Chapter 2
Hidden Talents Revealed
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! "Open the door Carrie!" Sherry was yelling at the top of her lungs so that her sister in law could hear. "Please open the door." Carrie appeared in the doorway as she slowly opened it.
"What do you want Sherry?" Carrie looked up at the moon, it was almost in the middle of the sky. "It's about 11:00 at night, what are you screaming about?"
"Reinhardt is missing," She said in tears. "Shiga's up at the castle gate telling the guards. We just went in to check on him, and he wasn't in his room."
"What's going on mom?" Carrie looked back inside the house just to see Kevin coming out of his bedroom, wiping the sleep from his eyes. "What's with all the yelling?"
"Go get your father Kevin," Carrie said to her son.
"Why?" Kevin asked curiously.
"Just do it Kevin," She said. Kevin walked into his parent's room.
"Could it be Ganondorf?" Carrie asked. "Dad? Dad wake up," they heard Kevin saying in the background.
"I - don't - know," Sherry said in-between sobs. "It can't be. H-he's locked u-up i-i-in the cas-tle."
"Come inside and sit down," Carrie said in a comforting voice. Jacob came bounding into the room with Kevin behind him.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Reinhardt's missing," Carrie informed him. "Sherry said she went to check on him and he wasn't in his room."
"Ganondorf?" he asked.
"We're not sure," Carrie said. "As far as she knows he's still locked up."
"With Ganondorf you can't be sure. He's a lot stronger than any other hylian alive," Jacob said.
"There must be half a dozen guards by his cell," Carrie said getting annoyed. "Besides, he's not strong enough to rip open a jail cell Jacob."
"How do you know," Jacob shot back.
"Just go get your tunic on," Carrie told him angrily. Sherry knew why Carrie was so upset. Sherry was pregnant with another child, as was Carrie. They were both due any day and the stress of Reinhardt missing, plus Jacob's negativity wasn't helping at all.
"Can I come?" asked Kevin.
"No," Carrie said sternly. "You're only four years old, there's no way I'm letting you go too."
"Listen Carrie," Jacob said. "It's summer so Kevin's home for now. However, he's still supposed to be training. Just because he's advancing in ranks faster than Ganondorf did doesn't mean he shouldn't train. This would be a good learning experience for him." Carrie thought for a bit but finally caved in.
Meanwhile, back at the castle, Shiga was letting the guards know hat Reinhardt was missing. The guards were surprised at this.
"You, Tai. Go to the prison, make sure Ganondorf's still in his cell," The captain of the guard ordered. The young hylian ran off into the castle moving as fast as his legs could carry him.
"Do you really think Ganondorf could have done this Kirin?" Shiga asked the captain of the guard.
"It's a possibility," Kirin replied. Tai made it to Ganondorf's cell within minutes. The female Hylian watching Ganondorf turned in surprise when she heard Tai coming.
"Naja, where's Ganondorf?" he gasped, almost out of breath.
"Who wants to know?" Ganondorf asked before Naja had a chance to answer. "What's wrong? Wait, don't tell me, let me guess. Something is causing havoc in town and of course the first thing old man Kirin thought was 'It must be Ganondorf' correct?" Tai didn't say anything he just stared at Ganondorf and made a slight nod. "Well as you can see I'm still in my cell. As much as I'd like to be out wreaking havoc, I'm still stuck here."
"Enough of your sarcasm Ganondorf," Naja said to him. "Listen, you stay here and let your breath catch up to you, I'll go tell Kirin he's still here."
"Oh what's the matter? A little jog makes you so tiered you have to make a girl finish your errand for old man Kirin?" Ganondorf taunted.
"I may be a girl but I can do anything any man can do if not better!" Naja yelled back, quickly getting annoyed. She turned and made her way up the stairs and out of the prison.
"You know Ganondorf the, 'havoc' as you call it, would actually worry you if you really have changed," Tai informed him.
"What are you talking about?" Ganondorf asked, now suddenly interested. He stood up and started to lean against the bars of his cell. "Nothing could make me worried unless."
"Your little brother is missing," Tai interrupted as if finishing his sentence.
"For how long?" Ganondorf asked.
"Don't know, for a bit I guess," Tai answered. "Your father came rushing up about ten minutes ago telling 'old man Kirin' about it."
"Let me out," Ganondorf said staring fixated at Tai.
"What are you crazy?" Tai asked. "I'm not letting you out. I'd get put in prison."
"I just want to help find Reinhardt. If your brother was missing you'd want to help too."
"There's no way I'm letting you out," Tai repeated. "I don't care if you've changed or not I'm not losing my job because of this."
"You're going to lose a lot more than that if you don't open this door!" Ganondorf roared so loudly that it made the castle walls shake.
Tai looked dumbfounded due to the sheer magnitude of his voice. "I. can't.," he said. His voice sounded insignificant compared to Ganondorf's.
"You can't or you wont?" Ganondorf asked sternly.
"I.I." Tai sputtered. Because of the absence of Tai's answer, Ganondorf grabbed two of the bars to his cell and, with all his strength, pulled on them until he ripped them out of the floor and ceiling. Tai looked wide- eyed in horror at Ganondorf as he approached. Ganondorf bent down and lifted the young hylian up off the floor by the neck of his tunic.
"I'll deal with you later," Ganondorf threatened. He dropped him on the ground, ran up the stairs, and headed toward the armory where they put his armor and sword. Suddenly Naja appeared in front of him and drew her sword.
"Stop right there!" she yelled. Ganondorf just grabbed her, threw her aside, and made his way into the armory. He rushed while putting on his armor so he could get out there to find his brother. Reinhardt was only two years old now so he wasn't old enough to defend himself. He grabbed his sword and ran out of the castle. However, once he got to the exit, he was met by a few dozen guards. He slid to a halt just before he was impaled by Naja's spear. Anger flooded his veins, and he actually prepared to fight. Kirin steadied Naja and said with a stern voice, "drop your sword, and your punishment will not be as severe."
"Step aside Kirin, all I want is to help find my brother," Ganondorf replied.
"What?" Kirin asked in surprise.
"You wouldn't if it were your brother?" Ganondorf asked back.
"You can't let him help!" Naja yelled. "He's a criminal. If he found Reinhardt, he'd try to kill him."
"Then he will not search without another," Kirin declared. "As will no one else."
"But." Naja started, but Kirin silenced her.
"We need all the help we can get at the moment, we have no idea where Reinhardt may be." With that they departed, everyone assigned to look in a different place. It was dark as shadow in the town, and every time they thought they heard little Reinhardt, it was only a dog, as many dogs wander the streets at night. Ganondorf tried to sneak away a few times and even unintentionally walked away from his group, but was always retrieved. After about an hour of searching there was still no sight of him. Then someone heard a small yell coming from the castle wall.
"I hear him!" A young hylian named Axle yelled. "He's over there!" He pointed to the south wall near the drawbridge.
"Calm down Ax, its probably just another dog," Naja said.
"It can't be, it's coming from outside the gate," Axle said back. An older hylian started to clime the town watchtower. He looked out over the wall and past the moat that surrounded the town gate. Even though it was exceptionally dark out, his superior vision helped him focus on three moving figures just beyond the moat.
"It's not him," he said. "It's just a bunch of Stalchildren. Probably trying to find a way past the moat." He then heard a yell that had to come from a child. "Wait, there he is! I see him. he's fighting the Stalchildren!"
"Let down the bridge!" Ganondorf yelled.
"I can't," the old hylian yelled. If I open the gate, the Stalchildren could get in."
"He's right Ganondorf," Kirin said. "We can't take that risk. Because of the sheer numbers those things come in, we could be overwhelmed." Ganondorf knew there was no point in trying to argue, so he took things into his own hands. He ran at the wooden drawbridge and rammed his shoulder against it. The bridge moved about a millimeter. Ganondorf flattened his palms against it and pushed with all of his abnormal strength. Slowly the bridge started to go down. The rest of the hylians couldn't do anything but look on bewildered with their mouths wide open. Eventually the bridge was down far enough that he could jump between it and the wall. He fell into the moat and swam to the edge. There he saw his little brother fighting five Stalchildren at the same time. He was using a dagger, and the boomerang he got for his birthday. Reinhardt twirled around slashing at the walking skeletons, cutting their ribs, hacking off arms, and using his boomerang to knock of their heads. Each time he would destroy one, their bones would burst into a blue fire. Ganondorf stared in amazement at the skills his brother had before his training even began. Then he saw another figure in the dark. It was a giant Stalchild followed by three other smaller versions. He immediately attacked the small ones destroying them in four swipes of his sword. Ganondorf purposely let the big one get passed him because he was curious. Curious as to how Reinhardt would handle the situation. Nevertheless, he stood at the ready just in case Reinhardt needed help. What's funny is, that Reinhardt needed no help at all. For he instantly left the others behind and headed strait for the giant one. It was at least as tall as Ganondorf but that didn't seem to worry Reinhardt at all. The two-year-old leapt at the skeleton swiping his dagger horizontally cutting off his arms. A couple of vertical slices cut short five of the monsters ribs. To finish it of, he threw the wooden boomerang at the creature's spine, knocking it off balance. It wobbled a bit and fell to pieces in a burst of dark blue fire. The rest of the stalchildren ran off, noticing that they had no chance to win. Seeing this, the hylians dropped the drawbridge to let the two brothers back in.
"Not many people could have stood up to a giant Stalchild and lived," Ganondorf stated. "You did a very good job for such a young child." He had kind of a jealous if not disgusted sound to his voice. "Where'd you get the dagger?"
"From Mom and Dad's bedroom," he answered innocently. "I went outside and practiced with it. Then I heard scratching at the wooden bridge. I figured it was the Stalchildren, so I climbed the tower to make sure. When I saw that it was the Stalchildren, I jumped over the wall and into the moat, then started fighting the skeletons."
"Jumped over the wall!" Ganondorf yelled. "That's 40 feet!"
"Was it really?" Reinhardt asked.
"You crazy little brat!" Sherry yelled. "How could you steal that knife and go off fighting those.those.those things." She threw her arms around him and started to sob.
"Mon m all rit," Reinhardt said (he was muffled by his mother's arms and body.)
"He's all right," Shiga translated for his son. "Now stop hugging him before you suffocate him." Sherry finally let go but was still sobbing.
"You are grounded for the rest of your life!" Sherry yelled angrily.
"Just think of it as him starting his training a year early." Ganondorf said. His mother just shot an angry look at Ganondorf that made him quiver.
"Kevin, help," Reinhardt pleaded.
"Sorry man, you're on your own," he replied.
"I'm glad young Reinhardt is safe," Kirin said. "But Ganondorf, you're going to have to come with us."
As it came to pass, Ganondorf was allowed out, for Reinhardt was clearly able to protect himself. However, Ganondorf did get more time for breaking out of jail and assaulting a palace guard. All in all, his jail time only added up to seven months. Probably because Naja wasn't hurt that badly and he willingly went back with the guards.
Reinhardt was to be permitted to start his trip to knighthood a year early, making him the youngest apprentice in history. He would also break another record. For eight months after he was sent to become a knight, Sherry and Shiga got a letter stating what they never thought they would ever hear. By then Dana, Sherry's new daughter, was eight months old for she was born a couple of days after Reinhardt left. Also by then, Ganondorf was out of jail and back home.
"Ahhhhh!" Sherry screamed. Ganondorf came running into the room asking what happened. (He thought his mother was screaming in pain or something.)
"What's going on? What wrong?" Ganondorf asked.
"Nothing's wrong." Shiga replied.
"Reinhardt has been knighted!" Sherry cried. "He'll be back on his birthday!"
"That's in four months right?" Dana asked. (Of course you know eight months is old enough for hylian children to do many things Earth children can do at age three.)
"That's right," Sherry answered.
"Who'd have thought?" Shiga asked. "A three year old knight. Our son nonetheless." Ganondorf just stood there, an evil look enshrouded his eyes.
Hidden Talents Revealed
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! "Open the door Carrie!" Sherry was yelling at the top of her lungs so that her sister in law could hear. "Please open the door." Carrie appeared in the doorway as she slowly opened it.
"What do you want Sherry?" Carrie looked up at the moon, it was almost in the middle of the sky. "It's about 11:00 at night, what are you screaming about?"
"Reinhardt is missing," She said in tears. "Shiga's up at the castle gate telling the guards. We just went in to check on him, and he wasn't in his room."
"What's going on mom?" Carrie looked back inside the house just to see Kevin coming out of his bedroom, wiping the sleep from his eyes. "What's with all the yelling?"
"Go get your father Kevin," Carrie said to her son.
"Why?" Kevin asked curiously.
"Just do it Kevin," She said. Kevin walked into his parent's room.
"Could it be Ganondorf?" Carrie asked. "Dad? Dad wake up," they heard Kevin saying in the background.
"I - don't - know," Sherry said in-between sobs. "It can't be. H-he's locked u-up i-i-in the cas-tle."
"Come inside and sit down," Carrie said in a comforting voice. Jacob came bounding into the room with Kevin behind him.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Reinhardt's missing," Carrie informed him. "Sherry said she went to check on him and he wasn't in his room."
"Ganondorf?" he asked.
"We're not sure," Carrie said. "As far as she knows he's still locked up."
"With Ganondorf you can't be sure. He's a lot stronger than any other hylian alive," Jacob said.
"There must be half a dozen guards by his cell," Carrie said getting annoyed. "Besides, he's not strong enough to rip open a jail cell Jacob."
"How do you know," Jacob shot back.
"Just go get your tunic on," Carrie told him angrily. Sherry knew why Carrie was so upset. Sherry was pregnant with another child, as was Carrie. They were both due any day and the stress of Reinhardt missing, plus Jacob's negativity wasn't helping at all.
"Can I come?" asked Kevin.
"No," Carrie said sternly. "You're only four years old, there's no way I'm letting you go too."
"Listen Carrie," Jacob said. "It's summer so Kevin's home for now. However, he's still supposed to be training. Just because he's advancing in ranks faster than Ganondorf did doesn't mean he shouldn't train. This would be a good learning experience for him." Carrie thought for a bit but finally caved in.
Meanwhile, back at the castle, Shiga was letting the guards know hat Reinhardt was missing. The guards were surprised at this.
"You, Tai. Go to the prison, make sure Ganondorf's still in his cell," The captain of the guard ordered. The young hylian ran off into the castle moving as fast as his legs could carry him.
"Do you really think Ganondorf could have done this Kirin?" Shiga asked the captain of the guard.
"It's a possibility," Kirin replied. Tai made it to Ganondorf's cell within minutes. The female Hylian watching Ganondorf turned in surprise when she heard Tai coming.
"Naja, where's Ganondorf?" he gasped, almost out of breath.
"Who wants to know?" Ganondorf asked before Naja had a chance to answer. "What's wrong? Wait, don't tell me, let me guess. Something is causing havoc in town and of course the first thing old man Kirin thought was 'It must be Ganondorf' correct?" Tai didn't say anything he just stared at Ganondorf and made a slight nod. "Well as you can see I'm still in my cell. As much as I'd like to be out wreaking havoc, I'm still stuck here."
"Enough of your sarcasm Ganondorf," Naja said to him. "Listen, you stay here and let your breath catch up to you, I'll go tell Kirin he's still here."
"Oh what's the matter? A little jog makes you so tiered you have to make a girl finish your errand for old man Kirin?" Ganondorf taunted.
"I may be a girl but I can do anything any man can do if not better!" Naja yelled back, quickly getting annoyed. She turned and made her way up the stairs and out of the prison.
"You know Ganondorf the, 'havoc' as you call it, would actually worry you if you really have changed," Tai informed him.
"What are you talking about?" Ganondorf asked, now suddenly interested. He stood up and started to lean against the bars of his cell. "Nothing could make me worried unless."
"Your little brother is missing," Tai interrupted as if finishing his sentence.
"For how long?" Ganondorf asked.
"Don't know, for a bit I guess," Tai answered. "Your father came rushing up about ten minutes ago telling 'old man Kirin' about it."
"Let me out," Ganondorf said staring fixated at Tai.
"What are you crazy?" Tai asked. "I'm not letting you out. I'd get put in prison."
"I just want to help find Reinhardt. If your brother was missing you'd want to help too."
"There's no way I'm letting you out," Tai repeated. "I don't care if you've changed or not I'm not losing my job because of this."
"You're going to lose a lot more than that if you don't open this door!" Ganondorf roared so loudly that it made the castle walls shake.
Tai looked dumbfounded due to the sheer magnitude of his voice. "I. can't.," he said. His voice sounded insignificant compared to Ganondorf's.
"You can't or you wont?" Ganondorf asked sternly.
"I.I." Tai sputtered. Because of the absence of Tai's answer, Ganondorf grabbed two of the bars to his cell and, with all his strength, pulled on them until he ripped them out of the floor and ceiling. Tai looked wide- eyed in horror at Ganondorf as he approached. Ganondorf bent down and lifted the young hylian up off the floor by the neck of his tunic.
"I'll deal with you later," Ganondorf threatened. He dropped him on the ground, ran up the stairs, and headed toward the armory where they put his armor and sword. Suddenly Naja appeared in front of him and drew her sword.
"Stop right there!" she yelled. Ganondorf just grabbed her, threw her aside, and made his way into the armory. He rushed while putting on his armor so he could get out there to find his brother. Reinhardt was only two years old now so he wasn't old enough to defend himself. He grabbed his sword and ran out of the castle. However, once he got to the exit, he was met by a few dozen guards. He slid to a halt just before he was impaled by Naja's spear. Anger flooded his veins, and he actually prepared to fight. Kirin steadied Naja and said with a stern voice, "drop your sword, and your punishment will not be as severe."
"Step aside Kirin, all I want is to help find my brother," Ganondorf replied.
"What?" Kirin asked in surprise.
"You wouldn't if it were your brother?" Ganondorf asked back.
"You can't let him help!" Naja yelled. "He's a criminal. If he found Reinhardt, he'd try to kill him."
"Then he will not search without another," Kirin declared. "As will no one else."
"But." Naja started, but Kirin silenced her.
"We need all the help we can get at the moment, we have no idea where Reinhardt may be." With that they departed, everyone assigned to look in a different place. It was dark as shadow in the town, and every time they thought they heard little Reinhardt, it was only a dog, as many dogs wander the streets at night. Ganondorf tried to sneak away a few times and even unintentionally walked away from his group, but was always retrieved. After about an hour of searching there was still no sight of him. Then someone heard a small yell coming from the castle wall.
"I hear him!" A young hylian named Axle yelled. "He's over there!" He pointed to the south wall near the drawbridge.
"Calm down Ax, its probably just another dog," Naja said.
"It can't be, it's coming from outside the gate," Axle said back. An older hylian started to clime the town watchtower. He looked out over the wall and past the moat that surrounded the town gate. Even though it was exceptionally dark out, his superior vision helped him focus on three moving figures just beyond the moat.
"It's not him," he said. "It's just a bunch of Stalchildren. Probably trying to find a way past the moat." He then heard a yell that had to come from a child. "Wait, there he is! I see him. he's fighting the Stalchildren!"
"Let down the bridge!" Ganondorf yelled.
"I can't," the old hylian yelled. If I open the gate, the Stalchildren could get in."
"He's right Ganondorf," Kirin said. "We can't take that risk. Because of the sheer numbers those things come in, we could be overwhelmed." Ganondorf knew there was no point in trying to argue, so he took things into his own hands. He ran at the wooden drawbridge and rammed his shoulder against it. The bridge moved about a millimeter. Ganondorf flattened his palms against it and pushed with all of his abnormal strength. Slowly the bridge started to go down. The rest of the hylians couldn't do anything but look on bewildered with their mouths wide open. Eventually the bridge was down far enough that he could jump between it and the wall. He fell into the moat and swam to the edge. There he saw his little brother fighting five Stalchildren at the same time. He was using a dagger, and the boomerang he got for his birthday. Reinhardt twirled around slashing at the walking skeletons, cutting their ribs, hacking off arms, and using his boomerang to knock of their heads. Each time he would destroy one, their bones would burst into a blue fire. Ganondorf stared in amazement at the skills his brother had before his training even began. Then he saw another figure in the dark. It was a giant Stalchild followed by three other smaller versions. He immediately attacked the small ones destroying them in four swipes of his sword. Ganondorf purposely let the big one get passed him because he was curious. Curious as to how Reinhardt would handle the situation. Nevertheless, he stood at the ready just in case Reinhardt needed help. What's funny is, that Reinhardt needed no help at all. For he instantly left the others behind and headed strait for the giant one. It was at least as tall as Ganondorf but that didn't seem to worry Reinhardt at all. The two-year-old leapt at the skeleton swiping his dagger horizontally cutting off his arms. A couple of vertical slices cut short five of the monsters ribs. To finish it of, he threw the wooden boomerang at the creature's spine, knocking it off balance. It wobbled a bit and fell to pieces in a burst of dark blue fire. The rest of the stalchildren ran off, noticing that they had no chance to win. Seeing this, the hylians dropped the drawbridge to let the two brothers back in.
"Not many people could have stood up to a giant Stalchild and lived," Ganondorf stated. "You did a very good job for such a young child." He had kind of a jealous if not disgusted sound to his voice. "Where'd you get the dagger?"
"From Mom and Dad's bedroom," he answered innocently. "I went outside and practiced with it. Then I heard scratching at the wooden bridge. I figured it was the Stalchildren, so I climbed the tower to make sure. When I saw that it was the Stalchildren, I jumped over the wall and into the moat, then started fighting the skeletons."
"Jumped over the wall!" Ganondorf yelled. "That's 40 feet!"
"Was it really?" Reinhardt asked.
"You crazy little brat!" Sherry yelled. "How could you steal that knife and go off fighting those.those.those things." She threw her arms around him and started to sob.
"Mon m all rit," Reinhardt said (he was muffled by his mother's arms and body.)
"He's all right," Shiga translated for his son. "Now stop hugging him before you suffocate him." Sherry finally let go but was still sobbing.
"You are grounded for the rest of your life!" Sherry yelled angrily.
"Just think of it as him starting his training a year early." Ganondorf said. His mother just shot an angry look at Ganondorf that made him quiver.
"Kevin, help," Reinhardt pleaded.
"Sorry man, you're on your own," he replied.
"I'm glad young Reinhardt is safe," Kirin said. "But Ganondorf, you're going to have to come with us."
As it came to pass, Ganondorf was allowed out, for Reinhardt was clearly able to protect himself. However, Ganondorf did get more time for breaking out of jail and assaulting a palace guard. All in all, his jail time only added up to seven months. Probably because Naja wasn't hurt that badly and he willingly went back with the guards.
Reinhardt was to be permitted to start his trip to knighthood a year early, making him the youngest apprentice in history. He would also break another record. For eight months after he was sent to become a knight, Sherry and Shiga got a letter stating what they never thought they would ever hear. By then Dana, Sherry's new daughter, was eight months old for she was born a couple of days after Reinhardt left. Also by then, Ganondorf was out of jail and back home.
"Ahhhhh!" Sherry screamed. Ganondorf came running into the room asking what happened. (He thought his mother was screaming in pain or something.)
"What's going on? What wrong?" Ganondorf asked.
"Nothing's wrong." Shiga replied.
"Reinhardt has been knighted!" Sherry cried. "He'll be back on his birthday!"
"That's in four months right?" Dana asked. (Of course you know eight months is old enough for hylian children to do many things Earth children can do at age three.)
"That's right," Sherry answered.
"Who'd have thought?" Shiga asked. "A three year old knight. Our son nonetheless." Ganondorf just stood there, an evil look enshrouded his eyes.