A/N ~ Okay, now this is the chapter where things start getting' goooood.
lol! And I still also have to apologize to a fellow author, Nyam Nyam. I'm
sorry for that review... I know it was really mean. Ya see, I read her
first chapter of her Zelda fic, and it was so much like mine, the first
explanation that came to me was that she had copied me. She didn't! So, I'm
sorry. And thank you to Kristin, or Chibi Fairy, for that review. And to
everyone else who reviewed! Thank you so much. Okay, so here's chapter
11... I hope you like it! Warning... Navi madness! lol ( I also found out
how to spell co-vas-ee-ay!! 'Courvoisier'!! :D )
Disclaimer ~ I do not own any of the Zelda characters.
Chapter XI * Run Away
"Well, this is nice..." Marissa stated. It was pouring.
"Look, there's a cave up ahead." Link said, pointing forward.
"And...? What about it?"
"We're spending the night there. In case you haven't noticed, it's pretty dark." They had taken a shortcut out of Zora's Domain, and now they were at Lake Hylia.
"You've gotta be kidding. Isn't there any other place we can go?"
Just then, a streak of lightning split through the sky. There was a crash of thunder. "Not unless you wanna get struck by lightning!" Link ran ahead and into the mouth of the cave. Annoyed, Marissa followed.
"Since we're spending the night here, you might wanna make some form of a bed or something..." Link said. Rolling her eyes, Marissa glanced around the cave.
It looked like it went pretty deep. There was a musty smell.
"Disgusting..." she mumbled. Link was busy collecting sticks from the corners and niches in the cave's walls. He dropped them all into one area and equipped his fire arrows. Once he aimed and shot one at the pile of sticks, they had a small fire.
Link noted Marissa was now sitting on a large flat rock away from the fire.
"Aren't you cold...?" he asked. She shook her head.
"Hey, Link, you know what this reminds me of?"
"What Navi?" "Of that time in Kakariko Village when you had to get those Cuccos and put them back in their pen because that lady was allergic to them!!!"
"Navi, that is totally irrelevant." Link replied coldly.
"Link, are you PMS-ing?"
"EXCUSE ME?!?!" Link gave Navi a concerned look.
"Well, you're in a very bad mood! You've been like this for a long while, and... well, it's very unusual!" Navi explained.
"Well I'm NOT!!!" he yelled.
"Oh. Okay." She twittered around and then sat down next to Link. "I'm hungry."
"What are you talking about? You told me fairies never eat! How can you be hungry?"
"Oh. Well, I am."
"Well, the only things I have with me are some old crackers that Malon gave me and some Lon Lon Milk."
"Ew! I'll have a cracker," said Navi. "You want any?!" she asked Marissa. She shook her head. After Link gave Navi a cracker, she began flying around, munching it, and screaming, "Pass the courvoisier!"
There was suddenly a loud crash of thunder. It was so loud; it seemed to shake the entire world. A flash of lightning that lit up the sky and everything else, as if it were daybreak followed the sound.
* * *
Zelda sighed heavily. Why did this always have to happen? It seemed like she couldn't even go a few months without being abducted by Ganon.
'I was so sure I had him sealed away for all eternity, but... how could I have been so stupid?! I locked him away in a place where he could easily enter the Sacred Realm... and now... all the sages... all of Hyrule... and Link! Oh, Link... I'm so sorry I made a mess of things again...always putting you in danger... I was so foolish! And now... arrghh!' Zelda began to sob. 'Now I'm stuck inside this stupid crystal thing, inside Ganon's castle... and there's nothing I can do about it!! Unless...' Zelda gasped, and cupped her hand over her mouth. 'There's only one way to let Link gain access to the Sacred Realm! That's what I can do... after he and the chosen one get the last jewel...' Zelda smiled, pleased with herself. 'I just hope I have enough power left...'
* * *
"I'm going to sleep. Do you want it?" Link held out a crumpled wad of crimson material. "It's the Goron Tunic." Marissa reached over, and took it. Navi was still bouncing off the walls. She was singing, "Any time I need to see your face I just close my eyes, and I am taken to a place where your crystal mind and magenta feelings take up space in my spine, sweet like a chica-cherry cola!"
"Navi, go to sleep." Link ordered, laying down the Zora Tunic under his head. He had taken off his sheathe, and laid it beside his shield against the cave wall. Navi finished her song, and then settled down next to Link.
Marissa was still sitting on the rock. She got to her feet. Link didn't need her. And she was positive she didn't need him. She put the red Goron Tunic down next to Navi, and left the cave.
Outside, the storm had stopped. The rain was still spattering down, but the sky was quiet and dark. Within only a few minutes, she was completely soaked. Her black hair was matted to the sides of her face and neck.
'Where am I going?' she asked herself. It wasn't like she had a map of Hyrule, or anything... what if she got lost in some distant land? 'It's not that hasn't already happened...' she reminded herself. Besides, there was always the chance that she would find a way home.
She walked until dawn. That was when she realized she was exhausted. Now she was in an empty field. She sat down and leaned up against a tree. Sighing, Marissa ran a hand through her damp hair. She wondered what Link was doing. He was probably still sleeping. Navi was most likely awake and running amuck. Then, she mentally slapped herself. Why was she thinking about Link? She ran away for a reason. Shaking her head, she pulled her legs up to her chin. The sun was rising. She looked around. She wanted to go back to that forest place with all the midgets. Maybe she could find a way back to her world from there.
Suddenly, she spotted a tiny yellow flower. It was alone, in the huge field before her. It swayed in the cool breeze the sun brought as it rose. Although it was only a flower, it looked so lonely. All alone. It was an outcast. It didn't belong. Like her. A weed that was so different in every possible way, it couldn't even try to blend in with everything else. Suddenly, she wanted to cry, but instead she got to her feet, and kept walking. She was searching for the log-tunnel that would lead to a bridge, and even if it took forever, she was determined to find it.
* * *
That morning, Link awoke to a herd of clucking Cuccos, running around outside the cave. It was obviously the chicken's mating season. They were chasing after each other insanely, squawking and clucking.
"Stupid Cuccos!!!" Link screamed. That woke Navi up.
"Where?!" Navi sprang into flight, and began looking around wildly.
"Grr..." Link snarled, and stood up. He walked to the mouth of the cave. There were at least 500 chickens on rampage. Link ran into the huge cluster, and began screaming at them all. Soon, he had scared them all away. He returned to the cave with Navi darting around.
"Link! I don't believe you! This is SO awful..." she cried.
"What are you shouting about?!" he demanded.
"Link, I DO NOT believe you!!! This could POSSIBLY be the worst thing that could POSSIBLY happen!"
"What?!"
"Honestly, this throws everything off! Now it'll take longer, and Hyrule is in more danger, and we still have to find the ruby. And... and... AHHHHHHH!!!!! Link, why did you have to be so insensitive!? This is all your fault! LINK!!!"
"Navi, quit over reacting! Just spit it out!"
"Link, she's GONE!!! Marissa! Marissa is gone!!!!!!" Navi yelled. There was a long moment of silence.
"She's... what!?" he asked bewildered.
"You heard me, Link!!! She is GONE! G-O-N-E! Gone, as in not here! Gone, as in, ELSE WHERE!!!"
"Oh, Nayru..." Link moaned, sitting down. He felt the faint signs of a headache coming on.
"Link, what are we gonna do?!?!?! We can't save Hyrule without her! You know we can't!"
"I don't know!" he shot back. "She doesn't know Hyrule like we do! She's probably lost! How are we ever gonna find her?"
"I don't know, Link, but you'd better think of something FAST!!! If you don't we'll probably never find her! What if she gets herself killed?!?!"
"Navi, stop being such a pessimist! That won't happen!"
"Arrggg... what are we gonna do?!"
"I said I don't know!!! You're the little fairy that the Great Deku Tree gave me to help out on *adventures*, but Navi, you're not doing anything!!!"
"That's 'cause I didn't think she'd leave! I mean, we both know she's stubborn and would rather be doing anything but helping us! I had no idea she'd just... take off! And I bet you didn't either!"
"Fine. You're right. I though she was too scared to be on her own. That's why she always followed whenever I gave her the option to stay behind! But I guess it's pretty gosh-darn obvious that I was wrong. And now she's gone and we don't have the slightest idea of where she could possibly be!!!" Link yelled.
I feel so... guilty... he thought desperately. 'But why do I care so much?' Panic swept over him, strangling him as his throat became dry.
"Okay, think. If you were her, where would you go?" Navi asked.
"I don't know... it's not like we told her there was a certain place that she could go to get back to her own world... there's no place that she would want to go... I mean... she's probably trying to get back to her own world, right? I don't know. I just don't think she knows enough about Hyrule to want to go to a specific place, meaning she could be anywhere." Link was having some trouble finding the right words.
Navi looked at him confused. "Wha...?"
"I guess... what I mean is... she could be anywhere, because she doesn't understand the importance of certain places... yeah."
"Oh. Um... riiiight." Navi was still confused. "Well, I think we should go look for her," she proposed.
"Link's forehead was creased in thought. "I think we should go get the ruby first." He replied thoughtfully, after a moment.
"Are you crazy?! We need her!" Navi shouted.
"Not to get the ruby!" he reminded.
"I know, but..."
"And then we'll have all three jewels, and then all we have to do is find her! We'll save so much time!" Link insisted.
"But what if she does find a way back to her world?! Or what if she gets killed?! Then we can kiss our hopes to save Hyrule goodbye!"
"She'll be fine! Now we're going to get the Ruby of Love without her!!!" the instant the angry words flew from his mouth he regretted it. He squeezed his eyes shut, shocked at himself. Navi was too. "...Fine." she answered coldly, darting into his hat.
Disclaimer ~ I do not own any of the Zelda characters.
Chapter XI * Run Away
"Well, this is nice..." Marissa stated. It was pouring.
"Look, there's a cave up ahead." Link said, pointing forward.
"And...? What about it?"
"We're spending the night there. In case you haven't noticed, it's pretty dark." They had taken a shortcut out of Zora's Domain, and now they were at Lake Hylia.
"You've gotta be kidding. Isn't there any other place we can go?"
Just then, a streak of lightning split through the sky. There was a crash of thunder. "Not unless you wanna get struck by lightning!" Link ran ahead and into the mouth of the cave. Annoyed, Marissa followed.
"Since we're spending the night here, you might wanna make some form of a bed or something..." Link said. Rolling her eyes, Marissa glanced around the cave.
It looked like it went pretty deep. There was a musty smell.
"Disgusting..." she mumbled. Link was busy collecting sticks from the corners and niches in the cave's walls. He dropped them all into one area and equipped his fire arrows. Once he aimed and shot one at the pile of sticks, they had a small fire.
Link noted Marissa was now sitting on a large flat rock away from the fire.
"Aren't you cold...?" he asked. She shook her head.
"Hey, Link, you know what this reminds me of?"
"What Navi?" "Of that time in Kakariko Village when you had to get those Cuccos and put them back in their pen because that lady was allergic to them!!!"
"Navi, that is totally irrelevant." Link replied coldly.
"Link, are you PMS-ing?"
"EXCUSE ME?!?!" Link gave Navi a concerned look.
"Well, you're in a very bad mood! You've been like this for a long while, and... well, it's very unusual!" Navi explained.
"Well I'm NOT!!!" he yelled.
"Oh. Okay." She twittered around and then sat down next to Link. "I'm hungry."
"What are you talking about? You told me fairies never eat! How can you be hungry?"
"Oh. Well, I am."
"Well, the only things I have with me are some old crackers that Malon gave me and some Lon Lon Milk."
"Ew! I'll have a cracker," said Navi. "You want any?!" she asked Marissa. She shook her head. After Link gave Navi a cracker, she began flying around, munching it, and screaming, "Pass the courvoisier!"
There was suddenly a loud crash of thunder. It was so loud; it seemed to shake the entire world. A flash of lightning that lit up the sky and everything else, as if it were daybreak followed the sound.
* * *
Zelda sighed heavily. Why did this always have to happen? It seemed like she couldn't even go a few months without being abducted by Ganon.
'I was so sure I had him sealed away for all eternity, but... how could I have been so stupid?! I locked him away in a place where he could easily enter the Sacred Realm... and now... all the sages... all of Hyrule... and Link! Oh, Link... I'm so sorry I made a mess of things again...always putting you in danger... I was so foolish! And now... arrghh!' Zelda began to sob. 'Now I'm stuck inside this stupid crystal thing, inside Ganon's castle... and there's nothing I can do about it!! Unless...' Zelda gasped, and cupped her hand over her mouth. 'There's only one way to let Link gain access to the Sacred Realm! That's what I can do... after he and the chosen one get the last jewel...' Zelda smiled, pleased with herself. 'I just hope I have enough power left...'
* * *
"I'm going to sleep. Do you want it?" Link held out a crumpled wad of crimson material. "It's the Goron Tunic." Marissa reached over, and took it. Navi was still bouncing off the walls. She was singing, "Any time I need to see your face I just close my eyes, and I am taken to a place where your crystal mind and magenta feelings take up space in my spine, sweet like a chica-cherry cola!"
"Navi, go to sleep." Link ordered, laying down the Zora Tunic under his head. He had taken off his sheathe, and laid it beside his shield against the cave wall. Navi finished her song, and then settled down next to Link.
Marissa was still sitting on the rock. She got to her feet. Link didn't need her. And she was positive she didn't need him. She put the red Goron Tunic down next to Navi, and left the cave.
Outside, the storm had stopped. The rain was still spattering down, but the sky was quiet and dark. Within only a few minutes, she was completely soaked. Her black hair was matted to the sides of her face and neck.
'Where am I going?' she asked herself. It wasn't like she had a map of Hyrule, or anything... what if she got lost in some distant land? 'It's not that hasn't already happened...' she reminded herself. Besides, there was always the chance that she would find a way home.
She walked until dawn. That was when she realized she was exhausted. Now she was in an empty field. She sat down and leaned up against a tree. Sighing, Marissa ran a hand through her damp hair. She wondered what Link was doing. He was probably still sleeping. Navi was most likely awake and running amuck. Then, she mentally slapped herself. Why was she thinking about Link? She ran away for a reason. Shaking her head, she pulled her legs up to her chin. The sun was rising. She looked around. She wanted to go back to that forest place with all the midgets. Maybe she could find a way back to her world from there.
Suddenly, she spotted a tiny yellow flower. It was alone, in the huge field before her. It swayed in the cool breeze the sun brought as it rose. Although it was only a flower, it looked so lonely. All alone. It was an outcast. It didn't belong. Like her. A weed that was so different in every possible way, it couldn't even try to blend in with everything else. Suddenly, she wanted to cry, but instead she got to her feet, and kept walking. She was searching for the log-tunnel that would lead to a bridge, and even if it took forever, she was determined to find it.
* * *
That morning, Link awoke to a herd of clucking Cuccos, running around outside the cave. It was obviously the chicken's mating season. They were chasing after each other insanely, squawking and clucking.
"Stupid Cuccos!!!" Link screamed. That woke Navi up.
"Where?!" Navi sprang into flight, and began looking around wildly.
"Grr..." Link snarled, and stood up. He walked to the mouth of the cave. There were at least 500 chickens on rampage. Link ran into the huge cluster, and began screaming at them all. Soon, he had scared them all away. He returned to the cave with Navi darting around.
"Link! I don't believe you! This is SO awful..." she cried.
"What are you shouting about?!" he demanded.
"Link, I DO NOT believe you!!! This could POSSIBLY be the worst thing that could POSSIBLY happen!"
"What?!"
"Honestly, this throws everything off! Now it'll take longer, and Hyrule is in more danger, and we still have to find the ruby. And... and... AHHHHHHH!!!!! Link, why did you have to be so insensitive!? This is all your fault! LINK!!!"
"Navi, quit over reacting! Just spit it out!"
"Link, she's GONE!!! Marissa! Marissa is gone!!!!!!" Navi yelled. There was a long moment of silence.
"She's... what!?" he asked bewildered.
"You heard me, Link!!! She is GONE! G-O-N-E! Gone, as in not here! Gone, as in, ELSE WHERE!!!"
"Oh, Nayru..." Link moaned, sitting down. He felt the faint signs of a headache coming on.
"Link, what are we gonna do?!?!?! We can't save Hyrule without her! You know we can't!"
"I don't know!" he shot back. "She doesn't know Hyrule like we do! She's probably lost! How are we ever gonna find her?"
"I don't know, Link, but you'd better think of something FAST!!! If you don't we'll probably never find her! What if she gets herself killed?!?!"
"Navi, stop being such a pessimist! That won't happen!"
"Arrggg... what are we gonna do?!"
"I said I don't know!!! You're the little fairy that the Great Deku Tree gave me to help out on *adventures*, but Navi, you're not doing anything!!!"
"That's 'cause I didn't think she'd leave! I mean, we both know she's stubborn and would rather be doing anything but helping us! I had no idea she'd just... take off! And I bet you didn't either!"
"Fine. You're right. I though she was too scared to be on her own. That's why she always followed whenever I gave her the option to stay behind! But I guess it's pretty gosh-darn obvious that I was wrong. And now she's gone and we don't have the slightest idea of where she could possibly be!!!" Link yelled.
I feel so... guilty... he thought desperately. 'But why do I care so much?' Panic swept over him, strangling him as his throat became dry.
"Okay, think. If you were her, where would you go?" Navi asked.
"I don't know... it's not like we told her there was a certain place that she could go to get back to her own world... there's no place that she would want to go... I mean... she's probably trying to get back to her own world, right? I don't know. I just don't think she knows enough about Hyrule to want to go to a specific place, meaning she could be anywhere." Link was having some trouble finding the right words.
Navi looked at him confused. "Wha...?"
"I guess... what I mean is... she could be anywhere, because she doesn't understand the importance of certain places... yeah."
"Oh. Um... riiiight." Navi was still confused. "Well, I think we should go look for her," she proposed.
"Link's forehead was creased in thought. "I think we should go get the ruby first." He replied thoughtfully, after a moment.
"Are you crazy?! We need her!" Navi shouted.
"Not to get the ruby!" he reminded.
"I know, but..."
"And then we'll have all three jewels, and then all we have to do is find her! We'll save so much time!" Link insisted.
"But what if she does find a way back to her world?! Or what if she gets killed?! Then we can kiss our hopes to save Hyrule goodbye!"
"She'll be fine! Now we're going to get the Ruby of Love without her!!!" the instant the angry words flew from his mouth he regretted it. He squeezed his eyes shut, shocked at himself. Navi was too. "...Fine." she answered coldly, darting into his hat.