Me: Another chapter! Yay!
Link: You sure are happy.
Me: Because testing is over! Everybody sing! Dance!
ElementalGuardianProtector: Hey, you better think about posting another chapter of my Inuyasha. And I expect a present from all of you! (points at LoZ characters)
Zelda: Do we HAVE to? (looks at me)
Me: Nah, I'm getting her something. It's her b-day. She's happy as a cricket.
EGP: CRICKET?! I'M AS HAPPY AS NAOMI (Inuyasha character created by her) WHEN SHE'S HAVING-
Me: Hey! Don't get dirty! OUT! (pushes her outside, where JR remains)
JR: Hey. How's it goin'? She kick you out, too?
EGP: No, 'cause I'm gettin' back in there and raid her stuff.
JR: Ooh! I want in!
Me: (groans, and bashes my head on a wall)
Link: Odd...Sylphy owns nothing.
Chapter 13
On the way back to the castle, Link had occasionally felt his left shoulder twitch every now in then, and eventually feel like it was being squeezed. He winced in pain, Melissa noticing, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. My shoulder just hurts a little." Link assured.
Melissa looked at him, worried, but turned her attention back on their task. She saw they were almost back at the castle, and she wished that it wasn't so far away. But then again, walking, it would be just as far from Ordon to Hyrule castle. She sighed, and tapped Zoltan twice, making him trot fast, Link following with Epona. Three minutes later, at a fast canter, they arrived at the castle. Orion came up, admitting, "Uhh...Link? When Zelda and I were traveling this way, she kinda forced me to take her into the shadows to get here, and well...I nearly killed her, but she's recovering."
"You nearly what?!"
Midna popped up, "Odd wording."
"Sh...shut up."
"You are askin' for it."
"I know."
They left the horses in the stall, and entered the castle, Lia finding them instantly, "Do you know how freakin' worried I was?!" she barked.
Melissa and Link flinched.
"...Well, as long as you two are safe." she sighed deeply, "Come and eat dinner."
Link blinked, "Dinner? It's only, like five o clock."
"Too bad. Eat or don't. Your decision." Lia snapped.
"Doesn't sound like I have a decision to make. I'll come eat once I see how Zelda is."
"As you wish."
Melissa and Link walked off after Lia reminded them how to get to the dining room. They walked into Zelda's room to see the Elven doctor kneeled by her bed. He looked back at them, and raised an eyebrow, "I figured you two would be showing sooner or later. She'll be okay. If I'm correct, she may wake up tomorrow morning if not during the night."
"Thanks." Melissa nodded as he put some stuff in his bag and quietly left.
Link sat down by Zelda, and he held her cold, fragile hand. He sighed with relief that she was okay, and was to be okay. Then, he asked, "Okay, Orion...tell me exactly what happened."
Orion came up and quickly told him of what happened with the Queen.
"So that's what happened..." Link droaned, looking down at her.
"I'm sorry..." Orion looked at the wall.
"Well, just as long as she'll be alright...it's okay." Link stood, saying, "Well, I'm hungry after getting tossed around. Let's eat!"
Melissa and Orion gave him blank stares. Midna waved it off, "Ask later."
They walked back, and sat with Lia and some other Elves at the table, gladly eating their 'dinner'. When they were fully replinished, they retreated off towards their rooms to relax, all three of them sharing a room. Link snapped, "I'm not gonna let something like that happen again!" and that settled that.
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Later on in the night, it was harder of me to sleep. I mean, I had just been asleep for a couple days, so what would you expect?! I also feel really...tense. Tense is the only word I could use to describe it. My hand kept rubbing over my scythe, when I grew restless, and even Link got up and leaned against the wall, looking out the window for a while. "Something wrong?" I asked.
"Nah, just thinking..." Link murmured, his words barely audible.
"About what?" I sat up.
"Just of all this. Two worlds, trying to be taken over by Twilight, and we're the only two - four, including Midna and Orion - that can even do anything about this."
"Yeah, I see what you mean."
"Well...we should try and get som-"
Link was interrupted by a loud gasp for breath. Their heads snapped over and saw Zelda, up in bed, filling her lungs with air. Link smiled, walking over, "Are you feeling better now?"
Zelda replied after getting her breath back, "...I guess...so."
"That's good."
No one said nothing for a while...I think I was about to say something, but I held my tongue. "Should we get some rest?"
...Okay, maybe I didn't.
Link looked at me, and nodded, "Yeah, we should all get some rest. We'll need to think of the next step tomorrow."
Zelda looked back and forth between us and frowned, "You're gonna catch me up later."
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The next morning, everyone rose, refreshed, and Orion came up, apologizing to Zelda so much that his words became deformed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sry!"
And so on and so forth...
They arrived at the breakfast table, but Lia wasn't anywhere in sight. Link asked a nearby servant, "Where's Queen Lia?"
"Ah, Master Link. The Queen asked me if you would join her down in the stalls for a brief meeting. All three of you." the Elven man reported.
"Ah...o...kay? Thank you."
The three walked down to the stalls (after having to ask which way to go) and found Lia sitting up on top of a pure white stallion. "Oh, you're here. Would you please mount and come with me?"
"Sure."
They got on Epona and Zoltan, and followed Lia on her horse, walking slowly. After a while, Lia asked, "So...what is your plan for action next?"
"We don't know yet." Zelda replied.
Link noted, "Midna said we should head back towards Twilight to help the Twilis defend the Twilight Kingdom."
"That would make sense." Lia nodded.
"But...why did you want us out here?" Melissa asked.
"I simply wanted to show you Raslynn. I asked the guards not to come with us."
"Why not?"
"Because I feel safe enough with you three and Midna and Orion."
They came up on a small village similar to Kakariko, except it was bigger and not as deserted. Lia gestured, "This is Karia Village."
The three nodded to show they understood, and looked around at the town. Several children came up and peered out from behind their parants, aweing at the fours' presence.
"Wow! The Queen Lia!"
"Look at all those weapons!"
"It looks over half the size of my bow!"
"The horses are so big!"
"Mama...can we go say hi?"
A little boy dragged his mother up and he offered the same flower that was used in Midna's wedding. "Here, Queen Lia...I thought this flower was really...cool. Do you want it? I have more for my mama."
Lia accepted the flower, "Oh, thank you. What's your name?"
"Theron."
"Thank you very much, Theron. I will treasure it."
Theron laughed and ran back to his mom, and waved, "Bye, Queen Lia!"
"Bye-bye, now. Be good for your mom."
"I will!"
The four left the village of Karia and headed onward. Zelda smiled, "It seems these people really love you as a leader."
"I have done my part. They've told me they only wish they had more to give." Lia shrugged.
"That must be pretty cool - to have an entire village like you like that to interrupt their daily lives to come and see you." Melissa grinned.
"I have not really thought about it." Lia blushed.
The other three laughed shortly, and rode on. Link inquired, "How good are you on horses?"
"I'm not that good. Everyone else says I am...but I think it's just to make me feel better."
"Prove it."
Lia tapped her horse, Xerxes, and he broke into a canter. An upcoming pile of logs was easily cleared by the large horse. Link blinked, "I think you might wanna check again..."
Lia flushed.
They rode throughout the day, visiting village and town after village and town. Each reaction had been the same as the first: children aweing, everyone abandoning their life to come and meet the four. When the sun began to fall to the grounds, they headed towards the castle. "So was that all Raslynn?" Melissa asked.
"Not all of it, but most. There are areas that can't be reached in a day to two. Raslynn is just a little bigger than Hyrule. -In case you didn't know." Lia informed. "There's one village that none of the royal memebers are allowed to go near."
"Why not?" Zelda frowned.
"Supposedly, there are magic users there calling themselves Shadows Theives. They use dark magic for evil purposes and reject to obey the laws of the kingdom."
"Well, they should punished!" Link snapped.
"Yes, so thought the previous kings and queens before me. However, my grandfather, great-grandfather AND great-great-grandmother went to punish them, but were never heard from again. So, my mother and father told me never to go near the village when I inherited the throne."
"That's odd...and mysterious...and dangerous sounding...wanna check it out?!" Melissa perked.
The other three looked at her as if to say, 'are you insane?'
"Just wondering. They may have something to do with Zant and Xylon. C'mon, Shadow Theives?Doesn't that sound a little bit suspicious? Work with me here." Melissa tsked.
"We could look at it..." Zelda frowned, "But not now. Tomorrow, maybe."
Melissa smiled in triumph as they rode back to the castle, and the three visitors were exploring the castle before being caught and sent to their rooms by Lia's personal servant.
Link whined, "There's nothing to do around here!"
JR: LET US IN!
EGP: NOW!
ME: You two are even in sync.
EGP: I don't care what we're in, just as long as you UPDATE!
Me: I did. Both my Inuyasha stories are hereby finished.
EGP: NNOOO!!! (runs back to Inuyasha)
JR: I'm bored.
Me: You said a 'Jordan' word!
Link: What?
Me: A boy at school always says 'i'm bored' EVERY SINGLE DAY! Thus, he created the 'Jordan language'.
Link: Ya'll are crazy.
Me: NO! I'M INSANE!
Link: I see that.
Me: EVIL! EVIL, I TELL YOU! (waves garlic around)
Link: Suurreee...read and review.
JR: Don't compare me to that freak! That stupid, evil, annoying, short-
Me: Why are you callin' him short? You're shorter than he is.
JR: Shut up.