Chapter Four
The first thing they noticed when they were in the den was Link, lying on the floor unconscious. The second was a group of five Gerudo Thieves standing around, some searching for something. One of the thieves' eyes caught on Zelda and Kohaku. And the thing that made all the other thieves look at them was the shimmer from the star pendant around Zelda's neck.
One of the thieves pointed a finger at Zelda, "Get that little girl!" and the thieves charged at them. Quickly Kohaku ran to the unconscious Link and grabbed up his sword.
"Zelda, go hide somewhere," and Zelda, as fast as you can see, disappeared into the hall. One only made her way passed the door. But Kohaku fought the rest. He slashed, and tore through their bodies. As soon as he was finished, he set off to find Zelda and the other Gerudo, " Zelda where are you?"
He heart almost stopped when he heard his sister scream with fear. He followed his ears to her room where he saw her, being held above ground by the Gerudo, and they were both near an open window. The Gerudo held her up a little higher and a little more towards the window.
"Come any closer and she falls out the window," but Kohaku still walked forward to them. So the Gerudo swung Zelda halfway out the window. As soon as she screamed, he stopped dead, "I didn't think so."
Breathing hard, he said, "What do you want with Zelda?"
She pulled her back through the window, "Drop your weapon, NOW!" he hesitated, "I said now!" So Kohaku quickly dropped Link's sword. The Gerudo bent down to pick it up with one hand, the other holding Zelda. She pointed the blade at the princess and began to walk slowly to the door, " Don't follow me and she won't get hurt." As soon as she reached the door, she dropped the sword and closed the door. She locked it with a key she had found in the den. She did an old cackle and Kohaku heard her scamper away from the door.
Immediately he charged at the door and tried to go fast enough to bust it open. But the door only bounced and Kohaku fell to the ground. So he struggled himself up and walked even farther away from the door. This time he went ran faster than he had ever ran in his life. And the door fell down out in the hall, with Kohaku on it. He pushed himself off from the door and lifted it up where the Link's sword laid weightless on the floor. He picked it up and ran outside.
He found the Gerudo, dragging Zelda about Hyrule Field. He silently crept up behind them and then, with the handle of the sword, he swung it down as hard as he could on the head of the thief. She fluttered to the ground and loosened her grip on Zelda. So she squiggled off from the ground and scrambled behind her brother.
"You okay?" he said, stroking her shaking shoulder.
"I am now," she said, "You have the chance right now, kill her before she wakes up."
Kohaku nodded and took up the sword again. Right before he raised it over his head and swung it down towards her body, Zelda swore she saw the Gerudo move, as if she was just about to wake up and jump at Kohaku. His sword came down fast on her body. Right before the sword touched the slightest prick on her skin, Zelda held onto her brother's shoulder and shut her eyes shut. She couldn't bear to see anymore.
Zelda lifted the wet cloth from the bowl of water and damped it on Link's forehead. He swiftly blinked his eye and opened his eye slightly. She damped his head again and this time his eyes were fully opened. He smiled at her.
"Zelda, you're alright," he said, "I thought for sure you two would be goners."
She smiled back at him, "Thanks to Kohaku I'm still alive. I thought you were dead too."
"They took me by surprise," he said loosing his smile, "I was sitting in front of the fire place and I didn't even hear them come in. I didn't know if they had hit me on the head with something or if they had just simply slashed my head with a sword. But all I know is that it hurt so bad I had trouble seeing."
"You blacked out," she said, "They took me away a pretty good distance from the castle before Kohaku came to save me. But I know they were searching for something, it must have been something I had because they came right for me when they saw me."
Link leaned back on the sofa he was lying on, "Have you ever thought about what they were looking for was that pendant you're wearing?"
Zelda looked down at the star pendant hanging from her neck, "No, Link. I never could have thought of it." She stroked her chin as she thought about it, "I was very lucky that Kohaku gave this to me."
"Why is that?"
"Well think about it...if they were after the pendant and Kohaku was still wearing it, I wouldn't be able to do anything because my self-defense skills are so low. Luckily he gave it to me and he was able to give them a 'sword dance of the life time'."
Just then Kohaku had just walked in and sat down on Impa's rocking chair. Link pulled Zelda close to him, "I suggest you give him a thanks."
"You sure you'll be alright?"
"I'm sure."
Zelda nodded and walked over towards him. He kneeled down on the floor next to him, "You all right, Kohaku?"
"I'm fine," he said, "How about you?"
She shrugged, "I guess I'm just the same," her voice cracked as she talked, "Kohaku...I...I wanted to say thank you for saving me from those thieves back there."
"Well, your welcome," he said and then he fell silent before speaking before, "Do you...know what they were after?"
"Link and I assumed that it was the pendant you gave me," she answered, "That was very...let's just say weird."
"What's weird?"
"The way you got that feeling when you heard that crash. How does your body sense things?"
He shrugged, "It's a hidden gift."
She swallowed, "Did father ever tell you I had one also?"
"You do?"
She nodded, "I get prophecies that can foretell the future," she looked down at the ground, "You see, I was sort of aware that you were coming. I had a prophecy that I would be fainting and some older boy would catch me."
"And it happened, just like that."
"Yes, of course. But Link and I also think that this prophecy will turn out to be the worse. And already it has."
"I know...and it will keep on getting worse."
"And that means we have to do something about it."
"But what can we do?"
She thought for a minute, "I think we should try and figure out what this pendant is, and why they're after it. It the only thing we can do now."
"Do you think it will all come out clear?"
She nodded slowly, "It will. All in good time."
Zelda looked through the books in front of her at the table. She couldn't find anything that had to do with the pendant. She looked over at Kohaku, who had his nose deep in a book, reading every word.
"You found anything, yet?" she said.
"Not yet," he said, not keeping his eyes off the book, "How about you?"
"I have found something about a pendant with a star in the middle of it," she said disappointedly.
"So?"
"But this one has a green stone on it, it says it destroys things," she said, "Bad thing is, ours is red," she shut the book, "That's it! I'm through. There's nothing in this library that could help us figure out what this necklace is."
He shut his book also, "There's nothing in here, either. You just want to get one more book and take it on the run?"
"No...it's probably not a good one."
"Well I'm going to get one. You wait here." And Kohaku disappeared behind a bookshelf. He ran his finger along the spines of the book and read each of the titles. There were titles like: Hyrule's Best Recipes, Fathers, Sons, and Gorons, and Granny My Dearest. But his finger came across a book with a spine that didn't have a title on it. So he pulled out the book to see the title on the cover. But there was no cover. Instead, there was a picture with a pendant that had a star on it and blood, red stone in the middle of it. Kohaku gasped and quickly turned to the desk, where he checked out the book. Then he called Zelda and they both began to start out to home.
Somewhere during that time, a greedy, Gerudo prince named Ganondorf sat in his throne with his head leaned into his wrist. He was waiting for the thieves' return with the person who owns the pendant. He stomped madly on the ground.
"Patience, prince," said his advisor, "You know how long it takes them to get all the way back to here."
"Not this long," he said, "You should have been here an hour ago. What's the big hold out?"
"I don't know...maybe they just..."
Ganodorf held up his hand to silence him, "Just send for Ida, I sent her to watch them closely while they went out."
The man nodded and went to the window. He pushed his fingers to his mouth and whistled a long, hurling whistle. He stared at the sky and immediately a black, fierce dragon dropped from the sky. The dragon flowed to the window and landed in front of the man.
"I need you to go and pick up Ida...she's somewhere within Hyrule Field I hope...now go!" and the dragon left.
Within a matter of minutes the dragon had returned with another Gerudo girl named Ida. Who quickly dismounted the horse and ran inside. As soon as she came to the throne, she threw herself to the ground.
"My grateful prince, Ganodorf," she said, "I'm sorry to say I have some bad news."
"Where are the other thieves?"
"They're dead, sire."
"Dead? Were they killed?" the girl nodded, "I bet it was that Link, boy. He always gets in the way."
"No, sire. I believe it's not Link. They took him by surprise and knocked him out."
"So if he didn't kill them, who did?"
"It's this young boy, I couldn't pick out his name. He came in quickly to the rescue and swiped them all out."
"Was he the one who wore the star pendant?"
"That's the part I'm getting to. He didn't kill of all five at the same time. He only killed four at first and killed the last later, who was close to getting you that person who owns the pendant."
"And who was that?" he said raising one eyebrow.
"Zelda..." she said, "She has it around her neck this very moment."
"It was Zelda?" he said rising from his seat, "After four years of searching I finely was able to track it and it was Zelda the whole time?"
"What should we do, sire?"
He sat back in the throne, "Since you're so good at stalking that girl, I want you to watch her until she is utterly alone. Then, you give us the signal and we swipe without anyone noticing."
She nodded and got up from the floor, "I'll get on it right away." And she left the throne to go and watch the princess.
Ganodorf only watched her and rubbed his hands together, "I will get you, Zelda. And when I do...Hyrule will be mine!"
The first thing they noticed when they were in the den was Link, lying on the floor unconscious. The second was a group of five Gerudo Thieves standing around, some searching for something. One of the thieves' eyes caught on Zelda and Kohaku. And the thing that made all the other thieves look at them was the shimmer from the star pendant around Zelda's neck.
One of the thieves pointed a finger at Zelda, "Get that little girl!" and the thieves charged at them. Quickly Kohaku ran to the unconscious Link and grabbed up his sword.
"Zelda, go hide somewhere," and Zelda, as fast as you can see, disappeared into the hall. One only made her way passed the door. But Kohaku fought the rest. He slashed, and tore through their bodies. As soon as he was finished, he set off to find Zelda and the other Gerudo, " Zelda where are you?"
He heart almost stopped when he heard his sister scream with fear. He followed his ears to her room where he saw her, being held above ground by the Gerudo, and they were both near an open window. The Gerudo held her up a little higher and a little more towards the window.
"Come any closer and she falls out the window," but Kohaku still walked forward to them. So the Gerudo swung Zelda halfway out the window. As soon as she screamed, he stopped dead, "I didn't think so."
Breathing hard, he said, "What do you want with Zelda?"
She pulled her back through the window, "Drop your weapon, NOW!" he hesitated, "I said now!" So Kohaku quickly dropped Link's sword. The Gerudo bent down to pick it up with one hand, the other holding Zelda. She pointed the blade at the princess and began to walk slowly to the door, " Don't follow me and she won't get hurt." As soon as she reached the door, she dropped the sword and closed the door. She locked it with a key she had found in the den. She did an old cackle and Kohaku heard her scamper away from the door.
Immediately he charged at the door and tried to go fast enough to bust it open. But the door only bounced and Kohaku fell to the ground. So he struggled himself up and walked even farther away from the door. This time he went ran faster than he had ever ran in his life. And the door fell down out in the hall, with Kohaku on it. He pushed himself off from the door and lifted it up where the Link's sword laid weightless on the floor. He picked it up and ran outside.
He found the Gerudo, dragging Zelda about Hyrule Field. He silently crept up behind them and then, with the handle of the sword, he swung it down as hard as he could on the head of the thief. She fluttered to the ground and loosened her grip on Zelda. So she squiggled off from the ground and scrambled behind her brother.
"You okay?" he said, stroking her shaking shoulder.
"I am now," she said, "You have the chance right now, kill her before she wakes up."
Kohaku nodded and took up the sword again. Right before he raised it over his head and swung it down towards her body, Zelda swore she saw the Gerudo move, as if she was just about to wake up and jump at Kohaku. His sword came down fast on her body. Right before the sword touched the slightest prick on her skin, Zelda held onto her brother's shoulder and shut her eyes shut. She couldn't bear to see anymore.
Zelda lifted the wet cloth from the bowl of water and damped it on Link's forehead. He swiftly blinked his eye and opened his eye slightly. She damped his head again and this time his eyes were fully opened. He smiled at her.
"Zelda, you're alright," he said, "I thought for sure you two would be goners."
She smiled back at him, "Thanks to Kohaku I'm still alive. I thought you were dead too."
"They took me by surprise," he said loosing his smile, "I was sitting in front of the fire place and I didn't even hear them come in. I didn't know if they had hit me on the head with something or if they had just simply slashed my head with a sword. But all I know is that it hurt so bad I had trouble seeing."
"You blacked out," she said, "They took me away a pretty good distance from the castle before Kohaku came to save me. But I know they were searching for something, it must have been something I had because they came right for me when they saw me."
Link leaned back on the sofa he was lying on, "Have you ever thought about what they were looking for was that pendant you're wearing?"
Zelda looked down at the star pendant hanging from her neck, "No, Link. I never could have thought of it." She stroked her chin as she thought about it, "I was very lucky that Kohaku gave this to me."
"Why is that?"
"Well think about it...if they were after the pendant and Kohaku was still wearing it, I wouldn't be able to do anything because my self-defense skills are so low. Luckily he gave it to me and he was able to give them a 'sword dance of the life time'."
Just then Kohaku had just walked in and sat down on Impa's rocking chair. Link pulled Zelda close to him, "I suggest you give him a thanks."
"You sure you'll be alright?"
"I'm sure."
Zelda nodded and walked over towards him. He kneeled down on the floor next to him, "You all right, Kohaku?"
"I'm fine," he said, "How about you?"
She shrugged, "I guess I'm just the same," her voice cracked as she talked, "Kohaku...I...I wanted to say thank you for saving me from those thieves back there."
"Well, your welcome," he said and then he fell silent before speaking before, "Do you...know what they were after?"
"Link and I assumed that it was the pendant you gave me," she answered, "That was very...let's just say weird."
"What's weird?"
"The way you got that feeling when you heard that crash. How does your body sense things?"
He shrugged, "It's a hidden gift."
She swallowed, "Did father ever tell you I had one also?"
"You do?"
She nodded, "I get prophecies that can foretell the future," she looked down at the ground, "You see, I was sort of aware that you were coming. I had a prophecy that I would be fainting and some older boy would catch me."
"And it happened, just like that."
"Yes, of course. But Link and I also think that this prophecy will turn out to be the worse. And already it has."
"I know...and it will keep on getting worse."
"And that means we have to do something about it."
"But what can we do?"
She thought for a minute, "I think we should try and figure out what this pendant is, and why they're after it. It the only thing we can do now."
"Do you think it will all come out clear?"
She nodded slowly, "It will. All in good time."
Zelda looked through the books in front of her at the table. She couldn't find anything that had to do with the pendant. She looked over at Kohaku, who had his nose deep in a book, reading every word.
"You found anything, yet?" she said.
"Not yet," he said, not keeping his eyes off the book, "How about you?"
"I have found something about a pendant with a star in the middle of it," she said disappointedly.
"So?"
"But this one has a green stone on it, it says it destroys things," she said, "Bad thing is, ours is red," she shut the book, "That's it! I'm through. There's nothing in this library that could help us figure out what this necklace is."
He shut his book also, "There's nothing in here, either. You just want to get one more book and take it on the run?"
"No...it's probably not a good one."
"Well I'm going to get one. You wait here." And Kohaku disappeared behind a bookshelf. He ran his finger along the spines of the book and read each of the titles. There were titles like: Hyrule's Best Recipes, Fathers, Sons, and Gorons, and Granny My Dearest. But his finger came across a book with a spine that didn't have a title on it. So he pulled out the book to see the title on the cover. But there was no cover. Instead, there was a picture with a pendant that had a star on it and blood, red stone in the middle of it. Kohaku gasped and quickly turned to the desk, where he checked out the book. Then he called Zelda and they both began to start out to home.
Somewhere during that time, a greedy, Gerudo prince named Ganondorf sat in his throne with his head leaned into his wrist. He was waiting for the thieves' return with the person who owns the pendant. He stomped madly on the ground.
"Patience, prince," said his advisor, "You know how long it takes them to get all the way back to here."
"Not this long," he said, "You should have been here an hour ago. What's the big hold out?"
"I don't know...maybe they just..."
Ganodorf held up his hand to silence him, "Just send for Ida, I sent her to watch them closely while they went out."
The man nodded and went to the window. He pushed his fingers to his mouth and whistled a long, hurling whistle. He stared at the sky and immediately a black, fierce dragon dropped from the sky. The dragon flowed to the window and landed in front of the man.
"I need you to go and pick up Ida...she's somewhere within Hyrule Field I hope...now go!" and the dragon left.
Within a matter of minutes the dragon had returned with another Gerudo girl named Ida. Who quickly dismounted the horse and ran inside. As soon as she came to the throne, she threw herself to the ground.
"My grateful prince, Ganodorf," she said, "I'm sorry to say I have some bad news."
"Where are the other thieves?"
"They're dead, sire."
"Dead? Were they killed?" the girl nodded, "I bet it was that Link, boy. He always gets in the way."
"No, sire. I believe it's not Link. They took him by surprise and knocked him out."
"So if he didn't kill them, who did?"
"It's this young boy, I couldn't pick out his name. He came in quickly to the rescue and swiped them all out."
"Was he the one who wore the star pendant?"
"That's the part I'm getting to. He didn't kill of all five at the same time. He only killed four at first and killed the last later, who was close to getting you that person who owns the pendant."
"And who was that?" he said raising one eyebrow.
"Zelda..." she said, "She has it around her neck this very moment."
"It was Zelda?" he said rising from his seat, "After four years of searching I finely was able to track it and it was Zelda the whole time?"
"What should we do, sire?"
He sat back in the throne, "Since you're so good at stalking that girl, I want you to watch her until she is utterly alone. Then, you give us the signal and we swipe without anyone noticing."
She nodded and got up from the floor, "I'll get on it right away." And she left the throne to go and watch the princess.
Ganodorf only watched her and rubbed his hands together, "I will get you, Zelda. And when I do...Hyrule will be mine!"