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Chapter Two - The Hero Revealed
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Jeni flitted through the skies in a merry chase, feeling slightly guilty that she enjoyed this search which was so serious. Still, she was looking for prospects, and had, thus far, found a few that looked promising at first, but then proved her wrong in person. She had gone all over the world, checking in the nooks and crannies, because the hero may have just as well lived alone than with other people. What she found was a whole lot of nothing. The only people who lived out in the middle of nowhere nowadays were hermits who HATED faeries. In fact, she learned that lesson the hard way.
She had just begun her scope of the towns, when she finally had headed for the swampland. Well, mostly swamp, some forest, and in the middle a tiny clearning for a village. Jeni had her hopes up, as usual, because she was running out of places to find the hero at all. Unless the hero proved to be some creature like a Zora, which she doubted, this HAD to be where he lived. It HAD to.
There was a festival going on when she reached the village, and lots of the boys were dressed up in green, much to Jeni's dismay. Still, she tried to valiantly search anyhow.
Most of the boys didn't seem at ALL promising, they were too loud, too brash to be the hero. And while it was generally true that the hero was excellent at fighting, he wasn't a show off, which these boys were. Finally, she had flitted to the tiny cleared away area where a girl and a boy were standing, looking terrifed.
What frightened Jeni more was the fact that she saw Agnim with them. "The evil wizard," she whispered, "he must be searching for the hero... if he believes he's found him... oh! I must hurry," she said, still talking to herself, and darting in a steep dive, she landed just above the girl's shoulders.
Alera instantly noticed this little flurry of green light and excitement, and so did Agnim- though he truly hated it, and he said, "ugh. A little faerie's come to snoop?"
Jeni was incredibly insulted, "LITTLE?!" she yelled, "I am not a LITTLE faerie by any means! I am considered a large faerie, for what it's worth!"
The wizard didn't care, though, and Jeni knew she was lucky if he could even hear her. It was true that in comparison to the wizard, she was quite petite, but he didn't have to rub it in. At least she could fly through the air.
Jeni desperately attempted to pull the boy away, who she learned was named 'Link', and get him to talk to her. Unfortunately, he seemed dumbstruck by Agnim, and he didn't notice her at all. Meanwhile, Agnim continued to swat at the air wherever she flew, making her have to be light on her wings. Desperate, she flew to the girl, "you have to get away! This man, he is evil, he is working for the dark lord."
"No!" shouted Link numbly. He had heard all that Jeni had said, and apparently was peeved at this revelation. "He is not evil! You are!" and he began to swat at Jeni as much as the wizard.
The girl, that Alera person, seemed a better prospect, "I know," she said, "I know."
Link still seemed to be in denile, and he glared at his sister for daring to speak against the wizard so, "he's a nice guy. He's trying to HELP us."
Alera shook her head, "no. This faerie is trying to help us."
"Don't believe her, boy!" Agnim hissed, "the faerie is a wolf in sheep's clothing!"
Jeni growled a bit and tried to kick at Agnim's nose, but had to dart away before she was swatted. "It is the truth! Agnim is, in fact, an incarnation of past evil wizards!"
Link was getting more angry with each mention of Agnim's less than stellar reputation. Still, he seemed to not believe a word the faerie had said, and Jeni was forced to say, "if you are the hero, Link, I must take you away... to Rauru and the sages!" it was desperate, but it wasn't worthwhile.
Link shook his head like steel, "I don't even know if I am the hero."
Jeni, panicked, said, "of course, of course... I can fix that," and began to rifle through her tiny satchel, but looking for what Alera didn't know.
The wizard, for what it's worth, had began to chant, softly and slowly, some sort of spell Alera was certain would spell out doom for the faerie. No way, she thought, there's no way he's going to kill her.
The faerie became excited, "here it is!" she announced, holding a piece of paper out in one hand, and a tiny wand in another. The wizard now had a rather large ball of light in his hand, which Alera was certain would be aimed to destroy the little faerie. He was almost finished with his spell, so when the faerie announced, "|| }{L^| ! }[/-+! |\/}]{[(^+_)(!" in a tongue Alera knew not of, she grasped the little sprite and ran off.
The direct moment after followed two large loud explosions, two flashes of light, and one crash. Where the faerie had been flying stood the remains of a tree, that was the crash, and the light ball came from Agnim as well. The wizard was very angry, it seemed, and while Link stood rather dumbfounded, Alera, the faerie still tightly grasped in her hand ran as fast as she could, through the swamp land, and as far away into what she figured was the middle of nowhere as possible, places where even Moblins didn't set up camp because it disagreed with them.
Finally, it felt as though Alera could run no longer, and breathlessly, she slumped down near a tree in the moist ground. Jeni was let go, and the faerie said, rather softly, "thank you, Zelda-girl. But the hero..." she seemed in complete and utter horror, "... he is with the dark side."
"I'm not the princess Zelda," Alera said gruffly, "no matter what that wizard thinks."
"Oh!" said Jeni, "I'm sorry then. You are simply a remarkable girl, then, I suppose," she seemed too upset to care, really, "Rauru will be so disappointed! And what of this world... we are doomed!" she cried, flying around in an excited fit, "doomed!"
Alera shook her head, "we are not doomed. Let me grieve over my brother," she added.
Jeni was more than a little annoyed that Alera was acting so calmly, "of COURSE we're doomed. Especially now that I gave the hero back his knowledge of the past. That chant- that was what it was for, you know! Now he will KNOW the wizard is bad, and before Link can get anywhere, he will be destroyed to make it possible for Gannon's victory! Oh! What will we do!?"
Alera, still seeming a bit oblivious to Jeni's hysterics, looked straight at the faerie and said, "{}[[ +/|| ~^)(."
Jeni stopped, suddenly, frightened. What Alera had said was remarkable, as it was in the ancient Hylian tongues that only the sages knew about now. But what made it more remarkable was what she had said...
"I am the hero."
Chapter Two - The Hero Revealed
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Jeni flitted through the skies in a merry chase, feeling slightly guilty that she enjoyed this search which was so serious. Still, she was looking for prospects, and had, thus far, found a few that looked promising at first, but then proved her wrong in person. She had gone all over the world, checking in the nooks and crannies, because the hero may have just as well lived alone than with other people. What she found was a whole lot of nothing. The only people who lived out in the middle of nowhere nowadays were hermits who HATED faeries. In fact, she learned that lesson the hard way.
She had just begun her scope of the towns, when she finally had headed for the swampland. Well, mostly swamp, some forest, and in the middle a tiny clearning for a village. Jeni had her hopes up, as usual, because she was running out of places to find the hero at all. Unless the hero proved to be some creature like a Zora, which she doubted, this HAD to be where he lived. It HAD to.
There was a festival going on when she reached the village, and lots of the boys were dressed up in green, much to Jeni's dismay. Still, she tried to valiantly search anyhow.
Most of the boys didn't seem at ALL promising, they were too loud, too brash to be the hero. And while it was generally true that the hero was excellent at fighting, he wasn't a show off, which these boys were. Finally, she had flitted to the tiny cleared away area where a girl and a boy were standing, looking terrifed.
What frightened Jeni more was the fact that she saw Agnim with them. "The evil wizard," she whispered, "he must be searching for the hero... if he believes he's found him... oh! I must hurry," she said, still talking to herself, and darting in a steep dive, she landed just above the girl's shoulders.
Alera instantly noticed this little flurry of green light and excitement, and so did Agnim- though he truly hated it, and he said, "ugh. A little faerie's come to snoop?"
Jeni was incredibly insulted, "LITTLE?!" she yelled, "I am not a LITTLE faerie by any means! I am considered a large faerie, for what it's worth!"
The wizard didn't care, though, and Jeni knew she was lucky if he could even hear her. It was true that in comparison to the wizard, she was quite petite, but he didn't have to rub it in. At least she could fly through the air.
Jeni desperately attempted to pull the boy away, who she learned was named 'Link', and get him to talk to her. Unfortunately, he seemed dumbstruck by Agnim, and he didn't notice her at all. Meanwhile, Agnim continued to swat at the air wherever she flew, making her have to be light on her wings. Desperate, she flew to the girl, "you have to get away! This man, he is evil, he is working for the dark lord."
"No!" shouted Link numbly. He had heard all that Jeni had said, and apparently was peeved at this revelation. "He is not evil! You are!" and he began to swat at Jeni as much as the wizard.
The girl, that Alera person, seemed a better prospect, "I know," she said, "I know."
Link still seemed to be in denile, and he glared at his sister for daring to speak against the wizard so, "he's a nice guy. He's trying to HELP us."
Alera shook her head, "no. This faerie is trying to help us."
"Don't believe her, boy!" Agnim hissed, "the faerie is a wolf in sheep's clothing!"
Jeni growled a bit and tried to kick at Agnim's nose, but had to dart away before she was swatted. "It is the truth! Agnim is, in fact, an incarnation of past evil wizards!"
Link was getting more angry with each mention of Agnim's less than stellar reputation. Still, he seemed to not believe a word the faerie had said, and Jeni was forced to say, "if you are the hero, Link, I must take you away... to Rauru and the sages!" it was desperate, but it wasn't worthwhile.
Link shook his head like steel, "I don't even know if I am the hero."
Jeni, panicked, said, "of course, of course... I can fix that," and began to rifle through her tiny satchel, but looking for what Alera didn't know.
The wizard, for what it's worth, had began to chant, softly and slowly, some sort of spell Alera was certain would spell out doom for the faerie. No way, she thought, there's no way he's going to kill her.
The faerie became excited, "here it is!" she announced, holding a piece of paper out in one hand, and a tiny wand in another. The wizard now had a rather large ball of light in his hand, which Alera was certain would be aimed to destroy the little faerie. He was almost finished with his spell, so when the faerie announced, "|| }{L^| ! }[/-+! |\/}]{[(^+_)(!" in a tongue Alera knew not of, she grasped the little sprite and ran off.
The direct moment after followed two large loud explosions, two flashes of light, and one crash. Where the faerie had been flying stood the remains of a tree, that was the crash, and the light ball came from Agnim as well. The wizard was very angry, it seemed, and while Link stood rather dumbfounded, Alera, the faerie still tightly grasped in her hand ran as fast as she could, through the swamp land, and as far away into what she figured was the middle of nowhere as possible, places where even Moblins didn't set up camp because it disagreed with them.
Finally, it felt as though Alera could run no longer, and breathlessly, she slumped down near a tree in the moist ground. Jeni was let go, and the faerie said, rather softly, "thank you, Zelda-girl. But the hero..." she seemed in complete and utter horror, "... he is with the dark side."
"I'm not the princess Zelda," Alera said gruffly, "no matter what that wizard thinks."
"Oh!" said Jeni, "I'm sorry then. You are simply a remarkable girl, then, I suppose," she seemed too upset to care, really, "Rauru will be so disappointed! And what of this world... we are doomed!" she cried, flying around in an excited fit, "doomed!"
Alera shook her head, "we are not doomed. Let me grieve over my brother," she added.
Jeni was more than a little annoyed that Alera was acting so calmly, "of COURSE we're doomed. Especially now that I gave the hero back his knowledge of the past. That chant- that was what it was for, you know! Now he will KNOW the wizard is bad, and before Link can get anywhere, he will be destroyed to make it possible for Gannon's victory! Oh! What will we do!?"
Alera, still seeming a bit oblivious to Jeni's hysterics, looked straight at the faerie and said, "{}[[ +/|| ~^)(."
Jeni stopped, suddenly, frightened. What Alera had said was remarkable, as it was in the ancient Hylian tongues that only the sages knew about now. But what made it more remarkable was what she had said...
"I am the hero."