Deedoo..doo dooo doo...deeee daa doo...
Link pocketed it, feeling more at ease. He recited a song in his head as he continued walking within the unknown.
'We knocked another couple back, the dead soldiers lined up on the table, still prepared for an attack, they didn't know they'd been disabled.'
A roar beside him, Link turned to a skeletal warthog growling. He whipped out his blade and quickly finished it, stabbing the edge through it's skull. He panted from the rush, and continued on. He found his tree from last night, and once again began to curl up. This time, however, a vicious ChuChu leapt out, and Link slashed through it, it's gelatin form splattering everywhere. Link then inspected the hole, and when he was certain it was alright, he bedded himself and fell asleep.
Link awoke to Castle Town's drawbridge opening. He noticed that with it, two guards exited and began guarding the entrance. Probably to stop anyone that looked like Link from leaving or coming in. It's official, Link thought, I'm a criminal.
What was he to do now?
The Triforce, he remembered. Three pieces, three lands. The Lanayru Desert, Faron's Lost Woods, and the Eldin Volcano. Right now, so immediately after the alerts, the Royal Guard Community would be sending troops into the Woods, so near the Hyrule Castle, so Link would probably need to hit a different place first. He reached for a map from his pocket and examined it. Eldin Volcano was close enough to hike to and far enough from the King's eye that it would be a good start. Link began working his way around the woods and behind Castle Town, and then he was able to resume with relative safety. Some wind tugged on Link's flowing cap as messy blonde hair got in the way of his vision.
"Hey!"
Link turned around, his blade stabbing through harsh air. He lowered the sword in awe, staring at the miracle before him. It was a small speck of glowing blue. A fairy.
"Okay, mophead. My name's Navi, and what I gotta do is keep an eye on you, so I'm gonna be following you around. I was appointed by Princess Zelda to keep ai-hey, listen!"
Link was already walking away. "Fairy, while it's an honor to see one of you, I got stuff to do. Real end-of-the-world stuff we're talking here."
"Ugh! But...ughhhh! Fine, I'll just be watching you." Navi flitted next to Link's shoulder.
"Okay, then," Link agreed, and the new companions marched on.
Hours later, Link and Navi were on the outskirts of the Eldin Volcano's territory. Approaching it, they noted the change of the surface from it's wavy green into solidifying orange rock. It was an empty community, huts visible every hundred meters or so, but without a sign of life to be seen. They came across a crooked, cut sign with a fading message: 'Gerudo Valley'. Link then found in the corner of his eye a gathering of about 3, maybe 4 civilians. He scurried over, and realized they were all elders. He kept his hands close to his defenses if need be, and Navi buried itself in Link's back collar.
"A boy..."
"He looks so much like our own little boy..."
"Hush, Arregonta. You know HE is no boy any more. He's a man, now. Unlike this child," an old women gestured at Link.
"What's your business here, boy?" A fourth woman asked.
"I-I'm just looking for the Eldin Volcano."
"That's where our boy got the power," Arregonta murmured.
"Hush, Arre, you sad old sob," the third woman repeated.
"Shut up, Abril, allow a poor girl to grieve for the lost," the first demanded.
"Okay. Well, I have to go now," Link began slipping away, but one of the old women grabbed him by his collar, causing him to stop in his tracks and Navi to squeak, but Link played it off as a sneeze.
"Not so fast, not while Marge is around. We don't get little boys around here, never have ever since the Descent."
"You're not going anywhere, kid," Abril said.
Link reached for his sword and sliced with it through Marge's hand, leapt back and put his shield in front of him with his extended weapon, a defensive stance now muscle memory to him.
"My hand! He cut off my hand!" Marge shrieked, holding her arm in agony. Arregonta, Abril, and the other one began dashing at Link, which in effect made him run, too. He didn't want to inflict any more damage on their crew than he had. Link's slightly bloodstreaked sword glew in the bright sun and dashing air.
"You're even stupider than I thought," Navi complained.
The two were making camp in a cave, far away from the Gerudo women. They had lost them a while ago, covered their tracks, and found housing.
"You better keep your remarks to yourself, Nav', or I'll slice you in half. I know you're not Zelda's."
Navi didn't really have a face to read emotions off of, but Link could tell it was pretty stunned. "How'd you know?"
"I mighta only known Zelda for a few minutes, but I felt a connection to her. A deep connection," Link explained.
Navi giggled. "Aww, old numbskull's in love with the Princess of Hyrule. Get in line, loser."
"Not like that, you bugbrain. Whatever, forget it. Good night." Link curled up and made warm the best he could.
The night was much, much colder than he had expected. He was at the point of freezing when a beautiful warmth suddenly overcame his being. He looked up to see Navi resting on his shoulder, it's energies spreading into him. He smiled, and drifted back into a sleep.
Link woke up to a close up of Abril's face.
"Ahh!" He shouted, and backed up quickly. His shield and sword were out of reach.
"How'd you survive the night?" Abril asked genuinely, if not abruptly.
"What do you mean, 'survive the night'? I slept! Look, I'm sorry I did what I did, it was just self-defense."
"Shut up, kid. In the Gerudo Valley, only way you make it through the day is with the right clothes, only way you make it through the wind is with force, and only way you make it through the night is among others and under the blanket of the body of a Giant Warthog. I don't see any other people or a Giant Warthog, so how did you survive?"
"I'm not telling," Link said, feeling protective of that stupid speck of blue.
"You're not telling? You're. Not. Telling? That's what's going to happen? The Gerudo will die off, because you don't want to tell? You fool. You are why the Desert Man is doing what he's doing. He could've protected us, instead he has to go save the world. Because of scum like you. You're lucky. I won't tell my friends of your location. Just get out." Abril left.
"Why didn't you give me up?" Navi asked.
"It doesn't matter," Link said, in his usual emotionless self, "let's go. I need a Triforce."