Chapter 23

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Chapter 23 "Mommy, mommy! Look what I found!" The little brown-haired girl, her hands held in front of her holding something, charged across the small yard to where a young woman was standing. The woman smiled and knelt in front of her daughter. "What did you find, Evalyn?" She asked, her smile so big it was heard in her warm voice. The little girl panted out her answer, and revealed what had been clutched in her hand. "Mommy, I found a pretty key thing!! Look at it!" She said, handing her mother the key. It was small and grimy-looking, but the mother noticed something her 3-year-old (who could not read) had not. "What's that strange writing on it?" She murmured, her smile replaced by a frown of concentration. "Mommy, isn't it pretty?" Evalyn insisted, tugging on her mother's jeans. The woman stood up, still watching the key. "Evalyn, put this back where you found it? Someone will be looking for it." She said, handing the key back to her daughter. "Aww." The little girl walked back across the yard, and placed the key ceremoniously back in the bushes where she had found it. "Bye bye, key. I'll see you in a while." She said, then ran off to play some other game.

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"That's what they all say! Well, you know what, I'm sick and tired of people acting like I don't know how to deal. If I want to be angry, I'll be angry! There's nothing wrong with that!" Even as I was speaking my throat started getting tight as the scratchiness in the back of my eyes threatened to turn into a flood of tears. I brushed at them irately. "Evalyn, don't let anger alienate you from the rest of the people who care about you!" I turned around, sniffling. "No one's left who care's about me." "That's not true, and you know it. Malon cares about you, the sages care about you, I care about you, Link cares about you."

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"You would probably get an answer more readily if you don't kill first then ask questions later. Not that it matters, but my name is Evalyn, thank you very much. Wait a minute, you don't know what a bus is?" I paused. "Is this some sort of a joke? Well, a bus is a big car, only it's usually yellow or blue. It carries lots of people." I said that last bit with more than a little sarcasm, and I really would have this was a big joke, except there was no one left in the world who cared about me. The boy, however, just looked more confused.

"What's a car?" I gave him a long, hard look.

"Where are we, Africa? Or have I gone back in time to the world of King Arthur? Where am I?" I asked, my anger replaced with fear.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, but we're in Hyrule. Where are you from? By the way, my name's Link."

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I saw that I was in a bright, sunny room, in a bed next to a window, though I couldn't see anything out because I was lying down. On the other side of me was two chairs, both of them occupied, by Link and a pretty, redhead about my age who I assumed was Malon.

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"Link, no! Not you too! This can't be true! Don't leave us now, not when we have a quest to take care of! You're.you're my best friend, and I need you!"

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In the deathly quiet I put one foot underneath his chest so I could get a better angle for chopping, then raised the axe.

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I paused a moment with the axe in the air, feeling the eyes of thousands on me. That one moment told me that they would be totally unprepared for what I was about to do. Bringing the foot under Link up hard and fast, I kicked him out of the axe's path as I swung down with all my might, sending it crashing down onto the Four Objects. The split second after I heard the clang, I was afraid I was wrong, but then the incredible wave of pure energy hit me like a cannon, bulling me back about 10 feet. I landed on my back, hard, but didn't allow myself any time for self pity. I scrambled upright, just in time to see the shards of the Sword, the Stone, the Key, and the Ring spiral up as if in a tornado, and rip through the air to go on seemingly forever. The silence afterwards could have deafened me, then a buzz of anger came from the crowd, escalating until it turned into a raging storm of cries that made my ears want to bleed. Ganondorf simply stared stupidly at the spot where all his plans should have come out as one glorious triumph, while Rauru looked like he would start frothing at the mouth. I ran over to Link, the axe still in my hands. "Link, hold our your chains!" I shouted to make myself heard above the din. He stared at me for a moment, as if he couldn't believe what had just happened. "Link, hurry!" I screamed, holding the axe up. He finally held out his hands as far apart as they could, and I brought the keen blade crashing down, separating them and freeing him for moment. I grabbed one of his hands with my free one, keeping the other firmly clasped on the big battleaxe, and dragged him up. "Now RUN!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, dragging him as I ran down the walkway. We only got about halfway down before Ganondorf stopped us by blocking our path. I never saw anyone so angry, except when Link thought I had turned traitor. His eyes were red, his face such a deep purple it was almost black. "YOU!" he bellowed. He didn't give me a chance to answer-he simply sent some sort of magic at me, which seemed to set my very veins on fire with the pain. I didn't remember falling down, only Link picking me up and running with me past Ganondorf, somehow avoiding the King of Evil. I didn't come to my senses fully until we had gotten a ways away, and Link let me run on my own, seeming to understand that the only way to survive was to get away. We stopped after a little while, when I remembered something. "Link-Malon!" I gasped out, clutching at a stitch in my side. He nodded, and I led the way to the prison cells. We found Malon's cell, and while I hacked away at the lock with the axe I had somehow hung on to, Link went down the row, looking for someone or thing. Malon didn't ask any questions, seeming to accept the fact that I had never betrayed them after all. After I had gotten her out, Link came running up the corridor. "Evalyn, there's someone else you should meet, and even better if you let her out." He led Malon and I down the corridor some distance, then stopped in front of one cell. As I looked in, I almost knew immediately who it was. The resemblance to Link was uncanny, and her very posture seemed to scream royalty. I curtsied, all while still with the axe. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Princess Zelda."

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