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~Disclaimer: I Have a BBBIIIIGGG secret.... I don't own Zelda!! Isn't that a shock?!~
The Plague of Hyrule: Chapter 1
Discovery
Link looked out of his small house's window and sighed. Life had been quiet since his return to Hyrule. Had had spent 10 years by himself, with the occasional visit to/from Zelda, Malon, Saria, Darunia, and Ruto. Epona was still young and faithful. But now... something was wrong.
He couldn't place it, but somewhere evil was stirring. Since Zelda became Queen, things had been peaceful. Her father had passed away when Link was 18, leaving Zelda the only heir to the throne. All Hylians, including Kokiri's, Zora's, Gerado's and Gorons had lived together. Hyrule thrived, rich in trade, land, and peace. But now...
He got up and walked to the table that held his swords. The Bigoron Sword and the Great Fairie Sword rested here, along with a sword Link himself had forged, called Evilenemy (though he had no reason why he named it this, he just liked the soundof that name). Both the Kokiri Sword and the Master Sword had been returned to their original resting places. The other swords he gained in Termina had been lost somewhere between the parellel universes. Also, the Mirror Shield, Hylian Shield, and D0eku Shield rested on that table. He picked up the Hylian shield an Evilenemy, which he preferred over all his other swords because of it's light wieght and size. To LonLon Ranch! he thought and called Epona.
~*~
It had been weeks since he had seen Malon, and he was rather excited when he entered the Ranch. "Malon?" he called.
"In here," came the reply. She doesn't sound like herself, Link thought as he walked into her room. When he saw her, all excitement left him as if a whirlwind had suddenly blown his emotions out the window.
"Goddesses!" he cursed as he saw her. She was lying in bed, her face gray, herr eyes dull with fever. He rushed to her side. "What happened, Mal?"
"Well," she coughed. "I don't know, really. I was out feeding the horses when I coughed a couple times. So I came inside." Here she paused to cough and take several slow, labored breaths. "I lay down, and before I knew it I was to weak to get out of bed." She took another deep breath.
"Do you need anything while I am here?"
"Yeah. Will...will you pull up the covers, please?" After Link had done this she gave him further instructions to put some hot water on the stove for tea.
~*~
"Oh Queeeennnyy!" Link called, teasing the recently crowned queen.
"Link, you pest, what do you want?!" came the almost angry reply. Zelda had always hated to be called "queeny", and Link knew it.
"Zelda, listen, it's Malon... she's sick."
Zelda sat up immediatly from where she had been trying to take a nap. "What?!"
"She's sick. She can't even pull up her own covers..." He told her all he knew. As she heard this, she sank back into her pillows. Suddenly she sat up straight, an idea crossing her mind (and from the looks of it, it wasn't a good idea).
"Link, some of the people...in the market...They're falling ill, too! And it sounds just like Malon! I hope this isn't..." Her voice trailed off, and though the young queen didn't say so, Link knew she feared a plague
.
"A plague?" Link asked faintly. Zelda nodded.
"You've just confirmed my worst thoughts... I've seen a lot of sickness before-" Link remembered how she had to work three years as a healer in order to be a full queen (on her father's demands) "-but nothing like this! Oh, goddesses! I don't know what to do!"
Link thought it over. "Well, I'll go talk to Saria. Ruto... how is she
doing?"
"Ruto? As annoying as ever!" A grin flashed across her face. "Now that she's a queen, too, I talk and work with her lots. I'll talk to her and Nabooru."
~*~
"Link!" Saria ran up to him and he grabbed her arms and swung her around in a circle. She laughed as he gave her and the other Kokiris a hug.
Getting straight to business, Link said, "Saria, I need to talk to you." Catching the seriousness in Link's voice, Saria nodded gravely and led him to her house. Link smiled as he saw the boy still trying to pull up the plants outside of it. He drew his sword and chopped all the plants, except the one the kid was trying to pull up. That will save him a good twenty years, Link thought as he walked into Saria's home.
"Well?" Saria asked.
Link took a deep breath. "Queen Zelda and I think that there is a plague running around Hyrule. The symptoms are......" With each word Saria bacame paler, until she was chalk white. She had never seen much sickness, being in the protective shade of the Kokiri Forrest. But this...."
"Link, I know! I know what it is and where to get the cure! When I go into the Lost Woods, I often stumble across a door to another world that wasn't there until you came back from Termina." Link had told her of his adventures in Termina... (Don't worry, she can't read minds...) "Don't worry," she told him as he winced, "it isn't Termina. Anyway, in this world there was a great sickness. It's symptoms match all the symptoms of the disease you've just described! It is cureable. But.... I know not where to get the cure. It is only located in the Otherworld." She sighed, but Link pulled her into a big, brotherly hug.
"You son't know how much of a help you've been, squirt," he told her. "I'll be back soon!" he promised.
~*~
*Knock Knock*
"Come in!" Link opened the door to Zelda's chambers to find three queens sitting in the middle, holding a conference.
"Well, well, if it isn't my 'fiance`', my best friend, and the Orange-haired Wonder!" (guess who!) Ruto, Zelda, and Nabooru all stared at him.
"So, you finally admit we're engaged?" asked Ruto sarcastically. "Are you feeling OK?" He picked up a pillow and flung it at Ruto who ducked just in time, so it hit Zelda (who was sitting behind Ruto) instead.
Zelda glared at Link, her hair slightly frazzled. "Some best friend you are," she remarked.
"Heh heh. I always knew you could take a joke!" Link replied slyly.
"What about me, the Orange-haired wonder?" Nabooru chimed in. "What if I can't take a joke?" They all laughed as Link sat down.
"Well," he said, "I'm guessing you already know about..." They nodded. "Well, so does Saria. And, she knows where to find the cure." All three brightened at once.
"Well?!" demanded Ruto. "Where is it?!?"
"I was getting to that," Link answered, "and here's the bad news that goes with the good news. The cure is located in a different world."
~*~
The end of Chapter One!! Coming soon: Chapter 2: Run Away!
PLEEZ REVIEW!
~Disclaimer: I Have a BBBIIIIGGG secret.... I don't own Zelda!! Isn't that a shock?!~
The Plague of Hyrule: Chapter 1
Discovery
Link looked out of his small house's window and sighed. Life had been quiet since his return to Hyrule. Had had spent 10 years by himself, with the occasional visit to/from Zelda, Malon, Saria, Darunia, and Ruto. Epona was still young and faithful. But now... something was wrong.
He couldn't place it, but somewhere evil was stirring. Since Zelda became Queen, things had been peaceful. Her father had passed away when Link was 18, leaving Zelda the only heir to the throne. All Hylians, including Kokiri's, Zora's, Gerado's and Gorons had lived together. Hyrule thrived, rich in trade, land, and peace. But now...
He got up and walked to the table that held his swords. The Bigoron Sword and the Great Fairie Sword rested here, along with a sword Link himself had forged, called Evilenemy (though he had no reason why he named it this, he just liked the soundof that name). Both the Kokiri Sword and the Master Sword had been returned to their original resting places. The other swords he gained in Termina had been lost somewhere between the parellel universes. Also, the Mirror Shield, Hylian Shield, and D0eku Shield rested on that table. He picked up the Hylian shield an Evilenemy, which he preferred over all his other swords because of it's light wieght and size. To LonLon Ranch! he thought and called Epona.
~*~
It had been weeks since he had seen Malon, and he was rather excited when he entered the Ranch. "Malon?" he called.
"In here," came the reply. She doesn't sound like herself, Link thought as he walked into her room. When he saw her, all excitement left him as if a whirlwind had suddenly blown his emotions out the window.
"Goddesses!" he cursed as he saw her. She was lying in bed, her face gray, herr eyes dull with fever. He rushed to her side. "What happened, Mal?"
"Well," she coughed. "I don't know, really. I was out feeding the horses when I coughed a couple times. So I came inside." Here she paused to cough and take several slow, labored breaths. "I lay down, and before I knew it I was to weak to get out of bed." She took another deep breath.
"Do you need anything while I am here?"
"Yeah. Will...will you pull up the covers, please?" After Link had done this she gave him further instructions to put some hot water on the stove for tea.
~*~
"Oh Queeeennnyy!" Link called, teasing the recently crowned queen.
"Link, you pest, what do you want?!" came the almost angry reply. Zelda had always hated to be called "queeny", and Link knew it.
"Zelda, listen, it's Malon... she's sick."
Zelda sat up immediatly from where she had been trying to take a nap. "What?!"
"She's sick. She can't even pull up her own covers..." He told her all he knew. As she heard this, she sank back into her pillows. Suddenly she sat up straight, an idea crossing her mind (and from the looks of it, it wasn't a good idea).
"Link, some of the people...in the market...They're falling ill, too! And it sounds just like Malon! I hope this isn't..." Her voice trailed off, and though the young queen didn't say so, Link knew she feared a plague
.
"A plague?" Link asked faintly. Zelda nodded.
"You've just confirmed my worst thoughts... I've seen a lot of sickness before-" Link remembered how she had to work three years as a healer in order to be a full queen (on her father's demands) "-but nothing like this! Oh, goddesses! I don't know what to do!"
Link thought it over. "Well, I'll go talk to Saria. Ruto... how is she
doing?"
"Ruto? As annoying as ever!" A grin flashed across her face. "Now that she's a queen, too, I talk and work with her lots. I'll talk to her and Nabooru."
~*~
"Link!" Saria ran up to him and he grabbed her arms and swung her around in a circle. She laughed as he gave her and the other Kokiris a hug.
Getting straight to business, Link said, "Saria, I need to talk to you." Catching the seriousness in Link's voice, Saria nodded gravely and led him to her house. Link smiled as he saw the boy still trying to pull up the plants outside of it. He drew his sword and chopped all the plants, except the one the kid was trying to pull up. That will save him a good twenty years, Link thought as he walked into Saria's home.
"Well?" Saria asked.
Link took a deep breath. "Queen Zelda and I think that there is a plague running around Hyrule. The symptoms are......" With each word Saria bacame paler, until she was chalk white. She had never seen much sickness, being in the protective shade of the Kokiri Forrest. But this...."
"Link, I know! I know what it is and where to get the cure! When I go into the Lost Woods, I often stumble across a door to another world that wasn't there until you came back from Termina." Link had told her of his adventures in Termina... (Don't worry, she can't read minds...) "Don't worry," she told him as he winced, "it isn't Termina. Anyway, in this world there was a great sickness. It's symptoms match all the symptoms of the disease you've just described! It is cureable. But.... I know not where to get the cure. It is only located in the Otherworld." She sighed, but Link pulled her into a big, brotherly hug.
"You son't know how much of a help you've been, squirt," he told her. "I'll be back soon!" he promised.
~*~
*Knock Knock*
"Come in!" Link opened the door to Zelda's chambers to find three queens sitting in the middle, holding a conference.
"Well, well, if it isn't my 'fiance`', my best friend, and the Orange-haired Wonder!" (guess who!) Ruto, Zelda, and Nabooru all stared at him.
"So, you finally admit we're engaged?" asked Ruto sarcastically. "Are you feeling OK?" He picked up a pillow and flung it at Ruto who ducked just in time, so it hit Zelda (who was sitting behind Ruto) instead.
Zelda glared at Link, her hair slightly frazzled. "Some best friend you are," she remarked.
"Heh heh. I always knew you could take a joke!" Link replied slyly.
"What about me, the Orange-haired wonder?" Nabooru chimed in. "What if I can't take a joke?" They all laughed as Link sat down.
"Well," he said, "I'm guessing you already know about..." They nodded. "Well, so does Saria. And, she knows where to find the cure." All three brightened at once.
"Well?!" demanded Ruto. "Where is it?!?"
"I was getting to that," Link answered, "and here's the bad news that goes with the good news. The cure is located in a different world."
~*~
The end of Chapter One!! Coming soon: Chapter 2: Run Away!
PLEEZ REVIEW!