
"I'm s-scared." I crouch down next to her.
"I'll protect you. No need to fear." I whisper. She looks to me again and I take my helmet off.
"You have scars." She says softly but surprised.
"Shocking eh? I'm a knight." I catch a glimpse of something on her arm. "Wait a moment. Are you hurt?" She nods. "Let me see." She shows me her left arm. On her forearm is a bad burn, black on the outside of the wound and a deep red on the inside. It stretches across most of the top of her forearm. I hold her arm and she cringes with pain. "Sorry."
"It's okay." I pull out my Estus Flask. "What's that?"
"Estus. Drink it and you'll feel better." She chokes some of the fiery liquid down and gives the flask back. She flinches at the taste. The wound heals in only a moment and her arm looks like there was never a burn there. "See?" I smile. I put my helmet back on and stand up. I hold my hand out to help her up.
"Thank you." She says quietly. She sniffs and wipes away tears with her yellow sweater sleeve.
"So what's your name?"
"Flutter-" she trails off.
"Sorry?"
"Fluttershy."
"Fluttershy?" She nods. "Well Fluttershy, I am Sir Austin of Astora." I bow as I introduce myself. "'Tis a pleasure to meet you. Have you seen any other knights pass through here? Same armor and weapons as me, just a different shield?"
"No. I'm sorry."
"It's alright. I'm just looking for some people is all. One more question. Do you know anyone by the name of Pinkie Pie?"
"Pinkie's here?! Where?"
"Good. Follow me." I hand her the lantern and pick up my shield. I begin to walk up the hill when I notice she isn't following me. "Come on, let's go." She shakes her head. I sigh and walk down to her. "Don't worry. I can protect us both. But I need that light. Pinkie is waiting for us not too far away." She looks into my eyes and I hold my faceplate up to look onto hers. "I promise. Nothing will hurt you."
"Okay." She says softly. I let my faceplate fall and we trek through the Catacombs.
We fought through the Catacombs and the graveyard. We came out unscathed and are back at Firelink Shrine. Pinkie is sitting on the edge of the Shrine with her legs dangling over the edge.
"Pinkie Pie, I have a surprise for you!" I say in a merry tone.
"I'm not in the mood Austin." Her straight hair is well past he shoulders.
"I really think you should look."
"I don't want to." Her shoulders are shuddering. I sheathe my sword. I walk over to her and put my arm around her. She looks at me and I take my helmet off.
"Please." I wipe away her tears. "It'll make you feel better." I smile.
"Okay." She turns to Fluttershy.
"Hi Pinkie." She waves shyly.
"Fluttershy!" Her hair shoots back up and she charges at Fluttershy with a big smile and gives her a big hug. "I missed you so much I'm so glad you're here!" She turns back to me. "Did you find anyone else? Maybe one of your brothers?" I shake my head. "Oh. I'm sorry." She walks over and hugs me to try and console me.
"Thank you. And at least we found somebody. I am never going back down there." Pinkie chuckles at this a bit.
"One down, four to go!" She says happily. I sigh. I put my helmet on and sit down on an empty pedestal about fifteen feet from the fire.
"None down. Two to go." I say quietly to myself.