A hero in training
The Legend of Zelda franchise is owned by Nintendo, I have no ownership of the franchise
Chapter 1
Night in Hyrule, the kingdom was peaceful, all was quiet expect for a certain princess, as she tossed and turned in bed she was sweating and kept groaning in fear and pain, she was scared, her dreams were turning into nightmares every night, she had lost so many hours of sleep all because of one man who was more terrifying then Ganon, but she had never seen this man, she knows not his name or what he looks like, all she sees is his eyes burning red like blood and glowing like fire, the rest of him was black even though she couldn't see him she knew he was smiling, she knew he wanted to kill and torture everyone and everything, he was a manifestation of her worst fears and he was coming for her, she ran through her castle halls but everywhere she turned he was there, chasing her, trying to get her, to kill her. She thought she had a chance, if only she could get to his room, yes if she could get there to her hero, the hero of Hyrule who took down Ganondorf the great king of evil, if she could get to Link she could be save from this sadistic man chasing her, but like the rest of her dreams every time she got to his room the same thing, she would see his body mangled, torn limbs, his green tunic drenched in his blood, his sword broken in two with his own sword tip sticking from his chest piercing his heart, his eyes lifeless and beaten with the look of shock still on his face. Then like her other dreams she would feel that sadistic man grab her arms and lift her over his head and then hear his deafening laugh and she felt him rip her body in two, she would scream in fear and pain but no sound came out, knowing her fate was now sealed she looked into the man's eyes and heard him scream out loud "IS NO ONE STRONG ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE ME!" then all went black.
She sprung awake screaming alerting the castle guards outside her room doors and the guards doing their patrols outside in the castle courtyard. The guards burst into her room weapons ready expecting and intruder only to find the princess sitting in her bed drenched in sweat and shaking, "P-princess Zelda what's wrong?, is everything ok?, are you all right?" the guardsmen asked her with worry on his face and determination in his eyes, she snapped out of her trance like state and looked around at her surroundings, relieved that what she experienced was another dream she turn to the guard to answer him, "yes captain Roolof I'm fine just another bad dream" "my princess if you don't mind my input but these dreams you're having are becoming a problem to not only yours but to our health as well, if you don't mind I would like you to see a friend of mine she might be able to help you" Zelda looked at Roolof then away not giving him an answer to his proposal, "ah well it seems I have overstepped my boundaries forgive me princess" Roolof said while he bowed to her to show respect, he turned and order then other guard out of the room, as he was leaving Zelda looked at him causing him to stop and wonder what she was about to say and in a soft but strong voice she told him "you have not over stepped any boundaries looking out for me is your job captain, please make the arrangements to see your friend… and bring me link".
"Liiiinnnkkk! Where are you Roolof is here looking for you… link?" the young redhead looked around the ranch field but found no trances of the boy she was looking for. "hmph that boy better not be out fishing again he's supposed to help me feed and clean the horses today and even worse there's a castle guard here looking for him…. I'm going to kill him when I find him" the girl returned to the guard telling him that link is not here currently "ah well you can't expect a boy with his sprit to stay still for long periods of time"
"Don't sound so old, he's most likely gone to lake hylia to escape working today, he's such a lazy kid when there's no danger happening in Hyrule"
"Well then excuse me Miss Melon I have to go and get him to bring him to the castle, have a pleasant day" with that captain roolof bowed and left.
"That's Miss Malon not Melon you dolt we've know each other for years and you still can't get my name right" Malon screamed at the now terrified guard.
Roolof now galloping on horseback to lake hylia thought to himself "wow I better start getting her name right or she might not let me get first pick at their famous milk anymore" as he rode on the sun had started to set and he started to think of all the things going on in the castle, Zelda, the lack of care among the guards, The sudden death of Zelda's father. "Heh this old heart can't handle this kind of stress as good as it used to, hmmm maybe I need a vacation" the captain thought about these until he found the man he was looking for. Link rode on top of his trusting reddish brown mare Epona with his eyes closed letting the feel of the wind in his hair sooth him, as he opened his eyes he saw the captain standing on top of a faraway hill, once he realized who was standing there link turn Epona towards him hoping that the captain had an exciting job for him and wasn't simply enjoying a vacation, once link came within earshot of the captain he yelled "please tell me you have something better then ranch work for me" hearing this the captain couldn't help chuckle, "No Master Link I don't have a job for you, but Princess Zelda is asking for you she might have something for you to do if your still avoiding work after I went through all the hard work of getting you the job in first place"
"Hehe well you know it was too nice a day to be spent cleaning horse's"
"So you snuck off while Melon was busy doing something else correct"
"No I snuck off while she was sleeping in her room and her name is Malon"
"Anyway let's get your gear from the ranch" the captain said as he turned his horse to face lon lon ranch.
With link behind him the captain started trotting towards the ranch just enjoying the evening air and the light breeze off of the lake letting the smell of the field sooth his troubles away, then as he was listening to his surroundings he didn't hear Epona behind him, he turn to find that link had stopped dead in his tracks with a worried look in his face "what wrong Master link you seem worried about something"
"Well it's just that I forgot about Malon and I know she going to get me if she sees me" link told the captain with a slight tremble in his voice causing Roolof to burst out laughing "hahaha the greatest hero hyrule has ever seen holder of both the master sword and the triforce of courage is scared of a small redheaded ranch girl hahaha" then as he was laughing he was hit in the head with Links shield giving him a considerable goose egg of his head "what was that for you jackass"
"that was for making fun of me mister can't get her name right which is even worst then skipping out on her"
"Why is that anyway?"
"I have no idea I guess it's just a pet peeve of hers"
"So what, your scared and don't want her to find you?"
"in this type of situation it is best to stay away for at least a few days, so do you think it would be okay if we wait till she falls asleep?" link asked with a utmost plea. The captain thought about it then came up with a proposal for link "ok but only if you get me some of the chateau Romani milk you guys get from termina alright" link thought about it for a second then agreed to do it.
After midnight Link and Roolof climbed the wall surrounding Lon Lon Ranch and checked the inside of the ranch making sure that Malon was asleep, unfortunately she was up sitting on a crate steaming mad thinking about all the cruel things she was going to do to link when he came back, "damn she's still awake it's already 1 in the morning" Roolof turned to link "I now understand your fear of her" causing link to laugh "I'm not scared of her I'm scared of what she's going to do to me if she finds me" this caused the captain to let out another laugh but unfortunately it was loud enough that Malon heard it from where she was sitting peaking her curiosity "Link is that you?, you better run if you don't want to die" she yelled across the ranch. "uh oh we better hurry if we both don't want to die" link whispered to Roolof trying to be quieter than before "we you mean you" he whispered back to link as he pushed him over the cliff wall onto the dirt and grass of the ranch "don't forget my milk link" Roolof hollered down to link. As link looked up at the top of the wall he was on a second ago he heard footsteps quickly coming closer to him making him look over to see Malon running at him at full speed screaming different profanities at him but too angry to make any sense, when link saw she was less than a few feet from him he quickly got up and started to run away from her and avoid the various items from tools to horse shoes and even rocks off the ground Malon was throwing at him, all while yelling at him. "Hehe that boy better still be able to run because she defiantly has some stamina, I'll just sit here and watch the fun" after some time link came back tired from running and a few goose bumps he came back to find Roolof asleep, to which he gave the captain a swift kick in the side of his torso making him fall down the cliff wall, he caught himself by one hand holding on to the side of the cliff and looking up at link "you son of a bitch what would have happened if I fell on my head or had a heart attack"
"Quit talking like you're a hundred years old you pushed me off, let's call it a merciful act of revenge for pushing me off the cliff"
"Merciful what about this is merciful" the captain screamed at link, Link nonchalantly told the scared and sweaty captain "well let's see, I'm haven't pushed you to the ground yet or let Malon know you're here as well" the captain thinking about what Link just told, figured it was a bit merciful and decided not to make the boy currently looking down at him with a pissed off expression anymore pissed off then he was currently whimpered in a defeated tone "Okay fine did you at least get my milk?"
"I did but since you got me chase by Malon I think I'll keep it for myself"
"Oh come on don't be so stingy"
"Come on you let's get going" link told the captain as he pulled him off the cliff wall to the top where they were before, "alright now that that's settled, did you get all your gear" the captain asked link who turned to him with another angry look on his face "NO I didn't get some of my items like my bottles, or my hook shot or my bow, all thanks to you getting me chased by Malon" Link annoyed tone told the captain in a quiet way, "well why don't you carry them all in your magic pouch on your side there" Roolof shot back at link
"Sometimes I have to take them out to make sure their still in good enough condition to use and forget to put them back" link fired back at Roolof
"Well anyway let's get going before Malon finds us again" Link agreed with Roolof then as both of them were about to climb off the cliff wall two horse shoes flew at them hitting them both in the foreheads making them fall of the wall on to the grass outside the ranch, "oh shit she found us let's get a move on Roolof" link shouted at the dazed captain as he was racing over to Epona to climb on and escape the growing anger of the young ranch girl. As link took off toward the castle Roolof finally made it to his horse trying to climb on still groggy from the hit in the head and the fall to the ground, climbing on he looked to the castle past the entrance of the ranch to see link quickly on his way away from where he was, "that bastard left me alone to fend off Malon by myself" as he said those words he saw Malon running towards him with what appeared to be a pitch fork "Roolof you're going to die" Malon screamed at the fleeing man, "what did I do you crazy farm girl" Roolof yelled back at her as he kicked his horse in its side trying to get it to run faster.
With that the two galloped towards Hyrule castle town, link slowed down so that Roolof would have a chance to catch up to him, "alright so what's on the princess' mind that she wants me for?" link yelled over the rushing wind so Roolof could hear him "she'll tell you want she wants from you when we get there, which should be at the crack of dawn, so save your anxious mood for when you get to see her mister hero" Roolof hollered back at link causing him to simply return his gaze to the castle where he hoped another adventure awaited him.
