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14th Entry: Joy
September 1st, the 7th year in the reign of King Ganondorf I
Dear Diary,
Wow. That's all I can really right now. I'm just...speechless.
Alright, I'll just start off where I last left off. I was writing in my diary, you know? Somebody was at the door, and Ingo told me to go answer it, right? Okay.
So I get up, go downstairs, and open the front door. At this moment, if my mouth could have reached the floor, it probably would of, because my mouth definitely dropped. Standing in front of me is a guy, not much older than me. Wearing all green. He had a shield. He had a sword. He even had a fairy. It was like a million different thoughts and emotions went through my head at the same time, and all I could do is stand there with my mouth open and my eyes as big as saucers.
He seemed to enjoy that.
"Malon?" he asked with a smile.
"Umm, uh..." I said, trying to find my voice. I could tell he was trying not to burst out laughing the entire time. "Yes." I said, regaining some of my composure. At the same time, I was trying to put some of my thoughts in order. "This isn't Link." I thought to myself. "Link is a Kokiri. Kokiri's don't grow up. He just looks a lot like Link. Okay. Finally I spoke. "May I help you?"
He gave me a strange look when I said that. "Uh, yeah." he replied. "Talon wouldn't happen to be here, would he?"
"No, I'm afraid he had to leave a couple years ago." I replied, my head still reeling.
He studied my face for a while. I knew he could tell something was wrong. "So are you in charge now?" he said with a smile.
"No." I said with a frown. "Ingo's in charge now."
He started to say "That must not be too bad..." but stopped when he saw the look on my face. "Is that a bad thing?" he asked.
Part of me wanted to tell him all that had gone on, but I reminded myself that this was not Link. It just wasn't possible. "No, it's fine." I replied, turning around so he wouldn't see my face.
"You're lying. What's wrong?" He shot back. I could hear anger in his voice, but not as much as concern. I gave out a sigh. What would it hurt, if I just told him some of what went on? It's not like I dragged him into this. He had asked himself. I turned around to face him.
"He's threatened me that if I don't do what he says, or if I run away, he'll hurt the animals. So there's really nothing I can do..." I said, trailing off.
His eyes flashed with anger. "Stay here, alright? Everything will be fine." He then turned around and went out the front door.
I don't know what he was thinking, like I was going to stay inside. Over my dead body.
I opened up the front door and went outside. I knew he would send me back inside if he saw me, so I made my way quietly along the side of the house and hid behind some crates, where I could see him but he couldn't see me.
He walked over to Ingo. I thought to myself "Yes! I hope he punches his lights out!" But no. They were talking. I wanted to kill him. I didn't care if he was Link (I knew he wasn't), but I wanted to kill him. He was supposed to show Ingo what for, not talk to him. Grrr...but anyway, back to the story.
He took out some rupees and gave them to Ingo. Ingo opened up the gate to the corral, and Link went in, and started looking for a horse. If I hadn't been mad before, I was now. Here I spilled my guts to this guy, and now he's going to ride some horses. I wanted to wring his neck.
I saw him take something out of his pocket. I was too far away to see what it was. Only when he held it up to his mouth did I realize. An ocarina. Link had an ocarina. But the ocarina he had was a different color. Link's was a peach color, this guy's was bright blue. The thing I couldn't figure out, though, is why the heck did he have an ocarina, especially now? As he started playing, I was still trying to figure why he would play an ocarina here, now. Then I heard what he was playing. That was my song, my mom's song, Epona's song...and he would only know it if he was...
Ingo had quite a strange look on his face. I knew he was thinking "This guy must be crazy."
But, like always, when he finished the song Epona came right up to him. He mounted Epona without any problems, and started circuling the corral. He jumped every fence, and I could tell Ingo was impressed.
After his time was up, the stranger talked to Ingo again, payed him, and went back into the corral. Once again he mounted Epona, but this time, he went over to Ingo and started talking to him. I couldn't figure out what he was doing. Ingo then proceeded to go into the corral, grabbed his horse by the reigns, and led her outside.
"They're going to race." I said to myself. Ingo wasn't the best at horse races, I mean I was always able to beat him. Still, he was still pretty good.
But he got smoked anyway.
It was the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. From the start of the race I could tell he was beat, the other rider was just too good. And Ingo's reaction after he lost, boy, that was priceless. You have to understand, Ingo just isn't a very good loser.
I could see that Li-umm, the other rider and Ingo were still talking. I saw Ingo point to the bag of rupees, and then to Epona. A thought suddenly occured to me. Was he betting Epona? At first I was scared, what if the stranger won? He would take Epona away from me. But, when it came down to it, I'd rather see Epona with this guy then with Ganon. So, overall, it would be better if he won. I'd still be sad without Epona, but it would be better for her.
He and Ingo got ready for the race once again.
And Ingo got smoked once again.
The most hilarious thing this time around was that I don't think Ingo realized until after the race was over that he had just given away Epona. Epona, his most prized possession that he was going to give to "His Greatness" King Ganondorf, he had just lost her in a bet.
Before the man could leave with Epona, however, Ingo ran out of the corral, closed the gate and locked it. Then I heard him say something like "Well, you can have her. But now you'll never be able to leave! Hahahahahahaha!" Yeah, nice threat Ingo. Real intimdating.
Still, what to come was even more hilarious. The rider just had Epona jump to the gate to the corral. Yeah, that simple. I guess Ingo never thought of that. After he had jumped the gate, he dismounted Epona, pushed Ingo against the wall of the stables, and picked him up by the collar. I wanted to start cheering. I don't know what the heck took him so long, but he got there, so it's okay.
He said something to Ingo, I couldn't hear what exactly he said, and then set him down. Then he turned around.
"Malon, you can come out from behind those crates now." he yelled towards me.
Once again, I wanted to kill him. I bet he had known I was hiding there the entire time.
"Come here." he told me.
I walked over, not really knowing what to expect.
"Listen." he said speaking to Ingo, and then to me. "Malon, you're in charge now, alright?"
"But-" I tried to say.
"No buts." He said with a smile. "Ganon no longer has any control here. I've already let Ingo know what will happen if he disobeys you," he looked at Ingo. Ingo gave a nervous laugh. "So you should have nothing to worry about. And I'm sure you'll have no trouble handling the responsiblity, am I right?"
I gave him a smile and looked at Ingo. "The stalls in the stable won't just clean themselves, you know. I would suggest that you get on that."
"Yes, of course ma'am. On it right away." He quickly walked away, obviously happy to get away from, well, you know.
"I really can't thank you enough, umm..." I said, still not quite beliving myself.
He gave me another one of his smiles. "I'm sure you've figured it out by now."
I laughed and nodded. "I'm glad to see you again-Fairy Boy."
And he gave me that look. The exact same look he gave me seven years ago when we were kids and I called him that. "Hey, remember, I taught you my mom's song, so you can't complain, not even a little bit."
He nodded. "I remember." he said, exasperated. "And don't worry, you can have Epona back. I know she's your favorite." he said.
I looked at him. He still had a sword and a shield. The sword was different, but the shield I remembered, the one that replaced the one he gave to me. "Are you still fighting?"
He looked down. "Yeah." he said, obviously not pleased.
"So why don't you take Epona?" He looked back up in surprise. "You'll be able to get around faster riding her, and that way, if Ganon ever comes back, he won't be able to take her."
He looked at me for a couple of seconds, then grinned. "Thanks Malon. I need to get going, alright? But I promise I'll be back." It took a moment for him to realize what he had said. He looked at me, with sadness it his eyes. "I mean it. I'll really be back this time."
I nodded. "Alright. But hey, next time you come you have to tell me where you've been all this time. It's been boring without you around." I said, rolling my eyes.
He looked away, I couldn't tell what he was thinking. "Alright" he said looking back at me. "I'll see you later."
He mounted Epona, gave me a wave, and set off. As I looked up towards the sky, I saw the shadow above the ranch disappear, just as it had done in the forest yesterday.
I can't remember feeling this much joy in such a long time. It's like my life's been given back to me. I owe a lot to Link. I still don't know exactly why he's fighting, but it's becoming more and more clear to me as time goes on. It's been a long time since I wrote this, but, I'll write back when something good happens.
Malon Astira
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