I growled and stabbed a Twilight monster, incredibly mad at it. This had been going on for three days. The morning after I spoke to Calixtus, Kalle and I set out along our prescribed route. It's been three days, we both were filthy, but my clothes were still sparkling clean (how does that work anyway?) and so were Kalle's. My hair had mud and twigs and dirt in it, there was dirt under my nails, I had a cut on my cheek (started right below my outer left eye and ran to my left nostril) that was most likely going to leave a minute scar. It wasn't deep or anything, just old and untreated. My right thigh had a deep gash that I was sure was going to scar, and scar pretty badly. Besides bruises, scratches, bumps, those mentioned above and so other general owies, I was in good shape.
Kalle wasn't doing too hot either, his clothes were torn, revealing gashes and scratches. The wrap he wore on the top of his head was gone, and his hair was covered in guck, and the style needed to be redone. He had a cut down the middle of his chest, and one going through his eyebrow that was sure to scar. Along with that icky torn up forearm he got when a Dreadlock Twilight grabbed him and flung him across the ground, Kalle's arm getting torn open in the process.
And he saved me, my hero!
We were more than halfway there, and heard some screams. I grabbed Kalle and flew to the tip of a hill where I heard the screams. I saw balls of glowing fire surrounded by Dreadlock Twilights. I blinked, and saw the figures. It was the Prince's caravan! I united Nyx and Helios into the bow (dubbed Nylios by Kalle), and a green arrow appeared. I knocked it, pulled it back, and let it fly. It hit between them, and blew up, destroying the beasts but not harming the caravan.
Okay, let's explain the arrows. Different colors have different abilities. Green is explosive, red is fire (I haven't touched that at all), blue is ice/water, and normal arrows are purple. That's all I know of so far, so, there's just a little tutorial!
Kalle and I continued on.
A few hours later, we found a ghost town. It was in the mountain side of western Cateline. "Where are we?"
"We're in front of Demetrius." I answered. "It was abandoned in my Nana's generation, no one knows why."
"Well, look's like we found our camp for the night." Kalle said, walking into the guard tower.
We. Were. Blessed.
Beds!
Running water!
Locks!
First thing I did was take a bath. I stripped out of my clothes, pulled my hair down, and got in the tub. I stayed there and scrubbed until my body was free of dirt and blood and whatever else was on it, and my hair was free of its gunk. The water was a dirty gray when I was clean. I got out, dried off, and got dressed. I walked into the barracks where Kalle and I were planning to sleep, and found three beds pushed together to form one. "I know this looks weird, but hear me out!" Kalle started as I opened my mouth.
"Okay."
"Well, these mattresses are pathetically small, so I figured, if we push three together, then it'd be fine for us, plus, these are the only three surviving bed frames. I hope you don't mind. . ." He finished sheepishly.
I shrugged. "Sacrifices must be made when one is at the mercy of evil. Be lucky this is just a simple one."
"Wise words for one so young." He commented, taking off his scarf and undoing the wraps in his hair. "I'm going to take a bath. I'll take the first watch."
"I'll probably be asleep when you get back," I punctured the sentence with a yawn. "Wake me when you're about to pass out, I'll take the next watch." I quickly cleaned up my wounds and bandaged the ones I could.
I crawled into the bed, found it quite comfortable (and there was more than enough room for Kalle and I to sleep comfortably), and went out like a light.
.~:*:~.
Our routine for the next few days was quite simple, get up, get ready, leave, fight a whole bunch of monsters with a few breaks for meals and when we needed them, and then continuing on. Repeat.
For over 12 hours.
By the time we had set up camp in a cave overlooking Castle Royale, I was dead tired, and so sick of Twilight. I take back what I said about liking it and dealing with it if certain components were taken out, I would never ever go back into Twilight unless I had a good reason. We plopped our stuff down, and Kalle did some weird movements and stuff. . . "What are you doing?"
"I'm putting a protective barrier around us." He answered. "There, now no Twilight creature can get in."
"So we don't have to keep watch?" I asked.
"Nope."
"Aw, c'mon! You couldn't have done this before?" I cried, ready to cry.
"I didn't have enough power!" Kalle defended. "Now I do, it just had to build back up!" He stood, and drew the scarf up over the bottom half of his face. "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go check out what is going on in the town, and try to find a way in." He left the barrier. "Get some rest! We've a big task ahead of us." I fell asleep, curled up in a ball, wings tucked tightly against my back, on the blankets he had packed. "Ely, I've got a plan, but I don't think you'll like it. . ."
"What is it?" I asked, rubbing my eyes and sitting up.
He pulled out my map. "They've got the place heavily guarded; it's a living hell at every entrance."
"So what are we doing? Jumping the fence and fighting our way to the throne room?" I questioned.
"Not unless you're suicidal. They've got regular patrols that won't think twice about killing you." He shook his head. "No. We're going underground."
"The sewers?" I asked, wrinkling my nose. Sacrifices must be made when one is at the mercy of evil. Sacrifices must be made when one is at the mercy of evil. . . I chanted inside my head. Going through the sewers was disgusting, but-
Suck it up, girl! You have a kingdom to save! Kalle can't do it on his own!
And where have you been the past three days?
Always here, just not needed.
Thanks.
"If we got through the sewers, then we have access to almost anywhere in the castle. There is a load of secret of tunnels in that place, did you know?" Kalle said, pulling out a map that demonstrated his plan. "There is a tunnel that'll lead us straight out in front of the throne room, where we want to be."
"Where is the tunnel, specifically?" I asked.
"You know how you have that semi-circle that runs up the front of the castle? It's hollow. There's a ladder that will take us straight outside the throne room." The "grand staircase" one, as I put it, started in the foyer of the great castle, and went all over the place to get to throne room, it's crazy. All you do is look for the red carpeted stairs, and keep going up.
And up.
And up.
And up.
Are you getting the picture yet?
"So the staircase is in the pillar?" I said, murmuring to myself. "That's pretty crazy."
"But it's out best shot." Kalle concluded, rolling up the maps. "I hope you can swim, because we're going to need to travel underwater to get to the sewers."
If I ever got out of this, I'm destroying whatever contraption allowed Zant into our world.
.~:*:~.
Kalle quickly killed the last Dreadlock, and we had a clear shot to the sewers. The river used to be a large ravine of sorts, and has steps carved into the walls. Kalle stepped into the water, and I secured Nyx and Helios before diving in. The water was still remarkably clean, and just to tell you, it feels weird to swim when you have wings. After swimming for a bit, we found what we were looking for. It was an elevated gap in the walls, and Kalle easily pulled himself into it. Stupid graceful Sheikah. . . He helped me up a moment later. I took one look at what we were by, and almost revisited breakfast. Good thing there were metal platforms we were walking on, or- I don't even wanna know. Kalle and I snuck along, quiet and ducked down. When the light became scarce, he grabbed my hand and led me on.
We passed through the sewers with relative ease, minus a few Twilight rats, and found ourselves in the castle's dungeons once we cleared it. Kalle walked around for a few minutes, until he found the cell he was looking for. In the corner was a rotting skeleton. "A Sheikah imprisoned for being in the wrong place at the wrong time." He said sadly. I reached forward, and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. "Brother, I need access to the staircase." There was a brief red glowing in the skeleton's eyes, and some of the rock slid down like a door.
"Why does the skeleton stay?" I asked.
"Whenever they tried to remove it, bad things happened." Kalle answered. We walked in, and found a ladder that led to the stairs.
"You go first." I said.
"Ladies first, Ely." Kalle grinned slyly.
"No, I insist." I growled dangerously. Kalle looked fearful and scampered up the ladder first. I followed him, and we set out.
I almost forgot to update today! But I did, but this has to quick because I've got some major guitar practicing to do because I've been slacking off and have my lesson tomorrow. Eek!
