I decided to include most of my OCs just because I include them in Pravoka in many of my other stories.
Chapter 10: Bahamut
Rytex led him up the mountain out of the city and up a path.
"Won't we be locked out?"
"No. As I am the head of the village, I have privileges I can use." Rytex answered.
They continued up until they reached an entrance to the interior of the mountain.
Rytex led him into the cavern. They walked wordlessly for another hundred yards before the pitch-black began to light up.
Link stopped and gasped when they reached the end of the path. A large blue dragon stood in front of them. Its teeth were razor sharp and its scales were like sapphires. Its claws looked deadly and powerful. It was a magnificent beast.
"Lord Bahamut, this is Link, the Hero of Time of the Hylians and the Terminians."
Bahamut opened an eye. It was white with a vertical pupil centered in a blue iris.
It opened its mouth and roared. Link heard the dragon speak in his mind. The voice contained ages of experience and wisdom, but still had a measure of power.
"You are the Hylians' hero? We are well met. I am Bahamut, Lord of the Dragons. Rytex has told me what he could of your predicament. Can you elaborate further?"
Link nodded and launched into an explanation of what had transpired within the months since he had left Pravoka. The events were easy to describe. Finally, he relayed the day's events, including the discovery of Fenwick.
Bahamut stood still.
"So you are telling me that you ran here, merely to avoid seeing your friend be married to an unpleasant stranger? And you are risking our lives to protect her?"
Link bristled at that comment. He hadn't thought of it that way.
"I- I didn't think very well. We tried many times to solve the problem, but we never actually put a plan to use. Finally, we got a plan carried out, but her father nearly ruined it. Also, the King of Hyrule, Rolynd, discovered that I had come from Cryonia, and do you know how desperate the Hylians are for information on Cryonia?"
"Yes."
"Then you understand why I fled?"
"Any why did you bring the girl?"
"Because I was fleeing and I didn't want to flee alone, but also because our plan there had failed and she wanted to come."
Bahamut considered the matter.
"Did you think you could make life better simply by running away from your problem?"
"I beg your pardon?"
Bahamut let out a small sniff.
"Too many times over the course of history, the races of Humans and Hylians proved their similarities. Both follow human nature. But there is one problem. Many are scared of their problems. They often run away from them. You are the wielder of the Triforce of Courage, are you not?"
"I am."
"Then why did you run from your problem?"
"It's not that simple. I could trust Princess Zelda. She and I are childhood friends. I can't trust King Rolynd. I have met with him on two occasions: once, when we convinced him that Ganondorf was evil and was after the Triforce, and the other when I left to search for Navi. Both times, he presented himself to me as a man who would give anything for secrets about his enemies."
"So we are his enemies?"
"Hyrule has existed as a dominant world power since we were fully united. Cryonia, a hundred years ago, united also, and became just as dominant and powerful a world power as Hyrule. We feel threatened by it, or at least, some of us do. We even tried to explain your land as a land of fairy tales to keep put children from knowing that there was a land possibly more powerful than us when they were older."
Rytex nodded.
"In this, I can back Link. Do you remember when Cryonia was but a barbarous island full of warring tribes? And do you remember how powerful the land of Hyrule seemed? Now imagine that WE are the dominant power and another land is rising meteorically to the level of power we are at. Can you imagine how fearful we would be that they would attack us?"
Bahamut simply huffed.
"That is not the main issue. If Link had fled, yet left this girl, Malon, in Hyrule, we would not be in this predicament."
"Yes, we would." said Link.
"How, pray tell?"
"Either way, I would've fled that day. If I had left Malon alone, the king would have used Jura, who is one of the wealthiest merchants to trade with Hyrule and Cryonia, to spy on you. Now this way, we are more prepared. Jura's son, Fenwick, decided to tail us. He used a gossip stone, but he was found out. I incapacitated him and destroyed the stone. He won't find us. He thought we were going to Crescent Lake, so he will more than likely not find us in Pravoka. The trail completely disappears when you near the forest. You have to just keep going straight."
"And Fenwick wouldn't know this? Can you be sure?"
"No one in Crescent Lake knows our location on their own. They have to be led to the village. Everyone except-"
"Dalen." said Link, grounding his teeth.
"And Dalen hates us." said Rytex.
"Then your plan has a flaw." said Bahamut.
"There's no guarantee that Fenwick will find Dalen. Dalen is kept in prison at Crescent Lake." said Rytex.
"He'll try everyone. He is desperate for Malon." said Link.
"Enough. I am weary of the day. We shall speak of this later. For now, I retire. I will send Thorn with a response, Rytex." said Bahamut before closing his eyes.
"Very well." said Rytex as he and Link bowed and left for the village.
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