They lay in the grass together. They held each other in their arms, sleeping soundly when they hear a large explosion. Link jumps up with a start. He starts to tremble, as does Stria. She looks around, grabbing at her clothes and puts them on. She starts to run towards the INN, tripping over small twigs and rocks. She finally retains her balance and stops suddenly.
Link was trying to catch up with her, blindly running through the brush. He bumped into her and stopped a few paces ahead of her, looking straight ahead into the open area. Smoke rose in the air and fire burned everywhere. The Inn was destroyed, fire consumed the brush around the Inn and screams of people still inside drowned out the crackling of the wood.
Stria fell to her knees and Link ran, breaking down the door. Stria watched in horror as her hero was in the fiery Inn, her eyes glazed over in tears, turning the crystal green eyes to a deep aqua blue. She fainted at last, it was all too much for her.
Link couldn't do anything for anyone, it was too dangerous. He felt like a coward, so he ran to Epona who had wandered back towards the inn and was looking around at the Inn, trying to find Link. He dug in her saddle bags and pulled out a tunic. It was his red tunic that resisted fire. He put it on quickly and ran back inside, grabbing a hold of a couple people as he ran through each room, breaking down the doors.
There were people on fire, screaming and rolling on the ground until they couldn't move any longer, the smell of burning flesh stung Link's nose. He threw up and ran and looking at each room. The Inn was going to come down in any second and Link couldn't find a single survivor. Astrid was no where to be found ,her room was empty despite the flames. She might be in the kitchen Link thought and dashed over the stairs, running towards the kitchen.
Stria was in a chair, burning, face down with a knife in the back of her head. Link threw up again and ran out side. Tears filled his eyes, he cursed under his breath and leaped on Epona, rushing to where he left Stria. She was laying on the grass, and Link started to get scared. He jumped down from Epona and ran to her.
"Stria, babe, you need to wake up. Come on, snap out of it. Stupid grass!" Link yelled and slapped Stria gently across the face to wake her up. She didn't and just stayed there asleep. Link picked her up by the waist and hoisted her on Epona, mounting behind her and rode off.
Sorry, really short chapter. Pleas R&R