Hero’s Heart by Vernon Hodge
There once was a baby at an end of the river that was found by a wandering hero. The wandering hero was confused and looked to see if he could find the baby’s parents near the river. He looked for hours, but he couldn’t find the parents of the baby anywhere. He didn’t want to leave the baby alone by a river, so he decided to take care of the baby and bring him to his home village. When he went to pick up the baby there was a ripped note and a box behind him. The note had said, “Please take care of my son Dai.’’ After that the note had lost the rest of what it said. The box was locked but the key was on baby Dai’s chain, so the hero didn’t want to open it because it looked like it was meant for Dai. The wandering hero picked up the baby and the baby woke up with the biggest smile on his face, and the hero told Dai, “I’m going to be your GRANDPA Gohan.” Dai smiled with joy and Gohan took Dai to his home at Windmill Village. A couple of years pass and Dai and his grandpa Gohan are still living in Windmill Village. Windmill Village is a small village that’s constantly windy and is surrounded by mountains. Only a couple of people live there and Gohan became the elder since he is the oldest and was once known as a legendary hero. Dai is now only six years old and he lives with his grandpa Gohan who’s 50 years old and his wife Delilah, who is 48. Gohan trains Dai to be a hero so he could travel the world and find his birth parents. Dai is not the only student of Gohan. Gohan also trains another little boy named Robin who is seven years old. Robin is the oldest, and he has to take care of his two siblings for his mom to work. Robin’s father is a white knight, so he tends to leave for important missions often. But even though he does, Robin still dreams of becoming a white knight and fighting alongside his father. Robin knows that a white knight gets important and difficult missions that haven’t been completed in 10 years. He has always thought highly of his father and never felt abandoned. Gohan is now starting to teach them how to be proper heroes by showing them sword techniques and hero spells. Gohan doesn’t know a lot about spells, but he is a master swordsman and is famous for his 323
