Curse

Chapter X: Realization

Amethyst eyes slowly opened under the rays of the morning sun to catch sight of a dead fire. She sat up with a smile, only for it to die the second she saw the other side. There was no trace of the young man accompanying her, much less any indication of where he could have gone. Elianne knew with a certain conviction that he wouldn't have left that long without reason. She stood with no further ado and threw a look around her. Where was he? Why had he left? Had he discovered something that she did not know of?

The screech of a bird snapped her out of her thoughts, as her violet gaze looked at the peregrine falcon approaching her in distress. By its way of behaving, the young woman knew that something had truly happened last night.
"Tell me. Where is he, Rocko?"
The bird didn't need to hear it twice, taking off in the direction it had come from and begging her to follow. The forest became a blur as hundreds of question burst in the young lady's head who was unable to find an answer of her own. Still, she couldn't help but feel a certain familiarity to the trail, as if she had taken it not long ago, maybe a few days before.

Red hair flew behind her as she ran, the trees blending together to become brown walls and the leaves becoming a compact roof were no light would come through. Blessing her Morpha abilities, she only came to a stop at nightfall, the moon giving off an eerie glow in the meadow she had just reached. Her eyes widened when she saw what laid in the horizon, standing proudly in the light as Rocko beckoned her to keep going. Yet, her attention was drawn to the tower she knew so well, the Tower of Anloena. She hadn't still caught up with her companion, but now she knew that he was probably headed back to Hyrule. But why? To surrender himself, deeming to say that his curse was reason enough to die? No... it was probably the last thought on his mind, even though they had spoken of it days ago. Then what was taking him back?

Not knowing the reason, her gaze lifted to the sky, catching sight of Siphia, the star she had spoken about that very same day. What if...? A small gasp passed her lips as she realized that her doubts were probably not unfounded. He had probably discovered how to break this curse upon him and the only way to do so implied returning to his home country.

She head slightly spun and she flinched as she finally came to realize what exactly had been haunting the boy. Cursing her memory, she looked at the tower once more, knowing that Link was now in grave danger. Angry as he might be about the person who had laid this curse upon his family, it would not suffice. Half of them had died trying to break this bewitchment with only hatred. It would never suffice... Unless... Of course... Why had Imalei and Iforen fought for long ago that made the latter curse the former? Because of a strong feeling they both shared for the same person. The young woman had left out of fear the day it took place and Iforen was forced to marry royalty to protect himself from the cursed man. This was her answer.

With renewed strength, Elianne asked her feathery companion to show her the way, transforming herself into a bird of prey to follow it. Focused on the task at hand, she didn't see her old house, forgotten in the trees as she headed to Hyrule, praying silently that she wouldn't be too late to help Link.