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Disclaimer: Zelda=not mine Link= *sigh* not mine anything Zelda related = not mine Evalyn=mine (at least)
and now, Travel to Hyrule!
Chapter 1
It was about 4 weeks since my parents had been killed in the freak car accident. I had no living relatives, so the authorities had given me to a nice couple as foster parents until they found an orphanage that had an occupancy and the level of schoolwork I was at. Since the school councilor had said that I was incredibly bright, this posed a problem. Well, anyway, I was on the bus to my new orphanage somewhere in Colorado, and lost in my own unhappy thoughts. Since I was 14, it was unlikely anyone would adopt me. It's like the adult dog in a pound, everyone wanted the puppy. I had been on the blue bus for about 2 hours, and was not due for my next stop until another 8. I was drifting off into empty, painless slumber, when I felt the bus stop. No, it was more like I had just suddenly stopped moving-you can always tell when a bus stops by the long, bone shaking groans and halts. I opened my eyes, and almost fell off the stump-yes, stump-I was now sitting on. I was in the middle of a forest. The huge ancient trees climbed high into the sky, making me feel small and insignificant. I couldn't see my bag anywhere, only more trees. Wondering where on the earth I was, I shakily stood up and started walking in the direction I was facing. Suddenly, a boy about my age leaped in front of me with a sword drawn and the point about an inch from my throat.
"Who are you and why are you here?" he asked in a low growl. He was wearing some sort of green tunic with white leggings and brown boots. On top of his butter-yellow hair he wore a green hat. My parents had always used to say that I had more of a temper that was good for me, and my fighting spirit rose. I was ticked off.
"Well, this is just great. I was just minding my own business, perfectly content to be riding a stupid bus when I get sent to here, wherever the hell it is, and now some weirdo is gonna stab me, and why the hell are you going around shoving swords in people's faces? Well, if you wanna fight, don't just stand there, bring it on." I held up my fists, and glared at the boy. He looked confused, and had let the sword point drop.
"What's a bus? And you still haven't answered my question." He added, staring at me.
"You would probably get an answer more readily if you don't kill first then ask questions later. Not that it matters, but my name is Evalyn, thank you very much. Wait a minute, you don't know what a bus is?" I paused. "Is this some sort of a joke? Well, a bus is a big car, only it's usually yellow or blue. It carries lots of people." I said that last bit with more than a little sarcasm, and I really would have this was a big joke, except there was no one left in the world who cared about me. The boy, however, just looked more confused.
"What's a car?" I gave him a long, hard look.
"Where are we, Africa? Or have I gone back in time to the world of King Arthur? Where am I?" I asked, my anger replaced with fear.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, but we're in Hyrule. Where are you from? By the way, my name's Link." I think my jaw might have dropped a foot.
"Huh?" about a million questions raced through my brain. Obviously, I wasn't in the U.S., and probably no where else in the world. I was on another planet, and probably no way to get home, not that I had one. "I'm from a place called New York, but you probably haven't heard of that. I think I'm from another planet. Do you by any chance know how to travel to other planets?" Link looked even more confused then I felt, if that was possible.
"I don't think I can help you, but Zelda might. Let's go ask her. She might not be willing to help, though. She's a princess, and a pain." Link turned and started walking in a direction, and I jogged to keep up. We were walking through some kind of forest, and I had the feeling that if Link hadn't been there to guide me through, I would have been permanently lost. I almost did get lost once or twice though, because I kept on looking around at all the big trees. We had been walking for about 10 minutes when a long stick like thing popped out. It was obviously some kind of plant, because I could see it straining its roots trying to get at us. At the top of it's stick like body was a huge, bulbous head with huge snapping jaws. To my great surprise, a bright pink light flew out of Link's shield and zoomed toward the plant-thing.
"Get back!" Link cried, then pulled his sword out and lunged at the plant. He struck it right at its head and it gave a small shriek before turning into dust. The ball of light flew right at my face, and I ducked quickly. Link laughed.
"Sorry. That's Tatl. She's a fairy who sort of hangs around with me." He said.
"Hey! What's up?" A bright, bell-like voice cried, then dove back into Link's shield.
"What was that.thing?" I asked, looking down at the place where it had been.
"A Deku- Baba. They're fairly common around here. They're dumb, but can hurt a lot." He explained.
"Oh. Okay." Link started walking again, and I followed, much more cautious this time. We finally came out of the huge forest and into a sort of big open field. I could see a place that was surrounded by high walls in the center, what looked like the beginnings of a desert, a glint that I thought must have come from a big body of water, a huge mountain, and lastly a huge town that was right in front of an old looking castle.
"Wow, where are we?" I asked, breathless.
"Hyrule field. That castle is where we're headed." Link said as he started toward a huge drawbridge. I followed closely behind, in case another one of those Deku Whatevers popped up. Actually, something did come up- quite literally. A huge tree like thing with pink saw-like leaves uprooted itself and started flying toward us. I admit, I screamed, but that thing was pretty scary. Link just groaned and pulled his sword back out.
"Duck!" He cried, while taking a swing at a small tendril sticking out at the bottom. I was about to do so when 3 mini versions of the flying thing flew out. Link didn't see them, and besides he was busy with the big one. Trying to drag up some distant memory of the kick boxing class in gym we had in 4th grade, I took up the fighter's stance. The first one flew right at me, and I punched it in its middle, where it looked soft. It listed crazily away before running into the ground and disappearing in a cloud of dust. I noticed a lot of things did that in Hyrule. The second one was sneakier, it dove for my legs. I kicked out with my toes directly out, and caught it on the bottom. Bullseye- It was dust in seconds. Unfortunately, the third one had come up behind me. I only figured this out because a second later I was knocked flat with my face in the dirt. I rolled over and leaped back up, but Link had already dispatched of it with his sword. He had already taken care of the big one. H opened his mouth to say something, but I beat him to it.
"I do not want to know what that was. Thanks for getting rid of those two. Who are you anyway? I mean, I know your name's Link, but what else are you?"
"You're smarter than you look. I'm the Hero of Time. Oh wait-do you know what that is?" He asked, his voice devoid of sarcasm. I shook my head, and he continued.
"Once an old Hero of Time dies, a new one is immediately born. There's no specific pattern as to who will be the next one. Basically, they're to protect Hyrule and sometimes the surrounding countries. They know who they are by if one of the sages tell them, but they don't always know. The only other way is if the person can wield the Master Sword." He held out the sword still in his hand to prove his point.
"Oh, but just one question. What are the sages?" I asked.
"There are six sages, and they are sort of like the Hero of Time's alarm system. They tell him if there is evil going on somewhere. By the way, where did you learn to fight?"
"Well, in school, we were taught it."
"Oh. You fight pretty good."
"For a girl, you mean?" I asked, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Why is there any difference?" Link asked with a puzzled expression on his face. I stared at him for a moment, checking for sarcasm, then shook my head.
"Never mind. Let's just get to Hyrule Castle before anything else comes up." Link nodded, and we continued walking toward the huge building in the distance. It looked close, but I knew that it was probably twice as far away as it looked. After walking about twenty minutes in silence, I decided to try to make conversation.
"Do you really think Zelda could help me get back home?" I asked, for lack of anything else to say.
"I truthfully don't know, but she's your best bet. You probably want to leave right away." Link replied, watching the horizon for any other signs of danger.
"It's not like I had much of a home to go back to." I was suddenly very interested in watching the ground as I walked.
"You don't like your parents?" I hesitated a moment, then decided to tell him about it.
"It's not so much that as I don't have parents. They both died about a month ago. I was on my way to the orphanage when I found myself here." I brushed my hand against my eyes, hoping Link wouldn't notice how wet my eyes were getting. I had promised myself I wouldn't cry, not anymore. Link looked at me, then away again.
"I'm sorry. My mother's dead too."
"What about your father?" I asked.
"You'll probably meet him soon enough." Link started to look uncomfortable.
"Who is he?"
"Well..he's the King." He said, turning red. I stopped short.
"You're a prince? Your majesty," I added, sinking down in what I hoped was an elaborate curtsy. Link immediately pulled me up.
"Don't do that Evalyn, and don't call me your majesty. I don't even want to be royal, I'll leave that to Zelda." He said, turning even more red.
"Why not? I mean, it probably isn't that different from where I come from, do all members of the royal family get sacrificed?" I asked.
"No, it's nothing like that. I just want a normal life, or at least as normal as it can be with being a hero of time." Link started walking again, and I followed, immersed in my own thoughts. I didn't tell Link, but that was exactly how I felt.
Disclaimer: Zelda=not mine Link= *sigh* not mine anything Zelda related = not mine Evalyn=mine (at least)
and now, Travel to Hyrule!
Chapter 1
It was about 4 weeks since my parents had been killed in the freak car accident. I had no living relatives, so the authorities had given me to a nice couple as foster parents until they found an orphanage that had an occupancy and the level of schoolwork I was at. Since the school councilor had said that I was incredibly bright, this posed a problem. Well, anyway, I was on the bus to my new orphanage somewhere in Colorado, and lost in my own unhappy thoughts. Since I was 14, it was unlikely anyone would adopt me. It's like the adult dog in a pound, everyone wanted the puppy. I had been on the blue bus for about 2 hours, and was not due for my next stop until another 8. I was drifting off into empty, painless slumber, when I felt the bus stop. No, it was more like I had just suddenly stopped moving-you can always tell when a bus stops by the long, bone shaking groans and halts. I opened my eyes, and almost fell off the stump-yes, stump-I was now sitting on. I was in the middle of a forest. The huge ancient trees climbed high into the sky, making me feel small and insignificant. I couldn't see my bag anywhere, only more trees. Wondering where on the earth I was, I shakily stood up and started walking in the direction I was facing. Suddenly, a boy about my age leaped in front of me with a sword drawn and the point about an inch from my throat.
"Who are you and why are you here?" he asked in a low growl. He was wearing some sort of green tunic with white leggings and brown boots. On top of his butter-yellow hair he wore a green hat. My parents had always used to say that I had more of a temper that was good for me, and my fighting spirit rose. I was ticked off.
"Well, this is just great. I was just minding my own business, perfectly content to be riding a stupid bus when I get sent to here, wherever the hell it is, and now some weirdo is gonna stab me, and why the hell are you going around shoving swords in people's faces? Well, if you wanna fight, don't just stand there, bring it on." I held up my fists, and glared at the boy. He looked confused, and had let the sword point drop.
"What's a bus? And you still haven't answered my question." He added, staring at me.
"You would probably get an answer more readily if you don't kill first then ask questions later. Not that it matters, but my name is Evalyn, thank you very much. Wait a minute, you don't know what a bus is?" I paused. "Is this some sort of a joke? Well, a bus is a big car, only it's usually yellow or blue. It carries lots of people." I said that last bit with more than a little sarcasm, and I really would have this was a big joke, except there was no one left in the world who cared about me. The boy, however, just looked more confused.
"What's a car?" I gave him a long, hard look.
"Where are we, Africa? Or have I gone back in time to the world of King Arthur? Where am I?" I asked, my anger replaced with fear.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, but we're in Hyrule. Where are you from? By the way, my name's Link." I think my jaw might have dropped a foot.
"Huh?" about a million questions raced through my brain. Obviously, I wasn't in the U.S., and probably no where else in the world. I was on another planet, and probably no way to get home, not that I had one. "I'm from a place called New York, but you probably haven't heard of that. I think I'm from another planet. Do you by any chance know how to travel to other planets?" Link looked even more confused then I felt, if that was possible.
"I don't think I can help you, but Zelda might. Let's go ask her. She might not be willing to help, though. She's a princess, and a pain." Link turned and started walking in a direction, and I jogged to keep up. We were walking through some kind of forest, and I had the feeling that if Link hadn't been there to guide me through, I would have been permanently lost. I almost did get lost once or twice though, because I kept on looking around at all the big trees. We had been walking for about 10 minutes when a long stick like thing popped out. It was obviously some kind of plant, because I could see it straining its roots trying to get at us. At the top of it's stick like body was a huge, bulbous head with huge snapping jaws. To my great surprise, a bright pink light flew out of Link's shield and zoomed toward the plant-thing.
"Get back!" Link cried, then pulled his sword out and lunged at the plant. He struck it right at its head and it gave a small shriek before turning into dust. The ball of light flew right at my face, and I ducked quickly. Link laughed.
"Sorry. That's Tatl. She's a fairy who sort of hangs around with me." He said.
"Hey! What's up?" A bright, bell-like voice cried, then dove back into Link's shield.
"What was that.thing?" I asked, looking down at the place where it had been.
"A Deku- Baba. They're fairly common around here. They're dumb, but can hurt a lot." He explained.
"Oh. Okay." Link started walking again, and I followed, much more cautious this time. We finally came out of the huge forest and into a sort of big open field. I could see a place that was surrounded by high walls in the center, what looked like the beginnings of a desert, a glint that I thought must have come from a big body of water, a huge mountain, and lastly a huge town that was right in front of an old looking castle.
"Wow, where are we?" I asked, breathless.
"Hyrule field. That castle is where we're headed." Link said as he started toward a huge drawbridge. I followed closely behind, in case another one of those Deku Whatevers popped up. Actually, something did come up- quite literally. A huge tree like thing with pink saw-like leaves uprooted itself and started flying toward us. I admit, I screamed, but that thing was pretty scary. Link just groaned and pulled his sword back out.
"Duck!" He cried, while taking a swing at a small tendril sticking out at the bottom. I was about to do so when 3 mini versions of the flying thing flew out. Link didn't see them, and besides he was busy with the big one. Trying to drag up some distant memory of the kick boxing class in gym we had in 4th grade, I took up the fighter's stance. The first one flew right at me, and I punched it in its middle, where it looked soft. It listed crazily away before running into the ground and disappearing in a cloud of dust. I noticed a lot of things did that in Hyrule. The second one was sneakier, it dove for my legs. I kicked out with my toes directly out, and caught it on the bottom. Bullseye- It was dust in seconds. Unfortunately, the third one had come up behind me. I only figured this out because a second later I was knocked flat with my face in the dirt. I rolled over and leaped back up, but Link had already dispatched of it with his sword. He had already taken care of the big one. H opened his mouth to say something, but I beat him to it.
"I do not want to know what that was. Thanks for getting rid of those two. Who are you anyway? I mean, I know your name's Link, but what else are you?"
"You're smarter than you look. I'm the Hero of Time. Oh wait-do you know what that is?" He asked, his voice devoid of sarcasm. I shook my head, and he continued.
"Once an old Hero of Time dies, a new one is immediately born. There's no specific pattern as to who will be the next one. Basically, they're to protect Hyrule and sometimes the surrounding countries. They know who they are by if one of the sages tell them, but they don't always know. The only other way is if the person can wield the Master Sword." He held out the sword still in his hand to prove his point.
"Oh, but just one question. What are the sages?" I asked.
"There are six sages, and they are sort of like the Hero of Time's alarm system. They tell him if there is evil going on somewhere. By the way, where did you learn to fight?"
"Well, in school, we were taught it."
"Oh. You fight pretty good."
"For a girl, you mean?" I asked, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Why is there any difference?" Link asked with a puzzled expression on his face. I stared at him for a moment, checking for sarcasm, then shook my head.
"Never mind. Let's just get to Hyrule Castle before anything else comes up." Link nodded, and we continued walking toward the huge building in the distance. It looked close, but I knew that it was probably twice as far away as it looked. After walking about twenty minutes in silence, I decided to try to make conversation.
"Do you really think Zelda could help me get back home?" I asked, for lack of anything else to say.
"I truthfully don't know, but she's your best bet. You probably want to leave right away." Link replied, watching the horizon for any other signs of danger.
"It's not like I had much of a home to go back to." I was suddenly very interested in watching the ground as I walked.
"You don't like your parents?" I hesitated a moment, then decided to tell him about it.
"It's not so much that as I don't have parents. They both died about a month ago. I was on my way to the orphanage when I found myself here." I brushed my hand against my eyes, hoping Link wouldn't notice how wet my eyes were getting. I had promised myself I wouldn't cry, not anymore. Link looked at me, then away again.
"I'm sorry. My mother's dead too."
"What about your father?" I asked.
"You'll probably meet him soon enough." Link started to look uncomfortable.
"Who is he?"
"Well..he's the King." He said, turning red. I stopped short.
"You're a prince? Your majesty," I added, sinking down in what I hoped was an elaborate curtsy. Link immediately pulled me up.
"Don't do that Evalyn, and don't call me your majesty. I don't even want to be royal, I'll leave that to Zelda." He said, turning even more red.
"Why not? I mean, it probably isn't that different from where I come from, do all members of the royal family get sacrificed?" I asked.
"No, it's nothing like that. I just want a normal life, or at least as normal as it can be with being a hero of time." Link started walking again, and I followed, immersed in my own thoughts. I didn't tell Link, but that was exactly how I felt.