Chapter 8: Kind of like Training
I just lay there, waiting. I opened my eyes after a second or two. I saw Frank on top of the scarred soldier. Frank must have tackled him off me. I pounced up as the scarred soldier started getting the best of the winded buddy of mine. I kicked him in the face, then wiped off the dirt from my mouth. I noticed a little blood. I looked up and saw another army coming at us.
"That's just great!" I yelled out, prepared to fight these people too. They weren't wearing the black like the others, but a silver steel armor. Hylian soldiers! I smiled and got new confidence from the new energy coming to help. I wrenched my hands onto my sword harder and charged at the enemy. I went after a targeted person. I swayed my sword at him, then everything disappeared. It was all white. I looked around, confused.
"Huh?" I turned around and saw Frank and Matt behind me. I looked at them strangely.
"Where are we?" Matt asked, doing the same thing I was.
"Got me on that one. It's like a dream world." Frank's voice echoed off into the distance, then I started getting a little woozy. I stumbled around, then fainted.
* * * * * * *
I awoke from the chair, Matt still sleeping. I looked around, and I was still in Matt's room. Not long after I woke up, Matt arose suddenly. I got up and walked into Frank's room. He just sat up as I entered. Matt was close behind me.
"I just had the weirdest dream," Frank sleepily said, but still awake from his dream.
"Weird. So did I," Matt commented, cocking one eyebrow up.
"Huh, so did I," I muttered. "Mine was like we were in a war, then I started running then I tripped. A guy jumped on top of me, and then Frank tackled him off. Hylian Soldiers came with us, then all white."
"Me too! That's to freaky!" Frank said, fright in his speech and eyes.
"Oh this is so weird. Me too. It's so weird," Matt said totally amused and amazed. I gazed in my head. Kind of like training, I thought.
"Let's just forget about it," I told them. I walked downstairs, the long spiral staircase, and stepped into the eating quarters. I walked around for something to eat, but only noticed more meat from last night. I didn't take the time to heat that up and just ate it cold. It wasn't bad, so I stuffed a couple pieces into my pouch. A sudden headache entered my head and I stumbled. It was like something was shoved in my head. It was a vision from the old man. The west, I must go west.
"Let's go guys, we gotta get going west!" I yelled and started running off. I ran out of the castle through the gates and through the city in front of the castle. I made the men lower the gates and we continued. Our horses were in the same place, and little satisfied to see us I think. They probably were tired of being tied up. I ran and cut the rope holding my horse. I jumped on and rode off. I didn't really know which way was west, but my gut instinct told me diagonal right. I rode off in a hurry towards that direction, pure adrenaline running through me. Why am I excited? I asked myself. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down, but it didn't help at all. I was totally psyched about this. I was like really weird about this. The others were about to fall off their horses they were so tired. I actually calmed down by looking at them. I sat on my horse and rid, feeling the breeze. It was so peaceful here, how could something even be wrong. I didn't really see anything wrong at all with the western part of Hyrule. I chuckled at myself, thinking this is all so weird. It was the weirdest thing ever. It was all too strange. Like one dream, slowly slipping myself into madness. I wonder always now if I'm going get out of here, or will we be stuck for the rest of time.
"This sucks!" I yelled out.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked.
"I don't want to be stuck here! It just isn't fair. I don't to stay here forever!"
"I know, Craig," Frank said. "We don't want to be here just as much as you don't. But, if we do get stuck here, at least we have each other."
"Yeah, I know. But I don't want to be missing from the real world. From the world which we were born. From the world which we rightfully deserve to stay in."
"Think rationally here, people," Catav said, hovering just above me. "If you defeat Zire, you're home free. We won't keep you here just because Link is gone. We know Link won't come back, ever. He can't, he's too old to even fight anyone. You three are the only ones that can fight for us. But if you defeat Zire, you're heading home."
"But what if some other people get to this land and invade, what are you going to do?" Matt asked.
"We don't know yet. Link and I talked about that. We never got a full decision." I just sat and rode. That's all we did till we got to the west, to a barren dry place. There looked to be no water, except one river, and that seemed to be about all. I listened to the soft clinks of horse-hooves against fresh wood. I stared around in the valley we had entered. We kept riding till we reached what seemed to be Adobe houses.
"Whoa, Indian place," Frank said, staring at his surroundings. It smelt like dried mud and burnt wood. It kind of reminded me of camping. I always went camping with Matt and Frank since the summer of 6th grade. Like a tradition. I got my mind off that and kept going. I took in the new sites, sounds, and smells. A female walked our way. I acted like I didn't know she was there. I kept walking and she stopped me.
"What are you doing here?" She asked sternly. I chuckled at this remark, mainly because I don't really know why I did.
"I came here do business," I lied.
"This is a female joint only, no males aloud. All right pal?" Argh, I thought. I blankly stared off behind her, where a huge gate stood there, blocking an entrance to what looked like a vast desert. I continued past here.
"Hey, you! What I just said was a friendly way of saying 'Beat It!'" she yelled at me. I ignored her endless blabbing and continued anyway.
"That's it." I heard her scramble around in her pouch around her waist, a thud, then the blackness came.
* * * * * * *
I awoke in a prison of adobe. There was one window above, too high to jump to, the walls to slick to climb. I walked around and looked for a door, and saw stairs leading towards a door. I looked around for Matt and Frank. I was alone. They must have put them in a different cell than me. I wanted out, but I thought I might as well wait a little and get some rest. I took my pouch off and looked through it. There was a little dust like powder in a small bag, two knives, a small rope type thing, a stubby piece of paper, and the chicken. I still had my sword and shield on me. It was so hot it was driving me crazy. I couldn't take off any cloths; otherwise I'd be naked. I sat diluted, perspiration dripping down my forehead and around my eyes. I sat for hours. I finally decided that I wasn't going to get much rest by just "chillin'" here. I stood up and looked for a way out, maybe to like a river or something to cool off. Wait, wait, wait, I thought to myself. I have to find Matt and Frank first. I looked around, seeing if there was a way out of the cell. I started hacking at the wall with the little knives. It wouldn't even cut it. I took the little rope and threw the line up to see if it would reach the window. It flung upward then fell right back down on me.
"Too short," I said to myself as I just gazed up at the spectacle I had to tackle. I went and lay down on the short bed in the corner. I fell asleep, about to give up.
* * * * * * *
"Hello, sleepyhead!" a fuzzy voice called out. I opened my eyes and looked at the tired Matt. It was dark, and I must have slept for at least 12 hours.
I got up and gazed around. "What, who, how, when...huh?" I said totally confused. "How'd you get in here?" I felt my eyes go cross-eyed. I uncrossed them and wiped my nose off.
"See the wood on the window? I hooked on there and went up," Matt answered.
"Hooked? With what?"
"This. I think it's called the long shot. I'm not sure." I stared at the contraption.
"Yes, it is called the long shot," the stupid fairy butted in. I hoped that thing would just float down and die... "It hooks on to some surfaces and pulls you to the place." DIE FAIRY! DIE!
"So what are we standing around for? Let's jet!" Frank suddenly said. I forgot about him in my die statements.
"I think we should do what he says," I said calmly, starting toward the little window.
"I think not," a voice called from behind. The voice was soft, but strong. I turned and saw one of the female guards standing in the doorway, with many more standing behind.
"Great," I muttered. Fairy + Knife = Dead.
"Since you all want to be in the same cell, go right ahead." The guard slammed the door shut and the window fell down. Stuck. We were stuck, again. One torch lit the cell cheaply, making it warm, and every so often throwing out embers. I wandered around. The door was made of wood and was locked tight. I banged against it, hoping for it to miraculously open, but to no avail. I turned towards the others and sighed. I pressed my face up against the barred window on the door.
"Hey! Are you going to feed us at all?" I called out.
"If you keep you trap shut we might consider it," one of the guards called out. Argh, this sucks.
"Not to friendly, are they?" Frank said. I nodded my head in agreement. I walked down the stairs, drooping my head.
"If we could just get that window open, we could get out of here," Matt stated.
"Wait a tic!" I called out. Maybe that fairy is good for something after all. "Hey, Catav, open that window so we can leave," I quietly said, considering the guards outside the door. The fairy flew up and pushed on the wood that filled the gap were the window once was. She tried to open it, but it didn't budge. Stupid fairy.
"How am I supposed to open this, anyway? I can barely lift a leaf let alone a ten-pound window flap. Die...
"Are you saying one of us needs to get up there?" Matt said.
"Si!" Matt reached for that Whatcha-Ma-Call-It and shot it at the window. It latched and he grabbed onto the small windowsill. He pulled himself just enough to push it open slightly. He crawled up and pushed it open widely.
"Think fast!" The Whatcha-Ma-Call-It came down at me. I reacted and grabbed it. I looked at it and found a little button. I aimed and shot at the wood. I was surprised at its strength to pull up so fast. It jetted me up there and I grabbed the windowsill. I pulled up and tossed it to Frank. I watched Frank fling up next to me. It was a long drop down. Matt jumped first, but did something that I wouldn't expect him to do. He jumped off to the side, and now I see why. He landed on a closer surface. Instead of the 75 ft of jumping, now I had 25. I jumped down next to him, and rolled after landing. I wasn't good at that landing thing; I always rolled from 10 feet or higher. Frank landed beside me. I pulled my hat on right.
"Whoa, Craig, I can barely see you!" Frank said. He was right though. I was wearing all black, and it was kind of hard to see me in this light. I followed Matt.
"How'd you guys find me?"
"You snore," Matt said, laughing a little. I shrugged. My dad snored, so I guess I must be taking after him. Distant music arose from the grounds. It was like a fiesta going on down below. A lot of the people in there were dancing, having a good time. I looked on. Our horses were on the other side. How...
"Our horses, straight across." I pointed at them, across the blazing fire and the dancing and music. They were tied up to a post along a wall. I looked around for guards, since no one had done that yet, I don't think. It was clear. Maybe the only ones not at that party were the ones in front of the cell. We walked quickly along the rooftops till we reached another wall. It had some vines growing on the side. Maybe...
"Guys, grab a vine and lets climb," I quietly called out to Matt and Frank. We crept over to the vines and started climbing. My muscles strained as I pulled my extra-added weight. This sword and shield is going to slow my down a ton. I finally pulled my legs over the roof and we carefully ran to the other side. It was another drop, only a couple feet though. I jumped down and landed on the hard, dried dirt. I waited for the others to follow. Frank jumped last and ran off in front of me. I took off after him, Matt right on my tail. We slouched behind a tree, hiding from the wild music, and crazy dancing. I peeked out, then crawled to my feet. We made our way through the shadows to the horses. I silently cut the ropes confining the horses. We crept up on the saddles.
"YAHOO!" Frank cried out, and then we were gone, galloping out of that place. A couple people looked over at us. Then more once someone got the music off. Uh-oh.
"Get them!" I got Trilogy to gallop even harder, but made sure not to push it. We pounced out of the dusty areas and into the grassy plains of Hyrule field.
* * * * * * *
I sat on the bench in Hyrule market place. It wasn't as packed as it was a couple days ago. As soon as we got back to the castle after the Gerudo incident, I asked Matt where he got the long-shot. He said it was under his bed, with a note saying, "Save us!" That was all that was on it. Matt just took it. So, we went on. But I was thinking all over the last couple days. One of the thoughts that confused me was my dream. I normally dream things that are true. But in my dream, I had two swords. In real life, I had one. I've had dreams about stuff that wasn't happening, like I dreamt of a 4.0 before, but never of having something that I didn't think about ever. Kinda weird, huh? Anyway, we got back to the castle, and then we loafed for the day. I actually didn't get 12 hours of sleep. I feel like I got three. Then yesterday, we just went around on our horses and explored the field. We got to know our surroundings better and the others got a better feel for the ride. Then at night, we came back and just eat and sleep. Then this morning, we just walked around the market place, till about 11 A.M. Which was about the time that I sat on the bench.
"Hey yo, Chico! Let's go explore the Kokiri Forest!" Matt called out over the commotion of the market place.
"Yeah," I agreed, nodding my head.
"Let's go!" I jumped up and went towards the exit. Like a parking lot, we grabbed our horses from a group of them. Since we were the Chosen Ones, we got our own reserved spots. We untied the horses and packed the ropes into saddlebags. We rode off towards the forest in the east. We got there and walked in. It was kind of musty, kind of cold, kind of...POW! Gunshot! I turned to see a horrid face, a face I still haven't forgotten.
Next chapter....soon...I hope...
I just lay there, waiting. I opened my eyes after a second or two. I saw Frank on top of the scarred soldier. Frank must have tackled him off me. I pounced up as the scarred soldier started getting the best of the winded buddy of mine. I kicked him in the face, then wiped off the dirt from my mouth. I noticed a little blood. I looked up and saw another army coming at us.
"That's just great!" I yelled out, prepared to fight these people too. They weren't wearing the black like the others, but a silver steel armor. Hylian soldiers! I smiled and got new confidence from the new energy coming to help. I wrenched my hands onto my sword harder and charged at the enemy. I went after a targeted person. I swayed my sword at him, then everything disappeared. It was all white. I looked around, confused.
"Huh?" I turned around and saw Frank and Matt behind me. I looked at them strangely.
"Where are we?" Matt asked, doing the same thing I was.
"Got me on that one. It's like a dream world." Frank's voice echoed off into the distance, then I started getting a little woozy. I stumbled around, then fainted.
* * * * * * *
I awoke from the chair, Matt still sleeping. I looked around, and I was still in Matt's room. Not long after I woke up, Matt arose suddenly. I got up and walked into Frank's room. He just sat up as I entered. Matt was close behind me.
"I just had the weirdest dream," Frank sleepily said, but still awake from his dream.
"Weird. So did I," Matt commented, cocking one eyebrow up.
"Huh, so did I," I muttered. "Mine was like we were in a war, then I started running then I tripped. A guy jumped on top of me, and then Frank tackled him off. Hylian Soldiers came with us, then all white."
"Me too! That's to freaky!" Frank said, fright in his speech and eyes.
"Oh this is so weird. Me too. It's so weird," Matt said totally amused and amazed. I gazed in my head. Kind of like training, I thought.
"Let's just forget about it," I told them. I walked downstairs, the long spiral staircase, and stepped into the eating quarters. I walked around for something to eat, but only noticed more meat from last night. I didn't take the time to heat that up and just ate it cold. It wasn't bad, so I stuffed a couple pieces into my pouch. A sudden headache entered my head and I stumbled. It was like something was shoved in my head. It was a vision from the old man. The west, I must go west.
"Let's go guys, we gotta get going west!" I yelled and started running off. I ran out of the castle through the gates and through the city in front of the castle. I made the men lower the gates and we continued. Our horses were in the same place, and little satisfied to see us I think. They probably were tired of being tied up. I ran and cut the rope holding my horse. I jumped on and rode off. I didn't really know which way was west, but my gut instinct told me diagonal right. I rode off in a hurry towards that direction, pure adrenaline running through me. Why am I excited? I asked myself. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down, but it didn't help at all. I was totally psyched about this. I was like really weird about this. The others were about to fall off their horses they were so tired. I actually calmed down by looking at them. I sat on my horse and rid, feeling the breeze. It was so peaceful here, how could something even be wrong. I didn't really see anything wrong at all with the western part of Hyrule. I chuckled at myself, thinking this is all so weird. It was the weirdest thing ever. It was all too strange. Like one dream, slowly slipping myself into madness. I wonder always now if I'm going get out of here, or will we be stuck for the rest of time.
"This sucks!" I yelled out.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked.
"I don't want to be stuck here! It just isn't fair. I don't to stay here forever!"
"I know, Craig," Frank said. "We don't want to be here just as much as you don't. But, if we do get stuck here, at least we have each other."
"Yeah, I know. But I don't want to be missing from the real world. From the world which we were born. From the world which we rightfully deserve to stay in."
"Think rationally here, people," Catav said, hovering just above me. "If you defeat Zire, you're home free. We won't keep you here just because Link is gone. We know Link won't come back, ever. He can't, he's too old to even fight anyone. You three are the only ones that can fight for us. But if you defeat Zire, you're heading home."
"But what if some other people get to this land and invade, what are you going to do?" Matt asked.
"We don't know yet. Link and I talked about that. We never got a full decision." I just sat and rode. That's all we did till we got to the west, to a barren dry place. There looked to be no water, except one river, and that seemed to be about all. I listened to the soft clinks of horse-hooves against fresh wood. I stared around in the valley we had entered. We kept riding till we reached what seemed to be Adobe houses.
"Whoa, Indian place," Frank said, staring at his surroundings. It smelt like dried mud and burnt wood. It kind of reminded me of camping. I always went camping with Matt and Frank since the summer of 6th grade. Like a tradition. I got my mind off that and kept going. I took in the new sites, sounds, and smells. A female walked our way. I acted like I didn't know she was there. I kept walking and she stopped me.
"What are you doing here?" She asked sternly. I chuckled at this remark, mainly because I don't really know why I did.
"I came here do business," I lied.
"This is a female joint only, no males aloud. All right pal?" Argh, I thought. I blankly stared off behind her, where a huge gate stood there, blocking an entrance to what looked like a vast desert. I continued past here.
"Hey, you! What I just said was a friendly way of saying 'Beat It!'" she yelled at me. I ignored her endless blabbing and continued anyway.
"That's it." I heard her scramble around in her pouch around her waist, a thud, then the blackness came.
* * * * * * *
I awoke in a prison of adobe. There was one window above, too high to jump to, the walls to slick to climb. I walked around and looked for a door, and saw stairs leading towards a door. I looked around for Matt and Frank. I was alone. They must have put them in a different cell than me. I wanted out, but I thought I might as well wait a little and get some rest. I took my pouch off and looked through it. There was a little dust like powder in a small bag, two knives, a small rope type thing, a stubby piece of paper, and the chicken. I still had my sword and shield on me. It was so hot it was driving me crazy. I couldn't take off any cloths; otherwise I'd be naked. I sat diluted, perspiration dripping down my forehead and around my eyes. I sat for hours. I finally decided that I wasn't going to get much rest by just "chillin'" here. I stood up and looked for a way out, maybe to like a river or something to cool off. Wait, wait, wait, I thought to myself. I have to find Matt and Frank first. I looked around, seeing if there was a way out of the cell. I started hacking at the wall with the little knives. It wouldn't even cut it. I took the little rope and threw the line up to see if it would reach the window. It flung upward then fell right back down on me.
"Too short," I said to myself as I just gazed up at the spectacle I had to tackle. I went and lay down on the short bed in the corner. I fell asleep, about to give up.
* * * * * * *
"Hello, sleepyhead!" a fuzzy voice called out. I opened my eyes and looked at the tired Matt. It was dark, and I must have slept for at least 12 hours.
I got up and gazed around. "What, who, how, when...huh?" I said totally confused. "How'd you get in here?" I felt my eyes go cross-eyed. I uncrossed them and wiped my nose off.
"See the wood on the window? I hooked on there and went up," Matt answered.
"Hooked? With what?"
"This. I think it's called the long shot. I'm not sure." I stared at the contraption.
"Yes, it is called the long shot," the stupid fairy butted in. I hoped that thing would just float down and die... "It hooks on to some surfaces and pulls you to the place." DIE FAIRY! DIE!
"So what are we standing around for? Let's jet!" Frank suddenly said. I forgot about him in my die statements.
"I think we should do what he says," I said calmly, starting toward the little window.
"I think not," a voice called from behind. The voice was soft, but strong. I turned and saw one of the female guards standing in the doorway, with many more standing behind.
"Great," I muttered. Fairy + Knife = Dead.
"Since you all want to be in the same cell, go right ahead." The guard slammed the door shut and the window fell down. Stuck. We were stuck, again. One torch lit the cell cheaply, making it warm, and every so often throwing out embers. I wandered around. The door was made of wood and was locked tight. I banged against it, hoping for it to miraculously open, but to no avail. I turned towards the others and sighed. I pressed my face up against the barred window on the door.
"Hey! Are you going to feed us at all?" I called out.
"If you keep you trap shut we might consider it," one of the guards called out. Argh, this sucks.
"Not to friendly, are they?" Frank said. I nodded my head in agreement. I walked down the stairs, drooping my head.
"If we could just get that window open, we could get out of here," Matt stated.
"Wait a tic!" I called out. Maybe that fairy is good for something after all. "Hey, Catav, open that window so we can leave," I quietly said, considering the guards outside the door. The fairy flew up and pushed on the wood that filled the gap were the window once was. She tried to open it, but it didn't budge. Stupid fairy.
"How am I supposed to open this, anyway? I can barely lift a leaf let alone a ten-pound window flap. Die...
"Are you saying one of us needs to get up there?" Matt said.
"Si!" Matt reached for that Whatcha-Ma-Call-It and shot it at the window. It latched and he grabbed onto the small windowsill. He pulled himself just enough to push it open slightly. He crawled up and pushed it open widely.
"Think fast!" The Whatcha-Ma-Call-It came down at me. I reacted and grabbed it. I looked at it and found a little button. I aimed and shot at the wood. I was surprised at its strength to pull up so fast. It jetted me up there and I grabbed the windowsill. I pulled up and tossed it to Frank. I watched Frank fling up next to me. It was a long drop down. Matt jumped first, but did something that I wouldn't expect him to do. He jumped off to the side, and now I see why. He landed on a closer surface. Instead of the 75 ft of jumping, now I had 25. I jumped down next to him, and rolled after landing. I wasn't good at that landing thing; I always rolled from 10 feet or higher. Frank landed beside me. I pulled my hat on right.
"Whoa, Craig, I can barely see you!" Frank said. He was right though. I was wearing all black, and it was kind of hard to see me in this light. I followed Matt.
"How'd you guys find me?"
"You snore," Matt said, laughing a little. I shrugged. My dad snored, so I guess I must be taking after him. Distant music arose from the grounds. It was like a fiesta going on down below. A lot of the people in there were dancing, having a good time. I looked on. Our horses were on the other side. How...
"Our horses, straight across." I pointed at them, across the blazing fire and the dancing and music. They were tied up to a post along a wall. I looked around for guards, since no one had done that yet, I don't think. It was clear. Maybe the only ones not at that party were the ones in front of the cell. We walked quickly along the rooftops till we reached another wall. It had some vines growing on the side. Maybe...
"Guys, grab a vine and lets climb," I quietly called out to Matt and Frank. We crept over to the vines and started climbing. My muscles strained as I pulled my extra-added weight. This sword and shield is going to slow my down a ton. I finally pulled my legs over the roof and we carefully ran to the other side. It was another drop, only a couple feet though. I jumped down and landed on the hard, dried dirt. I waited for the others to follow. Frank jumped last and ran off in front of me. I took off after him, Matt right on my tail. We slouched behind a tree, hiding from the wild music, and crazy dancing. I peeked out, then crawled to my feet. We made our way through the shadows to the horses. I silently cut the ropes confining the horses. We crept up on the saddles.
"YAHOO!" Frank cried out, and then we were gone, galloping out of that place. A couple people looked over at us. Then more once someone got the music off. Uh-oh.
"Get them!" I got Trilogy to gallop even harder, but made sure not to push it. We pounced out of the dusty areas and into the grassy plains of Hyrule field.
* * * * * * *
I sat on the bench in Hyrule market place. It wasn't as packed as it was a couple days ago. As soon as we got back to the castle after the Gerudo incident, I asked Matt where he got the long-shot. He said it was under his bed, with a note saying, "Save us!" That was all that was on it. Matt just took it. So, we went on. But I was thinking all over the last couple days. One of the thoughts that confused me was my dream. I normally dream things that are true. But in my dream, I had two swords. In real life, I had one. I've had dreams about stuff that wasn't happening, like I dreamt of a 4.0 before, but never of having something that I didn't think about ever. Kinda weird, huh? Anyway, we got back to the castle, and then we loafed for the day. I actually didn't get 12 hours of sleep. I feel like I got three. Then yesterday, we just went around on our horses and explored the field. We got to know our surroundings better and the others got a better feel for the ride. Then at night, we came back and just eat and sleep. Then this morning, we just walked around the market place, till about 11 A.M. Which was about the time that I sat on the bench.
"Hey yo, Chico! Let's go explore the Kokiri Forest!" Matt called out over the commotion of the market place.
"Yeah," I agreed, nodding my head.
"Let's go!" I jumped up and went towards the exit. Like a parking lot, we grabbed our horses from a group of them. Since we were the Chosen Ones, we got our own reserved spots. We untied the horses and packed the ropes into saddlebags. We rode off towards the forest in the east. We got there and walked in. It was kind of musty, kind of cold, kind of...POW! Gunshot! I turned to see a horrid face, a face I still haven't forgotten.
Next chapter....soon...I hope...