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Chapter 2: The Journey Begins

After standing for a while waiting for an attack, Meru decided to go first. He swung one sword at Link and then the other, twirling around him, but he seemed to keep up with the rhythm perfectly. After a while she swung low and Link flipped backward, dodging it. He ran up to Meru and parried her sword attacks and flipped over her body, taking hold of one of her hands, grabbing her scimitar and putting her own sword and his at her neck.

"You're very acrobatic for a fairy boy aren't you?" She breathed, looking down at the sword that touched her neck. She wondered and hoped that he wouldn't use it. In fact, she expected him not to. The Kokiri were supposed to be peaceful children. But how could she be sure that he was in fact a true Kokiri?

"I try." Link grinned lightheartedly, holding the sword to Meru's neck to make sure she wouldn't move. He was so sure that, being a Gerudo, the moment he released her, she would turn around and try to kill him again. All he wanted was to go to the princess and do whatever this so-called 'destiny' leads him.

Meru grabbed onto the blade that Link held to her neck, trying to get enough room for her to cough without cutting off her own neck, "Aren't you supposed to be dead? Your out of the Kokiri Forest." She asked, trying to start up a conversation to get out of the sticky situation she was in.

"So I've heard," He grunted. She only just met her and already she was sounding like an outsider, which she was. He suspected that he would meet a lot more like her in the future, "But I'm on a journey. I need to see the princess of destiny."

"The princess of destiny?" Meru asked, already confused by this mysterious little boy. He was about the same age as her, maybe even a bit older, but she still seemed to think of him more as a child-like Kokiri, and herself more like a professional thief. Her head looked toward a castle that stood almost out of sight over a grassy hill. Her tongue outlined her lips as she thought, "Could you possibly mean Princess Zelda?"

"Yeah, I think." Link loosened the swords from her neck as he looked over the direction that Meru was looking. He gave a shrug, not really sure what to do. "Well, I must see her, it's important. Could you maybe show me the way into her palace?"

" I will on one condition." As soon as that was said, Link thought he knew what was coming. A bribery of some kind. It was definitely something that a Gerudo would pull. "Just put your sword away and stop pointing it at me." Link just remembered what he was doing. He forgot he had his sword and hers at Meru's neck; he was never really good at remembering things of importance. He was much better at fighting than anything.

Link lowered his sword and gave her the scimitar that he had stolen from her. After the conflict they had another moment of distrust and agreed to sheath their swords at the same time, that way no one could attack the other while the other was sheathing the weapon. They both seemed to expect the same out of one another.

After their truce they went closer toward Hyrule Field. When they heard Kaepora Gaebora call to them, they sat, listening to his words of boredom. He never seemed to stop talking, and after a long while of nearly being lulled to sleep by the owl's constant droning, they decided to run from him, knowing now that all he could do was annoy them. They got away from the evil owl and was nearly stalked by it, but sooner of later Kaepora Gaebora stopped and they were able to slow down and rest.

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"So your a Gerudo right...?" Link spoke after ten minutes of awkward silences. They had tired of running and decided to keep to a calm walk. He hardly even ended the question before she decided to answer.

"Well, I actually joined the Gerudo's after leaving my home at Lake Hylia. My mother was part Zora and my dad was Hylian. I guess you could say that I'm more of a Hylian that can swim just like a Zora." She turned to look at him and couldn't help but smile. She wanted to reach up and pull down her cheeks before they tired.

She couldn't believe what she had just said. She just gave him, a strange Kokiri kid, her family background. What if he was racist? 'He probably is.' She thought. 'Why did I just tell him all of that? Meru, you dolt, shut up!' She screamed inwardly, but seemed to just keep talking. "My Gerudo friends understood why I wanted to become one of them, so they helped me become one by training me in the Gerudo way. It was hard, and everything I went through—I still couldn't beat a Kokiri."

Link looked to the floor, suddenly he felt guilt that he won the fight, "I'm sorry, Meru. I don't know why I've always been good at sword fighting. It's just that it comes naturally to me. I've trained everyday since I was able to hold a sword." Suddenly he was spilling out everything. "I know that's not very long but—"

"How old are you?"

Link turned to look at her with questions on his face, "What do you mean? How old do I look?"

Meru looked to the ground, "I guess it is a stupid question. But I always heard that Kokiri never age after they're about ten years old."

"I don't know," Link shrugged slowly, "All I know is that I grew up in the Kokiri Forest as a Kokiri, but I'm only ten." They kept walking, but the castle was getting close. The sun was going down and just before getting to the drawbridge, they saw it rising. They ran for it but to no luck, which meant that they had to camp outside of the castle. It was harder than they thought it would be because of the Stalchildren. They were said to have been the spirits of all the dead Kokiri, which meant that when they stayed up all night fighting them, Meru blamed it mostly on Link for being a Kokiri. When Din's eye arose, the Stalchildren just sank into the ground like little gophers.

Link and Meru were relieved to finally stop fighting, but the tired ache in their bones and the way they couldn't keep their eyes open meant they needed sleep. They stopped at a small room near the drawbridge where they had plenty of room to rest for a couple of hours before heading toward the market. It was there that another annoying obstacle struck their path. A little girl asked for help from Link, "Excuse me, but my father went to the castle to deliver milk from our ranch. He probably stopped to rest and fell asleep, what a thing for grown-ups to do," Meru elbowed Link in the ribs, grinning down at her. "Could you please bring him back for me? I've been waiting all day and want to go home."

"Sure." Meru said, patting the girl on the head, even when she was near the same age as her.

Meru helped Link to the palace gate where she led him to a patch on the wall that was good enough to climb for any Kokiri. As she stopped him for her goodbyes, she gave him a fair warning, "Link watch out for guards, they'll kick you out if you get caught."

"Thanks for the tip." Link said, starting his way up the vines, "Thanks for everything, Meru. I hope I'll see you again." He gave her a charming sort of smile as he started his way up the path of vines.

It was harder than she would like, watching him climb the wall. She had a good time, talking and traveling with him. It was almost as if the whole night past by in a flash, she just didn't want it to end just yet. "Link! Wait!"

"What?'' Link asked, looking down from the near top of the vines. He was never afraid of heights so he had no problem looking down toward her.

"Can I come with you?" She purposed, starting her way up the vines, following him. "I want to see how this Journey ends."

"Okay, sure, hurry up."

TBC

Yay? I mean I really don't know if it's any good….

Meru: WHY would I want to go with him!

Link: Because you like me! HA.

Scarlet and Blue: deep sigh ANYWAYS.

R&R people. Plzzzzzzzzz?