Aria: Alright; I've tied up Navi and put her in a glass bottle where she
can't cause any more mischief. The only problem is: I need a new
disclaimer person now. I don't want to ask the goddesses or any of the
characters who have already taken part in the story, so I'm stumped. I'd
appreciate any suggestions, so if you have an idea who I should use for my
next disclaimer person, send them in with your reviews. You already know
the drill by now: I don't own the Legend of Zelda games, their characters,
or anything related. But, I am the owner of this story. This chapter
involves Link and Tetra getting into trouble and Link worrying about Tetra.
How sweet!
Chapter 21: The Ancient Monument
"What is this place?" Link asked, breaking the silence. "It looks like a
monument of some sort," Tetra remarked. They approached the arch to look
at it closer and saw that there was something carved into the upper part of
the arch. "It looks like something was written there once," Link said,
squinting at the carvings. "Yeah, but what?" Tetra said.
Link looked at the carvings again and said, "It looks like it's written in
Hylian." "That really helps us," Tetra said sarcastically. "Neither of us
knows any Hylian." "Well, that's not my fault. This thing was probably
built when Hyrule was still around," Link said. "That's obvious; just look
at the thing! It's older than Valoo is, I bet," Tetra said. Link frowned
and said, "It think it's much older than that. The Deku Tree doesn't even
look this old and he's ancient!"
"So, what exactly are we supposed to do here? Look at an old monument that
we can't understand?" Tetra said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Well.I
wouldn't say that. But, I'm not sure either," Link said.
Abruptly, the ground gave a large quiver. It stopped and shook again, this
time, harder. The shaking seemed to be getting closer as it got stronger.
The argument had stopped on the third shake and now both Link and Tetra
were standing very still, looking around them and watching the trees.
The ground shivered again and this time it shook the leaves of some of the
trees. "What's going on?" Tetra whispered. The ground shook again and
suddenly, a skeleton started to rise out of the ground around the clearing.
Link gasped before saying, "Run, Tetra! It's a Stalfos!" He started to
turn, but stopped when he saw that Tetra seemed to be immobile.
The skeleton warrior, now fully unearthed, spotted the girl and started
towards her. Tetra started to turn and run away when another skeleton
warrior began to rise out of the ground beneath her. It grasped her ankle
and pulled her down just as it finished rising out of the hole it had
created.
"Tetra! Leave her alone!" Link yelled, taking his sword out of its sheath
and rushing towards the monster. However, the other one was already there
and it swung its large club and knocked the boy away. He flew backwards
and hit the arch with a thud.
In the meantime, Tetra was struggling to break free of the grip of the
Stalfos. It only squeezed her tighter and she yelped in pain. When she
saw Link thrown back at the columns, Tetra cried out in panic. "Link!
Wake up! Please!" she screamed. The boy blinked and winced as he got to
his feet. He held his right arm in his left as if it hurt him and shook
his head to regain his senses. "Link! Do something!" Tetra yelled as the
Stalfos holding her choked off her words again.
Link looked at her anxiously and, suddenly, his eyes lit up. He pulled his
boomerang out and shouted, "Tetra; duck!" She tried to get her head as low
as possible just as Link threw the boomerang. It whirled through the air
and struck the skull of the Stalfos that held Tetra.
It dropped her unceremoniously to the ground when the boomerang hit its
mark and Link rushed forward to Tetra. "We have to get out of here!" He
said urgently, helping her to stand. She yelped again and stumbled to the
ground again just as the Stalfos was regaining control of itself. "My
ankle.it hurts too much to walk on it." she gasped. Link bit his lip as he
saw the armed Stalfos lugging its club towards them. He scooped her up
into his arms and ran away as fast as he could.
Eventually, he stopped and set her down by a tree. "Let me go take care of
those monsters. You stay here and wait for me until I get back; okay?" he
said. Tetra nodded and winced as she tried to make herself more
comfortable. Link's face showed a look of concern when she did and knelt
beside her. She noticed his expression and waved him away weakly. "Go get
rid of those things. I'll be fine; I promise," she said.
When he hesitated, she shoved him gently and said, "You can worry about me
later. Just go and beat up those things and get some revenge on them for
me, will ya?" Link nodded and stood up. He took his bow and arrows off
his back and handed them to her. "Use these if anything dangerous comes by
while I'm gone," He said. She took them and smiled at him tenderly.
"Thanks," she whispered. "It's okay; you don't have to thank me. I'd
better get going anyway," Link said. After saying this, he turned and ran
back to where the evil monsters were.
Tetra heard loud thumping noises soon after and concluded that the
Stalfoses had spotted Link. She heard a loud explosion soon after and saw
smoke rising from the area. She strained her eyes anxiously to see if Link
was alright, but the thick forest, along with the lack of sunlight,
prevented her from seeing anything. After this, she heard more explosions
and soon, silence.
She spotted something approaching her from her right and quickly nocked an
arrow to Link's bow, just in case. She was relieved to see that the figure
was Link and that he was safe. "Hey, I thought you were on my side," Link
said jokingly as he walked up to her. She laughed and lowered the bow to
the ground beside her. "I was just being careful," she replied. He nodded
and asked, "How are you feeling?"
Tetra glanced at her ankle and gently wiggled her left foot. This action
caused and explosion of pain there and she hissed through her teeth to keep
from crying out. Link knelt beside her again and said, "You're not going
to be walking until we get your ankle fixed." "But, we can't go back to
the ship yet; we haven't even found anything out," she protested.
"But, we did find something out," Link said. "And, what may I ask is
that?" Tetra asked. "There's someone here who wants to get rid of the both
of us and whoever it is has magic alike or similar to Ganondorf's," Link
said. "How'd you figure that out?" she asked.
"Well, isn't it obvious? Ever since we left Dragon Roost, we've been
attacked four times. And, all of the monsters that attacked us, can easily
be caused by Ganondorf's magic," Link replied. "We were only attacked by
monsters three times," Tetra pointed out. "Yes, but that hurricane that
hit us before we got to the island had to have been caused by someone.
There's no other explanation for it. Something like that doesn't just pop
up everyday, you know," Link said.
"Somebody must really want to get rid of us if they're puling off stunts
like that just trying to," she said with a shake of her head. "The bad
thing is, if we have to keep fighting monsters all the time, they'll
eventually win by slowly wearing us down. Not to mention, wearing out our
supplies," Link said. "So, what can we do about it?" she asked. "Just
avoid getting attacked until we can find out what's really going on, I
guess," he said with a shrug.
He flinched and, though he tried to hide it, Tetra noticed it. "Something
must have happened to your arm when the Stalfos hit you into that monument.
I saw you holding your right arm like it was injured or something," she
said, not able to hide the concern she felt in her voice. "I probably just
pulled a muscle or something; it's nothing to worry about. At least it's
not like your ankle," Link said.
She frowned at her left leg and said, "So, what do we do now?" "I'll have
to carry you until we can find a place to lie down for the night. Then,
I'll see if I can do anything about it," Link said. "You might as well;
until this stupid ankle gets fixed, I won't be going anywhere," Tetra said
with a resigned sigh.
Link stood up again and asked, "You're sure that you don't mind me carrying
you?" "I mind it, but not that much. As long as we're both out of harm's
way for the time being, I'm happy," Tetra said. He nodded and carefully
lifted her up into his arms. "Comfortable?" he asked. "As much as anyone
could be in this position and with a sprained ankle," she replied. He
grinned and said, "I don't think that your injury is that bad, but it's
still not helping our situation." "Let's just find a place to stay for the
night," she said wearily. He nodded and said, "Okay."
They proceeded through the forest and soon, they could see the top of a
rock wall just beyond the forest. "I bet we could find a cave or something
there. Why don't we take a look and see?" Link suggested when he could see
the top over the treetops. "Okay, but I don't like the look of those
clouds," Tetra replied, pointing into the sky.
There were dark, heavy clouds covering the entire sky above them and they
had already blocked out the sun. It wasn't until they saw a flash of
lightning in the clouds that they got nervous. "Uh, we should get out of
the forest before that storm hits," Tetra said, eyeing the clouds
uncomfortably. They heard an enormous clap of thunder and once he heard
it, Link took off at a dead run.
Rain began to pelt down upon them and soon they were both soaked to the
bone. It was hard to see through the heavy rains, but Link still tried to
find the way out of the forest. When they finally reached the edge of the
forest, the rain seemed to come down even harder now that the trees were
providing no shelter against it. The lightning flashed through the sky and
struck down at the top of the rock wall. It was followed by terrifying
thunder that roared like an enraged lion.
Link, at last, spotted a cave opening and made a run for it. Suddenly,
lightning struck the top of the rock wall again and this time, a boulder
came crashing down. It rolled and bounced and would have hit Link and
Tetra if Link hadn't dodged away. He dove for the cave just as a rain,
this time of rocks, fell down with the boulder.
Aria: Before anyone asks, the reason why the Stalfos was trying to strangle
Tetra a little is because it had been trying to kidnap her. Why? Because,
someone, not saying who, ordered it to. And, if anyone hasn't noticed, the
fact that the weather seems to be against Link and Tetra is a big clue as
to how powerful their unknown enemy is. But, I'm not dropping names. Oh,
and the explosions Tetra heard were bombs going off that Link was using to
blow up the Stalfos. It's a really quick way to get rid of them without
getting killed. Anyway, I'll post chapter twenty-two tomorrow. Yeah, I
know you hate me for the cliffhanger, but I swear that nothing bad will
happen in the next chapter. Tell me what you think of this chapter! See
you in chapter twenty-two! Hey! That rhymed!
can't cause any more mischief. The only problem is: I need a new
disclaimer person now. I don't want to ask the goddesses or any of the
characters who have already taken part in the story, so I'm stumped. I'd
appreciate any suggestions, so if you have an idea who I should use for my
next disclaimer person, send them in with your reviews. You already know
the drill by now: I don't own the Legend of Zelda games, their characters,
or anything related. But, I am the owner of this story. This chapter
involves Link and Tetra getting into trouble and Link worrying about Tetra.
How sweet!
Chapter 21: The Ancient Monument
"What is this place?" Link asked, breaking the silence. "It looks like a
monument of some sort," Tetra remarked. They approached the arch to look
at it closer and saw that there was something carved into the upper part of
the arch. "It looks like something was written there once," Link said,
squinting at the carvings. "Yeah, but what?" Tetra said.
Link looked at the carvings again and said, "It looks like it's written in
Hylian." "That really helps us," Tetra said sarcastically. "Neither of us
knows any Hylian." "Well, that's not my fault. This thing was probably
built when Hyrule was still around," Link said. "That's obvious; just look
at the thing! It's older than Valoo is, I bet," Tetra said. Link frowned
and said, "It think it's much older than that. The Deku Tree doesn't even
look this old and he's ancient!"
"So, what exactly are we supposed to do here? Look at an old monument that
we can't understand?" Tetra said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Well.I
wouldn't say that. But, I'm not sure either," Link said.
Abruptly, the ground gave a large quiver. It stopped and shook again, this
time, harder. The shaking seemed to be getting closer as it got stronger.
The argument had stopped on the third shake and now both Link and Tetra
were standing very still, looking around them and watching the trees.
The ground shivered again and this time it shook the leaves of some of the
trees. "What's going on?" Tetra whispered. The ground shook again and
suddenly, a skeleton started to rise out of the ground around the clearing.
Link gasped before saying, "Run, Tetra! It's a Stalfos!" He started to
turn, but stopped when he saw that Tetra seemed to be immobile.
The skeleton warrior, now fully unearthed, spotted the girl and started
towards her. Tetra started to turn and run away when another skeleton
warrior began to rise out of the ground beneath her. It grasped her ankle
and pulled her down just as it finished rising out of the hole it had
created.
"Tetra! Leave her alone!" Link yelled, taking his sword out of its sheath
and rushing towards the monster. However, the other one was already there
and it swung its large club and knocked the boy away. He flew backwards
and hit the arch with a thud.
In the meantime, Tetra was struggling to break free of the grip of the
Stalfos. It only squeezed her tighter and she yelped in pain. When she
saw Link thrown back at the columns, Tetra cried out in panic. "Link!
Wake up! Please!" she screamed. The boy blinked and winced as he got to
his feet. He held his right arm in his left as if it hurt him and shook
his head to regain his senses. "Link! Do something!" Tetra yelled as the
Stalfos holding her choked off her words again.
Link looked at her anxiously and, suddenly, his eyes lit up. He pulled his
boomerang out and shouted, "Tetra; duck!" She tried to get her head as low
as possible just as Link threw the boomerang. It whirled through the air
and struck the skull of the Stalfos that held Tetra.
It dropped her unceremoniously to the ground when the boomerang hit its
mark and Link rushed forward to Tetra. "We have to get out of here!" He
said urgently, helping her to stand. She yelped again and stumbled to the
ground again just as the Stalfos was regaining control of itself. "My
ankle.it hurts too much to walk on it." she gasped. Link bit his lip as he
saw the armed Stalfos lugging its club towards them. He scooped her up
into his arms and ran away as fast as he could.
Eventually, he stopped and set her down by a tree. "Let me go take care of
those monsters. You stay here and wait for me until I get back; okay?" he
said. Tetra nodded and winced as she tried to make herself more
comfortable. Link's face showed a look of concern when she did and knelt
beside her. She noticed his expression and waved him away weakly. "Go get
rid of those things. I'll be fine; I promise," she said.
When he hesitated, she shoved him gently and said, "You can worry about me
later. Just go and beat up those things and get some revenge on them for
me, will ya?" Link nodded and stood up. He took his bow and arrows off
his back and handed them to her. "Use these if anything dangerous comes by
while I'm gone," He said. She took them and smiled at him tenderly.
"Thanks," she whispered. "It's okay; you don't have to thank me. I'd
better get going anyway," Link said. After saying this, he turned and ran
back to where the evil monsters were.
Tetra heard loud thumping noises soon after and concluded that the
Stalfoses had spotted Link. She heard a loud explosion soon after and saw
smoke rising from the area. She strained her eyes anxiously to see if Link
was alright, but the thick forest, along with the lack of sunlight,
prevented her from seeing anything. After this, she heard more explosions
and soon, silence.
She spotted something approaching her from her right and quickly nocked an
arrow to Link's bow, just in case. She was relieved to see that the figure
was Link and that he was safe. "Hey, I thought you were on my side," Link
said jokingly as he walked up to her. She laughed and lowered the bow to
the ground beside her. "I was just being careful," she replied. He nodded
and asked, "How are you feeling?"
Tetra glanced at her ankle and gently wiggled her left foot. This action
caused and explosion of pain there and she hissed through her teeth to keep
from crying out. Link knelt beside her again and said, "You're not going
to be walking until we get your ankle fixed." "But, we can't go back to
the ship yet; we haven't even found anything out," she protested.
"But, we did find something out," Link said. "And, what may I ask is
that?" Tetra asked. "There's someone here who wants to get rid of the both
of us and whoever it is has magic alike or similar to Ganondorf's," Link
said. "How'd you figure that out?" she asked.
"Well, isn't it obvious? Ever since we left Dragon Roost, we've been
attacked four times. And, all of the monsters that attacked us, can easily
be caused by Ganondorf's magic," Link replied. "We were only attacked by
monsters three times," Tetra pointed out. "Yes, but that hurricane that
hit us before we got to the island had to have been caused by someone.
There's no other explanation for it. Something like that doesn't just pop
up everyday, you know," Link said.
"Somebody must really want to get rid of us if they're puling off stunts
like that just trying to," she said with a shake of her head. "The bad
thing is, if we have to keep fighting monsters all the time, they'll
eventually win by slowly wearing us down. Not to mention, wearing out our
supplies," Link said. "So, what can we do about it?" she asked. "Just
avoid getting attacked until we can find out what's really going on, I
guess," he said with a shrug.
He flinched and, though he tried to hide it, Tetra noticed it. "Something
must have happened to your arm when the Stalfos hit you into that monument.
I saw you holding your right arm like it was injured or something," she
said, not able to hide the concern she felt in her voice. "I probably just
pulled a muscle or something; it's nothing to worry about. At least it's
not like your ankle," Link said.
She frowned at her left leg and said, "So, what do we do now?" "I'll have
to carry you until we can find a place to lie down for the night. Then,
I'll see if I can do anything about it," Link said. "You might as well;
until this stupid ankle gets fixed, I won't be going anywhere," Tetra said
with a resigned sigh.
Link stood up again and asked, "You're sure that you don't mind me carrying
you?" "I mind it, but not that much. As long as we're both out of harm's
way for the time being, I'm happy," Tetra said. He nodded and carefully
lifted her up into his arms. "Comfortable?" he asked. "As much as anyone
could be in this position and with a sprained ankle," she replied. He
grinned and said, "I don't think that your injury is that bad, but it's
still not helping our situation." "Let's just find a place to stay for the
night," she said wearily. He nodded and said, "Okay."
They proceeded through the forest and soon, they could see the top of a
rock wall just beyond the forest. "I bet we could find a cave or something
there. Why don't we take a look and see?" Link suggested when he could see
the top over the treetops. "Okay, but I don't like the look of those
clouds," Tetra replied, pointing into the sky.
There were dark, heavy clouds covering the entire sky above them and they
had already blocked out the sun. It wasn't until they saw a flash of
lightning in the clouds that they got nervous. "Uh, we should get out of
the forest before that storm hits," Tetra said, eyeing the clouds
uncomfortably. They heard an enormous clap of thunder and once he heard
it, Link took off at a dead run.
Rain began to pelt down upon them and soon they were both soaked to the
bone. It was hard to see through the heavy rains, but Link still tried to
find the way out of the forest. When they finally reached the edge of the
forest, the rain seemed to come down even harder now that the trees were
providing no shelter against it. The lightning flashed through the sky and
struck down at the top of the rock wall. It was followed by terrifying
thunder that roared like an enraged lion.
Link, at last, spotted a cave opening and made a run for it. Suddenly,
lightning struck the top of the rock wall again and this time, a boulder
came crashing down. It rolled and bounced and would have hit Link and
Tetra if Link hadn't dodged away. He dove for the cave just as a rain,
this time of rocks, fell down with the boulder.
Aria: Before anyone asks, the reason why the Stalfos was trying to strangle
Tetra a little is because it had been trying to kidnap her. Why? Because,
someone, not saying who, ordered it to. And, if anyone hasn't noticed, the
fact that the weather seems to be against Link and Tetra is a big clue as
to how powerful their unknown enemy is. But, I'm not dropping names. Oh,
and the explosions Tetra heard were bombs going off that Link was using to
blow up the Stalfos. It's a really quick way to get rid of them without
getting killed. Anyway, I'll post chapter twenty-two tomorrow. Yeah, I
know you hate me for the cliffhanger, but I swear that nothing bad will
happen in the next chapter. Tell me what you think of this chapter! See
you in chapter twenty-two! Hey! That rhymed!
