Chapter 9- (I really gotta start naming these O.o)
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Amy had awakened peacefully from a deep sleep. Her eyes fluttered open taking their time to welcome in the morning's light. Groaning she thought to herself, "Argh... It can't be morning already.."
Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she slowly brought herself to sitting up. The glass doors leading to the small balcony were wide open. A large ray of the sun's light inviting itself right on in. The noise from outside the window and among the people in the streets stated that it was far past the early morning hours. Amy looked across the room to the small cot that they had set up for Mia, empty and barely touched. Hopping out of bed and stepping out onto the second story balcony she was able to get a good look at the life outside her bedroom walls. There sitting on the railing looking down at the people below was Mia.
Amy, shielding her eyes from the sun, which was right in her face; "Did you even sleep at all?"
Mia turned around kind of startled. "Well I did sleep, for about an hour." She said with a smile.
Amy just shook her head muttering, "You're hopeless." and walked back in the room.
Mia hopped off following behind calling out, "No, actually I'm sleepless." closing the doors behind her.
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Kay stood with his arms crossed, a serious look overtaking his face while watching his men run laps around the archery area. He was going to have them run in front of the targets while he shot arrows at them, but was reluctantly talked out of that plan. That was just the beginning of pay back for the endless laughing and mocking to him last night.
Aaron walked up beside Kay saying, "You think they've ran long enough it's been quite awhile?"
"Hrm.. Naw, they've only made it through five or so laps. Wait a minute, shouldn't you be running too? I can definitely still here your laugh ringing in my ear."
Aaron laughed, "Ah, remember this my hung-over one. I have just about as much power as you, the captain. Thing is you are considered a step above me cause you're a wizard. So you can't technically make me run." he finished with a bright, beaming grin.
"Ohhh.. Thinking pretty high of yourself huh? Heh, but when the real work comes I'm gonna end up being the "higher up" aren't I?"' Kay sourly replied.
"You got it chief." Aaron said still smiling.
Ignoring Aaron's clownish smile Kay yelled out to his men, "Okay you guys, laps are over. Now for combat practice with the dummies, and that does not mean with eachother!"
The group of sweaty and out of breath men halted some collapsing dramatically to the ground. When hearing the rest of Kay's orders they moaned and groaned in unison before trudging over to the other end of the training area. Kay knew they were joking from the mischievous grins they shot towards him. They'd get him back one of these times and the cycle of revenge would occur over and over again.
Following his men after seeing they all survived running, Kay walked off while Aaron stayed put. He called out to Kay when he was a few feet away, "I suppose you don't want to hear the news I have for you?"
He turned around with a puzzled look, "What are you talking about now Aaron?"
Aaron walked towards Kay close enough so he could whisper, "I found some real interesting things about that girl you were making a fool of yourself in front of last night."
"Oh?" He responded, a little more interested.
"Well first off, I didn't get too much info from Amy when I confronted her. So figuring she was hiding something I snooped around and got some pretty juicy stuff on that girl. A lot of the guys could recognize that she was or looked similar to someone."
"Yeah, go on."
"Boy though, when I heard who this girl actually is or is known to be, wow.."
Kay was growing impatient. Aaron was just stalling, "Well, if you're going to stall like this I might as well make sure the rest of the guys don't burn the castle down. I mean, I don't even remember what that chick looks like! I was so out of it I barely remember a thing that happened last night!"
Aaron's eyes lit up as he spoke, showing enthusiasm in his speech, making sure it sounded as juicy as it really was. "Oohhh.. Well hearing this will make you want to remember this girl. From a very reliable source I heard this gal is a sorceress, and a powerful one I may add!"
"Well what's the big deal with that? What is she going to do, cast a spell on me? Oooooo! She probably can only do card tricks! Bah, I bet I have more power in my thumbnail then she has all together." Kay said sarcastically, growing annoyed. Holding up his thumb for Aaron to gaze at when he finished his comment.
"Heh, I dun think so bud..." He said, pretending to walk off toward the rest of the men.
"HEY! Get back here!" Kay exclaimed, grabbing Aaron by the collar of his cape, pulling him backwards. Once he got Aaron to back up enough he continued in a quieter tone, "You aren't finished yet!"
"Woah! Kay, I never realized you were that interested!" Aaron said in a shocked tone, really loud so the rest of the camp would hear before quieting down again. "Okay okay, I'll get serious--"
"Woohoo!! Finally!"
"Alright, done celebrating?" He asked, putting his hands on his hips and tapping his foot, acting like a nagging wife.
Kay nodded obediently.
"Good! Now," Aaron began in a serious tone, "Yet again from this reliable source I have dug up the fact that this chick you severely blew it on, well, sorry to break it to you bud, but she was part of royalty!"
Kay didn't say anything and kept the same look. For he thought Aaron was just joking with him, like always. Ah well, might as well just humor him for the moment.
"Since you seem really interested I might as well ask you something smart boy. Ever heard of the fairly large island country of Hyrule?"
Shaking his head vigorously Kay still kept his unamused look.
Aaron put his head in his hands, scratching a certain spot on his scalp for a moment before rising up to look Kay in the eyes, "Might as well not drag it out any further... This gal, she is an big-time powerful sorceress! She is SISTERS to the Princess of that country! There's even a rumor that she is the daughter to the Goddesses they worship!"
Kay's mouth dropped to the floor, his face had the look of absolute shock. After a few moments of silence he replaced his shocked look with the complete opposite, a look of joyous laughter. Laughing so loud you could hear from miles around, so much that he had to take deep breathes of air in order to calm himself enough to speak, "Ohhh.. That was good! One of the best Aaron I congratulate you! You had that serious look through your whole little speech!"
"…I'm not joking."
"See?! Look! There's that serious look again!" Gazing for a moment at Aaron's completely serious face Kay couldn't contain himself anymore, another fit of laughter erupted from him. Most of the men in the area began staring oddly at the two, if they weren't already.
"Kay... I swear to you... I really am not joking!" Aaron's seriousness was starting to fade, mostly cause Kay was making a complete fool of himself, but he was holding on strong.
Looking up, getting a good look in his best friend's eyes, Kay's laughter stopped abruptly, "...... Really?"
"Yep."
"You sure?"
"Yep."
".. Positive?"
"YES!"
"She was... royalty?"
Aaron nodded rapidly.
"I acted like that around... a gal like THAT?!"
"Pretty embarrassing isn't it?" Aaron said, starting to snicker.
Kay didn't speech, he didn't even move, for he was completely dumbstruck. Patting him on the back Aaron dragged him off towards the other end of the training area.
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Amy was getting dressed in her room while Mia was looking through some book of spells trying to find a decent healing spell for her hand. It was wrapped in a white cloth, wrapped so tightly she was practically starting to feel her circulation cutting off. She needed this healing spell before she went nuts!
Amy turned towards her fully dressed in her usual day's attire, "So are you going back to Hyrule now?"
"Why should I?" Mia asked with a confused tone, not looking up from her book she was studying.
"Well... Isn't you task done? I mean all you were suppose to do was spy on Garrison, but now, well, you ended up killing him."
"You had to put that so hostile like didn't you?!"
Amy grinned.
"But I've been thinking. Maybe I could take over Garrison's job of spying on Ganondorf."
"Why do that though?! You already heard what Ganondorf's plans are." Amy arguing back confused by her friend's crazy plan.
"No one knows if that is the actual plan or not. Who knows, maybe Ganondorf didn't trust Garrison enough to give him the right or at least the whole plan. You don't know how good his army in training is, or his real plan for Aexis if he will try for Aexis or us first. And now since Garrison is dead Ganondorf's plan to use Garrison to trick us into attacking him is gone. I mean there are still a lot of unanswered questions, Amy."
Amy nodded but didn't give up in this argument, "Okay, but how are you going to even sneak into the castle? Garrison, had one major advantage with that, he was a guy! And even if you get past that Ganondorf may know who you are anyway. He definitely wouldn't forget the girl at the young age of 10, which knocked him off his horse with her staff when he chased Zelda and Impa out of the castle and confronted Link for the first time. You ever threatened to destroy him right then and there! I know for a fact that he didn't take that lightly."
Mia smiled while the memory flashed again through her mind, "Now that wasn't a threat it was a promise! And along with forest boy I did keep it! But, yeah I agree I did some dumb, knot-headed things… And this is just going to be added to the list! Anyway there has to be spells that cover up a person's appearance, and if I get a strong enough spell and act enough like a guy Ganondorf won't notice a thing."
"Yeah you hope at least! So you're going to do an old cross-dressing bit huh? You're right, you are a knot-head! Mia, you know how hard that is going to be to be a guy? It would have to take a STRONG spell!"
"I know.." Mia said trailing off and concentrating more on the books she was reading, "AHAH!! I found it!!" Setting the book aside Mia unwrapped the cloth over her hand. The white cloth was stained with blood and the cut showed its deep trench within her skin. Cringing slightly she took her good hand pressing it against the wounded one, applying pressure. She closed her eyes, chanting some foreign words under her breath until a blue glow came from under her hand. After a few seconds the glow faded and she lifted her hand, underneath was her once wounded hand, completely healed, with no trace of a scar at all.
Amy stared wide-eyed, she hadn't seen much in spells and sorcery before.
"Alright now lets get cracking! I want to become a guy by at least tonight or tomorrow!" Mia said getting up and grabbing Amy by the arm dragging her out of the room.
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Ganondorf sat peacefully in a small chamber, his personal chamber. One where when he occupied it had ordered to be left alone at all times. The room was small, dark, and dank. There were no windows, for he longed to be within the darkness and shadows. He was seated at a desk, one small candle lighting only the top portion of this desk, nothing more. His head was cradled in one large hand, elbow placed on the desk bracing it up. The candlelight flickered off his face, the flames reflecting into his dark eyes. His eyes, shaded over, showed no signs of a kind heart within, for they looked menacing even in candlelight. In his chamber he would silently sit, pondering about his master plan. A plan that will someday reclaim Hyrule, which is rightfully, his, and he knew it. A soft knock on the door before him caused Ganondorf to snap out of his thinking, coming back into this world. He loudly sighed, "What is it?"
The door was quietly pushed open. What peeped its head around the door was none other then the face of the old wizard, Aganhim. He stepped inside, Ganondorf looking up at him in wonder, curiosity, and annoyance for the fact that he was disturbed. "I have some news for you, my lord." The old wizard said quietly.
"What kind of news?" Ganondorf replied, keeping his cool and showing great means of wonder in his tone.
"Well," Aganhim paused, "In order to know if this news is for sure, sir. I need to show you something."
"Something?"
"Yes, my lord. Meaning you have to follow me."
"Argh.." The evil king groaned, slowly rising from his desk. His legs were shaky from sitting and stumbling slightly he made it to the door. It was a fairly funny sight how such a powerful man could barely make it to the door.
Aganhim, not saying a word, calmly took the lead out the door, taking them both down a dimly lit hallway. Ganondorf tromped right behind the old man, a black cape flowing freely behind him. The wizard could walk fairly quickly for his age, and from his pace he was going he was very much in a hurry. Descending down a short stone staircase they had made it to the basement, the floor that was even below the dungeons. The old wizard took a torch at the foot of the staircase quickly moving down a passageway to the right.
"Where are we going? I am unfamiliar to this part of the castle." Ganondorf said, gazing about the area.
"To see about Garrison." Aganhim replied softly.
"Garrison!?" He boomed, "What about him?"
"I have a hunch.."
"What kind of hunch?" He continued yelling, starting to grow suspicious of something.
"We've made it." Aganhim cut in, quickly changing the subject.
Marking a dead end to the corridor was a large, aged wooden door. Ganondorf gave the door and the wizard both a look of disgust. Why did he say that? What was behind this aged hunk of wood? Turning the brass knob Aganhim pushed the door open, revealing yet another staircase, with a look that it was rarely ever used in its time. Ganondorf tried taking off down the stairs, curiosity giving him the energy to take the lead, but the old man blocked his path giving him a look before descending ahead of him. Snorting Ganondorf followed behind him reluctantly.
Coming to the end of yet another staircase, they had finally made it to their destination. Looking at what stood before Ganondorf formed a completely stunned look on his face. His jaw dropped as he slowly walked forward. Aganhim had stood of to the side, setting his torch in its holder. What Ganondorf slowly advanced towards was a massive door. A double door, at least twice the height of him, made of a hard, black metal. It showed off a look of treachery, and that something, something that should never be released was behind it. There was a small inscription on the right side of the door, so worn that it was barely able to decipher. The inscription stated:
Beware of the Shadow's Shrine
Where evil shall gather and combine
A place where depraved souls are meant to be
A place the eyes of good would never see
"What is this!? What is this, this Shadow's Shrine?" Ganondorf demanded, turning back to Aganhim.
"You never knew about this?" The old man replied.
"NO! I, I never heard of this in all my lifetime!!"
"This is the place where the souls of deceased evil beings are kept. They are locked up for the fact that their lost souls will not wander, and cause more misfortune. No one is allowed to open this door, for if you enter they have the chance of escaping."
"But what does this have to do with Garrison?!" Ganondorf continued asking, as curious as a small child.
"Well, I had this feeling, deep inside of me. That something had happened, something dealing with Garrison. If he shall be behind these doors, we have lost him forever. For I had released him from this realm before, and he took the form of a mortal, therefore becoming one."
"So you say you think Garrison was killed?" Ganondorf snorted once again after talking. If Garrison was sent back into this "realm" he will be sure to make him pay, pay for failing in the mission Ganondorf had given him.
Aganhim nodded solemnly.
"Grr.. Well, how do we open this door? Or how do we tell whether or not he's in there!?" He said while looking about the door, seeing if there was anyway to open it.
"I.. I dunno if I should risk opening the do--"
"Risk it!!!" The evil king yelled running up to Aganhim. He looked into the old wizard's eyes, gray and clouded over, emotionless to everything.
"You don't know the problems that can occur." Aganhim said, not even flinching when getting stared down by the king of evil. Sighing he brushed past Ganondorf heading towards the entrance to the realm. He stood a few feet before the tremendously large door. Taking a deep breath he raised his hands into the air and chanted a few words. The doors creaked, and groaned, slowly opening themselves and revealing what was hidden behind. Letting the doors open slightly Aganhim froze, letting his hands come back to his side slowly and calmly. Ganondorf cruised past him almost in a gallop into the doorway disappearing into darkness. The old wizard quickly followed behind him, having the doors shut once inside.
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Mia stood in front of the full-length mirror admiring her new look. Roaming through old spell books they were able to find a spell that would mask your image. Only problem was it was one that wears off fairly easily. Most of the work was done on Mia's face. The cheeks and chin was stretched down a tad, so it would appear long and slender, not round. Her face also had a rougher texture. Amy had a blast cutting Mia's hair, causing to be half the length it was before, and with more of a sloppy and shaggy look. Never, will Mia let Amy get a hold of any scissors again. Some work was also done on the twigs that were her legs, creating them to be more.. manly like! Same thing was done with the arms.
Finding some material Mia had Amy wrap it around her chest and stomach area, hiding her womanly curves. It was so tight it was almost to the point of suffocation, but Mia now being the tough manly man had to learn to deal with it. Plus it didn't hurt that that wrap was the main factor used in turning her into a guy. Thinking for awhile they were about to cast a spell so she wouldn't have to wear the painful wrap, but since the spell was so weak they couldn't risk it. For the spell will disappear if Mia would have any injury inflicted on her at all, even if it was just a small paper cut.
Amy was in total shock, she couldn't believe how Mia had changed, "I, I can't believe how you look! You'd fool your own mother!"
"If I had one to fool." Mia said, still looking at herself through the mirror.
"OH! There's one last thing that will make this new image complete. A new name!"
"Yeah!! I forgot about that!" Mia walked away from the mirror, starting to walk around the room, pondering. "Well… It can't be just any normal name."
Amy snickered, "Yeah cause you're not a normal guy!"
"Now come on enough with the comments. Hmmm.. How about.. Carson!?"
Amy nodded, "Good enough I say."
Mia, relieved, said, "Ok good, it's all settled now. I can leave tomorrow morning before sunrise."
"Woah, hold it Mi... errr I mean Carson now. Don't go acting like you're invincible just cause you're a guy now!" Amy had to pause for a slight snicker, "This spell you had cast upon yourself will disappear if any injury is inflicted on you. And well, you can just about guess what will happen when people see the real you!"
Mia was starting to head towards the door, "Yes I have realized that and I'll make sure to remember it."
"Okay, okay! I know you know how to handle yourself in situations. But still, be careful. Goodbye my friend. Watch out for yourself, for you almost act like nothing can harm you." Amy said in a worried tone.
Mia turning around with a look and opening the door, "I do not!! Don't sound so worried I'll be back! I assure you! There is no need for you to worry for me." She finished flashing Amy a courageous grin and leaving out the door.