I'm sorry for keep you all waiting so long, I've had so much crap to do at
school, I needed some kind of break as well, I was having relationship
problems, then I had freakin' Prom ::throws hands into the air:: AAHHH!
I'm getting back to writing this though, and be assured, I won't make you
wait that long again. Oh yeah, we're half way through this story, The
ending will be as great as the beginning, (maybe better::hint hint::) Well
without further ado... here it is...
CHAPTER FOURTEEN A Way Across
Jacob panicked, "Oh God!" He began to look around hysterically. Derek came to him and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Dude, chill, I'm sure we just left it behind somewhere, all we have to do is look." Derek said to him.
Jacob nodded, his mind racing. "Yeah, we'll look." He began walking to the bridge to get back to shore. Derek sighed and motioned for Sarah and Anastriana to follow them.
* * *
Anastriana walked briskly behind Sarah, her hand was laid upon the hilt of her rapier. Her pointed ears twitched in frustration; her mind was on one thing, her heart on the other. After a moment, she shook her head and looked ahead to Derek and Jacob. She perked her ears to catch their conversation.
"Do you think it's around here?" Jacob asked.
"I really don't know." Derek answered, "We just have to keep looking,"
* * *
After a few hours, sweat began to bead on Jacob's brow, the wind blew across the green fields of Hyrule and lightning split the sky.
Jacob stopped and turned around to face his friends. "Guys," he looked to Sarah and mouthed her name softly, "I'm sorry. I should have never brought any of you into this. Jacob felt so inadequate; he could not help but feel responsible for what had happened to them within the last few days. Jacob lowered his head, allowing his long blonde bangs to fall and hide his tears.
Sarah came over to him and tried to hug him, Jacob pulled away. "Don't"
"Jacob, this isn't your fault." Derek said, coming to him as well. Anastriana followed.
"He's right, we got ourselves into this, all of us." Sarah said.
Jacob looked around him, all his friends had surrounded him. He could not help but smile at the thought of them being there for him.
Jacob took a deep breath. "Let's rest for the night."
The four agreed and they walked forth a few miles more until they came to a cave. After making sure it was uninhabited, they entered and made themselves a home for the night.
* * *
Jacob held Sarah close, he brushed a few locks of green hair from her face as she slept, then, he fell to sleep. Jacob laid, wrapped in Sarah's arms. Her head was buried into his shoulder. He slept comfortably, when a voice intruded upon him.
"Gatekeeper, awaken." Jacob's eyes did not open. "Jacob Swanson, Wake up." The voice grew impatient.
Jacob opened his eyes and looked around, his eyes fell upon a ghostly figure in the distance. He slid away from Sarah and sat up and wiped the drowsiness from his eyes.
"Akroma?" His voice was weak from fatigue.
"Yes, I see you have realized you have not the Chronoscepter." She said, walking forward. "Just call upon my guide, Ashla, the Goddess of Time for assistance."
Jacob opened his mouth to speak, but before he could, Akroma's ghostly form vanished, leaving no trace.
"Jacob, where'd you go?" A voice called from behind him. "I'm cold."
Jacob turned and saw Sarah, getting up. She had sat up and was about to get to her feet. Jacob rushed over and helped her up.
"We're leaving." Jacob said. Sarah's eyes widened.
"Huh? Has someone spotted us?" She began to look around worriedly.
"No, out of this time." He turned to Derek and Anastriana. "Guys, get up, we're leaving."
Derek began to get up uneasily, followed by Anastriana.
"What? I was having a good dream." Derek said as he stood, picking up his battle axe.
"We're going after to second shard." Jacob said.
The four walked outside and stood before the entrance of the cave.
"Everyone gather over here." Jacob said.
"The four gathered together and stood in a circle. Jacob looked up towards the starry night sky. He threw his hands into the air and cried: "Ashla, Goddess of Time! Please heed our calls. Lend us your power!"
He stood there for a moment, nothing happened. After a few minutes, everyone began to lose hope.
"Well, that was a waste of time..." Jacob said to himself.
"It's okay, it was a good idea." Sarah said. She placed her hand on Jacob's shoulder, then began to walk away towards the cave. Derek followed. Anastriana began to, but she stopped and perked her ears up.
"I hear a storm..." Just as she spoke, a bolt of lightning crashed into the ground before Jacob and Anastriana. They covered their faces as smoke and dust flowed over them.
Jacob pulled his hands away, and as the smoke cleared, the Chronoscepter was before him, protruding from the ground. Jacob walked forward, placed his hands around it and pulled it from the ground.
"Well guys, let's go." He said. Sarah, Anastriana, and Derek walked to him and surrounded him.
Jacob held the Chronoscepter before him, "Lead us to the Master Sword shard!"
As before, a column of light descended upon them, steeled, then vanished, leaving no trace of the travelers behind.
* * *
The vast red land stretched out for miles. Craters pitted the land here and there and in the distance, a volcano, and further still, a line of trees, the beginning of a forest.
A giant reptile, about a car length, lumbered out of on of the craters and walked forward. Then, a group of hunters with spears burst from another crater and with a war cry, rushed towards the great beast, but was stopped short as a swarm of arrows fell upon them, killing them. A group of red headed warriors, perched on a distant hill, had waited in ambush.
The women disappeared behind the hill, just as silently as they had come. As they did, a column of light descended, then faded, leaving the four companions behind.
Derek walked forward, "Well, this looks inviting."
Jacob pointed to the distant. "Looks like a village up there, let's go check it out."
The four began to journey forth.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN A Way Across
Jacob panicked, "Oh God!" He began to look around hysterically. Derek came to him and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"Dude, chill, I'm sure we just left it behind somewhere, all we have to do is look." Derek said to him.
Jacob nodded, his mind racing. "Yeah, we'll look." He began walking to the bridge to get back to shore. Derek sighed and motioned for Sarah and Anastriana to follow them.
* * *
Anastriana walked briskly behind Sarah, her hand was laid upon the hilt of her rapier. Her pointed ears twitched in frustration; her mind was on one thing, her heart on the other. After a moment, she shook her head and looked ahead to Derek and Jacob. She perked her ears to catch their conversation.
"Do you think it's around here?" Jacob asked.
"I really don't know." Derek answered, "We just have to keep looking,"
* * *
After a few hours, sweat began to bead on Jacob's brow, the wind blew across the green fields of Hyrule and lightning split the sky.
Jacob stopped and turned around to face his friends. "Guys," he looked to Sarah and mouthed her name softly, "I'm sorry. I should have never brought any of you into this. Jacob felt so inadequate; he could not help but feel responsible for what had happened to them within the last few days. Jacob lowered his head, allowing his long blonde bangs to fall and hide his tears.
Sarah came over to him and tried to hug him, Jacob pulled away. "Don't"
"Jacob, this isn't your fault." Derek said, coming to him as well. Anastriana followed.
"He's right, we got ourselves into this, all of us." Sarah said.
Jacob looked around him, all his friends had surrounded him. He could not help but smile at the thought of them being there for him.
Jacob took a deep breath. "Let's rest for the night."
The four agreed and they walked forth a few miles more until they came to a cave. After making sure it was uninhabited, they entered and made themselves a home for the night.
* * *
Jacob held Sarah close, he brushed a few locks of green hair from her face as she slept, then, he fell to sleep. Jacob laid, wrapped in Sarah's arms. Her head was buried into his shoulder. He slept comfortably, when a voice intruded upon him.
"Gatekeeper, awaken." Jacob's eyes did not open. "Jacob Swanson, Wake up." The voice grew impatient.
Jacob opened his eyes and looked around, his eyes fell upon a ghostly figure in the distance. He slid away from Sarah and sat up and wiped the drowsiness from his eyes.
"Akroma?" His voice was weak from fatigue.
"Yes, I see you have realized you have not the Chronoscepter." She said, walking forward. "Just call upon my guide, Ashla, the Goddess of Time for assistance."
Jacob opened his mouth to speak, but before he could, Akroma's ghostly form vanished, leaving no trace.
"Jacob, where'd you go?" A voice called from behind him. "I'm cold."
Jacob turned and saw Sarah, getting up. She had sat up and was about to get to her feet. Jacob rushed over and helped her up.
"We're leaving." Jacob said. Sarah's eyes widened.
"Huh? Has someone spotted us?" She began to look around worriedly.
"No, out of this time." He turned to Derek and Anastriana. "Guys, get up, we're leaving."
Derek began to get up uneasily, followed by Anastriana.
"What? I was having a good dream." Derek said as he stood, picking up his battle axe.
"We're going after to second shard." Jacob said.
The four walked outside and stood before the entrance of the cave.
"Everyone gather over here." Jacob said.
"The four gathered together and stood in a circle. Jacob looked up towards the starry night sky. He threw his hands into the air and cried: "Ashla, Goddess of Time! Please heed our calls. Lend us your power!"
He stood there for a moment, nothing happened. After a few minutes, everyone began to lose hope.
"Well, that was a waste of time..." Jacob said to himself.
"It's okay, it was a good idea." Sarah said. She placed her hand on Jacob's shoulder, then began to walk away towards the cave. Derek followed. Anastriana began to, but she stopped and perked her ears up.
"I hear a storm..." Just as she spoke, a bolt of lightning crashed into the ground before Jacob and Anastriana. They covered their faces as smoke and dust flowed over them.
Jacob pulled his hands away, and as the smoke cleared, the Chronoscepter was before him, protruding from the ground. Jacob walked forward, placed his hands around it and pulled it from the ground.
"Well guys, let's go." He said. Sarah, Anastriana, and Derek walked to him and surrounded him.
Jacob held the Chronoscepter before him, "Lead us to the Master Sword shard!"
As before, a column of light descended upon them, steeled, then vanished, leaving no trace of the travelers behind.
* * *
The vast red land stretched out for miles. Craters pitted the land here and there and in the distance, a volcano, and further still, a line of trees, the beginning of a forest.
A giant reptile, about a car length, lumbered out of on of the craters and walked forward. Then, a group of hunters with spears burst from another crater and with a war cry, rushed towards the great beast, but was stopped short as a swarm of arrows fell upon them, killing them. A group of red headed warriors, perched on a distant hill, had waited in ambush.
The women disappeared behind the hill, just as silently as they had come. As they did, a column of light descended, then faded, leaving the four companions behind.
Derek walked forward, "Well, this looks inviting."
Jacob pointed to the distant. "Looks like a village up there, let's go check it out."
The four began to journey forth.