Legend of Zelda: Seven Seals
Prologue: A Favor
The cloaked woman hurried out of the city with a feeling of dread pounding in her veins. The tiny bundle in her arms stirred gently, and she fixed the blanket around it so it was a little higher. No one noticed as she hurried through the market and slid through the secret passage that went under the wall and out to Hyrule Field that only she knew about. She slipped quietly through the river surrounding the castle and paused on the edge of Hyrule Field, searching for the Stalchildren that so usually plagued her. She saw none.
The woman took off across the gently sloping ground towards a small wooden bridge to her left. She didn't hear the gentle scratching sounds coming from the earth behind her. Nor did she hear the quiet swishing of dry bones rubbing against each other. She felt something catch on her cloak and try to pull her back. She spun around and gasped at the leering skull behind her. She tore her cloak from its clutches and stumbled back into the arms of another Stalchild. She ripped herself away and clutched her bundle closer to her. The sharp nub of a finger scratched across her face, drawing blood. She ran as more Stalchildren began to appear but there were too many, and their fingers tore at her clothes and flesh. She gasped when some kind of purple gel fell on an open cut on her arm and seeped into the wound, seeming to set her arm on fire.
The woman turned and ran as hard and fast as she could; she could feel the poison coursing through her veins. The Stalchildren pursued her but couldn't keep up. She crossed the bridge and turned right. There was a stitch buried in her side. She turned into Zora territory and splashed through the river to the other side of the bank. All the Octoroks were asleep and none bothered her as she scrambled across the slippery rocks. She followed the river up to its source. She could feel herself getting weaker and weaker. She stood on the small plaque and pulled an ocarina out from the small pack on her back, blowing into it a quiet and slightly haunting melody. The falls parted and she jumped across the small gap.
She came out in the beautiful Zora's Domain but she could barely see the clear blue waters through the blurring of her vision. She stumbled down the path and back up the hill to the throne room of King Zora. Other Zoras popped their heads up above the water to watch the progress of the strange cloaked woman. Nobody recognized her.
She collapsed on the pedestal of the great king and pushed back her hood. Her long, blonde, sweat soaked hair lined her worn and tired looking face. She looked up at King Zora and when she spoke her voice was barely above a whisper. "Please," she said, "please take care of him." She set the small bundle, now beginning to stir, down in front of her and placed the bag on her back beside it.
"Lilya, what's happened?" King Zora asked with concern
"I've had a dream," answered Lilya, "of darkness and death for my family. I need you to protect my son. I saved your child's life, now you save mine's."
King Zora nodded his great head. "Of course I shall care for your child."
"Adopt him as your own," Lilya pressed.
King Zora nodded his agreement and Lila smiled her thanks. "His name is Link. Give this too him," she indicated the package, "when he comes of age. Tell him I love him every day. And tell him I'm sorry I couldn't be there for him." And she collapsed, never to move again. King Zora stared at the small wriggling bundle. Just what was going on?
Enia: I really shouldn't be putting this up. I haven't even beaten the game at; I'm only at the Shadow Temple. It's a hard game and it doesn't help that my controller is sucky. Oh well. I really like this story so I'm puttin' it up. Please give me some reviews!