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Chapter Seventeen: To Believe or Not to Believe
Lily sat on the floor with Rauru standing over her shoulder. She opened the book slowly because the cover was so old that it almost seemed to crumble under her slender fingers. Inside the pages were yellow with age and the once brightly colored pictures were now faded. The print was big but it was smudged so bad that it was hard to read.
"Now we have to go through the entire book to find what we're looking for," Rauru said squinting over Lily's shoulder. She just ignored the old Sage and flipped automatically to the middle of the book. Rauru stared at her trying figure out what was going on. Her face was calm and showed no excitement or tension. In fact her face showed no emotion at all. Her green eyes stared almost blankly at the page in front of her and she didn't seem to be reading it.
"Lily, are you alright?" Rauru whispered. She was thoroughly scaring him.
Lily didn't seem to hear him for a moment. Then her face contorted into a look fear. Her breathing quickened and all of a sudden she was panting hard.
"Lily, are you okay?" Rauru asked again.
Lily nodded her head after a few moments but Rauru could see that she was still shaking. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder. Taking a deep breath, she looked down at the page she had opened to and began to read out loud.
"Throughout history the creation of Hyrule has been legend. The three great golden goddesses formed the land with their own hands leaving three sacred triangles where they departed from the world. But I have always wondered what the world looked like before the goddesses made everything. I have gathered information and have pieced together my own story of Hyrule before its creation," Lily read slowly.
She glanced up at Rauru before she continued on.
"Before Hyrule was created and before time even began, there was a war. This war was the greatest of all wars with so much to gain and so much to lose. The war was fought on the fields of the Emptiness--!"
"Ha! I told you that I'd heard the word Emptiness used somewhere!" Rauru exclaimed.
"No one doubted you, you know," Lily said dryly before she turned back to the book. In doing so she missed the deflated look on Rauru's face.
"The war was fought on the fields of the Emptiness where night reigns supreme and the sky is blacker than black. This was the home of the great god of Chaos, Space. The battle raged between the five gods that wanted to rule the land. On one side there was Space fighting to keep the Emptiness and on the other side there was the four great goddesses."
"What does it mean by four great goddesses? Do you suppose that it was misprinted?" Rauru asked, interrupting Lily again. She rolled her eyes and tried to keep herself from glaring at him.
"I don't know if it's a misprint or if that's what the book really means. If you would stop interrupting me maybe I could continue with the story long enough to find out the answers. Now would you please be quiet," she said impatiently.
"These goddesses wished to bring an end to the dead world that they lived in. They wanted to bring light and life to the world. To do this they had to defeat the current ruler, Space and destroy the silence and darkness that kept them from completing their wish. These goddesses were the goddess of Fire, Din, the goddess Water, Nayru, the goddess of Earth, Farore and the goddess of Wind. The last goddess' name is unknown to our world as she was not one of the original three creators. Each element that the four goddesses contained helped to beat back the minions of the Dark Lord. They pushed forward towards his castle situated in the center of the Emptiness. Inside it was a winding maze of traps that pushed the goddesses to their limits."
"You know that sounds really familiar," Rauru commented, once again interrupting Lily once again. This time Lily did really glare at him but she decided to let him continue.
"What do you mean it sounds familiar? I know you've read this book before but I've got a feeling that's not what you mean."
"You're right. What sounds familiar is the part about the goddesses attacking the castle of the Dark Lord. It sounds just like Link when he climbed Ganon's tower," Rauru answered thoughtfully. They sat in silence as the two considered the coincidence that could quite possibly not be a coincidence. Sighing, Lily returned to the reading hoping that she would not be interrupted again.
"The goddesses pushed their way through the tower until they reached the top where Space awaited them. The battle between the gods was hard fought and ended in both triumph and tragedy. In the end, Space was beaten into submission but not without managing to mortally wound the Goddess of Wind. Now you may ask yourself how could a great goddess be wounded mortally, for goddesses are immortal? I do not rightly know the answer to this question but the goddess of Wind did in fact die. She was buried somewhere within the Sacred Realm and Din, Nayru, and Farore went about making their wish come true. They destroyed all the minions under Space's rule and set up the land of Hyrule. This is where the story of the Goddess of the Wind ends and where the story of the world's creation begins. This story may be true or it may be false but it is for you to decide."
There was a pause as the words hovered around the listener's ears, soaking into their brains.
"So, that's it. That's all there is?" Rauru asked.
"Yeah, it looks like it," Lily said flipping the page to make certain there was nothing else. The next page showed a picture of a mask that stared out at Lily with a creepy look. She turned the page back and sighed.
"Well, that was certainly interesting but I'm not sure how much it actually helped to solve the riddle," she said leaning back on her hands.
"What do you mean it didn't help? We know that there were in fact four goddesses instead of three and then of course there's this Space god. He's got to serve a purpose in this whole mystery. If the prophecies are true and the Emptiness is real, than he is the ruler and our enemy."
"But how do we know if this whole story is true or not. The guy did say that you could believe in it or not. For all we know the whole thing's been made up," Lily said exasperatedly.
"You can't really believe that. The prophecies alone prove that the story is true," Rauru protested. Lily just sighed in response.
"I don't know what to believe anymore."
"Believe what ever you need to believe to help you solve this riddle," Rauru said comfortingly after glancing at her. She seemed stressed to him.
"Thanks, Rauru. This whole riddle thing is wearing me out. I know I have to solve it but none of this makes sense."
Lily stood and stretched her cramped muscles. She picked up the book and placed it in Rauru's lap before she walked out of the room. The old Sage watched her go with surprise. The look on her face was a troubled one and Rauru wondered what was on her mind. He thought it odd that she would not believe the story. It was a strange story and it went against every thing that he had been taught but there was no evidence saying that it wasn't true. Why shouldn't there have been a forth goddess? And what was wrong with Lily? She had acted weird before she started to read and then she had denied the truth in the story even when they had nothing else to go on.
Finally Rauru pushed himself up from the armchair and followed her out of the room, trying figure out this new puzzle.
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I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! It's another short chapter but the next part doesn't really fit in with this chapter. Mainly because the next part is kind of from Lily's point of view.
Also I'm sorry about not getting this up last Sunday. I promised myself that I would update all my stories this weekend but it didn't happen. Plus I've been swamped with work. The assistant manager is leaving next week and the only person that could seriously take her job is getting fired which means I'm next in line and I've only been working there for two weeks. Ahhh!
Ok calm down, just calm down. * deep breathing can be heard * On a lighter note this isn't taking me as long to write thanks to my handy dandy. . .Palm pilot! I can type during class and then just zap it over to my computer and not have to worry about retyping. Aren't you happy for me? Well, I have to go now so I'll see ya next chapter! Bye bye!
Chapter Seventeen: To Believe or Not to Believe
Lily sat on the floor with Rauru standing over her shoulder. She opened the book slowly because the cover was so old that it almost seemed to crumble under her slender fingers. Inside the pages were yellow with age and the once brightly colored pictures were now faded. The print was big but it was smudged so bad that it was hard to read.
"Now we have to go through the entire book to find what we're looking for," Rauru said squinting over Lily's shoulder. She just ignored the old Sage and flipped automatically to the middle of the book. Rauru stared at her trying figure out what was going on. Her face was calm and showed no excitement or tension. In fact her face showed no emotion at all. Her green eyes stared almost blankly at the page in front of her and she didn't seem to be reading it.
"Lily, are you alright?" Rauru whispered. She was thoroughly scaring him.
Lily didn't seem to hear him for a moment. Then her face contorted into a look fear. Her breathing quickened and all of a sudden she was panting hard.
"Lily, are you okay?" Rauru asked again.
Lily nodded her head after a few moments but Rauru could see that she was still shaking. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder. Taking a deep breath, she looked down at the page she had opened to and began to read out loud.
"Throughout history the creation of Hyrule has been legend. The three great golden goddesses formed the land with their own hands leaving three sacred triangles where they departed from the world. But I have always wondered what the world looked like before the goddesses made everything. I have gathered information and have pieced together my own story of Hyrule before its creation," Lily read slowly.
She glanced up at Rauru before she continued on.
"Before Hyrule was created and before time even began, there was a war. This war was the greatest of all wars with so much to gain and so much to lose. The war was fought on the fields of the Emptiness--!"
"Ha! I told you that I'd heard the word Emptiness used somewhere!" Rauru exclaimed.
"No one doubted you, you know," Lily said dryly before she turned back to the book. In doing so she missed the deflated look on Rauru's face.
"The war was fought on the fields of the Emptiness where night reigns supreme and the sky is blacker than black. This was the home of the great god of Chaos, Space. The battle raged between the five gods that wanted to rule the land. On one side there was Space fighting to keep the Emptiness and on the other side there was the four great goddesses."
"What does it mean by four great goddesses? Do you suppose that it was misprinted?" Rauru asked, interrupting Lily again. She rolled her eyes and tried to keep herself from glaring at him.
"I don't know if it's a misprint or if that's what the book really means. If you would stop interrupting me maybe I could continue with the story long enough to find out the answers. Now would you please be quiet," she said impatiently.
"These goddesses wished to bring an end to the dead world that they lived in. They wanted to bring light and life to the world. To do this they had to defeat the current ruler, Space and destroy the silence and darkness that kept them from completing their wish. These goddesses were the goddess of Fire, Din, the goddess Water, Nayru, the goddess of Earth, Farore and the goddess of Wind. The last goddess' name is unknown to our world as she was not one of the original three creators. Each element that the four goddesses contained helped to beat back the minions of the Dark Lord. They pushed forward towards his castle situated in the center of the Emptiness. Inside it was a winding maze of traps that pushed the goddesses to their limits."
"You know that sounds really familiar," Rauru commented, once again interrupting Lily once again. This time Lily did really glare at him but she decided to let him continue.
"What do you mean it sounds familiar? I know you've read this book before but I've got a feeling that's not what you mean."
"You're right. What sounds familiar is the part about the goddesses attacking the castle of the Dark Lord. It sounds just like Link when he climbed Ganon's tower," Rauru answered thoughtfully. They sat in silence as the two considered the coincidence that could quite possibly not be a coincidence. Sighing, Lily returned to the reading hoping that she would not be interrupted again.
"The goddesses pushed their way through the tower until they reached the top where Space awaited them. The battle between the gods was hard fought and ended in both triumph and tragedy. In the end, Space was beaten into submission but not without managing to mortally wound the Goddess of Wind. Now you may ask yourself how could a great goddess be wounded mortally, for goddesses are immortal? I do not rightly know the answer to this question but the goddess of Wind did in fact die. She was buried somewhere within the Sacred Realm and Din, Nayru, and Farore went about making their wish come true. They destroyed all the minions under Space's rule and set up the land of Hyrule. This is where the story of the Goddess of the Wind ends and where the story of the world's creation begins. This story may be true or it may be false but it is for you to decide."
There was a pause as the words hovered around the listener's ears, soaking into their brains.
"So, that's it. That's all there is?" Rauru asked.
"Yeah, it looks like it," Lily said flipping the page to make certain there was nothing else. The next page showed a picture of a mask that stared out at Lily with a creepy look. She turned the page back and sighed.
"Well, that was certainly interesting but I'm not sure how much it actually helped to solve the riddle," she said leaning back on her hands.
"What do you mean it didn't help? We know that there were in fact four goddesses instead of three and then of course there's this Space god. He's got to serve a purpose in this whole mystery. If the prophecies are true and the Emptiness is real, than he is the ruler and our enemy."
"But how do we know if this whole story is true or not. The guy did say that you could believe in it or not. For all we know the whole thing's been made up," Lily said exasperatedly.
"You can't really believe that. The prophecies alone prove that the story is true," Rauru protested. Lily just sighed in response.
"I don't know what to believe anymore."
"Believe what ever you need to believe to help you solve this riddle," Rauru said comfortingly after glancing at her. She seemed stressed to him.
"Thanks, Rauru. This whole riddle thing is wearing me out. I know I have to solve it but none of this makes sense."
Lily stood and stretched her cramped muscles. She picked up the book and placed it in Rauru's lap before she walked out of the room. The old Sage watched her go with surprise. The look on her face was a troubled one and Rauru wondered what was on her mind. He thought it odd that she would not believe the story. It was a strange story and it went against every thing that he had been taught but there was no evidence saying that it wasn't true. Why shouldn't there have been a forth goddess? And what was wrong with Lily? She had acted weird before she started to read and then she had denied the truth in the story even when they had nothing else to go on.
Finally Rauru pushed himself up from the armchair and followed her out of the room, trying figure out this new puzzle.
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I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! It's another short chapter but the next part doesn't really fit in with this chapter. Mainly because the next part is kind of from Lily's point of view.
Also I'm sorry about not getting this up last Sunday. I promised myself that I would update all my stories this weekend but it didn't happen. Plus I've been swamped with work. The assistant manager is leaving next week and the only person that could seriously take her job is getting fired which means I'm next in line and I've only been working there for two weeks. Ahhh!
Ok calm down, just calm down. * deep breathing can be heard * On a lighter note this isn't taking me as long to write thanks to my handy dandy. . .Palm pilot! I can type during class and then just zap it over to my computer and not have to worry about retyping. Aren't you happy for me? Well, I have to go now so I'll see ya next chapter! Bye bye!