Legend of Zelda: Next generation
Chapter 9: Deep secrets.
The prelude to light echoed through the huge hall stunning those inside. A swirling vortex appeared on the warp pad leaving two figures facing the door when it disappeared. The hyilians stood staring as they walked out the door in to the light wondering how exactly they'd managed to get there.
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Link and I walked out into the warm morning air leaving the safety of the temple of time behind us. As before people ogled and called out, but this time we where both on guard. I was sure that Zelda would have gotten into a right rage after she found Torlin. Hopefully he wouldn't be a problem anymore. How wrong I was.
I kept my face hidden as the gate guard admitted us. Thankfully he hadn't noticed me. Walking up the path I tried to look as unobtrusive as possible not quite sure what to think. Walking into the castle and down the hall we found the throne room once more. There weren't as many people present this time as we approached the twin thrones. Only one was occupied as we stood before them.
Zelda looked down on us, when I drew back the hood of my cloak she gave me a look saying plainly that I was not the person she wanted to see. "What are you doing back here?" she demanded to know "You've some nerve, returning after what happened last time."
I felt every pair of eyes in the room focus on me. "Well obviously you need to keep a better eye on your husband." I retorted forgetting that she was royalty. Both Link and Impa, who was present in the room foresaw the impending battle and herded the courtiers out of the room before the real argument broke out.
Zelda bristled at my comment and reared angrily. "Well the likes of you are all men need to abandon everything." She shot a look at Link and I hardly missed the meaning. "Ha! You and your husband are exactly alike. You're just as bad as he is. Maybe it's you that need's the babysitter."
We proceeded to hurl abuse at each other in an all out war. "Oh by din," Link exclaimed "they are acting like two children. Just like a pair of twins!" Impa beside him made no effort to stop us but shot Link a look. "So you finally noticed. You are more observant than I made you out to be."
Not far away I heard the comment and stopped mid sentence. I looked at Impa not believing what I'd just heard. Impa just stood, ignoring me. Zelda, Flushed in the face, Noticed I'd stopped and asked "Now what are you planning to do?"
I shunned her aside and walked over to Impa and link. "Did you just say what I thought you said cause there's no way I could be related to her!" I jerked a thumb in Zelda's general direction. Zelda got worked up again. "Why would I even want to be related to her." Zelda argued in return.
By then Impa had had enough. "SILENCE!" she roared and we both fell silent in shock. "I know this should have been said earlier but it's true, you are twins."
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"WHAT!?" Zelda and I said at the same time.
Impa just shook her head. "Sister's. When your mother had you, your father thought that as twins you would fight over the throne. So he gave up Stephanie, Avelia really, to the fairies so that she would never become a problem. The fairy's sent her to earth to keep her from harm but somehow she's come back."
Silence pressed on my ears as we watched the smug Impa walk away. "Well this does put a new twist on things." I broke the silence once the Sheikah had left. Sheepishly Zelda met eyes then looked away each trying to think what this would mean now. Link was restlessly anticipating our argument to break out by was surprised when I grinned and drew a scroll out of a bag and slapped it in her palm.
"I hope you can forget that long enough to consider what I have to say. I can to tell you that the one Link calls Baldor is trying to get back into Hyrule. He's escaped his prison and now wants to find me as the holder of the Triforce of wisdom. He brought me here you see. For the last week I've been having dreams of the enemy army. The Gerudo who scouted it out for me has proved them true. They are coming from the southeast border. (In other words through the forest.) Baldor has a slight advantage over us because we don't know exactly what he knows of the forest, but he's mobilized a spell to transport me to his side if I step into Hyrule field. If link is right he'll be able to use my mind as a guide."
"You know it's a pain in the bum not being able to ride through the field." She laughed and took the scroll "Is this a map?" she asked. I nodded. Link just stood at the side of the room staring in disbelief. He was shocked at how fast we made up for our differences. It seemed that by arguing we'd knocked some sense into each other.
Zelda though still had one grievance. "Oh, would you please take the spell off my husband. He hasn't come out of his room in a week and he keeps complaining that the maid is an evil beast." Both Link and I broke into snorts of laughter. "That proves it works." link gasped between breaths. I grinned and slung an arm around Zelda's shoulders and steered her out of the throne room toward Torlin's chamber.
The courtiers in the hall looked surprised that we'd apparently become best friends, we talked and laughed as we passed followed meekly by link. He still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
In Torlin's chamber we found him cringing behind the bed peaking over every now and then to see if the beasts that plagued him had gone. When I entered the room he squeaked and hid his head under a pillow. "For heavens sake Torlin get out from behind there and face me." I said, exasperated. I'd made it an order with power behind it, now he crept out on his hands and knees muttering. "I won't look, I won't look." I smiled knowing that it would be a long time before he forgot that lesson.
He stopped at my feet and I crouched to his level, grabbing his chin I made him look at me while I recited a counter curse.
Lesson learnt and new within, Release your hold on my kin. Problem settled, forgiven in grace, Look once more upon kind face.
The moment I released him from my grip he collapsed to the floor, tears of relief flooded down his face as he looked up at Zelda and me. "I think it didn't quite work." he mumbled audibly, "I'm seeing double." Zelda and I just looked at each other and laughed.
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It took a while for Torlin to accept me as his sister-in-law, but it wasn't just him, everyone else in the kingdom where still coming to terms with it.
Zelda had granted me access to the soldiers under her control and it was hardly a problem to fill them in. Unlike the Goron or the Koriki, Hyilian's had been trained to my kind of tactics. It wasn't long before we where headed to the last place on my list. Zora's domain.
Link had warned me of what Ruto had become. I believed him without hesitation. From what I knew she was the most possessive of all the girls who had proclaimed link theirs.
We entered Zora's domain via the tunnel from lake Hyilia. It was the easiest way to get me there after all I didn't have a blue tunic like Link did but magic made up for that. Surfacing in Zora's domain I was not surprised to feel a slight chill to the water, apparently it was still suffering from the effects of the freezing.
As soon as we where out of the water Ruto was all over link. I sensed him almost panic, he admitted as much later, "I can stand fearless in the face of danger but when it comes to her she scares me hands down."
It was not as easy to get the help of the zora. Ruto kept fluttering over link; it's hard to concentrate when you feel the insane urge to incinerate someone. I don't think those thoughts where entirely my own, someone else in the room had the same feelings, I suspect it was Link.
Eventually her father gave her the order to leave him alone so she contented herself with giving me dirty looks. It wasn't hard to know what she was thinking. I'm sure she threw a tantrum after we left. I think it was the roaring screams that gave it away. Now all we had to do was organize those we'd gathered and whoop Baldor's ugly butt.
If only it could be so easy.
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Well I finally put the chapters back up (Yay!!! ^_^) and I've gotten a new computer. I'm hoping that I'll be able to put up chapters more regularly. Watch out for chapter 10 - Confrontations.
Chapter 9: Deep secrets.
The prelude to light echoed through the huge hall stunning those inside. A swirling vortex appeared on the warp pad leaving two figures facing the door when it disappeared. The hyilians stood staring as they walked out the door in to the light wondering how exactly they'd managed to get there.
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Link and I walked out into the warm morning air leaving the safety of the temple of time behind us. As before people ogled and called out, but this time we where both on guard. I was sure that Zelda would have gotten into a right rage after she found Torlin. Hopefully he wouldn't be a problem anymore. How wrong I was.
I kept my face hidden as the gate guard admitted us. Thankfully he hadn't noticed me. Walking up the path I tried to look as unobtrusive as possible not quite sure what to think. Walking into the castle and down the hall we found the throne room once more. There weren't as many people present this time as we approached the twin thrones. Only one was occupied as we stood before them.
Zelda looked down on us, when I drew back the hood of my cloak she gave me a look saying plainly that I was not the person she wanted to see. "What are you doing back here?" she demanded to know "You've some nerve, returning after what happened last time."
I felt every pair of eyes in the room focus on me. "Well obviously you need to keep a better eye on your husband." I retorted forgetting that she was royalty. Both Link and Impa, who was present in the room foresaw the impending battle and herded the courtiers out of the room before the real argument broke out.
Zelda bristled at my comment and reared angrily. "Well the likes of you are all men need to abandon everything." She shot a look at Link and I hardly missed the meaning. "Ha! You and your husband are exactly alike. You're just as bad as he is. Maybe it's you that need's the babysitter."
We proceeded to hurl abuse at each other in an all out war. "Oh by din," Link exclaimed "they are acting like two children. Just like a pair of twins!" Impa beside him made no effort to stop us but shot Link a look. "So you finally noticed. You are more observant than I made you out to be."
Not far away I heard the comment and stopped mid sentence. I looked at Impa not believing what I'd just heard. Impa just stood, ignoring me. Zelda, Flushed in the face, Noticed I'd stopped and asked "Now what are you planning to do?"
I shunned her aside and walked over to Impa and link. "Did you just say what I thought you said cause there's no way I could be related to her!" I jerked a thumb in Zelda's general direction. Zelda got worked up again. "Why would I even want to be related to her." Zelda argued in return.
By then Impa had had enough. "SILENCE!" she roared and we both fell silent in shock. "I know this should have been said earlier but it's true, you are twins."
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"WHAT!?" Zelda and I said at the same time.
Impa just shook her head. "Sister's. When your mother had you, your father thought that as twins you would fight over the throne. So he gave up Stephanie, Avelia really, to the fairies so that she would never become a problem. The fairy's sent her to earth to keep her from harm but somehow she's come back."
Silence pressed on my ears as we watched the smug Impa walk away. "Well this does put a new twist on things." I broke the silence once the Sheikah had left. Sheepishly Zelda met eyes then looked away each trying to think what this would mean now. Link was restlessly anticipating our argument to break out by was surprised when I grinned and drew a scroll out of a bag and slapped it in her palm.
"I hope you can forget that long enough to consider what I have to say. I can to tell you that the one Link calls Baldor is trying to get back into Hyrule. He's escaped his prison and now wants to find me as the holder of the Triforce of wisdom. He brought me here you see. For the last week I've been having dreams of the enemy army. The Gerudo who scouted it out for me has proved them true. They are coming from the southeast border. (In other words through the forest.) Baldor has a slight advantage over us because we don't know exactly what he knows of the forest, but he's mobilized a spell to transport me to his side if I step into Hyrule field. If link is right he'll be able to use my mind as a guide."
"You know it's a pain in the bum not being able to ride through the field." She laughed and took the scroll "Is this a map?" she asked. I nodded. Link just stood at the side of the room staring in disbelief. He was shocked at how fast we made up for our differences. It seemed that by arguing we'd knocked some sense into each other.
Zelda though still had one grievance. "Oh, would you please take the spell off my husband. He hasn't come out of his room in a week and he keeps complaining that the maid is an evil beast." Both Link and I broke into snorts of laughter. "That proves it works." link gasped between breaths. I grinned and slung an arm around Zelda's shoulders and steered her out of the throne room toward Torlin's chamber.
The courtiers in the hall looked surprised that we'd apparently become best friends, we talked and laughed as we passed followed meekly by link. He still couldn't believe what he was seeing.
In Torlin's chamber we found him cringing behind the bed peaking over every now and then to see if the beasts that plagued him had gone. When I entered the room he squeaked and hid his head under a pillow. "For heavens sake Torlin get out from behind there and face me." I said, exasperated. I'd made it an order with power behind it, now he crept out on his hands and knees muttering. "I won't look, I won't look." I smiled knowing that it would be a long time before he forgot that lesson.
He stopped at my feet and I crouched to his level, grabbing his chin I made him look at me while I recited a counter curse.
Lesson learnt and new within, Release your hold on my kin. Problem settled, forgiven in grace, Look once more upon kind face.
The moment I released him from my grip he collapsed to the floor, tears of relief flooded down his face as he looked up at Zelda and me. "I think it didn't quite work." he mumbled audibly, "I'm seeing double." Zelda and I just looked at each other and laughed.
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It took a while for Torlin to accept me as his sister-in-law, but it wasn't just him, everyone else in the kingdom where still coming to terms with it.
Zelda had granted me access to the soldiers under her control and it was hardly a problem to fill them in. Unlike the Goron or the Koriki, Hyilian's had been trained to my kind of tactics. It wasn't long before we where headed to the last place on my list. Zora's domain.
Link had warned me of what Ruto had become. I believed him without hesitation. From what I knew she was the most possessive of all the girls who had proclaimed link theirs.
We entered Zora's domain via the tunnel from lake Hyilia. It was the easiest way to get me there after all I didn't have a blue tunic like Link did but magic made up for that. Surfacing in Zora's domain I was not surprised to feel a slight chill to the water, apparently it was still suffering from the effects of the freezing.
As soon as we where out of the water Ruto was all over link. I sensed him almost panic, he admitted as much later, "I can stand fearless in the face of danger but when it comes to her she scares me hands down."
It was not as easy to get the help of the zora. Ruto kept fluttering over link; it's hard to concentrate when you feel the insane urge to incinerate someone. I don't think those thoughts where entirely my own, someone else in the room had the same feelings, I suspect it was Link.
Eventually her father gave her the order to leave him alone so she contented herself with giving me dirty looks. It wasn't hard to know what she was thinking. I'm sure she threw a tantrum after we left. I think it was the roaring screams that gave it away. Now all we had to do was organize those we'd gathered and whoop Baldor's ugly butt.
If only it could be so easy.
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Well I finally put the chapters back up (Yay!!! ^_^) and I've gotten a new computer. I'm hoping that I'll be able to put up chapters more regularly. Watch out for chapter 10 - Confrontations.