Notes: Gah, sorry 'bout the wait on this… I blame DDR! I got a DDR pad and game for my birthday and I've been playing it ever since… Anywho… I give you the re-written 2nd chapter!
Disclaimer: I already told you, durnit! I don't own the Zelda games /Nintendo company place thing!
Chapter Two:
Awakening
Dryllkor groaned as light forced its way into his eyes. Bright light was high up on his list of dislikes, especially when it woke him up. He sat up slowly, muscles protesting the movement.
"Hnn…ow… Ok, I awake now," he grumbled, wincing at every movement. "Feels like I haven't moved in ages…"
He looked around, having to blink several times and rub his eyes to make sure he wasn't blind. There was darkness everywhere, as if he had been suspended in a pit of nothingness. There was a floor, at least he assumed it was a floor, even though he couldn't see it.
'Where am I?,' he thought, looking around, trying to find the source of the light. It seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
"It's about time you woke up!." a familiar voice growled.
He snapped his head in the direction of the voice. A pale, silvery-blue dragon sat a few feet away, a relieved yet angry expression on its maw. "You sleep a lot…"
Dryllkor sighed, falling back onto his back. "Rune, where the hell are we?"
The dragon snorted, pouncing onto his chest. "A rift," she replied simply.
"How long have we been here," he asked.
The dragon winced, remaining silent for a long time, as if she didn't want to answer the question.
"Rune? How long have we been here," Dryllkor asked again, not liking Rune's silence.
She sighed heavily. "You're not going to believe me…"
"Tell me anyways."
She sighed again. "Alright… I lost track at four-hundred…"
"What," he shouted, eyes growing wide.
"You heard me right. Over four-hundred years."
"You're kidding me. You have to be!"
"I wouldn't want to believe it either…"
Dryllkor sighed. "If that much time really has passed, why aren't I dead? Why aren't you?"
"Because rifts don't obey the laws of physics or nature, that's why," she said. "It doesn't seem to me that all that time has passed, but my senses are telling me otherwise."
"So… how are we going to get out," he asked, trying his best not to panic.
Rune sighed, "No clue."
He shoved her off and sat up, running a hand through his hair. He brought his hand to his ear, noticing that there were two to many earrings there. He looked at the dragon, confused.
She grinned. "I got bored," she said. "So I did that…"
"How," he asked.
"I just thought about it and they appeared…"
He thought for a few moments before speaking. "Did you ever think real hard about getting out?"
"I did, but all I got was a migraine…," she sighed. "Wait! I think I know why it didn't work!"
"And that is?"
"You were still out… now that you're awake, maybe it will work."
Dryllkor shrugged. "It's worth a try. I just want out." He closed his eyes, clasping a hand around his pendant and shoving the last hulking thought out of his mind. He could hear it whisper to him as it faded, 'Everyone you know is gone. Everyone. Your parents, your friends. Everyone except that useless dragon,' it went on, trying in vain to drag him down. He ignored it, focusing on one thought, 'Let me out. Let me out. Let me out.' He repeated it over and over again, never ceasing.
Rune watched, noticing a faint glow coming from the pendant in his grasp, before joining in. After what seemed like an eternity, the air around her suddenly pulsed, and in surprise, opened her eyes. The light that had no origin suddenly hand one. A large orb of light hovered in the air above them, growing larger with each passing second. She looked at Dryllkor and found him staring up at the orb, grinning. Rune stared back upwards, muttering a single word.
"Freedom."
A grove of trees stood not too far away from the outskirts of the Hyrule Market. Many people avoided it, saying that it was cursed In a way, it was, For years on end, since before anyone could remember, it had remained exactly the same. Not a leaf had fallen or changed color. No matter how many times the trees were ravaged by fire or struck by lightening, they remained the same. Today was like every other day.
Or maybe not.
Deep within the grove a faint glow could be seen. The light faded, leaving two shapes behind. One was two feet tall, the other six feet.
Rune looked around at the trees. "TREES," she squealed, darting up one and clinging to its branches. "How I missed trees!"
Dryllkor watched, her, laughing. "Wow… I never knew you could squeal like a three year old…"
Rune looked down at him. "You'd squeal like this if you were me! I'm glad to see any kind of life!"
He sighed, looking around, all while waiting for Rune. 'Could all that time really have passed,' he thought, staring up at the branches above.
"I guess we'll find out soon enough…," Rune said suddenly, now sitting at the base of a tree. "and yes, you did think that aloud." she grinned, stalking off through the tree. "C'mon!"
Dryllkor followed, both of them leaving the grove behind. Had they taken the time to look back, they would've seen many trees fade away, finally free of the spell that had bound them for so long.
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Part Two of Chapter Two
Jagwyr sighed in frustration as he walked through the Market. And entire week had passed since he'd found that curious journal. He had pulled several all-nighters searching through the entire library, searching for anything that was related to the journal. He'd found nothing.
'There's a damn hundred year gap in history,' he thought angrily. 'All that searching for what? Nothing!'
He shook his head. "Can't dig to far into it… Curiosity killed the cat," he muttered, grinning. When he was younger, his friends had used that phrase often, playing on his name and that fact that he was overly nosy.
He continued to make his way through the Market, approaching the gate leading out of town. The only reason he could leave was because there was someone else to replace him at the library back at the castle.
Another grin crossed his face as he stepped off the drawbridge and onto the field, heading towards Kakariko. H gave the sky a quick glance. "If I hurry, I can make it before dark…"
His family, or what was left of it lived in Kakariko. Only his mother and younger sister were still alive, his father and younger brother having died from sickness.
Jagwyr was jerked from his thoughts by a black blur crossing just in front of him. He stopped, watching whatever it was slow to a stop on top of a nearby hill. The creature was about three and a half feet tall at its shoulder, standing on all fours. It was midnight black in color and resembled a wolf.
"What is that thing? It can't be a wolfos…," he muttered, staring at the creature. He took a step forward, narrowing his eyes. "It can't be! Fayeols have been extinct for centuries!"
The creature watched Jagwyr before disappearing over the hill. He took off after it, throwing caution to the wind. It wasn't everyday that you found a creature that was supposed to be extinct alive and well.
He followed it down the hill and a ways across the field before it stopped, cat-like tail swishing back and forth. He stopped, watching the creature, now one hundred percent positive that it was a fayeol.
"So you are the one…," the fayeol turned, staring up at him. The voice had no doubt come from the creature.
A confused expression crossed his face "What?"
"You have the journal, don't you," it asked, sniffing the air. "You do have it… Show it to me1," it demanded.
Jagwyr complied with the creatures request, pulling the burnt book out of his jacket pocket. He wasn't about to argue with a creature that could easily kill him.
The fayeol gazed at the journal for a moment before looking back at him. "It's a good thing followed me. In this case, 'Curiosity saved the cat'."
He returned the journal to his pocket, confused. "What do you mean," he asked it. "Anyone would've followed you, considering that fayeol are supposed to be extinct…"
"Ah… I mean that if you hadn't followed me, there was a good chance you would've been killed. A long time ago on Death Mountain, the Gorons weren't the only things that lived there. Creatures called Lynels lived there also. Just recently, they've been re-appearing and a rather angry and mindless one decided to attack Kakariko," it said. "And don't worry, no one was killed, but the town is in ruins."
It paused. "Now, I have something to ask you."
Jagwyr nodded. "And that is?"
"I know that you are very interested in the contents of that journal. Would you want to learn of what happened? Possibly become part of a legend," it asked.
"You serious, he asked, one side of him screaming, 'Accept, you fool!' and the other side screaming, 'NO!' He wasn't exactly sure what to do, still trying to get over the fact that he had just found a creature, wait make that five creatures; he could feel them watching him, that was supposed to be extinct and it was actually speaking to him. That wasn't something easy to deal with.
"I'm dead serious," it stated. "This fayeol wouldn't be time hopping just for fun, but I can't say the same about the others…"
The side screaming for him to accept won out. "Sure then. As long as it's something more interesting than my old job…"
"It will be, I assure you," it said, starting off towards the Lost Woods, Jagwyr nervously following it with the other fayeols that had appeared.
What could be called a fayeol version of a grin crossed the black fayeol's maw.
'You have no idea what's in store for you…'
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Notes: Well… that's the chappy! I don't have much to say, so on to the reviewer response then the next chapter! Be sure to leave a review on your way out!
Reviewer Response:
Greki: First of all, I have to say thanks for the review! Now, on to the response: Well, it's better that I use weird, interesting names for a Zelda based fic because it just fits the whole Zelda thing! I mean, when you think about it, all the characters in the Zelda universe have strange names. Also, if I gave my main character a common name like…. Uh, let's see…. Bob, it'd make you want to not read the fic, right? Interesting names make people will most likely make someone want to read the fic, right? Thanks again for the review!
