Second chance

Untitled Part 2

 Chapter 2

A few days went by since Gerald and Tany found the mysterious man on the river bank.

Gerald did his best to attend to his wounds. The man was out of consciousness ever since they found him. The fact that he was even alive was a miracle.

"Two stab wounds to the chest, you are eider really lucky or really tough. A huntsman perhaps, what do you think girl?"

The wolf lifted its head and only replied with a soft haul.

"I think that its time for us to have dinner wouldn't you agree?" As he said those words the wolf got up from her place by the fire and started wagging her tail. The old man only softly chuckled at the response.

As they were eating the mysterious man opened his eyes. He was in pain, it hurt everywhere. He tried to look around but did not have the strength. After a few moments he managed to tilt his head to the side and saw the duo eating their dinner.

"W...Where..am I? Said the man. His body hurt while he said those words.

"Oh look who is awake." said Gerald with happiness in his voice.

"W-Who are you?

"My name is Gerald Sherstone, my wolfy companion over there is Tany and you are in my house. But the real question there my mysterious friend is, who are you?"

The man tried to answer but he couldn't. He couldn't remember his name."I don't know."

"Do you remember what you were doing in the forest"

"I...I don't"

"Do you remember anything about your self"

The man tried hard to remember something, anything about him self but he couldn't. It was all blank.

"I-I don't remember anything. W-What happened to me?"

"Well it looks like you took a beating my friend. When I found you you had two stab wounds in you chest and were bleeding badly. At first I thought you were dead but Tany here saw that you were still alive, it is a true miracle really."

The man lifted his blankets to see bandages on his torso. What had happened to him and how did he survived he wondered,

"How long was I out?"

"A few days, I did my best to take care of your wounds. At my age it isn't as easy as it used to be but I can still use my semblance."

The young man looked at Gerald with confusion.

"I can heal people quickly, I managed to heal you just enough to survive, but I believe that the reason you survived long enough for me to find you is your aura. It kept you alive just enough."

"T-Thank you." as he said those words he immediately growled in pain.

"As I said, I healed you enough to survive but it will take us a few more sessions to heal to properly."

Gerald's words were interrupted by loud noise coming from the mans stomach. It sounded like an angry wolf grim.

"Oh were are my manners, you must be hungry. Here have something to eat."

The eat the bawl of soup and some fish like he had never eaten before. It tasted delicious, the old man really knew how to cook. After he had finished his meal he fell back into sleep. A dream came to him, he was fighting two silhouettes, he heard a girls voice saying something but he could hear it and just like it came the dream ended just as abruptly The dream startled him, he said to him self that it was only a dream but could it be more..

The next morning he was woken up by a strange feeling of wetness on his face. As he opened his eyes he could see Tany liking his face. He pushed her snout from his face and wiped the saliva of his face.

"Good morning Red!"

"Good morning Gerald."

"Breakfast is on most ready, do you like pork?"

"Y-Yeah sure."

"After we finish with that, I will continue with he healing."

The man stared at Gerald for a few moments lost in thought before asking.

"Why do you help me? You don't know anything about me. You could have left me there on the fiver to die."

"Because Red, that is the right thing to do. Yes I don't know anything about you but neither do you. I could he a bandit or worse."

"But you can also be a huntsman who got injured fighting some bandits. We don't know!"

They just looked at each other, with a look of fear and confusion in one eyes and sympathy and kindness in the other ones.

"Now lets just eat." said the old man with a smile on his face.

Gerald's hands were placed on the young mans jest, gloving with green light, slowly healing the two wounds found on his chest. After some time the old man stooped and lifted his hands.

"That will be it for now, I cant do it anymore or I'll get too exhausted. I'm not as young as I used to be."

"It is enough, thank you."

"I think that you are good enough to start waling now."

The young man pushed the blankets to the side and but his legs over the edges of the bad, he put one hand on the wall and tried to get up. He managed to lift him self up with little difficulty and made few steps towards the diner table but he on most fell, grabbing the table at the last moment.

"Easy Red, take it easy!"

The man turned to the old man and asked. "Why do you call me that?"

"Well considering that we don't know your true name, we must call you something, mysterious stranger is kinda dumb and I just think that Red suits you because of your hear."

He looked at his messy hear and then looked back at the old man.

"It that case Red it is" he said with a soft voice.