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I notice my eyes slide open to almost full darkness. I would've panicked, but I felt an unusual warmth. It was soon after that I heard the crackle of fire. Had Mario found me?! I look over to the fire drowsily, but to my dismay I do not see my brother, but someone else, though I cannot recognize him. He looks over at me, noticing the sudden movement from my side of the fire. He had what I assumed was dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. A horse stood by, and I could only assume it was his. I feel pressure on my shoulder-though not painful-and I look to see bandages on the area. Looking to my legs, the same scenario resided there too. I looked at this mystery rescuer.
"Did you… DId you help me?" I asked him. What a stupid question! Of course he did, he was the only one around! Mentally, I scold myself, but I do see him give a slight-but affirmative-nod. "...Thank you." He smiled slightly and shook his head, in which I could only assume he meant 'No problem'. I stayed silent after that.
Sooner or later, we heard rustling in the bushes, making us jump. Quickly, the male scrambled to gather everything he had, stomping out the fire and mounting his horse. He frantically motioned for me to get on, and I did, wanting to get out of here as soon as possible, not even wanting a run-in with any monster.
About fifteen to thirty minutes later, we reached some sort of village, where we were greeted by who I assumed was a friend of the male.
"There you are! Took your sweet time getting back, didn't you, Link?" The friend asked. I peeked around to get a closer look. It was a male, and his clothing was close in resemblance to this 'Link' I rode with. Though, he did have a sword on his back. He looked at me, "Who's this?" Link shrugged, sliding off the horse, I doing the same, "You didn't ask him his name?" Link moved his hands around in a sequence, but I knew what he was saying.
'He was injured, Rusl, and I was going to ask him if it weren't for something marauding around us.' Sign language. I'm glad I took the time to learn to understand it. Link then turned to me, 'What is your name, while we're on the subject? Wait, do you even know what I'm saying?'
"I can understand you perfectly." I assured, "I'm Luigi." I answered his main question, making him grin.
'I'm Link. Over there's Rusl.' He motioned his head to his friend, 'Nice to meet you, Luigi.'
"Nice to meet you as well. Thanks again for the help back there." Link nodded.
'How did you get there, anyway? Those wounds don't seem like they came from the monsters around here...'
"Some sort of spell."
'You know magic?'
"No, but-"
"Oi. Sorry to interrupt, but we should be officially getting back. It's almost dark. We can chat later." I can't say he was wrong. The navy blue was taking over the orange sky slowly, but steadily. We walked ahead to our destination chatting idly with one another. EVentually, we reached a small, but beautiful village. I found myself almost instantly relaxed as soon as I walked in.
"Welcome to Ordon Village, Luigi." Rusl turned around and walked backwards, "This is where we live."
"It's lovely." I say, "Better than my place." Rusl laughs.
"That's because you've seen so much 'your place', correct?"
"No, this is definitely better." I laugh, "Trust me, I've seen plenty more than my place."
"An adventurer, eh?"
"You could say that." I nod, turning my attention to where we were going once more. I noticed a small creek to my left, expanding out but not spilling into the walkway anytime soon. We reached a clearing with a variety of targets and a treehouse up above. I took the time to walk around, thoughts running through my head now that it wasn't jumbled up with panic and pain.
First, where did I end up? I know I was in the woods, but just where could I be?
Second, what happened to me? I don't look like myself anymore, as if I'm in someone else's body. No, that's impossible.
Third, how am I going to get back home?! Surely there must be some kind of magician or something to help me back to where I came from. Then again… This place doesn't look like there is any kind of magic in existence. I'm so dead.
Sighing, I notice that the horse is hitched up by a pole, and I can see Link behind it, nodding at who I assumed was Rusl-he was the only one around after all-but I took no mind to it as I leaned against the wall-like rock. The sky was a dull orange. It takes a while to get officially dark, it seems. I hear footsteps come over my way, and I look over to see Link.
"Hey. What's up?" I ask. He just grins in return and points to the sky, making me glare at him slightly, "You know what I mean!"
'I know, I know… Couldn't pass up the opportunity, though. Anyway, since you don't exactly have somewhere to go as of now, you wouldn't really mind if you stayed at my place, right?'
"W-well, as long as you don't have a problem with it…" I answer, a bit nervous.
'It's fine with me.'
"Well… thanks, Link." I smile at him. He nods and leads me up to his house, and in no time I fell asleep on the couch-though it was after some hesitation and Link had to convince me that it was fine.
