Legend of Zelda : Next Generation
Chapter 4 : Challenge of wisdom.
"This sucks!"
I was siting on Saria's roof stewing over the days events. Why did Debbie have to go and stick her nose into my business all the time. I knew for a fact that back in the real world she was... Let's just say she would kick me twice as hard as I'd hit her.
"But I realise she's my friend, probably the only real one I had." My thoughts stopped dwelling on what was now the past and turned to the future. Why where we brought here? My thoughts clouded as I remembered the news report from yesterday.
"Disappearances have occurred over most of the world today. The kidnapper has taken only girls around the age of nineteen and who have had some kind of martial arts experience."
I was thinking deeply about this as I wondered if my situation and theirs where connected. The air started to glow round me. I looked up and saw a ball of black light. Staring back at me was the evil man who had been in the game. "You!" I gasped getting up and backing away quickly falling into a defensive crouch. "Yes me, Now why don't you tell me where you are so I can help you get home."
The voice sounded kind but I could feel a layer of malice below the facade. "No," I spat "What do you want with me." "I want that which you possess." I was confused "I don't have anything so leave me alone." I was starting to feel scared and angry as I backed further away. I felt something well up into my chest. Tingling with the buried power I willed the man in the black portal to go away. I closed my eyes and concentrated harder. "Go away!" I screamed and a shout from the black portal echoed as it shut and disappeared.
I fell to my knee's as Link and Debbie climbed up onto the roof. "What happened?" They asked me at the same time. I was sweating "The dark man that pulled us here, He want's something that I have but I don't know what it is." At the words dark man Link had frozen and was now staring at me in shock. "Oh no, Not again." he said callously. "Come on we've got to get you inside now."
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"Why didn't you tell us you'd been brought here by Baldor?" Link was demanding to know. "Well one, Who's Baldor and two, you never asked." His expression softened as he realised that I couldn't possibly know everything he did. "Prince Baldor is an evil prince that tried to take over Hyrule last year." He explained, "We won, Barely. Baldor escaped with his remaining men but not before killing my friends. We sealed him away from Hyrule with the wisdom piece of the triforce but as we did we lost them." His eye's went a little dull. "Now no matter how hard we try we cant find them or those who hold them. Baldor has spent all his time trying to find them."
I realised now with little difficulty what Baldor had meant when he had said that I had some thing he wanted. My hands shook as I pulled one armoured glove over my knuckles. A golden light spilled out into the room. "What is that?" Alex asked in a loud voice that was slightly higher than usual. "What Baldor was after." I answered sullenly.
Silence roared in my ears as I looked at the fresh tattoo of the triforce on my hand one of the three triangles where coloured a deep gold. Link was amazed. He just stood there staring unseeing at the mark.
"You have it." he managed to mumble. His voice became stronger. "You have it!" He was grinning from ear to ear. Punching the air he turned to Saria and picked her up and swung her round before putting her own and turning back to me. "Oh you don't have any idea how much of a relief it is to finally find you." he said and totally out of the blue he hugged me. "Wha..." I spluttered as he squeezed me and let go.
Alex and Debbie where both confused deeply about Links reaction. "What do you mean?" They asked "Are you saying that she's the next one chosen by fate to carry it."
"But doesn't that mean she's supposed to rule or something? I mean from what we now the one who holds the wisdom piece is destined to rule Hyrule and become the seventh sage. Is that right?" Debbie was starting to remember what I'd tested her on so many times before.
Link and Saria where unsure, I scrambled away from Debbie. "You remember the scariest things don't you and why would I want to be a queen anyway?" "Well that settles that problem." Saria piped up "If she doesn't want to be a queen then why push Zelda of the throne." "Now all we need to worry about is Zelda's reaction and how we are gonna' keep you hidden from Baldor. There's no doubt that Zelda has already felt your presence so there are probably people on the way to get you but the castle isn't that safe."
I was tired from all the days events. To much had changed to quickly. "Well what ever you do I don't care. I just want some sleep." Putting the armoured glove back on I curled up in a ball and fell asleep.
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Link's prediction of someone coming from the castle to get me turned out to be correct. Two days after we'd arrived in Hyrule a squad of guards found their way into koriki village. They had started to search the village and where not being to careful about it either. They reached link's tree house where Debbie and Alex where staying and where shocked to see the pair of them emerge from the shadows of the building. They'd been expecting link but he was at Saria's again with me trying to form a plan to keep me safe.
We heard the crashes from outside and rushed out. We saw all the guards lying on the ground ten yards from the tree and the figure standing at it's base. "Debbie! What happened here I hope it wasn't you who did this." I stomped over and she explained to me what had happened. "Well they barged in on me so I kicked them out." A grin brightened her face as I gave an exasperated sigh.
Meanwhile Link had managed to bring one of the guards round. He jumped up looking around wildly then spotted Link and brought up his spear. Link didn't look to worried. "Where are you hiding them?" the guard demanded. He was young and foolish, Link reached across and easily disarmed him. "Who sent you and what where you told to look for." He asked in reply.
The young solider answered with growing confidence. "I was sent with a squad ordered to look for someone here and take them back to the castle to see queen Zelda." Link looked across at where Alex and Debbie had taken up their positions either side of me.
"Rouse the others then." Link ordered the man. The solider went about his work methodically. Waking first his friends then the commander. The commander repeated what the solider had said. "Link you can't hide them from us." the commander tried appealing to him, But link just yawned. "I haven't tried hiding them from you. Any way it's up to them if they go or not."
"And that's right. If we wanted to see the queen we'll go in our own time thank-you very much." Debbie piled on the sarcasm. The guards noticed her again and the closest to her backed away. She smiled smugly. The commander of the squad hadn't realised that we where who they'd been sent to retrieve. He was reluctant to go near Debbie again.
"I...I...I'm sorry miss but we have orders from her highness to bring you to Hyrule castle as soon as possible." "And where telling you we don't want to go." I'd finally spoken up. I pressed them into submission with the force of my new found magic.
They gave in and Link made them leave the forest. "You know she'll send others." he told us. I nodded "I don't trust the soldiers. If anything I'd rather go without a large escort like that." "Are we still going to carry out the original plan?" he asked. Alex and Debbie looked at us. "We've decided that I'd be safer in the Gerudo fortress with an army of assassins round me. Link's decided to pull in a favour they owed him." "Will they let me stay to?" Asked Alex, "From what I remember they don't like men." "That's right, they don't but I'm sure Stephanie and Debbie can vouch for you once your inside." Link confirmed.
Alex swallowed hard. "Well if we're gonna' make this detour we'd better get moving. Hyrule castle is a full days ride away."
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So Stephanie has the wisdom piece of the triforce that Zelda lost. Find out what goes on when they reach the castle in chapter 5 : Jealous royalty.
Chapter 4 : Challenge of wisdom.
"This sucks!"
I was siting on Saria's roof stewing over the days events. Why did Debbie have to go and stick her nose into my business all the time. I knew for a fact that back in the real world she was... Let's just say she would kick me twice as hard as I'd hit her.
"But I realise she's my friend, probably the only real one I had." My thoughts stopped dwelling on what was now the past and turned to the future. Why where we brought here? My thoughts clouded as I remembered the news report from yesterday.
"Disappearances have occurred over most of the world today. The kidnapper has taken only girls around the age of nineteen and who have had some kind of martial arts experience."
I was thinking deeply about this as I wondered if my situation and theirs where connected. The air started to glow round me. I looked up and saw a ball of black light. Staring back at me was the evil man who had been in the game. "You!" I gasped getting up and backing away quickly falling into a defensive crouch. "Yes me, Now why don't you tell me where you are so I can help you get home."
The voice sounded kind but I could feel a layer of malice below the facade. "No," I spat "What do you want with me." "I want that which you possess." I was confused "I don't have anything so leave me alone." I was starting to feel scared and angry as I backed further away. I felt something well up into my chest. Tingling with the buried power I willed the man in the black portal to go away. I closed my eyes and concentrated harder. "Go away!" I screamed and a shout from the black portal echoed as it shut and disappeared.
I fell to my knee's as Link and Debbie climbed up onto the roof. "What happened?" They asked me at the same time. I was sweating "The dark man that pulled us here, He want's something that I have but I don't know what it is." At the words dark man Link had frozen and was now staring at me in shock. "Oh no, Not again." he said callously. "Come on we've got to get you inside now."
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"Why didn't you tell us you'd been brought here by Baldor?" Link was demanding to know. "Well one, Who's Baldor and two, you never asked." His expression softened as he realised that I couldn't possibly know everything he did. "Prince Baldor is an evil prince that tried to take over Hyrule last year." He explained, "We won, Barely. Baldor escaped with his remaining men but not before killing my friends. We sealed him away from Hyrule with the wisdom piece of the triforce but as we did we lost them." His eye's went a little dull. "Now no matter how hard we try we cant find them or those who hold them. Baldor has spent all his time trying to find them."
I realised now with little difficulty what Baldor had meant when he had said that I had some thing he wanted. My hands shook as I pulled one armoured glove over my knuckles. A golden light spilled out into the room. "What is that?" Alex asked in a loud voice that was slightly higher than usual. "What Baldor was after." I answered sullenly.
Silence roared in my ears as I looked at the fresh tattoo of the triforce on my hand one of the three triangles where coloured a deep gold. Link was amazed. He just stood there staring unseeing at the mark.
"You have it." he managed to mumble. His voice became stronger. "You have it!" He was grinning from ear to ear. Punching the air he turned to Saria and picked her up and swung her round before putting her own and turning back to me. "Oh you don't have any idea how much of a relief it is to finally find you." he said and totally out of the blue he hugged me. "Wha..." I spluttered as he squeezed me and let go.
Alex and Debbie where both confused deeply about Links reaction. "What do you mean?" They asked "Are you saying that she's the next one chosen by fate to carry it."
"But doesn't that mean she's supposed to rule or something? I mean from what we now the one who holds the wisdom piece is destined to rule Hyrule and become the seventh sage. Is that right?" Debbie was starting to remember what I'd tested her on so many times before.
Link and Saria where unsure, I scrambled away from Debbie. "You remember the scariest things don't you and why would I want to be a queen anyway?" "Well that settles that problem." Saria piped up "If she doesn't want to be a queen then why push Zelda of the throne." "Now all we need to worry about is Zelda's reaction and how we are gonna' keep you hidden from Baldor. There's no doubt that Zelda has already felt your presence so there are probably people on the way to get you but the castle isn't that safe."
I was tired from all the days events. To much had changed to quickly. "Well what ever you do I don't care. I just want some sleep." Putting the armoured glove back on I curled up in a ball and fell asleep.
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Link's prediction of someone coming from the castle to get me turned out to be correct. Two days after we'd arrived in Hyrule a squad of guards found their way into koriki village. They had started to search the village and where not being to careful about it either. They reached link's tree house where Debbie and Alex where staying and where shocked to see the pair of them emerge from the shadows of the building. They'd been expecting link but he was at Saria's again with me trying to form a plan to keep me safe.
We heard the crashes from outside and rushed out. We saw all the guards lying on the ground ten yards from the tree and the figure standing at it's base. "Debbie! What happened here I hope it wasn't you who did this." I stomped over and she explained to me what had happened. "Well they barged in on me so I kicked them out." A grin brightened her face as I gave an exasperated sigh.
Meanwhile Link had managed to bring one of the guards round. He jumped up looking around wildly then spotted Link and brought up his spear. Link didn't look to worried. "Where are you hiding them?" the guard demanded. He was young and foolish, Link reached across and easily disarmed him. "Who sent you and what where you told to look for." He asked in reply.
The young solider answered with growing confidence. "I was sent with a squad ordered to look for someone here and take them back to the castle to see queen Zelda." Link looked across at where Alex and Debbie had taken up their positions either side of me.
"Rouse the others then." Link ordered the man. The solider went about his work methodically. Waking first his friends then the commander. The commander repeated what the solider had said. "Link you can't hide them from us." the commander tried appealing to him, But link just yawned. "I haven't tried hiding them from you. Any way it's up to them if they go or not."
"And that's right. If we wanted to see the queen we'll go in our own time thank-you very much." Debbie piled on the sarcasm. The guards noticed her again and the closest to her backed away. She smiled smugly. The commander of the squad hadn't realised that we where who they'd been sent to retrieve. He was reluctant to go near Debbie again.
"I...I...I'm sorry miss but we have orders from her highness to bring you to Hyrule castle as soon as possible." "And where telling you we don't want to go." I'd finally spoken up. I pressed them into submission with the force of my new found magic.
They gave in and Link made them leave the forest. "You know she'll send others." he told us. I nodded "I don't trust the soldiers. If anything I'd rather go without a large escort like that." "Are we still going to carry out the original plan?" he asked. Alex and Debbie looked at us. "We've decided that I'd be safer in the Gerudo fortress with an army of assassins round me. Link's decided to pull in a favour they owed him." "Will they let me stay to?" Asked Alex, "From what I remember they don't like men." "That's right, they don't but I'm sure Stephanie and Debbie can vouch for you once your inside." Link confirmed.
Alex swallowed hard. "Well if we're gonna' make this detour we'd better get moving. Hyrule castle is a full days ride away."
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So Stephanie has the wisdom piece of the triforce that Zelda lost. Find out what goes on when they reach the castle in chapter 5 : Jealous royalty.