The River Dragon: Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in so long, once again (groans) I wrote up the next chapter about four days ago and I was going to put it up but on Saturday I was sick as a dog with the flu, an ever so kind friend gave it to me…don't I have such nice friends? Anyway, onto the praising of my reviewers!
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Chapter 8
Link looked at the wall around Hyrule and then down at the pouch in his hand. 'Hm, I guess I should come back, if those villagers find me here I'll be done for.' He said to himself, nudging Epona into a run towards their home.
Zelda paced her room, thinking over all the things Malon had told her just a few moments ago. She was glad though, that Malon was now gone. Now she could show her anger, sadness, distress, irritation and whatever other feeling she was experiencing then. And even though Malon hadn't said it, Zelda knew that she was jealous, she could see it in her eyes.
Zelda held her head in her hands and let out a sigh.
Zelda kneeled next to her small garden, looking over her work with pride. She had only been up for about an hour and already she had cleaned out all the weeds from her roses. There were two gardens like this in the castle, one which was much larger was by the throne room and her father could see out from a window in the wall, and then there was this one which was hidden from the eyes of onlookers, placed almost directly behind her room. Few people even knew that it existed.
The trees on the outside of the castle walls creaked. She lifted her head slightly but only felt a very weak wind, one nowhere near strong enough to shift a tree.
"Hey." Zelda gasped at the closeness of the voice and the warm breath on her ear, so much so that she almost fell over.
A strong but gentle hand grabbed her arm and kept her from falling. When she finally looked up she saw Link snickering at her. She frowned at him and sat down in the grass.
"Frighten easily don't we?" He said, obviously holding back a laugh.
"Well when you do that, yes!" She replied, shoving him lightly.
Rubbing his shoulder, Link looked over the small garden before him with wide eyes that took in every detail. "That's amazing." He whispered in awe.
"They're just roses. Nothing special." Zelda said, instantly figuring out what Link was talking about. He shook his head.
"I've never really seen flowers, not really. I'm sure Epona's trampled over wild ones but they were all weeds. Back in my home there are no flowers. The closest thing we have to them is grass, and they only grow on the outskirts."
Zelda looked at the roses before her. 'No wonder there's any flowers; the Gerudo Valley is all sand, scorching sun and dryness. Everything that a flower hates.' She said to herself.
Link flinched and turned around, his bow and arrow out and pointed at a woman in the entrance.