Chapter Five
Zelda and Kohaku walked along the dirt path of Hyrule Field, both not knowing that they were being followed by Ida not far behind. After about two minutes, Zelda said, "So what book did you get?"
He reached into his robe and pulled out the book, "This one, I've never seen this book before. And it has no title, but look at the cover. You see what's on it?"
Zelda stared in shock at the cover of the small book, "I see...I see the pendant." She took the book and flipped through the book, "May I read it tonight?"
"Sure," he said, "You read it first and tell me what you think tomorrow," he said as he adjusted his hat on head.
Zelda looked up at the sky, "It's getting dark. I'm going to go and read this before I go to bed."
Zelda positioned herself in the chair at her desk and pushed the book in front of her. She swallowed and slowly opened the book and read it's frightening tale:
It was nearly a day ago when the story started. A young princess, her dreams telling the future, played a quick game of Hide and Seek with her hero. But it ended at dusk, when it was dark as black. Frightened by all the blood boiling things at night, the princess begged the hero to stay over and leave at mourning. Having a little time to be convinced, the hero agreed and went to sleep in a small guest room prepared by the princess.
As the hero sleeps, he gets a small message from the princess for him to come and find her at the highest balcony in the castle. She told him a dream, believing it was a prophecy, a boy was to catch her fainting fall and carry her back to the castle. Miraculously, it came true. And the boy turned out to be her long lost brother! After learning the truth about her brother, she quickly became friends and the princess received a star-shaped pendant with a blood, red stone engraved in the middle of it from her brother.
Shortly after, the princess and her brother heard a crash and runs to the den to see what it was. It turned out to be a group of thieves who were after something that the princess owned. After running, being dragged from the castle, and quickly saved from her brother, they decided to learn what the pendant was and where it came from. Little did they know an enemy of their people where watching their every move.
The next day they found out something so dreadful about the pendant. The pendant's....
And that was all Zelda read before she quickly slammed the book shut and ran to her Kohaku's room. She banged hard on the door and screamed, " Kohaku, quick! Open the door."
About a few seconds passed and Kohaku answered his door. He rubbed his eyes because Zelda had awoken him up so he was very tired.
"What is it, Zelda?" he said.
She took his hand and grabbed it and dragged him to his desk. She sat him down and opened the book in front of him.
"Read that, Kohaku," she said, "Read it until it says 'the next day they found out something so dreadful about the pendant.'"
Kohaku nodded and began to read the book. He read it pretty fast. In fact, he read the short passage in not even a minute. After he was done, he slowly looked up from the book.
"I see..." he said, "The book is telling our story."
"Exactly," she said, "What if the book ends in death? I don't want to die."
"Me neither," he said, "Do you want to read the book? I mean, just so we could find out what happens to us?"
She nodded, "It's the only thing we can do."
He took up the book, "Ok, lets see... ' The pendant's jewel was fake! The blood, red stone in the middle was really just a green stone in disguise. But the worst part was, they went to the library and found out that the green stone destroys anything an evil one wishes if they own it.'"
He looked back up at Zelda, who was staring at the pendant's jewel and she was deep in thought, "Do you think it's true? Can this jewel really be green in disguise?"
He shrugged, "I don't know. But we're going to have to find out," he took the pendant in his hands, careful so he would tug on Zelda's neck. After a few minutes of looking it over, he found a small spot of green on the jewel, "This jewel is fake."
"Is it?" she said leaning over the star to examine it.
"Look," with his fingernails he began to scratch off the red paint free of the jewel. Revealing a green stone, "It's coming true...maybe we shouldn't read this."
She nodded, "I'm thinking the same thing."
"And lets not go to the library. I know it will do us wrong. We should at least just go to bed. I'm tired like the dickens."
"So am I." She said, "But I must go and tell Link first something. It's urgent."
He nodded and led her out the door.
Kohaku, having a bad backache, lifted himself from the table he fell asleep on. He opened his eyes slowly to find himself in the library. Looking around his surroundings of books frantically, he saw Zelda sleeping with her head on the table also. He ran over to her and shook her awake.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked around the same way Kohaku did, "How...how'd I get here? I remember going into Link's room and then going back to my room to sleep. I didn't come here."
"Neither did I," he said, "I just closed the door behind you and went back to sleep also."
Zelda thought for a moment, "Wait a minute. Remember last night you said that we shouldn't go to the library?"
"Yeah."
"And remember...what ever we do, that's what that strange book reads out."
"Uh-huh."
"And it said that we were to go into the library and find out something about the jewel on the pendant."
"So?"
"Don't you get it?" she said, "Since we said we weren't going, the story brought us here on it's own. No matter what the book says, and no matter how hard we try for it not to happen, it's going to come true."
Kohaku nodded, "Yes...I see now. But what's going to happen next?"
"I don't know, but lets just find that book we saw yesterday. You remember, the one with the green-stoned pendant?"
"Yes..." and they went to search for the book. Zelda found it and, just like the book said, the stone can destroy anything an evil one wishes if he owns it. They shook their heads in solemn and went back home to get the book that had 'their tale' in it.
Meanwhile back at Ganodorf's dominions, Ida had returned with some slight news for him. She also had something she wanted to give to them.
"Ida," said Ganodorf, "I've been waiting to give me the signal for her. What happened...did you loose her?"
"No sire," she said reaching within her clothes to reveal a book, " There are plenty of times for that. I've swiped this book from them. I over heard them talking about this book how it tells their adventure with that pendant. I've read it already and it's all true. I believe that if this book stays with you, they won't know what's coming for them. That's why I took it, so they don't get any ideas to avoid it."
Ganodorf nodded as he took the book, "Now, listen. We attack for Zelda when she settles down to go to rest or whenever she totally alone. Get her whenever you have the perfect chance. Then whistle and the dragon will help you get to here faster."
She nodded, "I'll take him back to the castle, ok?"
"Where could the book be?" said Kohaku searching for the book through his pile of dirty, old clothes.
"Where did you put it?" said Zelda as she lifted his bed sheets.
"I put it right there with the other books on my desk," he said as he arose from the pile and started towards the door, "I'll go see if perhaps I left it in the den."
"Ok," she said and she kept looking for the book.
Kohaku walked down the stairs to the den and began to look for the book. Link had just awoken himself up from the couch and sat up from the soft pillows. He glanced at Kohaku and asked him, "What' re you looking for?"
"A book," he said as he lifted the cushion from the rocking chair.
The two of them jumped when they heard a scream coming from outside. They both recognized the scream in an instant. The both rushed out to the front lawn and saw a Gerudo dragging Zelda quickly towards Hyrule Field. The Gerudo stopped and brought her fingers to her lips. She whistled and the dragon appeared again in front of them. The Gerudo threw Zelda onto the dragon and then jumped on behind her. And with an instant, they were up in the sky.
Following, huffing and puffing far behind, was Link and Kohaku. Link cupped his hands over his mouth and shouted, "Hey, get back down here. Leave Zelda alone!"
Then he stopped dead and began to laugh. Kohaku stopped and turned towards him, "What are you laughing at? They just took Zelda!"
He shook his head, "They were looking for the person who has the pendant. But they have the wrong person," he revealed his bare chest where his pendant lied across it, "Zelda gave it to me last night and said that I would know what to do when they come after it."
"And do you?"
He shrugged as he looked back up where the dragon was just turning into a spec in the sky, "Lets just hope I do."
Zelda and Kohaku walked along the dirt path of Hyrule Field, both not knowing that they were being followed by Ida not far behind. After about two minutes, Zelda said, "So what book did you get?"
He reached into his robe and pulled out the book, "This one, I've never seen this book before. And it has no title, but look at the cover. You see what's on it?"
Zelda stared in shock at the cover of the small book, "I see...I see the pendant." She took the book and flipped through the book, "May I read it tonight?"
"Sure," he said, "You read it first and tell me what you think tomorrow," he said as he adjusted his hat on head.
Zelda looked up at the sky, "It's getting dark. I'm going to go and read this before I go to bed."
Zelda positioned herself in the chair at her desk and pushed the book in front of her. She swallowed and slowly opened the book and read it's frightening tale:
It was nearly a day ago when the story started. A young princess, her dreams telling the future, played a quick game of Hide and Seek with her hero. But it ended at dusk, when it was dark as black. Frightened by all the blood boiling things at night, the princess begged the hero to stay over and leave at mourning. Having a little time to be convinced, the hero agreed and went to sleep in a small guest room prepared by the princess.
As the hero sleeps, he gets a small message from the princess for him to come and find her at the highest balcony in the castle. She told him a dream, believing it was a prophecy, a boy was to catch her fainting fall and carry her back to the castle. Miraculously, it came true. And the boy turned out to be her long lost brother! After learning the truth about her brother, she quickly became friends and the princess received a star-shaped pendant with a blood, red stone engraved in the middle of it from her brother.
Shortly after, the princess and her brother heard a crash and runs to the den to see what it was. It turned out to be a group of thieves who were after something that the princess owned. After running, being dragged from the castle, and quickly saved from her brother, they decided to learn what the pendant was and where it came from. Little did they know an enemy of their people where watching their every move.
The next day they found out something so dreadful about the pendant. The pendant's....
And that was all Zelda read before she quickly slammed the book shut and ran to her Kohaku's room. She banged hard on the door and screamed, " Kohaku, quick! Open the door."
About a few seconds passed and Kohaku answered his door. He rubbed his eyes because Zelda had awoken him up so he was very tired.
"What is it, Zelda?" he said.
She took his hand and grabbed it and dragged him to his desk. She sat him down and opened the book in front of him.
"Read that, Kohaku," she said, "Read it until it says 'the next day they found out something so dreadful about the pendant.'"
Kohaku nodded and began to read the book. He read it pretty fast. In fact, he read the short passage in not even a minute. After he was done, he slowly looked up from the book.
"I see..." he said, "The book is telling our story."
"Exactly," she said, "What if the book ends in death? I don't want to die."
"Me neither," he said, "Do you want to read the book? I mean, just so we could find out what happens to us?"
She nodded, "It's the only thing we can do."
He took up the book, "Ok, lets see... ' The pendant's jewel was fake! The blood, red stone in the middle was really just a green stone in disguise. But the worst part was, they went to the library and found out that the green stone destroys anything an evil one wishes if they own it.'"
He looked back up at Zelda, who was staring at the pendant's jewel and she was deep in thought, "Do you think it's true? Can this jewel really be green in disguise?"
He shrugged, "I don't know. But we're going to have to find out," he took the pendant in his hands, careful so he would tug on Zelda's neck. After a few minutes of looking it over, he found a small spot of green on the jewel, "This jewel is fake."
"Is it?" she said leaning over the star to examine it.
"Look," with his fingernails he began to scratch off the red paint free of the jewel. Revealing a green stone, "It's coming true...maybe we shouldn't read this."
She nodded, "I'm thinking the same thing."
"And lets not go to the library. I know it will do us wrong. We should at least just go to bed. I'm tired like the dickens."
"So am I." She said, "But I must go and tell Link first something. It's urgent."
He nodded and led her out the door.
Kohaku, having a bad backache, lifted himself from the table he fell asleep on. He opened his eyes slowly to find himself in the library. Looking around his surroundings of books frantically, he saw Zelda sleeping with her head on the table also. He ran over to her and shook her awake.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked around the same way Kohaku did, "How...how'd I get here? I remember going into Link's room and then going back to my room to sleep. I didn't come here."
"Neither did I," he said, "I just closed the door behind you and went back to sleep also."
Zelda thought for a moment, "Wait a minute. Remember last night you said that we shouldn't go to the library?"
"Yeah."
"And remember...what ever we do, that's what that strange book reads out."
"Uh-huh."
"And it said that we were to go into the library and find out something about the jewel on the pendant."
"So?"
"Don't you get it?" she said, "Since we said we weren't going, the story brought us here on it's own. No matter what the book says, and no matter how hard we try for it not to happen, it's going to come true."
Kohaku nodded, "Yes...I see now. But what's going to happen next?"
"I don't know, but lets just find that book we saw yesterday. You remember, the one with the green-stoned pendant?"
"Yes..." and they went to search for the book. Zelda found it and, just like the book said, the stone can destroy anything an evil one wishes if he owns it. They shook their heads in solemn and went back home to get the book that had 'their tale' in it.
Meanwhile back at Ganodorf's dominions, Ida had returned with some slight news for him. She also had something she wanted to give to them.
"Ida," said Ganodorf, "I've been waiting to give me the signal for her. What happened...did you loose her?"
"No sire," she said reaching within her clothes to reveal a book, " There are plenty of times for that. I've swiped this book from them. I over heard them talking about this book how it tells their adventure with that pendant. I've read it already and it's all true. I believe that if this book stays with you, they won't know what's coming for them. That's why I took it, so they don't get any ideas to avoid it."
Ganodorf nodded as he took the book, "Now, listen. We attack for Zelda when she settles down to go to rest or whenever she totally alone. Get her whenever you have the perfect chance. Then whistle and the dragon will help you get to here faster."
She nodded, "I'll take him back to the castle, ok?"
"Where could the book be?" said Kohaku searching for the book through his pile of dirty, old clothes.
"Where did you put it?" said Zelda as she lifted his bed sheets.
"I put it right there with the other books on my desk," he said as he arose from the pile and started towards the door, "I'll go see if perhaps I left it in the den."
"Ok," she said and she kept looking for the book.
Kohaku walked down the stairs to the den and began to look for the book. Link had just awoken himself up from the couch and sat up from the soft pillows. He glanced at Kohaku and asked him, "What' re you looking for?"
"A book," he said as he lifted the cushion from the rocking chair.
The two of them jumped when they heard a scream coming from outside. They both recognized the scream in an instant. The both rushed out to the front lawn and saw a Gerudo dragging Zelda quickly towards Hyrule Field. The Gerudo stopped and brought her fingers to her lips. She whistled and the dragon appeared again in front of them. The Gerudo threw Zelda onto the dragon and then jumped on behind her. And with an instant, they were up in the sky.
Following, huffing and puffing far behind, was Link and Kohaku. Link cupped his hands over his mouth and shouted, "Hey, get back down here. Leave Zelda alone!"
Then he stopped dead and began to laugh. Kohaku stopped and turned towards him, "What are you laughing at? They just took Zelda!"
He shook his head, "They were looking for the person who has the pendant. But they have the wrong person," he revealed his bare chest where his pendant lied across it, "Zelda gave it to me last night and said that I would know what to do when they come after it."
"And do you?"
He shrugged as he looked back up where the dragon was just turning into a spec in the sky, "Lets just hope I do."