Faith sighed, clawshot-ting from roof to roof to reach the exit of Castle Town safely, without being captured by the guards.
Thankfully, the guards haven't blocked the exits, which caused her to smile and have the urge to clap her hands together happily. Her eyes soon widened and she smacked her palm against her forehead.
I'll have a lot of explaining to do when Zelda informs mom and dad about this
She could only chuckle lightly, before dropping down from the roof she was on and dashed out of Castle Town.
She brought up her hood before digging into her satchel and taking out a wooden ocarina. Faith recollected the tune of the melody – in her head, of course - before nodding and playing it as accurately as possible, making a mental note to practice playing the instrument a bit more.
A neigh and the sound of hooves against the dirt alerted her that even if her ocarina playing wasn't exactly the best, it was able to call her white stallion toward her.
The white stallion nudged her shoulder and whinnied happily, which made the girl roll her eyes playfully before hopping onto her steed and petting the male horse on its head."Hey, Echo!" She grinned, before taking ahold of the reigns and making the horse look towards the open field, "How about we go to Kakariko Village? I need to get my sword fixed anyway. ."
Faith yelped in surprise, before her grip on the reigns became tighter – which made her knuckles white. She soon regained her composure and chuckled, steering the horse toward the village.
"Go find them, right now!"
"We have no idea where the witch and the commoner girl went, your H-Highness . . . a-and-" The soldier stuttered, shrinking back in fear. He was interrupted by another soldier quickly making his way over, however.
"The guards positioned at the Northern entrance said they saw someone on a white horse." Raymond, - who was staring at absolutely nothing until now – stood up, a stern expression on his face. Most of the soldiers looked up at the prince.
"That's Faith, alright. . ." He muttered – thankfully no one heard - before adjusting the sheath that was on his belt and placing his sword back in it.
"I'll need at least 3 soldiers by my side. We will track this 'someone' down." He stated, before looking over the soldiers.
"And then . . .?" The Princess inquired, placing her hands on her hips. The Hyrulian prince completely ignored the question, before pointing at three – randomly chosen –soldiers.
They nodded, saluting the boy, before heading towards the Northern gate.
"I'm coming with you." The girl states, stomping her foot onto the cobblestone road. The brown haired male could only sigh, before muttering a 'no' and walking away.
"Goddesses, Echo. Is it just me, or did you get faster?" The horse whinnied loudly, seemingly satisfied with the hooded girl's reaction.
"But, then again, that wouldn't make sense, since I didn't even leave you out here alone for that long." Echo neighed, trotting over slowly toward a rather big tree. The girl sighed, exasperated, before jumping off and stretching her arms.
It was probably around 7 o'clock. The reddish hues from the sunset had disappeared and had been replaced by the calming shades of blue and purple. Those colors would eventually turn to black; as if it was something that could devour the light.
The girl smiled lightly, looking at the sky in a kind of amazement that would seem childish. Faith frowned soon after, steeling her gaze and looking back towards the ground, trudging over toward a tree that had a thin trunk and tying the reigns onto it.
She opened one saddlebag and took a small carrot treat from it. The girl walked in front of the horse and placed it in Echo's mouth.
Faith chuckled lightly at the horse before walking towards the opposite side of the horse and hanging one of her clawshots on a hook that was stitched onto the saddlebag. A backpack hung from the hook that was stitched onto the opposite side.
The girl yawned, walking towards the big tree and clawshot-ting towards the branch that could hold her weight. She looked around, making sure that her horse was in sight, before pulling the hood over her eyes and leaning onto the trunk and falling asleep.
The sound of a distressed horse woke the -sleep deprived- girl. Faith groaned, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, before her eyes snapped toward Echo, who was being surrounded by soldiers and a prince.
The hooded girl rolled her eyes before yawning loudly and dropping down from the tree, landing without a sound - other than a pop from cracking her knuckles. The soldiers looked at the girl, but they were kicked away by Echo. Thankfully the kick was able to knock out two of the guards, but the last one just stood there, shaking in fear, yet he still held the spear in his hand.
Raymond sighed, before knocking the soldier out with a punch to his forehead. Faith, who was initially going to put an arrow in the soldier's skull, looked up at the Prince and lowered her precious bow.
"Y'know, trying to burn your lover isn't very romantic."Faith stated, placing a hand on her hip while the other clutched the bow.
"Y'know, trying to kill a soldier isn't very hero-like." Raymond smirked, chuckling a little, which caused the girl to roll her eyes and frown.
"Why are you here, Prince?" She said, mockery was heard in her tone as she stated his title.
"My mother and Princess Viola wanted to explain to you that burning the witch was for the safety of Hyrule." Faith scoffed at the statement, maybe she even caught the unsure tone that lingered in the Prince's voice as well.
"'Safety of Hyrule?' Oh, c'mon, Raymond. You and I both know that Hyrule can never be safe. This land has been plagued with evil and dark forces since the beginning of time! The royal family can't do anything about it! 'Make the Hero go back in time!' What good did that do?! There is still evil plaguing this 'holy' land of ours and the hatred of the wielder of the Triforce of Power will be reborn, just like in every other story with the Hero. That evil kidnap Princess Zelda, and then the Hero has to go on a journey just to save someone and a land that is not worth saving. . ."
Faith yelled, voice decreasing to just barely above a whisper by the end of her outburst. Raymond frowned, a small sigh escaping his lips as he looked at the girl who had kept her head down and was clutching an arrow so tightly that he feared it may break.
"I agree with you." He finally said, and Faith looked back up, chuckling lightly.
"It's kinda torturous, knowing that you don't exactly mean anything to the plotline of a big, complex story. Just. . . If you still want me to see the Queen and this 'Viola' girl. . . then fine." She let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding.
The brunette smiled, before shaking his head. "Nah, I'll just say that you got away. But. . . I do need a memory spell for these doofuses. Do you know anyone who can brew me a potion or cast a spell?"
"I may know a girl . . She lives in Castle Town. . . Almost got burnt by her lover?" Faith smirked at the expression the Prince had sketched onto his face.
"Heh. . . Right. I'm betting she's with Sage, huh?" He scratched the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Yeah. Her library. Promise me you won't arrest them." Faith glared playfully, before proceeding to untie the reigns of her horse. "Of course not."
"Oh, and Faith, good luck finding your parents." Raymond said, calling over the horses of the soldiers.
"Raymond, my good friend, you should know by now that I don't believe in luck." She smirked, hopping onto the saddle and grabbing the reigns. "You got them?" She asked, amused, gesturing toward the unconscious soldiers.
"I'm fine. Maybe I'll ditch them if I'm too lazy to get them on their horses, though."
She smiled, nodding, before taking off on Echo.
