Chapter 14: Some More FREAKING Traveling

Zelda rode the whole of the next day, constantly aware of the knight who trailed silently behind her. She managed to cross over Jeddo Bridge and into Nima Plain before the sun began to set.

When she dismounted her horse, the growling of her stomach reminded her of her lack of food supplies. She glanced back at the knight behind her, who was traveling at a distance.

Zelda sighed. She was going to have to ask him, wasn't she?

Her stomach rumbled in response.

Zelda sighed again, tethered her horse, and made her way to Sir Link's small camp, where he was starting a fire.

"I apologize, Sir Link, but it appears I have forgotten to bring food." Zelda said a bit too quickly.

The knight glanced up at her, before going to the leather sack beside him and pulling out an object wrapped in cloth.

The knight unwrapped it to reveal several strips of dried meat. He glanced at Zelda and held it towards her.

Zelda hesitantly grabbed a couple of pieces from the cloth. She bit into a piece, and although it was tough and chewy, it was quite satisfying to her hungered stomach.

Zelda swallowed the meat and looked at the knight. "Thank you."

Sir Link merely nodded before turning back to the pile of small sticks. He continued striking a inky black piece of flint until it caught the pile of straw beneath the wood.

Was Zelda assuming too much about the knight?

Zelda shook her head. No. He was simply doing his job. The thing that he was paid to do.

As the fire grew, Sir Link stood and walked off to Zelda's previous "camp." He returned carrying her supplies, clicking his tongue to Storm. The horse followed the knight eagerly, for reasons unknown.

When he reached the camp, Zelda immediately asked, "How did you get him to do that?"

The knight glanced back at the horse, then at Zelda. He then put Zelda's items down and pulled a shiny red apple from his pocket.

"Oh." Zelda huffed as Storm gobbled up the red fruit greedily. "So you are bribing my horse."

The knight looked at her for a moment, before shrugging and rubbing the horse's nose.

Since when did he shrug? The knight was acting strange. As in, stranger than his usual strange. Which was... strange to say the least.

Zelda sighed and pulled out her diary. The last time she had written in it was after leaving Goron City.

So she wrote.

'I said something awful to him yesterday. My research was going nowhere. I was feeling a bit… depressed, so to say, and I had told him repeatedly not to accompany me.

'But he did anyway, as he always does. So I yelled at him without restraint. Yet, as always, he is as blank as ever. I feel terribly guilty… and that guilt only makes me more agitated than I was before.'

That was enough for today. She had never written much in her diary, but Urbosa had told her that writing helped one to cope with emotions.

Zelda said her silent prayers before she laid down to sleep.

They rode once again, this time the knight being only several paces behind. She was annoyed as she felt his eyes burn into her back. Why can't you just look somewhere else?

After several days of riding, camping under the stars, and sleeping in stables, they finally reached Gerudo Canyon Stable.

"Princess." A gerudo at the entrance greeted with a bow. "Chief Urbosa has reserved a room here for you. We will leave in the morning."

"Thank you." Zelda said as she dismounted. When she turned to look at the gerudo again, she was glaring at something behind Zelda.

Zelda turned and saw her silent knight, already dismounted.

She turned back to the gerudo. "Is something wrong?"

"Your knight there…" The gerudo pulled Zelda in closer and whispered, "Is he a sheikah?"

Zelda, confused, shook her head. "No. He's pure hylian."

The gerudo glanced back at the knight, who was leading his horse away. "He moves like a sheikah. He must have been trained by those shadow folk."

Zelda tilted her head. She had wondered why he moved so silently. If he was trained by the sheikah, then Impa would be able to tell her when she got back.

So mysterious. Zelda shook her head. He's simply pretending to be silent and stoic. He's really an arrogant, cocky little knight.

Zelda nodded at that as the gerudo led her to her room. Though the knight seemed mysterious, no one would act as such unless they were hiding something. The true extent of his arrogance?

Zelda plopped down onto the bed of her room and pulled out her diary.

'We've finally reached Gerudo Canyon Stable, though it is dark out. A gerudo greeted me, taking me to a reserved room. But before I had gone inside, the gerudo pulled me aside and commented on the knight's movement. Apparently it appears that he was trained by sheikah at some point.

'I will have to ask Impa about his background, for if he was not trained by the sheikah, then it is possible that he has some connection to the Yiga Clan.'

Zelda bit her lip. That sounded a bit accusing, but there was nothing she could do about it. A diary was about writing out her thoughts, was it not?

She went over some of her notes on the Divine Beast again, before blowing out the candle and falling asleep.

I'm sorry it's short, and I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy, and writing about traveling is boring. You can tell my opinion about writing about it from the title. Sorry. I'll be writing better chapters later when I actually like what I'm writing about. And it isn't traveling. So. Sorry, y'all.

REPLIES! (And replies to replies to replies!)

The-Fallen-Spirit: Yup. Always good to not completely suck at stuff.

SmokeyMirrors: Since I ranted last chapter, it's probably down by maybe ten percent. But I don't do the math until I'm finished replying. Yeah, not much taunting with suspense here. Just me spitting out a chapter because I haven't posted in a couple days. Zelda got her foods, so she isn't going to starve. She's voiced suspicions here, but she isn't really super suspicious. I mean, she thinks that Link could possibly have a background with the Yiga Clan. That's kind of suspicious. And I freaking love Urbosa! All the champions are pretty great, except Ravioli. He isn't very nice to poor Link. Who knows? Maybe Urbosa will give him some advice and stuff. Reply to your Reply of my Reply: Yeah, it looks like she's going to ask Impa. But who knows? Maybe someone else will answer her questions! Or maybe it will be Impa, and I'm just messing with you! Or maybe Zelda walks in on something that's a bit oof. The world may never know.

SmokeyMirrors (2.0): I didn't think so, I was just making sure. Yeah, Link is not going in a good direction. Downhill may be easy, but it isn't always the best route. But who knows? All things will be revealed with time.

Guest: Well, I did do a few diary entries here. But that was just me trying to get a few more pages in. I hope that they are to your liking!

LilacFairy: I'm glad you enjoy it! I like getting people on the edge of their seat. It's especially funny when they start rocking back and forth with anticipation, and then fall off when something absolutely shocking is revealed. And Fi? I love Fi, and they referenced her, I started freaking out! And Fi's theme just came on as I was typing this; What the coincidence!

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