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Here's chapter four...


"We need to head to Hyrule Castle," Navi said once we were out of the forest. I sighed. I had no idea where Hyrule Castle was. I could find it easily in the other game, but Hyrule Field in this game was a lot larger and very different. There were no pea hats around, so at least that was a plus.

"Which way's that?" I asked.

"Well, uh…" She paused when my stomach rumbled loudly. I was as surprised by this as she was. I didn't know that you could actually get hungry in this game. "Let's get you something to eat first."

"Like what? Those berries over there?" I asked, motioning toward a group of bushes at the edge of the forest. I walked over and picked one. It looked good, but the thought that they may be poisonous put all thoughts of me eating them out of my head. Until I got an idea, that is. "Hey, Navi. Try this berry." The fairy gaped at me.

"You're using me as a guinea pig!" she accused. I laughed.

"Okay, fine. I'll just wait until we get to the castle, then."

"That could be days from now. You really must eat something." I shrugged. I knew she was right. A sudden thought came to my head.

"Pause!" I shouted. The pause screen came up and I looked at the clock. It was 2:46 in the game and 3:37 in the real world. No wonder I was hungry. It had been over six hours since I had eaten last. "Save game," I said.

"Game saved," the voice from earlier responded.

"Turn off."

I found myself back outside of the game. As quickly as I could, I made myself some food and ate it. Before I could go back downstairs, though, the phone rang. "Hello?" I said when I picked it up.

"Hi! It's Kai. Is Dana there?"

"This is she. What's up?"

"Did you get the new Zelda game?"

"Of course. I've been playing it for the past four hours."

"Do you like it?"

"Yeah. It's great. It's so realistic." I looked at the game's box, which I had left sitting on the kitchen counter. "In fact…cool! There's a multiplayer option!"

"Really? I'm coming over!"

"Riiiiggghhhhttttt…" I replied. I knew my mother wouldn't approve of Kai coming over while she wasn't home. I knew that Kai's grandparents wouldn't mind, though. "I need to get back to the game. If you do come over, just sit in front of the TV. I'll check from time to time to see if you're there. Then, you can join in."

"Cool! Who would I play?" I grinned evilly.

"According to this, you'd have to be Navi." Kai groaned. "Better her than no one," I said.

"I'll get over as soon as possible."

"Sure. You do that. Bye." I hung up the phone and rushed back downstairs. "Now, where was I?" I hooked the equipment back up and, once again, I was at the main screen. "Start screen."

"Which file?" the game asked.

"Link."

"File name: Link. Status: one stone. Items: Kokiri Sword, Deku Shield, Slingshot. Place: Hyrule Field. Would you like to start?"

"Yes," I responded. Once again, I was back at the edge of the forest. I was still holding one of the berries.

"Are you going to eat it?" Navi asked. I had to think of some quick excuse for not eating it.

"Later. I'll pocket some of them and eat them on the way." She liked that answer. I picked some more of them and put them in my pocket. "Let's get moving." I may not have known where Hyrule Castle was, but I knew that I wouldn't find it by staying at the edge of the forest. "Navi, could you fly up higher and tell me if you can see the castle?"

"Sure." She flew up high into the air and looked around. "I see something in the distance, but I don't know if it's the castle."

"It probably is. Just lead the way."

Several hours later, the wall surrounding Hyrule Castle and the village was in sight. My feet were hurting from all of the walking, but I wasn't complaining. At least I was walking on grass.

The sun was almost down by the time we reached the drawbridge across the moat. I was pleased that it wasn't night yet. I knew that the makers of this game probably kept the stalchilds that wander the field at night in the game. I didn't want to have to fight them, and I probably wouldn't want to run from them, either. I'm lazy that way.

"We have to find a place to stay for the night," Navi said.

"We can be hobos and sleep on a street corner," I suggested.

"What're hobos?" she asked.

"Just forget that I said that." I glanced over the buildings in the village. "I think that's an inn. Let's see if they're any rooms available." I went inside. It was an inn, but judging by the amount of people in the lobby, a vacancy wasn't likely.

"Sorry, kid," the woman at the desk said. "We're full."

"That's okay," I replied. "I'll just go find a nice cozy alley to-"

"But I think I can find a place for you," she interrupted. "I'd hate to see a cutie like you end up sleeping on the street." Score one for Link's cuteness, I thought, grinning. "How does a storage room sound?"

"As long as it's dry, I really don't care."

"Okay. And since you're so cute, you can stay for free." Score two for the cuteness!

"Thank you," I said with a smile. She handed me the key and I rushed up to the room. It wasn't a five star room, but it would do. At least there was a bed in it.

"We got lucky," Navi said. I nodded. "I hope we get just this lucky tomorrow when we got to find the princess."

"We'd need a heck of a lot more luck for that," I said, yawning. "I'm going to sleep."

"Good night." To my disappointment, the moment I closed my eyes (and I mean this literally), it was morning.

"What?" I cried when Navi "woke" me up. "Can't this game actually let a person sleep!"

"Huh?" Navi asked, looking confused.

"Never mind. Let's get out there and find the princess."


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