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OK I'm going to try and make this chapter longer because in my opinion, the first one was nowhere near long enough. I don't really like short chapters unless it fits… ok so here's chapter 2!
Eternal Valkyrie
Chapter 2: Arrangements and New Arrivals
Kalea woke up around two hours later. Her back and right shoulder ached because apparently, sometime during her two-hour nap, she fell off of the couch without waking up. Groaning, she pushed herself up off of the cold marble, stumbling over the bed covers that had fallen along with her. She rubbed her tired eyes and yawned, stretching her arms over her head. Suddenly, a loud thunk from upstairs was heard, startling the half-asleep Kalea, causing her to fall from the comforts of the sofa to the cold, hard floor once more. Grumbling, she stood up and walked past the kitchen to the stairway leading to the upper level of her house. She slowly walked up the stairs one by one while calling out to her brother, "Luc? Luc, are you OK?" she knew he could hear her because his room was right by the base of the stairs. After hearing no answer, she began to worry and ran up the stairs, two by two. She reached his room and peeked in to find him with headphones on his ears and playing his Nintendo Gamecube ®.
She sighed, "Luc!" he took no notice of her so she blocked his view of the television. He looked from left to right in attempts to find a view in which he could see his precious game. Without luck, he paused the game and reluctantly removed his headphones.
"What?!"
"What was that noise?"
"What noise?" he inquired in an exasperated tone in his voice.
"That big thunk! You had to have heard it. It came from up here."
"Well I obviously didn't! There was no thunk, Kal."
"Yes there was! It was really loud! No one could miss it, even with headphones." He stood and placed his hand atop her forehead.
"You're sicker than I thought. You're hallucinating."
She scrunched her face up in disappointment, "Can you hallucinate sounds?" she pondered out loud.
"You can leave anytime now." Her brother, two years her senior, hinted for her to get out of his room; his domain; his realm; his…ok, ok sorry.
"I'll leave but I know I heard something."
"Whatever." He mumbled as he replaced his headphones and returned his attention to his game.
Kalea was determined to find out where the noise came from. She checked each room upstairs but had no luck in finding out what the noise may have been. There were no items knocked down, and no sign of a person. That is until she noticed that the closet door was open. She leisurely walked over to the linen closet and placed her hand on the already open door. She slowly pulled the door open and found nothing except that many of the towels and other toiletries had fallen. She figured that must have been what the thunk was and dismissed it altogether.
She walked downstairs with the thought of having a smoked ham sandwich. She turned at the landing of the stairs towards her kitchen with the thought of that sandwich fresh in her mind. However as she entered her kitchen, she saw something she never thought possible. Unable to move or speak, Kalea just stared.
~*~
"Alright, so who is it I need to find and where is he?" Link and the sages all stood together within the Sacred Realm. All of the females stared intently at the young hero. If looks could kill…
Zelda spoke up first, "Number one Link, you will be bringing back a girl. You know, that of the female sex."
Rauru continued to explain Link's mission to him, "We will be sending you to a world called Earth. We know the whereabouts of the girl, so we'll transport you as close to her as possible."
"Earth…got it. So what's this girl's name, how will I know it's her, and why is she so special?"
"Not so many questions, kid." Nabooru snorted.
"Well her name is Kalea," Zelda began, "and you'll know who she is. Trust us. And as for the reason she's so special…"
"We can't tell you yet." Ruto bluntly stated.
"Why not? I'm the one who has to talk that girl into coming to a completely different world. I need to have sufficient reason to talk her into it, right?"
"Just…tell her she's needed."
"Do you really think that will work?"
"Link. You have to understand that there is a reason we cannot tell you. When you come back with the girl, I assure you, you will find out. As for now, you must work with what we will tell you." Impa declared calmly. Her overall sereneness of the situations put everyone else at ease.
The silence only lasted so long, "So I just have to tell her that she needs to come here with me but I don't know why?"
"Yes that sounds about right." Zelda indicated, smirking.
The group continued to talk and give Link any and all the information he may need. Within less than an hour, he was ready.
The sages gathered in a small circle around him.
"Wait! Take this with you!" Saria handed him a small bottle of red potion.
"Wait a minute, I won't have to fight or anything, will I?"
"Nonsense Brother. Earth is a peaceful place." (HA!)
"Then why take a potion I'd need to cure me?"
"Silly, it isn't for you. It's for Kalea. She's sick and she'll need to have all her strength to get here."
The Sages reformed their circle around Link. They all chanted in a tongue that Link, or anyone else, was unfamiliar with. Each sage began to glow in their respective colors and, by some invisible force, was lifted a few feet above what seemed to be the ground of the Chamber.
A small blue portal surrounded Link, immediately causing him to plummet through. He flew through a tunnel of colors, all swirled together like they were one.
Soon after, he could faintly see a blue light moving closer and closer as he neared the end of the portal. As he shot through the portal, he appeared in a dark abyss. After falling for what seemed forever but was really only one minute, he landed somewhere with a large, loud thud.
"Ow…thanks for the smooth landing!" he muttered.
He soon realized, after attempting to stand, that he was in a tight, cramped room. Reaching his hand out, he searched for a door or some way out. He was fortunate to find one directly in front of him. As we walked out, he heard two voices in the next room. As quietly and as stealthily as he could, he left behind the door and snuck down the stairwell. Not knowing where he was going, he stopped his escapade in the kitchen and waited.
After only a few minutes, he heard footsteps coming down the stairs. He saw a girl; short, brown hair, cobalt blue eyes. That must have been her. Once she laid eyes on him, she froze, paralyzed to the spot, and stared.
~*~
She couldn't believe what she was seeing, "Maybe I am hallucinating." She blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes. 'He looks just like Link.'
The mysterious man in a forest green tunic took a step towards Kalea, and she, not knowing what else to do, took a step back.
"Good," he said, "You can see me."
"Of course I can see you. It's a bit hard to miss a character like you." she said, her voice shaking with fear.
"You have nothing to be afraid of." Something behind him glimmered in the sunlight from the window, and Kalea noticed it was a sword.
"Easy for you to say. Who are you and how did you get here?"
"My name is Link and-" he was cut off by her uproarious laughter, "What's so funny?" Link asked, utterly confused.
"Let me guess. You think you are Link the Hero of Time from Hyrule, am I right?"
"Yeah. That's right," he smiled, "Rauru said you'd know a bit about me. Good, it makes things easier."
"Rauru…hmm, can you say 'Identity Crisis'? Sorry to break it to you, but Link the hero of Time, doesn't exist. The man you think you are is a video game character."
'Unfortunately.' She added to herself. He blinked and stared at her blankly, not knowing how to respond.
She sighed, "Number one, how did you get here? Number two, get out or I'll call the cops."
"Cops?"
"You know. Police officers. Those people in uniforms, with guns and Billy clubs who arrest you for breaking a law. And you, my good man, are breaking and entry…or trespassing…and either one makes you liable for arrest!"
Link began to get nervous. He really had no idea what she was babbling about. He just knew he had to get the girl to trust him.
She was still talking about him being arrested for some offense or something to that effect.
"Kalea. Kalea, please listen to me. I-"
"How do you know my name? Oh my God, you're a stalker aren't you? You've been watching me haven't you? you knew I was sick so you decided to strike now! Well tough luck, bub, my brother has a black belt in Tae Kwan Do and I'm no sissy either!"
"Stalker? Sick? Oh! That reminds me! Saria told me to give you this!" he began to rummage through his sac.
"Ugh, not this again."
He pulled out the bottle of red potion, "Here. This should make you feel better." He held the bottle of red liquid to her.
"Are you kidding me? I learned in preschool never to accept anything a stranger offers you!"
"Wait, but, don't you want to feel better?"
"What kind of dummy do you take me as? That could be poison for all I know!"
"Poison? This stuff is the farthest thing from poison! Look, I'll prove it." he opened the bottle of potion and took a gulp of it. As expected, nothing happened, "See? It's perfectly safe!"
Kalea looked at him skeptically. She did want to feel better and get rid of the strep throat. She slowly reached out to take the bottle. However, before she took it, she heard her brother's footsteps coming down the stairs. She was struck with panic,
"Quick! Hide! He'll kill you! Actually…he'd probably kill me…Hide!"
"There's no need. He can't-" but it was too late. Luc entered the kitchen and stared strangely at his sister.
She lowered her arm that she was hanging in the air, "Um…I can explain. I-"
"I don't want to know." He walked to a cabinet to get a glass. Kalea just stood dumbfounded, 'How does he not notice this guy?' Link smiled and winked at her.
"Outta the way, shrimp." Luc pushed Kalea to get to the sink. Link, however, was directly in front of it. But he didn't move. Instead of Luc crashing right into Link, whom he obviously did not see, he walked right through him! Kalea stared in shock as Link stood there, smiling and staring back at her.
'I am hallucinating.' She thought as Luc walked back upstairs.
"As I was saying, he can't see me. No one else but you can. Now will you please just drink this and listen to me!"
She took the bottle and chugged the rest of the potion. Her throat immediately soothed and her Strep Throat was gone.
"Whoa…what was that stuff? I'll take a whole case of it!"
"Well there's more where that came from…if you come with me."
"Where to?"
"Come on. Let's sit and talk."
~*~
"How do I know this is real? What if I'm just a Schizophrenic and you're only a figment of my imagination?"
"The only way you'll know is if you come with me, I guess."
"If this is real…and I go with you…how long will I be gone and what will I be doing? I need details!"
"Well I-"
"Shh, Luc is coming." As she predicted, the 16-year-old slob known as Luc came downstairs.
"Who are you talking to?"
"I wasn't talking."
"Well someone was."
"The T.V is on stupid."
"Whatever." After finding a snack, he returned to his 'domain'.
"As I was saying, I'm not exactly sure how long you'll be gone…or for what reason. But," he quickly added upon receiving a strange glance from Kalea, "As soon as we get there and meet up with the sages, you'll find out."
She said nothing for a short time, "I don't know…I- I need more proof that you are who you say you are."
"Look, Kalea, I don't know how else to prove to you that I am real! This is real! We don't have much time and I need to know, do you trust me or not?" They could once again hear the footsteps of Luc.
"Well…yeah I guess but…"
"Then that's all the information I need!" Link grabbed her arm and transported the two of them out of Kalea's family room, and out of her dimension.
Luc came downstairs just a moment after they left, "…I have a messed up sister…"
~*~
"What the hell did you do???" Kalea screamed at Link as they traveled through the same portal that Link used to enter Kalea's world.
"We're going to Hyrule!" he yelled back.
"This is all a bad dream! I really am sick aren't I?" before Link had a chance to answer, they reached the end of the portal. It opened up in the field in front of the castle. As Link fell out of the portal, he landed on his feet with perfect balance. Kalea on the other hand…didn't.
"W-ahhhhh! Oof! I believe I broke my butt."
"Nice clothes." Kalea looked down at what she was wearing.
"Gah! What is this?!" She was now wearing a tight black shirt with a grayish/silver chest plate with a dark blue jewel in the shape of a very small, raven-like bird. She also had on tight black pants with a dark blue belt and boots that reached to her knees and were the same color as her chest plate. She also had black shoulder guards with three blue, circular jewels on each one in three different sizes. Adorning the shoulder guards was a long black cape with a hood, however the inside was a dark blue. The cape fell over her left shoulder and covered the left side of her body.
The most interesting thing about her entire ensemble was the gauntlet on her left arm. It was made of a very strong metal alloy and it stretched to right below her elbow. The fingers were the only part that was left uncovered with the metal. Upon the gauntlet was a carving of the same bird that was on her chest plate.
But that was not all that she obtained. On her right hip was sheathed a rapier, with intricate carvings on the hilt; one of which was the bird again. She also had a large, ivory bow with four blue jewels, and a quiver of arrows, also ivory, with a blue jewel at the tip. They were so beautiful that one would not want to use it to kill, but only to have to show off its beauty. Lastly, to the side of her on the dirt ground, was a staff. Towards the bottom of the staff, the wood was slightly bent into two curves. Towards the center, were three blue rings. A few inches above the rings, and to the tip, the staff was ornamented with gold décor. But the most fascinating thing about the staff, was at the tip, a backwards j-shaped blade. The small hook of the j curved in slightly, barely touching the other side. The small area between the j was a small blue, globular jewel, and inside the jewel, was once again, the bird.
"Link. Why am I dressed like this?"
He stuttered, "I-I don't know. Come on, let's go talk to the sages. They know." She stood up and, with her new outfit and weapons, followed Link to the Temple of Time.
~*~
People in the town watched as Link passed through with a strange, new girl. If it weren't for her clothes and weapons, she normally would not be such a distraction to the townsfolk. After only a few minutes of walking, they made it to the temple. Link led Kalea inside, and to the Chamber of Sages, where the Sages and Legend were waiting.
Legend, standing up from her former sitting position, smiled at Link and mouthed the words 'I told you so.' Shaking his head, Link brought Kalea over to the center of the Chamber where everyone could see her.
"Very good Link. We knew you could do it." Zelda stated plainly. She introduced herself to Kalea, "I am Zelda; Princess of Hyrule and the Seventh Sage. Thank you for coming with Link. You will soon know of the importance you are."
Not knowing what to do, Kalea looked at Link. He motioned with his head for her to step up and introduce herself.
She cleared her throat, "Uh…I-I'm Kalea. It's nice to…meet you all. Um…I don't really know what to say." She laughed nervously.
Link realized this, and he decided to talk for her, "I think what she wants to know is how long is she going to be away from home?"
Rauru began to explain, "Well you see, time flows very different here than it does on Earth. Because one week here, equals only one hour on Earth."
"So…I could be here for two months and it would only be about 8 hours there? Whoa…but, wait a minute. Won't people realize I'm gone? I mean 8 hours is a long time to be gone!"
"Well," Impa started, "We aren't sure exactly how long you'll be here."
"That's right. Not to mention, when Link transported you here, an exact replica of you was made, however it was sleeping, and that is all it is capable of at the moment. So the whole time you're here, your clone will be sleeping." Saria exclaimed, smiling at Kalea.
"Oh…what exactly am I here for?"
For the first time, Legend spoke up, "Well Kalea. You are a very…special person. I'm sure this may come as a shock, but you," she paused to make sure she was ready to hear, "You are the legendary warrior known as the Eternal Valkyrie."
OKIE that was chapter 2!! Yay!! Finally finished it! I hope you all likes it! Please review! no flames please, they're bad for my heart o_O;
Preview of Chapter 3:
"I'm a what?"
"Eternal Valkyrie."
"…"
"You have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about do you?"
"Not a clue."
"This could take awhile."
"Why don't we talk about this over lunch instead?"
"Leave it to Legend to think about food in any situation."
"Shut up!"