A/N: Okay, this is starting weird, but I have one thing to say to one of my…readers? I actually don't know if he read it or not, but this is to him. Mr. Ygfi gave me a comment that said this: "i forget, you can have a little soup." I'm not quite sure what that means, so if someone could explain that, or Mr. Ygfi could, I'd be thankful. Oh, you guys that commented, thanks for comments that actually made sense! Alright, back to business. I'm sorry that this took forever to get out. I've been pretty busy lately. I joined a club at school that does community work and a week ago I got a boyfriend. (Not a good excuse, huh?) Well, this chapter isn't quite my favorite. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 10: The Ally; Link's P.O.V.
"No need to get feisty!" the voice replied again. A man stepped from the other side of the fake wall. "I'm Reddell." Reddell held out his hand towards me.
I shook the man's hand and replied, "I'm Link."
I stared at the man before me. He looked to be about my age, maybe a few years older. He had shaggy dark brown hair and bright jade eyes. The tunic he wore was black and very similar to my own. In his left hand he held a beautiful balsa wood bow. Jewels-rubies, sapphires, and emeralds-were encrusted in the wood, and the Goddesses-Din, Nayru, and Farore-were engraved in the wood along with the jewels. On Reddell's back was a satchel of arrows. The satchel was made of the same engravings and jewels as the bow was, but with darker colored wood. Inside the satchel were many golden arrows; each of them shining in the poorly lit hall.
"Tell me about yerself, young one," Reddell said, breaking the silence. His scruffy face was dirty as if he hadn't bathed in days. The was something familiar to me since I had also been stuck in grimy dungeons for weeks on end with no water.
"I assume you're not from around Hyrule then?" I asked, since he seemed to have not even a smidgen of a clue to who I was.
He shook his head. "I come from a land that's far from here; completely surrounded by the sea. A tale from this land of Hyrule reached my land. It was a story of these three objects-one of wisdom, one of power, and one of courage-and if a person owned all three of these pieces, they would get their heart's deepest desire." There was a twinkle in Reddell's eyes. He was either a power-crazed man like Ganondorf, or was some one who wanted his dreams to come true.
"Ah, I know much of the triforce," I said carefully. I thought better of telling the man that I held the triforce piece of courage. If I played my cards right, though, I bet I could get him to be on my side. "I've actually been very close to having all three triforce pieces because the evil king, Ganondorf, had them together in one spot. Though, my job is not to gather the pieces, but make sure that Hyrule remains a peaceful place, and to keep evil beings from getting the triforce pieces."
Reddell rearranged the satchel of arrows on his back. "So ya have one of these triforce pieces, and ya're going to save someone who owns another piece so that this evil king doesn't gain control over the triforce?" A sly grin was on his face as he spoke. I was taken aback to how he knew my whole story almost exactly. It occurred to me that he may not be my ally, but perhaps a spy for Ganondorf; Thought I really doubted it. This man seemed that he was truly not from Hyrule. Of course, that was only how it seemed.
I decided to ask him how he knew everything about me. "Reddell…how did you know all that?"
Reddell's jaw dropped and he looked at me in shock before he began laughing. "Aye, good joke, Link! That was a pure guess. There's no possible was that a little thing like you would be on such a mission! I never could have guessed that all right!" He looked over to me and saw that I wasn't laughing, but standing with a half annoyed-half confused look on my face. "Are ya serious?"
My head nodded in reply. I wasn't sure what to think of this man. All I knew was that I should be careful around him, even if he was an ally. For a moment, I really thought I had found someone that could help me in my journey. It had been foolish of me to trust someone that I barely knew.
"Before I came and saved yer life, I had been heading down this hallway, trying to figure out where I was supposed to go since this seems like a dead-end. Then this giant hand-like monster barged past me. I was going to attack it, but I noticed that it was holding a young boy about yer age, Link, so I followed it through that fake wall to try and catch it. When I entered the next room, all those undead creatures were in there. I lost track of the monster and the boy when I went to fight the undead creatures. If that's the person ya're looking for, then we'd better head that way," Reddell explained. It seemed like he was trying to gain my trust by helping me find Zelda.
I eagerly agreed even though I had not a clue to whether his story was true, but if there was even the slightest chance of Zelda being there, then I would look everywhere for her no matter what.
Reddell led the way through the wall, and into the next room. Bright green grass and shaggy moss grew on the dirt floor. Tall trees grew densely, making the room resemble a miniature forest. Above the tallest trees a ball of bright energy was shining down over the whole room. Nearby, the soft sound of running water could be heard; it was most likely a small artificial stream or creek. Birds chirping and the sounds of animals running through the forest made the scene very realistic. The shrill howl of a wolfos foreshadowed the danger that lurked inside the dark forest.
"Well then, I guess we'd better get through her quickly," I said, unsheathing my sword. To my side, Reddell readied his bow and arrow for the journey. We began to travel deeper into the forest. The artificial sunlight did not reach the mossy forest floor. Only in the rare spots where branches didn't grow close enough together , did small rays of sunlight reach the floor. Pastel-colored moths fluttered around the thin layers of light.
Suddenly, pain seared through my side. I stopped and looked down to my still bleeding wound to find that a branch from a nearby bush was latched into my already irritated injury. My fingers prodded at the branch, trying desperately to find some way to remove it form my side without much pain. The more I prodded, though, the sorer it became. I grasped the branch and looked away. Then I held my breath and pulled on the branch. My eyes opened slightly and I watched as more of my blood rolled down my side. Nausea consumed my thoughts as I tried to keep from vomiting.
"Ya need to stop the bleeding," Reddell informed me, "First, wash it out in the stream, and then I'll give ya some healing herbs from my land." Reddell removed a small glass from his pocket. Inside, there was a brownish liquid with bits of things floating inside.
I decided to follow Reddell's advice and clean my wound. My hand cupped my side as I walked to the flowing stream nearby. I knelt down and cupped some cold water in my hands. When I splashed the water against my side, I could feel sharp stings all over my side. I repeatedly splashed the water on my side until it seemed as clean as it could be for the moment. I watched as the blood from my side flowed away down the stream. We wouldn't be able to stay here long or the wild creatures would find us.
"Dab this in and around yer wound. It should stop the bleeding," Reddell said from behind me. He passed the bottle to me.
I opened the bottle and a foul smell arose from it. "I sure hope this doesn't hurt as bad as it smells," I mumbled as I poured the concoction onto my fingertips. The liquefied herbs weren't very watery as they had seemed in the bottle; they were more of a sticky substance. It hung between my fingers in long strands as I applied it to my wound. A few seconds after the herbs were applied, I felt a slight stinging in my side and my head felt a little bit dizzy.
"That should make yer wound heal quicker too," Reddell added. Just then a howl cut through the air. The cracking of twigs and leaves became louder as a pack of wolfos gathered around Reddell and I. Immediately, I unsheathed my sword, and at the same time, Reddell held up his bow and pulled out an arrow.
One wolfos charged towards me, and the others followed. Two of the wolfos ran towards Reddell. I stabbed at one wolfos with my sword; it howled loudly out in pain just as I did. My side was burning badly now. Just then, another wolfos jumped out towards me. I had no time to defend my self because I had been paying attention to my injury, and not to my enemies. The wolfos' front paws landed on my shoulders and it pushed me back, causing to fall to the ground. For a moment the wind had been knocked from me, and I struggled to breath. The wolfos holding me down growled and brought its paw back to attack.
Just in time, a golden arrow went through the back of the beast on top of me. It moaned and fell to my side. Reddell was standing a few feet away from me, his bow in his hand. The carcasses of wolfos laid around him.
"Ya alright?" he asked, jogging towards me. He held his hand out towards me and pulled me up. I nodded my head in reply. "Well then, we'd better get goin'! Yer friend is probably waiting for ya!" Reddell motioned for me to continue. We began to run, my side aching almost unbearably. The rest of our journey was mostly peaceful. Nothing else emerged from the dark depths of the forested room. It was just Reddell and I. There were no more wolfos howling, just crickets chirping and birds singing. In the distance I could see two torches flowing with orange fire, and square between the torches was a large wooden door.
I looked over to Reddell who seemed to be thinking the same thing as I; that it seemed too easy to be true. A door was sitting out before us. Nothing guarding it, and two torches clearly marking the way.
"Should we go in?" Reddell asked, "It just seems like someone wants us to go through that door."
"That's what I was thinking, but I vote that we go in," I answered, bracing myself.
"Then let's go!" Reddell shouted, walking to the door. The part of the door that was inside the frame slid upwards, showing a long hallway. "Another one?!"
I opened my mouth to speak, but a high pitched voice from down the hall interrupted me. The voice called out my name and I immediately knew who it was. It was Zelda's urgent voice that was yelling for me. And without a word to Reddell, I took off down the hall. The dangers didn't matter anymore. I needed to save Zelda. Behind me, I heard Reddell's heavy breathing and his quick footsteps.
We ran up a sew of stairs where we then saw two familiar people running. It was a man dressed in dark clothing, who seemed to be Ganondorf, and a girl in pink that I was pretty sure was Zelda. Beside me now was Reddell and he had his bow drawn back. He released it, as he was still running, and the arrow flew past Ganon's head, just inches from piercing his skull.
"A real man wouldn't run," Reddell yelled, "but he would stay and fight to the end, you coward!"
Just then, the man turned to face us, anger in his dark eyes. It was as I had thought, it was Ganondorf who was holding my princess captive. Zelda also turned to look back at her saviors.
As she looked back to me, I felt my knees weaken. I just wanted to reach out and hold her. Her beautiful eyes looked happy, but slightly frightened. Then suddenly, my vision blurred. My head felt dizzy and I couldn't see straight. Something was terribly wrong.
I watched through my broken vision as Zelda stepped forward. Tears brimmed her eyes, and she smiled at me her angelic smile. She was suddenly jerked backward, and she fell into Ganon with a slight yelp.
"No, Princess, you'll be staying with me," Ganondorf growled.
Rage filled my mind. How dare he treat my princess like that? I wanted to fight Ganon, I wanted to run up and attack him, but my body was paralyzed. Nothing would move. I watched as Ganon raised his arm, and then my vision went black and I felt myself smack into the hard stone floor.
A/N: Ahhh, finally finished. I've already started writing the next chapter, but it's not close to being done yet. I definitely hope to get in way quicker next time. It should be, because I'm going to my mom's in NC and I'll be there for a week because of Thanksgiving. School and life are just torture sometimes. I remember when I got chapters in really quickly when I had no school. But that was then, this is now. Hope you guys aren't too mad that this took so long. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And now I'm going to leave and get to work on the next chapter: Chapter 11: Betrayal.
Until next time,
Serene-Moon-Princess