a/n: Okay, my idea for an Unsuspecting heroine didn't really work out, so i decided to write a new, fresh story, about Malon.
I looked in the mirror and sighed. Why couldn't my hair be blond? Or...just some color other than red. I grabbed the necklace I wear everyday off my desk and put it on. It was my mom's, before she died.
"Malon!" I heard my dad calling me downstairs. "Come on, you have to bring a letter to the King for me!"
Oh, Goddess, what was I to do about that? Just the idea of being in the same ROOM as the King made me nervous. I was really curious as to what the letter was about, but my dad wouldn't tell me.
"Coming, Daddy!" I called back, and hurried downstairs. I smiled as I saw my dad drinking his usual morning coffee and went up to him.
"Okay, so where's the letter?" I asked.
"Right here," said my dad. "But, before, I give it to you, I need to tell you that you cannot read it. Understood?"
"Yes, Daddy," I said sulkily.
"And get it there quickly please, Malon," said my dad.
"I will," I said taking the letter from his hands.
*****
I was brainstorming what the letter could be about all the way across Hyrule Field. I just HAD to know. What was going on? Was it something just between my dad and the King, or did other people know it too? Maybe if I just took a little tiny peek at the letter, no one would know. I started tearing at the tape on the edges of the paper. Just as I tore the last corner, the letter ripped and blew away from me.
"Oh, no!" I exclaimed, and started to run after it.
The paper started blowing towards the market. I was close to it, I almost had it. I ran, took a great bounding leap and dived at it, and ran right smack into someone and knocked he/she/it over.
I looked over at the person. It was Link. Oh Goddess.
"Link!" I said. "Ummm...hi! I'm, uh, sorry, this paper here, it sort of blew out of my hands, but I've got it now!"
"It's okay," said Link. "What is the paper for?"
"Well..." I said, hesitant. "It's a letter for the King, but know I've gone and ripped it in half, I was trying to take a peek at it, my father wouldn't tell me what it was about, and i pulled back the tape, and it ripped!"
"So, how can you put it back together?" he asked. " Do you still have the tape?"
"Uh, yeah," I said.
"Here," he said, pulling the tape and letter from me. He put the tape along the rip and put it back together.
"Oh, Link, thank you!" I cried.
"No problem, I guess I'll see you around then?"
"Yeah, sure."
With that, I went inside the market. There was some sort of commotion going on. I went up to a lady I recognized as Mrs. McCally, one of my dad's frequent customers at his dairy shop.
"What's going on?" I asked her.
"Oh, Malon, it's just...awful!! It's happening again, it truly is, I know it, how can this be?"
"What's happening again, Mrs. McCally?" I asked.
" A period of DARKNESS," said Mrs. McCally, her eyes filled with fear. "The Princess is missing, the King is frantic, and monsters have been popping up everywhere!"
"What?" I asked. "Well, I've got to deliver this letter to the King, but I'll talk to you again after!"
I started walking towards the palace in quick strides. What was going on? I met up with the guard at the entrance and showed him my letter, and he allowed me to proceed.
"Go straight through the double doors, that's the throne room, miss," he said.
I walked in, gazing around in awe at how beautiful it was. I walked across the deep crimson rug and pulled hard on the double doors. As I walked into the throne, the King pointed at me.
"There!" he cried. "This letter will have the answer!" He sweeped over, grabbed the letter, and read it, his eyes widening at some parts and crinkling into a look of anger at other parts.
"Malon, are you, er, aware of what's going on?" asked the King.
"Oh, no, Your Majesty," I said. "But I really would like too, I would, but my father didn't want me to read the letter, so I figure he doesn't want me to know."
"Well, Malon, you should know. Because we are going to need all the allies we can get. So, I'll tell you what's going on."
To be continued...
I looked in the mirror and sighed. Why couldn't my hair be blond? Or...just some color other than red. I grabbed the necklace I wear everyday off my desk and put it on. It was my mom's, before she died.
"Malon!" I heard my dad calling me downstairs. "Come on, you have to bring a letter to the King for me!"
Oh, Goddess, what was I to do about that? Just the idea of being in the same ROOM as the King made me nervous. I was really curious as to what the letter was about, but my dad wouldn't tell me.
"Coming, Daddy!" I called back, and hurried downstairs. I smiled as I saw my dad drinking his usual morning coffee and went up to him.
"Okay, so where's the letter?" I asked.
"Right here," said my dad. "But, before, I give it to you, I need to tell you that you cannot read it. Understood?"
"Yes, Daddy," I said sulkily.
"And get it there quickly please, Malon," said my dad.
"I will," I said taking the letter from his hands.
*****
I was brainstorming what the letter could be about all the way across Hyrule Field. I just HAD to know. What was going on? Was it something just between my dad and the King, or did other people know it too? Maybe if I just took a little tiny peek at the letter, no one would know. I started tearing at the tape on the edges of the paper. Just as I tore the last corner, the letter ripped and blew away from me.
"Oh, no!" I exclaimed, and started to run after it.
The paper started blowing towards the market. I was close to it, I almost had it. I ran, took a great bounding leap and dived at it, and ran right smack into someone and knocked he/she/it over.
I looked over at the person. It was Link. Oh Goddess.
"Link!" I said. "Ummm...hi! I'm, uh, sorry, this paper here, it sort of blew out of my hands, but I've got it now!"
"It's okay," said Link. "What is the paper for?"
"Well..." I said, hesitant. "It's a letter for the King, but know I've gone and ripped it in half, I was trying to take a peek at it, my father wouldn't tell me what it was about, and i pulled back the tape, and it ripped!"
"So, how can you put it back together?" he asked. " Do you still have the tape?"
"Uh, yeah," I said.
"Here," he said, pulling the tape and letter from me. He put the tape along the rip and put it back together.
"Oh, Link, thank you!" I cried.
"No problem, I guess I'll see you around then?"
"Yeah, sure."
With that, I went inside the market. There was some sort of commotion going on. I went up to a lady I recognized as Mrs. McCally, one of my dad's frequent customers at his dairy shop.
"What's going on?" I asked her.
"Oh, Malon, it's just...awful!! It's happening again, it truly is, I know it, how can this be?"
"What's happening again, Mrs. McCally?" I asked.
" A period of DARKNESS," said Mrs. McCally, her eyes filled with fear. "The Princess is missing, the King is frantic, and monsters have been popping up everywhere!"
"What?" I asked. "Well, I've got to deliver this letter to the King, but I'll talk to you again after!"
I started walking towards the palace in quick strides. What was going on? I met up with the guard at the entrance and showed him my letter, and he allowed me to proceed.
"Go straight through the double doors, that's the throne room, miss," he said.
I walked in, gazing around in awe at how beautiful it was. I walked across the deep crimson rug and pulled hard on the double doors. As I walked into the throne, the King pointed at me.
"There!" he cried. "This letter will have the answer!" He sweeped over, grabbed the letter, and read it, his eyes widening at some parts and crinkling into a look of anger at other parts.
"Malon, are you, er, aware of what's going on?" asked the King.
"Oh, no, Your Majesty," I said. "But I really would like too, I would, but my father didn't want me to read the letter, so I figure he doesn't want me to know."
"Well, Malon, you should know. Because we are going to need all the allies we can get. So, I'll tell you what's going on."
To be continued...