Chapter 15
The next morning, Dmitri and I both woke up to the sound of boxes being moved. Our room was behind the shop and the owner was putting up new merchandise. We decided to explore a little bit. I was used to having the sun tell me what time of the day it was but Zora's Domain is inside and I had no knowledge of time. It could have been 3:00 in the morning for all I knew. The Zoras were overall nice and respectful toward us. They thought elves were interesting but at the same time very confusing. Since we are immortal, many of them thought we were 100 or more and just hadn't matured. I learned not to despair when my clothes became wet because it was inevitable being around so much water.
"Saira?" Dmitri asked me as we walked around,
"What Dmitri?"
"We've been here for nearly a month. How long do you plan on staying here?"
"I plan on leaving tomorrow. No one here knows what happened to Link."
"Good. I mean this place is cool and all but it's kinda creepy. I mean they're walking fish practically."
I laughed.
Saira packed her things that night. It was a good thing she had a magic bag because of all the stuff she's gotten on her journey so far. They decided to leave while everyone was asleep in case Sheik told them to keep them from leaving.
"C'mon" Saira said as they started towards the entrance.
"Okay. I don't see anyone"
Saira tried to walk out but it was like walking into a glass door. Dmitri caught me as I fell backward.
"What the bloody hell happened, love?"
"I don't know."
I walked up to the entrance and touched it with my finger. As if I was back in Kokiri, it shocked my finger and light spanned from where I touched. I ran to the throne room where Ruto was.
"Ruto, can I talk to you?" I said
She came down from her seat and walked up to me.
"What is it, Saira?"
"Why can't I leave?" I asked
"What do you mean?" she asked confused
"I can't leave. I got shocked when I tried to. Did Sheik do something?"
Ruto couldn't answer. Later on that night she learned from her father that Sheik performed a spell to keep me in Zora's Domain.
King Zora had been right; Dmitri and I stayed in Zora's Domain for a long time. I felt like a prisoner again except no sand. I felt useless as the days passed. My anger grew and only Dmitri could help.
Ruto and I became good friends. She taught me all about the Zora culture and even gave me a silver scale of their people. I didn't have the heart to tell her I already had a golden scale. I also spent much of my time pouring over books trying to learn any clues as to why Ganondorf spared me. Dmitri also helped me look for a spell that might be able to break the spell and let me leave.
Ruto had granted me access to the lake where Lord Jabu-Jabu was. It was a peaceful place and I often went there to relax.
We'd been there for nearly 3 years now and I was approaching my 14th birthday.
One night when it was really late, I couldn't sleep so I went to see Lord Jabu-Jabu. Dmitri came along
"Ruto was right," I said
"About what?" he asked as we walked there
"When we first arrived, she said the water was growing colder with each day that passed."
"The ice has been seen in larger chunks nowadays. Hey, the other day I found something that might interest you" he said
"What?"
"It's a cavern but it's all iced over"
We reached the lake.
"Look, Jabu-Jabu is gone" I pointed out
"Probably got too cold for him" Dmitri said
"Who cares? He was a giant fish anyway. So, where's this cavern?"
"Follow me"
Dmitri jumped on patches of ice until we reached a piece of land with a huge opening to the cavern. We ventured inside it. Everything was around us was covered in a thick layer of ice.
"Look out!" Dmitri yelled pulling me out of the way as ice stalactites fell from the ceiling.
"Thanks"
We continued on until we reached a large room.
"The only problem is that all the openings are sealed by this weird red ice."
I heard a loud rumble and the ground began to shake.
"Look out" I yelled pulling Dmitri out of the way of more falling ice.
"Thanks"
"Oh no, the entrance is caving in" I saw in the distance
We ran as fast as we could out of there. We barely got out as rocks came tumbling down. We started to go back when something hard hit me in the back of the head and I blacked out.
Dmitri woke me up awhile later by splashing me with water.
"We made it out but an octorok hit us both when we had our backs turned" he explained. "Hey, Saira, I was thinking"
"About?"
"Well. us"
"I don't follow"
"Have you ever thought about me and you? You know? Together?"
"I've thought about it, sure, but I don't know. I think it'd be weird"
"Well, do you want to try? I mean we've been through a lot so I seriously doubt we'll ever stop being friends'
"Okay. okay" I said smiling
"Cool. C'mon, we better get back" he said
Dmitri and I headed back holding hands. It was weird, but I liked it. The closer we got to Zora's Domain, the more ice there was. We were walking on ice by the time we got there, where we found every inch frozen over. All the Zoras were trapped in the ice under the water.
"Oh, my god" I whispered as I looked at Ruto under the ice. "What could freeze over this entire place within a matter of hours?"
"Better question is ho and I pretty sure I know"
"Everything is frozen except the main entrance and we can't get out."
I heard movement below us and I saw none other than Princess Zelda. She saw us and motioned for us to come down. We did still in shock seeing everything the way it was.
"I never --. I thought here would be safe," Zelda stammered
"It was safe. This just happened" I said, "But it's not up to you where I would be safe anyway"
"We went to the lake. When we got back, everything was frozen" Dmitri said
"Ganondorf has been waiting for that moment. He can't risk killing you," She said to me ignoring Dmitri.
"You've got to let us leave" Dmitri said
Zelda snapped her fingers, "Then go. Don't bother trying to get your things. It's frozen shut. I will try to free the princess. Go!"
I ran out as fast as my legs could take me. I didn't stop until I couldn't run anymore because I started having a vision
I saw a village, then my mind went fast forward up a long trail, then I felt like I was climbing and before I knew it I was at the top. There was an opening I was about to walk through when I snapped out of it.
"Damn" I said
"Love, what'd you see?"
"There's something at the top of Death Mountain. I saw a cave but I don't know what's there"
"Well, then that's our next stop." Dmitri said encouragingly.
We followed the river downstream for two days. Luckily I knew enough magic to get food and shelter. All my things were still in Zora's Domain, and I probably wouldn't see them again for a long time.
We headed to Kakariko Village, which is at the base of Death Mountain. It's left of the castle up a flight of stairs. The Death Mountain Trail starts in the village too.
Dmitri grabbed my hand as we started walking up the stairs to the village. The only village I've ever seen was Kokiri and those were all small tree houses so it was weird to see full size buildings in Hyrule. Dmitri had changed his hair blue again when we got to Zora's Domain and despite my attempts to get him to change, he never did.
At the entrance, two redheaded men were laughing loudly. A creepy looking old lady was muttering in front of a large house up two levels. A house with boarded up windows was in front of that. The bazaar was straight ahead up a small flight of stairs. Houses spanned across the left side except in the far corner where there were two potion shops. I could see the trail up Death Mountain to the left between two houses.
"Well, here goes nothing" he said
We headed towards the trail until we heard a yell and stopped dead in our tracks.
"DMITRI!! SAIRA!!"
"Please tell me that's not who I think it is" Dmitri whispered to me
"I'm pretty sure it would be your dear old mum, Vienne," I said
Slowly we turned around. Vienne had a look on her face as if she couldn't decide whether to be happy or furious. She ran up and threw her arms around us and gave us hugs and kisses.
"Oh my. When did you get here?"
"Just now, mum"
"You shouldn't have left Kokiri. It's dangerous in Hyrule these days"
Dmitri and I exchanged looks and smiled. Then Vienne noticed Dmitri's hand holding mine.
"You? And her? Together? Oh!" Vienne started crying but then she became angry again. "How long have you been out on your own?"
"Um. Uh. Well" he said
"Nearly 4 years" I said quietly
"4 YEARS!? 4 YEARS?!"
Vienne took us to their house where Stu was sitting reading a book. For nearly an hour they yelled and scolded us, mainly about Dmitri's hair, but at the same time were happy that we were safe and they were just ecstatic that Dmitri and I were an item. After a long time of yelling we were confined to the village.
July was beginning and I still needed to climb Death Mountain and fin out what was in the cave I'd seen in my vision. For 2 weeks I'd planned for Dmitri to cause a diversion while I ran away.
"So, what's your plan? How are you going to create a diversion?"
"The cuccos have been pinned up and quite for a long time and I happened to come in possession of fireworks"
"You're a genius. Okay, it's almost 2:00. Go now"
I went to the trail but I didn't go until heard the shrieking of cuccos. Everyone in the small town immediately began running towards the shrieking cuccos. I made my way up the trail. Tektites littered the trail, but I knew a spell to freeze them in place.
I climbed the trail slowly. I could have easily made it up in one day but I wanted to see everything I could. I went inside the Dodongo cave but when I got burn by one of them I decided not to venture further. For three days I climbed until I reached Goron city. Gorons, to me, were weird creatures. They look like beige walking rocks and they're not very smart except for the leader they follow.
All the Gorons I met seemed too preoccupied with eating and sleeping to help me with anything. Their city was all indoors and had 4 levels. One Goron told me the leader was on the very bottom level. I went inside since the door was open and an enormous Goron with a spiky hairstyle was.
"Who dares come here?" he said gruffly
I bowed respectfully before speaking.
"My name is Sairalinde Trinity"
"Trinity? Hmph, I know a boy by the name of Link Trinity. He's a hero of the Gorons. Do you know him?"
"I do. Link is my brother"
"Really? Well, I am Darunia and anyone who shares blood with Link is a friend to the Gorons too. What do you want?"
"What is at the top of the mountain?"
"The Great Faery of Wisdom lives there"
"Thank you."
I started to leave
"Wait, where is your brother?"
"That's why I must see the faery"
"Do you need any help?"
"No, I can manage"
With that I departed. I reached the part of the mountain I saw in my vision that I had been dreading; the straight up climb to the Great Faery. By the time I reached the top, I could barely walk from exhaustion. I staggered into the tunnel leading inside. It was identical inside as the one I had encountered in the desert with Dmitri. I played the song of the Royal Family and once again the room filled with the Great Faery's laughter as she emerged from the water. She looked identical with the same majestic appearance and spoke with the same wisdom.
"Sairalinde. If I am not mistaken, I am not the first of the Great Faeries you have found, am I?"
"No, I have seen the Great Faery of Magic as well" I answered, "I've come to -"
"You've come to know what has happened to your brother. I can answer but it saddens me that it will not be the answer you want to hear"
"He' not -"
"No he is not dead but he is not here in Hyrule. Link has been sealed in the Sacred Realm. The sage of Light, Rauru, will keep him there until he is ready to awaken as the Hero of Time"
"When will that be?"
"Alas, I cannot say. And now I must ask you to go back to the village. I'll reward you with the same gift I gave to your brother many years ago. This is Din's Fire. Now careful on the way down"
The Great Faery disappeared and I walked out. I got to the edge and began climbing down. Suddenly the mountain shook with a loud eruption. I lost my grip and began falling gathering speed the farther I fell. For the third time since I left Kokiri, I'd been knocked out cold.
The sound of music woke me up eventually. I opened my eyes and was staring up at Darunia's large face. I gave a shriek until I realized who it was.
"You took quite a nasty fall; 30 or 40 feet. Maybe even 50." He said to me
"How did I get here?" I asked
"I had some Gorons follow you"
"How long have I been here?"
"Two days but I ask you to stay until you're up to full strength."
It turns out I didn't get fully better until a week had passed. I'd broken my wrist and a few ribs. I went back to Kakariko in a state of depression. I'd spent years searching for Link only to find he's not even in the same realm.
I reached the village at night and Dmitri was waiting for me. He saw the look on my face and decided not to say anything. He just grabbed my hand and took me home. Vienne's house had many more rooms so Dmitri and I had our own room but he slept in my room anyway out of habit.
For the next few days, I hardly spoke a word to anyone. I think Dmitri just got fed up with my silence because we were walking one day and he suddenly burst out, almost angry.
"That's it! I've had it. You're bottling up. You always do this and this time I'm not letting you. What happened on that mountain?"
I was taken aback at first then felt bad for not telling him. After all, he was my boyfriend now
"I'm sorry. Sit down and I'll tell you everything"
I told him word for word everything the Great Faery said to me.
"So, he's not even in the same realm?"
"Nope. He could be gone for another 7 years for all I know"
"Has it really been 7 years?" Dmitri asked
"Nearly," I said, "On my birthday it will be the anniversary"
"Your birthday is in a month"
"Yeah" I said quietly
Dmitri leaned in but I backed away.
"Sorry" I said
"Love, I'm not gonna hurt you"
"I know. It's just weird"
"Look, why don't we just try once. If it's too weird, we'll stay friends. If not, we'll continue how we are. Okay? Deal?"
"Um.. okay" I agreed
Slowly and nervously I leaned in. I'd never kissed anyone before so I wasn't sure what to do, but from what I could tell, I was doing ok.
It was a very passionate kiss and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I didn't feel a spark like I think I should have. We pulled away but I kept my eyes closed for a moment before I looked at Dmitri again. I wasn't sure what to say and I couldn't tell anything from his expression.
"Love, did you, uh, hmm" he stammered
"Sorry" But Dmitri wasn't angry. In fact, he looked relieved.
"Oh, good. Neither did I. Friends?"
"Do you even have to ask?" I gave him a hug incase he had any doubts
"So, you wanna see what Dampe's up to?" he asked
"Sure"
Dampe' was the grave keeper in Kakariko Village. Everyone who died in the Royal Family was buried in the graveyard here. Dampe' had many stores about his travels in Hyrule before he settled in Kakariko. I also liked to talk to the ghosts in the graveyard because some of them were hundreds of years old and could tell you what life was like back then.
We entered the graveyard where Dampe' was walking around. He looked a little scared until he saw who it was and smirked.
"Ah Dmitri, Saira. You kids are the only people that come to see poor old Dampe' besides that little brat who comes round' once a week"
"Who said we came to see you?" Dmitri joked
"Shut up Dmitri" I laughed
"Yeah well, kids I got a shocking new tale for you" he started "You haven't visited me for a few days and during that time I was digging a new hole when a Redead attacked me"
"What's a Redead?" I asked
"Skeletal creatures whose scream freezes their victim in place. They try to suck the life out of their victim's mouths because they're not fully alive. They're caught between life and death so they steal life from others"
"How'd you survive?" Dmitri asked
"I hit em' with me shovel. After their bony fingers latch on, you stop being frozen. I kept me wits about me and beat the thing" he said proudly, "wanna see?"
"Yeah" we said together
Dampe' took us to the freshly dug hole and lying at the bottom was the most hideous thing I'd ever seen in my life. It wore an orange mask with two holes for the yes which there wasn't any; only black sockets. There was one more hole for the mouth where long teeth were in a bit down position. The overall creature was mostly bone with muscles here and there with a stretched layer of skin to keep everything together.
"Where'd it come from?" Dmitri asked
"Well, long ago and I mean long ago, the spirits that haunted Hyrule built a temple. However many years later, an evil spread, causing so much devastation. The great Sheikah, Impa, protector of Zelda, sealed the evil inside the well and closed the monsters up in the temple. She also kicked out the Gerudos who used to live here and sent them back to the desert."
"So, the Redead escaped from the temple?" I asked
"That's my guess." He said
"Oh, love, we gotta go or my mum will have our hides. Sorry, Dampe'. We'll come back tomorrow"
Dmitri and I ran home once again friends. Normal, no hassle friends. Luckily we got back just in time and didn't get in trouble.
The next morning, Dmitri and I both woke up to the sound of boxes being moved. Our room was behind the shop and the owner was putting up new merchandise. We decided to explore a little bit. I was used to having the sun tell me what time of the day it was but Zora's Domain is inside and I had no knowledge of time. It could have been 3:00 in the morning for all I knew. The Zoras were overall nice and respectful toward us. They thought elves were interesting but at the same time very confusing. Since we are immortal, many of them thought we were 100 or more and just hadn't matured. I learned not to despair when my clothes became wet because it was inevitable being around so much water.
"Saira?" Dmitri asked me as we walked around,
"What Dmitri?"
"We've been here for nearly a month. How long do you plan on staying here?"
"I plan on leaving tomorrow. No one here knows what happened to Link."
"Good. I mean this place is cool and all but it's kinda creepy. I mean they're walking fish practically."
I laughed.
Saira packed her things that night. It was a good thing she had a magic bag because of all the stuff she's gotten on her journey so far. They decided to leave while everyone was asleep in case Sheik told them to keep them from leaving.
"C'mon" Saira said as they started towards the entrance.
"Okay. I don't see anyone"
Saira tried to walk out but it was like walking into a glass door. Dmitri caught me as I fell backward.
"What the bloody hell happened, love?"
"I don't know."
I walked up to the entrance and touched it with my finger. As if I was back in Kokiri, it shocked my finger and light spanned from where I touched. I ran to the throne room where Ruto was.
"Ruto, can I talk to you?" I said
She came down from her seat and walked up to me.
"What is it, Saira?"
"Why can't I leave?" I asked
"What do you mean?" she asked confused
"I can't leave. I got shocked when I tried to. Did Sheik do something?"
Ruto couldn't answer. Later on that night she learned from her father that Sheik performed a spell to keep me in Zora's Domain.
King Zora had been right; Dmitri and I stayed in Zora's Domain for a long time. I felt like a prisoner again except no sand. I felt useless as the days passed. My anger grew and only Dmitri could help.
Ruto and I became good friends. She taught me all about the Zora culture and even gave me a silver scale of their people. I didn't have the heart to tell her I already had a golden scale. I also spent much of my time pouring over books trying to learn any clues as to why Ganondorf spared me. Dmitri also helped me look for a spell that might be able to break the spell and let me leave.
Ruto had granted me access to the lake where Lord Jabu-Jabu was. It was a peaceful place and I often went there to relax.
We'd been there for nearly 3 years now and I was approaching my 14th birthday.
One night when it was really late, I couldn't sleep so I went to see Lord Jabu-Jabu. Dmitri came along
"Ruto was right," I said
"About what?" he asked as we walked there
"When we first arrived, she said the water was growing colder with each day that passed."
"The ice has been seen in larger chunks nowadays. Hey, the other day I found something that might interest you" he said
"What?"
"It's a cavern but it's all iced over"
We reached the lake.
"Look, Jabu-Jabu is gone" I pointed out
"Probably got too cold for him" Dmitri said
"Who cares? He was a giant fish anyway. So, where's this cavern?"
"Follow me"
Dmitri jumped on patches of ice until we reached a piece of land with a huge opening to the cavern. We ventured inside it. Everything was around us was covered in a thick layer of ice.
"Look out!" Dmitri yelled pulling me out of the way as ice stalactites fell from the ceiling.
"Thanks"
We continued on until we reached a large room.
"The only problem is that all the openings are sealed by this weird red ice."
I heard a loud rumble and the ground began to shake.
"Look out" I yelled pulling Dmitri out of the way of more falling ice.
"Thanks"
"Oh no, the entrance is caving in" I saw in the distance
We ran as fast as we could out of there. We barely got out as rocks came tumbling down. We started to go back when something hard hit me in the back of the head and I blacked out.
Dmitri woke me up awhile later by splashing me with water.
"We made it out but an octorok hit us both when we had our backs turned" he explained. "Hey, Saira, I was thinking"
"About?"
"Well. us"
"I don't follow"
"Have you ever thought about me and you? You know? Together?"
"I've thought about it, sure, but I don't know. I think it'd be weird"
"Well, do you want to try? I mean we've been through a lot so I seriously doubt we'll ever stop being friends'
"Okay. okay" I said smiling
"Cool. C'mon, we better get back" he said
Dmitri and I headed back holding hands. It was weird, but I liked it. The closer we got to Zora's Domain, the more ice there was. We were walking on ice by the time we got there, where we found every inch frozen over. All the Zoras were trapped in the ice under the water.
"Oh, my god" I whispered as I looked at Ruto under the ice. "What could freeze over this entire place within a matter of hours?"
"Better question is ho and I pretty sure I know"
"Everything is frozen except the main entrance and we can't get out."
I heard movement below us and I saw none other than Princess Zelda. She saw us and motioned for us to come down. We did still in shock seeing everything the way it was.
"I never --. I thought here would be safe," Zelda stammered
"It was safe. This just happened" I said, "But it's not up to you where I would be safe anyway"
"We went to the lake. When we got back, everything was frozen" Dmitri said
"Ganondorf has been waiting for that moment. He can't risk killing you," She said to me ignoring Dmitri.
"You've got to let us leave" Dmitri said
Zelda snapped her fingers, "Then go. Don't bother trying to get your things. It's frozen shut. I will try to free the princess. Go!"
I ran out as fast as my legs could take me. I didn't stop until I couldn't run anymore because I started having a vision
I saw a village, then my mind went fast forward up a long trail, then I felt like I was climbing and before I knew it I was at the top. There was an opening I was about to walk through when I snapped out of it.
"Damn" I said
"Love, what'd you see?"
"There's something at the top of Death Mountain. I saw a cave but I don't know what's there"
"Well, then that's our next stop." Dmitri said encouragingly.
We followed the river downstream for two days. Luckily I knew enough magic to get food and shelter. All my things were still in Zora's Domain, and I probably wouldn't see them again for a long time.
We headed to Kakariko Village, which is at the base of Death Mountain. It's left of the castle up a flight of stairs. The Death Mountain Trail starts in the village too.
Dmitri grabbed my hand as we started walking up the stairs to the village. The only village I've ever seen was Kokiri and those were all small tree houses so it was weird to see full size buildings in Hyrule. Dmitri had changed his hair blue again when we got to Zora's Domain and despite my attempts to get him to change, he never did.
At the entrance, two redheaded men were laughing loudly. A creepy looking old lady was muttering in front of a large house up two levels. A house with boarded up windows was in front of that. The bazaar was straight ahead up a small flight of stairs. Houses spanned across the left side except in the far corner where there were two potion shops. I could see the trail up Death Mountain to the left between two houses.
"Well, here goes nothing" he said
We headed towards the trail until we heard a yell and stopped dead in our tracks.
"DMITRI!! SAIRA!!"
"Please tell me that's not who I think it is" Dmitri whispered to me
"I'm pretty sure it would be your dear old mum, Vienne," I said
Slowly we turned around. Vienne had a look on her face as if she couldn't decide whether to be happy or furious. She ran up and threw her arms around us and gave us hugs and kisses.
"Oh my. When did you get here?"
"Just now, mum"
"You shouldn't have left Kokiri. It's dangerous in Hyrule these days"
Dmitri and I exchanged looks and smiled. Then Vienne noticed Dmitri's hand holding mine.
"You? And her? Together? Oh!" Vienne started crying but then she became angry again. "How long have you been out on your own?"
"Um. Uh. Well" he said
"Nearly 4 years" I said quietly
"4 YEARS!? 4 YEARS?!"
Vienne took us to their house where Stu was sitting reading a book. For nearly an hour they yelled and scolded us, mainly about Dmitri's hair, but at the same time were happy that we were safe and they were just ecstatic that Dmitri and I were an item. After a long time of yelling we were confined to the village.
July was beginning and I still needed to climb Death Mountain and fin out what was in the cave I'd seen in my vision. For 2 weeks I'd planned for Dmitri to cause a diversion while I ran away.
"So, what's your plan? How are you going to create a diversion?"
"The cuccos have been pinned up and quite for a long time and I happened to come in possession of fireworks"
"You're a genius. Okay, it's almost 2:00. Go now"
I went to the trail but I didn't go until heard the shrieking of cuccos. Everyone in the small town immediately began running towards the shrieking cuccos. I made my way up the trail. Tektites littered the trail, but I knew a spell to freeze them in place.
I climbed the trail slowly. I could have easily made it up in one day but I wanted to see everything I could. I went inside the Dodongo cave but when I got burn by one of them I decided not to venture further. For three days I climbed until I reached Goron city. Gorons, to me, were weird creatures. They look like beige walking rocks and they're not very smart except for the leader they follow.
All the Gorons I met seemed too preoccupied with eating and sleeping to help me with anything. Their city was all indoors and had 4 levels. One Goron told me the leader was on the very bottom level. I went inside since the door was open and an enormous Goron with a spiky hairstyle was.
"Who dares come here?" he said gruffly
I bowed respectfully before speaking.
"My name is Sairalinde Trinity"
"Trinity? Hmph, I know a boy by the name of Link Trinity. He's a hero of the Gorons. Do you know him?"
"I do. Link is my brother"
"Really? Well, I am Darunia and anyone who shares blood with Link is a friend to the Gorons too. What do you want?"
"What is at the top of the mountain?"
"The Great Faery of Wisdom lives there"
"Thank you."
I started to leave
"Wait, where is your brother?"
"That's why I must see the faery"
"Do you need any help?"
"No, I can manage"
With that I departed. I reached the part of the mountain I saw in my vision that I had been dreading; the straight up climb to the Great Faery. By the time I reached the top, I could barely walk from exhaustion. I staggered into the tunnel leading inside. It was identical inside as the one I had encountered in the desert with Dmitri. I played the song of the Royal Family and once again the room filled with the Great Faery's laughter as she emerged from the water. She looked identical with the same majestic appearance and spoke with the same wisdom.
"Sairalinde. If I am not mistaken, I am not the first of the Great Faeries you have found, am I?"
"No, I have seen the Great Faery of Magic as well" I answered, "I've come to -"
"You've come to know what has happened to your brother. I can answer but it saddens me that it will not be the answer you want to hear"
"He' not -"
"No he is not dead but he is not here in Hyrule. Link has been sealed in the Sacred Realm. The sage of Light, Rauru, will keep him there until he is ready to awaken as the Hero of Time"
"When will that be?"
"Alas, I cannot say. And now I must ask you to go back to the village. I'll reward you with the same gift I gave to your brother many years ago. This is Din's Fire. Now careful on the way down"
The Great Faery disappeared and I walked out. I got to the edge and began climbing down. Suddenly the mountain shook with a loud eruption. I lost my grip and began falling gathering speed the farther I fell. For the third time since I left Kokiri, I'd been knocked out cold.
The sound of music woke me up eventually. I opened my eyes and was staring up at Darunia's large face. I gave a shriek until I realized who it was.
"You took quite a nasty fall; 30 or 40 feet. Maybe even 50." He said to me
"How did I get here?" I asked
"I had some Gorons follow you"
"How long have I been here?"
"Two days but I ask you to stay until you're up to full strength."
It turns out I didn't get fully better until a week had passed. I'd broken my wrist and a few ribs. I went back to Kakariko in a state of depression. I'd spent years searching for Link only to find he's not even in the same realm.
I reached the village at night and Dmitri was waiting for me. He saw the look on my face and decided not to say anything. He just grabbed my hand and took me home. Vienne's house had many more rooms so Dmitri and I had our own room but he slept in my room anyway out of habit.
For the next few days, I hardly spoke a word to anyone. I think Dmitri just got fed up with my silence because we were walking one day and he suddenly burst out, almost angry.
"That's it! I've had it. You're bottling up. You always do this and this time I'm not letting you. What happened on that mountain?"
I was taken aback at first then felt bad for not telling him. After all, he was my boyfriend now
"I'm sorry. Sit down and I'll tell you everything"
I told him word for word everything the Great Faery said to me.
"So, he's not even in the same realm?"
"Nope. He could be gone for another 7 years for all I know"
"Has it really been 7 years?" Dmitri asked
"Nearly," I said, "On my birthday it will be the anniversary"
"Your birthday is in a month"
"Yeah" I said quietly
Dmitri leaned in but I backed away.
"Sorry" I said
"Love, I'm not gonna hurt you"
"I know. It's just weird"
"Look, why don't we just try once. If it's too weird, we'll stay friends. If not, we'll continue how we are. Okay? Deal?"
"Um.. okay" I agreed
Slowly and nervously I leaned in. I'd never kissed anyone before so I wasn't sure what to do, but from what I could tell, I was doing ok.
It was a very passionate kiss and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I didn't feel a spark like I think I should have. We pulled away but I kept my eyes closed for a moment before I looked at Dmitri again. I wasn't sure what to say and I couldn't tell anything from his expression.
"Love, did you, uh, hmm" he stammered
"Sorry" But Dmitri wasn't angry. In fact, he looked relieved.
"Oh, good. Neither did I. Friends?"
"Do you even have to ask?" I gave him a hug incase he had any doubts
"So, you wanna see what Dampe's up to?" he asked
"Sure"
Dampe' was the grave keeper in Kakariko Village. Everyone who died in the Royal Family was buried in the graveyard here. Dampe' had many stores about his travels in Hyrule before he settled in Kakariko. I also liked to talk to the ghosts in the graveyard because some of them were hundreds of years old and could tell you what life was like back then.
We entered the graveyard where Dampe' was walking around. He looked a little scared until he saw who it was and smirked.
"Ah Dmitri, Saira. You kids are the only people that come to see poor old Dampe' besides that little brat who comes round' once a week"
"Who said we came to see you?" Dmitri joked
"Shut up Dmitri" I laughed
"Yeah well, kids I got a shocking new tale for you" he started "You haven't visited me for a few days and during that time I was digging a new hole when a Redead attacked me"
"What's a Redead?" I asked
"Skeletal creatures whose scream freezes their victim in place. They try to suck the life out of their victim's mouths because they're not fully alive. They're caught between life and death so they steal life from others"
"How'd you survive?" Dmitri asked
"I hit em' with me shovel. After their bony fingers latch on, you stop being frozen. I kept me wits about me and beat the thing" he said proudly, "wanna see?"
"Yeah" we said together
Dampe' took us to the freshly dug hole and lying at the bottom was the most hideous thing I'd ever seen in my life. It wore an orange mask with two holes for the yes which there wasn't any; only black sockets. There was one more hole for the mouth where long teeth were in a bit down position. The overall creature was mostly bone with muscles here and there with a stretched layer of skin to keep everything together.
"Where'd it come from?" Dmitri asked
"Well, long ago and I mean long ago, the spirits that haunted Hyrule built a temple. However many years later, an evil spread, causing so much devastation. The great Sheikah, Impa, protector of Zelda, sealed the evil inside the well and closed the monsters up in the temple. She also kicked out the Gerudos who used to live here and sent them back to the desert."
"So, the Redead escaped from the temple?" I asked
"That's my guess." He said
"Oh, love, we gotta go or my mum will have our hides. Sorry, Dampe'. We'll come back tomorrow"
Dmitri and I ran home once again friends. Normal, no hassle friends. Luckily we got back just in time and didn't get in trouble.