Just after Link left, I started thinking. I had concluded that I would join him. I know he had only one stone to go, and he was probably just about to get it, but I wanted to go with him. Either it be he goes home to his forest or stays in Hyrule, I didn't care. I wanted to be with him. I hoped he would feel the same.
One night, just after Uncle had gone to the milk bar again, I headed to find Link. He said he was going to a place called Zoras Domain, so my best guess was to go there. I didn't know where it was, but Uncle had told me the Zoras were fish people, so I thought that they would be near water. Outside town there was a river. I decided to follow the river and see where it took me. Were there is water, there was bound to be fish people.
I reached a gate with two rocks in front of it. They weren't blocking the way, so I walked through them. I wonder if Link had been here? I wonder if there were more rocks in front of that gate and he blew them up with his cool blueberry bombs. As if on cue, I saw Link running down towards where I was standing, and stopped right when he saw me.
"Avyera, what are you doing here? How did you find Zora's River?" He asked me, looking quite confused.
I told him my plan, and he smiled from joy. "I would love that Avyera!" The smile he had on his face was now a gigantic grin from ear to ear.
"Wouldn't it be dangerous for Avyera, Link? There are really big monsters here." Navi pointed out.
"I'll just teach her how to use the slingshot, then she can help by shooting the monsters!" Link seemed to be very happy with my plan, I was glad he did want me to join him, it ment that he really did like me.
As we headed back to town, he told me about Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly and Princess Ruto who he was now 'engadged' to.
"Engaged means to get married, Link." I explained to him; he didn't know what that ment. "It's like having a girlfriend forever."
Link didn't seem to like this idea, because he scrunched up his face. "I don't wanna get married! I don't wanna girlfriend! I REALLY don't wanna have Ruto be my girlfriend forever! She's mean!" He stubbornly insisted.
"It's a princess, Link, you can't say no to a princess!" I tried to convince him, but he kept insisting he did not want to.
"Besides, I'm never going to be old enough for that, because I'm a Kokiri, we don't grow up."
I was about to say something when we both heard something coming from the town. it sounded like horses, wich made us nervous. there was no reason for horses to be riding around in the town.
"Avyera, I have a bad feeling about this." Link said nervously. "Could you please go hide somewhere until I say it's safe?"
He sounded so serious, I couldn't say no. I jumped into the moat right underneath were the drawbridge would go down, Link nodded at me as if to say that was a good hiding spot.
There was a thunderstorm, so the water was very cold. I felt nervous in the water, I wasn't a very good swimmer.
" As long as I keep afloat, or find something to hold on to, I should be fine" I told myself. I don't just hate cold and wet, I'm scared of it too.
Out of nowhere, the drawbridge slowly dropped down, I could hear horses on the other side. I heard the shake of a horses feet on the drawbridge. Link shouted Princess Zelda's name. Was that Zelda that was on the horse? I wanted to know so badly, but Link had told me to stay down here, and that's what I would do. Something landed in the water right near where I was, I couldn't see what it was. Suddenly I heard another horse over the drawbridge. This one stopped right after the bridge, and I heard Link gasp.
"Arrrrgh! I lost her!" I heard a voice say.
The voice sounded mean, and scary. Was this person chasing Princess Zelda? I couldn't think of anyone who would hate Princess Zelda, why would anybody chase her?
"You, over there! Little kid!"
I assumed he was talking to Link, at this point I feared for his life, this man did not seem safe. Even if Link was a hero who killed big monsters, I was still afraid for reasons I'm not sure of.
"You must have seen the white horse gallop past just now...Which way did it go?! Answer me!"
Link took a while to reply but finally said "I will never tell you where they went." He sounded so confident, I was impressed at how brave he was.
"So, you think you can protect them from me...You've got guts, kid."
"I'll protect them even if it means fighting you!" I heard Link pull out his sword
"please be careful, Link. Please, please, please don't get hurt." I had never been so scared in my life.
"Heh heh heh... You want a piece of me?! Very funny! I like your attitude!"
The man sounded so condescending it almost made me more angry than scared. Then I heard a strange warping type sound. I heard something shoot, and then I heard Link scream. I had to put a hand in front of my mouth to keep me from making noise.
"Link, don't be hurt, please Link."
"Pathetic little fool! Do you realize who you are dealing with?!" The man said, he sounded so proud of himself, it made me sick.
"I am Ganondorf! And soon, I will rule the world!"
"Ganondorf, that's the man Link told me about! Oh gods, protect Link!" I heard the sound of Ganondorf galloping off.
As soon as the sound of hooves could be heard no more, Link told me I could get out. he had to help me out of the water, as I said, I'm not a good swimmer.
"That was Ganondorf?" I asked him in a trembling voice. I was trembling partly from the cold, and partly form being so scared.
"Yeah" He said, sounding worried. "He is really dangerous."
"He killed the Great Deku Tree, Put evil monsters in Dodongos Cavern, and infected Lord Jabu-Jabu!" Navi sounded enraged, as enraged as that high-pitched voice could sound. "I don't think it's safe for Avyera, Link."
I think Link knew she was right, judging by the look on his face. "But I wanted to travel with Avyera." Link was so distraught.
"I'll wait in my house until you know that I will be safe, then you can come get me!" I hoped that cheered him up, and I think it did a little. He nodded in agreement.
"What do I do now?" Link wondered. We all thought for a very long time. Then I remembered the thing that had fallen in the water. "There was something that fell in the water, Link!"
Link's long ears perked up, he ran and jumped into the moat. I watched him swim down and grab something blue from the water.
When Link reached the surface, he had a dazed look in his eyes.
"Link, what did you get?" Navi asked him. Link didn't reply, he only stared out into space. After a while I asked "Are you okay, Link?" He didn't answer, only stared.
"Let's get him to shore! There's something wrong!" Navi told me to grab him and pull him up.
He was lighter than I had expected to be, but then again, he was a very small boy. He was only 9, like me. I laid him on the ground, trying to figure out what was wrong. I don't know if this was my imagination or not, but I swore I saw a tear in his eye.
Soon, he finally woke up. "What happened? Are you okay Link?" I asked him, I was so worried about him, it made me shiver more than I already was.
"Yeah I'm okay." He reassured me. "I got the Ocarina of Time. Navi, we need to go to the Temple of Time and protect the Triforce."
I remember the story of the Goddesses and the Triforce, but why he needed to protect it, I didn't kow.
He turned to me and said "I can't explain now, but I will come get you when it's safe, okay Avyera?"
I nodded. I felt very sad, I couldn't say why. Maybe it was because of how scared I still was, maybe it was because Link was leaving me again. Either way, it was hard to hold back tears.
Link gave me a hug and said " I won't forget about you, Avyera."
He made me feel so happy with those words. "Avyera is such a mouthful, isn't it? Would you like a nickname?" I think this was his way of cheering me up; I think he knew how upset I was.
"I have never ad a nickname before." I replied.
"Okay Avyera, from now on, you will be known as Avy to me and Navi!" Navi flew around me and giggled.
"Avy..." I said "I like it, it's cute!" I smiled at him.
Him trying to cheer me up was working. "A-A very cute name..." he stuttered "For a very cute girl." We both blushed.
Link walked me back to my house, and he hugged me goodbye. As he ran for the temple, I couldn't help but still feel sad. I felt as if I wasn't going to see him for a while. I hated that thought.
