Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda. Nintendo does........duh.
Author's Note: Thanks to all my reviewers. Yes I add more to make it more fun but mainly because most the stuff in the Zelda series revolves around seven. Plus because of the several questions revolving around Garen over review and e-mail I'm going to give him his own part of this guest.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Fourteen: The Princess's Hospitality
It was getting into the afternoon when the victorious Goron Army finally stepped out of the cavern as the monsters known as the Dodongos had been completely decimated by the ability of the army, but mostly by the three young warriors. Garen was the one who had taken all the bruises in his insane stunt to destroy King Dodongo. Zelda meanwhile was supporting Link who had moderate burns on his back that would take some treatment to heal, but he had also banged his side up pretty good during his ride on the King's breath.
Darunia stepped forward to the two thrashed heros and the disguised princess looking down with a smile "What a crazy adventure this will make a grand story for generations. But it is very strange. The larger boulder blocking the entrance and the Dodongos appearing in such numbers. This must have been the work of that Gerudo Thief, Gannondorf." Garen narrowed his eyes in surprise "Gannondorf? He was here?!" Link gasped grabbing his side. Zelda scolded him "Don't make sudden movements." she advised.
Darunia nodded as he told the story "Yeah he appeared one day saying 'Give me the Spiritual Stone. Only then will I exterminate the monsters for you.' you however risked your lives without any such guarantee out of your own kindness." Link and Garen felt like telling him to stop building up their egos.
Darunia smiled again "I like you guys. How about we become sworn brothers." Zelda chuckled at this she was already his sworn niece because he was her fathers sworn brother. Link looked at the sun seeing it was getting a little late "Don't worry there is no big ceremony just take this as a symbol of our friendship." he handed out the Spiritual Stone of Fire which glowed in a red blaze as Link took hold of it.
He handed it to Garen who admired it and then pocketed it. Daramu suddenly looked up to see the Gorons all heading back to the city "Heh. Looks like the party is starting, will you join us?" he asked as he mentioned the food. Garen shook his head to Darunia's only blood brother "Sorry but we aren't really fond of rocks. No offense." Darunia laughed "No problem. Just visit us sometime that is all we ask." he then walked off.
Grant stepped up from the corner "Well if the party is too much... hows about a big Goron hug?!" he said moving closer. Garen regretted this as he was nearly crushed, but using the power from his Goron Bracelet hugged right back. Zelda laughed as she went down to the village to fetch the horses and other belongings. She returned and saw that both of them seemed to be staggering a little bit, she decided that she would cut them both a break.
She brought Epona up to Link who nudged Link's shoulder with love "Hey girl. You sleep well?" he asked playfully to his horse. Zelda smiled and spoke "Neither of you guys look very good, maybe you should take a rest. If you wish you can spend the night at the castle I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind. As Darunia will be speaking highly of you very soon." Link nodded on instinct as he needed one of their doctors to take a look at his back which hurt like all hell, and some more of that red potion stuff would help his side.
Garen thought this over and shook his head "I'll come by and talk business and stuff with you, but otherwise Malon wants me to come by so she can make sure I'm still alive." Zelda smiled knowing how much Malon must have cared for him as she had heard Malon tell her often of a young sheikah she was friends with. Zelda shrugged and agreed to this "Thats four down. And three to go. After we've gotten you guys checked out we can discuss the location of the other two gems." they nodded and rod off toward the castle.
They took some time to stop at the river on the way back and took no notice of a pair of large rolling Gorons move past them, they headed off later in the afternoon and found that they were just in time to catch the drawbridge going up and quickly moved inside. They found that people were speaking of a battle that took place of Death Mountain and most were very pleased that the trade between the Gorons and Hylians could now continue. Suddenly they noticed a Goron who ran toward them "We heard everything. Uh do guys mind if I call you Big Brother?" Zelda told them it was a sign of great respect among the Gorons.
Suddenly they noticed Daramu standing in the streets, he approached them and held out something, it was a very well decorated sword about three times the size of the Kokiri blades "What is this?" Link questioned. The large Goron spoke up "You left so quickly my brother sent me to catch up to you here. We had out best swordsmith to make this to commemorate your bravery." Link held up a hand speaking "We have our own blades. Give it to Grant. His ability with bombs is what won this battle, besides I think the guy could use some confidence." Daramu nodded and told him he'd make sure to get it to the bomb smith.
Garen looked up at the huge Goron "Is Darunia here too?" he asked as he held his arm which still ached a little. Shen looked up at his rider and yawned. Daramu looked toward the castle "Yeah. He can finally attend meetings and I can finally come here for pleasure and not more arguments." he then moved off towards the drawbridge wanting to get back before they closed it. Garen sheepishly waved as he walked off "Uh bye bro." he said not knowing how to send him off.
The guards, upon seeing Link and Garen once again this time with the princess they respectfully took their horses to the stables and escorted them into the castle. Zelda was greeted by the departing Ronto who seemed to be a little on the edge about something, strangely the princess wasn't with him this time. He walked by and then she saw her father who rushed up checking her, she had taken the time to change into a clean tunic and unbraid her hair so it would look like she just went out.
The King of Hyrule was obviously worried about his daughter "I thought you had caught in the middle of the battle that took place on Death Mountain." She looked up to Darunia who simply winked before standing up straight. The King turned back to Darunia seeing that his sworn brother was hiding something "Alright. Darunia whats going on I can tell when you've skipped something. You have that look in your eye." the King said.
Darunia sighed as he started to speak "Fine. The Princess did get caught in the crossfire, but was perfectly fine. She ended up putting together a plan that saved many of us. Thanks to her wisdom about the battles during that foolish war our fathers waged. These two played a gigantic part in the entire battle, but the princess never got close to the battle field." the King looked up his eyes falling on the thrashed forms of Link and Garen who stood in attention.
The King stood up very happy "Oh its you. Welcome back, I heard you visited but I didn't get a chance to greet you. How have you been? Are you feeling any better?" Link wasn't exactly able to listen as the burns on his back were hurting him greatly. The King noticed that the backside of his tunic was burnt and ordered Darunia to call a doctor. Darunia quickly rushed off and suddenly Garen noticed Gannondorf standing in the doorway.
He stepped out and looked at Princess Zelda who had that hateful glint in her eyes, staring right at him. He spoke in his deep voice "Ah Princess. I missed you in the last meeting, it is a shame you couldn't join us. But then again it is probably better that somebody saw that battle, I don't know how your attendent convinced them to fight but at least things are at peace now." Gannondorf said as upbeat as he could. He couldn't stand much more of this, kissing up to the Royal Family like this made him sick to his stomach.
He told himself to calm down. Once he managed to take over the castle he would just steal the stones one by one, those rock eaters could keep their accursed stone for now. The King had business to discuss with Gannondorf and Impa and they were both cleared to stay at the castle for the night. Gannondorf mentally sneered as he looked at Link and Garen These two are becoming a real throne in my side. First Darago fails then one of these two nimrods destroys King Dodongo. This is beginning to piss me off. he looked down at Garen who was sitting now. He looked right back at him with anger in his eyes Perhaps I should have Vincent take care of them both. Yes, I think I will. he thought with a mental smirk.
Darunia soon arrived with Dr. Ember who quickly checked out Link and the burns on his back "What in the world happened to him?" he asked looking at Garen who he noticed was traveling with him. Garen chuckled "A Dodongo mistaked him for a juicy side of beef and decided that he wasn't done yet." they all laughed including Gannondorf who had been informed that the princess did go into the cavern and was nearly incinerated, she was however saved by somebody who took the blow head on. "This kid has a nack for saveing this little brat." he chuckled mentally. Gannondorf simply wished Link good health and departed taking it back the second he was out of the room. He returned to his room where a Gerudo messenger waited for him, she extended her arm giving him a scroll in ancient Hylian text which only he and a few elders could read. He read it to himself smiling as he did.
STATUS: Zora's Domain is now in confusion, just as planned Jabu-Jabu has forgotten his own strength and the Princess has disappeared. The Spiritual Stone is also missing. Our Armys are ready for action and everything should be ready in the next few days. Vincent
Gannondorf snickered as he held the scroll between his thumb and forefinger and using a small sample of his black magic destroyed it. He looked to the messenger "Return to the fortress I will make sure that the guards receive plenty of our special vintage. One more thing, I want Vincent to be reassigned. Have him keep an eye on the princess's young guests." the messenger nodded and jumped out the window and ran out of the courtyard undetected by the sorely irresponsible guards.
Gannondorf's plan was going perfect. Soon he would rule all of Hyrule with the power of the Triforce and after that he would take over what was beyond Hyrule and become the undisputed emperor of the world. It was a very amusing thought. But he couldn't shake off the thought that those two boys were both involved with the princess in some sort of conspiracy against him. He didn't care, because by next week he would have the authority to crush them without question.
Link was feeling alot better after the resident medical doctor used some of the country's strongest anti-burn ointment on Link which really refreshed him, that red potion was more of a treat than a medicine but left his side feeling good as new. Zelda was pleased with this as was the Queen, they couldn't have him dying of such a wound. Darunia pointed out who Garen was and then told him what he had proclaimed them as, the King shook Garen's hand "Guess were all sworn brothers now." Link looked up "Related to the King? Nice." he chuckled as he stood up. The King gave a smile at this humored by the two boys.
The King couldn't help but invite both Link and Garen to dinner, but as it seemed they both politely refused as they probably wouldn't fit in at the table. The King agreed to just have dinner delivered to their rooms, Link could live with that as the common thing to do in the forest was to eat with one's hands. Link knew how to eat with forks and stuff as he had learned from Saria, Garen said that he wouldn't be staying as he had somewhere to be. Darunia left still worried about what he heard was going on in Zora's Domain.
About an hour later Zelda had arranged for a tray of sandwiches to be brought to the garden where they all ended up meeting. She gave each of them a map of all known Hyrule and they pointed to two different spots. Zelda looked up as she pointed to a eastern river above the forest "This is Zora's Domain where the Spiritual Stone of Water is. It is in the hands of the Zora princess. It might take a little work, but it should be too hard to convince her into lending it to you." Link volunteered for this claiming that he had had all he could stand of going into battle.
Garen chuckled slightly as he leaned on the staff which had been stabbed into the ground "It seems he has a skill for dealing with them." he received a slap over his head from Zelda. She looked at Garen who simply chuckled at this "Well seeing as how you seem so amused how about you retrieve the Spiritual Stone of Spirit from Gerudo Valley. If you don't know it is Gannondorf's home turf and a pretty dangerous place." Garen gulped as he took the map looking at it. It was located to the far west in desert ridden territory.
Garen looked back up with a dry expression on his face "Excuse me Zelda, but maybe you should have your eyes checked. That guy could step on me and be done with it!" he said sharply. Zelda giggled as she pointed out that he would be staying at the castle for the next two or three days and Garen would have plenty of time to get in then quickly get out with the Spiritual Stone. Garen sighed as he stood up walking out of the garden "I need to get back to Lon Lon Ranch before Malon starts to worry about me. See you around guys." he said as he started to leave the garden.
Zelda suddenly called him back announcing that she had an intresting weapon to give both of them. Garen walked back and Zelda picked up a box and placed it on the small table. She opened it revealing a pair of bent objects. Link raised an eyebrow "Boomerangs? Their just toys." Zelda shook her head and she took the one of them from the box showing them the unique aura in the gem that sat in the center of it. She then brought it back and hurled it through the air at a thin trunked tree, the boomerang passed through it and it dropped to the ground.
Zelda reached up and snatched it as it returned and held it out to the doubting Garen. Link took the only other one in the small box. She spoke to them "They are in fact magical weapons. The gem in the center creates an aura that can cut into just about any monsters you'll find on the field. People and larger creatures will be stunned by the aura due to the more complicated life force. They might be a little odd but I suggest you make use of them. They might help in a tight spot." Garen took his and thanking her before he turned and walked exiting the garden.
The Princess of Hyrule turned to Link who just shook his head smiling "A little overconfident isn't he. The Gerudo aren't exactly the most peaceful tribe of Hyrule. With Gannondorf's leadership and all." Link looked deep into Zelda's eyes which kind of made her nervous "Don't worry Zelda. I'm sure he'll be fine. If great skill isn't his cup of tea, dumb luck most defiantly is." they both laughed lightly.
Link stood up looking at the moon "I'd better get going." but as he started walking away Zelda suddenly grabbed part of his tunic. Zelda didn't know why, but she didn't want him to leave and insisted that he tell her more about himself. Link looked at her "What is so interesting about me?" he questioned almost quizingly. Zelda exhaled lightly "So far it has all been business since the three of us met. Impa told me loads about Garen, but I don't know anything about you other than your name. Please Link, tell me more about yourself." Link smiled and sat back down and they continued talking.
Zelda put down the Kokiri Caliber along with her Kokiri Shield, she still found that it was funny that it was Link who had saved her there as well. She listened with interest to the story the Deku Tree had told him, he had been dropped off in the forest. His parents must have been victims of warfare and the Deku Tree was kind enough to take him. Zelda felt sorry for him he had never even known his parents. The only thing they had ever left him was his name and his life. She figured it must have been emotionally hard for him to go from thinking he was a Kokiri to knowing he was a Hylian. In a single day his seemingly carefree life had completely turned around and dropped him into a destiny that he had no hope of avoiding.
Link stopped talking as he finished up with him taking off toward the town right down the detail of him waking up on the bench and moving towards the commotion "Thats when I go here and saw you in trouble. So I jumped in?" Link suddenly looked up remembering the would-be killer he had refused to slay "Where is that guy anyway?" he asked interested. Darago had been a very worth opponet but still he was an assasin. He wanted to know of his punishment.
Zelda sighed lightly "The pitiful man was going to be put in hard labor, but according to Gannondorf he hung himself late last night. The only exit a coward like him could have concieved." Link shrugged saying that with such a crime it would happen sooner or later. Zelda looked at Link again the seriousness in his eyes, he may have only been fighting for the last week but he already had the determination and the expression of a warrior. She found this quite attractive in somebody her own age.
Link Masters was one of the most interesting people she had ever met and she really cared for him, not as a friend but hopefully something more. She couldn't blame herself. She was twelve years old and was growing up. Link could only say that he was born in the winter near Trinity, Hyrule's basic Christmas and New Year. Zelda was born in the spring so this placed her at three months younger than him. A lucky time to be born in.
Zelda noticed that remembering about his parents was causing Link to start falling into sadness, seeing his hand on the ground she covered it up. Link raised his head and looked at her hand on his as if it were some sort of foreign object. Zelda blushed slightly, Link smiled as he brushed a bang of hair out of her vision "I'll be okay, Zelda. I just wish I knew." Link said lowering his voice to a whisper.
Zelda placed an arm around him telling him that she would look up everything she could on the Masters family. Link thanked her. Zelda helped him up and sent him off to his room with a sweet kiss on his cheek. As soon as she walked away Link could only reach up and smile. Navi laughed at him "Well Link hope you feel like swimming. I sure do." she said happily.
Link looked to his fairy. "You can cut off that last part, Navi. Your staying here and watching her." Navi glowed orange with annoyance but Link cut her off "When it comes to bad hunches, I'm usually right." Navi complained but found it completely useless as Link wasn't a Kokiri and he didn't have to follow what Navi told him. Navi eventually decided that she would spy on Gannondorf and give all information to Zelda. Link departed to his room. -
Meanwhile at Lon Lon Ranch's guest room Garen wasn't exactly as comfortable as Link had been back at the Castle. Malon was at first happy to see him alive, and was very, very happy when he told her that they managed to get the Goron Ruby without much trouble. Then she noticed that he was really beaten up and seeing as she was the only person with any knowledge of first aid in the area she insisted on helping him out.
Garen held back screams of pain as Malon applied a little more alcohol to the large scraps down his back. Malon had known Garen long enough to help him whenever he got caught in fights he couldn't control. As Garen stirred from the sting of the disinfectant Malon playfully hit him in the arm "It's your own fault you know. Now where does this last stone put you and your friend?" Malon asked as she finished applying some special red potion and went for some bandages.
Garen rubbed his arm feeling he was finally clean. He had taken a quick bath before Malon noticed the many scratches and scrapes on his body. He spoke "We have four, five if you include the one Zelda has. Link is gonna head over to Zora's Domain and I have to get the one from Gerudo Valley. Doesn't sound like much......ahhh!" he let out a quick painful gasp as Malon suddenly squeezed a large burn on his shoulder.
Malon got face to face with her fear in her eyes "Are you out of your mind, Garen?" Garen wasn't sure what she was so scared off "Don't worry about me." Malon grabbed Garen's arms "I suppose you don't know much about the Gerudo. Listen to me. They may be a race of nothing but women but they are very ruthless. They are trained fighters and thieves and have something against all males, especially the Shiekah and Hylians." she lowered her head tears welling in her eyes "If you keep being so carefree your going to get yourself killed!" she shouted.
Garen brought her head up where he whipped his hand over her face swiping away a tear "Malon. I promised you that I would come back. And I don't plan on dying anytime soon. Trust me." Malon looked at Garen for about an minute before throwing his tunic right in his face "These no use trying to argue with you. Your to confident. Not to mention your a stubborn show off. Would it hurt to be careful for a change." Garen smiled.
He stood up stretching "I guess I could give that a try. I don't plan on getting on the King's bad side. Not yet anyway." Malon asked what he ment and he turned his head "Malon. I want you, your father and Ingo......well maybe not Ingo. I want you and your father to stay away from Hyrule Castle Town until I tell you otherwise. It is very important." Malon looked deep into his reddish-brown eyes eventually nodding.
"Thank you Mal." he said placing a hand on her shoulder. She stood up trying to hide her blushing "I'd better put Shen in the stable." she left the small tower in the corner of the ranch that acted as a guest room at times for guest but Garen had come to call it a small home after a while. He smiled to himself as the door closed "Good night to you too Malon." he said sarcastically before dropping off.
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Next Chapter: Sheikah and Gerudos
Garen of the Sheikah travels to the west hoping to locate the Spiritual Stone of Spirit. Unfortunately upon arrival he is met with heavy aggression from the Gerudos and finds himself in a melee fight. Link meanwhile bids Zelda farewell as he heads for Zora's Domain. But he is the lucky one as Garen's arrogance finally catches up with him.
Author's Note: Thanks to all my reviewers. Yes I add more to make it more fun but mainly because most the stuff in the Zelda series revolves around seven. Plus because of the several questions revolving around Garen over review and e-mail I'm going to give him his own part of this guest.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Fourteen: The Princess's Hospitality
It was getting into the afternoon when the victorious Goron Army finally stepped out of the cavern as the monsters known as the Dodongos had been completely decimated by the ability of the army, but mostly by the three young warriors. Garen was the one who had taken all the bruises in his insane stunt to destroy King Dodongo. Zelda meanwhile was supporting Link who had moderate burns on his back that would take some treatment to heal, but he had also banged his side up pretty good during his ride on the King's breath.
Darunia stepped forward to the two thrashed heros and the disguised princess looking down with a smile "What a crazy adventure this will make a grand story for generations. But it is very strange. The larger boulder blocking the entrance and the Dodongos appearing in such numbers. This must have been the work of that Gerudo Thief, Gannondorf." Garen narrowed his eyes in surprise "Gannondorf? He was here?!" Link gasped grabbing his side. Zelda scolded him "Don't make sudden movements." she advised.
Darunia nodded as he told the story "Yeah he appeared one day saying 'Give me the Spiritual Stone. Only then will I exterminate the monsters for you.' you however risked your lives without any such guarantee out of your own kindness." Link and Garen felt like telling him to stop building up their egos.
Darunia smiled again "I like you guys. How about we become sworn brothers." Zelda chuckled at this she was already his sworn niece because he was her fathers sworn brother. Link looked at the sun seeing it was getting a little late "Don't worry there is no big ceremony just take this as a symbol of our friendship." he handed out the Spiritual Stone of Fire which glowed in a red blaze as Link took hold of it.
He handed it to Garen who admired it and then pocketed it. Daramu suddenly looked up to see the Gorons all heading back to the city "Heh. Looks like the party is starting, will you join us?" he asked as he mentioned the food. Garen shook his head to Darunia's only blood brother "Sorry but we aren't really fond of rocks. No offense." Darunia laughed "No problem. Just visit us sometime that is all we ask." he then walked off.
Grant stepped up from the corner "Well if the party is too much... hows about a big Goron hug?!" he said moving closer. Garen regretted this as he was nearly crushed, but using the power from his Goron Bracelet hugged right back. Zelda laughed as she went down to the village to fetch the horses and other belongings. She returned and saw that both of them seemed to be staggering a little bit, she decided that she would cut them both a break.
She brought Epona up to Link who nudged Link's shoulder with love "Hey girl. You sleep well?" he asked playfully to his horse. Zelda smiled and spoke "Neither of you guys look very good, maybe you should take a rest. If you wish you can spend the night at the castle I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind. As Darunia will be speaking highly of you very soon." Link nodded on instinct as he needed one of their doctors to take a look at his back which hurt like all hell, and some more of that red potion stuff would help his side.
Garen thought this over and shook his head "I'll come by and talk business and stuff with you, but otherwise Malon wants me to come by so she can make sure I'm still alive." Zelda smiled knowing how much Malon must have cared for him as she had heard Malon tell her often of a young sheikah she was friends with. Zelda shrugged and agreed to this "Thats four down. And three to go. After we've gotten you guys checked out we can discuss the location of the other two gems." they nodded and rod off toward the castle.
They took some time to stop at the river on the way back and took no notice of a pair of large rolling Gorons move past them, they headed off later in the afternoon and found that they were just in time to catch the drawbridge going up and quickly moved inside. They found that people were speaking of a battle that took place of Death Mountain and most were very pleased that the trade between the Gorons and Hylians could now continue. Suddenly they noticed a Goron who ran toward them "We heard everything. Uh do guys mind if I call you Big Brother?" Zelda told them it was a sign of great respect among the Gorons.
Suddenly they noticed Daramu standing in the streets, he approached them and held out something, it was a very well decorated sword about three times the size of the Kokiri blades "What is this?" Link questioned. The large Goron spoke up "You left so quickly my brother sent me to catch up to you here. We had out best swordsmith to make this to commemorate your bravery." Link held up a hand speaking "We have our own blades. Give it to Grant. His ability with bombs is what won this battle, besides I think the guy could use some confidence." Daramu nodded and told him he'd make sure to get it to the bomb smith.
Garen looked up at the huge Goron "Is Darunia here too?" he asked as he held his arm which still ached a little. Shen looked up at his rider and yawned. Daramu looked toward the castle "Yeah. He can finally attend meetings and I can finally come here for pleasure and not more arguments." he then moved off towards the drawbridge wanting to get back before they closed it. Garen sheepishly waved as he walked off "Uh bye bro." he said not knowing how to send him off.
The guards, upon seeing Link and Garen once again this time with the princess they respectfully took their horses to the stables and escorted them into the castle. Zelda was greeted by the departing Ronto who seemed to be a little on the edge about something, strangely the princess wasn't with him this time. He walked by and then she saw her father who rushed up checking her, she had taken the time to change into a clean tunic and unbraid her hair so it would look like she just went out.
The King of Hyrule was obviously worried about his daughter "I thought you had caught in the middle of the battle that took place on Death Mountain." She looked up to Darunia who simply winked before standing up straight. The King turned back to Darunia seeing that his sworn brother was hiding something "Alright. Darunia whats going on I can tell when you've skipped something. You have that look in your eye." the King said.
Darunia sighed as he started to speak "Fine. The Princess did get caught in the crossfire, but was perfectly fine. She ended up putting together a plan that saved many of us. Thanks to her wisdom about the battles during that foolish war our fathers waged. These two played a gigantic part in the entire battle, but the princess never got close to the battle field." the King looked up his eyes falling on the thrashed forms of Link and Garen who stood in attention.
The King stood up very happy "Oh its you. Welcome back, I heard you visited but I didn't get a chance to greet you. How have you been? Are you feeling any better?" Link wasn't exactly able to listen as the burns on his back were hurting him greatly. The King noticed that the backside of his tunic was burnt and ordered Darunia to call a doctor. Darunia quickly rushed off and suddenly Garen noticed Gannondorf standing in the doorway.
He stepped out and looked at Princess Zelda who had that hateful glint in her eyes, staring right at him. He spoke in his deep voice "Ah Princess. I missed you in the last meeting, it is a shame you couldn't join us. But then again it is probably better that somebody saw that battle, I don't know how your attendent convinced them to fight but at least things are at peace now." Gannondorf said as upbeat as he could. He couldn't stand much more of this, kissing up to the Royal Family like this made him sick to his stomach.
He told himself to calm down. Once he managed to take over the castle he would just steal the stones one by one, those rock eaters could keep their accursed stone for now. The King had business to discuss with Gannondorf and Impa and they were both cleared to stay at the castle for the night. Gannondorf mentally sneered as he looked at Link and Garen These two are becoming a real throne in my side. First Darago fails then one of these two nimrods destroys King Dodongo. This is beginning to piss me off. he looked down at Garen who was sitting now. He looked right back at him with anger in his eyes Perhaps I should have Vincent take care of them both. Yes, I think I will. he thought with a mental smirk.
Darunia soon arrived with Dr. Ember who quickly checked out Link and the burns on his back "What in the world happened to him?" he asked looking at Garen who he noticed was traveling with him. Garen chuckled "A Dodongo mistaked him for a juicy side of beef and decided that he wasn't done yet." they all laughed including Gannondorf who had been informed that the princess did go into the cavern and was nearly incinerated, she was however saved by somebody who took the blow head on. "This kid has a nack for saveing this little brat." he chuckled mentally. Gannondorf simply wished Link good health and departed taking it back the second he was out of the room. He returned to his room where a Gerudo messenger waited for him, she extended her arm giving him a scroll in ancient Hylian text which only he and a few elders could read. He read it to himself smiling as he did.
STATUS: Zora's Domain is now in confusion, just as planned Jabu-Jabu has forgotten his own strength and the Princess has disappeared. The Spiritual Stone is also missing. Our Armys are ready for action and everything should be ready in the next few days. Vincent
Gannondorf snickered as he held the scroll between his thumb and forefinger and using a small sample of his black magic destroyed it. He looked to the messenger "Return to the fortress I will make sure that the guards receive plenty of our special vintage. One more thing, I want Vincent to be reassigned. Have him keep an eye on the princess's young guests." the messenger nodded and jumped out the window and ran out of the courtyard undetected by the sorely irresponsible guards.
Gannondorf's plan was going perfect. Soon he would rule all of Hyrule with the power of the Triforce and after that he would take over what was beyond Hyrule and become the undisputed emperor of the world. It was a very amusing thought. But he couldn't shake off the thought that those two boys were both involved with the princess in some sort of conspiracy against him. He didn't care, because by next week he would have the authority to crush them without question.
Link was feeling alot better after the resident medical doctor used some of the country's strongest anti-burn ointment on Link which really refreshed him, that red potion was more of a treat than a medicine but left his side feeling good as new. Zelda was pleased with this as was the Queen, they couldn't have him dying of such a wound. Darunia pointed out who Garen was and then told him what he had proclaimed them as, the King shook Garen's hand "Guess were all sworn brothers now." Link looked up "Related to the King? Nice." he chuckled as he stood up. The King gave a smile at this humored by the two boys.
The King couldn't help but invite both Link and Garen to dinner, but as it seemed they both politely refused as they probably wouldn't fit in at the table. The King agreed to just have dinner delivered to their rooms, Link could live with that as the common thing to do in the forest was to eat with one's hands. Link knew how to eat with forks and stuff as he had learned from Saria, Garen said that he wouldn't be staying as he had somewhere to be. Darunia left still worried about what he heard was going on in Zora's Domain.
About an hour later Zelda had arranged for a tray of sandwiches to be brought to the garden where they all ended up meeting. She gave each of them a map of all known Hyrule and they pointed to two different spots. Zelda looked up as she pointed to a eastern river above the forest "This is Zora's Domain where the Spiritual Stone of Water is. It is in the hands of the Zora princess. It might take a little work, but it should be too hard to convince her into lending it to you." Link volunteered for this claiming that he had had all he could stand of going into battle.
Garen chuckled slightly as he leaned on the staff which had been stabbed into the ground "It seems he has a skill for dealing with them." he received a slap over his head from Zelda. She looked at Garen who simply chuckled at this "Well seeing as how you seem so amused how about you retrieve the Spiritual Stone of Spirit from Gerudo Valley. If you don't know it is Gannondorf's home turf and a pretty dangerous place." Garen gulped as he took the map looking at it. It was located to the far west in desert ridden territory.
Garen looked back up with a dry expression on his face "Excuse me Zelda, but maybe you should have your eyes checked. That guy could step on me and be done with it!" he said sharply. Zelda giggled as she pointed out that he would be staying at the castle for the next two or three days and Garen would have plenty of time to get in then quickly get out with the Spiritual Stone. Garen sighed as he stood up walking out of the garden "I need to get back to Lon Lon Ranch before Malon starts to worry about me. See you around guys." he said as he started to leave the garden.
Zelda suddenly called him back announcing that she had an intresting weapon to give both of them. Garen walked back and Zelda picked up a box and placed it on the small table. She opened it revealing a pair of bent objects. Link raised an eyebrow "Boomerangs? Their just toys." Zelda shook her head and she took the one of them from the box showing them the unique aura in the gem that sat in the center of it. She then brought it back and hurled it through the air at a thin trunked tree, the boomerang passed through it and it dropped to the ground.
Zelda reached up and snatched it as it returned and held it out to the doubting Garen. Link took the only other one in the small box. She spoke to them "They are in fact magical weapons. The gem in the center creates an aura that can cut into just about any monsters you'll find on the field. People and larger creatures will be stunned by the aura due to the more complicated life force. They might be a little odd but I suggest you make use of them. They might help in a tight spot." Garen took his and thanking her before he turned and walked exiting the garden.
The Princess of Hyrule turned to Link who just shook his head smiling "A little overconfident isn't he. The Gerudo aren't exactly the most peaceful tribe of Hyrule. With Gannondorf's leadership and all." Link looked deep into Zelda's eyes which kind of made her nervous "Don't worry Zelda. I'm sure he'll be fine. If great skill isn't his cup of tea, dumb luck most defiantly is." they both laughed lightly.
Link stood up looking at the moon "I'd better get going." but as he started walking away Zelda suddenly grabbed part of his tunic. Zelda didn't know why, but she didn't want him to leave and insisted that he tell her more about himself. Link looked at her "What is so interesting about me?" he questioned almost quizingly. Zelda exhaled lightly "So far it has all been business since the three of us met. Impa told me loads about Garen, but I don't know anything about you other than your name. Please Link, tell me more about yourself." Link smiled and sat back down and they continued talking.
Zelda put down the Kokiri Caliber along with her Kokiri Shield, she still found that it was funny that it was Link who had saved her there as well. She listened with interest to the story the Deku Tree had told him, he had been dropped off in the forest. His parents must have been victims of warfare and the Deku Tree was kind enough to take him. Zelda felt sorry for him he had never even known his parents. The only thing they had ever left him was his name and his life. She figured it must have been emotionally hard for him to go from thinking he was a Kokiri to knowing he was a Hylian. In a single day his seemingly carefree life had completely turned around and dropped him into a destiny that he had no hope of avoiding.
Link stopped talking as he finished up with him taking off toward the town right down the detail of him waking up on the bench and moving towards the commotion "Thats when I go here and saw you in trouble. So I jumped in?" Link suddenly looked up remembering the would-be killer he had refused to slay "Where is that guy anyway?" he asked interested. Darago had been a very worth opponet but still he was an assasin. He wanted to know of his punishment.
Zelda sighed lightly "The pitiful man was going to be put in hard labor, but according to Gannondorf he hung himself late last night. The only exit a coward like him could have concieved." Link shrugged saying that with such a crime it would happen sooner or later. Zelda looked at Link again the seriousness in his eyes, he may have only been fighting for the last week but he already had the determination and the expression of a warrior. She found this quite attractive in somebody her own age.
Link Masters was one of the most interesting people she had ever met and she really cared for him, not as a friend but hopefully something more. She couldn't blame herself. She was twelve years old and was growing up. Link could only say that he was born in the winter near Trinity, Hyrule's basic Christmas and New Year. Zelda was born in the spring so this placed her at three months younger than him. A lucky time to be born in.
Zelda noticed that remembering about his parents was causing Link to start falling into sadness, seeing his hand on the ground she covered it up. Link raised his head and looked at her hand on his as if it were some sort of foreign object. Zelda blushed slightly, Link smiled as he brushed a bang of hair out of her vision "I'll be okay, Zelda. I just wish I knew." Link said lowering his voice to a whisper.
Zelda placed an arm around him telling him that she would look up everything she could on the Masters family. Link thanked her. Zelda helped him up and sent him off to his room with a sweet kiss on his cheek. As soon as she walked away Link could only reach up and smile. Navi laughed at him "Well Link hope you feel like swimming. I sure do." she said happily.
Link looked to his fairy. "You can cut off that last part, Navi. Your staying here and watching her." Navi glowed orange with annoyance but Link cut her off "When it comes to bad hunches, I'm usually right." Navi complained but found it completely useless as Link wasn't a Kokiri and he didn't have to follow what Navi told him. Navi eventually decided that she would spy on Gannondorf and give all information to Zelda. Link departed to his room. -
Meanwhile at Lon Lon Ranch's guest room Garen wasn't exactly as comfortable as Link had been back at the Castle. Malon was at first happy to see him alive, and was very, very happy when he told her that they managed to get the Goron Ruby without much trouble. Then she noticed that he was really beaten up and seeing as she was the only person with any knowledge of first aid in the area she insisted on helping him out.
Garen held back screams of pain as Malon applied a little more alcohol to the large scraps down his back. Malon had known Garen long enough to help him whenever he got caught in fights he couldn't control. As Garen stirred from the sting of the disinfectant Malon playfully hit him in the arm "It's your own fault you know. Now where does this last stone put you and your friend?" Malon asked as she finished applying some special red potion and went for some bandages.
Garen rubbed his arm feeling he was finally clean. He had taken a quick bath before Malon noticed the many scratches and scrapes on his body. He spoke "We have four, five if you include the one Zelda has. Link is gonna head over to Zora's Domain and I have to get the one from Gerudo Valley. Doesn't sound like much......ahhh!" he let out a quick painful gasp as Malon suddenly squeezed a large burn on his shoulder.
Malon got face to face with her fear in her eyes "Are you out of your mind, Garen?" Garen wasn't sure what she was so scared off "Don't worry about me." Malon grabbed Garen's arms "I suppose you don't know much about the Gerudo. Listen to me. They may be a race of nothing but women but they are very ruthless. They are trained fighters and thieves and have something against all males, especially the Shiekah and Hylians." she lowered her head tears welling in her eyes "If you keep being so carefree your going to get yourself killed!" she shouted.
Garen brought her head up where he whipped his hand over her face swiping away a tear "Malon. I promised you that I would come back. And I don't plan on dying anytime soon. Trust me." Malon looked at Garen for about an minute before throwing his tunic right in his face "These no use trying to argue with you. Your to confident. Not to mention your a stubborn show off. Would it hurt to be careful for a change." Garen smiled.
He stood up stretching "I guess I could give that a try. I don't plan on getting on the King's bad side. Not yet anyway." Malon asked what he ment and he turned his head "Malon. I want you, your father and Ingo......well maybe not Ingo. I want you and your father to stay away from Hyrule Castle Town until I tell you otherwise. It is very important." Malon looked deep into his reddish-brown eyes eventually nodding.
"Thank you Mal." he said placing a hand on her shoulder. She stood up trying to hide her blushing "I'd better put Shen in the stable." she left the small tower in the corner of the ranch that acted as a guest room at times for guest but Garen had come to call it a small home after a while. He smiled to himself as the door closed "Good night to you too Malon." he said sarcastically before dropping off.
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Next Chapter: Sheikah and Gerudos
Garen of the Sheikah travels to the west hoping to locate the Spiritual Stone of Spirit. Unfortunately upon arrival he is met with heavy aggression from the Gerudos and finds himself in a melee fight. Link meanwhile bids Zelda farewell as he heads for Zora's Domain. But he is the lucky one as Garen's arrogance finally catches up with him.