Hello and here's the part where we have returning characters! Nayru\Ralph
pairing is so cute! Sqee!
Nayru shot straight up in bed she took a deep shuddering breath and silence. She tumbled out of bed hitting the floor with a loud thump. Staggering up she fumbled with the doorknob and as if she was drunk she stumbled through and smashed into the wall. There was a loud crash as she knocked over a vase and shattered it. Still in her nightgown she continued down the hall continually bumping into the walls. She again jerkily opened the back door and stumbled forward. Staggering through the rows of flowers she didn't notice the shadow that flitted between the rows of plants.
"YAAAAA!!!"
Someone charged out of nowhere, grabbed Nayru and got on top of her pushing her to the ground pressing a sword to her throat. After a few moments, their eyes adjusted to the darkness and they finally recognized each other.
"Ralph?!" her eyes widened
"Nayru!?!" Ralph sheathed his sword his eyes surprised
"Why...why did you attack me?"
"Oh, um..." Ralph scratched the back of his head "I heard crashes and thought you might be..." He trailed off
"Oh."
"Yeah." Ralph's face turned red and he again scratched the back of his head.
"Um...Ralph..."
"Yes."
"Could you please get off me."
"Oh! Right!" He hastily got off of her chest and helped Nayru up blushing furiously. They stared at the ground for a period of time and after awhile Nayru broke the quiet.
"I've got to go now." She started to walk away
"Nayru wait!" Ralph called "Where are you going?"
"Something isn't right."
"What is it?" Ralph ran to catch up with Nayru
"Something that is even greater an evil than Veran. So powerful it will destroy Hyrule and all other people."
"What?! Nayru what is this? Is thing trying to get at you? Because if it is I'll stop it! Nobody messes with Nayru and lives to tell about it!" Ralph gripped the hilt of his sword
"Ralph...it's not after me." Nayru shivered "But it will be with we don't stop it."
"Here Nayru," Ralph took off his dark blue cloak and wrapped it around Nayru's shoulders "Don't worry Nayru we'll set all to rights. Here, we'll soar to Hyrule to see Princess Zelda we'll be there quickly enough!"
"I hope so...because if we don't...Link will surely die..."
Link gave a grunt of pain and on instinct he pressed his hand down on his chest. Wincing slightly he removed his hand and looking at it he saw it was completely drenched in warm blood. Blood started to trickle down his face uncontrollably and his eyes started to cloud over,
"Ah..."
He fell down blood streaming out of him. He started shivering violently and tried to call out but his voice just stopped in his throat.
"Link what is it?" he heard Zelda asked her back turned to him Link finally choked out words,
Zelda heard Link's voice the words were horribly slurred.
"Zelda... help..."
"Link...?" Zelda stood up and turned and saw Link on the floor twitching in his own blood.
"IMPA!!! ANYONE HELP!!!!!" Zelda screamed.
The door burst open and Impa charged through holding an ax followed by some of the royal guard.
"Zelda what is going on-"Impa yelled and then eyes met the sight of Link's body.
"You!" she yelled at a few of the soldiers "Carry him to his room quickly! Get me all the herbs you can find and the rest of you; I want all of you posted by the windows we've got an assassin on our hands! MOVE!" she grabbed Zelda by the arm "Follow me, we've got to get to him before he loses too much blood!" Zelda and Impa ran down the hall and skidded to a halt in front of Link's door.
"Stay here..." Impa commanded striding up to the door putting her hand on the doorknob
"But, I can help!" Zelda held up her hands, glowing in a brilliant golden light. Impa turned, her expressions softened. She put her hands on Zelda's shoulders,
"I know you could, but probably for the best that you stay out here." Then she turned and went into the room. Zelda's golden healing light went out and she looked anxiously at the door, as she waited.
Impa opened the door and motioned Zelda inside,
"He's still very weak, but he can talk a little, he asked for you." Zelda slowly walked forward into the room. Link lay under the covers of his bed, he face was deathly pale his eyes unfocused. Zelda sat down in a chair near the bed and Impa stood by her and called out to him.
"Link...Link....Zelda's here. Impa placed Zelda's hand on Link's. Zelda squeezed it lightly and Link's eyes became a little less clouded, But before he could say anything Nayru and Ralph burst through the door. They panted heavily yet Ralph immediately strode forward,
"Link! Oh no, Link don't do this!" Nayru grabbed Ralph's shoulder and she gasped out her message.
"He's changing everything!"
Zelda's eyes snapped open "How? The Sages and I banished him into the Void!"
"Yes, you did. I've only seen snatches but I can now summarize that now Ganon's back and more powerful and has done the damage to Link as a child that you see now before you. If we do not intervene he'll die!"
"Zelda..." Link choked out Zelda turned and grasped Link's hand
"Link...I'm here..."
"Z-Zelda who's doing this to me?"
"I don't know, but when I find them they'll pay for it!"
"Zelda...promise me something..."
"Yes Link?"
"Promise me...you'll find her... just promise...that if I dye you'll find her...make her remember me and tell her...I'm so sorry..." Link's voice was barely an audible whisper. "Tell her...I'm sorry that I left her...please Zelda tell her there was no other way..."
"Link who? Who should I tell?" Link made no reply.
"Link who? Who?" Impa put her hand on Zelda's shoulder.
"He's out Zelda. No use calling him, he won't be stirring in quite awhile."
"Then when he comes to, you'll have to tell him I've left."
"Now? Where?"
"Nayru... may the Triforce protect us." Zelda turned to her.
Nayru saw the coldness in Zelda's eyes but still, she could understand why.
"What we must do..." She said hesitantly "is return to the past. We cannot undo what has been done here today or in the past days but we can save Link before he dies. Afterward, we will all go to the future and with Link revived we can come forward with a strong attack and eliminate the threat of Ganon. Thus everything would be to rights."
"Yes, where might we find Link's body?"
"In the Sacred Meadow seven years ago."
"Damn. That was before he found his true destiny. Well, this leads to more and more complications. Impa," Zelda commanded, "find Nabooru and bring her here. I'll need her help in reversing my age."
"Right."
Impa left through the door shutting it behind her.
"Reverse your age? What's that got to do with anything?" Ralph couldn't help himself, curiosity lingered.
"Link does not know of you and Nayru yet. But if he sees me in my adult form he will be daunted and soon unravel his past before it was supposed too. Seeing me in my younger form will give him some suspicions, but all due time he'll never know. Link may be clever but he will never figure out I am from the future."
"Wonderful idea. Wait... you said he wouldn't recognized Nayru and me but that means we're..." "Yes you are. I'll need Nayru's help to go to the past and do you really think I'd be able to take her with me without you? You'd have a fit if she wasn't with you."
"Heh heh..." Ralph could not deny, but all the same would he have been able to keep a straight face when Nayru glanced at him blushing profusely?
"Then we'll leave at dawn."
Link...where are you...are you here? Link...do you not need me? Was I only a burden? I remember all those years we were together...Link was it all in vain? Link...I want to be with you again...but I can't...I'm here. Link...do you...miss me? Do you at all care that I'm gone? Are you searching for me? Or are you leaving me? Link...no matter what you think...I'll find you somehow.
She tried her best to move but only found herself floating slowly down no matter how much she tried to move herself. For the first time in this darkness she saw a small shaft of light. She felt herself being lifted upward towards the opening in the blackness. The echo of the voice of old rang inside her head.
Navi the fairy, dost thou sense it? The climate of evil and despair is once again descending upon this peaceful realm... Malevolent forces of old have begun to stir in the greater darkness... Which rallies to annihilate our land of Hyrule and other innocent realms. For so long, the Hero of Time has protected the balance... But now Link...is dying.
What? LINK! No...no...not Link! Please don't let him dye!
Ah...Navi I can see your desire to save him. My power can only stretch far as this, but I will grant your desire... Now Navi...you are no longer a part of your kin. Arise Navi...and be no more of what you are and now...be all you have wished for.
She felt as if she was being burned alive and as quickly as it had started, it subsided. She opened her eyes to see the first real light she had seen in a long time. The stars twinkled in the night sky and an evening breeze made her shiver as it rushed by her. Shaking she saw a pair of pale hands quivering before her. She looked up to see the crumbling old Maku tree. She pressed her hands together savoring the feeling of the skin she now had. She gazed up at the at the withering tree and said in a soft voice,
"Thank you Maku tree, you are as venerable as your father."
She bowed her head in thanks and ran her hand through her long hair. She then pressed her hands to her face, as if checking it was true.
"Thank you...thank you...thank you..." Her first tears ran down her cheeks.
Pulling on the clothes she had found in a deserted Kokori home she walked barefoot onto the grass. She missed soaring in the wind, but if this was the price to pay for her being in this form, she would gladly give up her wings at any time. She walked forward awkwardly but she soon managed to get down the basics. Soon she was running towards the entrance of the Sacred Meadow.
~Link, I'm found! ~
Yep, that's it. I hate Navi when does the annoying "HEY! HEY! LOOK LINK!" but I will try to make her less annoying in this new form. Anyways, I hope your enjoying this. So see ya at the next chapter if you're still here with me.
Nayru shot straight up in bed she took a deep shuddering breath and silence. She tumbled out of bed hitting the floor with a loud thump. Staggering up she fumbled with the doorknob and as if she was drunk she stumbled through and smashed into the wall. There was a loud crash as she knocked over a vase and shattered it. Still in her nightgown she continued down the hall continually bumping into the walls. She again jerkily opened the back door and stumbled forward. Staggering through the rows of flowers she didn't notice the shadow that flitted between the rows of plants.
"YAAAAA!!!"
Someone charged out of nowhere, grabbed Nayru and got on top of her pushing her to the ground pressing a sword to her throat. After a few moments, their eyes adjusted to the darkness and they finally recognized each other.
"Ralph?!" her eyes widened
"Nayru!?!" Ralph sheathed his sword his eyes surprised
"Why...why did you attack me?"
"Oh, um..." Ralph scratched the back of his head "I heard crashes and thought you might be..." He trailed off
"Oh."
"Yeah." Ralph's face turned red and he again scratched the back of his head.
"Um...Ralph..."
"Yes."
"Could you please get off me."
"Oh! Right!" He hastily got off of her chest and helped Nayru up blushing furiously. They stared at the ground for a period of time and after awhile Nayru broke the quiet.
"I've got to go now." She started to walk away
"Nayru wait!" Ralph called "Where are you going?"
"Something isn't right."
"What is it?" Ralph ran to catch up with Nayru
"Something that is even greater an evil than Veran. So powerful it will destroy Hyrule and all other people."
"What?! Nayru what is this? Is thing trying to get at you? Because if it is I'll stop it! Nobody messes with Nayru and lives to tell about it!" Ralph gripped the hilt of his sword
"Ralph...it's not after me." Nayru shivered "But it will be with we don't stop it."
"Here Nayru," Ralph took off his dark blue cloak and wrapped it around Nayru's shoulders "Don't worry Nayru we'll set all to rights. Here, we'll soar to Hyrule to see Princess Zelda we'll be there quickly enough!"
"I hope so...because if we don't...Link will surely die..."
Link gave a grunt of pain and on instinct he pressed his hand down on his chest. Wincing slightly he removed his hand and looking at it he saw it was completely drenched in warm blood. Blood started to trickle down his face uncontrollably and his eyes started to cloud over,
"Ah..."
He fell down blood streaming out of him. He started shivering violently and tried to call out but his voice just stopped in his throat.
"Link what is it?" he heard Zelda asked her back turned to him Link finally choked out words,
Zelda heard Link's voice the words were horribly slurred.
"Zelda... help..."
"Link...?" Zelda stood up and turned and saw Link on the floor twitching in his own blood.
"IMPA!!! ANYONE HELP!!!!!" Zelda screamed.
The door burst open and Impa charged through holding an ax followed by some of the royal guard.
"Zelda what is going on-"Impa yelled and then eyes met the sight of Link's body.
"You!" she yelled at a few of the soldiers "Carry him to his room quickly! Get me all the herbs you can find and the rest of you; I want all of you posted by the windows we've got an assassin on our hands! MOVE!" she grabbed Zelda by the arm "Follow me, we've got to get to him before he loses too much blood!" Zelda and Impa ran down the hall and skidded to a halt in front of Link's door.
"Stay here..." Impa commanded striding up to the door putting her hand on the doorknob
"But, I can help!" Zelda held up her hands, glowing in a brilliant golden light. Impa turned, her expressions softened. She put her hands on Zelda's shoulders,
"I know you could, but probably for the best that you stay out here." Then she turned and went into the room. Zelda's golden healing light went out and she looked anxiously at the door, as she waited.
Impa opened the door and motioned Zelda inside,
"He's still very weak, but he can talk a little, he asked for you." Zelda slowly walked forward into the room. Link lay under the covers of his bed, he face was deathly pale his eyes unfocused. Zelda sat down in a chair near the bed and Impa stood by her and called out to him.
"Link...Link....Zelda's here. Impa placed Zelda's hand on Link's. Zelda squeezed it lightly and Link's eyes became a little less clouded, But before he could say anything Nayru and Ralph burst through the door. They panted heavily yet Ralph immediately strode forward,
"Link! Oh no, Link don't do this!" Nayru grabbed Ralph's shoulder and she gasped out her message.
"He's changing everything!"
Zelda's eyes snapped open "How? The Sages and I banished him into the Void!"
"Yes, you did. I've only seen snatches but I can now summarize that now Ganon's back and more powerful and has done the damage to Link as a child that you see now before you. If we do not intervene he'll die!"
"Zelda..." Link choked out Zelda turned and grasped Link's hand
"Link...I'm here..."
"Z-Zelda who's doing this to me?"
"I don't know, but when I find them they'll pay for it!"
"Zelda...promise me something..."
"Yes Link?"
"Promise me...you'll find her... just promise...that if I dye you'll find her...make her remember me and tell her...I'm so sorry..." Link's voice was barely an audible whisper. "Tell her...I'm sorry that I left her...please Zelda tell her there was no other way..."
"Link who? Who should I tell?" Link made no reply.
"Link who? Who?" Impa put her hand on Zelda's shoulder.
"He's out Zelda. No use calling him, he won't be stirring in quite awhile."
"Then when he comes to, you'll have to tell him I've left."
"Now? Where?"
"Nayru... may the Triforce protect us." Zelda turned to her.
Nayru saw the coldness in Zelda's eyes but still, she could understand why.
"What we must do..." She said hesitantly "is return to the past. We cannot undo what has been done here today or in the past days but we can save Link before he dies. Afterward, we will all go to the future and with Link revived we can come forward with a strong attack and eliminate the threat of Ganon. Thus everything would be to rights."
"Yes, where might we find Link's body?"
"In the Sacred Meadow seven years ago."
"Damn. That was before he found his true destiny. Well, this leads to more and more complications. Impa," Zelda commanded, "find Nabooru and bring her here. I'll need her help in reversing my age."
"Right."
Impa left through the door shutting it behind her.
"Reverse your age? What's that got to do with anything?" Ralph couldn't help himself, curiosity lingered.
"Link does not know of you and Nayru yet. But if he sees me in my adult form he will be daunted and soon unravel his past before it was supposed too. Seeing me in my younger form will give him some suspicions, but all due time he'll never know. Link may be clever but he will never figure out I am from the future."
"Wonderful idea. Wait... you said he wouldn't recognized Nayru and me but that means we're..." "Yes you are. I'll need Nayru's help to go to the past and do you really think I'd be able to take her with me without you? You'd have a fit if she wasn't with you."
"Heh heh..." Ralph could not deny, but all the same would he have been able to keep a straight face when Nayru glanced at him blushing profusely?
"Then we'll leave at dawn."
Link...where are you...are you here? Link...do you not need me? Was I only a burden? I remember all those years we were together...Link was it all in vain? Link...I want to be with you again...but I can't...I'm here. Link...do you...miss me? Do you at all care that I'm gone? Are you searching for me? Or are you leaving me? Link...no matter what you think...I'll find you somehow.
She tried her best to move but only found herself floating slowly down no matter how much she tried to move herself. For the first time in this darkness she saw a small shaft of light. She felt herself being lifted upward towards the opening in the blackness. The echo of the voice of old rang inside her head.
Navi the fairy, dost thou sense it? The climate of evil and despair is once again descending upon this peaceful realm... Malevolent forces of old have begun to stir in the greater darkness... Which rallies to annihilate our land of Hyrule and other innocent realms. For so long, the Hero of Time has protected the balance... But now Link...is dying.
What? LINK! No...no...not Link! Please don't let him dye!
Ah...Navi I can see your desire to save him. My power can only stretch far as this, but I will grant your desire... Now Navi...you are no longer a part of your kin. Arise Navi...and be no more of what you are and now...be all you have wished for.
She felt as if she was being burned alive and as quickly as it had started, it subsided. She opened her eyes to see the first real light she had seen in a long time. The stars twinkled in the night sky and an evening breeze made her shiver as it rushed by her. Shaking she saw a pair of pale hands quivering before her. She looked up to see the crumbling old Maku tree. She pressed her hands together savoring the feeling of the skin she now had. She gazed up at the at the withering tree and said in a soft voice,
"Thank you Maku tree, you are as venerable as your father."
She bowed her head in thanks and ran her hand through her long hair. She then pressed her hands to her face, as if checking it was true.
"Thank you...thank you...thank you..." Her first tears ran down her cheeks.
Pulling on the clothes she had found in a deserted Kokori home she walked barefoot onto the grass. She missed soaring in the wind, but if this was the price to pay for her being in this form, she would gladly give up her wings at any time. She walked forward awkwardly but she soon managed to get down the basics. Soon she was running towards the entrance of the Sacred Meadow.
~Link, I'm found! ~
Yep, that's it. I hate Navi when does the annoying "HEY! HEY! LOOK LINK!" but I will try to make her less annoying in this new form. Anyways, I hope your enjoying this. So see ya at the next chapter if you're still here with me.