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Chapter 9

Link touched my shoulder, jerking me out of the nightmare. I looked around wildly, trying to find the humanoid creature, then realized what had happened.

"Evalyn, you were having a nightmare," Link said. It was predawn, the sky grayish, turning pink. I ran my hand through my hair, trying to remember the details of the dream. They were slipping through my brain as swiftly as water.

"It must have been some dream," Malon remarked, leaning over a small fire.

"It…it had a…a creature…" I said haltingly.

"What sort of creature?" Link asked.

"It looked like…almost as if it used to be human…it had the body of a child, I think…and it didn't have a face, just a bare skull…and it was carrying…something…" I shook my head, as if that would help bring the memory back. Link frowned.

"That sounds like a Skullkid to me…" Suddenly, the same figure from my dream came hurtling down from a tree. Malon screamed, right before it stabbed her with a small, wicked looking knife. She sank to the ground, holding her stomach, which was pumping out red blood. Two more of the creatures jumped down, one of them grabbing Link, the other my hair. I saw Link draw his sword, but the creature was too fast. It plunged the knife deep into his throat, and I saw Link's look of surprise and pain before he fell to the ground. I screamed out his name, then I saw nothing more but the third Skullkid's knife coming at my face.

I sat bolt upright, almost knocking Link over, who had been standing over me.

"That must have been some dream, Evalyn," He said almost jokingly.

"Link! You're alive!" I cried, then jumped up and hugged him. Whatever he had been expecting me to say, it most certainly wasn't that.

"As far as I know, Evalyn," He said awkwardly. I let go of him, embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I just had the worst dream-" I noticed the gray pre-dawn sky, then pinched myself. Hard. "I had the worst dream that we were being attacked by skullkids, and they killed you, and Malon, and I think me-"

"Wait a minute, slow down. What happened?" Link said. I took a deep breath.

"I dreamt that I had woken up, and I saw something-a skullkid-then I screamed, and then I woke up-"

"Wait a minute, you said that the three of us died-" Link interrupted, confused.

"That was only the first dream, I woke up into another one." I explained.

"Oh. Uh, go on." Link replied, scratching his head.

"Well, then you said that I was only having a bad dream, and I said that I saw that thing, and you said it was a skullkid, then Malon said something about it being some dream-then the skullkid jumped down and it-it killed her-then two more came and they killed you, then I saw the knife coming at me-then I woke up." It probably sounded mostly like jibberish to Link, but I guess I got the point across.

"Oh. I was wondering how you knew what a skullkid was. But that sounds like a really bad dream, and I'm glad was all it was." Link looked worried.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Well, usually, when someone has a double dream like that, it's usually a prophecy." Link looked at me meaningfully.

"Uh oh." I shivered. If that dream came true…

"Well, it isn't all the time. We'll just have to wait and see." Link looked over at where Malon was still sleeping. "Can you cook?" He asked, thankfully going to another subject.

"Uh, sort of, I could try…" I knelt by the food pack, rummaging through to try and find any food that I recognized. Finding the bread and old standby, Lon Lon milk, I pulled them out and handed some to Link.

"We eat simple when I 'cook'". I said, biting into a piece of my own. A few minutes later, I gave some more to a groggy Malon, and we then packed up and climbed back onto our faithful steeds. I asked Link where we were headed.

"Back to the forest. I can ask Saria about what's going on."

"Oh, the sage of forest I think?" I replied.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Link asked, puzzled.

"Well, I remember her name from what Tatl told me, and since you said we were going to the forest, I can only assume." I replied, sounding smug. Link smiled mischeivously.

"Oh good, I'm glad you can use your brain! For a while I was worried." He then rode quickly ahead to avoid my retaliation. After several unsuccessful attempts at pushing Link off of Epona, I decided to forgive him. A few hours later, Malon's horse Alaria came to a sudden halt, almost throwing her rider. Malon, concerned, jumped off to investigate. Link and I followed her. Moving with the grace of long practice, Malon checked Alaria's hooves, without success.

"Could something have spooked her?" Link asked, a worried frown on his features.

"Possibly, but Alaria used to belong to the Gerudos, she doesn't spook easily. Maybe the saddle's too tight." About 15 minutes later, every diagnosis was checked, none of them proving to be successful.

"Maybe she did spook," Malon said. "I'll try to see if she'll move now." Malon climbed up and urged Alaria forward, but the mare refused to move. Malon sighed, then jumped back down.

"Maybe you should just try to lead her," I said, trying to be helpful.

"That would take too long to walk all the way to the forest. It'll be dark in an hour. We can't reach the forest by then, and wolfos love to come here at night." Link said, frowning. I shuddered, remembering the encounter with the wolfo at the temple of time.

"Kakariko is just over to the south. We could go there for the night." Malon pointed out.

"I think that's what we'd better do." Link replied. I felt more left out then ever. About half an hour later, we were climbing up the stairs leading to the village.

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