"No!" Zelda whispered. "She hasn't! They didn't--"
"There's not much time!" Link told her. "They aren't going to just chop off her head instantaneously! Calm down!"
"You there!" Zelda barked at a nearby guard. "Quick and unlock this door! Link and Impa have both been freed!"
"Yes, highness," the guard stammered, fumbling with his keys. He quickly unlocked the door, and Link came dashing out of it. Zelda kissed him quickly, thanked the guard, and the two elves bolted out the door.
Impa, meanwhile, was standing in front of Marth. Her hands were tightly tied behind her back, and she was staring at the prince with such hatred, she felt herself starting to burn.
"Don't know what you expected," Marth said to her. "For Link to perhaps bend the bars like rubber? Or maybe for Robin Hood to swing by and free you, tossing a bag of gold at your feet on the way?" He chuckled, trying to convince himself that Impa was petrified.
"I was wise to expect nothing," Impa stated. "If anything, I only dreaded morning...which has now turned to tonight, I see."
Marth laughed. "Oh yes, you think you're such a smart Sheikah woman, don't you, Ampi?"
"It's IMPA," the nursemaid snarled angrily.
"Stop talking back, or your name's mud," Marth growled, pulling a whip out from behind him. "Or would you rather me be forced to use this on you again?"
Impa flinched in a subtle manner. She did not say anything, making Marth smirk again. She hated him only more for it.
"Well, I think we have held off this whole prosecution thing long enough, don't you, IMPA?" he asked, emphasizing her name. She merely continued to glare at him. "I see. Guards, why don't you--"
Marth stopped talking when he realized that Impa was no longer staring at him. Her gaze lay just above his right shoulder. With suspicion, Marth turned around.
Out of nowhere, Link leapt on top of Marth's shoulders, bringing the prince to the ground. Zelda jumped from the ceiling as well, landing right behind Impa.
"I knew that would work!" Impa laughed, as Zelda untied her hands. "I saw you two hiding up there in the rafters, and then pretended to be looking over his shoulder...the idiot went and turned around!"
But now, Marth was prepared quite easily for a fight. He and Link were both wrestling furiously on the ground, determined not to let the other win the fight.
"I feel so terrible," Zelda sighed, with bated breath. "It's like I'm the cause of this fight..."
"But it's not," Impa comforted her. "It's really your father."
"That may be so, but I have forgiven him," Zelda said. "Speaking of which, I have a job for you to do, Impa. Go and get my father, and bring him here as fast as you can!"
Impa attempted a bow, and then ran off as quickly as she could. Zelda was nearing Link and Marth's battle, when an arm wrapped around her neck from behind. She struggled furiously, but found now that it was getting difficult to even breath.
The princess knew she wasn't going anywhere, and quickly looked around the room for any sign of help. Her eyes were slowly starting to close...then, quite suddenly, the thing strangling her dropped heavily to the ground.
Zelda whipped around to see who had saved her. Her mouth dropped open.
"Happened to run into her while I was shopping," Saria said to Zelda, nodding to Meryl and holding a bow. "Meryl had just gotten a message from the King, and asked if I would help. I had, of course, told her that I knew both you and Link."
"Thanks!" Zelda cried, looking at them both. And for the first time, she looked around at the guards. They were not, as she had formerly thought, Hylian. They had to be Altean.
"We've got no idea where they came from!" Meryl said. "But they're very bru-"
Just as Meryl had been explaining the brutality of the Altean soldiers, one ironically grabbed her throat and started shaking her around.
"Quick, Saria!" Zelda shouted. "We've got to help her!"
Saria threw herself onto the soldier that had grabbed Meryl. She took an arrow from her pack and stabbed the soldier in his eye. Howling in agony and pain, he threw Meryl into the stone wall as easily as a baby might toss a rag doll.
"MERYL!" Zelda rushed over to her friend. "Meryl, Meryl! Please, get up! Wake up!"
"Look out, Zelda!" cried Saria, still on top of the same Altean soldier. The princess whipped around, and stared in front of her. A man of at least eight feet towered over her. He reached out a hand to the motionless princess of Hyrule.
Saria closed her eyes, and reopened them seconds later. Zelda was no where to be found. She leapt off the soldier she had previously been attacking, and leapt on to the eight footer.
"YOU MONSTER!!" she shouted, stabbing his head repeatedly with arrows. "YOU DISGUSTING BEAST; YOU ATE PRINCESS ZELDA!!!"
"That's news to me!" cried out a femine voice, from the other side of the room they were in.
As the soldier fell dead beneath her, Saria turned around. There was Zelda, waving at her, perfectly fine.
"Well, whaddya know? I killed one without a cause. Oh well."
"Zelda! What's going on?!"
The Princess turned to see King Harkinian and Impa running towards her, followed by severl Hylian knights. But apparently, he didn't really need his daughter to explain the event.
"GET OUT OF HERE NOW, ZELDA!!" he roared at her.
"But father, what about Link?! I can't just--"
"I'll get Link," Impa told her, pushing the princess out of the room. "But for right now, I think you've had enough action. You'd better get as far away from as possible!"
"Oh, fine! I just hope I can trust you!"
Zelda ran down the Main Hallway, panting. She tried climbing the hundreds of steps to her room. But mid-way, she collapsed from exhaustion.
~**~*~*~*~*~ OH NO!
"There's not much time!" Link told her. "They aren't going to just chop off her head instantaneously! Calm down!"
"You there!" Zelda barked at a nearby guard. "Quick and unlock this door! Link and Impa have both been freed!"
"Yes, highness," the guard stammered, fumbling with his keys. He quickly unlocked the door, and Link came dashing out of it. Zelda kissed him quickly, thanked the guard, and the two elves bolted out the door.
Impa, meanwhile, was standing in front of Marth. Her hands were tightly tied behind her back, and she was staring at the prince with such hatred, she felt herself starting to burn.
"Don't know what you expected," Marth said to her. "For Link to perhaps bend the bars like rubber? Or maybe for Robin Hood to swing by and free you, tossing a bag of gold at your feet on the way?" He chuckled, trying to convince himself that Impa was petrified.
"I was wise to expect nothing," Impa stated. "If anything, I only dreaded morning...which has now turned to tonight, I see."
Marth laughed. "Oh yes, you think you're such a smart Sheikah woman, don't you, Ampi?"
"It's IMPA," the nursemaid snarled angrily.
"Stop talking back, or your name's mud," Marth growled, pulling a whip out from behind him. "Or would you rather me be forced to use this on you again?"
Impa flinched in a subtle manner. She did not say anything, making Marth smirk again. She hated him only more for it.
"Well, I think we have held off this whole prosecution thing long enough, don't you, IMPA?" he asked, emphasizing her name. She merely continued to glare at him. "I see. Guards, why don't you--"
Marth stopped talking when he realized that Impa was no longer staring at him. Her gaze lay just above his right shoulder. With suspicion, Marth turned around.
Out of nowhere, Link leapt on top of Marth's shoulders, bringing the prince to the ground. Zelda jumped from the ceiling as well, landing right behind Impa.
"I knew that would work!" Impa laughed, as Zelda untied her hands. "I saw you two hiding up there in the rafters, and then pretended to be looking over his shoulder...the idiot went and turned around!"
But now, Marth was prepared quite easily for a fight. He and Link were both wrestling furiously on the ground, determined not to let the other win the fight.
"I feel so terrible," Zelda sighed, with bated breath. "It's like I'm the cause of this fight..."
"But it's not," Impa comforted her. "It's really your father."
"That may be so, but I have forgiven him," Zelda said. "Speaking of which, I have a job for you to do, Impa. Go and get my father, and bring him here as fast as you can!"
Impa attempted a bow, and then ran off as quickly as she could. Zelda was nearing Link and Marth's battle, when an arm wrapped around her neck from behind. She struggled furiously, but found now that it was getting difficult to even breath.
The princess knew she wasn't going anywhere, and quickly looked around the room for any sign of help. Her eyes were slowly starting to close...then, quite suddenly, the thing strangling her dropped heavily to the ground.
Zelda whipped around to see who had saved her. Her mouth dropped open.
"Happened to run into her while I was shopping," Saria said to Zelda, nodding to Meryl and holding a bow. "Meryl had just gotten a message from the King, and asked if I would help. I had, of course, told her that I knew both you and Link."
"Thanks!" Zelda cried, looking at them both. And for the first time, she looked around at the guards. They were not, as she had formerly thought, Hylian. They had to be Altean.
"We've got no idea where they came from!" Meryl said. "But they're very bru-"
Just as Meryl had been explaining the brutality of the Altean soldiers, one ironically grabbed her throat and started shaking her around.
"Quick, Saria!" Zelda shouted. "We've got to help her!"
Saria threw herself onto the soldier that had grabbed Meryl. She took an arrow from her pack and stabbed the soldier in his eye. Howling in agony and pain, he threw Meryl into the stone wall as easily as a baby might toss a rag doll.
"MERYL!" Zelda rushed over to her friend. "Meryl, Meryl! Please, get up! Wake up!"
"Look out, Zelda!" cried Saria, still on top of the same Altean soldier. The princess whipped around, and stared in front of her. A man of at least eight feet towered over her. He reached out a hand to the motionless princess of Hyrule.
Saria closed her eyes, and reopened them seconds later. Zelda was no where to be found. She leapt off the soldier she had previously been attacking, and leapt on to the eight footer.
"YOU MONSTER!!" she shouted, stabbing his head repeatedly with arrows. "YOU DISGUSTING BEAST; YOU ATE PRINCESS ZELDA!!!"
"That's news to me!" cried out a femine voice, from the other side of the room they were in.
As the soldier fell dead beneath her, Saria turned around. There was Zelda, waving at her, perfectly fine.
"Well, whaddya know? I killed one without a cause. Oh well."
"Zelda! What's going on?!"
The Princess turned to see King Harkinian and Impa running towards her, followed by severl Hylian knights. But apparently, he didn't really need his daughter to explain the event.
"GET OUT OF HERE NOW, ZELDA!!" he roared at her.
"But father, what about Link?! I can't just--"
"I'll get Link," Impa told her, pushing the princess out of the room. "But for right now, I think you've had enough action. You'd better get as far away from as possible!"
"Oh, fine! I just hope I can trust you!"
Zelda ran down the Main Hallway, panting. She tried climbing the hundreds of steps to her room. But mid-way, she collapsed from exhaustion.
~**~*~*~*~*~ OH NO!