The Sound of Footsteps and laughter approached me. It was the children. Talo seemed very anxious and determined on something they were all discussing. "I'm telling you, she is a monster!" yelled Talo Spreading his hands out.
"But Talo," said Beth, crossing her arms, "Link said she wasn't. Plus, Meghan doesn't look like a monster to me!" she added. I was still sitting by the lake soaking my legs in the cold water. I looked down to see my reflection. I saw long wavy black hair, two big hazel eyes framed by wide defined eyebrows, a sun-kissed complexion, and soft slightly rosy lips. A beautiful young girl. I saw no monster. But it made me curious. Why would Talo insist that I was one? Maybe I should ask him?
I glanced back to where they were, only to find them gone. I took a deep breath in and sighed. I guess I'll ask him another time.
I stood up, straightening my dress. I started looking around myself, deciding where to go next when a figure started creeping up behind me. I Glanced behind me to see a pregnant woman. She had short blonde hair, blue eyes, and the sweetest smile on her face.
"Hello, young lady," she greeted me, tilting her head.
"Hello," I smiled back.
"Are you Meghan?" Wait, what? How would she know my name?
"Yes, I am," I replied with a look of curiosity on my face. The woman giggled, probably at me.
"Are you wondering how I got your name?"
"Well...yeah."
She giggled again. "Link told me all about you!" she replied, putting a hand on her stomach.
"Oh, I see," I said when I thought of something. "Um, miss? Can you tell me your name?"
The woman blinked her eyes then put a hand to her mouth with a gasp surprise, "Oh my, how rude of me! My name is Uli, my Dear. Nice to meet you!"
"Nice to meet you too," I replied, shaking her hand.
"Say Meghan, have you met my son, Colin?" Uli questioned, putting her hand back on her Bump. Colin…? I remembered meeting the little shy blonde haired boy.
'I...I am..c..co..Colin.'
"Yes, I've met him. He was quite shy," I hum.
"Oh yes, that's my little Colin. Would you mind calling him for me?" Uli spoke with a voice that said sorry for the trouble. "I would do it myself, but my back has been aching lately."
"No, I wouldn't mind! I'll call him for you!"
"Thank you, Meghan."
With that said, I made my way up to the shop they, being the children, were once standing next to. I looked around me, trying to find a clue to where they went. Maybe I should ask the shop owner about the kids? Its worth a try, I reason. I open the door to it and walk into the shop to see a woman behind the counter petting a cat next to her.
"Welcome, welcome!" she said with a wide smile, not looking away from the cat.
"Um, hi," I did a little awkward wave.
"I've never seen your face here before," she eyed me, looking from the cat and putting a finger to her chin. "could you be the girl my daughter was talking about?"
She tilted her head and looked up as if trying to remember something as I stood in the doorway awkwardly. "Oh, what did she call you? Magnolia? Or was it Magma? Mag something," she scratched her head clueless.
"Um, it's Meghan," I cringed at the names she gave me.
"Oh, Meghan! That's a foreign name! I'm Sera, I'm this stores owner. Nice to meet you," Sera bowed her head slightly.
"Nice to meet you too." I replied with an awkward smile.
"Are you here to check out my merchandise?"
"Actually, I'm looking for Colin. I've seen him come to this store a while ago, do you perhaps know where he was headed?" I asked.
The woman slumped at the fact I wouldn't buy anything. "Well, this time of day, I suppose there is only one place he would be at," she laughed through her nose as I gave a look of confusion.
"That would be in front of Link's house."
"Oh, okay! Thank you!" I said, backing up to the door.
"You're welcome, next time buy somethin', will ya?" Sera waved as I left the shop.
I looked right and left, clueless. I should've asked her for directions to Link's house. I took a deep breath and started moving forward. Oh well, I guess I'll have to find it by myself. I saw an arch leading outside the village, or so I thought. Perhaps over there? I walked slowly towards the arch when I heard a yell.
"Yeah, amazing!" it sounded like Talo's voice.
"Go Link!" that's Beth's voice! that means the kids are up ahead!
I jogged, following the sound of their yells of encouragement. I saw the kids standing, cheering Link who was swinging his sword at a dummy with a pumpkin head.
"Do a spin attack!" ordered Malo. Link smirked and held his hand out with the sword in it. he slightly twisted his torso and swung the sword making a perfect circle. The dummy was sliced in half. The kids looked at the shattered dummy with awe.
"That was totally awesome," said Talo freaking out. "it was perfect!"
"Of course it was perfect, it's Link after all," giggled Beth doing that weird dance. Link noticed me standing, looking stunned. He started laughing.
"Hey, Meghan," Link waved smiling.
"Hey," I waved back.
"Ah! Monster!" screeched Talo.
"Talo..." sighed Beth.
"Hey Talo, that's rude! You best apologize," urged Link.
"But she is one, she fell down from a black hole in the sky!" snapped Talo.
Wait...what?
"What do you mean?" I questioned, staring at the little boy standing in front of me.
"You fell from the sky, that's what I mean!" Talo glared at me intensely. "Only a monster would survive a fall like that!" I noticed his legs shivering and shaking. Is he afraid of me?
I took a step forward. "Talo-"
"No, stay away! Monster!" he stepped back ready to run.
"Talo, stop it!" yelled Link. Talo looked at his feet tears forming in his eyes
He clenched his teeth and cried, "Are you all blind? Didn't you see her fall from that hole? It's the same as the ones before..." He mumbled. Tears streaming down his face.
"Anything that comes outta that thing can't be good!" he yelled. Pushing Link aside, he ran away.
What is he talking about, I thought. Black hole? What is that? the same as the ones before? What happened here? Am I really a monster...?
I felt like my head was about to explode. Everything around me was fading away. It's all dark, and the last thing I saw was Link's concerned face.
