Chapter Seven: Gerudos!
"Hmmm?" He said
"Get off your butt and get the master sword, we're surrounded." I said and kicked Sir Pigeon awake. I didn't have time to waste to try and be nice to him… or falling back into the deep pools of his eyes, those beautiful sapphire eyes… I shook my head quickly to force out the thought. Link quickly stood up as well as Sir Pigeon just as the first shoot was fired, barely missing my head. The next came at Link and Sir Pigeon, landing just in front of them.
"Surrender yourselves. You're surrounded, there is no escape." Called a Female
voice.
"Arista? Is that you? It's Andrea!
Friend of the Gerudo, please stop we mean you no harm." I called back to her.
Their reply was an arrow again barely missing me. I glared and knew something
was impossibly wrong. I felt a chill go down my spine. Something else was with
them, something like me.
"Do not let them escape!" I heard a male voice yell at them.
"We're leaving." I said as another arrow missed my head.
"The bridge is gone, we're stuck." Link said.
I completely ignored them and ran towards the rocks where the Gerudo where
hiding. I vaulted over the rocks, landing right in the middle of the large
group. I swore to myself as I started to fight them. I jumped onto the leader
and did a hand stand then a mid air split and knocked out two more warriors. I
flipped backwards away from them.
"Guardian! I know you know about me. I suggest you just give up. We'll take you and the boy and kill both of you." Cackled the male voice, which turned out to be a large Poe. It wasn't a normal Poe, nor even that like the Poe of the two brothers that guarded the secret of the song of sun. This Poe has a truly evil voice that sent shivers down my spine and my "heart" race, I almost felt scared and for those of you who don't know Orrans, Orrans fear nothing and no one. The closest thing I would say he resembled was the older of the two composer brothers. I knew this man err Poe well; he was the one who had chased after us that night.
For a brief minute I remembered that night again. The intense rain, the thundering lightning that lit up the sky in a truly violent manner. The clashing of the swords, that seemed to only make the thunder louder or maybe they could have been the thunder because there was enough noise to be. The constant sound of hoof beats on the cobblestones road of Hyrule Castle Town. Link crying, he was confused because only moments ago I was singing to him… and then I was shot and fell from the horse, fell from his sight and the last thing I remember hearing was mother calling out my name and Link crying uncontrollably but mother never came back. We both knew Link was something special and needed to be protected, till he could fulfill his destiny, she knew I wouldn't hold it against her. I loved her, and still do. I miss her, as I will never be able to go to the undying lands of heaven with the gods like the normal spirits of the dead, I am cursed like a Poe but worse, far worse. Immortality is a curse and a blessing, no matter how you look at it.
I quickly snapped out of the small trance and was forced to fight back to back with Link and Sir against the Gerudos. There were just too many of them for us to fight. One of the Gerudos attacked Sir Pigeon and knocked him away from us. Link and I however were much better off now. The Gerudos were even afraid to come near us. I guess even with all those long years of being apart it didn't affect how we worked together. It was almost like we though exactly alike. I would step forward and Link would step back. We were perfectly in tune, it was almost as if we were dancing. This dance however, was one of life and death. One mistake and you would be nothing more then another stain on a sword of your enemy. I could see Sir Pigeon out of the corner of my eyes fighting off a Gerudo that had pinned him to the ground. Under nearly any other circumstance, I was sure that he would not have minded where he was or where the woman was. Somehow, to this very day I am still not sure how, Link was able to hold off the Gerudo that were hacking away at both of us while I took out my bow and notched an arrow then shot it at the woman on top of Sir Pigeon. She rolled off him, letting go of him, and was about to jump attack Link, who couldn't have taken that hit along with the three he was fighting off already. When a sudden wind and shadow flashed and tackled her away. A loud roar sounded and shook the ground. The shadow swooped low again and lifted up two Gerudo before tossing them like rag dolls into a group of others. I put my bow away and was about to take my sword out but it was reacting to the master sword…. And something else… I didn't know what was causing it so I left my hand at my sword's hilt at my right side. [What's going on with this crazy thing? It's only supposed to do that with the master sword and the justice blade. Sir Pigeon couldn't possibly have that on him. I would have seen that short sword by now. One of the Gerudo must have it… But that doesn't make sense. The writing on the temple of light says the Warrior of Truth would be a man… not a woman… or Poe.]
"You may win this time Guardian. But I still have Arista and Antanios," Said the Poe from a safe distance away, "You will come to us one day guardian… That is the day the first of the prophecies on the wall comes true… And you guardian, you will not be around to protect the Hero of Time." With those echoing words he left… for the moment, using a spell to cause a minor earthquake to block the entrance to the Gerudo Valley Fortress.
I watched the spot where he was, my hand still at my side ready for another round. All my muscles were tensed up, more so now then before. [I will die… again… before the prophecies come true]. I thought as I lowered my hand from my sword's hilt. It was still glowing … reacting to the master sword and something else. [Sir Pigeon can't be the Warrior of Truth. It would have done this before if he was. Besides… The Warrior of Truth was supposed to kill me. He didn't do that.] I shook my head; this was not making any sense. I could hear Sir Pigeon asking me something but I wasn't paying attention.
"Stay with the dragon." I said to both of them before I started to climb up the side of the rock face.
I could hear them start to climb up behind me. I rolled my eyes; little did they know how powerful that Poe was. I was lucky it was afraid of the dragon. I doubted my power alone could beat it. Link slipped down below me and fell on top of Sir Pigeon. I couldn't help but look down at the scene and laugh. They were both exhausted and here I was unintentionally making them climb the rocks. Neither one looked like he could move another inch. If I was truly alive then I might not have been able to either. I shook my head still chucking to myself about the scene as I continued up. As I got to the top I saw they were trying to follow again. I shook my head and again told them to remain where they were. I heard a small rock movement behind me as I saw Arista, the Gerudo who had shot the arrow at me, came up behind me. Before with lightning speed, tied both hands behind my back and took a dagger out and held it to my throat.
"Surrender Heroes." Was all she said.
