A/N: Please read and review!
Chapter 8
"Are we there yet Tala?" Link asked looking up in the sky.
"No, there's at least an hour ahead of us!" She called down. Link sighed and trudged on. There was a swamp up ahead. Link had to jump off Epona and lead her through the swamp.
"Watch out Link, this is the swamp of darkness, once you fall in, you might never come out." She called down to him. Link sighed and started to jump across the water. Epona jumped right along side him. Then something tragic happened. Epona got her foot stuck in a hole. The marshes grabbed her hoof sand started to drag her. Link pulled hard on the reins. He couldn't get her out. He drew his sword, still holding on to the reins, started to cut away at the green slime that was stuck to Epona. Once Link cut the slime, it would put itself back together and gain more power.
"Come on Epona!" Link shouted stabbing the slime with an arrow. He tried ever kind of arrow he could possibly think of. The arrows did not affect the slime.
Epona was slowly giving in. Link kept pulling, but Epona was sinking. The only Epona's head was above the marshes. Link took her head in his hands. He kissed her lovingly on the nose.
"Link, what's going....." Called Tala, she was ahead of Link now. She thought he had kept up, she turned back around and flew to the marshes. She saw Link sitting on a rock weeping. He had Epona's reins in one hand and his sword in the other.
Tala quickly landed Shale and ran to Link. She sat down next to him and put an arm around him. "Link we must leave." She whispered. Link nodded. He wiped the tears away and stood up. He dropped the reins into the swamp and followed Tala.
"You can ride on Shale with me." Link nodded once more. He mounted Shale and held on to Tala. When they lifted off, Link gripped hard onto Tala's shirt. She smiled and made Shale fly faster.
My horse, my beautiful horse. Epona, my true friend... Link thought. He had a small lock of Epona's hair tucked away in his tunic.
He slightly let go of Tala. He remembered what flying was like. When he was a little boy the Owl allowed him to fly with him. He missed the Owl dearly. Link took a deep sigh and looked down at the ground. He could still see himself down there, riding on Epona. She always seemed to glide across the fields rather than run.
"You ok Link?" Tala shouted. Link looked at her. He was a little dazed, then he noticed that he was about to slide right off Shale. He hurriedly moved back to the middle.
"Fine, just fine." He shouted back.
"I'm truly sorry about your horse Link, I knew that she meant a lot to you." Tala shouted.
"Thank You." There was silence after that. No one spoke after that. Then what seemed like hours Tala shouted:
"We're over our next destination! We'll land as soon as I spot that house!" She called out.
"I forgot to ask you, what's the Army of Torment?!" He called. She took a deep breath.
"The Army of Torment was supposed to be dead 500 years ago, their leader had risen from the dead. His name was Shadow. You might have seen him. He was trapped inside of a rock, one girl held it. Then she became evil herself, only that she had feelings. She had broken the rock on accident. She hurriedly picked up the stone pieces, and magically put them back together. She partially got the Shadow, but the rest of him escaped. Then I got a message from your ship saying that the rest of the shadow got out. Link, why did you try to take it from her?" Tala shouted. She lowered her dragoona into an open field.
"I didn't mean to, I liked the girl, even though she was my assassin. I could tell what happened in her mind, but it was strange, I didn't want her to be hurt anymore. I took the necklace, but it broke. I was going to throw it into the water, but an odd shadowed figure was beating her. Then it all went downhill from that." Tala wiped a tear away from her eye.
"Liliana was my best friend, but she ventured upon an evil force. She found that stone, she didn't care about anything accept herself and the man she was destined to kill." Tala looked sadly at Link. Link looked away. He couldn't stand the way her face looked. "She was like a sister to me. I hated the reason why she chose Shadow." She said quietly.
"Then why did she?"Link asked slowly putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Because, she hated her life, it was like suicide, but worse because you live in pain for the rest of your life." Finally they landed with a large thump. Link hoped off Shale first, then helped Tala off.
"Where are we?" Link asked looking at a large hut.
"My house. Come on, tomorrow we'll reach Kahara Desert hopefully." She said walking into the door. Link nodded and followed. He as going to turn around and put Epona out in the pasture Shale was grazing at, but Epona was dead, and there was nothing he could do about it.
A/N: Ok, this chapter was a little bit shorter than the rest of them, so sorry bout that. Please R&R! I got that horse scene from a movie. I thought that part was quite tragic.
Chapter 8
"Are we there yet Tala?" Link asked looking up in the sky.
"No, there's at least an hour ahead of us!" She called down. Link sighed and trudged on. There was a swamp up ahead. Link had to jump off Epona and lead her through the swamp.
"Watch out Link, this is the swamp of darkness, once you fall in, you might never come out." She called down to him. Link sighed and started to jump across the water. Epona jumped right along side him. Then something tragic happened. Epona got her foot stuck in a hole. The marshes grabbed her hoof sand started to drag her. Link pulled hard on the reins. He couldn't get her out. He drew his sword, still holding on to the reins, started to cut away at the green slime that was stuck to Epona. Once Link cut the slime, it would put itself back together and gain more power.
"Come on Epona!" Link shouted stabbing the slime with an arrow. He tried ever kind of arrow he could possibly think of. The arrows did not affect the slime.
Epona was slowly giving in. Link kept pulling, but Epona was sinking. The only Epona's head was above the marshes. Link took her head in his hands. He kissed her lovingly on the nose.
"Link, what's going....." Called Tala, she was ahead of Link now. She thought he had kept up, she turned back around and flew to the marshes. She saw Link sitting on a rock weeping. He had Epona's reins in one hand and his sword in the other.
Tala quickly landed Shale and ran to Link. She sat down next to him and put an arm around him. "Link we must leave." She whispered. Link nodded. He wiped the tears away and stood up. He dropped the reins into the swamp and followed Tala.
"You can ride on Shale with me." Link nodded once more. He mounted Shale and held on to Tala. When they lifted off, Link gripped hard onto Tala's shirt. She smiled and made Shale fly faster.
My horse, my beautiful horse. Epona, my true friend... Link thought. He had a small lock of Epona's hair tucked away in his tunic.
He slightly let go of Tala. He remembered what flying was like. When he was a little boy the Owl allowed him to fly with him. He missed the Owl dearly. Link took a deep sigh and looked down at the ground. He could still see himself down there, riding on Epona. She always seemed to glide across the fields rather than run.
"You ok Link?" Tala shouted. Link looked at her. He was a little dazed, then he noticed that he was about to slide right off Shale. He hurriedly moved back to the middle.
"Fine, just fine." He shouted back.
"I'm truly sorry about your horse Link, I knew that she meant a lot to you." Tala shouted.
"Thank You." There was silence after that. No one spoke after that. Then what seemed like hours Tala shouted:
"We're over our next destination! We'll land as soon as I spot that house!" She called out.
"I forgot to ask you, what's the Army of Torment?!" He called. She took a deep breath.
"The Army of Torment was supposed to be dead 500 years ago, their leader had risen from the dead. His name was Shadow. You might have seen him. He was trapped inside of a rock, one girl held it. Then she became evil herself, only that she had feelings. She had broken the rock on accident. She hurriedly picked up the stone pieces, and magically put them back together. She partially got the Shadow, but the rest of him escaped. Then I got a message from your ship saying that the rest of the shadow got out. Link, why did you try to take it from her?" Tala shouted. She lowered her dragoona into an open field.
"I didn't mean to, I liked the girl, even though she was my assassin. I could tell what happened in her mind, but it was strange, I didn't want her to be hurt anymore. I took the necklace, but it broke. I was going to throw it into the water, but an odd shadowed figure was beating her. Then it all went downhill from that." Tala wiped a tear away from her eye.
"Liliana was my best friend, but she ventured upon an evil force. She found that stone, she didn't care about anything accept herself and the man she was destined to kill." Tala looked sadly at Link. Link looked away. He couldn't stand the way her face looked. "She was like a sister to me. I hated the reason why she chose Shadow." She said quietly.
"Then why did she?"Link asked slowly putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Because, she hated her life, it was like suicide, but worse because you live in pain for the rest of your life." Finally they landed with a large thump. Link hoped off Shale first, then helped Tala off.
"Where are we?" Link asked looking at a large hut.
"My house. Come on, tomorrow we'll reach Kahara Desert hopefully." She said walking into the door. Link nodded and followed. He as going to turn around and put Epona out in the pasture Shale was grazing at, but Epona was dead, and there was nothing he could do about it.
A/N: Ok, this chapter was a little bit shorter than the rest of them, so sorry bout that. Please R&R! I got that horse scene from a movie. I thought that part was quite tragic.
