Chap. 3 Gerudo?
She stood there appalled. Link felt a chill run from her, through the ground, and into him. The girl made a sound as if she was going to say something offensive, but then swallowed her words. He couldn't see her face. "So ..yo-..you've been to Hyrule?"
"Born and raised," he replied coolly.
She paused for a second as if sizing up his answer then spoke urgently, "Come with me." She grabbed the light then walked, now out of her shy mood. Then without warning, swooped behind Link and scooped up the mysterious egg. Upon raising, the light shown in Link's face, illuminating his features and having her pause for a moment as their eyes locked, his startling blue, hers a strange, dark gray. In that moment time seemed to slow, as if they were reading eachother's thoughts; knowing eachothers life. That tiny second became much more than an instant, but a drop in the Pool of Time, beginning to start new waves in the race of life.
She smiled, "By the way....My name's Grodan."
"I'm Link, nice...err...to meet you." She just smiled and started walking down the path, a floating light.
Only when Link had been walking for a few minutes, did he notice her absence.
"Hey! Where's Epona?!" He frantically looked around , but to no prevail.
Grodan looked skeptically then her features relaxed. "Ohhh...that horse..yes. We'll find her. Creatures never go far from here....of course it's night time. Strange things happen at this time....heheheh," After a few steps more in silence and Link's growing worry, she exclaimed "Hey! There she is! It told you we'd find her!"
Epona slowly slugged forward from behind a boulder, and hung her head in guilt of her flight. Link walked over to her and huggled her head. She nuzzled him back.
"Sometimes the most courageous thing to do is to run away." Grodan said from behind.
Link continued to stroke Epona's hair, not wanting to turn and look at the girl. That quote had hit him harder than it was intended to. He thought of WHY he left Hyrule, he was scared, he didn't know why, but just the familiarity of everything, and what he had seen, felt, and heard, it would always stick to him and make him remember the time stolen from him; if they had ever happened, and why. So he ran away on his horse from it all, despite Zelda's pleads to stay. Now he almost felt better, the confusion was ebbing away. He had the Triforce of Courage, and just as Grodan had said Sometimes it's the most courageous thing to do is to run away.
Grodan's voice awoke him from his contemplation. "This actually looks like a good place to camp," she laughed, "Your horse done good!"
Link turned around and led Epona over to Grodan so the horse could get used to another person's presence. The pony tossed her head a bit and he could feel her heart racing through her broad chest as they neared the human. Grodan looked into the pony's eyes and whispered something Link didn't catch. Epona slowed down and with a nervous compassion, then stroked her muzzle against the girl.
Link was puzzled. "She usually doesn't take so fondly to strangers."
"Horses in general usually don't take a liking to me that easy either...odd," her brow furrowed in thought, but she snapped out of it and continued to stroke. "Well, I think I'll get a fire going, be right back." She left Link and Epona in the dark.
Soon a light glowed from around the bend that led to the clearing, and Grodan emerged with a certain bush beneath her arm.
"You cut it down?!" Link was surprised at her nonchalance manner of cutting down such a feeble plant. It was probably the last remaining vegetation within miles.
Grodan shrugged, "Survival of the fittest I guess!"
She stood there appalled. Link felt a chill run from her, through the ground, and into him. The girl made a sound as if she was going to say something offensive, but then swallowed her words. He couldn't see her face. "So ..yo-..you've been to Hyrule?"
"Born and raised," he replied coolly.
She paused for a second as if sizing up his answer then spoke urgently, "Come with me." She grabbed the light then walked, now out of her shy mood. Then without warning, swooped behind Link and scooped up the mysterious egg. Upon raising, the light shown in Link's face, illuminating his features and having her pause for a moment as their eyes locked, his startling blue, hers a strange, dark gray. In that moment time seemed to slow, as if they were reading eachother's thoughts; knowing eachothers life. That tiny second became much more than an instant, but a drop in the Pool of Time, beginning to start new waves in the race of life.
She smiled, "By the way....My name's Grodan."
"I'm Link, nice...err...to meet you." She just smiled and started walking down the path, a floating light.
Only when Link had been walking for a few minutes, did he notice her absence.
"Hey! Where's Epona?!" He frantically looked around , but to no prevail.
Grodan looked skeptically then her features relaxed. "Ohhh...that horse..yes. We'll find her. Creatures never go far from here....of course it's night time. Strange things happen at this time....heheheh," After a few steps more in silence and Link's growing worry, she exclaimed "Hey! There she is! It told you we'd find her!"
Epona slowly slugged forward from behind a boulder, and hung her head in guilt of her flight. Link walked over to her and huggled her head. She nuzzled him back.
"Sometimes the most courageous thing to do is to run away." Grodan said from behind.
Link continued to stroke Epona's hair, not wanting to turn and look at the girl. That quote had hit him harder than it was intended to. He thought of WHY he left Hyrule, he was scared, he didn't know why, but just the familiarity of everything, and what he had seen, felt, and heard, it would always stick to him and make him remember the time stolen from him; if they had ever happened, and why. So he ran away on his horse from it all, despite Zelda's pleads to stay. Now he almost felt better, the confusion was ebbing away. He had the Triforce of Courage, and just as Grodan had said Sometimes it's the most courageous thing to do is to run away.
Grodan's voice awoke him from his contemplation. "This actually looks like a good place to camp," she laughed, "Your horse done good!"
Link turned around and led Epona over to Grodan so the horse could get used to another person's presence. The pony tossed her head a bit and he could feel her heart racing through her broad chest as they neared the human. Grodan looked into the pony's eyes and whispered something Link didn't catch. Epona slowed down and with a nervous compassion, then stroked her muzzle against the girl.
Link was puzzled. "She usually doesn't take so fondly to strangers."
"Horses in general usually don't take a liking to me that easy either...odd," her brow furrowed in thought, but she snapped out of it and continued to stroke. "Well, I think I'll get a fire going, be right back." She left Link and Epona in the dark.
Soon a light glowed from around the bend that led to the clearing, and Grodan emerged with a certain bush beneath her arm.
"You cut it down?!" Link was surprised at her nonchalance manner of cutting down such a feeble plant. It was probably the last remaining vegetation within miles.
Grodan shrugged, "Survival of the fittest I guess!"