Seven years. It has been seven years since I've seen him. He didn't come to get me. Did he forget about me? Is he dead? I worry about him every day.
In those seven years, Ganondorf has taken over. He is unstoppable, all-powerful, as I've heard. He killed my uncle. Not that I care too much, I still miss him, but I don't miss the abuse. I managed to escape, a couple of surviors and I now live in Kakariko Village. It's strange, I thought we would all be cramped in this small village, but because Ganondorf has killed all of them, there is more than enough room for everybody. It feels so empty.
Ever since Ganondorf had taken over, my life was worse than when I lived with Uncle. They all treated me like I was Ganondorf. To them I might as well be, I was part Gerudo, half of me was supposed to be on Ganondorfs side. They didn't let me in stores, I couldn't go out on the streets without someone sending a racsist comment my way. It wasn't just them who hated me, I hated me.
If I wasn't already upset enough, the man how did this to my life is a Gerudo. I'm a Gerudo. I had been thinking for a while that when I grew up, I would join them, but now, they are the enemy. Does that make me the enemy?
"Just because you are both Gerudo, doesn't mean you are both bad." Links voice rang in my head.
I wanted nothing more than him to be right, but the other villagers didn't think so. I didn't know who to agree with anymore, I wanted to be a Gerudo, I thought that they would be the only people who respected me, but should I forget everything that they haved done to me and Link and Uncle and Princess Zelda and...oh gods so many people. I can't forget that. but if I don't, this could be my life forever...
Because nobody wants to see me, I live were Dampé the gravekeeper used to live. He lived in the graveyard, obviously, so I'm not near many people. It makes it a little harder to steal food when you're far away from all of it, it takes longer to run back. I have to steal food because nobody will let me in to any stores, and since I know nothing about hunting, stealing it is the next best thing. I don't think I feel as bad as I should, but those people deserve it.
One day I was up on thr rooftops, I have been practicing my parkour, I'm quite good at jumping to building to building. It helps when you have to run away. I sat down and looked at the town from above. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a boy dressed in green.
"Could it be Link? Or could it be that my mind is playing tricks on me again?" I turned my head and loe and behold, it was Link.
I couldn't belive it. It was him. I climbed down and hid behind a building. Was it really him? I had a feeling it wasn't, maybe he ws a ghost. He looked older, he had grown up. How can that be? He was a Kokiri. Maybe it really wasn't him.
I stepped out of my hiding spot and built up the curage to say "Link? Is that you?" I was afraid it wasn't him, I was afraid the villagers would hurt me again, most of all I was nervous that it really was him, and he didn't come to find me because he hated me.
He turned around. I saw Navi with him too she flew towards me
"It's Avy, Link! She's alive!" I almost burst into tears when she said that, it took all my strength to hold it in.
"Avy." He whispered. He came running to me, arms out in front of him. He held me close, I could feel the tears from his face drop on my shoulder. This is when I realised I was crying too.
"Were did you go?" I managed to say, I was sobbing now, it was hard to speak. "Were did you go?" I kept saying to him.
He said nothing, I could feel his back moving up and down from his crying. We held each other for a long time, until I heard a villager come out from his home. I knew it wasn't a good idea for us to stay here, so I let go of him, grabbed his hand, and ran to the graveyard. I closed the door when we were all inside.
Navi flew beside me "Avy, we wanted to find you." Her voice sounded shaky, she had been crying too."We-"
"Lemme tell her, Navi" Link interupted.
Link then told me that when he went to the Temple of Time, he had to open the Door of Time with the Ocarina of Time and the Spiritual Stones. He then pulled the Master Sword from the Pedastle of Time, it was the sword of evils bane, he was to slay Ganondorf with it. But when he pulled out the sword, Ganondorf had got the triforce.
"The Temple of Time is a gateway to the Sacred Realm." He explained "That's were the Triforce is, but Ganondorf knew I was going to break the seal the Master sword held on the sared realm, so when I broke the seal that the Master Sword held, he went to get the Triforce."
"That's why he's so powerful." I muttered. Link nodded and continued.
He told me the only way to stop him was with the help of the Six Sages, who were to be awakened.
"The first one is in the forest, where I grew up." Link sounded both nrevous and exited at the mention of his home. "But first I have to find an item that's suposed to me here. In this village."
I had to sit down to process all of this. "But...why didn't you come to get me?"
I thought I was going to agin, but I held back the tears. Link sat beside me. He put his arm around me. This made my heart race, and I couldn't help but smile.
"The sage Rauru was in the sacred realm. When I entered, he sealed me in the Chamber of Sages for seven years, I wasn't ready to be the Hero of Time. That's why I couldn't get you, Avy. I wanted to, I really did." He then put both his arms around me to embrace me. "When I saw what had happened to Castle Town, I thought you were dead." His voice got shakey again. "I-I-I thought..."
We hugged each other again, listening to the sounds of our sobbing. Navi came in and joined the hug too, I could hear the tiny sobs coming from her.
When we had all calmed down, he asked me how I escaped. I told him I'm pretty damn fast, and very sneaky when I want to be.
He smiled at me. "I missed you." He said to me, blushing.
I blushed back and said "I missed you too."
We stared at each other for a long time, my heart was racing, why did I get so nervous around him? We leaned in a bit closer, for a second I thought he may kiss me...
Navi interupted the moment.
" Hey Avy," She asked "Do you know anything about an item that would help us here?"
Link looked disapointed when I backed away. "Well I don't know." I relpied.
We all sat there, thinking for a long time. Then I rememebered Dampé the gravekeeper. I remember something about him being burried with a treasure.
I told Link this, and he grinned. "That could be it."
So we headed out to Dampés grave.
"This is the one." I told them as I pointed to a grave on the left side of the graveyard.
Link pulled the grave back, and it revealed a hole underneath it. We all looked at each other, then without saying a word, we headed down.
Inside it was very ominous looking. there was blue pillars holding up the ceiling (wich was techinically the ground) and a large arch in front of us. As we walked forward, there floating just before the arch, was Dampés ghost. Link touched my shoulder as if to say 'wait here' and went ahead.
"Heh heh heh, young man! Are you fast on your feet?" The ghost asked Link.
"I would like to think so." He replied
"I may not look like it, but I'm confident in my speed! Let's have a race! Follow me if you dare! Dampé said.
Before Link had a chance to say no, he was off, and Link had no choice but to race him.
That left me and Navi alone to wait for him. "He really likes you, Avy." Navi told me. "He REALLY likes you."
I blushed. " Do you think so?" I didn't really belive her.
"All he could do was talk about you and look for you when we came back to Hyrule." She told me.
Something in her tone made me belive her."Why would he like me?" I asked her.
Navi flew to sit on my shoulder. "Who wouldn't?" She said. I smiled in thanks.
After a while Link came down the hole we hade came from. He looked disapointed. "I didn't beat him." He said.
I smiled and offered to challenge him myself. Link looked skeptical, but agreed. I walked up to the deseaced gravekeeper and said "May I challenge you to a race as well?"
Dampé look pleased. "As I told your friend, I'm confident in my speed!" And he flew off.
I ran strait ahead of him. Twisting and turning all around the maze, and ended up in a room with a large chest in the middle.
Dampé came shortly after. "The time of this race was 00"00"32! Hehehe, young lady... you are very quick to keep up with me! Hehehe!"
I didn't just keep up with him, I totally beat him by a longshot, but I wasn't about to make a ghost angry at me, especially since I was living in his house.
"As a reward, I'm going to give you my treasure. It's called the Hookshot! Its spring-loaded chain will pull you to any spot where its hook sticks. Doesn't thaty sound cool? I'm sure it will help you!"
I bowed in thanks.
"I live here now, so come back again sometime. I'll give you something cool!" I told him that I would gladly see him in the future. "One more thing! Be careful on your way back! Hehehe..."
He dissapeared. I opened the chest to find the Hookshot Dampé talked about. Now to get out of here.
I went the only way available to me, the door right in front of me. The door I had came from was locked, so this was my only way. Inside there was a large step I had to climb over, but after the step was some stairs leading to the windmill. I entered the windmill and I could hear the man playing the song he always plays 'Dahdah, dah DAH! Dahdah, dah DAH! Dah dah DAH dah dah DAH! dah dahdahdahdahdahdah.' I sang the song in my head; it was catchy. When I exited, I headed strait for the grave again, to find Link and Navi. They had gotten out of the grave and were standing at the entrace of the graveyard, waiting for me.
I had a smug look on my face. "This what you are looking for?" I asked as I tossed him the hookshot.
"This must be the item that Sheik talked about!" Navi exclaimed.
"Thank you so much, Avy." Link said as he walked towards me to give me a hug.
"You're welcome." My welcome was muffled my my face being in his chest, he was a lot taller than me.
"I...I'm afraid I have to leave now." Link sounded so upset. "I'm sorry to leave you again, but I have to do this on my own."
I nodded. "I understand, as long as you come back."
We hugged again, but for a shorter ammount of time. I turned to Navi and said "You keep an eye on him, alright Navi?"
"It's my job Avy!" She said.
I watched them leave the graveyard, feeling nervous they would get hurt. What if this was too dangerous? What if Link died? I couldn't sleep that night because of these thoughts.
