Chapter Nine -Jessica's View-
I groaned softly at the throbbing pain in my head. I was slowly regaining my consciousness, and as happy as I was about it, it was not a nice feeling. 'Painful' would be a good word to describe it.
"Where am I?" I asked, looking around the bright room. I wasn't sure where I was or whether or not there was anyone there with me, but for some reason I was expecting some kind of answer. I blinked my eyes and concentrated on my surroundings. I got the feeling I had seen all this somewhere before.
"She's awake!" a young voice exclaimed eagerly.
I was sitting down in the middle of a bright circular room. The Chamber of Sages? I looked up, and sure enough, there was Rauru.
"Jessica," he said my name solemnly.
Dude… This keeps getting weirder and weirder. How does he know my name? "Uh-huh?"
Ruto giggled.
"I'm sorry to bring you here under such circumstances," Rauru said. "I know you must be in pain, but do not worry; it is nothing serious. Our meeting must be brief. You have been sent to Hyrule for a reason." He turned and glanced briefly at the other sages before looking back at me. "You must help Link defeat Raul. You are the chosen one."
Despite the fact that I again thought I was dreaming, I asked him a question I hoped he could answer, "Why me?"
All the sages gasped.
"She doesn't know!" Saria put a hand over her mouth and shook her head, shocked.
"I don't know what?" I demanded, rather impatiently.
"You have the fourth piece of the triforce," said Impa.
I raised an eyebrow at him and tried to contain a giggle. "Um… It's a triforce, meaning it only has three pieces. There is no fourth piece."
Darunia shook his large head. "There's the middle piece," he announced, matter-of-factly.
"But it's hollow!" I argued. They were trying to pull me even deeper into their world. Nuh-uh. I don't think so.
"You are the missing piece," Nabooru told me.
Were these people being serious? I decided to humor them and played along with their little…mind game. "And what do I bring to the four-pieced triforce?" I inquired mockingly.
I could tell they disapproved of my attitude, but that wasn't my problem.
"Child, you hold the portion devoted to Love," Rauru said.
"Love?" I laughed. That sounded so corny. "And what does Love have to do with me being here?"
A weighted silence fell around us, and I began to think that I had asked a question they didn't have an answer to.
"Because of Love," Ruto began, "Link will be able to defeat Raul."
"Love, huh? I'm not following you," I said, quite amused by the whole situation. I guess I hit my head pretty hard… Or maybe these sages aren't as smart as they think they are, since they trust a teenager to save to their world.
"Because of Link's love for you…" Saria said.
I scoffed. "Link doesn't love me."
They shared knowing glances.
I hate it when people do that, acting like they know something you don't.
"He will see that you're in danger and save you. In saving you, he saves Hyrule," Rauru said.
Aw. That sounded kinda romantic… "So you're saying," I began, but they started to fade away into blurs of nothingness.