Chapter 5-
Mia was checking over her items to make sure she had everything for the tenth time. So in other words, she was very nervous. She slid on her solid black cloak with a hood attached to it and red cloth aligning the inside. She liked black for it was a mysterious kind of color.
Zelda walked in the room carrying a roll of rope around her arm. "Is this long enough?" She asked.
Mia said, "Well it looks long enough but will it be strong enough?"
Zelda shrugged, "I'm sure it will work." She paused for a second; "You sure look nervous."
Mia looked out to see the daytime sky turning a deep red with the night's dark blue closing in right on its heels, crushing it, forcing it down with the sun, soon she would have to go. She turned back and answered, "Well, wouldn't you be?"
"I guess if you put it that way..." Zelda said looking down, feeling pretty guilty about making her friend do this.
Mia almost read Zelda's mind at that moment, "There's really no need for you to feel guilty Zel. If I didn't want to do this I would have said no and stuck with it." She took the rope Zelda had and tied it to the bedpost on her bed. It was the only thing nearest to the window you could tie the rope to.
"Here's my note Zel, now when I throw this rope out the window you get on the bed to at least give it a little weight so it doesn't flip or break. Then I want you to hold onto the rope and brace it when I start lowering myself out the window okay?"
"Okay." Zelda said taking the note and putting it in her pocket.
With completely perfect timing the bell in the far western tower was rung, signaling the switching of the guards that have the so called "graveyard shift" and the lucky ones that have day.
Mia let out a sigh, "Time to go I guess."
Zelda gave her best friend a hug, "Take care of yourself."
"Always." Mia said with a smile as she grabbed her small shoulder bag with the usual things she'd never leave home without, her staff, old book of spells, extra clothes, a little bit of snack food, and money. She put her hood up completely hiding her face except for the fact you could see her eyes shine through, looking pretty creepy. She grabbed the rope and hopped on the windowsill. Zelda got into her position on the bed and followed the directions in which she was told.
Mia let out a breath, closed her eyes, and hopped off the sill. With gravity and her weight working against her she almost let go right away letting out a slight high-pitched squeak quickly getting a hold her grip. Inch by inch she slowly lowered herself down the stone wall gritting her teeth and regretting that she became lazy and quit training. Finally she reached jumping distance and let go hopping down to the ground. When on the ground again she looked around making sure the guards in this area were gone. Her hands burned like mad from that rope, she could already tell this was gonna be one long trip. She tugged on the rope causing Zelda to peep her head out the window. She gave a wave farewell and pulled the rope back up.
The area to the stables, which was just diagonal from the area below Mia's window, was completely deserted. This seemed almost too easy! When Mia got to the stables she sneaked around the back and quietly pushed open the large sliding door trying not to make a sound. Inside it was pitch dark even though you could still make out the figures of the horses in their own pens. The horse in the nearest pen to the back door, luckily, was the one that was all ready for Mia. She stepped up to this beautiful horse and brushed its forehead talking to it quietly so it wouldn't get spooked. That plan didn't exactly work. The horse, seeing a strange creature advancing towards it reared up sending Mia falling backwards, tripping over a tin pail in the process. She gasped as the pail fell over clattering across the floor causing the other horses to stir.
A man's voice was heard outside the front doors to the stable, "Hey! What was that noise?!"
Another one spoke, "I don't know, lets take a quick look once."
Mia cursed at herself for being so stupid. The guards must have already switched duties at the stable. She ran near a corner and dived behind a couple straw bales hoping they wouldn't search too thoroughly throughout the stable. As soon as she jumped out of sight the front doors were open with a creak and the two guards walked in, one carrying a lantern.
The second one spoke again while trying to calm the jolted nerves of a few horses, "You know it could have been a rat or a mouse. Those things can get huge! I've seen a few!" He cringed at the thought of mentioning "rats".
The other one answered back looking around the majority of the area with his lantern, "Yeah that may be it. Hey! What the..?! This back door is opened."
"Well maybe one of the Royalties was too lazy and forgot to shut it earlier today. Now come on the night shift will be here any minute they can take care of it. We're done for the day remember? Come on because of you we're always one of the last to leave when our shift is over." The second man said anxious to leave already advancing towards the door.
"Alright. Alright. You're right lets go." The one with the lantern said closing the back door again and rushing towards the front closing the door behind him. Mia was finally alone again. She slowly got up from her hiding spot behind the straw bales. At least she still had a spot of luck on her side. Mia stepped up to the spirited horse this time taking her hood off so the horse could see her face. She brushed this creature again talking to it softly, this time the horse learning to trust her. She took the latch off to the horse's single pen leading it to the back door quietly opening it again.
"Well I hope you can run fast girl or else I'm walking." Mia whispered with a smile.
The open door welcomed the faint light of dusk in the stables. The outside gates to the west of the stables were the lowest surrounding the entire castle. That was because the western area of the castle yard was very hilly. Mia mounted her now trusty steed and took off aiming for the fence straight ahead. Getting the horse up to speed it soared over the fence landing gracefully on the other side. This was the back way out of Hyrule Castle. All there was was a small trail in a prairie area leading you straight out to Hyrule Field without the hassle of going through the Hyrule Castle Town. Right where Mia wanted to go. She would have to journey through Hyrule Field then through part of the forest. On the other side of the forest was the town Karaki. It was the only coastal town of Hyrule created and named after Karakiko became the major town of Hyrule. The town was still fairly small the major thing was the dock that had a boat that left at sunrise, noon, and sunset. The boats went to the nearby islands, but only at sunrise and sunset would they journey to the furthest island on the list, Warneria. For most of the night Mia pushed and pushed her horse only stopping to rest the horse and water it. By the time she got within five miles of Karaki the horse was getting dead tired and morning light was starting to show. She didn't want to do this but she pushed the horse all she could and got to Karaki dock just in time.
The sunrise boat appeared just about ready to take off. The captain was still loading cargo hopping back and forth from the docks to the boat each time carrying some sort of package. The boat was a medium size not very large but yet not too small. There were only three other passengers, which was a young husband and wife with their newborn baby. They were waiting near the side still on land for the captain to finish loading up. Mia got off and walked the horse to the stables next to the dock where travelers can leave their animals till they come back. That poor horse was almost pushed too far. Mia felt so bad for doing that to the poor creature. It was shivering and sweaty and completely out of breath. If it wasn't taken care of the horse could get very ill. The stable hands took and the horse and promised to take good care of her. Mia after paying the stable hands went outside to talk to the captain.
She walked onto the dock stopping where the captain was on the boat trying to tie some ropes, "Got room for one more?"
The captain said while still tying not even taking a look at her, "Well, maybe if you got the money. You almost didn't make it there missy I'm about to shove off..." He looked up expression completely changing once seeing a fair looking girl who, from the looks of it, went through quite a night.
"Well I do have money. How much will you need?" Mia said looking through her bag for rupees not noticing how much his expression had changed once actually getting a look at her.
"Ahh.. Nah there's no need for that I guess, you don't look like you'll take up that much room. It's free of charge! Where are you headed?" He said with a grin.
"Well.. That's very kind of you. Warneria."
"Well that's my only destination on this route. That family over there," he said pointing to the young couple with their newborn child, "Are heading there too. It will take probably till early evening or night to get there even if I do not have any other stops. "
"That's perfectly alright." Mia said.
The captain hopped off and leaded the couple to the boat first. Taking the woman's hand he helped her on while her husband held the baby till she was on then he handed the baby to her and hopped on. After the couple was safely on the captain took Mia's hand and with a smile helped her in the boat too. It was a warm smile, but it slightly creeped Mia out.
He said while untying the ropes keeping the boat tied to the dock, "This might not be that cozy of a trip. The only room I have is in up here with no real shelter. At least if you huddle by the sides you'll be blocked from the wind. I have too much cargo and that all went inside, plus there's rats and mice down there it would have been worse than getting stuck up here."
The couple went to the corner way in front, huddling and smiling at each other. Watching their little baby, which was telling grand stories with its friendly baby chatter to both of them.
Mia took a spot further down from the couple next to a side and curled up in a ball using her shoulder bag as a pillow. All the hard objects in it weren't all that comfortable, but they still worked. She kept her cloak tight around her and her hood up to insulate her. It was freezing but she was too tired to care. A whole night of riding and getting woken up early yesterday was starting to get to her. The sails were risen up rustling in the wind looking ready and waiting. A few hands from the dock shoved the boat off away from the dock and the captain gave a wave farewell before taking the wheel. As the boat took off the swaying gently back and forth from the waves Mia drifted into a sound sleep right away.
(Note: After this chapter Link and Zelda won't be mentioned or if they will it will be very brief. So all you peeps that are hoping for more of a Link and Zelda story I'm going to have to give you a disappointment, for the rest will be all made up characters and Ganondorf the star bad guy of course!:P hehehe, sorry!)
Mia was checking over her items to make sure she had everything for the tenth time. So in other words, she was very nervous. She slid on her solid black cloak with a hood attached to it and red cloth aligning the inside. She liked black for it was a mysterious kind of color.
Zelda walked in the room carrying a roll of rope around her arm. "Is this long enough?" She asked.
Mia said, "Well it looks long enough but will it be strong enough?"
Zelda shrugged, "I'm sure it will work." She paused for a second; "You sure look nervous."
Mia looked out to see the daytime sky turning a deep red with the night's dark blue closing in right on its heels, crushing it, forcing it down with the sun, soon she would have to go. She turned back and answered, "Well, wouldn't you be?"
"I guess if you put it that way..." Zelda said looking down, feeling pretty guilty about making her friend do this.
Mia almost read Zelda's mind at that moment, "There's really no need for you to feel guilty Zel. If I didn't want to do this I would have said no and stuck with it." She took the rope Zelda had and tied it to the bedpost on her bed. It was the only thing nearest to the window you could tie the rope to.
"Here's my note Zel, now when I throw this rope out the window you get on the bed to at least give it a little weight so it doesn't flip or break. Then I want you to hold onto the rope and brace it when I start lowering myself out the window okay?"
"Okay." Zelda said taking the note and putting it in her pocket.
With completely perfect timing the bell in the far western tower was rung, signaling the switching of the guards that have the so called "graveyard shift" and the lucky ones that have day.
Mia let out a sigh, "Time to go I guess."
Zelda gave her best friend a hug, "Take care of yourself."
"Always." Mia said with a smile as she grabbed her small shoulder bag with the usual things she'd never leave home without, her staff, old book of spells, extra clothes, a little bit of snack food, and money. She put her hood up completely hiding her face except for the fact you could see her eyes shine through, looking pretty creepy. She grabbed the rope and hopped on the windowsill. Zelda got into her position on the bed and followed the directions in which she was told.
Mia let out a breath, closed her eyes, and hopped off the sill. With gravity and her weight working against her she almost let go right away letting out a slight high-pitched squeak quickly getting a hold her grip. Inch by inch she slowly lowered herself down the stone wall gritting her teeth and regretting that she became lazy and quit training. Finally she reached jumping distance and let go hopping down to the ground. When on the ground again she looked around making sure the guards in this area were gone. Her hands burned like mad from that rope, she could already tell this was gonna be one long trip. She tugged on the rope causing Zelda to peep her head out the window. She gave a wave farewell and pulled the rope back up.
The area to the stables, which was just diagonal from the area below Mia's window, was completely deserted. This seemed almost too easy! When Mia got to the stables she sneaked around the back and quietly pushed open the large sliding door trying not to make a sound. Inside it was pitch dark even though you could still make out the figures of the horses in their own pens. The horse in the nearest pen to the back door, luckily, was the one that was all ready for Mia. She stepped up to this beautiful horse and brushed its forehead talking to it quietly so it wouldn't get spooked. That plan didn't exactly work. The horse, seeing a strange creature advancing towards it reared up sending Mia falling backwards, tripping over a tin pail in the process. She gasped as the pail fell over clattering across the floor causing the other horses to stir.
A man's voice was heard outside the front doors to the stable, "Hey! What was that noise?!"
Another one spoke, "I don't know, lets take a quick look once."
Mia cursed at herself for being so stupid. The guards must have already switched duties at the stable. She ran near a corner and dived behind a couple straw bales hoping they wouldn't search too thoroughly throughout the stable. As soon as she jumped out of sight the front doors were open with a creak and the two guards walked in, one carrying a lantern.
The second one spoke again while trying to calm the jolted nerves of a few horses, "You know it could have been a rat or a mouse. Those things can get huge! I've seen a few!" He cringed at the thought of mentioning "rats".
The other one answered back looking around the majority of the area with his lantern, "Yeah that may be it. Hey! What the..?! This back door is opened."
"Well maybe one of the Royalties was too lazy and forgot to shut it earlier today. Now come on the night shift will be here any minute they can take care of it. We're done for the day remember? Come on because of you we're always one of the last to leave when our shift is over." The second man said anxious to leave already advancing towards the door.
"Alright. Alright. You're right lets go." The one with the lantern said closing the back door again and rushing towards the front closing the door behind him. Mia was finally alone again. She slowly got up from her hiding spot behind the straw bales. At least she still had a spot of luck on her side. Mia stepped up to the spirited horse this time taking her hood off so the horse could see her face. She brushed this creature again talking to it softly, this time the horse learning to trust her. She took the latch off to the horse's single pen leading it to the back door quietly opening it again.
"Well I hope you can run fast girl or else I'm walking." Mia whispered with a smile.
The open door welcomed the faint light of dusk in the stables. The outside gates to the west of the stables were the lowest surrounding the entire castle. That was because the western area of the castle yard was very hilly. Mia mounted her now trusty steed and took off aiming for the fence straight ahead. Getting the horse up to speed it soared over the fence landing gracefully on the other side. This was the back way out of Hyrule Castle. All there was was a small trail in a prairie area leading you straight out to Hyrule Field without the hassle of going through the Hyrule Castle Town. Right where Mia wanted to go. She would have to journey through Hyrule Field then through part of the forest. On the other side of the forest was the town Karaki. It was the only coastal town of Hyrule created and named after Karakiko became the major town of Hyrule. The town was still fairly small the major thing was the dock that had a boat that left at sunrise, noon, and sunset. The boats went to the nearby islands, but only at sunrise and sunset would they journey to the furthest island on the list, Warneria. For most of the night Mia pushed and pushed her horse only stopping to rest the horse and water it. By the time she got within five miles of Karaki the horse was getting dead tired and morning light was starting to show. She didn't want to do this but she pushed the horse all she could and got to Karaki dock just in time.
The sunrise boat appeared just about ready to take off. The captain was still loading cargo hopping back and forth from the docks to the boat each time carrying some sort of package. The boat was a medium size not very large but yet not too small. There were only three other passengers, which was a young husband and wife with their newborn baby. They were waiting near the side still on land for the captain to finish loading up. Mia got off and walked the horse to the stables next to the dock where travelers can leave their animals till they come back. That poor horse was almost pushed too far. Mia felt so bad for doing that to the poor creature. It was shivering and sweaty and completely out of breath. If it wasn't taken care of the horse could get very ill. The stable hands took and the horse and promised to take good care of her. Mia after paying the stable hands went outside to talk to the captain.
She walked onto the dock stopping where the captain was on the boat trying to tie some ropes, "Got room for one more?"
The captain said while still tying not even taking a look at her, "Well, maybe if you got the money. You almost didn't make it there missy I'm about to shove off..." He looked up expression completely changing once seeing a fair looking girl who, from the looks of it, went through quite a night.
"Well I do have money. How much will you need?" Mia said looking through her bag for rupees not noticing how much his expression had changed once actually getting a look at her.
"Ahh.. Nah there's no need for that I guess, you don't look like you'll take up that much room. It's free of charge! Where are you headed?" He said with a grin.
"Well.. That's very kind of you. Warneria."
"Well that's my only destination on this route. That family over there," he said pointing to the young couple with their newborn child, "Are heading there too. It will take probably till early evening or night to get there even if I do not have any other stops. "
"That's perfectly alright." Mia said.
The captain hopped off and leaded the couple to the boat first. Taking the woman's hand he helped her on while her husband held the baby till she was on then he handed the baby to her and hopped on. After the couple was safely on the captain took Mia's hand and with a smile helped her in the boat too. It was a warm smile, but it slightly creeped Mia out.
He said while untying the ropes keeping the boat tied to the dock, "This might not be that cozy of a trip. The only room I have is in up here with no real shelter. At least if you huddle by the sides you'll be blocked from the wind. I have too much cargo and that all went inside, plus there's rats and mice down there it would have been worse than getting stuck up here."
The couple went to the corner way in front, huddling and smiling at each other. Watching their little baby, which was telling grand stories with its friendly baby chatter to both of them.
Mia took a spot further down from the couple next to a side and curled up in a ball using her shoulder bag as a pillow. All the hard objects in it weren't all that comfortable, but they still worked. She kept her cloak tight around her and her hood up to insulate her. It was freezing but she was too tired to care. A whole night of riding and getting woken up early yesterday was starting to get to her. The sails were risen up rustling in the wind looking ready and waiting. A few hands from the dock shoved the boat off away from the dock and the captain gave a wave farewell before taking the wheel. As the boat took off the swaying gently back and forth from the waves Mia drifted into a sound sleep right away.
(Note: After this chapter Link and Zelda won't be mentioned or if they will it will be very brief. So all you peeps that are hoping for more of a Link and Zelda story I'm going to have to give you a disappointment, for the rest will be all made up characters and Ganondorf the star bad guy of course!:P hehehe, sorry!)