I got everything ready in a hurry. Mom was at work so it will be easy to sneak off this time. I still don't know where Kaley is but I honestly don't care. If she was off being eaten by a goblin I wouldn't care. I should stop thinking of my sister like this; I should stop thinking about anything in this category and I should be thinking of where I'm going to start. I readied my bag with one canteen, my dagger, a rope and some matches. I put on my jade green T-shirt made of tough fabric and materials, I also put on my skort and my brown boots, I clipped on another dagger onto the boots; a bigger, sharper one. I grabbed my bow and arrows and ran for the door with my bag. I got outside and ran around the corner to where we keep Naileen, our horse. She's really pretty, she has black hairs and a white chest, her hair is long and black, as well as her tail. I don't use a saddle on her because neither of us likes them. I rode her like a wild Indian sometimes, no saddle, only something to steer her in the right direction. Before I hopped on I grabbed a piece of paper out of my pocket and wrote, "Be back soon" and took the little knife and hung it up on the wood. I hopped on Naileen and yelled, "Hiya!" She ran off and I went for the south gate. I stormed through crowds of people and maneuvered around them, I steered Naileen to the gates and they were already open. I saw mom in the road, "Wait!" she screamed for me to stop but I just kept going, but I looked back to see her running behind me. She disappeared as soon as Naileen jumped over the stairs and ran across Hyrule field.
I steered her to the left because I was going to Kakariko village first, I didn't know why but Zelda had mentioned something about this place in her stories. It was dark out and hard to see by the time I got to Kakariko village. No one was outside and I stopped Naileen right in the spring. I dismounted her and took a sip of water out of my canteen. The place looked deserted and empty, a cold and unwelcoming wind came upon me and I shivered though it wasn't the breeze that made me shiver. I heard something in the distance, leaves rustled and I must admit that I'm scared. I saw two shadowesque eyes and whatever it was made an awful screech. It was a shadow beast. My eyes widened and I couldn't find myself breathing, it approached me slowly with a strange walk and when I regained my breaths I slowly reached for my bow. My hand shook like it had never shaken before, I bit my lip and even my mouth quivered. My eyes watered a little and I touched one of the arrows, it clacked against another one and the beast stopped in its tracks, it made a loud scream and it pierced my ears. The sound was horrible and I had to restrain myself from covering my ears, I made a quick and bold move by taking the arrow and placing it so it would be ready to shoot. I closed my eyes but through my lids I saw a light glow from below me. I opened my eyes to see the water I was standing in brighten up, this was new to me but I had stopped shaking and I felt stronger. I aimed my bow at the beasts head and pulled my elbow by my ear. I looked to the right of myself to see my hand placed where it should be, I looked at my hand and saw something glow on it as well; it was a tri-force. This scared me and I let go of the arrow to look at my hand in surprise, I just realized I had just missed the beast's heart when I heard it screech again. It ran towards me so I jumped on Naileen and gave her a kick. She ran right past the being and it scratched my leg, I steered Naileen right behind it and took my shot, I let the arrow go and it went right into its back; this would stall him. Naileen ran around to the front and I saw my hand glow brighter and I shot an arrow right through his head. I saw the arrow glow and it came out the other side of his head. My mouth dropped and so did the shadow beast.
I brang Naileen to a halt and got off her again. I stood in the water with my mouth open and my eyes wide, I wasn't scared but surprised. I heard a little cry if joy from above, "She killed it! It's okay! You can come out now!" I saw towns people come out of homes. They murmured and stared at me, a man with mixed skin and black rough hair came out of a strange looking home and approached me, "Thank you, traveler." He bowed to me and smiled, "We are deeply grateful. My name is Renado." He seemed nice and I was suddenly happy I helped these people. Three children ran up to me, one girl and two boys, "Thank you so much!" The first one said, "I'm Talo!"
"I'm Malo…" said the younger one.
"I'm Beth! Nice to meet you, traveler!" The girl said in a high pitched voice.
"Uh... Yes, nice to meet you too…" I was a little shy, even with kids around me. Then again, I did just kill a beast that I thought would be extinct, "Um… I came here to look for Zelda. Have you seen her lately?"
"Ah." Said Renado, "I have indeed. She came by earlier this week and asked a favor of me, she had asked me to make a journey to Ordon village. But other than that no, I have not." I figured this was the perfect opportunity to find more clues on Zelda's whereabouts, "Well, Ordon village is my town." I lied, "I'm going back there, I had just come for an update, me and Zelda were childhood friends and she told me stories about this place… I haven't seen her in the longest time." Saying this made me feel old, "If you would like, I could take back the message or do whatever you need to do there if you'd like…"
"You would?" he said happily, "if that wouldn't be any trouble, I have these three to look after," He pointed politely to the children, "but first, please come in for some rest. I believe that this is the first thing you have ever killed in your life." He looked at the shadow being and gave an earthy chuckle. I went inside and told Renado about how I felt when I killed it. I went to bed soon after that because I was overwhelmed.
