I think this is the longest chapter yet! I hope you all enjoy this one :) I
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"I don't know! Stop asking me that question!" Loki yelled angrily at Link. It was morning, and none of them got any sleep after the incident that occurred last night. "I don't know who would've sent Ganondorf after Saria, alright? I don't always have all the answers." Loki didn't know how much more he could lie like this. If they dug into it any further, it would surely result in Saria's death.
"Well, if it wasn't after me . . . then maybe it was after all the sages! All their lives could be in danger right now as we speak" Link concluded.
"I . . . I don't think that's it Link" Saria said quietly, still a little frightened from last night.
"Saria, if you have some ideas, now would be a very good time to share them" Link said.
"Well . . ." She was going to say that Zelda sent the zombie after her, but that would be revealing too much to Link, not to mention it would get him upset. 'No one accuses the fair and noble princess Zelda' Saria thought sarcastically to herself. She still couldn't get over the way Zelda glared at her and charmed Link.
"Well?" Link asked, a little impatient.
Saria needed to find a way to get out of this quickly. "Uh, well I'm still a little confused as to how a zombie Ganondorf could even be created. I thought he was trapped in the sacred realm," She said with an inquisitive tone, looking at Loki for the answers since he seemed to have more than any of them.
"Only his spirit was trapped in the sacred realm. His body was completely decimated by Link though, no question of that." Loki replied with complete confidence.
"Then how did the body come to be? Time was suppose to reset, so that means that his body would've been gone too, right?"
"It must've took very powerful magic to store Ganondorf's body through the time warp. Whoever is behind this knew Ganondorf was going to die, and must've been watching your battle closely. It was only a few minutes later that the time warp occurred, so he must've had every spell necessary ready." Loki answered.
Saria just stared at the pile of dust that used to be Ganondorf's walking remains. "You know, we should really get that dust into a jar or some kind of container." Navi said.
"I-I'll do it" Saria said, still a little nervous. She grabbed a nearby urn and used a little wind spell to pick it up and get it into the urn. She put the urn back into a corner and sealed it. It was morning now, the sun was out and people were walking around outside. "I'm going outside for a bit of fresh air alright? You guys, just stay here." She said.
She walked out of the house, to find that the wet grass and mud made it rather slippery. She ignored it however, and decided to climb onto the roof of the other houses until she could get the perfect view of the village. She sat on one of the roofs, hugging her knees and burying her face in them.
Then it started. Tears flowed forth slowly, as she started to sob. 'Why does it have to be like this?' she wondered to herself. Ever since she left the forest, nothing seemed to have been going her way. First with Malon, though she wasn't that bad. She was actually pretty nice and courteous. But Saria's jealously still got to her.
Next came Zelda, the princess of Hyrule. She was horrible compared to Malon. She was so full of herself that it made Saria so mad, and Link couldn't even see it. Those two were even more chummy than when he was with Malon.
Oh, but then things started looking up again, that is until someone made an attempt on Saria's life. 'Why is fate so cruel?' she asked herself. She just let the tears flow. She didn't even try to make them stop like before, it was just so pointless.
"Saria?" Link called as he jumped from roof to roof to get on the one she was sitting on. She barely turned her head to see who it was. "Saria . . . are you alright?" he asked, as he finally got to the right roof. He sat down right next to her, a little worried to see her head resting upon her knees like that with a tear-stained face.
"I'm fine." She answered, sobbing a little. 'I'm just in love with the sweetest guy in Hyrule who just happens to have two other girls contending for his love' She thought to herself. There was now way she was actually going to say that out loud though.
Link, figuring she was still upset over the Ganondorf incident, put his arm around her and started wiping away the tears with his free one. He was doing his best to comfort her, much as she sometimes did for him back in the forest. There was always one thing that used to cheer him up when she was comforting him, tough he wasn't sure if he should do it to her.
However, Saria really needed some cheering so he decided to just do it. He kissed Saria on the red cheek that was facing him. This made Saria sigh with almost complete delight, but she didn't have the energy left to hold it back. A few sobs and tears remained, before her head fell onto Link's supporting shoulder as she started to drift off into sleep due to all the crying that she did and the little sleep she got last night.
"Sweet dreams" Link whispered. Those were the last words she heard before falling asleep.
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"Um. Your majesty?" a rather skinny, red haired hylian asked.
"Excuse me?" the princess Zelda asked, a little startled by the man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He must've been one of the many servants of the castle.
"A young boy, named Link, I believe that was it . . . Oh! Yes, he asked me to give you this letter." The man said, bowing down and handing the girl the folded letter.
The smile of Zelda's face grew ever so widely, as she quickly grabbed the letter. "Thank you kind sir" she graciously said to the messenger. Just to find that he was nowhere in sight. 'That's odd . . .' she thought to herself. But at the moment, she was a little too busy to care of his whereabouts. She quickly unfolded the letter so that she may read it.
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Saria's eyes fluttered open, yawning and stretching as if she's had a full night's rest. Well, it more like she had a full day's rest really. It was night outside, and she had no idea how long she was asleep.
"I never thought it was possible for someone to sleep 15 hours . . ." the ever so sarcastic voice of Loki muttered. "I mean, I understand 10. Or maybe even 12. But 15!? A little excessive don't you think!?"
"We had to stop Loki everytime he tried to get a bucket." Navi interjected.
"Well, it would've gotten her up wouldn't it!?"
"She needed rest!"
"12 hours IS enough rest!"
The argument the two fairies lasted on and on, making Saria giggle. It moved on from that to interesting witticisms to downright petty insults. This made Saria smile, until her eyes fell upon Link once more. He was unfazed by the fairies' argument, not a smile, or a laugh or anything. He was shadow fighting enemies of the past. She noticed that Link was fighting very defensively, always keeping his shield, and jumping to dodge the imaginary swings being taken at him. Saria wasn't quite sure where he learnt how to fight so well. She knew he had some training with the 'Know It All' brothers before he was able to visit the Great Deku Tree. It must've come with experience.
"Link?" Saria asked, trying to get him to stop. He was a little to into the fighting, and it was starting to frighten her.
Her interjection seemed to have worked since he stopped swinging his sword through the air. "Huh. Oh, you're awake" he said with a content smile, as we walked toward the bed she was resting in. "I hope you slept well."
It was to see the caring and compassionate side of him again. "I did" she said smiling. 'Thanks to you anyway' she thought secretly. She could look into Link's big cerulean eyes all night long. If they were alone that is . . .
"What would you know, sourpuss!!" Navi's voice shrieked.
"A hell of a lot more than you, that's for sure!!" Loki replied.
"Cut it out already!" Link scolded.
Both fairies stopped what they were doing, turned to face Link and both said "He/She started it!"
Both Link and Saria couldn't help but roll their eyes. "Come now Saria, supper's waiting"
Saria was more than little frightened by that statement. "You cooked?"
"Well, what if I did!?" Link asked, pretending to be insulted.
"We'd all die slow and horribly painful deaths?" Saria joked.
Link couldn't help but laugh a little. "Well, then you'll be happy to know that I got the food from some of our fellow townsfolk"
"Right, I almost forgot that we live here now." she said smiling.
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Impa found it a little disturbing that Zelda seemed so quiet and nervous for the past few hours. Ever since she read that letter that is. Zelda was pacing back and forth for over a period of several hours now, holding onto the letter in heavy thought. Impa wasn't sure if she should interrupt her or not. No, she most definitely had to ask.
"Princess?"
Zelda looked at he guardian, a little shocked. "Impa! I'm sorry, I didn't see you come in"
"I just got here an hour or two ago . . ." She replied, leaving no hint of emotion in her tone.
"Oh dear, I'm sorry about that" Zelda replied, still looking nervous.
"Are the contents of that letter private?" She asked.
Zelda got the hint, and decided to tell her. "It's from Link . . ." She wasn't sure if she should continue or not, but Impa's gaze prompted her to go further. "It says . . . that an undead version of Ganondorf was sent to kill Saria"
Impa's eyes widened at this, "What?" she said in shock.
"His theory, is that all of the sages lives are in danger. All the other details are in this letter" she said anding it to Impa. "It seems as though he was what was killing all the people in town"
"Ganondorf was here under our noses all along? How come we couldn't sense him?"
"Maybe . . . because he was here only in body."
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I really do hope you found that to be worth the wait. Oh, and review! I always love reviews!
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"I don't know! Stop asking me that question!" Loki yelled angrily at Link. It was morning, and none of them got any sleep after the incident that occurred last night. "I don't know who would've sent Ganondorf after Saria, alright? I don't always have all the answers." Loki didn't know how much more he could lie like this. If they dug into it any further, it would surely result in Saria's death.
"Well, if it wasn't after me . . . then maybe it was after all the sages! All their lives could be in danger right now as we speak" Link concluded.
"I . . . I don't think that's it Link" Saria said quietly, still a little frightened from last night.
"Saria, if you have some ideas, now would be a very good time to share them" Link said.
"Well . . ." She was going to say that Zelda sent the zombie after her, but that would be revealing too much to Link, not to mention it would get him upset. 'No one accuses the fair and noble princess Zelda' Saria thought sarcastically to herself. She still couldn't get over the way Zelda glared at her and charmed Link.
"Well?" Link asked, a little impatient.
Saria needed to find a way to get out of this quickly. "Uh, well I'm still a little confused as to how a zombie Ganondorf could even be created. I thought he was trapped in the sacred realm," She said with an inquisitive tone, looking at Loki for the answers since he seemed to have more than any of them.
"Only his spirit was trapped in the sacred realm. His body was completely decimated by Link though, no question of that." Loki replied with complete confidence.
"Then how did the body come to be? Time was suppose to reset, so that means that his body would've been gone too, right?"
"It must've took very powerful magic to store Ganondorf's body through the time warp. Whoever is behind this knew Ganondorf was going to die, and must've been watching your battle closely. It was only a few minutes later that the time warp occurred, so he must've had every spell necessary ready." Loki answered.
Saria just stared at the pile of dust that used to be Ganondorf's walking remains. "You know, we should really get that dust into a jar or some kind of container." Navi said.
"I-I'll do it" Saria said, still a little nervous. She grabbed a nearby urn and used a little wind spell to pick it up and get it into the urn. She put the urn back into a corner and sealed it. It was morning now, the sun was out and people were walking around outside. "I'm going outside for a bit of fresh air alright? You guys, just stay here." She said.
She walked out of the house, to find that the wet grass and mud made it rather slippery. She ignored it however, and decided to climb onto the roof of the other houses until she could get the perfect view of the village. She sat on one of the roofs, hugging her knees and burying her face in them.
Then it started. Tears flowed forth slowly, as she started to sob. 'Why does it have to be like this?' she wondered to herself. Ever since she left the forest, nothing seemed to have been going her way. First with Malon, though she wasn't that bad. She was actually pretty nice and courteous. But Saria's jealously still got to her.
Next came Zelda, the princess of Hyrule. She was horrible compared to Malon. She was so full of herself that it made Saria so mad, and Link couldn't even see it. Those two were even more chummy than when he was with Malon.
Oh, but then things started looking up again, that is until someone made an attempt on Saria's life. 'Why is fate so cruel?' she asked herself. She just let the tears flow. She didn't even try to make them stop like before, it was just so pointless.
"Saria?" Link called as he jumped from roof to roof to get on the one she was sitting on. She barely turned her head to see who it was. "Saria . . . are you alright?" he asked, as he finally got to the right roof. He sat down right next to her, a little worried to see her head resting upon her knees like that with a tear-stained face.
"I'm fine." She answered, sobbing a little. 'I'm just in love with the sweetest guy in Hyrule who just happens to have two other girls contending for his love' She thought to herself. There was now way she was actually going to say that out loud though.
Link, figuring she was still upset over the Ganondorf incident, put his arm around her and started wiping away the tears with his free one. He was doing his best to comfort her, much as she sometimes did for him back in the forest. There was always one thing that used to cheer him up when she was comforting him, tough he wasn't sure if he should do it to her.
However, Saria really needed some cheering so he decided to just do it. He kissed Saria on the red cheek that was facing him. This made Saria sigh with almost complete delight, but she didn't have the energy left to hold it back. A few sobs and tears remained, before her head fell onto Link's supporting shoulder as she started to drift off into sleep due to all the crying that she did and the little sleep she got last night.
"Sweet dreams" Link whispered. Those were the last words she heard before falling asleep.
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"Um. Your majesty?" a rather skinny, red haired hylian asked.
"Excuse me?" the princess Zelda asked, a little startled by the man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He must've been one of the many servants of the castle.
"A young boy, named Link, I believe that was it . . . Oh! Yes, he asked me to give you this letter." The man said, bowing down and handing the girl the folded letter.
The smile of Zelda's face grew ever so widely, as she quickly grabbed the letter. "Thank you kind sir" she graciously said to the messenger. Just to find that he was nowhere in sight. 'That's odd . . .' she thought to herself. But at the moment, she was a little too busy to care of his whereabouts. She quickly unfolded the letter so that she may read it.
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Saria's eyes fluttered open, yawning and stretching as if she's had a full night's rest. Well, it more like she had a full day's rest really. It was night outside, and she had no idea how long she was asleep.
"I never thought it was possible for someone to sleep 15 hours . . ." the ever so sarcastic voice of Loki muttered. "I mean, I understand 10. Or maybe even 12. But 15!? A little excessive don't you think!?"
"We had to stop Loki everytime he tried to get a bucket." Navi interjected.
"Well, it would've gotten her up wouldn't it!?"
"She needed rest!"
"12 hours IS enough rest!"
The argument the two fairies lasted on and on, making Saria giggle. It moved on from that to interesting witticisms to downright petty insults. This made Saria smile, until her eyes fell upon Link once more. He was unfazed by the fairies' argument, not a smile, or a laugh or anything. He was shadow fighting enemies of the past. She noticed that Link was fighting very defensively, always keeping his shield, and jumping to dodge the imaginary swings being taken at him. Saria wasn't quite sure where he learnt how to fight so well. She knew he had some training with the 'Know It All' brothers before he was able to visit the Great Deku Tree. It must've come with experience.
"Link?" Saria asked, trying to get him to stop. He was a little to into the fighting, and it was starting to frighten her.
Her interjection seemed to have worked since he stopped swinging his sword through the air. "Huh. Oh, you're awake" he said with a content smile, as we walked toward the bed she was resting in. "I hope you slept well."
It was to see the caring and compassionate side of him again. "I did" she said smiling. 'Thanks to you anyway' she thought secretly. She could look into Link's big cerulean eyes all night long. If they were alone that is . . .
"What would you know, sourpuss!!" Navi's voice shrieked.
"A hell of a lot more than you, that's for sure!!" Loki replied.
"Cut it out already!" Link scolded.
Both fairies stopped what they were doing, turned to face Link and both said "He/She started it!"
Both Link and Saria couldn't help but roll their eyes. "Come now Saria, supper's waiting"
Saria was more than little frightened by that statement. "You cooked?"
"Well, what if I did!?" Link asked, pretending to be insulted.
"We'd all die slow and horribly painful deaths?" Saria joked.
Link couldn't help but laugh a little. "Well, then you'll be happy to know that I got the food from some of our fellow townsfolk"
"Right, I almost forgot that we live here now." she said smiling.
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Impa found it a little disturbing that Zelda seemed so quiet and nervous for the past few hours. Ever since she read that letter that is. Zelda was pacing back and forth for over a period of several hours now, holding onto the letter in heavy thought. Impa wasn't sure if she should interrupt her or not. No, she most definitely had to ask.
"Princess?"
Zelda looked at he guardian, a little shocked. "Impa! I'm sorry, I didn't see you come in"
"I just got here an hour or two ago . . ." She replied, leaving no hint of emotion in her tone.
"Oh dear, I'm sorry about that" Zelda replied, still looking nervous.
"Are the contents of that letter private?" She asked.
Zelda got the hint, and decided to tell her. "It's from Link . . ." She wasn't sure if she should continue or not, but Impa's gaze prompted her to go further. "It says . . . that an undead version of Ganondorf was sent to kill Saria"
Impa's eyes widened at this, "What?" she said in shock.
"His theory, is that all of the sages lives are in danger. All the other details are in this letter" she said anding it to Impa. "It seems as though he was what was killing all the people in town"
"Ganondorf was here under our noses all along? How come we couldn't sense him?"
"Maybe . . . because he was here only in body."
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I really do hope you found that to be worth the wait. Oh, and review! I always love reviews!