Me: DOUBLE DIGITS! Everyone, have a cookie! (hands out cookies)
Link: SylphWindDancer owns nothing. (bites cookie)
Me: ...
Link: What?
Me: Just waiting on a disaster.
J.R.: (a friend from school) So...this is the Legend of Zelda trailer, huh? Not impressive. It doesn't beat Naruto.
Me: What ARE you doing here? I didn't let you in.
JR: No, the horse did.
Me: Zoltan!
Link: I'll take it the disaster appeared. Read now before we are all doomed.
Chapter 10
Queen Lia had finished her explaination, and insisted that the weary travelers rest in nearby quarters, and she assured that her people would take care of their horses, so they accepted, and the girls shared a room, Link staying in his own room, saying he wanted a little time to himself.
Zelda and Melissa sat up in their large beds, fumbling with pillows.
The Queen of Hyrule asked quietly, "Do you think he's mad at me? For not telling him, I mean."
Melissa shook her head, "No. Knowing him, he'll be alright. He just needs to think, that's all."
In Link's room, he sat against the wall, not laying in bed to rest yet. He thought of everything that Lia told him.
"What do you mean...by 'twins'?" Link asked.
"Link, I..." Zelda looked at him, "I knew about us. Our father was King, and Mother was someone who'd come from this country. Father told me before he died of sickness, and Mother requested that you grow up away from royal life."
Link stared at her for a minute, and Lia nodded, "That is right. Your mother, Lastelle, had come from here. I remember her, for she was my best friend when we were younger, and I was Princess. She'd told me she'd found love, somehow. I asked her who it was and she didn't tell me. The next day, I heard she ran away, and I followed her tracks to Hyrule.
"I finally found her a couple days later, wondering around in Castle Town with the younger King, and I'd realized whom it was she fell in love with."
They digested this information slowly, and Lia told them, "I attended the wedding a few months later, and they had twins. You two." and she motioned at Link and Zelda.
"She wanted to have the girl for the throne, and the boy to guard her. I asked her why and all she said was 'the Triforce'. I know understand. Link, you were destined to protect your sister from the third bearer of the Triforce. The piece of Power."
Link looked at the back of his hand at the Triforce that was on his hand, that'd never faded. "I was...to protect her? I nearly failed, seeing as she was almost taken over by Ganondorf."
"Almost doesn't count. The present does." Lia countered. "And now that Ganon is dead, his Triforce will be passed on. Hopefully, to someone who's worthy of wheilding it."
They sat in silence for a few minutes, Link's head bursting with questions. He couldn't even think straight.
He summed it up. Zelda is my twin sister, my mother was an Elf, my father was Hylian, and I was supposed to protect Zelda, even though I didn't know about her? This is all so confusing...especially at once.
Melissa's voice broke him from his thinking trance. "So...how long, exactly, does an Elf live?"
Lia thought for a minute and responded, "Around eight hundred years old. The twins received more elven blood than Hylian, so they'll always be Hylian, but they'll live longer, like an Elf."
"I see..." Melissa murmured.
Lia cocked her head to the side, eyeing the Hylian girl, "Where are you from? You look rather familiar."
Melissa was about to say, 'you wouldn't believe me if I told you', but instead, she said, "I'm from Hyrule."
"Turn your head to the side, please."
Melissa frowned, wondering what she was up to, but she obeyed. Lia looked at her, eyes filled with curiousity. When she was done, she sighed, "You can turn your head back."
"What is it?" the girl demanded.
"Nothing. Just thought I saw something. Speaking of something, I want you to have this." Lia reached into a nearby box and took out a pair of dark blue earings similar to Link's. They were a little smaller, and had engravings in the sides.
Melissa took the earings, "Thank you." she said, looking at the earings. She took out the ones up higher in her ear, and replaced them with the new ones.
Lia smiled, "You should be able to read the language of the Elves, I believe, in some time."
Melissa was about to ask something else when Lia clapped her hands, "I'm sure you're all tired, so I shall provide you with rooms! Your horses are being taken well care of, and we'll give you the best quality bedrooms!"
Link groaned deeply in exhaustion. Midna came up, "Link, you should get some rest. Think on it when you have energy."
The Hylian, Elf, whatever, nodded slowly, and stood, flopping down on the bed, falling asleep within five minutes.
In the next room, the two girls were still up and talking about stuff, Melissa asking what it was like to grow up royal, and Zelda asking what her world was like and what they did for fun. "Do they have kingdoms?" the Queen asked.
"Yeah, but they have no power." Melissa frowned, "Or, at least, from what I've studied."
"Do you have schools?"
"Yeah, regretfully."
"Do you not like school?"
"Mostly just this one teacher. He makes learning feel like crap."
"Oh. What animals do you have there?"
"Cats, dogs, horses, birds, fish, and lots of others. There's supposed to be over millions of animals and plants species."
"Wow. That's so many."
"Sorry to interrupt this wonderous conversation, but..." Orion came up, pointing at a nearby clock that had it's hands at one in the morning, "It's a little late, don't ya think? Talk more tomorrow."
Melissa scorned at him, but they turned out their lights and slept deeply.
It felt like only a couple hours when the two were getting shaken harshly. Melissa groaned, "Link, if you don't go away, I'm gonna throw my pillow at you." and she stuffed her head under her pillow.
Zelda sighed, "I'm not ready to get up."
"And who are you calling Link?"
Melissa's eyes opened widely and she looked at the person hovering over her. Zant.
She was about to scream for Link when Zant raised his hand and the Hylian hovered, feeling her throat tighten, a dim green light surrounding her. Zelda gasped, grabbed the knife on the table beside her, and ran to stab the Twili, but Zant chuckled and grasped her hand as she drew near. Zelda demanded, "Let me go!"
Zant ripped the knife away from her and hit her with the butt of it, knocking her out. He turned back to Melissa, sneering, "You're coming back with me, girl."
Orion showed up, solid, "Leave them alone, Zant!"
"You think I'd follow an order from a low-life like you?" Zant snorted.
Zant didn't see Orion rushing forward to bite him, and he winced, his power failing for a minute. Melissa fell to the floor, and quickly grabbed her scythe while also filling her lungs with air. While Zant had his attention focused on Orion, Melissa dashed and swung, Zant suddenly teleporting. She forgot about Zelda on the floor, and decided to go get help. She ran for the door, but didn't feel Zant's presense behind her. He quickly chanted something fast, no one able to understand the words he spoke. He held out his left hand and a purple orb of darkness flew towards the girl. Melissa opened the door and just managed to scream, "Li-!" and she saw darkness.
"Melissa! Zelda!" Orion hovered by the fallen Hylian commoner, shaking her.
"Out of my way, pipsqueak." Zant grabbed the Twili imp by his throat, stuck the knife in his side, and threw him hard against the wall, knocking the wind out of him. Zant took that oppertunity and took the two girls, and vanished.
Orion opened his closed eyes, squinting in pain, "No...please...help..." and he fainted.
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Link sat, worried at the table for breakfast, Lia sitting across from him. "Shouldn't they've been here by now?"
"I sent someone to wake them. Don't worry, they'll be here soon." Lia assured, biting down on some bread.
"But still..."
Just as Link was about to finished his sentence, a servant ran in the room, gasping for breath, blood spilling from his stomach. "Milady..." he breathed, "The Twili...took...the Queen...and...girl..."
Lia jumped out of her seat, as did Link, and the two ran over, feeling for a pulse.
Nothing. Not even a faint bit of movement.
Link then stood, and ran as fast as his legs would carry him, flying towards their room. He saw their door open, a little bit of blood right outside the door. "Melissa, Zelda, Orion!" he called, running into the room.
He saw the hurt Twili against the wall, sleeping painfully, the room a total mess. Link held his breath, looking for any trace of the two. He rushed to Orion, Midna floating solid beside him. He held the Twili, "Orion? Orion, say something."
Orion slowly opened an orange eye and coughed, "Zant took them...both of them. I don't know where...he went. Only that he took them...you need to save them."
"I will, just rest." Link stood from his kneeling position, Midna cursing colorfully and loudly. Lia appeared at the door, and a hand flew to her mouth, horror on her face, "What has happened here?!"
"The fake king of Twilight." Link growled.
"What are...those things?" Lia pointed at the Twilis'.
"They're residents of Twilight, cursed in these forms. You couldn't see them before because they were our shadows." Link informed, "Right now, he need attention."
Midna looked his side and gasped, "Link! Zant stuck him with a knife!"
Link instantly looked at Orion's side, murmured something, and carefully took it out.
"My people will look after him. What has become of Zelda and Melissa?"
"The Twili took them. And I'm getting them back."
"How are we even gonna get to the Mirror Chamber with those boars all over the place? Even you can't take that many at once!" Midna frowned.
"We'll think of something." Link snapped.
Lia took the bleeding Orion from Link, and the two walked out of the room, Midna still floating with them. The servants stared, but the three didn't care. Lia burst into one room, demanding, "I need our healer in here, now!"
An Elven man stepped out of the crowd, dressed in white, with a first-aid kit, "What's wrong, Milady?"
"We have a hurt companion!" Lia gestued, "This way."
They walked into a room, the doctor not asking anything about his patient. If his Queen wanted him healed, so he would be. He examined his wound on the side, and rubbed an ointment in it before placing some herb on it, Orion groaning in pain the whole time. Fifteen minutes later, the Elven doc announced, "He'll be alright as long as he gets plenty of rest and water. He shouldn't eat for about twelve hours so the herbs can take affect. I'll check by in twelve and a half hours so I can bandage him."
"Thank you so much, doctor." Lia smiled, the doc walking out of the room.
Midna grasped Orion's hand and whispered something faint in his ear. She then floated back and snarled, "Let's go, Link." and disappeared.
Lia looked at Link as he turned to leave and called, "Link? I may...have an idea so you can get back to Hyrule."
Link turned around, "I'm all ears."
A couple minutes later, Link found himself, Epona, and Zoltan standing inside a magic circle with five preists and the Queen surrounding them. Link had showed Lia where he'd wanted to go to and they studied the map carefully. 'We'll send your horses with you, just in case you need them.' Lia had said. 'We can teleport you there, but we need full concentration.'
Link stood in silence, holding the horses' reins, watching the six slowly raised their hands. Their words echoed in Link's head.
"Twarden...ifreal, contineo chun la daemon k twill, jun token!"
"Be careful!" Lia's voice shouted as Link faded.
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Link opened his eyes and saw that he was in the desert, and lots of boars surrounded him. He cursed and slowly stood, Moblins eyeing him dangerously. "So Zant had Moblins under his control as well..." he murmured.
He saw that Epona and Zoltan were in front of him. He bit his lip. He'd have to be quick.
He dashed and kicked Epona, the female horse taking off, running over a few Moblins, Zoltan following them. Epona ran as if her life depended on it (which it kinda was) and they came upon the Mirror Chamber quickly. Midna came up, floating beside him, "Link?"
"Yeah?"
"Hold onto something."
"Wha- MMMMMMIIIIIIDDDDDNNNNAAAAA!!!!!!!!" Link screamed as Midna pulled the Hylian and the two horses off the ground with her third hand. She lifted them up above the Arbiter's Grounds and the landed in the unguarded Mirror Chamber. Midna was breathing heavily by time they got up there and she assured Link that she was fine.
Link looked at the two horses and asked, "Will they be able to come into Twilight with us?"
"Probably. I don't think they'll change...but just to be safe..."
Link watched as Midna let some small black orbs flow into the two horses, whom seemed unfazed. They just stared back at the two. Link led them up the steps and they vanished...into Twilight.
Me: Lakreal jun tykiyo.
Link: Loser.
Me: Translation: Read and review. It's all made up language, btw.
Link: I think they may've figured that out.
Me: Just makin' sure, I mean, some people think it's real.
JR: What kind of a sad, sucky thing is this?
Me: Okay, that is IT! OUT! (kicks him out, literally)
JR: NO! Please, I'm sorrrryyyy! I'm so sorharharhary! It's raining out, please let me in!
Me: No. (changed weather to a hurricane)
JR: AAHHHH!!!!!!
Me: (changes it sunny)
JR: Oop, never mind, it's nice our here now.
Me: Omg...