Odyne grinned madly as she drove the cart across Hyrule Field. She couldn't get over how beautiful the land was. She could see green, green as far as the eye could see, from tall trees with glossy leaves, to emerald grass, right up to a silhouette of a gigantic volcano in the distance. Looking back, she could just see the outline of Hyrule Castle. 'I must have travelled a mile now, at least,' Odyne thought to herself, as she settled the cart to a small pond. She and the horse took a long drink; Odyne from a canteen, and the horse from the pond. After a while, Odyne lay down under the shade of a tree, with a strand of rye between her teeth. If she wasn't on an errand, Odyne could have stayed there forever, watching the clouds go by, and listening to the slight trickle of water from the pond. Suddenly, her horse whinnied, which brought her out of her daze. She quickly got up and calmed the horse down.
"What is it, boy?" Odyne said as she gently stroked the horse's muzzle. He gave out another whinny and Odyne instantly sensed that something wasn't right. She quickly gathered her things together and attached the horse back to the cart. "Come on boy. Gee up," Odyne commanded to the horse, who swiftly started trotting. Odyne kept looking for a sign, a change in the air. But nothing was seen, or heard. Just then, an arrow appeared out of nowhere and flew over the horse, who was startled so much, that he rose up and started galloping. "Gah! Where the Hell did that come from?!" Odyne exclaimed. Then it hit her. "The bandits!"
As soon as Odyne said those words, the bandits came out of their hiding places, and surrounded the cart with their horses. "Shit," Odyne cursed. She snapped the reins and the horse gathered speed, soon overtaking the bandits, who jeered and shouted behind her. By doing this, she had given herself enough time to crawl into the cart and get her crossbow, which she had luckily brought back from the fortress. Taking her seat back, she aimed her bow, and fired at the closest bandits, soon taking their lives. The rest of them cursed and shot at her again, which Odyne easily avoided. They then moved in closer, and brought out swords from the side of their bodies, which they used to slash at the cart. Odyne shot the closest ones, and grabbed the reins again. A large cliff stood in her wake, taking her by surprise, but giving her just the opportunity that she needed.
"Time for a little detour," Odyne whispered, and pulled the reins to her left, leaving her unscathed, while the bandits slammed their bodies straight into the cliff, knocking back the last breath that they had. Their horses dropped to the ground, receiving fatal head injuries. Odyne guided the cart along the face of the cliff, soon turning back to the road. Wiping the sweat from her brow, she and the horse trotted to the gates of Eldin Province, not forgetting to take out the last remaining bandits. After inspecting the condition of the cart, goods and horse, she led them to Kakariko Village.
Little did she know that one of the bandits was still alive. He pulled out the arrow from his leg, and limped back to Hyrule, defeated, but ready for another time.
Another chapter? Now? xD.
Sorry that I haven't been as faithful with this; I've been doing coursework for school so I haven't gotten round to updating as much. However, it is up. And I would kind of like some reviews for this; even if you hate it!
Also, sorry that these chapters aren't as long as people would like them to be. I'm working on it, but hopefully by halfway, I want to have at least 20k words.