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Chapter Three
Raven added a log to the fireplace and sat back. Impa had been giving the two kids a lecture of how they could have 'gotten colds or worse'. Raven hadn't even opened his mouth. He had never been one to lecture kids for having fun. Besides that, he had punished them enough. He had given them so much of his medicine that they would probably now still be tasting fire. He had also told them to stay in bed for the next five hours, taking two doses every thirty minutes. They had protested so much, Raven had threatened to enlarge their 'sentence'. They had stopped talking before he finished.
"Do you think he meant to poison us?" Link asked Zelda. He had snuck out of his room and into Zelda's. The two were lying on her bed and talking about Raven's medicine.
"That stuff tasted like it. What do you think he puts in it?"
"I don't want to think about it. I hate it already."
"That's too bad, time for another dose."
They hadn't noticed Raven come in. He stood in the doorway with a metal bowl and a spoon.
"Do we have too? Link and I feel miserable enough."
"No you don't have too. You just have to take the other three doses left now and I'll wrap you in wool blankets while the fireplace is blazing. Which method would you prefer?"
Zelda and Link dropped their heads back onto the pillows and let him give them their periodical dose. Raven hadn't told Impa that Link was in there in order to spare them another lecture of how they 'could spread the cold throughout the castle and start an epidemic'.
"Be happy about it. You're lucky. I could have chosen method number two and let Impa lecture you and then you'd have a real punishment."
The two children put on fake smiles. As soon as Raven left, they put frowns back on their faces.
"That's the most revolting thing I've ever tasted."
"Well it could be worse. He could have chosen method number two. But to make things worse, he could have added his company for the next hour and a half."
Zelda laughed. She leaned over and rested her head on Link's shoulder. "I doubt that he would have done that, even if he had wanted to."
"He's not that horrible."
"You know, even though I fell in a fountain, was lectured for about an hour, and tasted some of the most revolting medicine in Hyrule, I didn't have a bad day at all."
"I didn't either."
"Link, I'm glad you're back."
"Me too."
The two stayed quiet for a while. Finally, Zelda broke the silence.
"You know, Link..."
Zelda looked up at Link, who had fallen fast asleep. She smiled and put her head down again. In a short while, she fell asleep too, only this time with no nightmares. A little while later, Raven came in to give them more medicine. He saw the two sleeping forms on the bed. He went over to the window and poured every drop of the liquid out. Once out, he shot a purple bolt at the door, locking it from the inside. Then, he went to dinner.
Impa and the King were already seated at the table. When Raven took the seat across from Impa, he asked "What did I miss?"
"We were talking about the grounds keeper. When I was coming to dinner, I passed by the courtyard that the kids were in this afternoon. All the plants under Zelda's bedroom window were dead! Can you believe that?"
Raven stopped his fork midway to his mouth. "No...What kind of maniac would do that?"
"That Link boy is trouble. If he hadn't been here, Zelda would never have gone outside and almost caught her death of cold."
"It's water! You bath with it every night!" He eyed the king "You do don't you?"
"I think that I'll go check on them anyway."
"No! They're as..." Raven trailed off, but quickly added "they're ascending into illness. You should check up on them in the morning, when it might be safer."
"Fine, I'll go first thing in the morning."
"Good. You should both go to bed. You look tired."
"Goodnight Raven." The King and Impa went off to bed. Raven got up and went into his room. Settling down into his window bed, he silently wondered about the relationship between the two children. He, at one time, tried to predict their future, but failed after a while, sleep claimed him.
The next day, Zelda woke to see Link smiling at her. She sat up and simply told him "Good morning."
"Good morning. I want to make up for yesterday, so I decided to take you down to the town. There's a festival today"
"Thanks Link. It's sweet, but daddy won't let me leave the castle."
"Did you forget who you're with? I can sneak into and out of here blindfolded!"
"Link, I don't think that..."
"Pleeeeease."
"Link, we can't daddy wouldn't let us go."
"Then you give me no choice."
"Oh please! What are you..." Zelda couldn't finish. Before she knew it, Link had swung on top of her and started tickling her. Zelda could barely get a word in.
"Link...stop it...please... all right, all right...we can go!"
Link stopped and swung to the other side of bed. "You give up too easily."
Zelda pushed him hard. He grabbed her and swung her around. And so, following the 'ladies first' rule, Link and Zelda fell off the bed.
Raven pushed and shoved against his door, put it wouldn't budge. He had woken up that morning to find that his door had been sealed with magic, and Impa was the only one other in him in the castle to know magic. Outside the door, a servant girl was passing by when she heard screaming. She leaned closer, and she heard a voice yelling, "Impa! If you don't open this door by the count of three, I'll unleash ten kinds of hell! One..."
The servant girl looked at a latch on the right side of the door. "Two..."
The girl flipped the latch. "Three!"
A beam of black energy exploded through the doorway and slammed the door right on the wall, smashing the poor servant girl in between them. Raven flew out of the door and into the nearest stairwell. The door slowly creaked shut. The servant girl muttered, "The door's opened sir." and slid down the wall unconscious.
Link and Zelda had gone to their rooms and gotten dressed. Impa had given him some clothes in the same style that he always wore, only one in red and one in blue. He chose the blue one and had decided not to wear a cap. Zelda had a white dress similar to the one she had yesterday only she had chosen to wear a blue vest over it. Link whispered "Follow me."
Link led them through the castle. Zelda wondered to herself, 'Is this really going to work? I mean he's done it before. Goddesses he looks cute like that.' Zelda shrugged that last thought off. 'What brought that on? Maybe I did catch a cold.' Before she knew it, they had reached a small hall with two doors. "The one on the left goes to the gardens, so the one on the right goes..."
He opened the door. "...outside."
There were in a small area with stacks of crates bearing the label 'Lon-Lon Milk' on them. They saw a small wagon leaving the area. The kids looked at each other and smiled. They both went up to the wagon and jumped in the back. They heard voices a few minutes later. "Hey Ingo. How's it going?" Then came the reply. "I'm so happy to work at Lon-Lon Ranch." "Uhhh...Bye." "Good bye! Come visit sometime!" After a while, they heard a 'clank' sound, and then it came again. Zelda looked at Link in amazement. He just gave her a look that clearly said, "I told you so!"
Raven floated outside of Zelda's door. No sooner had he arrived than Impa had yelled for him. "No need to scream."
"Where are they?"
"Where are who?"
You know who I'm talking about!"
"If I did, I wouldn't have asked who you were talking about, now would I?"
"The children Raven! They're gone!"
"What do you mean? They were right here last night." He pointed to the bed. The look on Impa's face told him that he had made a big mistake.
"They slept in here... on that bed... together! Are you insane?!"
"I assure you that they did nothing! At least nothing like you're referring to! But if you'll be quiet, I'll go look for them now." Raven stood up on the window sill and opened the window. He gripped the edges of his cloak and jumped.
"Way to go Link!" Zelda shouted over the roar of the fans. Link was winning the archery contest. He and a man had tied on the last round. They both had two hundred points and it was down to the final shot. The man shot his arrow and made a ninety point ring.
"Hah! I've already won! There's no way a wimpy little kid like you can make a perfect score!"
Link just pulled back on the string, aimed, and shot. The arrow split one of the man's arrows in two and made a perfect score. The man just stood with his mouth open as the announcer called out, "And the winner is...Link!"
Zelda cheered and gave Link a hug. The announcer walked up and said "Here's your prize little guy, 100 rupees for you and your girlfriend!"
Link started to say, "She's not my girlfriend." But he decided on just saying "Thanks" There was so much excitement that no one noticed a black raven flying of to the castle...
Malon walked through the halls of the castle. She, Zelda, and Link were all friends, so the guards had let her into the castle to see them. While she was passing a large set of doors, she heard voices from inside. She carefully peeked in and saw Impa. Malon was about to go and say hello when she heard Impa talking to someone. She looked in and saw a black raven on the floor. She was able to here parts of the conversation.
"Well? Did you find them?"
Malon watched in amazement as she saw the bird close its wings. Suddenly, the bird started to grow. The wings became a cloak and the head started to turn to a human's. Then she heard the silver haired boy speak.
"Of course. Nothing escapes the eye of the Raven."
Chapter Three
Raven added a log to the fireplace and sat back. Impa had been giving the two kids a lecture of how they could have 'gotten colds or worse'. Raven hadn't even opened his mouth. He had never been one to lecture kids for having fun. Besides that, he had punished them enough. He had given them so much of his medicine that they would probably now still be tasting fire. He had also told them to stay in bed for the next five hours, taking two doses every thirty minutes. They had protested so much, Raven had threatened to enlarge their 'sentence'. They had stopped talking before he finished.
"Do you think he meant to poison us?" Link asked Zelda. He had snuck out of his room and into Zelda's. The two were lying on her bed and talking about Raven's medicine.
"That stuff tasted like it. What do you think he puts in it?"
"I don't want to think about it. I hate it already."
"That's too bad, time for another dose."
They hadn't noticed Raven come in. He stood in the doorway with a metal bowl and a spoon.
"Do we have too? Link and I feel miserable enough."
"No you don't have too. You just have to take the other three doses left now and I'll wrap you in wool blankets while the fireplace is blazing. Which method would you prefer?"
Zelda and Link dropped their heads back onto the pillows and let him give them their periodical dose. Raven hadn't told Impa that Link was in there in order to spare them another lecture of how they 'could spread the cold throughout the castle and start an epidemic'.
"Be happy about it. You're lucky. I could have chosen method number two and let Impa lecture you and then you'd have a real punishment."
The two children put on fake smiles. As soon as Raven left, they put frowns back on their faces.
"That's the most revolting thing I've ever tasted."
"Well it could be worse. He could have chosen method number two. But to make things worse, he could have added his company for the next hour and a half."
Zelda laughed. She leaned over and rested her head on Link's shoulder. "I doubt that he would have done that, even if he had wanted to."
"He's not that horrible."
"You know, even though I fell in a fountain, was lectured for about an hour, and tasted some of the most revolting medicine in Hyrule, I didn't have a bad day at all."
"I didn't either."
"Link, I'm glad you're back."
"Me too."
The two stayed quiet for a while. Finally, Zelda broke the silence.
"You know, Link..."
Zelda looked up at Link, who had fallen fast asleep. She smiled and put her head down again. In a short while, she fell asleep too, only this time with no nightmares. A little while later, Raven came in to give them more medicine. He saw the two sleeping forms on the bed. He went over to the window and poured every drop of the liquid out. Once out, he shot a purple bolt at the door, locking it from the inside. Then, he went to dinner.
Impa and the King were already seated at the table. When Raven took the seat across from Impa, he asked "What did I miss?"
"We were talking about the grounds keeper. When I was coming to dinner, I passed by the courtyard that the kids were in this afternoon. All the plants under Zelda's bedroom window were dead! Can you believe that?"
Raven stopped his fork midway to his mouth. "No...What kind of maniac would do that?"
"That Link boy is trouble. If he hadn't been here, Zelda would never have gone outside and almost caught her death of cold."
"It's water! You bath with it every night!" He eyed the king "You do don't you?"
"I think that I'll go check on them anyway."
"No! They're as..." Raven trailed off, but quickly added "they're ascending into illness. You should check up on them in the morning, when it might be safer."
"Fine, I'll go first thing in the morning."
"Good. You should both go to bed. You look tired."
"Goodnight Raven." The King and Impa went off to bed. Raven got up and went into his room. Settling down into his window bed, he silently wondered about the relationship between the two children. He, at one time, tried to predict their future, but failed after a while, sleep claimed him.
The next day, Zelda woke to see Link smiling at her. She sat up and simply told him "Good morning."
"Good morning. I want to make up for yesterday, so I decided to take you down to the town. There's a festival today"
"Thanks Link. It's sweet, but daddy won't let me leave the castle."
"Did you forget who you're with? I can sneak into and out of here blindfolded!"
"Link, I don't think that..."
"Pleeeeease."
"Link, we can't daddy wouldn't let us go."
"Then you give me no choice."
"Oh please! What are you..." Zelda couldn't finish. Before she knew it, Link had swung on top of her and started tickling her. Zelda could barely get a word in.
"Link...stop it...please... all right, all right...we can go!"
Link stopped and swung to the other side of bed. "You give up too easily."
Zelda pushed him hard. He grabbed her and swung her around. And so, following the 'ladies first' rule, Link and Zelda fell off the bed.
Raven pushed and shoved against his door, put it wouldn't budge. He had woken up that morning to find that his door had been sealed with magic, and Impa was the only one other in him in the castle to know magic. Outside the door, a servant girl was passing by when she heard screaming. She leaned closer, and she heard a voice yelling, "Impa! If you don't open this door by the count of three, I'll unleash ten kinds of hell! One..."
The servant girl looked at a latch on the right side of the door. "Two..."
The girl flipped the latch. "Three!"
A beam of black energy exploded through the doorway and slammed the door right on the wall, smashing the poor servant girl in between them. Raven flew out of the door and into the nearest stairwell. The door slowly creaked shut. The servant girl muttered, "The door's opened sir." and slid down the wall unconscious.
Link and Zelda had gone to their rooms and gotten dressed. Impa had given him some clothes in the same style that he always wore, only one in red and one in blue. He chose the blue one and had decided not to wear a cap. Zelda had a white dress similar to the one she had yesterday only she had chosen to wear a blue vest over it. Link whispered "Follow me."
Link led them through the castle. Zelda wondered to herself, 'Is this really going to work? I mean he's done it before. Goddesses he looks cute like that.' Zelda shrugged that last thought off. 'What brought that on? Maybe I did catch a cold.' Before she knew it, they had reached a small hall with two doors. "The one on the left goes to the gardens, so the one on the right goes..."
He opened the door. "...outside."
There were in a small area with stacks of crates bearing the label 'Lon-Lon Milk' on them. They saw a small wagon leaving the area. The kids looked at each other and smiled. They both went up to the wagon and jumped in the back. They heard voices a few minutes later. "Hey Ingo. How's it going?" Then came the reply. "I'm so happy to work at Lon-Lon Ranch." "Uhhh...Bye." "Good bye! Come visit sometime!" After a while, they heard a 'clank' sound, and then it came again. Zelda looked at Link in amazement. He just gave her a look that clearly said, "I told you so!"
Raven floated outside of Zelda's door. No sooner had he arrived than Impa had yelled for him. "No need to scream."
"Where are they?"
"Where are who?"
You know who I'm talking about!"
"If I did, I wouldn't have asked who you were talking about, now would I?"
"The children Raven! They're gone!"
"What do you mean? They were right here last night." He pointed to the bed. The look on Impa's face told him that he had made a big mistake.
"They slept in here... on that bed... together! Are you insane?!"
"I assure you that they did nothing! At least nothing like you're referring to! But if you'll be quiet, I'll go look for them now." Raven stood up on the window sill and opened the window. He gripped the edges of his cloak and jumped.
"Way to go Link!" Zelda shouted over the roar of the fans. Link was winning the archery contest. He and a man had tied on the last round. They both had two hundred points and it was down to the final shot. The man shot his arrow and made a ninety point ring.
"Hah! I've already won! There's no way a wimpy little kid like you can make a perfect score!"
Link just pulled back on the string, aimed, and shot. The arrow split one of the man's arrows in two and made a perfect score. The man just stood with his mouth open as the announcer called out, "And the winner is...Link!"
Zelda cheered and gave Link a hug. The announcer walked up and said "Here's your prize little guy, 100 rupees for you and your girlfriend!"
Link started to say, "She's not my girlfriend." But he decided on just saying "Thanks" There was so much excitement that no one noticed a black raven flying of to the castle...
Malon walked through the halls of the castle. She, Zelda, and Link were all friends, so the guards had let her into the castle to see them. While she was passing a large set of doors, she heard voices from inside. She carefully peeked in and saw Impa. Malon was about to go and say hello when she heard Impa talking to someone. She looked in and saw a black raven on the floor. She was able to here parts of the conversation.
"Well? Did you find them?"
Malon watched in amazement as she saw the bird close its wings. Suddenly, the bird started to grow. The wings became a cloak and the head started to turn to a human's. Then she heard the silver haired boy speak.
"Of course. Nothing escapes the eye of the Raven."