April: *out of the blue* You're mean.
SailorZelda: Why, so I am!
April: Especially to me!
SailorZelda: OH, WELL!!!!!! Get over it! Besides, this story's, like, not even half way done!
April: NANI!?
SailorZelda: Maybe ^-^
April: -_-()*sigh*
Sooooooooooo, yeah. Please review. Oh, and just because I feel like it......The Legend of Zelda music rules! Yeah, because I just got the sheet music books and I printed some off the internet...from the first game and also Gerudo Valley. Oh, does ANYBODY know where I can get the music to Koume and Kotake's Theme? Just curious! ^-^ So, here is my chapter!
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*Zelda...?*
A distant and warped voice called to April through the thin line of dream reality. She heard it, but not really. Not when her attention was fully on what lay ahead of her. She saw endless possibilities of what could be and what is, and what had been before. She saw her family and friends, she saw her school and things she had done on Earth. Then she saw herself as Zelda, doing the things she remembered from the last one and a half weeks. And she saw before that, to a childhood lived by the real Princess.
She saw her outburst of only a couple hours ago and a redheaded girl giggling whenever she mentioned the future Hero of Time.
And then she saw what could happen from here. Almost anything was possible when it hadn't happened. But one thing April saw was for certain. She wasn't going back. Back to Earth, at least for a long time.
Then a part of her dream broke through to show her what had happened in the Sacred Realm. She hadn't forgotten completely that she had been there, and it had been lingering on the edge of her mind for a while, now. But when it played out before her for a second time, she realized what she had subconsciously been doing while she was there.
She'd realized it when she was doing it, but not fully. It was like something, or someone, was helping her to realize what she should have been doing. She couldn't tell exactly what it was by watching, but she could tell that it had a lot to do with the Triforce, Ganon, Link, and herself.
April had known that there were three parts that had made up the Triforce. Wisdom, Courage, and Power. Hence, the name TRIforce. The thing April didn't know, but now understood, was that Ganon hadn't gotten them all. She remembered a feeling on her hand, like a burning feeling. Maybe she had helped move the Triforce, or at least part of it, away from the Sacred Realm and the reach of Ganon.
She decided now, like she had before, to find somebody to help her make sense of all this. She knew she would have to confide in Impa one of these days with all the problems at hand. She didn't know if she would be as trusting as Malon had been of her. After all, a child's perception of the world is so much more innocent than any given adults. But she wouldn't be able to hide the truth for long.
April hadn't noticed that the scene in the Sacred Realm had faded into an inky darkness. But it didn't stay that way for long. She saw blue first, a blue light. And then some indefinite background. It would be gold, then blue, then look like a blue sky with gold clouds. It kept changing, but not matter what, it always had gold and blue. She noticed, then, a golden triangle in the middle of everything.
It looked a lot like the Triforce she had seen in the Sacred Realm. For all she knew, this could be part of the Sacred Realm. But the triangle was only one part. She saw something at the center of it.
A woman with blue hair and dressed all in blue materialized right in front of the Triforce. She was unrealistically beautiful. It seemed that she had a glow around her, also.
*Oh, my God,* April thought.
The woman looked directly at her, and did what only one other person had ever been able to do, penetrate her thoughts.
*Close enough. Goddess,* the goddess 'said', and smiled.
Life has those moments that you wish you would have realized something before you got to them. This was one of those moments for April. Standing before her was, April thought without a shadow of a doubt, the Goddess Nayru. What she wished she would have realized was that she would see some bizarre and amazing things during her life.
*This is extremely scary because I don't even need to ask who you are, I know already,* April realized.
*What's extremely scary is the fact that you now are the bearer of one of the most powerful things in the universe,* Nayru said.
April blinked. *What?*
The Goddess smiled. *The Triforce of Wisdom. By now, you obviously have realized that this cannot possibly be a game, am I correct?*
*Yes,* April conceded.
*Good. Then you also know that the destiny of our world relies a great deal upon you.*
*Yeah. And...?*
*The Three Forces of the Triangle and where they end up will, and already have started to, rely upon you.*
April didn't fully understand, but she had a hunch as to what the Goddess was talking about.
Seeing that, she decided to continue. *When you were in the Sacred Realm, did you not hear the voice inside your head? The small yet incomprehensibly important voice?*
*Yeah, I guess. But what......?*
Nayru cut in. *Well, part of that was me, and part of it was Destiny. A force in the universe that exists as it has above all other life, including me and my sisters. A lesser known fact about me is that besides being the Goddess of Wisdom, I am also the Goddess through whom Destiny speaks. And in this, I know much of what will happen before it ever does. The possibilities, that is.
*But more to the point, Destiny has revealed to me who She has chosen to hold the Triforce; The Princess of Destiny, the Hero of Time, and the Dark Creature.*
*Lemme guess,* April put in. *Me, Link, and Ganonjerk?*
The Goddess seemed to look almost proudly at the girl. *It seems this isn't going to be difficult for you to understand, only difficult to carry out.* She looked at the nonexistent ground. *Mortals and their emotions,* she muttered.
April thought of something. *But, why did you call Destiny a She?*
Nayru looked up, amused and seemingly cynical. *You did not expect the prevailing force of all existence to be male, did you?*
*No, it seems that they're all morons.....* April said, only partly sarcastic.
The Goddess laughed outright. *It was no wonder Wisdom chose you over all else.*
*Hm. But, wait. I though you said Destiny chose me.*
*You see, She cannot work alone. Her will is enough to make things happen, but not without the aid of those who will listen to her. When we created Hyrule and the 'Earth' upon which it rests, the Triforce was left as not only a reminder of us and the balance of the forces, but also to help find the ones who will aid Destiny when she is in need of it.
*When Destiny chooses someone, for any purpose no matter now minuscule, the Triforce will reflect that. So, when the Gerudo King decided he wanted to overthrow Hyrule, do not you think Destiny would have something to say about it?*
*Heck, yeah!* April exclaimed, holding up her fist.
*So, the Triforce, in itself, realized this and set up a defense for when what was inevitable was going to happen. And do you know what it was waiting for to set off the defense?*
*Um, me?* April realized slowly.
*Exactly. So, when Ganondorf touched the Triforce, the wills of Destiny, the Triforce, and yourself were reflected in its essence. In short, he was unable to obtain the entire thing.*
*My will...* April mused.
*And Destiny's, yes.*
*You know, I hate him with a passion,* April said.
*And do you even know why?* Nayru asked her.
April shook her head.
*As you most likely know, I know about the Earth from which you come from, and the so called 'game' which was based on our reality. I know it must have something to do with that, and your inability to finish the 'game'. But I also know that, when you entered the Sacred Realm with him, Destiny reflected in you, also. And, in this, you realized, through many forces including Her, your own inner strength, and me, that you had to do all in your power to get the Triforce away from the evil.*
*I knew part of that, already. But, when it was happening, I didn't really know what was going on.*
*Well, now you do. And what you did was use set off the defense in the Triforce upon which a Sheikah legend is based; you split the forces into the Three from which they came.*
*I...I split it?* April asked.
*With help, but essentially, yes. And Destiny's will engraved in the Triforce drew the force of Wisdom to you.*
*Which means that I now have the Triforce of Wisdom...* April pondered.
*So true it is, child. And I can tell you now that you need to listen to it should it tell you anything, which I know it will. Destiny's will is never quieted.*
*Okay.*
*And I can also tell you to listen to the People of Shadows, the Sheikah. They are some of the few who remember legends from the dawning age of our realm.*
*But, I thought that there were only two of them in Hyrule left....?*
*You shall see that all is not is as it appears,* Nayru said.
After a short silence, April said, *So, I guess I'll be taking orders from a sacred object, a goddess, and the core of the universe. How fun for me!* April clapped in sarcasm.
The Goddess smiled knowingly at her. *Remember that although it seems you are only a tool in Destiny's plan, you must also remember to listen to that inner strength that helped draw the force into your hand in the start. Your hand, literally,* Nayru said this last part with a slight glance at April's right hand.
April glanced at it, too. She noticed a small triangle made up of three others, with the bottom right one glowing a soft gold, most likely reacting to its origin, Nayru. And most likely it was the cause of the hot feeling April had felt on the back of her hand in the realm.
*Wow,* was all April could find to say.
*I don't think I could have put it better and more bluntly, myself. And with these words, we must part.*
*You know something?* April put in. *I'm not as scared as I was before now that I know, if only on my understanding as a thirteen year old, what's going on.*
With one last look at April, Nayru closed her eyes and held her hands over her head. April saw her mouth something out right before a blue ball of light formed over her head.
"You are about as scared as you should be."
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"Zelda!?" she heard it again, only this time is was real, not warped through wherever she had just been. And it sounded like it was right next to her. She realized that whatever had just happened must've only taken a second in reality, while it seemed to her like several minutes.
She also realized that she eyes were halfway closed, and she opened them to see a slightly peeved yet amused red-haired girl right in front of her face.
"Hey, Zel...you jus' totally zoned out right there!" she said as she turned back to the counted on which they were preparing dinner. She laughed suddenly and shortly and looked over her shoulder. "Daydreamin' again?"
"And just what is THAT supposed to mean?" she asked as she purposely and playfully shoved Malon aside to reach some uncooked batter and a spoon. "And why do you have to keep calling me that?"
"It means," Malon said as she pushed April. "...that you hafta knock it off! And second, I'm not gonna stop callin' you that."
"Why?" April asked.
"Because," Malon said simply. "Just 'cause I believe you doesn't mean I have to call you...erm..."
"April," the girl said, almost annoyed.
"Yeah. Hey, what kind of a name is that, anyway?"
"It's a month, actually..." April said when she thought about it, putting her hand up to her face.
Malon looked at her in a way that told her she had no idea what a month was. She wondered if they used a different calendar here. But, then she wondered if the used a calendar at all...
"Never mind," April said. "But, why Zel?"
"Never hurts to have a nickname."
"Hm, no wonder then," April said to herself. "And I supposed you couldn't find a better one for Link?"
Malon glanced at her through the corners of her eyes, but decided not to respond.
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The next morning, Malon had dragged a sleepy April out of bed and out of the house. The morning air was cold and it seemed to bite the end of April's nose and her ears. The odd thing that April had noticed about her ears was the she seemed to be able to hear better than she used to be able to. She wondered if it was the fact that they were pointed at the end, or if her ears at home were just messed up...
"Malon?" April asked, suddenly. "Why exactly did you wake me up so early? And what are we doing? It's cold! And it's still kinda dark out here!"
"Hm," Malon answered indignantly. "Are you finished?"
"No!" April shouted. Quickly realizing how loud she sounded in the still morning, and that she really was finished, she stopped abruptly.
Malon looked up and laughed. "No," she said, putting her hands behind her head. "I s'pposed your not."
"You didn't answer a single one of my questions..." April pointed out.
"I thought you of all people might appreciate somethin' like this. I realized, I don't really remember when it was that I realized it...but at a certain time, when th' moon's full and summer's just startin' to end...Somethin' happens to the sky between the moon and the ground. I dunno how it works, but durin' that time the moon is right over the Temple of Time. And right when the sun comes up...well, just watch."
At that moment, the sun could be seen beginning to make its never ceasing journey across the sky. Malon cast her gaze to the northeast, and April followed suit.
What she saw made her forget some of the trivial things that had been floating around in her head during the past just under two weeks. The spectacle looked a lot like the northern lights, but in three distinct colors; red, blue and green. April wondered if the moon had something to do with the Sacred Realm here. What she knew about the moon and mythology on Earth was that the moon often reflected serenity, truth, and the spirit, and it wouldn't surprise her to know that here, the moon was connected with the Realm, as they seemed to show similar characteristics.
But aside from the actual sight of it, April was filled with a newfound love for this place called Hyrule. She had noticed it before, but this reminded her that the whole place reflected what she herself would want the perfect place to look like. She didn't know if that had anything to do with the Legend of Zelda being her favorite game, or if the place actually had that kind of affect on her in person.
She knew that no matter how much she would grow attached to the place and the people here, she knew she would never be able to come to full terms with them, or love them as much as the real Princess would have. And that made her kind of sad.
"I don't know why, but it reminds me that miracles happ'n all the time," Malon said, offhandedly.
"How's that?" April said.
The other girl glanced at her. "It reminds me 'bout all the things we take for granted every day. Like, friendship 'n love, a simple song played by one lover for another. It reminds me of when we blow things so trivial up into somethin' so big we forget what our original intention was. Of how the smallest thing can make a child laugh, or change your life, for better or worse. It reminds me of what everyone wants, but nob'dy can truly have. Of ambition, courage, and the ability to be able to put your life out for somebody else. Those things....Sometimes I think, when the Goddesses look down at us, they're laughin'." Malon stopped suddenly, seeming to find herself again.
She smiled quickly. "Maybe I'm not the only one on Din's earth who's ever taken the time to realize it, but maybe I'm the only one in Hyrule crazy enough to wake up early enough to see this." She kept her hands behind her head. "Sometimes it seems like I'm talking nonsense."
"No," April said, quietly. "Sometimes it seems like kids like you are the only ones who make any sense." She sighed. "The part about the Goddess laughing at us. I can relate to that. It seems that people and..." She thought better of it. "People are always finding some reason to laugh at me."
"Maybe because it's the fact that they don't expect a Princess to act that way you do." Malon smiled. "I'm sure it's not only the way you look," she said tactically.
April turned her head s l o w l y to Malon. "Que?" she said, using her extremely limited Spanish vocabulary.
"Hehee," Malon giggled as she turned and ran back to the house, April following her not far behind.
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**How weird. It's late and I'm typing this and my brother is burping everything that I type and it's really starting to get annoying........but all of you don't care because you want to read my fanfiction, neh? Okay, so.....I hoped you liked this chapter. Lesse, does the part about April and the Triforce make sense, now? If it doesn't, tell me! I need people to know what's going on. Oh, and the part about the northern lights...thingamajigs. I just put that in there to make Malon sound not quite so ditzy. ^-^ I swear, I get so hyper when I'm tired, I think I'm going to go break something...
April: Erm, daijoubu ka?
SailorZelda: Nani? Why are you showing off Japanese words that you can say? And yes, I'm okay! It's just that watching this weird ballroom dancing stuff is making me all weird...
April: Well, I had to do SOMETHING after you just ditched my Spanish abilities!
SailorZelda: I'm going to bed....Good night. :: falls over ::
April: Um....hey!? HELlO!? MORON! Lemme see.....that's not working. Okay...Oh, Mistress of my Existence and the Existence of This Fic?
SailorZelda: :: springs up :: WELL! I don't think I've ever heard anything so nice come from you!
April: Hmp!
Okay.....enough. I'm tired. I still gotta go post this......oh, JEEZE somebody tell me to shut the freak up! IT'S ELEVEN O'CLOCK FOR NAYRU'S SAKE!!! Okay, I'm done.
Ja ne, minna-san!
SailorZelda~