Walking out of the room, Cloud saw that they were in a, well, a temple. There was a sort of ledge in front of the door and a wide hall beyond, the ceiling covered in shadows. ~Whoa. That... is tall. Really tall. I'm kind of scared. God, I wish Squall could be here with me. But he's not. And it's all my fault.~
"I guess I should explain some things about Hyrule," Link said.
"Well yah. It would be nice,"
"Ok, Hyrule is the general kingdom of this world. It was made by three goddess, Din, Nayru, and Farore. The Kingdom is kind of, divided into parts. There's Kokiri Forest, which is where the I'm from. No one grows old there, and everyone has a fairy gaurdian to help them. Mine is Navi. You'll probably see her soon. She's kind of pushy," Link was talking rather fast and it was hard for Cloud to follow, but he realized something.
"Wait. If no one grows old, then, how are you 20? Or I'm assuming you're about 20. Anyway, is everyone in the Forest that old?" Cloud asked puzzled.
"No, I'm just a special case," Link continued, "Not really a Kokiri. Long story, I don't want to get into now. The forest is watched over by the Great Deku Tree. Or was, now, well, that's a long story too. Zora's River and Zora's Domain are another division, and they're ruled over by King Zora and Princess Ruto,"
At the mention of Princess Ruto, Zelda started laughing. She looked like she was about to say something, but Link cut in quickly, "If you say anything Zelda, I will hate you forever." The princess just laughed harder.
Cloud looked at both of them puzzled. "What--" he began.
"Nothing. absolutely nothing," answered Link. "Moving on," he glared at Zelda, who had finally stopped laughing, "the next division is Goron City and Mount Doom. Then there's Gerudo valley, ruled by, well, not sure at the moment, maybe Nabooru. A male child is only born there every 100 years, and when that happens, that child is the ruler. Unfortunately, this time it was Ganon, and not all the Gerudo support him. You're in Hyrule Castle Town right now. It's just a short walk from the Temple of Time to Hyrule Castle, which Zelda is the princess of, but we aren't going there. The other major human town is--"
"Whoa. Hold on. HUMAN town?" Cloud interupted.
"Well, yes. you don't expect humans to live in Zora's Domain, do you?" Link asked in a where-have-you-been kinda tone. "Like i was saying, the other major human town is Kakariko. These places are all important, because of the Temples." Here Link paused, waiting to see Cloud's reaction.
"Temples..." Cloud semi-asked, urging him to continue. As They all walked toward the village to buy supplies. Link sighed, ~how was he ever going to find Ganon when this guy was around asking all these questions! ~
" Temples are in different parts of Hyrule, each temple has a guardian." Link explained while they were walking towards some stores to get some items.
"That will be 30 rupees." The man at the counter said as Link bought some bombs.
After they all went shopping Link and Zelda said their goodbyes. After that, Zelda handed Link a golden ring with 3 small stones that were red, blue, and green.
"Those are all the spirtial stones put together, so you can be stronger and wiser in battles." Zelda told Link who looked as confused as Cloud did.
Link thanked Zelda, and him and Cloud were on their way.
Cloud decided to make conversation.
"So... Zelda's your girlfriend?" Cloud asked a bit disappointed.
"NO!" said an offended Link.
"Well, are you gay then?" Cloud asked with a smirk on his face.
Link fell silent.
~Wow, i think he might really be gay...~ Cloud thought. "Hey, it's ok if you are, I mean, in case you didn't notice or anything, Squall, the GUY we're looking for, is my lover."
Link stopped and looked thoughtful for a few seconds. "Of course i knew that. Do you think I'm stupid?" he said after a while, totally avoiding the gay question.
~Oh yah, he's gay.~ "So, where are we going anyway?" Cloud asked.
"Well, Hyrule's a pretty big place, and i'm not really sure where all we're going to have to go. Ganon's castle fortress, thing, is in Gerudo Valley, but we might have to go to other places first. I thought we'd go to Lon Lon Ranch and try to get you a horse."
"Ok. I'm not sure I can ride, but that makes sense. How far away is this, Lan Lun place... thing?" Cloud replied
"LON LON. It's Lon Lon. And it'll only take, about 3 days to get there, if we walk right when the sun comes up until right when it goes down."
"THREE DAYS?!?!" Cloud exploded. "Three days just to get a horse?!?! Squall might be DEAD by then!" He thought of his lover, dead before he could see him again, but turned his thoughts quickly, not wanting to think of that. "Why can't we travel at night?"
"Well, unless you're not planing on sleeping, we can't travel at night because we need rest. And, well, here, you just can't travel at night. Things come out. Not very nice things either." Link answered.
"I don't see what the problem is," said Cloud, still sounding slightly hysterical. "We both have swords. I don't know about you, but I handle mine well. We can take anything!" (note: hehe... cloud has a BIG sword)
"Well, i'm glad to hear your confidence. I don't know how much experience you've had fighting, but you can't always take everything. And these guys are hard to take. Besides, it'll still take a long time to get anywhere, and like I said earlier, you'll need sleep, or you won't be able to do anything." ~Stupid kid. doesn't know what he's getting into. I wouldn't be surprised if I can't get anything done cuz I have to keep pulling him out of stupid situations.~
Cloud shook his head in disagreement, but said nothing more. Link rolled his eyes as they continued their journey to the ranch. Cloud was still puzzled about Link.
"So you never really did answer my question, are you gay or are you not? It's a simple Question." Cloud asked as the sun started to fade into the sky and mountains. Link slightly blushed at this and turned around.
"If you really must know, I am, but that's beside the point right now. Do you want to get your boyfriend back or not?" Link said with the tiniest hint of jealously in his voice. ~I am SO good.~ Cloud thought as Link admitted.
"Can we get moving now? It's starting to get dark and I..." Link trailed off as Coyotes started howling.
"Uh ohh."
"What? Are you afraid of the dark or something?" Cloud said as he ran after Link who had ran off to shelter.
Link and cloud entered an empty cave. They gathered some pieces of wood that had been lying around in the cave and put them in a pile.
"Well, I don't see what good gathering wood will do if we don't have any matches.." Cloud told Link.
"Just watch."
Suddenly the wood was a flame and Clouds mouth was hanging wide open from shock.
"Holy SHIT! How did you do that?!?"
"Dins Fire." Link said with a smirk.
Cloud looked disbelievingly at Link. "I'm not even gonna ask you to explain that one," he said, his eyes still wide with shock.
~He looks kinda cute like that. Kinda like a lost child or something.~ Link thought. He quickly pushed those thoughts out of his head though. Just because he was gay didn't mean he needed a boyfriend. Especially one that was already taken.
"I want us to be able to get an early start. Like, as soon as the sun rises early. Even if we run all the way there or something, it's still quite a way to Lon Lon. I'm going to go ahead and go to sleep now," Link said, pulling a blanket out of the his pack and throwing it at Cloud. "I'm kinda glad I always carry a spare blanket," he mumbled to himself.
Cloud looked at his blanket. It was really soft and had fluffy bunnies sewed on it. "Um... why does your blanket have--" he began.
Link shot straight up and looked at Cloud. "They're... um... they're... they're... wolves?" he lied. Seeing the look on Cloud's face he said "Ok, Ok, they're bunnies. Fluffy bunnies. I like fluffy bunnies. They help me sleep. I'm gonna shut up now," he pulled his own blanket over his head (his was manly and had kittens on it) and fell into an embaressed sleep.
Cloud rolled over and pulled his blanket over his body, trying to sleep to, but finding it harder than Link. His thoughts kept going back to Squall, wondering where he was, if he was ok, if he was even alive anymore. Tears silently escaped his eyes as he thought of life without the dark haired man.
"Why are you crying?" a familier voice asked from behind...
~Could this be...~ Cloud thought as he looked up. He wasn't in the small cave with link and more... in fact he was somewhere totally different. Tall trees encircled Cloud. ~Where am I...?~
"Why are you crying?" The voice asked again.
"...Squall...?" Cloud asked with uncertainty.
"The one and only." Squall smirked back at the blonde.
Cloud stood staring at his lover in amazement, tears running down his face from happiness.
"Squall I'm so sorry! I told you I would take care of you but I couldn't I'm so sorry!" Cloud cried as he bounced on the darker man and cried into his shoulder. Cloud was silenced by Squall's finger. Soon they both were in a passionate kiss. Welcoming each other's tongues into their mouths.
"I've missed you so much..." Cloud told Squall, breaking off the kiss.
" Cloud, this isn't real..." Squall told Cloud, who now had a look of puzzlement on his face." it HAS to be a dream, because when I fell asleep I was locked in a dark chamber, and there was no way out..." Squall sadly told his blonde lover. Cloud didn't say anything; he just nodded and let a couple tears run down his face. ~ How could I ever think this was real...~Cloud thought as Squall locked his dark blue eyes on his lighter ones.
"Don't worry Cloud, you'll find me." Squall told Cloud. And with that Squall gave Cloud a small kiss on the cheek and vanished.
"But how--" Cloud started to say but then noticed he was talking to himself.
The circle of trees vanished as well, and Cloud was now in a small, cold and dark chamber. He heard someone crying. It was too dark to tell for sure, but somewhere in his heart he knew who it was: Squall. ~Is this real? Is this really where Squall is...?~ Cloud thought. Cloud was just about to go up to Squall, but the strange place disappeared and he was out side standing in front a large locked door. Cloud started to look around, to find any thing that might tell him where he might be. Cloud soon found a sign it read," Welcome to the Lost Woods."
"I guess I should explain some things about Hyrule," Link said.
"Well yah. It would be nice,"
"Ok, Hyrule is the general kingdom of this world. It was made by three goddess, Din, Nayru, and Farore. The Kingdom is kind of, divided into parts. There's Kokiri Forest, which is where the I'm from. No one grows old there, and everyone has a fairy gaurdian to help them. Mine is Navi. You'll probably see her soon. She's kind of pushy," Link was talking rather fast and it was hard for Cloud to follow, but he realized something.
"Wait. If no one grows old, then, how are you 20? Or I'm assuming you're about 20. Anyway, is everyone in the Forest that old?" Cloud asked puzzled.
"No, I'm just a special case," Link continued, "Not really a Kokiri. Long story, I don't want to get into now. The forest is watched over by the Great Deku Tree. Or was, now, well, that's a long story too. Zora's River and Zora's Domain are another division, and they're ruled over by King Zora and Princess Ruto,"
At the mention of Princess Ruto, Zelda started laughing. She looked like she was about to say something, but Link cut in quickly, "If you say anything Zelda, I will hate you forever." The princess just laughed harder.
Cloud looked at both of them puzzled. "What--" he began.
"Nothing. absolutely nothing," answered Link. "Moving on," he glared at Zelda, who had finally stopped laughing, "the next division is Goron City and Mount Doom. Then there's Gerudo valley, ruled by, well, not sure at the moment, maybe Nabooru. A male child is only born there every 100 years, and when that happens, that child is the ruler. Unfortunately, this time it was Ganon, and not all the Gerudo support him. You're in Hyrule Castle Town right now. It's just a short walk from the Temple of Time to Hyrule Castle, which Zelda is the princess of, but we aren't going there. The other major human town is--"
"Whoa. Hold on. HUMAN town?" Cloud interupted.
"Well, yes. you don't expect humans to live in Zora's Domain, do you?" Link asked in a where-have-you-been kinda tone. "Like i was saying, the other major human town is Kakariko. These places are all important, because of the Temples." Here Link paused, waiting to see Cloud's reaction.
"Temples..." Cloud semi-asked, urging him to continue. As They all walked toward the village to buy supplies. Link sighed, ~how was he ever going to find Ganon when this guy was around asking all these questions! ~
" Temples are in different parts of Hyrule, each temple has a guardian." Link explained while they were walking towards some stores to get some items.
"That will be 30 rupees." The man at the counter said as Link bought some bombs.
After they all went shopping Link and Zelda said their goodbyes. After that, Zelda handed Link a golden ring with 3 small stones that were red, blue, and green.
"Those are all the spirtial stones put together, so you can be stronger and wiser in battles." Zelda told Link who looked as confused as Cloud did.
Link thanked Zelda, and him and Cloud were on their way.
Cloud decided to make conversation.
"So... Zelda's your girlfriend?" Cloud asked a bit disappointed.
"NO!" said an offended Link.
"Well, are you gay then?" Cloud asked with a smirk on his face.
Link fell silent.
~Wow, i think he might really be gay...~ Cloud thought. "Hey, it's ok if you are, I mean, in case you didn't notice or anything, Squall, the GUY we're looking for, is my lover."
Link stopped and looked thoughtful for a few seconds. "Of course i knew that. Do you think I'm stupid?" he said after a while, totally avoiding the gay question.
~Oh yah, he's gay.~ "So, where are we going anyway?" Cloud asked.
"Well, Hyrule's a pretty big place, and i'm not really sure where all we're going to have to go. Ganon's castle fortress, thing, is in Gerudo Valley, but we might have to go to other places first. I thought we'd go to Lon Lon Ranch and try to get you a horse."
"Ok. I'm not sure I can ride, but that makes sense. How far away is this, Lan Lun place... thing?" Cloud replied
"LON LON. It's Lon Lon. And it'll only take, about 3 days to get there, if we walk right when the sun comes up until right when it goes down."
"THREE DAYS?!?!" Cloud exploded. "Three days just to get a horse?!?! Squall might be DEAD by then!" He thought of his lover, dead before he could see him again, but turned his thoughts quickly, not wanting to think of that. "Why can't we travel at night?"
"Well, unless you're not planing on sleeping, we can't travel at night because we need rest. And, well, here, you just can't travel at night. Things come out. Not very nice things either." Link answered.
"I don't see what the problem is," said Cloud, still sounding slightly hysterical. "We both have swords. I don't know about you, but I handle mine well. We can take anything!" (note: hehe... cloud has a BIG sword)
"Well, i'm glad to hear your confidence. I don't know how much experience you've had fighting, but you can't always take everything. And these guys are hard to take. Besides, it'll still take a long time to get anywhere, and like I said earlier, you'll need sleep, or you won't be able to do anything." ~Stupid kid. doesn't know what he's getting into. I wouldn't be surprised if I can't get anything done cuz I have to keep pulling him out of stupid situations.~
Cloud shook his head in disagreement, but said nothing more. Link rolled his eyes as they continued their journey to the ranch. Cloud was still puzzled about Link.
"So you never really did answer my question, are you gay or are you not? It's a simple Question." Cloud asked as the sun started to fade into the sky and mountains. Link slightly blushed at this and turned around.
"If you really must know, I am, but that's beside the point right now. Do you want to get your boyfriend back or not?" Link said with the tiniest hint of jealously in his voice. ~I am SO good.~ Cloud thought as Link admitted.
"Can we get moving now? It's starting to get dark and I..." Link trailed off as Coyotes started howling.
"Uh ohh."
"What? Are you afraid of the dark or something?" Cloud said as he ran after Link who had ran off to shelter.
Link and cloud entered an empty cave. They gathered some pieces of wood that had been lying around in the cave and put them in a pile.
"Well, I don't see what good gathering wood will do if we don't have any matches.." Cloud told Link.
"Just watch."
Suddenly the wood was a flame and Clouds mouth was hanging wide open from shock.
"Holy SHIT! How did you do that?!?"
"Dins Fire." Link said with a smirk.
Cloud looked disbelievingly at Link. "I'm not even gonna ask you to explain that one," he said, his eyes still wide with shock.
~He looks kinda cute like that. Kinda like a lost child or something.~ Link thought. He quickly pushed those thoughts out of his head though. Just because he was gay didn't mean he needed a boyfriend. Especially one that was already taken.
"I want us to be able to get an early start. Like, as soon as the sun rises early. Even if we run all the way there or something, it's still quite a way to Lon Lon. I'm going to go ahead and go to sleep now," Link said, pulling a blanket out of the his pack and throwing it at Cloud. "I'm kinda glad I always carry a spare blanket," he mumbled to himself.
Cloud looked at his blanket. It was really soft and had fluffy bunnies sewed on it. "Um... why does your blanket have--" he began.
Link shot straight up and looked at Cloud. "They're... um... they're... they're... wolves?" he lied. Seeing the look on Cloud's face he said "Ok, Ok, they're bunnies. Fluffy bunnies. I like fluffy bunnies. They help me sleep. I'm gonna shut up now," he pulled his own blanket over his head (his was manly and had kittens on it) and fell into an embaressed sleep.
Cloud rolled over and pulled his blanket over his body, trying to sleep to, but finding it harder than Link. His thoughts kept going back to Squall, wondering where he was, if he was ok, if he was even alive anymore. Tears silently escaped his eyes as he thought of life without the dark haired man.
"Why are you crying?" a familier voice asked from behind...
~Could this be...~ Cloud thought as he looked up. He wasn't in the small cave with link and more... in fact he was somewhere totally different. Tall trees encircled Cloud. ~Where am I...?~
"Why are you crying?" The voice asked again.
"...Squall...?" Cloud asked with uncertainty.
"The one and only." Squall smirked back at the blonde.
Cloud stood staring at his lover in amazement, tears running down his face from happiness.
"Squall I'm so sorry! I told you I would take care of you but I couldn't I'm so sorry!" Cloud cried as he bounced on the darker man and cried into his shoulder. Cloud was silenced by Squall's finger. Soon they both were in a passionate kiss. Welcoming each other's tongues into their mouths.
"I've missed you so much..." Cloud told Squall, breaking off the kiss.
" Cloud, this isn't real..." Squall told Cloud, who now had a look of puzzlement on his face." it HAS to be a dream, because when I fell asleep I was locked in a dark chamber, and there was no way out..." Squall sadly told his blonde lover. Cloud didn't say anything; he just nodded and let a couple tears run down his face. ~ How could I ever think this was real...~Cloud thought as Squall locked his dark blue eyes on his lighter ones.
"Don't worry Cloud, you'll find me." Squall told Cloud. And with that Squall gave Cloud a small kiss on the cheek and vanished.
"But how--" Cloud started to say but then noticed he was talking to himself.
The circle of trees vanished as well, and Cloud was now in a small, cold and dark chamber. He heard someone crying. It was too dark to tell for sure, but somewhere in his heart he knew who it was: Squall. ~Is this real? Is this really where Squall is...?~ Cloud thought. Cloud was just about to go up to Squall, but the strange place disappeared and he was out side standing in front a large locked door. Cloud started to look around, to find any thing that might tell him where he might be. Cloud soon found a sign it read," Welcome to the Lost Woods."