Homecoming
2. Different Era
From this list of gt prompts.
AU: ???
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Salty sea air blew Stan Baker's hair this way and that. The sky had just begun to lighten, silhouetting the looming mountain ranges past the coast. They had been so distant the prior evening, yet the sight of them excited Stan so much that he could hardly sleep.
He was almost home.
The first sliver of sunlight flooded its way across the sky just as the sailing ship passed the mountain's edge, giving Stan a better understanding of the word 'daybreak'. For the first time in three years, he could finally lay eyes on his home.
Far off in the distance, the mountains curved to form a semicircle, the edges meeting the coast at different points miles and miles apart. In between lay a peaceful gulf that gave life to a sleepy little town that thinned out into farmland even further back from the coast.
The mountain range wasn't impassible, but travel through them was quite strenuous to say the least. Difficult as it made land travel, he residents of Littoria were grateful for the natural protection. Many believed they warded off giants from entering their lands, or similar rumors of the larger folk taking up residence just past the range.
After all these years and all the training he'd been through, Stan wasn't afraid. He could handle anything those oversized brutes could dish out now. For the moment, he allowed a flood of relief pass over him like the waves brushing past the hull of the sailing ship. He could use some rest and relaxation before he put his giant slaying training to good use.
