New chapter YAY! So now we're in the fortress. Scary. What if we're caught? Or something weird happens? Read on to find out!! Once again I don't own Zelda or any of the characters from it.
We had each been given our own guest suite deep inside the fortress. Each was lavishly decorated with drapes, cushions and luxuries you'd expect to find in Arabian nights. I hardly knew what to do in the room considering the amount of comforts I had after the open road.
"Will you be needing anything at the moment?" A female guard asked as she opened the door
I thought for a second, and then said, "I think I'm going to have a bath"
She nodded, "I'll send some slaves in"
The 'slaves' were a group of five. There were two men and three girls. Men were supposed to help me take a bath? I don't think so. I sent the men away. I wasn't too keen on women either, but they insisted.
It was kind of embarrassing, them filling the bath while I sat around and then they had to help undress me! I think I was bright red. I definitely was.
"You are very pretty" One of them commented
"Like hell I am," I replied
"But you are" she insisted holding up a mirror
"Put the b****y mirror down" I growled as the others massed around me
I just wanted to get into the bath quickly, but no, the women were fascinated with my pale skin. Most of the guerudos had dark skin from being born in the desert, but I don't tan, I burn, and now I was a very pale white.
So I stood there while they undressed me, praying no one would come in to see what I was doing. They took all the clothes away as I stepped in the bath.
Finally.
It was a marble bathtub in it's own marble bathroom. Marble everywhere. The guerudos were no slackers. They knew how to treat a girl, and they knew what they liked, the slaves told me every guerudos had a bathroom like this, though not as big.
The slaves tipped boiling water in the bath every so often, and started to wash my hair. I guess it was nice to be pampered, but embarrassing all the same. I was glad when I got out.
My clothes returned as the slaves were drying me off and combing my hair. Me, clutching a towel, them, laughing at my shyness. The clothes had been washed and mended, and I suspected they had been tightened so my chest could be seen instead of looking boyish.
It was nice to feel like a real girl again, the dusty ride wasn't the best way to keep clean. I was perfumed up, soft as a feather and looking the best I'd ever looked. The guerudos had even given all of us a set of jewellery in celebration of our arrival.
But only Link and I could wear ours. Lucy didn't have her ears pierced, even though Link and the guerudos had offered Lucy had kindly refused. More like she had to blatantly scream at them until they put their swords and daggers away.
There was a knock at the door. I turned to see Lucy in the doorway.
"Lucy" I called in greeting from the other side of the room
"Hi" she grinned and gave me a twirl
Her outfit was a ruby Kimono. She'd been given new clothes. I scowled inwardly, why hadn't I got new clothes? Then I noticed a pile by the door; a light blue kimono had been dressed on a stand for me to wear. I guessed since I had asked for my clothes they had just left it there just in case.
"You look great Kid!" I cried smiling
"You too Belldandy!" she returned rushing up "You look all clean and tidy!"
"And I don't normally?"
"I didn't mean it like that!" she said pouting
"I know," I said patting her back "I knew what you meant. So what you been doing?"
"Well, I had a bath and got dressed"
We sat on the huge pile of pillows next to a window. It was late afternoon already. Time slipped by fast in this place. Like on the field in the game.
"I wonder how Link is doing," I said grinning
"So do I" Lucy replied, "I mean, how did he get past the bath thing without being spotted?"
"I have no idea" I replied giggling.
We fell silent and listened to nothing. It was peaceful here, like the war didn't exist. No signs the Gerudos were at war were anywhere they had been. It was all smile, smile, and smile again.
"You know what?" Lucy said slowly
"What?" I replied looking at her
"I may be falling for someone" she replied gravely
"I know, me too" I replied looking out the window
"But I don't want to" she said sighing
"Me neither" I looked back at her, "Listen Lucy, we have no right to. This world is messed up and we aren't even supposed to be here. And we're friends, we can't let someone come between us. Can we finish this mission and leave without any personal feelings get in the way?"
She nodded.
"They may be hormonal," I giggled, "I mean..." I looked down and back up
Lucy nodded "I think maybe I'll be on soon"
"I feel sorry for Link if he has to deal with two girls with PMS" I laughed
"I think we'll end up castrating him!" Lucy grinned and we fell about laughing.
I listened hard.
Nothing. So why was I shaking?
I had gone to bed, well, been tied to my bed practically by the slaves. And been sleeping, quite happily, until I had woken up by a crash.
I lay still. Please, please, please let it be nothing, I prayed. I listened again. There was a scuffle in the corner of the room. I breathed out slowly. Why did my heart have to beat so loud????
I reached out to my side. Table. Lamp. Brush. Vase. Glass. Vase? Now what could I do with a vase? Hmmmmm. I gripped the china and pulled it toward me slowly. It tried my best to be quick through the quiet, but it kept making grating noises on the stone top.
I finally got it to the edge of the table. I sat up slowly and aimed at the dark. I still couldn't see anything. What ever it was, it sounded big.
"P*** off" I spat into the night
No answer.
"I'm warning you" I continued a little shakily "I have a..." I stared at the vase exasperated "A knife here you know. And I won't hesitate to kill you"
Still no answer, but the scuffling was a little way off.
"Fine" I growled, "Take this!"
I knelt up and threw the vase with all my might down into the shadow where I'd heard the noise.
It hit something.
"F***ING HELL!"
"Link?" I lit a candle (why didn't I think of that before?)
The light filled the room. Link was lying on the floor rubbing his head, shattered pottery littering around him.
"What the f*** did you do that for?" he cried
"What the f*** were you sneaking around for?" I shot back
"I needed to talk to you" He cried sitting up, he rubbed his head, "I am so glad this isn't a knife"
"What you think I carry knives around? Please, the only thing I carry is a mirror!" I started to pick up the shattered vase
"Well, sorry I scared you" he said helping me "I just went to see Lucy too. She screamed and attacked me with a broad sword!"
I laughed "Just be glad they didn't put me in a room with weapons!"
"Too bad they put Lucy in one, she was about to cut my head off!" Link grinned at the memory "If the guards hadn't come to see what was up she would have done"
"She didn't turn the light on?"
"Neither did you"
"Point taken" I got back into bed "So what did you need to talk to us about?"
"Well" he sat on a cushion by the window, "We need to get to the desert. And the requiem of spirit will only take one person"
"And?"
"The Gerudos will need to let us into the desert anyway. So after we've done this stupid concert" he made a face, "We can get them all drunk and~"
"You can get laid?" I finished
"No actually" he gave me the evils, "We get one to open the gates and we leave!"
"They will come after us," I pointed out
"No, because they'll be sloshed"
"But when they wake up they'll lock the gates on us" I said
"That's a point, oh well" he got up and stretched, "We can ask the fairy to help us out with that one. See you tomorrow, we'll need to practice"
"Good night" I looked at my watch "Or good morning"
Link grinned and opened the door, in that light he really did look like a girl to me "You know" he said "I'll have to lend you and Lou my weapons, with aims like those you can kill anything"
"Yeah, you!" I threw a pillow at him; he ducked out the door laughing
I smiled and blew out the candle.
But then afterwards, while I lay they're that huge bed. I couldn't stop thinking about what he'd said. 'You can kill anything'. But...
Did I want to kill something?
Is that what heroes do?
Oooooooooooooooo that is such an intense ending isn't it? Well, tune in for the next chapter of 'Why Is It Always Me?' in a while!!!!!! It'll be the performance soon!
We had each been given our own guest suite deep inside the fortress. Each was lavishly decorated with drapes, cushions and luxuries you'd expect to find in Arabian nights. I hardly knew what to do in the room considering the amount of comforts I had after the open road.
"Will you be needing anything at the moment?" A female guard asked as she opened the door
I thought for a second, and then said, "I think I'm going to have a bath"
She nodded, "I'll send some slaves in"
The 'slaves' were a group of five. There were two men and three girls. Men were supposed to help me take a bath? I don't think so. I sent the men away. I wasn't too keen on women either, but they insisted.
It was kind of embarrassing, them filling the bath while I sat around and then they had to help undress me! I think I was bright red. I definitely was.
"You are very pretty" One of them commented
"Like hell I am," I replied
"But you are" she insisted holding up a mirror
"Put the b****y mirror down" I growled as the others massed around me
I just wanted to get into the bath quickly, but no, the women were fascinated with my pale skin. Most of the guerudos had dark skin from being born in the desert, but I don't tan, I burn, and now I was a very pale white.
So I stood there while they undressed me, praying no one would come in to see what I was doing. They took all the clothes away as I stepped in the bath.
Finally.
It was a marble bathtub in it's own marble bathroom. Marble everywhere. The guerudos were no slackers. They knew how to treat a girl, and they knew what they liked, the slaves told me every guerudos had a bathroom like this, though not as big.
The slaves tipped boiling water in the bath every so often, and started to wash my hair. I guess it was nice to be pampered, but embarrassing all the same. I was glad when I got out.
My clothes returned as the slaves were drying me off and combing my hair. Me, clutching a towel, them, laughing at my shyness. The clothes had been washed and mended, and I suspected they had been tightened so my chest could be seen instead of looking boyish.
It was nice to feel like a real girl again, the dusty ride wasn't the best way to keep clean. I was perfumed up, soft as a feather and looking the best I'd ever looked. The guerudos had even given all of us a set of jewellery in celebration of our arrival.
But only Link and I could wear ours. Lucy didn't have her ears pierced, even though Link and the guerudos had offered Lucy had kindly refused. More like she had to blatantly scream at them until they put their swords and daggers away.
There was a knock at the door. I turned to see Lucy in the doorway.
"Lucy" I called in greeting from the other side of the room
"Hi" she grinned and gave me a twirl
Her outfit was a ruby Kimono. She'd been given new clothes. I scowled inwardly, why hadn't I got new clothes? Then I noticed a pile by the door; a light blue kimono had been dressed on a stand for me to wear. I guessed since I had asked for my clothes they had just left it there just in case.
"You look great Kid!" I cried smiling
"You too Belldandy!" she returned rushing up "You look all clean and tidy!"
"And I don't normally?"
"I didn't mean it like that!" she said pouting
"I know," I said patting her back "I knew what you meant. So what you been doing?"
"Well, I had a bath and got dressed"
We sat on the huge pile of pillows next to a window. It was late afternoon already. Time slipped by fast in this place. Like on the field in the game.
"I wonder how Link is doing," I said grinning
"So do I" Lucy replied, "I mean, how did he get past the bath thing without being spotted?"
"I have no idea" I replied giggling.
We fell silent and listened to nothing. It was peaceful here, like the war didn't exist. No signs the Gerudos were at war were anywhere they had been. It was all smile, smile, and smile again.
"You know what?" Lucy said slowly
"What?" I replied looking at her
"I may be falling for someone" she replied gravely
"I know, me too" I replied looking out the window
"But I don't want to" she said sighing
"Me neither" I looked back at her, "Listen Lucy, we have no right to. This world is messed up and we aren't even supposed to be here. And we're friends, we can't let someone come between us. Can we finish this mission and leave without any personal feelings get in the way?"
She nodded.
"They may be hormonal," I giggled, "I mean..." I looked down and back up
Lucy nodded "I think maybe I'll be on soon"
"I feel sorry for Link if he has to deal with two girls with PMS" I laughed
"I think we'll end up castrating him!" Lucy grinned and we fell about laughing.
I listened hard.
Nothing. So why was I shaking?
I had gone to bed, well, been tied to my bed practically by the slaves. And been sleeping, quite happily, until I had woken up by a crash.
I lay still. Please, please, please let it be nothing, I prayed. I listened again. There was a scuffle in the corner of the room. I breathed out slowly. Why did my heart have to beat so loud????
I reached out to my side. Table. Lamp. Brush. Vase. Glass. Vase? Now what could I do with a vase? Hmmmmm. I gripped the china and pulled it toward me slowly. It tried my best to be quick through the quiet, but it kept making grating noises on the stone top.
I finally got it to the edge of the table. I sat up slowly and aimed at the dark. I still couldn't see anything. What ever it was, it sounded big.
"P*** off" I spat into the night
No answer.
"I'm warning you" I continued a little shakily "I have a..." I stared at the vase exasperated "A knife here you know. And I won't hesitate to kill you"
Still no answer, but the scuffling was a little way off.
"Fine" I growled, "Take this!"
I knelt up and threw the vase with all my might down into the shadow where I'd heard the noise.
It hit something.
"F***ING HELL!"
"Link?" I lit a candle (why didn't I think of that before?)
The light filled the room. Link was lying on the floor rubbing his head, shattered pottery littering around him.
"What the f*** did you do that for?" he cried
"What the f*** were you sneaking around for?" I shot back
"I needed to talk to you" He cried sitting up, he rubbed his head, "I am so glad this isn't a knife"
"What you think I carry knives around? Please, the only thing I carry is a mirror!" I started to pick up the shattered vase
"Well, sorry I scared you" he said helping me "I just went to see Lucy too. She screamed and attacked me with a broad sword!"
I laughed "Just be glad they didn't put me in a room with weapons!"
"Too bad they put Lucy in one, she was about to cut my head off!" Link grinned at the memory "If the guards hadn't come to see what was up she would have done"
"She didn't turn the light on?"
"Neither did you"
"Point taken" I got back into bed "So what did you need to talk to us about?"
"Well" he sat on a cushion by the window, "We need to get to the desert. And the requiem of spirit will only take one person"
"And?"
"The Gerudos will need to let us into the desert anyway. So after we've done this stupid concert" he made a face, "We can get them all drunk and~"
"You can get laid?" I finished
"No actually" he gave me the evils, "We get one to open the gates and we leave!"
"They will come after us," I pointed out
"No, because they'll be sloshed"
"But when they wake up they'll lock the gates on us" I said
"That's a point, oh well" he got up and stretched, "We can ask the fairy to help us out with that one. See you tomorrow, we'll need to practice"
"Good night" I looked at my watch "Or good morning"
Link grinned and opened the door, in that light he really did look like a girl to me "You know" he said "I'll have to lend you and Lou my weapons, with aims like those you can kill anything"
"Yeah, you!" I threw a pillow at him; he ducked out the door laughing
I smiled and blew out the candle.
But then afterwards, while I lay they're that huge bed. I couldn't stop thinking about what he'd said. 'You can kill anything'. But...
Did I want to kill something?
Is that what heroes do?
Oooooooooooooooo that is such an intense ending isn't it? Well, tune in for the next chapter of 'Why Is It Always Me?' in a while!!!!!! It'll be the performance soon!