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Chapter Fourteen: The Librarian
The Sage of Light, Rauru, sat snoozing in a comfortable armchair in his private study. His old age was starting to get to him as he shifted, trying to ease the arthritic pain in his joints. In the seventeen years that had passed since Ganondorf had been sealed away, Rauru had aged like any other Hylian. The thin white hair he used to have was almost completely gone by now but he still kept his mustache and beard neatly trimmed. The baggy orange robes that he wore were now tattered and ripped in places. Zelda always insisted that he get new ones but Rauru liked the way they fit.
Rauru jumped when his door was suddenly thrown open. It slammed against the wall behind it making Rauru jump again.
"Sir!" a young messenger called.
"I can hear you, boy. There's no need to shout," Rauru grumbled. The messenger didn't apologize or reply and was almost jumping around the room like he had springs on his feet. Rauru shot him a look before the boy knocked anything over.
"The Queen! She's coming down to the library sir, and she wants to talk to you," the messenger gasped excitedly.
"What's so exciting about that? It's just the queen, boy," Rauru said, finally heaving himself from his chair. He glanced longingly at it before he shuffled around the room trying to clean up a bit.
"Yes, but she talked to me! Personally! It was so amazing. I've heard about how nice and kind she is but I never believed it until now. Besides none of the Royal family has ever talked to me," the boy said as he daydreamed about the moment. Rauru just ignored the boy's ramblings as he moved some books from one corner of the room to another. He was a casual person and wasn't too concerned with neatness when it came to his study but this was the queen. Zelda was one of his best friends for all that she was half his age but she was the queen and deserved to be able to sit down while she talked to him.
"Well, it that's all then move along. I'm sure someone else needs a message delivered," Rauru said gruffly. He had nothing against the boy. In fact this messenger was one of the more daring boys in the palace because he talked personally to some of the nicer courtiers and Rauru admired him for ignoring the boundaries of the social hierarchy. But right now he had to clean up and the boy was in his way.
The boy stopped his daydreaming when the Sage spoke to him. Nodding his head in respect he bounced out of the room as he went to deliver another message. Rauru sighed as he watched him go before finding a broom behind his study door. He didn't let any maids come in to clean his study. If they did they would mess up his system of organization that was comprehendible only to him.
A soft knock on the side of the door made him look up. Standing in the doorway were two women. One was dressed in a magenta dress the Royal family's seal on it and the other was a tall skinny girl wearing a simple dress that was too short.
"Ahh, Zelda. I wasn't expecting you so soon," Rauru said politely before he went back to sweeping.
"Yes, well it's sort of urgent," Zelda answered. Rauru glanced up at her before sweeping the rest of the dust into a corner. Lily giggled at Rauru's antics. He obviously wasn't one for cleanliness.
"Urgent you say?" He shoved the broom behind the door again and took a seat in his favorite armchair. Using his hand he motioned for Zelda and Lily to sit down. Without hesitation Zelda sat on a pile of dusty books that lay in the middle of the room. Lily saw Rauru glare at the queen before she decided to take a seat on the floor, considering that there was nowhere else to sit. Books were piled everywhere as well as a thick coating of dust.
"Well, I'm not really sure how urgent it is but I'd like to get some riddles sorted out very soon."
"What riddles?" Rauru asked leaning forward. He loved riddles and puzzles of any kind, especially the ones that held more significance then what they first portrayed. Zelda quickly went through the tale of her receiving the prophecy and Lily recite what she had heard. When she was finished Rauru leaned back and closed his eyes.
"I was wondering if any of this sounded familiar at all. Like have you ever heard of the Emptiness or this Light?" Lily asked. Rauru ignored her question for a moment while he tried to think.
"Let's see now. I've gone through every book in the library and I've memorized the locations of many of the books. The only thing that I can think of that matches this description of the Emptiness is an old fairytale book. The problem is that I can't seem to recall where I put it or what the name of it was," Rauru said exasperated. He knew he was getting old but his memory was still as fresh as it was when he was a teenager. He ran through the list of books in his mind just to make. Sure enough he could think of every book, every title, and every location except for one.
Sighing, he got up and started to pace around the room in a circle using Lily as the center point. Lily looked down at the ground and tried to think of a solution while Zelda watched Rauru pace. Finally she hopped of the pile of books in a very un-queen-like way.
"I guess we'll just have to search in through every book in the library," she said matter-of-factly.
"But that could take weeks!" Rauru protested. The library was a huge space stored with thousands upon thousands of books.
"Well, then we'll just have to go fast," Lily commented standing up. Rauru stared at the two young women before he finally sighed and headed out the door. Lily and Zelda quickly followed.
Five hours later, Lily sat in a stiff backed chair in the humungous library. She had never imagined a place could be so big. The entire place was crammed with shelves which each held hundreds of books. So far they hadn't even made it a quarter of the way through the library and already Lily was starting to get bored. On her left Zelda was searching through a stack of books that might possibly hold the one that they were looking for. Rauru was somewhere in the maze of shelves deciding which section the book might be in.
Finally Lily slammed the book she was looking through shut with frustration. She wasn't the waiting type of person.
"I'm sick of this!" she shouted so that Rauru could hear her. "I'm going to get some fresh air." Zelda just nodded absentmindedly as she continued to search through her stack. Lily stomped out of the room looking for something to do while Rauru peeked his head around a corner.
"Feisty little thing, isn't she?"
Zelda sighed and closed her book. She brought her fingers to her head and started to massage her temples.
"Yes, that's half of the reason that Link and Saith like her so much."
"What about Tearen?" Rauru asked, clearly intrigued.
"I think he likes her, too. She doesn't treat him like a child or at least that's the reason he gave me."
"What do you think about her?" Rauru asked taking Lily's former seat.
"Me?" Zelda seemed surprised by the question. "Well, I think she's smart, strong, and brave yet there's something else about her. I can't put my finger on it but I just trusted her instantly. I'm not even sure why. For all I know she could be a spy from Darius' army."
"I agree with you when you say that she is special. She's certainly one of a kind and I know what you mean when you say that you can trust her instantly. I felt the same way," Rauru said quietly.
"So in other words she'd be perfect for Saith," Zelda said, smiling slyly.
"Yep. Well, we'd better get back to work." Rauru stood up and disappeared into the maze of shelves once again while Zelda picked up another book and flipped through it.
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Snow Day! School got cancelled so this is what I'm going to do today. Maybe I'll get another chapter up but I'm not going to guarantee anything. This one was a little shorter than my other chapters but I have to save the next part for the next chapter otherwise this chapter would get too long. I hope you liked my portrayal of Rauru. The game didn't give a lot of info so I pictured him as a kind of nice old man.
I'm glad to see that STK wasn't really mad at me. Thanks for explaining and I hope you enjoyed my wonderful chapter. Again I think it's great because I'm writing it and I haven't gotten any flames yet, so I'm happy. Thanks to all my reviewers that keep me so very happy! Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy! Bye!
Chapter Fourteen: The Librarian
The Sage of Light, Rauru, sat snoozing in a comfortable armchair in his private study. His old age was starting to get to him as he shifted, trying to ease the arthritic pain in his joints. In the seventeen years that had passed since Ganondorf had been sealed away, Rauru had aged like any other Hylian. The thin white hair he used to have was almost completely gone by now but he still kept his mustache and beard neatly trimmed. The baggy orange robes that he wore were now tattered and ripped in places. Zelda always insisted that he get new ones but Rauru liked the way they fit.
Rauru jumped when his door was suddenly thrown open. It slammed against the wall behind it making Rauru jump again.
"Sir!" a young messenger called.
"I can hear you, boy. There's no need to shout," Rauru grumbled. The messenger didn't apologize or reply and was almost jumping around the room like he had springs on his feet. Rauru shot him a look before the boy knocked anything over.
"The Queen! She's coming down to the library sir, and she wants to talk to you," the messenger gasped excitedly.
"What's so exciting about that? It's just the queen, boy," Rauru said, finally heaving himself from his chair. He glanced longingly at it before he shuffled around the room trying to clean up a bit.
"Yes, but she talked to me! Personally! It was so amazing. I've heard about how nice and kind she is but I never believed it until now. Besides none of the Royal family has ever talked to me," the boy said as he daydreamed about the moment. Rauru just ignored the boy's ramblings as he moved some books from one corner of the room to another. He was a casual person and wasn't too concerned with neatness when it came to his study but this was the queen. Zelda was one of his best friends for all that she was half his age but she was the queen and deserved to be able to sit down while she talked to him.
"Well, it that's all then move along. I'm sure someone else needs a message delivered," Rauru said gruffly. He had nothing against the boy. In fact this messenger was one of the more daring boys in the palace because he talked personally to some of the nicer courtiers and Rauru admired him for ignoring the boundaries of the social hierarchy. But right now he had to clean up and the boy was in his way.
The boy stopped his daydreaming when the Sage spoke to him. Nodding his head in respect he bounced out of the room as he went to deliver another message. Rauru sighed as he watched him go before finding a broom behind his study door. He didn't let any maids come in to clean his study. If they did they would mess up his system of organization that was comprehendible only to him.
A soft knock on the side of the door made him look up. Standing in the doorway were two women. One was dressed in a magenta dress the Royal family's seal on it and the other was a tall skinny girl wearing a simple dress that was too short.
"Ahh, Zelda. I wasn't expecting you so soon," Rauru said politely before he went back to sweeping.
"Yes, well it's sort of urgent," Zelda answered. Rauru glanced up at her before sweeping the rest of the dust into a corner. Lily giggled at Rauru's antics. He obviously wasn't one for cleanliness.
"Urgent you say?" He shoved the broom behind the door again and took a seat in his favorite armchair. Using his hand he motioned for Zelda and Lily to sit down. Without hesitation Zelda sat on a pile of dusty books that lay in the middle of the room. Lily saw Rauru glare at the queen before she decided to take a seat on the floor, considering that there was nowhere else to sit. Books were piled everywhere as well as a thick coating of dust.
"Well, I'm not really sure how urgent it is but I'd like to get some riddles sorted out very soon."
"What riddles?" Rauru asked leaning forward. He loved riddles and puzzles of any kind, especially the ones that held more significance then what they first portrayed. Zelda quickly went through the tale of her receiving the prophecy and Lily recite what she had heard. When she was finished Rauru leaned back and closed his eyes.
"I was wondering if any of this sounded familiar at all. Like have you ever heard of the Emptiness or this Light?" Lily asked. Rauru ignored her question for a moment while he tried to think.
"Let's see now. I've gone through every book in the library and I've memorized the locations of many of the books. The only thing that I can think of that matches this description of the Emptiness is an old fairytale book. The problem is that I can't seem to recall where I put it or what the name of it was," Rauru said exasperated. He knew he was getting old but his memory was still as fresh as it was when he was a teenager. He ran through the list of books in his mind just to make. Sure enough he could think of every book, every title, and every location except for one.
Sighing, he got up and started to pace around the room in a circle using Lily as the center point. Lily looked down at the ground and tried to think of a solution while Zelda watched Rauru pace. Finally she hopped of the pile of books in a very un-queen-like way.
"I guess we'll just have to search in through every book in the library," she said matter-of-factly.
"But that could take weeks!" Rauru protested. The library was a huge space stored with thousands upon thousands of books.
"Well, then we'll just have to go fast," Lily commented standing up. Rauru stared at the two young women before he finally sighed and headed out the door. Lily and Zelda quickly followed.
Five hours later, Lily sat in a stiff backed chair in the humungous library. She had never imagined a place could be so big. The entire place was crammed with shelves which each held hundreds of books. So far they hadn't even made it a quarter of the way through the library and already Lily was starting to get bored. On her left Zelda was searching through a stack of books that might possibly hold the one that they were looking for. Rauru was somewhere in the maze of shelves deciding which section the book might be in.
Finally Lily slammed the book she was looking through shut with frustration. She wasn't the waiting type of person.
"I'm sick of this!" she shouted so that Rauru could hear her. "I'm going to get some fresh air." Zelda just nodded absentmindedly as she continued to search through her stack. Lily stomped out of the room looking for something to do while Rauru peeked his head around a corner.
"Feisty little thing, isn't she?"
Zelda sighed and closed her book. She brought her fingers to her head and started to massage her temples.
"Yes, that's half of the reason that Link and Saith like her so much."
"What about Tearen?" Rauru asked, clearly intrigued.
"I think he likes her, too. She doesn't treat him like a child or at least that's the reason he gave me."
"What do you think about her?" Rauru asked taking Lily's former seat.
"Me?" Zelda seemed surprised by the question. "Well, I think she's smart, strong, and brave yet there's something else about her. I can't put my finger on it but I just trusted her instantly. I'm not even sure why. For all I know she could be a spy from Darius' army."
"I agree with you when you say that she is special. She's certainly one of a kind and I know what you mean when you say that you can trust her instantly. I felt the same way," Rauru said quietly.
"So in other words she'd be perfect for Saith," Zelda said, smiling slyly.
"Yep. Well, we'd better get back to work." Rauru stood up and disappeared into the maze of shelves once again while Zelda picked up another book and flipped through it.
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Snow Day! School got cancelled so this is what I'm going to do today. Maybe I'll get another chapter up but I'm not going to guarantee anything. This one was a little shorter than my other chapters but I have to save the next part for the next chapter otherwise this chapter would get too long. I hope you liked my portrayal of Rauru. The game didn't give a lot of info so I pictured him as a kind of nice old man.
I'm glad to see that STK wasn't really mad at me. Thanks for explaining and I hope you enjoyed my wonderful chapter. Again I think it's great because I'm writing it and I haven't gotten any flames yet, so I'm happy. Thanks to all my reviewers that keep me so very happy! Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy! Bye!