Disclaimer: I do not own LoZ, though I wish I did. I DO own Tera though.
Chapter 2: The Entrance to the Grove
"Hero of Twilight?"
The words hung in the air, as the Hero stared at the strange person that looked like him, yet wasn't in obvious ways. The girl just stood there, smirking, until he replied.
"Yes," He replied uneasily.
The girl nodded curtly, "Good. I was told to find you. I'm Tera."
Link nodded as well, "I'm Link. Who told you to find me?" He paused, "And why?"
Tera looked a bit hesitant to reply, and just spun on her heels and walked away. After a moment, she turned around and smirked again, "Hard to explain, maybe tell you later. You coming or what?"
Link rode on Epona as Tera walked alongside, arms crossed and a bit nervous. They were headed South, towards Ordon Tera said. "I'm looking for something, and I was told it was hidden in a grove near Ordon."
Link had instinctively thought of the Master Sword, but only the chosen hero could wield the blade of evil's bane, so that was out of the question. What she was really looking for, she wouldn't say, but he was sure it had to be a weapon of some sort. Why he was going with her; curiosity.
They made it to Ordon at dusk, and continued on until they made it to the area where the entrance to the Forest Temple was. Yet instead of entering the Sacred Grove through the passage adjacent to the right of the Temple, Tera veered left. Searching along the stone wall, she mumbled quietly to herself.
While Tera was busy looking for the grove, Link roamed around the area around the Temple entrance. Lost in thought and possibly memories, he jumped in surprise when Tera shouted that she had found the entrance to the Grove.
Walking up, Link saw a small chain protruding from the stone wall, and Tera yanking on it to no avail. "Having trouble?" Link asked, smiling.
Tera shook her head, "No, I can... get it." With a final tug, the chain came loose, revealing an odd symbol Link had never seen before. The force of the chain coming loose and the fact that she had been pulling on it with all her might left Tera lying on her back in the grass. When she looked up and notice the symbol, she seemed excited by this, and dusted off the stone around the symbol to reveal a door.
"Just what I was looking for!" Tera twisted the handle on the door, then scowled in annoyance. "Locked."
"Then shouldn't you find the key?" Link said, narrowing his eyes. Tera continued to yank at the door handle, muttering in anger.
"Why couldn't it just open? Why? It took me days to learn the location, let alone find the Hero of Twilight..."
Link rolled his eyes and turned around for a brief moment, looking for any place where a key could be hidden.
Click.
Link whipped around in surprise, to see that Tera had managed to open the door without the key. Sparks danced across the handle for a moment, before fading out of existence. Similar sparks flew from Tera's hands until she shook them away and stepped through the doorway.
"How'd you do that?" He asked, following close behind. Tera sighed, waving her hand in front of his face with her back still turned, sparks dancing across her fingertips.
"Magic."
A/N Yeah, so that was quiet a bit longer than the first, which is SHORT, but that's not my fault. 'Kay, it is, but whatever. It took me a week to even right that because I couldn't come up with a way to write it. So, here we truly introduce Tera. I made her almost exactly like Link on purpose, so no saying I copied the character. Okay, I did, but only because it has to do with the plot. It seriously does. MAJORILY. But there are some SERIOUS differences in there also. I shall list them because I am bored.
Green eyes, red streak in hair, red tunic, magic, is a girl (duh), not as strong ('cause a girl duh), and longer hair (although it is still short in girl standards). Oh, and you can't see her left eye. It's a secret why.
