The Torch is Passed.
Chapter 2
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Cody screamed as he was thrown back into the wall.
"Quit yelling! It hurts my ears!" A voice said to him. Cody felt the feeling of confusion all over him. However, that voice sounded familiar. He took a step closer to the shadowy figure to get a closer look. When the figure came into the light, it was none other then Princess Aquita of the Zoras.
"You! That Zora girl!" Aquita stared at him
"You! That Hylian boy!" Cody stared back.
"What are you doing here?" Aquita came out of the bushes and brushed herself off.
"Trying not to get caught. What are you doing?" Cody didn't answer right away.
"No, I mean what are you doing outside of the Zora Domain?" Aquita didn't like this question. She ran away in order to gain attention from her parents. Ruto and Chico never pay much attention to her, and when they do, it's only for like five minutes.
"It's none of your business. What are you doing outside the castle at this time of night? Won't your mother and father be worried?" Aquita sounded pretty sarcastic with her tone of voice.
"For your information, I'm heading to the desert. There's something out there that my father doesn't want me to see. So I'm going to find it."
"Oh, wow! An adventure! Oh, please let me go with you!" Aquita begged. Cody scoffed at this request.
"No way! You'll just slow me down!" Aquita didn't seem to like Cody's attitude very much.
"Okay, then I guess it won't be a problem for me to tell your mom and dad that you're going into the desert without permission." Aquita gave him a sinister stare. He walked up to her, daring her to try.
"You wouldn't ... But deep down, he knew she would. Cody and Aquita stared at each other for a few seconds. Aquita kept her sinister smile, while Cody gave her a daring look. Finally, he sighed in order to break the silence. Fine, you can come. Just be quick with getting ready." Aquita grabbed a helmet and followed Cody to the stables.
When they got to the stables, Aquita stopped right in the middle of the path. Cody looked behind himself to see this. "What's the matter?"
"W-we're taking a horse?" Cody rolled his eyes.
"Duh!" How else did you think we were gonna get to the desert?"
"Well, I have these two things called legs, and they seem to work pretty well."
"Fine. You walk to the desert. But don't come crawling to me when you die from exhaustion." Cody continued walking to the stables.
"Hey, okay, wait up, you boy!" Aquita said. Cody strapped himself and his passenger on Sprout and they took off. Aquita screamed. She had never ridden a horse before.
The two young trouble makers made their way toward the desert. Once they got to the bridge, Sprout was done. He wouldn't go anywhere else. Cody and Aquita had to walk the rest of the way. Upon entering the Gerudo Valley, Cody somehow knew to stay out of sight. Unfortunately, Aquita didn't know that rule.
"So, what do we --- "Cody covered her mouth with his hand.
"Shh! We don't want to be seen." It was a good thing that they were still children, and they weren't too noticeable. While Cody tried to make his way to the end of the Gerudo Fortress, Aquita sneezed and that sounded the alarm. Cody frowned at her.
Back at the castle, Zelda was about to check on Cody. She knocked on his door. "Cody? Are you here? She looked all around his room. Cody? Cody, answer me! She looked around the entire castle before coming to me. Link! Cody is gone!" Zelda was already crying.
"That's impossible. He's in his room." Zelda grabbed my arms and looked at me in the eyes.
"Link, think! Can you feel him at all?" I concentrated on Cody's feeling. To me, everyone has a different feeling. If they have a light feeling, then they are good. If they have a heavy feeling, they are evil. But all the same, everyone has their own unique feeling, and I couldn't feel Cody at all.
"No, I can't feel him!" My voice was starting to fill with worry.
"Link, we have to find him!"
"And I know just the way. I went up to Cody's room to find something of his that can give me a premonition of his whereabouts. I tried touching all kinds of things. It's not like I can call upon this power whenever I want to. I finally got a premonition when I touched his bed. I saw him and Aquita being attacked by the Gerudos. He's in the Gerudo Valley!" Zelda gasped.
"Oh no!" I sighed and bowed my head.
"He promised he'd never go there ..."
"Link, we have to go after him!"
"I'll take Impa, and we'll go after him. You stay here. I don't want you getting hurt." I kissed Zelda good bye, and Impa and I were off to the valley.
Meanwhile, Cody and Aquita were having problems. Not so much with the Gerudos, but with the Leavers that lived under the sand in the desert. The Gerudos were having fun watching Cody try his best to take on the Leavers. Cody didn't have a sword, so he used a stick instead. Unfortunately, a giant leaver broke it. Aquita hid behind Cody.
"What do we do now?!" She asked.
"Uhh ... pray for a miracle!" Aquita screamed as the leaver lunged for them. Oh, I wish my dad was here! Cody thought. The leaver came closer to them. All of a sudden, I jumped in and started fighting the leavers. I didn't have the master sword with me, but it was one of the priceless swords I picked up on my travels that I kept in a locked chest. The leaver made a scratch on Cody's arm. But the scratch seemed to disappear right out of sight. Cody stared at his arm. Impa finished off the leavers while some of the lower rank Gerudos attacked me.
"Stop! I head a familiar voice say. It was Nauvoo. She was the head of the Gerudos. The one that Zelda met with quite often. Can't you see that this is Prince Link of Hyrule?! Sheesh!" The Gerudos dropped their weapons as soon as she said my name. Impa and I looked high and mighty. Cody and Aquita walked up to me.
"Alright, Dad! I looked at Cody with a tired and angry face. Cody jumped back when he saw my look of disappointment. Sorry ..." Cody bowed his head.
The ride home was a long one. I let the kids ride Sprout while Impa and I walked. "Impa, will you please take Aquita home while I yell at my son?" I asked, looking at him.
"Yes, Master Link. Come along, Aquita." Aquita looked at Cody.
"Thanks for the adventure, Prince Cody." She kissed him on the cheek and walked beside Impa. When she was a good distance away, Cody blushed and held his hand to his cheek. Cody snapped back into reality when I grabbed his arm and pulled him to a rock. I picked him up and put him on the rock. He looked up at me and smiled. I frowned at him with my arms folded. Cody's smile disappeared when he saw that I was not thrilled about this.
"Cody, what did you think you were doing? You could have been killed!" I yelled at him with my face staying in the same disappointed look.
"I know ..." Cody bowed his head again.
"You deliberately disobeyed me! How could you put yourself and Aquita in danger like that?! You broke your promise that you would never go there!" I continued to yell. Cody stared to cry while he fiddled with the tip of his blue cape.
"... I'm sorry, Dad ..." I looked at him with my arms still folded.
"What are you doing? Are you crying? You don't cry. If you have a problem, you stand up, and you take it like a man! I continued to yell at him. However, my yelling stopped when I looked down upon my seven year old son, crying. He didn't know that what he did was wrong. My face expression changed. I unfolded my arms and sat down beside him on the rock. Hey, hey, I'm sorry. Come here. Cody crawled into my arms, and I hugged him, rubbing his back. I sighed. Ten years in the Kokiri Forest, and seven in ... another place and I still turned out to be my father. Cody sniffled.
"I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't mean to disobey you. I just wanted to see what was out there." I looked at him with concern.
"Cody, when I tell you to do something, I'm not trying to be mean I'm telling you to do it because I want you to be safe, and I don't want to lose you. I got scare because I thought I was going to lose you."
"How is that possible? I've never seen you be afraid of anything."
"The only time I'm scared is when you or your mother are in danger."
"I never thought adults could get scared."
"Yup, welcome to adulthood. It sucks! You're gonna love it when you get to it. But for right now, try to stay seven as long as you can." Cody smiled at me.
"That's my boy!" I started tickling him and he laughed.
"I'm gonna get you, Dad!"
"Oh, you're gonna get me? Well then get me!" Cody tackled me and we both laughed, lying on the ground. He was on my stomach.
"Dad, are we cool now?" I chuckled.
"Hehe, of course. I put my hand on his face. It'll be a miracle if you make it to sixteen."
"Awe, Dad!" We laughed together again.
After awhile, we started to go back to Market City. Just then, a guard came up to me.
"Sir Link, Sir!" He saluted.
"Dichino, how many times do I have to tell you that when I'm right in front of your face, you don't have to yell!?" Because I'm such a great fighter and all, I was given a job as a knight back when I was seventeen. Later, when I was eighteen, I moved up in a rank. Now, I am general of the entire Hyrulean Military. This guy was supposed to be one of my captains. Not the brightest bulb in the box, but still a good fighter.
"Sorry, Sir! But your assistance is needed in a local Jewelry Shop!" I rolled my eyes.
"Alright, I'm on my way. Cody, stay here. Don't move. I'll be back soon."
"But, Dad –"
"Just stay here!" Then I followed Dichino. Cody sighed in boredom. He looked to his right and saw a building that he had never noticed before. That's because it was covered, and hidden behind Market City for ... reasons. It was the Temple of Time. The place Zelda and I were married, and the place where the master sword slept. Cody disobeyed me again, and walked over to the temple. With the city as crowded as it is, no one seemed to stop him.
Cody reached the steps to the temple. He looked back and looked at Sprout. He was jumping and neighing. Cody ignored his horse and walked into the temple. When he walked into the temple, Cody looked at the alter. He read the inscription. For only being seven, Cody was a very intelligent boy. He opened the drawer and placed the stones in the slot. In the drawer, he also found the Ocarina of Time. "This is a very strange flute." He looked at it in awe and out of nowhere he played the Song of Time. It was a beautiful song. He knew how to play it, even though he had never heard it before. "How did I know that?" All of a sudden, the Door of Time began to open. Cody placed the ocarina down on the alter and slowly walked to the door.
After the mess in the Jewelry Shop was cleaned up, I shook Dichino's hand. "Thank you, Sir Link! We couldn't have done it without you."
"That's why I'm here. I smiled. While I was shaking Dichino's hand, I received a premonition. I saw Cody pulling the master sword from the Pedestal of Time. Oh no! Cody!" I yelled. I have my way of traveling fast. I shimmer to where ever I want to go.
In the Temple of Time, Cody was a few feet away from the sword. "A sword? It's ... weird." Cody looked around himself. His fingers were two inches away from the sword's handle when I came in.
"Cody! What do you think you're doing?!" Cody spun around to meet my gaze.
"Dad! I – I can explain!"
"Explain? Oh, you can explain it, alright. Explain it for a month! You're grounded!" Cody's jaw dropped.
"What? Just for walking in a room? Why?!"
"I have my reasons. Now get home, right now!!" I pointed to the exit. Cody's face grew angry as he stepped out of the room. I looked at the sword. Cody turned around to me.
"I hate you!" I gasped and turned to look at his angry face. I swallowed hard. That really hurt. My own child, telling me that he hated me. I was about to let a tear out, but I didn't want to show him any sign of hurt, because that's what he wanted.
"... That's fine ..." Cody stomped out of the temple. A tear ran down my cheek. I looked at the sword, while still in the doorway. "Why did you have to come back and ruin my life? ..." I sadly closed the door.
To be continued ...
Chapter 2
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Cody screamed as he was thrown back into the wall.
"Quit yelling! It hurts my ears!" A voice said to him. Cody felt the feeling of confusion all over him. However, that voice sounded familiar. He took a step closer to the shadowy figure to get a closer look. When the figure came into the light, it was none other then Princess Aquita of the Zoras.
"You! That Zora girl!" Aquita stared at him
"You! That Hylian boy!" Cody stared back.
"What are you doing here?" Aquita came out of the bushes and brushed herself off.
"Trying not to get caught. What are you doing?" Cody didn't answer right away.
"No, I mean what are you doing outside of the Zora Domain?" Aquita didn't like this question. She ran away in order to gain attention from her parents. Ruto and Chico never pay much attention to her, and when they do, it's only for like five minutes.
"It's none of your business. What are you doing outside the castle at this time of night? Won't your mother and father be worried?" Aquita sounded pretty sarcastic with her tone of voice.
"For your information, I'm heading to the desert. There's something out there that my father doesn't want me to see. So I'm going to find it."
"Oh, wow! An adventure! Oh, please let me go with you!" Aquita begged. Cody scoffed at this request.
"No way! You'll just slow me down!" Aquita didn't seem to like Cody's attitude very much.
"Okay, then I guess it won't be a problem for me to tell your mom and dad that you're going into the desert without permission." Aquita gave him a sinister stare. He walked up to her, daring her to try.
"You wouldn't ... But deep down, he knew she would. Cody and Aquita stared at each other for a few seconds. Aquita kept her sinister smile, while Cody gave her a daring look. Finally, he sighed in order to break the silence. Fine, you can come. Just be quick with getting ready." Aquita grabbed a helmet and followed Cody to the stables.
When they got to the stables, Aquita stopped right in the middle of the path. Cody looked behind himself to see this. "What's the matter?"
"W-we're taking a horse?" Cody rolled his eyes.
"Duh!" How else did you think we were gonna get to the desert?"
"Well, I have these two things called legs, and they seem to work pretty well."
"Fine. You walk to the desert. But don't come crawling to me when you die from exhaustion." Cody continued walking to the stables.
"Hey, okay, wait up, you boy!" Aquita said. Cody strapped himself and his passenger on Sprout and they took off. Aquita screamed. She had never ridden a horse before.
The two young trouble makers made their way toward the desert. Once they got to the bridge, Sprout was done. He wouldn't go anywhere else. Cody and Aquita had to walk the rest of the way. Upon entering the Gerudo Valley, Cody somehow knew to stay out of sight. Unfortunately, Aquita didn't know that rule.
"So, what do we --- "Cody covered her mouth with his hand.
"Shh! We don't want to be seen." It was a good thing that they were still children, and they weren't too noticeable. While Cody tried to make his way to the end of the Gerudo Fortress, Aquita sneezed and that sounded the alarm. Cody frowned at her.
Back at the castle, Zelda was about to check on Cody. She knocked on his door. "Cody? Are you here? She looked all around his room. Cody? Cody, answer me! She looked around the entire castle before coming to me. Link! Cody is gone!" Zelda was already crying.
"That's impossible. He's in his room." Zelda grabbed my arms and looked at me in the eyes.
"Link, think! Can you feel him at all?" I concentrated on Cody's feeling. To me, everyone has a different feeling. If they have a light feeling, then they are good. If they have a heavy feeling, they are evil. But all the same, everyone has their own unique feeling, and I couldn't feel Cody at all.
"No, I can't feel him!" My voice was starting to fill with worry.
"Link, we have to find him!"
"And I know just the way. I went up to Cody's room to find something of his that can give me a premonition of his whereabouts. I tried touching all kinds of things. It's not like I can call upon this power whenever I want to. I finally got a premonition when I touched his bed. I saw him and Aquita being attacked by the Gerudos. He's in the Gerudo Valley!" Zelda gasped.
"Oh no!" I sighed and bowed my head.
"He promised he'd never go there ..."
"Link, we have to go after him!"
"I'll take Impa, and we'll go after him. You stay here. I don't want you getting hurt." I kissed Zelda good bye, and Impa and I were off to the valley.
Meanwhile, Cody and Aquita were having problems. Not so much with the Gerudos, but with the Leavers that lived under the sand in the desert. The Gerudos were having fun watching Cody try his best to take on the Leavers. Cody didn't have a sword, so he used a stick instead. Unfortunately, a giant leaver broke it. Aquita hid behind Cody.
"What do we do now?!" She asked.
"Uhh ... pray for a miracle!" Aquita screamed as the leaver lunged for them. Oh, I wish my dad was here! Cody thought. The leaver came closer to them. All of a sudden, I jumped in and started fighting the leavers. I didn't have the master sword with me, but it was one of the priceless swords I picked up on my travels that I kept in a locked chest. The leaver made a scratch on Cody's arm. But the scratch seemed to disappear right out of sight. Cody stared at his arm. Impa finished off the leavers while some of the lower rank Gerudos attacked me.
"Stop! I head a familiar voice say. It was Nauvoo. She was the head of the Gerudos. The one that Zelda met with quite often. Can't you see that this is Prince Link of Hyrule?! Sheesh!" The Gerudos dropped their weapons as soon as she said my name. Impa and I looked high and mighty. Cody and Aquita walked up to me.
"Alright, Dad! I looked at Cody with a tired and angry face. Cody jumped back when he saw my look of disappointment. Sorry ..." Cody bowed his head.
The ride home was a long one. I let the kids ride Sprout while Impa and I walked. "Impa, will you please take Aquita home while I yell at my son?" I asked, looking at him.
"Yes, Master Link. Come along, Aquita." Aquita looked at Cody.
"Thanks for the adventure, Prince Cody." She kissed him on the cheek and walked beside Impa. When she was a good distance away, Cody blushed and held his hand to his cheek. Cody snapped back into reality when I grabbed his arm and pulled him to a rock. I picked him up and put him on the rock. He looked up at me and smiled. I frowned at him with my arms folded. Cody's smile disappeared when he saw that I was not thrilled about this.
"Cody, what did you think you were doing? You could have been killed!" I yelled at him with my face staying in the same disappointed look.
"I know ..." Cody bowed his head again.
"You deliberately disobeyed me! How could you put yourself and Aquita in danger like that?! You broke your promise that you would never go there!" I continued to yell. Cody stared to cry while he fiddled with the tip of his blue cape.
"... I'm sorry, Dad ..." I looked at him with my arms still folded.
"What are you doing? Are you crying? You don't cry. If you have a problem, you stand up, and you take it like a man! I continued to yell at him. However, my yelling stopped when I looked down upon my seven year old son, crying. He didn't know that what he did was wrong. My face expression changed. I unfolded my arms and sat down beside him on the rock. Hey, hey, I'm sorry. Come here. Cody crawled into my arms, and I hugged him, rubbing his back. I sighed. Ten years in the Kokiri Forest, and seven in ... another place and I still turned out to be my father. Cody sniffled.
"I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't mean to disobey you. I just wanted to see what was out there." I looked at him with concern.
"Cody, when I tell you to do something, I'm not trying to be mean I'm telling you to do it because I want you to be safe, and I don't want to lose you. I got scare because I thought I was going to lose you."
"How is that possible? I've never seen you be afraid of anything."
"The only time I'm scared is when you or your mother are in danger."
"I never thought adults could get scared."
"Yup, welcome to adulthood. It sucks! You're gonna love it when you get to it. But for right now, try to stay seven as long as you can." Cody smiled at me.
"That's my boy!" I started tickling him and he laughed.
"I'm gonna get you, Dad!"
"Oh, you're gonna get me? Well then get me!" Cody tackled me and we both laughed, lying on the ground. He was on my stomach.
"Dad, are we cool now?" I chuckled.
"Hehe, of course. I put my hand on his face. It'll be a miracle if you make it to sixteen."
"Awe, Dad!" We laughed together again.
After awhile, we started to go back to Market City. Just then, a guard came up to me.
"Sir Link, Sir!" He saluted.
"Dichino, how many times do I have to tell you that when I'm right in front of your face, you don't have to yell!?" Because I'm such a great fighter and all, I was given a job as a knight back when I was seventeen. Later, when I was eighteen, I moved up in a rank. Now, I am general of the entire Hyrulean Military. This guy was supposed to be one of my captains. Not the brightest bulb in the box, but still a good fighter.
"Sorry, Sir! But your assistance is needed in a local Jewelry Shop!" I rolled my eyes.
"Alright, I'm on my way. Cody, stay here. Don't move. I'll be back soon."
"But, Dad –"
"Just stay here!" Then I followed Dichino. Cody sighed in boredom. He looked to his right and saw a building that he had never noticed before. That's because it was covered, and hidden behind Market City for ... reasons. It was the Temple of Time. The place Zelda and I were married, and the place where the master sword slept. Cody disobeyed me again, and walked over to the temple. With the city as crowded as it is, no one seemed to stop him.
Cody reached the steps to the temple. He looked back and looked at Sprout. He was jumping and neighing. Cody ignored his horse and walked into the temple. When he walked into the temple, Cody looked at the alter. He read the inscription. For only being seven, Cody was a very intelligent boy. He opened the drawer and placed the stones in the slot. In the drawer, he also found the Ocarina of Time. "This is a very strange flute." He looked at it in awe and out of nowhere he played the Song of Time. It was a beautiful song. He knew how to play it, even though he had never heard it before. "How did I know that?" All of a sudden, the Door of Time began to open. Cody placed the ocarina down on the alter and slowly walked to the door.
After the mess in the Jewelry Shop was cleaned up, I shook Dichino's hand. "Thank you, Sir Link! We couldn't have done it without you."
"That's why I'm here. I smiled. While I was shaking Dichino's hand, I received a premonition. I saw Cody pulling the master sword from the Pedestal of Time. Oh no! Cody!" I yelled. I have my way of traveling fast. I shimmer to where ever I want to go.
In the Temple of Time, Cody was a few feet away from the sword. "A sword? It's ... weird." Cody looked around himself. His fingers were two inches away from the sword's handle when I came in.
"Cody! What do you think you're doing?!" Cody spun around to meet my gaze.
"Dad! I – I can explain!"
"Explain? Oh, you can explain it, alright. Explain it for a month! You're grounded!" Cody's jaw dropped.
"What? Just for walking in a room? Why?!"
"I have my reasons. Now get home, right now!!" I pointed to the exit. Cody's face grew angry as he stepped out of the room. I looked at the sword. Cody turned around to me.
"I hate you!" I gasped and turned to look at his angry face. I swallowed hard. That really hurt. My own child, telling me that he hated me. I was about to let a tear out, but I didn't want to show him any sign of hurt, because that's what he wanted.
"... That's fine ..." Cody stomped out of the temple. A tear ran down my cheek. I looked at the sword, while still in the doorway. "Why did you have to come back and ruin my life? ..." I sadly closed the door.
To be continued ...