That morning Malon wouldn't even look at Link. She could't bare to.
After all, she had just gotten him back, and now he had to be ripped away
from her again. He was her best friend, her only true friend. He was the
only person she could tell all her dreams and fantasies.
It was now 3:00 and she silently helped Link pack. She took out Epona and saddled her, and slipped a bag of cookies into her saddlebag. She glanced up at him, not daring to look into his eyes, afraid she would break down, and said, " Well, this is it, huh? You're off to go save Hyrule." Link opened his mouth and then closed it, turned his head and mounted Epona. He gave her a kiss on the cheek leaned down and whispered, " Don't worry, I'll be ok." With that he kicked Epona and galloped away.
She stomped up to her room and flung herself on her bed, and thought," Yeah sure. You'll be fine, dead while I'm left here waiting for you to come back!" She started to sob. She was so mad at him!
"No! I am NOT going to stand for this. There has to be some way I can help him." She propped her head on her elbows. "Could I really do ok out there in battle? Link taught me swordsmanship..nah. I wouldn't stand a chance." She sat up and looked around the room as if she was going to find the answer to her problems. It was hopeless.
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When Link arrived at the castle, the whole place was swarming with men and women. He waltzed over to the sign up sheet where two studious looking men were studying the sheets. "Exuse me,' he started but was cut off with a snooty, " Name," from one of the men. "Uh, Link of Lon Lon Ranch." The man gave a slight "hmph" and said ," Be prepared for your training in an hour on Hyrule Field. Bring your sword or whatever weapons you can weild and there, you will be ranked. First deployments will be launched tomorrow." "What am i supposed to do until then?" he asked. "Well, why don't you go mosey on along and..meet..some of the other men," the other man snickered. "Nah, i think I'll just-" he was cut off by a sharp jab in the back, when a person in a white outfit with a hood covering their features knocked into him and fell on the ground.
The person composed themself and whirled around. It was a woman. Her eyes grew wide and she yelled, " Duck!" "Huh?" Link asked. He was forced down by the girl, and as he looked up a huge arm swept over his head.
A deep voice said," Now come on missy! Don't darn ya be no coward!" Link jumped up and looked at the man who had almost taken his head off. The big guy had a brown beard, overweight, bald head, and a big hairy chest. He smelled of dung, and his rotten teeth smirked at the two of them. A scrawney guy with mangled blonde hair appeared behind the big guy and said," Hey Damean! Don't hurt the pretty lady!" as he winked and poked Damean in the ribs. "She'll be mighty fun when we get lonely, hint, hint." he laughed.
The big guy, Damean, laughed too and said, "You're mighty right I wreckin, but this wrench needs to be taught a lesson!" The man who was with him took the girl from behind and had her locked in his grasp. She kicked and struggled but he had her in tight. Damean pulled out a whip and drew it back with a snap. He whirled it at the girl. She shrunk back and braced herself for the sharp pain. She looked up to see Link standing abover her with the whip coiled around his arm. He then, threw it down on the ground and glared at Damean.
Damean snickered. "Oh so Little Missy can't take a beating huh? Need you're little boyfriend to stick up fo' ya huh?"He hurled Link into a nearby cart, and then he threw his piggish face back and gave out a whoop.
Before he knew it, the girl had his guy rolling on the floor. "What the!" he gaped. He didn't even get to blink before she had given him a roundhouse kick right in his belly. With an "oomph" he tumbled back, got up, and ran.
The girl ran over to Link and helped him up. "Are you ok?" she asked. He rubbed a forming lump on his head and smiled. "Yeah. What are you doing getting into trouble with the likes of him?" She smirked," They wouldn't quit bugging me. Hey thanks for your help. What's you're name? Oh forgive me," she said as she took off her hood. She had long flowing red hair and dazzling green eyes. " I'm Alaya, the archer. Friends call me Ali." she said as she stuck out her hand with a smile. Link was confused, but he shook her hand and said," Link. Nice to meet you... Ali.You have a shocking resemblence to someone I know. Only, you have green eyes and she has blue...Other than that ya'll would be almost twins."
Ali paused a few seconds.Then she smiled again," Do you know Malon of Lon Lon ranch?" "Yeah I'm her ..fr..cousin! Well everyone tells me I could be her twin. Weird huh?" They finally let go of their hands. "I'll say..."
Link and Ali talked and trained the whole day together. At the end of the tedious day of hard work, the king and his Royal knights came to inform them who was going to depart for the first attack in the morning. Link and a lot of his friends were chosen in a group, along with some gorons, and Zoras.
"All the swordsmen will have a back up archer from above guarding him or her." The King started calling up pairs of names and Link caught that he and Ali would be working together. When he was done the king said," You and your partner will never part. You will always look out for each other. If I hear otherwise....you're as good as dead.
Link turned to Alaya, smiled and said," Ok partner let's go set up our camp."
It was now 3:00 and she silently helped Link pack. She took out Epona and saddled her, and slipped a bag of cookies into her saddlebag. She glanced up at him, not daring to look into his eyes, afraid she would break down, and said, " Well, this is it, huh? You're off to go save Hyrule." Link opened his mouth and then closed it, turned his head and mounted Epona. He gave her a kiss on the cheek leaned down and whispered, " Don't worry, I'll be ok." With that he kicked Epona and galloped away.
She stomped up to her room and flung herself on her bed, and thought," Yeah sure. You'll be fine, dead while I'm left here waiting for you to come back!" She started to sob. She was so mad at him!
"No! I am NOT going to stand for this. There has to be some way I can help him." She propped her head on her elbows. "Could I really do ok out there in battle? Link taught me swordsmanship..nah. I wouldn't stand a chance." She sat up and looked around the room as if she was going to find the answer to her problems. It was hopeless.
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When Link arrived at the castle, the whole place was swarming with men and women. He waltzed over to the sign up sheet where two studious looking men were studying the sheets. "Exuse me,' he started but was cut off with a snooty, " Name," from one of the men. "Uh, Link of Lon Lon Ranch." The man gave a slight "hmph" and said ," Be prepared for your training in an hour on Hyrule Field. Bring your sword or whatever weapons you can weild and there, you will be ranked. First deployments will be launched tomorrow." "What am i supposed to do until then?" he asked. "Well, why don't you go mosey on along and..meet..some of the other men," the other man snickered. "Nah, i think I'll just-" he was cut off by a sharp jab in the back, when a person in a white outfit with a hood covering their features knocked into him and fell on the ground.
The person composed themself and whirled around. It was a woman. Her eyes grew wide and she yelled, " Duck!" "Huh?" Link asked. He was forced down by the girl, and as he looked up a huge arm swept over his head.
A deep voice said," Now come on missy! Don't darn ya be no coward!" Link jumped up and looked at the man who had almost taken his head off. The big guy had a brown beard, overweight, bald head, and a big hairy chest. He smelled of dung, and his rotten teeth smirked at the two of them. A scrawney guy with mangled blonde hair appeared behind the big guy and said," Hey Damean! Don't hurt the pretty lady!" as he winked and poked Damean in the ribs. "She'll be mighty fun when we get lonely, hint, hint." he laughed.
The big guy, Damean, laughed too and said, "You're mighty right I wreckin, but this wrench needs to be taught a lesson!" The man who was with him took the girl from behind and had her locked in his grasp. She kicked and struggled but he had her in tight. Damean pulled out a whip and drew it back with a snap. He whirled it at the girl. She shrunk back and braced herself for the sharp pain. She looked up to see Link standing abover her with the whip coiled around his arm. He then, threw it down on the ground and glared at Damean.
Damean snickered. "Oh so Little Missy can't take a beating huh? Need you're little boyfriend to stick up fo' ya huh?"He hurled Link into a nearby cart, and then he threw his piggish face back and gave out a whoop.
Before he knew it, the girl had his guy rolling on the floor. "What the!" he gaped. He didn't even get to blink before she had given him a roundhouse kick right in his belly. With an "oomph" he tumbled back, got up, and ran.
The girl ran over to Link and helped him up. "Are you ok?" she asked. He rubbed a forming lump on his head and smiled. "Yeah. What are you doing getting into trouble with the likes of him?" She smirked," They wouldn't quit bugging me. Hey thanks for your help. What's you're name? Oh forgive me," she said as she took off her hood. She had long flowing red hair and dazzling green eyes. " I'm Alaya, the archer. Friends call me Ali." she said as she stuck out her hand with a smile. Link was confused, but he shook her hand and said," Link. Nice to meet you... Ali.You have a shocking resemblence to someone I know. Only, you have green eyes and she has blue...Other than that ya'll would be almost twins."
Ali paused a few seconds.Then she smiled again," Do you know Malon of Lon Lon ranch?" "Yeah I'm her ..fr..cousin! Well everyone tells me I could be her twin. Weird huh?" They finally let go of their hands. "I'll say..."
Link and Ali talked and trained the whole day together. At the end of the tedious day of hard work, the king and his Royal knights came to inform them who was going to depart for the first attack in the morning. Link and a lot of his friends were chosen in a group, along with some gorons, and Zoras.
"All the swordsmen will have a back up archer from above guarding him or her." The King started calling up pairs of names and Link caught that he and Ali would be working together. When he was done the king said," You and your partner will never part. You will always look out for each other. If I hear otherwise....you're as good as dead.
Link turned to Alaya, smiled and said," Ok partner let's go set up our camp."
