I changed a lot of this chapter, but it only makes it all better. Still happy you're reading! Link's going to be sixteen in the next chapter.
This chapter is extremely important to the story… I guarantee if you don't read it you won't understand anything else that happens in the future.
Chapter 3 - New Guardian
As another guard took Epona away, Link's led him into the palace.
The inside of the castle was more beautiful than the outside. The walls were the same pearly white the letter had been, and at the top of the castle walls were diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and pearls in different shapes and patterns. Link admired every single one of them, continuing to look at every object and person in awe.
The guard led him through many turns and twists, until finally they came upon a long red carpet leading to a long rectangular table with about ten guards surrounding it. Link followed the one who he was familiar with to the end of the table. The man there looked up at the man who saluted him, and then down to the sensitive Link. He blinked ignorantly while he continued to stare. The man glared.
The guard next to Link began to speak, "Sir, this boy has recieved this letter." He handed over the bright square note. He opened it and read what it contained, and then slowly tucked it away.
"Ah, it seems we've been expecting you." Was all he said to Link. He turned to the guard. "Take him downstairs, some one will meet you there to discuss plans for him." He commanded, and Link was pushed off back the way they came.
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They sat at a lone bench next to a large pond in the middle of the castle. The guard said nothing to him and Link wasn't sure if he should ask questions. He rocked back and forth in his seat, wondering how his aunt was doing without his help on the farm. He hadn't wrote her yet, and he didn't know what to say after the miserable ship ride he had.
Footsteps were heard from his right, and another guard dressed in the identical gray armor approached them. He lifted Link by his arm and on his feet. "I will be taking the boy from here, on with your duty." He commanded and grabbed Link's forearm, dragging him along. Link struggled to keep up, but he didn't fight knowing the man really didn't mean harm. Or, he hoped not.
The room that they entered was very peaceful. It contained five waterfalls, two on the left and two on the right walls, while in the center was an even bigger one drowning onto the floor, which was covered by three inches of water. The room seemed to have no ceiling, instead it faded away into green colors and then white light.
The man let go of Link. He nodded to him. "Well, you can go from here. Good luck in training." Puzzled, Link turned to look at him, but he walked so fast he didn't have time to ask what he should do.
He stood there, unsure of what he should do. He let his blue eyes wander and take in the beauty of the room. He looked closer at the waterfalls, and noticed that there were doors behind them, leading into smaller rooms. The doors were decorated in shining jewels that were wet with the mist from the waterfall. They glittered quietly behind the rushing water.
The walls also had giant jewels of different colors on the walls. Link wondered how such a place could be built. Had humans built it, or had something else carved such a beautiful place?
He lost himself in his thoughts. The room was too quiet, besides the rushing water, and peaceful to be able to stay focused on anything. He was becoming so relaxed without realizing it.
"Ah, I have been waiting a long time to train the son of Norman." Out of the waterfall a young man exited from the water and down onto the pool. His eyes were pure blue, with semi long hair strands taping his cheeks. The hair was white, but when the light hit it at the right point it would portray different bright colors off as shadows. His outfit was tight around his body, while a long sword escaped from behind him.
Link lost any relaxation he had and fell back into the water. He had not been expecting this man nor did he have any idea who he was, so he didn't trust him at all. He felt his heart pounding madly in his chest. He was alone in a room with a man he didn't know, and it was scaring the hell out of him. He had only lived with an old woman for his entire life, and then the first adult men he ever met beat him. Was he supposed to be okay?
The tall man could see his discomfort, and was appalled by his sudden mood change. He could sense his wariness when he first entered the room and he let the chamber relax him before he approached him, hoping that he wouldn't startle him too much. But now he looked like he was having a heart attack.
Link jumped up and headed for the door, getting on his feet out of the water. He wasn't soaked, he could feel the water rolling right off him and his clothing, leaving him just as dry as he had been before. He headed for the door, but was cut off by the white haired man running in front of him.
He ran straight into the taller man's hands, and felt him grab his wrists. Link struggled beneath him, yelling like he was trying to kill him.
But he stopped yelling when he felt a warm sensation wash through his body through his wrists. His head felt warm and his body relaxed. He was still afraid, but felt very safe being in the strange room with the strange, white haired man.
"There we go…" He let go of Link's wrists causing Link to fall back on his side. "Sorry, Link… I guess I overdosed you a little… but my goodness, what is wrong?"
Link said nothing, only trembled and rolled on his back. His head was touching the pool, and it felt warm against him. The taller man watched him, and looked at his arms and bare legs. Bruises and scars were all over him, but weren't noticeable enough until brought into the right light. He walked around to Link's head and bent over, lifting him up so that he was sitting upright.
"With all of those scars it would seem that someone's hurt you… is that why you're afraid?" He put his hands right beneath Link's elbows, lifting him up and placing him on his feet. He turned him around so that they faced each other. "But don't worry… that's why I'm here. To teach you how to defend yourself."
Although Link was still afraid, he was beginning to trust this person. He hadn't hurt him at all and if anything only helped him. The man smiled at him.
"My name is Rais. I'm your new guardian… do you want to begin your new training, my young friend?" Rais held out his hand to him, offering him help back into the shallow water. Link paused, but took it. He pulled back into the chamber and motioned for him to go to the center of the pool. Link did, while Rais went back into the waterfall to retrieve something.
He returned with a small silver shield and a tiny silver sword. Both of them matched each other, both decorated in blue jewels and the Hylian symbol.
"These are for you," He tossed them in front of Link, and they sank below the water and hit the pool's bottom. Link watched the jewels glitter under the water, and reached in picking them both up, the sword in his right and the shield in his left. Rais watched him while he crossed his arms against his chest. "Yes, they are nice looking weapons but they aren't very powerful. We you get older and more skilled, I will give you something much nicer." He grinned again, while pulling out a long, silver sword. It was dotted with rainbow colored jewels around it's handle, while it also had a bright, round blue jewel at the center, the same color as his eyes.
"Do you feel well enough to begin? We are a year behind training, but don't worry. We can catch up, I promise." Rais winked at him. He was unsure if the training just wasn't important or Rais was just certain they could make it up. But whether it was a little of both or neither, Link knew he had to do it. This was his new guardian.
"Let's start by getting you used to your new weapons." He looked at Link's stance, and motioned him to come forward. Link tried, but the sword and shield were heavier than he thought. He had trouble moving. The water was only making it worse.
"Why do I have to do it in water?" Link fell backwards, dropping the sword and shield. Rais walked towards him.
"By training in water you'll be able to build muscle faster and be faster when you fight on ground. This is good for you." He picked up Link's shield, showing him the backside. "See the flap? Curl your hand around it, so that your fingers face you. Now get your sword and stand up." Link did as he was told, holding the shield and sword the way Rais instructed. Everything seemed to feel lighter now, but still was quite a task for him.
Link grunted when he dropped the sword again, but picked it up and stood once more. Rais smiled. "Good… it's not going to be so hard to get you used to this." He pulled the sword close to his face. "Try attacking me now."
Link attacked him while Rais blocked all of his blows and studied the way he moved his sword. "Good… but try less stabbing and more swinging…" Link tried swinging the blade around more, while Rais blocked all of his attacks. He only grew more and more frustrated as he couldn't seem to hit him.
Rais blocked his last blow and hit the sword back at him, catching him off guard and tossing him through the air. Link blinked and watched as Rais walked towards him as he sat in the water.
"That's enough for today… but you did good. Don't be frustrated about not hitting me; it was only your first day with a sword. I've been using one for years." Rais placed his sword back and lifted Link up off the ground. He pointed to the small waterfall closest to them. "That's your room. Take your weapons with you… you should have everything you need." He looked at Link oddly, and Link jumped a little, intimidated by the man.
Rais half smiled and slightly angled his head. "Did you not have clothes in your previous home?" Link stared and remembered Jaw throwing all of his clothes off the ship. He swallowed.
"Uh… I lost them… I mean, my bag. I lost my bag." Rais only stared at him, and he stared back, feeling awkward.
"Well… I guess we'll have to find you new ones later, huh?"
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Link's room felt warm and smelled nice. It was just a hole carved into the wall, but he had enough privacy. There was a window, but it didn't lead to the outside world. It had a fake picture and glowed into the room, resembling an actual window. Link had found this strange, but grew to liking the idea after awhile. There was a curtain in case he was annoyed by it.
The room itself had a bed, table, and a dresser. All of them were decorated in rich jewels and the bed was covered in blue sheets, while the floor was cement, but the tiles looked expensive. He continued forgetting he was in a castle. Everything was expensive and high quality, but he was used to run down and ugly.
Once Link set down the sword and shield down on the table, he noticed a book sitting on top of it. It was brown, but had no title or numbers on the cover or the binding. He opened it to a random page, and was curious to it's contents due to it's old, worn pages.
A small tribe lived in the deepest part of Orma Woods. It consisted of ten people who each played an important role in the party to keep it alive and going. They could not share their opinions and selves to anyone outside the tribe.
He blinked. The book was notes that were taken by a person. He used to live in Orma.
Fairies were the native powers of the universe. They sprout from lone and weak energies falling into nowhere, grew a simple set of wings and light and became the weak existence of fairies.
They usually preferred to wander alone, until gradually many of them began to appear and hang around the same areas. They began shading their bodies in new colors, brighter and brighter each generation. Most were one unique color and white, but some never took the white tint.
While they were weak alone, together their powers formed and developed greatly. Together they created huge masses of light and sound, but it was the only magic the planet was blessed. The fairies wanted to unite and beautify the place; make it worth a lifetime.
They gathered in one lone area that felt right to start at. They all used their magic and tried to create a new life; one that could then once again make more lives and help the planet slide off it's dullness. The plan proved effective.
The king flourished from the dull and lifeless earth, and began to shed off the kind and pure thoughts of the fairies. They had successfully created a creature with enough power to push life on it's feet.
The remaining fairies that did not believe it would work were jealous. They had no part in the king's creation and were furious by the thought. They came together and repeated the process, but their minds were filled with hatred and regret, creating a queen who shed off their dark thoughts. The fairies never had bad intentions; they didn't know that their feelings and thoughts effected the birth of life.
The two were both born on two different sides of the planet. The queen wanted all parts of the planet to herself, so she headed to where the king rested to scrape him off.
Both the king and queen created creatures resembling their own self image. The king flourished the forest in massive plants with tall trunks and bright leaves growing from thin branches. The queen spawn manifesting parasites who sucked the life from the roots of the plants. The king had enriched the forest with it's green beauty and gave it the gift of life. The queen enriched the forest with animals who killed to keep their lives. She gave the forest the unpleasant death.
The king hated the queen. She forced animals to feed off each other, created underground parasites that destroyed his trees, and spun the unpleasant death on the woods. She did it all to make him weak. That way she could take over the woods and rule all.
So he created the rebirth. Once a soul was lost from life, it was recreated down into another body to live again. He provided it to all plants and all animals. The queen was enraged. She enforced her death; the king enforced life, and something new took birth.
Humans emerged in areas of the forest. They were just as smart and witty as the king and queen; but didn't have the powers to control the patterns and phases of life. When the two monarchs powers fought, their own powers were lost from them and imprinted in the souls of humans. They no longer controlled the way things worked, and humans became the dominant species.
The tribe existed of ten people, who passed on the powers to their children. Each were unique and played an important role to the power they held.
He noticed two lists that were beneath the sentence. The lists had names next to the 'powers'. But what did it all mean?
Courage
Law
Vision
Sound
Possibility
Wisdom
Feelings
Touch
Life
Death
The next list had names, but some were left blank.
Courage & Sound - Tassel
Law - King Hylian
Vision -
Possibility & Touch -
Wisdom & Feelings - Rais
Life - Feather ?
Death - Corono
Life a a question mark next to it. Who was Feather?
The holder of Death was always looked upon as untrustworthy. And it was true. The holder of death was the one out of ten on the queen's side. The one that always allowed the queen her chance to come back. Come back and rule.
Life and Death were the two ultimate powers. Death was the small, but still alive, power of the queen. If Life was ever destroyed, Death would rule the other eight and the queen would emerge and take over the forest and the rest of the planet. The same if Death was ever destroyed.
The king tolerated it and soon found peace. The queen was furious and fought the humans. They grew to despise her and took side with the king. They helped him lock her away deep in the ground where all her evil would stay while the forest slept under the guardianship of the king.
Link stopped reading and closed the book, feeling a dreading feeling from the story. Was it just some sort of fairy tale or had it really happened?
He heard Rais calling him, and he closed the book, leaving it on the table. He didn't want Rais to know that he had been snooping around something he knew wasn't supposed to be there.
He hurried outside, taking his shield and sword with him.
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Well, that was Rais. He's pretty sweet, isn't he? (That's because I made him up) XD But I hope you liked this chapter, and if you've read this story before, I hope you liked it better. This chapter came out much longer than the first one, and I'm much happier with it.
Keep going! An incredible journey awaits you. ;)
