Riiight! Chapter two up, for a friend of mine. don't want to let him wait, poor thing XD
again, I don't own Zelda, Link and stuff, nintendo does. They own most cool things...sigh
I do own the OC's Ashra and Gordan. (Mine! Grabs Ashra and Gordan, glares evily)
'YOU
IDIOT!'
'Sorry.'
'YOU INCOMPETENT FOOL!'
'Sorry
again.' Ashra looked up at her father's face, which was red with
rage.
'You think SORRY will make up for your mistake?! Lord
Ganondorf entrusts you with one simple task and you BLOW IT!'
Ashra had never seen her father so furious. She'd screwed up
before, but this time it was serious.
'I knew it! I knew you
were worthless! No good, weak, little…'
'Gordan!' Ashra
witnessed how the sound of this low, threatening voice made her
father's face turn as pale as the midnight moon as he turned to
face his King.
'Y…yes…my Lord?'
'If
he were to bow any deeper, his head would be in the sand. Right where
it should be…' Ashra
thought.
'You shouldn't be so hard on the girl, Gordan. So she
made a mistake. It's only human.' Ganondorf said and put his hand
on Gordan's shoulder.
'But…but my lord, she..' Gordan
started to protest, but one look from his King made it clear that no
further protest would be tolerated. Lest it be extremely painful for
the protester.
Then Ganondorf turned to Ashra. 'What happened,
my dear??' he asked in an overly concerned tone, like a father
fussing over his sick child.
'I was told you never miss.
'
Ashra's expression was set in stone and it didn't
change.
'He was too quick for me.' She said. 'He dodged and
came at me. I only had one chance to escape and I took it.'
Ganondorf nodded, an understanding look on his face.
'It's
true my Lord. One of her arrows is missing…' said a rat faced
Gerudo in a corner of the Throne room.
'I'm very sorry, my
Lord.' Ashra said
'No matter. Tomorrow is another day! You can
try again then.' The way the Great Gerudo King spoke made it sound
like it was a game played by silly little children.
'Yes my
Lord.' Ashra said. She bowed for the door.
'Perhaps you'd
like me to bring you his heart as proof, next time.' She muttered
under her breath.
'What an excellent idea, Ashra!' Ganondorf
said full of enthusiasm.
'I prefer his head though. It will be
a nice addition to the wall above the fireplace in my room.'
'Yes…my
Lord.' Ashra bowed again and left.
'Me
and my big mouth.' She
thought as she walked on to the balcony outside of her room. She
sighed as she watched the land of Hyrule prepare for slumber. The
crimson sun was setting in the distance behind the mountains
surrounding Lake Hylia and it was taking Ashra's mood with it.
Killing Keese and other monsters was one thing, but a person? A human
being? She had failed to do so once…what if she failed again?
'It's kill or be killed.' She said as she shrugged and
turned inside. Ashra decided to ask Ganondorf where she would be able
to find the hero and headed for his study. When she arrived however,
she found the room empty. Save for the endless clutter of tomes and
scrolls of course. One of the Gerudo - house rules, (yes, they have
those) was never to enter the King's study without an
invitation.
'Well,
our primary rule is not to get caught…'
Ashra thought and slowly stepped inside. She decided to take another
look at that mural and carefully made her way to the far side of the
room. Why carefully? Well, she's doing something she shouldn't be
doing and she's a Gerudo, a thief. It's called, instinct.
She
was half way across the room when suddenly she felt a jerk at her leg
and found herself face to face with the floor. Her foot had gotten
stuck behind a pile of books and during her fall she had managed to
drag one of the small, scroll covered end tables down with her. Some
thief…
She cursed herself to hell under her breath under her
breath while quickly placing everything back on the table.
'What
the…' an envelope had appeared from under the scrolls. It was
clearly old an a little faded. More importantly, it had Ashra's
name on it. When the young girl recognized her mother's
handwriting, she didn't hesitate. She stuffed the envelope under
her shirt and bolted out of the study, to her room. There, she locked
the door and crawled under her covers, something she always did when
she was frightened or nervous. Her hands trembled ash she broke the
seal on the envelop and removed the letter it contained. Tears welled
in her eyes when Ashra read those oh so familiar words.
My dearest
sunflower.
If you are reading this letter, you are, no doubt,
sitting under your covers on your bed. But if you read this note,
then I have left you. For this I am truly sorry. I do not expect you
to understand my actions just yet. You are far too young, but one day
you will have to choose your path and everything will become clear.
If you choose to stay with your father and the Gerudo, then I bid you
farewell, for our paths will never cross again.
But if you are
anything like me, then you know the desert can never be your home, no
mater how much you want it to be. If you whish to know who you truly
are, then come find me. You will always have a home with the Sheikah.
You are truly my greatest treasure and I hope I will be able to hold
you in my arms soon.
Follow your heart.
With
love
your mother.
PS: tell your father I love him.
The
tears were now streaming down Ashra's face and she read the letter
over and over again. All these years she had hated her mother for
leaving her. If she had gotten the letter sooner like she should
have…
Why had Ganondorf kept that for ten years?! And her
father? Did he know about this? Ashra felt betrayed and more alone
than ever. How could she stay now? How could she serve a man she
couldn't trust?
'But
if I leave…I'll be deserter. They'll hunt me down and kill me.'Ashra
thought. She pondered over her options for a while and then pulled
the covers from over her head.
'Well, best not get caught then.'
She said to herself.
She grabbed her bow and arrows and wrapped
herself up in a black travelling cloak. She hastily scribbled down a
note for her father and headed for her balcony. She leapt over the
edge with an agile swing, landed safely on the ground and disappeared
into the night.
Next chap is going to be longer and it's my favorite chapter so far It containes one of my favorite OC's and I'm looking to use it in future chapters. I realy love that OC...
Anyway R&R please!
