the song shall sing
Of the tale of the one,
far beyond the sun
Unlike Kaepora's last dream,he immediatley was awoken when he heard the haunting poem.He quickly looked around at his surroundings.It was familiar to last night's dream,except this time he wasn't perched on the wierd tree branch,but on an arm.A human arm.Kaepora jumped up in suprise,and then immediatley looked to his left to see who was attached to the appendage,if anyone.He couldn't see the possesor of the arm however,as it's entire body was engulfed in the same purple cloud material that the ground was made of.
The bird,the wing,
the song shall sing
Of the tale of the one,
far beyond the sun
Kaepora's attention was diverted from the arm twords the strange voice's direction.It was the Garo again,the same odd looking Garo from the day before.Kaepora finally got fed up with all of mystery shrouding the Garo and his cryptic poem."That's it,i've had enough of you sir!Identify yourself,or I will take action"!Kaepora said,taking charge of the situation.
The bird,the wing,
the song shall sing
Of the tale of the one,
far beyond the sun
"If this poem you keep telling me has some signifigance in the fate of the world,niegh,the universe then please hault the cryptic subtlety and tell me staightforwardly what the message is about"!Kaepora demanded.There was no reply from the Garo,only silence.Silence which would only be broken by the strange being's message and his approach twords Kaepora.
The bird,the wing,
the song shall sing
Of the tale of the one,
far beyond the sun
"You are truly in trouble now!I have a mind to report you to the sages!You must tell me what it means!You must tell me now"!Kaepora declared,now starting to get a bit angry.However,like all of the times before,not a word was spoken from the mysterious Garo.The only thing that would come from his lips,would be the cryptic poem.
The bird,the wing,
the song shall sing
Of the tale of the one,
far beyond the sun
Kaepora once again awoke from his disturbed slumber,letting off a short quiver almost in perfect sync with his nightmare's end.He then took a quick look around.He was inside the tree stump,and the drippy sound of rain could be heard from outside the tiny alcove.He poked his head out of the hole and looked up twords the sky.Although the clouds were blocking the sun,he could make out the earth's closest star being around the five o' clock position.That made it only about an hour until dusk occured,and when Kaepora would go out and start his nocturnal day.
Malon looked out of her kitchen window,gazing at the sun as it slowly crept behind the horizon.Or at least,what she could see of it.Clouds had engulfed the sky all day,flushing grayness and shade in the land of Hyrule.However,it hadn't rained a serious rainstorm all day.Just the plain,dark nimbus,totally devoid of any major percipitation.It almost seemed
as if their only purpose was to make things more gloomy and depressing.But Malon knew that mother nature would never be so cruely
emotionless,even on one of her off days,if she had any.It almost seemed as if it were being caused by something........unnatural.
Malon shook that thought from her mind and continued to wash the dishes.But still,something about it did seem a bit odd.For one thing ,the clouds that day were dangerously dark.She had been through storms
like these where clouds of that coloration produced tornados and gusts that could damage the house.But not with this,just mild drizzles at
different incriments of the day.Whatever was happening ,it wasn't normal.Malon knew that for sure.
It was then that Malon heard a quiet knocking on her front door.She hastily put down the dish she was cleaning and walked over twords the entryway."Who is it"?Asked Malon politely."Please,open up Malon",
said a very weak and raspy voice.Whoever it was,they sounded like they needed some help.So Malon opened up the door only to see her friend
from Kakariko Ellegan,also known as the "cucco lady",in a very battered and shaky state.Malon tried to let her through,but almost as soon as
the door had opened,Ellegan feel to the ground and blacked out.
Malon kneeled down to her fallen friend and examined her body for any cuts or bruises.Upon a closer examination Malon could see that bruises were etched almost all over her friend Ellegan,so many that it made
it look as if she had gotten some sort of skin disease.The bruises were the darkest shades of purple,and some of them were almost as large as the
injured maiden's head.And all of them bulged out like grotesct blotches,like some sort of dark mountain range.Malon also noticed a large
concussion on her friend's forehead,which could've killed her immediatly if it had been struck just a millimeter deeper.She was without saying ,
excruciatingly lucky.It amazed Malon that Ellegan could make it all the way to the ranch without collapsing.
Quickly Malon stood up and ran upstairs to her room.Franticly,she
scanned the room for her first aid kit.She jolted over twords her bed and began digging through her bedding in search of the kit,however
if she had been in the right state of mind she would have known that the first aid kit was in the shelf.However,she was frantic and nervous,for
she had to help her friend Ellegan or she may very well end up dead.Eventually she discovered the vital item and scurried back to Ellegan,at
which point Malon aplied potions and bandages to her bleeding cuts."It's a good thing your out cold Ellegan,or that would've hurt like
hell",Malon joked to her fainted friend,in a subconsious attempt to calm herself down.
~~Two Hours Later~~
"Ma....Malon",said a very weak voice.Malon jolted up from her chair and let off a shriek of suprise.However,she had recovered herself about as quickly as she had been paniced."Oh thank goddess Ellegan your awake",Malon said with a sigh of relief."Yeah,i'm up.Thank you for helping me,I can't even begin to think what would of happened without your help",said Ellegan raspily."I'm just glad your safe.So what happened?It looks as though you were run over by an armyof horses",Malon asked jokingly.However,Ellegan's expresions were nothing of laughter.She literally turned bleach white at the end of her friend's question.She then burst out into powerful emotional tears,which seemed to reflect an undescribable amount of sadness,fear,and shock."I....can't talk about it! I can't even describe it! Oh goddess it was so horrible!IT WAS HORRIBLE"! She said with a scream of pure horror.
"What in the name of Nayru happened?What is it?Ellegan,were you raped?If you were we can send that bastard........",Malon was then interupted."No,no Malon it wasn't rape.It was something so godawfully worse,hundreds of times worse than rape.I would of traded anything in the world if that was the problem",Ellegan said,calming down."Worse than rape?What the hell is worse than rape"?Malon asked."It was like,like someone delving into the inner most reaches of your souland injecting it with undescribable horror and fear",Ellegan replied.It was then that Malon thought about the wierd things that were going on in Hyrule right now.The weather,the animals,and her own bad feelings,could they have something to do with this thing that happened to Ellegan?
"Goddess,that sounds horrible.If it's okay,can you tell me what happened"?Malon asked her gently."(sniffle)I....I suppose it all started yesterday.You see,I was to deliver some eggs to Hyrule Market that day.I loaded up my wagon with the cargo and headed off with my two horses Minra and Litra.It was very beautiful that morning ,almost as if it would be the last beautiful morning in a long time",Ellegan said.Her last statement shook Malon to the bone.It was so closeto the feelings she had been having all day.A feeling of immenant gloomness and gray.
"The trip was going to take a long time,I knew that.Usually I would take four horses with me to the Castle Town,but the other two I was supposed to bring became mysteriously sick some time ago.Oh Malon,the veterinarian said that they were in terrible suffering.He told me I should probley put them to sleep,but I.....I just couldn't",said Ellegan asshe once again began to cry.Malon tried to comfort her friend,laying her friend's head against her chest.Stroking her hair,in an attempt to calm her down."But.....but,I suppose that dosen't really have much to do with the story",said Ellegan.
"That night it became denseley cloudy in the most unnatural way.The night sky was completely clear,devoid of anything but stars.You couldn't even see anything from the horizon.Nothing ,just nothing.But,all of a sudden,a large mass of nimbus came curreining from the left,covering all of the eye could see in a matter of minutes.For some reason,my horses completely freaked out.One ran to the right,one ran to the left,the massive force literally split the wagon apart.The last I saw of them,the were making a mad dash through Hyrule Field,as if they were running from death itself".
"With my horses gone,I quickly realized the unsafe posistion I was in.I was stuck in the middle of Hyrule Field,with no protection,two crates full of eggs,and Stalchilds all over the place.I had to make a run for it.So,ignoring my cargo,I climbed out of the broken wagon and started to make my way here,to Lon Lon Ranch.It was the only place I could think of that would be close enough to get to within a day.After a few hours of mindless running I realized something odd.There weren't even any Stalchilds outside that night,not a one.I had been running away from nothing but thin air".
"I felt like an idiout,and a very tired one at that.My body was completely overwhelmed with fatigue.I then decided to go to sleep,and layed down on the soil.I had no sleeping equipment,so I just had to make due with what I had.I didn't really sleep that well,but I think that goes without saying.It was really cold that night,and I found myself shivering myself awake at some points during my slumber.I ended up having to use a pile of fallen autumn leaves as warmth,it wasn't very comfortable but it was better than nothing".
"The next day I continued on to Lon Lon Ranch,soaked from the drizzley rain that had been going on that morning.It wasn't that long ,or that much of a downpour,but it was enough to get me uncomfortabley wet.It was very eerie and quiet that morning ,as if the all the noise in the universe had been muted.There weren't any chirping birds,or croaking frogs,or even any dawn crickets.Just the quiet drizzle of a miniscuel rainfall".
"That afternoon,is when,is when",Ellegan paused.Her eyes watered up.Several tears dripped down her face.She continued."Is when it happened",she said,holding back a tremendous crying tantrum while slaving the words to come from her mouth."I....I was walking through the field,and....I saw a man on a horse slowly trotting by.I immediatley got a bad feeling from that fellow,something about him just seemed,seemed,I know this must sound crazy.Something about him seemed so....dark and....unnatural",she said with a very shivery tone.
"When we crossed paths the person looked me in the eye and.....",she paused.She broke down.The crying she had been holding back,burst from her like a bat out of hell.You could of heard her cries of pain from miles away,her tramatized screams of horror.Malon's ears almost began to bleed,and she was in disbelief that any person could produce such things from their vocal cords.And then,Ellegan collapsed,and once again slipped into unconsiousness.