Hi peeps! Well a brand new chapter after the whole Blood thing ^_^ sorry, I couldn't resist; I had planned it ages ago, like, before the message boards of ff.net went out. That's how long ago I was going to put it in. Well, heres the chapter...Oh yeah! I'm listening to Maaya Sakamoto's 'Gift' and it is one of the most gorgeous songs I have ever listened to in another language.
I opened my eyes to meet the stonewalls of the chamber again. The storm was still raging outside as always. I could hear it echoing down the shaft where the ladder was. I stretched and hit something squishy. A grunt told me I'd hit Link.
"Sorry" I whispered and sat up
Blood rush. (^_^) I lay down again. Ah, headache. Sun spots. Eyes. Blind. Yikes. I sat up and put my head between my knees. I knew what had happened here too, it had been over twenty-four hours since I'd eaten last. And I feel faint after not eating for eight! My body was complaining and I was getting beat up by it.
"Hey" I groaned, I felt all hot and clammy
No reply, they just lay there.
"Hey!" I said loudly and hit Link hard, "Wake up"
Link rolled over and looked at me sleepily. Lucy was still asleep.
"What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost" he rubbed dust from his eyes
"Got anything to eat?" I asked keeping my head on my knees
"Um...maybe" He felt around in his pockets and pulled out a jar of red liquid, "I got one of these you can have"
"Thanks" I reached out and took it
"Not eaten anything have you" Lucy had woken up by the noise and was resting on her elbows
"Nope, not a single thing"
"Drink up then" she lay back down, "Can't have you fainting on us"
I drank the liquid. Tasted like peaches. Mmmm peaches. As soon as I'd had a mouthful I felt better, not wanting to be greedy I handed it back to Link.
"Feel better?" he asked putting the cap back on the bottle
"A lot better thanks" I smiled, "Hey Link, we haven't got weapons anymore so what are we going to fight with?"
"Ah man" he rubbed his head, "Forgot, not only have you lost the weapons, you also didn't pick any up from the fortress. Do I have to do everything for you two?"
"You're the one who brought us here so yes" Lucy mumbled from the floor
"Fine" Link threw up his hands
"Fine" we replied smiling
"What are you smiling at?" he asked suspiciously
"Nothing" we replied and started to get ready to leave "Come on, lets go to this fairies place"
"Fine" Link stretched widely "Let's go"
"Yay" Lucy sat up and started to climb the ladder
"Why is she excited?" Link mumbled and followed her
"No idea" I replied and climbed up after them
We let our eyes adjust to the swirling light and wind for a moment once we were out of the room. The dim yellow light reminded me of a Coldplay song called 'Yellow' for some reason. Yeah, that's me, a musical person.
"Where are we going now?" I yelled to Link
"Up the stairs!" he replied
"What frickin' steps?" Lucy cried exasperated, "This is a desert!"
"These steps" Link showed the way to a flight of stone steps
"Right" Lucy yelled as we followed him, "Steps! In a b****** desert!"
We climbed the steps with an effort as the new days wind pushed us back, threatening to throw us back down. We nearly did fall back a couple of times. But we finally reached the top and looked around. We could only see a few feet each way as sand flew across the rest of our vision. A buzzing noise hummed in our ears.
"What's that?" Lucy called
"The poe!" I replied
Link took out the Lens of Truth, which was a lot smaller in real life, around the size of a magnifying glass. He looked through it over the side of the wall, searching for our guide.
I knelt on the edge of the platform and ran my fingers over a stone plaque that had been placed in the ground. I traced the lines of the dancing script of hyrulian. The runes swept and fell in curves and lines like the characters of Japanese.
"Yaachan e alloso yagami skie fasinca" Link said into my ear, "It's the old Gerudo language, before they came to use hyrulian"
Ah, not hyrulian, ancient Gerudo.
"It is the inscription that tells you how to get to the temple" he carried on
"We don't need the temple do we?" I asked as he continued to search for the ghost, "Just the fairy"
"I guess" he returned, "Ah there we go, come on we gotta follow the invisible man. Grab onto my arms and let me follow him"
We linked his arm and used him as our eyes. We couldn't see the ghost but could hear it out in front, Link obviously had done this before, and he was swift in taking the right directions after the spirit.
As we ran through the desert, stitch laced my and made me lag behind the others, but Link and Lucy carried on regardless. Lucy had always been good at sprinting, I staggered slightly and Link looked back for a split second.
"You ok?" he cried still looking ahead and practically dragging me
"Sure" I gasped, "Fine and dandy"
"Almost there!" he replied and we ran on
Five minutes later the sand cleared, well, not right away, the wind dropped and the sand hung for a while. My ears rang after the noise. As we emerged through the billowing clouds of sand a green rock emerged from the sand.
"Run!" Link yelled, "Don't go in a straight line!"
He let us go and sprinted away, surprisingly fast and running this way and that as green things pelted him from all angles. Every so often he yelped but he didn't ever stop. Lucy went off to as a green thing hopped up at her feet, not as fast as she had been in the desert and panting a little but went on running, and instead of going in a zig, zag pattern, she went straight line. And every time a green thing darted at her she'd jump over it and keep on.
I stood undecided a split second, unsure when to go. A green blob drew up next to me. That decided it, I ran forward. Then I regretted hardly doing exercise out of school. It dawned on me I couldn't outrun so many. I was already exhausted and I was almost bent double with stitch.
I think the others realised what was happening at the exact moment I fell, I heard Lucy cry out as it happened.
I couldn't run and I tripped over my feet. Stupid I know, but I was so tired I didn't care. I fell and hit the sand. Swallowing some in panic I heard the green blobs come swirling closer at top speed.
I curled into a ball. Maybe they couldn't hurt me, maybe the others were overreacting.
As the blobs closed in I whispered a curse and my eyes let loose a single tear but no more. I waited for the blows that they would inevitably deliver.
They never came.
I heard air split and flesh ripping open. A sound of something like water hit the sand near me and I opened my eyes.
"Take this!" Link was attacking the green blobs with full force as hundreds came out of the sand to attack him
Lucy was desperately using Link's bow to shoot some down from a large stone a little way off. She was hitting accurately enough but there were so many the arrows would run out before she'd kill them all.
Link himself was almost covered in the green things. His legs were ripped and slashed, bleeding heavily. He stood right over me, He had a leg on either side of me to keep an open area the things couldn't get to and swung desperately but true with his giant's knife.
"Get up!" he yelled down to me, knifing more green blobs, "Get up and run!"
"But-" I cried as more things rose out of the ground
"Go!" he roared, "I can handle this!"
I scrambled up and started to stumble away. The green things were so concerned with Link that they didn't notice me running through them to safety. A lucky arrow shot the few that did, from a well placed Lucy. I slid and ran over to Lucy who was around ten meters away.
"Come on!" Lucy dragged me onto the rock, keeping her eyes on shooting and reloading, "You ok?"
"Sure, but we have to help him!" I yelled
"Grab something to help then!" Lucy snapped, she was worried; it showed in her features, the brave warrior façade faded for a moment to reveal a frightened girl, the same as me
"Right" I scrambled around; I found the hook shot, better than nothing. I turned and began to fire and hit the green blobs.
I stopped firing after a moment.
"No..."
Link had been buried underneath the green blobs. He's been overcome. A towering mass of green blobs became even taller as more of them threw themselves on to attack Link. There was no struggle from underneath the surface of the wriggling mass, no sign of movement other than the blobs.
Lucy dropped the bow "No, that's f***ing not acceptable!" she cried, "Get up Link, get up!" she was practically screaming, "Fight it! Get up you crazy b******! Yell, move anything!"
I stared at the pile. It was my fault, it was my fault...he'd been protecting me. It was my fault.
Ignoring the screaming pain of exhaustion in my body I stumbled out onto the sand. No blobs came, preoccupied maybe. I ran and ran, toward the mass of green waves. I heard Lucy screaming at me, screaming at herself, screaming at the mass and screaming at the buried Link.
I reached the pile.
"Get off!" I started digging with my hands, "Move, get off, now!" I threw the squirming creatures behind me and carried on digging into the pile.
Come on Link, give me a sign!
My hands were starting to tear from the green blobs spikes. I carried on digging, the creatures were oblivious to the fact I was throwing them. It was hard, the mass moved like the sea and every time I dug in, the closed up again.
I screamed in desperation and threw myself onto the mass. I'd get him back. I'd repay him for every time he'd saved us. I dug and dug, eventually being swallowed by the creatures into the centre of the moving pile. I was travelling further into the middle.
I carried on digging, and half swimming to where he was.
I felt skin on my hand that was outstretched ahead of me. I grasped cloth. I pulled on it and the green things bubbled away to reveal the form of Link. I pulled him forward. And held onto him with relief.
But he had his eyes closed.
"Link?" I called into his ear and shook him
He stirred. I pulled him closer.
"Come on" I said louder, "I came in to get you, the least you can do is get me out like a true hero should"
He opened his eyes slowly "Hey..." he groaned, "Can't you at least say thank you?"
I grinned and pushed him away.
"Let's go" I said and grabbed his wrist. We started to swim towards what we thought was up.
We swam for ages in that direction. The swirling mass seemed contented to let us go, they'd had enough I reckon.
We burst through the surface of the mass and took deep breaths of the clean air, a welcome change from the foul stench of the green blobs.
"That was an adventure," Link gasped
"More than you know" I mumbled
Well, one of the longer chapters I guess. Wasn't the end exciting? I thought it was pretty good ^_^ ok, see you soon.
I opened my eyes to meet the stonewalls of the chamber again. The storm was still raging outside as always. I could hear it echoing down the shaft where the ladder was. I stretched and hit something squishy. A grunt told me I'd hit Link.
"Sorry" I whispered and sat up
Blood rush. (^_^) I lay down again. Ah, headache. Sun spots. Eyes. Blind. Yikes. I sat up and put my head between my knees. I knew what had happened here too, it had been over twenty-four hours since I'd eaten last. And I feel faint after not eating for eight! My body was complaining and I was getting beat up by it.
"Hey" I groaned, I felt all hot and clammy
No reply, they just lay there.
"Hey!" I said loudly and hit Link hard, "Wake up"
Link rolled over and looked at me sleepily. Lucy was still asleep.
"What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost" he rubbed dust from his eyes
"Got anything to eat?" I asked keeping my head on my knees
"Um...maybe" He felt around in his pockets and pulled out a jar of red liquid, "I got one of these you can have"
"Thanks" I reached out and took it
"Not eaten anything have you" Lucy had woken up by the noise and was resting on her elbows
"Nope, not a single thing"
"Drink up then" she lay back down, "Can't have you fainting on us"
I drank the liquid. Tasted like peaches. Mmmm peaches. As soon as I'd had a mouthful I felt better, not wanting to be greedy I handed it back to Link.
"Feel better?" he asked putting the cap back on the bottle
"A lot better thanks" I smiled, "Hey Link, we haven't got weapons anymore so what are we going to fight with?"
"Ah man" he rubbed his head, "Forgot, not only have you lost the weapons, you also didn't pick any up from the fortress. Do I have to do everything for you two?"
"You're the one who brought us here so yes" Lucy mumbled from the floor
"Fine" Link threw up his hands
"Fine" we replied smiling
"What are you smiling at?" he asked suspiciously
"Nothing" we replied and started to get ready to leave "Come on, lets go to this fairies place"
"Fine" Link stretched widely "Let's go"
"Yay" Lucy sat up and started to climb the ladder
"Why is she excited?" Link mumbled and followed her
"No idea" I replied and climbed up after them
We let our eyes adjust to the swirling light and wind for a moment once we were out of the room. The dim yellow light reminded me of a Coldplay song called 'Yellow' for some reason. Yeah, that's me, a musical person.
"Where are we going now?" I yelled to Link
"Up the stairs!" he replied
"What frickin' steps?" Lucy cried exasperated, "This is a desert!"
"These steps" Link showed the way to a flight of stone steps
"Right" Lucy yelled as we followed him, "Steps! In a b****** desert!"
We climbed the steps with an effort as the new days wind pushed us back, threatening to throw us back down. We nearly did fall back a couple of times. But we finally reached the top and looked around. We could only see a few feet each way as sand flew across the rest of our vision. A buzzing noise hummed in our ears.
"What's that?" Lucy called
"The poe!" I replied
Link took out the Lens of Truth, which was a lot smaller in real life, around the size of a magnifying glass. He looked through it over the side of the wall, searching for our guide.
I knelt on the edge of the platform and ran my fingers over a stone plaque that had been placed in the ground. I traced the lines of the dancing script of hyrulian. The runes swept and fell in curves and lines like the characters of Japanese.
"Yaachan e alloso yagami skie fasinca" Link said into my ear, "It's the old Gerudo language, before they came to use hyrulian"
Ah, not hyrulian, ancient Gerudo.
"It is the inscription that tells you how to get to the temple" he carried on
"We don't need the temple do we?" I asked as he continued to search for the ghost, "Just the fairy"
"I guess" he returned, "Ah there we go, come on we gotta follow the invisible man. Grab onto my arms and let me follow him"
We linked his arm and used him as our eyes. We couldn't see the ghost but could hear it out in front, Link obviously had done this before, and he was swift in taking the right directions after the spirit.
As we ran through the desert, stitch laced my and made me lag behind the others, but Link and Lucy carried on regardless. Lucy had always been good at sprinting, I staggered slightly and Link looked back for a split second.
"You ok?" he cried still looking ahead and practically dragging me
"Sure" I gasped, "Fine and dandy"
"Almost there!" he replied and we ran on
Five minutes later the sand cleared, well, not right away, the wind dropped and the sand hung for a while. My ears rang after the noise. As we emerged through the billowing clouds of sand a green rock emerged from the sand.
"Run!" Link yelled, "Don't go in a straight line!"
He let us go and sprinted away, surprisingly fast and running this way and that as green things pelted him from all angles. Every so often he yelped but he didn't ever stop. Lucy went off to as a green thing hopped up at her feet, not as fast as she had been in the desert and panting a little but went on running, and instead of going in a zig, zag pattern, she went straight line. And every time a green thing darted at her she'd jump over it and keep on.
I stood undecided a split second, unsure when to go. A green blob drew up next to me. That decided it, I ran forward. Then I regretted hardly doing exercise out of school. It dawned on me I couldn't outrun so many. I was already exhausted and I was almost bent double with stitch.
I think the others realised what was happening at the exact moment I fell, I heard Lucy cry out as it happened.
I couldn't run and I tripped over my feet. Stupid I know, but I was so tired I didn't care. I fell and hit the sand. Swallowing some in panic I heard the green blobs come swirling closer at top speed.
I curled into a ball. Maybe they couldn't hurt me, maybe the others were overreacting.
As the blobs closed in I whispered a curse and my eyes let loose a single tear but no more. I waited for the blows that they would inevitably deliver.
They never came.
I heard air split and flesh ripping open. A sound of something like water hit the sand near me and I opened my eyes.
"Take this!" Link was attacking the green blobs with full force as hundreds came out of the sand to attack him
Lucy was desperately using Link's bow to shoot some down from a large stone a little way off. She was hitting accurately enough but there were so many the arrows would run out before she'd kill them all.
Link himself was almost covered in the green things. His legs were ripped and slashed, bleeding heavily. He stood right over me, He had a leg on either side of me to keep an open area the things couldn't get to and swung desperately but true with his giant's knife.
"Get up!" he yelled down to me, knifing more green blobs, "Get up and run!"
"But-" I cried as more things rose out of the ground
"Go!" he roared, "I can handle this!"
I scrambled up and started to stumble away. The green things were so concerned with Link that they didn't notice me running through them to safety. A lucky arrow shot the few that did, from a well placed Lucy. I slid and ran over to Lucy who was around ten meters away.
"Come on!" Lucy dragged me onto the rock, keeping her eyes on shooting and reloading, "You ok?"
"Sure, but we have to help him!" I yelled
"Grab something to help then!" Lucy snapped, she was worried; it showed in her features, the brave warrior façade faded for a moment to reveal a frightened girl, the same as me
"Right" I scrambled around; I found the hook shot, better than nothing. I turned and began to fire and hit the green blobs.
I stopped firing after a moment.
"No..."
Link had been buried underneath the green blobs. He's been overcome. A towering mass of green blobs became even taller as more of them threw themselves on to attack Link. There was no struggle from underneath the surface of the wriggling mass, no sign of movement other than the blobs.
Lucy dropped the bow "No, that's f***ing not acceptable!" she cried, "Get up Link, get up!" she was practically screaming, "Fight it! Get up you crazy b******! Yell, move anything!"
I stared at the pile. It was my fault, it was my fault...he'd been protecting me. It was my fault.
Ignoring the screaming pain of exhaustion in my body I stumbled out onto the sand. No blobs came, preoccupied maybe. I ran and ran, toward the mass of green waves. I heard Lucy screaming at me, screaming at herself, screaming at the mass and screaming at the buried Link.
I reached the pile.
"Get off!" I started digging with my hands, "Move, get off, now!" I threw the squirming creatures behind me and carried on digging into the pile.
Come on Link, give me a sign!
My hands were starting to tear from the green blobs spikes. I carried on digging, the creatures were oblivious to the fact I was throwing them. It was hard, the mass moved like the sea and every time I dug in, the closed up again.
I screamed in desperation and threw myself onto the mass. I'd get him back. I'd repay him for every time he'd saved us. I dug and dug, eventually being swallowed by the creatures into the centre of the moving pile. I was travelling further into the middle.
I carried on digging, and half swimming to where he was.
I felt skin on my hand that was outstretched ahead of me. I grasped cloth. I pulled on it and the green things bubbled away to reveal the form of Link. I pulled him forward. And held onto him with relief.
But he had his eyes closed.
"Link?" I called into his ear and shook him
He stirred. I pulled him closer.
"Come on" I said louder, "I came in to get you, the least you can do is get me out like a true hero should"
He opened his eyes slowly "Hey..." he groaned, "Can't you at least say thank you?"
I grinned and pushed him away.
"Let's go" I said and grabbed his wrist. We started to swim towards what we thought was up.
We swam for ages in that direction. The swirling mass seemed contented to let us go, they'd had enough I reckon.
We burst through the surface of the mass and took deep breaths of the clean air, a welcome change from the foul stench of the green blobs.
"That was an adventure," Link gasped
"More than you know" I mumbled
Well, one of the longer chapters I guess. Wasn't the end exciting? I thought it was pretty good ^_^ ok, see you soon.