Chapter3: found again
The king was out for a stroll. He liked to walk thrugh the garden ever since the death of his wife, several years age. 4, to be exact. He liked the flowers she had planted.
Suddanly, a motion caught his eye. The Moat! Someone was in the little stream that came from the moat through the garden! He turned. Why was someone swimming in the moat? No, they weren't swimming. It was a Shekiah, floating, face-up, luckily, with a young girl passed out in her arms. He waded in and pulled them out. He frowned. Were they dead? no. The child, at least, lived. The woman... no, she had a pulse. But her breath was shallow. She probably had Pnemonia. He called the guards to put them in the guest room and keep them warm and dry. He hoped they lived. One death in this garden was quite enough.
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Impa awoke. The first thing she noticed was that she had lost Zelda. She bolted up and looked about. She saw she was in a bedroom, in a bed, with a nurse in the room. She turned to the nurse.
"Well, look who's up! How are you feeling today?"
"Where's Zelda?"
"Who?"
"Zelda."
"Oh, that girl we found with you? She's fine. She's through there. But you're sick, you can see her... later..."
Impa got up from her bed. She was sick and hurt, and had bandages around her middle from a spiderbite. But her eyes glazed over and her training took hold, and she strode calmly through the door to the room where her ward lay, resting. The nurse's attempts to stop her were in vain. She went and sat in a chair by the child's bed and rested, waiting for her to awaken.
The nurses comprimised with her and moved a cot into the child's room. Impa spent her waking hours in a chair by Zelda. Zelda was unconcious, but she recovered on the second day. She turned to her side.
"Oh, hullo Impa. Where are we?"
"I don't know. What happened to your training? I could have been an enemy. Remember, if you awaken in a strange place, awaken quickly and fully, while giving no sign you have awakened until you have taken in the situation fully."
"I saw you."
"I could have been an illusion, or dead, or a ghost, and there could be a zombie in the corner."
"Is there?"
"no."
"Good. I'm sorry, Impa."
"Don't apoligize to me. You are the one who needs to know this in the future. Especially since you didn't remember to sniff the air if you feel lightheaded, and if it smells odd, hold your breath. Screaming at the top of your lungs draws more poisened air into your lungs. You should have awakened me, yes, but not by screaming."
"For god's sake, the child is sick! You come to her to talk about TRAINING! HArdly appropriate," one of the nurses exclaimed.
"Oh, but Impa's right. I DID forget my training. That was stupid of me. I should have paid better attention."
The nurse was awestruck. "Who ARE you, that training comes before injury?"
"Who are we? We are the Shekiah, my dear. Training is survival."
"Oh. Certainly not ALL the shekiah, though..."
"Perhaps yes. If it weren't for Zelda's having nightmares, we would not have escaped the poison gas and flames. As it is, we were almost too late to escape. I fear no-one else would have. "
"See where your training got you?"
Impa stiffened. "Our Training includes smelling poisons. Difficult to do if you fall beyond the 4th level of sleep. Sleep powders, then poisions.... but we had a guard for that, a night guard. I fear the night guard sold us out to our enemies. "
"or died..."
"No. He would have sounded the alarm first, fought second. His death also triggers an alarm. These alarms would wake us up. Also, an alarm rings if he falls asleep after sundown."
"Oh, Impa, what are we going to do?"
The nurse had forgotten Zelda was listening. "Oh, hello. I forgot you were there. What's your name, sweetie?"
"Zelda."
"Hello Zelda. And this is Impa? Is she your mommy?"
"No. She is my guardian. We all have them in Kakario. no-one lives with their mommies except weak Hylians."
"I... see... So, you two are the last of your kind?"
"No, I'm not a full Shekiah yet. Impa is the last Shekiah."
"Well, I should go report to the king."
"Oh, are we in the palace?"
"Yes."
"Ok. So long!"
"Goodbye, poor dear."
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The nurse did not return alone. The king was touched by their story of being the last of their kind. He could, perhaps...
"Hello. Zelda, right? I'm King Drania. You can call me Bob. "
"Hello, mister king sir. I'm sorry I can't exactly bow and swear allegince at the moment..."
"That's alright. Why would i need an oath of fealty from you?"
"Because I am a Shekiah-to-be."
"One of the last, so i hear."
"yes."
"And i take it you need a place to stay..."
"Yes. I guess. We could find an inn in Castle Town, though."
"I have a better idea. See, I have a delemmia. I don't have a heir. Do you knoe what that is? It's a "
"person to carry on your family line and rule when you are dead. A prince or princess, in your case. And you also have no queen. You could re-marry, or adopt a child."
"And you need a home..."
"You want ME to be the princess?!?!?!"
"Well... er, yes, actually."
"ME?? A PRINCESS?????????"
"Won't it be fun?"
"Sir, I am a Shekiah to be! I know nothing of being a Princess!"
"You're only, what, 8?"
"5."
"So there's plenty of time to learn. What do you say?"
"Alright, I guess..."
And so the young Shekiah trainee became the Princess of Hyrule. Princess Zelda knew she was not the natural daughter of King Drania, but the rest of the kingdom did not know or care. When given a good scrub and covered in lotions and perfumes, she was lovely. Radiant. Hylian. A princess. Of course, the Shekiah began as Hylian, so techniclly they were not another race as the Gorons, Zora, or Gerudu, but Zelda looked very different from Impa. Impa's origonal job was to guard the Prince or Princess, and her new to guard Zelda, so there was no question about her staying on as Zelda's nurse.
Zelda learned how to be a princess. But secretly, she only learned to act weak and foolish. She was actually ver wise. And she learned something few Shekiah have to: ohow to fight in a dress. She never called the king Daddy, only Father occasionally, in a stiff, formal tone, so that she might as well be calling him King. But he learned to accept that, and he learned to love her like his own.
But she was a strange princess, that was for sure. She did not want a lot of finery. She wanted a horse, a training gym, a ropes course, a garden. The first and last he gave to her. She enjoyed the courtyard as much as the Queen had when she was living. The king knew not to interrupt her there. But really, a GYM?!?!! He explained to her time after time that she would not be a shekiah when she grew up, but a princess. She tried to explain that Shekiah was not a job, but a lifestyle. He tried to explain that it was a lifestyle she needed to live without. After that, she just said she "thought it was something she would need to know." Being a princess was tough!
Well? What do you think? I shall not do any more Link perspectives until i can do a really good one. Does this explain a lot or what? REVIEW!!!
Oh yeah i forgot in the first chapter: I do not own anyone so far but the king. I made him up. And the nurses.
The king was out for a stroll. He liked to walk thrugh the garden ever since the death of his wife, several years age. 4, to be exact. He liked the flowers she had planted.
Suddanly, a motion caught his eye. The Moat! Someone was in the little stream that came from the moat through the garden! He turned. Why was someone swimming in the moat? No, they weren't swimming. It was a Shekiah, floating, face-up, luckily, with a young girl passed out in her arms. He waded in and pulled them out. He frowned. Were they dead? no. The child, at least, lived. The woman... no, she had a pulse. But her breath was shallow. She probably had Pnemonia. He called the guards to put them in the guest room and keep them warm and dry. He hoped they lived. One death in this garden was quite enough.
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Impa awoke. The first thing she noticed was that she had lost Zelda. She bolted up and looked about. She saw she was in a bedroom, in a bed, with a nurse in the room. She turned to the nurse.
"Well, look who's up! How are you feeling today?"
"Where's Zelda?"
"Who?"
"Zelda."
"Oh, that girl we found with you? She's fine. She's through there. But you're sick, you can see her... later..."
Impa got up from her bed. She was sick and hurt, and had bandages around her middle from a spiderbite. But her eyes glazed over and her training took hold, and she strode calmly through the door to the room where her ward lay, resting. The nurse's attempts to stop her were in vain. She went and sat in a chair by the child's bed and rested, waiting for her to awaken.
The nurses comprimised with her and moved a cot into the child's room. Impa spent her waking hours in a chair by Zelda. Zelda was unconcious, but she recovered on the second day. She turned to her side.
"Oh, hullo Impa. Where are we?"
"I don't know. What happened to your training? I could have been an enemy. Remember, if you awaken in a strange place, awaken quickly and fully, while giving no sign you have awakened until you have taken in the situation fully."
"I saw you."
"I could have been an illusion, or dead, or a ghost, and there could be a zombie in the corner."
"Is there?"
"no."
"Good. I'm sorry, Impa."
"Don't apoligize to me. You are the one who needs to know this in the future. Especially since you didn't remember to sniff the air if you feel lightheaded, and if it smells odd, hold your breath. Screaming at the top of your lungs draws more poisened air into your lungs. You should have awakened me, yes, but not by screaming."
"For god's sake, the child is sick! You come to her to talk about TRAINING! HArdly appropriate," one of the nurses exclaimed.
"Oh, but Impa's right. I DID forget my training. That was stupid of me. I should have paid better attention."
The nurse was awestruck. "Who ARE you, that training comes before injury?"
"Who are we? We are the Shekiah, my dear. Training is survival."
"Oh. Certainly not ALL the shekiah, though..."
"Perhaps yes. If it weren't for Zelda's having nightmares, we would not have escaped the poison gas and flames. As it is, we were almost too late to escape. I fear no-one else would have. "
"See where your training got you?"
Impa stiffened. "Our Training includes smelling poisons. Difficult to do if you fall beyond the 4th level of sleep. Sleep powders, then poisions.... but we had a guard for that, a night guard. I fear the night guard sold us out to our enemies. "
"or died..."
"No. He would have sounded the alarm first, fought second. His death also triggers an alarm. These alarms would wake us up. Also, an alarm rings if he falls asleep after sundown."
"Oh, Impa, what are we going to do?"
The nurse had forgotten Zelda was listening. "Oh, hello. I forgot you were there. What's your name, sweetie?"
"Zelda."
"Hello Zelda. And this is Impa? Is she your mommy?"
"No. She is my guardian. We all have them in Kakario. no-one lives with their mommies except weak Hylians."
"I... see... So, you two are the last of your kind?"
"No, I'm not a full Shekiah yet. Impa is the last Shekiah."
"Well, I should go report to the king."
"Oh, are we in the palace?"
"Yes."
"Ok. So long!"
"Goodbye, poor dear."
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The nurse did not return alone. The king was touched by their story of being the last of their kind. He could, perhaps...
"Hello. Zelda, right? I'm King Drania. You can call me Bob. "
"Hello, mister king sir. I'm sorry I can't exactly bow and swear allegince at the moment..."
"That's alright. Why would i need an oath of fealty from you?"
"Because I am a Shekiah-to-be."
"One of the last, so i hear."
"yes."
"And i take it you need a place to stay..."
"Yes. I guess. We could find an inn in Castle Town, though."
"I have a better idea. See, I have a delemmia. I don't have a heir. Do you knoe what that is? It's a "
"person to carry on your family line and rule when you are dead. A prince or princess, in your case. And you also have no queen. You could re-marry, or adopt a child."
"And you need a home..."
"You want ME to be the princess?!?!?!"
"Well... er, yes, actually."
"ME?? A PRINCESS?????????"
"Won't it be fun?"
"Sir, I am a Shekiah to be! I know nothing of being a Princess!"
"You're only, what, 8?"
"5."
"So there's plenty of time to learn. What do you say?"
"Alright, I guess..."
And so the young Shekiah trainee became the Princess of Hyrule. Princess Zelda knew she was not the natural daughter of King Drania, but the rest of the kingdom did not know or care. When given a good scrub and covered in lotions and perfumes, she was lovely. Radiant. Hylian. A princess. Of course, the Shekiah began as Hylian, so techniclly they were not another race as the Gorons, Zora, or Gerudu, but Zelda looked very different from Impa. Impa's origonal job was to guard the Prince or Princess, and her new to guard Zelda, so there was no question about her staying on as Zelda's nurse.
Zelda learned how to be a princess. But secretly, she only learned to act weak and foolish. She was actually ver wise. And she learned something few Shekiah have to: ohow to fight in a dress. She never called the king Daddy, only Father occasionally, in a stiff, formal tone, so that she might as well be calling him King. But he learned to accept that, and he learned to love her like his own.
But she was a strange princess, that was for sure. She did not want a lot of finery. She wanted a horse, a training gym, a ropes course, a garden. The first and last he gave to her. She enjoyed the courtyard as much as the Queen had when she was living. The king knew not to interrupt her there. But really, a GYM?!?!! He explained to her time after time that she would not be a shekiah when she grew up, but a princess. She tried to explain that Shekiah was not a job, but a lifestyle. He tried to explain that it was a lifestyle she needed to live without. After that, she just said she "thought it was something she would need to know." Being a princess was tough!
Well? What do you think? I shall not do any more Link perspectives until i can do a really good one. Does this explain a lot or what? REVIEW!!!
Oh yeah i forgot in the first chapter: I do not own anyone so far but the king. I made him up. And the nurses.