The Legend of Zelda: Heroes Destiny- Chapter Three
After much struggling, and Link getting away from her once or twice, Saria managed to get Link subdued and dragged up to their room. He still put up quite a fuss, but that had made Saria even more determined. Navi had found the entire process rather funny and just giggled and watched as the hapless Hero was dragged into the room. She barely made it in as the door was quickly closed shut by saria as Link managed to scramble away from her again and bolt for the door.
Link quickly let out a startled "eeeep!" before he collided with the door.
Saria giggled then rolled her eyes, "honestly Link, I don't see whats so wrong with room ing with me for one night, its not like its forever."
"Sure, thats what they alllll say..." he said with a groan.
He found himself quickly pelted by a pillow. Navi giggled again and sat down on the nearby dresser drawer, chiming, "you know Link, you really need to learn how to talk to women better."
Link sat there, folding his arms, "no, I don't, i feel I am doing just fine thank you very much."
Navi giggled again and flittered over to Saria, who was giggling as well as she sat on the bed.
"One of these days you're going to have to teach him some manners." she said as she giggled some more
"he'll come around...eventually." replied Saria, "he's just acting gruff because he hate to admits he has a soft side."
"I heard that!" Link replied, "and for the record I do not!"
"Do too." Saria grinned.
Link just folded his arms, walked over and sat on the far edge of the bed and stuck his tounge out at her.
Saria smirked and stuck her tounge out at him as well, then said, "Now then Link, since theres no escape now, its time to get you undressed, you're soaked to the skin."
Link immediately shrank away from her and a look of utter terror crossed the young heroes face, "hey now, no way! I like me the way I am!"
Saria folded her arms and shook her head, "honestly Link, you'll catch your death of cold in that soaked cloathing."
"No! Absolutely not!" replied Link stubbornly.
"Fine, then you're on the floor tonight." replied Saria, smirking and folding her arms.
At the mention of the floor Link hesitated. He took a momnet to look at the wooden floor and then look up at the bed. The floor looked cold, and hard, while the bed definately looked warmer and softer. And seeing Saria there, sitting on the bed, a sort of pouting, yet smiling look on her face didn't help either. He swallowed hard and consdiered his options again.
Finally he muttered, "Nayru help me, alright alright you win."
Saria laughed and clapped her hands, "alright, right then mister, into the bathroom, c'mon march!"
Link let himself be pushed into the bathroom, not protesting, only just sighing and hanging his head in defeat. Once isnide he took a moment to look round. The bathroom was cozy, a little small, but still cozy. It came complete with a bath, sink, toilet, and cabinet for bathroom gear. The room also smelled rather pleasant and he took a moment to relax before suddenly Sarias voice cut in. turning he looked behind himself. saria was there, holding a towel.
"Alright Hero." she giggled, "off with that wet cloak, cap, and shirt."
Sighing he complied and tossed aside the travelling cloak he had been wearing,tossed his cap off, removed his sword and shield from across his back (he had forgotten to take them off as he had been dragged in) and finally took off his grin jerkin, revealing the bare, slightly tanned, amd toned skin underneath. Saria couldn't help but blush. She had looked after Link before, when they were younger, but now seemed different somehow. Both of their bodies had grown: his because he was a Hylian, and hers because the Chamber of Sages existed outside of Kokiri Forest. Suddenly she found herself thinking about him and why he always seemed to cross her mind as of late.
Her thoughts were disrupted when he replied gruffly, eyes closed, arms folded across chest, "c'mon Saria, I don't have all night ya know."
"Coming, coming." she chimed in , giggling and shaking her head slightly to get rid of the blush. However in the back of her mind, she could have sworn she heard herself thinking ~Did he catch me staring? I hope my face wasn't too red, oh dear, oh dear. *sigh* Link...~
She quickly began to towel off his head, working on getting the water out of the sandy blonde hair of his. underneath the towel, Link sighed and made a face but sat still and continued to let her towel him off. Then suddenly he felt his face go red.
"Saria?" he asked hesitantly.
"Yes Link?" she replied sweetly.
"How are you going to dry off, I mean...erm..."
Saria smiled and toussled his hair some more as she dried his hair completely then began to work on drying his back and shoulders, "Silly, I'll have Navi help."
Link sighed and breathed a sigh of relief, then pouted, "so then why couldn't I dry myself? I'm not a baby anymore Saria." He then frowned and folded his arms, puting a little before letting her dry more of his chest, back and sides.
"Well, theres only one bathroom as well, so might as well pass ssome time here with you, afterall you're such a great conversationalist Link aside fromt he fact I get lonely easily when I'm in strange places." she teased, giggling again.
"Haha..." came his dry reply
After a few minutes his top was dry and Saria and Navi left the room so he could finish drying up. He took only a few minutes, as he had dried up some from the warmth of the fire downstairs when he had been talking to Talon, and when he was done, wrapped the towel around himself and peekerd out of the bathroom door.
"Saria?" he asked.
"yes?" came her reply.
Following the sound of her voice he saw she was hanging what remained of his wet cloathing by the rooms fireplace, where a fire now burned.
"Close your eyes for a sec will ya?" he scowled, "or have you no decency?"
Saria giggled and stuck her tounge out at the young hero, chiding, "whats wrong? Missing something are we? Or are you just too shy?" She giggled again.
Link only scowled for a second, and tried not to blush, then retorted, "yes, well, at least a Sage should have the decncy to turn around and not LOOK."
Saria giggled again then obliged him, turning around and covering her eyes. Quickly Link dashed out, grabbed a dry tunic and put it on. Unbeknownst to him, Saria opened a small slit between her fingers and peeked. She instantly went red and tried not to stare at what she saw in that instant.
Closing the slit between her fingers again, she waited till she heard, "ok, you can open your eyes again now."
Opening them she saw him clad back in his usual green tunic, pulling his caop back onto his head.
Smiling she then said, "right, I'm going to go get washed up, no peaking now." Giggling she then winked and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her as Navi flitted in.
Sighing Link closed his eyes and flopped down on a side of the bed. Then turning his head, he looked outside and watched the rain pelt the window. He rmembered those saying the storm was not natural and he sighed. He just wanted a rest from adventuring for once, but it seemed that fate, and the Gods always had something else in store for him. Looking at the triforce mark on the back of his hand he sighed again. Courage, thats what it meant, Courage to face anything before him with a fierce will and grim determination. Sometimes he wished it hadn't come to him, and he cursed the Gods for creating it, but as he stared at the mark longer it reminded him of its sister, Wisdom.
"Zelda..." he murmured, "I hope you're alright..."
Suddenly his hand started to throb as the Triforce of Courage began to resonate. Grimaching back the pain he closed his eyes. the power of Courage continued to course through his young body and he began to shake. Gritting his teeth he opened his eyes again and tried to fight back the pain. Suddenly, everything before him went black and the room seemed to dissapere. Looking around, he blinked before another surge from his Triforce piece gripped him in more pain, causing the back of his hand to feel as if it were burning. Suiddenly he heard a familiar voice coming from what he thought was behind him.
"Link..."
Turning he saw her and whispered, "Zelda..."
She smiled and put her hands down over the lower half of her dress. it was just like as when he had first seen her, and he couldn't help but smile. Then he looked over and saw her own hand pulsing and glowing as the mark of the Triforce of Wisdom made itself known. despite how calm she looked he could tell she was in the same type of pain he was. With each pulse of both pieces resonating, when he winced, so did she.
"Zel, whats going on?" he asked confused.
"Link, I'm sorry I had to contact you like this..." she replied, closing her eyes, "but its urgent. i'm sure you know by now of the storm, right?"
He nodded, "yes, people are saying its not natural...its got Saria worried..."
Zelda nodded and closed her eyes, "its not natural Link, she's right...I sense great evil, pouring into Hyrule."
"We're coming to the castle tomorrow Zel, theres no way we can get to the castle tonight, in this weather."
"I understand, just please...be careful Link, I feel as if a force even greater then the evil king Gannon is behind this force...and its here, in Hyrule!" zelda replied, opening her eyes and looking deep into his. "I fear that you will be its target, right now as children we're more vulnerable then anything...and, theres another thing..."
"What is it?" Link replied.
Zelda wionced again, and so did he as another wave of pain hit them both, "It is written, in the scripts of the Book of Mudora that at one time an evil force attacked the ancient Hylia. This evil force conquered most of Hyrule, subverting each race to its whim, corrupting them from within and turning them against each other, thus allowing them to become easy prey to its malevolent power. This in turn unleashed horrible wars amongst each race."
"So...how does this concern us?" Link asked.
"I'm geting to that Link," replied Zelda. "It turns out that the only spot that this force could not enter was this land Link, the very same place where Hyrule Castle Town, the Castle, and the Temple of Time now stand because of two people, The Princess of the Hylia and her Knight. Together, their power combined with those of the people around them and they drove back the evil force, banishing it from Hyrules shore. To make sure that this evil could never return a sword was forged...the Master Sword, the sword of Evils-bane. It was then, the Anceint Hylia realized that the Sword could serve a dual-purpose. Combined with the Triforces power from the Golden Land its power could be amplified, creating a barrier around the land of Hyrule, banishing the power of the Evil from ever returning. However they could not forsee what would happen here. It could also be used to make sure the Golden Land was never accessed by anyone except one pure of heart."
"So that was how the Temple of Time was made right?" Link asked
Zelda nodded, "yes...it was made to serve two purposes: The first was to protect the Golden Land, the second was to protect Hyrule from this terrible Evil."
"I see...so..."
zelda quickly shook her head and interrupted him before he could finish. "I will tell you more tomorrow...I cannot keep the peices resonating any longer..."
Link could tell she was starting to loose her cool and the pain was becoming more then she could bear. Looking at his own hand and gritting his teeth he could feel as she was, worn and drawn out, and the pain was slowly starting to creep back into his head.
"Alright Zel, I'll see you tomorrow...with Saria.." he sighed and closed his eyes, he knew when those two would get together he wouldn't get a moments peace.
Zelda nodded then smiled, "and Link..."
"Yeah?" he asked, looking at her again.
"Behave tomorrow ok? I haven't seen Saria in AGES, we have so much to catch up on." she then giggled and winked before fading from sight.
"Wonderful..." he groaned, closing his eyes.
After much struggling, and Link getting away from her once or twice, Saria managed to get Link subdued and dragged up to their room. He still put up quite a fuss, but that had made Saria even more determined. Navi had found the entire process rather funny and just giggled and watched as the hapless Hero was dragged into the room. She barely made it in as the door was quickly closed shut by saria as Link managed to scramble away from her again and bolt for the door.
Link quickly let out a startled "eeeep!" before he collided with the door.
Saria giggled then rolled her eyes, "honestly Link, I don't see whats so wrong with room ing with me for one night, its not like its forever."
"Sure, thats what they alllll say..." he said with a groan.
He found himself quickly pelted by a pillow. Navi giggled again and sat down on the nearby dresser drawer, chiming, "you know Link, you really need to learn how to talk to women better."
Link sat there, folding his arms, "no, I don't, i feel I am doing just fine thank you very much."
Navi giggled again and flittered over to Saria, who was giggling as well as she sat on the bed.
"One of these days you're going to have to teach him some manners." she said as she giggled some more
"he'll come around...eventually." replied Saria, "he's just acting gruff because he hate to admits he has a soft side."
"I heard that!" Link replied, "and for the record I do not!"
"Do too." Saria grinned.
Link just folded his arms, walked over and sat on the far edge of the bed and stuck his tounge out at her.
Saria smirked and stuck her tounge out at him as well, then said, "Now then Link, since theres no escape now, its time to get you undressed, you're soaked to the skin."
Link immediately shrank away from her and a look of utter terror crossed the young heroes face, "hey now, no way! I like me the way I am!"
Saria folded her arms and shook her head, "honestly Link, you'll catch your death of cold in that soaked cloathing."
"No! Absolutely not!" replied Link stubbornly.
"Fine, then you're on the floor tonight." replied Saria, smirking and folding her arms.
At the mention of the floor Link hesitated. He took a momnet to look at the wooden floor and then look up at the bed. The floor looked cold, and hard, while the bed definately looked warmer and softer. And seeing Saria there, sitting on the bed, a sort of pouting, yet smiling look on her face didn't help either. He swallowed hard and consdiered his options again.
Finally he muttered, "Nayru help me, alright alright you win."
Saria laughed and clapped her hands, "alright, right then mister, into the bathroom, c'mon march!"
Link let himself be pushed into the bathroom, not protesting, only just sighing and hanging his head in defeat. Once isnide he took a moment to look round. The bathroom was cozy, a little small, but still cozy. It came complete with a bath, sink, toilet, and cabinet for bathroom gear. The room also smelled rather pleasant and he took a moment to relax before suddenly Sarias voice cut in. turning he looked behind himself. saria was there, holding a towel.
"Alright Hero." she giggled, "off with that wet cloak, cap, and shirt."
Sighing he complied and tossed aside the travelling cloak he had been wearing,tossed his cap off, removed his sword and shield from across his back (he had forgotten to take them off as he had been dragged in) and finally took off his grin jerkin, revealing the bare, slightly tanned, amd toned skin underneath. Saria couldn't help but blush. She had looked after Link before, when they were younger, but now seemed different somehow. Both of their bodies had grown: his because he was a Hylian, and hers because the Chamber of Sages existed outside of Kokiri Forest. Suddenly she found herself thinking about him and why he always seemed to cross her mind as of late.
Her thoughts were disrupted when he replied gruffly, eyes closed, arms folded across chest, "c'mon Saria, I don't have all night ya know."
"Coming, coming." she chimed in , giggling and shaking her head slightly to get rid of the blush. However in the back of her mind, she could have sworn she heard herself thinking ~Did he catch me staring? I hope my face wasn't too red, oh dear, oh dear. *sigh* Link...~
She quickly began to towel off his head, working on getting the water out of the sandy blonde hair of his. underneath the towel, Link sighed and made a face but sat still and continued to let her towel him off. Then suddenly he felt his face go red.
"Saria?" he asked hesitantly.
"Yes Link?" she replied sweetly.
"How are you going to dry off, I mean...erm..."
Saria smiled and toussled his hair some more as she dried his hair completely then began to work on drying his back and shoulders, "Silly, I'll have Navi help."
Link sighed and breathed a sigh of relief, then pouted, "so then why couldn't I dry myself? I'm not a baby anymore Saria." He then frowned and folded his arms, puting a little before letting her dry more of his chest, back and sides.
"Well, theres only one bathroom as well, so might as well pass ssome time here with you, afterall you're such a great conversationalist Link aside fromt he fact I get lonely easily when I'm in strange places." she teased, giggling again.
"Haha..." came his dry reply
After a few minutes his top was dry and Saria and Navi left the room so he could finish drying up. He took only a few minutes, as he had dried up some from the warmth of the fire downstairs when he had been talking to Talon, and when he was done, wrapped the towel around himself and peekerd out of the bathroom door.
"Saria?" he asked.
"yes?" came her reply.
Following the sound of her voice he saw she was hanging what remained of his wet cloathing by the rooms fireplace, where a fire now burned.
"Close your eyes for a sec will ya?" he scowled, "or have you no decency?"
Saria giggled and stuck her tounge out at the young hero, chiding, "whats wrong? Missing something are we? Or are you just too shy?" She giggled again.
Link only scowled for a second, and tried not to blush, then retorted, "yes, well, at least a Sage should have the decncy to turn around and not LOOK."
Saria giggled again then obliged him, turning around and covering her eyes. Quickly Link dashed out, grabbed a dry tunic and put it on. Unbeknownst to him, Saria opened a small slit between her fingers and peeked. She instantly went red and tried not to stare at what she saw in that instant.
Closing the slit between her fingers again, she waited till she heard, "ok, you can open your eyes again now."
Opening them she saw him clad back in his usual green tunic, pulling his caop back onto his head.
Smiling she then said, "right, I'm going to go get washed up, no peaking now." Giggling she then winked and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind her as Navi flitted in.
Sighing Link closed his eyes and flopped down on a side of the bed. Then turning his head, he looked outside and watched the rain pelt the window. He rmembered those saying the storm was not natural and he sighed. He just wanted a rest from adventuring for once, but it seemed that fate, and the Gods always had something else in store for him. Looking at the triforce mark on the back of his hand he sighed again. Courage, thats what it meant, Courage to face anything before him with a fierce will and grim determination. Sometimes he wished it hadn't come to him, and he cursed the Gods for creating it, but as he stared at the mark longer it reminded him of its sister, Wisdom.
"Zelda..." he murmured, "I hope you're alright..."
Suddenly his hand started to throb as the Triforce of Courage began to resonate. Grimaching back the pain he closed his eyes. the power of Courage continued to course through his young body and he began to shake. Gritting his teeth he opened his eyes again and tried to fight back the pain. Suddenly, everything before him went black and the room seemed to dissapere. Looking around, he blinked before another surge from his Triforce piece gripped him in more pain, causing the back of his hand to feel as if it were burning. Suiddenly he heard a familiar voice coming from what he thought was behind him.
"Link..."
Turning he saw her and whispered, "Zelda..."
She smiled and put her hands down over the lower half of her dress. it was just like as when he had first seen her, and he couldn't help but smile. Then he looked over and saw her own hand pulsing and glowing as the mark of the Triforce of Wisdom made itself known. despite how calm she looked he could tell she was in the same type of pain he was. With each pulse of both pieces resonating, when he winced, so did she.
"Zel, whats going on?" he asked confused.
"Link, I'm sorry I had to contact you like this..." she replied, closing her eyes, "but its urgent. i'm sure you know by now of the storm, right?"
He nodded, "yes, people are saying its not natural...its got Saria worried..."
Zelda nodded and closed her eyes, "its not natural Link, she's right...I sense great evil, pouring into Hyrule."
"We're coming to the castle tomorrow Zel, theres no way we can get to the castle tonight, in this weather."
"I understand, just please...be careful Link, I feel as if a force even greater then the evil king Gannon is behind this force...and its here, in Hyrule!" zelda replied, opening her eyes and looking deep into his. "I fear that you will be its target, right now as children we're more vulnerable then anything...and, theres another thing..."
"What is it?" Link replied.
Zelda wionced again, and so did he as another wave of pain hit them both, "It is written, in the scripts of the Book of Mudora that at one time an evil force attacked the ancient Hylia. This evil force conquered most of Hyrule, subverting each race to its whim, corrupting them from within and turning them against each other, thus allowing them to become easy prey to its malevolent power. This in turn unleashed horrible wars amongst each race."
"So...how does this concern us?" Link asked.
"I'm geting to that Link," replied Zelda. "It turns out that the only spot that this force could not enter was this land Link, the very same place where Hyrule Castle Town, the Castle, and the Temple of Time now stand because of two people, The Princess of the Hylia and her Knight. Together, their power combined with those of the people around them and they drove back the evil force, banishing it from Hyrules shore. To make sure that this evil could never return a sword was forged...the Master Sword, the sword of Evils-bane. It was then, the Anceint Hylia realized that the Sword could serve a dual-purpose. Combined with the Triforces power from the Golden Land its power could be amplified, creating a barrier around the land of Hyrule, banishing the power of the Evil from ever returning. However they could not forsee what would happen here. It could also be used to make sure the Golden Land was never accessed by anyone except one pure of heart."
"So that was how the Temple of Time was made right?" Link asked
Zelda nodded, "yes...it was made to serve two purposes: The first was to protect the Golden Land, the second was to protect Hyrule from this terrible Evil."
"I see...so..."
zelda quickly shook her head and interrupted him before he could finish. "I will tell you more tomorrow...I cannot keep the peices resonating any longer..."
Link could tell she was starting to loose her cool and the pain was becoming more then she could bear. Looking at his own hand and gritting his teeth he could feel as she was, worn and drawn out, and the pain was slowly starting to creep back into his head.
"Alright Zel, I'll see you tomorrow...with Saria.." he sighed and closed his eyes, he knew when those two would get together he wouldn't get a moments peace.
Zelda nodded then smiled, "and Link..."
"Yeah?" he asked, looking at her again.
"Behave tomorrow ok? I haven't seen Saria in AGES, we have so much to catch up on." she then giggled and winked before fading from sight.
"Wonderful..." he groaned, closing his eyes.