The Package...
"That was easy," Luna said to Tanya as they walked off the circular arena together.
"You would have thought two Gorons would have been tougher than that," Tanya agreed.
"Yeah, I can't believe we won just by dodging a—" Luna started saying, but something short bumped into her. As she turned around to tell the thing to watch where it was going, but she saw two crystal clear blue eyes staring into hers. She noticed it was a male Hyrulian that looked around 10 or so, was clad in green, and was heading toward the chief Gerudo, and chief judge, Nabooru.
"Sorry," gruffed the little boy as he continued on his way, but stopped dead and looked back. He then returned to Luna and said in the same gruff voice, "Are you a Gerudo?"
Instantly she said, "Yes, what do you want?"
"Here," he said and handed her a package and then took off in the opposite direction of Nabooru.
She looked at the brown package and then looked at Tanya who said, "If you don't open it, I will."
Luna headed into the village (which was more of a fort than a village) and ran to her apartment of a tall building and closed the door quickly behind her, all the while, Tanya was following her, impatient to see what was in the package.
It was a decent sized apartment, especially for a Gerudo of her rank (that being of a sword dancer). There were three rooms in her apartment: the living room, the bedroom, and the bathroom. She didn't have a kitchen because she brought all her food home, but the food she did have was kept in the cupboards on the left side of the living room. There were four small cupboards on the left side of the wall: one for the food and a keg of water, one for bed sheets and towels, one for weapons and their leather sheaths along with leather bags, and one locked with an unbreakable lock (it was given to her by Nabooru at her Independence Ceremony) that held her most precious items. And opposite of the cupboard-filled wall, were two windows.
She had never bought or arranged the furniture in any sort of way since she moved in. The only things she put in there were the pictographs in their frames and the family crests. In the center of the room was a zebra rug with a black sofa and a black coffee table on it, all the wooden furniture was black-finished, above each doorway was family crest that showed a phoenix clutching a sword in each talon, wooden shelves with pictographs of Luna, Tanya, and Luna's foster mother. Anything that was of real value was stuck in the locked cupboard, because the entire Gerudo race was a bunch of thieves. It was more or less in their blood to steal, but being human, Luna never really got into that trade.
Luna walked over to her sofa and set the package on the table, and sat down while Tanya sat next to her on the couch.
After several seconds of staring at the box, Tanya impatiently said, "Open it already!"
Luna nodded and opened it. Inside were a smaller box and a letter on top. She set the letter aside and looked at the small box. It was wooden, painted a light green, and had a bunch of designs on it, which mostly involved a Triforce. She noticed that it was the human version of the Triforce.
Humans perceive more of the Triforce than Hyrulians. They believed that it consisted of five triangles, not three. They saw one big one and four smaller ones inside it. The human Triforce had a black outline of the outer triangle, the center triangle was silver, and the top-most, the left-most, and the right-most triangle were all golden. It's somewhat different than the Hyrulian's Triforce, but not much. The center piece has been missing from history, because the Goddess of Eternity has not yet been born. It was also said that the Goddess would be of human heritage, and once it was born it would join with its sister Goddesses to create the Goddess of Whole, a goddess who would bring a great blessing to Hyrule, and set humans to their rightful place among the races.
It is because of this belief that humans are put down at every chance possible. This belief has made humans righteous but meek, mainly because they think they must be lead to be great. And because of that meekness, Hyrulians have taken over Hyrule and treated humans as slaves. The very few that think they can take care of themselves without the help of a great prodigy, are free humans. Free humans are treated like traitors from the slave humans, treated like worthless crap from Hyrulians, but are treated as equals from the other races, except Gerudos. The Gerudos are a generally bias race anyway, so they always treat anybody, that isn't a Gerudo, like a non-person, especially men.
There was a human Triforce on each side of the beautiful light green box and a frame of a rose vine around the edge of each side of the box as well. Everything was carved into the little wooden box, which had to have been hard to do.
She looked at Tanya, who said, "I think you should read the letter first."
Luna nodded and took hold of the dark green letter. It felt as though it was made of silk, but it had to be paper. As she undid the blood red seal, which had a picture of a willow tree and a Triforce engraved on it, the envelope fell off and left her a piece of folded, leaf green paper in her hands. The envelope had fallen off like a liquid, and Luna looked down to find that it had turned into a forest green, satin handkerchief which had fallen to the stone floor.
Tanya picked it up and said, "A wizard must have sent you the package... probably a nature wizard."
All Luna could do was nod in agreement and unfold the paper. Magically, the words were read out loud in a deep male voice:
"Dear human Gerudo, It is time for you to return to your home, the place where you were born. It is time for you to realize your destiny and to meet the person who brought you to your sister Gerudos. I have no idea what your name may be, but I do hope this letter reaches you. I miss that cute face of yours, and I'm sure you have turned into a grand woman. Please come to the Lost Woods, and your guide shall meet you. You may bring as many people with you as you wish. I do hope I meet you again soon.
With sincere hope to see you again,
A Druid of Nature, Newt"
Both of them were stunned at the request made and also that the letter talked. Just as Luna was about to comment, she was interrupted by the loud male voice again:
"P.S. Do not worry—I don't expect to see you before the end of the Hero Games. Finish whatever it is you're doing before you come to see me."
"Good thing he said it. I was going to insist you stay 'till the Games were over," Tanya said to the stunned Luna.
"Aren't you the least surprised at what happened? He said that I was born in the Lost Woods; how can that be possible?" Luna said aghast.
"He didn't say that."
"Not in the same sentence, but he still implied it. Look where it says, 'it is time to return to your home, the place where you were born' and then where it says, 'please come to the Lost Woods'."
"Well, maybe you were born beyond the forest, and he'll lead you the rest of the way. Just because he says to meet him in the Lost Woods doesn't mean you were born there. Unless he says it directly like, 'it is time for you to return to the place you were born, the Lost Woods' I wouldn't panic."
"Well, so what? This guy could have made a mistake. How in the world does this guy know that I'm the person he's looking for? This could just be a big misunderstanding."
"Don't tell me that Luna the fearless Gerudo is already chickening out. Even if it is a mistake, we should go anyway and see if you're the one he's looking for."
"But we don't know the way," Luna said trying to find a reason not to go.
"Don't worry; I'm sure there's somebody who knows the way. Let's go to the bar and ask."
"Hang on; let's look at the box more closely."
"It's just a box with a bunch of designs on it, probably just for decoration. But put it in your cupboard anyway; you know this fort is full of thieves. Besides, I just remembered that my mom wants us to entertain the 'pigs' at her bar."
Luna nodded and looked for the key to the cupboard. Once she found it in the frame of the picture of her when she was three, she stuck her box, her handkerchief, and her letter in the cupboard. She then put the key to in a new spot: in the frame of the picture of her foster mother.
Tanya headed to the back and yelled out "Don't you want to get changed?"
So Luna followed her to the back, and picked out the perfect outfit while Tanya borrowed some of Luna's clothes. Tanya got finished putting her make up on first, so she headed to the door first.
"Let's go already," Tanya yelled holding the door open.
"Okay, okay, but remember I come out in the finale this time," Luna said rushing out the door and heading toward the exit of the building, while Tanya shut the door, locked it, and quickly followed after, saying under her breath, "Aren't the pigs going to get a surprise tonight?"
"That was easy," Luna said to Tanya as they walked off the circular arena together.
"You would have thought two Gorons would have been tougher than that," Tanya agreed.
"Yeah, I can't believe we won just by dodging a—" Luna started saying, but something short bumped into her. As she turned around to tell the thing to watch where it was going, but she saw two crystal clear blue eyes staring into hers. She noticed it was a male Hyrulian that looked around 10 or so, was clad in green, and was heading toward the chief Gerudo, and chief judge, Nabooru.
"Sorry," gruffed the little boy as he continued on his way, but stopped dead and looked back. He then returned to Luna and said in the same gruff voice, "Are you a Gerudo?"
Instantly she said, "Yes, what do you want?"
"Here," he said and handed her a package and then took off in the opposite direction of Nabooru.
She looked at the brown package and then looked at Tanya who said, "If you don't open it, I will."
Luna headed into the village (which was more of a fort than a village) and ran to her apartment of a tall building and closed the door quickly behind her, all the while, Tanya was following her, impatient to see what was in the package.
It was a decent sized apartment, especially for a Gerudo of her rank (that being of a sword dancer). There were three rooms in her apartment: the living room, the bedroom, and the bathroom. She didn't have a kitchen because she brought all her food home, but the food she did have was kept in the cupboards on the left side of the living room. There were four small cupboards on the left side of the wall: one for the food and a keg of water, one for bed sheets and towels, one for weapons and their leather sheaths along with leather bags, and one locked with an unbreakable lock (it was given to her by Nabooru at her Independence Ceremony) that held her most precious items. And opposite of the cupboard-filled wall, were two windows.
She had never bought or arranged the furniture in any sort of way since she moved in. The only things she put in there were the pictographs in their frames and the family crests. In the center of the room was a zebra rug with a black sofa and a black coffee table on it, all the wooden furniture was black-finished, above each doorway was family crest that showed a phoenix clutching a sword in each talon, wooden shelves with pictographs of Luna, Tanya, and Luna's foster mother. Anything that was of real value was stuck in the locked cupboard, because the entire Gerudo race was a bunch of thieves. It was more or less in their blood to steal, but being human, Luna never really got into that trade.
Luna walked over to her sofa and set the package on the table, and sat down while Tanya sat next to her on the couch.
After several seconds of staring at the box, Tanya impatiently said, "Open it already!"
Luna nodded and opened it. Inside were a smaller box and a letter on top. She set the letter aside and looked at the small box. It was wooden, painted a light green, and had a bunch of designs on it, which mostly involved a Triforce. She noticed that it was the human version of the Triforce.
Humans perceive more of the Triforce than Hyrulians. They believed that it consisted of five triangles, not three. They saw one big one and four smaller ones inside it. The human Triforce had a black outline of the outer triangle, the center triangle was silver, and the top-most, the left-most, and the right-most triangle were all golden. It's somewhat different than the Hyrulian's Triforce, but not much. The center piece has been missing from history, because the Goddess of Eternity has not yet been born. It was also said that the Goddess would be of human heritage, and once it was born it would join with its sister Goddesses to create the Goddess of Whole, a goddess who would bring a great blessing to Hyrule, and set humans to their rightful place among the races.
It is because of this belief that humans are put down at every chance possible. This belief has made humans righteous but meek, mainly because they think they must be lead to be great. And because of that meekness, Hyrulians have taken over Hyrule and treated humans as slaves. The very few that think they can take care of themselves without the help of a great prodigy, are free humans. Free humans are treated like traitors from the slave humans, treated like worthless crap from Hyrulians, but are treated as equals from the other races, except Gerudos. The Gerudos are a generally bias race anyway, so they always treat anybody, that isn't a Gerudo, like a non-person, especially men.
There was a human Triforce on each side of the beautiful light green box and a frame of a rose vine around the edge of each side of the box as well. Everything was carved into the little wooden box, which had to have been hard to do.
She looked at Tanya, who said, "I think you should read the letter first."
Luna nodded and took hold of the dark green letter. It felt as though it was made of silk, but it had to be paper. As she undid the blood red seal, which had a picture of a willow tree and a Triforce engraved on it, the envelope fell off and left her a piece of folded, leaf green paper in her hands. The envelope had fallen off like a liquid, and Luna looked down to find that it had turned into a forest green, satin handkerchief which had fallen to the stone floor.
Tanya picked it up and said, "A wizard must have sent you the package... probably a nature wizard."
All Luna could do was nod in agreement and unfold the paper. Magically, the words were read out loud in a deep male voice:
"Dear human Gerudo, It is time for you to return to your home, the place where you were born. It is time for you to realize your destiny and to meet the person who brought you to your sister Gerudos. I have no idea what your name may be, but I do hope this letter reaches you. I miss that cute face of yours, and I'm sure you have turned into a grand woman. Please come to the Lost Woods, and your guide shall meet you. You may bring as many people with you as you wish. I do hope I meet you again soon.
With sincere hope to see you again,
A Druid of Nature, Newt"
Both of them were stunned at the request made and also that the letter talked. Just as Luna was about to comment, she was interrupted by the loud male voice again:
"P.S. Do not worry—I don't expect to see you before the end of the Hero Games. Finish whatever it is you're doing before you come to see me."
"Good thing he said it. I was going to insist you stay 'till the Games were over," Tanya said to the stunned Luna.
"Aren't you the least surprised at what happened? He said that I was born in the Lost Woods; how can that be possible?" Luna said aghast.
"He didn't say that."
"Not in the same sentence, but he still implied it. Look where it says, 'it is time to return to your home, the place where you were born' and then where it says, 'please come to the Lost Woods'."
"Well, maybe you were born beyond the forest, and he'll lead you the rest of the way. Just because he says to meet him in the Lost Woods doesn't mean you were born there. Unless he says it directly like, 'it is time for you to return to the place you were born, the Lost Woods' I wouldn't panic."
"Well, so what? This guy could have made a mistake. How in the world does this guy know that I'm the person he's looking for? This could just be a big misunderstanding."
"Don't tell me that Luna the fearless Gerudo is already chickening out. Even if it is a mistake, we should go anyway and see if you're the one he's looking for."
"But we don't know the way," Luna said trying to find a reason not to go.
"Don't worry; I'm sure there's somebody who knows the way. Let's go to the bar and ask."
"Hang on; let's look at the box more closely."
"It's just a box with a bunch of designs on it, probably just for decoration. But put it in your cupboard anyway; you know this fort is full of thieves. Besides, I just remembered that my mom wants us to entertain the 'pigs' at her bar."
Luna nodded and looked for the key to the cupboard. Once she found it in the frame of the picture of her when she was three, she stuck her box, her handkerchief, and her letter in the cupboard. She then put the key to in a new spot: in the frame of the picture of her foster mother.
Tanya headed to the back and yelled out "Don't you want to get changed?"
So Luna followed her to the back, and picked out the perfect outfit while Tanya borrowed some of Luna's clothes. Tanya got finished putting her make up on first, so she headed to the door first.
"Let's go already," Tanya yelled holding the door open.
"Okay, okay, but remember I come out in the finale this time," Luna said rushing out the door and heading toward the exit of the building, while Tanya shut the door, locked it, and quickly followed after, saying under her breath, "Aren't the pigs going to get a surprise tonight?"