Wow, I haven't updated this in some time. Here's the third chapter. I wrote part of it, forgot about it for about a month, and just remembered to finish it. Hopefully this is good enough for someone to get enjoyment out of reading it. As a warning, I may be changing the rating to m eventually. I have different ideas and the rating will ultimately be dictated by which ideas I incorporate into the story. Oh, and thanks to everyone who's reviewed this story so far. I like reviews.
Tokay panted, being slightly out of breath. He had been chasing after the cloaked man for at least 20 minutes now. The man was slowly getting farther away and it was getting dark out as the sun set. Tokay weaved in between the trees and tried to keep focused on the man who was occasionally obscured by the hill covered landscape. Tokay then noticed something strange in the distance. Barely visible, next to a large stone wall, stood a group of at least twenty people. Tokay figured that they could not see him and continued his chase. Soon enough the fleeing figure came to a stop upon reaching the group. Tokay raced forward while watching the figure make wide motions with its arms. Tokay hid behind and old dead tree and tried to listen. He figured that with their weak human eyes they hadn't seen him. He closed his eyes and focused on the sounds.
It took him a few seconds to adjust to their human accents before he could catch what they were saying.
"What do you want me to do? I don't know how to fight giant lizards.", came the raspy voice of the man he had been chasing. Another voice answered, "I don't know what to do with you, can't even take on a lizalfo, well, did you manage to get any blood?" This voice was deep and calm, yet there seemed to be something wrong with it. "Uh, actually, there is a little on my sword. I managed to cut it before I ran." Tokay shivered upon hearing this. What did these people want with his blood. He refocused on the conversation. "It will have to do. Well, we must hurry. We have a princess to kidnap." Tokay recognized that word, "princess" If he recalled correctly it referred to a female who wears fancy dresses. Tokay shook his head. This made no sense to him. He heard some cheers and the sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and saw them walking away, along the wall. Tokay couldn't very well let them get away and besides these strange events had piqued his curiosity. He crouched low and shuffled along some distance behind the cloaked group. Occasionally one of them would let off some kind of crazy laugh.
All this time Tokay was cursing the cold. "Damn, how do the humans stand it up here at night?", he whispered to himself. The cold, dry wind blew across his scales once more and he wrapped his arms around himself. He placed his hands over his ears and mumbled. To a human he would appear to be holding the sides of his head. His ears weren't exactly visible on the outside but they were there nonetheless and he could still hear every incessant and irritating noise. Those surface crickets wouldn't shut up. He made a habit of stepping on any bugs he came across.
Something up ahead caught his interest. There was a break in the long stone wall and the cloaked freaks were stepping into the crack and disappearing. Tokay walked up to it and hesitated. There was no way of telling what could be in this tunnel. There could be monsters, people with sharp weapons, anything. He took in a deep breath and stepped into the bleak tunnel. The first thing he noticed was the darkness. The darkness was so black he could barely see, even with his excellent lizalfo vision. Tokay could barely see the group up ahead. They had lit torches and the orange flames cast strange shapes and shadows on the uneven walls. Tokay continued along running his right claws across the wall and squinting at the faint outlines of the tunnel. He could make out a rock here and some skeletal remains there but he kept nearly tripping over on unseen objects. He followed the maniacs for what seemed to be forever listening to everything they talked about and they talked about everything. The cloaked figures talked about bizarre rituals, about bringing back Ganon, what they had eaten that morning, their sex lives, crazy magical spells, and even something about some bright future where they would rule the world and no one would ever make fun of them again. Tokay was beginning to bore of this when he saw a faint light up ahead. Unless his eyes were deceiving him, the tunnel was actually coming to an end.
The cloaked freaks hushed their voices and disappeared into the light. Tokay rushed forward and his eyes adjusted allowing him to see outside the tunnel. He could see flowers of every color and stone walls. It appeared to be some kind of garden in a courtyard. Tokay poked his head out of the tunnel and peeked around. He realized with dread that this was a castle. He cursed himself for being led here. It was a commonly known fact that most castle dwellers, especially soldiers, had a policy of killing lizalfos on sight. He heard a loud, horrible noise like a tree falling on a house. Tokay looked up to see the people pounding on a large oak door and one of the men was even ramming into it full speed over and over. Tokay chuckled. He could tell by the size of the bolts that it wasn't going to break that way. The one with the deep and calm voice spoke, "You have magic powers, morons." His followers stared blankly. "Guess I'll have to break it myself.", he grumbled. Tokay had a feeling that this was the leader of the incompetent brigade. The leader chanted some strange incantation and his hands began to radiate an orange glow. Tokay nearly jumped out of his skin as the man thrust his glowing fists forward and the great door simply burst into a million tiny splinters which fell to the earth and then caught fire, burning up completely. All that was left was a thin layer of white ash. The group cheered, drew some wicked, curved swords and charged into the castle.
Tokay didn't like where this situation was going. Reluctantly he turned around and ducked to go back into the cave. Unfortunately before he could disappear into the cave he heard screams of agony and the sounds of clanging swords. He spun around to see at least five of the cloaked people running in his direction with what he assumed were castle guards behind them. One of them was even carrying a struggling human girl. He gasped and pulled out his bloody sword but the cloaked freaks didn't hesitate. They only pointed their swords in his direction. He dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding a swinging blade from the first man. He jumped back into the fight spinning his sword through the air. His blade sunk into the man's head and he fell to the ground. Tokay made a low noise in his throat and yanked the sword out of the man's head and then had to crouch to avoid an axe flying at his face. He brought his sword up and deflected another attack. This man kept swinging his sharp sword at Tokay. Their blades locked and Tokay kicked out, knocking the man off his feet. The man fell over onto Tokay and was disemboweled by his raised sword. Tokay sensed that someone was behind him but couldn't act fast enough. He felt a sharp pain as something sharp pierced into his lower back. He stumbled and fell face first into the dirt. He then rolled over to see the the castle guards engaging the cloaked people in battle. He groaned from being stepped on several times. He tried standing up but each time he tried he felt faint and fell back down. His vision was going dark and the last thing he saw was the girl and two guards standing over him, grinning. He then blacked out.
Tokay awoke to darkness. At first he couldn't see but his eyes quickly adjusted. He could make out the outline of someone standing at the end of the room. Panicking, he attempted to sit up. However, he could barely budge. He lifted his head and saw that he was strapped down to a table. It felt like it was made of some metal. It felt cold against his back. He couldn't move his arms either. This wasn't good.
Tokay swallowed a lump in his throat. It was then that the figure at the end of the room moved. It stepped closer.
Tokay saw the features of the figure slowly become more evident as it moved closer. He could make out that it was a human. The figure moved something back and forth in its hands. There were several sparks and a flicker. The human lit a torch. The orange light cascaded off the grey stone walls of the room. Tokay saw bars and realized he was in some kind of dungeon.
The human was now entirely visible. Tokay was surprised. Before him stood a strange looking woman. She wore tight fitting purple clothing and armor. She had short grey hair and was a little on the old side. He stared in fear at the strange woman as her lip curled into a grin. He couldn't bear to look in her eyes. They were a vibrant red color, almost glowing. She spoke.
"I see you are awake now. Do not worry about your wounds. They have been tended too." Her voice was calm and cool and it didn't sound like a woman's voice at all.
"What, what am I doing here?" Tokay saw a fierce look in her eyes. Before he could act she swung downward with her closed fist and slammed it into his gut hard. Tokay screamed out, spittle flying out of his mouth.
"Damn, what I do?" The woman paced to and fro in front of him, waving the torch threateningly in his face.
"You know full well why you're here. What do you know about the cloaked men? What did they want with Zelda?" Her voice quickened and took a dangerous tone.
"I don't know anything about them! I was attacking them."
The woman punched him again right below his rib cage. He gasped in pain and took several shallow breaths.
"Don't act innocent. The goddesses know none of your kind are. You know something about them."
"All I know is one of them tried killing me! I heard them talking human-like. They wanted the princess and my blood something about a ritual. That's all I know. I swears." The woman lowered her fist for a second. These details surprised her somehow. She raised her fist again, this time fitting a steel glove over her hand.
"If there's something you're not telling me..." She let her words hang and take their effect. Tokay struggled against the bonds. "Nothing, that's all I know." He flinched and closed his eyes, seeing that she moved closer again. She slammed the metal glove hard into his chest. He felt several ribs crack and he coughed up blood. He tried to resist but he began crying. Tears poured out of his eyes and he sobbed, "I didn't do anything. What's wrong with you."
She stood there crossing her arms, an unsympathetic look on her face. "You make me sick." She spat on him. Tokay was glad when she turned around and began to leave the room. Then he heard her shout.
"Guards, get in here! Hurry up, no slacking." Two guards adorned in chain mail ran in through the doorway. They had worried looks on their faces as they lifted their hands to their foreheads and saluted.
"What is it you want? Lady Impa!" She cocked her head to the side gesturing toward Tokay.
"See to it that this... garbage is taken care of."
"Yes, sir!", they shouted in unison.
"Good." Impa smirked and left the room. As soon as she was gone the two soldiers looked at Tokay then each other and laughed. "Now I remember why I love this job", said the tan one on the left. The other nodded. They began walking toward Tokay. He struggled and cursed at them as their armor clinked and they came closer.
"C'mere, little lizard we're going to take you on a fun ride." They both grabbed the edges of the table and pushed. It moved easily and Tokay could tell that the table had wheels on the bottom.
"Oh, don't worry, it's just some water. I heard lizards like water!", bellowed one soldier as they carted him out of the room.
The other replied, "No, you got it wrong, that's frogs! I don't think lizards can swim."
"Oh, my mistake, Well, he'll learn. Those fishies are nice. Maybe they'll teach him." They both chuckled. Tokay begged them to let him go but they didn't listen. "Oh, here we are. This should be fun." Tokay's eyes widened. There in the center of the room was a dark pool of water. He couldn't see the bottom but he did see something else. It was faint but there was movement. Then to his horror he saw a slime-covered tentacle emerge from the water and move about the rim as if looking for something. He knew what it was looking for. The men slowly pushed him toward the water while whistling a tune he didn't know. Then the whistling stopped. Tokay was right on the edge. One of the men fell, to the ground, dead. He had an arrow lodged deep in the back of his skull. The other guard drew his sword and shouted into the darkness.
"Who's there, show yourself."
A slightly raspy voice responded, echoing through the room. The strange thing was, it sounded like a child. "Who, me, I'm just a little boy. I think I'm lost." A dark chuckle followed. The soldier looked about frantically and held out his sword. He kept thinking he heard things. A footstep here, a plinging metal noise there. He would spin around to look behind him but nothing was there. Then, he knew he heard something. The distinct sound of breathing was right behind him. He turned around, swinging his sword but the boy was too fast and agile. The boy leaped clear over his head and on the way over he unsheathed a sword and ran it into the man's head. The sword should have cut into his head, but it actually did worse than that. The helmet dented and the man's head actually exploded. It wasn't a pretty sight at all.
The boy then stood still and Tokay could see who he was. The cap, those huge boots, and the green clothes. Something was off about him though. He had red eyes and black hair. This did nothing diminish Tokay's fear. Tokay shrieked but there was nothing he could do as the Link fixed his gaze on him and began walking closer.