Chapter 5: Gone Fishin' (or: "The Filler Chapter, Because the Author Wants to Continue This
and Doesn't Know How to Go About it -_-)

Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda. Well...actually, I own the Zelda games(preordered Wind Waker
^_^), a few Zelda mangas, and the soundtracks to OoT and MM, but that's it! Suing me will get
you some floss and a few pieces of lint.

~.....~ are thoughts
****** signals the beginning and end of this chapter, or a scene change. Confusing, ne?

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As Nara waited for a fish to bite, Natl sitting on her shoulder, and Wildfire waiting for a good
opporunity to either bite her again or knock her into the fishing pond, she thought about the
quest that Zelda had given her.

~Now, how in the bloody hell am I supposed to go on a quest, when I have absolutely no idea
where to begin?~

Her thoughts were interrupted when there was a tug on the line. She jumped to her feet, only to
have Wildfire knock her into the fishing pond.

"Wildfire! Bad horse! No carrots for you!", the Hylian sputtered as she got to her feet and waded
back to shore. As she looked at the chestnut mare, she could've sworn that the horse was
smirking. After all, Wildfire lived to make Nara's life miserable, and seeing the anger on her
face made the carrot deprivation worth it.

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Meanwhile, back at Hyrule Castle, the other soldiers were throwing a party, since, none of them
much liked Nara, new Hero of Hyrule or not.

"Who wants to make a bet on whether Nara makes it back here sucessful in her quest or not?",
one of the soldiers asked the others in the squad.

"'Makes if back successful'?! I'm betting that she doesn't make it back at all!", another shouted.

One of the older soldiers remained silent through the whole celebration(I lied when I implied
that they were ALL celebrating ^_^). He looked up at the others from his seat, with a sharp glare
underneath the brim of his helmet.

"I'll bet that the young Nara makes it back alive AND successful.", he said, much to the
amusement to the others.

"It's your money, old timer. It would've been safer if you'd bet against her, but, well, someone
had to bet for her.", the first soldier snickered.

The older soldier(that almost rhymed!^_^)smirked at his younger comrade.

"You lot are severely underestimating Nara. Sure, she's not good with a sword quite yet, but,
when has anyone given her the chance to actually improve her swordsmanship skills? The most
practice she's had with a sword was whenever you lot decide to lock her out of the castle all
night, forcing her to deal with the Stalchildren. The rest of the time, her only job is drawbridge
detail. I see a lot of potential in her that you all don't. She has the potential to be one of the best
fighters in Hyrule, if not THE best. Besides, she must have the Triforce of Courage within her,
as the Master Sword has chosen her to be the next Hero of Hyrule. Or, are you questioning the
will of the Goddesses?", he said sternly, causing the others to blink at him in surprise. Some of
the soldiers grudgingly changed their bets as a result of what their older comrade had said.

"You'd better be right, old timer. I have a lot of rupees on the line here.", one of them said,
causing the older soldier to smirk again.

"I am."
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Meanwhile, back at the fishing pond because, well, this chapter would be more boring than it
already is if I didn't have, at least, one scene change.

Nara was beginning to become frustrated, not only because no fish were biting, but, because she
still had no idea where to begin on the quest. She stood up and began to walk around the pond,
Natl flying after her. Wildfire simply snorted and took a bite of the grass surrounding the pond.

"Natl, do you have any ideas on what the hell I'm supposed to be doing?", she asked the fairy.

"Umm...you're supposed to be saving Hyrule?", Natl guessed, her red glow fading slightly in
confusion.

"I know that, but, exactly HOW am I supposed to be saving it? That's the question."

"Umm...go through dungeons and temples, battling the boss monsters within those dungeons and
temples until you fight the boss who's causing this whole mess?", the fairy queried.

"Yeah, I suppose, but where, exactly do I begin? I'm not one to question Her Royal Highness,
but, how can she send me on a quest with no hints on where to begin? Last I checked, I'm not
exactly Hero material. I can barely manage to hold a sword, much less fight with any efficiency
using one."

"Apparently, you have the potential, because, the Master Sword chose you, Nara. Besides, I can
sense the Triforce of Courage within you. If anyone has to save Hyrule, it's going to be you.",
Natl said, trying to offer some reassurance to the Hylian.

"Great...so the new Hero of Hyrule is going to be a bumbling fool who can't fight with a sword,
and whose horse hates her.", Nara said dejectedly.

"Aw, you can fight with a sword well enough. You just don't give yourself enough credit, and
don't have enough confidence. Look within yourself and you'll see what I'm talking about.", the
fairy said sagely.

Nara smiled slightly, feeling a little better about herself.

"Thanks Natl. I needed that.", she said.

"No problem! What are friends for?", Natl said brightly.

Just then, Nara's eyes widened as a thought struck her.

"I've got it!", she shouted.

"You've got what?"

"An idea on how to begin this quest! Come on, let's get to the Lost Woods!", she exclaimed as
she ran to the counter to give the fishing pond dude, who is the great-great-great-grandson of the
original fishing pond dude, back the fishing pole. She walked back over to Wildfire and,
deciding to take the horse by surprise, jumped into the saddle, and winced in pain.

"Natl, remind me never to do that again. If I were a guy, that would've hurt a lot more than it
did, plus it would've endangered any chances of having kids.", she said with a groan. Wildfire
snorted, and Nara swore that the horse was laughing at her.

"Come on, let's go!", she said as she kicked Wildfire in the sides. Wildfire, seeing another
perfect opportunity to get on Nara's nerves, took off at a dead run toward the door, that Nara had
forgotten to open. Nara, seeing the door was still closed, took her right foot out of the stirrup and
kicked out at the door as they sped toward it, reducing the door to splinters.

"You thought you had me, didn't you, you bloody horse.", she said with a smirk. The horse
seemed to frown in frustration as they took off across Hyrule Field, heading toward the Lost
Woods.

To be continued...

A/N: Gomen for the extremely long time in updating this. I had a severe case of writer's block
for this story. Anyway, this is where you, the readers, get to help out. I'm taking temple/dungeon
names and boss names for the dungeons/temples. I think I'll take 3 dungeon names and 6
Temple names(about the same as in OoT), and 9 boss names(we know who the "Big Boss" will
be), and I want the dungeons and Temples to kinda lead up to the cave on Death Mountain
where Ganon's reviving(I think that's where I stuck him), where Nara's essentially fighting her
way to Ganon, starting from the Lost Woods. I'm only asking for dungeon and Temple names
because I don't want to have to write out a trip through an entire dungeon/Temple, just the first
couple of rooms and the Boss room. Let me hear your ideas in your reviews. Comments/ideas
will be appreciated(the ideas that I use will be fully credited to those who think them up), flames
will be used to warm up my computer room.

Until next chapter...ja ne!