Hey Everyone, sorry for the long wait. I've had a few things going on and kinda forgot. Anyway, my computer's back to normal now! So I should have no more problems updating from now on. Enjoy the chapter!
Anime Wildfire
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Chapter 3, the quest.
A man walked down the hallway, his boots thudding down the hallway as he entered the room through a pair of huge wooden doors, nodding to the guards as he entered.
Inside, a man was tapping the glass of a small cage. A fairy was inside, covering her ears to block out the tapping.
"That's enough!" the man said, he laughed and walked over to the table, only to find his forehead meeting with the edge of the table.
"Ahem!" he said, and the table lowered to his height. The man glanced at the fairy in the glass and tapped it several times.
"Fly fly fly as fast as I can, you can't catch me, I'm the fairy princess!" he taunted her, laughing as she covered her ears to block out the tapping noise.
"You're a monster!" the fairy said, the man laughed. "I'm not the monster here, you are! You and the rest of those fairy tale beasts poisoning my perfect world. Now, where are the others!?"
"Torture me! Hm!" the fairy said, sticking her tiny nose in the air. The man began pacing.
"I've tried to be patient with you fairy tale monsters, but now my patience has reached its end! Now tell me, who's hiding them!"
"Alright, I'll tell you." The fairy said, "Do you know the ranch girl?" she asked.
"The ranch girl?" the man said, "the ranch girl." The fairy repeated.
"Yes I know the ranch girl, who lives on Lon Lon ranch?"
"Well, he's married to, the ranch girl."
"The ranch girl?"
"THE RANCH GIRL!"
"He's married to the ranch girl…" he was cut off by a guard suddenly bursting in the room.
"My lord! We found it." He said, the lord looked excited. "What are you waiting for? Bring it in!" he said.
A minute later, the guards brought in a large mirror covered with a cloth. The men hung it up and pulled the cloth off, revealing a face in the mirror.
All the men ahhed.
"Magic mirror." The lord said.
"Don't tell him anything!" the fairy cried. Angry, the lord threw a cloth over the fairy's cage before turning back to the mirror.
"Evening… Mirror mirror on the wall, is this not the most perfect kingdom of them all?" he said.
"Uh, technically you're, not a king." The mirror said. The lord turned to one of his men.
"Uh, Indigo" The man he turned to held up a small mirror and smashed it.
"You were saying?" the lord asked. The mirror grimaced.
"What I mean is, you're not a king yet, heh, but you can become one. All you have to do is marry a princess."
"Go on…" the lord said.
"So… just sit back and relax my lord, because it's time for you to meet today's eligible bachelorettes. And heeeerrrrreee they are!"
The mirror showed a picture of a woman with fins.
"Bachelorette number one is a princess from a water tribe far far away; she hates sushi, and loves swimming, all the time! Her hobbies include swimming and chasing after cute guys. Give it up for Princess Ruto!"
The mirror showed a picture of a woman with swords.
"Bachelorette number 2 it fiery redhead from the desserts of Greudo valley. Although she's part of an all women tribe, she's not easy. Her hobbies include swordfight, archery and stealing. Give it up for Nabooru!"
The mirror showed a picture of a girl with blonde hair in a braid leaning out a window.
"Bachelorette number three is a fiery girl from a dragon guarded castle surrounded by hot boiling lava! But don't let that cool you off. She's a tough princess who likes flowers and getting caught in the rain. All up for rescuing, princess Zelda!"
"So who will it be, bachelorette number one, bachelorette number 2, or bachelorette number three?" Behind the lord, all the men began calling out numbers for which bachlorette he should choose.
"Number 3!"
"Two two number two!"
"Pick number 1!"
"Number 2… no no no… number three… no nono…" Ganondorf muttered.
"Number three, pick number 3 my lord!" Indigo said, holding up 2 fingers.
"Ok ok! Uh…. Number three!"
"Lord Ganondorf, you've chosen, princess Zelda." The mirror said, showing Zelda's picture again.
"Princess Zelda… she's perfect." Ganondorf said, he began muttering to himself about finding someone to rescue her.
"Although I should mention one thing…" the mirror began.
"Silence!" Ganondorf said, stopping all the noise in the room. "I will make this princess Zelda my queen, and Hyrule will finally have, the perfect king! Captain assemble your finest men, we're going to have a tournament!"
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"See! There it is right there, Hyrule castle. I told you I'd find it!"
"At least you found it." Link replied, pausing to stare at the giant castle for a minute.
"So that must be the castle…" he said, Sheik nodded. "Yep, that's castle town." He said, the two continued on, frightening the poor man welcoming them to death before heading inside castle town. An ere silence filled the area.
"Where is everybody?" Link wondered, all the shops were closed.
"Hey look at this!" Sheik said, pulling on the small handle of a sign that said 'information'. A timer started, causing Link and Sheik to back up a bit. Both were surprised when a door popped open and a song began to play. At the end of the song, a camera took a picture, showing the two standing there with weirded out expressions on their face.
"Wow…" Shiek said, "Let's do that again!" Link grabbed him by the tail.
"No!" he said. At that moment, trumpets sounded. Link and Sheik both turned their heads towards the sound, wondering where it was coming from.
"-The winner will have the honor, no, the privilege to go forth and rescue the lovely princess Zelda from the fiery clutch of the dragon!" lord Ganondorf was saying.
As Link and Shiek stood in the entrance of the arena, they saw men holding up signs, telling the audience how to respond. Link rolled his eyes and headed into the arena, Shiek followed him.
"Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice, I am willing to make for the kingdom!" lord Ganondorf said. The crowd cheered, thanks to the signs.
Lord Ganondorf suddenly caught sight of Link as he reached the middle of the arena.
"What is that?!" he said, and everyone in the arena caught sight of Link.
"Ugh, what kind of ears are those?!" Link frowned. "Hey, that's not very nice." He glanced back at Shiek.
"Wolves are born with pointy ears." He said.
"Indeed." Ganondorf said, "Knights, new plan! The one who kills the Hylian will be named champion! After him!"
All the knights immediately began advancing towards Link, their weapons drawn.
"Can't we just settle this over a drink or something?" Link said, the men continued towards him.
"No… alright then, you asked for." Link quickly drew his sword and shield and leapt at the men, using his shield to knock several of them out of the way before his sword hit another's. Thanks to his Hylian strength, he easily knocked the man to the side and proceeded to the next one.
Shiek climbed on top of one of the barrels and rolled it over several of the soldiers, squishing them into the ground.
"Is this all you've got? I was expecting something a bit more impressive!" Link said, using his spin attack to thrown 5 men back. Lord Ganondorf's eyes narrowed as he watched.
One of the men charged at Link, sword drawn. Link quickly rolled to the side and kicked the man in the feet to knocked him over before moving on to his next victim… err, opponent.
Finally the last soldier was defeated, and the entire crowd was cheering for Link. He waved a bit, but when Ganondorf waved his hand, several soldiers aimed their arrows at Link. He narrowed his eyes.
"Sir? Shall I give the order?" a man asked Ganondorf. He shook his head. "No, I have a much better idea." He said.
"People of Hyrule, I give you our champion!" he said, Link looked confused.
"What?" he said, glancing around as all the people cheered.
"Congratulations Hylian, you've won the privilege to take on a most noble quest!" Ganondorf said.
"Quest? I'm already on a quest. A quest to get back the homes of all the fairy tale creatures!" Link said.
"Fairy tale creatures?" Ganondorf repeated.
"Yeah, after you dumped them all in my forest!" Link said.
"I see… Tell you what Hylian. I'll make you a deal. Go on this simple quest for me and I'll give all the creatures their homes back." He said. Link narrowed his eyes at him.
"Exactly the way it was when they left?" he questioned. Ganondorf rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Down to every last disgusting detail." He hissed. Link glanced at sideways at the soldiers,
"What kind of quest?"
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"Let me get this straight. You're gonna go fight a dragon to rescue a princess just so Ganondorf will give the fairy tale creatures their homes back which they only don't have because he signed eviction orders in the first place?" Shiek said. Link sighed.
"Yep, that's it." He said.
'I don't get it Link, why not just use magic on em'? You know, freak em' out a bit. Levitate them over an alligator or somethin'." Shiek said.
"Know what? How about I freeze them into an ice block, set the castle on fire then levitate them over the fire until the ice melts? Sound good to you?" Link asked.
"No… not really." Shiek said.
"You know there's a lot more to Hylians than humans think." Link said.
"Example…?" Shiek asked as he followed Link through an apple orchard.
"Example? Um… Hylians… are like apples." He said, pulling a red apple down from the tree. Shiek sniffed it.
"They smell good?"
"No… Yes!"
"Oh… they're round and fat?"
"No!"
"Oh… you leave em' out in the sun and they get all dried and shriveled up!"
"NO!!"
"Than what?!" Shiek asked, Link sighed.
"Apples are hard on the outside, Hylians are hard on the outside, tough. But on the inside…" Link cut open the apple and showed Shiek the star in the middle. "-There's something beautiful and amazing." He said.
"… Cool!" Shiek said, taking a bit out of the apple in Link's hand. Link rolled his eyes and continued walking. Shiek watched him go for a minute while he chewed before running to catch up with him.
" You know, I like apples." Shiek said, Link sighed. This was going to be a lonnnnnnnnnng trip.
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"I am not getting a good feeling about this." Shiek said. He and Link were standing at the bottom of a mountain, smoke could be seen pouring out of the top of the mountain.
"Let's go Shiek." Link said, beginning his climb up the mountain. Shiek swallowed hard and followed him, digging his feet into the rock and hauling himself up beside Link. What he saw made his blood run cold, even Link looked a bit pale.
The castle was there alright, but it was surrounded by a huge pit of boiling lava!
"Uh Link?" Shiek said as the two made their way in. "remember what you said about Hylians and apples?
"Why?" Link asked, approaching the rickety bridge that was the only way across to the lava. Shiek swallowed as he skirted past the skeleton of a horse.
"I-I don't really have a tough outside, nope nope, I'm right out there in the open." Shiek said. Link groaned.
"Don't tell me your afraid of heights." Link said, glancing back at Shiek. Shiek swallowed hard.
"No… I'm just a bit uncomfortable walking on a rickety bridge over boiling lethal lava!" Shiek said, nodding towards the lava.
"Com on Shiek, we'll just tackle thing one little simple step at a time." Link said, pushing Shiek on the bridge.
"You're sure about this?" Shiek said, Link nodded. " Of course." I think. He thought to himself.
"That makes me feel much better." Shiek said, he closed his eyes and took a few steps forwards. "Don't look down don't look down…" he kept repeating. Link walked slowly behind him, completely unafraid to be walking on a rickety bridge.
"Link, I'm looking down!" Shiek said a minute later. He had tripped and broken one of the boards, sending it falling into the lava.
"Ahh!!!!!!" Shiek cried, he turned around. "Let me off right now!" he insisted.
"You're all ready half way!" Link said, nodding towards the other side.
"Yeah but I know THAT half is safe!" Shiek said, pointing towards the side they had come from.
"Then go back! I don't have time to be standing here!" Link said, he kept walking.
"No wait Link!" Shiek said, trying to slip past Link. "Ah! Don't do that!" Shiek insisted when Link accidentally made the bridge shake.
"Do what?" Link asked, "Oh, this?" he shook the bridge, making it sway dangerously.
"Yes that!" Shiek snapped.
"Yes, do it. Alright." Link said, grinning the whole time. He moved towards Shiek, shaking the bridge the entire time. Shiek kept backing up, repeating over and over.
"I'm gonne die I'm gonna die…" He peeked open his eyes, and noticed he was standing on the other side of the bridge. "Oh…" Link walked off the bridge, grinning as he petted Shiek's head.
"That'll do Shiek, That'll do." He said, he continued walking towards the castle. Shiek glanced back at the bridge.
"Cool…" he said, he ran after Link to catch up.
"So where is fire-breathin pain-in-the-neck anyway?" Shiek asked.
"Inside, waiting for us to rescue her." Link replied.
"I was talking about the dragon Link." Shiek replied.
And so the rescue had begun.
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Yup, that's the end. I checked my spelling and punctuation twice, so it should be ok. Keep an eye out for the next chapter! We'll be meeting Zelda next. See ya!
Anime Wildfire