Legend of Zelda : Next generation.
Chapter 8 : Tidings of battle.
I was out of bed with-in the day and pouring over a map of Hyrule given to me by Nabooru. The dreams I'd been having made sense. Baldor was coming to Hyrule and with his prior knowledge of the country it would be even harder to keep him at bay.
Since I'd woken Link had stayed around. Alex and Debbie ended up doing most of the running around the fortress for me and soon we had the full cooperation of every Gerudo. I continued to have the dreams, but these had more of a focus. They showed all kinds of flashes. Most where of fighting, although most showed strange soldiers creeping around a forest.
The war sequence of dreams would always be followed by the same dream that I was blind in darkness but my other senses where alive. I felt heard and smelt things that disturbed me more than I realised. But soon after I'd wake up, only to write down every aspect of the battle I'd seen.
My days took on a pattern as I trained with Link and my friends and then ate with Gerudo scouts as I brought them up to date about what I'd seen. They took my dreams seriously and where more than willing to go into the field for me. After that I'd usually have to find something to do, and that came in the form of Link.
He was teaching me the things I didn't know about Hyrule, and that was a lot. We usually sat on the statue in the training grounds but most of time there was no talking at all.(*^_^* If you catch my drift.)
Debbie and Alex had become more serious with the tiding's of war and now trained constantly. It was peaceful for a while but all that changed when I realised the pattern the dreams where taking. Looking down at the map I could see clearly, attack formations all aimed at the forest from the southern border.
I sent scouts out that day and only one returned. She reported the enemy had arrived.
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"Damn!" I roared, making my friends jump. We where pouring over the map trying to find some thing to use to our advantage. Baldor had remembered well the layout of the wood's and was going to take Koriki village. According to Link it had been their base outside the castle when Baldor had attacked the first time. "Well it isn't that bad. Maybe he forgot some thing." They didn't see the same way I did when it came to war. Nabooru ended our worries.
The forest would be the perfect place for us to ambush the enemy. With the help of the Koriki we might even be able to wipe the soldiers out with out them noticing. A plan formed quickly after that, but all the races would have to help.
That soon became our primary worry and I volunteered to go and ask for their assistance. Link was going too he could help me get through the volcano once we reached the crater that would be the hardest part.
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We left the fortress using the bolero of fire. Link played the ocarina while I whistled along with it. We felt the melting heat of the volcano's crater rush up as we landed on the transport pad. The stone was hot under our feet as we ran for the bridge that had been repaired.
The air was cooler in the caverns of the goron. Link stopped to let me through first as the rock slid away from the opening. Darunia, standing on the other side, looked surprised as link stood there panting from the heat and I sat there trying to regain what little breath I had.
"Well brother, this is the strangest entrance you've made yet." The goron reached down and pulled me to my feet. "And who have you brought with you?" He asked curious. Link took it on himself to introduce us. "Ah Darunia, this is Stephanie. She's a traveller in the realm, although when we went to see Zelda, Well you know what I mean." Darunia nodded grimly, "Stephanie this is Darunia, he's..."
I cut him off. "He is Darunia, Leader of the gorons, known as big brother and the sage of fire." Darunia was surprised but Link just nodded to my words. "Little brother, she's done her home work. You'd best not let this one slip through your fingers." "Don't worry Darunia, I wont."
I went bright red and grinned guiltily at the huge rock man and the blue eyed hero of time.
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It took a while to explain the war strategies to the goron. They where as slow as a Gerudo is a fighter, which is saying something, But most of the time they got the general idea. Not all of them were as smart as Darunia. it must have something to do with his contact with the sage's.
We spent the night in the goron's caverns sleeping on very uncomfortable stones. In the morning we rushed off to the lost woods in the hope that we wouldn't have to break our teeth on the stuff that they called food.
It took us a while to walk through the lost woods. Most of the skull kids would try to get us lost and it was hard to concentrate with them shouting boo at you every time you passed a tree. We found Saria in the village and she called everyone together.
We told them the news and despite their great age they showed themselves to be the children they really where. No matter how tough they acted.
It took a lot of reassuring to make them believe that every thing would be fine and by morning we had a scout force that knew the forest like the back of their hands.
After that Gerudo came swiftly to protect the village. They wouldn't be ambushed this time. The koriki lead out groups of Gerudo to set the ambush we'd planed.
As we secured our plans one problem came into play.
Zelda.
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Well its back to the castle for our hero's to face the result of Stephanie's spell. What kind of reception will they receive? Find out in the next chapter...Deep secret's.
Chapter 8 : Tidings of battle.
I was out of bed with-in the day and pouring over a map of Hyrule given to me by Nabooru. The dreams I'd been having made sense. Baldor was coming to Hyrule and with his prior knowledge of the country it would be even harder to keep him at bay.
Since I'd woken Link had stayed around. Alex and Debbie ended up doing most of the running around the fortress for me and soon we had the full cooperation of every Gerudo. I continued to have the dreams, but these had more of a focus. They showed all kinds of flashes. Most where of fighting, although most showed strange soldiers creeping around a forest.
The war sequence of dreams would always be followed by the same dream that I was blind in darkness but my other senses where alive. I felt heard and smelt things that disturbed me more than I realised. But soon after I'd wake up, only to write down every aspect of the battle I'd seen.
My days took on a pattern as I trained with Link and my friends and then ate with Gerudo scouts as I brought them up to date about what I'd seen. They took my dreams seriously and where more than willing to go into the field for me. After that I'd usually have to find something to do, and that came in the form of Link.
He was teaching me the things I didn't know about Hyrule, and that was a lot. We usually sat on the statue in the training grounds but most of time there was no talking at all.(*^_^* If you catch my drift.)
Debbie and Alex had become more serious with the tiding's of war and now trained constantly. It was peaceful for a while but all that changed when I realised the pattern the dreams where taking. Looking down at the map I could see clearly, attack formations all aimed at the forest from the southern border.
I sent scouts out that day and only one returned. She reported the enemy had arrived.
*********************************
"Damn!" I roared, making my friends jump. We where pouring over the map trying to find some thing to use to our advantage. Baldor had remembered well the layout of the wood's and was going to take Koriki village. According to Link it had been their base outside the castle when Baldor had attacked the first time. "Well it isn't that bad. Maybe he forgot some thing." They didn't see the same way I did when it came to war. Nabooru ended our worries.
The forest would be the perfect place for us to ambush the enemy. With the help of the Koriki we might even be able to wipe the soldiers out with out them noticing. A plan formed quickly after that, but all the races would have to help.
That soon became our primary worry and I volunteered to go and ask for their assistance. Link was going too he could help me get through the volcano once we reached the crater that would be the hardest part.
********************************
We left the fortress using the bolero of fire. Link played the ocarina while I whistled along with it. We felt the melting heat of the volcano's crater rush up as we landed on the transport pad. The stone was hot under our feet as we ran for the bridge that had been repaired.
The air was cooler in the caverns of the goron. Link stopped to let me through first as the rock slid away from the opening. Darunia, standing on the other side, looked surprised as link stood there panting from the heat and I sat there trying to regain what little breath I had.
"Well brother, this is the strangest entrance you've made yet." The goron reached down and pulled me to my feet. "And who have you brought with you?" He asked curious. Link took it on himself to introduce us. "Ah Darunia, this is Stephanie. She's a traveller in the realm, although when we went to see Zelda, Well you know what I mean." Darunia nodded grimly, "Stephanie this is Darunia, he's..."
I cut him off. "He is Darunia, Leader of the gorons, known as big brother and the sage of fire." Darunia was surprised but Link just nodded to my words. "Little brother, she's done her home work. You'd best not let this one slip through your fingers." "Don't worry Darunia, I wont."
I went bright red and grinned guiltily at the huge rock man and the blue eyed hero of time.
********************************
It took a while to explain the war strategies to the goron. They where as slow as a Gerudo is a fighter, which is saying something, But most of the time they got the general idea. Not all of them were as smart as Darunia. it must have something to do with his contact with the sage's.
We spent the night in the goron's caverns sleeping on very uncomfortable stones. In the morning we rushed off to the lost woods in the hope that we wouldn't have to break our teeth on the stuff that they called food.
It took us a while to walk through the lost woods. Most of the skull kids would try to get us lost and it was hard to concentrate with them shouting boo at you every time you passed a tree. We found Saria in the village and she called everyone together.
We told them the news and despite their great age they showed themselves to be the children they really where. No matter how tough they acted.
It took a lot of reassuring to make them believe that every thing would be fine and by morning we had a scout force that knew the forest like the back of their hands.
After that Gerudo came swiftly to protect the village. They wouldn't be ambushed this time. The koriki lead out groups of Gerudo to set the ambush we'd planed.
As we secured our plans one problem came into play.
Zelda.
****************************************************
Well its back to the castle for our hero's to face the result of Stephanie's spell. What kind of reception will they receive? Find out in the next chapter...Deep secret's.