~ Disclaimer ~ I'm just borrowing Zelda characters. That's all. I don't
own them or anything. I'll give them back…someday. ^_^
Well, now I'm writing this story for CrysSton16 and myself.
Thus, this chapter dedication goes out to CrysSton16. Can I have more reviews? Please?
……
It was worth a shot. Oh well. Enough of my ramblings…
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After the encounter, Crystal kept to herself as she cradled Shekro. Link stared into Epona's mane as he rode beside them. Gramps kept the mare going at a good trot through puddles and grass as they continued the journey to their own home. It would not be much longer until they were safe.
Link looked back once again at the large house atop the hill. At first it had reminded him of Lon Lon Ranch but the ranch had a much more pleasant feel to ii. When Link saw that citadel, he felt a chill run up his spine. He squinted as he saw movement from the house.
"Crystal, you and Gramps keep going. I thought I saw something. I'll be right back." Link shouted to them over the rain.
Before Crystal could protest, Link pulled Epona away from the cart and into a large circle to go back the way they came. Link squinted as he tried to see anything through the lashing rain. There was another flash of gray but this time closer and bigger.
Link grabbed Epona's mane with both hands as she began to rear and bray in absolute terror. The flash of gray made itself visible as it lunged up into the air and landed at the base of the hill. Then another figure identical to the first laded nearby it. Two sets of red eyes blazed at him as another lightning strike flashed in the distance. Their deep growls were audible through the rain.
With a stream of choice words, Link could see that they were the two white wolves. No longer Wolfos, they could not be backed away from. No, Link knew that these two were on a bloody, murderous one. They were after Shekro and would kill anyone or thing that got in their way.
Link drew forth his arrow as one barked loudly at him. He set his quiver in front of him. All his movements were deliberately slow. He set the arrow to aim at the one. Suddenly, Epona reared and he was knocked off of Epona by the claws and fangs of the other wolf. He had almost forgotten about it.
Link pushed against it. Its open jaws were suspended above him only by his own Quiver, which he still grasped. The monsters' breath seemed to suffocate Link with its stench but link kept on fighting to get the creature off. The once was black eyes were swirling in their center with red and orange flames. Its claws were digging into Links shoulders as he was pinned to the ground.
The other wolf howled to the one on Link. It looked up from Link to its partner and leaped away. They both continued their hunt for Shekro. Link leaped up, slightly wincing from the wounds on his shoulders. He reached for Epona's mane and pulled himself up.
"HYAH!" He screamed and dug his heels into Epona's flank. Without bothering to rear, Epona dug deep into the earth with her hind hooves and leaped forward in a blind panic. She had not heard her owner act this way since the day the earth shook beneath her in Termina.
"CRYSTAL!" Link screamed with all his might as the two wolves were still very far ahead of him. Link spurred Epona on fiercely. He could only hope that Crystal would look back and see the wolves before it was too late.
No matter how hard Link spurred Epona, he could not catch the two Wolves. He narrowed his eyes, not about to give up. He drew forth an arrow and notched it once again. Epona continued to run with all her power as Link balanced on her back with the aimed arrow before him.
The arrow was released and aiming at the spine of one wolf. The wolf leaped to the side ad looked over its shoulder, flames dancing in its eyes. Link cursed under his breath and decided to take more drastic measures. He reached for another arrow, the wolf seemed ready to attack the nuisance. The other wolf continued the pursuit.
He called upon the magic blessed to himself and the very quiver that arrow was drawn from. A chill ran through his arms and a blue light engulfed the arrowhead. The wolf perked its ears in interest but when Link released the arrow, the wolf did not know what hit it before it was a frozen statue.
Link sighed, glad it had worked but the freeze was not going to be permanent. When the air warmed up, the wolf would be released. Hopefully by then, it would forget about its mission to kill.
Another scream pierced the storm. Link brought his attention back but he still could not see anything for the shield of rain. But one thing he knew, that scream was Crystal's voice.
Link felt it was an agonizingly long time before he came upon the wagon. The white wolf stood over the bed Crystal trapped under its black claws as Link had been. Crystal, though, was no longer screaming. Her fist was punched against the creature's shoulder as it growled at her face. Link stopped Epona a good distance from the wagon.
At a closer look, he could see blood pouring down the wolf's shoulder. In Crystal's fist was the hilt of her dagger. In her other hand was its twin. The wolf was not about to give in to that minor would, however. It leaped clear up and landed behind the wagon's bed.
Link drew another arrow from the quiver and called upon his magic once again. He could felt a slight strain this time but the arrowhead glowed with a white/blue light accompanied by an unnatural chill running through his arms.
The wolf looked to either of them and barked in defiance. Link narrowed his eyes and raised the arrow slightly. Crystal held both daggers before her and was in a guarding stance. It suddenly turned around and began to run back into the shadows of the rain.
Crystal sighed and relaxed her fighting pose. Gramps sat up again in the seat of the wagon, unharmed. Link patted Epona's hot, frothed shoulder. Shekro whimpered where he lay. He was still in pain and very much injured.
Gramps called Crystal and Link into the wagon. They both crawled tired into the bed of it and relaxed as best they could after the attack. With a snap of the reigns, the wagon lurched forward in the mud and continued toward home. "Unbelievable." Link said tiredly. Crystal looked at him from the other side of the wagon, "What is?" She asked.
"Life goes on and on. It never ends. We just fought off…scared off a demon. Isn't that unbelievable?" Link rested his head back. Crystal looked t her bloodied dagger, "No, it's not too unbelievable. I told you Katie was evil. Do you believe me now?"
"No. I think she is miss-understood. It's Andrake who I worry for." Link grinned, knowing he had started an argument. It would bring Crystal back to her good humor. When she didn't respond, Link looked up.
She was absently cleaning her dagger and staring at nothing. Link crawled forward and set his hand on hers. She looked up at him in surprise. "Crystal, are you really worried for Andrake? I heard everything you said to him."
Crystal bit back her tears though in the rain, they would be invisible. She said in a low but clear voice, "He's always been a respectable swordsman and no one at all could change him. Today, he was ready to kill an innocent. That was not like him at all. I just don't understand him these days."
Link closed his eyes and called back the scene in the room. The Andrake he saw was not the same as the Andrake in the market. He looked Crystal in her dark blue eyes. Eyes to match the cloudy sky. And said, "I think Andrake has his reasons for working for Katie but those reasons can not be enough for him to change that much.
Crystal looked at him questioningly. Link continued, "He was so different in the market. I wondered for a moment if it was the same swordsman who stood before me. Katie, or at least her presence, has changed him dramatically. I think we are going to have to face him about this." Crystal looked searchingly into Link's eyes but could only see her own reflection in them.
She glanced at her daggers again and nodded. Link tried to comfort the girl. Despite her tomboyish nature, it was obvious that she still cared deeply for Andrake at least and this situation upset her deeply. He set his arm around her shoulders as she kept staring into the reflection of the rain in her daggers. "We'll find a way, won't we, Link?"
"Yes. There is a way for as long as there is the will to find it. I think we have that will so we will find the way." Crystal smiled weakly as the wagon continued its route.
So, thought Gramps, The boy has wisdom and courage to accompany his strength. Gramps nodded approvingly and hid his secret smile. Link would do just fine as his new pupil.
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And Link saves the day again! Not really.
Now what is this about Andrake? Was he under some sort of spell? Apparently Katie has a way with the men but she is holding Andrake against his will apparently. Find out more answered in the next chapter!
So, until next time…
Well, now I'm writing this story for CrysSton16 and myself.
Thus, this chapter dedication goes out to CrysSton16. Can I have more reviews? Please?
……
It was worth a shot. Oh well. Enough of my ramblings…
~~~~~~~~~~
After the encounter, Crystal kept to herself as she cradled Shekro. Link stared into Epona's mane as he rode beside them. Gramps kept the mare going at a good trot through puddles and grass as they continued the journey to their own home. It would not be much longer until they were safe.
Link looked back once again at the large house atop the hill. At first it had reminded him of Lon Lon Ranch but the ranch had a much more pleasant feel to ii. When Link saw that citadel, he felt a chill run up his spine. He squinted as he saw movement from the house.
"Crystal, you and Gramps keep going. I thought I saw something. I'll be right back." Link shouted to them over the rain.
Before Crystal could protest, Link pulled Epona away from the cart and into a large circle to go back the way they came. Link squinted as he tried to see anything through the lashing rain. There was another flash of gray but this time closer and bigger.
Link grabbed Epona's mane with both hands as she began to rear and bray in absolute terror. The flash of gray made itself visible as it lunged up into the air and landed at the base of the hill. Then another figure identical to the first laded nearby it. Two sets of red eyes blazed at him as another lightning strike flashed in the distance. Their deep growls were audible through the rain.
With a stream of choice words, Link could see that they were the two white wolves. No longer Wolfos, they could not be backed away from. No, Link knew that these two were on a bloody, murderous one. They were after Shekro and would kill anyone or thing that got in their way.
Link drew forth his arrow as one barked loudly at him. He set his quiver in front of him. All his movements were deliberately slow. He set the arrow to aim at the one. Suddenly, Epona reared and he was knocked off of Epona by the claws and fangs of the other wolf. He had almost forgotten about it.
Link pushed against it. Its open jaws were suspended above him only by his own Quiver, which he still grasped. The monsters' breath seemed to suffocate Link with its stench but link kept on fighting to get the creature off. The once was black eyes were swirling in their center with red and orange flames. Its claws were digging into Links shoulders as he was pinned to the ground.
The other wolf howled to the one on Link. It looked up from Link to its partner and leaped away. They both continued their hunt for Shekro. Link leaped up, slightly wincing from the wounds on his shoulders. He reached for Epona's mane and pulled himself up.
"HYAH!" He screamed and dug his heels into Epona's flank. Without bothering to rear, Epona dug deep into the earth with her hind hooves and leaped forward in a blind panic. She had not heard her owner act this way since the day the earth shook beneath her in Termina.
"CRYSTAL!" Link screamed with all his might as the two wolves were still very far ahead of him. Link spurred Epona on fiercely. He could only hope that Crystal would look back and see the wolves before it was too late.
No matter how hard Link spurred Epona, he could not catch the two Wolves. He narrowed his eyes, not about to give up. He drew forth an arrow and notched it once again. Epona continued to run with all her power as Link balanced on her back with the aimed arrow before him.
The arrow was released and aiming at the spine of one wolf. The wolf leaped to the side ad looked over its shoulder, flames dancing in its eyes. Link cursed under his breath and decided to take more drastic measures. He reached for another arrow, the wolf seemed ready to attack the nuisance. The other wolf continued the pursuit.
He called upon the magic blessed to himself and the very quiver that arrow was drawn from. A chill ran through his arms and a blue light engulfed the arrowhead. The wolf perked its ears in interest but when Link released the arrow, the wolf did not know what hit it before it was a frozen statue.
Link sighed, glad it had worked but the freeze was not going to be permanent. When the air warmed up, the wolf would be released. Hopefully by then, it would forget about its mission to kill.
Another scream pierced the storm. Link brought his attention back but he still could not see anything for the shield of rain. But one thing he knew, that scream was Crystal's voice.
Link felt it was an agonizingly long time before he came upon the wagon. The white wolf stood over the bed Crystal trapped under its black claws as Link had been. Crystal, though, was no longer screaming. Her fist was punched against the creature's shoulder as it growled at her face. Link stopped Epona a good distance from the wagon.
At a closer look, he could see blood pouring down the wolf's shoulder. In Crystal's fist was the hilt of her dagger. In her other hand was its twin. The wolf was not about to give in to that minor would, however. It leaped clear up and landed behind the wagon's bed.
Link drew another arrow from the quiver and called upon his magic once again. He could felt a slight strain this time but the arrowhead glowed with a white/blue light accompanied by an unnatural chill running through his arms.
The wolf looked to either of them and barked in defiance. Link narrowed his eyes and raised the arrow slightly. Crystal held both daggers before her and was in a guarding stance. It suddenly turned around and began to run back into the shadows of the rain.
Crystal sighed and relaxed her fighting pose. Gramps sat up again in the seat of the wagon, unharmed. Link patted Epona's hot, frothed shoulder. Shekro whimpered where he lay. He was still in pain and very much injured.
Gramps called Crystal and Link into the wagon. They both crawled tired into the bed of it and relaxed as best they could after the attack. With a snap of the reigns, the wagon lurched forward in the mud and continued toward home. "Unbelievable." Link said tiredly. Crystal looked at him from the other side of the wagon, "What is?" She asked.
"Life goes on and on. It never ends. We just fought off…scared off a demon. Isn't that unbelievable?" Link rested his head back. Crystal looked t her bloodied dagger, "No, it's not too unbelievable. I told you Katie was evil. Do you believe me now?"
"No. I think she is miss-understood. It's Andrake who I worry for." Link grinned, knowing he had started an argument. It would bring Crystal back to her good humor. When she didn't respond, Link looked up.
She was absently cleaning her dagger and staring at nothing. Link crawled forward and set his hand on hers. She looked up at him in surprise. "Crystal, are you really worried for Andrake? I heard everything you said to him."
Crystal bit back her tears though in the rain, they would be invisible. She said in a low but clear voice, "He's always been a respectable swordsman and no one at all could change him. Today, he was ready to kill an innocent. That was not like him at all. I just don't understand him these days."
Link closed his eyes and called back the scene in the room. The Andrake he saw was not the same as the Andrake in the market. He looked Crystal in her dark blue eyes. Eyes to match the cloudy sky. And said, "I think Andrake has his reasons for working for Katie but those reasons can not be enough for him to change that much.
Crystal looked at him questioningly. Link continued, "He was so different in the market. I wondered for a moment if it was the same swordsman who stood before me. Katie, or at least her presence, has changed him dramatically. I think we are going to have to face him about this." Crystal looked searchingly into Link's eyes but could only see her own reflection in them.
She glanced at her daggers again and nodded. Link tried to comfort the girl. Despite her tomboyish nature, it was obvious that she still cared deeply for Andrake at least and this situation upset her deeply. He set his arm around her shoulders as she kept staring into the reflection of the rain in her daggers. "We'll find a way, won't we, Link?"
"Yes. There is a way for as long as there is the will to find it. I think we have that will so we will find the way." Crystal smiled weakly as the wagon continued its route.
So, thought Gramps, The boy has wisdom and courage to accompany his strength. Gramps nodded approvingly and hid his secret smile. Link would do just fine as his new pupil.
~~~~~~~~~~
And Link saves the day again! Not really.
Now what is this about Andrake? Was he under some sort of spell? Apparently Katie has a way with the men but she is holding Andrake against his will apparently. Find out more answered in the next chapter!
So, until next time…
