Yeah! I'm back from the c-out-of...town...! Heh, anyway... here's my next chappie! Yikes! Everybody updated but me while I was away. Had an Internet café, but $24 bucks an hour?! Anywho, I decided that I'll answer reviews at the ending of each chapter if it's a comment or answer to a question whatnot. Anyway...
MUST READ NO MATTER WHAT OR WHO VERY IMPORTANT TO STORY: Ooh, I just totally lost track of my story. Forget that Green was 3 in that last chapter. She was 5 yrs. old. She's 5 yrs. old here. Oh, yeah, she's having this dream because she's remembering what exactly happened to her. Also, before, she was dreaming about Link, but not anymore. Got it? Good...
GREEN
Chapter 8:
Screams all filled the air. People ran about in confusion. The orphanage, empty except for one. I gazed at the moon. It seemed normal. A small girl about 5 yrs. old cried out. She sat on a small bench in front of a tall building. A man, at least in his sixties, ran about. His gray hair tucked under a hat. He ran to the girl and picked her up. I held my breath. I knew what was happening. The man, I knew as my guardian, ran out of the north part of town. He glanced once more around the city, than headed towards the menacing clock tower. He pushed open the wooden doors and disappeared.
I turned around, and of all, the scenery had changed. I walked closer, to what looked like a house. The same young girl, who obviously was me, was sitting on the ground, and watching the man build the small house. Near the half built dwelling, just as I always remembered, a small stream lay just behind it. Before I walked all the way to the river, I began to hear footsteps. I turned around and saw the same small boy I had seen earlier. He waved, and ran the direction of Lon Lon Ranch.
A few minutes later, I began to hear the sound of thunder. I looked up at the sky. Pure blue. I shook my head.
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I jumped up in my bed. I looked out the window and realized where the thunder was coming from. I spotted the sun a little above the horizon. The two ladies would be up soon. I ran to the bathroom and locked the door behind me. I dressed into my old, ragged clothes, than took a large bucket filled with water. Grabbed a bar of soap, and began the grueling job of washing my clothes. After I had finished, I hung them on a laundry liner and went into an unoccupied bathroom, and took a quick bath.
The clothes liner was just outside the bathroom window. A perfect place. It was windy, and there was thunder. But no rain had come just yet.
I wore the same white turtle-neck shirt and khaki colored skirt, that I had worn the day before. I found some chopsticks, deep in my bag. A pattern of the Triforce was carved on them. It took at least 15 minutes, for me to get my hair up the right way.
The two innkeepers were still sleeping. I grabbed some fresh bread rolls that were on the table and stuffed them in my bag. They would want me to pay for "breakfast" so I dropped 20 rupees and left.
Before anything else, I took my other pairs of clothing and stuffed them into my bag and walked off with a piece of bread in hand. The day was cold, and I had nothing to do. I sat near a tree, and rambled through my things. An hour passed, and I began to hear footsteps. It wasn't the "Right(?)" brothers behind me. I got up and glanced towards the well. Link stood there, his sword and shield in hand.
I ran over to him, but stopped when I realized how badly hurt he looked. His tunic was torn and his hair was full of dust and ash.
"What happened to you?" I asked.
"Well," he said putting his sword away, "it's a long story."
I nodded slowly, not quite understanding, "Are you hungry?"
"Hmm... I don't know..." Link said sarcastically, but instead I punched him on the arm. I took out one and the other half-eaten one I hadn't finished.
Before I could give one to Link, Navi's head popped out of Link's hat.
"Mm, what's that?" she said as she grabbed the bread roll out of my hand and began taking small bites, "Oooh..."
"Navi, do you think you'll be able to finish that?" asked Link as he raised a brow.
"Owe corws I cah!" she said, with her mouth full.
I smiled and grabbed another and gave it to Link.
A couple of hours passed as we talked. Navi sat on Link's shoulder and listened quietly. Only bits of the bread crums remained.
Link shook his head as I told him what I had dreamed.
"Yeah, I remember that," Link said as he shook his head, "that girl was you?"
I nodded, than began to ruffle through my bag, "Link where'd you get this?" I said, holding the small ocarina.
"Well," he said as he stared up at the sky that was miraculously clearing up, "Saria, a friend of mine, gave it to me not too long ago."
"Where'd she get it?"
"She likes to make ocarinas herself. She's a good potter."
I nodded as he continued.
"She gave me one when I was a bit younger than you and I still have it. She said for me to give it to someone, like she gave me her ocarina that day."
"So, why'd you give it to me?"
"I don't know, I didn't really think much of it. I just thought of it to keep you busy, but now, it's more than that, and I don't regret giving it to you."
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The morning passed quickly, and by the afternoon, Link said goodbye. I wandered around the village, and talked to many others, who already seemed to know me now very well. The day passed and evening came. I ate the last roll of bread, and stood near the entrance of Kakariko Village. I didn't know why, but what I needed most was to see the grounds of where my house used to lay. After the fire, I never returned to it. To see what remained. I didn't even know what caused the fire. I couldn't, either way, get to the stream in time. It was farther away than I ever thought.
I sighed as night fell. I walked back to the small inn. I checked my wallet, and realized I just barely had enough money for the night and breakfast.
I plopped on the same exact bed, and a second later, fell asleep.
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Rain poured down on the dark field of Hyrule. Thunder sounded in the distance. The Hyrule Castle Town bridge creaked open from far away. My house stood behind me, a small girl stood in the doorway, my guardian behind her. I ran further, a white horse galloped out of the passageway. The rider, seeming only confident to get away. She held a girl in front of her, which seemed just as worried. She threw something far away, than disappeared out of sight. I ran farther, enough to see the bridge. A small figure stood and another rider on a black horse was nearby. A minute of silence, as much as I could here, than a flash of light, and everything went black...
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Trees bloomed around the small house in front of me. I stood there in place and watched an eleven yr. old girl watch the clouds. I knew what was going to happen. Why am I having these dreams? Do I have to watch my own misery come back?
I stepped back and realized a shadow behind my old dwelling. I ran behind it and gasped. Ganandorf stood behind my old house. A lightning ball hovered above his fingers. A dark grin spread across his face. My knuckles grew white as I rolled them into a fist. My nails dug into my own hands, but I felt no pain. I knew I couldn't do anything. Whatever prank he was trying to pull on a small girl, it made no sense.
The small fireball began to lick against the wooden walls of the house. I glanced towards the exact place where as I stood that day. I watched as I, myself began to smell smoke. I saw as she-or I, ran in into the house. I glared back behind the slowly burning house. Ganandorf had disappeared. A minute later, I noticed a figure run out of the hut. Ash covered her hair and clothes. She held a bag filled with clothes and other belongings. She dropped the bag and ran to the stream, but the fire had finally consumed the house. I turned around, but only blackness was there...
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My eyes opened wide. Tears streaked my face. The sun sat just above the horizon. I got up and took a quick bath, than changed my clothes to what I had worn the second day that I was here. I fixed my hair into a high ponytail and walked out of the inn. I had no money left, and only enough food to last two days. I left a note to Link, and gave it to one of the innkeepers so they could give it to him:
Link,
If you come back today, as you'll know, I won't be here. I decided to see the old grounds of where my house used to be. I don't have any more money to stay at the inn, and I only have food to last two more days. I may go to your house in Kokiri Forest, if I can find it. Don't look for me.
Green
I gave the note to the innkeeper, than packed my things. I grabbed a bit more food, than left.
It was nice to leave the village. Fresh air filled the fields as I walked across the small, stone bridge. It would take all day to cross to the other side of the kingdom, but I needed to see my house.
The day passed, and I didn't even notice I hadn't stopped to rest. By evening, I reached the small stream. The bridge, Meysh, my guardian had built was still there and standing. I crossed over carefully and ran over to what was left of my house. A pile of ash and dirt lay in a corner, and spread a bit around.I sat next to it, than placed my elbows on my knees, and chin in my hands. I cried silently, trying not to make so much noise. I glanced back down at the ash, A small burnt piece of paper stuck out of the dirt. I reached for it, and wiped the soot that covered it. I turned it around.
A picture of me and my guardian. I sat next to him. We both were smiling at the camera. I looked only five. We sat on a fountain, and people milled about in the back. Some lined up in front of booths, others talked and ate or ran around. We were in the Market, during the time when the carnival was in town. Photographers had walked around with there cameras in there hands, asking people if they wanted photos. We agreed and gave him 15 rupees.
I was brought back to reality when the wind began to blow harder. I was holding the photo loosly as it slipped out of my hands and in back of me. I straightened up to retrieve the photograph when I felt as though someone was watching.
Before I turned around, I heard a familiar voice, "Is this where you used to live?"
I wiped my tears and turned around just in time as a hand held out the photo. I took the photo and stuck it carefully in my bag. I sat there on the ground and looked around.
"That was your guardian?" Link asked as I heard him kneel down.
I nodded. Link lightly put a hand on my shoulder. I tried to smile, but as much as he tried to comfort me, it wouldn't help.
"I'm sorry, Green."
"It's not your fault." I said as I got up slowly.
"Listen," Link said slowly, "I can leave Epona here, and you can ride her back to the village-"
"No." I said before he could go on. "I want to stay here, for now."
"Are you sure?"
I nodded and sat back down. I heard Link as he walked back to his fire-blazed horse. A minute of ruffling, I heard his footsteps come closer. From the corner of my eye, I watched as he set something aside. He placed a hand on my shoulder, than quietly walk away once more.
XXX
Nightfall came, and all I heard was the howling of the wind and the rustling of leaves. I wrapped myself with the two blankets Link had left behind for me. I set my bag under my head and fell asleep.
Hours passed into the night, when finally I woke up to what I expected.
Yeah!!! Another chappie done! Yeah, next chapter might be last, I don't know, but hopefully, if I'm not to busy with homework when school starts, and I don't have writer's block. I'll be making another story. Yea!!! Don't forget to REVIEW!!!
Babydoll7428-(can't remember #, heh, heh...oops) thanx 4 telling me that info., it made sense, and I stuck it together! :P
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