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A rather short chapter, but whatever lol

For the next six hours, I listened to Loretta moan and cry out in her sleep. Impa was too deep in her snoring to notice Loretta's distress. Every so often, I would go to her side and give a reassuring hand on her shoulder. The morning is quiet as Impa starts to build a warm fire. We sit across from one another, Loretta and I. Something about her eyes tells me she is very disturbed about the night's episode.

Impa sits down and pokes at the fire with a sigh, "The wood's a little damp from the night's frost… but it's all I could find."

"It is fine, Impa," Loretta smiles patting Impa's shoulder; "as long as there's a fire… we should be fine."

Impa opens her pack and begins to hand out some slices of stale bread. She sees me make a face at the small portion and she shrugs, "I'm sorry… I thought it would only be Loretta and me out here. If I had known-,"

"Thank you, Impa," I nod.

She sits back down and I watch as Loretta picks a fluff off the thin slice. I feel a smirk emerge on my face and she narrows her eyes at me. I give a smug look in return and in a matter of three bites, my slice is gone. Loretta finishes off her slice and Impa still nibbles at her piece.

Impa shakes her head, "Take it… I'm full," she motions the slice to Loretta.

"No-,"

"Take it," she smiles folding Loretta's hand closed around it. Impa then gazes into the fire as Loretta eats the bread. I feel the hot, burning sensation of hunger flood my belly up to my throat. A sudden gurgle is heard throughout the small group. I feel my cheeks redden as the young women stare at me. I smile and look to the leaf infested ground.

"Where are we going today?" Loretta shrugs trying to rid the attention on me. I look to Impa as we wait for an answer.

"We could try going back to Kokiri… but seeing as the children do not seem to like Ganondorf…" she narrows her eyes and sighs, "I don't know."

"So we are just going to stay here until the end of the war?" Loretta growls. Her mood swings seem to be getting more and more frequent.

I glare at her; "Would you rather die out on the field?" her head shoots down at my words. "We have no army. You would have to be mad to think we would survive!" the three months I seemed to past made the war even more unbearable. Gorons were attacking the Zoras, the Hylians were having even more trouble protecting the Triforce now that word had spread that the Master Sword was gone. Neither Impa nor Loretta knows I hold it in my sheath.

Loretta shifts in her spot. She turns to Impa, "We need to get moving," her eyes widen as she looks to the young woman.

"I know," she nods, "but there are only so many places I can take you. I'm going to have to leave soon-,"

"Why?" Loretta straightens.

Impa peels the soft bark off a stick and tosses it to the flames, "The queen is pregnant. She wishes for me to aid the baby when it arrives."

Loretta shakes her head, "And you're going to do as she asks? "

"My family has strong ties with Hyrule's royalty… you know that," Impa's eyes dart to her then back to the fire. "It was only a matter of time until the queen would call upon me. I am sorry, Loretta."

She takes a deep breath holding back tears, "It is fine." She takes another breath, "I just thought…" she swallows hard, "I just thought you would be with me…"

"You know I would if I had a choice-,"

"But you do, Impa," Loretta whimpers. Impa places an arm around Loretta's shoulders. She whispers into her ear and Loretta nods. I am growing exasperated by their means of secrets and looks. I roll my eyes.

"When will you be leaving?" I sigh in a question.

Impa turns to me and shakes her head, "The child isn't due until the end of spring. I should leave before the end of winter. The queen may be needing a helping hand as she grows round and plump towards the end."

I nod and Loretta wipes her tears. Impa stands and picks her pack up. She looks around the forest for a moment and rubs her hands together to create some heat to warm them. She had given Loretta her cloak before entering the woods.

Impa points to an opening, "If we keep heading south, we could end up back in Kokiri Forest. Perhaps if we move quickly across Hyrule Field, we can make it to the castle before tomorrow evening."

Loretta nods and stands. Call it pessimism, if you like, but something in my gut makes me feel it will not be that easy. Either way, I stand and reluctantly follow. We some how manage to get back to Kokiri in less time than it took us to get away. Impa knows many things about these woods it would seem. Loretta is quickly taken by the children and Impa leaves to go speak with the Deku Tree about being given more supplies. I stand watching the small community thrive.

Loretta laughs as the children swirl her in circles. This is the happiest I have seen her in weeks. I feel a bone chilling thought enter my mind. I turn to the closest Kokiri, "Do you know where Link is?"

The child stares up at me with furrowed eyebrows and shakes her head. "Are you sure?" I arch an eyebrow.

"I've never heard of a Link before… what do they look like?" the girl looks at me with wide eyes.

I shake my head and wave her off as I walk away. I will find him myself. He was a Kokiri, therefore he must be in this place somewhere. I march across the grass and halt at my name being called.

"Ganondorf," I turn to see Impa and Loretta at the exit of the village. I nod to them and jog towards them. Link is safe for today…

To Vaati, nice to see you're still reading. I am going to try to update this daily… rather than putting up three chapters a day… like I was before.

... As for Ganondorf's dreams, you will find out about them in a bit!

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