Chapter three:
A fishy situation
The next morning Zelda woke up and decided to tell Mr Hawkins about the lost kid right away.
She got dressed and ran down the stairs into the throne room where Mr Hawkins was talking to some weird looking fish people.
They seemed to be some kind of guards, but with strange weapons.
"Mr Hawkins!" Zelda yelled. "I have to tell you something!"
"Ah Princes Zelda there you are. Come quick the zora prince is here." He said.
"But Mr before we do that I have to..." Before Zelda could finish her sentence Mr Hawkins already pushed her into the direction of the garden.
"Mr Hawkins!" Zelda turned around right at the entrance.
"I know Zelda you don't like meeting new people but I heard that the zora prince is about your age so you should be fine." He answered while gesturing for Zelda to continue walking.
"But that's not what I.." Again she couldn't finish her sentence for this time Mr Hawkins practically pushed her outside and closed the door.
"Sure because that's how you'd treat your princes. Fine I'll try later." She thought to herself.
She walked to the fountain where another weird fish person was sitting.
He looked as if he had a shark for a head, very weird.
That's when the zora prince noticed Zelda, he stood up and walked towards her.
He grabbed her hand, went down on one knee and kissed her hand.
"I assume you must be princes Zelda, well met. My name is Sidon." He said in a charming manor.
"At least someone who knows how to treat a princes." Zelda thought to herself.
The two began talking and it seemed that they had a lot in common.
Sidon wasn't allowed to go outside of his palace without guards as well, so just like Zelda he'd sneak away.
They talked and laughed for hours and soon the morning came to an end.
Meanwhile in the lost woods, Skull kid finally found his two fairy friends.
They said that they met another fairy and followed that one.
It was a sad fairy that didn't really have a chosen partner yet.
It seemed as if her partner had vanished or something.
She said that her name was Navi.
Skull kid decided that he wanted to check it out as well, maybe they'd have a new friend.
So he followed after the two fairy's.
Suddenly there was the sound of bushes moving.
Footsteps were coming closer and heavy breathing could be heard.
Two huge shadows emerged form a bushy area in front of Skull kid.
Skull kid slowly stepped backwards as the fairy's hid behind his back.
"Huf huf huf, o man I'm tired. We've been walking for hours."
"Yeah no kidding. The princes could have warned us before running off."
Two soldiers appeared, one was kind of chubby and the other tall and skinny.
They looked beat up, the wild sure did a number on them.
When they finally caught their breath again they noticed the kid staring them.
"Hey, maybe he knows the way out!" The thin one suggested.
"Don't be stupid Gotter! It's just a kid!" The other one yelled out.
"Right, so what now Botrick?" Gotter asked.
Botrick lifted his shoulders. "How should I know."
Gotter then got up and walked closer to Skull kid.
"Hey there little guy, do you perhaps know the way to Hyrule field?" He asked.
Botrick as a response hit Gotter on the head.
"Idiot I just told you, one minute ago that a kid doesn't…."
Gotter interrupted Botrick, patting him on the shoulder.
"What?" Botrick asked.
Gotter then pushed Botrick's head in the direction of Skull kid.
Skull kid was pointing north, where Hyrule field was.
The two looked at each other confused.
"Is that the way out?" Gotter asked.
Skull kid didn't speak but he did nod.
"Haha! I knew it! He does know, see?" Gotter started bragging.
"So uhm kid, you want to come with us to the castle? It's nice and warm there." Botrick asked.
Skull kid shock his head left and right. He didn't want to stay either so he turned around in order to run away again.
But by doing so the two fairy's hiding behind him got revealed.
The two mans faces turned white.
"F...f...fairy's?!" Gotter yelled out.
Gotter inmediatly tried to touch one, which was a mistake of his.
Skull kid had seen a grown up hurting one of his fairy friends once and wasn't planning on letting that happen ever again.
He used Majora's power to scare them off and defend his friends.
But it had been a while since he used it so it was a bit overkill.
There was dark power everywhere and it cut down some trees.
There was now a small open field instead of the bushy area.
The two started running the other direction.
"Please don't kill us!" Gotter yelled while trying to run as fast as he could. "We're sorry!"
"Are fairy's still alive?! The king must know about this, let's go!" Botrick yelled as he was running even faster that Gotter.
While the two where running they noticed some other dark power rising from a mountain.
"O no what now." Botrick mumbled
It seemed to stay around the mountain so they figured that it wasn't a direct threat.
But they couldn't have been more wrong.
Meanwhile at the castle Zelda had lunch with prince Sidon.
Mr Hawkins had completely forgotten about Botrick and Gotter.
He was so happy for Zelda that she had finally found a friend that he had almost moved to tears.
She had been so lonely for so long that he almost thought that it was impossible for her to have friends.
All seemed well until a sudden unexpected storm came up.
Lighting suddenly stuck right beside the castle and it was visible in the dining area where Zelda, Sidon, Mr Hawkins and a couple of servants were at.
It was so sudden that everyone was jump scared.
Zelda and both Sidon were afraid of lighting so Mr Hawkins brought them to Zelda's room.
On their way however the front doors flung open.
A messenger came in with an urgent message for the king.
"I'm here in the name of Bludo, the Goron Chief. And I have an urgent massage for your majesty, the king Rhoam!"
"Sorry to disapoint you but the king isn't here wight now." Mr Hawkins said.
"The chief figured as much, he said that is the king wasn't there I was supposed to give it to his right hand."
"It is that important eh? Alright, Zelda take Sidon with you and go directly to your room." Mr Hawkins said while taking the letter.
"Please sir messenger if you want you can warm up in the castle with a nice coup of soup." Mr Hawkins is always so nice for guest.
Zelda couldn't understand it but she admired him for that.
The prince and Zelda hid in her room as the storm grew worse.
On the other side of the castle Mr Hawkins was about to open the letter.
He had already informed his friends of the staff and they were waiting eagerly to know what was going on.
Hawkins opened the letter and started reading.
He muffled a view words while thinking to himself. "Uhu, okay. What?! O no! Uhm...what to do.."
"Well?" The gardener asked.
"It says that there were monster sightings. They were near an unexplored mountain not far from Hyrule. It's in the province of Termina but they have been seen heading this way!" Mr Hawkins said while continuing to read.
"O no! The king must have know something and went to the spot to investigate! That must be why he hasn't come back yet!"
"But Hawkins how could you be so sure? Our king isn't that reckless is he?" The cook stated.
"It says right here in the letter: You aren't planning on investigating that place are you Rhoam?"
The staff fell quit, chief Bludo did know the king for a long time and they were good friends.
What if he really did go there, what if something happened.
Everyone feared the worst.
"Alright lieutenant Rilonk, gather your best men and get to that place right away." Hawkins knew what had to be done, someone had to take charge and send out a rescue team.
"Leave about ten guards here, we should manage." Hawkins continued.
And with that almost all the guards went out to rescue the king.
Zelda was still in her room but she noticed the ruckus downstairs.
Sidon wanted to check it out but the storm was only getting worse so he decided that it would be better for him and the princes to stay there.
Then just as Hawkins was on his way to inform the princes, the front door flung open once again.
This time it was Botrick and Gotter, they were so exhausted that they collapsed on the floor.
Mr Hawkins was at this point panicking.
He yelled out for the nurse and helped to get them to safety.
He decided that it was too much to tell Zelda so he simply stayed with Botrick and Gotter until they woke up.
"Urg my head, where am I?" Gutter asked as he woke up.
"In the nursery of the castle." Hawkins answered. "What happened to you two when the princes left you?"
"Let's see uhm, o there were fairy's and there was a weird kid in the forest that almost killed us with dark magic and ..and" Gotter stopped as soon as he noticed how stupid it all sounded.
"Gotter you better get some rest first, you most have hit your head a bit too hard." Hawkins then walked out of the room.
He was doubting whether he should tell Zelda what happened or not.
The next day the storm had subsided and all seemed to be well again.
Zelda and prince Sidon walked down stairs.
Mr Hawkins still wasn't sure what to say.
"Hawkins? What happened yesterday? There was so much ruckus." Zelda asked.
Mr Hawkins had hoped that Zelda wouldn't have noticed but now he had to come up with a plan.
"Uhm… Gotter and Botrick! They returned." he said.
"O good, so can we still go to the lost woods for a rescue mission?" Zelda asked.
"Why? No one is there anymore." Hawkins replied.
"Well.." Zelda finally had her change to tell Hawkins of the young boy she had met.
"A young kid? With no parents? And claimed to have fairy friends? I see, alright we'll go." Hawkins decided. "But! No running away!"