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Sesshy: I'm not even going to bother to tell you to hurry up…
Starlighter: Awww, but you're taking the fun out of your impatient character! WEEE, I'm extra happy today, October 7, I DECORATED MY HOUSE FOR HALLOWEEN! YAY! ok, that's all, I had to tell the world…
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The Day…
"My lord! We have reached the Noreyen borders! Shall I order the attack without warning?" The King of Hyrule looked up at his general's face and shook his head. "No, we are attacking the forts only, the people of this kingdom have no debts with us, warn them that their town is under attack and to evacuate. Attack only soldiers leave the people be. Should the men attack you only knock them out, do not kill them." The General nodded and with a bow left the King's presence. The King looked around at the small sleepy town, as if in a trance his eyes landed on the high moon and his chest lifted and fell with his loud and saddened sigh. "Goddesses, forgive me for what I am about to do, but surely you three understand that no one, no one insults my daughter in such a way and escapes without a scratch!" His last words caused him to grip his horses' reigns, with one last look towards the moon he let out a yelp for the horse to go forward, towards his soldiers' ranks, were he would begin the war against Noreyes.
Skillfully a shadow slipped past the guards towards the one guard that would light the fire beacons to warn for an attack. He reached the man standing with his back toward the border of Noreyes and with one swipe of the shadow's blade slit the man's neck, as hot liquid trickled through his fingers holding the guard's neck he gently set him down in a sitting position faking slumber. The shadow smiled sinisterly and crept back into the darkness of the night.
The moon still high in the skies fell as a sole witness to the massacre of soldiers under the cover her dark surrounding, for the soldiers of Noreyes were blind this night, without their warning beacon to alight their hope for aid their spirits dropped but then rose to the skies, the swift pain of a blade or and arrow coming to contact with their bodies their last memory. Only few escaped, and as they rode towards their King, the dared not look back to their comrades, for there were only bodies and blood to be seen with the flames eating at their fort. On they rode, on to give their King the warning….of war.
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He held his hands together as if in prayer and opened his eyes slowly to the rising light in the east, it marked the beginning of this special day, this day that marked the beginning of a heavy war of titans, for that is what they could only be compared to, these kingdoms, titans…His lips curled into a smile again, that same sinister smile he wore that same night that he had so silently ended the life of a man. A man that would have thwarted his father's plans…for his war would have still taken place, but he would not have the Kingdom of Noreyes, much less Hyrule. "Poor poor daddy, you think I'm under your control, and with this you think that I am like one of your stupid minion generals that fall loyal under your reign, ha! I shall be the one to make sure those I aided to escape last night will come right when the wedding commences, right before they say 'I do' right before there is any union, just in time for the Prince to fall out with Noreyen ranks and aid in the war, for that is what he will surely do. And then, there will be nothing left for daddy to do, but pull his hair out in rage for loosing his kingdoms! Because, in this war, I too will make sure his sole heir dies!"
IN THE PRESENT
A carriage arrived at the end of the center carpet, a white carriage with light satin golden curtains, orchids springing from random places giving the carriage a natural beauty look, the steps under the doors were embedded with gold designs in the shape of orchids and then, the door opened. Out stepped the Queen, in a beautiful golden gown, her shoes sparkled with stones that resembled dew in the early morn. The gown was Elizabethan style, her hair was tied up in a high bun concealed behind her brilliant crown marking her status as Queen of Noreyes. Her eyes wondered amongst the crowd and as they landed upon Link, they held still with a most mischievous look, without further ado she bowed and stepped aside, one hand held out for the Princess to step out.
Her hand took hold of the Queen's, her soft glove held the crowd in a breath waiting to see the rest of her. Next, a shoe that too shined with stoned like the morning dew, another gloved hand holding the gown high enough to step out of the carriage without slipping. The crows still held in a breath as she slowly stepped out fully. Now their eyes fell upon the most beautiful white gown they had ever seen. Her veil hung loosely over her porcelain face, so thin it was that you could see her hair tied in a semi high bun with loose strands of curly red hair hanging stylishly in the front and in the back. Her crown over her veil sparkled with radiance in the sunlight. The veil ended at the beginning of her dress which was rather odd to the crowd but beautiful non-the less. The top part was pointed upwards toward her neck, the unconnected sleeves were of a shapeable see through material that fluffed upwards following the pattern of her top, and they started a little below her shoulders displaying her creamy skin. The rest of her top ended in a V shape below her hips that opened up the dress's skirt into an upside down bowl shape, there was that trade mark strip in the middle of the skirt that seemed to divide the skirt and give the illusion of showing of the skirt underneath the main skirt. The top was also engraved that edges top and bottom with delicate hand painted golden orchids, the golden paint which also gleamed in the sunlight.
The ladies and gentlemen of the court nodded their heads in approval of such a beautiful sight and applauded at the princess' graceful walk towards her prince. Underneath the veil, if one were to ignore the excitement and detail her face, you would catch a tear rolling down her check and slight look of sadness across her face. No matter how fine her life was now, she still, in her heart, yearned for that dream wedding. "…..back home" she whispered before smiling at Link and taking his arm into the temple.
They walked, arm in arm, heart in heart, towards the elderly man with the religious symbols, and royal robes, waiting for the young couple. The people followed the couple and then took their seats accordingly inside the temple. They kneeled in front of the man and he began the ceremony. Malon, drowning out his words, thought only of home, where she would, or should be at this moment in her life. Instead of the King and Queen, her Uncle, instead of this temple, the Temple of Time, instead of this place…Hyrule. Tears unknowingly rolled down her cheeks, Link noticed them and gave her a gentle squeeze with his hand on her hand. This took her out of her thoughts and she managed a small smile and a glance towards her future husband. The elderly man, went on without noticing this exchange between the two. His words now entering Malon's head, she listened, eyes closed, tears still rolling down her face. His words became an echo and she fell into a trance, everything she heard was slow and dream like.
A loud blast was heard and in her mind it sounded like an explosion right beside her, she turned to the source and there stood three bloody soldiers in gasp for breath. In her ears their breaths were louder than normal, slower than normal, and then they spoke, in a booming voice, "My lord! Hyrule attacks at the eastern border! They have destroyed our forts, our men are dead...we are the sole survivors. They spared the people of the town, but our men sir! Our border! They have taken it!" The young man fainted into the arms of his comrades, as the King rose from his throne and stood there speechless. Malon looked from the young man to the King, everything still not registering, the only place her mind kept repeating all morning was now attacking Noreyes. She couldn't believe it, but just as quick as the man fainted, everything now turned into a faster than normal pace. Link stood from his kneeling position and walked over to the King and shook him back into reality.
"Sire! Snap out of it!" The King looked at Link and took him by the shoulders. "I don't understand, why Hyrule would attack us like this? This…this…..this is an outrage!" At that moment an unknown messenger enters panting and out of breath. "My lord! I have a message from the King of Hyrule!" The King of Noreyes stepped forward to accept the letter when the King of Osirian snatches it and reads it over quickly. "Christopher wha-" "My lord, this is far worse than I thought!" A wicked glint had formed in Christopher's eyes as he stepped over to the stupefied King of Noreyes. "In my order, I, King Julius of Hyrule, attack your land with the purpose of taking over what in century's past was once mine, too far have you reigned over a land that my past generations once reined! It is time to claim what in rights is mine!" The King pretended to read the letter, "My lord! He plans to destroy Noreyes and claim this as his throne!" Christopher pointed to the King's chair, as the King and everybody in the temple followed Christopher's hand to the throne, Christopher tucked the letter away in his robes and walked toward the King standing in front of his son. "My lord, you are right in that this is an outrage, we must fight! I will aid you, it would be my honor." He bowed he head, the King looked around at his people and the stepped forward to make a speech.
"I do not know why the King of Hyrule now decided to take a dead issue and jolt it back to life with this declaration of War, but I am not one to take it lightly, and seeing as he has already attacked our borders, let us now fight back! If it is a war that King Julius wants, a war he shall have!" The King turned back to his "daughter" and held out his hand to her. She walked forwards and took his hand, he turned his whole body towards her and enclosed her hand in his and in the softest of whispers he said, "In the short time that you have been with us….my wife has learned to love you like she once loved our dearest, however hard I have been with you, know that I too have learned to love you as such." A tear, one of many before, rolled down her rosy cheek once more, the King wiped it away and kissed her forehead lightly. "We will win this war, and when it is over, what was started today, will be finished. I promise you that." That said he walked away calling is guards towards him. The crows followed suit, exiting the temple, all the while whispering amongst each other glancing at the entranced princess. The Queen stepped forward and touched Malon's shoulder gently, Malon turned in reaction, the Queen met her eyes and nodded leaning in to kiss her on her cheek. "It is best that we leave now, in time such as these we must head toward the safety of our castle. Come dear." Malon turned wordlessly towards Link and with tear filled eyes, called him towards her with her whole heart.
Following that look in her eyes he ran towards her and cupped her face in his, "Everything will be alright, go with the Queen, you must be safe." Malon bowed her head, "I am only safe with with me, come with me to the castle." Link kissed her passionately and parted soon after. "I cannot, I need to find out what has happened, you know as well as I do that King Julius would not start a war over that….it's not….it just doesn't connect in my head. I need to find out, I need to get to him." Malon shook her head, "No, no, no, no, Link, with what happened, you leaving the princess of Hyrule, he will not accept a meeting with you, he will not. He will kill you! That's probably the real reason he is attacking this kingdom, because of our wedding! You cannot go out there!" Link smiled and kissed her forehead, "I will tell the King that I will aid in battle, which will get me out there, once there I will find a way to reach the King. Zelda will most likely be with him, if she and I can somehow restore his memory about my being the Hero of Time and the trust he held with me then, he will accept a meeting with me. He will. I promise, he won't kill me. I'll come back, I swear, for all my love for you, I will come back to you no matter what."
He kissed her once more and then pushed her towards the entrance were the Queen waited for her to follow suit. With a heavy heart she walked towards the Queen and followed her into the carriage they had first arrived in and left to the castle. Once gone Link turned to the King of Osirian and glared at him with the fiercest glare he could muster. "Now what have you done? Surely-" "Oh don't patronize me Link! As I recall, you agreed to leave Zelda and marry Eleanor….or should I say Malon? Oh? You don't look surprised, I expected you not to, as I had suspected with that mushy moment you two are back together. However that won't save her, the King of Hyrule is on a rampage to avenge the abandoning of his daughter, he is blinded! He will find Malon and Kill her!" Link's eyes widened taking in his father's words. It was true, blinded by a heavy emotion such as rage could enable any person to such an act. He had to get to the King as soon as possible.
"I am going to aid the King of Noreyes in battle, after I am through with that, because I will get to the King of Hyrule and stop this stupid war that you started, I will expose you and have you arrested! You no longer intimidate me father! No, Malon is safe, you can't harm her any longer! The war with Hyrule has been started, you cannot threaten me with that any more either!" His father held a sinister smile and paced lightly towards his son, his eyes holding a forbidden secret, "Do as you wish, but know this, during our stay here, instigating this war was not all my evil has been up to, no, what if I told you that I know of that other realm in which you were the so called Hero of Time, what if I told you that I sent troops to find the great evil which threatened your beloved land and that I now hold him captive!" the King said in a crazy tone, "I hold you to a bluff! You may hold knowledge of that, but Ganondorf is safely within the sacred realm locked away for all eternity!" The King smile became wider, "But not his good half, oh no, his good half I hold and that I have enough to call his other half to this realm and call his evil reign over Hyrule once again!"
Link turned his back on his father and began to walk down the isle toward the doors of the temple. "Oh you think I lie, but in your mind there is that doubt, that doubt that will eat at your every wimb until what I have said either comes true or not! Ahahaha! Ahahahaha! AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Link walked out of the temple leaving his maniacal father in the temple. "I have to get to the King and Zelda now more than ever, if what my father says is true, than we are in far more trouble than this war."
Starlighter: OK OK OK! I know that this was another informational chapter but, I just can't seem to get to the war part…..it frightens me!
Sesshy: Why?
Starlighter: Well…I'm not sure I can write it as I want it to come out, oh well, I'll just write the next chapter carefully, yes there will be battle in the following chapter! WAR I TELL YOU WAR! hehe, ok anyway, as usual REVEW REVIEW REVIEW!