Evolution
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Annie awoke to the sun creeping up over the horizon, it was a beautiful sunrise but it hardly even occurred to her. The first thing that Annie did when she woke was to inspect her surroundings quite methodically, for anything that might hurt her or possibly help her. It was hard to enjoy the beauty of this world when it was constantly trying to kill her. She doubted that anyone would come along; most people were still spirits in the twilight covered provinces of Hyrule. The only person she could think of that might help her other than Link was the mail man. This also seemed unlikely to her as well.
Annie made sure to check ALL of her surroundings, the sky, the terrain around her and the trees. She was not going to leave anything to chance any more. She had been there for only a few days and had come to close to injury for her liking. She saw nothing though that could hurt her so she stood up and stretched her aching arms and legs. Annie turned and looked at the twilight gate, she wondered if it really was the right one. It wasn't blocked off like the other two had been in the game but she didn't think they would be blocked off, or at least not blocked off in the same way here.
She contemplated if Link had already entered the twilight gate. If he had gone straight to gate without spending much time looking for her she was sure he was already there. The question was how long had he or was he looking for her, it occurred to her he could still be looking and she wondered if she should stay and wait. She wondered how long she should stay in one place, and Annie figured if he didn't find her by midafternoon she would have to go looking for him. She was going to wait as long as possible to see if he was in the twilight.
By the time the sun had reached its apex it seemed like an eternity had passed. Nothing had changed, the twilight hadn't vanished and she didn't see a break in the twilight in the distance. She gathered herself up and began walking away from the gate. She really had no idea where she was going or where Link may be but she couldn't stand waiting any more, she had to do something. When Annie came to the opening to Hyrule field she crouched behind a small knoll and checked her surroundings again for various monsters. She could see a bulbin far off in the distance, he looked like he was alone and it seemed to Annie that he had a bow instead of a club. She had a crazy idea.
She watched him intently for a few more minutes, to make sure he hadn't already seen her, and when she was convinced he hadn't she began to creep towards him in a kitty-cornered fashion; using the natural hills and furrows to her advantage. Annie watched the bulbin intently, as she crept towards him ever so slowly. She watched him with the same intensity that a starving dog watches a steak. She was tense and ready to run the moment he showed any aggression; when he would turn she would adjust her direction so that she was for the most part, directly behind him. This time; the bulbin was the prey, and she was the predator.
Finally when she was a few hundred feet from him she stopped and silently surveyed the area. She was looking for anything with significant weight behind it, but that could also fit in one or two hands. At first she looked for a medium sized rock that she could hit him over the head with. But it was mostly dirt and small rocks, so she scanned the ground once again careful to keep an eye on the bulbin at the same time. Soon she came to the base of a large tree, she peeked around it to look at the bulbin yet again. He had no idea she was there and he seemed content to stay put for a while so Annie looked around the base of the tree for a piece of a branch or stick. Soon she found at piece of a large branch about the same thickness as baseball bat and two and half feet long.
Now her focus shifted solely to the lone bulbin. She took advantage of every shadow, bush and hillock, careful to keep an eye on him while staying out of his sight. Soon she was within 50 feet of the bulbin and prepared herself for what she was about to do, she crept to the last place where she was sure where he could not see her. Once there she crouched and took a minute to mentally prepare herself, Annie thought her way through the plan again, picturing what would or could happen. Trying to plan out her and his moves beforehand, like a well-choreographed dance, she figured that because he had a bow the closer she could get to him the safer she would be.
Annie stepped out from behind the tree with the large stick in her hands, the bulbin was still facing away from her. Again she crept closer, slowly, and as quietly as she could; but she made no attempt this time to hide. Suddenly the Bulbin whirled around to face her, Annie wasn't sure how he had known she was there or if he had, but he wasted no time.
He swiftly nocked an arrow then raised and readied his bow, Annie jumped and ducked out of the way just as he loosed an arrow exactly where she had just been. Annie jumped to her feet and rushed at the bulbin before he could prepare another arrow. The bulbin was faster than she had expected and she had only enough time to land a quick blow to his side which didn't affect him like she had hoped it would. He wavered for a moment but Annie could tell it wasn't going to stop him for long, so she used the brief time it had given her to put some distance between him and her.
Again the bulbin nocked another arrow but this time he didn't fire it at her immediately. He actually turned away from her and ran from her a distance, this confused Annie and his strange behavior broke her out of her fighting reverie for a moment. When he stopped and turned towards her again she realized what he was doing and she was in trouble…again. He lifted his bow and aimed it at her, she immediately ran in a spiral around him with him at the center. This would make firing at her harder for the archer bulbin because he would have to fire ahead of her if he wanted to hit her, plus as she got closer it would make hitting her twice as hard.
When she was just out of side of an arm's length from the bulbin she stopped running, took the stick in both hands and bashed him over the head with it. He crumpled to the ground instantly, Annie wasn't sure if he was dead or not and she really didn't want to risk being around when or if he woke up again. She looked around for the whole reason for this fight. It didn't take long to find since he had been using it. Annie grabbed the bow and slung it over her shoulder, then rolled the bulbin over and unstrapped his quiver and strapped it to her back and trotted off behind a tree to hide in case the monster woke up again.
After a few minutes he got to his feet, she must have only knocked him out. He raised himself to his feet and searched for his bow and quiver, after a few minutes he began looking around for them on the ground. Annie wondered if she should take this opportunity to practice with her new bow, but she didn't want to waste the arrows she had when she wasn't in dire straits. The quiver was only about half full and in the end she decided it would be better to wait until she had a full quiver. Again she kept an eye on the bulbin, to make sure that he didn't see her while she was making her get away.
Annie decided that she would make her way back to the twilight gate to see if anything had changed. Even though she now had a weapon she felt it was in her best interest to keep a low profile as to not waste any of her arrows. She crept back the way she had come, constantly keeping an eye on the bulbin, who still seemed to be looking for his bow and quiver.
As she made her way back towards the gate Annie noticed something was different. "The twilight isn't there anymore!" She thought with amazement, Link had been in the twilight after all. Now she stopped worrying about being seen by monsters hurried towards the gate, she didn't want to be alone anymore; and she really didn't want to be one step behind him the whole time.
At least this time she would know for sure where to meet up with him if she didn't get to kakariko. She had no idea how long it had been since Link had lifted the Twilight so she hurriedly, but carefully made her way towards the little village. Annie really had no desire to meet king bulbin, and she REALLY didn't want to be tied to that pole. So the closer she got the more cautious she was.