(A/N) Now I'm getting somewhere
Legend of Zelda : Next Generation.
Chapter 3 : Discovering destiny.
The stunned silence stretched out while Link refused to move. The others had left the hyilian to deal with what ever she'd found. "You can come out you know. It's not like where going to bite your head off link." she stopped for a moment then added, "You too Saria."
Saria reappeared behind her, giving her friends a shock. "Hey how did you know I was there?" Saria demanded hotly. The hyilian woman smiled at the annoyed Koriki. "Because I trust my instincts sage of the forest."
Saria was stunned again by the woman's knowledge. "Well since you seem to know Saria and me so well would you mind introducing yourselves?" Link asked as he stepped out from behind the trees and walked toward them, though still wary.
The strange female giggled while the woman introduced herself. "I am Stephanie and these are my friends Debbie and Alex." Both bobbed their head's to Link and Saria as their names where said, "We might need a little help getting out of the lost woods."
Saria gave Stephanie an incredulous look. "I can say for a fact that you would have been fine even with out us." "You mean I was right about where we were." She punched the air, "Up yours Debbie I was right." The strange female Link now knew as Debbie scowled. "I just haven't played the game since I was sixteen." "Oh no. If I could remember that then you would definitely remember. You even had two copies of the game..." The blonde looked as though she would go on forever if given half a chance but the male, Alex cut in. "Steph, remember they don't know about that stuff." he cautioned the other two.
"Oh yeah." Stephanie was a little dazed but then just smiled and turned back to Link flicking a finger up at the man. He made the same gesture "Back at you with balls on." Stephanie looked as though she was going at laugh her head off. Actually she was barely keeping the giggles contained.
She calmed down again and spoke to Link. "You wana' walk with us?" She asked as the others started to turn round. "Okay." He said, earning a thump on the side from Saria as she saw his eye's flick over the strange woman's body. Shaking her head Saria caught up with Stephanie's friends leaving Stephanie waiting for Link to move fast enough to keep up.
"How did you get in to the forest?" he asked more with curiosity than surprise like he had originally. "I don't know." Stephanie's reply was cautious. "One minute I was in one world and the next I wake up and find myself in the middle of a dirty great forest, no offence meant." she added as an after thought. "None taken, I just don't know how you could be from another world. I mean you are Hyilian aren't you? You've got the pointy ears and everything..."
Stephanie's face showed only surprise. Her hands felt for her ears and she squeaked as she found the points. She turned stormy and raced lightly up to her friends grabbing the other woman by the shoulder and throwing her off balance and to the ground. "Why didn't you tell me I'd turned into a Hyilian?" She demanded as the woman smirked up at her. She tried to get up but Stephanie thrust a foot onto her chest to pin her back down.
"Agghh" The woman on the ground squealed. "It's not that bad, you always wanted to be elvish on you are, now stop trying to take the shock out on me." Stephanie pulled her foot away, "Well you do have a point..." she was saying as a foot slammed into her stomach throwing her back into link.
"Oof. I deserved that." She said then realised that she was leaning against link who had put his arms around her when he had caught her. Link was bright red in the face as he and Stephanie jumped apart. Meanwhile Debbie was bent double as she laughed hard. Stephanie was acting like a enraged bull at what her friend had made her do.
"Debbie, stop laughing like a jack ass. Don't make me see what I can do here with my magic." The threat worked and Debbie shut up, eventually. "Oh Steph, I was just helping. I know how hard it is to get a boy friend in the real world..." she winced as Stephanie lost her temper and started to recite strange words.
"Candle, Candle burning bright, Crimson fire now ignight!"
The effect was instant as she pointed to Debbie, who in turn lit up like candle the magic fire licking at her limbs. She dropped to the ground and rolled until the fire went out while Stephanie looked at her fingers in amazement. "That was not what I had expected." she said hesitantly.
"Whoa I wonder if you can go invisible here to..." Alex was cut off by a glare as Stephanie passed him. She stomped off into the forest obviously upset about something. Saria looked up as she passed Debbie. "Lets get you back to the village." she said kindly to the hurt woman and with the help of Alex started to move her to the forest exit.
"Link go get the other woman will you." she said over her shoulder. Link was unsure that it should be him going but did so as Saria glared at him. Something the cheery Koriki had never had to do to link before. It was scary.
"Okay I'll go." a horse giggle escaped Debbie.
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"She likes him." Debbie crowed a healer fairy later.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked absently. "Her reaction. It wouldn't have been that strong if I was talking about anyone else." She sniggered, "But she didn't have to use the candle spell. That felt ten times as bad as normal."
"Maybe she's been practicing." Alex suggested. "No she didn't have the time to get that good." They sat thinking about it until Saria, who had been listening to the conversation with some interest, voiced her own opinion. "Maybe she had only shadows of power in your world. I mean according to link she's a Hyilian."
"Now that is something I don't get." said Debbie suddenly. "Why did she change but not us?" that left them all stumped. "Well that is what we'll have to find out."
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Link tracked Stephanie to a glade not far away. She was standing beside a double tree stump talking to a pair of skull kids. When they ran away at his approach Stephanie's head turned as fast as a frightened poe could fly away.
"Oh It's you."
She sounded disgruntled as she turned properly to face him. "Why did you storm off like that?" Link asked. Treading carefully on the subject, not wanting to join her friend as cooked as a dongo's breakfast. "Oh I hate it when she does that it's so infuriating, and how dare she even think that about me..." Link listened to the angry rambling's for some time before she wore out her vocabulary of interestingly bad words.
"What's a matter?" He asked and this time no abuse poured out. The only thing she said was "Why would I tell you. It's personal." Link gave up trying to find out and just said that Saria had sent him to get her. "I might as well go back." She sounded sceptical still, "But on the up side it'll be a while before she does that again to test if I like someone...Shouldn't have told you that." she trailed off going red. "So how does she know how much you like the person in question."
Stephanie gave in to his question. "The more violent the reaction the more I like them." Going red again she started for the ladder that lead to the next level and to the exit of the endless trees.
Link caught up easily as she walked into the sunlight of Koriki village. "So what did that reaction rate?" he asked. She ignored not wanting to admit that that had been the most severe. Climbing down to the village they walked over to Saria's house. Debbie and Alex where outside arguing about something.
They looked up as we approached. "I'll have you know that was the worst one yet." Debbie said instantly and Link snorted. Turning crimson this time Stephanie wondered if these truly were her friends.
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It doesn't look good for Debbie getting that date now. What will link really think about the reaction test. How is Stephanie going to live down this humiliation! Find out in the next chapter. 4 : Challenge of wisdom.
Legend of Zelda : Next Generation.
Chapter 3 : Discovering destiny.
The stunned silence stretched out while Link refused to move. The others had left the hyilian to deal with what ever she'd found. "You can come out you know. It's not like where going to bite your head off link." she stopped for a moment then added, "You too Saria."
Saria reappeared behind her, giving her friends a shock. "Hey how did you know I was there?" Saria demanded hotly. The hyilian woman smiled at the annoyed Koriki. "Because I trust my instincts sage of the forest."
Saria was stunned again by the woman's knowledge. "Well since you seem to know Saria and me so well would you mind introducing yourselves?" Link asked as he stepped out from behind the trees and walked toward them, though still wary.
The strange female giggled while the woman introduced herself. "I am Stephanie and these are my friends Debbie and Alex." Both bobbed their head's to Link and Saria as their names where said, "We might need a little help getting out of the lost woods."
Saria gave Stephanie an incredulous look. "I can say for a fact that you would have been fine even with out us." "You mean I was right about where we were." She punched the air, "Up yours Debbie I was right." The strange female Link now knew as Debbie scowled. "I just haven't played the game since I was sixteen." "Oh no. If I could remember that then you would definitely remember. You even had two copies of the game..." The blonde looked as though she would go on forever if given half a chance but the male, Alex cut in. "Steph, remember they don't know about that stuff." he cautioned the other two.
"Oh yeah." Stephanie was a little dazed but then just smiled and turned back to Link flicking a finger up at the man. He made the same gesture "Back at you with balls on." Stephanie looked as though she was going at laugh her head off. Actually she was barely keeping the giggles contained.
She calmed down again and spoke to Link. "You wana' walk with us?" She asked as the others started to turn round. "Okay." He said, earning a thump on the side from Saria as she saw his eye's flick over the strange woman's body. Shaking her head Saria caught up with Stephanie's friends leaving Stephanie waiting for Link to move fast enough to keep up.
"How did you get in to the forest?" he asked more with curiosity than surprise like he had originally. "I don't know." Stephanie's reply was cautious. "One minute I was in one world and the next I wake up and find myself in the middle of a dirty great forest, no offence meant." she added as an after thought. "None taken, I just don't know how you could be from another world. I mean you are Hyilian aren't you? You've got the pointy ears and everything..."
Stephanie's face showed only surprise. Her hands felt for her ears and she squeaked as she found the points. She turned stormy and raced lightly up to her friends grabbing the other woman by the shoulder and throwing her off balance and to the ground. "Why didn't you tell me I'd turned into a Hyilian?" She demanded as the woman smirked up at her. She tried to get up but Stephanie thrust a foot onto her chest to pin her back down.
"Agghh" The woman on the ground squealed. "It's not that bad, you always wanted to be elvish on you are, now stop trying to take the shock out on me." Stephanie pulled her foot away, "Well you do have a point..." she was saying as a foot slammed into her stomach throwing her back into link.
"Oof. I deserved that." She said then realised that she was leaning against link who had put his arms around her when he had caught her. Link was bright red in the face as he and Stephanie jumped apart. Meanwhile Debbie was bent double as she laughed hard. Stephanie was acting like a enraged bull at what her friend had made her do.
"Debbie, stop laughing like a jack ass. Don't make me see what I can do here with my magic." The threat worked and Debbie shut up, eventually. "Oh Steph, I was just helping. I know how hard it is to get a boy friend in the real world..." she winced as Stephanie lost her temper and started to recite strange words.
"Candle, Candle burning bright, Crimson fire now ignight!"
The effect was instant as she pointed to Debbie, who in turn lit up like candle the magic fire licking at her limbs. She dropped to the ground and rolled until the fire went out while Stephanie looked at her fingers in amazement. "That was not what I had expected." she said hesitantly.
"Whoa I wonder if you can go invisible here to..." Alex was cut off by a glare as Stephanie passed him. She stomped off into the forest obviously upset about something. Saria looked up as she passed Debbie. "Lets get you back to the village." she said kindly to the hurt woman and with the help of Alex started to move her to the forest exit.
"Link go get the other woman will you." she said over her shoulder. Link was unsure that it should be him going but did so as Saria glared at him. Something the cheery Koriki had never had to do to link before. It was scary.
"Okay I'll go." a horse giggle escaped Debbie.
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"She likes him." Debbie crowed a healer fairy later.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked absently. "Her reaction. It wouldn't have been that strong if I was talking about anyone else." She sniggered, "But she didn't have to use the candle spell. That felt ten times as bad as normal."
"Maybe she's been practicing." Alex suggested. "No she didn't have the time to get that good." They sat thinking about it until Saria, who had been listening to the conversation with some interest, voiced her own opinion. "Maybe she had only shadows of power in your world. I mean according to link she's a Hyilian."
"Now that is something I don't get." said Debbie suddenly. "Why did she change but not us?" that left them all stumped. "Well that is what we'll have to find out."
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Link tracked Stephanie to a glade not far away. She was standing beside a double tree stump talking to a pair of skull kids. When they ran away at his approach Stephanie's head turned as fast as a frightened poe could fly away.
"Oh It's you."
She sounded disgruntled as she turned properly to face him. "Why did you storm off like that?" Link asked. Treading carefully on the subject, not wanting to join her friend as cooked as a dongo's breakfast. "Oh I hate it when she does that it's so infuriating, and how dare she even think that about me..." Link listened to the angry rambling's for some time before she wore out her vocabulary of interestingly bad words.
"What's a matter?" He asked and this time no abuse poured out. The only thing she said was "Why would I tell you. It's personal." Link gave up trying to find out and just said that Saria had sent him to get her. "I might as well go back." She sounded sceptical still, "But on the up side it'll be a while before she does that again to test if I like someone...Shouldn't have told you that." she trailed off going red. "So how does she know how much you like the person in question."
Stephanie gave in to his question. "The more violent the reaction the more I like them." Going red again she started for the ladder that lead to the next level and to the exit of the endless trees.
Link caught up easily as she walked into the sunlight of Koriki village. "So what did that reaction rate?" he asked. She ignored not wanting to admit that that had been the most severe. Climbing down to the village they walked over to Saria's house. Debbie and Alex where outside arguing about something.
They looked up as we approached. "I'll have you know that was the worst one yet." Debbie said instantly and Link snorted. Turning crimson this time Stephanie wondered if these truly were her friends.
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It doesn't look good for Debbie getting that date now. What will link really think about the reaction test. How is Stephanie going to live down this humiliation! Find out in the next chapter. 4 : Challenge of wisdom.