Hyrule
Chapter 3
Challenger: Have you had enough yet runt?
Link was beaten. Bruises had already begun to form on his body. Stripped to the waist, sweat rolled down his chest and arms freely. He was training to become a great swordsman, like his father. But, Link did not have enough training to beat the bigger boys. Though he was roughly the same age as the rest of them, they were larger.
Challenger: Maybe you should call your daddy to help you…or maybe your mom would have a better chance at defeating me.
Link: My dad could defeat you with one hand!
Challenger: Yeah right! Your dad couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag!
Link: Shut up!
Link was angry now. He charged the challenger, and drove his wooden sword into the boy's stomach. The challenger grunted, caught between disbelief and pain. He fell to the ground. Link stood, his wooden practice sword in his hand, still fuming.
Teacher: Good job Link! Help your partner up and hit the showers!
Reluctantly, Link helped his peer up and walked slowly to the showers.
Challenger: You got lucky this time Link, but you won't be so lucky next time.
Link: Oh bug off Kite; I don't wanna hear it right now.
Link took off the rest of his clothes and walked underneath the lukewarm shower. He felt the water run over his hair and into the crevices of the cuts that marred his skin. Link sighed and grabbed the bar of soap and washed the day's sweat and grime off of his body. It was time to go into town today. Link needed a new pair of boots. The ones he had were scuffed badly and already had tiny holes in the soles.
As Zelda walked through town, she thought about how to escape unnoticed. She had spent the night in town, and that was enough time for guards to post themselves at all exits. She hadn't been able to find a way out all day. She trudged through town, worry making her brow wrinkle. As she was walking, she ran into a boy slightly shorter than herself.
Link: Hey! Watch it!
Zelda: How dare you talk to me like that! I am…I mean excuse me.
Zelda looked the boy up and down. He was wearing a beginner's practice outfit, a green one. He looked at her strangely, and moved to walk past her.
Zelda: Hey! Wait a sec!
Link: What?
Zelda: What's your name?
Link: Link
Zelda: Well, could you do me a favor?
Link: What kinda favor?
Zelda: Well…could you escort me to the edge of the forest over there? I'm meeting someone, and I don't want to go alone.
Link: Sorry, I have something to do.
Zelda: I'll give you this…
Zelda flashed two gold coins. Link studied them, and then took them from her. He took the coins and weighed them in his palm. He bit them, and then decided that they were actually real.
Link: Ok then, let's go!