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~Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda~
The Plague of Hyrule: Chapter 3-
Lareena
The entry to this Otherworld was much different to that of Termina. Instead of endlessly falling, Link simply walked into a vast forest. He judged he was probably in the center of it, but despite his good sense of direction, he wished he had asked Saria more about this place. Sword and shield drawn, he plunged into the lush greenery, constantly aware of his surroundings.
About three hours later, he stopped to cool his aching feet in a pond. While his feet dangled in the pond, toes touching the bottom if he stretched (Odd, he considered, normally ponds start shallower than this....), he pulled out his trusty Ocarina of Time. Zelda had given it to him after she was crowned, telling him he would be a better keeper of it than her. He played songs he knew, songs he had just made up, and occasionally notes that didn't even make a song. To his surprise, as soon as he had finished playing the Ocarina, a burst of applause and cheers came from the other side of the pond.
Link was on his feet in a second, silently berating himself for letting his guard down. A girl was sitting on a rock across the pond and laughed as the not-booted warrior stood there...and stood there...and stood there...and stood there, never once letting his stony gaze on her drop. When she stood up, he held his sword out higher. Finally, she called, "Do I look like I am about to jump across the pond and kill you? I have no weapon, save my hands and feet." Nevertheless, Evilenemy still held its proud tip high. After a good three minutes, the girl walked around to where Link was standing.
"Ok...." She said, and sat on a rock. "I'll start.... My name is Lareena. This is my home, and I think you should explain why you trespass here. Your name, business, and why you carry those weapons...."
Link sighed and sat down on the ground. "Ok, fine. I am Link of Hyrule, Hero of Time, savior of the worlds Hyrule and Termina, and (my most recent title)-" he rolled his eyes, and she giggled "-Friend of all Nations. I come here on the request of Her Royal Highness, Queen Zelda, to find the cure for a plague that has struck all of Hyrule. I am sorry I trespassed, and I'm sure all of my silly titles should explain why I have these weapons."
"How did you get all those titles? I understand the Link of Hyrule, but Hero of Time...?" So Link and Lareena spent the rest of the day talking about his titles, their homeworlds (Lareena was no stranger to Otherworlds), and other things. When he came to talking of Zelda, she looked at him funny. "If she is the Queen, why don't you call her Queen Zelda, or something along those lines? You only seem to call her 'Zelda'."
Link laughed. "Well, we've been best friends since I was ten years old, and we saved Hyrule together. When she became Queen, she insisted that she needn't be called queen this, Her Highness that, by her best friend. She said she got enough of that from the nobles, servants, etc." Lareena considered this for a moment, than decided it was a good reason. By the time night fell, each felt like they had known the other for many years.
"Well," Lareena sighed, "goodnight, Link." She went up into the tree that she slept in and watched him as he laid out a blanket that he always carried beneath his shield to sleep on.
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[A/N: The dream part was in Italics, but the weird program I have doesn't save Italics...]
It was a dark night in Hyrule Castle, but Queen Zelda could not sleep. Exhausted as she was, she sat up weakly in her sick bed and looked around. She had the odd sense that there was evil around, a talent she had acquired since she was awakened as a Sage. In his dream, Link was next to the Queen. "LLIINNKK!!" She cried at him when she turned and saw him there. "There is evil where you are! Wake up! WAKE UP!!" After her warning was completed, she fainted.
~*~
Link woke with a start. Everything around him felt calm, he could hear some nocturnal animals going about the business, Lareena's gentle breath from the tree above, but nothing that could have to do with what Zelda had warned. Yet he heeded the warning, remembering that the queen had never been wrong in her predictions. "Lareena?" he called. "There's danger near. Stay alert and help me find it, 'k?"
"All right," she replied, already awake and moving. There was a rustle in a nearby bush, and immediately Link aimed his sword at it. When the thing came out, he looked at it in confusion. Surely THIS wasn't what Zelda had warned him about... Lareena laughed. "If that's your danger, you should go back to sleep. It's more likely to snuggle with you than to bite you." Upon hearing her voice, the fuzzy squirrel darted behind the bush again. "You don't have squirrels in Hyrule?" He shook his head no. Another laugh.
"I'll be back. Can you defend yourself while I'm gone? Do you want my bow?"
She snorted. "I've got my own bow and arrows." Link nodded, and headed out and into the woods. For a while he saw nothing. He listened hard, but still there was nothing. Finally, he turned and gave up, heading back towards his camp. He was hungry and dawn was on the way. Maybe Zelda was wrong this time because of her fever. He realized he had ventured farther away from camp than he had intended.
Then came the scream. His heart froze as he heard a battle cry from an unearthly warrior, and Lareena's own terrified scream at the same time. He ran towards the sounds until he was back at camp. To his horror he saw a creature twice his size cowering over Lareena, standing between her long bow and quiver and herself. Her back was turned to Link, but the creature saw him and turned his three red eyes and drooling fangs to Link, who had his sword drawn, ready to strike the rocky hide of the twelve foot thing.
To both Lareena and Link's great surprise, the Thing laughed. "Do you think you can kill me with that wimpy sword, Link, Hero of Time? Your pathetic blade would bounce off my armor, as did your friend's arrow," it mocked. Lareena fainted from the sheer shock of the thing talking, but Link stood his ground.
"I have other uses for this blade," he replied, his voice telling of courage that only one with the Triforce of Courage could possess. Indeed, if he did not have such a precious item, he would have turned and ran from the awful, scratchy voice that cam from this Thing. Instead, he continued, "You may not see it, but I can do many things with this blade other than strike. I also have other weapons than a bow or a sword." Already he was weaving the magical illusion of himself holding his sword in both hand while secretly was taking out Din's Fire from his pocket. While circling his opponent, Link edged closer and closer to Lareena, and when he was finally right next to her, he taunted the beast, saying, "Afraid to get closer, are we? Come on, coward! Fight like the beast you are!" As the enraged Thing lumbered forward as fast as it could, Link stepped one foot over Lareena and threw Din's Fire, creating a shield of fire for them. The Thing saw it and ran, but the fire, circling out in a twenty-five foot radius, still found its way to it and scorched it. The minute the fire left the thing, Link dashed forward and chopped his sword at the burns.
The Thing cried out one last defiant cry, fell to his knees, and cursed Link. Gasping, it told him, "Let you never have a moment of peace! Link of Hyrule, hear this! I am Prince of the Hajuks, and you will never be forgotten by us for this! Never!" With that he fell on his back and died.
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~Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda~
The Plague of Hyrule: Chapter 3-
Lareena
The entry to this Otherworld was much different to that of Termina. Instead of endlessly falling, Link simply walked into a vast forest. He judged he was probably in the center of it, but despite his good sense of direction, he wished he had asked Saria more about this place. Sword and shield drawn, he plunged into the lush greenery, constantly aware of his surroundings.
About three hours later, he stopped to cool his aching feet in a pond. While his feet dangled in the pond, toes touching the bottom if he stretched (Odd, he considered, normally ponds start shallower than this....), he pulled out his trusty Ocarina of Time. Zelda had given it to him after she was crowned, telling him he would be a better keeper of it than her. He played songs he knew, songs he had just made up, and occasionally notes that didn't even make a song. To his surprise, as soon as he had finished playing the Ocarina, a burst of applause and cheers came from the other side of the pond.
Link was on his feet in a second, silently berating himself for letting his guard down. A girl was sitting on a rock across the pond and laughed as the not-booted warrior stood there...and stood there...and stood there...and stood there, never once letting his stony gaze on her drop. When she stood up, he held his sword out higher. Finally, she called, "Do I look like I am about to jump across the pond and kill you? I have no weapon, save my hands and feet." Nevertheless, Evilenemy still held its proud tip high. After a good three minutes, the girl walked around to where Link was standing.
"Ok...." She said, and sat on a rock. "I'll start.... My name is Lareena. This is my home, and I think you should explain why you trespass here. Your name, business, and why you carry those weapons...."
Link sighed and sat down on the ground. "Ok, fine. I am Link of Hyrule, Hero of Time, savior of the worlds Hyrule and Termina, and (my most recent title)-" he rolled his eyes, and she giggled "-Friend of all Nations. I come here on the request of Her Royal Highness, Queen Zelda, to find the cure for a plague that has struck all of Hyrule. I am sorry I trespassed, and I'm sure all of my silly titles should explain why I have these weapons."
"How did you get all those titles? I understand the Link of Hyrule, but Hero of Time...?" So Link and Lareena spent the rest of the day talking about his titles, their homeworlds (Lareena was no stranger to Otherworlds), and other things. When he came to talking of Zelda, she looked at him funny. "If she is the Queen, why don't you call her Queen Zelda, or something along those lines? You only seem to call her 'Zelda'."
Link laughed. "Well, we've been best friends since I was ten years old, and we saved Hyrule together. When she became Queen, she insisted that she needn't be called queen this, Her Highness that, by her best friend. She said she got enough of that from the nobles, servants, etc." Lareena considered this for a moment, than decided it was a good reason. By the time night fell, each felt like they had known the other for many years.
"Well," Lareena sighed, "goodnight, Link." She went up into the tree that she slept in and watched him as he laid out a blanket that he always carried beneath his shield to sleep on.
~*~
[A/N: The dream part was in Italics, but the weird program I have doesn't save Italics...]
It was a dark night in Hyrule Castle, but Queen Zelda could not sleep. Exhausted as she was, she sat up weakly in her sick bed and looked around. She had the odd sense that there was evil around, a talent she had acquired since she was awakened as a Sage. In his dream, Link was next to the Queen. "LLIINNKK!!" She cried at him when she turned and saw him there. "There is evil where you are! Wake up! WAKE UP!!" After her warning was completed, she fainted.
~*~
Link woke with a start. Everything around him felt calm, he could hear some nocturnal animals going about the business, Lareena's gentle breath from the tree above, but nothing that could have to do with what Zelda had warned. Yet he heeded the warning, remembering that the queen had never been wrong in her predictions. "Lareena?" he called. "There's danger near. Stay alert and help me find it, 'k?"
"All right," she replied, already awake and moving. There was a rustle in a nearby bush, and immediately Link aimed his sword at it. When the thing came out, he looked at it in confusion. Surely THIS wasn't what Zelda had warned him about... Lareena laughed. "If that's your danger, you should go back to sleep. It's more likely to snuggle with you than to bite you." Upon hearing her voice, the fuzzy squirrel darted behind the bush again. "You don't have squirrels in Hyrule?" He shook his head no. Another laugh.
"I'll be back. Can you defend yourself while I'm gone? Do you want my bow?"
She snorted. "I've got my own bow and arrows." Link nodded, and headed out and into the woods. For a while he saw nothing. He listened hard, but still there was nothing. Finally, he turned and gave up, heading back towards his camp. He was hungry and dawn was on the way. Maybe Zelda was wrong this time because of her fever. He realized he had ventured farther away from camp than he had intended.
Then came the scream. His heart froze as he heard a battle cry from an unearthly warrior, and Lareena's own terrified scream at the same time. He ran towards the sounds until he was back at camp. To his horror he saw a creature twice his size cowering over Lareena, standing between her long bow and quiver and herself. Her back was turned to Link, but the creature saw him and turned his three red eyes and drooling fangs to Link, who had his sword drawn, ready to strike the rocky hide of the twelve foot thing.
To both Lareena and Link's great surprise, the Thing laughed. "Do you think you can kill me with that wimpy sword, Link, Hero of Time? Your pathetic blade would bounce off my armor, as did your friend's arrow," it mocked. Lareena fainted from the sheer shock of the thing talking, but Link stood his ground.
"I have other uses for this blade," he replied, his voice telling of courage that only one with the Triforce of Courage could possess. Indeed, if he did not have such a precious item, he would have turned and ran from the awful, scratchy voice that cam from this Thing. Instead, he continued, "You may not see it, but I can do many things with this blade other than strike. I also have other weapons than a bow or a sword." Already he was weaving the magical illusion of himself holding his sword in both hand while secretly was taking out Din's Fire from his pocket. While circling his opponent, Link edged closer and closer to Lareena, and when he was finally right next to her, he taunted the beast, saying, "Afraid to get closer, are we? Come on, coward! Fight like the beast you are!" As the enraged Thing lumbered forward as fast as it could, Link stepped one foot over Lareena and threw Din's Fire, creating a shield of fire for them. The Thing saw it and ran, but the fire, circling out in a twenty-five foot radius, still found its way to it and scorched it. The minute the fire left the thing, Link dashed forward and chopped his sword at the burns.
The Thing cried out one last defiant cry, fell to his knees, and cursed Link. Gasping, it told him, "Let you never have a moment of peace! Link of Hyrule, hear this! I am Prince of the Hajuks, and you will never be forgotten by us for this! Never!" With that he fell on his back and died.
~*~