CHAPTER TWO
Heyo Heyo! I'm back with another chappie! I tried to make it a bit longer than usual. It always looks much longer on Microsoft Word…
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A knock on the door awoke Link from his sleep. He jumped up and realized that he had fallen into a deep slumber with his traveling clothes still on.
"I suppose that the journey really wore me out," Link thought. He didn't even remember falling asleep. Link opened the door and was greeted by a royal guard.
"Good morning, Sir Link," The guard said, bowing. "King Ganondorf has requested your presence in the throne room."
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Ganondorf turned his head towards the oncoming knight. A small smile crept onto his face when he saw that Link had his equipment, ready for any duty that he would be given.
"Good morning, Link," Ganondorf said, walking down the small steps. "I assume that you are ready for your task?" Link nodded. "Yes, I am." Ganondorf grinned. "Wonderful." Link walked beside the king through the hallways.
"There have been dreadful events happening in the castle. Each week, every ruppees from the taxes goes missing… every single rupee… gone. I've even upgraded my guards and sent them to watch over the room where the taxes are held, but the thief somehow manages to sneak past each time! The criminal is agile, crafty and light on their feet, which is why I assumed that the criminal was male."
Link looked at the Gerudo king with shocked eyes. "A woman, Your Majesty?!"
Ganondorf nodded solemnly, "Yes, she was standing beside a window holding a bag of my taxes when I finally caught her. What was even more surprising was that she shook the bag… taunting me…" King Ganondorf scowled as he repressed the memory.
"She then winked at me as if the taunt wasn't enough. I was ready to call my guards when she jumped out the window, landing on the roof of a nearby market. I turned just in time to see her leaping from rooftop to rooftop." He sighed and rubbed his large calloused hands through his crimson hair.
Link shook his head. He was very impressed that a woman was capable of such a feat, but as incredible as it was, she was a thief… a criminal that needed to be stopped.
"What does this person look like?" Link questioned. Ganondorf pulled a poster out of his breastplate and placed it in Link's hand. It read, "Wanted dead or alive: Sheik. Reward: 5,000 Rupees." Link looked at the painting of Sheik before glancing at Ganondorf. "She wears a cowl?"
The king heaved a sigh. "Sheik has obviously thought everything through. She conceals her identity and runs along rooftops or jumps from tree branch to tree branch… making it extremely difficult to track her without footprints. She also uses deku nuts to stun my guards long enough for her to flee the scene."
Link definitely had a challenge now.
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I hope that you guys liked this chapter! If it weren't for my lovely unofficial beta, Total Romance Fan, I probably would've been working on this forever! Thank you, Romance!
The poster that Ganon gave Link is the cover picture for this story… but I seriously just now noticed that I spelled Sheik's name wrong!
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