Chapter 1
It was like any other day in Ordon Village. Link was, like normal, herding the goats for Fado, who once again let the goats get out of control.
Link sighed. This was the 100th time this month alone.
'Jeeze, why can't he learn to herd them himself?' Link thought.
In all honesty, he was starting to get exhausted pretty quickly.
"Yo! Link! That's the last of 'em!" Fado hollered to link. "Good work today bud."
"Yeah. No problem Fado." Link answered, partly out of breath.
"I'll let you know when I need you again, alright bud." Fado said as he opened the gate for Link.
"Yeah, sure…" Link said, scratching the back of his head.
Link left the farm to finish his chores. He sighed once again. Link didn't know how much more he could take. He had been working pretty much non-stop for over a month with very little sleep. It was starting to get to him. He now felt drained just by doing the littlest of things.
Link looked towards the sky. The sun was beaming down with such an intense heat that Link had to sit in the shade of a nearby tree to cool off.
'When did it become so hot out?' Link thought to himself while readjusting the collar of his tunic.
Link sat there for quite some time until Rusl came by.
"Hey there Link! I was wondering if you wanted to practice with me." Rusl asked, holding his sword over his shoulder.
"Sure I guess. Not much else to do today." Link said as he stood up. "Why don't we practice down by the spring today?"
"Sounds good to me." Rusl replied, making his way to the Ordon Spring.
They made their way down the well-worn path that led to the healing spring. Once there, they got into their fighting stances, ready to practice their swordsmanship.
"Get ready to be beat, Link!" Rusl declared with confidence.
"That's what you think!" Link shouted as he charged at Rusl.
Now that Link was standing in the spring, he didn't feel as horrible as he did before. Link didn't think much of it though.
Soon, all you could hear was the clash of metal on metal. Their swords clashed and sparks flew everywhere. Splashing was heard with every step they took. They went at it until the sun began to set, and that's when Rusl decided it was enough.
"Alright, 'guess that's good for today." Rusl said as he sheathed his sword.
"You're getting better, Rusl." Link commented as he too, sheathed his sword.
Link then started to walk out of the water. As soon as his feet were out of the water, he fell to his knees with a gasp. Rusl heard this and turned to see what had happened, only to see Link on is knees, gasping for air.
"Hey! Link, what's wrong?! What happened?!" Rusl started to panic; he had never seen the poor boy like this before.
"Uggg! It… h-hurts…" Link managed to get out before he started to clutch his chest.
He was now full-out gasping, trying to catch his breath.
"Link, just hang on for a few minutes please!" Rusl wasn't sure what to do. He couldn't just leave Link here by himself, but he needed to get help fast!
