Legends (Pure Nautical prequel.)

The Legend of Yester and Danmian.

The sun was torturous. He clasped to the floor from exhaustion.   Danmian looked at his older brother. "Yester, you okay?"

Yester sat up, squeezed his eyes and moaned. "My sunburns." He said with a scratchy tone.

Dane ran over bent down and put his hand on Yesters head to heal him.
Yester took a huge inhale and sat up. "Healing me isn't going to get me that much further. I need water. -- I wonder how long Uncle will make us be out here. We've been pulling wheat for three weeks straight." 
Danmian nodded his head and stood up. "I'll go to the wale for you."   
Yester grabbed Danmian's arm. "He's going to beat you if he sees."

"I'll be fine, I can heal myself."

Danmian ran to the wale pulled the rope as fast as he could. Grabbed the bucket and ran it back to Yester.
"Here you go."

Yester dunked his head into the bucket. He was drinking like a mad man. He ripped his head out of the bucket and started splashing the water all over him. He laid on his back for a rest. Yester took a huge breath and let out a sigh.

"What's the matter?" Danmian said.
Yester sighed again and looked at him. "I hate being in this situation. I should be the one taking care of you. I'm the older brother here."
Danmian nodded. "We need to do something."
"Like what, run away? We can't survive out there. We're barely surviving now. Besides Uncle would find and kill us anyway. – But then again this keeps on going on we're dead either way. – Okay we'll wait until you turn 16, which is in a couple months. Then we'll go and find us some women to marry."
Danmian nodded and grinned. "You're 17 You should've been married by now."
      
       "Hey! Hey! What are you doing?" Both the boys snapped their heads to house. "That's the drinking water you are bathing in! The uncle came running over. Yester was still sitting on the ground. Now looking up at him. The uncle's knee smashed into Yesters month making him fall completely on the ground. The uncle leaned over and punched Yester in his right eye. Knocking him out.
       Danmian lunged for Yester to help him. Uncle grabbed Danmian wrapped his arms around his neck and started squeezing, chocking Danmian. Desperately he tried to take the uncles arms off.  "You ever try this again, I kill both of you." He said between his teeth.  "Luckily I need you out here."
Danmian's faced turned purple as his arms dropped to his side. He slowly started closing his eyes.  The uncle let go and threw him to the ground. Then kicking dirt into his face. He grabbed Danmian by the hair picking him up. "Let's go inside. We'll leave Yester out here for the buzzards."
       Yester woke up on the floor pinned against the wall inside, lying on his side. Instant pain came to his mouth. He reached up, opened his mouth and blood along with slabber came dripping out. He bowed his head down so it would dip on the floor. He slowly stuck his finger in his mouth feeling that his bottom tooth was missing and a couple were loose. Then he noticed his vison was off. He reached for his right eye and discover it was bruised shut. He cringed. "Owe, that stings." He heard footsteps coming his way. He looked up to see it was his uncle. "So you going to lay around all day you lazy worm?" He saw the blood on the ground. "And you're making a mess?"
       "Where's Dane?" Yester moaned.  He shook his head and spat on the floor. "You're bleeding from the mouth and you're still worried about your brother? How pathetic." He turned around and walked away.
       Yester moved his legs to get up when he noticed they were constricted. He looked down and discovered his left leg was chained to the cement wall. Anger set in. He kicked his left leg hard trying to break it off. Again and again he tried but it wasn't working.
       "Hey, psst. Yester." The voice came from across the room. Where a table was tucked into a dark corner. "Danmian is that you?"
       "Yes."
       A sigh of relief, "I'm so glad you're okay. Are you chained up as well?"
       "Yes, and I don't know where the key is. We'll have to break the chain off somehow.
       Loud stomping footsteps erupted and Uncle came flying into the room. He grabbed the table yanking it away from the wall so he could get to Danmian. He stood over him. "What did I tell you about talking?"
       Danmian looked down and mumbled something. Uncle leaned over hovering over Danmian head. "Can you say that again?"
       Danmian slowly looked up to see a chain around Uncles neck and the key hanging down almost directly in his face. Instantly his grabbed the chain pulling it down off his neck. He looked at Yester throwing the key at him. Uncle looked up watching the key go through the air and land right in front of Yester.
      
       Yester grabbed the key scooted his butt across the ground to his leg jammed it in the keyhole, unlocking it. He looked up to see Uncle standing in front of him. The uncle raised his fist up high past his head, punching Yester right in jaw.
       Yester adrenaline was roaring. He stood up face to face to Uncle. Noticing he has grown, looking over Uncles head. Giving him the advantage.   Yester made a fist, cocked his arm back and slammed his right fist into Uncles mouth. He stumbled backward trying to get his balance back. He slammed into the wall falling down on his butt.
       Yester ran to Dane unlocking his chain. He turned around and Uncle was holding a knife. "Big mistake – let's see you heal this."
       Yester turned around bent down and hugged Danmian lying his chin on Dane's head. They both closed their eyes. "I'm so sorry. I wish I would've been a better Brother." Yester cried waiting to die.
       It was dead silent. Yester pinched his eyes tighter together waiting for something to happen. They felt a breeze. He slowly open them. They were standing outside. "This can't be?" Yester stood up. Everything was gone. There was a perfect circle of dirt where the house used to be. Dane opened his eyes and stood up just as surprised. "What just happen?" Danmian said.
       Yester shook his head "I – I don't know. We need to go. We need to go now."

"Where are we going?" Danmian sounded scared 

"There's the Kingdom not to far from here. We'll try to find a new life there."