Legend of Zelda: Wolf Princess

Chapter Three: An Unexpected Change

Zelda

It was all gone, finally. She was no longer feeling so sick and she was happy about that. Zelda was able to eat a full breakfast and got ready to greet her guests afterwards. Hopefully, they would find a clue as to what exactly was going on later on and she would need to see if she needed to contact Link.

Once she was dressed and ready for the meeting, she headed downstairs to meet her father in the conference room. The meeting shouldn't have started yet, but she didn't know if he was meeting with someone so she knocked anyways.

"Come in!"

Zelda opened the door and walked in. He was alone with a few maps of the sky from what the Astronomers had gathered in Castle Town. She could see already that they weren't very accurate.

"How are things coming along, father?" Zelda wondered as she stepped up beside her father and began to look at the most recent map. It was from about two weeks ago. "Is this the most recent they have? I would have thought they would make new maps daily."

"The other astronomers are here and eating. Would you mind gathering up the Council and having them all meet up here?" the King wondered, turning to his daughter.

Zelda nodded. "Right at this moment, father?"

"Yes."

"I shall bring them here. What about the astronomers? Shall I gather them up as well?"

"They will be here."

"Very well."

As she turned to leave, her father said, "Thank you, Zelda."

Zelda turned and smiled. "Of course, father."

"Are you feeling better?"

"Yes, I'm a lot better."

"Good." He nodded his head in approval. "I shall see you at the meeting as well."

It never occurred to Zelda she might not be welcome. She usually was, so she never thought to ask. "Yes." With that said, she turned around and walked out of the room. Quickly, she went around, looking for the Council Members. Thankfully, most of them were around the same general area. A few were further off, but the other Council Members knew where they were and told Zelda where to find them.

Once she had everyone off the list (she had memorized), Zelda headed back towards the Meeting Room. What would they figure out during this meeting? Would they have a clue as to what was going on? Would Link have to help Hyrule again?

The meeting was slow. All around, the Council Members were observing the star charts. There were new ones Zelda hadn't seen, ones that were much more up-to-date than the ones in Hyrule. Zelda walked over to these, observing them with interest.

"Princess Zelda," a man said behind her.

Zelda turned around. A man with deep blue eyes was here. He was tall, much taller than Zelda with black hair pulled back at the nape of his neck. His face was wrinkle-free and he had a kind smile on his face. But for some reason, as she looked at him, hairs stood on end on the back of her neck

"Hello, Sir," Zelda replied, bowing slightly and hoping to hide her discomfort.

"I'm the charter of these stars. I did this just last night."

"Where in Hyrule did you chart this?" Zelda asked, turning to look at the picture again.

"At the time, I was in Ordon."

A buzzing suddenly entered Zelda's head, but she tried to ignore it. The man's entire display was right in front of her and she tried to pay attention to what he was saying. He tried to tell her which stars had gone out which night, what the stars all represented, etc., but she couldn't listen.

She was relieved when he finally left her to ponder over the matter. Zelda cocked her head to the side as she looked over the star maps. It seemed that the sign was…

The room began to spin before Zelda could fully comprehend what it was she saw on the map. While Zelda debated whether or not to leave the room, the room began to settle down. She closed her eyes, listening as the faded voices of the Council grew louder until she could hear what they were saying. Several were arguing over what to do. Zelda noted her father seemed focused intently on everything they said. As Zelda was going to speak, he raised a hand and asked in a calm tone for silence. Everyone fell silent instantly.

"For the meeting, we shall go to the meeting room. I only want you all to observe and discuss, please do not come to me with ideas just yet," the King of Hyrule announced. "You have another five minutes before we leave."

Zelda turned back to the pictures. She'd been examining this one most, the most recent one, and also the least recent maps of the stars. She studied all the others, trying to figure out exactly what stars went out at what days. None of this seemed to make much sense, but she could only hope it would all fall into place soon.

Finally, the King of Hyrule called everyone to order and asked them to follow him to the Meeting Room. Zelda fell in behind last, giving one last look to the other maps. The way these maps were charted, it seemed impossible to tell which stars went out first. If only someone had recorded the stars going out… Not that they would have been able to. Technology that advanced was only rumors still. Everyone knew this.

The entire group shuffled into the large room, settling down at the table. Zelda sat by her father, glancing at him. He nodded once and stood up with a smile. "Let us begin the discussion."

Zelda was surprised how it all happened. One moment, the council and Astronomers were silent, the next moment noise erupted out of them. Never before had they tried to out speak each other, or had they began arguing with each other like they were now. She was also amazed when she stood up and ordered everyone to fall silent.

"Thank you, Zelda," the King said slowly as he stood up and walked up to the front of the room. "I want everyone to share, one at a time, what you think is going on. We can't have chaos. We must be strong."

Several murmured apologizes. The King nodded to the first man and listened to exactly what everyone was saying.

Link

Link woke early in the morning. It was much too early to be up yet. It was still dark out. But he frowned. Something didn't seem right. He swore just a minute ago, the sun was gleaming in his face. He shrugged and got up. He pulled down several herbs and began to cut up fresh salt-cured meat he'd just got from the salt down in the basement. He set water up to boil and once it was, he threw in the meat, the herbs and some fresh cut up vegetables; breakfast stew.

As the soup continued to cook, Link climbed up the ladder of his home to peak around outside. Everything began to make sense as he looked out. Dark clouds began to cover the entire sky. He could already feel the wind picking up and the dampness of the air.

It wasn't the time to worry about breakfast; he had to help secure Ordon now.

Epona wasn't at his home. So instead, he had to run. He had to run as fast as possible. With how those clouds looked like, Link knew the storm was going to be bad.

Everyone in Ordon was out. Some were securing the buildings with large logs tied together, children were collecting up the animals and others were beginning to fix up more securing logs.

As soon as Link entered Ordon, he spotted Bo. Bo spotted him at the exact same time and waved the younger boy over. Link ran over quickly and asked, "What do you need help with?"

"Ilia won't leave Epona alone in the barn without securing it well first. It's going to be a little bit before we get there and we don't have a little bit. Can you help her?"

"I'll do that." Link ran behind Bo's house quickly and headed up the hill for the barn Ilia was in.

Zelda

Someone in Hyrule ran to the Councils' Meeting. They were in the middle of yet another argument; now it was about when each star went out each night. Zelda had her head in her hands.

As soon as the messenger burst into the room most if not everyone jumped and one or two nearly fell out of their chairs. Zelda stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The King of Hyrule, we need you immediately. There is a large storm approaching and we need you to make an announcement to everyone in Castle Town." The King nodded and turned to his Council.

"I'll dismiss everyone for now. We'll meet up again later."

As the rest of the Council began to walk off, the King walked over to Zelda and said softly. "Zelda, go to your room and collect up your most personal belongings. Then I want you down in the basement. You're not allowed to move until I come for you. Understood?"

Zelda nodded, keeping eye contact with her father. Then she began to her room.

This is where things began to get fuzzy. She was perfectly fine one moment; the next moment, the stairs were spiraling in all sorts of directions. She stumbled to her room, but before she could make it anywhere else, she collapsed to the floor.

As the pain rippled through her body, she couldn't help, but scream.

~Author's Note~

Aw, man, I wish I could have gotten more descriptive about what happens with Zelda, but I don't want to give it away. Tell me what you think of my new update!

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