Chapter 2
The Runaway
You probably know her as the glowing ball of white and blue hovering over Link's head. You might know her as the friend who Link went looking for. But Navi knows herself as 'The Runaway'. For a good reason, too.
Link never knew why she had left him. The most Link could have figured was that she didn't want to be sucked into saving the world, again. Strange; because little did he know, his little fairy companion went off and ended up saving one anyways.
"C'mon; I swear there was a Great Fairy's Fountain somewhere in this area." Navi muttered under her breath as she glided gracefully through the forest, looking left and right for any sign of a cave.
Navi was very small. About the size of an average person's hand. From far away, she seemed nothing more than a glowing ball of light with four wings. But up close; she seemed almost human. Her deep blue hair stretched down just below her shoulders, resembling the ocean. Her lips were even blue, in fact. Her eyes were small, and colored like crystals. She had a somewhat skinny frame hidden under a small, blue dress. Almost human up close. Besides the wings. And the white and blue aura surrounding her like a magical cloud.
Navi was looking for a place to belong. Her master, The Great Deku Tree, had died two years back. She was hoping to live with the great fairy of the forest. But it was finding the cave that was the problem. She never had been to the great fairy of the forest; but she heard she was very nice. That was what Navi was looking for. A nice, easy-going person to live with.
Navi was here also because she had left Link, the hero she had helped save Hyrule. But he was more than a hero to her. He was her friend, despite being years younger than her fairy-wise and human-wise. Navi was 220 in human years. But in fairy, that was about twenty-two. She had felt bad for leaving Link. But like he guessed; she didn't want to go through another adventure saving the world. It was just something about that boy. Something that told her he was always going to be stuck in several messes.
She still remembered the last seconds she spent with him. Those last moments in the Temple of Time, after Link returned to his normal age...
"I like you better as a kid. You should stay that way." Navi told him smiling. She gave him a wink.
"Why's that?" he asked. His expression was serious, almost like he had seen so much he was refusing to smile again.
"Because we had more fun when you were young."
Link seemed to swallow a lump in his throat. He tried to change the subject," I think we should go visit the princess now, Navi, and stop Ganondorf." he told her quickly.
"Link..." how was she supposed to break it to him that she didn't want to save the world again? Ganondorf and the princess could only bring them back into that," Link, I don't think I'm coming."
"Why not...?" he asked slowly, taking a step forward in her direction.
"B-because I don't want to do anymore fighting and such. I just want to live in peace."
"Navi! Don't do that, come with me! We won't have to fight him this time; we can leave that up to the guards. Then we can go back to the Kokiri forest!" he cried.
That nearly brought a tear to Navi's eye. He still begged like a child. He really was one. But she knew that trouble only followed this boy. She started to float higher into the air, edging towards the window.
"L-Link I'm sorry but... I can't..." and with that, she flew away.
When she turned to look at Link one last time; she saw he was taking it like a little soldier. He nodded bravely and turned and walked away.
Navi sighed, the memory still close to her heart. She quickly turned her attention back to a statue she had just stumbled upon while in thought. It was on top of a small hill in the middle of the forest. It was made to look like a Great Fairy's Fountain. There was a small, stone circle in the middle, where an exact replica of a great fairy sat. A few small fairies laid down in the circle by her. As Navi looked closer, she noticed that the great fairy seemed to be holding something.
As she looked right on it, she noticed it was a small mirror. She sat down on the stone arm of the great fairy and looked in it. She quickly fixed her hair while she inspected the mirror. It looked to be made of solid gold. Not a scratch of dirt or dust was on it.
Bam! There was a sudden explosion of red light. Navi wasn't sent flying backwards. Instead, the forest around her disappeared and she fell down on a hard, dirt ground.
"What the...?" she trailed off, looking all around her. She was in a small jailcell, just big enough for her to take a few paces in every direction. The ground was dirt, for some reason. It was very dark, she could only see the strange blue and green glow a few steps away from her. She slowly pushed herself up and crawled over to the light. It was another fairy, a sleeping one.
It was a boy, probably a few years younger than her in fairy years. He was well muscled. He clutched a harpoon tightly. He wore a black vest and leather pants below that. For some reason, this fairy was wearing boots. Very few fairies wore footwear in Hyrule. His hair was curly and brown, yet short in the back.
Navi leaned over and tapped him lightly on the shoulder. The fairy stirred and woke up. He gasped, surprised, as soon as he saw her.
"Hi, I'm Navi, the guardian fairy! Can you tell me where I am?" she asked him.
"H-hi; I'm Al, the sailor companion fairy, I-"
"What's a sailor?" Navi interrupted.
"A person who sails a boat in the ocean."
Navi nodded approvingly," So where are we?"
"I-in a concentration camp. It's pretty much like prison."
Navi's eyes widened in surprise," Prison?! Why am I here?!"
Al shrugged," The new emperor of Sel'Aer has been acting crazy and is putting all fairies in these camps for some reason. We basically just eat and sleep here."
"That's terrible!" Navi cried.
"Keep it down!" a large voice cried from the darkness.
Al motioned for her to be quiet.
A/N: Short and a little too straight forward, but it will get better, trust me.
So comments...? Ideas...? Critique...? They're always welcome!
