Ch.24-A large spider
Yo, yo, yo another chapter! I wonder if I should see if we've passed the 50k word mark.
I will after I finish everything. :3
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P.S. No, not yet. ): I need about 300 more words here to reach it, but I don't feel like rambling on about something stupid. So, just read on and enjoy. :3
Standing before them was a brunette around ten, reaching up to the beginning of Zelda's chest, wearing the green attire of the Kokiri.
The boy glared at the two, blue eyes resolute, arms crossed over his chest as a fairy hovered beside him, seemingly imitating the brunette's stance.
"I said, halt!" the brunette repeated, puffing himself up slightly to appear bigger than Zelda and Impa.
The two blinked at the Kokiri.
"Grown-ups aren't allowed in this forest, especially two strange guys like you."
Zelda gritted her teeth, obviously insulted by what the brunette had said.
Carefully, she disentangled herself from Impa's grasp, the Sheikah making no move to stop her, and slowly limped up the brunette, keeping her injured ankle off the ground.
The Kokiri took a small step back when Zelda stopped in front of him, staring at Zelda warily.
Abruptly, Zelda shoved the brunette to the ground, pulling off the makeshift turban that kept her hair shaped like Sheik's; she had switched out the hat she had originally taken for a turban after visiting Kakariko.
"I'm a girl!"
Just as Zelda finally lost her balance, Impa was there to support her, the Hylian still glaring at the stunned Kokiri.
"Let me guess, you're Mido."
"That's the Great Mido to you!" Mido instantly leaped to his feet, pointing at Zelda, before he became confused as he realized what Zelda had said. "Wait, how do you know my name?"
"Link talked about you a lot." Zelda narrowed her eyes dangerously. "If I could stand on both feet, I'd kick your ass so hard, Link would feel sorry for you. No one messes with my cousin but me, got it?"
Mido shrank back at the threat, obviously intimidated, before he bolted away from the two.
"Your Grace, that was not very nice," Impa murmured.
"He deserved it! When Link was younger, before he came out of the forest, Mido would always pick on him, calling him defective and a no fairy loser!"
A girl with short green hair held in place by a dark green headband glanced at the retreating Mido as she walked closer to Impa and Zelda, obviously coming to see what the commotion was.
The Kokiri paused when she saw Zelda.
"Princess Zelda?"
Zelda looked at the green-haired Kokiri and grinned.
"Hey, Saria."
Saria came closer to Zelda, glancing at Impa briefly, before stopping a few feet away from the two.
"What are you doing here?" Saria asked. "Where's Link?"
"I'm going on an adventure without him."
"Oh, how fun," Saria put her hands together as she smiled, looking at Impa once again. "Who's your friend?"
"My name is Imp—" Impa started, but Zelda quickly interrupted her.
"Az. Impaz. Her name is Impaz."
Saria raised an eyebrow and even Impa gave a puzzled look.
Saria suddenly gasped as she noticed Zelda's wounds.
"You're hurt! Come on, let's get you to my house; I have some bandages there."
Impa followed after Saria, still supporting Zelda.
"Your Grace," the Sheikah whispered, glancing down at Zelda. "Why did you correct my name?"
"Saria is another sage; the forest sage. She knows how Aunt Impa is and she would think it's strange for you two to share the same name."
"You should have explained to me sooner that Saria was a sage so I would know to provide her with an alias."
"I thought I did…?" Zelda mumbled to herself before shrugging. "Well, now you know."
Impa sighed quietly as they entered a small house, Saria going off to the side to gather the supplies needed to help Zelda.
Impa gently set Zelda down on the edge of the nearby bed before exiting the house.
Saria watched the Sheikah leave, the thin cloth acting as a door swishing shut behind her.
"Your friend doesn't talk much, does she?" the Kokiri asked as she knelt in front of Zelda, looking at the Hylian's ankle first.
"Not really," Zelda shrugged as she leaned back slightly, her left arm and shoulder twinging slightly, watching Saria bandage her ankle. "But I guess that's why they're called the Shadow Folk."
"You said you were on an adventure," Saria said, moving to the cut on Zelda's stomach next, rubbing antiseptic on it before placing a bandage over it. "Where are you going?"
"I was going to the Great Deku Tree," Zelda explained, bending down a little so Saria could reach the scratch on her forehead.
"Why the Great Deku Tree?" Saria questioned, pausing only briefly after hearing the tree-deity's name. "There's nothing in there but monsters."
"I'm after a golden exoskeleton of a spider. I think it's in the tree."
Saria looked up at Zelda after placing a bandage on the blonde's cut, her blue eyes hardening slightly, a look that did not fit her age.
"Zelda, what are you plotting?"
"Nothing," Zelda smiled innocently.
Saria stared at her skeptically before she stood up with a sigh, closing the box that held her medical supplies.
"It will be dark soon. It's too dangerous to go out at night, so you and Impaz should stay here for the night and go visit the Great Deku Tree tomorrow."
Zelda became surprised.
"Are you sure?"
"I have an extra mat or so around here; you can take the bed," Saria placed a bottle of red liquid on the nightstand. "Drink this red potion, it will help heal your wounds faster."
"Thanks."
Saria nodded and walked outside, pausing a few feet from the entrance.
"Zelda's resting inside," Saria glanced at Impa who sat against the side of the house with her legs crossed. "Do you need any medical attention?"
Impa looked up at the Kokiri and politely shook her head.
"No, I am fine."
"What about your hand?" Saria pointed to Impa's left hand and the Sheikah lifted it up to inspect it.
There was faint blood smeared along the side of her hand near her thumb, but Impa knew it was not her blood for she could not bleed; she must have brushed her hand against one of Zelda's wounds without realizing it.
"No, I am fine," the Sheikah repeated, dropping her hand and gazing at Saria once more. "I must have touched one of Zelda's wounds."
"Okay," Saria stared at the darkening sky, the faint orange and red turning to a bruised purple that signaled night was an hour away. "You should come inside. It's almost dark."
"No, thank you," Impa shook her head briefly. "I will stay out here and stand guard."
Saria's eyes widened slightly and she gave a small "Oh."
She tuned and headed back toward the door, pausing after pushing the curtain aside and glancing back at Impa.
"Okay…offer's still open, though."
Impa watched Saria enter the house before she stared ahead, observing as the village fell silent, the only company for the Sheikah the faint flickering forms of distant fireflies and the howl of a Wolfos in the remote background.
Saria had just finished making breakfast which consisted of the many berries and fruit of the forest sweetened with dew drops from sweet grass and a glass of crisp water from the nearby creek.
As Zelda ate, Saria stepped halfway outside.
"Impaz, breakfast—"
The young sage stopped.
The spot the Sheikah had occupied the night before was empty.
Saria looked at Zelda.
"Princess Zelda, Impaz is gone."
Zelda paused, glancing at Saria.
"It's okay, she does that. She'll come back, don't worry."
Impa stepped up beside Zelda as Saria made herself a bowl of berries and fruit.
"Good morning, Your Grace," the Sheikah greeted.
Zelda nodded in response as Saria sat across from her.
"How are your wounds today?"
"They're fine," Zelda answered without thinking.
"What?" Saria looked up at Zelda in confusion.
"My wounds," the blonde quickly amended. "They're healing well. Thanks for patching them up."
"Oh, no problem, Princess Zelda."
"You can just call me Zelda."
After finishing breakfast, Zelda put her hair back in the turban to get it out of her way before heading to where the Great Deku Tree resided, Saria bidding her good luck and to be careful.
As soon as she entered the grove where the Deku Tree was, Zelda tapped Impa's arm to turn her tangible.
Impa stared up at the colossal, lifeless tree before her.
"So this is the...Great Deku Tree," she said, taking note that the tree appeared to have eyebrows, a nose, and a mustache carved into the bark.
The barren tree vaguely reminded the Sheikah of the Great Tree that had overlooked Faron Woods where Faron, the great water dragon, had resided.
Zelda crouched in front of a sprout growing just a few feet before the opening in the roots of the Deku Tree.
"Hello, Deku Sprout," she greeted.
The twigs on the sprout's side twitched as it replied, "Good morning, Princess Zelda."
Surprised, Impa stared at the Deku Sprout.
It had talked.
The Sheikah supposed she shouldn't have been surprised as the Kikwi had been neither plant nor animal, but a mix of both; perhaps the Deku Sprout was some sort of minor deity.
The Deku Sprout glanced at Impa and its gaze hardened.
"I hope you know what you are doing, Zelda," it…he? said sternly. "The curse is much too powerful, too dark. It could prove dangerous."
"You think I would be doing this if I didn't know what I was doing?" Zelda asked as she stood up.
The Deku Sprout sighed, closing his eyes, as Zelda walked into the Deku Tree with Impa trailing after her.
"May the Goddesses watch over you two, then."
The inside of the tree was pretty simple.
There were five floors—two underneath the roots (the floor Zelda and Impa stood on was one of them, must at the base of the roots) and three above.
"We have to head up to the third floor," Zelda pointed up. "Where Link fought Gohma. I bet that's where we find the exoskeleton."
Impa glanced up at the floors above, noticing that two of them had particularly large holes in the middle (as did the floor they stood on, dropping down into the waterlogged area below), spotting an opening from where she stood that obviously lead to where they wanted to go.
The Sheikah followed after Zelda, who obviously knew that dungeon better than she would.
They reached the entrance to the top room in a matter of minutes and entered it.
It was a large, round room with a high ceiling and many short ledges protruding from the walls at varying heights.
Several cobwebs covered the walls, leftover by Skulltula, and many covered the several holes in the floor; these webs weren't entirely strong, however, and one step could cause them to snap, sending the unfortunate victim plummeting into the moat several feet below.
Zelda spotted something at the far end of the room and pointed toward it.
"Hey, there it is!"
Zelda ran toward the glittering exoskeleton, Impa trailing after her.
"See, here it is!" Zelda picked up the hollow shell, grinning.
The blonde turned the exoskeleton this way and that as Impa also inspected it.
"This thing is what we came all the way here for? Shouldn't there be something to—"
Zelda froze when she sensed something behind her and slowly looked over her shoulder, dropping the exoskeleton at what she saw.
"That's a big arachnid…"
Before my review responses.
I was re-reading my OoT manga and I realized that Rauru told Link that he had "Royal Hylian blood flowing through him, like Princess Zelda."
He said ROYAL blood. Like ZELDA. Not just any ol' normal Hylian blood, but royal.
Dudes...my headcanon is now acceptable with Link and Zelda being possible cousins.
*mutters* At least in the OoT timeline...
*coughs* Anyway, ignore that. Onward, to the reviews! :D
GhiraLinkLover4Ever: Personally, I like that OoT Moblins more than the Skyward ones. You know I hate the SS ones...Yes. Zelda would do that. But I think technically, Link did it too...though I don't think he had much of a choice...and eventually, Impa will know who all sages are xD
Twiliyoshi: Yeah, they are very irritating, but at least they can be defeated easier than the SS ones. And they're not as ugly. Yeah, I htink she should have the Courage Triforce piece too, but she's not the one who saves the princess, so...c'est la vie. Impa doesn't know that! All she had to do was take Zelda to the ponds to purify herself hten to the ToT gate. ): She's not used to this! haha, yeah, I guess for Skull Kid I was leaning more toward the male side. xD *whispers* Yes, it was Mido xD
Seperate Ways: Aww, thanks. :3 Yes, well Impa is a bit slow xD But in her mind this Zelda is still the Zelda she had to watch, thus Zelda is her charge so she has to protect her. *pushes you* no, stop I'm not a great lord of Zelda fanfics...I've seen better xD Mine is very mediocre.
HermoineSparta: Thanks. :3 I prefer the SS Zelda/Impa pairing more cause Impa looks close to Zelda's age (which they need to tell us what thier age is so we don't have to guess!) but OoT is pretty cute too. In a weird way since I don't know how old Impa is in OoT though it might be that her hair is just grey due to genetics and not old age. But from what I see, all Sheikah (which there are only OoT and SS) have blonde hair and red eyes, SS Impa and Sheik. But we don't know. *shrugs* okay, ignore my rambling xD I probably sound stupid. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoy my story and I hope to see more reviews from you. :)
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