Crazy trouble with love part 8
Blair and Link
Series: Legend of Zelda
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Link was currently counting up his rupees while his bag and weapons were beside him. 'Ok, I have several travelers sword and one knight's claymore that's on the brink or breaking and two bokoblin arms….damn, I really need some better swords but the only thing around is bokoblins and no one sells a decent sword.'
He put his rupees back in the bag and stood up while grabbing his bow and arrows. 'I better look around and see if there's anything worth grabbing.' He thought as he walked away from his small fire. He began to walk towards the woods before he heard a scream. He took off running towards the sound. Soon he saw an old man trying to run away from a keese and sighed. 'Why do people keep walking alone if they can't defend themselves?' He thought as he nocked an arrow.
"Help! Someone help!" The man cried before Link released his arrow, killing the flying bat monster in one hit as it fell to the ground. "Eh? Hello, is someone there?"
"Yeah, I'm here, are you all right old timer?" He asked walking out and past the dead monster.
"Oh yes! Thank you young man, I thought I was going to die."
"Well, you should be careful, what are you even doing out here by yourself?"
"Well I was out here because I was trying to find a special place. I've heard there's a place with not just a lot of animals and powerful monsters, but supposedly treasure too."
"Treasure and monsters?" Link asked, growing interested. Monsters and treasure either meant one of two things, a shrine was nearby or there was a monster with amazing weapons and valuable parts nearby.
"Yep, my father said he hunted them in his youth before being driven out, even set a few traps up before leaving too."
"And which way did you say this was?"
"It's just over that cliff, my father said it was a small valley covered by cliffs on all sides, but an avalanche blocked off the entrance a few years go."
"Wait, if it was over a cliff and the entrance was blocked how did you plan on getting in? You're not exactly in the right shape to go mountain climbing."
"Well...I hadn't really thought of that. I was kinda hoping I'd wing it."
"Well… how about this, I go instead and after I find the treasure I'll bring it back and show you, besides even if you could get in didn't you say there were strong monsters? You don't want to fight those, right?"
"Oh goddesses no! I'd never make it out alive."
"Right, so you just stay here, sit down and wait while I go check it out, does that sound good?" Link said as he began to walk away. "See you later old man."
"Be careful young man."
"I will!"
(Later)
"Hah….ha….damn, he wasn't kidding when he said the landslide blocked the entrance." Panted Link as he climbed on another boulder. "Good thing I already had a big lunch." He groaned as he pulled himself over the last boulder before seeing the valley. He took a deep breath and began making his way towards it. "Alright Link, keep your guard up, no telling what you'll find." He muttered as he looked around. 'How have I never seen this place before?'
He looked over the area to see it mostly wooded with several fields and what looked like a small lake in the middle. He made his way towards the woods to take some cover. 'Ok, I should head to the middle and start looking from there, I wonder if there's any Lynel here or if it's just a Hinox?'
(Later)
Link kept his head down as he moved through the underbrush with his sword and shield at the ready. He kept his eyes open and ears perked up before he made his way across a small stream.
'This is kind of weird, I haven't even found any random bokoblins yet, where are all the monsters?' he thought before he heard a snap followed by a loud roar making his head turn. 'What is that, a Lynel? Did it see me or is it attacking someone?'' He thought as he rushed through the brush. 'I really hope it's a Lynel, I really need a new shield and sword.'
He heard the roaring get louder as he passed by some trees before stopping and saw something trapped in a bear trap.
'That... is not a Lynel...or is it?'
It was a red maned Lynel with one of its back legs held by the bear trap, but also looked like it had a bleeding gash on its side with a sword laying nearby while its body seemed more slimmer than the usual Lynel. It's humanoid half was also less hairy with her lacking any facial hair with her mane consisting of it's long hair and looked more feminine and it was much smaller than any lynel he had seen before with one of her horns broken off.
"Ah! Blasted it all! Goddesses above this hurts!"
'Wait, did that Lynel just talk? And sound... female?' He thought in surprise while she roared and grabbed at the trap.
"Stupid thing, who put this here? I bet it was one of those hylians or annoying bokoblins." She grumbled while trying to pry it open, but hissed in pain from her wound. "Damn it, it hurts..." she groaned as Link stared at her in shock.
'What... what do I do now?' He pondered while looking at his sword. 'I could try and kill her...but this isn't like other times. Usually I fight if the monsters come to me, and she's too injured to really be a threat even if she saw me.' He thought as his mind raced. 'And usually they're not this human except for the Yiga clan, they never talk, they act like monsters but her... she doesn't act like one.'
"Come on you stupid thing! Get o-OW!" She cried in pain as the trap bit deeper into her leg.
Link winced at that and started to ponder on something. 'If she can speak... maybe she can reason? If she swears to not hurt anyone I could help her. If not... i'll do what I came here to do.'
"GET OFF!"
"Um... excuse me?" he spoke up stepping out making her turn around with a frown.
"Huh? Who the hell are you, are you the one who set this trap?!" She asked before seeing his sword. "Hey wait...I know that sword! You're that elf hero!"
"Hylian, not elf." He said as she pulled a large bow off her back.
"You set this trap, you're going to kill me now and harvest my body for parts!" She snapped with a growl while reaching for her sword. 'Oh god, is this where I die? I can't die yet!'
"No and no, I didn't set this trap, and judging by the rust it's been here for years, and whether or not I'll kill you... I'd honestly rather not."
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked as she narrowed her eyes.
"You... don't seem like a monster." He said with a sigh. "I feel like you could be reasoned with instead."
"Hey, I am a monster! I might not be as big as the others but I'm still tough!" She growled and grabbed her sword. "I can take you on even with this thing on!"
"Whoa, I bet you could, I just meant you're the first monster I've met that hasn't tried to kill me and can talk." he spoke with his hands up. "I'm use to them usually growling or making some sound without any words."
"Well then you only encountered the idiot males." She said with a frown before wincing from the trap.
"Look, can you just get this thing off of me?"
"I can, on one condition."
"What, I don't kill you when I'm free?" She grunted as she tried to pull her leg free again.
"Yes."
"After nearly cutting off my leg with this trap?!"
"Yeah, but I'll help fix it, do do we have a deal?"
She glared at him and moved to raise her sword, but felt a flash of pain and dropped it.
"I'm going to take the trap off before any permanent damage happens, ok?"
"...fine, but no tricks!"
"Alright." He said as he began to slowly approach her. He put his weapons to the side and reached down to the trap.
'I can't believe I'm actually helping a monster.' He grabbed the trap and started prying it open while she hissed in pain. "Just hang in there, it's almost off, after I can give you something to help heal and eat."
"It hurts! Aaugh!" She yelled with her legs flailing and twitching.
"I know, I know, just a bit more, I promise!"
"Help! Augh! Momma!" She cried out on impulse with tears in her eyes before Link managed to get the trap off her leg and moved it to the side.
"Did... did you just call out for your mom?" He asked in surprise as she blushed.
"N-No! You misheard me!" She said with a blush. "I said uh... just shut up!"
"Ok, ok, let's just fix that leg quick, do you have a campfire and pot nearby?"
"Of course not." She said with a frown. "Why would I need fire, I have fire arrows and I eat what I kill raw, don't you?"
"No, I cook my food." He said with a deadpan. "Look, I have cooked food in my bag, it should help heal you." He said as he reached into his backpack.
"Like I want Julian go- what is that smell?"
"Some fresh meat I got earlier today." He said as she licked her lips. "I cooked it a bit ago so it should still be warm."
"Gimme!" She snatched it and bit into it with vigor while ignoring the pain of her wound to fill her stomach.
"Whoa, easy there, you're acting like you haven't eaten anything in days!" he spoke while stepping back.
"Because I haven't!" She said as she finished the piece of meat and licked her lips. "That was so gooood, what was that?!"
"Um...cooked meat?"
"I've never had my food cooked before, I always just ate it how it was." She said as she looked back to him. "Do you have anymore?"
"Um, yeah, I think I do." He said before they heard a loud angry roar. He turned his head on alert. "There's something coming this way."
"Yeah, I think I know how it is too... this might not end well for you." She said as she noticed her leg starting to heal.
"Why?" he asked while getting his sword and shield ready.
"Because I think my mom heard me scream."
"But you said-"
"I know what I said! But still she must have heard me and well, she's a bit...over protective." She remarked before they heard trees get pushed out of the ground.
"Um... I'm going to back up now." He said as he stepped back, making sure the female Lynel was between him and the roaring creature. That's when a tree went flying over them as a massive figure rose up with a snarl. "That...is the largest Lynel I've ever seen." Link said weakly.
"BLAIR!" Roared a massive white maned Lynel that, like the smaller red one was visibly female with a massive sword in her hand and a zebra striped horse body with her eyes red in anger, rage and concern, and like her daughter was wearing a leather strap to hold onto her assets and a leather loincloth.
"Uh, hey momma." Greeted the first Lynette before the huge one spotted the old trap nearby, her leg in the middle of healing, and Link with his sword out.
"Blair, get over here right now, that Hylian is going to kill you!" She snarled in rage. "How dare he come here, hurt MY baby?!"
"Um, Momma? He…..didn't exactly hurt me, he was helping me." Said Blair nervously as Link looked at the massive Lynel in fear.
'Oh wow, she's big.' He thought looking at his sword. 'I might need a bigger sword.'
"Blair, we can talk later, but Hylians only know how to do one thing, kill, now get over here NOW."
Blair gulped seeing her mom's expression before moving over as best as she could.
"H-Hey, I don't want any trouble, I was just passing through?" Link said as the white lynel glared.
"Passing by to what? Slaughter my kind, especially my daughter? Not on my watch!"
"H-Hey, I helped her, I swear!" He cried as he began to back up.
"And you just happen to be behind her with a sword after she cries for help? Bullshit!" She yelled raising her sword up and swung, making Link jump back as it nearly cut him down the middle.
"Crap crap crap!" He cried as he looked at his sword and gulped. 'My weapons aren't strong enough to do any harm to her, I gotta get out of here!'
"Momma wait!" Spoke Blair before Link turn and started running.
"Not now honey, momma's got to eviscerate the bad man, ok?" Said the lynel as she patted her head before chasing after Link.
(Later)
"Ha...ha...ha….I think I lost her…" Panted Link, hiding behind a badly burned and cut up tree. "I thought I'd be able….to work my way up...but my swords won't be enough for that." He panted as he looked at the cliffs and blocked entrance. "I can't even climb up...she'll see me and shoot me down with bomb arrows…"
A roar was heard followed by several trees crashing down.
'Goddesses above she is determined to kill me, all I did was help her daughter!' He thought with a gulp. 'I've never seen a mom that over protective over her daughter before.'
"Pssp, Mr. Hylian? Where are you?" He heard another voice call, making him groan.
'Now her daughter's here too? Is she having second thoughts on wanting me dead too? This day is turning out just perfect.'
"Are you here? Please come out, I'm sorry about my momma, she's...a bit overprotective." She called out as she walked past his hiding spot.
He took a deep breath before moving over and tapped her on the shoulder. "Keep it down, I'm trying to hide."
"Ah! There you are, I am so sorry about what happened."
"Yeah, thanks for sticking up for me and holding her back." He said in a deadpan as she chuckled nervously.
"Well when my momma gets like that, it's...difficult to get her to cool down. Really she's usually more down to Hyrule."
"COME OUT YOU TINY ELF SO I WILL SKIN YOU ALIVE!"
"Yeah… I'll have to take your word on that, so...why are you looking for me?" He asked as she licked her lips.
"Well, I was hoping I could get some more food from you?"
"You're asking that when I'm trying to keep from dying?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." She said with a nod as he groaned. "So is that a yes?"
"Look, I don't have any more cooked food on me and it's not like I can exactly make a fire to cook any thanks to your mom." He pointed out before seeing a tree go flying through the ground before crashing. "I'm kinda on the run right now."
"Well… what if I take you home, momma's going to be like this for a few more hours, then you can cook for me there!" She perked up. "She won't think about looking for you at our home, it'd be the last place she'd even consider."
"So let me get this straight, you want me to go to your home, where your mother lives and light a fire there and cook food and hope she doesn't find out?"
"Yep, glad we're on the same page." She said with a grin as she picked him up.
"Hey wait, I didn't agree!" He spoke up before she put him on her back and started to gallop away from the area. "Whoa, hey, put me down!"
"No can do, we're not home yet." She said with a grin. 'Oh I can't wait to see what he makes me, that meat was so good and it was a bit cold, just imagine it warm!'
While that happened, her mother cut down the tree Link was just behind and snarled seeing he wasn't there.
"Damn it, that damn hylian, he can't be allowed to leave, if he does he'll just get stronger and try to kill us, I won't let him, no one will hurt my baby again." She huffed hefting her sword up and started slicing apart more trees while we cut back to Blair and Link as they reached a large cave.
"Here we are, home sweet home! Can you start cooking now?" She said as Link got off her back.
"You practically kidnapped me." He pointed out.
"So? Would you rather I left you to deal with momma?" She asked with a grin as another angry roar pierced the air.
"...no." He said with a sigh as she smiled in victory. "Just show me where I can get set up and start cooking."
"Well this over here is where we eat our food." She pointed to an area with a few rocks and numerous piles of bones around.
"Ok….as terrifying as that is that will work." He said as he reached into his bag and pulled out a bundle of firewood, a piece of flint and a cooking pot he stole before leaving the last stable. He moved over and started to set up the pot over some rocks and put the firewood under it before using the flint to make a small fire. "So, let me guess, you want meat?"
"Yeah, give me your tastiest dish!"
'Alright...maybe I should make her some spiced meat skewers or maybe a crab stir fry?' He thought tapping his chin. "So you have any food saved up for later?"
"Yeah, I killed a deer a while ago, does that work?" She asked as she walked over and moved a rock to show a large pile of meat.
"Yeah, I can work with that." He moved over and dragged it near the pot before pulling out a small knife to cut up pieces. "Just keep an eye out for your mom in case she comes back."
"Got it, just make sure to cook everything you can." She said as she drooled a bit before walking to the entrance of the cave.
"Do you have any allergies?"
"I don't think s- why are you getting mushrooms out, those are gross!"
"Because they add flavor, look, I know what I'm doing, ok?"
"But look at them! How could anyone even think of eating those things?"
"Says the woman who eats meat raw, look either let me do this or I won't cook you anything." He said as she frowned.
"Fine, but I want something now in return." She huffed as he sighed.
"By the goddesses you're acting like a child, how old are you?"
"I'm an adult, duh."
"No, I mean what number."
"What do you mean?"
"Ok, let's try this again, how many winters has it been since you were born?" He said with a tic growing on his head.
"Oh, about….17."
"Ok, so about the same as me...not counting the hundred years or so…" He said as dug through his bag before pulling out a small yellow piece of candy. "Here, try this, it's honey candy."
"Oh, honey I like." She remarked taking it before biting into it. "This...this is so sweet! How did you make this?!"
"I can make a lot of stuff besides cooked meat you know." He chuckled. "Any sign of your mother?"
"Oh! Nope, I think she's on the other side of the valley."
"Well that's good, and good news, I'm almost done with the first dish." He said as she perked up.
"Really? Yes!" She said as she rushed over only to frown. "Hey, why is the meat and mushrooms on a stick, you can't eat wood!"
"It's a skewer, trust me, it tastes good plus it will help your leg finish healing."
"But mushrooms are so gross! It'll just make the meat taste weird."
"Trust me, even food you don't like can actually make other food taste just a little bit better if cooked the right way. Besides, you don't know you won't like it unless you try it." He said as he tried to coax her. "Tell you what, if you eat it and don't like it I'll make you a special desert, ok?"
"Desert? Like what?"
"Well, I could use some of my ingredients to make you something called pudding or honey to make you a nice honey glazed apple."
"Honey on an apple? Huh, I never thought of that." She said as she picked up one of the skewers hesitantly. "I'll have to hold you to that if I don't like it." She said before taking a bite.
"Well I'm not one to lie much." He said as he saw her face light up with a smile at the taste. "Though I think you like the skewer, don't you?"
"This tastes amazing! The meat actually tastes better than what you gave me before!"
"Of course, the stuff before I just threw on the fire." He chuckled with pride. "I guess I don't have to make that honey apple now, huh?"
"Aw come on! Now that you told me now I gotta try it!"
"Alright, alright, I'll make it, I guess I can make you one more thing before I leave." He said as he began to pull out the ingredients.
"Leave? You can't leave now!"
"Well I meant after I get it made, not at this very second."
"I know, but you can't leave!"
"Why? If your mother is still on the other side of the valley I might be able to climb up the cliff and leave, plus it'll be night soon and it will be harder for her to spot me."
"Because you've opened my eyes! My whole life I never thought food could taste any better than what we hunted, but this? It's like everything I knew was nothing. I wanna learn just what other stuff could taste so good."
"Well, I can't stay here for long, your mother is eventually going to come back and notice the fire, so I'll need to leave, if you want I could leave the pot for you."
"No, you still can't go! Besides...I never had anyone to talk to besides Momma." She admitted looking down. "The only other things around are just to eat or defend our territory from." She said as she sat down. "I love momma but...I want to talk to someone else, I want to have fun on my own, I want...I want to leave, is that so bad?"
He looked at her and saw the sadness on her expression which made him feel bad for her, which was a first considering...well he never really felt bad for wild monsters. "I…. no, it's not bad to want more out of life, but I can't stay, really, even if your mother wasn't trying to gut me like a fish, I have to save Hyrule from Calamity Ganon. Besides, there's no other way out of the valley, right? How would you get out?"
"Well...I have been thinking about using momma's arrows to blow a hole in the wall to get out?"
"Wait, that's an option?"
"Yeah, but momma doesn't let me have any, she says they're too dangerous for me." She pouted with a frown.
"Well, if it helps I have a ton of bomb arrows that we could use."
"Wait, really? You mean you could blow a hole up without her knowing?"
"Well, not quite but I might be able to run away before she reaches the hole, bomb arrows aren't exactly subtle."
"That means you could take me with you, right?" She asked as she scooted closer to him with a grin. "That way we can go together and you can show me everything, right?"
"Uh...well technically speaking it's POSSIBLE, but I don't think that's a good idea." He said as she inched closer to him with a grin.
"So you CAN do it, I can't wait! We should probably wait until momma's asleep before we do it." She said with an eager grin.
"Whoa whoa whoa, slow down, I didn't say I was going to take you, won't your mother just try to hunt us down?" He asked as he poured some honey into the pot before dipping some apples in it. "I mean if we just leave when she's sleeping without trying to communicate with her, she'll be more eager than ever because she'll think I kidnapped you."
"Oh...you might be right...but I'm definitely coming with you when you leave." She said with a nod as he groaned and cut up some of the apples before putting them on a wooden plate.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're ridiculously stubborn?"
"My momma said I use to be when I was younger."
"I think you still are, and speaking of which any idea where she is now?"
"Probably getting some water, she gets thirsty fast after getting all riled up, is the apple ready yet?"
"Almost." He said as he poured the honey over the apple slices before dipping a whole apple in it and nodding. "Yep, it's done, be careful, it's hot and sticky."
She licked her lips eagerly before picking one slice up with her claws and looked it over before popping it in her mouth. "MMMMM! So tasty!"
"See? And you can make these without fire, although they won't be warm."
"Amazing! I'm definitely not letting you leave me now." She chuckled as she licked her lips.
"Yeah yeah, what now, you want some more meat?" He asked before seeing the mother Lynel in the distance heading towards the cave. "SHIT! Your mom's coming!"
She turned her head and panicked. "Oh no, quick! Hide behind that giant rock!"
"What about the fire?" He cried as he ran to the rock, dragging his stuff with him. 'Shit shit shit!'
Blair grabbed some dirt and quickly tossed it on the fire while stamping on it to be sure. 'Ok, I just need to make sure Momma doesn't find him and everything will be ok, right?'
"Damn it! When I find that- Blair? What are you doing here?"
"O-Oh, well um...I-I was a bit scared so I decided to come back here and rest… any luck finding him momma?" She asked as the mother Lynel's face softened.
"Sadly no, but I'm just relieved to see your leg's all healed up." She said as she set her weapons down and walked towards her. "Don't you worry, momma is going to find him and tear him apart so he'll never be able to hurt you again, ok honey?"
"Momma, I was trying to tell you it wasn't him. It was an old bear trap that got me."
"Oh honey, I know you're scared and confused, but Hylians are dangerous, he was going to kill you, why else would the trap be there, I know there used to be some around here, but I got rid of them ages ago." She said as she pulled her daughter close to her. "Besides, why else would he be here if he wasn't trying to kill us, I covered up the entrance ages ago to prevent them from wandering in on accident."
"Maybe he just stumbled here on accident."
"Well, whatever the reason he won't live long enough to regret it." She grumbled with a frown.
"But he was nice, he even gave me food to heal my leg, he would have killed me the second I touched the trap but he didn't, why else would he do that if he didn't want to hurt me?"
"Probably for some sick kick, like to lower your guard and strike when you least expect it."
"I don't think so, why do you have to think the worse, he could have just been a nice guy." Pouted Blair as her mother sighed and pulled her closer to her.
"Look Blair, I'm just trying to keep you safe. I use to deal with Hylians left and right when I grew up and they weren't so nice. They like to treat us like monsters just because we have fur all over our bodies and look different, and they like to think they're the 'normal' kind. Well I have yet to see a Hylian who bothered to know how it feels from our end."
"Well we don't exactly give them many options, don't we try to kill them on sight? Isn't that how you said dad died?" She asked with a frown. "What if we try to talk to them, things could be better for us, we could leave the valley, right?"
"Well your father was a bit foolish and charged straight into a Hylian village that was hosting several Gerudo warriors, but still it's to dangerous."
"But things might have changed over time. Is it really such a bad idea to try and change?"
"Yes, why would I risky you on a chance that the Hylians MIGHT listen? And as for leaving the valley, completely out of the question young lady."
"But momma!"
"No buts, now wash up, it's getting close to your bedtime young lady, and that reminds me, tonight I'm going to be blocking the entrance to the cave so that Hylian doesn't try anything while we sleep."
'Crap!' Thought Blair and Link at once.
"Blair, do you want to sleep with me tonight, you went through a lot tonight." Said her mother with a smile as she stood up and began to walk towards the entrance.
"I think I'll be alright." She said as she glanced at the rock Link was behind. 'What do we do, what do we do?!'
"Well alright, but you tell me if you change your mind." She said as she began to roll over several large boulders.
'Blair, what am I supposed to do now? She is definitely going to find me if I stay here!' Thought Link while Blair's mom noticed a scent in the cave.
"Blair, why do I smell fire and...cooked meat? What were you doing in here?"
"Oh! Uh...I was….just...trying out something I dreamed about."
"Really, and what was that?" She asked as she kept sniffing the air. 'I also smell honey and steal, what is she not telling me?'
"It was….about me, using a fire, and using it on some meat we found."
"You wasted meat trying to cook it? Are you sure this isn't because of that Hylian?" She asked with a frown.
"No, I just thought I'd give it a try and found out it actually made the meat taste better than when we eat it raw."
"Well, either way you shouldn't do that, the smoke might attract another Hylian or Ganon forbid, a Gerudo." She said as she finished rolling the stone over the cave entrance. "Besides, eating meat raw is natural, using fire is just like a Hylian."
"Well… maybe that's not so bad?" She said as her mother made her way towards her.
"Now now Blair, I don't want to hear anymore talk of Hylians, now go to sleep."
"Ok fine." She huffed as she got up. "Good night Momma."
"Good night sweetie, don't let the Goran's bite."
Both of them moved over to their resting rocks with Link inwardly groaning. 'Oh come on, I'm stuck here for the rest of the night?! Damn it!' He thought before Blair grabbed him as she made her way to her resting rock. "Hey, what are-"
"Quiet, I can't let momma see you and your spot is too close to where she sleeps." She whispered. "You'll have a better chance if you rest near me.'
"Ok, but what do we do, the doors blocked."
"We sleep, just make sure to stay close to me, ok?"
He sighed. "Alright, not like there's much choice without waking your mom up."
"Right, see you in the morning." She said as she reached the rock and set him down before lying down next to him the best she could.
Link tried to get adjusted to the hard floor while sighing. 'Hopefully this works.'
(Later)
'How long do these two sleep?!' He thought hearing them snore and swore they had been asleep for more than eight hours. 'Dear goddesses if I have to listen to any more of this I'm going to go crazy!'
"Mmm….meat…" Mumbled Blair as she reached down and grabbed Link. "Cooked….so tasty….more…"
'I just pray she doesn't get too hungry and eats me.' He thought as she licked her lips and held him against her.
"Zzzz… my cook….never…..leave me…."
'At the very least I'm glad she's not trying to turn me into a slave. Honestly she could force me here with threat of telling her mom, but she's been real understanding.' He thought as he looked up at her. 'Honestly though if she did try to keep me here her mom would probably find out before the weeks over and I'd be dead...I guess I should take her with me when I go, she deserves that much, right?'
"Mmm...want...more…" She yawned as she pulled him closer and closer until she was nuzzling his face.
Link blushed while trying not to touch her chest. 'Ok, she is getting really close, should I try to wake her up before this goes any further?'
"Want something...sweet…" She mumbled as she started to nibble on his ear. "Hungry…"
Link turned red feeling that and stiffened up. 'S-She's nibbling on my ear!'
"Zzzz….want candy…" She grumbled as she tightened her grip on him.
"Blair...wake up, I'm not food." He whispered, trying to keep from waking her mother up as well.
"Want...more...sweets~"
"Blair, I-I'm not a sweet… stop nibbling on my ear." He let out with a blush. 'I haven't been this close to a woman since ever, not even with the princess.'
"Zzzz… make me...candy.." She moaned as he shook his head.
'Ok, that's it, I need to wake her up now.' He thought before he tried poking at her side.
"Nng, stop it..." She groaned as she frowned in her sleep.
'There we go, just a bit more!' He thought poking a bit harder.
"Ugh, hu- what?" She groaned as her eyes opened only to look down to see a blushing Link in her grasp. "Hey, did you wake me up?"
"Yes, but you tried to eat me, you were nibbling on my ear." He said with a blush.
"I was?"
"Y-Yeah, I thought you should wake up… hey, any chance you could pus that boulder aside so we can get out? Now might be a good time to get out of here."
"Aw, but I'm still tired." She groaned with a pout.
"Really? I thought you wanted to leave… I can make you breakfast if you get us out?" He offered nervously. 'If she goes back to sleep she might eat me for real!'
"Ooh! Ok, deal." She said as she got up quickly with a grin. 'Breakfast, breakfast, he's going to make me breakfast~'
"Just make sure your mom doesn't wake up."
"You got it." She whispered as she made her way to the boulder. 'Oh, I can do this, and if I get caught I'll just tell mom I wanted to get a drink.'
She grabbed at the large rock and started pushing against it to make it as silent as possible. 'Come on, I just need to move it enough for me and him to get out!'
Said hero kept an eye on Blair's mom who kept on snoring. 'Man she is a deep sleeper, good for us then, huh?'
Blair groaned and pushed harder, but when moving the boulder caused it to hit the edge of the cave with a loud thunk. She and Link both froze as they slowly turned their heads in fear towards her mother as she started to stir.
'Crap!' They thought as Blair began to push as fast as she could.
Her mother groaned and rolled on her back while rubbing her face. "Ugh….stupid keese bangng on the wall...zzzz"
'Oh thank goddesses, she's not completely awake yet.' Thought Link as Blair moved the boulder a little more. 'Come on Blair, you're almost there, you can do it!'
'Almost there!' She thought as she gave it one more shove before stopping. "There...now we can go."
Link ran over before the two of them rushed away from the cave.
"Oh man, I didn't think we would make it." He panted as they ran.
"I know, I was already thinking what I'd have to say to my momma if she saw me."
"What would you have said?" He asked with a chuckle.
"That I had to go get a drink and that she was still tired and hallucinating you being there."
"Something tells me that's bit of a stretch."
"I was panicking." She said with a huff as they stopped running and realized they were at the edge of the valley. "So… wanna make breakfast then get out of here?"
"Well I did agree to it, plus we'll need our energy." He said as he began to set up the fire. "One pair of omelettes coming up!"
"Omelettes? What are those?"
"They're cooked eggs with a small bit of ham and veggies and cheese in them, they're really good." He said as she scrunched up her nose.
"Eggs? But those are so small!"
"Well the ones I'm making are gonna be using several to make up for it."
"Fine… but I want some big piece of meat after." She said as he chuckled and began to cook the eggs.
"Of course, what is it with you and meat?"
"I've eaten meat my whole life, what else would I eat?"
"I can name so many other things, but I'll get to that later." He said as he smiled. "Ok, your omelette is almost done, can you grab me a plate?"
"Sure...hey, when we leave...I can stay with you, right?"
"Uh….well…." He said as he paused. 'What do I tell her, it's not like I can take her to any villages and I hunt monsters...but can she be called one?'
"I know it's a lot to ask and I know we haven't spent much time together but...I like spending time with you, and you know a lot of stuff I don't, so you'd make the perfect guide, right?" She asked as she kicked her front hoove a bit nervously.
"Well...I just feel like it'd be a problem because your mom would be worried scared."
"Well, yeah, but… I don't want to stay trapped here and if I don't leave with you mom will cover the hole as soon as she sees it and I'll be stuck here!" She spoke up while setting down some large leaves as plates which Link set the omelettes on. "Please, let me come with you, I wanna learn everything I can."
"Well… um, I….I suppose it couldn't hurt if you stick around for a bit after I leave." he said, unable to say no to her pleading eyes. 'Damn it, it's like trying to say no to a large cat.'
"Yes! Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!" She cried happily as she grabbed him and pulled him into a hug.
Link groaned from the grip as she shook him with his face rubbing against her chest. 'Keep it together Link, she's just overenthusiastic!'
"Thank you!" She laughed happily before letting him go and picking up her omelette. She bit into it while going wide eyed. "Hey, this is pretty good."
"See, I told you." He said as he bit into his own. "Now then, once we're done let's blow this thing wide open."
"You got it...uh...wow, I forgot to ask what your name is."
"Link, it's Link." He chuckled as her eyes widened.
"Wait, Link? As in the Hyrule hero?"
"Yep, why, have you heard of me?" He asked as he put out the fire.
"Yeah, my great great great grandpa knew a warrior named Link."
"Ah...in a good way or bad way?" He asked as he looked up at her. 'Oh crap, this might not end well.'
"I don't remember, all he said was that the warrior was very powerful."
"Ah, ok, well he wouldn't be wrong, though I did lose a lot of my strength recovering over 100 years."
"Wait, you've over a 100 years old?!"
"Only technically, I was in healing/stasis for the entirety of it, so I didn't age physically or mentally during that time." He tried explaining with Blair tilting her head.
"Stasis? What is that, is it like an omlette?"
"...let's just say I'm around your age mentally and physically, it's magic." He replied before reaching in his bag. "I'll get the arrows ready, and when I say go we make a run for the hole."
"Right, let's do this." She said with a nod. 'I can't wait, soon I'll be free!'
Link got the arrows out and moved over near one of the rocks before counting his arrows. "Alright, hopefully seven can do the trick."
"I hope so, because once we do this momma is definitely going to wake up."
Link notched the arrows up and grunted to keep them all from going off too soon. 'This is going to be big, I hope I don't blow up as well!'
Blair watched as he let go and saw them hit the rock, before each of them went off exploding like dominoes. She backed up as the rock crumbled like it was made of paper mache as she crossed her finger. 'Please work, please work, please work!'
'Come on, please work, I don't wanna die!' Thought Link as the dust began to clear and he grinned. "It worked, Blair it worked! Let's go!"
"WHAT WAS TH-BLAIR! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Oh no, momma's awake!" Said Blair as Link paled.
"Then we gotta go!" He cried as they heard a boom before the rock blocking the cave landed right next to them with a large indent in it that looked a lot like a giant fist. "Now!"
"BLAIR! WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"I think you might be right." She said nervously as the ground began to shake.
"BLAIR! DAMN YOU HYLIAN! DID YOU KIDNAP MY BABY?!"
Link and Blair started running towards the hole. Blair dived in only to stop halfway. "What th- am I stuck?! Push me Link, push me!" she cried as her horse half refused to fit through the hole.
"Hang on!" He called looking at it and steeled himself to keep his mind focused and started pushing. 'Keep it together Link, you need to do this to live!'
"BLAIR! COME ON HONEY, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Hurry Link!"
"I'm trying!" He cried as the sounds of the angry mother got louder and louder. He gave one last push before she finally went through. "Yes! Now hold on, I'm coming!"
"BLAIR! WH-YOU!" Cried the mother Lynel as she burst out of the woods and saw Link right before he was about to go through the hole. "WHERE IS SHE YOU BASTARD?!"
He turned and paled seeing her look livid and gulped. "Uh….sleeping?"
"Bullshit, the rock was moved and she was gone! You kidnapped her, you must have, what did you do to her?!" She growled as she pulled her bow off her back.
"N-Nothing! Really!"
"THEN WHERE IS SHE?!" She roared as he panicked and dived through the hole. "You aren't getting away that easily!"
'Crap crap crap crap!' He thought as he reached the other side to see Blair nervously waiting for him. "We gotta go, now!"
"I know, I heard her!" She said as she grabbed him and put her on her back right as the wall behind them exploded, leaving a massive hole.
"Get back here!" She cried before seeing them and froze. "You...Blair...what is this? Why are you mounting my daughter?!"
'Oh crap, why did she have to word it like that?!' Thought Link with a blush. "Blair, now might be a good time to go...Blair?"
"I-It's not like that momma!" Cried the Lynel nervously. "I...I want to see the world, and I want to do it with Link!"
"Blair are you mad? He's just going to trick you!"
"No he's not! He's nice, and I-I don't want to stay in the valley anymore mom, I'm sorry!" She spoke while trying to glare. "He's already shown me stuff that I never would have tried if I listened, he actually managed to make mushrooms tasty!"
"Honey please, the world is too dangerous, you'll get hurt out there, in here it's safe, you won't have to worry about anyone trying to kill you!"
"Or grow better." Link idly remarked to himself.
"You stay out of this! Honey, please, think about this, you just met him! How do you know he is who he says he is?"
"Because he can prove it!"
"How?!"
"Uh...well...I could show you some of the wonders of food." Spoke up Link nervously. "Like, maybe show you how to make fire whenever and which foods taste amazing together."
"That's it, that's what you used to seduce my daughter into going through with this crazy plan, to leave me?!"
"What?! No no no! I-I didn't seduce her!"
"It's not like that mom, he can do amazing stuff, besides, if he wanted to hurt me he would have done it while we were sleeping together last night!"
"What?!" Her mother went wide eyed. "He...He was sleeping in the same cave as us?!"
"Yeah, I even held him while he slept, I'm sorry! He was very comfortable, though he did wake me up when I started nibbling on him…"
'Please shut up before she kills me!'
"Nibbling? Held him?" Her mother spoke in shock. "You mean...like how you would do that to a mate?"
"W-What? No! No no no, I was nibbling his ears in my sleep momma! I made him sleep next to me so he would be better hidden!' She cried with a massive blush.
"I swear, I didn't originally wanna bring her with because I knew this would happen. You'd get mad, be upset, and probably want my skin." Spoke up Link.
"You're not wrong." She growled as he gulped. "But honey, why would you want to leave me, was I not doing a good enough job raising you?"
"It's not that, it's just...well living in a valley my whole life is boring! What's the point of being safe when there's so much stuff I don't know? I never bothered with cooked food because I figured eating it raw was great, but when I tasted it cooked and tasted more different food, it made me realize I wanna learn more about the world. I can't do that living in a small valley, especially when he's not once tried to kill me since he helped heal my wound."
"But…but...I just don't want you to get hurt honey, I never intended to keep you ignorant to the world." The mother said as she lowered her weapons. "Oh Honey, I'm sorry I made you feel that way, can you forgive me?" She asked as she held out her arms for a hug.
"Of course momma." She said with tears in her eyes as she rushed towards her and hugged her as her mother smiled.
Link himself silently sighed in relief and kept quiet. 'That's sweet.'
"So… you're not mad that I want to go?"
"I can't stay mad at you honey, that's why I'm coming with you." She said as Blair and Link looked up at her in confusion.
"Wait, say again?" Spoke up Link.
"Please, do you really think I would leave you alone with my daughter HYLIAN?" She said as she glared at Link. "I'm coming with to make sure everything goes alright, got it?"
"Um, momma I don't thi-" Blair started before her mother frowned and gave her a 'do you really want to finish that look' before gulping. "-nk that Link has enough food with him for the both of us, we'll have to go hunting soon."
"Glad to hear that honey." She said as she patted her head before glaring at Link. "I'm keeping my eye on you, hands where I can see them at all times, got it?"
"Y-yes ma'am…" He nodded quickly.
"And Blair, if things go south and we can get rid of him, say the word." Whispered her mother.
"Momma!" Whined Blair as Link gulped nervously.
'What just happened?'