Sam opened his eyes. He was still in the cave where the Lanayru Healing Spring stood. He guessed he'd fallen asleep.
He looked to his right, where Lara had been sitting. She was fast asleep and leaning her head on Sam's shoulder.
Sam lightly tapped her shoulder to wake her up. She opened her eyes and looked around. After quickly realizing what her head was leaning against she sat up right and moved a little to the right.
"Sorry," she said. "Didn't mean to do that..."
"Nah, it's okay," Sam replied. "You probably did it in your sleep, nothing you could've done about it."
Lara didn't reply but her face grew pinkish-red with embarrassment. She stood up and walked down the cliff to the edge of the spring.
"Sam, get down here," she called.
"What for?" Sam asked. He got to his feet and walked part way down the slope.
"You're taking a bath, right now."
"...You're kidding, right?"
"Incase you havn't noticed, you've been covered in mud, blood and who knows what else and it's rather offensive."
"Right, so, I'm just supposed to get undressed and jump into the water while you're standing here?"
"I'm not staying to watch you take a bath. I'm gonna go get something for our breakfast."
"Okay, but take Midna with you."
Midna appeared beside Lara.
"I wouldn't stick around here if you paid me," the imp laughed. "I mean I wouldn't mind watching you, but Lara happens to understand me better than you do."
"Oh yeah, thanks for that note of encouragement," Lara said. "We'll be back in an hour or so, depending on what we can find."
"Right, don't get into trouble," Sam said.
"I won't. Oh, better leave you this."
Lara pulled a few wool blankets out of her bag and set them on the floor. She also pulled out a long black cloak and placed it next to the blankets.
Midna jumped back to Lara's shadow as Lara walked up the slope. She walked out of the cave but stopped just outside and waited until she heard a splash from inside.
"Alright, fish is good," she said. "But fish is hard to catch around here...Midna do you think it'd be possible to warp?"
'Maybe,' Midna's voice replied inside Lara's head. 'Why? Got some evil plan to get some food?'
'More like we wrap to the gates of Hyrule Castle Town, buy some food in the market place and warp back here.'
'Yeah, we could do that.'
'Right, here it goes.'
Lara pulled out the black marble and dropped it. The black ring appeared and Lara fell through it to land at the wooden bridge to Hyrule Castle Town.
Lara pulled out her cloak, wrapped it around herself and pulled up the hood before she walked into town. She didn't want to be recognized by anyone, especially if someone had seen her when she was brought to the castle.
The streets were crowded with early morning shoppers. All along the southern road, there were stalls of food, weaponry and other such goods.
Lara bought two loaves of bread, a few fish, some apples and a small bag of tea leaves. As she walked up the road to leave town, two guards stopped her.
"Miss, we've reason to believe you've stolen those," the large, plump guard said.
"But, I paid for all of it!" Lara protested.
"Not according to the owners of the stalls," the slender guard replied. "Come on, you're going to our headquarters."
'Midna, think of something!' Lara thought.
'Stall them while I try and warp us back to Lake Hylia!' Midna replied.
"Uh, you can't do that!" Lara exclaimed. "I mean, I paid for this! And why would you want to arrest someone for buying some food? Is it a crime?"
"Well, no," the large guard replied. "But we've orders to-"
"-to keep the peace, blah blah blah, who cares? I mean, the almighty Princess is locked away in the castle, isn't she? So what's the point of going about doing your duties if there's no one to give new orders?"
Both of the guards looked stunded for a moment, then they each held their pikes to Lara's throat.
"You're under arrest for disturbing the peace. We can do this the easy way or-"
'Go Lara!' Midna exclaimed. 'I can't get you out of here so far inside the city gates!'
Lara turned around and bolted down the street. She jumped over and around other guards that came between her and the gate to the outside.
She ran down the bridge towards the field, knowing she was now a sitting duck for any archers on the wall. Just a few more feet, that was all she needed.
She whirled around to face the on coming guards. What she didn't expect was to be shot with an iron arrow and teleported back to Lake Hylia at the same time.
Lara stood in the small grassy area above the Lanayru Shire. The arrow had only gone a few inches into her shoulder and had missed the bone all together, but it was still painful to move her right arm.
"Great, now I'll have to be left handed," she growled.
She walked down the wooden walkway to the cave. But she didn't go in just yet.
"Sam!" she called. "You done?"
"Yeah," Sam called back. "Did you find anything?"
Lara entered the cave to find Sam had started a small fire. He was soaking wet, even though his tunic was dry. He hadn't put the hat on yet.
"Oh, gosh!" Sam exclaimed. He jumped to his feet and looked over Lara's shoulder. "What happened?"
"Falsely accused of stealing food," Lara sighed. "Would you mind pulling the arrow out, it's locked my cloak in place."
"Yeah, sit done first."
Lara set the food on one of the blankets then sat down on the floor. She leaned her back against the wall.
"Alright," Sam said. He held the arrow in his left hand while he kept a grip on Lara's left shoulder with his right hand. "You want anything for this?"
"No, just pull it out," Lara replied. "I can't reach my bag anyways."
"Brace yourself, it's gonna hurt."
A swift jerk pulled the arrow out and Lara had to bite her tounge to keep from screaming. The arrow was bloody and as Lara took off her cloak, she could see the arrow had gone deeper than she thought.
"Need to stop the bleeding," she growled. "You'll have to leave for this part."
"But you can't-"
Midna appeared and whispered something to Sam. He seemed shocked at what Midna had to say, but he got up and left the cave.
"What'd you tell him?"
"Told him the truth," Midna laughed. "Most of it anyway."