It's not mine. I do not gain from writing any of this, but I do enjoy it. =)
Upon arriving at Telma's they were both welcomed back with 2 shots and a pitcher of beer. Telma seemed to be very close to Rusl and the rest of the gang and Link was just tagging along trying to get back home; and the booze was the only thing that could keep his mind off everything that had happened.
"So Ashei, Link would like for you to show him the way to Snowpeak." said Rusl licking the salt off his hand before he took his shot of tequila and so did the rest of them. Tequila is a drink of choice at Telma's bar. The atmosphere at Telma's was comforting, kind of like the smell of cigar's and whiskey.
"Well I'd love to" she said "but it won't be free." Link looked at her confused. "What are you talking about? I don't have any money, I don't know where my house is, and you want me to pay you just to show me the way to a damn mountain." Then he slammed his fist on the bar.
Telma whispered to Auru "I don't think tequila goes well with that young man" Auru nodded his head in agreement.
"Whoa!" Ashei said "I don't want your money. I need you do a favor in return for me taking you there."
"Oh okay, I can work." Link replied still not showing any kind of compassion for these people nor remorse for getting angry at them.
"Grab something to keep you warm, it's going to be a cold trip." And she chuckled in a smart ass way.
"Sure let me get right on top of that, I carry my wardrobe in my pocket, so let me get it out real quick" and he flipped her a middle finger.
Shad comes up behind Link and pats him on the shoulder "I think we are going to all get along great" and hands Link a bottle of whiskey for the trip.
Link looks at him and says "What is this for?"
Telma interjects "To keep you warm child. Now you better get going or you won't make it there before nightfall. The snow wolfos don't get fresh meat that often."
Ashei grabs her bag and heads toward the door "I'll be back in a couple days, if he isn't with me then I fed him to the wolfos" she said smiling.
Link got up and followed her out the door and through Castle Town with nothing really distracting him and keeping his eyes directed away from the castle. The transformations of Castle Town were remarkable but may as well have not been there for all he cared.
They headed down Zora's River until they reached the Zora's Domain. Link remembered seeing these kind of people before, but was having trouble remember exactly where he had seen one. The whole place was frozen over and Ashei said "It hasn't always been like this. It only froze over recently but it has always been icy up the mountain."
"Ok so the fish people live on ice now." He laughed "I guess that suck for them"
Ashei looked kind of sad at that statement "Why are you such a prick, Link?"
Link stopped staring daggers at her "What the hell does it matter to you anyway?"
"Nothing Link, let just get going." And she continued up the mountain. Then she looked back "Oh you might want to take this" she handed Link a Rapier which was about the smallest sword he had ever seen.
"What am I supposed to fight with this thing? Bugs?" Link said looking at the girly sword.
"Actually Link, It's a very powerful sword if you know how to use it correctly. It might even take the life of a Yeti if you can hit it right" she said.
"A Yeti huh" Link said "and what exactly is a Yeti?"
"You will see we will be there soon enough" Ashei said, and they continued up the mountain.
The sun was setting when Link and Ashei finally made it to the top of Snowpeak Mountain. The temperature has dropped tremendously and still dropping.
"Here Link," Ashei said throwing him a wolfo pelt. They both rested underneath a tall tree peeling off the bark to keep a small fire barely alive.
"So why did you need to come to Snowpeak Link" asked Ashei sipping on whiskey. "There is a monster I can talk to find my way back home."
The word monster made Ashei twitch as the word rolled off Link's tongue. Ashei handed Link back the whiskey bottle.
Neither noticed when the huge wolfo sneaked up behind Ashei. Link was finishing taking his drink when he saw the creature about to attack."Ashei watch out!" he yelled. Link has always been frightened by wolfos, but at that moment he pulled at the rapier Ashei hand given him and struck the wolfo but only knocking it back a few feet.
The next thing they heard was a screeching cry that echoed the mountains. From behind the wolfo stood a massive figure that grabbed the wolfo up by its neck and snapped it with one hand and threw it down the mountain. The enormous creature then walked to them "AH GUEST. YOU COME WITH ME." They looked at each other scared of the size of the creature, nodded in unison in that witch they should go with them.
"JUMP ON YETO!" the creature yelled again flopping down on his belly. Link and Ashei walk over to the creature. Link turns to look at Ashei and he could sense some anger from the fire growing in Ashei's eyes.
She and Link jump on Yeto's back and the Yeti shoved off down the mountain with incredible speed. A smile spread across Link's face, he had never been sledding, and had never been this fast by horseback.
When they reached the Yeti home, they were greeted by another Yeti. "GUESTS! YETO BRING GUESTS TO YETA!" said the female Yeti.
Link didn't know what to think, but either they were stupid or they were about to eat Ashei and him.
"I COOK FOR YOU" said the Yeti.
Link was about to pull the sword again when Yeto pulled out a bushel of reek fish from his pocket.
"HOPE YOU LIKE REEK FISH STEW" said Yeta and she went into the kitchen to put the reek fish into her boiling broth. Neither Ashei nor Link knew what to say to the thing but Link decided to to say "I love stew, thank you Yeta."
"YOU SIT. EAT" said Yeto.
Link wondered if this was the mountain monster that Bo was telling him about. He saw volumes of books on the shelves, and priceless art works all throughout the house. 'How could such a thing possibly be intelligent enough to know how to read? It can barely speak a sentence.' he thought.
"Yeto, I was told that you read a lot. Is that right?" asked Link
"YETO LOVE READING" replied the Yeti
"Can you tell be about Lon Lon Ranch?" Link asked with skepticism
"FIRE! HERE YOU READ!" the Yeti walks over to one of his shelves and throws a children's book at Link full of colorful pages.
Link flips through the pages of the book and sees pictures of Epona, Talon, Malon and Ingo. He also sees a character that somewhat resembles himself but is much uglier and evil looking. He continues to read and the pages reflect that the boy who looks like him murdered the princess of Hyrule and destroyed the castle. All of Hyrule declared war on Lon Lon and burned it all down to the ground.
Link dropped the book, and stepped back. "Oh no, they think I killed Sheik. Princess Zelda" And all of the memories from that night overpowered Link.
"NO NOT YOU. BOY FROM LON LON." said the Yeti.
"Well, I guess you won't be going there huh Link" said Ashei. She didn't know what Link meant by saying that he burned Lon Lon down, but figured it would be best to not make fun of him losing his home.
"I need to go" said Link. He didn't want to be here but he really didn't want to be anywhere. He didn't have anywhere to go.
"YOU MUST STAY TIL MORNING" said the Yeti. "YOU CANNOT LEAVE MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT. BESIDES FOOD IS DONE"
Link sits stoically as the two Yeti's laughed and carried on very loudly. Ashei didn't say much either as a look of contempt was in her eyes just as Link's were somber.
After dinner the Yeti showed Link and Ashei to their room. Apparently the Yeti thought them to be a couple and expected them to sleep together.
"YOU SLEEP" said Yeta which was supposed to be 'good night' but it made sense.
Link agreed to let Ashei sleep in the floor and he would sleep on the bed. Just as Link is about to fall asleep he feels something creeping up onto the bed.
"Link it is time that you pay your debts" Ashei says into his ear.
"What do you want Ashei?" Link says in a sleepy tone
"Kill the Yeti Link. It is my only request for bringing you here." She said with a droplet of spit landing on Link's neck.
"And if I don't want to?" Link said turning his head to look her in the eye.
"Then I will kill you and leave you to the Yeti's for the next stew." She said spitefully.
Link reached for the sword she had given him on the way up the mountain, only to find it missing.
"You thought you were going to have me bring you up here and not pay up? I knew not to trust you. But you almost had a look of innocence when we found you that night bleeding and almost dead." Ashei said then turned her back at Link.
"Go to the foyer and grab an axe. Don't think of attacking me Link it would be your last move. I was raised on this mountain with sword in hand since I was a child."
That pissed him off more than ever. He has never killed anyone and these Yeti's were kind to him. He didn't want to hurt Ashei either; she is after all a girl. As he continued down the hallway toward the foyer he kept trying to convince himself that these things were not even people and that they don't have souls so he wasn't doing anything worse than killing a bug.
When he returned to the room with the axe Ashei looked at him and continued "That Yeti killed my father 5 years ago. I have not been back to this mountain since that day and it may seem kind however it is deceptive. There is not a kind bone in the monsters body. I will take the female and you the male. Just take its head off with the axe. I saw how you don't know how to use a sword all that well back there with the Wolfo, but if you do this I will train you on it as my father trained me."
Link looked at her and gritted his teeth saying "I'll do this for you since you brought me up here and I have the information I came after."
They headed toward the Yeti's bedroom and could hear the snores all the way back to the room they were staying in. When they finally reached the room, Ashei entered first with Link right behind.
Silently they crept closer and closer to the sleeping Yeti's. Link tapped Ashei on the back as he went to the other side of their bed, and she acknowledged by tilting her head.
She stood over the Yeti as Link did and raised her Long sword above Yeta. She then noticed the Yeti open her eyes and started to scream when Ashei brought the sword across her neck decapitating it from its body.
Link didn't move as quickly as Ashei with his axe, and stopped to stare at her as she killed the female Yeti. Then he saw the giant Yeto awake from the sound of his wife dying and before he can strike the Yeti he is knocked across the room with a punch to the chest.
The Yeti looks over to his wife lying there dead with her head already having fallen off the side of the bed and throws his arms above his head flailing them "YEEETTTTAAAA" and chases after Link.
Link still trying to catch his breath grabs hold of the axe and tries to hit the Yeti before it can tear him apart. Just then Ashei jumps in front of Link with her weapon ready to strike the Yeti.
"YOU MONSTER KILL YEEEETTTTTAAA" the Yeti cried.
"No you are the monster! You killed my father!" Ashei spat those words at the Yeti.
"RAAAHHHHH!" the Yeti screamed at her. Then charged at them both with his head down like a bull. Link leaped to his feet and ran to the side so that he could attack the monster from behind when it would most definitely ram the wall.
Ashei knelt down and stabbed the beast in the stomach as it ran over her. The monster still moving with its intestines hanging to the ground turned around to attack them again when Link swung the axe cutting off the beast's leg.
"Finish it Link!" Ashei yelled as Yeto fell to the ground.
Link walked up to it and said "You deserve this" as he gave the beast the final blow.
Thank you for reading this. It has been a pleasure writing, and I hope you are enjoying it as much as me. Still not sure exactly where I am taking the ending but I am open to suggestions, comments, concerns or really anything that you might want to share.