Chapter 2
Link Begins His Journey
"It's so big!!" Said Link, shielding his eyes from the sun, there were no trees to block most the sun and Link had never seen it so bright. Hyrule field stretched on for miles. It was the end of autumn. Autumn was Link's favorite season; he loved the cool weather and changing colors of the leaves. It was slightly cold and a light breeze blew. The annual autumn festival was approaching, and Link wondered if they celebrated it outside of the forest. Link could see several different places he really wanted to visit but his attention was directed to a large structure that was poking up over the hill he was standing by. Link ran as fast as he could to the top and gasped. The building he'd been wondering about was even stranger than he had expected. There was a large wall with spikes concealing it in, but a very large area of the wall was missing. In that place a very large wooden bridge with chain leading up to the wall. Around the wall was a river and the bridge, he guessed, was to get across the river but why did they go through the trouble of building a wall? Behind the wall were about 7 stone towers that came up in spikes. "Navi, what in the world is that?" Link said utterly astounded. "That is a castle! It's like a stone fortress with a town inside, I'll bet that's where Princess Zelda is!" Navi said. "Oh, god, a princess. Blonde haired, blue eyed, and sweet as can be?" Link said with dread "Yup, she's a classic!" Navi said "I think we'll survive though." "Great, all the stories I've heard and read about princesses sound awful, I hope she at least knows two and two!" Link said with attitude "Well just have to see!" Navi said. She floated for a while then started giggling. "Just what is so funny!" Yelled Link "You're so unorthodox!" Navi said "Aren't the heroes supposed to noble and fall in love with the princesses?" Navi said "You have got to be kidding me, let's go." Link said racing off towards the castle. Clouds began to roll in and the smell of rain hung in the air. Link began to feel drops on his ears and nose. After about twenty minutes it was pouring down, beating sourly down on Link and Navi. When they had almost reached the wooden bridge the sun was beginning to set.
"Faster, Link, faster! The gate closes at sundown, we might have to spend the night out here!" Navi said speeding forward.
"Navi. gasp. I can't go much farther!" Link said, slowing down
"It's closing Link hurry!" Navi said. She zoomed right across the bridge and called to Link again. Link ran slowly across the bridge just in time for it to shut.
He sat down gasping for air when he noticed a tall shape was advancing forward to the place he was sitting. He made out the shape of a tall spear and armor around the persons body.
"I didn't do anything bad! I just wanted to get in, please don't kill me!" Link said. He immediately stood up and put his hands above his head.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt anybody calm down and come inside so we can talk!" said the unfamiliar voice. Link walked towards the house next to him and the guard opened the door and walked inside. Link followed him inside and closed the door behind him.
"Would you like a towel?" Said the guard handing Link one
"Thank you, sir!" Said Link drying off as best he could
"Your not from around here, are you?" the guard questioned
"Nope, I'm here because my Leader has died and he told me to come see Princess Zelda." Link said, feeling much drier.
"You can't see Princess Zelda right now, I'm afraid. We've been hearing rumors about an attack on the castle, so were on high security, we can't even let a dog in!" Said the guard. " If we knew you then maybe, but really only authorized personnel can enter, after being searched of course."
" But I have to save my friends, the Great Deku Tree's last wish was to." Link said
" Listen you can spend the night here but I can't let you into the castle, sorry." The guard said firmly
"You'll let me stay here for tonight? Thank you so much!" Said Link
"If you want to sleep now, the room's right over there." The guard pointed to a room to the left of Link.
" Thanks, I'll do that, and thank you very, very, very much!" Link said, entering the room and shutting the door. He took off his belts and sopping wet tunic and hung it on the dresser. After that he climbed into bed and pulled the covers tightly around his body.
"Navi, is the curse true, will I really die?" Link said sadly
"Yes the curse I true, but you won't die. You're different from the rest." Said Navi, lying down on the soft carpet floor. "Wait, Link, are you sleeping with your hat on?" Navi said, but there was no answer, Link was already fast asleep.
In the morning Link got up, put on his now dry tunic and belts, and came out of his room. When he got into the room where he was talking to the guard last night and called for him. He soon discovered that the guard was not there and he exited the house and took a good look around.
There were several children his age playing and tons of shoppers and sellers with merchandise. Link suddenly discovered that he was very hungry and the foods being sold looked interesting and twice as delicious as the nuts and berries he usually ate.
"Look at it Navi it looks really good doesn't it?" Said Link staring at the food dreamily. Link strolled over to one of the venders and asked how much a piece of bread was.
"That's ten rupees, got it?" Said the bearded man behind the counter.
"Ummm." said Link digging through his pockets. He found eight rupees and groaned.
"Don't got it? Shoo, you weirdo!" He said turning to someone else.
"Oh, okay." Said Link walking away "Navi, is there something on my face?"
"No, you look just fine." Said Navi
"Oh, let's go sit by the fountain." Said Link making his way there and taking a seat. He started to watch a girl chase a chicken, when the chicken leaped straight into Link's lap.
"Oh, you want your chicken?" Said Link to the unhappy girl
"Gimme that chicken!" she said snatching it roughly from Link "Go home, Kokiris don't belong here!" She said turning and going back to her mother.
"Yeah well, your welcome, girl!" Navi yelled in her direction
"Why are they so mean to me here? I did nothing to hurt them." Link said softly
"It's because your different, and they're afraid of things they don't know about. Just keep being nice and gentle and they'll be nicer!" Said Navi. Just then Link heard some yelling from the booth owned by the bearded man. He turned around to see a pretty girl about his age with bright red hair and a white dress being screamed at.
"Do you know what happens to girls who steal!?" Screamed the man at the girl " They go straight to jail!"
"Please sir, I've been here since last night and I haven't eaten since two days ago and a man stole my money!" Yelled the girl
"You get me five rupees now, or I'm brining you to the guards!" Yelled the man even louder than before. The girl began to cry as he grabbed her wrist and began to pull he towards the castle.
"Excuse me sir!" Link yelled " Here's five rupees!" Said Link holding the money in his hands. The man threw the girl down the ground violently, grabbed the money quickly and started yelling again "You and your friend better get the hell away from here and stay away!" He said with flecks of spit flying out of his mouth.
"No." Said Link flatly
"What did you say to me?" Said the man, his eyes narrowing to slits
"You heard me, no! I have the right, she has the right and I'm not going!" Link said his hands on his hips. The man took back his hand and struck Link violently across the face, knocking him to the floor.
"You rude little whelp, you're a child, and I'm an adult, you don't tell me what your gonna do, you don't even live here!" Spat the man
"Hey, you can't do that, it's illegal!" Yelled the girl bravely " I'm getting a guard!" Said the girl running towards the guard station. Link slowly sat up and held his throbbing face in his hands. Blood and tears stream from his face as he gave the bearded man a look of hatred. He wiped his face and looked around. Just then the guards and the girl came out of the building and restrained the bearded man.
"It's jail for you, hitting helpless little kids for no reason at all, how could you?" Said the guard on the right
"Let's go, c'mon." Said the one on the left
Link got up and began to walk away when the girl he had gotten out of trouble stopped him.
"Thank you, you saved me from jail!" She said beaming "I don't know what would've happened if you didn't!"
"Your welcome, what happened exactly?" Inquired Link
"I've been here since yesterday afternoon waiting for my dad to come back from delivering milk and I've been waiting out here all night and morning. They won't let me into the castle, so I just have to wait. I was really, really hungry so I took and apple. I would've paid, but some jerk stole my money. What are you doing here?" She said
Link explained about the Deku tree and how he wanted him to show the stone to Zelda.
"Woow, your on a really cool adventure, I wish I could go on adventures. By the way, what's your name?" She said brightening
"My name? Oh, Link! What's yours?" He said a little nervously.
"Link, huh? Sounds kinda familiar. My name is Malon! Where were you going?" Malon said
"I was going to look in the castle area for a way in, wanna come along, we can look for your dad!" Link said motioning for her to follow him.
"Really? Thanks! Ha, ha it's a mini adventure!" She said trailing behind.
The castle area had a tree, some rocks, a gate that was heavily guarded, and an earthen wall with Ivy growing up it.
"How are we gonna sneak in?" Said Malon, looking around for a solution.
"Climb the tree, maybe?" Link said, eyeing it uncertainly.
"Ooh! Let me go first, I love to climb trees!" She said running over and grabbing the trunk. She swung gracefully up to the next branch then froze.
"There's something weird up here, I think it's a- AAAHH!" Malon was cut short by and evil skulltula leaping out at her and sending her falling to the ground. Link jumped and rushed over slashing madly at the attacking spider. When it was dead, Malon lay on the ground, still stunned.
"Are you all right, did it bite you?" Link asked, panting.
"Yeah, I'm okay, I don't think it bit me" She said, getting to he feet "Let's not try that again!"
"Man, try to be a little more careful, that scared me!" Link said looking at the motionless spider.
"Oh! Can we climb that Ivy and jump down into the castle grounds?" Said Malon pointing at the plant
"When it gets dark that's a perfect plan, why don't we rest until then?" Link said sitting down by the tree. Malon sat by the ivy and looked at the setting sun. Link suddenly felt very tired and slipped into an uneasy sleep.
He awoke to the sound of a voice singing sweetly near by. He listened with wonder, then pulled out his ocarina and matched the tune. All of a sudden the singing stopped an Malon's voice said "Is that your ocarina, Link?" She came out from behind the wall and looked around the corner.
"Ooh, cute ocarina, can I play it?" She said running over to Link
"Sure, but be careful, it was a memento from my friend." Link said, handing the instrument to Malon. She played the song that the voice was singing a moment ago.
"Were you singing that? It's lovely!" Said Link
"Yes, its my favorite, my mother composed it." Malon said as she looked at the sky.
"Is your mother nice to you, I wish I had a mother." Link said sadly.
"Me too." Malon looked as if she was about to cry.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry." Link said looking down at the ground.
"It's all right, she died when I was little, so I barley knew her, but my memories of her were the best!" Malon said.
"Oh! It's dark out, let's go!" Link said. Malon started up the ivy closely followed by Link. When they reached the top the looked around for a way down, but it looked like they would have to jump. Link held his breath and leaped off the edge onto the hard ground. Malon jumped down, narrowly missing Link.
"Watch it! You almost got me!!" Said Link.
"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time!" Said Malon.
They started up the hill toward the castle and came to another wall with ivy, which they climbed. After they jumped over the castle fence they came to a problem. Two guards blocked their way, but they didn't see the duo. There was a moat going around the castle, leading to the area they wanted to be at. They had two choices: Jump in the river and escaped the guards, or get caught. Link decided without any debating, he immediately jumped into the freezing water, but it was only after he jumped in that he remembered he couldn't swim. It was a good thing the current took him to the corner or he would have give away his position. Malon did the same as Link, except more gracefully and experienced.
"Ooh, that's way cold!" Malon said hugging herself.
"I almost swam this time, and with no help from Navi!" Link said proudly.
"Navi, whose Navi?" Said Malon.
"You mean you haven't seen her? How could you miss- OH NO! I left her in the market!!!" Said Link, going into panic mode.
"What is she you sister?" Said Malon trying to discover what was happening.
"No, she's my guardian fairy! She didn't notice I was leaving. I hope I'll find her." Said Link with doubt.
"Don't worry we'll find her, for now let's go find Zelda!" Malon said, running around the corner. The second she got a look what was there she froze. Her face turned a little red and her eyebrows went down and her fists clenched.
"Why, hello FATHER!!" She said as she raced out of sight. After that there were some hitting noises, crunching, and a scream.
"Malon, I-I'm sorry, I accidentally fell asleep!!" Said a new voice.
"This is unacceptable, you're an adult! You are supposed to be responsible!" Malon's voice yelled.
"I'll never do it again!" Said the unfamiliar voice. Link slowly crept around the corner and took in the scene. Malon was standing on a fat mans backs with her foot on his head looking extremely angry.
"Who in the world are you!" Said the fat man, standing up and dumping Malon to the floor.
"That's my friend, Link. He really nice and he save me from jail and a big spider!" Said Malon, getting up and brushing the dirt off her dress.
"Friend?" Said the fat man looking at Link distastefully. Link smiled as sweetly as possible but the fat man did not seem to notice.
"How do you know my daughter?" Said the fat man.
"Um, we met in the market." Said Link uncomfortably.
"Hmmm." Said the fat man turning away. "Don't mind my dad" Malon whispered to Link " He's really weird!" "The name's Talon. Nice to meetcha." Said the fat man, not sounding like he meant what he said.
"Alright, let's go, Link!" Said Malon briskly moving forward
"What? 'Let's go!' Where do you think you're going?" Said Talon angrily
Malon narrowed her eye's a balled her fists. "I AM GOING TO SEE THE PRINCESS AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP ME!!!!!" Malon screamed at the top of her lungs and her dad bolted off screaming. Malon turned, smiled, and walked toward a door. Link stood, very surprised, his ears still ringing. "Note to self, don't get Malon angry.." He said to himself, following Malon.
"See that hole?" Said Malon pointing to a opening in the castle wall with water coming through it "We can get in there if we push those boxes over there" She said directing Link's attention to each of the things that she described. "C'mon, help me!" Malon and Link pushed the heavy boxes until they were equal in height to the hole. Link jumped first and almost lost his grip, followed closely by Malon, but she was not so lucky. Only one of her hands made it to the edge. "Link! Help! I'm gonna fall!" She said loudly. "Don't worry I got you!" Said Link trying to pull her up. Then, the heard some voices "Over here, I heard them!" "Oh no, the guards!" Link whispered. He heaved Malon up with all his strength. They tumbled over each other and into the dark hole. They emerged into a courtyard with guards prowling the area for intruders. On began to make his way towards Link and Malon. Link grabbed Malon's wrist and ran as fast as he could to a bush. Behind it they were both hidden from the watchful eyes of the guards. Link stared at Malon a put his finger to his lips. They crept around a fountain and a gazebo but had some trouble when they reached a statue. Malon sneezed and all the guards looked in their direction. Malon began to sneeze again but she clapped a hand over her nose and mouth. The guards went back to their original positions. Link and Malon tore behind the statue, through some more bushes, and into another courtyard. A girl stood looking through a window at the end. Link and Malon stood panting and huffing as the looked around. Malon approached the girl. The girl turned and gasped. "Oh! Who in the world are you? You're filthy and wet! What are you doing here?" Said the girl looking appealed.
"We'll you look nice too." Said Malon starring at the girl with a look
of hatred "Me and my friend Link have come to give you and important
message." Link stepped forward to the girl. She had bright blue eyes and blonde hair. She was dressed in elegant clothes and wore expensive looking jewelry. "My leader has died from a curse a he told me to take this stone" He said taking out the emerald and showing it to her "To Princess Zelda, I'm guessing that's you!" Link said. Malon still looked peeved, but the girl looked sorry. "I'm so sorry! I thought you were intruders! I knew you'd come. Oh, forgive, I am, Zelda, Princess of Hyrule, and guardian of the Ocarina of time!" Zelda said. "Yes! We got it right! What are we supposed to do with the stone" Said Link. "Let me back up. A while ago I had a dream, it contained dark clouds and terror. Then a ray of light shone on a boy wearing green clothes holding a shining Emerald. I believe you are that boy! Hyrule, I think is being planned to be take over by the man in there!" She said pointing to the window. Link and Malon poked their heads through the window and gazed a man in black armor stood talking to the king. "I just know he's planning a hostile takeover! If you collect the three spiritual stones, then we can stop him from getting the Triforce a bringing Hyrule to ruin! I know you can do it Link!" Zelda said enthusiastically "What about me!" Said Malon "Oh, you're still here. Well, you can go home and be happy, How's that?" Zelda said rudely "Girls! Girls! Be nice! C'Mon Malon, let's go!" Link said trying to leave before they started killing each other but a tall woman blocked their path. "Oh, why hello there! We'll be going now, so bye!" Said Link running quickly away, but the woman caught him by the collar. "Hello, I am Impa, last of the Sheikah, and Zelda's care taker. I am here to teach you a song that will help you in your quest, listen carefully." She said with a very strange accent. She whistled a strange but beautiful song. Link pulled out his Ocarina and repeated it. "Very good now, come with me." She said stride through the doorway. She led them all the way to the market, and then stopped. "Go to Kakariko, then to Death Mountain, get Goron ruby, then come back." She said then went away.
"LINK! There you are!" Said a familiar voice. Navi came zipping towards them.
"Navi, you missed it!" Link explained what happened at the castle. "Jeez, that Zelda sounds like a snob!" Navi said. "She was the snobbiest snob in all of snobdom!" Said Malon, close to yelling. "Ooh, looks like someone's jealous!" Said Navi, almost singing. Just then another voice broke in. "Malon! You're back, time to go!" Said Talon "Go where? Said Malon sadly. "HOME!" Said Talon evilly. "No, sorry, I can't." She said plainly "What?" Said Talon, spellbound. "I am going on and adventure with Link and Navi!" Said Malon proudly "WHAT?" Said everybody all at once. "That is, if it's alright with you, Link." Malon said, slightly blushing. "Well, it's fine with me." Said Link trying to ignore the evil eye he was getting from Talon. "Don't worry we'll come home to restock on supplies and rest up, but this is a cool adventure, so, see ya!" Said Malon running off with Link and Navi trailing behind. "Malon! Wait. Oh, well, she always wanted to be an adventurer." Said Talon to himself.
Link Begins His Journey
"It's so big!!" Said Link, shielding his eyes from the sun, there were no trees to block most the sun and Link had never seen it so bright. Hyrule field stretched on for miles. It was the end of autumn. Autumn was Link's favorite season; he loved the cool weather and changing colors of the leaves. It was slightly cold and a light breeze blew. The annual autumn festival was approaching, and Link wondered if they celebrated it outside of the forest. Link could see several different places he really wanted to visit but his attention was directed to a large structure that was poking up over the hill he was standing by. Link ran as fast as he could to the top and gasped. The building he'd been wondering about was even stranger than he had expected. There was a large wall with spikes concealing it in, but a very large area of the wall was missing. In that place a very large wooden bridge with chain leading up to the wall. Around the wall was a river and the bridge, he guessed, was to get across the river but why did they go through the trouble of building a wall? Behind the wall were about 7 stone towers that came up in spikes. "Navi, what in the world is that?" Link said utterly astounded. "That is a castle! It's like a stone fortress with a town inside, I'll bet that's where Princess Zelda is!" Navi said. "Oh, god, a princess. Blonde haired, blue eyed, and sweet as can be?" Link said with dread "Yup, she's a classic!" Navi said "I think we'll survive though." "Great, all the stories I've heard and read about princesses sound awful, I hope she at least knows two and two!" Link said with attitude "Well just have to see!" Navi said. She floated for a while then started giggling. "Just what is so funny!" Yelled Link "You're so unorthodox!" Navi said "Aren't the heroes supposed to noble and fall in love with the princesses?" Navi said "You have got to be kidding me, let's go." Link said racing off towards the castle. Clouds began to roll in and the smell of rain hung in the air. Link began to feel drops on his ears and nose. After about twenty minutes it was pouring down, beating sourly down on Link and Navi. When they had almost reached the wooden bridge the sun was beginning to set.
"Faster, Link, faster! The gate closes at sundown, we might have to spend the night out here!" Navi said speeding forward.
"Navi. gasp. I can't go much farther!" Link said, slowing down
"It's closing Link hurry!" Navi said. She zoomed right across the bridge and called to Link again. Link ran slowly across the bridge just in time for it to shut.
He sat down gasping for air when he noticed a tall shape was advancing forward to the place he was sitting. He made out the shape of a tall spear and armor around the persons body.
"I didn't do anything bad! I just wanted to get in, please don't kill me!" Link said. He immediately stood up and put his hands above his head.
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt anybody calm down and come inside so we can talk!" said the unfamiliar voice. Link walked towards the house next to him and the guard opened the door and walked inside. Link followed him inside and closed the door behind him.
"Would you like a towel?" Said the guard handing Link one
"Thank you, sir!" Said Link drying off as best he could
"Your not from around here, are you?" the guard questioned
"Nope, I'm here because my Leader has died and he told me to come see Princess Zelda." Link said, feeling much drier.
"You can't see Princess Zelda right now, I'm afraid. We've been hearing rumors about an attack on the castle, so were on high security, we can't even let a dog in!" Said the guard. " If we knew you then maybe, but really only authorized personnel can enter, after being searched of course."
" But I have to save my friends, the Great Deku Tree's last wish was to." Link said
" Listen you can spend the night here but I can't let you into the castle, sorry." The guard said firmly
"You'll let me stay here for tonight? Thank you so much!" Said Link
"If you want to sleep now, the room's right over there." The guard pointed to a room to the left of Link.
" Thanks, I'll do that, and thank you very, very, very much!" Link said, entering the room and shutting the door. He took off his belts and sopping wet tunic and hung it on the dresser. After that he climbed into bed and pulled the covers tightly around his body.
"Navi, is the curse true, will I really die?" Link said sadly
"Yes the curse I true, but you won't die. You're different from the rest." Said Navi, lying down on the soft carpet floor. "Wait, Link, are you sleeping with your hat on?" Navi said, but there was no answer, Link was already fast asleep.
In the morning Link got up, put on his now dry tunic and belts, and came out of his room. When he got into the room where he was talking to the guard last night and called for him. He soon discovered that the guard was not there and he exited the house and took a good look around.
There were several children his age playing and tons of shoppers and sellers with merchandise. Link suddenly discovered that he was very hungry and the foods being sold looked interesting and twice as delicious as the nuts and berries he usually ate.
"Look at it Navi it looks really good doesn't it?" Said Link staring at the food dreamily. Link strolled over to one of the venders and asked how much a piece of bread was.
"That's ten rupees, got it?" Said the bearded man behind the counter.
"Ummm." said Link digging through his pockets. He found eight rupees and groaned.
"Don't got it? Shoo, you weirdo!" He said turning to someone else.
"Oh, okay." Said Link walking away "Navi, is there something on my face?"
"No, you look just fine." Said Navi
"Oh, let's go sit by the fountain." Said Link making his way there and taking a seat. He started to watch a girl chase a chicken, when the chicken leaped straight into Link's lap.
"Oh, you want your chicken?" Said Link to the unhappy girl
"Gimme that chicken!" she said snatching it roughly from Link "Go home, Kokiris don't belong here!" She said turning and going back to her mother.
"Yeah well, your welcome, girl!" Navi yelled in her direction
"Why are they so mean to me here? I did nothing to hurt them." Link said softly
"It's because your different, and they're afraid of things they don't know about. Just keep being nice and gentle and they'll be nicer!" Said Navi. Just then Link heard some yelling from the booth owned by the bearded man. He turned around to see a pretty girl about his age with bright red hair and a white dress being screamed at.
"Do you know what happens to girls who steal!?" Screamed the man at the girl " They go straight to jail!"
"Please sir, I've been here since last night and I haven't eaten since two days ago and a man stole my money!" Yelled the girl
"You get me five rupees now, or I'm brining you to the guards!" Yelled the man even louder than before. The girl began to cry as he grabbed her wrist and began to pull he towards the castle.
"Excuse me sir!" Link yelled " Here's five rupees!" Said Link holding the money in his hands. The man threw the girl down the ground violently, grabbed the money quickly and started yelling again "You and your friend better get the hell away from here and stay away!" He said with flecks of spit flying out of his mouth.
"No." Said Link flatly
"What did you say to me?" Said the man, his eyes narrowing to slits
"You heard me, no! I have the right, she has the right and I'm not going!" Link said his hands on his hips. The man took back his hand and struck Link violently across the face, knocking him to the floor.
"You rude little whelp, you're a child, and I'm an adult, you don't tell me what your gonna do, you don't even live here!" Spat the man
"Hey, you can't do that, it's illegal!" Yelled the girl bravely " I'm getting a guard!" Said the girl running towards the guard station. Link slowly sat up and held his throbbing face in his hands. Blood and tears stream from his face as he gave the bearded man a look of hatred. He wiped his face and looked around. Just then the guards and the girl came out of the building and restrained the bearded man.
"It's jail for you, hitting helpless little kids for no reason at all, how could you?" Said the guard on the right
"Let's go, c'mon." Said the one on the left
Link got up and began to walk away when the girl he had gotten out of trouble stopped him.
"Thank you, you saved me from jail!" She said beaming "I don't know what would've happened if you didn't!"
"Your welcome, what happened exactly?" Inquired Link
"I've been here since yesterday afternoon waiting for my dad to come back from delivering milk and I've been waiting out here all night and morning. They won't let me into the castle, so I just have to wait. I was really, really hungry so I took and apple. I would've paid, but some jerk stole my money. What are you doing here?" She said
Link explained about the Deku tree and how he wanted him to show the stone to Zelda.
"Woow, your on a really cool adventure, I wish I could go on adventures. By the way, what's your name?" She said brightening
"My name? Oh, Link! What's yours?" He said a little nervously.
"Link, huh? Sounds kinda familiar. My name is Malon! Where were you going?" Malon said
"I was going to look in the castle area for a way in, wanna come along, we can look for your dad!" Link said motioning for her to follow him.
"Really? Thanks! Ha, ha it's a mini adventure!" She said trailing behind.
The castle area had a tree, some rocks, a gate that was heavily guarded, and an earthen wall with Ivy growing up it.
"How are we gonna sneak in?" Said Malon, looking around for a solution.
"Climb the tree, maybe?" Link said, eyeing it uncertainly.
"Ooh! Let me go first, I love to climb trees!" She said running over and grabbing the trunk. She swung gracefully up to the next branch then froze.
"There's something weird up here, I think it's a- AAAHH!" Malon was cut short by and evil skulltula leaping out at her and sending her falling to the ground. Link jumped and rushed over slashing madly at the attacking spider. When it was dead, Malon lay on the ground, still stunned.
"Are you all right, did it bite you?" Link asked, panting.
"Yeah, I'm okay, I don't think it bit me" She said, getting to he feet "Let's not try that again!"
"Man, try to be a little more careful, that scared me!" Link said looking at the motionless spider.
"Oh! Can we climb that Ivy and jump down into the castle grounds?" Said Malon pointing at the plant
"When it gets dark that's a perfect plan, why don't we rest until then?" Link said sitting down by the tree. Malon sat by the ivy and looked at the setting sun. Link suddenly felt very tired and slipped into an uneasy sleep.
He awoke to the sound of a voice singing sweetly near by. He listened with wonder, then pulled out his ocarina and matched the tune. All of a sudden the singing stopped an Malon's voice said "Is that your ocarina, Link?" She came out from behind the wall and looked around the corner.
"Ooh, cute ocarina, can I play it?" She said running over to Link
"Sure, but be careful, it was a memento from my friend." Link said, handing the instrument to Malon. She played the song that the voice was singing a moment ago.
"Were you singing that? It's lovely!" Said Link
"Yes, its my favorite, my mother composed it." Malon said as she looked at the sky.
"Is your mother nice to you, I wish I had a mother." Link said sadly.
"Me too." Malon looked as if she was about to cry.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry." Link said looking down at the ground.
"It's all right, she died when I was little, so I barley knew her, but my memories of her were the best!" Malon said.
"Oh! It's dark out, let's go!" Link said. Malon started up the ivy closely followed by Link. When they reached the top the looked around for a way down, but it looked like they would have to jump. Link held his breath and leaped off the edge onto the hard ground. Malon jumped down, narrowly missing Link.
"Watch it! You almost got me!!" Said Link.
"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time!" Said Malon.
They started up the hill toward the castle and came to another wall with ivy, which they climbed. After they jumped over the castle fence they came to a problem. Two guards blocked their way, but they didn't see the duo. There was a moat going around the castle, leading to the area they wanted to be at. They had two choices: Jump in the river and escaped the guards, or get caught. Link decided without any debating, he immediately jumped into the freezing water, but it was only after he jumped in that he remembered he couldn't swim. It was a good thing the current took him to the corner or he would have give away his position. Malon did the same as Link, except more gracefully and experienced.
"Ooh, that's way cold!" Malon said hugging herself.
"I almost swam this time, and with no help from Navi!" Link said proudly.
"Navi, whose Navi?" Said Malon.
"You mean you haven't seen her? How could you miss- OH NO! I left her in the market!!!" Said Link, going into panic mode.
"What is she you sister?" Said Malon trying to discover what was happening.
"No, she's my guardian fairy! She didn't notice I was leaving. I hope I'll find her." Said Link with doubt.
"Don't worry we'll find her, for now let's go find Zelda!" Malon said, running around the corner. The second she got a look what was there she froze. Her face turned a little red and her eyebrows went down and her fists clenched.
"Why, hello FATHER!!" She said as she raced out of sight. After that there were some hitting noises, crunching, and a scream.
"Malon, I-I'm sorry, I accidentally fell asleep!!" Said a new voice.
"This is unacceptable, you're an adult! You are supposed to be responsible!" Malon's voice yelled.
"I'll never do it again!" Said the unfamiliar voice. Link slowly crept around the corner and took in the scene. Malon was standing on a fat mans backs with her foot on his head looking extremely angry.
"Who in the world are you!" Said the fat man, standing up and dumping Malon to the floor.
"That's my friend, Link. He really nice and he save me from jail and a big spider!" Said Malon, getting up and brushing the dirt off her dress.
"Friend?" Said the fat man looking at Link distastefully. Link smiled as sweetly as possible but the fat man did not seem to notice.
"How do you know my daughter?" Said the fat man.
"Um, we met in the market." Said Link uncomfortably.
"Hmmm." Said the fat man turning away. "Don't mind my dad" Malon whispered to Link " He's really weird!" "The name's Talon. Nice to meetcha." Said the fat man, not sounding like he meant what he said.
"Alright, let's go, Link!" Said Malon briskly moving forward
"What? 'Let's go!' Where do you think you're going?" Said Talon angrily
Malon narrowed her eye's a balled her fists. "I AM GOING TO SEE THE PRINCESS AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP ME!!!!!" Malon screamed at the top of her lungs and her dad bolted off screaming. Malon turned, smiled, and walked toward a door. Link stood, very surprised, his ears still ringing. "Note to self, don't get Malon angry.." He said to himself, following Malon.
"See that hole?" Said Malon pointing to a opening in the castle wall with water coming through it "We can get in there if we push those boxes over there" She said directing Link's attention to each of the things that she described. "C'mon, help me!" Malon and Link pushed the heavy boxes until they were equal in height to the hole. Link jumped first and almost lost his grip, followed closely by Malon, but she was not so lucky. Only one of her hands made it to the edge. "Link! Help! I'm gonna fall!" She said loudly. "Don't worry I got you!" Said Link trying to pull her up. Then, the heard some voices "Over here, I heard them!" "Oh no, the guards!" Link whispered. He heaved Malon up with all his strength. They tumbled over each other and into the dark hole. They emerged into a courtyard with guards prowling the area for intruders. On began to make his way towards Link and Malon. Link grabbed Malon's wrist and ran as fast as he could to a bush. Behind it they were both hidden from the watchful eyes of the guards. Link stared at Malon a put his finger to his lips. They crept around a fountain and a gazebo but had some trouble when they reached a statue. Malon sneezed and all the guards looked in their direction. Malon began to sneeze again but she clapped a hand over her nose and mouth. The guards went back to their original positions. Link and Malon tore behind the statue, through some more bushes, and into another courtyard. A girl stood looking through a window at the end. Link and Malon stood panting and huffing as the looked around. Malon approached the girl. The girl turned and gasped. "Oh! Who in the world are you? You're filthy and wet! What are you doing here?" Said the girl looking appealed.
"We'll you look nice too." Said Malon starring at the girl with a look
of hatred "Me and my friend Link have come to give you and important
message." Link stepped forward to the girl. She had bright blue eyes and blonde hair. She was dressed in elegant clothes and wore expensive looking jewelry. "My leader has died from a curse a he told me to take this stone" He said taking out the emerald and showing it to her "To Princess Zelda, I'm guessing that's you!" Link said. Malon still looked peeved, but the girl looked sorry. "I'm so sorry! I thought you were intruders! I knew you'd come. Oh, forgive, I am, Zelda, Princess of Hyrule, and guardian of the Ocarina of time!" Zelda said. "Yes! We got it right! What are we supposed to do with the stone" Said Link. "Let me back up. A while ago I had a dream, it contained dark clouds and terror. Then a ray of light shone on a boy wearing green clothes holding a shining Emerald. I believe you are that boy! Hyrule, I think is being planned to be take over by the man in there!" She said pointing to the window. Link and Malon poked their heads through the window and gazed a man in black armor stood talking to the king. "I just know he's planning a hostile takeover! If you collect the three spiritual stones, then we can stop him from getting the Triforce a bringing Hyrule to ruin! I know you can do it Link!" Zelda said enthusiastically "What about me!" Said Malon "Oh, you're still here. Well, you can go home and be happy, How's that?" Zelda said rudely "Girls! Girls! Be nice! C'Mon Malon, let's go!" Link said trying to leave before they started killing each other but a tall woman blocked their path. "Oh, why hello there! We'll be going now, so bye!" Said Link running quickly away, but the woman caught him by the collar. "Hello, I am Impa, last of the Sheikah, and Zelda's care taker. I am here to teach you a song that will help you in your quest, listen carefully." She said with a very strange accent. She whistled a strange but beautiful song. Link pulled out his Ocarina and repeated it. "Very good now, come with me." She said stride through the doorway. She led them all the way to the market, and then stopped. "Go to Kakariko, then to Death Mountain, get Goron ruby, then come back." She said then went away.
"LINK! There you are!" Said a familiar voice. Navi came zipping towards them.
"Navi, you missed it!" Link explained what happened at the castle. "Jeez, that Zelda sounds like a snob!" Navi said. "She was the snobbiest snob in all of snobdom!" Said Malon, close to yelling. "Ooh, looks like someone's jealous!" Said Navi, almost singing. Just then another voice broke in. "Malon! You're back, time to go!" Said Talon "Go where? Said Malon sadly. "HOME!" Said Talon evilly. "No, sorry, I can't." She said plainly "What?" Said Talon, spellbound. "I am going on and adventure with Link and Navi!" Said Malon proudly "WHAT?" Said everybody all at once. "That is, if it's alright with you, Link." Malon said, slightly blushing. "Well, it's fine with me." Said Link trying to ignore the evil eye he was getting from Talon. "Don't worry we'll come home to restock on supplies and rest up, but this is a cool adventure, so, see ya!" Said Malon running off with Link and Navi trailing behind. "Malon! Wait. Oh, well, she always wanted to be an adventurer." Said Talon to himself.