Chapter 16
That night I had an interesting dream. I was at a house but it definitely wasn't in Hyrule. I read a sign that said Godric's Hollow. I was inside the house now and there was a baby asleep upstairs. He had jet- black hair, which was very untidy. The two parents were downstairs. The woman had long red hair with bright green eyes, and the man had black untidy hair just like his son. He wore dark black glasses. I could see two wands on a table meaning they were human wizards.
Suddenly a man in a long black cloak burst in. His face was filled with evil and was very snake-like.
"Lily! Take Harry and go!" The man with untidy hair yelled.
My dream followed the woman. She ran upstairs and grabbed the baby boy. She held him in her arms and muttered something under her breath. The snake-like man burst in and pointed his wand at Lily.
He yelled a spell and green light shot from his wand killing her instantly. He then turned on the baby but the spell back fired. I got a glimpse of the newly made scar shaped like a lightening bolt.
Everything went by my eyes very quickly. I saw images of the young boy's life until it stopped at a particular moment. He was sitting on a stool wearing a hat. Saira assumed it was some sort of school. It flashed to a moment where he held a blood red stone.
It went fast again until it showed me a scene where the boy was fighting a giant snake. It skipped again to a scene in a musty room. A pale man with shaggy black hair stood. His clothes were dirty and he had a look of fury on his face.
I heard whispers in my head as I looked at him. They told me he was a man named Sirius Black, wrongfully accused of murder.
The whispers also said the boy's name was Harry Potter. Suddenly I woke up. I don't know why. No sound had been made and Dmitri was still snoring in the next room.
I got up and looked outside. The sun was just coming up over the horizon. I watched the sun come up in all its beauty. As much as I loved the night and staring at the stars, there was just something about the warmth and purity of the sun that touched my heart and made me wait for day. I went into the kitchen and made myself a cup of hot chocolate. Carrying the cup with me, I took a walk around the village where the crisp morning air helped me wake up a little more. By the time I got back, everyone but Dmitri was awake.
"Good morning Saira" Vienne said
"Morning Vienne" Even though I thought of Vienne as my mother, I never felt comfortable calling her 'mom.'
"Are you hungry?"
"No thanks" I said
"Could you go wake Dmitri up? I've tried, but I think you're the only that can"
"My pleasure" I said sneakily
I walked to Dmitri's room as quiet as I could. Slowly I grabbed his wrist and ran along the inside. Instantly he jumped up fully awake
"Love, what're you doin' to me?"
"I know all your secrets, Dmitri. Now, c'mon, we promised to go see Dampe'"
"It's not even 10:00"
"I'm awake though. Now c'mon or I'll get your back next" I said reaching for his back.
He grabbed my wrist as I reached and flipped me over and pinned me.
"You didn't even give me a chance. At least let me get dressed first"
I waited outside for Dmitri then we set off for the graveyard a few minutes later. Dampe' was usually awake at 5:00 every morning but we didn't see him walking around as usual and there were no holes he could be in. We went over to his shack where he lived and knocked on the door.
"Dampe'" I called
No answer. Slowly we opened the door. Dampe' lying on his bed but he wasn't moving. Dmitri walked over to him but I stayed in the doorway.
"Love he's.. dead"
Dampe' was buried that evening. Even though we were sad, we also knew he was very old and didn't have much time left. We also figured the Redead sucked what life he had left.
July rolled around as the weeks went by. Dmitri and I had gotten letters delivered to the house by owls, which we thought was rather weird. The letters were from a wizarding school known as Hogwarts. However we didn't tell Vienne or Stu because we didn't really want to go. Dmitri threw his in the trash in his room but I put mine away in my desk. I still don't know why I kept it but I did.
A few more weeks went by and it was now my 14th birthday. I refused any gifts and wouldn't let anyone throw a party or even acknowledge it was my birthday. However, Vienne insisted she at least bake me a cake, which I gave in to, to make her happy.
The following day was bright and nary a cloud covered the sky. The air was the perfect temperature and I felt this bright cheeriness didn't fit my mood at all. All day I walked around with a weird feeling. It wasn't a bad feeling but I couldn't explain where it was coming from.
Around midday Dmitri and I sat on the roof practicing changing appearances. I was really good and could always do it on the first try but Dmitri could only fully change his hair and eyes without any help. He kept his hair fully blue now but he only did it to spite his parents who hated it. I'd gotten used to it and supported how different he liked to be.
Far away in the distance someone was coming. I didn't turn to see who it was. The feeling I had been carrying was stronger than ever. One glimpse in that direction and my heart lifted and all my fears melted away. I climbed off the roof and ran. I ran and I didn't stop until I jumped on Link and forced both of us to fall over.
"Oh god Link. It's you! It's really you! I'm not imagining this! You're really here! I'm not imagining!"
Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks. Link didn't say a word. He just held me tight. He was much older than I remember but I could never mistake him, and that glimpse made me the happiest person alive at that moment. I continued repeating myself.
"Shh. I'm here. I'm here," he said quietly
For the longest time, I sat there in his arms and never wanted him to let me go. That day was the happiest of my life. After 7 long years of waiting, Link had finally come back. While we sat there, he did warn me that Rauru could call at any moment for him but I prayed to the goddesses it would be awhile.
I finally let go of him and he began to show me the things he'd gotten on his journey through Hyrule. The coolest thing to me was when he showed me the legendary Master Sword. I'd read about it in many stories but I never thought I would get to hold it in my hands. It was the very sword that vanquished the first evil. It alone possessed the power to destroy Ganondorf and return peace to our land.
Deep down, I was furious with Link. I was so angry because he'd left, and that I had been left alone. If I weren't so happy about his return, I would have yelled at him until I was hoarse.
"Vienne will want to see you. Stu too" I said
"You're the only one I want to see right now. I haven't seen my baby sister's face in so many years"
Dmitri slowly walked over and Link got up and embraced him as a brother. Almost immediately Link commented about Dmitri's hair. It was a happy reunion in the middle of the village. Eventually we headed back to the house where Vienne repeated the same greeting to Link as she had done for us. However he didn't get scolded quite as much since he was older. Link entertained us all that night with his adventure through Hyrule. Of course he didn't realize that Dmitri and I had had our own adventure so when it was our turn, he yelled at me good for going off on my own. But then he started asking us if we had gone to certain places.
"One of my favorites that made me think of you was the Gerudo River. Down at the bottom anyway." He said
"What's at the bottom? Dmitri and I only went to the fortress." I asked
"Did you see the waterfall at all?"
"All we did was see it as we passed over the bridge"
"It's an amazing sight, but actually being right next to it was intense. The water is crystal clear as is all the water in Hyrule."
"Wow. I wish we had gone there now"
"Why can't you go?"
"Oh I don't know. Maybe its because Ganondorf wants the both of us dead" I said.
"Are you worried about that? I wouldn't be. According to the sages, Ganondorf has not left his castle in a long time. He'll be nowhere near us"
And the next morning, Dmitri, Link, and me rode off towards the Gerudo River. It took us only a day or two to get there on horses. It looked much different since the last time I had been there. The bridge that spanned across the river was nothing but splinters now and no guards stood in front. I looked over the edge of the cliff and down at the river but I didn't see any way down.
"Um, Link, tell me man, how are we supposed to get down there?" Dmitri said.
"See that tiny little trail leading down"
"Oh, you mean the one where one wrong step and we'd plummet to our deaths?" I said sarcastically.
"That'd be the one"
Somehow, I'm not sure how, but somehow, we all made it down with no problem. There was a small flat piece of land near where the waterfall hit the water. Link had been right about the water though. The water was clear as air. If the water didn't change the image I would have thought it was air. The current wasn't strong so we could swim without fear of being swept off.
Dmitri and Link found a ladder behind the waterfall that led up about halfway to a small cave-like area in the rock. While they climbed, I made dinner for us. I kept expecting to wake up and still be staring at the ceiling from my bed wishing Link were there. But I never did.
We slept under the stars for several nights. Link and I resumed our old games of creating our own constellations and claiming stars for ourselves. Link found it weird when Dmitri fell asleep lying across my legs.
"You've been gone a long time. Things have changed," I said
"HEY. LOVE!!??" I heard Dmitri yell.
I looked around but didn't see him.
"LOOK UP!!"
I did and saw him barely balancing at the top of the waterfall. How he got up there, I don't know.
"Dmitri get down before you fall" I yelled worried
"FALL? NO. I WAS GOING TO JUMP!!" he said
"JUMP!! Dmitri no!"
Too late. I watched sight that would scare me beyond anything that had happened to me so far. Dmitri's foot slipped from under him and he began to fall with the water. However, many rocks were sticking out and I saw Dmitri hit each one with sickening crunches. Blood began to fall a few feet below him. He landed with a huge splash in the misty, bubbled water at the bottom.
"Dmitri!!!" I shrieked
Clothes and all I dove into the water. It wasn't hard to find him because a cloud of red water surrounded my friend. I put my arms around him as gently as I could and pulled him towards the surface. Link was waiting on shore and helped me get him out.
"Where were you?" I asked Link
"I was going to get something to eat when I saw him fall"
"He's not breathing"
After many attempts trying to get him to breath physically, I finally used magic and he began instantly. I could see many of his bones were broken and dislocated and he had many gashes everywhere from hitting the rocks. He was out cold and nothing I did woke him.
Link rode as fast as he could to get back to Kakariko. He wouldn't stop until he was there so he rode all day and night switching horses as he went. Vienne took one look at him and presumed the worst. She bandaged him up and he ended up spending a month lying in a bed. After that incident, Vienne would never let him go anywhere outside of Kakariko again.
November began and the weather began to cool but not quite enough for it to snow. Link and I had spent every moment we possibly could together. I feared everyday he would get the word from Rauru and have to depart again. As much as I tried, I could not prepare myself for when that day came. One night after he hadn't been summoned, I decided to ask him something that had been on my mind.
"Link?"
"Hmm?"
"Why does Ganondorf want me?"
Link didn't answer right away
"Have I ever told you about our mother?"
That wasn't quite the answer I was looking for. "No"
"I never really knew her. She left me in Kokiri just like you. The Deku Tree told me about her. She was a Seer meaning she had visions. She was also the mother of the 'savior of the worlds.' Ganondorf thinks it's you but he's not sure of the whole story. No one is.
"You mean I'm supposed to save the worlds?" I laughed
At that time, I didn't believe him so, when it came true, I was surprised and stunned. It was the last thing I wanted to do.
That night I had an interesting dream. I was at a house but it definitely wasn't in Hyrule. I read a sign that said Godric's Hollow. I was inside the house now and there was a baby asleep upstairs. He had jet- black hair, which was very untidy. The two parents were downstairs. The woman had long red hair with bright green eyes, and the man had black untidy hair just like his son. He wore dark black glasses. I could see two wands on a table meaning they were human wizards.
Suddenly a man in a long black cloak burst in. His face was filled with evil and was very snake-like.
"Lily! Take Harry and go!" The man with untidy hair yelled.
My dream followed the woman. She ran upstairs and grabbed the baby boy. She held him in her arms and muttered something under her breath. The snake-like man burst in and pointed his wand at Lily.
He yelled a spell and green light shot from his wand killing her instantly. He then turned on the baby but the spell back fired. I got a glimpse of the newly made scar shaped like a lightening bolt.
Everything went by my eyes very quickly. I saw images of the young boy's life until it stopped at a particular moment. He was sitting on a stool wearing a hat. Saira assumed it was some sort of school. It flashed to a moment where he held a blood red stone.
It went fast again until it showed me a scene where the boy was fighting a giant snake. It skipped again to a scene in a musty room. A pale man with shaggy black hair stood. His clothes were dirty and he had a look of fury on his face.
I heard whispers in my head as I looked at him. They told me he was a man named Sirius Black, wrongfully accused of murder.
The whispers also said the boy's name was Harry Potter. Suddenly I woke up. I don't know why. No sound had been made and Dmitri was still snoring in the next room.
I got up and looked outside. The sun was just coming up over the horizon. I watched the sun come up in all its beauty. As much as I loved the night and staring at the stars, there was just something about the warmth and purity of the sun that touched my heart and made me wait for day. I went into the kitchen and made myself a cup of hot chocolate. Carrying the cup with me, I took a walk around the village where the crisp morning air helped me wake up a little more. By the time I got back, everyone but Dmitri was awake.
"Good morning Saira" Vienne said
"Morning Vienne" Even though I thought of Vienne as my mother, I never felt comfortable calling her 'mom.'
"Are you hungry?"
"No thanks" I said
"Could you go wake Dmitri up? I've tried, but I think you're the only that can"
"My pleasure" I said sneakily
I walked to Dmitri's room as quiet as I could. Slowly I grabbed his wrist and ran along the inside. Instantly he jumped up fully awake
"Love, what're you doin' to me?"
"I know all your secrets, Dmitri. Now, c'mon, we promised to go see Dampe'"
"It's not even 10:00"
"I'm awake though. Now c'mon or I'll get your back next" I said reaching for his back.
He grabbed my wrist as I reached and flipped me over and pinned me.
"You didn't even give me a chance. At least let me get dressed first"
I waited outside for Dmitri then we set off for the graveyard a few minutes later. Dampe' was usually awake at 5:00 every morning but we didn't see him walking around as usual and there were no holes he could be in. We went over to his shack where he lived and knocked on the door.
"Dampe'" I called
No answer. Slowly we opened the door. Dampe' lying on his bed but he wasn't moving. Dmitri walked over to him but I stayed in the doorway.
"Love he's.. dead"
Dampe' was buried that evening. Even though we were sad, we also knew he was very old and didn't have much time left. We also figured the Redead sucked what life he had left.
July rolled around as the weeks went by. Dmitri and I had gotten letters delivered to the house by owls, which we thought was rather weird. The letters were from a wizarding school known as Hogwarts. However we didn't tell Vienne or Stu because we didn't really want to go. Dmitri threw his in the trash in his room but I put mine away in my desk. I still don't know why I kept it but I did.
A few more weeks went by and it was now my 14th birthday. I refused any gifts and wouldn't let anyone throw a party or even acknowledge it was my birthday. However, Vienne insisted she at least bake me a cake, which I gave in to, to make her happy.
The following day was bright and nary a cloud covered the sky. The air was the perfect temperature and I felt this bright cheeriness didn't fit my mood at all. All day I walked around with a weird feeling. It wasn't a bad feeling but I couldn't explain where it was coming from.
Around midday Dmitri and I sat on the roof practicing changing appearances. I was really good and could always do it on the first try but Dmitri could only fully change his hair and eyes without any help. He kept his hair fully blue now but he only did it to spite his parents who hated it. I'd gotten used to it and supported how different he liked to be.
Far away in the distance someone was coming. I didn't turn to see who it was. The feeling I had been carrying was stronger than ever. One glimpse in that direction and my heart lifted and all my fears melted away. I climbed off the roof and ran. I ran and I didn't stop until I jumped on Link and forced both of us to fall over.
"Oh god Link. It's you! It's really you! I'm not imagining this! You're really here! I'm not imagining!"
Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks. Link didn't say a word. He just held me tight. He was much older than I remember but I could never mistake him, and that glimpse made me the happiest person alive at that moment. I continued repeating myself.
"Shh. I'm here. I'm here," he said quietly
For the longest time, I sat there in his arms and never wanted him to let me go. That day was the happiest of my life. After 7 long years of waiting, Link had finally come back. While we sat there, he did warn me that Rauru could call at any moment for him but I prayed to the goddesses it would be awhile.
I finally let go of him and he began to show me the things he'd gotten on his journey through Hyrule. The coolest thing to me was when he showed me the legendary Master Sword. I'd read about it in many stories but I never thought I would get to hold it in my hands. It was the very sword that vanquished the first evil. It alone possessed the power to destroy Ganondorf and return peace to our land.
Deep down, I was furious with Link. I was so angry because he'd left, and that I had been left alone. If I weren't so happy about his return, I would have yelled at him until I was hoarse.
"Vienne will want to see you. Stu too" I said
"You're the only one I want to see right now. I haven't seen my baby sister's face in so many years"
Dmitri slowly walked over and Link got up and embraced him as a brother. Almost immediately Link commented about Dmitri's hair. It was a happy reunion in the middle of the village. Eventually we headed back to the house where Vienne repeated the same greeting to Link as she had done for us. However he didn't get scolded quite as much since he was older. Link entertained us all that night with his adventure through Hyrule. Of course he didn't realize that Dmitri and I had had our own adventure so when it was our turn, he yelled at me good for going off on my own. But then he started asking us if we had gone to certain places.
"One of my favorites that made me think of you was the Gerudo River. Down at the bottom anyway." He said
"What's at the bottom? Dmitri and I only went to the fortress." I asked
"Did you see the waterfall at all?"
"All we did was see it as we passed over the bridge"
"It's an amazing sight, but actually being right next to it was intense. The water is crystal clear as is all the water in Hyrule."
"Wow. I wish we had gone there now"
"Why can't you go?"
"Oh I don't know. Maybe its because Ganondorf wants the both of us dead" I said.
"Are you worried about that? I wouldn't be. According to the sages, Ganondorf has not left his castle in a long time. He'll be nowhere near us"
And the next morning, Dmitri, Link, and me rode off towards the Gerudo River. It took us only a day or two to get there on horses. It looked much different since the last time I had been there. The bridge that spanned across the river was nothing but splinters now and no guards stood in front. I looked over the edge of the cliff and down at the river but I didn't see any way down.
"Um, Link, tell me man, how are we supposed to get down there?" Dmitri said.
"See that tiny little trail leading down"
"Oh, you mean the one where one wrong step and we'd plummet to our deaths?" I said sarcastically.
"That'd be the one"
Somehow, I'm not sure how, but somehow, we all made it down with no problem. There was a small flat piece of land near where the waterfall hit the water. Link had been right about the water though. The water was clear as air. If the water didn't change the image I would have thought it was air. The current wasn't strong so we could swim without fear of being swept off.
Dmitri and Link found a ladder behind the waterfall that led up about halfway to a small cave-like area in the rock. While they climbed, I made dinner for us. I kept expecting to wake up and still be staring at the ceiling from my bed wishing Link were there. But I never did.
We slept under the stars for several nights. Link and I resumed our old games of creating our own constellations and claiming stars for ourselves. Link found it weird when Dmitri fell asleep lying across my legs.
"You've been gone a long time. Things have changed," I said
"HEY. LOVE!!??" I heard Dmitri yell.
I looked around but didn't see him.
"LOOK UP!!"
I did and saw him barely balancing at the top of the waterfall. How he got up there, I don't know.
"Dmitri get down before you fall" I yelled worried
"FALL? NO. I WAS GOING TO JUMP!!" he said
"JUMP!! Dmitri no!"
Too late. I watched sight that would scare me beyond anything that had happened to me so far. Dmitri's foot slipped from under him and he began to fall with the water. However, many rocks were sticking out and I saw Dmitri hit each one with sickening crunches. Blood began to fall a few feet below him. He landed with a huge splash in the misty, bubbled water at the bottom.
"Dmitri!!!" I shrieked
Clothes and all I dove into the water. It wasn't hard to find him because a cloud of red water surrounded my friend. I put my arms around him as gently as I could and pulled him towards the surface. Link was waiting on shore and helped me get him out.
"Where were you?" I asked Link
"I was going to get something to eat when I saw him fall"
"He's not breathing"
After many attempts trying to get him to breath physically, I finally used magic and he began instantly. I could see many of his bones were broken and dislocated and he had many gashes everywhere from hitting the rocks. He was out cold and nothing I did woke him.
Link rode as fast as he could to get back to Kakariko. He wouldn't stop until he was there so he rode all day and night switching horses as he went. Vienne took one look at him and presumed the worst. She bandaged him up and he ended up spending a month lying in a bed. After that incident, Vienne would never let him go anywhere outside of Kakariko again.
November began and the weather began to cool but not quite enough for it to snow. Link and I had spent every moment we possibly could together. I feared everyday he would get the word from Rauru and have to depart again. As much as I tried, I could not prepare myself for when that day came. One night after he hadn't been summoned, I decided to ask him something that had been on my mind.
"Link?"
"Hmm?"
"Why does Ganondorf want me?"
Link didn't answer right away
"Have I ever told you about our mother?"
That wasn't quite the answer I was looking for. "No"
"I never really knew her. She left me in Kokiri just like you. The Deku Tree told me about her. She was a Seer meaning she had visions. She was also the mother of the 'savior of the worlds.' Ganondorf thinks it's you but he's not sure of the whole story. No one is.
"You mean I'm supposed to save the worlds?" I laughed
At that time, I didn't believe him so, when it came true, I was surprised and stunned. It was the last thing I wanted to do.