Hey peeps. You may notice this update has come much later than the rest of
my story, owing to the fact, that I am mostly working on another at the
moment, and this one is slightly less important because it will take so
much longer. So this story is mostly on hold for the moment, but I wanted
to get this chapter out of the way, because it's been lingering.
~*Argentium*~
~*~*~
Chapter 4 - The conference of the gods
A long hall within the heavens, where starlight decorated the never-ending ceiling and mists cascaded down each pillar, swirling on the shining floor of light. A table was set with roughly one hundred chairs.
This place was the realm of the deities, between the worlds and not over just one, so al the gods were equal in this hall. Only the King of the gods was higher than all others, Regnis the god of Order, sat on an ornate throne at the head of the table. Lingering by a window was his brother Yuneth, the God of Chaos. His eyes never ceased their change of colour as his mood changed and altered like the winds. At this moment the shone green with anticipation and excitement, for the subject of the meeting being called was certainly an interesting one.
The spirits of the heavens began to gather, secretly showing off to each other as the entered. Baltdetna the goddess of love and beauty entered, a train of blonde haired children with her. Cyriadnis, the goddess of Flora and Fauna seemed to form from the mists that carpeted the floor, butterflies, wood sprites, fairies, fauns, and a flourish of petals welcomed her. These goddesses were from the world where Aradania and Armonwhyll existed.
From the lands of Albion came the noticeable patron goddess of sorcery, the ever-angry Mortaza with the same changing eyes like Yuneth and her unfaithful husband Loki.
The good and beautiful, bad and hideous all gathered from realms across the oceans of stars, the crypts below their worlds, halls of stone within mountains, vast oceans, until only three spaces remained.
As Regnis' eyes fell on this gap, the meeting went silent. He took a deep breath and looked around at all the faces. "Where are the three sisters of Hyrule?"
A murmur went up and faces turned to look around, most of them wanted it to appear they were straining to look, when actually they just didn't want to speak up. "Please, your highness." Said the swan-like god of birds, Ornitharn. "The sisters have the furthest to come."
Yuneth's eyes changed to blue. "They'll be here soon."
Sure enough after five minutes in which the gods had indulged yet again into conversation, three figures burst into the hall. Din, the goddess of power and fire, her eyes were crimson, her hair was deep burgundy and short, around her pointed ears, her skin was a pale red. Her sister Nayru, goddess of Wisdom, love and water, had long wavy hair that never seemed still and was the colours of a waterfall, her eyes were like the depths of the oceans and her skin seemed to ripple like the underwater reflection of the surface of the water.
Last entering was Farore, and Yuneth's eyes were immediately a deep passionate purple. She was the goddess of Courage, Wind and Forest. Her long thick evergreen hair was plaited, her skin was the colour of spring, and her eyes shone with life and bravery.
"I am so sorry Regnis, we had far to come." Din apologised. Regnis nodded and they sat. Yuneth caught Farore's eye, but she turned away immediately and tensed.
Regnis stood and soaked up the order in which everyone silenced. "I have an issue, about one of the humans within my land of Aradania." He started.
Immediately Mortis the god of death bellowed, "We are not making any more mortals, immortal, I simply won't allow it!" He scowled. Erinit the former- mortal and now patron goddess of orphans stared poisonously at the skeletal form opposite her who mouthed in return a surly, 'WHAT?'
"No, Mortis, nothing to do with that. I am worried because she has gone missing from my world. This has never happened before and it has confused me greatly. There is no trace of her, her family is very troubled and I feel like a possession of mine has been stolen."
There was silence flowed by a tiny, "Umm. . ." from the middle of the table. Every head turned to face Farore who looked highly embarrassed. "What does she look like?" She asked.
"Although she is mortal, her beauty rivals that of Baltdetna. Her hair is long, wavy and deepest black, her eyes are like the oceans, her skin pale and smooth and I gifted her with a second power of lightning."
"Oh HER! Why! She's in Hyrule." Said Din, oblivious to the fact her younger sister was bashing her arm wildly under the table.
"WHAT?" Regnis stood up extremely quickly. The rest of the council sat stunned, apart from Yuneth's eyes that had shifted to Orange with inward laughter. "Which of you did this sisters?"
Din blinked several times, Nayru looked thoughtful and Farore slowly rose to her feet.
"Well . . . I never . . ." Yuneth muttered.
"I did."
"WHY?" Bellowed Regnis. "You've unbalanced my world, every person connects, when their time comes their time comes! You can't just pluck them out early."
"Technically I can! You placed her in the wrong realm if you ask me!"
"WELL I DIDN'T ASK YOU!!!"
"WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE!!!"
The council roared with laughter and Regnis silenced them with a growl. "Farore, I'm not going to argue with you, state your reasons!!"
"She's Link's perfect partner! He's lonely and I felt sorry for him, so I searched the realms and I found her! She was perfect . . ." She smiled almost dreamily.
"Sister, I hate to burst your bubble, but are you mad. Haven't you noticed how much she argues with him, she's far too stubborn! Why didn't you help Link look to someone like Zelda?" Nayru urged her sister.
Farore turned on her angrily. "Just because the princess is your favourite and has your part of the Triforce does NOT mean that she has to go with Link who has my piece. She didn't do much good with your anyway apart from open a few barred doors!" She spat.
Din, now shrouded in flame stood up like a thunderbolt. "FARORE! That is OUT of Order!"
"Oh shut up! Your piece went to a madman who nearly destroyed the place!"
Din held her sister's gaze and sat down. Her actions were slow and dangerous.
"ENOUGH!" Regis roared. The rest of the council decided they would admit later how interesting that little episode had been. "You have a MONTH! One month to make them fall in love."
"DONE!" Farore said, but she hadn't listened carefully to the King's tone of voice - he wasn't finished yet . . .
"On one condition. At the end of that month if they haven't shared their first kiss together, fallen in love with another, OR if you intervene in ANY way, a portal will be opened, and an escort shall be arranged for her."
"But. . . . . they can't fall in love that quickly without help!"
"Then they obviously aren't very much of a perfect match are they?"
Farore rose silently, and walked out of the hall, a trail of wilted flowers behind her. The other gods took this to mean the meeting was over, so they all began to leave. Din stormed out, leaving the oldest of the hylian sisters.
Nayru got to her feet and slowly approached a dark figure looking out of the window.
"Yuneth can I have a word?"
A pair of yellow eyes fell upon her. "I think we need to help Farore."
The eyes widened and the yellow flashed brighter. "But, I thought she offended you? What do you have planned?"
Nayru smiled. "You're right, she did offend me, but she was right. Zelda isn't for Link, she's royalty and he isn't. Love is a delicate thing, and needs to be treated well, Regnis is being unjust, he seems just angry to lose a possession of his."
Yuneth's eyes were now a secretive lilac. "He's extremely possessive of his subjects . . . . but I want to help you, my brother always was a killjoy." He grinned.
"Right, well here's what I noticed . . . Regnis only said that Farore was not allowed to intervene."
"I'm listening . . ."
~*~*~
The villagers of Kakariko had noticed some very odd natural behaviour going on in their surroundings. The volcano that had lain dormant since Link saved Hyrule suddenly erupted without warning. The Villagers had prepared to flee, but the lava flow had worked it's way around the Goron's home, dodged the village and headed straight towards the forests behind the graveyard.
Even more odd than a lava flow that seemed to have consideration for the people, was that the forest picked up it's undergrowth and daintily moved out of the way, before a torrential downpour moved over the firey river, changed to sleet, snow and finally a blizzard that dropped from the sky, stopping it completely. The forest moved back.
There were mixed reactions. Most people ran back into their houses and quickly searched for a lotion to put over their eyes that would rid them of madness. Some went inside and began to pray, smearing their faces with the colour paint that represented their favourite goddess and burning calming incense.
But there are always those who are very clued up about everything that went on. They'd seen everything and weren't afraid, because they knew that it was nothing to do with the people - Din and Farore were having a rather large disagreement, and Nayru was trying to keep the peace.
~*~*~
*Link*
"Storm . . . . .you are never going to catch a fish if you keep wiggling that hook like a tangled up. . ."
"I am TRYING my best, Link, if you'll just let me . . . What the. . . ? Aah! NO!" Storm screamed and her fishing rod was wrenched out her hands, before going skimming around the pond at top speed. I began to laugh uncontrollably, in turn receiving an extremely evil look from Storm.
She'd been in Hyrule for a week and a bit now, and we had miraculously stopped fighting at every opportunity.
"You better get that rod back missy!" Said the man at the counter. Storm looked extremely put down and I felt sorry for her, so I quickly caught her eye. "Hey, check this out . . ." I chuckled quietly. I moved around the pond quietly and lined up with the man, who had turned around to sort out a display that had half fallen off the wall. I lifted back my rod and snapped it forward. The hook flew forward and lifted off his cap with ease. (I swear, this actually works!)
"WHAT? What the hell are you doing?" he yelled.
Storm was bent double as I sprinted round the edge of the pond laughing hysterically. I then slipped and fell sideways into the pond. When I'd come to my senses, I watched as the cap filled with water and sank to the bottom of the pond. "What the HELL do you think you are doing? That is IT I'm giving you a 50 rupee fine."
We were chucked out of the fishing pond. Storm lay down on the grass outside and looked like she was choking to death rather horribly, apart from the fact she was grinning wildly.
I sat down next to her and laughed along with her. The sun was shining and a light breeze had picked up, which blew across the lake and cooled our faces, but then I suddenly realised that Storm was silent. She had sat up and her eyes were closed. She seemed to be mouthing something and her hair flowed with the breeze which was swirling around her.
"Storm? What are you doing?"
"Link . . . . do you have a friend called Nabooru?"
"Yes, I do."
She suddenly grabbed my hand. I quickly forgot the sudden shock when another occurred. I could hear Nabooru's voice. She sounded strained and faint.
'Link . . . . .Link can you hear me? Please . . . . .help . . . . .my race . . . . . they need your he- . . . . .spirit Temple.'
It ended there. I looked down at Storm's hand. She let go of mine and frowned as she opened her eyes. "Link, what was that about?"
"The Gerudos are in trouble, I have to go and see what's happened."
"What are Gerudas?" Storm asked. "Gerudos," I corrected, "They are the tribe of women who live in the desert. They are connected strongly with spirits."
"Desert? As in arid landscape? Lots of sand? Burning sunlight?"
"Yes, I think that's what a desert is. Are you coming with me?"
Storm stared into space for several moments, but I didn't question what was on her mind, apart from the face she obviously dreaded intense heat.
"Yes, Link. I'm going to come with you."
~*~*~
Wowee, well, I wonder what is going to happen to the Gerudos!!! We shall find out . . . . next chapter. . . . .
~*Argentium*~
~*~*~
Chapter 4 - The conference of the gods
A long hall within the heavens, where starlight decorated the never-ending ceiling and mists cascaded down each pillar, swirling on the shining floor of light. A table was set with roughly one hundred chairs.
This place was the realm of the deities, between the worlds and not over just one, so al the gods were equal in this hall. Only the King of the gods was higher than all others, Regnis the god of Order, sat on an ornate throne at the head of the table. Lingering by a window was his brother Yuneth, the God of Chaos. His eyes never ceased their change of colour as his mood changed and altered like the winds. At this moment the shone green with anticipation and excitement, for the subject of the meeting being called was certainly an interesting one.
The spirits of the heavens began to gather, secretly showing off to each other as the entered. Baltdetna the goddess of love and beauty entered, a train of blonde haired children with her. Cyriadnis, the goddess of Flora and Fauna seemed to form from the mists that carpeted the floor, butterflies, wood sprites, fairies, fauns, and a flourish of petals welcomed her. These goddesses were from the world where Aradania and Armonwhyll existed.
From the lands of Albion came the noticeable patron goddess of sorcery, the ever-angry Mortaza with the same changing eyes like Yuneth and her unfaithful husband Loki.
The good and beautiful, bad and hideous all gathered from realms across the oceans of stars, the crypts below their worlds, halls of stone within mountains, vast oceans, until only three spaces remained.
As Regnis' eyes fell on this gap, the meeting went silent. He took a deep breath and looked around at all the faces. "Where are the three sisters of Hyrule?"
A murmur went up and faces turned to look around, most of them wanted it to appear they were straining to look, when actually they just didn't want to speak up. "Please, your highness." Said the swan-like god of birds, Ornitharn. "The sisters have the furthest to come."
Yuneth's eyes changed to blue. "They'll be here soon."
Sure enough after five minutes in which the gods had indulged yet again into conversation, three figures burst into the hall. Din, the goddess of power and fire, her eyes were crimson, her hair was deep burgundy and short, around her pointed ears, her skin was a pale red. Her sister Nayru, goddess of Wisdom, love and water, had long wavy hair that never seemed still and was the colours of a waterfall, her eyes were like the depths of the oceans and her skin seemed to ripple like the underwater reflection of the surface of the water.
Last entering was Farore, and Yuneth's eyes were immediately a deep passionate purple. She was the goddess of Courage, Wind and Forest. Her long thick evergreen hair was plaited, her skin was the colour of spring, and her eyes shone with life and bravery.
"I am so sorry Regnis, we had far to come." Din apologised. Regnis nodded and they sat. Yuneth caught Farore's eye, but she turned away immediately and tensed.
Regnis stood and soaked up the order in which everyone silenced. "I have an issue, about one of the humans within my land of Aradania." He started.
Immediately Mortis the god of death bellowed, "We are not making any more mortals, immortal, I simply won't allow it!" He scowled. Erinit the former- mortal and now patron goddess of orphans stared poisonously at the skeletal form opposite her who mouthed in return a surly, 'WHAT?'
"No, Mortis, nothing to do with that. I am worried because she has gone missing from my world. This has never happened before and it has confused me greatly. There is no trace of her, her family is very troubled and I feel like a possession of mine has been stolen."
There was silence flowed by a tiny, "Umm. . ." from the middle of the table. Every head turned to face Farore who looked highly embarrassed. "What does she look like?" She asked.
"Although she is mortal, her beauty rivals that of Baltdetna. Her hair is long, wavy and deepest black, her eyes are like the oceans, her skin pale and smooth and I gifted her with a second power of lightning."
"Oh HER! Why! She's in Hyrule." Said Din, oblivious to the fact her younger sister was bashing her arm wildly under the table.
"WHAT?" Regnis stood up extremely quickly. The rest of the council sat stunned, apart from Yuneth's eyes that had shifted to Orange with inward laughter. "Which of you did this sisters?"
Din blinked several times, Nayru looked thoughtful and Farore slowly rose to her feet.
"Well . . . I never . . ." Yuneth muttered.
"I did."
"WHY?" Bellowed Regnis. "You've unbalanced my world, every person connects, when their time comes their time comes! You can't just pluck them out early."
"Technically I can! You placed her in the wrong realm if you ask me!"
"WELL I DIDN'T ASK YOU!!!"
"WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE!!!"
The council roared with laughter and Regnis silenced them with a growl. "Farore, I'm not going to argue with you, state your reasons!!"
"She's Link's perfect partner! He's lonely and I felt sorry for him, so I searched the realms and I found her! She was perfect . . ." She smiled almost dreamily.
"Sister, I hate to burst your bubble, but are you mad. Haven't you noticed how much she argues with him, she's far too stubborn! Why didn't you help Link look to someone like Zelda?" Nayru urged her sister.
Farore turned on her angrily. "Just because the princess is your favourite and has your part of the Triforce does NOT mean that she has to go with Link who has my piece. She didn't do much good with your anyway apart from open a few barred doors!" She spat.
Din, now shrouded in flame stood up like a thunderbolt. "FARORE! That is OUT of Order!"
"Oh shut up! Your piece went to a madman who nearly destroyed the place!"
Din held her sister's gaze and sat down. Her actions were slow and dangerous.
"ENOUGH!" Regis roared. The rest of the council decided they would admit later how interesting that little episode had been. "You have a MONTH! One month to make them fall in love."
"DONE!" Farore said, but she hadn't listened carefully to the King's tone of voice - he wasn't finished yet . . .
"On one condition. At the end of that month if they haven't shared their first kiss together, fallen in love with another, OR if you intervene in ANY way, a portal will be opened, and an escort shall be arranged for her."
"But. . . . . they can't fall in love that quickly without help!"
"Then they obviously aren't very much of a perfect match are they?"
Farore rose silently, and walked out of the hall, a trail of wilted flowers behind her. The other gods took this to mean the meeting was over, so they all began to leave. Din stormed out, leaving the oldest of the hylian sisters.
Nayru got to her feet and slowly approached a dark figure looking out of the window.
"Yuneth can I have a word?"
A pair of yellow eyes fell upon her. "I think we need to help Farore."
The eyes widened and the yellow flashed brighter. "But, I thought she offended you? What do you have planned?"
Nayru smiled. "You're right, she did offend me, but she was right. Zelda isn't for Link, she's royalty and he isn't. Love is a delicate thing, and needs to be treated well, Regnis is being unjust, he seems just angry to lose a possession of his."
Yuneth's eyes were now a secretive lilac. "He's extremely possessive of his subjects . . . . but I want to help you, my brother always was a killjoy." He grinned.
"Right, well here's what I noticed . . . Regnis only said that Farore was not allowed to intervene."
"I'm listening . . ."
~*~*~
The villagers of Kakariko had noticed some very odd natural behaviour going on in their surroundings. The volcano that had lain dormant since Link saved Hyrule suddenly erupted without warning. The Villagers had prepared to flee, but the lava flow had worked it's way around the Goron's home, dodged the village and headed straight towards the forests behind the graveyard.
Even more odd than a lava flow that seemed to have consideration for the people, was that the forest picked up it's undergrowth and daintily moved out of the way, before a torrential downpour moved over the firey river, changed to sleet, snow and finally a blizzard that dropped from the sky, stopping it completely. The forest moved back.
There were mixed reactions. Most people ran back into their houses and quickly searched for a lotion to put over their eyes that would rid them of madness. Some went inside and began to pray, smearing their faces with the colour paint that represented their favourite goddess and burning calming incense.
But there are always those who are very clued up about everything that went on. They'd seen everything and weren't afraid, because they knew that it was nothing to do with the people - Din and Farore were having a rather large disagreement, and Nayru was trying to keep the peace.
~*~*~
*Link*
"Storm . . . . .you are never going to catch a fish if you keep wiggling that hook like a tangled up. . ."
"I am TRYING my best, Link, if you'll just let me . . . What the. . . ? Aah! NO!" Storm screamed and her fishing rod was wrenched out her hands, before going skimming around the pond at top speed. I began to laugh uncontrollably, in turn receiving an extremely evil look from Storm.
She'd been in Hyrule for a week and a bit now, and we had miraculously stopped fighting at every opportunity.
"You better get that rod back missy!" Said the man at the counter. Storm looked extremely put down and I felt sorry for her, so I quickly caught her eye. "Hey, check this out . . ." I chuckled quietly. I moved around the pond quietly and lined up with the man, who had turned around to sort out a display that had half fallen off the wall. I lifted back my rod and snapped it forward. The hook flew forward and lifted off his cap with ease. (I swear, this actually works!)
"WHAT? What the hell are you doing?" he yelled.
Storm was bent double as I sprinted round the edge of the pond laughing hysterically. I then slipped and fell sideways into the pond. When I'd come to my senses, I watched as the cap filled with water and sank to the bottom of the pond. "What the HELL do you think you are doing? That is IT I'm giving you a 50 rupee fine."
We were chucked out of the fishing pond. Storm lay down on the grass outside and looked like she was choking to death rather horribly, apart from the fact she was grinning wildly.
I sat down next to her and laughed along with her. The sun was shining and a light breeze had picked up, which blew across the lake and cooled our faces, but then I suddenly realised that Storm was silent. She had sat up and her eyes were closed. She seemed to be mouthing something and her hair flowed with the breeze which was swirling around her.
"Storm? What are you doing?"
"Link . . . . do you have a friend called Nabooru?"
"Yes, I do."
She suddenly grabbed my hand. I quickly forgot the sudden shock when another occurred. I could hear Nabooru's voice. She sounded strained and faint.
'Link . . . . .Link can you hear me? Please . . . . .help . . . . .my race . . . . . they need your he- . . . . .spirit Temple.'
It ended there. I looked down at Storm's hand. She let go of mine and frowned as she opened her eyes. "Link, what was that about?"
"The Gerudos are in trouble, I have to go and see what's happened."
"What are Gerudas?" Storm asked. "Gerudos," I corrected, "They are the tribe of women who live in the desert. They are connected strongly with spirits."
"Desert? As in arid landscape? Lots of sand? Burning sunlight?"
"Yes, I think that's what a desert is. Are you coming with me?"
Storm stared into space for several moments, but I didn't question what was on her mind, apart from the face she obviously dreaded intense heat.
"Yes, Link. I'm going to come with you."
~*~*~
Wowee, well, I wonder what is going to happen to the Gerudos!!! We shall find out . . . . next chapter. . . . .