Yes! I'm back with another story! Maybe I shouldn't, but I have full plans to keep at this one! It's waited so long to be started and I guess I wanted to start now.
~R H M M R H
I Thought I Lost You
Chapter 1: Into the Depths
Zelda quickly scrambled onto her feet as the Guard trudged into her cold, lonely room. It was clear he had seen her sat at the fireplace, "Everything okay, Princess?" he asked. "Oh, er, yes. I just tripped over the cobbles" she lied. "Perhaps I should get somebody to re-do the flooring?."
"No no, that's fine. I, er, don't know what came over me" she flashed a fake smile. The Guard was so obviously intimidated, "Is that all Miss?" he asked, about to leave the room. "Yes, that is all. Please proceed" she managed a real smile this time. As the huge wooden door swung shut she slumped down against the wall beside her fireplace, and sighed in deep relief.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Kingdom, a boy was fishing in the woods. Not a young boy, a boy of around 17. The day had gone quite slowly, he had worked most of it on a ranch. Now as he sat in solace in the shallow water, a ripple in the water caught his eye and disturbed his tranquility. He was soon to his feet, clenching the rod tight in his hands. A forest green fish was pulling at the bait, it had the coldest grey eyes. It had a tight grip on the bait and refused to be pulled out, instead it swam deeper into the water. The boy, Link, wedged his rod into some rocks and knelt down to look for the fish, it wasn't even in the water anymore.
The only visible clue was the rod's line trailing down a hole. The tiny hole looked big enough for the fish to fit through, so there was only one thing to assume. Link had never noticed the hole before in all the years he'd lived close to the forest, but the mysterious feature was proving to be abnormal. That could be an understatedment, seeing as the hole was starting to fade away...
Link was now thoroughly confused, concerned, basically just plain scared.
"Link!" a voice called behind him, it was his Rusl. Rusl was a man who lived in Ordon Village, like Link. He had a wife named Uli, and two sons named Colin and Soli. Also, he used to teach Link swordplay. "Link, you there?" he said as he came into the clearing. "Yeah, I'm here" Link turned around. "You haven't seen Colin's dog around here have you? He's gone missing." Link smiled at Rusl's loyalty as a father, "Nope, haven't seen him." Rusl sighed and continued walking a little past where Link sat, "Dad!" a voice called behind him. "We found him forever ago!" Colin was shouting, "He was at the Ranch." "Why did you come into the forest alone? It's dangerous!" Rusl fumed. "But! I was right behind you!" Colin protested. "Why didn't you say something? Why did you have to let me come and bother Link?" Rusl, red-faced, started to shout. "It's fine Rusl, don't worry about it" Link tried to ease him, "I'm leaving now anyway." He did calm down after that, "Come on, Colin. Let's go home" and the father and son walked out of the clearing. Before walking away, Link took another look into the water. But as before, the hole was nowhere to be seen.
It was getting late, and now Zelda was tired. The time of day seemed to make no difference to the fact that as much as she tried, it was impossible to sleep. Wearily, she climbed out of bed and made for the door. It was stiff, but she managed to pull it open. The big wooden door was old, very old. Her ancestors had put it there, and it was said to have been a gift from the goddesses. Sneakily wandering down the hallway, she saw a light in front of her. Methoris, a night guard, was asleep on the floor next to a flame torch. She sighed and carried on walking until she found the door to the hall. Something wasn't right about the door, when she put her hand on the handle she felt different. Even without knowing what was behind the door, she slowly made her way into the room...
It was early morning as Link stumbled through the village to get to work, a job he hated after saving his Kingdom not so long ago. The goats were really jumpy and excited as he walked through the gate to the Ranch. "Shhh, calm down" he muttered at them. "Link, m'boy. You're early!" Fado, the Ranch owner boomed across the field. Damn, Link thought, He's gonna wake the whole village.
"Yeah," he mumbled as Fado came running close enough to hear, "I wanted to start early so I can get out to go...somewhere I need to go."
"Well, I'm not complainin' boy. If you want, you can start with the young'uns. Still in the barn y'see, don't like the cold" he suggested eagerly. "Uh, sure. Whatever" Link yawned. "Somethin' wrong?" Fado asked. "No...well, yeah. Epona cut her leg, so I was up most of the night" Link wandered to the barn. The tiny blue kids were in the stalls in the hay, their fur wasn't growing yet so they really felt the cold.
One by one, Link carried the kids out to their mothers. It seemed to be the only way they'd stay outside, protected by their mother. When he'd finally finished, Fado came over. "Go ahead and leave now bud, I can keep it up from here." Link blinked, "You sure?" he asked. Fade smiled and pushed him towards the gate as he walked back up to the goats. Link ran then, he ran straight out of the gate.
There should be the next chapter up soon!
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