Greetings my dear readers! I have returned to provide yet another chapter! I'm feeling a lot better with this one. For some reason Chapter 2 was fairly difficult for me to write, but I'm starting to back into the swing of things. I don't have a whole lot to say here, so I'm just going to jump right on into it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Zelda or any of it's characters. Serina belongs to me, and Jayne belongs to m friend gina . marie .
NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
LADIES AND GENTLEMANS I NOW PRESENT:
Chapter 3 – The Start of a Long Journey
The morning sun was still below the horizon, and light was slowly creeping into the dark sky. It had been a peaceful night of rest for all of the Champions… well, all except one.
Serina rarely closes her eyes at night, as nightmares plague her sleep. Nightmares of her past. The only time she can't avoid sleep is when the nightmares consist of things that haven't happened yet, that were soon to happen.
She was in her room in the castle, preparing her healing supplies and food rations. Her weapons were equipped and her blue cloth was still tied around her wrist.
For a while, she tried to stay quiet, so she wouldn't disturb the other Champions' rest…
Then she found out Jayne was awake…
"RISE AND SHINE CHAMPIONS!" Jayne burst into Serina's room, "Oh Serina, you're awake."
"Since when am I not?" Serina placed her blue glasses over her eyes.
"True," Jayne shrugged, "I'm gonna go wake everyone else up!"
"Don't wake up the King please, we'd never hear the end of it from the Princess." Serina pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Oh, ok. I'll quietly wake everyone else up." Jayne held a finger to her lips.
Jayne skipped out of the room and began knocking on the door to the bedroom of each of the Champions. "Time to get up guys! We got a loooong journey ahead of us!"
Serina shook her head and threw her bag over her shoulder, walking out of her room and shutting the door. She noticed Mipha and Urbosa already standing outside of their rooms.
"Sorry about Jayne." Serina scratched the back of her head, "She hasn't been travelling for a while."
"It's quite alright, I've been up for about an hour already." Mipha smiled, "I think it's nice that she's excited to travel."
"And I think someone better keep an eye on that girl before she causes more trouble than we would need." Revali's stern arrogant tone sounded from behind Serina.
"I don't think it's Jayne that I need to keep an eye on." Serina turned around and crossed her arms.
She could see a glint of amusement in his green eyes as she retaliated.
"If she doesn't keep that mouth of hers shut, it'd cause more trouble than good." Revali glared at her.
His gaze was strong and intimidating, but Serina didn't back down. She walked up closer to him and held eye contact with him. As tall and intimidating as he seemed, she wasn't going to let him speak ill of her friends.
"And if you keep up with your negative attitude, I'm sure everyone would have their doubts about you." Serina spat.
He had no response, only his green eyes glared daggers into her own. She felt as though he were staring into her very thoughts, which made her uncomfortable, and she tried her hardest not to let it show through.
Zelda, Link and Daruk approached the group, witnessing the stare down between Serina and Revali.
"Okay you two," Jayne stepped in between them, "We're all friends here right?"
Revali scoffed and stepped away from Serina.
"What's going on here?" Zelda questioned.
Urbosa laughed, "You just missed the start of an interesting rivalry."
Zelda decided to not ask any further questions, "Well then, are all of you ready?"
The group nodded after making sure they had everything they needed.
"The first thing we're to do then, is spread out to locate and identify shrines across Hyrule." Zelda announced, "Mipha and Jayne will cover the Lanayru and Necluda regions."
Jayne and Mipha nodded and received a map from the Princess.
"Daruk will cover the Eldin Region." Zelda handed Daruk and Urbosa their maps, "And Urbosa will handle the Gerudo region."
Zelda then handed Serina her map, "Serina and Revali will handle the Great Plateau and Tabantha Regions. And Link and I will cover Central Hyrule."
"Where would our meeting point be?" Daruk asked.
"Once all of us have located and identified as many shrines we can find, we will meet in Goron City." Zelda replied.
With that, the group exited the Castle and split up, headed towards their designated regions.
Serina held her map in her hands a majority of the way, trying to ignore the terribly awkward silence between her and her newfound rival. She led the way, almost making sure that she was as far ahead of him as she could get.
Almost the entire way, neither of them said a word to each other, until an arrow whistled past Serina's ear.
She gasped and quickly put her map away, grabbing out her bow.
"Bokoblins." She muttered.
Revali caught wind of what she said, and grabbed out his bow as well.
They didn't have an idea as to where the bokoblins were going to attack from, so they kept looking around in all different directions.
Serina backed up and into Revali's back, which surprised her and made her unprepared for a bokoblin on horseback charging towards her. She released an arrow, and the bokoblin dropped off of its horse.
Revali was able to release arrows of his own, getting rid of more bokoblins.
Eventually they found that they were surrounded by more bokoblins on foot.
Serina secured the bow onto her back and relied solely on her the bare hands at her sides. Revali saw her out of the corner of his eye while the majority of his focus was on the enemies surrounding them.
"Would you care to elaborate?" He whispered, "What is it you plan on doing?"
A group of bokoblins lunged towards her, she dodged and shot out a large blue arc of electricity from her hand causing that group of enemies to drop to the ground. Revali took off into the air and continued to shoot at as many bokoblins as he could. Serina proceeded to electrocute whichever bokoblin that dared take a few steps too close to her.
Soon, all of the bokoblins were defeated.
Revali landed and secured his bow onto his back, eyeing her curiously.
"Now the Princess didn't care to mention this side of you." He crossed his arms.
"What's there to mention?" Serina shrugged.
"That clearly there's more to you than meets the eye." He said.
"Well, looks can be deceiving." She said.
He nodded, watching her as she looked towards the setting sun.
"It's getting late, we should find somewhere to camp out for the night." She said.
Revali scanned the area, taking note of a cave.
"How about over there?" He pointed.
They both trekked over to the cave and un-equipped their weapons. Revali gathered a bundle of firewood and Serina grabbed out two flint rocks.
The sun had completely set and the stars came into view once Serina had set up a decent fire. Revali sat down and stretched out his wings, while Serina sharpened her sword.
"If you're tired, go ahead and rest. I'll take watch tonight." Serina didn't look up from her sword.
"I wouldn't want to take away from your beauty sleep." He mocked.
"I don't need it," She said, sheathing her sword.
He took note of the seriousness in her tone and decided against further pestering her. Serina sat cross-legged and stared into the flames dancing across the glowing embers.
Revali laid back and folded his wings across his chest. Serina was lost in her own thoughts, and took no notice of the Rito occasionally glancing over at her before he drifted off to sleep.
Once she looked up from the flames and noticed he was asleep, Serina grabbed her bow and quiver and walked over to the entrance of the cave. She leaned on her bow and gazed up at the glittering sky.
The clear star-scattered sky brought her mind at ease. She felt as though all of her worries could drift away as she gazed up at them. She forgot about how irritated she had become with the Rito that was asleep in the cave. And after serious debate, she let go of his snarky comments against Jayne and Link.
'Maybe he isn't as bad as he seems..' She thought, 'Maybe if I tried, I could get on his good side.'
She thought back to her visits to Rito Village and how charming some of the men there were. Yet, she never remembered seeing Revali when she was there.
A light breeze blew through her hair, and the leaves of a tree next to her rustled. She looked over and took note of it being an apple tree. And seeing the red fruit caused her stomach to growl, so she decided to walk over and attempt to grab a few fruits.
As she approached, she noticed the tree was a bit too tall for her to just reach up and grab the apples. And there wasn't anywhere she could just climb up the trunk. So, she found the lowest branch she could and attempted to jump up and grab one or two of the apples. Yet, she was still a smidge too short. No matter how many times she jumped, she could reach no higher.
She decided to try and jump one final time, and when she did, she felt a sort of wind under her feet. It lifted her up and she quickly held onto the branch.
Serina looked down and saw Revali standing below her, smirking.
"Thought you could use some help," His smooth voice sounded from below her.
"A warning would have been appreciated," She tightened her grip on the branch so she would lose her chance of grabbing the fruit.
While her grip was still strong enough, she reached over and grabbed four apples from the branch and placed them in her bag.
Soon, her grip started getting weaker.
"Do you require help getting down too?" He asked.
"Uh.. I think I'll be fi-" She interrupted herself with a surprised gasp when she could no longer hold onto the tree branch.
She landed on both of her feet but almost toppled over, only to feel something balance her out. Revali's wings were placed on her shoulders to keep her from losing her balance on the uneven ground. His green eyes peered into her sparkling grey orbs.
Serina quickly adjusted her glasses and grabbed out two apples from her bag, offering one to him which he politely refused.
They walked back over to the entrance to the cave where Serina sat down and leaned up against a rock.
"Now what do you think you're doing?" Revali stood in front of her.
"Keeping watch," Serina cleaned off her apple.
"Wouldn't you think it's my turn to take over for tonight?" he asked.
"There's no need. I'm not tired." She lied.
"It'd be reasonable for you to get some well needed rest." He crossed his arms.
"I can do perfectly fine without it." Serina said, biting into her apple.
"Alright then," Revali sat down next to her.
She gave him a puzzled look, "What are you doing?"
"Helping you keep watch," He replied, "I've got the rest I needed."
Serina opened her mouth about to protest, but decided against arguing with him. Her gaze drifted back up to the glowing moon and stars as they both sat and waited for morning to come.
Alrighty! That's all for this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed, please review nicely and stay tuned for the next! BYEBYE!
