Chapter 4: The Castle

The two gathered a handful of things and within the hour they were riding toward Castle town. The doctor was thankful that Link had a horse and spent most of the ride there talking to it. Link was convienced that the doctor was lying when she said she could speak to all animals, however he had seen the impossible, so who is he to say for sure.

When they first arrive at Castle town the doctor is grinning, like a child who woke up christmas morning to a pile of presents. Castle town was fairyly large, able to substain and hold a population of around a thousands. In the very center of Castle town was a large fountain, on the top of the fountain held a statue of the triforce.

"Lookit this place!" The doctor grinned as she watched a 7 foot tall Goron walk past them. The gorons were creatures that lived in extreme conditions, they lived along side an active volcano known as Death Mountain. The creatures were a brown in color and according to Link could roll them selfs up into bolders. "I love it here" She excalimed "Sorry pal but your tiny village was totallly rubbish, not a very nice way to introduce me to your planet- this however is a very nice introduction"

Link chuckled as he walked through the stone streets Epona, his horse, was following behind. "well im glad you like it?"

"oh i very much do" The doctor said as she walked over to Epona "Alright Epona, as much as id just loooove to take you with us, i have a funny feeling they may not enjoy your company as well as i have" The horse neighs and the doctod laughs "Oh shhhh, be nice to the lad"

Link tilted his head as he stared. "...are you talking about me??"

"Spoilers" The doctor said as she patted the horse on the head. Epona turned and walked away.

"Where is she going???"

"Oh hush now- shes a very smart horse, she knows her way, right then...to the castle" The doctor said as she spun in a circle, clapped her hands and began to walk towards the castle, there was a certain skip to her step.

Later...

"Oi! It's like i just told you stupid man- its not my fault you cant keep up" The doctor shouted at one of the guards that stood infront of the doors to the castle

"Ma'am if you dont leave immediately then we will have you detained" The guard warned

"Ma'am-- i have to get use to that--Wellll fine apprehend me if need be- but you do that and you are putting the whole planets history in danger!- I am one of the few people who can actually help you out and you are being sooooo thick!! I mean bloody hell what does it take for you lot to let someone through" She looks over at Link.

The two of them had been standing near four guards and Link wasnt exactly keen on letting the doctor do the talking, however once they reached the guards she just started blabbing away. Hes not even sure how the conversation ended up here.

"I-i think we should just leave Doctor- and come back another time"

"If i had my pychic paper then you blokes would have already let me through. Now i demand you step aside, we need to speak to whomever is in charge here" The doctor said as she reached for the door.

Shortly After...

"This is totally uncalled for!!-- i am going to have a word with the head guard and you lot are going to get a serious talking too!" The doctor shouts as two guards dragged her down the staircases to the dungeon that lay under the castle.

"Why did you have to threaten them- i told you that was a bad idea" Link complained, he was a little more compliant with the guards.

They reached the bottom of the stairs and the guards hussled the two into an empty cell. It wasnt long before the guards locked the doors and receded up the stairs. The cell was small holding nothing but a stone slab for a bed, Link sat down and sunk into the stone slab. The doctor stood by the cell door.

"Ill tell you one thing, ive definitely seen my fair share of nicer dungeons, this place is a trash heap!" The doctor called out to the guards, who by this point were well out of ear shot.

"I don't think you fully grasp the severity of the situation...We've been imprisoned, we are probably trapped here until the King decides to have a word with us and decide our fates and most likely we will be here for the rest of our lives..." Link sighed as he laid on the slab and stared at the stone wall.

"Well thats perfectly fine because we arent speaking with the King" The doctor said

"oh really...and who are we going to speak with then?"

"Easy, the queen" The doctor pointed out

"The queen eh?" He sat up and stared at the blonde woman in the tattered clothes. "Good luck with that.." he mumbled the last part

The doctor looked back at the boy then walked over and clunked him on the head with her sonic "Oi!"

"oi-- i mean hey" Link rubbed his head and grumbled "what did i do now?"

"Just look at you-- giving up already?"

"Its over Doctor, what else can we possibly do?"

"Never give up, its not over until your dead" She stretches out her arm aiming the sonic at the door. Activating the sonic screwdriver the lock sparks once then the door to the cell inches open. "The sonic can open any locked doors, only it doesnt do wood"

The boys eyes lit up, he jumped to his feet wearing a huge grin on his face. "noo way"

"Ha ha, see theres that smile" The doctor pushed open the cell door and began making her way up the stairs.

The two quietly made their way through the castle, at one point they even snuck through a court yard, having to hide behind some bushes in order to avoid being detected. They eventually reached the other side and found themselves at the other end of the castle. Ascending a staircase, walking down more and more hallways the duo soon ended up in a bedroom.

The bedroom had several waist high book cases which were stocked full of books, ontop of the book cases more books were sprawled across. The doctor walked over to the large bed in the room. She climbed on the bed and began to jump on it.

"Why dont we just go straight to the throne room and speak with the King" Link asked as the doctor continued to jump on the bed.

The doctor flopped back, landing on her back. "Now this is a comfy bed" she rolls the edge of the bed, then hops back onto her feet. "Because in all of my prior experience i always have the best luck with the queens, they just warm up to me easier"

"oh right, well that makes sense, becaue your a woman too" Link pointed out

The doctor paused as she ran a hand through her hair "i keep forgetting that tiny detail, right well either way, im still verry charming" The doctor walked over to the window. "there was this one time way back when...i actually married Queen Elizabeth, and that is a complicated story involving a zygon--that was back when i had short black hair... and was skinny and i mean properly skinny"

Link shook his head slightly, he already made a mental note, the doctor loooved to talk... He spun around and then instantly froze in his tracks. "uhhh..doctor..."

"Have you seen this view?- now this is a beautiful view.." The doctor spins around and she as well freezes "oh...hello there.."

Standing in the door way was a young lady, if the doctor had to make a guess he would say she had the physical appearance of a 16 year old. She had long beautiful blonde hair, an elegant pink and white dress. The girl had a certain graceful presences to her, and when she spoke she had a soft voice, one that was pleasing to the ears. "Your a doctor?"