Here's where I decided to tone down my feelings about Kaepora Gaebora being a stalker, and actually deciding to portray him as a helpful bird.
Chapter 4: Hyrule
He emerged from the forest a few hours later. They had thinned out considerably since he had exited from the bridge.
He looked out over the field.
"Wooooooow!" crowed Navi.
Link felt really small.
In the distance he could see a rise with what looked like a farm. Beyond that, he saw a barren, rocky plateau area that looked like it was a herald to a vast desert beyond.
He looked left. A lake was far away.
He looked the other way. He saw a huge mountain with a circular cloud around it's peak. A river flowed out of a smaller sort of mountain closer to him. The river flowed toward a small town in the distance, and from there to a walled city situated between two mountains, whose range included the large one by the small village. Link gasped at how far he had to travel, because on the other side of that city was a castle.
He sucked it up and started walking, but before he had gone far, he heard a "HOOT!"
An owl soared toward him and landed on a tree in front of him.
"Ah, so you're the Kokiri the Tree told me about."
Link stared.
"Did I hit myself in the head really hard recently? Owls don't normally talk, right?" he asked Navi, but she ignored him.
"You knew the Great Deku Tree?" asked Navi.
"Of course. I'm Kaepora Gaebora. He asked me to watch over you on your journey. Now, I assume you know where you're going. That walled village is Hyrule Castle Town. The Royal Family's home, Hyrule Castle, is just past it. It'll take you nearly all day. Start now and you may get there by nightfall. But beware. If you think you may not make it by the time night falls, get to shelter immediately. Strange things have been happening to those who stay out past nightfall. Also, monsters lurk at night. Little skeletons with glowing eyes creep from the ground and attack. I have seen it happen. Do you understand Link?"
Link nodded.
"Good. Now go. I have wasted enough of your time. Go fast and do not stop for any reason." he said as he flew off.
Link took off, following a worn dirt path that led toward the town from the lake or vice versa.
Three hours passed as he walked. The sun was beginning to set. He saw the city in front of him maybe a mile away. A bell tolled from it and a shout went out that he could barely hear.
"Ten minutes till nightfall!"
Link started running toward the town as fast as he could.
As he neared it, he heard a sound like that of digging.
He turned around.
A small skeleton with glowing eyes was crawling out of the ground. It saw him and began to chase after him.
He ran even faster toward the city.
He heard shouts come from it as the one minute warning sounded.
More skeletons emerged and chased after him.
One of the watchmen shone a searchlight on him and sounded and alarm. Arrows flew from the wall and hit the skeletons nearest to him.
He soon made it to the drawbridge, but faltered. This was exactly the place where his dream occurred.
The drawbridge began to raise.
He shook himself from his reverie and jumped up and just barely caught the edge of the wood.
He quickly pulled himself up and rolled down the inside as the drawbridge closed.
A soldier came toward him.
"Ya cut tha' a li'le close, kid. Wha's a yung 'un like yerself doin' outside in th' field at this time o' night?"
"I was trying to get here." he said, huffing periodically and clutching at the stitch in his side.
"Well, don' do it again. We can' afford ta let those skeletons into th' ci'y. Not that they ain't easy to kill. Is just that there're too many o' them fer us ta handle, ya get mah meanin'?"
"Yeah. It won't happen again."
"It be'er won't. Wha's yer name anyway?"
"Link."
"Well, I dunno wha' ta say Link, but yer made o' tougher stuff than most o' us to see a horror like that and not freeze in yer tracks. I'm Malbor."
Then, Link heard a voice singing. It sounded close to his age.
"Now who could tha' be?" asked Malbor.
Link felt Navi, who was currently in his hat, stir. She had hidden herself when the skeleton came out.
Malbor just shook his head and returned to his post, muttering "Lucky they ain't organized. If they was to come all at once, we'd all be dead..."
R&R, once again.