Part 4
Chapter 10: The Castle Visit
JD, the young part-Hyrulian and part-Zora boy swam along Zora's river; he had decided to go to Hyrule Castle and talk to the wise Queen Zelda. She must surely know all about the Seven Hero Spirits. He was hoping she would tell him what to do next, as he was unsure where to go.
He swam along the river toward the castle town's drawbridge; luckily it was still daytime so the drawbridge was still down. He swam to the land and made his way across the drawbridge into the town of Hyrule.
A Hyrulian woman who was fairly large around the waist approached the little mixed-race boy. "Welcome to our town, JD. You have come to visit Queen Zelda haven't you?"
"Yes I have, how did you know that?" asked JD, surprised by this woman knowing who he was and why he was there.
"Take the path over there and you will come to the castle gates. Be truthful about your purpose to the guards and they will grant you access," said the woman, avoiding giving JD an answer to his question.
"Who are you?" asked JD. She must be someone special to know why he was there.
"My name is of no importance to you, child," was her reply. A bright light appeared in front of her and JD closed his eyes until he was sure the light had gone as it might damage his eyes. The woman had vanished as well.
JD walked in the direction of Hyrule castle; perhaps he would get more answers there.
"Be gone boy - Queen Zelda will not see anyone today," said the tall guard, who stood on the other side of the locked gate.
"I am on a mission and I need to know where I should go next. Queen Zelda The Wise, will surely be able to aid me."
"What mission could a young boy possibly be on?" asked the guard, laughing as he spoke.
"I am to save the land from evil along with several others. I am One of the chosen," replied JD, in an older voice JD didn't know he had.
"You are too young to save the land, little one," laughed the guard.
JD became angry at the guard's lack of faith and fumed, "Do not doubt the power of the Water Hero." Before the boy knew what was happening, the guard was lifted high into the air by an invisible force.
JD suddenly came to his senses, and the guard fell to the ground with a loud thump. The guard lay still, unconscious.
A female voice startled JD and JD looked behind to see from where the voice had come. "Please be careful, you mustn't let the evil consume you or your power will be used against the good people of this world," said the blonde-haired woman who stood there.
JD saw the crown upon her head and bowed down. "Your majesty, I came here to seek your guidance; I am but a young boy in a big world and know not where to find my Hero brothers."
"Such a young one to be joined with a Hero Spirit; I believe that the display of your Zora's Manipulation power just then was beyond your control. You will need to learn to not use your power against the good when your temper fails."
"I'm sorry," apologised the boy in a small voice; quite unlike the one that he had been using a moment ago.
"You will learn by your errors, JD. Step closer to me," requested the queen in a soft, undemanding voice.
JD obeyed her and a bright light surrounded the two. JD closed his eyes for fear that the light would blind him.
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JD and Zelda now stood in a beautiful grass-floored garden. The grass was a healthy dark green colour as though it were watered every day.
Flowers of many different colours grew in flower beds at the edges of the garden, and the wall of the castle building stood at the back of the garden.
"JD, your manipulation power will allow you to easily move things which will help you in your fight with evil in the future. You must use it wisely or else you will fall to the darkness."
"Queen Zelda, how can I find the others of the Seven?"
"They are not all together yet; but soon will be when they meet on Hyrule field," replied Zelda.
"How will I find them in the darkness that is night?" asked JD, noticing that it was beginning to get dark now.
"JD, you will stay at the castle as my guest tonight, where you will be safe. You are too inexperienced to protect yourself from evil at night. When morning comes you will go forth and find the others of the Seven Heroes."
Chapter 11: The Uniting of the Four
Two fairies with pale brown dresses floated high above the Gerudo desert. These two fairies looked very similar except that one had dark brown hair and the other's hair was light brown. They had escaped from the fire in Goron City, which was a large cave housing several smaller ones, inside death mountain where the Gorons had lived before the fire. The two fairies had stayed out of people's sight to give all evil the impression that they had perished in the fire. They had seen the fires at Gerudo Valley and were now able to work out where the next target was.
"I hope the two Hero Spirits from the perished beings in Goron City have found new beings to join with now," said Gorolia to her sister.
"I feel that they have, sister. I fear that the Seven are still not all together - we must gather them into one group or some of their number will be taken over by the small amount of evil in each of the spirits," said Goronia, the more knowledgeable of the two.
"But, why is there any evil in the Hero Spirits?" asked Gorolia, the younger of the two.
"While the Hero Spirits were travelling, a small amount of evil joined with each one."
"The Hero Spirits have travelled before and never been joined with evil."
"The enemies are from the Shadow Lands and they concealed themselves so that the travelling spirits couldn't see them. Then the dark magic was cast on each spirit. If one of the Seven shows weakness, the evil will start to consume that one."
"The Seven would not know of this, we must get word of warning to them fast," said Gorolia.
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Nathan and Josiah slept on the soft ground of Hyrule Field, while Chris stood guard in case any enemies tried to attack. After a long time though, it seemed that this area was free from enemies. The men and the boy hadn't gone back to the ranch, as they did not wish to be a burden to the Travis's at night and if the enemies knew they were at Travis Ranch, the ranch and the Travis's would be in danger.
Chris heard soft footsteps and turned toward the sound, his sword held threateningly toward the sound.
"Chris, it's me, Buck," said the brown-haired boy, only just loud enough for Chris to hear him.
"We should never have split up, Buck," said Chris, sadness in his voice.
Buck ran to Chris and threw his arms around him. "I'm so sorry about Mrs Chris and Adam," he whispered, looking at the somber-faced man.
"Did you find out if your mother survived?" asked Chris.
"My mother has escaped; but I don't know where she's gone," answered Buck sadly, tears starting to appear in his eyes.
Chris hugged Buck to him; "I will look after you and we shall look for your mother while we protect the world from further evil."
Nathan and Josiah had woken up and both looked toward Buck curiously. "Are you going to introduce us, brother?" asked Josiah.
"This is my young Gerudo friend, Buck," replied Chris.
"I'm not a Gerudo by birth though. I was left with the Gerudos by my parents who were on their way to a battle between Shadow People and Hyrulians, my Gerudo mother told me."
"I am not a Kakariko by birth - my parents were both Hyrulians and when they died I went to Kakariko Village and became a carpenter," said Chris, now deciding that it was the right time to reveal this.
"There are many Hyrulian People spread out over the lands. Not all people live where they were born because of fighting that breaks out between the races sometimes," said Josiah.
"Buck, this is Josiah from Kakariko Village and Nathan, his friend."
"My father married a Kakariko - my birth-family are of the Kokiri Forest people," explained Nathan, when he received a questioning look from Buck. Buck somehow knew that people of Nathan's colouring weren't born Kakarikos.
Kokiri Forest people had different skin colours, but Kakarikos always had quite pale skin - these things Buck had been taught by his mother. She had taught him about the lands and peoples of Zelda's Kingdom because she was sure the knowledge was important for the boy to know.
"I've never met a Forest person before, it's nice to meet you, Nathan; and you, Josiah," said Buck.
"Buck, we're staying here for the night - I will stay on guard as I do not require much sleep," said Chris, who really couldn't sleep because of the grief he tried to keep hidden inside of him.
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Several hours later, morning came and Chris woke the group up fairly early.
They decided that they would see if they could get horses from the Travis Ranch. They pooled their rupee's together (Rupee's are coloured gems used to pay for things throughout Zelda's Kingdom) and found that they would be able to buy two horses with the gems. Maybe they could do some work for the Travis's to pay for the other horses.
They entered Travis Ranch and noticed a sign on the house's front door that said Mary and Orin were at the corral, so they walked past the house to the large corral that was used for the horses to ride around in.
"Someone must have stolen him, Orin," said Mary to her father-in-law, after they couldn't find their most valuable black horse.
"We'll never get him back, Mary - he could be anywhere," replied Orin, with sadness in his voice. Orin Travis was aged fifty-five and felt too old to ride around the lands searching for a horse, no matter how valuable it was to him.
Chris stepped toward them to make his presence known; "Someone has stolen one of your horses?"
"Our most valuable horse - he's the fastest in the whole world and isn't for sale to anyone," answered Mary. This blonde woman was aged thirty-two and didn't wish to leave the Ranch to see if she could recover the horse for her father-in-law, but would if she had to.
"Perhaps we could look out for him on our travels. Mary, we need to tell you all that we have learned in just one day," said Josiah, as he stepped forward to stand beside Chris.
"I've never seen such an assorted group of men and boys all together; there must be something very important you need to tell us to explain your mixed group. Come into the house and we will refresh you all for your journey," said Orin.
The boys and men followed Mary and Orin Travis inside the ranch's house.
Chapter 12: The Stolen Horse
Ezra and Vin had seen people in Hyrule Field overnight, and had kept to the darkest places so they weren't seen. They were wary of strangers and preferred to remain undiscovered for the time being. They had taken it in turns to sleep for a few hours at a time, while the other watched for danger.
When the sun rose, Vin woke up feeling refreshed. Vin tried waking Ezra and discovered that the older boy didn't like early starts. Vin had threatened to leave him all alone, so Ezra had reluctantly got up.
"How do we discover the locations of our five compatriots?" asked Ezra, stretching his arms to wake them up.
"Do you mean the five other Heroes joined with the Hero Spirits?" asked Vin. He had little knowledge of long words and often had trouble understanding Ezra. Kokiri Forest people preferred to use far shorter words.
"Yes, Vin," sighed Ezra impatiently.
"How did you afford such a fine horse, Ez?" asked Vin who now saw the horse, as Ezra couldn't keep it invisible while he was asleep and had forgotten to conceal it again now that he was awake.
"Vincent, my name is Ez-ra, not Ez," said Ezra. "A hero deserves a fine beast," the boy explained, as if it was obvious.
"You stole it, didn't you?" asked Vin, angrily. He disapproved of such a crime; no matter who had committed it.
"I am merely using his services until I am able to purchase my own horse, I will explain to the Travis's when I have some time available."
"EZ-RA, stealing horses is a crime - we have to go to the Travis's now and give the horse back."
Ezra became angry at being ordered around and suddenly vanished.
"Ez-ra? Where've you gone?" asked Vin worriedly.
Ezra started to creep away, leaving Vin with the stolen horse.
"Ez-ra, I am not as foolish as you think. Your footsteps are not so silent and my power of Forest Hearing can hear your every move no matter how quiet you try to be," said Vin angrily.
Ezra became visible again and hung his head. He muttered, "It was worth a try."
"We must go to the Travis Ranch now," said Vin, deciding to neglect from telling Ezra that he had heard the voices of what must be the other Heroes at the ranch; two could play at the game of keeping secrets.
Ezra stood up and headed for his horse; intending to ride it to the ranch. Vin stopped him with a shout, "No, Ezra; we'll both walk there. I'll lead the horse."
They set off for the ranch; Ezra upset that he had to walk all the way and Vin happily humming a tune to himself, accustomed to walking distances across the field.
They hadn't got very far towards their destination when two bright flashes of light appeared in front of them, stopping the two boys in their tracks.
When the light had gone, the boys re-opened their eyes to see two fairies in pale-brown dresses. They were almost identical except one had light-brown hair and the other's was dark-brown.
"More fairies?" asked Vin, wondering just how many fairies there were in the kingdom.
"We have come to warn you of a danger imposed upon those joined with the Hero Spirits," said Goronia, the older fairy with dark-brown hair.
"I think you should introduce yourselves before you warn us of danger," said Ezra, unsure whether they should trust these two fairies - what if they were enemies posing as fairies?
"You must be the Shadow Hero - the one who is slow to trust people who he does not know. I am Gorolia, the younger of the Goron Fairy Twins. She is Goronia, my slightly older twin-sister," said the fairy with the light-brown hair.
"I'm Vin, the Kokiri Hero and this is Ezra, the Shadow Hero," said Vin, smiling kindly at the two fairies.
"We know of your names and lands, Vin," said Gorolia, not liking that some mortals underestimated how much fairies really knew.
"What is this danger you wish to warn us of?" asked Ezra curiously.
"Each of the Hero Spirits has some evil in them, put there by Shadow enemies when the Spirits entered this world. If any of the heroes show weakness, the evil will start to consume them," explained Goronia.
Ezra looked at the fairy, disbelief evident on his face. "Even the mightiest show weakness at times - how are we meant to stay strong all the time?"
"Learn to not use your powers on innocents when you feel angry or unhappy.".
"How do we know you aren't enemies posing as fairies?" asked Ezra.
"Ezra, there is no way to prove our identities to you, but you must trust us, because if we were enemies we would have stricken you down already," replied Gorolia.
"Why weren't you harmed in the Goron City fire?" asked Vin, who had been told of the fire by his Kokiri parents.
"We cannot be harmed by fire or heat. We both have Goron Fire-protection power as well as our own individual powers," answered Gorolia.
"Two of the Hero Spirits have Goron Fairy powers?" asked Vin, wondering what the powers would be.
"Yes, Vin - but we cannot reveal the powers to anyone yet," said Gorolia. "We have to go now. Please help the other five to learn to keep their powers under control so they won't turn on innocents in moments of weakness."
"We certainly will, Miss. It was a pleasure to meet you both," said Ezra, beginning to trust the fairies. He and Vin waved to the fairies as they disappeared in bright flashes of light.
The two boys continued their journey toward Travis Ranch; the horse attached to a rope and being led behind them by Ezra.
End of Part 4
Chapter 10: The Castle Visit
JD, the young part-Hyrulian and part-Zora boy swam along Zora's river; he had decided to go to Hyrule Castle and talk to the wise Queen Zelda. She must surely know all about the Seven Hero Spirits. He was hoping she would tell him what to do next, as he was unsure where to go.
He swam along the river toward the castle town's drawbridge; luckily it was still daytime so the drawbridge was still down. He swam to the land and made his way across the drawbridge into the town of Hyrule.
A Hyrulian woman who was fairly large around the waist approached the little mixed-race boy. "Welcome to our town, JD. You have come to visit Queen Zelda haven't you?"
"Yes I have, how did you know that?" asked JD, surprised by this woman knowing who he was and why he was there.
"Take the path over there and you will come to the castle gates. Be truthful about your purpose to the guards and they will grant you access," said the woman, avoiding giving JD an answer to his question.
"Who are you?" asked JD. She must be someone special to know why he was there.
"My name is of no importance to you, child," was her reply. A bright light appeared in front of her and JD closed his eyes until he was sure the light had gone as it might damage his eyes. The woman had vanished as well.
JD walked in the direction of Hyrule castle; perhaps he would get more answers there.
"Be gone boy - Queen Zelda will not see anyone today," said the tall guard, who stood on the other side of the locked gate.
"I am on a mission and I need to know where I should go next. Queen Zelda The Wise, will surely be able to aid me."
"What mission could a young boy possibly be on?" asked the guard, laughing as he spoke.
"I am to save the land from evil along with several others. I am One of the chosen," replied JD, in an older voice JD didn't know he had.
"You are too young to save the land, little one," laughed the guard.
JD became angry at the guard's lack of faith and fumed, "Do not doubt the power of the Water Hero." Before the boy knew what was happening, the guard was lifted high into the air by an invisible force.
JD suddenly came to his senses, and the guard fell to the ground with a loud thump. The guard lay still, unconscious.
A female voice startled JD and JD looked behind to see from where the voice had come. "Please be careful, you mustn't let the evil consume you or your power will be used against the good people of this world," said the blonde-haired woman who stood there.
JD saw the crown upon her head and bowed down. "Your majesty, I came here to seek your guidance; I am but a young boy in a big world and know not where to find my Hero brothers."
"Such a young one to be joined with a Hero Spirit; I believe that the display of your Zora's Manipulation power just then was beyond your control. You will need to learn to not use your power against the good when your temper fails."
"I'm sorry," apologised the boy in a small voice; quite unlike the one that he had been using a moment ago.
"You will learn by your errors, JD. Step closer to me," requested the queen in a soft, undemanding voice.
JD obeyed her and a bright light surrounded the two. JD closed his eyes for fear that the light would blind him.
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JD and Zelda now stood in a beautiful grass-floored garden. The grass was a healthy dark green colour as though it were watered every day.
Flowers of many different colours grew in flower beds at the edges of the garden, and the wall of the castle building stood at the back of the garden.
"JD, your manipulation power will allow you to easily move things which will help you in your fight with evil in the future. You must use it wisely or else you will fall to the darkness."
"Queen Zelda, how can I find the others of the Seven?"
"They are not all together yet; but soon will be when they meet on Hyrule field," replied Zelda.
"How will I find them in the darkness that is night?" asked JD, noticing that it was beginning to get dark now.
"JD, you will stay at the castle as my guest tonight, where you will be safe. You are too inexperienced to protect yourself from evil at night. When morning comes you will go forth and find the others of the Seven Heroes."
Chapter 11: The Uniting of the Four
Two fairies with pale brown dresses floated high above the Gerudo desert. These two fairies looked very similar except that one had dark brown hair and the other's hair was light brown. They had escaped from the fire in Goron City, which was a large cave housing several smaller ones, inside death mountain where the Gorons had lived before the fire. The two fairies had stayed out of people's sight to give all evil the impression that they had perished in the fire. They had seen the fires at Gerudo Valley and were now able to work out where the next target was.
"I hope the two Hero Spirits from the perished beings in Goron City have found new beings to join with now," said Gorolia to her sister.
"I feel that they have, sister. I fear that the Seven are still not all together - we must gather them into one group or some of their number will be taken over by the small amount of evil in each of the spirits," said Goronia, the more knowledgeable of the two.
"But, why is there any evil in the Hero Spirits?" asked Gorolia, the younger of the two.
"While the Hero Spirits were travelling, a small amount of evil joined with each one."
"The Hero Spirits have travelled before and never been joined with evil."
"The enemies are from the Shadow Lands and they concealed themselves so that the travelling spirits couldn't see them. Then the dark magic was cast on each spirit. If one of the Seven shows weakness, the evil will start to consume that one."
"The Seven would not know of this, we must get word of warning to them fast," said Gorolia.
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Nathan and Josiah slept on the soft ground of Hyrule Field, while Chris stood guard in case any enemies tried to attack. After a long time though, it seemed that this area was free from enemies. The men and the boy hadn't gone back to the ranch, as they did not wish to be a burden to the Travis's at night and if the enemies knew they were at Travis Ranch, the ranch and the Travis's would be in danger.
Chris heard soft footsteps and turned toward the sound, his sword held threateningly toward the sound.
"Chris, it's me, Buck," said the brown-haired boy, only just loud enough for Chris to hear him.
"We should never have split up, Buck," said Chris, sadness in his voice.
Buck ran to Chris and threw his arms around him. "I'm so sorry about Mrs Chris and Adam," he whispered, looking at the somber-faced man.
"Did you find out if your mother survived?" asked Chris.
"My mother has escaped; but I don't know where she's gone," answered Buck sadly, tears starting to appear in his eyes.
Chris hugged Buck to him; "I will look after you and we shall look for your mother while we protect the world from further evil."
Nathan and Josiah had woken up and both looked toward Buck curiously. "Are you going to introduce us, brother?" asked Josiah.
"This is my young Gerudo friend, Buck," replied Chris.
"I'm not a Gerudo by birth though. I was left with the Gerudos by my parents who were on their way to a battle between Shadow People and Hyrulians, my Gerudo mother told me."
"I am not a Kakariko by birth - my parents were both Hyrulians and when they died I went to Kakariko Village and became a carpenter," said Chris, now deciding that it was the right time to reveal this.
"There are many Hyrulian People spread out over the lands. Not all people live where they were born because of fighting that breaks out between the races sometimes," said Josiah.
"Buck, this is Josiah from Kakariko Village and Nathan, his friend."
"My father married a Kakariko - my birth-family are of the Kokiri Forest people," explained Nathan, when he received a questioning look from Buck. Buck somehow knew that people of Nathan's colouring weren't born Kakarikos.
Kokiri Forest people had different skin colours, but Kakarikos always had quite pale skin - these things Buck had been taught by his mother. She had taught him about the lands and peoples of Zelda's Kingdom because she was sure the knowledge was important for the boy to know.
"I've never met a Forest person before, it's nice to meet you, Nathan; and you, Josiah," said Buck.
"Buck, we're staying here for the night - I will stay on guard as I do not require much sleep," said Chris, who really couldn't sleep because of the grief he tried to keep hidden inside of him.
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Several hours later, morning came and Chris woke the group up fairly early.
They decided that they would see if they could get horses from the Travis Ranch. They pooled their rupee's together (Rupee's are coloured gems used to pay for things throughout Zelda's Kingdom) and found that they would be able to buy two horses with the gems. Maybe they could do some work for the Travis's to pay for the other horses.
They entered Travis Ranch and noticed a sign on the house's front door that said Mary and Orin were at the corral, so they walked past the house to the large corral that was used for the horses to ride around in.
"Someone must have stolen him, Orin," said Mary to her father-in-law, after they couldn't find their most valuable black horse.
"We'll never get him back, Mary - he could be anywhere," replied Orin, with sadness in his voice. Orin Travis was aged fifty-five and felt too old to ride around the lands searching for a horse, no matter how valuable it was to him.
Chris stepped toward them to make his presence known; "Someone has stolen one of your horses?"
"Our most valuable horse - he's the fastest in the whole world and isn't for sale to anyone," answered Mary. This blonde woman was aged thirty-two and didn't wish to leave the Ranch to see if she could recover the horse for her father-in-law, but would if she had to.
"Perhaps we could look out for him on our travels. Mary, we need to tell you all that we have learned in just one day," said Josiah, as he stepped forward to stand beside Chris.
"I've never seen such an assorted group of men and boys all together; there must be something very important you need to tell us to explain your mixed group. Come into the house and we will refresh you all for your journey," said Orin.
The boys and men followed Mary and Orin Travis inside the ranch's house.
Chapter 12: The Stolen Horse
Ezra and Vin had seen people in Hyrule Field overnight, and had kept to the darkest places so they weren't seen. They were wary of strangers and preferred to remain undiscovered for the time being. They had taken it in turns to sleep for a few hours at a time, while the other watched for danger.
When the sun rose, Vin woke up feeling refreshed. Vin tried waking Ezra and discovered that the older boy didn't like early starts. Vin had threatened to leave him all alone, so Ezra had reluctantly got up.
"How do we discover the locations of our five compatriots?" asked Ezra, stretching his arms to wake them up.
"Do you mean the five other Heroes joined with the Hero Spirits?" asked Vin. He had little knowledge of long words and often had trouble understanding Ezra. Kokiri Forest people preferred to use far shorter words.
"Yes, Vin," sighed Ezra impatiently.
"How did you afford such a fine horse, Ez?" asked Vin who now saw the horse, as Ezra couldn't keep it invisible while he was asleep and had forgotten to conceal it again now that he was awake.
"Vincent, my name is Ez-ra, not Ez," said Ezra. "A hero deserves a fine beast," the boy explained, as if it was obvious.
"You stole it, didn't you?" asked Vin, angrily. He disapproved of such a crime; no matter who had committed it.
"I am merely using his services until I am able to purchase my own horse, I will explain to the Travis's when I have some time available."
"EZ-RA, stealing horses is a crime - we have to go to the Travis's now and give the horse back."
Ezra became angry at being ordered around and suddenly vanished.
"Ez-ra? Where've you gone?" asked Vin worriedly.
Ezra started to creep away, leaving Vin with the stolen horse.
"Ez-ra, I am not as foolish as you think. Your footsteps are not so silent and my power of Forest Hearing can hear your every move no matter how quiet you try to be," said Vin angrily.
Ezra became visible again and hung his head. He muttered, "It was worth a try."
"We must go to the Travis Ranch now," said Vin, deciding to neglect from telling Ezra that he had heard the voices of what must be the other Heroes at the ranch; two could play at the game of keeping secrets.
Ezra stood up and headed for his horse; intending to ride it to the ranch. Vin stopped him with a shout, "No, Ezra; we'll both walk there. I'll lead the horse."
They set off for the ranch; Ezra upset that he had to walk all the way and Vin happily humming a tune to himself, accustomed to walking distances across the field.
They hadn't got very far towards their destination when two bright flashes of light appeared in front of them, stopping the two boys in their tracks.
When the light had gone, the boys re-opened their eyes to see two fairies in pale-brown dresses. They were almost identical except one had light-brown hair and the other's was dark-brown.
"More fairies?" asked Vin, wondering just how many fairies there were in the kingdom.
"We have come to warn you of a danger imposed upon those joined with the Hero Spirits," said Goronia, the older fairy with dark-brown hair.
"I think you should introduce yourselves before you warn us of danger," said Ezra, unsure whether they should trust these two fairies - what if they were enemies posing as fairies?
"You must be the Shadow Hero - the one who is slow to trust people who he does not know. I am Gorolia, the younger of the Goron Fairy Twins. She is Goronia, my slightly older twin-sister," said the fairy with the light-brown hair.
"I'm Vin, the Kokiri Hero and this is Ezra, the Shadow Hero," said Vin, smiling kindly at the two fairies.
"We know of your names and lands, Vin," said Gorolia, not liking that some mortals underestimated how much fairies really knew.
"What is this danger you wish to warn us of?" asked Ezra curiously.
"Each of the Hero Spirits has some evil in them, put there by Shadow enemies when the Spirits entered this world. If any of the heroes show weakness, the evil will start to consume them," explained Goronia.
Ezra looked at the fairy, disbelief evident on his face. "Even the mightiest show weakness at times - how are we meant to stay strong all the time?"
"Learn to not use your powers on innocents when you feel angry or unhappy.".
"How do we know you aren't enemies posing as fairies?" asked Ezra.
"Ezra, there is no way to prove our identities to you, but you must trust us, because if we were enemies we would have stricken you down already," replied Gorolia.
"Why weren't you harmed in the Goron City fire?" asked Vin, who had been told of the fire by his Kokiri parents.
"We cannot be harmed by fire or heat. We both have Goron Fire-protection power as well as our own individual powers," answered Gorolia.
"Two of the Hero Spirits have Goron Fairy powers?" asked Vin, wondering what the powers would be.
"Yes, Vin - but we cannot reveal the powers to anyone yet," said Gorolia. "We have to go now. Please help the other five to learn to keep their powers under control so they won't turn on innocents in moments of weakness."
"We certainly will, Miss. It was a pleasure to meet you both," said Ezra, beginning to trust the fairies. He and Vin waved to the fairies as they disappeared in bright flashes of light.
The two boys continued their journey toward Travis Ranch; the horse attached to a rope and being led behind them by Ezra.
End of Part 4