Chapter 14
Dmitri and I had fallen asleep on the couch during our third movie that night. We called for breakfast and ate pancakes. Later on we went back to the alley to see if the portal had come back, but it hadn't.
"So what are we going to do now?" Dmitri said
"Well, if we're going to be stuck here, we might as well have a look around. The street down that way had some cool shops."
"Good, I can buy you a birthday present"
"Your birthday comes first. And don't buy me anything. There's nothing I want." Saira said
They walked down the streets and found them full of all sorts of interesting things. All the clothes were quite different from what they were used to but Saira liked them.
"Love, why don't you try on a few? I mean we got the money"
"We need to save our money. Something may come up"
"Saira, what could possibly come up? Anyway, we're elves. If we need anything we have magic for a reason."
"We shouldn't need to use our magic in front of them and I doubt it would go over to well. I read something about Witch trials where they burned people."
"Just go try on the clothes."
I walked out of many shops carrying bags of stuff from clothes and jewelry to many odd gadgets I found interesting. I bought Dmitri a sketchbook and something called a 'camera' that took pictures. We had a lot of fun with it until we couldn't figure out how the pictures came out. Luckily we found some nice people who told us how it worked. In the end I decided to use magic though.
For days we repeated the same things. We learned a lot about the people in London, and found they weren't so bad. We were often asked why our parents weren't around but we came up with new excuses every time. I discovered our hotel had a swimming pool and swam every night while Dmitri laid in the chairs next the pool watching me. One time I actually convinced him to swim with me.
"Isn't this great?" I said
"Any water amazes you" he said floating around
I dove in gracefully. Dmitri got out and did a cannonball driving off a few guests. We swam for hours until we were both so tired we could barely move.
"I think its time to head back" he said dragging himself out of the pool
"Yeah"
We started walking towards the stairs when I got a twinge of pain in my head and had to stop for a moment. Within seconds it became an immense pain and I let out a scream. I fought to keep my eyes open while I staggered out of the pool. The pain worsened with each step I took and I finally had to stop completely. Screams erupted from my mouth as a vision took over but the only thing I could remember is passing out.
I woke up to the sounds of beeping. I opened my eyes and I was lying in a bed with white sheets and blue walls. There were weird instruments around my bed. I rubbed my face and noticed something taped to my hand. A needle was in my hand connected to bag of clear liquid.
I used magic to remove it painlessly. Dmitri was snoring in a chair beside my bed. I sat up and looked around. A plump woman came in wearing a blue outfit and holding a clipboard.
She noticed I was awake and said, "Ah, how are we feeling?"
"Who are you?" I said rudely, "and where am I?"
"I'm nurse Karen and you're at the hospital. So, uh what happened to your I.V.?"
"What happened?"
"Apparently you went into a screaming fit at the hotel. You had passed out but you didn't stop screaming. You've been here for 3 days"
"Three days! I've got to get out of here" I attempted to sit up but she pushed me back down.
"Wait, I need you to answer a few questions before you go anywhere"
"Fine, but hurry"
"Well we tried to get information from your friend but he seemed unable to talk. Anyway, what's your name"
"Saira" I answered
"Your full name please"
"Sairalinde Trinity"
"How do you spell that?"
"S-a-i-r-a-l-i-n-d-e"
"You don't have a middle name?" she asked
"No"
"How old are you?"
"Almost 11"
"Where are you from?"
"Kokiri Forest in Hyrule"
"Don't play games"
"I'm not!" I was growing more irritated by the minute
"Fine, where are your parents and what are their names?"
"My parents are dead and I don't know their names!"
"Your parents are dead? Then who are you here with?" she asked
"Dmitri right there"
"Where are his parents?"
"Back in Hyrule. They don't know we're here"
"You're alone? This is outrageous"
She left the room and began speaking with a man in a long white coat outside the door.
"Both of them are alone and I think the girl is a little off. I've requested a psych- evaluation and I'm calling social services" the nurse said
"Did you get the test results back?" the man in the white coat said
"Yes. There were quite odd"
"Dmitri" I hissed
He woke with a start. "Saira, oh, you're alright"
"Yeah, now let's get out of here" I said, "C'mere, I'll change our appearance so they wont recognize us."
I waved my hands in front o Dmitri and his hair turned bright blonde and his face completely changed. His clothes were something he would never wear otherwise and I was proud, but worried because changing someone's entire appearance was hard and I wasn't sure if I would be able to do mine. With all my strength I changed myself with black hair and a different face and clothes but I kept my eyes the same. I was weaker but I could still walk fine.
"If there's one magic I know how to do and do well its this" I said "C'mon"
In our disguises, we were able to walk out of the hospital without any confrontation. I saw the nurse go back into my room then call for security. Dmitri and I ran out laughing. As we walked back to our hotel, our disguises began to fade away. When we entered our room, we found Zelda standing there.
"Come, we must leave no" she said, "Gather your things"
"Bloody hell. When did you get here?" I asked
"The time to answer questions is for later. Come"
Zelda led us out and down he hall to the elevator. We stepped inside and Zelda pressed the number 10 button and we began to move. However when we reached ten she pressed the button that read 'emergency stop.' Light filled the small room and we reappeared in the middle of Hyrule Field.
"What in the name of Nayru were you doing in Earth?" she scolded
"It was an accident" I yelled back
"You could have been stuck to there"
"Don't you think we know that" Dmitri said
"Go to Zora's Domain. Stay away from any portals that may appear. Do you understand me?!"
"Fine"
I grabbed my bag and started walking. Dmitri followed a few feet behind me. I was furious but I wasn't sure why. Zelda had got me back to Hyrule and that's what I wanted to do.
It took us several days to get to Zora's Domain because I didn't feel like traveling very far each day. I knew we were close when we reached Zora's River. We followed it upstream for an entire day before we reached the entrance to the domain.
"Okay. There's the only entrance that's not frozen, but how do we get in?" Dmitri asked
"There's usually always instructions. Ah, look" I found an inscription in the stone on the ground. "We need to play the Song of the Royal Family to gain entry"
"Does that mean it will make a gap in the stupid waterfall so we can jump through?"
"I dunno. I guess we'll find out"
But it didn't. We were able to get through but we got drenched in the process. We entered practically a paradise to me anyway. Everything was water besides a few elevated paths here and there. The walls seemed to shine wherever you looked. However there was a chill in the air that was difficult to ignore.
In the water, I could see the Zora people. They looked like fish but with arms and legs. Fins were attached to their arms and their feet were webbed. Their skin was white with blue and turquoise in different places.
I followed to the path before us and it led us straight to the throne room where King Zora was sitting. To me he looked like a giant sleeping frog since he was fat for a Zora. I walked onto a platform to address him in a respectful manner.
"Your majesty?"
He woke. I bowed and kneeled
"Who goes there?"
"I am Sairalinde Trinity. I've been sent by Prin-um, Sheik"
"Ah he told me you might be coming. Hmm, your looks resemble someone I know"
"You have met my brother, Link"
"A fine young elf too. Saved my daughter, Ruto. She'll want to meet you." He said, "Ruto!"
A young Zora came from a hall to the left. I bowed.
"Yes, father?" she said
"This is Link's sister"
"Really?"
"I'm Saira"
"Didn't know he had a sister"
"Not many do" I said flatly
"Ruto, please find them a place to stay. Shiek said they would be here for awhile"
I wanted to protest but I knew it wouldn't do any good. Ruto took us to a room behind their shop.
"Are you really Link's sister?" she asked me
"Yes, I've been searching for him"
"Link was the bravest man I ever met. And my fiancée'"
Dmitri suddenly started coughing but I knew he was holding back laughs.
"Your fiancée?" I asked trying hard to keep a straight face
"Yes, I could only give Zora's Sapphire to my future husband"
"Hmm. This is sure a surprise" I said
"I'm surprised too. I thought you would know being his sister"
"Unfortunately, Link disappeared before I learned any of this. You wouldn't happen to know what happened to him, would you?"
"All he said was that since he had all of the stones, he must go to the Temple of Time and save Hyrule. He didn't do a good job though. My father wishes to deny it but the water of Hyrule has grown cold"
"Cold?"
"Yes with each day that Ganondorf reins, the water chills. Lord Jabu- Jabu feels it. I found ice in the lake where he dwells and the tunnel to Lake Hylia is completely frozen with ice that won't melt"
"We know. And the lake has very little water now" I said
Dmitri and I had fallen asleep on the couch during our third movie that night. We called for breakfast and ate pancakes. Later on we went back to the alley to see if the portal had come back, but it hadn't.
"So what are we going to do now?" Dmitri said
"Well, if we're going to be stuck here, we might as well have a look around. The street down that way had some cool shops."
"Good, I can buy you a birthday present"
"Your birthday comes first. And don't buy me anything. There's nothing I want." Saira said
They walked down the streets and found them full of all sorts of interesting things. All the clothes were quite different from what they were used to but Saira liked them.
"Love, why don't you try on a few? I mean we got the money"
"We need to save our money. Something may come up"
"Saira, what could possibly come up? Anyway, we're elves. If we need anything we have magic for a reason."
"We shouldn't need to use our magic in front of them and I doubt it would go over to well. I read something about Witch trials where they burned people."
"Just go try on the clothes."
I walked out of many shops carrying bags of stuff from clothes and jewelry to many odd gadgets I found interesting. I bought Dmitri a sketchbook and something called a 'camera' that took pictures. We had a lot of fun with it until we couldn't figure out how the pictures came out. Luckily we found some nice people who told us how it worked. In the end I decided to use magic though.
For days we repeated the same things. We learned a lot about the people in London, and found they weren't so bad. We were often asked why our parents weren't around but we came up with new excuses every time. I discovered our hotel had a swimming pool and swam every night while Dmitri laid in the chairs next the pool watching me. One time I actually convinced him to swim with me.
"Isn't this great?" I said
"Any water amazes you" he said floating around
I dove in gracefully. Dmitri got out and did a cannonball driving off a few guests. We swam for hours until we were both so tired we could barely move.
"I think its time to head back" he said dragging himself out of the pool
"Yeah"
We started walking towards the stairs when I got a twinge of pain in my head and had to stop for a moment. Within seconds it became an immense pain and I let out a scream. I fought to keep my eyes open while I staggered out of the pool. The pain worsened with each step I took and I finally had to stop completely. Screams erupted from my mouth as a vision took over but the only thing I could remember is passing out.
I woke up to the sounds of beeping. I opened my eyes and I was lying in a bed with white sheets and blue walls. There were weird instruments around my bed. I rubbed my face and noticed something taped to my hand. A needle was in my hand connected to bag of clear liquid.
I used magic to remove it painlessly. Dmitri was snoring in a chair beside my bed. I sat up and looked around. A plump woman came in wearing a blue outfit and holding a clipboard.
She noticed I was awake and said, "Ah, how are we feeling?"
"Who are you?" I said rudely, "and where am I?"
"I'm nurse Karen and you're at the hospital. So, uh what happened to your I.V.?"
"What happened?"
"Apparently you went into a screaming fit at the hotel. You had passed out but you didn't stop screaming. You've been here for 3 days"
"Three days! I've got to get out of here" I attempted to sit up but she pushed me back down.
"Wait, I need you to answer a few questions before you go anywhere"
"Fine, but hurry"
"Well we tried to get information from your friend but he seemed unable to talk. Anyway, what's your name"
"Saira" I answered
"Your full name please"
"Sairalinde Trinity"
"How do you spell that?"
"S-a-i-r-a-l-i-n-d-e"
"You don't have a middle name?" she asked
"No"
"How old are you?"
"Almost 11"
"Where are you from?"
"Kokiri Forest in Hyrule"
"Don't play games"
"I'm not!" I was growing more irritated by the minute
"Fine, where are your parents and what are their names?"
"My parents are dead and I don't know their names!"
"Your parents are dead? Then who are you here with?" she asked
"Dmitri right there"
"Where are his parents?"
"Back in Hyrule. They don't know we're here"
"You're alone? This is outrageous"
She left the room and began speaking with a man in a long white coat outside the door.
"Both of them are alone and I think the girl is a little off. I've requested a psych- evaluation and I'm calling social services" the nurse said
"Did you get the test results back?" the man in the white coat said
"Yes. There were quite odd"
"Dmitri" I hissed
He woke with a start. "Saira, oh, you're alright"
"Yeah, now let's get out of here" I said, "C'mere, I'll change our appearance so they wont recognize us."
I waved my hands in front o Dmitri and his hair turned bright blonde and his face completely changed. His clothes were something he would never wear otherwise and I was proud, but worried because changing someone's entire appearance was hard and I wasn't sure if I would be able to do mine. With all my strength I changed myself with black hair and a different face and clothes but I kept my eyes the same. I was weaker but I could still walk fine.
"If there's one magic I know how to do and do well its this" I said "C'mon"
In our disguises, we were able to walk out of the hospital without any confrontation. I saw the nurse go back into my room then call for security. Dmitri and I ran out laughing. As we walked back to our hotel, our disguises began to fade away. When we entered our room, we found Zelda standing there.
"Come, we must leave no" she said, "Gather your things"
"Bloody hell. When did you get here?" I asked
"The time to answer questions is for later. Come"
Zelda led us out and down he hall to the elevator. We stepped inside and Zelda pressed the number 10 button and we began to move. However when we reached ten she pressed the button that read 'emergency stop.' Light filled the small room and we reappeared in the middle of Hyrule Field.
"What in the name of Nayru were you doing in Earth?" she scolded
"It was an accident" I yelled back
"You could have been stuck to there"
"Don't you think we know that" Dmitri said
"Go to Zora's Domain. Stay away from any portals that may appear. Do you understand me?!"
"Fine"
I grabbed my bag and started walking. Dmitri followed a few feet behind me. I was furious but I wasn't sure why. Zelda had got me back to Hyrule and that's what I wanted to do.
It took us several days to get to Zora's Domain because I didn't feel like traveling very far each day. I knew we were close when we reached Zora's River. We followed it upstream for an entire day before we reached the entrance to the domain.
"Okay. There's the only entrance that's not frozen, but how do we get in?" Dmitri asked
"There's usually always instructions. Ah, look" I found an inscription in the stone on the ground. "We need to play the Song of the Royal Family to gain entry"
"Does that mean it will make a gap in the stupid waterfall so we can jump through?"
"I dunno. I guess we'll find out"
But it didn't. We were able to get through but we got drenched in the process. We entered practically a paradise to me anyway. Everything was water besides a few elevated paths here and there. The walls seemed to shine wherever you looked. However there was a chill in the air that was difficult to ignore.
In the water, I could see the Zora people. They looked like fish but with arms and legs. Fins were attached to their arms and their feet were webbed. Their skin was white with blue and turquoise in different places.
I followed to the path before us and it led us straight to the throne room where King Zora was sitting. To me he looked like a giant sleeping frog since he was fat for a Zora. I walked onto a platform to address him in a respectful manner.
"Your majesty?"
He woke. I bowed and kneeled
"Who goes there?"
"I am Sairalinde Trinity. I've been sent by Prin-um, Sheik"
"Ah he told me you might be coming. Hmm, your looks resemble someone I know"
"You have met my brother, Link"
"A fine young elf too. Saved my daughter, Ruto. She'll want to meet you." He said, "Ruto!"
A young Zora came from a hall to the left. I bowed.
"Yes, father?" she said
"This is Link's sister"
"Really?"
"I'm Saira"
"Didn't know he had a sister"
"Not many do" I said flatly
"Ruto, please find them a place to stay. Shiek said they would be here for awhile"
I wanted to protest but I knew it wouldn't do any good. Ruto took us to a room behind their shop.
"Are you really Link's sister?" she asked me
"Yes, I've been searching for him"
"Link was the bravest man I ever met. And my fiancée'"
Dmitri suddenly started coughing but I knew he was holding back laughs.
"Your fiancée?" I asked trying hard to keep a straight face
"Yes, I could only give Zora's Sapphire to my future husband"
"Hmm. This is sure a surprise" I said
"I'm surprised too. I thought you would know being his sister"
"Unfortunately, Link disappeared before I learned any of this. You wouldn't happen to know what happened to him, would you?"
"All he said was that since he had all of the stones, he must go to the Temple of Time and save Hyrule. He didn't do a good job though. My father wishes to deny it but the water of Hyrule has grown cold"
"Cold?"
"Yes with each day that Ganondorf reins, the water chills. Lord Jabu- Jabu feels it. I found ice in the lake where he dwells and the tunnel to Lake Hylia is completely frozen with ice that won't melt"
"We know. And the lake has very little water now" I said