AN/ I love weekends! I am really productive today, I just posted a one-shot and finished this chapter all in the span of three hours! Well, this chapter was a little more difficult to write, but once I keep going it will be worth it. Okay, Zelda is now going to really get the plot going now. But why listen to me jabber about it? Read for yourself!
Universal Disclaimer: I own nothing about what I write. I make no money. I only gain happiness from making others happy.
Chapter Three In Which Zelda Embarks on Her Journey and Enters the Lost World
The day after the calamity at the ball had Castle Town, and all of Hyrule for that matter, buzzing with rumors, all of which about their Hero. Was he with those monsters? Was he conspiring against the Royal Family? Was he even Hylian? Zelda felt their gossip tear her to shreds.
When Zelda recovered from her little "incident," she began to piece together the events following her faint.
Apparently, after she was escorted from the ballroom, she had been taken to see the castle physician for examination. All he could find were the rather large cuts across her face, but they were only superficial and would heal over in about a week or so. Her faint was explained by her receiving a concussion from Link's blow, but otherwise showed no other ill affects and was given a clean bill of health.
Her father, on the other hand, did not let the situation blow over so easily. He had nearly every guard he could find out in the countryside looking for the disgraced Hero. Zelda often heard her father lose his temper when a report came back empty, which happened at least eight times a day. She tried to get her father to calm down as often as she could, but the fact was that Matthias would not be satisfied until Link was before him in chains.
Seeing that her father would not listen to her plea for him to let Link come back and explain for himself, Zelda decided to take matters into her own hands; and that meant she had to find where Link had gone. She had to find him because she overheard a group of younger, more inexperience guards talking about how they had ransacked Link's house in Ordon, finding nothing that could lead them to the beast's whereabouts. Therefore, Zelda would have to start from scratch.
One bright spring day, a young servant girl was walking quickly towards the storeroom, looking over her shoulder every few steps or so. Now, anyone who took a close look at the girl would have mistaken her for Princess Zelda; but only those with the sharpest of eyes would have noticed that it was indeed she. Zelda, being so clever as she was, stole a simple set of clothes from the washroom that just happened to be her size and a pair of servant heals. Not as awkward or showy as the pairs she had to wear normally but still heals: uncomfortable, difficult heals.
The whole of her costume was simple enough, just a white ladies tunic and a brown skirt with a white apron over that; but it was enough to walk by every servant in the castle unnoticed. She thankfully made it to the storeroom with no confrontation.
Oh sweet Nayru, I made it. Okay, so now to see what information Castle Town holds for me…Oh dear, the storeroom keeper!
The storeroom keeper was a little fat man who's only job was to keep the storeroom clean and full and take a tally of his things every day or two to make sure nothing was missing. Unfortunately, he also guarded the door closest to Castle Town: the easiest door in the castle to sneak out of…
Zelda heard the little man's nasal voice before she saw him…
"……eighty pounds of flour……twelve pounds of sugar……..Hmm? Who's there?"
Zelda thought it best to not put up a fight. Besides, she was sure he would not recognized her; he, after all, did choose to spend all day in his domain.
"Hello," Zelda said, casually, appearing to be a simple passer-by.
"Hrrumph," the little man snorted, "If you're looking for something, get it and get out. I have much work to do and I'm sure you do too……….Fifty loaves of…oh my." he said, looking at three baskets full of bread loaves.
"Oh my what?" Zelda asked. She prayed for what he would say…
"I'm short ten loaves from this morning, and we need fifty for tonight….You, since you're here, go out into Castle Town and buy ten loaves of bread. Any bread, I don't care. Here," he said, pulling an orange rupee from his pocket. The little man shoved her out the Castle Town door and quickly pulled it shut.
What wonderful luck! Zelda thought. She placed the rupee in the pocket of her apron and looked around. She seemed to be in a quiet corner of Eastern Castle Town, by the cathedral. She stepped out onto the street, getting absolutely no attention………..she loved it.
Aside from a few men, she didn't receive a second glance from anyone! Her little disguise was working wonders for her and she decided not to rush on that order of bread, lunch would not be served for two hours….but Lady Gray would be looking for her, or worse, her father……She would have to make this quick, after all.
Deciding that South Street, the general marketplace, would be the best place to try and pick up any hearsay on the matter of Link's vanishing act, she casually but quickly made her way to the busy street. She was not there not five minutes before she saw someone, a young lady maybe a year or two younger than herself with straw colored hair that curled sharply left at her shoulders, emerald eyes, a lean body slightly tanned from the sun but not enough to be too noticeable, a little tight white knee-length dress and a pair of brown pants. Ilia….
Zelda could vaguely remember seeing the girl from inside Midna's life form, trapped in a limbo like state, unable to really capture every detail of the world around her. However, she remembered that this girl was Link's friend and most likely knew about his whereabouts more than anyone. At the moment Zelda had spotted the Ordonian, the girl was standing next to a rotund man pushing a cart full of spring pumpkins into an empty spot in the line of stalls next to an alley that Zelda remembered led to a tavern…Telma's bar, that was the name.
The big man, whom Zelda remembered was the Ordon mayor and the girl's father, seemed distracted enough so Zelda could talk to his daughter and not be seen. Zelda gently tapped the girl's shoulder, and the girl turned to meet her.
"Hi there, can I help you?"
"Um, yes. I--I was wondering what you knew about that Hero. Link? You know him right?"
"Yeah….what do you…." the girl paused, looking at Zelda intensely. Zelda's heart skipped a beat as the glow of enlightenment lit up Ilia's face and she began to say, "Your High--"
Zelda could not take a risk.
She grabbed Ilia, one hand around her waist while the other was over her mouth, and quickly ducked into the alley by the bar entrance. Slamming her back against the wall, she looked back at the street to make sure no one saw that little episode.
Oh, sweet Din, that was close she thought as she saw she was lucky no one saw her. Ilia, meanwhile, was muffling out some cries of protest under the Princess's hand. Zelda turned her attention to her and whispered in the girls ear.
"I'm sorry, but you mustn't call me that right now. Not even my own name. I'm not supposed to be here and I will be punished if anyone finds me here. I'm going to release you, but you have to be very quiet, understand?"
Ilia nodded, and Zelda kept her word. As Ilia took a moment to catch her breath from the surprise, Zelda could see the young lady was nervous about being before her. A sad side affect of being a Princess…
"What would you like to know, your--I mean, Miss?" Ilia asked.
"Anything," Zelda answered, "Hopefully, about where he went after the ball. Surely you know, right?"
Ilia looked at the stone ground…
"Right?" Zelda asked again.
"I know that after the ball, we all rushed home to see if he was in his house, hiding again. When we got there, it looked like he had beaten us to it: the place was ransacked with fur all over the place. His weapons, minus that…Master Sword, were all gone. He left most of his things there though, and we haven't seen him since. But…."
"But? But? But what?" Zelda pressed.
"I found his foot--er, paw prints, I guess. I followed them on my own until I found where they led…the Faron Spirit Spring…you know what's behind there, right?"
"I admit I do not….Pray tell me."
"….You can't tell anyone about this, okay. He went beyond the Spring, into the Lost World…"
"Lost World?" Zelda echoed. She had never heard of such a place.
"In Ordon, it's kind of a big deal. See, ever since we were young, we were all told never, ever, to go behind the Spirit Spring. There's supposed to be a haunted forest back there, with giant monsters and witches and wizards and things like that. But nobody really knows because no body has ever come out alive…"
"Really…Do you think Link banished himself there?"
"I can't see any other reason…Wait, you're not going there, are you?"
"I must. I promised him I would help him break his curse-- don't ask me when. I--"
"Prin--er, Miss! You can't do that! It is absolutely forbidden! My father even put up an iron gate and destroyed the key!"
"How did Link get in?" Zelda retorted.
"He…Well, he went through it. So says my father. That's why he had Rusl make a new gate…"
Zelda used all her will power to keep a smile from creeping onto her face, and redirected her energy into a sigh of disappointment.
"I will have to think of something else than…" she lied.
Zelda was about to thank the girl when they heard a very loud, "ILIA!!!" coming from the streets.
"Coming!" Ilia called back to her father, "I have to go; I won't tell anyone we met."
"Good," Zelda said. Ilia left and Zelda waited a moment before leaving herself, first to buy some bread, and then to go plan….
Another turn of good fortune that day was that Uncouthma had left with some of his men to hunt, leaving Zelda plenty of time to scour the library for anything else on the so-called Lost World. Lalana, thankfully, didn't pay Zelda any mind as to what book she was looking for, instead choosing to read a romance novel that Zelda had pointed our to divert her attention. Little surprise when it worked. Not so fortunately, she choose to read the book aloud, distracting Zelda from her work.
"'……so kiss me now, my love, for I fear our time runs short and the hands of fate are yet to rip us apart' Oh! Such romance! It's just divine! Don't you think so, Zellie?"
"Uh, yes very nice…" Zelda said absent mindedly. She already read the book Lalana had and honestly thought the whole thing to be rather cheesy. It wasn't realistic in the slightest, and the plot was too easy to spell out before one even finished the book. Therefore, she was only all the more engrossed in looking up any atlas or book, fiction or not, that made any sort of mention to the Lost World. Sadly, in a room with more books than could be read in a lifetime, she found nothing.
"Zellie? Uh, Zellie? Yoo-hoo, are you listening?" Lalana called.
"What? Oh, I'm sorry, Lalana. I'm just looking still. What is it?"
Lalana stood at the foot of the ladder Zelda stood on looking up concernedly at her friend.
"I was just saying that I'm going to bed. It's far to late to be crawling around here so I think you should do the same."
"Oh, Lalana, "Zelda sighed as she slid down the ladder in a swift movement she learned as a child, "All right, I think I could retire also. Enjoy your--"
Zelda was unable to finish as her friend encircled her frame in one of her bone crushing hugs.
She's stronger than she looks… Zelda reminded herself.
"Good night!" Lalana giggled as she left, or bounced, down the passage way to her guest suite.
I really should go to my room. I don't want to see if Uncouthma wants a 'good-night' kiss…
Once Zelda had changed into her long night gown, she flopped down on her bed and stared up the bottom of the canopy. She had failed to find something about his curse before Link had disappeared, she couldn't find anything on his location now that she had an idea where he was--what a useless Princess! How could she help him now?
She sat up again, carelessly casting a glance a the book on her side table-trunk. The book….Legends of the Ancient World…She dared not hope but opened the book anyway.
"Table of Contents…….Let's see…." Zelda muttered to herself, "'Ancient Monsters'……….'Creation of Civilization'……..'Alternate Realms'-- Alternate Realm! That's it!"
Zelda flipped through the book pages until she found the beginning of the chapter. She began to read at a furious, yet scrutinizing pace.
"The study of Alternate Realms is about as old as the world itself; mankind has always wondered what sort of places lie beyond our world. Sometimes, people claim to discover ways to other worlds, but more often than not, these claims are proven false."
Just what I need… Zelda thought.
"However, once in a great while, evidence is found and is unable to be truly proven false--"
"I don't have that kind of time!" she whispered to herself. Zelda flipped through a couple pages until she found the name Lost World. She read on…
"…in addition, the 'Lost World' has sparked a great amount of controversy. The only known portal is said to lie in the heart of Faron Woods, behind the 'Sacred Spirit Spring.'"
Now that's more like it! thought the Princess.
"Legend labels this portal as one of the more dangerous places in the world, as countless explorers have never come out from the cursed portal. With a one-in-ten thousand survival rate, the place was declared forbidden from exploration by King Gustaf V. Since the ban, only condemned prisoners who are guilty of crimes of treason have been forced through the iron gate, also put in place because of the ban.
"Several reasons for the ban were included in the original decree. One being that, if one was 'lucky', one could hear monstrous roars echoing from far away down the tunnel, however long it truly is. This, although frightening, has proven that life exists in the 'Lost World' despite many claims otherwise; but what kind of life is to be found is a question many deem to be best unanswered…
"Another, though less frightening reason, is the strange phenomenon that, although the forest surrounding Faron stretches for miles, the only actual entrance to the 'Lost World' is behind the Spring. Due to this phenomenon, it is heavily believed by scholars that this is no doubt a place of great magic. Whether that magic is benevolent or malevolent is yet to be known…"
The article in the book ended, and although Zelda was enlightened somewhat, she still felt in the dark. No explores before her meant she was going in blind. She got up to put the book on the far edge of the trunk, to erase the temptation to read more during the night. Frustrated and tired, the Princess bemoaned her uselessness.
"'Oh, Link, thank you for saving my life and my people, but I am afraid I cannot help you brake your curse'! What kind of thanks is that!?" She gazed up and out her window at the heavens.
"Send me a sign!" she said, leaning against the wall near her bed, something she was taught not to do, "Anything will do, you know?"
At that moment, the wall Zelda leaned on gave in, like a door opening, and she fell unexpectedly on her side. She looked up and saw that the wall contained a false door leading down a secret passage.
Needless to say, Zelda could not help smiling in spite of herself. I can take a hint…
Grabbing a lit candle from her trunk, she threw all caution to the wind and went down the dark passage. The first thing Zelda noticed was that the tunnel was only just large enough for someone of her build to move easily though. She wasn't a small person, at six foot even, but she could tell this was built to keep others out. Just who built it and why were the only other thoughts occupying her mind.
The tunnel was not extraordinarily long, for in only about twenty paces of walking straight forward, she found herself in a small circular keep…With only one slit in the wall for a window, the room was only lit by Zelda's candle. She saw that the small space was only occupied by a few chests with no locks on them…because the locks had long since rusted off by the looks of it. There were three identical chests, in a little half circle lining the wall. Besides that, there was nothing else.
Setting her candle down on the floor, Zelda preceded to open the middle chest. She knew that something, something in these chests would help. And, although it took a little bit of effort, Zelda had beaten the old lock and opened the chest. Inside, there was an odd piece of clothing. Zelda lifted it out to examine it.
The outfit looked like an old uniform at first glance, but it was not a Hylian one. It was a deep lilac purple, Zelda's favorite, and had an unusual marking on the front of it: an eye that seemed to have a handle on the bottom of it with three points sticking up from it. Zelda recognized it as the one on the back of her black cloak, although the actual meaning of the symbol was never known to heras long as she could remember seeing it. The outfit also seemed to have been made for a woman's use, or a very skinny man, and she estimated that she could fit into it….
Worth a try…
Zelda slipped out of her nightgown and (so as not to damage the who-knows-how-old costume) carefully put it on. When finished, she noticed that the strange costume fit like it was tailor made for her. She looked back in the chest where she had retrieved the uniform and found some bandages? No, they were head wrappings, not bandages. There were also a set of light gauntlets that seemed to have some throwing needles concealed in the wrist for easy reach. Surely whoever this outfit belonged to was a trained warrior…
Searching the other chests, Zelda found even more weapons such as throwing knives, poison darts, a whip-chain, several Deku Nuts, a short sword and sheath, and climbing claws. Zelda could not help but formulate a plan as she took inventory of her newfound tools…
She ran back to her room to fetch her watch; it was only ten o'clock…she could reach Faron Woods before dawn if she left now…
Zelda was quick in gathering the weapons she found with the addition of her rapier into a bag she found lying around one day. She had a bad habit of taking things that were just left around and using them for her own devices…The last thing she put in--or rather on-- was her mother's necklace, which was a rose shaped locket attached to a lilac ribbon that would go around her neck. She always thought the necklace brought her good luck…because it really did.
I am going to need some provisions…I have no idea how long I will be going without a re-supply.
Zelda thought she could try sneaking around in her new costume, as it seemed to have been made for that purpose in the first place. She opened her balcony window and, remembering how Link climbed down from her room, found the area in the wall he mentioned. She never tried spider-walking before, but she was sure it couldn't be too hard…
She made it about three-fourths of the way down when her right foot slipped and she came falling the rest of the fifteen feet she had to go, making a very un-princess like landing in a bush…
She checked her belongings to find nothing was damaged or lost, much to her relief. The surprising thing was that no guards had heard Zelda fall into the bush; she was sure of that because she heard no shouts or even footsteps coming towards her…
When I get back, I really should tell Father about our lazy guards…
Thankfully, Zelda had landed close to the storeroom so she went inside to get some provisions. The storeroom keeper was sound asleep on a barrel; he posed no threat. She grabbed some food and a water canteen and left without making so much as a sound. She then made her way to the castle stables to get her horse, Prince. She would need him for some time.
Prince was a little larger than Epona, by a few inches at least, and was a deep velvety black with white mane, tail, and feathers around his legs. He was a birthday gift from her father some years back and was as good as gold and smart as a whip.
The stable was left unguarded, so Zelda was able to get to work with less of a chance of being caught. Prince, who was dreaming peacefully of a valley of clover, woke with a snort to the sound of his mistress retrieving her saddle.
"Shhh, easy, boy," she said, trying to keep him from waking the other horses in the stable, "You and I are going for a late night ride…"
Zelda, who was quite used to saddling her own horse, wasted no time and was soon leading the very confused horse out of the stable. Now Zelda had to figure out how to get out of the castle with Prince…
The runaway Princess soon realized that she had idly led Prince to the southern courtyard, right near the gate to the castle. Again, there were no guards anywhere! Something that, for now, Zelda was glad for. Literally walking out the front door, Zelda was free. She mounted Prince and galloped out of the town.
Zelda could not help but laugh as she rode over the field south to Faron. She had barely planned that escape for not but five minutes and yet she was on her way to the Lost World, with nary an alarm sounded! She was not cocky, however, and kept looking over her shoulder as she rode, just to make sure no one was following her.
Prince was quite the steady runner, never tiring himself yet never going too slow, so Zelda reached Faron Woods, just as she predicted, just before dawn. When she finally did reach the Spirit Spring, Zelda felt quite drowsy, having spent all night riding. However, resting was not an option for her. Refilling her canteen with Spirit water, on the contrary, was. Kneeling down near the water, Zelda could faintly see very large paw prints leading into the spring and behind it.
Link had ran through here…
Taking a quick drink revitalized Zelda for the time being, and Prince seemed well off after taking in a rather large quantity of the water himself. She mounted him again, and urged her horse onward. Prince, however, did not seem so keen on going beyond the Spring as his mistress. He tried to back up and convince her this was a bad idea. Zelda was taken aback by her horse's behavior; Prince usually obeyed her without worry or question… Perhaps he could sense something she could not…
Never the less, Zelda won the battle of wills and led him behind the rocky area. They walked on for a few seconds before Zelda could see the gate Ilia spoke of. The new gate was not of iron like it was before, but it was a wooden one that would probably be replaced before too long. However, she could see the original one lying close by….utterly destroyed by Link…
As for getting past the new gate, Zelda had an idea. Using her knowledge of magic, she whispered a spell and urged Prince forward, much to his confusion. She was using a spell that would allow them to pass through the wooden gate as a ghost would, and eventually, she got both of them inside a tunnel made of very thick trees. There was not enough light to see how long the tunnel went, but Zelda was not going to give up at the start of her journey.
Lost World, here I come….
Zelda had been ridding for what seemed like hours upon hours, yet she had still yet to see a single sign that the end of the tunnel was near. She spurred her horse onward through the woods, noticing how the trees started to block every ray of light out. She had somehow remained in that tunnel for three days and nights according to her pocket watch. She had not eaten nor drank in an attempt to save her rations, which were not much to start with now that she thought about it. Her stomach growled in painful protest to her inability to find more provisions for her journey.
Why on earth would Link choose this place as a hideaway?
She could hear no noise as she passed through that dark tunnel of the forest. Although the tales of the Lost Woods spoke of evil beasts that devoured the earth itself, she had at least expected to hear birds or other animals. But then again, she reminded herself that there where no eye-witnesses to confirm her thoughts…
Prince, also fatigued from the nonstop walking, whinnied in protest to the unnerving darkness and silence his mistress was putting him through.
"Easy, Prince," she whispered, in a rather unconvincing attempt to calm him, "We're going to be--"
Her words hung in the air as a roar that could shatter glass pierced the air with horrifying ferocity. More powerful than a dragon's roar, she thought.
Prince had had enough. He reared up so suddenly that Zelda had no chance in staying on his back, and was thrown to the ground. She watched as he tried to run away carrying all her supplies with him! She managed to catch a hold on her saddle bag, but was threatening to lose her grip while Prince was galloping faster than ever before in his life, desperate to get out of the cursed tunnel. Zelda was able to hold on, until the straps that kept her bag tied to the saddle came lose, sending her crashing to the ground again. She laid motionless, listening as Prince's hoof beats faded away, home….
When Zelda regained her ability to stand, she checked over her belongings again. Unfortunately, she was not able to retrieve her rapier and her food rations from Prince, leaving her with her throwing objects, whip, Deku Nuts, and near-empty canteen. Zelda took out her watch again.
Zelda was confused to see that her watch was completely erratic. The hands were spinning in opposite directions and the second hand had stopped working altogether. Zelda took a moment to curse her bad luck, but pressed onward. However, she was much less enthusiastic, now that she heard that roar.
Zelda, having had some training in magic arts, could feel a magical presence suddenly surround her, like a wall, almost. She must have crossed over into the Lost World…Now if only she could escape this eternal tunnel….
Zelda lost track of how long she had been walking after several more hours of it….Was she trapped? She could barely keep awake, so she was almost sleepwalking as she marched endlessly. She had no idea how many days it had been since she entered. A week could have gone by and she wouldn't know.
Her stomach began to hurt, having not had a single thing to eat in Nayru knew how long, and she felt dehydrated. Canteen empty, she had no way of refilling it until she could get out of this tunnel. She hadn't seen a ray of sunshine since the day before she made her escape. Was it hopeless? Would she be trapped forever?
No, she thought suddenly, it couldn't be… Light….
Zelda could literally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It burned her eyes to look at it, but there was nothing she wouldn't do than escape into that light, to get out of the tunnel, even if it just led her in one big circle and she ended up back in Faron. She didn't care, she was just desperate to get out…
She ran as fast as she could before she found herself in the light, not direct sunlight, but not total darkness. She looked around, after her eyes adjusted, and found herself in a bamboo grove. She looked up to see the sky covered in dark clouds with just enough light coming through to light her way. Rain clouds, by the looks of them.
Zelda took no more time to enjoy what limited scenery she had to look at as she heard something very, very big prowling around in the grove with her….Something twice-- no, three, four times the size of her horse was on the path behind her. She looked, only to meet the wicked red eyes of some hideous creature that appeared to be covered in thick, slimy, stomach-churning red worms (or possibly tentacles) all over its six-legged body. Anything the wormy tentacles touched died, and with every step the monster took, the life seemed to drain from the earth it walked on.
The creature roared at her, though not the roar she heard before, and charged, bloodlust in its wicked eyes…Zelda--exhausted, sleep deprived, famished, dehydrated, and disoriented-- ran for her life. She followed an open path, marked by stone road markers, to wherever it went.
She thought for a second…If there were road markers, than someone had to put them there! Maybe she could find help if she was able to get out of the mess she was in…
Zelda heard another roar, this time the same one she heard in that tunnel. This one was more frightening than the monster chasing her…and it was behind her too….She pushed herself to run even faster than before, down that winding path through the bamboo forest. She heard a struggle going on behind her, hearing trees snap and rocks crumble. She didn't dare look back
The bamboo soon began to thin out until she slowed down at the edge of the thicket. She seemed to be in a small valley with a village. The village had rather large houses, all of which had bright red roofs and bright white walls; a river fed by a waterfall at one end of the village; several large gardens; and a single stone path that divided the village and winded up a nearby mountain.
The odd part about the village was that it seemed completely empty.
It wasn't abandoned, as everything looked well taken care of. She thought about the monster--monsters-- that chased her. Maybe they scared whoever lived here inside. As she tried to catch her breath, she debated going into the village and asking for help. She had no money to offer them, and she wasn't sure if they were a charitable people. She decided that she would have to take a chance with the villagers.
She followed the stone road down the line of houses, and tried to find out which one was likely to be occupied. It was still too light out for anyone to light lamps in their homes, and Zelda could not see through the windows…that was because they were covered in red wooden shutters. It wasn't until she was near the mountain trail that she heard something behind her.
She whirled around to see a boar…..a huge boar…………..one taller than her…..
"What are you doing here!?" It said….Zelda saw others behind it, boars and other animals….this place was occupied by animals…
"You are one of the witch's spies, aren't you!?" the first boar squealed angrily.
Zelda, who was afraid for her life, began to back up into a crevice in the stone of the mountain.
"I-I-I-I-I don't know what you mean!" she stuttered, "I don't know any witch, I swear!" Zelda's back hit the stone, she was trapped.
"We here in Sitka have no place for the witch's scum! Be gone, demon girl!" The other animals screeched in agreement with the boar, who was readying his tusks for a charge.
All the animals were silenced when they all heard the same earth shattering roar that Zelda had been hearing all day. Zelda's assailants all recoiled from her, looking up above her in fear.
Zelda looked up and saw why, growing fearful herself…
Behind her, up above her on a rock, was the largest, most ferocious Lion Zelda had ever seen…
AN/ Well, that's over with. I apologize about the lack of desciptions but I just couldn't write anything I was happy with and chose to just move the plot along and get Zelda into the Lost World and add more desciptions as she gets more time to take everything in. I have the next chapter ready to go, but I need some encouragement before I post it.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I will work harder,
If you would review!
