A/N: I do not own Zelda or any of its characters. I'm just a fan. ^____^
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The Action Begins.
Link sat against the back of his tree-home in the Kokiri Forest, his melody lifting and dropping gracefully. A Kokiri female, Saria, stared at him through huge green eyes.
"Oh Link, you're music is so beautiful! Do you think you could teach me to play?" she smiled dreamily at him, but he didn't seem to notice.
"Of course, anyone can learn."
"Link!" a voice rang out through the air and thundering hoof beats shook the earth. Zelda pulled her white mare to a stop gracefully, and it pranced around excitedly.
"Link!" Zelda climbed quickly down from her mare, and said, "Link! I need your help."
"Zelda!" Link smiled at his child-hood friend. "What're you doing here? Where are your guards?"
"Link! I need to tell you something!" Zelda's eyes were misted with seriousness, and Link began to get uneasy. "Link, four strangers came to the palace today, begging for food for their starving country. Two were guards and two were the King and Queen. Only one showed her face. the woman. She called herself Azella, and her husband Velno. The King- Velno got up, and."
"What happened?" Link grabbed Zelda's shoulders, and his eyes bored into hers. She was almost as tall as he was, and surprisingly, probably as strong. They had had fake swordfights often, and Zelda didn't have the tiny useless body most princesses have.
"Link. I." she stared at Link's mare, Epona. "Get on Epona. Follow Sage and I out of here, and I'll show you what he did."
"Link!" Saria finally spoke up, "Are you going to have to save the world again?"
"I don't know," he admitted. "But bye Saria." He pecked her on the cheek (no, this is NOT a Saria/Link story!) and saddled Epona quickly. Epona was frisky and ready to go. She pranced over to Epona, an old friend of hers, and they touched noses with glee.
"Let's go, Link," Zelda called and took off with a blast of dust. Link laughed and sped off on Epona. They flew past Mido, and pranced in between each other's tracks gracefully. Zelda almost forgot what had happened. The two then rode side by side, absorbed in their thoughts.
Suddenly, Link stopped, and his mouth opened in horror. His homeland, Hyrule, was in ruins. What used to be Hyrule Field was now nothing but a huge patch of dirt with dust tornadoes and scraggly trees. What used to be waving rows of crops were now bare stalks, standing lifeless and gray against the sky. The he saw it. Hyrule Castle.
It was half collapsed, with burst of stone and dirt falling from it every few seconds. Link swallowed, but couldn't control his anger.
"Arrrrrr!" he cried, and he sped across what was left of the field at top speed.
"Link! Wait!" Zelda led Sage towards Epona, and skidded out in front of her. "I know you're angry, so am I. But what good is screaming and overworking a horse going to do?" Link could barely see her in the pathetic light the sun gave, but her posture was of all pride. Her back was straight, her face up, her eyes soft, and her words true. Her silhouette was tall and strong, and she looked like she could move mountains. "Come on, Link. Follow me."
They trotted slowly up to the dark, looming remains of the castle. Link watched Zelda's face. Her stolid look faltered for a second, but she quickly pointed her nose a bit higher.
They entered the castle, and Link could tell Epona was getting jumpy, and he knew why. Death. He could smell it in the air.
Zelda led Link into the throne room, where the event had taken place an hour earlier. Dead guards littered the ground. Link was shocked. "How did you live?" he asked, turning Epona towards Zelda with a smooth movement.
"I am a Sage," she said simply, "I have my ways."
Epona and Sage picked their way across the room, and when Link asked what they were doing, Zelda just said, "Shh!"
Zelda stopped Sage and got off. She was careful to avoid the bodies, and she walked to a wall. She took off a ring off one of her long fingers and stuck it in a small hole. The wall slid into a doorway. "Follow me," Zelda whispered, and she grabbed a torch from the wall. Link took one for himself.
The long, stone hallway was musky and damp, and it smelled of rats and rotten bodies. "Is this hell?" Link asked once.
"No. too damp," Zelda answered, and she strode over a large puddle of water.
Finally, she led him into a huge room, completely dark except for her and Link's torch. Link pulled out his sword and began to get nervous. Eeriness hung in the air, and Link eyed his surroundings with growing caution.
Link suddenly ran into something hard, and whirled around, poised, sword high, ready for action. But it was nothing but a huge stone coffin. Link's relief lasted only a second. "Is this a crypt?" he asked, eyes widening.
"Well, it's supposed to be." Zelda appeared beside Link, and lifted the stone lid and slid it to the ground. It hit the ground and the walls shook, and there was a loud clashing and crack. Loud enough to wake the dead.
"There wouldn't happen to be vampires in here, would there?" Link held his sword in an attack position, and he moved stealthily guarding Zelda.
"Here it is," Zelda lifted a large glowing sword out of the coffin, and she flipped it smoothly in her hand. "And if there are? This sword is the only thing other than a stake that will kill vampires." She said it rather loudly, and Link swore he heard a rustling of capes.
Suddenly, Zelda turned, and was met with two glowing red eyes boring through the darkness.
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Me: What will happen to Link and Zelda? Is it a vampire? Do you really care?
Link: So I'm getting my first paycheck when?
Me: Shhh!!!! You're ruining the mystery!! Tune in next time!!!
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The Action Begins.
Link sat against the back of his tree-home in the Kokiri Forest, his melody lifting and dropping gracefully. A Kokiri female, Saria, stared at him through huge green eyes.
"Oh Link, you're music is so beautiful! Do you think you could teach me to play?" she smiled dreamily at him, but he didn't seem to notice.
"Of course, anyone can learn."
"Link!" a voice rang out through the air and thundering hoof beats shook the earth. Zelda pulled her white mare to a stop gracefully, and it pranced around excitedly.
"Link!" Zelda climbed quickly down from her mare, and said, "Link! I need your help."
"Zelda!" Link smiled at his child-hood friend. "What're you doing here? Where are your guards?"
"Link! I need to tell you something!" Zelda's eyes were misted with seriousness, and Link began to get uneasy. "Link, four strangers came to the palace today, begging for food for their starving country. Two were guards and two were the King and Queen. Only one showed her face. the woman. She called herself Azella, and her husband Velno. The King- Velno got up, and."
"What happened?" Link grabbed Zelda's shoulders, and his eyes bored into hers. She was almost as tall as he was, and surprisingly, probably as strong. They had had fake swordfights often, and Zelda didn't have the tiny useless body most princesses have.
"Link. I." she stared at Link's mare, Epona. "Get on Epona. Follow Sage and I out of here, and I'll show you what he did."
"Link!" Saria finally spoke up, "Are you going to have to save the world again?"
"I don't know," he admitted. "But bye Saria." He pecked her on the cheek (no, this is NOT a Saria/Link story!) and saddled Epona quickly. Epona was frisky and ready to go. She pranced over to Epona, an old friend of hers, and they touched noses with glee.
"Let's go, Link," Zelda called and took off with a blast of dust. Link laughed and sped off on Epona. They flew past Mido, and pranced in between each other's tracks gracefully. Zelda almost forgot what had happened. The two then rode side by side, absorbed in their thoughts.
Suddenly, Link stopped, and his mouth opened in horror. His homeland, Hyrule, was in ruins. What used to be Hyrule Field was now nothing but a huge patch of dirt with dust tornadoes and scraggly trees. What used to be waving rows of crops were now bare stalks, standing lifeless and gray against the sky. The he saw it. Hyrule Castle.
It was half collapsed, with burst of stone and dirt falling from it every few seconds. Link swallowed, but couldn't control his anger.
"Arrrrrr!" he cried, and he sped across what was left of the field at top speed.
"Link! Wait!" Zelda led Sage towards Epona, and skidded out in front of her. "I know you're angry, so am I. But what good is screaming and overworking a horse going to do?" Link could barely see her in the pathetic light the sun gave, but her posture was of all pride. Her back was straight, her face up, her eyes soft, and her words true. Her silhouette was tall and strong, and she looked like she could move mountains. "Come on, Link. Follow me."
They trotted slowly up to the dark, looming remains of the castle. Link watched Zelda's face. Her stolid look faltered for a second, but she quickly pointed her nose a bit higher.
They entered the castle, and Link could tell Epona was getting jumpy, and he knew why. Death. He could smell it in the air.
Zelda led Link into the throne room, where the event had taken place an hour earlier. Dead guards littered the ground. Link was shocked. "How did you live?" he asked, turning Epona towards Zelda with a smooth movement.
"I am a Sage," she said simply, "I have my ways."
Epona and Sage picked their way across the room, and when Link asked what they were doing, Zelda just said, "Shh!"
Zelda stopped Sage and got off. She was careful to avoid the bodies, and she walked to a wall. She took off a ring off one of her long fingers and stuck it in a small hole. The wall slid into a doorway. "Follow me," Zelda whispered, and she grabbed a torch from the wall. Link took one for himself.
The long, stone hallway was musky and damp, and it smelled of rats and rotten bodies. "Is this hell?" Link asked once.
"No. too damp," Zelda answered, and she strode over a large puddle of water.
Finally, she led him into a huge room, completely dark except for her and Link's torch. Link pulled out his sword and began to get nervous. Eeriness hung in the air, and Link eyed his surroundings with growing caution.
Link suddenly ran into something hard, and whirled around, poised, sword high, ready for action. But it was nothing but a huge stone coffin. Link's relief lasted only a second. "Is this a crypt?" he asked, eyes widening.
"Well, it's supposed to be." Zelda appeared beside Link, and lifted the stone lid and slid it to the ground. It hit the ground and the walls shook, and there was a loud clashing and crack. Loud enough to wake the dead.
"There wouldn't happen to be vampires in here, would there?" Link held his sword in an attack position, and he moved stealthily guarding Zelda.
"Here it is," Zelda lifted a large glowing sword out of the coffin, and she flipped it smoothly in her hand. "And if there are? This sword is the only thing other than a stake that will kill vampires." She said it rather loudly, and Link swore he heard a rustling of capes.
Suddenly, Zelda turned, and was met with two glowing red eyes boring through the darkness.
* * *
Me: What will happen to Link and Zelda? Is it a vampire? Do you really care?
Link: So I'm getting my first paycheck when?
Me: Shhh!!!! You're ruining the mystery!! Tune in next time!!!
