YAY! I had no idea how fun this was gonna be. Once I finish this, I plan to write a novelizationMajora's Mask, the sequal. I wanted to make this chapter more interesting, and I hope it'll work. Zelda is owned by Nintendo, not me, though that would be spiffy.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Chapter XI
A New Hyrule
Link walked out of the Temple of Time, still trying to adjust to his new body. Though what he saw was not the Hyrule he saw seven years ago. It was darker, and scarier looking. Link looked over at Hyrule Castle and gasped.It was gone. In it's place was a large, tower-like palace.
"He destroyed it.." Link said in shock.
"He can do whatever he wants, he has the power of the Triforce, remember?" Navi said.
"Er...Let's go. That Sheik person advised we go to Kakiriko Village, should we..Oh my god," They were standing in what used to be Hyrule Market. It wasnow deserted, in ruins, and was even scarier-looking because of the burning red sky. A light breeze was blowing towards him.
"Um..Link?" Navi said in a fightening tone. Link swirled around. Before him were two zombie-like figures. They were oviousally dead, with torn brown flesh. They were really thin, their bones sticking out. Their mouths were right open, showing nothing. He then stared into their dark, eyes. He froze, They started to limp towards him. Link couldn't move.
"Link! They're Redeads! Their gaze will paralyze you! You have to fight!" Navi shouted.
But it was too late. The Redeads were almost there. Their mouths opened wider, to reveal sharp, bloody teeth. They were inches away.He felt the flesh of his stomach be torn. He wanted to scream, and fight, but he couldn't even move an inch. He felt life sucking out of him. Then another bit his back, then another came.
"LINK! FIGHT! JUST THINK!" Navi flew infront of his face, blocking the Redead's gaze. He had barely a second. Link grabbed the Master Sword out of his sheath, not realizing how light it seemed. He spun around, stabbing each Redead in the process. Link fell, and hit the ground hard.
"Guh..." Link said. He felt terrible, and weak.
"Link, are you okay?" Navi asked.
"Ugh...yeah...We..need...to..go," Link slowly got up and limped out of the castle town.
"Those wounds look bad! You need help!" Navi said.
It was true, three large bites were on his stomach and back. He groaned. They soon crossed over a hill and could see Kakiriko Village in the distance.
"Link...Link! Li-" Navi's voice suddenly gotsofter untill Link fell over and fainted.
"Link! Link! Link get up! Please...get up! Get up!" He could hear Navi's small voice, crying.
"N...Nav..Navi..."Link muttered.
"Thank godesses your okay!" Navi said and flew over to Link. "You're really sick. Aparently the Redead's bite contains a venom."
"Well...Tha...That's just great," Link said.
"No it's not!" an unfamilar voice said.
He then noticed they were moving in some sort of wagon. Filled with milk and hay.
"You need to drink some milk! There's enough that nobody'll know!" The voice said again. He guessed it belonged to a young woman. It was soothing, and somewhat familar.
"Wha..happened," Link said as he popped off the cork off the bottle of milk and chucked it down.
"Well, you fainted. Then this wagon heading for Lon Lon Ranch came and-" Navi begain.
"Lon Lon Ranch?" Link said in shock.He then saw the ranch in the distance.
"Yeah i've lived there all my life. Though my father was kicked out," She then turned around. She had red hair and blue eyes. "You know...you look familar."
Link stared at her, "M...Malon?"
She stared at him.
"How do you know my..Fairy boy?" Malon gasped.
"Er...yeah..it's me.." Link said weakly.
The wagon then came to a hard stop. He then noticed that they were at the ranch.
They just stared at each other. Link then attempted to get out of the wagon, but hit the ground hard. Malon jumped out.
"For someone who looks so strong, you're pretty weak," Navi said.
"C'mon! I'll help you in!" Malonhelped him up and they entered the house.
She led him to a sofa, where he sat down. She then ran over to a cabinet and pulled out a purple potion.
"Here! It tastes like crap, but you'll die unless you drink it!" Malon chucked the bottle into Link's mouth and it slowly dripped down his throat. It tasted terrible, but he soon begain to feel better.
"Ugh..You were right, and how do you know what it tastes like?" Link coughed. Purple smoke came out.
"It cures basically anything," Malon replied.
"Atleast you won't die now!" Navi snapped."After all, you do have to save us."
Link suddenly remembered what Sheik suggested.
"Malon, I need to get to Kakiriko Village!" Link said.
"I just came from there! I could let you use one of our horses but...I don't know if Ingo will allow it," Malon said.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, about six years ago, our only worker, Ingo suddenly forced my dad out and became owner! I only get to see him once a month now!" Malon said sadly.
"I could...mabye help you escape here," Link suggested.
"Oh..er...I don't know, I would need a way to distract Ingo, and that's hard to do," Malon said.
"I'll take care of it!" Link said.
"Oh..ok..but be careful!" Malon said.
Link walked out of the farm house and soon saw the pasture. Horses were running freely like before, but the gate was sealed shut. At the entrance was Ingo the former ranchand.
"Erm...hi," Link said.
"Oh hello sir, welcome to Ingo Ranch, i'm Ingo, the owner," He said proudly.
Man he's really self-concious, thought Link.
"How would you like to ride one ofmy fine horses?" Ingo asked.
"Er...sure," Link said.
"That'll be fifty ruppees," Ingo said.
"What? Why can't I ride for free?" Link said angrylly.
"Because, my horses are too fine for just anyone to ride," Ingo said. Link rolled his eyes.
"Fine, here!" Link threw fifty ruppees at Ingo. He slowly opened the gate.
"Pick one, but don't take forever!" Ingo shouted.
Which one is her? Link tried to pick out which one was Epona, but couldn't. Link then remembered the song Malon taught him seven years ago. Link pulled out the Ocarina of Time. He placed it in his mouth and played the song. He felt a nudge on his back. When he turned around. He met the sweet brown eyes of Epona. She was larger than before, and fully saddled. Link strocked her neck and smiled.
"Well?" Ingo snorted.
"She's good," Link said, not taking his eyes off Epona.
"Well hurry up!"
Link hoisted himself up onto Epona. He stumbled a bit since he was much higher off the ground, but soon got used to it. He tugged on Epona's reins a little, which caused her to trot slowly. He kicked her lightly, and she started to run. Link rode Epona around untill Ingo clapped his hands and spoke up.
"Well, you're pretty good, how about a little...race?" Ingo asked.
"Sure," Link answered.
Ingo got ontoa rather ugly looking horse and rode it outside the pasture. Link followed.
"One lap around the corral, whoever reaches here first wins, one, two, three go!" Ingo took off.
"Hey!" Link begain to ride after him. He rode as fast as Epona would go, which was pretty fast. He was catching up. He was a matter of feet away. He zoomed past him. He could see the finish line in the distance. He didn't look back, he smiled as he ran past the white line and stopped.
"Yes!" He said quietly
"You're pretty good!" Navi said.
"Thanks!" Link said just as Ingo angerly rode towards them and stopped.
"UGH! I demand a rematch! If you win you can keep...the horse! Yes the horse!" Ingo snapped.
It was hard for Link not to eccept the challenge, having Epona would shorten the time it took for Link to cross Hyrule.
"Okay," Link said. They lined up on the white line again.
"One two three go!" Ingo yelled. Link took off as fast as he could. Out of the corner of his eye, Link saw Malon, with a bag of stuff, hop onto a horse and take off, leaving the ranch. Link could see the finish line. He crossed it yet again.
Ingo yet again angerly crossed the finish line, Link having beaten him again. He got off the horse and ran over to the farm house.
"SHOOOT! IF THE GREAT GANONDORF HEARD OF THIS HUMILIATION, I'D BE RUINED! AND IS THAT HORSE EPONA?NOOO! I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THAT HORSE TO THE GREAT GANONDORF! I saw what you did to Malon! I am NOT letting this place have no workers, you can keep the horse, but you'll never leave this ranch!" Ingo slammed shut another gate, blocking the entrance. Ingo laughed insanely and shut himself in the farm house.
"Well..that was..strange," Navi said. "How will we get out of here...No.."
Link was positioning Epona to jump over the gate.
"Link! What if you don't make it over! It looks sharp!"
"She can do it," Link said. "Okay, Epona, you can jump over the fence, just believe you can." Link rode Epona as fast as he could. "NOW EPONA!" She jumped over the gate, it was like everything was in slow motion. When Epona's hooves hit the ground, she kept running. They entered Hyrule field, where they saw Malon waiting for them.
YAY! Sorry if it took so long.