Chapter 9
Hyrule
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except for the OC's and the story
I looked around with my golden-yellow eyes in wide-eyed fear. Uli was measuring every inch of my body with a little hum in her dance. We didn't start in the room right away after the stranger Dean disappeared. It started a couple of minutes after when 'I' was going to leave for Hyrule Castle on my new horse, Hero; this turned into 'we' because Link didn't think I knew where I was going, or at least that was his excuse. That lead to a disagreement that didn't last very long when Rusl interrupted.
*Flashback*
"Your clothing is too different compare to this world … it's too futuristic."
"I don't see the problem; it would just prove my story." I stated not wanting to change my clothing that was clean enough.
"But it would make you stand out and easily identified if someone was to ask if they had seen someone in strange clothing." He argued.
I was about to retaliate with another point when Hero decided to make me get in something new by going for a swim.
*Flashback*
And that is how I got stuck being soaked in the middle of Uli's living room with wet clothes on waiting for the woman to create something from magic or maybe just alterations to some other pieces of clothing that she had. I didn't know how long it would be for her to do her thing or how long it would be before I actually headed out to the castle, but I had a feeling I had to leave within the hour. Uli left the house saying that she would return shortly, leaving me to do absolutely nothing, fun. I was positive that no one was going to walk in especially any of the males in the town; Uli was deadly serious when she walked me back to her house telling them that if they came within the corner of the tree she was going to deal with them. The house was too quiet for my liking and I wished my iPod was still alive so I could break the silence. Happily a song came to mind and since there was no one around I decided to sing the only song that made sense, knowing full well that if this place was truly a dream or when I returned home, which I would this place would not last it would be it probably won't ever happen again.
I sang quietly to myself just barely above a whisper, just ignoring everything around me. The fact that I was a threat to these people and the knowledge that my hope to get home is a complete illusion to my brain that tells me what I want, compare to what will happen. I shook my head thinking about a book called The Handmaid's Tale by Margret Atwood. Probably not the first choice in the reading selection, but it proved my own point that humans have a tendency to have hope or faith that keep's their will to live in the life before in check. 'Don't let the bastards wear you down.' was one of the phrases that Offred had found in her closet, a false hope that makes sure you don't lose yourself in the battle with the world. I smiled at the thought. If all those games of Legend of Zelda were true stories, then Link must have had to go through the desperate moments of no hope and the illusions that everything would be okay. He had to go through the phases of changes he had to make to complete his task, but he wouldn't allow the evil to change who he truly was. Stupid kid, probably another reason he wanted to go, not because he wanted to go, but his own person or soul or essence or whatever had to go. It was in that idiot's nature.
The door opened startling me as Uli and Pergie walked in as both were holding articles of clothing. Uli was holding what looked like clothes that someone would go to battle with. Pergie the other hand had what looked like a gown that someone like Zelda would wear. Each had a different set of shoe in their other hand one was a pair of boots and the other had a pair of heels.
"Okay we have two outfits; one of them is for the journey while the other is for dressing up nicely." Uli said to me as I eyed them both. "What?"
"I just don't see the purpose in the dress." I answered plainly. "You can't run in it and you can't do any martial art combat, especially with males."
The two women looked at each other. "Well that's because you're not supposed to do those things when you wear one nor should it be necessary to do so in an environment where you wear one." Pergie answered.
"I know," I said breathing out as an idea hit me. "Is it possible to make the dress shorter in length, attach some sort of leggings that are really short on the inside and have an over-layer as a long skirt that can come off?"
"Sorry we lost you at the leggings." Uli told me as Pergie nodded her head.
"If we make the dress skirt shorter then it will be easier to move around, but if we leave it like that then it still has the same problem. If we make shorts attached to the dress underneath, then it would become a skort."
"So, what about the long over-layer, what is that for?"
I smiled, "So it looks like a regular dress."
"Ah, now that is an excellent idea. Okay Uli let's go make this work." Pergie said happily skipping to the door.
Uli nodded and handed me the outfit she had. "Change into this that way you don't catch a cold and we shall be back in about ten minutes."
Every article was tight fitting, but in a good snug, not a bad one. The pants were black with white socks and the shirt which was easily notified in my head as a child's was also black. The undershirt was white and the riding/adventure boots were brown. Then there was the amour. The gloves matched the color of the boots and there was a chest plate that was made for a female, for who knows why, that was a silver color that was shaped like the torso of a dragon. With difficulty, I put it on and it sat around my torso like a sleeveless shirt. As I made sure I had everything, Uli and Pergie walked inside.
"Oh you look awesome in those like a little warrior that Hyrule needs to get their hands on, not those lame pathetic soldiers that are afraid of their own shadow." Pergie said as she looked at me.
"Thanks for the clothing; I'm surprised on how comfy this stuff really is."
"No problem Electra and look we got that dress all fixed up." Uli replied showing me the smaller dress that probably came to my mid-thigh, then she lifted to show the mini shorts underneath.
"And don't forget the over layer." Pergie added.
The dress was a candy purple with gold Celtic designs on the skirt. The long skirt that Pergie held had the same design with white outlining the gold. I personally am not a party person, but the dress definitely impressed me.
"Now that is a nice dress."
"Excellent, now let's get you bag ready." Uli announced as Pergie handed me my bag.
With much regret, I took out my jacket and school books. When it was completely emptied we filled it with useful items. First went in the dress, then some food, water and some treats for the horse that started this whole mess.
"Oh I almost forgot," Uli exclaimed as she left the room. "The sheath and sword,"
"A sword, but I don't have one anymore."
"But Rusl told Uli to give it to you the extra one, at least until you get your own weapon." Pergie clapped with glee.
"Okay, then…" I said with uncertainty as Uli came back into the room with a brown belt and sheath with the sword in its home. I placed it on so it sat under the armor. "Thank you, you didn't have to do this, especially after last night."
"We don't blame you, we are talking behind your back and we weren't saying very nice things, so before you apologize don't, we call this even."
"It was still inappropriate." I said with disappointment.
"Yes it was, bad girl. There you have been scolded, happy?" Uli said with a bit of fierceness with her hands on her hips.
I started to grin like a fool, "Yes, mother."
"If she is your mother then who am I?" Pergie asked with eagerness to have a role for who knows why.
"Aunt Pergie and Mother Uli, I must be off to go see the queen and what wisdom she has of this issue."
There was a pause. And then is shattered with giggles.
"Alright, I guess we can let you go into the big bad world, after all you have Link to keep you safe from harm." 'Aunt' Pergie told me with a sigh. "That boy may seem immortal, but he's not so you need to watch his back too."
I nodded and all of us walked out the door. The walk out of the house to meet with the boy in green was short when we turned to the opening of the town. Link, Rusl, Epona and Hero were standing quite literally on the line that Uli had set.
"These three are ready to go." Rusl reported like he was working in the military.
Link was holding onto the reins of both Epona and Hero as they managed to saddle up the rouge horse. I noticed the boy was shifting his weight back and forth from one leg to the other as he was anxious to go on another adventure, stupid kid.
"I'm also and I changed my attire, but then again, I didn't have much of a choice now did I?" I looked at Hero who snorted moving closer to me. I shook my head as I rubbed his nose.
"Great, I have my armor, you have your armor, I have my sword, you have your sword, and we both have our things, so let's go." Link said.
"Are you sure you're not missing anything?" Uli asked as the man jumped onto his horse.
"Nope,"
I got up onto my horse and he adjusted his footing. "I don't understand how he is this calm; aren't wild horses, you know, wild?"
"They are supposed to be; maybe Epona told him something in horse language, maybe Link can get an answer." Pergie stated with a smile. "He's a horse whisperer."
"No I'm not; Epona is just very obvious with her actions." Link disagreed and turned to me, "Let's go Electra, the trip shouldn't take too long a couple of hours at most, but we still need to wait to see when Queen Zelda can see us and any detours we might need to make."
"Alright, let's get going Hero." I said to the horse.
Link turned Epona around and Hero followed suit as I managed to get Hero to follow my actions. We trotted out of the village and over the ravine that didn't look like a very nice fall. It was a quick trip through the little paths and out of the forest to the plains of Hyrule Field.
"So should we just rip it or take our time to take out any wild monsters?" I asked as I took note of where the creatures were placed in the game and placed them on the map in my mind.
"I did say a couple of hours, it's really only is an hour to an hour and a half if we are ridding straight through." Link responded riding beside me. "We can work with your fighting skills and riding skills, if you want."
"You are really trying to make me trust you again, huh?"
"A little, but Rusl said that I should teach you some of our 'modern' ways of life."
"Like riding a horse instead of driving a car or using a sword instead of aiming a gun?"
"Exactly," Link said. "Hero and I did a little bit of training while you were doing your thing, giving the reason why you can ride him with your basic training."
"That does answer a few questions," I answered as two Bokoblins came into view. "Could you teach me a few tricks with moving targets?"
"Sure," Link grinned. "That's why they're there for."
We slowed our speed as we got closer to them and then we came to a stop just out of the distance of them noticing us, "Before we go and attack them for no real reason, do they reappear again after you kill them or do two different Bokoblins just take their place?"
"The red one is Bones and the blue one is Ticket they are always there no matter how many times you kill them."
"You know their names?"
"After a while of doing new moves with them, killing them, and then reforming just so you can kill them again makes the question 'why you do it' comes up, leaving a nice chat between the three of us."
"So you guys are good friends?"
"I guess you could say that, they aren't part of any group in their species and apparently they have families living around here that enjoy hearing about their tales of helping the boy in green."
I started at him blankly, "I'm not sure if I should be in awe, or if I should be questioning your motives."
Link slid off of his horse and held out his hand to help me off mine. "You can decide which 'if' you wish to follow when you meet them."
Still unsure about the abusive relationship, I took his hand and slid off Hero. I turned to the horse as he to eat my hair and started to rub his nose again which he seemed to like as his lip moved up and down to make sure his entire nose was satisfied. "You stay here with Epona while we go see those creatures and then we can run to Hyrule, alright?"
The horse nodded like he actually understood; a stretch for my belief. I left him to the female horse and Link lead the way to his 'friends'. The two Bokoblins, Bones and Ticket, were just chatting away without the care in the world.
"Hey guys, what's new?" Link called to them like they were old friends in a bar.
They turned to us and the red one, bones, started to wave. "Hey Link we've missed ya, we didn't get to see you yesterday sorry about that."
"Yeah and there are some rumors going around," The blue one, Ticket, said to Link. "Hey who's the hottie?"
"Rumors first," Link insisted. "What's going on?"
"Apparently, some loony had gathered the Bulblins for a trek of some sort, and enormous amount of power to create a portal to a realm similar to ours only centuries ahead of us. No one knows what the loony was doing, but a Bulblin and his riding stead were sent in, but never came out. After keeping the portal open for I think it was almost ten minutes, they closed it again and then sent a bunch of Bulblins to infiltrate the deepest part of the castle's dungeon to keep whatever they took from that place quote, unquote, safe until they were ready." Bones answered as he waved his arms and did charades as he explained the rumor.
I turned to Link at the same time he turned to me. I was pretty sure we were thinking the same thing, Dean.
"What else is going through Monster Valley?" Link asked turning to Ticket.
"There is another rumor that the same freak-of-nature-that-doesn't-like-peace is going to see the queen for some ancient scriptures that place a legend where this world split sending a piece of the Triforce in that realm."
"But that doesn't make any sense; there are only three pieces to the Triforce hence the name 'Tri' and last time I checked they are all here. Power which was given to or should I say stolen by that bottom-feeder Ganondorf a hundred years ago and now is without a home. Wisdom was given by birth right to Queen Zelda and then Courage which belongs to this guy." I interrupted sticking my thumb Link's way.
"Well at least my name is 'This Guy' instead of something else. That must mean you aren't as mad at me as before." Link said cheekily rubbing the back of his neck. I didn't say anything as I turned back to Bones and Ticket.
"You know a lot about the Triforce." Ticket replied and I nodded waiting for the word. "But, there is, have you ever looked at the Triforce as a whole?"
On cue Link pulled off his glove to reveal the birthmark on his right hand.
"You notice that there are three colored triangles," Bones said as he traced the triangles in the air. "But they all form to make a full triangle leaving an upside triangle blank in the middle. According to the legend scriptures, which I have at home, the center triangle was on this land before the realms split and taking the piece with it, this leads to another legend about having only a female born in the family it was left with entitled to gain it's power and some other gibberish stuff about expanding the Triforce to its full entirety. Oh wait; there was something else about seeing the queen, something about tonight…Ticket do you remember?"
The transition between the scriptures that we should probably read and the queen made me want to table-flip a table at them, except there wasn't a table … anywhere nearby. I kept my quiet to hear the part about the Zelda.
"Yes I do remember." Ticket responded rubbing his chin. "There was supposed to be a ceremony to mark the third year of the Twilight episode and I think that there was supposed to be a special guest, but on that page that loony is showing up there tonight."
"That's it, oh yeah I was supposed to give this to you from the queen." The red one said pulling out an envelope.
Link took it and started to read it quickly. "Well I guess finding a time to see her won't be a problem."
"What is it?" Bones and Ticket asked in union.
"It's an invitation to go to the ceremony." I responded scanning the letter.
"You can read this writing? I thought you said this place is not real in your world."
"That's true, but it isn't hard for me to read the characters of the language are similar to the English letters."
Link folded it up and placed it in his pouch and then he placed his glove on.
Ticket grunted. "Okay rumor time is finished, who is the hottie in armor, and you said she wasn't from our world, then that would conclude that she is what that loony brought back. You don't seem centuries ahead of our time."
I stood there like a flag pole. "Genius, aren't we?"
"Very much so, he is smart and has a photographic memory." Link said neutrally and turned back to the Bokoblin. "This is Electra Ends, she isn't from this world like you figured out and that loony you keep hearing about is a guy named Dean, not exactly sure what he is yet, but he did drag her into this world."
"Proof anyone; I want to see centuries into the future." Bones raised his voice like he was a nine year old kid about to prove his point in front of a group of people.
I rolled my eyes as I took out my iPod from the side pocket of my bag without my headphones. Bones took it and pushed the home button. It turned on to show my cover photo and the current time, it was only ten in the morning. Then something clicked. "Wait that is impossible, my iPod was dead, how is it on?"
"I don't know, but that weird looking logo in the right hand corner says it's full." Bones said as he passed it to Ticket.
"Very interesting, it is touch activated and what are those strange ripples beside that strange looking word, they are fully colored in white?"
I snatched my iPod away from Ticket and yelled with glee. "I HAVE WI-FI!" There was a pause as I looked at it again. "How the hell do I have Wi-Fi?"
Everyone looked at me like I was crazy with confusion plastered across their faces. "What is Wi-Fi?"
"It is a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet."
"Which is?" Link asked still not understanding.
"It is an internet connection and before you ask, it is something that my world cherishes. It makes the planet much smaller and easier to access information without leaving your house."
"Still don't really get it, but hey you said that means a lot in your world meaning that there is something connecting this place to there."
"Yeah…" I said looking around. I looked up and saw a tiny portal just sitting there waiting to be used, just a couple of decimetres in the air. "That is just not fair,"
"Huh, well that is an arrogant move." Link answered and I turned to him looking at the portal.
"It is official, Dean is an asshole." I unlocked my iPod and immediately went to CBC News. The page loaded and on the top three stories was little me in the picture with the title: High School Student Gets Sucked In… I tapped the story and waited for it to load.
"You're right, the writing is similar." Link said looking at the screen. "High School Student Gets Sucked Into the Legend of Zelda Realm."
"They need better titles, anyway it says that they can be one hundred percent sure that the monster they found can be identified as a monster from the game and that my Dad, Officer Don Ends, is going to work with some guy named Mickey to come and get me within the hour…" I turned off CBC and turned on Text+. "If I'm correct on where the portal was opened and that Mickey fellow will open it in the castle."
"So, what are you doing now?" Ticket asked.
"I'm going to text my dad to tell him to wait until we get there, what time are you invited to be there?"
"At sundown," Link answered and I looked up at the sky.
The sun mirrored an analog clock as if the hour hand directed where the orb would go. I looked to the west and divided up the space in the sky into hours and then put in my text for him to get there between five and six and sent the message. There was a silent moment as we stood there awkwardly when there was a beep making the three natives flinch. "That was fast."
"Hmm, I think that portal was closing because it is almost not there." Bones mumbled. "And it's gone."
"And so is my signal."
"So what did your father text, think that was the word, back?" Link asked.
"Just that he is glad I'm safe and that he will pass on the message."
"How can you not be safe? You have me to protect you."
"I told you before; I can take care of myself."
"Really, how is your swing, defense, defense stance, attack stance, your grip, or-"
"Okay, I might not know a lot about using a sword, but I have seen enough movies to get by, but I have my hand to hand combat skills and I have excellent aim." I replied crossing my arms.
"Which brings us back to why we stopped to see you two," Link said turning to his Bokofriends. "We need to give Miss. Ends a lesson on sword play."
"Oh beginners practice; we haven't done that in a while." Bones cheered.
"Why don't you just give her a bow and arrow to shoot with, if she has aim then let her use that instead of overstressing with a sword." Ticket asked.
"Because even though Zelda has unbelievable aim, she is still a sword master, it is important to have that ability to fight." Link said.
"Alright, let's get started." Bones said taking out his oversized weapon.
I took out my sword and Link and Ticket took theirs.
"Okay Electra, Bones and I are going to demonstrate and then you and Ticket will try it out; Ticket, you know what your job is right?"
"Of course, watch for any faults or anything that can be used as an advantage." Ticket responded stretching.
Without warning, Ticket charged towards me. He slashed his sword downwards like an axe. Quickly, I placed the flat of the blade catching the weapon in the middle with my free hand near the end of the blade to balance the block. The attack was strong and continued to push my sword out of the way. In reaction, I kicked the Bokoblin away and twisted my sword around Ticket's weapon, like I had seen in many movies, making it fly out of his hand. I pointed my blade at him daring him to move as he raised his hands above his head. My heart was pounding in my ears with the rush of adrenaline as I usually got when my job became interesting. Through the pound I heard clapping and turned towards it to see Link and Bones sitting on the ground beside each other.
I dropped my stance and placed my sword back in its home. "I told you I had enough to get by through movies."
"We have no idea what movies are, but hey you know how to defend a helm splitter and how to disarm. Now how is your attack and before you say something, no, falling out of a tree and being lucky to land the way you did is not an attack." Link said with a grin.
"Ha, ha you're hilarious, but what about afterwards, I was pretty good then."
"Yes, that was good, but that was pure instinct of survival. There was no rational thinking."
I gave him the victory point there. "Fine, what does the welder of the Master Sword have to teach?"
"Well there are three basic attacks: the strike, the slash and the spin attack."
I nodded as I knew what he was talking about, we got right into practice. He attacked; I blocked in the intended way for each attack, and then I attacked as he blocked. Bones and Ticket joined to create a challenge upon the lesson.
"Okay I think that is enough practice for today, it is about time you guys ahead out its two in the afternoon." Ticket said eventually.
"Yes, we don't want to be late for three reasons." Link replied and whistled. Epona and Hero trotted over. "I will see you two later and send my greetings to your families will you."
"Of course, another adventure with less death, but I'm good with that." Bones said with a smile ... As much as a Bokoblin could smile.
Link and I got onto our horses and I looked at those two creatures that looked like monsters but were not inside. "Maybe we will meet again, but for now this is good bye."
"Electra if you're in the neighborhood again, get Link to take you to our house; I'm sure the kids would enjoy seeing a female knight." Ticket replied.
A warm fuzzy feeling started to form with a hint of pride and I smiled. "Thanks Ticket."
"Okay let's head out, we still have a ride yet." Link said and I nodded.
With a tiny wave from both sides Hero and Epona took off in a trot towards the castle. The ride was a total of two and a half hours of music. Link became curious with my iPod on how it was a music device so I showed him. There was a mixture of rock music, pop, rap, dance, love songs, sad songs, and instrumental; which Link enjoyed the most because of its variety.
"Who was the composer of those songs?" Link asked as we reached the outskirts of the castle walls.
"Which one,"
"The instrumental ones, they all have the same signature."
I grinned, "Nice hearing, the songs were made by the group called Two Steps from Hell."
Link nodded as we came to the gate. "We're here, welcome to Castle Town."
I put away my device and looked through the gate. The town was definitely different on ground level compare to being on top of the wall. The crowd was really a mob of shoppers at the Black Friday store deals. "Do we have to go in there?"
"Well I don't feel like climbing the walls," Link taunted getting off of Epona. "Why is someone scared?"
"No, not at all," I said in disgust getting off Hero knowing that the horse wouldn't ride past the town bridge. "The last thing that I'm afraid of is a bunch of "city" folk that think they can fight. Colin is scarier than they are."
"Are you sure?"
"I said before, I can take care of myself without the blade on my hip; I think I can easily take care of an issue with the borrowed sword."
"Okay well then let's head in, the Queen of Hyrule is expecting us." Link said walking ahead across the bridge towards the large door.
"Correction, she is expecting you, not me."
"Never underestimate Zelda; she isn't the Triforce of Wisdom for nothing."
'Except for getting kidnapped.' I said in my head and I ran to catch up with him. "So, what do you plan on telling Zelda?"
"Depending on her mood and what we walk into, I will probably tell her just about everything. From you little adventure to what Bones and Ticket said: I'm sure there will be enough to get something out of it." Link responded as he acknowledged my presence beside him. "Just at a worst case scenario, what do you think we would walk into?"
"Why are you asking me this?" I asked as several of the Hyrulian soldiers were running like it was a training session.
"Conversation starter, wait before we head in, let's head to the little temple here, I'm sure that there are a few people inside town that are searching for me walking with a blond haired female so let's try another maneuver."
"But I'm already wearing these clothes I don't want to change again." I complained.
Link paused as he stopped walking and turned to me. "I thought that girls like to change into different outfits?"
I sighed, not only is he an idiot, but he's also naïve. "They do if they weren't being hunted down or busy or just plainly wanting to get back to their normal life."
"What, you don't like it here?"
I didn't answer looking away from him.
"And the truth is revealed. Now come, we don't have much time and besides; I'm sure you can just throw something over top of your clothes any way." The boy in green urged walking into the chapel like temple that you could never get into in the game.
Once inside the place looked similar to the modern churches for the Roman Catholic Church, but the people inside were related to the time of the knights and kingdoms when the Church was in charge of state. There were nuns and priests and then there was someone similar to a pope only way younger than any of the recent religious leaders back home. The leader was conducting a prayer in a language that seemed like Latin but definitely not as there were no words that related to the English, French or Spanish languages. Link and I waited by the door of main area until the leader finished and dismissed the servants of whatever religion was practiced here.
"Link never thought that you would have anytime to drop by except for donations, how can I help you?" the Leader said like he was seeing an old friend again.
"Holiness, this is Electra Ends and we have a bit of an issue-"
"Ah, I never thought I would see the day, you plan on marring this girl aren't you? Oh I can't wait to get the preparations set-"
"NO!" We both said at the same time.
Link sighed, "Electra isn't from around here and there is a guy running around named Dean and there might be spies looking for our arrival in town."
"Ah, I see, shoot and I thought there was going to be a wedding, at any rate let me introduce myself, I am Pope Aquila, and I have the perfect idea to solve your problem, Link I'm sure you already thought of it but it should be the perfect disguise."
"We are heading towards the castle for the queen's celebration." I explained. "And we like to go as quickly as possible so we can talk to her before the other guests arrive."
"Of course, we are ready for anything," Aquila said with a wink. "Sisters, I know you are around here, someplace, we require method royal translate right away."
Within the blink of an eye twenty 'sisters' appeared with two nun hats.
"Here you two place these on and stay in the middle of the march and as they pass the front of the gate take them off and head to your destination."
"How old are you?" I asked the Pope of Hyrule.
"About twenty-four years old, why?"
"Just curious," I responded without given the true reason. 'And this is why they need a pope in the Vatican that is young, they last longer and they can do a lot more than a ninety year old person can do.'
Link and I walked in the middle of the group of singing sisters and some priests as they walked around the town. People stopped their rushing and sang along with the choir as we went past. In no time, we were at the doors to get into the court, one of the nuns tapped on my shoulder and I dragged Link out of the crowd. I gave back the hat before I left and noticed Link did the same. We ran through the doors leaving the town behind and entered the castle grounds.
"You haven't put your hat back on." I stated walking beside him.
"No I guess I haven't, but whatever the breeze feels nice." Link said not bothering to grab it out of his pouch of inventory. "Well this should be early enough that none of the other guests could have arrive, and it is also early enough that your father would not arrive into a Palace with no one to greet him except for a couple of posted soldiers."
I looked up at the sky; it was still pure blue that was being slowly tainted by pink and purple color of twilight. It was closing in on five in the afternoon and we still needed to get the chance to see the Queen of Hyrule and have a little extra time just in case Dean's little party poopers were going to show up for the documents that were in Zelda's care with the only other copy being in the care of the two Bokofriends, but nobody else needed to know that. The castle doors were opened by the posted soldiers as they nodded their hello to Link, but immediately stopped me in my tracks.
"Sorry miss, but this is a formal gathering, if you want to head inside you need to change out of the formal attire for males and into attire for a female." The soldier said on the right.
"But she does-"
"Alright, if that's the ruling for this gathering... but I can't change here." I interrupted Link before he could say anything else. "Still, I don't see what is wrong with these clothes."
"There is a little room, a closet if you will, just inside the door; you can change there." The soldier on the left said in a much deeper voice ignoring my little comment. "Follow me."
We walked inside and sure enough just on the inside of the door there was a small walk-in closet that was lit up by a torch on each wall. I walked in and the soldier closed the door behind me.
"I can't believe I had to wear this ... Uli, I swear you can see into the future with your ESP." I whispered to myself as I changed into the gown that was in my bag. I place the armor plate that was on my torso again and my sword around my hip while the rest of it was placed back into the bag. I took out my hairbrush and a hair-elastic and started to do my hair with mirror in the back of the closet. When I was finished my was in a partially ponytail that was on the top of my head and left the rest loose. I put on the silk gloves that were white with purple and gold thread designs on them, which went up to the middle of my bicep, Uli must have slipped them in without me noticing, and I placed my bag on the shelf and walked out of the closet.
"Formal enough?" The three men looked at me in surprise, more so Link then the two soldiers, but they were surprised making me feel a little subconscious about myself for no apparent reason. "What?"
"Nothing!" The three of them said in union.
This made me look over what I was wearing.
"There is nothing wrong with it Electra; it's just that we never actually expected you to pull it off, like you're more of a fighter then a beauty queen." Link said with a simple childish tone.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked with a bit of agitation with his comment.
"No, dammit that came out wrong, you didn't seem like the one that would wear a dress because of how well you put on the armor, and from what Link tells me you are a fighter not someone who goes to parties- Arg okay, I'm just digging an even deeper grave..." The soldier with the deep voice said.
"What they are trying to say is that you are just as beautiful in the fighting outfit as you are in a formal outfit." Someone said on the left.
We turned towards it and noticed Zelda about four feet away. Immediately the three men went down on one knee with their heads bowed, while I stood there feeling like somewhat of an idiot without having a clue on what to do.
"Rise; there is no reason to be formal." The queen said and the three men rose. "You two soldiers are dismissed back to your stations; our guests will be arriving soon."
"Yes your majesty." They said together and headed back out the doors, closing them as they walked out.
"Link I'm glad you came, I'm guessing you got the invitation."
"Yes, but I also needed to speak with you." Link answered.
"I've noticed; you are about a half hour early." Zelda said with no emotion. "Come let's speak in the throne room."
Link nodded and let me walk ahead while he took the rear. I looked at the vast castle. Though the sight was incredible, I was looking for any sight of what I had seen in the dungeons below, but there wasn't a single sight of them. We walked in silence as we went towards the doors at the end of the hall. Zelda opened the doors and the swung with ease to reveal the throne room and someone in black in the middle facing the throne. We walked in and the doors closed behind us.
"I'm guessing Link is here now?" The one in black said in a female voice making Link flinch ever so slightly next to me. The woman turned around to face us and I caught myself before I did something that I wouldn't even know.
"Midna..." Link confirmed my knowledge with an out of breath reply.
"Yup, it is I, but who is your girlfriend, I don't recall seeing her before?" Midna asked making me want to fall to the floor like in an anime.
"No, this is Electra Ends and there is really long story I need to tell and see if you two can help." Link responded without a reaction to what Midna had said and told them the two day adventure.
"That is strange." Zelda stated.
"On which level?" I asked shifting my wait.
"Many, the Bulblins that you spoke of were only here for that one day and really for only an hour after Link left, because the guards got rid of them after the shift. We lost all of the guards on that shift and that explains why those Bulblins were there in the first place."
"You don't seem all that different considering you're from a different dimension." Midna said observing me closely.
"Trust me, the technology here is completely historic compare to what I'm used to, minus the little magic trick that fiend pulled, that was new, but all of this is hundreds of years into the past for my world's history."
"And you have proof of this?" Zelda asked and Link nodded quickly.
"Yeah it is in my bag which is in the cl- or right here." I started and my bag appeared in front of Midna.
"Well the material seems quite different it isn't leather it is a very strange cloth material that even I have never seen."
"It's a material called polyester, a material that is quite common and man-made."
Link grabbed my bag and handed it to me. I went straight to the side pouch and pulled out my iPod and turned it on. The two queens looked at the machine with great interest as Zelda dared to slide 'the unlock key' switch that asked for a password. I quickly unlocked it and gave it to them.
"This is my useful tool as well as my toy and by the looks of it my Dad hasn't connected any portals to this world yet."
"How do you know that?" Midna asked tapping something.
"Because I don't have any Wi-Fi signal." I answered and the two of them nodded like they knew what I was talking about and from my own knowledge I wouldn't doubt it that they had.
"Is that your father?" Zelda asked flipping the device in Link and my direction. Sure enough one of the few pictures I had on there was my Dad and I standing in front of his cruiser with the sun brightening our faces just before I started my graduating year.
"Yup," I sighed taking my iPod back from the two queens and put it in my bag.
"So what do you plan on doing when your father comes though the portal?"
"How about killing him?" Someone rasped behind the throne.
"Show yourself," Link yelled as he drew his sword and moved quickly in front of the rest of us.
"Oh come on I was kidding, sort of." The voice said as he came out of hiding. "Hello Themis, it has been a while hasn't it?"
"It's only been nine hours," I growled. "And I told you, my name isn't Themis, it's Electra and personally I could have gone the rest of my life without meeting you let alone seeing you twice in one day."
"Ouch that's a bit harsh don't you think?"
"No."
"Hm, well I guess that answer could have been worse..."
"Who are you and how did you get on the grounds?" Zelda asked viciously.
"My name is Dean, and how I got in; well it was something like," Dean started and disappeared just to appear behind me. "This, what do you think, impressed?"
Without hesitation or even thinking I grabbed my sword and swung it as I turned around. Dean moved backwards, but not fast enough as the tip of the blade had blood on it as dripped on the floor.
"Hey, you almost killed me there!"
"What do you want?" Zelda asked ignoring Dean's whine as he healed almost instantaneously.
"I was wondering if I could have the scriptures of the separation, please."
"And why would you need such readings? You seem to be handling yourself quite well without having to look at a fairy tale." Midna asked.
"Well I guess there is no point in continuing this discussion, because the outcome would be the same anyways, Bulblins capture them, but kill the boy; he will be a problem if we don't." Dean said calmly crossing his arms and a loud battle cry came from throughout the throne room and the upper floor that had a balcony that over looked the room.
"That did not sound like a small amount of them." Link stated looking around. "This reminds me of that tournament."
Dean disappeared and I turned around to see Zelda smirking. "If he thinks that we are going down without a fight then he is sadly mistaken, Midna, are you ready?"
"More then you will ever know." The Twilight Queen said as her hand started to create a deep purple ball.
"Excellent," Zelda replied and a bright light appeared from her and then disappeared to show the Sheik form of Zelda holding needles between her fingers. I blinked in surprise. Super Smash Brothers' Brawl must have really messed up with the time lines and abilities, not that I would be complaining, all in for Sheik.
The first Bulblins appeared from the balconies as the jumped downed and came from in behind the throne. There was about forty of them and there was definitely more to come.
I shook my head in annoyance; I thought those little green creatures were annoying in the game and now they really should all just parish, it would solve a lot of problems.
"I certainly not allowing myself to get captured, that would be the second time in the last twenty-four hours, I don't want to have that sort of reputation." I said detaching the long skirt. I put it in my bag and threw it into the throne chair making sure I hit a Bulblin or two on the way. The shorter skirt came up to my mid-thigh, so it was up to my expectations of movement.
The team consisted of two swords, explosive balls of magic, needles, a chain, and martial arts against a hoard that didn't have a definite amount. There were slashes and dodges with a chain clinking against enemy weapons and explosions that made five Bulblins at a time disappear from the face of the planet. My attackers weren't so different from the last attackers from the dungeons, which was perfect. An attack here and a block and disarm there it was going really well for our group of four. But unfortunately as time went on, the waves of monsters didn't seem to stop and we were starting to wear thin. I finished up with what seemed to be one of the newer wave monsters and a club hit my sword making it snap in half… again.
"Dammit, what is with these swords?" I asked chucking the rest of the sword that I had left at the Bulblin that busted it sending him down and out.
"Electra, behind you!" Link called from across the room.
I turned around just as a Bulblin appeared and swung at me catching my right shoulder, but somehow not ripping the dress. Pain struck my arm and made me move quickly away, but only to run into another one. It turned around and growled making me move towards the first one.
"Ah, fuck this shit," I yelled feeling anger rise in me taking the pain out of my arm. "Your kind is about to have a very bad day."
I slipped to the side as both clubs came down and grabbed the first club close to the handle making the Bulblin unable to use it. Quickly taking it over my bleeding shoulder, I used the momentum to flip the monster onto is partner, while still keeping the club.
"Have a nice day!" I said as I smashed it down on top of the mess and snapped the club in two. I turned towards Link to see how he was doing and he had managed to get back towards me as he also finished up his mob. I started running towards him and suddenly a really big Bulblin, King Bulblin, appeared behind him. "Link, watch it!"
"What?" He asked as he turned towards me as I pushed him out of the way as King Bulblin's really big axe started to rise for the strike.
"Electra!" Link called as I watched the axe started to fall.
Then there was the sounds of gun shoots filled the air. The King Bulblin fell to the side and shattered into dust as a tiny silver bullet fell to the ground.