Part 3 ( Zelda's P.O.V)
I rubbed my bottom annoyingly. After disappearing into the portal, I came through the ceiling of my new location and was stopped one foot from the ground. I hadn't realized that until the rupee shaped barrier had disappeared, and I had landed heavily on the ground. The portal on the ceiling turned back into a pentacle coin and landed on top of the satchel that sat on my lap.
Bitterly I wiped the tears from my eyes and focused all my powers on the coin. I stared at it stupidly, and cursed the ceiling as if it had done me wrong. Sheik had sent me to some unknown destination, and now I sat in a dark, unlit room. From the dampness, and cold rock floor below me, I could tell I was underground, but where, I didn't know. I held the coin tightly, and whispered some words I didn't completely understand. They had been the ones Sheik had chanted. Frustrated tears slid down my cheeks, and as I remembered Sheik, they continued to fall. I threw the coin to the ground and shouted at the coin for the portal to open, and when it didn't do anything I stood up and grinded it into the ground with my boot, and stomped on it. It was really immature, but when you weren't sure if you would ever see your older brother again, you' be pretty pissed off too.
When I got fed up with the grinding of the coin I picked it up and shoved it in my pocket. I wandered the underground passage for a while, not finding anything to interesting. Sheik, where the hell am I? I whined in my mind. I went straight, the only way there was to go, and continued down a slope-like hallway, that went down like a ramp. As I continued forward, in the distance I could see a slight flickering. I squinted my eyes, and blinked to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. Nope, there was definitely a flickering up ahead. Quickening my speed, I hurried towards the light hoping to find a useful lead. When I reached the end of the hallway, I saw that the place with the flickering lights was a large room dimly lit with torches, two each on the east and west walls. Despite the room being poorly lit, I could see a ladder against the wall opposite of the entrance, where I currently stood. On the wall above the ladder, there was a large opening to another room. Sighing tiredly, I began climbing the ladder up to the ledge of the room, and pulled myself up.
Breathing heavily, I pushed myself up off of the ground and slipped my arm into the drawstring of the satchel and wore it like a purse with long string. As I continued down the new corridor, I could hear running water from somewhere ahead and a strange smell filing my nose. Then it dawned on me. Oh Din, I'm in a sewer. Hyrules' sewers? Did Sheik send me to Hyrules' sewers? I frowned. Something was off. I couldn't be in Hyrule's sewers. It would have been a lot larger than this, with a lot more complicated turns and such. Confused, I continued walking forward, my only comfort coming from a constant drip from somewhere near me. Finally though, I reached a bunch of platforms with a torch in front of it. Carefully, I jumped across the first one fine. The second one though, I almost slipped off the edge, but I had shifted my weight forward enough to crash forwards on the platform. Hauling myself back up, and wiping a few painful tears from my eyes, I jumped to the next one and finally reached a long, straight platform.
I continued along the long outstretched platform, and saw I had been correct that is was some kind of sewer because there was a grate with running water at the end. But when I turned the corner, the scenery changed into a decorated basement of boxes and colors, and it surprised me. It looked like someone's basement, or recreational room. Cautiously, I stepped inside and felt a slight ripple. Startled, I jumped back and stared at the opening, shocked. It was a barrier of some kind, but it had allowed me to enter. Sheik must have sent me for a reason then. I assumed. I walked into the barrier again, and safely came through the other side. Inside, there was a glasslike staircase, with the colors of the rainbow. Placing my hand on the railing, I began up them and gasped at what I saw. It was a large room, and brightly lit with a humongous telescope that was built outside the roof on a circular platform. Must be in an observatory, I thought. Do we have an observatory in Hyrule? I climbed up onto the platform, and ran up to the small part of the telescope.
Excitement filled me as I peered into the glass. The sun was rising and outside there was a beautiful view that I thought I recognized, but I didn't know why. I was definitely not in Hyrule in anymore, though there was a towering Castle in the town. I thought for a minute. Terminia? Is that where Sheik had sent me? It was possible. I remember some of the stories I had heard Sheik talk to dad about. For some reason though, nobody ever told me about Terminia and I wasn't allowed to go when Sheik or father went. I'd only met Dimitri a couple times as well, at various balls, my brothers birthday and for some reason, my birthday. For some reason though, every time he looked at me, I always felt this painful nostalgia that would always make me sick enough to leave the event. Eventually, he stopped coming to Hyrule, so Sheik and father always visited separately because apparently, I needed babysitting.
Occupied and lost in thought, I hadn't heard anybody come up behind me. When they coughed for my attention, I could've sworn my soul almost separated from my body. The man chuckled heavily and my face flushed red.
"S-Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude," I stammered. Ignoring my apologies he bowed his head.
"Not at all," He said looking up into my eyes knowingly "your highness" I felt the blood drain from my face and he laughed some more. "My apologies. I must introduce myself," He said, sobering. "My name is Agahnim. I am a wizard, and I mentored your brother, Prince Sheik," He explained.
I looked at him doubtfully, but why else had Sheik sent me here?
"Well, um…do you have any proof?" I asked, half in doubt. He shrugged.
"Why don't you use a spell?" He suggested. I eyed him for a second.
"You really mentored him?" I asked again. His smile returned.
"Princess, how do you think he has mastered his magic so fast?" He countered.
I shrugged. " I – honestly, I always thought he was a natural," I replied. The old man bellowed out in laughter, walking over to a small desk in the back of the room. Subconsciously, I followed him.
'Yes, I suppose that's possible too," He agreed, cheerfully. "But not your brother, oh no. Far from it, m'lady. When he was younger, he could barley do anything," He said. I cocked my head to the side. 'Huh," I replied. I couldn't remember anything before age 12 for the most part. My brother and father said there had been an incident when I was younger so I couldn't remember anything. I had tried a thousand spells growing up, trying to remember, but whenever I had tried it it was as if something was keeping me from doing it; like a black wall of some sorts.
"So will you do a spell?" He asked, breaking me out of my daze. I watched him for a few minutes shuffling through papers and decided I would trust him.
"No I trust you-for now," I added the last part in unintentionally. He nodded in agreement.
"I will become your tutor then. Well its time to take you home now," My eyes lit up. "Your going to take me home now? Great! We need to go right now then. Sheik and my father are in danger," He stopped all activities and his face suddenly faltered heavily.
"A thousand pardons, princess. You misunderstood. I meant its time to take you to your new home," He explained apologetically. My face burned red, and my throat seized up.
"Wha-what?" I squeaked out. Tears were threatening to fall out of my eyes. " But-Sheik-he needs our help," I cried out in a mixture of overwhelmed emotions. He shook his head.
"Right now princess, he cannot be helped. If it is Vaati, then my powers are at a loss. And your powers as they are right now are not enough. I'm sure your brother will be fine," He assured me. Tears were rolling down my face now.
"What about my father?" I asked, my voice shaky. The mans eyes darkened even more and he seemed to hesitate before continuing.
"Forgive me, but your father has passed to the other realm. He left this morning before he got a chance to see you again. He is the one who contacted me and told your brother to send you here," He replied.
He hadn't needed to explain the rest though because he lost me at 'realm'. Before he had even finished his last sentence, I had collapsed to the floor in a sitting position, crying into the satchel, breaking out in sobs that drowned out his words. My long golden hair cascaded down my shoulders suddenly, when the ribbon holding my hair came undone. No, no, NO! I don't know how long I sat there for, but some time had gone by before Agahnim put a sleeping spell on me. Either that or exhaustion took over. Nonetheless, when I neared the black edge of sleep, I heard a soft whisper cross my mind that only added to my grief.
Sorry, Zel.
A/C Yay! chapter 1 next time! i may make it a year or two later in chapter 1. right now Zel is 15 right now, and Sheik is 17. Dimi (short for dimitri) is 16 and link will be 16-17 in the next chapter! Reveiw =3
