Ch 7

Takil walks back inside his den as Ashley, Roy, Shasharala, and Zelda search for the Starlights. Zelda catches up with her dress in both of her white-gloved hands, "Wait up guys!" The rest of the group stops and Roy turns around, "Take that dress off. You need hiking boots, a bow, and PANTS!" Offended, Zelda slaps Roy in the face, "I WAS going to tell you that I can't go on and I was going to go back to Impa and have a nice cup of tea because I have nothing else better to do with idiots like you guys!" she looks at Ashley, "No offence." "None taken,"Ashley nods and sniggers at the stunned Roy and Shasharala. Zelda points her nose up to the sky and walks off in the other direction. Roy quickly speaks up, "Uhh... Zelda? You're going the wrong way!" Zelda gives him a death stare and Roy starts running the opposite way from her, screaming like a girl. Shasharala chases after him, calling his name. Ashley giggles and waves good-bye to Zelda as she disappears into the sunset. Ashley turns around after she has bid farewell to Zelda and sees that Shasharala and Roy have disappeared. She looks around worriedly. The sky gets dark with clouds and a hand seizes her shoulder suddenly. She gasps and smacks the person with one of her light spells. The figure yelps and winces back in pain. Ashley starts screaming, thinking its Ganondorf and runs as fast as she could into an unknown landscape near a mountain. She turns around only to find the same shadowed figure standing right behind her. She holds her hand up in disgust and starts to make a flame spell with her hand but the figure's hand reaches out and catches her spell and makes it disappear. Ashley gasps in horror. No one could cancel her own spell like that unless... Ashley softly asks, "Link?" A little fairy peeps out of nowhere showing light. The figure's face is illuminated with a gold-ish glow. It was not Link, but some one else. A sexy male-voice answers, "No, this is not Link. But I am one of his long lost friends." "Oh. I see. What is your name any way?" "My name is Mako. I am a Scribe for one of the temples in Hyrule." "Mako? But you do not look Hylian to me..." Mako nods, "Yes, that is true." "But, then why do you have a fairy with you?" Mako looks over his shoulder, "Oh, this thing? She's been following me before I can remember. Her name is Shika." "Oh, alright then. I guess. But why were you following me?" "Oh, for certain reasons. That's all." "Tell me: Why were you following me? I don't even know you." "I have my reasons," he scratches behind his ear in thought. Ashley staggers on a thought, "... Did you get sent here by... ermm... Ganondorf?" There was a slight pause before he went on with his sentence. As if thinking what to say, "No, what are you thinking? I wasn't sent here by that devil." Ashley starts to walk in the other direction as if to ignore what he had just said. He was working for Ganondorf. And there was no doubt about it. She was just going to walk away, as fast as she could in a speed-walking motion. Mako quickly and quietly catches up with her and finally makes an alarming move. He tackles Ashley to the ground and tries to kill her with one blow of his fist. But suddenly a huge yell comes from behind Mako and Ashley. Mako turns around, distracted by the strange sound coming his way. And, there, in the misty fog created by the mountain, was Link. Rain starts to pour down on the three. Link demands in a moderate tone, "Get off of her, now." Mako looks up at Link, gets off of Ashley, and takes his sword out of his scabbard. Link does the same and demands, "You won't be coming out of this place alive. You know that right?" Mako refuses, "Not unless we know who is willing to fight." Lightning streaks the sky shortly followed by thunder.