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The One I Love (cont'd)
Chapter 3
Captain Falcon was the one to finally rouse me from my slumber.
"Wake up, you old fart!" He kicked me.
"Ow! What the," I tried to fend off the strike. I blinked several times, and stood up. I found myself in the teleporting room.
"You've been out cold for the last hour!" Falcon nearly yelled. Slowly, I remembered the events prior to his arrival. Ouch, losing really sucks. Falcon hoisted one of my arms over his shoulder and helped me back to my room. He finally let me go on my bed, said, "Sweet dreams," and left. I quickly fell into a somewhat uneasy slumber.
I found myself back in Hyrule. I was just in front of the castle, and the bridge was down. Rain pounded mercilessly on my head and shield. I looked up, squinting to dispel the rain from my eyes, and noticed it was night. Somehow, the torches on the castle wall were burning. I heard the neighing of some great horse within the castle walls, then the sound of thunderous galloping. I looked, and saw a horse white as snow. It bore two dark figures. It ran in my direction. I tensed up, ready to dodge it, but it was never necessary. The horse ran past. On its passing I noticed one of the figures was Zelda, though as a child. The other was not clear to me, but there was a glint of something metal on his (?) blue-haired head. The unknown figure threw his head back and let out a laugh comparable to Ganondorf's. Zelda said nothing, but shrieked the whole way.
"Zelda!" I finally mustered the energy to call her name, but by that time she was almost out of ear shot, if anywhere near.
"Zelda!" I yelled again. This time I was in bed, sitting up and sweating like a pig. I thought over the dream, trying to decipher it. Perhaps another visit to Yoshi might clear things up. No, I was still trying to figure out the meaning of his first riddle. Maybe going medieval on somebody's butt would make me feel better. Nah, currently I only wished to be with Zelda. Ugh. It will take forever to save enough energy to get up. I'll just sit here, all by my lonesome, wondering what my love is doing, and all the while beating myself up for not getting up. Ugh. I buried my head in my pillow and tried to sleep some more.
I finally awoke in a small pool of what was apparently drool. I jerked my head back out of the pool, only to expend most of my energy. I let my head drop back onto the pillow, being careful not to land in the puddle.
"I see you're finally awake." A deep feminine voice commented in my direction. I jumped up to a sitting position and suffered a minor head rush. I put my hand on my forehead for the few seconds it lasted. I looked in the direction of the voice. Impa was sitting at the foot of my bed (yes it is pretty big) cross-legged, and with her back to me. "Well then, will you get dressed, or shall you converse in your Triforce boxers?" I thought it was a little drafty. Impa let out a little chuckle and left my room temporarily, so I could don my favorite green tunic and hat.
"You can come back in now." I told her, still surprised at her visit. She promptly did. I stared at Impa blankly before finally asking, "So, read any good books lately?" She chuckled again.
"Well, there was one on how to teach little boys respect for their elders, but it was too informative to be interesting." Impa replied casually. "Actually, there is a reason for my visit to your," she looked around, "personal space, shall I say?"
"Which is…?" I asked, dismayed at her apparent distaste for my room. Just because the bed took up most of the room didn't mean it was bad, and three or four tunics on the floor didn't mean it was messy. Maybe she didn't like the assorted posters of Hyrulian girls in bikinis on my walls.
"For whatever reason, Zelda has taken a special interest in you." Impa answered. She crossed her arms and shifted most of her weight to one leg. I perked up at the sound of Zelda's name.
"Special as in she likes me, or special as in she wants my head on a silver platter?" I had to ask.
"Gold actually," Impa replied, and laughed.
"Ah, so she does think pretty highly of me." I allowed myself an uneasy childish grin, as I wasn't positive she was joking.
"Truth be told, she asked me to give you this note." Impa revealed her true intentions, and after fumbling a moment in a pocket I never knew she had, handed me an envelope with an official Hylian seal. I took it with the most decency I could muster, trying to hide the volcano of excitement ready to blow. No longer able to contain myself, I hastily broke the seal and opened the envelope. I read the letter to myself.
My dearest Link,
I realize that you may believe that I have been avoiding you, however my father has forbade me from seeing any men outside of the servants, out of fear of what I may do to the aforementioned men. However, he shall be leaving Hyrule on a business trip to the planet Corneria to settle a dispute with Fox McCloud and his ilk. This leaves the castle to me, my dear nurse Impa, and of course the royal chef. I pray thee, nay, beseech thee, wilt thou comest to my castle for the weekend, perhaps longer? I have given Impa the honor of giving you this letter, and if you do not receive it promptly, I WILL HAVE HER HEAD ON A GOLDEN PLATTER. I pray you will say yes, and in such an event Impa will be glad to accompany you to the castle. Hope to see you soon! =D
Zelda
After reading this letter, two words popped into my head in flashing neon green lights. Unable to contain my joy, I blurted them out in front of Impa.
"SLUMBER PARTY!!"
Well, there's chapter 3 for ya. Hope you liked it. I apologize for not posting in like a year or 2, or 3, or 4……but my life was kinda full and w/o time for fics while I had a girlfriend, and then for the last 2 or 3 months I've been depressed over the fact that there is no one I know of that can come close to my intelligence, and the fact she broke up w/ me. O.o I hope to be working on the 4th (perhaps even final) chapter soon, and post it promptly. L8rz