DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything Zelda. TT
RUNAWAY
Chapert 1
Runaway
Love doesn't always end happily ever after...
It was a dark stormy night. Theugly, blackclouds covered the land of Hyrule. No one dared go outside, but with the exception of one.
A small shadow raced across Hyrule field. It was a young woman with long strawberry blonde hair. She ran as fast as she could. Breathless, though she would not stop for air.
She would not stop until she found she was unreachable by them. She needed to escape him.
She reached her destination when she entered the shadows of Kokiri Forest. She had no idea where she was heading to, not really caring. All she wanted to do was escape the stress of her life and a place to be normally treated. And, of course, escape.
She entered a village. Tears were streaming down her eyes though it wouldn't be noticeable due to the rain. She looked around franticly for any sight of help or at least a place to hide.
She noticed a fairly larger house among the rest. It was a tree house.
Without caring who was in it, she climbed up the ladder and entered the house. There was someone in it as she expected. He looked at her with surprise that this stranger just barged in his house like she owned the place.
"Excuse me miss, are you alright", asked theconcernedmanwhen he saw her tears.
She stood there for a second trying to catch her breath.
"Please help", she said almost inaudible. Suddenly she collapsed on the floor from exhaustion..
With a worried expression the young man lifted her onto the bed and went to go get his friend for help.
Zelda slowly opened her eyes. She had been asleep for a while now but she was still fatigued from running Hyrule field. The last thing she remembered was running into someone's house and collapsing on his floor.
She looked up to see the young man she had asked for help earlier, He looked her age, sixteen to be exact.
Next to him was a young girl. She studied her. Zelda found herself very uncomfortable now.
"Are you alright, miss?", she asked.
Zelda found her voice. "...yes, thank you.", she said, feeling quite alkward. It wasn't like she usually came running into someone's house, and it sounded weird to be saying pretty much anything to them.
"That's good. You scared me and my friend here. What is your name?", asked the little girl. She smiled warmly, waiting for Zelda to answer.
"My name is Zelda", she answered. She sat up. Zelda didn't like when people loomed over her.
"Well hello Zelda. My name is Saria, and this is my friend Link. So what brings you to Kokiri forest. We haven't had a Hylian here since Link arrived.", she said, indicating to the man next to her.
She looked up at the handsome guySaria was talking about and blushed slightly.
"Hi", he said. "Yoursound oddly familiar... Anyway, If you need to, your welcome to stay here for a while."
"Thanks so much. I'd love that.",Zelda answered. Wow, strangers can be really friendy...
"So why did you come here anyway?", he asked.
Her heart sped up at his question. She hoped he hadn't seen her distress. Should she trust a stranger with a secret?
I can't trust anyone right now, even if he seems nice, she thought to herself.
She hesitated trying to think of something. This guy doesn't even seem to know who she is. "Well, I… ran away from home...", she said. Then seeing his concerned expression she added, "For a good reason though. But don't worry about it."
"What? You can tell us.", insisted Link. He looked interested.
"I don't really want to talk about it right now.", she said sadly. Her eyes started to go glassy remembering the days events.
"That's okay. Anyway, its late so I guess you can go to sleep on the bed and I'll just sleep on the floor...or if you want, you can stay at Saria's house", he offered.
"I'm fine. If you want me to leave though, it won't be a problem, I know it's a little weird to have a stranger sleep in your house.", she said, feeling embarresed.
"Nah, I usually don't sleep in my own bed anyway.", he laughed. " Travel a lot.Plus, you aren't a stranger anymore. I know your name."
She laughed at his point. This guy wasn't so bad.
Zelda fell asleep pretty quick, but before,she silently cried thinking about what happened onlyhours before.