Hey there! I hope that you are enjoying the story so far. Please let me know if you think that any character is becoming a Mary-Sue, or if you think I need to improve in one area or something among those lines. Reviews are always appreciated (seriously, I like almost scream and get really excited if I see one review, even if it's just like a three worded one)!
Oh, and I just want to clairify something. In the last chapter, Ami said that Link wanted to return her punch and there might have been some confusion on that because Link is not vengeful. I want to point out that Ami was not really affected by the punch and she is the one telling the story to you. -hint hint- She might want to make herself look stronger than she is, or make the reader more on her side than Link's. ;) Hopefully that cleared things up a little bit.
Okay, so my first day as prisoner went something like this:
"Hang on," he grunted. I shook my head and stuck my tongue out at the back of his head. I wasn't holding on to him if that's what he wanted. My club was tied to the front of the horse (just before Link's leg. I was surprised (in a good way) that he'd let me keep it.
"No way," I snapped.
"What is it now?" I crossed my arms and looked away from him.
"I'm not about to hang onto you." I had a feeling that he rolled his eyes at me as he spurred his horse forward. The horse lurched forward and I held on with just my legs, trying to keep my balance without the saddle. I have to admit, the fact that I was tied to the saddle helped matters just a little bit.
After a while of watching the scenery pass, not knowing where I was going and what this idiot thought he was going to do with me (I don't think he thinks that far), I got bored. Sort of. Okay, maybe not bored, but I really wanted to try this. I reached forward with my right hand, seized that funky looking hat off of wonder boy, and tossed it out behind me. Epona skidded to a stop which made my face fly into his back. Spitting off the side of his horse, I turned to face him.
"What's your deal?" I growled. He gave me an annoyed look.
"What do you mean 'what's my deal'? What's your deal?" I tried to look innocent.
"Whatever are you talking about?" I asked in a fake innocent voice with a touch of sarcasm.
"You threw my hat!" I grinned deviously as he got off his horse to fetch it. Heh heh. That honestly made my day. Once he got back on the horse, he dug his boots back into her sides and we were off again. I tapped him on the shoulder.
"Now can you tell me where we are going?" I asked. He shook his head.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you'd tell the enemy."
"Weren't you the one who said that there was no way that I could communicate with the enemy? Wasn't that the reason you decided to keep me 'prisoner'?" Sheesh, doesn't this guy ever think? He shrugged.
"Fine. We're going to the Zora's Domain."
"Why?"
"You don't need to know!" This was getting nowhere. I sighed disappointed that he was actually going to make me think. Okay, so obviously he wanted to go to the Zora's Domain either to get to Snowpeak or to find out something about the Lakebed Temple. I poked him again.
"Are you going to the Lakebed Temple or Snowpeak?" I asked. He bristled.
"Why do you think that—"
"Because those are the only two reasons that you'd go to the Zora's Domain. Duh."
"What's a duh?"
"Oh shut up and give me the answer," I growled. How could he not know what duh is? He must have been living under a rock his entire life!
"I need to find a way to 'breathe' under water or something of the sort," he explained. I smiled.
"Now we're getting somewhere!"
I'm going to skip past the extremely boring horse ride over to the Zora's Domain that was filled with silence. I was surprised that no stupid little monsters chased us on the way over (I don't know why), but I knew that fact wasn't helping my situation too much. Link probably thought that they weren't trying to kill us because I am in league with them. I had so much explaining to do when the time came to it. For now, it was better that he thought that I was with ole Ganny. It was an easier concept for him to grasp instead of me having to go through explaining that I was from a different world or whatever and was on a trail and a horse popped out of nowhere and then there were Bulblins following it who kidnapped me and threw me into a puddle in the middle of Hyrule Field. Yeah, I thought I'd stick with the Gannondorf thing for now.
When we'd reached the domain, Link untied me and literally pulled me off the horse and dragged me inside. Once we were inside, I let him tie up my hands again, deciding it was better not to put up a fight. Plus, maybe I could get some revenge with this. We were pretty high up in the domain, the lake being oh I don't know three feet, four feet, one hundred feet below us? Maybe I'm exaggerating because I didn't pull out a measuring tape to find out how accurate I was, but we were high. I moaned a little and began to shake, earning a confused look from Link. I glared back at him.
"We-ell," I said, my voice cracking in the middle of the word, "go do whatever you came to do or whatever. Go. Shoo." He shrugged and dragged me over to a vine growing on a wall where he tied my rope to it.
"Stay here," he directed.
"As if I have a choice," I sighed as I leaned against the wall. Link looked at me for another second before turning around and flinging himself off the edge of the cliff thing of stone that we were on. What an idiot. I'd laugh if he missed the lake at the bottom, but since I was tied up I couldn't look over the edge and find out. On second thought, maybe I could. I don't think realized that I was strong than some vine. I pulled forward a little and the plant snapped, leaving me free to walk around. I trotted over to the edge and peered down, ignoring the somersaults that my stomach was doing. Unfortunately, the little hero made his jump into the pond and had already swum to shore. He walked over to one of the Zoras and started to have a conversation with him. Bored, I stepped back and sat down, waiting for him to come back up here and see me off the vine.
About ten minutes later, he showed up where I was. At first he was a little surprised, but then I assumed that he remembered what he'd tied me to and shrugged as he walked towards me. He seemed a little annoyed by me but not to angry. I smiled up at him.
"So . . . what's up?" I asked as we walked towards Epona. He helped me mount her. I motioned to my hands.
"No, you're keeping that on," he grunted. "We're going back to Castle Town." I rolled my eyes.
"Why?"
"To find Ralis. Do you know where he is?"
"Castle Town, right?" It was Link's turn to roll his eyes.
"No, I mean where in Castle Town."
"I have no clue," I lied. Some things he was just going to have to find out on his own. He sighed and jumped into his saddle, giving Epona a pat on the shoulder before he gave the signal for her to trot.
We stopped on the edge of North Hyrule Field. It was pretty late at night and Link wanted to wait until day to continue, claiming that night was dangerous. I just think that he was tired or too lazy. I sat against a tree watching him un-tack Epona (which I didn't think that he did but it makes sense), and give her a couple loving pats. It was sweet, but I still didn't like the guy. When he sat down and kept his gaze on his horse, a thought occurred to me. I poked him again (which I hoped was driving him crazy by now).
"Hey, can I ask you a question?" I asked curiously. He looked at me.
"Depends on what it is." I didn't exactly know where to start.
"Do you have . . . many wild horses around here . . . like . . . have you ever . . . seen any?" My question confused him.
"Er . . . no. We don't really have any wild ones. They're all tame. Sometimes there's a really spirited one that is owned, but I don't know if there are any left in the wild. If there are they are rare. Why do you ask?" I shrugged.
"You see, I sort of . . . saw one. He was white . . . well technically he was a gray but saying white is so much easier than saying 'a very light shade of gray' so I'll just stick with white, but that's not the point. I was just wondering if maybe you saw him?" He shook his head.
"Consider yourself fortunate that you were able to see a wild horse," he said simply. I smiled.
"Yeah I know . . . I just wanted to know if maybe you've seen him too." Awkward silence.
Finally, Link asked, "So where's your horse?" The question caught me off guard.
"What?" I asked. He shrugged.
"Where's your horse? You don't honestly think that I'm going to believe that Zant or whomever you serve sent you to capture me without a horse, do you?" He gave me a soft smile. I giggled a little. This guy was weird. He still thought that I was one of his enemies but was trying to have a conversation with me. I guess he thought he could have a friendly conversation without giving away any useful information. Or he just didn't think that I was a threat.
"Oh, I don't have a horse," I laughed. "I wish I did though! My parents won't get me one because they say that their too expensive and everything. Well, that's their excuse. The real reason is they just think they're a whole lot of responsibility (which they are), but they can't get their minds wrapped around the fact that they stay in a stall. My dad keeps saying stuff like "they stink" or something and I say "you know that it wouldn't stay in the house, right?" and then he'd say "yeah but I bet I'd be the one having to ride and clean up after it" but why would I want him doing that when that's the whole reason I want a horse? Seriously, I don't see the big deal. When I move out and everything I'm going to have a ranch and I will board and train horses to make money and I will have my own horse. I'll do show jumping or barrel racing or something like that too." Link blinked, surprised at my very long reply, more a rant than an answer.
"Do your parents serve your king too?" I blinked dumbly. I'd gone off on a tangent and had completely forgotten that I was supposed to be an evil minion or something.
"Uh . . . sure. Yeah," I replied quickly. I think this guy was trying to interview me to try to find out any information that he might be able to use or something like that. Smart. Sort of.
"Do you know how to ride?" What kind of question was that?
"Of course!"
"Did your dad teach you?" I shook my head quickly.
"Nah, he's kind of afraid of horses. I take lessons at a farm. There's this really awesome horse there that I love. He's an American Saddlebred named Flight, and he's a flaming chestnut color. I love him to death. He's so goofy. Like, when you try to walk away from him after petting him, he kicks his stall door until you come back. If you put your head under his head, he'll try to squeeze you really hard. If you just stick your hand out to his nose, he'll put his nose on your hand and keep it there with a funny expression on his face until you start petting him. He comes when he's called and you don't even need to lead him anywhere because he follows you like a dog! He's so cute." Yeah, I went off on a tangent again. I have a habit of doing that. Link laughed a little bit. I think he noticed.
"Why's your dad afraid of horses?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Not really afraid just . . . nervous. I asked him why and he said "they're big"," I replied. His reasoning still sounded silly to me. Link seemed amused.
"What's an American Saddlebred?" he asked. Oh, right, I forgot. They probably didn't have names for horse breeds yet and if they did it wouldn't have America in it.
"It's a breed of horse," I explained.
"Breed?"
"Kind, basically. For example, your horse, Epona, would be a Shire since she is all big and buff and her legs have feathers, see?" Link looked at Epona and tried to follow what I was saying. Finally, he nodded.
"Okay . . ." he murmured. Great, I was confusing him with my modern day horse talk. He looked back at me but said nothing. I had the feeling that he was studying me for some reason. The awkward silence carried on for about ten minutes before I got tired of it.
"What is it?" I asked. He narrowed his eyes.
"You aren't Hylian." He pointed at my ears. "Your ears aren't pointed, and you don't have any Hylian features in your face. Where are you from?" I looked down at my feet. He wouldn't believe me if I told him. He'd think I was lying. Besides, he was just trying to find out information, so I could show that I was onto his little scheme or whatever.
"Do you honestly think that I am going to tell you?" He looked down at his feet with an 'it was worth a try' look on his face. I sighed. "Okay, I'll tell you this. I'm from somewhere hot so I'm not really used to extremely cold weather. I can handle about down to 57 degrees Fahrenheit but then I'm done and desperately need a jacket. I like temperatures of about 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity really affects me because I am used to dry heat. Seriously, when I moved from a place with dry heat to a place with humidity and then went to one of my . . . um, little lesson things that I do for a sport that I play . . . I about passed out. I hate humidity. It's awful!" Link had a crooked smile on his face. Well, Link, I'm glad that I could provide some amusement to you.
"You know it gets pretty humid here," he said smiling. Oh yeah, I'd noticed. I was too distracted by Bulblins and other idiotic things earlier but while we were on that silent and boring horse ride to the Zoras', I'd noticed it and I was so thankfully that I didn't sweat too much. Why did he have that stupid grin still on?
"Yeah I know. Congratulations, you get to see me sweat like a pig when I have to work out," I said. I began to get into a yoga pose against the trunk of the tree. The pose is basically, I put one of my knees on the ground and have my lower leg propped up flat against the tree. Then I have to get into a really good lunge (thrust out your hips, sit up straight, yada yada yada). Link stared at me like I was insane.
"What are you doing?" he asked. I looked at him and smiled slightly, my eyes narrowed.
"Physical therapy. This is one of the stretches I have to do 'cause my knees have issues. It's called Satan's Pose*. Not kidding." *I don't mean any offense with this statement. This is an actual pose and I put the name in here for those of you who actually know what it is, therefore you understand clearly what she is doing. ;)
"Why?"
"I think it's because it burns," I answered, my eyes still narrowed. Great. I had to do this for ninety seconds and then switch legs. "Wanna distract me?"
"I probably shouldn't . . ."
"No, seriously, you probably should. Keep my mind off of it or something."
"What's wrong with your knees?"
"They have issues."
"Okay . . ." He wasn't going to be any help so I decided to ask a question.
"What was the stupidest thing you've ever done?" I asked.
"What makes you think that I've done something stupid?" I gave him one of those looks.
"Well, because you're you. You've made a lot of mistakes already and I've only known you for a day."
"Name one," he challenged, glaring at me.
"You took me as a 'prisoner' without thinking. You didn't know how to keep a prisoner or how to keep an eye on a prisoner to make sure he or she did not escape while you were off doing something else. That was stupid mistake number one." I laughed at his face and he quickly clamped his dropped jaw shut. He seemed thoughtful for a few moments before he replied.
"Okay, well now I do know what I am going to do with you," he said.
"Do tell."
"I'll drop you off at Kakariko where Renato will keep a sharp eye on you," he said simply.
"What makes you think that I'll stay?" I asked, a sly smile creeping onto my lips. Before Link could respond, a three foot tall (okay four feet) imp jumped out of his shadow and popped into my face. I yelped and fell backwards, staring at the thing in surprise. She laughed at my reaction. I tried to get up, but my hands were still tied behind my back and I fell back over.
"Help?" I grunted in a monotone. I heard Link chuckle as he pulled me (harder than needed) back onto my feet. I was certain that I was the klutziest (and that is not a word) captive he'd ever have. The imp laughed harder.
"Well, I've never seen a human quite as clumsy as you," she said in her eerie high voice. I gritted my teeth.
"Apparently you haven't met many humans," I retorted. She was unaffected.
"And yet you think that you'd be able to make an escape from Kakariko . . ."
"Of course." She looked at me, her eyes sparkling.
"Well, I, for one, doubt it. Don't worry, we'd have some high security on you, monitoring your every second . . . we'd have to punish you if you acted up . . . Oh, and did I mention that there's a graveyard in Kakariko?"
"Midna!" Link snapped, his voice sounding more pleading than silencing. Guess he wasn't so great at authority. She looked at him and smiled, shrugging.
"It's true," she giggled before disappearing back into his shadow. I looked at Link.
"Well isn't she charming."
Hey, I actually wrote seven pages! Hopefully they were interesting and didn't bore you too badly. I'm trying to get the plot to kick in soon, so don't worry. I know that I wasn't very descriptive and I want to apologize for that. I'm almost brain dead at the moment. XD Reviews are appreciated!
