A Shadow from the Past
A FanFic by Sheik
Don't think that the disclaimer you're expecting is here. It's in chapter one. Yeah.
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Over the next few hours castle life changed dramatically. People everywhere were crying, running about to make preparations, and some were just standing around in the midst of the chaos, the bewilderment at all this showing on their faces: Princess Zelda was one of these people. It was all Impa could do to keep her from being trampled.
"Are you sure you can handle this? You're awfully young yourself, and it's a huge responsibility. I don't want to put any pressure on you."
Impa stood, holding Zelda's hand, talking to King Harkinian, who was looking over the official documents that were in Shira's bag. His face was very grey, and Impa knew that there was no way he had slept at all the night before.
"Of course I am. If Queen Shira believed I can do this, then I can. Besides, can I really deny her last wish to me?"
"You always were one to argue. Well, I--- goodness, Zelda!"
The young princess had broken free of Zelda's grip and literally jumped onto her father's lap, laughing and smiling as she did so.
"How unladylike!" Giggled Impa. "Would you like me to come get her?"
"No, no, she can stay. She is my daughter, after all!"
"Of course," Impa agreed.
"Now, back to business. Were these papers all she gave you?"
"No, but she asked me to keep the rest a secret from everyone, except this, which she told me to give to you."
With that Impa took out a small gold key with a single emerald set in it and gave it to Harkinian.
"Hmm. I thought it was this……" he mused. "Tell me, Impa," he said aloud. "Do you know what this key opens?"
"I have no clue. Her Majesty never said anything about it to me."
"As it should be. You see, this key unlocks the treasure of the Royal Family."
"You mean…" Impa trailed off.
"Yes, I do mean that. This key opens the chest that contains the Ocarina of Time. Shira locked it away in a secret location when we first received a rumor that there was an evil power seeking the Triforce. Late at night, look for a lock matching this key. Tell no one why, but you may need help finding it due to the sheer number of locks in this place."
"Yes, sir."
"Oh! One more thing," said the King. Impa looked up at him. He handed her a document of some kind and a quill.
"Sign this," he said. "Once you do, you will become Zelda's official guardian and her sworn protector for the rest of your life. Are you sure you can handle this?"
"Of course I can," said Impa as she signed the papers and handed them to the King, who picked Zelda up off his lap and set her on her own two feet.
"Go with Impa now, and be good!" he said.
"Come on, Zelda, come with Immy now!" said Impa as she took Zelda's hand and led her out of the throne room, leaving the King to muse about something he had never heard before.
"Immy?"
As the hours past, Impa came to pity the young nurse she had seen earlier. The little princess wanted to explore EVERYTHING, and it was all Impa could do to keep up with her, let alone hold her back. Not that Impa wanted to, of course: at least most of the time. As far as she was concerned, the quicker Zelda got to know the layout of the castle, the better.
"One day, when she knows about her mother," thought Impa. "I will show her. I will show her the secret passages of the Sheikah that Anolan told me about. I will show her the Mazyv and the Wood leading to Kakariko. I will show her the spot where her mother saved my life.
"I will show her the truth."
A FanFic by Sheik
Don't think that the disclaimer you're expecting is here. It's in chapter one. Yeah.
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Over the next few hours castle life changed dramatically. People everywhere were crying, running about to make preparations, and some were just standing around in the midst of the chaos, the bewilderment at all this showing on their faces: Princess Zelda was one of these people. It was all Impa could do to keep her from being trampled.
"Are you sure you can handle this? You're awfully young yourself, and it's a huge responsibility. I don't want to put any pressure on you."
Impa stood, holding Zelda's hand, talking to King Harkinian, who was looking over the official documents that were in Shira's bag. His face was very grey, and Impa knew that there was no way he had slept at all the night before.
"Of course I am. If Queen Shira believed I can do this, then I can. Besides, can I really deny her last wish to me?"
"You always were one to argue. Well, I--- goodness, Zelda!"
The young princess had broken free of Zelda's grip and literally jumped onto her father's lap, laughing and smiling as she did so.
"How unladylike!" Giggled Impa. "Would you like me to come get her?"
"No, no, she can stay. She is my daughter, after all!"
"Of course," Impa agreed.
"Now, back to business. Were these papers all she gave you?"
"No, but she asked me to keep the rest a secret from everyone, except this, which she told me to give to you."
With that Impa took out a small gold key with a single emerald set in it and gave it to Harkinian.
"Hmm. I thought it was this……" he mused. "Tell me, Impa," he said aloud. "Do you know what this key opens?"
"I have no clue. Her Majesty never said anything about it to me."
"As it should be. You see, this key unlocks the treasure of the Royal Family."
"You mean…" Impa trailed off.
"Yes, I do mean that. This key opens the chest that contains the Ocarina of Time. Shira locked it away in a secret location when we first received a rumor that there was an evil power seeking the Triforce. Late at night, look for a lock matching this key. Tell no one why, but you may need help finding it due to the sheer number of locks in this place."
"Yes, sir."
"Oh! One more thing," said the King. Impa looked up at him. He handed her a document of some kind and a quill.
"Sign this," he said. "Once you do, you will become Zelda's official guardian and her sworn protector for the rest of your life. Are you sure you can handle this?"
"Of course I can," said Impa as she signed the papers and handed them to the King, who picked Zelda up off his lap and set her on her own two feet.
"Go with Impa now, and be good!" he said.
"Come on, Zelda, come with Immy now!" said Impa as she took Zelda's hand and led her out of the throne room, leaving the King to muse about something he had never heard before.
"Immy?"
As the hours past, Impa came to pity the young nurse she had seen earlier. The little princess wanted to explore EVERYTHING, and it was all Impa could do to keep up with her, let alone hold her back. Not that Impa wanted to, of course: at least most of the time. As far as she was concerned, the quicker Zelda got to know the layout of the castle, the better.
"One day, when she knows about her mother," thought Impa. "I will show her. I will show her the secret passages of the Sheikah that Anolan told me about. I will show her the Mazyv and the Wood leading to Kakariko. I will show her the spot where her mother saved my life.
"I will show her the truth."