Chapter Four. Broken Hearted.
There was no canopy, there were no trees left. Anything that was still standing was either burnt and scorched or had collapsed upon itself. Some fires still remained burning in corners.
Hot ashes lay all over the ground, much too hard to get a horse through. I dismounted Lightning and carefully began to tiptoe around and over the ashes. The air was quite warm and still hazy with smoke. I became certain that if I had arrived any earlier, I would have been caught in the fire myself.
I continued to move and tried to fasten my pace. I arrived out the front of what seemed to be the remains of a hut. Inside I could hear the soft calls of the Kokiri children. I tried by scrambling to the wood pilings. I tried to lift them. Although I tried with all my might, it was not enough to get the planks off the ground.
"Please, help us." I heard from underneath the heap. In frustration I moved my hand to a more secure place but unfortunately found that the area of wood I grabbed was still red-hot. I cringed and held my hand tightly to my chest.
My mind began to race. How could I get them out? The wood was going to collapse on them any moment. If only Link was here. I'm sure he could do it.
Almost as if the Godesses had heard my call, Link and a band of burly soldiers came galloping up on horses, dismounting and started to move wood and taking the children aside and out of harms way. The seemed to do the work with the slightest of ease. I felt as if I was just a disturbance to the rescue so before anyone would notice me I was going to try and sneak away. I started to move but stopped when I heard,
"Malon!" It was Link calling me. My heart melted because he remembered who I was.
I stopped and turned to him making sure that I kept my burnt hand behind my back. I didn't want him to see what an idiot I was, he'd probably laugh at me.
"Hi Link. Do you know what happened here?" I asked through a fake smile.
"Well, we're not quite sure but I don't think it was caused naturally, I just have this feeling. At least no one is hurt. By the way why are you here?" Link questioned.
"Oh, I saw the smoke this morning from the ranch and I came over here. My father should be here soon." I thought about my hand and whether I should tell him. "Otherwise I'm fine."
"Well, that's good. I would have been worried if you did get hurt." He smiled.
Did that remark just mean that he might care about me? Maybe I'm imagining things and he just meant it in a friend way. I took my mind away from Link and looked at all the soldiers.
"Where did you get all the soldiers from?" I asked.
"Oh, well I stayed over at the palace last night, courtesy of Princess Zelda. So when the alarm went I saw it my duty to come since this is my home."
I gulped. He stayed over at the Palace. Well, it did make sense since he now was the Hero of Time and all so did this also mean that he was falling in love with Zelda? It would seem possible from all the rumours I have heard about them spending so much time together during the journey. It would also make sense because Princess Zelda was quite pretty... or so I've heard.
"Oh okay." I paused, I couldn't think of much to say.
"Well, I'm going to go and see if everyone's okay." Link paused. "I might come around some day. I'd want to catch up with you."
"Yeah, that would be good. I suppose I'll see you then." I smiled at him and nodded my head in approval.
We walked away from each other and as I approached Lightning I saw father coming up on his horse. He still seemed tired and I didn't blame him, I got him up in a hurry and rushed him to the other side of Hyrule.
"It's okay dad. The guards will fix everything up." I said as I mounted Lightning. "I'll explain it to you on the way home."
"Well, we better hurry... I'm starving." Father let out a huge laugh and I couldn't help but laugh with him. After all that had happened this morning I definitely had a lot to think about.
A/N:This chapter is dedicated to J. Blanco. Thanks for helping me get started again!
Sorry it took me a whille to get the chapter up but I was having a bit of a mental block. The next one should be up in the next two weeks and if you leave your email with a review I can send you a note when the next chapter is up. Got any names for horses or other people in Hyrule just leave them in a review. Thanks!
There was no canopy, there were no trees left. Anything that was still standing was either burnt and scorched or had collapsed upon itself. Some fires still remained burning in corners.
Hot ashes lay all over the ground, much too hard to get a horse through. I dismounted Lightning and carefully began to tiptoe around and over the ashes. The air was quite warm and still hazy with smoke. I became certain that if I had arrived any earlier, I would have been caught in the fire myself.
I continued to move and tried to fasten my pace. I arrived out the front of what seemed to be the remains of a hut. Inside I could hear the soft calls of the Kokiri children. I tried by scrambling to the wood pilings. I tried to lift them. Although I tried with all my might, it was not enough to get the planks off the ground.
"Please, help us." I heard from underneath the heap. In frustration I moved my hand to a more secure place but unfortunately found that the area of wood I grabbed was still red-hot. I cringed and held my hand tightly to my chest.
My mind began to race. How could I get them out? The wood was going to collapse on them any moment. If only Link was here. I'm sure he could do it.
Almost as if the Godesses had heard my call, Link and a band of burly soldiers came galloping up on horses, dismounting and started to move wood and taking the children aside and out of harms way. The seemed to do the work with the slightest of ease. I felt as if I was just a disturbance to the rescue so before anyone would notice me I was going to try and sneak away. I started to move but stopped when I heard,
"Malon!" It was Link calling me. My heart melted because he remembered who I was.
I stopped and turned to him making sure that I kept my burnt hand behind my back. I didn't want him to see what an idiot I was, he'd probably laugh at me.
"Hi Link. Do you know what happened here?" I asked through a fake smile.
"Well, we're not quite sure but I don't think it was caused naturally, I just have this feeling. At least no one is hurt. By the way why are you here?" Link questioned.
"Oh, I saw the smoke this morning from the ranch and I came over here. My father should be here soon." I thought about my hand and whether I should tell him. "Otherwise I'm fine."
"Well, that's good. I would have been worried if you did get hurt." He smiled.
Did that remark just mean that he might care about me? Maybe I'm imagining things and he just meant it in a friend way. I took my mind away from Link and looked at all the soldiers.
"Where did you get all the soldiers from?" I asked.
"Oh, well I stayed over at the palace last night, courtesy of Princess Zelda. So when the alarm went I saw it my duty to come since this is my home."
I gulped. He stayed over at the Palace. Well, it did make sense since he now was the Hero of Time and all so did this also mean that he was falling in love with Zelda? It would seem possible from all the rumours I have heard about them spending so much time together during the journey. It would also make sense because Princess Zelda was quite pretty... or so I've heard.
"Oh okay." I paused, I couldn't think of much to say.
"Well, I'm going to go and see if everyone's okay." Link paused. "I might come around some day. I'd want to catch up with you."
"Yeah, that would be good. I suppose I'll see you then." I smiled at him and nodded my head in approval.
We walked away from each other and as I approached Lightning I saw father coming up on his horse. He still seemed tired and I didn't blame him, I got him up in a hurry and rushed him to the other side of Hyrule.
"It's okay dad. The guards will fix everything up." I said as I mounted Lightning. "I'll explain it to you on the way home."
"Well, we better hurry... I'm starving." Father let out a huge laugh and I couldn't help but laugh with him. After all that had happened this morning I definitely had a lot to think about.
A/N:This chapter is dedicated to J. Blanco. Thanks for helping me get started again!
Sorry it took me a whille to get the chapter up but I was having a bit of a mental block. The next one should be up in the next two weeks and if you leave your email with a review I can send you a note when the next chapter is up. Got any names for horses or other people in Hyrule just leave them in a review. Thanks!
