Chapter 2:Haunting Memories
Ok can't think of anything intresting to say so on with the fic!
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"Wake up, Lann!"
"Argh!" was the sound that came from underneath the sea of blue blankets; it was a combination of both a yawn and a groan.
"Come on!" he yelled as he summoned all his strength and pulled the thick covers off of her.
She shivered for a moment and then woke up instantly. She stood up slowly and out of instinct headed into the bathroom where she got into the shower. For a moment she just stood there letting the hot water soak her. She was thinking about that night. It had filled her dreams recently and constantly haunted her. That night was 9 years ago but she still remembered how she had felt that night. She also thought about what had happened to her in the past nine years.
A few days after that night she had been found in the woods, half-dead. She was rushed to the hospital where she was treated the old man who had found her paid for the treatment. He was very kind to her and she always felt more comfortable when he was around, however, as she neared recovery his life ended due to a heart attack. So, she was put in an orphanage well that's what they called it but it was more like a prison to her. For starters it was in a rundown city called Ropder. If anyone had even heard of it they thought that it had been closed down long ago, and when people came they left because of the way it looked before even going inside.
Also no one there cared almost all the kids there hated one another and no one did anything. The food was horrible and sometimes burnt. Cai also disliked it there because he had to hide all the time and was constantly being squished. Lann began to enjoy it a little though when she took up skateboarding. She didn't do it because it was the current fad (she wouldn't have known it was anyway) but it was the one sport in which a rundown city was a good thing. One day she got hold of one that someone had donated before all the boys and taught herself, she got very good and earned the respect of some of the other kids. She escaped that place at the age of fourteen, she got a back pack and filled it with bottles of water and all the food she could get her hands on. One day she just got on her skateboard and rode away.
She ran to the forest that was east of Ropder, to the right there were mountains. While making her way through the forest she ran into an old man named Karin. When he finally managed to get information about who she was and where she had come from he asked if she wanted to come live with him. She was reluctant because she had become cold and bitter, but went with him. It turned out that he knew some Martial Arts and decided to teach her what he knew in hopes that the discipline and extreme strength training involved could bring out her former kind self. So they both lived in his house in the woods they lived off the land for the most part but occasionally went out and bought clothes and food that they couldn't get there. Karin decided it was better if Lann stayed at his house while he went into town. He shopped at the city that was on the other side of the mountains near Ropder.
He walked so it usually took him two days to make a shopping trip. Lann didn't mind being alone and she spent the time perfecting techniques he had taught her. However, one day when she was fifteen, last year, he didn't come back. The longest he had ever taken to make one of his trips was fourteen days and after a week Lann had started to worry. She knew the area well and she also knew that the side of the mountain that faced Ropder was filled with assassins, gangsters, and other criminals. Karin was often able to fend them off in the past but he had been sickly the past few days and she was worried he hadn't been able to defend himself.
She had decided to go see if he was okay, she knew the path he took well for he had showed it to her the first time he left incase of emergencies. So she and Cai headed up the mountain where she was shocked to find that she was right, Karin was dead. She had found the gangsters who had killed him and showed no mercy to them. After all Karin was one of the few people in her life that really cared about her and he had helped mend the wounds from her past and he had seen her true personality even when she was cold and bitter. That had been a year ago. Over the past year she had continued to live and train in Karin's house, however, one thought stayed in her mind, now more than ever: revenge. It had always stayed in the back of her mind, but she had never considered herself strong enough to try. After reminiscing she finished her shower, dried her hair, and got dressed.
Most of her blonde hair was pulled back in a ponytail, all except her unruly bangs and two thin strips of hair that hung down in front of her ears, the tips of which were dyed black. The bangs on her right side were even wilder than the left so that they covered up her scarred eye. She put on her training clothes, which were the same as any Martial Art clothes and went into the training room. Cai was waiting for her there.
"So what do you want to do today?" he asked.
"Well first I'm going to do my morning training like always..."
"Awwww"
"Then... how 'bout we go into town?"
"Ok"
So she did her usual morning training. Once she finished Lann changed into a black T-shirt. She also put on jeans that were a little shredded at the bottom and very dark in color. Then she put on a red hooded sweatshirt and pulled the hood up over her head.
"Are you ready yet?" Cai asked impatiently as she came out, he was watching TV
"Yes, so we can go now Mr. Couch Potato"
"How can I be a couch potato if I can't even sit on the couch? Huh?" he retorted as he tapped the power button, cutting off the TV.
Lann grabbed her bag filled with food, water, money, a change of clothes, and other supplies then headed out the door with Cai right behind her.
"Guess you're not taking the four-wheeler, eh."
"Nope we're hoofing it."
"You mean you're hoofing it I can fly, stupid!"
They walked through the forest and began to run quickly once they reached the plains. She looked over at Ropder City, the bad memories of that place hitting her like a hard punch in the gut. Then she looked over at the mountains that she was approaching. She soon made her way over to them and began to climb. After about an hour had passed she made her way over to a large ledge. She took out some food and water and gobbled it up as if she hadn't eaten in days.
"Wow you're really hungry!"
"Hey, I didn't have any breakfast!"
"Well maybe if you had gotten up before 10:00 you would have had time for breakfast!"
"I know," she said as she rolled her eyes.
After she finished her snack she took a short rest and headed back up. She finally began climb up to the peak. She pulled herself up but as soon as she did she heard a voice that sent a chill down her spine.
"So you finally made it you're a very slow climber," She looked over and saw a tall dark figure she looked closer and discovered that it was Ganondorf.
"This must be why I've been having those dreams lately. Is it possible that he knows who I am?" she thought to herself. She noticed that Cai had gone into her sweatshirt's pocket.
"Hey what are you so afraid of?" She asked him telepathically.
"Nothing but if Ganondorf sees me he'll know who you are besides I'm not the one who's shivering," He replied.
"Shut up!"
"Why are you just standing there?" Ganondorf asked.
"Huh?"
"It won't be any fun killing you if you just stand there and don't make a pathetic attempt to defeat me."
"I think you'll find out that I'm not as pathetic as you think." She said as she charged in then leaped into a flying side. He got ready for the attack with a block so she brought herself down and went around so she was facing his side and went into a jump 45. She did this very quickly so he was contemplating where she had gone as she aimed for the temple of his head. However as she kicked he blocked with his forearm and she fell on the ground.
"Well unlike those other fools," he said as he nodded toward some bodies, "you know what you're doing and you put power into every attack without tiring. If I were a normal person you would be giving me some trouble, but I'm not a normal person." As he was saying this she inched away from him and then got up.
She then attempted to punch him in the face but he again blocked at the last second. She started to back away slowly in fear, but then came up with a plan. She continued to back away and he closed in until he was right where Lann wanted him, with his back to the edge. She went in for yet another powerful punch with her right hand, but this time she saw the block and withdrew it as she snapped another punch out at him with the left. He blocked by grabbing her wrist then swung around so that she was hanging off the cliff.
"That was very clever I almost couldn't block it, but I'm quite disappointed with the fact that I'm about to kill you but haven't gotten my chance to show off."
"Rrrg"
"Now before I drop you let's see what's under that hood," he said as he jerked her so that the hood flew back. His grip loosened and his eyes grew wide. He was mumbling something, but she was taking advantage of this opportunity and kicked him very hard on the neck. He let go and she attempted to grab back onto the cliff. By now he had regained his senses and punched her hard on the face so she lost her grip and began to plummet down the mountainside. She slipped into unconsciousness as she continued to fall.
O.O yet another cliffy! No they won't all end in cliffys. Oh by the way didn't I tell you Lann was threatening but NO YOU WOULD'NT LISTEN! Plz review!
