Chapter 5 'Do Dreams Come True?'
Malon knelt over Link, after an arrow pierced him in the back. He looked into her eyes. "Malon, I love you." Then he lay still. She put her head on his chest and cried.
Suddenly, someone grabbed her from behind and whipped her around. She was looking into the evil eyes of..
"Daran?" Malon asked, incredulously. "How could you?"
"Do what, lass?" Daran said, surprised.
"You mean. you didn't. he's not. I am..," she stuttered. Realizing it was a dream, she sighed with relief, then began to cry. Daran looked at her.
"It's alright, Malon! It was all your imagination. You're safe. Calm down!"
"I'm. sorry," she sobbed uncontrollably. "I dreamed. I found Link.. Then he was killed." she trailed off.
"Poor girl. Here, take a swig of this." Daran handed her a bottle of watery looking liquid. She took a sip and nearly choked.
"What the heck is this?" she spluttered.
"SHHHH!! Quiet, that was kind of loud." He chuckled, in spite of it. Malon forced herself to take a gulp of it.
"Okay, try not to upset yourself for awhile. It's about one o'clock, so you know. Here, have some more meat." He handed it to her.
"I'll do anything to get this taste out of my mouth," Malon said. She ripped off a piece and popped it into her mouth. She chewed thoughtfully and swallowed.
"So, what's your story, Daran?" she asked. "Tell me about yourself."
He sighed.
"I'm afraid there's not much to tell. I was born on Death Mountain. I had a wife and children, but they mysteriously disappeared when Ganon came into power. So I isolated myself here, on the northern side of the Mountain." He smiled grimly.
Malon smiled back. "Now I'll tell you about myself."
"My mother died when I was born, so my father Talon raised me himself. We lived on Lon Lon Ranch. When I was seven, Papa hired Ingo, who was the laziest bum I've ever seen. Papa's best horse, Callisto, had a pony, who I named Epona, after the song my mama composed, Epona's Song. She sang it to me before she died, and my papa had it written down, and I learned it when Epona was named. Then I met Link, or 'Fairy Boy.' She laughed.
"He was so nice to me, so I taught him the song. Now Epona's his horse. Nothing else happened, 'til Ganon came to power. But you should know that story."
"Ingo took over when I was seventeen. Papa worked for him, because Ingo wouldn't do anything. Link left when I was twenty-three, then soon after, Papa left. Ingo died after that."
"Now Link's back, I'm in love with him, and everything else is a mess." Malon put her chin in her hands.
"Tomorrow night we'll go to Kakariko Village," Daran said. "Then maybe things won't be so messed up."
"Instead of tomorrow night, can we go tonight? The Sheik Impa was born there, I think," Malon said. "It should be protected."
"Maybe," Daran said. "But we can go tonight."
"Thank you!!" she cried happily.
"Don't thank me yet. We still have to get there unspotted."
~*~*~*~*~*~*That Night*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zelda was lying on her bed, crying. Link had gone to Lake Hylia to fish, then he was going to stay with the Zoras as a Zora for the night. Karienif came in and saw her. "Zelda, come here."
Zelda looked at him. He looked old, sad. Unusual for his twenty-eight years. She sobbed and ran to him, and they hugged, forever it seemed. Then he broke away.
"The guards couldn't find Aevia, or Malon. I feel sorry for Link."
"I also. But I cannot see why he loves a farm girl. She seems too low- class for him," Zelda replied.
Karienif sighed. "And yet he says you are too high class. He's a friend of the Royal Family, not in it. You're a princess, I'm a prince. She's a farmer, he's a noble hero. If we're right for each other, then they are too."
Zelda looked into his eyes. "When you say it," she said, "it sounds so perfect. When I say it, it sounds like it's not meant to be."
"Things do that sometimes," Karienif answered, pulling her to him. "But we can't interfere. Link said Malon was once a good friend of yours. What happened?"
Zelda pulled away. She had a sorrowful look in her eyes. "I wish we were still. But we drifted after Ganon was defeated. She was like a sister." Karienif pulled her close, and was about to kiss her when someone knocked on the door. "Come in," said the king.
A messenger poked his head into the room and smiled. "Excuse me if I interrupted anything, but the regiment has slayed the demons, sire. But the child was nowhere to be found."
Zelda sank down on the bed. Karienif looked down. "Thank you, you are dismissed." The door closed. Karienif sat by Zelda and held her while she cried for her child.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Eight pounds!" cried the fishing pond owner. "You set a new record. Care to try again?"
"No, I need to go. Good night!" The hooded figure left the pond.
Throwing his hood back, Link stared at the stars, not knowing that Malon was traveling under them at that moment. Putting on the Zora's mask, he waded into the lake, where his salt tears mingled with the fresh water. 'I hope those two are safe,' he thought.
As a matter of fact, they were. Malon and Daran had just stopped to pick up a tiny baby girl lying by the side of the road.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ What a coincidence, hmm? Review, please? I need some ideas, and I'll be glad for suggestions.
Disclaimer: I do not own Zelda or any of the characters, except those that I create myself
Malon knelt over Link, after an arrow pierced him in the back. He looked into her eyes. "Malon, I love you." Then he lay still. She put her head on his chest and cried.
Suddenly, someone grabbed her from behind and whipped her around. She was looking into the evil eyes of..
"Daran?" Malon asked, incredulously. "How could you?"
"Do what, lass?" Daran said, surprised.
"You mean. you didn't. he's not. I am..," she stuttered. Realizing it was a dream, she sighed with relief, then began to cry. Daran looked at her.
"It's alright, Malon! It was all your imagination. You're safe. Calm down!"
"I'm. sorry," she sobbed uncontrollably. "I dreamed. I found Link.. Then he was killed." she trailed off.
"Poor girl. Here, take a swig of this." Daran handed her a bottle of watery looking liquid. She took a sip and nearly choked.
"What the heck is this?" she spluttered.
"SHHHH!! Quiet, that was kind of loud." He chuckled, in spite of it. Malon forced herself to take a gulp of it.
"Okay, try not to upset yourself for awhile. It's about one o'clock, so you know. Here, have some more meat." He handed it to her.
"I'll do anything to get this taste out of my mouth," Malon said. She ripped off a piece and popped it into her mouth. She chewed thoughtfully and swallowed.
"So, what's your story, Daran?" she asked. "Tell me about yourself."
He sighed.
"I'm afraid there's not much to tell. I was born on Death Mountain. I had a wife and children, but they mysteriously disappeared when Ganon came into power. So I isolated myself here, on the northern side of the Mountain." He smiled grimly.
Malon smiled back. "Now I'll tell you about myself."
"My mother died when I was born, so my father Talon raised me himself. We lived on Lon Lon Ranch. When I was seven, Papa hired Ingo, who was the laziest bum I've ever seen. Papa's best horse, Callisto, had a pony, who I named Epona, after the song my mama composed, Epona's Song. She sang it to me before she died, and my papa had it written down, and I learned it when Epona was named. Then I met Link, or 'Fairy Boy.' She laughed.
"He was so nice to me, so I taught him the song. Now Epona's his horse. Nothing else happened, 'til Ganon came to power. But you should know that story."
"Ingo took over when I was seventeen. Papa worked for him, because Ingo wouldn't do anything. Link left when I was twenty-three, then soon after, Papa left. Ingo died after that."
"Now Link's back, I'm in love with him, and everything else is a mess." Malon put her chin in her hands.
"Tomorrow night we'll go to Kakariko Village," Daran said. "Then maybe things won't be so messed up."
"Instead of tomorrow night, can we go tonight? The Sheik Impa was born there, I think," Malon said. "It should be protected."
"Maybe," Daran said. "But we can go tonight."
"Thank you!!" she cried happily.
"Don't thank me yet. We still have to get there unspotted."
~*~*~*~*~*~*That Night*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zelda was lying on her bed, crying. Link had gone to Lake Hylia to fish, then he was going to stay with the Zoras as a Zora for the night. Karienif came in and saw her. "Zelda, come here."
Zelda looked at him. He looked old, sad. Unusual for his twenty-eight years. She sobbed and ran to him, and they hugged, forever it seemed. Then he broke away.
"The guards couldn't find Aevia, or Malon. I feel sorry for Link."
"I also. But I cannot see why he loves a farm girl. She seems too low- class for him," Zelda replied.
Karienif sighed. "And yet he says you are too high class. He's a friend of the Royal Family, not in it. You're a princess, I'm a prince. She's a farmer, he's a noble hero. If we're right for each other, then they are too."
Zelda looked into his eyes. "When you say it," she said, "it sounds so perfect. When I say it, it sounds like it's not meant to be."
"Things do that sometimes," Karienif answered, pulling her to him. "But we can't interfere. Link said Malon was once a good friend of yours. What happened?"
Zelda pulled away. She had a sorrowful look in her eyes. "I wish we were still. But we drifted after Ganon was defeated. She was like a sister." Karienif pulled her close, and was about to kiss her when someone knocked on the door. "Come in," said the king.
A messenger poked his head into the room and smiled. "Excuse me if I interrupted anything, but the regiment has slayed the demons, sire. But the child was nowhere to be found."
Zelda sank down on the bed. Karienif looked down. "Thank you, you are dismissed." The door closed. Karienif sat by Zelda and held her while she cried for her child.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Eight pounds!" cried the fishing pond owner. "You set a new record. Care to try again?"
"No, I need to go. Good night!" The hooded figure left the pond.
Throwing his hood back, Link stared at the stars, not knowing that Malon was traveling under them at that moment. Putting on the Zora's mask, he waded into the lake, where his salt tears mingled with the fresh water. 'I hope those two are safe,' he thought.
As a matter of fact, they were. Malon and Daran had just stopped to pick up a tiny baby girl lying by the side of the road.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ What a coincidence, hmm? Review, please? I need some ideas, and I'll be glad for suggestions.
Disclaimer: I do not own Zelda or any of the characters, except those that I create myself
