The Odds of Life
Disclaimer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda or any of its characters.
Another quick summary! XD In the last chapter, Ganondorf is plotting a rebellion in the Sacred Realm, long enough to make a distraction for him and a few of his followers to escape. In the mean time, Rauru has summoned Link, who has taken a slight detour to Saria's house. Once Saria absent-mindedly runs away to the Forest Temple, Link continues on to the Temple of Time...
Chapter Two:
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As he heard horse hooves' grow nearer, Rauru quickly made his way up to the altar. He began dusting his finger along the edges of the Door of Time. Then, the Sage of Light heard running footsteps, followed deep breathing.
"Rau...Raur.....Rauru? Navi said you wish to speak with me?" Rauru turned around. "Yes I do, boy. Now come. There is much to be done with so little time." Link's facial expression changed rapidly from his weary disposition to curiosity. He looked at Navi with uncertainty flashing in his eyes. Navi in return rolled her eyes and motioned for him to follow.
"I am unsure if you have heard the news of the princess?" Rauru asked calmly. "Uh, no...I can't say I have-" "Then I will tell you, Link." He guided Link over to his viewing pool, and sat him down. Images of Hyrule fifteen years ago flooded its waters. "Fifteen years ago, Hyrule's princess was born. Ganondorf, which I am sure you have heard of from all of the Legends, was trying to break free of the Sacred Realm..."
Link glanced up and nodded in response. "The King and Queen feared for their daughter's safety, Link...they entrusted her to me..." Rauru's voice altered slightly. "But, there was nothing I could do, except to send her away...." Link, who was quite surprised by this, looked up in shock. "So you mean, there hasn't been a princess in Hyrule for fifteen years? Where is she? Is she even hiding in Hyrule? I'll-"
Rauru stared at Link, and sighed. "Alas, my boy, she is not in Hyrule....she is in a place called Earth...." Suddenly, pictures of house after house appeared in the fountain. Children ran outside, laughing and teasing each other. They had bags on their back, and a huge yellow thing came rolling down the street. "Raur...Rauru, what is that? Why are those girls wearing...pants?"
Rauru chuckled softly. "That," he replied, "is a bus. Girls wear pants in that world, as well....times are much different there...." He trailed off, looking intently into the fountain. "And this, is the girl who is the princess...."
In the pool, a girl about 5'4" bounded down the steps on the front porch, leading away from the house. She had brown hair, about mid-waist length, and brown eyes....but Link swore they were blue in the light. The first thing he noticed was that she had an outgoing personality, judging by the way she made all the kids at the corner by the "bus" laugh.
Rauru cleared his throat, softly, but sternly. "Link," he started, "you are to go and find this girl, and bring her back here...before any trouble starts..." Link nodded. But how in this "Earth" was he supposed to find her? He thought. As if Rauru read his mind, he answered, "I will transport you there with my power, and the other Sages will help to bring you back. Take this circlet, and give it to the girl when the time is right..."
Rauru held out his hand, and Link saw one of the most ornate pieces of jewelry that he had ever seen. It was made of pure gold, or so it looked like, and had tiny violet and blue gems encircling a large, diamond-shaped ruby. "The girl will then know who she is..." Rauru spoke. "Rauru," asked Link, almost timid, "what is this girl's name?" The sage quickly snapped his head up from the contents of the fountain, and grinned. "Oh yes, her name is Katie....Katie Carter...."
Navi found this to be the perfect opportunity to use some of her dry sense of humor. "What kind of name is that? I mean, she's a princess, for Goddesses' sake!" Rauru again grinned. "That was the name she was given by her family on Earth...her name is Zelda..." Navi turned a deep pink. "Oh...I'm sorry, Rauru..." "It's alright...now, we need to discuss how to venture around there..."
The three heard steps running up the Temple's stairs, then clicking on the marble floor. They looked up just in time to see Nabooru trip over one of her shoes. "Ouch! Damn shoes...I swear I-" She glanced at the direction of the altar where Link and Rauru stood. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Rauru it's just that there's trouble..." "Now?" Rauru asked worriedly. More footsteps where heard, then Impa, Darunia, a young Princess Ruto, and Saria come dashing in. "Sir," Impa spoke, almost out of breath, "there is a rebellion in the Sacred Realm-"
Screams and cries filled the air as the Door of Time started shaking. "Rauru, we sages will hold them off...send the boy now!" Nabooru morphed into a ball of light and disappeared into the floor. "Please, go now!" Cried the somewhat afraid Ruto, as she also sunk into the marble, down into the Realm. Darunia also went with her. Impa and Saria stood guard over the temple above grounds.
An explosion caused everyone to jump, and a hole appeared in the floor. "Sorry, Rauru!" Nabooru called up, "I'll pay for it!" Just then, loads of creatures came crawling up from the depths of the Realm, while Saria frantically tried to run from them. "Saria!" Link called, ready to help her. "Link, boy! She'll be fine! Impa is with her! Now go!" A blue light engulfed Link as Rauru spoke, "Oh yes, you will be invisible only in the daytime! Do try to stay out of people's way!" "Wait, Rauru!" Navi squeaked, "You forgot about meeeeee!"
And with a flash, they were gone.
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A darkened corridor in the Sacred Realm...
"Lord Ganondorf, are we ready?" asked a very impatient moblin. "Wait a little longer...patience is a virtue...." Ganondor said, even though he as well was getting frustrated.
As soon as he saw Nabooru blast a whole out of the Realm, Ganondorf made his move. "Go! Now! Keep as hidden as you possibly can!" Ganondorf turned his amber eyes over to Nabooru, and grinned. That, my dear, was a great mistake... He laughed very low, and warped out of the opening, knowing all too well Nabooru would call the alarm.
Nabooru's eyes opened wide with shock, and looked around, creatures of all kinds were fighting at eachother... while the Sages were trying to stop them.... "Wait!" She called up to the others. "This is a diversion! Ganondorf is out! Hurry!" Rauru quickly sealed up the whole, and eyed the monsters inside the temple. He couldn't find Ganondorf.....
Saria screamed. The Evil King had managed to lurk around the others, and he had caught the poor girl. "Let....me....GO!" He smiled, his grin causing admonished looks from everyone, including his followers. He whispered in the girl's ear, "Tell your little friend Nabooru, as clever as she is, she wasn't clever enough..."
Laughter filled the air, and in a poof, he and his search party vanished. Saria fell to the ground, shaking and crying. Ruto went over to comfort her. Nabooru spoke up. "I think..." she said slightly ashamed, "they heard bout the princess..." And with that, she ran out of the temple. Saria spoke up, her voice faltering every now and then. "I hope Link will get to her first," she said, then she fell back into Ruto's lap.
"We can only hope....." Rauru agreed.
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Katie sat back in her desk and closed her eyes, forgetting about the social studies lesson she was supposed to be listening to. Instead, she was focused on her trip to the mall with her friends for the next day. Hmmm....I wonder if Weather Vane still has that cute mini on sale...
When she opened her eyes, she found that the entire classroom was staring at her, and her friends Allison and Kristina were trying desperately to keep from laughing. "Katie?" Her teacher, Mr. Lewis, towered over her. "Uh....um.....yes?" "What is the answer to the question, you seemed to be thinking..." Katie looked around the room. Spreads of smiles teased her in return. "Uh....I think, in my opinion, that the answer is...." Her eyes locked onto her friends. Kristina, the genius that she was, mouthed the answer.
"Oh! Um....never mind that whole opinion thing..." Katie replied, almost making her sentence sound like one word. "The answer is that during that whole, um, ship-stealing...thing, between Great Britain and France? Yea, but, once the United States made that formal agreement with France, the, um, British were outraged by their choice and sill raided US ships...and used the crew as slaves...am I right?" She put on the best fake smile she could, offering a bit of confidence in her answer. "That...." Mr. Lewis looked out at the class with a semi-disappointed look, and half pleased signals flaring in his eyes, "Is correct."
The bell for class changes rang. Katie ran to catch up with Allison; apparently Kristina had already gone to her next class. "Wow. You totally covered that one up, Kate!" "Yea, thanks to Kristina...hey, where is she?" "She went into math. Brought her books with her. So, I hear the boys are making wise cracks about this dance...." Katie smiled. Her friends Dan and Adam were always saying how stupid any social event was, then absolutely loving it in the end.
"Whatever they say...hey Allison?" The 5'10" girl stopped. "Yea?" "Tell Ashley to sit with us at lunch...she never does!" "OK! C-ya 6th period!" The blonde swooped around, and crashed into a kid, who in turn dropped his books. Allison always was alittle clumsy, but it looked like she just hooked up with a really cute kid.
At the end of the day...
When the dismissal bell rang, kids poured out of the Creekview Highschool. Katie, along with her shyest friend, Rachel Mae, walked down the path to their homes. Rachel looked up at the sky. "Hey, there must be a glare in my eyes.....shitty contacts..." Katie looked up too. "No...there's something there...Oh my GOD, Rae! Something's falling out of the sky!"
Many teens stopped and stared as a giant red and gold orb fell from who knew where. Then, it crashed into the fields beyond the edge of Rachel's yard. The two girls slowly walked up. "Wha...What is that?" Asked a very timid Rae. "It's ok...come here," called the brunette. "Whatever was inside, apparently got out..."
The orb was cracked in half, no, more like cut..."Who would have something so sharp and powerful enough to cut it open...?" "I don't know, better call the cops...go ahead, Rae, I'll meet you back at your place." Katie looked around. Others were starting to wander closer to the orb, others pointed and stared. I wonder what was in it.... Katie thought as she slowly walked away.
Little did she know, a boy, almost a man was sitting right in front of her the whole time, staring at her in wonder...
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Well? How was that? Please tell! R&R! Once again, Questions/Comments/Constructive Criticism will be appreciated!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda or any of its characters.
Another quick summary! XD In the last chapter, Ganondorf is plotting a rebellion in the Sacred Realm, long enough to make a distraction for him and a few of his followers to escape. In the mean time, Rauru has summoned Link, who has taken a slight detour to Saria's house. Once Saria absent-mindedly runs away to the Forest Temple, Link continues on to the Temple of Time...
Chapter Two:
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As he heard horse hooves' grow nearer, Rauru quickly made his way up to the altar. He began dusting his finger along the edges of the Door of Time. Then, the Sage of Light heard running footsteps, followed deep breathing.
"Rau...Raur.....Rauru? Navi said you wish to speak with me?" Rauru turned around. "Yes I do, boy. Now come. There is much to be done with so little time." Link's facial expression changed rapidly from his weary disposition to curiosity. He looked at Navi with uncertainty flashing in his eyes. Navi in return rolled her eyes and motioned for him to follow.
"I am unsure if you have heard the news of the princess?" Rauru asked calmly. "Uh, no...I can't say I have-" "Then I will tell you, Link." He guided Link over to his viewing pool, and sat him down. Images of Hyrule fifteen years ago flooded its waters. "Fifteen years ago, Hyrule's princess was born. Ganondorf, which I am sure you have heard of from all of the Legends, was trying to break free of the Sacred Realm..."
Link glanced up and nodded in response. "The King and Queen feared for their daughter's safety, Link...they entrusted her to me..." Rauru's voice altered slightly. "But, there was nothing I could do, except to send her away...." Link, who was quite surprised by this, looked up in shock. "So you mean, there hasn't been a princess in Hyrule for fifteen years? Where is she? Is she even hiding in Hyrule? I'll-"
Rauru stared at Link, and sighed. "Alas, my boy, she is not in Hyrule....she is in a place called Earth...." Suddenly, pictures of house after house appeared in the fountain. Children ran outside, laughing and teasing each other. They had bags on their back, and a huge yellow thing came rolling down the street. "Raur...Rauru, what is that? Why are those girls wearing...pants?"
Rauru chuckled softly. "That," he replied, "is a bus. Girls wear pants in that world, as well....times are much different there...." He trailed off, looking intently into the fountain. "And this, is the girl who is the princess...."
In the pool, a girl about 5'4" bounded down the steps on the front porch, leading away from the house. She had brown hair, about mid-waist length, and brown eyes....but Link swore they were blue in the light. The first thing he noticed was that she had an outgoing personality, judging by the way she made all the kids at the corner by the "bus" laugh.
Rauru cleared his throat, softly, but sternly. "Link," he started, "you are to go and find this girl, and bring her back here...before any trouble starts..." Link nodded. But how in this "Earth" was he supposed to find her? He thought. As if Rauru read his mind, he answered, "I will transport you there with my power, and the other Sages will help to bring you back. Take this circlet, and give it to the girl when the time is right..."
Rauru held out his hand, and Link saw one of the most ornate pieces of jewelry that he had ever seen. It was made of pure gold, or so it looked like, and had tiny violet and blue gems encircling a large, diamond-shaped ruby. "The girl will then know who she is..." Rauru spoke. "Rauru," asked Link, almost timid, "what is this girl's name?" The sage quickly snapped his head up from the contents of the fountain, and grinned. "Oh yes, her name is Katie....Katie Carter...."
Navi found this to be the perfect opportunity to use some of her dry sense of humor. "What kind of name is that? I mean, she's a princess, for Goddesses' sake!" Rauru again grinned. "That was the name she was given by her family on Earth...her name is Zelda..." Navi turned a deep pink. "Oh...I'm sorry, Rauru..." "It's alright...now, we need to discuss how to venture around there..."
The three heard steps running up the Temple's stairs, then clicking on the marble floor. They looked up just in time to see Nabooru trip over one of her shoes. "Ouch! Damn shoes...I swear I-" She glanced at the direction of the altar where Link and Rauru stood. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry, Rauru it's just that there's trouble..." "Now?" Rauru asked worriedly. More footsteps where heard, then Impa, Darunia, a young Princess Ruto, and Saria come dashing in. "Sir," Impa spoke, almost out of breath, "there is a rebellion in the Sacred Realm-"
Screams and cries filled the air as the Door of Time started shaking. "Rauru, we sages will hold them off...send the boy now!" Nabooru morphed into a ball of light and disappeared into the floor. "Please, go now!" Cried the somewhat afraid Ruto, as she also sunk into the marble, down into the Realm. Darunia also went with her. Impa and Saria stood guard over the temple above grounds.
An explosion caused everyone to jump, and a hole appeared in the floor. "Sorry, Rauru!" Nabooru called up, "I'll pay for it!" Just then, loads of creatures came crawling up from the depths of the Realm, while Saria frantically tried to run from them. "Saria!" Link called, ready to help her. "Link, boy! She'll be fine! Impa is with her! Now go!" A blue light engulfed Link as Rauru spoke, "Oh yes, you will be invisible only in the daytime! Do try to stay out of people's way!" "Wait, Rauru!" Navi squeaked, "You forgot about meeeeee!"
And with a flash, they were gone.
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A darkened corridor in the Sacred Realm...
"Lord Ganondorf, are we ready?" asked a very impatient moblin. "Wait a little longer...patience is a virtue...." Ganondor said, even though he as well was getting frustrated.
As soon as he saw Nabooru blast a whole out of the Realm, Ganondorf made his move. "Go! Now! Keep as hidden as you possibly can!" Ganondorf turned his amber eyes over to Nabooru, and grinned. That, my dear, was a great mistake... He laughed very low, and warped out of the opening, knowing all too well Nabooru would call the alarm.
Nabooru's eyes opened wide with shock, and looked around, creatures of all kinds were fighting at eachother... while the Sages were trying to stop them.... "Wait!" She called up to the others. "This is a diversion! Ganondorf is out! Hurry!" Rauru quickly sealed up the whole, and eyed the monsters inside the temple. He couldn't find Ganondorf.....
Saria screamed. The Evil King had managed to lurk around the others, and he had caught the poor girl. "Let....me....GO!" He smiled, his grin causing admonished looks from everyone, including his followers. He whispered in the girl's ear, "Tell your little friend Nabooru, as clever as she is, she wasn't clever enough..."
Laughter filled the air, and in a poof, he and his search party vanished. Saria fell to the ground, shaking and crying. Ruto went over to comfort her. Nabooru spoke up. "I think..." she said slightly ashamed, "they heard bout the princess..." And with that, she ran out of the temple. Saria spoke up, her voice faltering every now and then. "I hope Link will get to her first," she said, then she fell back into Ruto's lap.
"We can only hope....." Rauru agreed.
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Katie sat back in her desk and closed her eyes, forgetting about the social studies lesson she was supposed to be listening to. Instead, she was focused on her trip to the mall with her friends for the next day. Hmmm....I wonder if Weather Vane still has that cute mini on sale...
When she opened her eyes, she found that the entire classroom was staring at her, and her friends Allison and Kristina were trying desperately to keep from laughing. "Katie?" Her teacher, Mr. Lewis, towered over her. "Uh....um.....yes?" "What is the answer to the question, you seemed to be thinking..." Katie looked around the room. Spreads of smiles teased her in return. "Uh....I think, in my opinion, that the answer is...." Her eyes locked onto her friends. Kristina, the genius that she was, mouthed the answer.
"Oh! Um....never mind that whole opinion thing..." Katie replied, almost making her sentence sound like one word. "The answer is that during that whole, um, ship-stealing...thing, between Great Britain and France? Yea, but, once the United States made that formal agreement with France, the, um, British were outraged by their choice and sill raided US ships...and used the crew as slaves...am I right?" She put on the best fake smile she could, offering a bit of confidence in her answer. "That...." Mr. Lewis looked out at the class with a semi-disappointed look, and half pleased signals flaring in his eyes, "Is correct."
The bell for class changes rang. Katie ran to catch up with Allison; apparently Kristina had already gone to her next class. "Wow. You totally covered that one up, Kate!" "Yea, thanks to Kristina...hey, where is she?" "She went into math. Brought her books with her. So, I hear the boys are making wise cracks about this dance...." Katie smiled. Her friends Dan and Adam were always saying how stupid any social event was, then absolutely loving it in the end.
"Whatever they say...hey Allison?" The 5'10" girl stopped. "Yea?" "Tell Ashley to sit with us at lunch...she never does!" "OK! C-ya 6th period!" The blonde swooped around, and crashed into a kid, who in turn dropped his books. Allison always was alittle clumsy, but it looked like she just hooked up with a really cute kid.
At the end of the day...
When the dismissal bell rang, kids poured out of the Creekview Highschool. Katie, along with her shyest friend, Rachel Mae, walked down the path to their homes. Rachel looked up at the sky. "Hey, there must be a glare in my eyes.....shitty contacts..." Katie looked up too. "No...there's something there...Oh my GOD, Rae! Something's falling out of the sky!"
Many teens stopped and stared as a giant red and gold orb fell from who knew where. Then, it crashed into the fields beyond the edge of Rachel's yard. The two girls slowly walked up. "Wha...What is that?" Asked a very timid Rae. "It's ok...come here," called the brunette. "Whatever was inside, apparently got out..."
The orb was cracked in half, no, more like cut..."Who would have something so sharp and powerful enough to cut it open...?" "I don't know, better call the cops...go ahead, Rae, I'll meet you back at your place." Katie looked around. Others were starting to wander closer to the orb, others pointed and stared. I wonder what was in it.... Katie thought as she slowly walked away.
Little did she know, a boy, almost a man was sitting right in front of her the whole time, staring at her in wonder...
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Well? How was that? Please tell! R&R! Once again, Questions/Comments/Constructive Criticism will be appreciated!