Chapter 4: Prophecy.
Zelda awoke. Impa was there, holding a wet cloth on her forehead. Zelda knew not to move until she knew there were no enemies about. Still seemingly asleep, she said "hullo, Impa. Why are you holding a wet cloth to my head?" "Well done, child. You have a fever. I am trying to get it to break."
"I feel perfectly fine, Impa. Really."
Impa frowned. "I know, child. You are not sick at all. I know a bit of the healing arts. But your head is so hot... I said that you had a fever, and were having a fever dream. Another nightmare, eh?"
"yes. The one about the scary green man again. And... something else. About... FIRE! In the king's chamber!"
Impa's frown deepened. "I'm sure it's just a dream, dear. Go back to sleep."
"But it seemed so real..." And Zelda fell asleep again under Impa's cool touch.
That night, there was a fire in the King's bedroom. He luckily was a light sleeper, and woke at the heat and smell of smoke. he learned from a servent that Zelda had had a dream about just such a fire, about 3 hours before it happened. He summoned her.
"Daughter, I hear tell that you have been having nightmares lately about fire in my room. Is this true?"
"Only one. "
"Why did you not come get me?"
"Impa was there. She told me to go back to sleep and not worry about it."
"ah. Impa. right." he massaged his temples. "Are these... nightmares... fairly common?"
"somewhat. I'm fine, Father, really."
"Since when?"
"Since i was about 3. More and more lately. Almost once a week now."
"That's be, what, 5 or 6 years now?"
"yes. Can i go?"
"Zelda. Listen to me, my dear. What if those dreams happened to... come true, every once in a while?"
She looked at him like he was crazy. What was he talking about? her nightmares were evil.
"Zelda... last night. Someone lit a fire in my bedroom. did you remember any faces from your dream? Please."
She closed her eyes. What? Her dream had come true? Perposterous. What WAS that dream, exactly? How did it begin? It began...
"It was an accident. A servent, came to check on... that thing, in your room, that little table. She came to tend to it. She let one of the cats in accidentally. There was a candle lit... the cat knocked it over."
"The alter, you mean?"
"yes."
"AH. Thank you. You can go to your riding lesson now."
And so it became known that the Princess had prophetic dreams. Nobody could tell what it ment, that this strange Shekiah girl had strange dreams. No-one quite knew what to do with her after that. Not that they had known before. She was... odd. They wondered what she would be like as Queen. In the meantime, the king enrolled her in Magic classes. Impa also began to teach her to shoot a bow, and about the properties of certain Kokori plants, most of which came from the Deku Tree or Deku Baba. She liked in particular the Deku Nuts. They intreagued her.
Lead me to a nice transition to another attempt at a Link perspective! hurrah! More torturing the reader with boringness! Arn't you SO glad?
Zelda awoke. Impa was there, holding a wet cloth on her forehead. Zelda knew not to move until she knew there were no enemies about. Still seemingly asleep, she said "hullo, Impa. Why are you holding a wet cloth to my head?" "Well done, child. You have a fever. I am trying to get it to break."
"I feel perfectly fine, Impa. Really."
Impa frowned. "I know, child. You are not sick at all. I know a bit of the healing arts. But your head is so hot... I said that you had a fever, and were having a fever dream. Another nightmare, eh?"
"yes. The one about the scary green man again. And... something else. About... FIRE! In the king's chamber!"
Impa's frown deepened. "I'm sure it's just a dream, dear. Go back to sleep."
"But it seemed so real..." And Zelda fell asleep again under Impa's cool touch.
That night, there was a fire in the King's bedroom. He luckily was a light sleeper, and woke at the heat and smell of smoke. he learned from a servent that Zelda had had a dream about just such a fire, about 3 hours before it happened. He summoned her.
"Daughter, I hear tell that you have been having nightmares lately about fire in my room. Is this true?"
"Only one. "
"Why did you not come get me?"
"Impa was there. She told me to go back to sleep and not worry about it."
"ah. Impa. right." he massaged his temples. "Are these... nightmares... fairly common?"
"somewhat. I'm fine, Father, really."
"Since when?"
"Since i was about 3. More and more lately. Almost once a week now."
"That's be, what, 5 or 6 years now?"
"yes. Can i go?"
"Zelda. Listen to me, my dear. What if those dreams happened to... come true, every once in a while?"
She looked at him like he was crazy. What was he talking about? her nightmares were evil.
"Zelda... last night. Someone lit a fire in my bedroom. did you remember any faces from your dream? Please."
She closed her eyes. What? Her dream had come true? Perposterous. What WAS that dream, exactly? How did it begin? It began...
"It was an accident. A servent, came to check on... that thing, in your room, that little table. She came to tend to it. She let one of the cats in accidentally. There was a candle lit... the cat knocked it over."
"The alter, you mean?"
"yes."
"AH. Thank you. You can go to your riding lesson now."
And so it became known that the Princess had prophetic dreams. Nobody could tell what it ment, that this strange Shekiah girl had strange dreams. No-one quite knew what to do with her after that. Not that they had known before. She was... odd. They wondered what she would be like as Queen. In the meantime, the king enrolled her in Magic classes. Impa also began to teach her to shoot a bow, and about the properties of certain Kokori plants, most of which came from the Deku Tree or Deku Baba. She liked in particular the Deku Nuts. They intreagued her.
Lead me to a nice transition to another attempt at a Link perspective! hurrah! More torturing the reader with boringness! Arn't you SO glad?