Wander of Wonder/A Journey Begins

The first issue of the Moonlake Comics series Wander of Wonder.

Synopsis
Nix travels to the king's castle to try and become a knight, but discovers he has greatly downplayed how hard it would be.

Transcript (unfinished)
A young rabbit in white clothes and a scarf runs through a forest of black trees. He huffs and puffs while running from an unseen beast before tripping in the middle of the woods. He turns around, revealing the beast standing above him. The beast in question is very canine-like but has two heads, black eyes, and is drooling black liquid. The rabbit braces himself but nothing comes. He slowly opens his eyes, revealing a cat has stabbed straight through the beast and saved the rabbit's life.


 * Cat: Afternoon, boy.

He pulls the sword out of the beast, which slumps over, dead. The cat helps the rabbit back on to his feet.


 * Maximus: A rabbit? Haven't seen one of you in a long time. My name is Sir Maximus Atkinson. And you?
 * Nix: ...Nix.
 * Maximus: Nix, ay? Very unique name you have. Tell me, Nix, do you have a place to stay?

Nix doesn't answer and instead frantically points behind Maximus, as the seemingly slew beast has regenerated and is slowly standing back up. Maximus, noticing this, readies his sword again.


 * Maximus: There's a village not far from here. I highly suggest you run.
 * Nix: Y-yes, sir!

Nix runs away from Maximus. However, he stops in his tracks to turn around and see Maximus battle the beast. He watches in awe for a few seconds before continuing to run away. Several years later, Nix is standing on a hill looking at a very large castle in the distance, now wearing different clothes but the same scarf. He is smiling widely at the sight of the castle.


 * ???: You realize this has a very slim chance of actually working, right?

A firefly flies out from Nix's scarf.


 * Firefly: You've got no training, no connections, no anything. It'd be a miracle if they accept you as a knight.
 * Nix: Don't be a Negative Nancy, Jayna.
 * Jayna: I'm being realistic.
 * Nix: Well, you never really know if you don't try, right? Now, let's mosey!

Nix jumps off the hill and sprints for the castle.


 * Jayna: That boy is going to be the death of me...

Jayna flies after him. Nix runs up to the castle doors but is stopped at the gate by a large bear, who holds his gigantic sword in front of Nix to stop him from entering. Next to the bear is a jackal, who has his sword in front of him and is resting his hands on it.


 * Bear: Whoa there, kiddie. Where do you think you're going?
 * Nix: Uh... My name's Nix and I... Um... Whoa, you're really big...
 * Bear: Thank you for noticing.
 * Nix: And your sword is HUGE! Does it way, like... ANYTHING to you?
 * Bear: Weighs to me about the same my friend here's sword weighs to him.
 * Jackal: What're you here for, boy?
 * Nix: Oh, right, sorry. I'm here to, um... Wow, so you guys are, like, real knights?
 * Jackal: Yes. Now, spit out why you're here.
 * Jayna: He's here to speak with the king.
 * Nix: Y-yeah! That! Sorry, it's just that I've always wanted to be a knight so seeing one up-close like this is really messing with my head.
 * Bear: Don't worry, we deal with fans like you all the time.
 * Jackal: But we aren't allowed to let you inside. Nobody's allowed in the Silver Gorilla Castle without an appointment or if it's a major emergency.
 * Nix: Oh... Well, how do I get an appointment?
 * Jackal: With someone as young as you, you'd need your parents to make the appointment instead.
 * Bear: Come on, Jack, at least sugar-coat the news for the boy,
 * Jack: That WAS me sugar-coating it, Bartholomew.
 * Bartholomew: Then get better at sugar-coating things.
 * Nix: But I, uh, don't, um...
 * Jayna: Sorry to bother you, sirs, we'll leave.
 * Jack: Nice talking to you.
 * Nix: W-what? No!
 * Bartholomew: Hm?
 * Nix: I'm not leaving! I want to be a knight and I'm not leaving until I get to talk to King Desmond!

Bartholomew and Jack look at each other. The next thing we know, Nix is being held by the ears by Bartholomew and is being walked away from the castle. Bartholomew drops him on the ground and Nix angrily crosses his arms as Bartholomew walks away. Jayna once again flies out of his scarf.


 * Jayna: I warned you it wouldn't work.
 * Nix: Hmph...