And so, the epic journey continues on! Hopefully you've been enjoying your adventure, huh?
Well? (dramatic pause)
Okay, I guess we'll start then…
Chapter 8 - Way to Orma
"HURRY! EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET OUT, NOW!" The guards were swinging their hands to the guests and motioning them away towards the dock. The sailors waved their hands for everyone to climb aboard, and looking like a million ants the people climbed onto each ship, trying their best to get on as fast as possible.
"Come on! Come on!" Jaw screamed while looking ahead at Hyrule castle. It was far away, but he could see hundreds of black dots crawling up the tall towers. "Oww... shit..." He grabbed one of the running townsfolk and threw them across his deck. "HURRY UP YOU ASSHOLES! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON!" Some of them screamed but continued running, while some changed their minds and went to a different ship. There were ten to chose from, all of them crowded with the town folk.
The castle was flooded in huge purple beasts. The dark blue ones led them towards the tops, showing them entrances into the castle. They were smarter and tried luring people into their deaths with their whispers. Anyone who had a horse was taking off, while Link sliced and avoided some of the smelly bugs. He was stalling. He didn't want to leave until he knew his friends were safely out of the castle.
He turned to his left and saw Rais on Euru. Rais still handled Euru like a pro, even with one arm. Rais looked at him, but the moment they locked eyes Rais looked away and focused on the road. Link watched him ride off and out of view, frowning. He turned back to the castle and looked for Zelda, hoping that she wasn't trapped inside somewhere.
She was riding on a white horse with an older woman handling it. She wasn't looking around, probably afraid of the monsters. Link urged Epona towards the exit while keeping an eye on them. The giant bugs didn't seem to notice the last of the Hylians leaving the castle, and continued trying to devour and get inside it.
A smaller ignorant purple one caught sight of them. It scurried forward like a spider towards the white horse. It was close enough and about to pounce, before Epona crushed her hooves into it's front left leg. It's scream was silenced by an easy slice from Link's sword. The girl handling the white horse didn't waste anytime, she continued on and was soon out of sight of the ugly insects. Link was last to escape them; luckily Epona was fast enough to keep ahead of them. Now that they knew there was no one left in the castle, they began heading towards the town.
He reached the dock and attempted to board the only ship letting anyone on. The woman and Zelda had just boarded, but once they got on deck Jaw kicked the board allowing entrance. The boat began to sail off after the other eight ships.
"Sorry, young fella! All full! Ha ha ha!" His laugh was deep and scratchy. Epona reared and Link growled up at Jaw, who grinned down at him. "Hope that mule's a good swimmer!"
"You stupid fuck!" He barked. Zelda pushed her way to the railing and leaned over. She held her hand out to him.
"Link!" She called. Jaw swooped her off the railing and crushed her up to his sweaty chest. He lifted her head up to his cheek and laughed.
"Don't worry princess, Jaw'll take good care ya!!" Epona whined and Link continued to control her. The woman quickly broke the crap Jaw began to pull. She yanked Zelda behind her and shoved his filthy body.
"Unless your wish is to die I suggest you keep your fat hands to your self!" She held up a silvery blade of her knife. It gleamed off the sun.
It wasn't helping Link out. He was stuck without a ship to board. The tenth ship dropped it's board and three men waved. "Come on! Your wasting time there, young in!" Link smacked Epona and she raced towards it. They boarded and kicked the board down as fast as they could.
There was hardly enough room, but Link thanked them for making some. They took Epona downstairs since she was taking up too much space the people needed to fit. Link pushed his way through them and to the front of the boat. They were right behind Jaw's. He watched it sail peacefully ahead, but it was too far to even talk while yelling. He couldn't even hear the roaring of the townsfolk on it, but it had to do with the loudness of his own ship.
He hated the idea of Zelda being on Jaw's ship. Sure, her guardian looked like she could handle it, but Jaw was tricky and sneaky. He'd find a way to separate the two, and inside it was killing Link to know that.
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Zelda fiddled with the pearl necklace she was wearing. She saw the guys save Link from death, so she was relieved at that. She was nervous at what was going to happen when they reached their next destination. Where were they going, anyways?
"Do you know where this ship takes us?" She asked one of the women next to her. She was old and harmless, which made Zelda comfortable enough to ask her.
"Ah, the sweet small town of Orma." She closed her eyes and breathed deeply. "The perfect home. But I think it will be a little small for all these people." She told her. Zelda blinked in confusion, thinking about all of the shipments they get from Orma.
"We get shipments from a village? How do they provide all our food?" She was still holding on to her necklace. The woman gave a cheerful laugh, placing a hand on Zelda's shoulder.
"Oh, dear, they don't provide the whole kingdom. Just the castle." Zelda listened and smiled at her. "The crops Orma grows are among the richest in the world." She pulled her old hand away from Zelda's shoulder and looked ahead towards the sea. "But we're heading their because it's closest. And it has many connections to other towns and cities, so it seems realistic for us to hide their awhile. The townsfolk can leave if they don't feel comfortable." Zelda nodded and smiled. It must have the second most connections, then. Hyrule certainly was number one, but they couldn't send them all to different places. It would be unorganized and insane.
She talked a little while longer with the woman. She mentioned she had a husband and how they met and all. Her name was Miriam and she loved to talk with anyone willing to listen to her. Zelda did, but got a little bored after awhile. She found away to escape the woman's talking by adding a new person in the conversation. When Miriam became distracted she slipped away from the talking and off on her own around the ship.
There were so many people aboard, it was crazy. She was constantly shoved and no one ever moved out of the way, so she continued to squeeze through the crowd. She thought maybe there wouldn't be any madness downstairs, so she entered the dark stalls where the animals were kept. There was only a few horses, including the white one she had rode.
She sat down next to her horse's stall and relaxed. It was so quiet down here, small, but quiet. People would rather clamber together than smell horse and pig manure. She was happy about that, for now she could have a little privacy and room to breathe.
"Heh! Enjoying the animals, eh?" Jaw threw a bucket of water into the horse's pen. Zelda jumped and ran to the other side of the pens. She held her back against the wall.
"No! You stay away from me!" She warned. Jaw shook his head.
"Hey! Calm down ter, girl." He walked over to her but made sure he was blocking her escape routes around him. "No trouble, s'long as we don't have no fighten." He placed his giant hands on both sides of her head. "What'ya say?" He ran a fat finger across her chin. She jerked away from him. He growled at her. "Dammit, knock it off!" She shoved him, not inflicting much, and kneed him hard in his stomach with all she could muster out of her tiny body. He whined like a baby and she crawled and got around him.
He didn't give up so easy though. He sucked up the pain and yanked Zelda back up by her hair. She screamed and he threw her against the wall again. He balled his fist and slammed it against her left eye. But when she tried to yell for help he hit her again under the chin. Her teeth pierced into her upper gum. She held her hands over her mouth and let out quiet cries, and fell down on her knees to the floor. Jaw did nothing but laugh.
"See? Ya fight ya get hurt." He told her. She shook her head and he watched. "No? No what?" He pulled her hands away from her face, but let go when a sharp pain began around his right thigh. The pain grew sharper as it seemed to deepen into his body. He jerked and turned around, only to feel a silver sword slice his leg off his body. "AHHH! THE HELL!" He grasped the bleeding area and fell to the ground. "GAHH! WHA--GAAHH!" He had never felt pain like this before. It was like shocks running rapidly around the hurt area, making it feel like it was shaking violently. "WHO!" He managed to scream. He looked to his left at Zelda, only to see her hold her hands over her mouth while she stared in horror at his leg laying in front of her.
"Ah, maybe now you'll keep your dirty hands away from girls..." Zelda cried and ran over to Rais, who stood still in the light coming down from the top of the stairs. His eyes glittered while his hair gave off an array of colors. Zelda grabbed his arm, dropping to the floor in fear. She pulled Rais down with her, crying in pain out of what Jaw did to her. Her ran his fingers over her bruised chin, taking the pain away but not removing the scar. "It's okay. He won't hurt you, I promise." He ran his finger over her eye, erasing any pain she felt their either. She still had her scars, but was no longer hurting.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD! YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I OWN ME DAMN SHIP!" He was grasping his bleeding body. Rais lifted himself from the ground while Zelda hung onto his arm. He brought them both up, and Zelda stood a few feet smaller than him.
"Doesn't mean you own the people here." He was still holding his sword while Zelda clung to him for protection. He was calm and stood upright. He knew he didn't need any arm to kill the man.
"I WANT YOU OFF! GET OFF!" Jaw squealed at his own pain. Rais smiled. He had spent over half his life training, and over that time he had seen people much scarier than Jaw.
"Really. Try and make me leave." It made him smirk to see him scream louder. Zelda pushed on his chest. She buried her face in his shoulder and tried to pull him towards the door.
"I want to leave!! Take me out of here!" She grabbed his arm and started pulling him away to the door. A thug from upstairs came down and saw Jaw, and hurried over to help him. "See! He'll help him! Let's go!" Rais took a last look and followed Zelda back onto the main floor of the ship.
Zelda pulled him to the top of the ship with all the people, and they ran over to an empty spot on the side of the ship, big enough for them to have some elbow room. She squeezed the railing, still a little afraid of what had happened.
"I didn't know you could… heal people." She wrapped her hands around the cold bar. Rais looked at her from the side. He leaned his one arm on the bar and looked over to the stormy sea.
"There's a lot you don't know about me." She looked at him, but turned back again. The water was murky and gray, matching the sky. The wind blew against them. She thought about Link on the other ship, and wondered if he was okay. She laughed at herself and shook her head. Of course he was okay. He fought off so many of those insects, it would be a wonder what would stop him on a ship.
"You like him a lot, don't you?" She jerked over and looked at him as he stared emotionlessly at the water.
"What? Who?" He smiled and looked at her, an expression saying you know who. She blushed and looked away, holding the pearl necklace. "Yes… maybe a little."
Rais laughed. It was the first time he had smiled in awhile since he lost his arm. Zelda looked at him. How did he know about Link? Then she remembered when Link told her he was his friend. That must have been how.
"No. I know because I can read your mind." He turned to her and she jumped. She blinked and stared at him. His light blue eyes stared back at her and she began to feel calmer. There was something different about this man.
He smiled and walked by, giving her a quick wink before he left.
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Yeah, this one was kind of short. It was still good though… even though Jaw is kind of scary.
Ha ha… anyways, hope your liking it. What? Only five chapters left!!!!!!!!111111????////////
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