Hyrule, the land of beauty and grace. It's beauty consists of vast deserts and evergreen forests. It is blessed by the goddesses from up above. No other kingdom dare compare to the land of majesty. The citizens are quite peaceful and full of kindness.
However, darkness does visit the land for its most precious belonging: The Triforce. Over the years, treacherous leaders rose to claim it for their own. To just make a wish.
But the hero was sent to stop them. He carried the Triforce of Courage, and tried with all his might to defeat darkness.
Now here, in the midst of the evergreen Faron Woods, lies a village with the name of Ordon. Quite a few people live there. There is a mayor, and shops of all kinds.
One person who lives in Ordon, is Link.
Link is quite an interesting boy; he's an orphan, has a sister, lives with his grandma, and works at his family bakery. Many do say he is slightly shy, but he can talk for hours once he is comfortable. The girls in Ordon do say he is handsome; his dark blonde hair, sky blue eyes, and fair skin make him marvelous.
Anyway, after weeks of non-stop working at the bakery, he was finally off. You have no clue how tired he was. He actually slept in, for once.
At 12 noon, he awoke, dragged himself out of bed, and dressed himself, slowly. All he wanted to do was lay around and lounge all day, but Grandma would yell at him. He also had promised to hang out with his childhood best friend, Cherry.
She did have a strange name, but it was because her father, the Mayor, named her after her mother's favorite fruit. Her mother died at childbirth. After her death, Cherry needed someone to watch over her, so Link's grandma did. Ever since, they have become good friends with one another.
After some long, late breakfast, Link left and knocked at the door to her home.
Cherry of course, opened it.
"Hey, Link!" She greeted him. Her ginger hair was up in a bun.
"Hi, Cherry." He replied, groaning.
"I knew you were tired. I have tea inside. come in."
Link walked into her house, the Mayor's house. She gave him a cup of tea once he sat down.
"You finally get a day off, huh?" She asked.
"Finally. We haven't hung out in a month and a half." Link said.
"Yeah, I missed you. All I did was read. I have no more books to read now!" She said.
It was quiet for a few moments, then Cherry broke it.
"Link, I've been meaning to ask you something that I didn't get to talk to you about. " Cherry said.
Um, okay? he thought.
"Go on," He replied.
"We've been friends for a long time, Right?"
"Um, yea?" Link responded, confused.
"Okay. I know we did everything together, practically lived together. And we known each other for like, ever. But there's one thing we never did."
Is she trying to....
Link kinda knew that Cherry liked him. How could he respond to this?
"Can you teach me how to use a sword? you're good at it, I would like to learn it as a hobby, you know."
Oh. "Yeah sure," He said. "You just need a swo-"
"I got one already, I'll get it and meet you outside, okay?"
She ran up her stairs into her room.
Well, she was well prepared.He went outside, and awaited her arrival. There were already wooden figures standing, modeled after extinct monsters. She was well prepared for this, aha.
Cherry ran out of her house, with a raggedy wooden sword in hand. Ouch. That thing looked like it gave splinters. A splinter generator.
"I got it!" She sang, waving the sword.
"Good, but don't hold it like that, you'll hurt your hand."
"Oops! This is why I'm learning from you!" She squealed.
"It's okay. Shall we get started?"
The first few tries, Cherry nearly killed birds. It was pretty hilarious. It's not as easy as it looks.
Link taught her basic skills, how to slash and spin, and chop.
She did her the hang of it after a while. She was great at slashing, but she could not do any chopping. She practiced for a good two hours.
"I'm hungry," Cherry complained. "This is like excersice, ew."
"Lets go to my house. We got free food and dessert," Link recommended.
"Sounds good to me."
They walked to the Bakery together. Ruby and Grandma would be working there.
"Hello," Link said when they walked in.
"Cherry!" Grandma yelled with excitement. She walked up to her and hugged her.
"Haven't seen you in a while, come and eat."
Cherry and Link sat down, as Grandma put together a meal.
Ruby came from behind the counter and joined them.
"Heya," Ruby greeted. "Having fun today on this rare day off?" She asked.
"Yeah," Link said.
"He taught me how to use a sword. I've been meaning to ask him, well, since he's quite good at it. " Cherry replied.
Ruby leaned over to Link's ear and whispered, "She thinks you're the best because she's head over heels for you!" Ruby teased.
Link slapped Ruby's arm.
"Ow! "
Grandma came out with three plates filled with bread, ham, cheese , and butter.
"I figured Ruby would take a break, and I already ate." Grandma said.
"Thank you, " they said in unison as She left the room.
"Is this Foccacia bread?" Cherry asked.
Link took a bite. "Yep!" he replied.
"YES!" Ruby exclaimed. She ripped her bread in half horizontally.
"What exactly are you doing?" Link asked Ruby.
"Making a bread layer dish. Put toppings on top of one half of bread, and enclose it with another!" Ruby said as she finished making it.
She took a bite. "Yum!"
Link shook his head. His sister always came up with wacky ideas.
Conversely, Cherry ate everything separately. Link also did the same.
"What you wanna do afterward?" Link asked Cherry.
"I was thinking about going to the lake to see the sunset." She replied.
Ruby leaned into Link's ear: "Watching the sunset? How romantic!" She whispered.
Link once again slapped her arm.
"Sounds good to me." Link said.
"Shucks." Ruby said. "I would want to go too, but I still have to work and I wouldn't wanna ruing anything for you two," Ruby stood up and grabbed her plate.
"Maybe next time," Cherry responded.
"I gotta go. See you later." Ruby left the room and went into the kitchen.
"We should get going. the sun is setting in about two hours." Cherry said.
"Okay, lets go then."
Link and Cherry arrived at the lake and settled down. It was a small fishing lake, but sunsets here were wonderful. Not a lot of Ordonians knew this though. It was like a secret.
While waiting for the sunset, they caught up on what happened over the past month and a half.
Link talked about how he got in trouble for stupid things, like leaving the oven on, how Ruby spilled flour all over the kitchen. He also told about the time when Ruby got furious at a cocky customer, and threw his eclair at him.
Cherry talked about the books she read, like history books and novels. She talked about her dad, the mayor, and how he was acting. The mayor wanted to re- marry. Cherry was upset about it.
"I'm just not ready for a mother in my life," She explained. "And I don't know if I would have half- siblings. I couldn't deal with that."
"Don't worry about it." Link told her. "I'll be here."
Cherry also talked about how she wanted to visit the CastleTown, To explore it and get a chance to meet the Princess of Hyrule.
After a few moments of silence, Cherry asked something to Link.
"Do you ever wish your parents never died?" She asked.
Link stared at the ground, and ripped a piece of grass off of it.
"Sometimes. I just wish my mom never died giving birth, but that would also mean Ruby wouldn't exist. I can't also control the fact that my dad died fighting for Hyrule." He responded, quietly.
"Was it the Dark war?" Cherry asked. "Was that the war your dad fought in?"
Link ripped the piece of grass into shreds.
"Yeah. One of the rebels slashed him with a sword. He was trying to protect the princess. "
"Wait, wasn't the princess very young? Why was she out there?" Cherry anxiously asked.
"No, the other one. Princess... Something. I don't remember. She died in the war too, I think. The other princess is still alive."
"That makes more sense." She replied. "Poor princess."
"The Dark War was horrid, so many people died. Even The former princess. Hopefully nothing similar will happen again while we're alive." Link sighed.
"It was some prince from the desert who lead the rebels, right?"
"Yep," Link responded. "All for the Triforce."
"All people want is power, I guess. " Cherry told.
The sun began to set over the trees. The sky contained so much colors. There was pink, purple, blue, orange and red, green, yellow, and white. It was like an artist's painted masterpiece.
"Isn't it amazing how majestic the sky looks?" Cherry exclaimed.
"The creations of the goddesses are extremely wonderfilled." Link softly said.
The sun sank down into the trees, whereas there was only a puny amount of light outside.
"I should go before it gets too dark. I'll see if I can visit you tomorrow at the bakery." Cherry told Link.
"Please do. I'm gonna go home too, I'm exhausted." Link said.
They left the lake together. Link walked Cherry home.
"See you later, I guess." Link said.
"Goodnight to you as well." Cherry smiled, and shut the door closed.
Ruby greeted Link when he arrived at the house.
"Hey Link! Did you and Cherry kiss?" she teased
Link rolled his eyes.
"I did not kiss her. We're just friends, afterall." Link replied.
"How depressing. Just friends." Ruby told him.
"Okay, you can stop now. " He scowled. "You vex me."
"well, bye then." Ruby went to her room.
It was already eight at night, so Link went on a quest for food. He went as far as the kitchen.
There was some bread and meat, and a tiny bit of red wine. In no time, it was completely devoured by him.
After he ate, he went to bathe in the washroom. When was the last time he cleaned himself? He couldn't remember. He didn't smell too bad, so it must've been recent.
When he finished, Ruby had turned of all the torches and lamps inside the house. He then dressed into nightclothes, lit a candle, and went to look for grandma.
She was found in her room, sleeping. She's getting old. He left the room and headed for his own, precious bed. It was ten at night, and all he wanted was to sleep. He was drained of all his energy.
Link went under his covers, blew his candle, and closed his eyes, falling into sleep.
Later...
BOOM!*
A sound so deafening, it compelled Link to wake up. Link shot out of bed, and ran outside.
When he opened his door, his eyes widened, full of terror.