Legend of Zelda: Next generation
Chapter 10: Confrontations.
Our troops all arrived a few days later. We dispersed them in the forest Parallel to the border. Zora's stayed near the forest pools while Gerudo and Kokiri took to the trees. Debbie and Alex ranged between the groups, helping the Goron's around some obstacles. I was with a mixed force ahead of all of them scouting out the army.
Link and I crouched behind a tree looking ahead to where the fires of the enemy where just visible. We counted at least twenty, there was more beyond these. I turned and slid down the trunk of the tree to sit on the ground, closing my eyes to block out the world. "They are to firmly entrenched." I whispered as Link sat beside me. "They've been there for a while, can you see the mounds of dirt? Those are from trenches, and they will be manned."
I heard tiny noises as he shifted closer. "Well then why don't we draw them out?" "To hard," I responded "They will get suspicious. We don't need that." He was silent as we thought over the situation. "Oh well," I finally broke the silence with a whisper, "Let's get back to the others and tell them what's going on. They might have more luck coming up with something."
I stood quietly, looked around the tree and slid from shadow to shadow back in the direction of our own camp. The others all eagerly awaited news. I reported and set everyone to thinking about it.
It was a rough night too. We couldn't light a fire so the cool autumn air bit into us, I ended up heating a stone to curl around. To add to our discomfort it started to rain, the temperature dropped suddenly and rendered my stone useless. I huddled between the roots of the tree I lent against and felt the earth give way beneath me. I gave a soft shocked cry and tumbled into a warm hole beneath the tree trunk. Link's head appeared at the opening as I looked around.
To my vision the tree pulsed with magic and life. The roots had formed walls over time and left the burrow like structure. It looked big enough to hold two, or maybe three people.
Link slid inside. He pretty much filled the rest of the burrow. "How did you find this?" he asked. "I think that there might be more of these." I responded, crawling to the hole I stuck my head out and hissed at the woman sleeping near by. "Go press around the base of the near by tree's." I instructed. "Look for burrow's like this one. They should be dry enough to sleep in and I doubt that anyone will notice them so get the people on watch to get some sleep." My orders where carried out and soon every person in the twenty strong force was hidden away.
I slid back down beside link. The clouds and the rain covered the moon so it was almost pitch black. My ears flicked to pick up every sound over the pounding of the rain, my other sense's had sharpened suddenly. I could hear Link's breathing, he was awake and, I think, watching me. I lent back against the wall and closed my eyes. They where useless in the dark as they where.
I opened them again and saw the reds and oranges of his body heat with my magically enhanced vision. "That's better." I mumbled. Link heard me and asked, "What is?" "I can see you now." I said. He didn't say anything else. I curled up beside him and watched the red and orange color spread to me. Just before I fell asleep I noted that in places the color had gone almost white, especially in his face. It made me certain that I didn't want to know what he was thinking.
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When Debbie and Alex arrived in the camp the next morning I found that I missed the human world. I admitted that much to them. Surprisingly enough it was Alex who came up with an idea.
"Why don't we cast a spell, Our magic's strong enough and we've pierced the veil between worlds before haven't we?" I was shocked with the simplicity of it. "Come to think of it," I started carefully (I didn't want his ego to over inflate) "That might just work."
By midday it was decided that we would go back to Kokiri village and try out the idea. It wasn't very hard to come up with a spell.
Summon knowledge from afar, Guided to us by mount or star. Let us see what be hidden, Tell us now what's left of home.
I wasn't sure about that wording though, but the words where itching to be said anyway.
We set the boundaries for a magic circle and hoped for hell that what ever came through wouldn't upset what little peace we had before Baldor broke through. We stood together in a circle and repeated the spell. For a moment I thought nothing had happened. Everything was still and quiet, seconds, then minutes passed until a crashing roar echoed from Link's house scaring every one within ear shot of the noise.
Debbie, Alex and I where off toward the noise in seconds. We broke the circle and climbed the tree house's ladder as a bright light emitted from the windows and doors of the top level. We shielded our eyes as we looked inside and saw everything whirling in an invisible wind, a strip of blue light broke the air and widened as something the size of a child was hurled out.
It flew out the door and slammed into me sending me reeling backwards over the edge of the balcony as that something fell to the wooden boards. I fell through the air only to be caught before I hit the ground.
I looked and saw what had caught me. It had been link. In my mind I had a vision of him running flat-out toward the tree house. I remembered the thing that had come out of the dimensional door and struggled to get out of his arms. He put me down and I rushed for the ladder once more. At the top Alex and Debbie where poking it.
"Get back." I warned them as I crouched beside the small figure. I rolled it on to it's back and saw clearly the features of a boy from my past. "Oh my god." I muttered under my breath. With a new sense of urgency I checked and found a pulse. Good, he was alive.
I wondered just how he had made the transfer from one world to another when the words popped into my mind again. The spell. The boy stirred beside me. "What happened? where am I?" he asked looking dazed as he sat up. Alex and Debbie came forward again this time with Link close by. The boy looked to each of them in turn with a disbelieving stare, finally his eyes found mine and the word came unbidden from his mouth. "Stephanie?"
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Well who is this strange boy that Stephanie seemed to know? and what connection does he have with Hyrule and our hero's. Find out in the next chapter.
Chapter 11: New Players.
Chapter 10: Confrontations.
Our troops all arrived a few days later. We dispersed them in the forest Parallel to the border. Zora's stayed near the forest pools while Gerudo and Kokiri took to the trees. Debbie and Alex ranged between the groups, helping the Goron's around some obstacles. I was with a mixed force ahead of all of them scouting out the army.
Link and I crouched behind a tree looking ahead to where the fires of the enemy where just visible. We counted at least twenty, there was more beyond these. I turned and slid down the trunk of the tree to sit on the ground, closing my eyes to block out the world. "They are to firmly entrenched." I whispered as Link sat beside me. "They've been there for a while, can you see the mounds of dirt? Those are from trenches, and they will be manned."
I heard tiny noises as he shifted closer. "Well then why don't we draw them out?" "To hard," I responded "They will get suspicious. We don't need that." He was silent as we thought over the situation. "Oh well," I finally broke the silence with a whisper, "Let's get back to the others and tell them what's going on. They might have more luck coming up with something."
I stood quietly, looked around the tree and slid from shadow to shadow back in the direction of our own camp. The others all eagerly awaited news. I reported and set everyone to thinking about it.
It was a rough night too. We couldn't light a fire so the cool autumn air bit into us, I ended up heating a stone to curl around. To add to our discomfort it started to rain, the temperature dropped suddenly and rendered my stone useless. I huddled between the roots of the tree I lent against and felt the earth give way beneath me. I gave a soft shocked cry and tumbled into a warm hole beneath the tree trunk. Link's head appeared at the opening as I looked around.
To my vision the tree pulsed with magic and life. The roots had formed walls over time and left the burrow like structure. It looked big enough to hold two, or maybe three people.
Link slid inside. He pretty much filled the rest of the burrow. "How did you find this?" he asked. "I think that there might be more of these." I responded, crawling to the hole I stuck my head out and hissed at the woman sleeping near by. "Go press around the base of the near by tree's." I instructed. "Look for burrow's like this one. They should be dry enough to sleep in and I doubt that anyone will notice them so get the people on watch to get some sleep." My orders where carried out and soon every person in the twenty strong force was hidden away.
I slid back down beside link. The clouds and the rain covered the moon so it was almost pitch black. My ears flicked to pick up every sound over the pounding of the rain, my other sense's had sharpened suddenly. I could hear Link's breathing, he was awake and, I think, watching me. I lent back against the wall and closed my eyes. They where useless in the dark as they where.
I opened them again and saw the reds and oranges of his body heat with my magically enhanced vision. "That's better." I mumbled. Link heard me and asked, "What is?" "I can see you now." I said. He didn't say anything else. I curled up beside him and watched the red and orange color spread to me. Just before I fell asleep I noted that in places the color had gone almost white, especially in his face. It made me certain that I didn't want to know what he was thinking.
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When Debbie and Alex arrived in the camp the next morning I found that I missed the human world. I admitted that much to them. Surprisingly enough it was Alex who came up with an idea.
"Why don't we cast a spell, Our magic's strong enough and we've pierced the veil between worlds before haven't we?" I was shocked with the simplicity of it. "Come to think of it," I started carefully (I didn't want his ego to over inflate) "That might just work."
By midday it was decided that we would go back to Kokiri village and try out the idea. It wasn't very hard to come up with a spell.
Summon knowledge from afar, Guided to us by mount or star. Let us see what be hidden, Tell us now what's left of home.
I wasn't sure about that wording though, but the words where itching to be said anyway.
We set the boundaries for a magic circle and hoped for hell that what ever came through wouldn't upset what little peace we had before Baldor broke through. We stood together in a circle and repeated the spell. For a moment I thought nothing had happened. Everything was still and quiet, seconds, then minutes passed until a crashing roar echoed from Link's house scaring every one within ear shot of the noise.
Debbie, Alex and I where off toward the noise in seconds. We broke the circle and climbed the tree house's ladder as a bright light emitted from the windows and doors of the top level. We shielded our eyes as we looked inside and saw everything whirling in an invisible wind, a strip of blue light broke the air and widened as something the size of a child was hurled out.
It flew out the door and slammed into me sending me reeling backwards over the edge of the balcony as that something fell to the wooden boards. I fell through the air only to be caught before I hit the ground.
I looked and saw what had caught me. It had been link. In my mind I had a vision of him running flat-out toward the tree house. I remembered the thing that had come out of the dimensional door and struggled to get out of his arms. He put me down and I rushed for the ladder once more. At the top Alex and Debbie where poking it.
"Get back." I warned them as I crouched beside the small figure. I rolled it on to it's back and saw clearly the features of a boy from my past. "Oh my god." I muttered under my breath. With a new sense of urgency I checked and found a pulse. Good, he was alive.
I wondered just how he had made the transfer from one world to another when the words popped into my mind again. The spell. The boy stirred beside me. "What happened? where am I?" he asked looking dazed as he sat up. Alex and Debbie came forward again this time with Link close by. The boy looked to each of them in turn with a disbelieving stare, finally his eyes found mine and the word came unbidden from his mouth. "Stephanie?"
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Well who is this strange boy that Stephanie seemed to know? and what connection does he have with Hyrule and our hero's. Find out in the next chapter.
Chapter 11: New Players.