Chapter 29
Marth hasn't moved for about an hour. The soft wind blew once more. Marth stirred and opened his eyes. Then he smiled.
"I'm alive." he thought to himself.
He tried to get up, but it hurt his body just to move. But he tried anyway. He whined a bit as he tried to get up. When he stood up, blood was dripping from his body and onto the snow.
Marth was panting. He looked around, but there was nothing but snow and a few thin trees.
He sighed, not knowing what else to do. He had no idea where the cabin is, probably because he's still confused from earlier.
But he decided to look for it anyway.
The cold wind started blowing once more. Marth took his cape off and wrapped it around himself. But it didn't help because his cape was way too thin. He put his cape back on his back and sighed.
"What do I do now?" he thought to himself.
Marth started walking, but he had no idea where he was going.
It started to get foggy, and snow started falling lightly. The wind, which started soft, started to blow harder. The snow stung Marth's face, but he continued walking anyway.
Despite his cape being wrapped around his body, the cold got through. His wound continued stinging badly. But he continued walking anyway.
Sheik was still walking outside. He had seemed to have lost his way to his own cabin as well. The wind continued blowing hard, and Sheik was starting to get cold. He decided to stop somewhere for awhile.
He soon found a small cave. Sheik sighed and walked towards it. He peeked inside to make sure that nothing else was in there. It seemed pretty empty.
Sheik walked inside. He sat down somewhere, leaned his back against the wall and sighed. Thankfully, the cave was warm inside. Sheik could hear the wind howling outside.
Sheik decided to lower his collar for awhile. He grabbed it and pulled it down to his neck. And then he sighed.
"Looks like I'm going to have to stay here until the weather dies down." he thought to himself.
Sheik took his hat off as well. His blonde hair was a mess, but he didn't care. Sheik remained motionless for awhile, until he felt a chill running down his spine. He looked around, but nothing was there.
He felt sleepy, but tried to stay awake. Then he felt something on his shoulder.Sheik let out a cry and got up quickly, dusting his shoulder off. It turned out to be a King Snake. But why would a King Snake be in the Tundra area?
The Snake slithered down the rock it was on and into a hole in the ground. Sheik clinched his teeth, and then he sat back down."Why did I bother to come here anyway?" he thought to himself.
He closed his eyes for awhile and sighed. And then he re-opened them. He was tired, but he couldn't sleep for some reason.
He closed his eyes for awhile. But he still couldn't sleep. He opened his eyes again. The sound of water dripping was in the cave, but it was drowned out by the howling winds outside.
Sheik sighed, not knowing what else to do. He had to stay here until the weather dies down. He had no other choice.
He felt a large, flat stone on the ground. Despite the dripping and the cold snow outside, the inside of the cave was very dry.
Sheik sat down on the flat stone. He just stared at the ground for a few moments. And then, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He screamed and got up quickly.
"Shh! It's only me!" a voice said.
"Zelda?" Sheik panted, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to check on you." she said, "I was worried."
"Yeah but…..how did you know I was here?"
"I could sense you nearby, remember?"
Sheik didn't say anything. Zelda chuckled.
"Are you hurt or anything?" she asked.
"No I'm not." Sheik answered.
The cave was dark, but it wasn't that dark. Zelda and Sheik could see other things, like rocks in the cave, as well as each other.Zelda sighed. Sheik didn't bother saying a word. He lifted his collar up and covered his face with it. Then he rested his back against the cave wall and closed his eyes for awhile.
"What's wrong?" Zelda asked him.
"I'm tired." he said.
Zelda also rested her back against the cave wall. She slid down the wall and sighed. Then she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Sheik opened his eyes, looked at her, and smiled.
"Looks like I'm not the only one that's worn out." he thought to himself.
Sheik turned his head away from Zelda. He closed his eyes and sighed softly. The wind had died down for now. And inside the cave was quiet, TOO quiet.
He looked around, but it was still dark. A chill ran down his spine, as if someone, or something, was watching them.
A full moon was now outside, and it lit up the inside of the cave, but not by much.Sheik suddenly saw something move. He gasped."Zelda, wake up." he whispered.
Zelda stirred and opened her eyes.
"What is it?" she asked sleepily.
"Someone else is inside this cave." he said.
Zelda got up and yawned, "Who?"
"I don't know."
He looked around, but didn't see anything. Maybe he was just imagining it. No. He really did see something.
Sheik grabbed a match and struck it on a stone. It lit up half the area of where they were. Sheik looked around again. Then he saw something move once more."There!" he said, pointing to a rock.
"What?" Zelda asked.
"It's behind that rock!"
The thing peeked out from behind the rock. Sheik shown his match on it, and the thing came to view. It turned out to be an Artic Fox. It was pure white and its feet were black. It also had pretty blue eyes.
"How cute!" Zelda said, smiling.
Sheik also smiled. The fox walked slowly towards the two. When it did, it put its front paws on Zelda's knee. Zelda smiled.
"This little girl isn't shy at all." she said.
"Girl?" Sheik asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I know it's a girl because it's smaller than the males are." (A/N: I'm not a fox expert, but just bare with me here, ok?)
The fox sniffed Zelda for awhile, and then it turned its head towards Sheik. It got off of Zelda and got on Sheik's leg. It sniffed him for awhile.
"Well, at least we know she's harmless." he said.
"I wonder if she's one of Fox's relatives." Zelda said.
"Fox is half human." Sheik reminded her, "This fox is just an ordinary fox."
The pure white fox got off Sheik's leg. It ran around in circles for awhile, like it was trying to catch its own tail. Zelda laughed.
"I think she's a young one." she said.
"You maybe right." Sheik agreed.
The fox stopped and fell to the ground. It rolled around a bit, and then it got up, shaking its body like a wet dog.
"What the…..?" Sheik was now confused.
Zelda closed her eyes for awhile, and then opened them back up.
"The weather is clear." she said, "We can go now."
Sheik got up, but the fox jumped on his shoulder. Zelda laughed, and so did Sheik. He grabbed the fox and put it back down on the ground.
"We have to go now." he said.
Zelda and Sheik walked away. The fox just sat there, moving its tail. And then it got up and secretly followed them.
