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Link walked in front of the group. Drusus and Zelda followed closely behind. Everyone else behind them. Everyone is tensed. They don't know the forest only from what they heard. No one has ever gone through it and come back alive. Link guiding them wasn't helping at all either. Who knows what he's capable of? He may really be from Kokiri Forest and just happened to stay alive through this forest, or he may really be a demon and lied that he's a good person.
They had only traveled about a few miles in. Drusus kept up his guard as he noticed how tense Link was. To others, Link may seem calm and laid back, but Drusus can tell Link had all of his defenses up. Link was nervous, and that made Drusus even more anxious. Zelda, on the other hand, felt safe with Link around. True, she's in the deadliest place anyone can ever be with a total stranger, but she felt safe. She feels nervous as well thinking anything could jump out at them at any moment. But somehow, deep in her heart, she knows Link will save her. But why does she feel so? Is it because he's wearing the same green color as her dream? Or are they destined? Zelda shook her head from the frustration.
Drusus noticed Zelda and turned to look at her. At that moment, Link stopped. He held his hand up and froze, as if listening to something. He scowled thinking that it's impossible to lead a large group through the Dark Forest unseen. He thought it would be a smaller group, maybe only 7 or 8 of them. But the whole group amounted to at least 30 people. That is too much from a small trail in the forest. Link knew the moment he saw them that most of them would not make it out of the forest alive. The only people who had the chance of survival are him, the general, and the princess.
Drusus dismounted the horse and walk silently up to Link. Link didn't even pay attention to him. But he did turn and glared at him. Drusus felt inferior to Link, but he needs to keep up his pride. He is, after all, the great general of Hyrule.
"What is it?" Drusus whispered lowly.
Link flinched as if Drusus's words had cut him. He spit back. "Stay with the princess."
Drusus felt offended but did as he was told. After all, no one knows the forest like Link did. Just at the moment he reached Zelda, they heard a loud grumbling sound. It shook the earth beneath them. Rocks from the cliff above them started to fall down on them. The horses panicked and dashed away. Zelda's horse kicked up making Zelda fall backwards. Drusus picked Zelda up and took out his sword. While this happened, Link only stayed still. His eyes was locked on something in front. Slowly, he unsheathe his sword and backed away.
Some of the soldiers started to panic and unsheathe their swords as well. The maids and servants hid besides the cliff. Drusus noticed that Link backed up. He looked forward to where Link was looking at but didn't see anything. Then Link raised his hand at them, not leaving his focus on whatever was ahead of them. He signaled for them to back up. They softly backed away. Then suddenly, they heard a loud scream from behind. Drusus, Link, and Zelda turned around quickly to see that a gigantic monster had seized a soldier with his fangs. Blood squirted out where the soldier was pierced. A maid let out a horrifying scream. And that was it for them.
That moment, about 2 or 3 monsters jumped out at them from the trees. As big as a horse, they tore through the human skin like knife through butter. Horrified, Zelda froze. Suddenly, all sounds faded. Her eyes couldn't focus. She saw Drusus run in front of a monster and slashed horizontally with his sword. Red blood squirted out forcibly. The monster pounced on Drusus and bit through his armor. It stained his skin and hair red. But he managed to pull a knife and stabbed its eye. While this happened, Zelda's fear rose. This was probably what her dream was telling her. She's going to die eaten by a monster.
She felt her breathing stop. Her heart beat so fast it felt like it was about to burst. Just then, she felt a warm hand on her left arm. It was firm, but soft. She turned to look at the source. There he was, standing there giving her a reassuring and firm look. He was saying something to her, but she couldn't hear his voice. She only stared blankly at him. Then he tightened his grip and pulled her. They started running towards the forest where the monsters came out of. Link was yelling at the others, giving them directions. But Zelda couldn't make out what it is. She looked back and saw the others dash after them. But there were only a few left. Maybe 15 or so. Drusus was dragging behind them, his left shoulder bleeding heavily.
"Princess!"
Zelda heard someone shout. She snapped her head forward and saw Link dragging her. His eyes looked deadly as he led her away. That's when Zelda realized what was happening. They were dying.
"Princess! You need to snap out of it! I can't protect you and drag you at the same time!" Link snapped at her.
Zelda shook her head and focused. She grabbed her skirt and held it up higher to run faster. When she did this, she noticed a faint smile on his face as he let go of her. She followed him through the forest. She looked back and saw that the others were falling behind. She looked back at Link and saw that he was running too fast ahead of her. She can't keep up, especially with her dress. By the time she realized, she was alone.
Zelda stopped by a stump that seemed like the tree had been snapped off. Trying to catch her breath, Zelda looked around. She saw no one. She tried listening to their voices, but nothing. She didn't even hear the sound of crickets. It was complete silence. Suddenly, something crashed down right next to her. Zelda jumped back and fell over a large branch. She looked to the source and saw the carriage. Zelda was horrified. The carriage was torn in all places like a torn old rag. There was blood everywhere. Zelda thought she could hear the screams of the young maids hidden inside as the monsters ripped through them. She shivered.
Suddenly, something golden caught her eyes. It was the gift from her father and mother. Zelda scrambled to her feet. Somehow, she knew she needed to get those gifts. Something inside might help her survive this hellish nightmare. As Zelda walked forward, she heard a loud breathing from behind her. She froze in place. She knew that it wasn't human. She slowly turned her head. About ten feet from her, an even larger monster walked by. His body shaped like a lion but with black, grimy scales. The tail had razor sharp spikes. Its head was gruesomely large and atrocious. Sticking out of it, long red and black skin-like horns rose. Its black eyes searched for its next victim, and it just found Zelda. It turned its head to look at her.
For a moment, they stood still like that, staring at each other. When it moved its leg up, Zelda knew that was the moment she needed to move. She dashed towards the carriage. Behind her, the large monster ran after her shaking the earth in its wake. Zelda struggling to keep her balance for she knew if she fell over now, it would be the end for her. She made it just in time to the gifts and opened the smaller packaged first. It was a golden dagger shaped so beautifully that anyone who had seen it would've think it was made by the goddesses themselves. But Zelda didn't have the luxury to awe. She took it out and managed it stab the monster's nose as it closed in on her. Zelda managed to duck out of the way before its fang found her. But it did get a taste of her blood. It ripped through her sleeve, cutting only a bit of her arm.
The monster made a yelping sound as it jumped back in pain. It wiggled on the ground as it tried to pull the dagger out. This gave enough time for Zelda to grab the second box and unwrapped it. But the box itself was made of gold and Zelda couldn't figure out how to get it opened. As she struggled, she didn't realize the monster had taken the dagger out and stood up. It got ready to attack her once more. When Zelda looked up, she saw it flying towards her. Her heart stopped.
"This is it." Zelda thought to herself as she closed her eyes.
Just then, she heard the animal shrieked. Zelda opened her eyes. There, she saw the monster had flown back with a huge cut across its face. Blood oozed out of it like honey dripping. Standing in front of her was Link. His sword stained with blood. His shield looked like it was about to break apart. His clothes were torn and bloody. He was wheezing, but he was still standing firm.
"Thank the Goddess I found you." Link said. Zelda had never felt so special in her life. Hearing that come from a total stranger made Zelda smile. "I didn't think you were that slow."
Zelda frowned. All thoughts just washed away. Zelda bit her bottoms lips. "Well, SORRY for being slow."
Link scowled and was about to say something else. But the monster sprang back up. It glared at them. Suddenly, its black eyes turned bloody red and a red light came from behind its teeth. Link knew exactly what was going to happen. He jumped back towards Zelda and held her close to him with one arm. The other arm held up his shield to block them from the attack. Zelda wasn't sure what was going on, but she silently led Link do whatever he needed to do. At that moment, the monster opened its mouth and lava shot out at them. Luckily for them, it didn't last long. The lava quickly melted Link's wooden shield. Link threw the shield away quickly revealing a dark burn on his arm where it was attached. Link winced at the pain.
He turned to her. "I need a shield!"
Zelda shook her head. Then she got an idea. She took his sword away from him and ran towards the monster. Link was a bit stunned by her action and yelled after her. "What the hell are you doing?"
Without looking back, Zelda yelled out as she swung at the monster who dodged. "Open that golden box! I'll keep this thing company. Hurry!"
Link was shocked. "Are you crazy? Can you even hold a sword?"
Zelda's rage went up. This guy is seriously getting on her nerves. "I'm the fucking princess! Don't think I can't hold a sword just because I'm wearing a fucking dress and a crown!"
Zelda cut through the monsters lips as it turned. The blood trailed off after the sword. The monster shrieked and jumped back in pain. Link admitted it that he was amazed. Zelda seemed weak and frail but she can truly hold her own when a sword has been put in her hands. He turned to the golden box and quickly turned it to find the lock. When he found it, it was set in a strange puzzle. He didn't have time to awe the riddle on it. Although Zelda may be able to hold her own, the fact that she's still a woman will give way. No matter how strong, women have their weaknesses.
Link tried to ignore the cries of the monster and the hard-labored breathing of Zelda. He noticed that whoever wanted to hide whatever was inside wanted it hidden. It was something highly valuable. And he also noticed that the box was a detonation as well. A person can only try opening it six times, but Zelda had used it three times already. That means he only has three tries to get it opened. He tried piecing the puzzle the first time, but it didn't work. The second time, he was quite close. Then he heard Zelda scream in pain. He snapped his head up. The monster had swung its tail at her and cut through her dress, revealing three blood marks across her torso. She bent over and clung to her stomach where she was cut. As the monster tried to pounce on her, Zelda immediately jumped back. She landed near her dagger from earlier. She picked it up and dashed towards the right standing exactly across from Link. She threw the dagger at the monster but it leapt out of the way. The dagger struck the carriage next to Link.
When he saw that, he immediately took it knowing that it was the key to the puzzle. He slide the dagger into the open area of the box. Then he turned it and it made a click sound. He opened it revealing what look like a long metal flat shape thing. Not sure what it was, he took it out. On the back, he noticed that there was a handle. He grabbed on to it and flung it to his side thinking that it pretty much a waste of time. He needed to save Zelda and this is the only thing that might be useful at the moment. However, when he did that, the metal thing shot out four pieces out in two directions revealing a blue shield. It was the most weird and coolest thing Link have ever witnessed. But he had no time to be impressed by it. He dashed towards Zelda just as she collapsed on the ground.
The monster was about to shoot out another lava beam at Zelda when Link came in front of her and blocked them from the attack with his new shield. The lava fell around them but was untouched. Link was amazed. He grabbed his sword and swung it at the monster. Then he jumped up and swung his sword down on the monster's head. He took out his sword and a gush of blood shot up. The monster screamed in pain and fell to the side, dead.
Link stared at it for a bit then turned to Zelda. She was exhausted and badly injured. But she still had enough energy to look at the shield. She touched it with her fingers and smiled.
"So this is what she wanted to give me."
Link only blinked at her. "What do you mean?"
Zelda smiled. "The Hero's shield."
Link was a bit confused. "What?"
"The Hero's shield. It was said that a hero long ago saved the land from evil. After that, he traveled the world leaving his weapons to the great guardians of the land. It is said each weapon holds a deep power within it. Whomever wields these weapons have the power to stop evil. But only those with a true heart only may withhold its true powers."
Link looked at the shield. Indeed, the moment he held onto it, he felt like the shield's power flowed into him, making them as one. Just as he hooked the shield on his back, Zelda collapsed.