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Chapter 2
The Unexpected Visitor
Princess Zelda was sitting in the lounge room at the Gerudo Fortress, she was by herself again as she preferred it. She sat daydreaming while she gazed out the window. The wind was making patterns with the sand outside as it blowed the sand every whichway. Nabooru wasn't there, which was a rarity, as much as Zelda appreciated Nabooru for taking her in, she got annoyed with the Gerudo hanging around her all the time. It was just what the Princess needed...a babysitter. Zelda was almost an adult and she was getting sick of everybody treating her like a child. Even before Vathel had taken over her kingdom, someone was always spying on her watching her every move.
Nabooru had left to go find more people to help with their plan. The plan was to aquire enough people to form a rebellion that would go against the dark elves. So far they had only gained the trust of the women of Gerudo dessert but most of the time they were too busy trying to guard the fortress, about once a week a dark elf commander would come and try to gain control of the Gerudo Fortress but had no luck. Nabooru was currently in the Kokiri Forrest trying to find some survivors that lived inside of the Deku Tree to come and join them.
Like Zelda cared. Nobody ever asked her opinion about things and nobody listend to her when she did speak. Zelda had made several attempts to persuade the guard to let her go out. Nabooru had said the guard was to keep people from getting in, but everyone knew it was just to keep Zelda from getting out. She had began to grow restless after about twenty minutes of doing nothing. She put her head in her hands as she shook her head in disapproval. Her kingdom was going down the drain and she couldn't do anything about it.
Nabooru had promised to be back in a few short hours, but she had been gone for most of the day, she left in the early morning and now it was almost twilight outside. During the time Nabooru was gone, Zelda got to do nothing as usual. She talked to no one and no one talked to her, she almost wished that she wouldn't have come to the fortress and would've gotten captured instead. It was probably more exciting than this.
"Umm...excuse me. Do you know when Nabooru is coming back?" Zelda asked the guard timidly.
"She'll be back shortly." the guard said saying as little as possible before he reassumed his position.
"Oh...thanks." Zelda said as she sat back down and went back to waiting. The guard had been saying the same thing for the past two hours and Zelda was beginning to worry if something bad had happend to her friend. If something bad did happen Zelda didn't know where else she would go. She hadn't made any alliances with the women outside of the fortress and she was pretty sure none of them liked her. The Gerudos were thieves which meant that they didn't get along with the royal family. So most of the women hated her.
Her eyes had grown weary from being tired and bored and she decided that she couldn't wait for the Gerudo leader any longer. She took one last peek outside and noticed now that the sky had tured dark. Zelda slowly got out of her chair and went in the direction of the bedroom.
As soon as she had reached halfway down the hallway the front door slammed open.
Nabooru had just returned along with three other people that Zelda did not recognize. They didn't look as if they were Kokiri. One was tall and had dark black hair that covered his dark blue eyes, he wore heavy metal armor that covered his whole body and was carrying a large sword behind his back. The second person was a little bit shorter and had light brown short hair with silver eyes, he didn't look like much of a warrior compared to the man next to him, he had a sword too but it wasn't nearly as big as his friends and he wasn't wearing armor, he had scars all over his arms and looked very tired, and finally the third person was a young girl that looked no older than Zelda, she had flamboyant red hair that hung a little past her shoulders and bright green eyes, she also wore a lot of heavy armor like the man with black hair, she carried two large swords in on the side of her belt. The girl unlike the other too, looked more welcoming then the boys, she wore a more playful look on her face while the other two had solemn serious looks that covered their face like a shadow. But the thing they had in common was that they all look around the same age as Zelda.
"Zelda..." Nabooru said, "Come here I want you to meet these people. Don't be rude." Nabooru said, treating Zelda as if she were a child yet again.
Zelda reluctantly walked over, feeling furious that Nabooru had treated her like this in front of these people that she hardly knew. It was ridiculous that Nabooru was only 2 years older than her and she acted as if she were Zelda's mother.
"The guy with the black hair is Owyn," Nabooru said. The man nodded and then looked away nervously. "This is his brother Raen." Nabooru said pointing to the guy with light brown hair. Raen gave Zelda a weak smile. "And this..."
"I am Araxia." the girl introduced herself putting her hand out to shake Zelda's.
"Oh, hi...I'm..."
"Zelda. I know you are the princess after all..duh." the girl said cutting Zelda off. Zelda just blushed. The girl had surprised her with by being so outgoing. She expected her to be shy like the other too.
"Oh..um...thanks.." Zelda said not knowing what to say. "Are you their sister?" she said trying to make small talk with her visitors.
"Pssh...are you kidding...I would rather die than be related to those two." Araxia said, Zelda couldn't tell if she was joking or not. "But no, I met those two idiots in the Great Deku Tree about two years ago, I guess you could say they were my brothers because they act like it." Zelda assumed the girl was just kidding because she had a big smile on her face. "I swear these two follow me everywhere, I can't get any privacy." Araxia said continuing.
"Well with your big mouth, you need protection." Owyn said merging his way into the conversation.
Nabooru gave Zelda a slight push. "What?" Zelda whispered looking at Nabooru wondering what on earth she wanted this time.
"Don't be rude to our guests, ask them if they are hungry." Nabooru said with a stern look on her face.
"Oh sorry." Zelda said, she really wasn't, she was just the opposite. Why couldn't Nabooru do it? Zelda wasn't a servant, she was a princess and since she had been her she got no respect from anybody so why should she have to pay their guests some? But as usual Zelda didn't want to make a fuss so she asked if the three house guests wanted any fruit, vegtables, or goat milk. Nabooru hadn't been able to go out to get meat for quite some time, it was hard to come around good food now that the dark elves had taken over, so there wasn't much to make a feast with. Thankfully all of the guests politely refused so it was one less chore for the princess to do.
After Nabooru had Zelda show the guests where they would be sleeping and give them the tour of the fortress, Nabooru decided it was time to start discussing what they should do with the rebellion.
"Well lets get down to buisness now shall we?" Nabooru said while she pushed her flaming red pony tail off of her shoulder and sat down on a chair that was centered around a big oak table. The only time Nabooru used the table was normally for meeting. Nabooru beckoned for the rest of her company to sit with her. The four obliged and sat down at the table with her. Zelda distanced herself away from Owyn, Raen, and Araxia, but despite her efforts Araxia sat down next to her anyway. Zelda didn't care though, maybe she'd finally make a friend in her own god awful prison.
"As you can see we don't have much here, we've got you three," Nabooru said beckoning to the three newcomers, "and a few of my Gerudo women have agreed to fight also."
"Not true," Raen said, "There is a small rebellion in the south that has taken camp by Lake Hylia, me and my brother Owyn are friends with their leader, I don't know how many people are in that group but I am sure that they would be more than happy to help."
"Quiet little brother, we haven't seen them in almost two years. We don't even know if they are still settled in Lake Hylia, they've probably moved, or worse they are probably dead." Owyn said solemnly. Zelda was shocked by his words, it wasn't hard to tell which brother was opptimistic and which one was pessimistic. Whenever Owyn would speak he wouldn't look up at anyone but instead just stare at the ground or ceiling, his odd behavior made Zelda curious.
"Why are you like that?" Zelda pondered in her head as she stared at Owyn without him noticing, she hardly paid attention to what the others were saying but instead watched Owyn's actions. Whenever anybody said something that was positive his face would crease into a slight frown, then he would say something negative. Him and Araxia butted heads quite a bit.
Nothing of much interest was really accomplised, mostly the four would squabble over silly things. "Nabooru is not a very good leader." Zelda thought to herself with a bit of satisfaction. She didn't care anymore if Nabooru was the one that had taken her under her wing. Zelda would much rather prefer to be alone then be dictated by someone else.
Owyn didn't like Nabooru much either, she was too weak. She may have been the leader of the Gerudo's but what good was that? She was only a woman, a man would've suited the job much better. Owyn was feeling quite annoyed with everyone, his brother and Araxia were both idiotic, they didn't think things through rationally and always thought things would work out for the best, didn't they realize that life was not perfect? And another thing that had bothered him was that he noticed Zelda staring at him with her sky blue eyes. He would admit that she was cute and that she was a princess but still it was rude to stare and Owyn didn't care for people with staring problems.
"Okay...I'm going to bed." Owyn said standing up from the table. He had caught Zelda staring at him again and Araxia and Raen were both still being very stupid. He got up and pushed in his chair before Araxia came running after him.
"Are you angry? You can't be angry just because we don't agree with you. Will you stop walking and tell me why you're going to bed?" Araxia said following Owyn all the way down the hall until he had reached his bedroom.
"I am not angry, I am tired, you are making me angry, yes I disagree with you because you are being idiots and I don't want to argue any longer so hence I am going to sleep, now will you leave me alone?" Owyn asked getting irritared with Araxia.
"Maybe if you weren't so negative all the time Abby would still be here." Araxia said in a hushed voice before she stormed off. Owyn couldn't believe that she had brought Abby up, so he did the only thing he could think off, he slammed his door and attempted to go to sleep.
Araxia was mad no doubt, it wasn't any fun when you thought you had a good idea and then Owyn went and ruined it. He did it all the time and she was getting sick of it, you think he would learn after what had happened with Abby. The three remainding people were still sitting at the oak table in silence, one by one they got up and started to walk off to bed, it wasn't too late in the night but it had been a long and stressful day, the journey had taken over at least half the day!
"We'll try again tomorrow." Raen said patting Araxia on the shoulder putting he retreated to bed. He was referring to his brother. Owyn went on spurts, some days he would be the happiest guy in the world and other days he would be like he was today, thickheaded and glum. It wasn't fair to everybody else, it really toyed around with everybody's emotions.
"I can't believe I used to like that jerk." Araxia thought to herself still very angry and upset. When she was around 15 she had like Owyn and she thought he liked her too, but then he started being very mean to her and everyone around him, so Araxia was forced to get over him and learn to deal with his drastic mood swings every once in a while. Now that she thought about it she was tired also. Araxia walked down the hallway to her room which was nearest to the exit.
She tied up her long red hair into a bun and unpacked the little clothes that she had brought with her. She planned on going back to the Kokiri Forest and grab the rest. They had left in such a hurry that they hardly had any time to pack up their belongings. Oh well what were you going to do about it. Araxia was just happy that they had finally left the stinking rotting tree, the Deku Tree started dying after Vathl had taken over and it did not smell very pleasant, and to top it all off it was teaming with other survivors that sought refugee in their. Araxia felt sorry for all those that were left behind. Eventually they will all be captured by the dark elves and be imprisoned. Araxia had seen less and less people in the Deku Tree everyday and it was no doubt that they had been captured by the dark elves and made slaves. "I'm starting to think like Owyn now." Araxia chided herself. "No, they will be fine, we'll find a way to rescue them." she thought putting a more positive idea in her head.
She crawled into her bed, it was quite comfy, she had imagined it would've been a small cot but it was actually a full size bed and was very soft. However soft the bed was Araxia could not go to bed. She lay restless for what felt like hours, staring at the ceiling, and then the wall, and then the other wall, then the ceiling again and so on and so forth. Feeling defeated she decided that maybe a warm glass of goat milk would do the trick. She hoped out of bed and went off to where the kitchen was. Everyone else in the house must've already been sleeping because Araxia could hear Owyn and Raen's heavy snoring, after the few years she'd spent with them she had learned to get used to it. She rummaged into the cupboards when she found what she was looking for, she drank her milk and then went to go stand out by the balcony. It was surprisingly cold by the balcony even though she was in the dessert. She shivered and rubbed her hand together. She could see the stars perfectly out here, when she had been taking refugee, nobody was allowed to go outside after dark. In fact nobody was allowed to go outside in the daytime either unless they went with a large group of people. Those of course were Mido's instructions.
Mido was a short little guy, he was leader of the Kokiri but Araxia always laughed whenever she saw him because he looked like a little kid that gave orders. Araxia stayed outside and looked at the stars some more, they reminded her life before Vathl had taken over, she didn't come from a very rich family but she had at least been happy, every night her and her parents and her younger brother had always looked at the stars before they went to bed, she missed them terribly.
Before Araxia could make herself any sadder she decided she had done enough thinking for one night and get some sleep. Araxia had made it halfway down the hallway looking at her feet as they shuffled across the floor, when she looked up again she wasn't alone, in front of her was a dark elf, she could tell because of his clothing, the dark elf jumped when he saw her. "How did he get in here?" Araxia thought desperately to herself, she was about to scream but the dark elf covered her mouth. "Shut up if you know what's good for you." he ordered her. Araxia obeyed, after all she had suffered through she was going to be captured and made a slave until the day she died.
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