Chapter Five: Fire and Water
Note: : : means thought
:He will not die. Neither of them. They won't die before their destiny is fulfilled. I won't let them die.:
Being dead has its advantages; you never need to breathe underwater. I could feel Link struggling under the current to get air. Then I saw him; his foot was tangled around something. It didn't matter what the heck it was to me. I took out a dagger and cut through the gunk on his foot. It didn't work. :Damn: I grabbed his foot and pulled as hard as I could. This gunk just wouldn't let go. I kicked against the current pulling us and holding us down, trying to pull him free. It still wouldn't let go. Then Link went still. :Damn this gunk: I grabbed his hand and pulled it down to the gunk. The Triforce on his hand glowed bright and so did the Triforce on my hand. The gunk melted away and I pulled him to the surface. I swam hard against the current before placing him on a ledge sticking out in the water. :Please be all right: I thought as I dove under and looked for Sir Pigeon. :He has to be close.: I searched and searched, frantic, He had fallen in the same time as Link and logically must under longer then Link had been. I found him just laying in the water face down. :He must have hit his head.: He was heading into the part of the rapids that would quickly take him over the falls. :Damn knight: I shook my head. :I really shouldn't do this: I changed back into my form with wings and flew ahead of him. His body started to plunge over the falls. I quickly flew after him and caught him. :Simple enough: I sighed, :I hope he doesn't wake up: then laid him next to Link. Link was still out cold and I could feel water in his lungs. I quickly gave him CPR just as he and Sir Pigeon awoke. :Damn:
"You?" Link mumbled.
"Angel's don't exist…"Sir Pigeon said and rubbed his head.
I disappeared under the water and changed back into my pervious Hylian woman form.
"Angel's? I think you two spend too much time under the water." I said as I climbed back onto the ledge. "Look we better get you two back up to where the bridge used to be, don't think the king would appreciate me giving him two hero-sickles."
I took out a little bit of rope, tying one end down to a large stone, and my bow and arrow. Then tying the other end to the arrow. Link and Sir Pigeon remained quiet, though shivering, while I shot it into the rock at the other side, making a strong link from out side to the shore. I motioned to them and we struggled against the current to get across. Sir Pigeon made it across first, then he helped Link up and finally he helped me up. I felt my cheeks redden ever so slightly. : Stupid girl, he's not interested in you at all. He's a knight. He probably has women flocking all over him. Forget him. Besides he tried to kill you. Well yes and no, he could have killed you if he truly wanted to.:
"Thief are you all right?"
"Do you ever tire of calling me that? I do tire of hearing it."
"Then what is your name?"
"Andrea."
"Do you have a last name? You remind me of someone I used to know…"
"Yes. Maybe one day you'll learn it."
I looked up to the sky and noticed the sun setting fast and then saw how cold they looked, sobbing wet in the desert night air. I silently stood up and disappeared into the shadows to look for firewood. On the way back I heard Link and Sir Pigeon talking. I put the wood down and crouched against the wall again using shadows like a Sheikian would to hide myself.
"Should we still arrest her?" Link asked
"She saved our lives." Sir pigeon replied
"She also put us on that bridge in the first place"
"She fled, we followed. Andrea could have let us drown or fall over the waterfall. True she did break the law, but it was only one load of bread. Look at her, she's barely skin and bones!"
"I guess your right. Still, should we jut wait here?"
"I don't think she'll attack us. Worst she can do is call the gerudos from their fortress."
"Doubt she'll do that, she doesn't seem like the type to make others fight her battles."
"Me too. She isn't gerudo. She doesn't look like a bounty hunter either."
"Still I have a bad feeling about her. Zelda and I have been having weird dreams again. In these turbulent times, I don't think we can trust anyone just yet."
I chose that moment to rejoin them. I nosily picked up the wood and huffed back into the clearing.
"Doesn't hurt my feelings. You two haven't exactly proven yourselves trustworthy either." I smirked. I shook my head, laughing a little at how surprised they were. I sat down and went to work building a fire. I wasn't worried about the fact that we were so close to the fortress. I could always help them to escape if the gerudos attacked. I started the fire with a small easy spell then moved away from it. I watched Link sitting close to the fire with Sir Pigeon. They both noticed I was a fair distance from them and the fire. Too far to get any warmth and I was still soaking wet.
"Aren't you cold?" Link asked
"I'm perfectly fine." I replied coldly from my spot.
"Are you sure? You're still very wet."
I looked at myself and realized my mistake. For the living would be ice cold by now with the combination of wind, cold ice water, and freezing air.
"I guess I am a little cold" I said with a shrug and moved somewhat closer to the fire. Being dead wasn't what made me afraid of fire, it was another part of me. One part that if Link ever found out what I was, he would never be allowed back into the life he once knew.
