Chapter 5:

Terri's heart seemed to stop when she heard the words of the Goron. She tried to think of who the person could, of how he could be stopped, of if the Gorons words were even true. Her thoughts made her head begin to throb in pain.

The Goron continued, "You may have noticed some of my tribe being a little less nice to you than usual, they all know the tale and all believe it's true."

'And being a species that travels a lot, the news will spread. Great, just great.'

Link spoke a little out of line, "Can the Gerudos even make a responsible choice?" When he realized what he said, he turned to the Gerudo sitting next to him. Terri glared, she felt insulted.

He blushed as he tried to make up what had came across his lips, "I...I mean they are all intelligent enough to choose which type of leader could support their great civilization." Terri looked at the Goron leader who shrugged, she just rolled her eyes and remembered that the situation was serious and she had to be serious too.

'Nice cover-up kid. Yeah, all of us Gerudos are really responsible, who was our last leader? I can't seem to remember...oh yeah it was good 'ol reliable Ganondorf!'

Navi tried to take over for Link, "I can see how Link is thinking that, wouldn't they look at their past and make sure to choose a leader who is good hearted. I mean good-hearted enough to be a Geru-...never mind!"

'I'm out.'

"People are smart and want what is good for them and those around them, however a small cut in the line of good people can create turmoil, and over time that small cut can grow into a battle wound." The Goron's words of wisdom filled the room, and filled Terri's head with realization.

Link tried to study what had been said, "What does that mean, why would someone ruin their people like that?"

"Greed." The word from her mouth seemed to cling in the air for all to hear.

Goron Link nodded, "Everyone breaks, bribery is powerful, so is blackmail. They can ruin the lives of both people involved."

"What do you suggest we do?" Link had found the right words to say.

"I am not the one to give you that information, all I can say is if the evil one is to come into power, Hyrule will be in terror."

"What are we to do?" Navi flew out to the center of the room.

The Goron leader stood up and looked at his guests, "I suggest you see Princess Zelda for more help. Her wisdom could be more of an assistance at this point of time."

The kids stood up, Terri could feel the conversation coming to an end. Link shook the Goron's hand and saw him cringe in the leader's strong grip.

Link's hand slipped out of the grip, "I am sure she will give us help on the situation. We will go to her once we get rest after climbing down the mountain."

'Oh no.'

As Goron Link shook Terri's hand he noticed she was uncomfortable and laughed, "Do not be afraid child, I have already gotten men in the tribe clearing out that rock wall, you will have no more problems."

"Thank you Sir." Terri repeated Links words and the trio made their ways out of the chamber.

Terri left the city gaining a few things. She got dirty looks, insults, rupees and hatred. Hatred for a person she probably knew, she might have spoke to that person a dozen times but didn't even suspect what they could be up to.

* * *

They had gotten down the mountain successfully, without injuries or delay. The Gorons had done a good job on moving boulders out of the way; a neat path was now parted in the rockslide.

The Inn's room was left the way it originally was, at least that was what Link had been told. When they arrived back in Kakariko Village that evening Terri had taken back her room, she said she needed privacy. Link had been told to get his own room, this had made him practically broke. He couldn't argue with her because she said it so fast than ran into her room and locked the door. He was too tired to argue anyway. All he wanted to do was go to bed, the one thing he rarely got these days.

"Are you Link?" Asked a voice behind the boy.

Link turned to see a rugged looking young adult behind him. The guy wore black and red garments that Link could not identify. Over areas the garment was black armor, it seemed familiar to Link. Over some parts of the armor were spikes, he couldn't tell if they could be used as weapons or if they were just for show. The kid looked to be in his early twenties, his face was young, but it showed experience. From the looks of it his eyes were brown, it was hard to tell, some of his chestnut brown hair hung at mid length in front of his face. He was trouble, Link just knew it.

"Yes, I'm him." The boy's eyes softened, and he took a step forward, "I must apologize for my rudeness, I could not find you earlier today. I'm Teivel, I am a guard at Hyrule Castle."

The worry that filled Link's mind fell away; the man wasn't trouble he was just a simple guard whose job is to protect the land.

Link tried to appear more awake, but it was very difficult, "What do you need with me."

"I understand that you and a friend were attacked the past night, I have come to apologize on behalf of our troops for not being there for assistance. I have come to make sure you and the young girl you were with is in good health."

Link took a glance toward Terri's room, Navi had come out of his hat and also looked at her room, "Yeah." He said turning his face back to the soldier, "I guess you can say she's all right. Why have you come here just to check on a couple of kids."

"We came to see if we could fine the attacker, to try to stop him from attacking again. We ended up finding him outside the village, and we thought it would be fine to see if you two were all right. Now that I see that you are, I must be going." With that he began to walk down the stairs.

'Terri would want to see this guy."

Link ran towards her room and opened the door; he didn't even bother to knock.

Terri was walking through the room with her arms folded. As the door swung open she turned with a confused look on her face. She had taken her jewelry off, her hair was down and almost hung down almost to her hip, and her swords were placed on the rooms table. She was still armed though, Link could just noticed a dagger hooked onto the back of her belt. On its silver hilt was a serpent-dragon winding its way to the top. When it reached the end its mouth was open, exposing fangs. Where the handle ended a pair of wings came out to separate the hilt from the blade. Link could not see the blade though, it was encased in a silver scabbard that was covered in the bottom part of the winding serpent, on the tip of its tail was a ruby.

As she spun to face him her hair covered the blade. In a blink of an eye she looked vulnerable, but he knew she wasn't, he knew she held secrets. As she walked toward him her face grew angry, she lifted her arms as she spoke, "What are you doing! The doors there for a reason!"

Link didn't even answer, he grabbed her arm and pulled her toward the door, if they hurried they would have plenty of time to catch the soldier. When the pair went into the Inn's halls the man was gone, he had left immediately. Terri took back her arm and folded them across her chest. Link looked at the halls that were only lit with Navi's dim light.

* * *

A distant melody filled Terri's head as she slept, it awoke her from her dreams. As her eyes opened she saw the dim sunlight shine through the window, she looked out the window and noticed it the sun was just rising.

'Great, I'm up before I even need to be."

"About time your up."

Terri nearly screamed at the sound of the voice. She had locked her door when Link didn't bother to knock. The Gerudo turned and sure enough, he was in her room again. He was leaning against the wall near her bed; Navi was with him flying around his head. The Kokiri looked relaxed, almost bored. Then she noticed that within his hands he held an instrument, she realized he held an ocarina.

'He can play?...That's the most random thing I've learned about him. I wonder where... wait how did he get in here?!"

"How did you get in here?" she yelled as she stepped out of her bed, she instantly walked over to the table and picked up her scimitars, she placed them on her waist with the dagger.

Link stood his grown and didn't meet her eyes, "Key."

"I didn't give you a key."

He sighed, "I know, but the owner was more than happy to give me one." He turned and gave her a handsome smile.

Terri stared in disbelief, she had never met someone who was like this kid, everyone she met was either completely nice or completely mean. Link seemed in the middle and wasn't effected by her threats. That angered her the most.

She thought to change the subject, they still planned to go to the castle. "What's with the ocarina?"

Before he answered he played a melody on the instrument. The melody was strung together with low notes. When the notes were put together they made a sound that was bone chilling. Terri wasn't afraid of him, the music just made him seem a bit more mysterious and even a bit dangerous.

When he was done he placed the ocarina inside his tunics inner pocket and began to walk towards the door, "It's just a little trinket I picked up a while ago. Hurry up we want to leave as soon as possible, the market gets busy in the morning and we want to get right through the market and into the castle." When he got to the door he slowly opened it, Navi flew right out, Link paused and turned slightly, "By the way... nice hair." He laughed as he closed the door.

Terri looked in the mirror across the room and saw that her hair was a frizzy mess.

'Damn him."

* * *

Terri hurried as fast as she could to gather her things, it had only taken her an hour. She wasn't worried she wouldn't look perfect, she was just lazy and slow.

When she was done, the Inn's staff had told her that Link had all ready gone outside, and sure enough he was, and he looked a little curious at why she took so long. Of course she knew he was just frustrated with her. She noticed he put his ocarina in his pocket again when he approached him.

Navi came out of her hiding place and greeted her, "Good morning! We have to go now to the castle, it would be better if not a lot of people were there when we are. I'm sure you know that's true."

She raised an eyebrow and looked at Link, all he did was nod.

'Well aren't we quiet this morning.'

As the trio began to walk out of the village, Terri tried to start a conversation, "So what makes you guys so confident you can sneak into the castle?"

"We got connections." She looked at him after he said that, She then looked at Navi who didn't seem nervous either.

"Pshh, well so do I but that doesn't get me anything I want...usually." She didn't care if no one cared for her sarcasm, she also didn't care that Link rolled his eyes at her words. She was somewhat true though. She knew a lot of people in Hyrule, and she was friends with a lot of them. Most of them were older though, some worked at Hyrule Market's Tavern, but they were like Uncles to her. But sometimes they would tell her to buzz off if she got too annoying.

"All right whatever you guys say I'll go along with it."

Link made a surprising gasp as they walked out of the village, "Wow you'll actually go along with our plan without altering it?"

She turned to say something, but she stopped when she saw that the Kokiri was smiling. She made a small grin and shook her head and forgot how she was going to insult him.