I'm sorry this chapter took so long. I barely had time to write as it was, but halfway through, I had to write chapter 13! You'll see why later... Oh, important! It is about half an hour's ride from Hyrule Castle to Gerudo Valley and back. Lon Lon Ranch is the same distance from Gerudo Valley as Hyrule Castle. Therefore, it is thirty minutes after Nabooru leaves the castle that she and (you'll find out later in the chapter) get to the ranch.
Father of Time
Chapter 12
Day Two Hundred Two: Early Afternoon
Nabooru's POV
Outside Gerudo Valley
That day, I was on my way back from Hyrule Castle. I'd had a meeting with Queen Zelda about what to do with the few Gerudo who were still loyal to that swine, Ganondorf. The meeting was cut short because she and the king were going to see Link's new daughter. Link...
There's a lot of people who say I'm too old for him, just because I looked like I was already an adult back when he met me as a ten year old. Actually, I was only fourteen at the time. Don't believe me? What can I say? Gerudo mature quickly. Kinda the anti-Kokiri, I guess. Either way, I'm only four years older than him, so you can't throw that excuse at me for what I'm going to say next.
I'm surprised he never noticed any of the obvious signs. The way I looked at him... That conversation we had when I became the Sage of Spirit... "If only I knew you would become such a handsome man..." Still, Link never noticed that I loved him. And now he was married and had a child...
I was broken out of my thoughts when I saw something red on the bridge. It was a man, unconscious with his legs hanging off the side! I ran up as quick as I could and caught him just before he fell off. "Sir? Sir?! S..." That's when I saw his face. It was Link! Well, almost. His hair and his barely open eyes were red, to match his clothes. "Link? Are you all right? What happened to your hair and eyes?"
"Link? That's my brother. I'm Rown. You must be Nabooru. You know, I don't remember anything. I mean, I remember people and places and names, but I can't remember any events. I can't even remember how I wound up on that bridge, or how I got so beat up." He was a wreck. I could see now that he looked like he had been attacked by a band of Stalfos.
"Shh. Let me take you to my home in Gerudo Valley. I'll fix you up, and maybe we can go see your niece a little later."
"My niece? Oh, yeah. Kimiko. Have I seen her yet? No. I can only remember her name. If I'd seen her, there'd be a face."
"Come on. I'll help you get on my horse." We both got on the horse and rode the rest of the way into the valley. "Oh, I'd better pin this on you, or you'll be captured." I gave him a Gerudo Membership Card. We went to my house and I started taking care of him. "I didn't know Link had more than one brother. The only one I knew about was Tael, the king."
"Oh, yeah. Besides him and me, there's Fado and Miku. Fado lives in the forest, and Miku lives down by the lake. They're both married to sages. You know, Saria and Ruto?"
"What about you? Where do you live? Who are you with?" I slapped myself mentally. 'God, Nabooru. How stupid could you be, asking a question like that. You just met him ten minutes ago and you're asking about his love life?'
"Well, I don't think I live anywhere. And there's nobody. In fact, I feel as if I didn't exist before you found me on that bridge."
"Don't worry. We'll get to the bottom of this later." I finished his first aid with a simple healing spell. "There, all better. What do you say we go visit little Kimiko now?"
"Sure!" We got back on my horse and rode out to Lon Lon Ranch. Tael and Zelda were just leaving the house when we got there. Zelda saw us and looked confused.
"Hi, Nabooru. Who's this?" Huh?
"I'd think you'd know. Rown is your brother-in-law, after all."
"Umm, I've never seen him before." Tael looked confused.
"Well, he has to really be another of Link's brothers. There's no way he could look like he does if he wasn't. But... You'd better go inside and talk to Link about it. We'd better be go..." Zelda was interrupted by Tael.
"Rown, do you have any memories before now?"
"Only waking up on the bridge in front of Gerudo Valley and Nabooru finding me and treating my wounds before bringing me here." Tael turned and whispered something to Zelda.
"Well, we know why, but you should hear it from Link. He'll understand better. Well, bye!" For some reason, Zelda turned to the back of the ranch as she spoke. Hmm... Rown and I walked inside, and almost right into Link.
"Whoa! Oh, hi, Naboo... Oh, boy. Farore told me they would do that but she never told me when. Listen..." Link told us about the conversation he had with the goddess of courage in his dream. The only thing he seemed to be leaving out was why they did it... "I'm sorry, but she didn't tell me your name..."
"Oh, I'm Rown. Hey, could we go see Kimiko, now?"
"I suppose. She's been getting a lot of attention today, though." It really showed. Kimiko was just falling asleep when we walked in. I swear, she was a little angel. Such a beautiful girl. I hoped to have a daughter like this someday.
"Link, do you think Ganondorf will ever escape?" I couldn't help but ask. After my meeting with Zelda, Rown had been the only other thing I could think about. Rown, with his incredible red eyes, and... Whoa. I had it bad.
"I'm almost positive he will, but it won't be in any of our lifetimes. He'll probably break out of the Sacred Realm in a few hundred years, and a hero will emerge, just as I did, and defeat him again. I wouldn't worry about it."
"Okay. Well, I guess we have to go now. It's a long ride back to Gerudo Valley." Sure, fifteen minutes wasn't that long, but there was something I wanted to ask Rown. Oddly enough, Link didn't ask Rown to stay there, and he showed us out.
"Umm, Nabooru. I don't have anywhere to stay."
"You can stay with me, Rown. I won't mind." 'I won't mind a bit!'
"Won't it be awkward?"
"Rown, what do you think of me?" I had no choice but to be fairly direct about this. Rown started blushing, a good sign.
"Uh...Well...I think you're great. I really like you."
"Well, I like you, too, so I don't think awkwardness will be a problem. Let's go." I think I almost gave my poor Rown a heart attack. He climbed onto the horse behind me, and I turned around and kissed him. He didn't speak again the whole way back to Gerudo Valley.
Well, how's that? Just about what you all asked for? I sure hope so. Now, since I had to write chapter 13 before I could finish this, it'll be posted early tomorrow afternoon. Until then!
Father of Time
Chapter 12
Day Two Hundred Two: Early Afternoon
Nabooru's POV
Outside Gerudo Valley
That day, I was on my way back from Hyrule Castle. I'd had a meeting with Queen Zelda about what to do with the few Gerudo who were still loyal to that swine, Ganondorf. The meeting was cut short because she and the king were going to see Link's new daughter. Link...
There's a lot of people who say I'm too old for him, just because I looked like I was already an adult back when he met me as a ten year old. Actually, I was only fourteen at the time. Don't believe me? What can I say? Gerudo mature quickly. Kinda the anti-Kokiri, I guess. Either way, I'm only four years older than him, so you can't throw that excuse at me for what I'm going to say next.
I'm surprised he never noticed any of the obvious signs. The way I looked at him... That conversation we had when I became the Sage of Spirit... "If only I knew you would become such a handsome man..." Still, Link never noticed that I loved him. And now he was married and had a child...
I was broken out of my thoughts when I saw something red on the bridge. It was a man, unconscious with his legs hanging off the side! I ran up as quick as I could and caught him just before he fell off. "Sir? Sir?! S..." That's when I saw his face. It was Link! Well, almost. His hair and his barely open eyes were red, to match his clothes. "Link? Are you all right? What happened to your hair and eyes?"
"Link? That's my brother. I'm Rown. You must be Nabooru. You know, I don't remember anything. I mean, I remember people and places and names, but I can't remember any events. I can't even remember how I wound up on that bridge, or how I got so beat up." He was a wreck. I could see now that he looked like he had been attacked by a band of Stalfos.
"Shh. Let me take you to my home in Gerudo Valley. I'll fix you up, and maybe we can go see your niece a little later."
"My niece? Oh, yeah. Kimiko. Have I seen her yet? No. I can only remember her name. If I'd seen her, there'd be a face."
"Come on. I'll help you get on my horse." We both got on the horse and rode the rest of the way into the valley. "Oh, I'd better pin this on you, or you'll be captured." I gave him a Gerudo Membership Card. We went to my house and I started taking care of him. "I didn't know Link had more than one brother. The only one I knew about was Tael, the king."
"Oh, yeah. Besides him and me, there's Fado and Miku. Fado lives in the forest, and Miku lives down by the lake. They're both married to sages. You know, Saria and Ruto?"
"What about you? Where do you live? Who are you with?" I slapped myself mentally. 'God, Nabooru. How stupid could you be, asking a question like that. You just met him ten minutes ago and you're asking about his love life?'
"Well, I don't think I live anywhere. And there's nobody. In fact, I feel as if I didn't exist before you found me on that bridge."
"Don't worry. We'll get to the bottom of this later." I finished his first aid with a simple healing spell. "There, all better. What do you say we go visit little Kimiko now?"
"Sure!" We got back on my horse and rode out to Lon Lon Ranch. Tael and Zelda were just leaving the house when we got there. Zelda saw us and looked confused.
"Hi, Nabooru. Who's this?" Huh?
"I'd think you'd know. Rown is your brother-in-law, after all."
"Umm, I've never seen him before." Tael looked confused.
"Well, he has to really be another of Link's brothers. There's no way he could look like he does if he wasn't. But... You'd better go inside and talk to Link about it. We'd better be go..." Zelda was interrupted by Tael.
"Rown, do you have any memories before now?"
"Only waking up on the bridge in front of Gerudo Valley and Nabooru finding me and treating my wounds before bringing me here." Tael turned and whispered something to Zelda.
"Well, we know why, but you should hear it from Link. He'll understand better. Well, bye!" For some reason, Zelda turned to the back of the ranch as she spoke. Hmm... Rown and I walked inside, and almost right into Link.
"Whoa! Oh, hi, Naboo... Oh, boy. Farore told me they would do that but she never told me when. Listen..." Link told us about the conversation he had with the goddess of courage in his dream. The only thing he seemed to be leaving out was why they did it... "I'm sorry, but she didn't tell me your name..."
"Oh, I'm Rown. Hey, could we go see Kimiko, now?"
"I suppose. She's been getting a lot of attention today, though." It really showed. Kimiko was just falling asleep when we walked in. I swear, she was a little angel. Such a beautiful girl. I hoped to have a daughter like this someday.
"Link, do you think Ganondorf will ever escape?" I couldn't help but ask. After my meeting with Zelda, Rown had been the only other thing I could think about. Rown, with his incredible red eyes, and... Whoa. I had it bad.
"I'm almost positive he will, but it won't be in any of our lifetimes. He'll probably break out of the Sacred Realm in a few hundred years, and a hero will emerge, just as I did, and defeat him again. I wouldn't worry about it."
"Okay. Well, I guess we have to go now. It's a long ride back to Gerudo Valley." Sure, fifteen minutes wasn't that long, but there was something I wanted to ask Rown. Oddly enough, Link didn't ask Rown to stay there, and he showed us out.
"Umm, Nabooru. I don't have anywhere to stay."
"You can stay with me, Rown. I won't mind." 'I won't mind a bit!'
"Won't it be awkward?"
"Rown, what do you think of me?" I had no choice but to be fairly direct about this. Rown started blushing, a good sign.
"Uh...Well...I think you're great. I really like you."
"Well, I like you, too, so I don't think awkwardness will be a problem. Let's go." I think I almost gave my poor Rown a heart attack. He climbed onto the horse behind me, and I turned around and kissed him. He didn't speak again the whole way back to Gerudo Valley.
Well, how's that? Just about what you all asked for? I sure hope so. Now, since I had to write chapter 13 before I could finish this, it'll be posted early tomorrow afternoon. Until then!