Roy
paced up and down the room. He was so angry; it not only showed
through his face, but also through his eyes. What were normally blue
had turned bright red. "I just don't understand it!" he
said.
"What?" asked his attendant, Daniel.
Daniel was
a tall man. He was only seventeen but made up for age in fighting. He
had short brown hair and gray eyes. He wore a black jacket and a
lighter black undershirt with a zigzag pattern on the top. And black
pants and shoes.
"You know damn well what!"
"Oh,
about the princess. Yeah, I'd be mad too if my girl was going out
with another guy. For two months."
"Uhh...Yeah!"
Roy said in an obvious tone, "Who knows what she's doing?"
"Oh
come on! Like she'd choose him over you."
"You're right.
I won't let some broken down, ungood-looking, forest kid intimidate
me!" Roy slammed his hands on the table next to him.
Daniel
took a step back in fear. Roy, noticing this, put a book over the two
dents he had made in the table. "Do you know where they
went?"
"No. Just been told they were going to be away
for two months."
"Well...we just have to find
them."
"Wow...It's been a long time since I've seen
this place." said Zelda as she entered the Kokiri Forest.
"Yeah,
but when you've spent like seven years here, it gets more tedious."
said Link, in a somewhat disgusted voice.
Zelda frowned. "Well,
I don't think it can ever lose its beauty."
"No, but it can
be less appealing as time goes by."
Zelda's frown got bigger,
her eyes narrowed more, and her hands clenched, but then stopped. She
couldn't blame Link for being a little angry. She knows what it's
like to be kept in one place for so long, forbidden to leave. So she
just smiled.
"Zelda! Princess Zelda!" Saria's voice came as
she ran up to them.
"Hello Saria." Said Zelda as she got on
one knee so Saria didn't have to look all that way up.
"Princess,
how are you." Saria asked smiling.
"I'm doing just
fine."
"So….I heard you're getting married."
This
made Link twitch slightly. "You've heard correctly."
"Yeah,
it's really great. Everyone's happy." said Link, flatly.
Zelda's
smile instantly disappeared. She looked up at Link who looking in the
other direction. When she turned to face Saria again, she
smiled.
"Well, you two should get going." Saria said.
She couldn't help but feel that she had caused the silent argument
that they were having. She walked off to her house.
When Zelda
stood up, she didn't have to anyone to hide behind anymore. There was
an awkward silence as they walked off to the Temple. When they got up
to the forest meadow, Link and Zelda had already forgotten about the
'argument' they had.
"Ok Zelda. Have you gone through this
maze before?" asked Link.
"Not really. I did fly over it
when I met up with you at the temple entrance, but exactly gone
through it." said Zelda.
"Ok, then stick close behind
me."
"Why don't we just warp there?"
"I
don't ocarina, remember?"
"Oh yeah."
Even though
there were no more giant moblins around the corner, Link still peeked
around every corner to make sure there was nothing there. As they
slowly neared the temple entrance, they had to cross a little pool of
water.
"You in the mood for swimming?" Link asked
jokingly.
Zelda laughed, "Not really. Is there anyway we can get
across?"
"Well there is one way, but you're still at risk of
getting wet." They laughed.
"Seriously, how are we going to
get across?" Zelda asked abruptly.
"Well, I can shoot a series
of ice arrows and we can cross over it like a bridge. But there is a
chance we can slip and fall and get wet."
"I am willing to
take that risk." Zelda said as the grabbed an ice arrow out of
Link's bag and shot one closest to the edge. Out of nowhere, a
little ice clump popped up to the surface. "Where did you learn
that?"
"I did it about seven years ago in the Great Bay
Temple. And I also used it to get over the river to Ikana
Canyon."
Link took Zelda's hand as he helped her and himself
onto the little chunk of ice. "Careful now, it's slippery."
Said Link, shooting another arrow.
"Great Bay Temple? Ikana
Canyon? Where are all these places? I've never heard of them. Not
here."
They had crossed the puddle. "It was in another world.
Pretty cool world called Termina."
"I'd like to go
there."
"Maybe some day."
They had reached the pedestal
at the Sacred Forest Meadow. Link took out his longshot and told
Zelda to hang on to his waist. He trembled as she slid his arms
around him. He pointed to the tree log that extended across a few
more feet now, and released it. In a big swoop, they were standing on
the broken steps of the stairway.
"Have you ever been inside the
temple?" asked Link as the stood in the entranceway.
"No, I
haven't. It's eerie, yet at the same time, so beautiful. Look at
the vines and walls and the trees. It's….wonderful."
"I
don't think there are any monsters here, but just in case, stay
close." Link walked hesitantly towards the door, Zelda behind him.
They were nearing the door, expecting to have the walofs jump up out
of the ground. Zelda closed her eyes tight and screamed when she
heard the sound of Link opening the door.
"Zelda! It's ok,
it's just the doorknob." said Link in a calming voice.
"The
doorknob? Oh yes, of course, just the doorknob. I'm not scared! You
shut up! What door? Go away." Zelda said quickly, still
scared.
Link opened the door to a long hallway. Zelda, eager and
not scared anymore, was walking in front of Link. "See, nothing to
be scared of." Before Zelda could walk in front of him, Link put
his arm out and said, "Wait!" he pulled out his bow and shot it
in the air, in darkness. Zelda wondered where he shot it, before she
could ask where, a dead giant skulttula fell to the ground and
disappeared in a brown smoke.
"How did you know that was there?"
asked Zelda.
"Let's just say I learned it the hard way."
said Link, smiling.
They walked into the next room that literally
made Zelda freeze. The huge room with the elevator in the center,
made her blush.
Link saw her face turn red. "What's the matter
Zelda?"
"It's just, this place is so different from the
castle. Everything here is dark and no one here can bother you
because no one would want to come here. At the castle, it's bright,
colorful, and it gets to you after a while. At least here, it's
like a clean slate. A canvas that ready to be painted on."
Link
got confused because she didn't seem to make any sense. So he just
walked on straight forward towards the door.
"What's that
thing?" asked Zelda, pointing to the brown box thing in the
center.
"That's an elevator." said Link, already knowing
what she was asking about.
"An elevator? What's that?"
"It
makes you up and down from one floor to another. Kind of like stairs.
Only it's smaller and takes up less space."
"I can see why
they put it in here. Those things will never catch on."
They
both laughed as the made their way across the room. Link opened the
next door and they found themselves in the temple's river and
meadow room outside.
"If I had known that this temple had a
place as beautiful as this, I would've come here more often."
"But
I thought you've never been here before."
"My point
exactly."
"Don't drink that trough water. It's filthy."
"A
real river! Wow! I've never seen that before." Zelda ran over and
knelt down on the side of the small river. All of a sudden, an
octotork popped up and spit a rock at Zelda. She screamed.
Link
darted past Zelda, jumped over to the other side and landed perfectly
on his feet. The octotork was perfectly still. Then white-like foam
came out of three huge cuts on its face.
"How did you do that?"
asked Zelda as she got up.
"Practice." said Link as he
sheathed his sword. "Practice."
Roy grabbed an
unsuspecting little boy but the collar of his shirt in Kakariko
Village. It wasn't the first time he had done that either. He did
it to women and other children. But Roy had a feeling that this was
going to be different. The boy was only about thirteen to fourteen
years old. "Do you know where Princess Zelda or that forest kid
went?" Roy asked, his voice like thunder.
"You mean Link? The
Hero of Time?" said the boy, gasping for air.
"Yes!" Roy's
patience was growing thin.
"No I don't know where they are now
but if you put me down, I can help you out."
Roy relinquished
the boy from his grip as the boy dropped to the floor, grabbing his
throat. "Ok. I put you down, now help me."
The boy smiled. "I
can find anyone, and do whatever you want me to do with them. For a
price."
"I don't know if I can believe you. I don't
usually trust little kids."
"You can trust me." the boy
stood up. "Judging by your expression, you don't like this Link
do you."
"Is it that obvious?" Roy asked
sarcastically.
"Yes. It is. Now do you want me to take care of
him or not."
"You get right to the point don't you? Ok."
Roy pulled out a few rupees and threw them on the ground in front of
the boy. The boy, of course, picked up each one like a beggar on the
streets. "Is this enough?" asked Roy.
"Just enough. You're
lucky I already know what he looks like. Do you want me to kill him
or just hurt him badly?"
"I don't care. Just take care of
him and get Princess Zelda away from him."
"Of course." the
boy turned around and walked towards his house to get his
weapon.
"Wait kid!" the boy turned, "What's your name?"
"I
am the tiger." The boy made his fingers curl like a tiger's
paw.
Roy wanted to laugh but didn't have the time. He turned
around and motioned to Daniel to follow.
"Wait sir!" the tiger
said. Roy stopped and turned around. "What kid." He asked.
The
boy gave him a sheet of paper. "This is a flyer I give to all my
'clients'. Read it if you want to."
The tiger turned around
and went back into his house. Roy threw the paper over his shoulder
and walked off. Daniel picked it up off the ground and read it…..
(This is an actual song by ABBA)
The city is a jungle
you
better take care
never walk alone after midnight
if you don't
believe it
you better beware of me
I am behind you
I
always find you
I am the tiger
people who fear me
never go
near me
I am the tiger
The city is a nightmare
a
horrible dream
some of us will dream it forever
look around the
corner
and try not to scream, it's me
I am behind you
I
always find you
I am the tiger
people who fear me
never go
near me
I am the tiger
Yellow eyes
are glowing like the
neon lights
yellow eyes
the spotlights of the city nights
I
am behind you
I always find you
I am the tiger
people who
fear me
never go near me
I am the tiger
The city is a
prison
you never escape
you're forever trapped in the
alleys
look into the shadows
and you'll see the shape of
me
I am behind you
I always find you
I am the
tiger
people who fear me
never go near me
I am the
tiger
Yellow eyes
are glowing like the neon lights
yellow
eyes
the spotlights of the city nights
I am behind you
I
always find you
I am the tiger
people who fear me
never go
near me
I am the tiger
and if I meet you
what if I eat you
I
am the tiger
I am behind you
I'll always find you
I am the
tiger
Daniel laughed as he put the paper in his jacket and walked off….
