Typically, the first thing you would have noticed about her would have been her blue tunic. Despite her young age, it brought out all of her maturity.
Of course, if you'd a taken a look at her now, you probably wouldn't have paid any attention to her tunic, or her large, blue eyes, or even her light blond hair. The large bow that she had ready to fire would have probably taken your whole attention, much as it was taking hers at the time.
The 12-year-old girl let the arrow fly. It landed right in the middle of the bull's-eye, which was positioned a mere 5 feet above the head of her 13-year-old red-clad brother, who was deeply involved with his studying. He looked up from the book at his sister. "Must you shoot that bow around me while I'm studying, Sasha?" the boy inquired. "I'm trying to concentrate."
"Why are you studying Hyrulian for anyway, William?" the girl countered. "No one's used that language now for centuries."
"There are tons of relics around which are written in the ancient language. Father ran into a few back in his day, if you'll recall."
"That's true, but only because he ended up going on a big quest. Do you think you'll end up going on a quest someday Will?"
"He may," a female voice said from behind Sasha, "as may you." Sasha turned around to see the face of her mother.
"But there aren't any evil beings anymore. Ganon was killed many years ago." Sasha replied.
"Ganon may be gone, but he's not the only evil in the world." The mother turned back toward their house. "Look, here comes your father. You can ask him about the evils in today's world if you want." Sasha and William looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
The kids' father came into the garden. He turned toward his wife, the kids' mother. "Hey, Zelda," he said, giving her a small kiss.
"Hi, Link," Zelda replied.
"Hello Father," Sasha and William said in chorus, and William added, "How are things going today?"
"Not so good, short man," Link grimly admitted. "Ever since the last of the monsters were killed back in '90, [10 years in the past] there haven't been any more rupees created. As a result, there's a major shortage of funds in Hyrule."
"For all the bad things Ganon did, at least he put a large amount of rupees into our country."
"True...." Link thoughtfully noted. He looked over at the bow in his daughter's hands. "You know," he told her, "there's not a huge demand for archers anymore, but you'll be ready when they're needed again."
Sasha blushed at her father's compliment. "I'm getting good," she admitted, "but I'm nowhere near as good as you were."
"Just keep practicing, and you'll be better than I ever was," Link encouraged, "but please don't shoot this close to the castle. The woods are right over there, in plain sight, with no one to get injured," he pointed. "Now, I've got to go. I'll see you kids tomorrow." Link started to walk away. "I hate being king. Never get a chance to see my kids."
"Poor dear," Zelda commented. "Well kids, it's dinner time. Put away your books and bow, and come wash up."
It was later that night when the unthinkable happened. Sasha was fast asleep, but William had gotten up to get a drink. He was in the kitchen when he heard his mother yelling. "Let go of me! Put me down! Link, HEEEEEEELLLLPPPPP!"
William rushed back to his room. On the staircase up, he ran into his sister. "What's going on?" Sasha inquired. "I thought I heard Mother yelling."
"I'm not sure, but it's not good," William said, dragging his sister down to the storage room. "Get your bow and arrows; I think we're gonna need them."
