Chapter 10: And the adventure unfolds?
Link was more than just furious. His face a nice red color and looked like it was ready to detonate. Malon kept a good distance away and wondered if maybe Link thought that it was his fault that Karina left. And maybe, just maybe, Link thought that Karina had also taken his favorite Koriri sword. And his shield, and his durable brown boots and maybe his green Koriri tunic also that had been tucked away under his bed. But all that was a maybe and not proven.
Malon sighed. She recalled that day when Karina was stripped away from those green boots she used to wear and her forest green tunic similar to Link's missing one. Talon had said that she should learn how to dress like a young girl that she was and was given a whole new wardrobe that included some of Malon's old dresses. She could remember now when Karina opened her closet door and screamed. The dress was already enough for her to bear but an entire wardrobe changed from one day to another? Unspeakable. Unthinkable.
And then Karina had burst into tears.
Malon brought herself back to reality and stared at Link. "Link, do you want anything to eat?"
No response.
"To drink?"
Silence.
"Well, fine. Don't expect me to come around here and offer you anything. This is your last chance." Malon lingered a while before walking out the door.
"She took my sword. I can't believe she would do this to me. It's my sword…" Link muttered.
"Well, she said she was leaving, right?" Malon reasoned.
"I'm going after her."
Malon was stunned. "You're not serious, are you?" She received no more than a hard look. " It's dangerous out there. Everyday things get a little worse; haven't you seen those poes floating about the south part of the ranch?"
"Karina has no right to take my sword without asking. She's really gonna get it," Link thought aloud.
"And those real slimy things over towards the river? Those are yucky. I heard of countless of…" Malon kept on going on about it and was making Link sick.
"Ah, shut up, Malon. I do what I want."
Malon watched as Link headed out the door. "I'm going to regret not following those two."
;)
"Who does Karina think she is, queen of Hyrule? What do you think, Epona?" Epona neighed. "That's right, of course I'm correct." As he came up to a village called Veinalle, he tied up Epona and browsed through the place which was nothing to see really. That's when he caught sight of the mountain called Death Mountain.
Wonder what's up there? He thought and started to climb its rocky features. His trusty map that Malon had given him didn't mention anything about the place though it was plainly dotted on it. Oh well.
A high pitch scream filled the once quiet air. Link looked up in alarm and saw two women after a girl about two years younger than he was. To his astonishment, she resembled Karina. Wait a second, he thought. That is her.
"Karina!" he shouted however she didn't seem to hear him. Maybe he was wrong about it being Karina.
Suddenly, the girl was headed straight towards him and he had to jump out of her way. He gazed at the girl on her shield skidding down the slope uncontrollably, puzzled. More screams cracked the air and warriors appeared out of thin air and chased down the poor girl. She must have done something awful to be hunted down like that. He changed his direction and instead, he watched when the girl crashed against the boulder and a dark crowd formed around her.
Link had a sudden urge to go there and defend the outnumbered girl so he headed down towards them and poked them in the back. The Gerudo looked down to him in amusement. "Think you could be a brave hero? I think not, little one."
Link grew red in the face. " I'm not little!"
"Then you must be at the most twelve, am I right?"
"I'm not here to talk about my age. I-"
"-You're here to defend this young and poor vulnerable girl, am I right again? Forget about it. It's no use," the Gerudo whispered into his ear stooping down to his level. "She's going to end up not talking to you anyway and forget about your mere existence. Being brave doesn't really have all its advantages you hope for. Doesn't really get you anywhere, really."
"I do what I want, lady."
Taken aback by his rude response, the Gerudo immediately said. "You heard what this little creep just said? I can't believe this." Another Gerudo heard the conversation and blasted the poor boy without a second thought. "That'll teach the little rascal." -and before you knew it, they had all disappeared with the crack of Deku nuts.
"That could have been Karina in my Koriri tunic! I hate this! And these boots are crap compared to my old boots," Link complained staring at the oversized boots acquired from Talon. They sagged against his calves and were difficult to move around in.
Just then, a little blue fairy seemed to be flying out of control with the heavy winds about and crashed into Link's face at first unaware of the fairy's presence. " What the-!"
The fairy shook her head to relieve the pounding headache and caught sight of Link's dazed state. "Link!" she cried in happiness. She hugged his face fiercely blocking breathing.
"Navi?"
"Yes! Who else?"
"Uh, Tritana?"
Navi waved that fact off. "Well, never mind her. I'm so glad that I found you."
Link gazed at her suspiciously. " Why are you so glad to see me?"
" We have so much to do. You know, things dealing with saving Hyrule and all from utter destruction. Let me pull out my list." Navi stood on Link's knee as she pulled out a flower petal and called out things-to-do. " First of all, we have to go and retrieve the rest of the gems and then we can open up some fairy fountains I spotted that have been closed up and then,…" Navi blabbed all of what was going to be in this journey. "And of course, I'll lead you to all the necessary places you must attend to; you will be the greatest hero of all time! Doesn't that sound awesome? Well, we can't waste our precious time just lying around here, can we? Get up!"
"What's the meaning of this? I didn't agree to all that crap you're giving me!" Link retorted.
"You don't have to agree. You will end up doing it anyway, right?"
"No," Link reasoned. "And I'll tell you why also. It's because I'm irresponsible, annoying, lazy, rude, and all that doubled three times over. Let's don't forget my bad temper, shall we?"
Navi looked dully at this. " And that's supposed to scare me?" She flew up leveling to his eyes and then pulled at his ear. " You will do it either you want to or not! I swear upon this over the grave of the Deku Tree!"
"No," whined Link. "I thought I had gotten rid of you long ago."
"And you were wrong, good ol' buddy. It'll take the goddesses themselves to tear myself from this newfound mission."
"Damn it," Link sighed as he let himself be dragged up to Death Mountain.
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Note: uh, yeah. This might have arrived a little late but ok. Don't hate me for it. More yet to come.
-stargazer takile10
Next chapter: Life in a Desert of Thieves
