Ok! This is the REAL chapter three I promise, ^-^ and I'm very sorry but I've made an error in my story it is called Kelvin's Cairn lol, so I'll change that...
In reference to the song in the last chapter, it most certainly is not mine, it's actually a song my choir and I are singing currently and it's so incredibly pretty, if anyone knows it, don't be afraid to speak up! ^_^
Chapter Three: To the Goron City
Zelda shivered to herself as they continued down the lightless underground tunnel. She sensed the baby was a little nervous as well. She held her a bit closer but sighed as her arm was becoming numb from the weight.
"Link?" She asked wincing a bit as her voice got carried throughout the tunnel.
"Yeah?" He answered and took the baby from her carefully cradling her in the crook of his arm.
Zelda smiled coyly at him. "How did you know?" She asked.
"Just a hunch." He replied. "You seemed to be in... pain."
Zelda blushed and wondered how he even knew that due to the short supply of light the were receiving from Tatl. "Well, thank you." She said.
"No problem, she's really pretty much weightless." Link remarked.
Zelda finally decided to bring up a topic which had been going through her mind for the past few days. "She needs a name!" She finally blurted out.
Link nearly tripped over a rock. "What?" He asked, had he just heard what he thought he heard?
"A name, she needs a name." Zelda repeated.
"Oh." Said Link, he didn't feel he was particularly good at coming up with names but he'd give it a shot. He began to brainstorm. "Uh... Elana?" he tried.
"That's... good!" Zelda said but in truth she hated it. "We'll put it on the list ok?"
Link nodded trying to think some more.
"Ok, my turn...Anara?" she said.
"Put that one on the list too," Link said smiling a bit, he was actually having fun with this. "Kyari?" he asked.
"Maybe... it doesn't sound right." Zelda said, furrowing her brow. "Kara?"
"Lucretia?" Link said deciding to do a crazy suggestion.
Zelda just hit him. "That's a horrible name! Pick a better one please." She asked laughing a little.
"Ok, ok. Silouna?" said Link.
"That's really pretty..." Said Zelda and she meant it. "Raine?" She asked.
Tatl suddenly flew out with her own suggestion. "Just call her noise pollution!" She said again, not caring how loud her voice was.
Link lightly smacked her. "Be nice." He warned.
Suddenly Zelda thought of the perfect name. "Taira!" She exclaimed clasping her hands together.
Link smiled warmly, it WAS the perfect name and suited her well. "Taira..." he said softly. "Is your name from now on."
Little Taira just cooed and giggled in response signifying she liked her name.
Zelda suddenly spotted light far off in the distance. "The exit!" She said relieved they had finally made it. She relished the thought of having the warm sun upon her skin again.
The group soon found themselves in the rocky Goron territory. Link faintly remembered coming here but was nearly knocked of his feet from the rumbling chaos that could only be described as Darunia–running as fast as he could.
"Brother!" He greeted nearly knocking Link over once again my heartily slapping him on the back. "What brings you here?" He asked cheerfully.
Link was still recovering the wind that was knocked out of him so Zelda spoke instead. "Uh... yes." She said, her voice shaking a little. "We need to get to Kelvin's Cairn."
The King thought for a moment and snapped his fingers. "Aha! That is where my brother Tauranga lives!"
"It's not far, is it?" Link asked rhetorically.
"About three days walk on foot." Darunia answered. "But the time is cut in half when you're rolling!" He said chuckling a bit.
"May we spend the night?" Zelda asked, hoping she wasn't being too forward.
"Sure!" Boomed the King Goron. "Anything for my brother and his new wife." he said eying Zelda and the baby. "And I see he's been busy!"
That last comment just made Link blush so furiously he could not stand to be there and ran down the hall into the temporary room led by Darunia.
Zelda stood there a bit longer trying to cool off and explain to Darunia they child wasn't theirs. "Um, we're not–she's not..." Zelda tried to say but it was no use he had already gone down to the Royal Chamber humming a gravelly version of that familiar tune of Saria's song. She finally gave in and entered the room where Link had so suddenly dashed into.
"Well!" Tatl squeaked after she had finished laughing at the scenario. "On the bright side, we all get to stay in the same room!" She giggled and flitted off down the hallway.
Little Taira began to screw her face up again, Zelda rushed to the room in fear of her wails disturbing every Goron in the city.
She arrived to find Link sitting on the bed–the only bed in the room. She sighed, at least the Goron's were thoughtful enough to put in a cradle for Taira.
"I'll take the floor." Link said almost immediately.
"No!" Zelda said suddenly, surprising herself with the quickness of her answer. "I... mean, there is no logic in your decision, Link. It's... all right." She said trying very hard not to blush.
"I shouldn't..." Link said though his heart was screaming at him to say yes! Of course! He gazed upon Zelda's slightly reddened face and complied. "Ok," he said moving towards the opposite side of the bed. He began to remove his gauntlets, followed by his hat, boots and finally his sword which he carefully lay beside his Hylian shield.
Zelda had put Taira to sleep when she heard the little one mutter 'ma...' before falling right to sleep. Feeling very exhausted herself she crawled beneath the covers facing the wall.
Link did the same but faced the opposite wall. Both fell into a restful sleep and before they knew it, morning had come...
Link was the first to wake up when he felt something soft wrapped around his arms. He almost gasped when he realized what he was doing. Zelda was still fast asleep and lay upon Link's shoulder. Link had curved the opposite arm around her slim waist pulling her rather close. He was about to gently retract his arms when he heard a high pitched, "AWW!" startling Zelda and not to mention the baby, awake.
Zelda jumped out of his arms and nearly landed on the floor. "Wha...?" she asked feeling quite disoriented in the cacophony of Taira's cries. Giving her head a shake, she rose and lifted Taira out of the cradle to calm her.
"I'll... go get some food." Link said leaving rather quickly.
Zelda wondered why he had once again left so suddenly but shrugged it off as she busied herself by feeding Taira and changing her. She felt exceptionally happy today and couldn't come to a conclusion of why this feeling had overpowered all others in her mind. She sighed happily remembering the dream she had last night.
She had been standing with Link under the moonlit sky, the silvery beams of light illuminating his perfect face. They had kissed under that moon and lay beneath a tree, completely content within eachother's arms.
Zelda hoped her dream would become a reality. She hoped with all her heart it would come true. He thoughts were cut short when Link entered carrying some eggs.
"Sorry I'm late." he apologized as he handed her the Cucco eggs. "I had to travel to town because the Gorons kept giving me rocks." He said.
Zelda laughed at his explanation simply because it was so ridiculous. Link laughed as well but only a little as he was still feeling a little awkward about the morning incident.
"Thank you." She said. "I guess I'll cook these." She gave the eggs a weird look and lit a small fire with some magic.
Link watched her movements a bit longer and busied himself by sharpening the blade of his sword.
"Is something wrong?" Zelda asked, trying to break the tension she felt emanating from him.
Link shook his head giving her a small smile. "No," he assured her. "Don't worry about me."
Zelda was about to protest when she smelled something burning. "Oh no!" She cried and quickly removed the poor eggs from the heat. "Sorry..." she apologized.
Link snorted a bit out of the hilarity but took the plate anyway. "Thanks," he said, taking the plate.
"Uh... Link?" Zelda said trying to warn him it was hot and burned but he ignored both attributes and took a bite.
"Hey, this is really good." He commented through mouthfuls.
Zelda doubted he was really telling the truth. "You're just saying that..." she said.
"I'm serious." He assured her.
"Well, thank you." She said. "I tried, but I don't cook much." She confessed.
"I couldn't tell." Link said, truthfully.
Eventually the group had said goodbye to the Gorons and once again Link just barely escaped one of their rib-crushing hugs. They set out hoping for no trouble but for every hero's journey has its share and this was no different.
They had only been walking a short distance when Link's sensitive ears detected something. "Do you hear that?" He said suddenly stopping.
Zelda clutched Taira a bit tighter and listened as well. "Yes, something's coming but what?"
"Whatever it is, I have a bad feeling about it." Tatl chirped.
A wolfos suddenly came loping down one of the rocky hills, it looked very threatening and not in such a good mood...
Link was afraid of this, not only was he traveling with a woman he had a baby as well. Leaving him at a great disadvantage. He held the sword ready hoping for nothing serious.
The wolfos growled and snapped at them with a murderous glare in its gaze.
Narrowing his eyes Link approached the fiend. "Stay back!" He yelled at Zelda. "I'll handle this..." he said.
The wolfos lunged, but not at Link...
A/N: ta da! Did you like it? I'm so sorry this is so late, school and playing Majora's Mask has been taking up most of my time. Please review! ^_^
In reference to the song in the last chapter, it most certainly is not mine, it's actually a song my choir and I are singing currently and it's so incredibly pretty, if anyone knows it, don't be afraid to speak up! ^_^
Chapter Three: To the Goron City
Zelda shivered to herself as they continued down the lightless underground tunnel. She sensed the baby was a little nervous as well. She held her a bit closer but sighed as her arm was becoming numb from the weight.
"Link?" She asked wincing a bit as her voice got carried throughout the tunnel.
"Yeah?" He answered and took the baby from her carefully cradling her in the crook of his arm.
Zelda smiled coyly at him. "How did you know?" She asked.
"Just a hunch." He replied. "You seemed to be in... pain."
Zelda blushed and wondered how he even knew that due to the short supply of light the were receiving from Tatl. "Well, thank you." She said.
"No problem, she's really pretty much weightless." Link remarked.
Zelda finally decided to bring up a topic which had been going through her mind for the past few days. "She needs a name!" She finally blurted out.
Link nearly tripped over a rock. "What?" He asked, had he just heard what he thought he heard?
"A name, she needs a name." Zelda repeated.
"Oh." Said Link, he didn't feel he was particularly good at coming up with names but he'd give it a shot. He began to brainstorm. "Uh... Elana?" he tried.
"That's... good!" Zelda said but in truth she hated it. "We'll put it on the list ok?"
Link nodded trying to think some more.
"Ok, my turn...Anara?" she said.
"Put that one on the list too," Link said smiling a bit, he was actually having fun with this. "Kyari?" he asked.
"Maybe... it doesn't sound right." Zelda said, furrowing her brow. "Kara?"
"Lucretia?" Link said deciding to do a crazy suggestion.
Zelda just hit him. "That's a horrible name! Pick a better one please." She asked laughing a little.
"Ok, ok. Silouna?" said Link.
"That's really pretty..." Said Zelda and she meant it. "Raine?" She asked.
Tatl suddenly flew out with her own suggestion. "Just call her noise pollution!" She said again, not caring how loud her voice was.
Link lightly smacked her. "Be nice." He warned.
Suddenly Zelda thought of the perfect name. "Taira!" She exclaimed clasping her hands together.
Link smiled warmly, it WAS the perfect name and suited her well. "Taira..." he said softly. "Is your name from now on."
Little Taira just cooed and giggled in response signifying she liked her name.
Zelda suddenly spotted light far off in the distance. "The exit!" She said relieved they had finally made it. She relished the thought of having the warm sun upon her skin again.
The group soon found themselves in the rocky Goron territory. Link faintly remembered coming here but was nearly knocked of his feet from the rumbling chaos that could only be described as Darunia–running as fast as he could.
"Brother!" He greeted nearly knocking Link over once again my heartily slapping him on the back. "What brings you here?" He asked cheerfully.
Link was still recovering the wind that was knocked out of him so Zelda spoke instead. "Uh... yes." She said, her voice shaking a little. "We need to get to Kelvin's Cairn."
The King thought for a moment and snapped his fingers. "Aha! That is where my brother Tauranga lives!"
"It's not far, is it?" Link asked rhetorically.
"About three days walk on foot." Darunia answered. "But the time is cut in half when you're rolling!" He said chuckling a bit.
"May we spend the night?" Zelda asked, hoping she wasn't being too forward.
"Sure!" Boomed the King Goron. "Anything for my brother and his new wife." he said eying Zelda and the baby. "And I see he's been busy!"
That last comment just made Link blush so furiously he could not stand to be there and ran down the hall into the temporary room led by Darunia.
Zelda stood there a bit longer trying to cool off and explain to Darunia they child wasn't theirs. "Um, we're not–she's not..." Zelda tried to say but it was no use he had already gone down to the Royal Chamber humming a gravelly version of that familiar tune of Saria's song. She finally gave in and entered the room where Link had so suddenly dashed into.
"Well!" Tatl squeaked after she had finished laughing at the scenario. "On the bright side, we all get to stay in the same room!" She giggled and flitted off down the hallway.
Little Taira began to screw her face up again, Zelda rushed to the room in fear of her wails disturbing every Goron in the city.
She arrived to find Link sitting on the bed–the only bed in the room. She sighed, at least the Goron's were thoughtful enough to put in a cradle for Taira.
"I'll take the floor." Link said almost immediately.
"No!" Zelda said suddenly, surprising herself with the quickness of her answer. "I... mean, there is no logic in your decision, Link. It's... all right." She said trying very hard not to blush.
"I shouldn't..." Link said though his heart was screaming at him to say yes! Of course! He gazed upon Zelda's slightly reddened face and complied. "Ok," he said moving towards the opposite side of the bed. He began to remove his gauntlets, followed by his hat, boots and finally his sword which he carefully lay beside his Hylian shield.
Zelda had put Taira to sleep when she heard the little one mutter 'ma...' before falling right to sleep. Feeling very exhausted herself she crawled beneath the covers facing the wall.
Link did the same but faced the opposite wall. Both fell into a restful sleep and before they knew it, morning had come...
Link was the first to wake up when he felt something soft wrapped around his arms. He almost gasped when he realized what he was doing. Zelda was still fast asleep and lay upon Link's shoulder. Link had curved the opposite arm around her slim waist pulling her rather close. He was about to gently retract his arms when he heard a high pitched, "AWW!" startling Zelda and not to mention the baby, awake.
Zelda jumped out of his arms and nearly landed on the floor. "Wha...?" she asked feeling quite disoriented in the cacophony of Taira's cries. Giving her head a shake, she rose and lifted Taira out of the cradle to calm her.
"I'll... go get some food." Link said leaving rather quickly.
Zelda wondered why he had once again left so suddenly but shrugged it off as she busied herself by feeding Taira and changing her. She felt exceptionally happy today and couldn't come to a conclusion of why this feeling had overpowered all others in her mind. She sighed happily remembering the dream she had last night.
She had been standing with Link under the moonlit sky, the silvery beams of light illuminating his perfect face. They had kissed under that moon and lay beneath a tree, completely content within eachother's arms.
Zelda hoped her dream would become a reality. She hoped with all her heart it would come true. He thoughts were cut short when Link entered carrying some eggs.
"Sorry I'm late." he apologized as he handed her the Cucco eggs. "I had to travel to town because the Gorons kept giving me rocks." He said.
Zelda laughed at his explanation simply because it was so ridiculous. Link laughed as well but only a little as he was still feeling a little awkward about the morning incident.
"Thank you." She said. "I guess I'll cook these." She gave the eggs a weird look and lit a small fire with some magic.
Link watched her movements a bit longer and busied himself by sharpening the blade of his sword.
"Is something wrong?" Zelda asked, trying to break the tension she felt emanating from him.
Link shook his head giving her a small smile. "No," he assured her. "Don't worry about me."
Zelda was about to protest when she smelled something burning. "Oh no!" She cried and quickly removed the poor eggs from the heat. "Sorry..." she apologized.
Link snorted a bit out of the hilarity but took the plate anyway. "Thanks," he said, taking the plate.
"Uh... Link?" Zelda said trying to warn him it was hot and burned but he ignored both attributes and took a bite.
"Hey, this is really good." He commented through mouthfuls.
Zelda doubted he was really telling the truth. "You're just saying that..." she said.
"I'm serious." He assured her.
"Well, thank you." She said. "I tried, but I don't cook much." She confessed.
"I couldn't tell." Link said, truthfully.
Eventually the group had said goodbye to the Gorons and once again Link just barely escaped one of their rib-crushing hugs. They set out hoping for no trouble but for every hero's journey has its share and this was no different.
They had only been walking a short distance when Link's sensitive ears detected something. "Do you hear that?" He said suddenly stopping.
Zelda clutched Taira a bit tighter and listened as well. "Yes, something's coming but what?"
"Whatever it is, I have a bad feeling about it." Tatl chirped.
A wolfos suddenly came loping down one of the rocky hills, it looked very threatening and not in such a good mood...
Link was afraid of this, not only was he traveling with a woman he had a baby as well. Leaving him at a great disadvantage. He held the sword ready hoping for nothing serious.
The wolfos growled and snapped at them with a murderous glare in its gaze.
Narrowing his eyes Link approached the fiend. "Stay back!" He yelled at Zelda. "I'll handle this..." he said.
The wolfos lunged, but not at Link...
A/N: ta da! Did you like it? I'm so sorry this is so late, school and playing Majora's Mask has been taking up most of my time. Please review! ^_^
