Winds of Twilight
Disclaimer: Wantaco79 owns a plastic gargoyle, a stuffed chicken and a turtle made out of beads, all of which sit on top of her stereo. Gaaraxocfan owns a Gaara plushy and an awesome Snoopy shirt. We both own the characters Calypso, Kiara, Scott and Lance but that's it. We don't own LoZ.
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5 days later….
Kiara woke up, yawning. As far as she could tell it had been seven days since she got to the Gerudo Fortress. Calypso would come to visit her almost every day. Calypso had written a letter and would send it off to Link tomorrow. Tomorrow was mail day! Link was bound to be somewhere near the fortress.
Kiara sat up. Her back hurt. All she had to sleep on was some straw on the cold, hard, unforgiving floor. She looked around at the now familiar cell. Like most cells, it had bars. The ceiling was high and there was a square opening way but there was no way anyone could reach it. Even Ganondorf, who was at least 6 foot 7, probably couldn't reach it.
She sighed. After spending a week with the Gerudoes and about two weeks of knowing Calypso she had decided that the Gerudoes were either absolutely insane or brilliant. It just goes to show you; there really is a very fine line between genius and insanity. Suddenly the door opened and Calypso walked in. From the look in her eyes, Kiara could tell Calypso was up to something.
"Hey. What's going on now?" Kiara asked. After a second she looked around and noticed something extremely odd. There was no Ganondorf.
"Where's your father?" Kiara asked. Ganondorf hadn't been leaving Calypso alone at all.
"My dad's still asleep. I…um….sorta knocked him out….accidentally…..while we were practicing magic….." Calypso replied sheepishly. Kiara gave her this weird look that said; "are you sure you mean accidentally?"
"It was an accident! I'm not lying here! Anyway, I'm just checking up on you while my dad's asleep. I've got the letter all finished and the mail man should be here tomorrow morning." Calypso said.
"How are you going to get the letter to the mail man? Won't your father be following you around?"
"That's where my plan comes in. My best friend Lance will be making a delivery from his ranch tonight. He'll be staying the night so when he gets up in the morning he can deliver the letter to the mail man. If Fairy Boy comes to rescue you maybe I'll leave with you too and Lance might come along." Calypso explained. Kiara looked shocked.
"Why would you and your friend come?"
"If I spend any more time here just wasting my time I'll go crazy! My dad wants me to help with his evil schemes. I just want him back to the way he was when I was a kid. Something evil had corrupted him but maybe if I tag along with you and Fairy Boy and I mess up my dad's plans, I can figure out what did this to him. Lance is just bored and doesn't want to let me have all the fun." The Gerudo princess explained calmly.
"I see. So your father wasn't always like this?" Kiara asked. She was bored and this sounded like a good story.
"Not really. He's always been kinda distant. I think he's always wanted to rule Hyrule. But at first I think he just wanted a better life for our people. Something has been messing with this world. I don't know what. It's hard to explain. I can feel when something dark or evil is doing something." Calypso had this distant look in her eyes. Suddenly she jumped up.
"My dad's probably gonna wake up soon! I gotta go! I'll check back later." And with that Calypso ran out of the room. Kiara sighed.
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Now to the Hero of Time….
Link was totally freaking out. He was worried about Kiara and furious at Calypso. And of course he felt a deep hatred for Ganondorf (DARKSIDE!! I'M TELLING YOU ALL!! Ahem…thank you.).
Right now Link was resting up at a small village. He was still a few days away from the desert. It would be more helpful it he didn't have to watch Nari and Epona and get more supplies. He sighed. There was nothing he could do right now. Link laid down and fell asleep.
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The next day…..
Link woke with a start. He heard shouts of "Hey! Mr. Link!!" from somewhere nearby. He looked up and saw the crazy mailman coming his way. Apparently Link had mail. The overly eccentric mail man stopped in front of Link.
"You've got mail!" He announced proudly. He handed a letter to Link and ran off. Link opened the letter. He was extremely surprised to see it was from Calypso. It read:
Dear Fairy Boy
We are currently at the Gerudo Hideout. Enclosed is a map of the fortress and the red X marks where Kiara is being held. If you sneak in at night and find your way up to her you might just save her! Isn't that happy!
Be careful though, the guards are always very alert. If you save Kiara then follow the map where there is a black X. I will be there waiting for you with my friend Lance. Together, the four of us can slip out with our horses and head back to Hyrule.
I can't explain much right now but later, if we all make it out okay, I promise to explain everything. All right? I hope your simple forest boy brain can comprehend all this but even you should be able to read a map. Once you're with Kiara she should be able to figure the rest.
All right? Keep going and don't give up Fairy Boy!
Calypso, Princess of Thieves
P.S. Lance was here!
The P.S. was written in different handwriting. Apparently Calypso's friend Lance had felt the need to add to this little letter. Link didn't know what to think. Calypso was helping him and Kiara? Nothing made sense but it was all he had to go on. So with that, Link rode off.
2 days later….
Link finally reached the Gerudo Fortress. Now he just had to wait few hours until nightfall.
Eventually it was night. Link left Epona and Nari in a safe spot and walked across the bridge to the fortress. He looked down at the map. He had to sneak past the guards outside, navigate his way through the complex passages of the Gerudo Fortress, and get to the roof tops. Then he would skip across the roofs until he found Kiara's cell at the northern most corner. Maybe this wouldn't be so hard.
Link glanced around at his surroundings. Once the guards had their backs turned, he ran quickly to a door. Inside, it took him a good two hours to find his way outside. He was pretty lucky. He saw very few guards around. Unbeknownst to Link, Calypso had picked the longest but safest route for him to take so he could save Kiara. Calypso knew there was no way Link would stand a chance against the Gerudo guards in the important parts of the fortress.
Once outside, Link just had to get across the roof tops….
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Calypso grinned. She saw Link enter the fortress from her room. Her father had gone to get a book out of his study. Now she just had to distract her father with something stupid long enough to escape with Lance. She pulled out her bow and an arrow. Aiming carefully she shot at one of the cages in the training field where monsters were kept for practice. She hit her mark right on.
Out of the cage came a group of moblins. But these weren't ordinary moblins. These had been raised specifically for Ganondorf's use only. He was the only one who could take them on. Instantly, shrieks were heard from below. Ganondorf came running into the room. Calypso had already hid her bow.
"What's going on?!" Ganondorf asked.
"Some of your moblins got out! You'll have to go stop them. I'll stay here and help out the doctors with any problems that the moblins might cause." Calypso said. Ganondorf nodded and ran off with his sword. Once she was sure he was gone Calypso laughed out loud. Sometimes her dad could be so stupid.
She grabbed her pack full of everything she would need and ran off. She left a small note for her dad that vaguely explained to him.
She jumped down to a lower roof and then to the ground and ran in the direction of the stables. She met Lance there and told him to start off with both of their horses to the exit of the fortress. She would meet him in a few minutes. Lance rode off quickly on his horse Cloud, Calypso's horse Agro was following behind.
Calypso ran to the armory. Her sword had been held there for the last few days. She snuck in and grabbed it quickly along with a few extra knives and whatnot. Now she had to hurry. Her father might have already figured out what was going on. Link should be at Kiara by now. Calypso hooked her sword to her back, grabbed her pack and ran off.
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At Kiara's cell….
Kiara paced nervously. Link should be here any minute. Just on cue Link appeared at the top of the cell where there was the hole in the ceiling. He smiled as he saw that Kiara really was okay.
"You alright?" He asked. She smiled and nodded. Link reached down. Kiara jumped up and grabbed his hands. He pulled her up. He gave her a quick hug causing Kiara to blush a little bit.
"Let's get going. We need to jump down and get to the fortress exit." Link said.
"Calypso's caused a distraction for Ganondorf but it won't last long. She said we should get to the exit as fast as possible. Her friend Lance will stick out. He's got black hair instead of red like all the Gerudoes. And his horse his white." Kiara explained.
They jumped down to lower roof tops until they got to the ground. Luckily there were no guards near by. Finally they saw a young man with black hair sitting on a white horse. Next to him were Epona, Nari and Agro.
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Now things were getting complicated for Calypso. Her father was too smart now. He had somehow caught on. One of the guards must have spotted Link and then saw all of their horses with Lance at the gate. That guard must have told Ganondorf and he was smart enough to put it all together. Now about twenty guards were following her.
And no doubt Ganondorf was already on his horse Grim and following her. She sighed. This wasn't exactly going according to plan. But she still couldn't help but laugh. This was pretty fun.
Close to the gates she spotted Kiara, Link and Lance all on their horses, waiting stupidly for her. Behind her, Calypso heard the heavy hoof beats of her father's horse Grim. Now she was scared. She stopped laughing.
"Hey you idiots! Get going! I'll catch up! Hurry!" She yelled the three sitting on their horses. But at least they had quick reflexes. All three of them pulled on the reins and rode off immediately. Calypso got to Agro, jumped on easily from behind and rode off full speed. Now Calypso was laughing again as she caught up with Lance.
Lance smiled at her and started to laugh too. Kiara and Link just looked at each other, wondering how the two Gerudoes could laugh in this situation.
Calypso looked back. Her father was trailing behind them. She felt a pang of guilt but had to carry on. She conjured up a small ball of magic energy and shot it at her father. Normally this would do nothing but she hit his weak point. A spot where he had been injured badly when attacked by the Great Spirit beast Zetsubou. Ganondorf fell off his horse.
Now they were in across the bridge. They'd made it out okay. Now the real journey could begin. Now it would be Kiara's journey, Link's nightmare, Calypso spiritual quest to save her father and Lance's fun adventure with his best friend and two random people he'd never met.
The end!
Oh my gawd!
That was long.
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