Mia was awaken by something wet and cold hitting her nose. She opened her eyes and looked up. It was about early evening, but clouds darkened the sky making it seem like nightfall. Clouds overhead billowed around each other colliding and reforming in a chaotic mixture of gray puffs. Rain was just starting to come down in a light drizzle. The air had that unsettling feeling that a storm was near. Lightning was still no where to be found, but thunder would rumble off in a far away distance only loud enough to slightly startle the nerves. The couple in the other corner was sound asleep. The captain was located in small sheltered area of the boat, where three walls surrounded him. To the front of his shelter was a solid sheet of glass, and to the back an unprotected opening. It was built to shelter the fragile instruments that were essential to any sailor. He was gripping the wheel tightly while eyeing the sea that surrounded them nervously. The wind was growing stronger, white caps were all that was too be seen when looking out on the water. They crashed up against the side of the boat causing a loud ruckus while the boat rocked slightly with each hit. Mia got up and walked over to the uneasy captain stumbling once in awhile when the boat all of a sudden jerked.
"So storm's a coming I see." She said not knowing how to start a conversation with him.
He nodded, "Looks from the sky that we'll hit the worst part of the storm when we reach Waneria. Luckily, it will still be daylight by the time we get there. I think and hope anyway."
A strike of lightning went straight across the sky creating a blinding white flash, thunder so loud that it rattled the glass followed it and finally the rain started coming down in sheets.
The captain turned to Mia and yelled over the roar of the rain, "Go wake up that couple and bring them in here they shouldn't be out there!"
"Right." Mia said running out to get them up. The pouring rain was enough of a wake up call for those two. Sleepily but quickly the father got up waking his wife up and trying to get her to stand up. Mia showed up right when they got to their feet and helped them force their way to the shelter area. The sudden gusts of wind were strong enough to knock a person off their feet. Darkness was coming fast, but the lightning would create flashes brighter then the sun on a cloudless day.
The island of Waneria was now starting to come into view. The messenger was right in saying that it was a small island, for it didn't even cover a half of the horizon. The shape and details of the island were getting clearer and clearer as they slowly approached with complete darkness at their heels. The island had a bushy black or darkish green appearance from the thick forests covering the entire surface. Except for the small clearing near the shore where the only village of the island was located. Then there was the mountain, inhabiting the area right smack in the middle of the island and the castle nestled up nice and snug against it. A dull yellow glow came from the lights of the shoreline lighting up the docks and water around it like a huge flashlight, better then any lighthouse. They were entering the docks before the brunt of the storm hadn't reached the ship or the island yet. From the looks of it the worst might have even missed them completely.
The captain yelled over the continuous roar of the rain to Mia once they were closing in on the docks, "Now once we get to the docks I'm going to need your help. When we get close enough I'll have you take the wheel and hold it steady while I run up to the front, grab the rope, jump on the dock and tie the boat up okay? You don't need to worry about the sail and cargo once we're docked I'll have the guys that work here help me unload it."
Mia nodded to the man's instructions. Once he did finish explaining she took the wheel from him and he hurried to the front of the boat. Right away she thought these instructions would be almost too easy. All you got to do is hold the wheel steady right? Wrong. From the rough waters Mia unsuspectingly lost grip of the wheel as it jerked out of her hands. When that incident had occurred the captain was thrown to the front of the boat right off his feet colliding with the side. Good thing he wasn't thrown off or Mia would have really gotten chewed out! The captain slowly rose to his feet taking time to shoot an icy glare at her then stumbling quite quickly to the front of the boat. With a quick swipe of the rope he hopped off onto the dock guiding the boat forward.
Two men came out of a small building located right off the docks to help. One grabbed the side of the boat near the middle to keep it from hitting the dock and the other did the same only in a different location near the back. The captain took the rope tying the boat up as tight as he can, and hurrying to the back of the boat grabbing another rope securing it the same as he did to the first. One of the men came aboard the boat and helped the couple and Mia get off. After the couple was off they ran as fast as they could to the small building completely happy to be off their first and final boat trip. The captain and the other man started taking down the sail the wind and the rain whipping it in all directions. The one man that helped the other passengers off signaled Mia to get into that building too.
Mia called out as loud as possible so he could hear her, "Where can I find the pub in this village?"
The man pointed down the main roadway straight from the docks and buildings on both sides, "It's on the left side about four or five buildings down. It's the one that has the most horses and that is the loudest you can't miss it. But are you sure that you don't want to stay with us there is room?"
Mia shook her head taking off sprinting off towards where she was directed. Everything she had was soaked all the way through her cloak was so heavy with rain it weighed a ton. Having lightning flash and thunder crack right over her head though gave her a very good reason to get to shelter as fast as possible. Laughing, yelling, and music was heard before you could even reach the second building in a long line of completely identical buildings only different from the businesses that owned them. Coming to the, like the man said, fifth building down there was on with horses tied up all around where there was room. They all huddled under the extended roof to keep dry. The noise she heard before was coming from this building, it had to be the place. She tried to turn the knob to the large wooden door. Locked!? How could that be!? So she started pounding on the door with both fists. Desperate to get out of this pouring rain and cold, and hoping someone could hear her pounds through this thick hunk of wood.
Kay was not having one of his best nights. He looked around this packed pub at all the men he was captain of. All laughing, having a good time, surrounded by women, whether they wanted to be or not. While he sat here at the counter with 3 empty mugs of beer working on his fourth. Yes sir, tonight he was getting drunk. Even his best friend since the beginning of time and partner sitting next to him, Aaron, seemed to be having the time of his life, especially with his continuous flirting attempts with his girlfriend and the barmaid, Amy. Yeah sure, Amy was a really good kid and those too made a fairly cute couple. No, Kay wasn't jealous of him he was actually very happy for his friend. But Kay thought when becoming captain of the most rowdy and well-trained group of men in Ganondorf's army would always have its ups. He was now wondering when all that was going to start! Sure being a powerful wizard, a fair fighter with the sword and bow and arrow, and according to him pretty damn good looking would have a person living the high life, not according to Kay. Of course he loved his job of being captain, he was just sick of being, well, down-right lonely.
Having his men talk him into sneaking out a couple times a week wasn't helping either. The old buzzard of the wizard Aghanim forbade the leaving of the castle grounds. Kay's group though had been sneaking out for weeks without anyone noticing. It was a fairly big risk their sneaking out all the time, for if they were ever caught the men would be kicked out completely and Kay, who knows what Ganondorf and the old wizard would do to him. The two other groups, on the other hand, were complete goody-goody's and never even thought of sneaking out at nights. Kay's group, though, has not even been close to getting caught, so they had nothing to worry about yet.
His best bud Aaron slapped him on the back knocking him out of his dream world saying, "Well looks like someone's aiming at getting drunk tonight! What's wrong now, Lady trouble? Oh yeah I forgot you don't have a lady to have trouble about!" He couldn't say anymore after that, for he cracked up laughing so hard he could barely breathe. Yeah he was a good friend, but sometimes he thought he was too funny.
Kay slammed down his mug not fixing to lose his pride saying in a very slurred speech, "Now I can get any woman I want! I'll show you! You just watch! The next one that walks in the door is mine! No matter what she looks like!"
Aaron laughed at little harder at his almost completely drunk friend, "Alright you got a deal! The next one that walks in!"
Amy cut into the conversation slapping Aaron and scolded, "Now what kind of a friend are you acting that way!?"
He rubbed his stinging cheek, "Aww... Come on Amy!! I'm just messing with him! Hey! He said that the next one that walks in the door is his not me!!" He continued to beg, whining and coming up with really horrible excuses, anything so Amy wouldn't be angry at him. With a final attempt he gave her a kiss for forgiveness. She not one for holding grudges gave in right away and they went back to what they were talking about before.
Kay was getting pretty sick of the way those two were talking and was about to take his mug and find a different seat till a pounding came on the door, "Now who and the hell would be out in this weather?" He thought.
"Why aren't they answering this door!?" Mia thought angrily starting to pound harder, using all the strength she could muster.
One person sitting next to the door got up and opened it finally, mostly because they were annoyed by the entire ruckus that was coming from the other side of the door. Mia, not expecting it to open stumbled inside almost falling. The room went silent everyone turning their attention to this black hooded completely soaked stranger. All the people at the counter turned around too including Aaron, Kay and Amy.
Mia could see and feel all the stares the people were giving her. "What a wonderful welcome." She muttered quietly to herself.
She slowly pulled back her hood revealing her identity. Her face was completely white like a ghost from the cold. Her hair fell to her shoulders in dripping wet clumps giving her the shivers. She slid her cloak off hanging it on a nearby coat rack rainwater running off of it leaving a puddle on the floor. The black tunic of her's was still partway dry luckily. Mia, ignoring the different types of stares she was getting walked towards the counter through the pathway of tables and chairs full of people, hearing whistles from some of the guys as she walked past. She should have given a comment, but didn't bother.
Amy looked really hard at this girl that just walked in like she had known her before from somewhere. Her face after a long stare and a some deep thoughts lit up and she yelled, "It can't be... Mia?!?"
Mia smiled brightly, for she knew this girl too, "Hi Amy! It's been awhile."
Amy bolted out from behind the counter where she served and worked at all times running up to Mia and giving her a huge hug. After the greeting and a few exchanged words Amy led Mia to the rooms in back where she could dry off and they could talk more so in private. Once they both left the room everyone else went back to what they were doing before the stumbling entrance of the black cloaked stranger.
Aaron just completely cracked up laughing only quitting long enough to spit out, "Next one that walks in the door is mine huh? Well good luck! She looks like a bounty hunter!" Afterwards continuing to laugh so hard he almost fell off his stool.
Kay said nothing to his laughing friend. He just ordered another drink and waited for that mystery girl to come out front again. He was going to keep his word.
Amy got some of her clothes out for Mia while Mia told her about everything. Things in the past, Ganondorf loose again, Garrison, the whole deal with her being there, everything. Amy didn't like or trusted Ganondorf and neither does her parents, but they never fought against it there. For no one knew what that monster had done to Hyrule in the past. Even if they had fought against the people that were saying he's such a savior everyone would either disown the family, or else would have just been called crazy. A whole hour went by until just Amy came out front again to get back to her job. Mia was still drying off so wasn't quite ready to show herself again.
Aaron walked up to Amy right away with an actual partway serious look on his face, "Alright you seem to know her, who is that girl?"
"Now you don't need to know who she is. Because you have me." She said with a smile.
"No really Amy please tell me. I want to see if Kay over there even has a fighting chance."
"Well.. She's from Hyrule, also the same age as me, which is 22. That's all I can say though, I have to go back to work." Amy darted around Aaron finding her place back behind the counter.
Mia stepped out from the bedroom area. She took the stool at the edge and looked all over soaking in the sites and sounds. Kay turned his head and now finally saw his mystery girl from earlier.
He turned to Aaron who had just taken his seat next to him again, "Now just watch the master!" His speech was so slurred you could barely understand him.
Aaron just smiled and turned away. He couldn't watch what he was expecting was going to happen.
Kay got up from his stool about 5 or 6 stools down from Mia. He wobbled on his legs, which were now unfamiliar to him and grabbed the counter with one hand to keep his balance. Slowly he worked his way and practically fell in the stool right next to Mia. Mia startled turned her head and gave Kay a startled look that turned into curiosity. Kay formed a huge smile on his face but didn't say one word.
Finally, after a few moments Mia started a conversation, "Ahh... Hi?"
"Hey." Kay said, "My name's Kay. What's your name?"
Mia turned her head away for a sec to laugh at how bad his speech was slurred. Definitely drunk, yep. "I'm Mia."
"Mia huh? Pretty name." Kay said moving really close to her and putting his arm around her. His breath had a distinct smell of liquor. She didn't move out of the way as he moved in close, might as well humor him as long as he keeps somewhat of a distance. He didn't speak anymore, just stared. Mia was about to get up and leave until she saw something. A familiar shadow person ran out from the bedrooms in back darting through the walkway as fast as possible heading towards the door. She got one good look at him before he opened the door and bolted out. It was Garrison! What was he doing here he wasn't suppose to be here till the next day!? She turned and got up from her seat forgetting completely that Kay was leaning so much on her that she was his only balance, went to the door, grabbed her cloak, and took off out the door to follow him. Kay now losing his armrest and his balance fell out of his stool and on the floor face first and landed with a loud thud. The whole place roared with laughter.
Aaron seeing the whole ordeal helped his buddy off the floor laughing too. "Watch the master! Boy you are wasted!" With Kay's arm around his neck holding him up Aaron looked at the clock, 10:30. They needed to get back before the midnight check of rooms.
Aaron called out, "Alright you bums lets go!!" and with their captain practically passed out the training group headed back to the castle.
"So storm's a coming I see." She said not knowing how to start a conversation with him.
He nodded, "Looks from the sky that we'll hit the worst part of the storm when we reach Waneria. Luckily, it will still be daylight by the time we get there. I think and hope anyway."
A strike of lightning went straight across the sky creating a blinding white flash, thunder so loud that it rattled the glass followed it and finally the rain started coming down in sheets.
The captain turned to Mia and yelled over the roar of the rain, "Go wake up that couple and bring them in here they shouldn't be out there!"
"Right." Mia said running out to get them up. The pouring rain was enough of a wake up call for those two. Sleepily but quickly the father got up waking his wife up and trying to get her to stand up. Mia showed up right when they got to their feet and helped them force their way to the shelter area. The sudden gusts of wind were strong enough to knock a person off their feet. Darkness was coming fast, but the lightning would create flashes brighter then the sun on a cloudless day.
The island of Waneria was now starting to come into view. The messenger was right in saying that it was a small island, for it didn't even cover a half of the horizon. The shape and details of the island were getting clearer and clearer as they slowly approached with complete darkness at their heels. The island had a bushy black or darkish green appearance from the thick forests covering the entire surface. Except for the small clearing near the shore where the only village of the island was located. Then there was the mountain, inhabiting the area right smack in the middle of the island and the castle nestled up nice and snug against it. A dull yellow glow came from the lights of the shoreline lighting up the docks and water around it like a huge flashlight, better then any lighthouse. They were entering the docks before the brunt of the storm hadn't reached the ship or the island yet. From the looks of it the worst might have even missed them completely.
The captain yelled over the continuous roar of the rain to Mia once they were closing in on the docks, "Now once we get to the docks I'm going to need your help. When we get close enough I'll have you take the wheel and hold it steady while I run up to the front, grab the rope, jump on the dock and tie the boat up okay? You don't need to worry about the sail and cargo once we're docked I'll have the guys that work here help me unload it."
Mia nodded to the man's instructions. Once he did finish explaining she took the wheel from him and he hurried to the front of the boat. Right away she thought these instructions would be almost too easy. All you got to do is hold the wheel steady right? Wrong. From the rough waters Mia unsuspectingly lost grip of the wheel as it jerked out of her hands. When that incident had occurred the captain was thrown to the front of the boat right off his feet colliding with the side. Good thing he wasn't thrown off or Mia would have really gotten chewed out! The captain slowly rose to his feet taking time to shoot an icy glare at her then stumbling quite quickly to the front of the boat. With a quick swipe of the rope he hopped off onto the dock guiding the boat forward.
Two men came out of a small building located right off the docks to help. One grabbed the side of the boat near the middle to keep it from hitting the dock and the other did the same only in a different location near the back. The captain took the rope tying the boat up as tight as he can, and hurrying to the back of the boat grabbing another rope securing it the same as he did to the first. One of the men came aboard the boat and helped the couple and Mia get off. After the couple was off they ran as fast as they could to the small building completely happy to be off their first and final boat trip. The captain and the other man started taking down the sail the wind and the rain whipping it in all directions. The one man that helped the other passengers off signaled Mia to get into that building too.
Mia called out as loud as possible so he could hear her, "Where can I find the pub in this village?"
The man pointed down the main roadway straight from the docks and buildings on both sides, "It's on the left side about four or five buildings down. It's the one that has the most horses and that is the loudest you can't miss it. But are you sure that you don't want to stay with us there is room?"
Mia shook her head taking off sprinting off towards where she was directed. Everything she had was soaked all the way through her cloak was so heavy with rain it weighed a ton. Having lightning flash and thunder crack right over her head though gave her a very good reason to get to shelter as fast as possible. Laughing, yelling, and music was heard before you could even reach the second building in a long line of completely identical buildings only different from the businesses that owned them. Coming to the, like the man said, fifth building down there was on with horses tied up all around where there was room. They all huddled under the extended roof to keep dry. The noise she heard before was coming from this building, it had to be the place. She tried to turn the knob to the large wooden door. Locked!? How could that be!? So she started pounding on the door with both fists. Desperate to get out of this pouring rain and cold, and hoping someone could hear her pounds through this thick hunk of wood.
Kay was not having one of his best nights. He looked around this packed pub at all the men he was captain of. All laughing, having a good time, surrounded by women, whether they wanted to be or not. While he sat here at the counter with 3 empty mugs of beer working on his fourth. Yes sir, tonight he was getting drunk. Even his best friend since the beginning of time and partner sitting next to him, Aaron, seemed to be having the time of his life, especially with his continuous flirting attempts with his girlfriend and the barmaid, Amy. Yeah sure, Amy was a really good kid and those too made a fairly cute couple. No, Kay wasn't jealous of him he was actually very happy for his friend. But Kay thought when becoming captain of the most rowdy and well-trained group of men in Ganondorf's army would always have its ups. He was now wondering when all that was going to start! Sure being a powerful wizard, a fair fighter with the sword and bow and arrow, and according to him pretty damn good looking would have a person living the high life, not according to Kay. Of course he loved his job of being captain, he was just sick of being, well, down-right lonely.
Having his men talk him into sneaking out a couple times a week wasn't helping either. The old buzzard of the wizard Aghanim forbade the leaving of the castle grounds. Kay's group though had been sneaking out for weeks without anyone noticing. It was a fairly big risk their sneaking out all the time, for if they were ever caught the men would be kicked out completely and Kay, who knows what Ganondorf and the old wizard would do to him. The two other groups, on the other hand, were complete goody-goody's and never even thought of sneaking out at nights. Kay's group, though, has not even been close to getting caught, so they had nothing to worry about yet.
His best bud Aaron slapped him on the back knocking him out of his dream world saying, "Well looks like someone's aiming at getting drunk tonight! What's wrong now, Lady trouble? Oh yeah I forgot you don't have a lady to have trouble about!" He couldn't say anymore after that, for he cracked up laughing so hard he could barely breathe. Yeah he was a good friend, but sometimes he thought he was too funny.
Kay slammed down his mug not fixing to lose his pride saying in a very slurred speech, "Now I can get any woman I want! I'll show you! You just watch! The next one that walks in the door is mine! No matter what she looks like!"
Aaron laughed at little harder at his almost completely drunk friend, "Alright you got a deal! The next one that walks in!"
Amy cut into the conversation slapping Aaron and scolded, "Now what kind of a friend are you acting that way!?"
He rubbed his stinging cheek, "Aww... Come on Amy!! I'm just messing with him! Hey! He said that the next one that walks in the door is his not me!!" He continued to beg, whining and coming up with really horrible excuses, anything so Amy wouldn't be angry at him. With a final attempt he gave her a kiss for forgiveness. She not one for holding grudges gave in right away and they went back to what they were talking about before.
Kay was getting pretty sick of the way those two were talking and was about to take his mug and find a different seat till a pounding came on the door, "Now who and the hell would be out in this weather?" He thought.
"Why aren't they answering this door!?" Mia thought angrily starting to pound harder, using all the strength she could muster.
One person sitting next to the door got up and opened it finally, mostly because they were annoyed by the entire ruckus that was coming from the other side of the door. Mia, not expecting it to open stumbled inside almost falling. The room went silent everyone turning their attention to this black hooded completely soaked stranger. All the people at the counter turned around too including Aaron, Kay and Amy.
Mia could see and feel all the stares the people were giving her. "What a wonderful welcome." She muttered quietly to herself.
She slowly pulled back her hood revealing her identity. Her face was completely white like a ghost from the cold. Her hair fell to her shoulders in dripping wet clumps giving her the shivers. She slid her cloak off hanging it on a nearby coat rack rainwater running off of it leaving a puddle on the floor. The black tunic of her's was still partway dry luckily. Mia, ignoring the different types of stares she was getting walked towards the counter through the pathway of tables and chairs full of people, hearing whistles from some of the guys as she walked past. She should have given a comment, but didn't bother.
Amy looked really hard at this girl that just walked in like she had known her before from somewhere. Her face after a long stare and a some deep thoughts lit up and she yelled, "It can't be... Mia?!?"
Mia smiled brightly, for she knew this girl too, "Hi Amy! It's been awhile."
Amy bolted out from behind the counter where she served and worked at all times running up to Mia and giving her a huge hug. After the greeting and a few exchanged words Amy led Mia to the rooms in back where she could dry off and they could talk more so in private. Once they both left the room everyone else went back to what they were doing before the stumbling entrance of the black cloaked stranger.
Aaron just completely cracked up laughing only quitting long enough to spit out, "Next one that walks in the door is mine huh? Well good luck! She looks like a bounty hunter!" Afterwards continuing to laugh so hard he almost fell off his stool.
Kay said nothing to his laughing friend. He just ordered another drink and waited for that mystery girl to come out front again. He was going to keep his word.
Amy got some of her clothes out for Mia while Mia told her about everything. Things in the past, Ganondorf loose again, Garrison, the whole deal with her being there, everything. Amy didn't like or trusted Ganondorf and neither does her parents, but they never fought against it there. For no one knew what that monster had done to Hyrule in the past. Even if they had fought against the people that were saying he's such a savior everyone would either disown the family, or else would have just been called crazy. A whole hour went by until just Amy came out front again to get back to her job. Mia was still drying off so wasn't quite ready to show herself again.
Aaron walked up to Amy right away with an actual partway serious look on his face, "Alright you seem to know her, who is that girl?"
"Now you don't need to know who she is. Because you have me." She said with a smile.
"No really Amy please tell me. I want to see if Kay over there even has a fighting chance."
"Well.. She's from Hyrule, also the same age as me, which is 22. That's all I can say though, I have to go back to work." Amy darted around Aaron finding her place back behind the counter.
Mia stepped out from the bedroom area. She took the stool at the edge and looked all over soaking in the sites and sounds. Kay turned his head and now finally saw his mystery girl from earlier.
He turned to Aaron who had just taken his seat next to him again, "Now just watch the master!" His speech was so slurred you could barely understand him.
Aaron just smiled and turned away. He couldn't watch what he was expecting was going to happen.
Kay got up from his stool about 5 or 6 stools down from Mia. He wobbled on his legs, which were now unfamiliar to him and grabbed the counter with one hand to keep his balance. Slowly he worked his way and practically fell in the stool right next to Mia. Mia startled turned her head and gave Kay a startled look that turned into curiosity. Kay formed a huge smile on his face but didn't say one word.
Finally, after a few moments Mia started a conversation, "Ahh... Hi?"
"Hey." Kay said, "My name's Kay. What's your name?"
Mia turned her head away for a sec to laugh at how bad his speech was slurred. Definitely drunk, yep. "I'm Mia."
"Mia huh? Pretty name." Kay said moving really close to her and putting his arm around her. His breath had a distinct smell of liquor. She didn't move out of the way as he moved in close, might as well humor him as long as he keeps somewhat of a distance. He didn't speak anymore, just stared. Mia was about to get up and leave until she saw something. A familiar shadow person ran out from the bedrooms in back darting through the walkway as fast as possible heading towards the door. She got one good look at him before he opened the door and bolted out. It was Garrison! What was he doing here he wasn't suppose to be here till the next day!? She turned and got up from her seat forgetting completely that Kay was leaning so much on her that she was his only balance, went to the door, grabbed her cloak, and took off out the door to follow him. Kay now losing his armrest and his balance fell out of his stool and on the floor face first and landed with a loud thud. The whole place roared with laughter.
Aaron seeing the whole ordeal helped his buddy off the floor laughing too. "Watch the master! Boy you are wasted!" With Kay's arm around his neck holding him up Aaron looked at the clock, 10:30. They needed to get back before the midnight check of rooms.
Aaron called out, "Alright you bums lets go!!" and with their captain practically passed out the training group headed back to the castle.