Disclaimer: Oh, I probably should've said this in the beginning, sorry! I
don't legally own ANY of the stuff in this story aside from Euvaela and her
parents. But that's no reason to not read it! (
The Lost Woods
We run and run until finally, Euvaela begins to slow down. We halt briefly outside of the entrance to the bridge in the Lost Woods.
"Well, here we are," Euvaela says to me with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Euvaela," I say to her in a reproaching manner. "This is no laughing matter. The Sages are right on our tails! Worse still, one of the Sages- and Link- lives here! This is probably the worst place we could- "
But it is too late. She is already running into the Lost Woods. In annoyance, I run after her.
The Lost Woods are just as I remember people describing them, for I have never been here. Euvaela begins to run through the entrance to Kokiri Village, but I quickly grab her by the arm and hoist her onto my back, then jump off of the bridge. We land a bit shakily on the hard ground, and I look at her angrily.
"Euvaela, what has gotten into you?" I whisper, for fear of a Kokiri child hearing me.
"Ganondorf!" Euvaela whines to me as though I am her father. "What's the sense of living if you can't risk your life and enjoy it once in a while?"
Though running straight into the Lost Woods headfirst is NOT my idea of enjoyment, I go along, trusting Euvaela.
"Look! A ladder!" the young woman says a little too loudly as she points to a ladder behind me. It seems to lead to a small cliff above, about level with the bridge. She runs to it and begins to climb it. I climb after her, but when I get to the top, she is gone. I shake my head angrily and notice an entrance to another clearing in the forest. I hear Euvaela's scream come through the tunnel like entrance, and I run in after her.
I step into the clearing and see a Skull Kid shooting deku nuts at Euvaela. Angrily, I use my dark powers to life the Skull Kid off of a tree stump he is standing on and suspend him in the air.
"What are you doing to this poor woman," I yell at the demonic Skull Kid, loud enough to echo through the clearing and scare nearby birds away from their nest in a tree. "Leave her be, now!"
I drop the Skull Kid, who runs away through another tunnel to my right. I look at Euvaela.
"Are you all right? Did he hurt you?"
"No, he didn't," Euvaela says, embarrassed that I was right in scolding her earlier.
"Euvaela..." I say sympathetically. "I'm sorry that I yelled at you earlier, but it is true. You must be more cautious. Especially when hanging around a wretch like me. My life is nothing but danger."
"No, Ganondorf," Euvaela says gently. Her dark blue eyes look the truest that they've ever looked. "I've only known you for two, maybe three days, but already I have bonded to you closer than I have to anyone else in my life."
I look at the grassy forest floor. "And I must admit," I tenderly speak. "I can also say the same about you."
I look back into her eyes. Although I have looked at them over and over before, I can't help but look at them again.
Suddenly, Euvaela jolts her head up, and a lovely smile spreads from one of her pale cheeks to the other. "What is that music?" she says with glee.
I listen closely to my surroundings. Suddenly, I am aware of a faint song. It has a cheery, up-beat feel to it that almost makes me want to get up and- dance. I have never felt this way before in my entire life. But it appears that Euvaela has.
She is dancing a small jig that seems very invigorating- and very intense and difficult.
"That dance makes you seem a bit silly," I say, secretly admiring the dance.
"Well," she says as she continues the fancy footwork. "That's just because it was meant for two people."
"Two specific people?" I ask, confused.
"No!" she says as she giggles at my bewilderment. "It is meant for any two people to perform together."
"Really?" I say nervously.
"Yes, really," Euvaela responds as she continues to appear to be enjoying herself. "Would you like to join me in appearing silly?"
This is the question that I was afraid she'd ask me. The problem is that, although I am a Gerudo, and Gerudoes are secretly expected to dance at every chance, I am just about the clumsiest dancer in Hyrule.
"Well -" I begin, but before I can finish, she has pulled me up.
"Come now," she says in a playful voice. "Take your armor off. There is no way you can possibly perform this dance with all that armor on."
Reluctantly, I obey, and in a minute or so, I am in my dark purple tunic with s black bodysuit underneath. I feel much more mobile like this, but I am still quite large, so I am not all that graceful. Suddenly, Euvaela is holding my hands.
"Now," she begins. "This dance is a favorite in Kakariko Village. We always do it at any social event."
"Well," I say jokingly. "You Kakariko people certainly have awkward customs. Mushroom stew, silly dances . . ."
Euvaela ignores my sardonic comment and continues with her tutorial. "Now then, the first step is to hop forward onto your right foot. I'll hold your hands so that you can keep balance, but only in practice."
I follow her instructions and hop. She giggles because it is hard for me to keep my balance due to my large body. I look silly, wobbling back and for the on one leg. I blush and smile.
"Then," she continued between stifled giggles. "You hop onto your left foot."
I do so successfully, and she compliments me.
"This is not so difficult!" I say to her, barely able to stand on one leg. She smirks.
"Next, you hop backwards onto you right foot, followed by hopping backwards onto your left foot."
I hop back onto my right foot, but I try to hop to my left foot too quickly and end up stumbling flat onto my back. Euvaela, still holding my hand, is flipped over onto her back just behind me. We both laugh hysterically, and get up again. She then teaches me the arm movement that goes along with the hopping- simply shaking your arms up and down while keeping your elbows to your sides. You must shake your right arm as you hop onto your right leg, and vice-versa. After a good ten minutes, I have finally gotten the hopping down.
"Next, after you repeat this hopping twice and end up on your left foot again, you twirl once by simply marching in place as you whirl your body slowly around," Euvaela says as she continues to laugh. I try this, but don't even understand what to do. She displays it to me using her own body, and I follow her actions and succeed.
"Finally," Euvaela said as I breathed a sigh of relief. "You skip in place for four counts, and each skip is quickly followed by a cross of the leg you skipped with over the leg that you had supported your weight."
"You mean it isn't over?" I say exhaustedly. After a few explanations to clear my confusion, I finally get the step.
Then, we put it all together, with no hands. We continue to repeat the dance many times. During the dance, I whoop and say, "I am doing this! I am dancing!"
We continue the dance for what seems like hours on end. I can see why the Kakariko people love this dance so much. It is very fun and quite addictive.
We dance and dance and dance, both of us laughing and looking at each other with wide grins.
Suddenly, however, I hear footsteps coming through the tunnel that the Skull Kid had previously exited. In panic, I grab Euvaela, who is shocked, and hide behind the Skull Kid's tree stump, my back against the woods and Euvaela on my lap, her mouth covered by my hand.
I can hear someone- no, two people - walk into the clearing. One clanks about, as though they have much equipment with them. I hear them begin to discuss something.
"Where could they be, anyway?" a child-like voice asked. Her voice seems strangely familiar.
"How should I know?" This second voice I instantly recognize in fear, and a horrible sweat seems to instantly drench my body. "All I know is that we need to find Ganondorf now."
Link.
The girl must have been Saria, the Forest Sage. My nerves froze, and I shook uncontrollably.
"Wait, Saria," Link's voice says curiously. "What is this?"
I hear him walk over to the side of the meadow where we entered, and I shift to a different side of the log so he won't see me.
"This looks recognizable," he says.
Suddenly realizing what he means, my blood drains from every part of my body, it seems, and my muscles tense. My armor! I have foolishly forgotten about my armor! Euvaela looks up at me worriedly.
I hear Link walk over to the log. My skin must have just paled to a yellow. He holds his Master Sword in his hand, and folds his arms over the log, staring off into space and not noticing us. His sword dangles dangerously in front of my face and Euvaela's, who I can feel shakily inhaling as though she was gasping slowly.
"He must not be far," Link's all-too-close voice informs Saria. "We'll need to search all of the Lost Woods."
He walks away from the log, leaving me petrified. Will he leave the meadow? Or will he keep on searching? As I hear him and Saria walk out the entrance they came from, I breathe a slow sigh of relief along with Euvaela.
We are safe, but not for long.
The Lost Woods
We run and run until finally, Euvaela begins to slow down. We halt briefly outside of the entrance to the bridge in the Lost Woods.
"Well, here we are," Euvaela says to me with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Euvaela," I say to her in a reproaching manner. "This is no laughing matter. The Sages are right on our tails! Worse still, one of the Sages- and Link- lives here! This is probably the worst place we could- "
But it is too late. She is already running into the Lost Woods. In annoyance, I run after her.
The Lost Woods are just as I remember people describing them, for I have never been here. Euvaela begins to run through the entrance to Kokiri Village, but I quickly grab her by the arm and hoist her onto my back, then jump off of the bridge. We land a bit shakily on the hard ground, and I look at her angrily.
"Euvaela, what has gotten into you?" I whisper, for fear of a Kokiri child hearing me.
"Ganondorf!" Euvaela whines to me as though I am her father. "What's the sense of living if you can't risk your life and enjoy it once in a while?"
Though running straight into the Lost Woods headfirst is NOT my idea of enjoyment, I go along, trusting Euvaela.
"Look! A ladder!" the young woman says a little too loudly as she points to a ladder behind me. It seems to lead to a small cliff above, about level with the bridge. She runs to it and begins to climb it. I climb after her, but when I get to the top, she is gone. I shake my head angrily and notice an entrance to another clearing in the forest. I hear Euvaela's scream come through the tunnel like entrance, and I run in after her.
I step into the clearing and see a Skull Kid shooting deku nuts at Euvaela. Angrily, I use my dark powers to life the Skull Kid off of a tree stump he is standing on and suspend him in the air.
"What are you doing to this poor woman," I yell at the demonic Skull Kid, loud enough to echo through the clearing and scare nearby birds away from their nest in a tree. "Leave her be, now!"
I drop the Skull Kid, who runs away through another tunnel to my right. I look at Euvaela.
"Are you all right? Did he hurt you?"
"No, he didn't," Euvaela says, embarrassed that I was right in scolding her earlier.
"Euvaela..." I say sympathetically. "I'm sorry that I yelled at you earlier, but it is true. You must be more cautious. Especially when hanging around a wretch like me. My life is nothing but danger."
"No, Ganondorf," Euvaela says gently. Her dark blue eyes look the truest that they've ever looked. "I've only known you for two, maybe three days, but already I have bonded to you closer than I have to anyone else in my life."
I look at the grassy forest floor. "And I must admit," I tenderly speak. "I can also say the same about you."
I look back into her eyes. Although I have looked at them over and over before, I can't help but look at them again.
Suddenly, Euvaela jolts her head up, and a lovely smile spreads from one of her pale cheeks to the other. "What is that music?" she says with glee.
I listen closely to my surroundings. Suddenly, I am aware of a faint song. It has a cheery, up-beat feel to it that almost makes me want to get up and- dance. I have never felt this way before in my entire life. But it appears that Euvaela has.
She is dancing a small jig that seems very invigorating- and very intense and difficult.
"That dance makes you seem a bit silly," I say, secretly admiring the dance.
"Well," she says as she continues the fancy footwork. "That's just because it was meant for two people."
"Two specific people?" I ask, confused.
"No!" she says as she giggles at my bewilderment. "It is meant for any two people to perform together."
"Really?" I say nervously.
"Yes, really," Euvaela responds as she continues to appear to be enjoying herself. "Would you like to join me in appearing silly?"
This is the question that I was afraid she'd ask me. The problem is that, although I am a Gerudo, and Gerudoes are secretly expected to dance at every chance, I am just about the clumsiest dancer in Hyrule.
"Well -" I begin, but before I can finish, she has pulled me up.
"Come now," she says in a playful voice. "Take your armor off. There is no way you can possibly perform this dance with all that armor on."
Reluctantly, I obey, and in a minute or so, I am in my dark purple tunic with s black bodysuit underneath. I feel much more mobile like this, but I am still quite large, so I am not all that graceful. Suddenly, Euvaela is holding my hands.
"Now," she begins. "This dance is a favorite in Kakariko Village. We always do it at any social event."
"Well," I say jokingly. "You Kakariko people certainly have awkward customs. Mushroom stew, silly dances . . ."
Euvaela ignores my sardonic comment and continues with her tutorial. "Now then, the first step is to hop forward onto your right foot. I'll hold your hands so that you can keep balance, but only in practice."
I follow her instructions and hop. She giggles because it is hard for me to keep my balance due to my large body. I look silly, wobbling back and for the on one leg. I blush and smile.
"Then," she continued between stifled giggles. "You hop onto your left foot."
I do so successfully, and she compliments me.
"This is not so difficult!" I say to her, barely able to stand on one leg. She smirks.
"Next, you hop backwards onto you right foot, followed by hopping backwards onto your left foot."
I hop back onto my right foot, but I try to hop to my left foot too quickly and end up stumbling flat onto my back. Euvaela, still holding my hand, is flipped over onto her back just behind me. We both laugh hysterically, and get up again. She then teaches me the arm movement that goes along with the hopping- simply shaking your arms up and down while keeping your elbows to your sides. You must shake your right arm as you hop onto your right leg, and vice-versa. After a good ten minutes, I have finally gotten the hopping down.
"Next, after you repeat this hopping twice and end up on your left foot again, you twirl once by simply marching in place as you whirl your body slowly around," Euvaela says as she continues to laugh. I try this, but don't even understand what to do. She displays it to me using her own body, and I follow her actions and succeed.
"Finally," Euvaela said as I breathed a sigh of relief. "You skip in place for four counts, and each skip is quickly followed by a cross of the leg you skipped with over the leg that you had supported your weight."
"You mean it isn't over?" I say exhaustedly. After a few explanations to clear my confusion, I finally get the step.
Then, we put it all together, with no hands. We continue to repeat the dance many times. During the dance, I whoop and say, "I am doing this! I am dancing!"
We continue the dance for what seems like hours on end. I can see why the Kakariko people love this dance so much. It is very fun and quite addictive.
We dance and dance and dance, both of us laughing and looking at each other with wide grins.
Suddenly, however, I hear footsteps coming through the tunnel that the Skull Kid had previously exited. In panic, I grab Euvaela, who is shocked, and hide behind the Skull Kid's tree stump, my back against the woods and Euvaela on my lap, her mouth covered by my hand.
I can hear someone- no, two people - walk into the clearing. One clanks about, as though they have much equipment with them. I hear them begin to discuss something.
"Where could they be, anyway?" a child-like voice asked. Her voice seems strangely familiar.
"How should I know?" This second voice I instantly recognize in fear, and a horrible sweat seems to instantly drench my body. "All I know is that we need to find Ganondorf now."
Link.
The girl must have been Saria, the Forest Sage. My nerves froze, and I shook uncontrollably.
"Wait, Saria," Link's voice says curiously. "What is this?"
I hear him walk over to the side of the meadow where we entered, and I shift to a different side of the log so he won't see me.
"This looks recognizable," he says.
Suddenly realizing what he means, my blood drains from every part of my body, it seems, and my muscles tense. My armor! I have foolishly forgotten about my armor! Euvaela looks up at me worriedly.
I hear Link walk over to the log. My skin must have just paled to a yellow. He holds his Master Sword in his hand, and folds his arms over the log, staring off into space and not noticing us. His sword dangles dangerously in front of my face and Euvaela's, who I can feel shakily inhaling as though she was gasping slowly.
"He must not be far," Link's all-too-close voice informs Saria. "We'll need to search all of the Lost Woods."
He walks away from the log, leaving me petrified. Will he leave the meadow? Or will he keep on searching? As I hear him and Saria walk out the entrance they came from, I breathe a slow sigh of relief along with Euvaela.
We are safe, but not for long.