Author's Note: *Gulp* I'm afraid to say…I have writer's block. Gah, PM me if you have any ideas. Also, I am LOOKING FOR TONS OF BETAS! I'm hoping to get around 3-6 of 'em. PM me. Also, I am SOOOOOO sorry that I haven't updated. I've been…unable to get on the computer for around two weeks+ my freetime is gone. REALLY SORRY! Ha, ha, ha, CAPs rock. :P
"Link, wake up!" Malo, Talo, and Beth shouted, all in sync. They were quite loud, when they wanted to be.
Link groaned and sat up. He rubbed his eyes and yelled back, "Coming." He quickly dressed in his tunic, since his farm clothes were dirty and had some holes that he needed to fix. He climbed down the two ladders quickly. He opened the door slowly, afraid it might break. It creaked noisily, stopping halfway. Link didn't try and push it all the way, instead turning to his side awkwardly and squeezing through the tiny thing.
"Hey, Beth, Malo, Talo. How're you kids today?" Link asked, still halfway asleep. He had slept later than usual, although he didn't feel like he had.
"We're good…can we borrow your slingshot again? Please?"
"Well…Okay," Link smiled, walked over to Epona, and reached into her saddle pockets. He pulled out the slingshot along with some pumpkin seeds and tossed it to Talo, who caught it eagerly and started to run into town. "Hang on—tell Rusl that I'll be in Castle town, okay? I need to grab some things," Link called.
"Alright!" Beth called, tagging along with the other kids. Link smiled.
Epona stomped impatiently at the ground. She, obviously, didn't want Link to bring his sword, shield, and bow, but didn't move away when he put them in her saddle. She also seemed to be eager for Castle Town's nice, cloudy weather.
Link mounted Epona sluggishly and led her through Faron Woods' curvy dirt path. He almost fell asleep as Epona's gallop turned into a slow walk. After a long ride, he made it to Hyrule Field. Though it was mostly safe with Gannondorf defeated, a few beasts still lurked in the shadows. Their numbers were most likely growing quickly, but very few people had been mobbed, so he didn't bother to be wary.
What's that? Link thought. There were three green moving objects, one which seemed to have a stick, in a circle around a brown and reddish object. As Link got closer, he realized what the green things were—moblins. And the stick was a spear. He still couldn't tell what the brown thing was, but he drew his sword and uttered a loud, "Hiyah!" and continued onwards.
One moblin started to flee. Another came charging forward at Link, spear outstretched. Link reached his sword out carefully and loped off the iron spearhead before it could do any damage. He quickly slowed Epona to a halt and dismounted. He pulled out a small ox whip, no bigger than a foot, and gently hit her with it. She galloped forward quickly. Good. She won't get hurt if she's away.
The moblin, with nothing but a spearhead, ran towards Link again. He slashed his blade in a full circle, knocking the moblin over and severely injuring it. He ran to it and finished it off.
The last moblin fled already. All that was left was the brown and red object. Link approached it cautiously, keeping his sword out. The object was breathing in quick rasps. When he got within ten feet of it, it threw its arms around its head and slowed its breathing. Goddesses! It's a human!
"Are you okay?" Link asked, sheathing his sword and sitting down next to the man, around twenty years of age.
The man moaned. "I'll…be…just f-fine," He rasped. "Can y-you…take me…to a d-doctor?" His brown archer's outfit heaved inwards and then outwards.
"Goddesses, no! You'll die before then. Here," Link replied, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a horse call. Epona galloped back wearily. Link stood up and grabbed a white handkerchief hastily, then sat back down. "Where are you injured?"
"My l-eg, I think."
Link quickly wrapped the clean cloth across the long diagonal slash in the man's left leg. He winced, but the man didn't pull away when Link tied the handkerchief as tightly as possible. "What's your name?" Link asked.
"Éléazar...what's y-yours?" Éléazar stuttered.
"I'm Link," Link said, offering his hand to Éléazar.
He gasped. "I can't believe I di-didn't recognize you, Great Hero! Please forgive my t-thoughtlessness," Éléazar apologized, wincing slightly still. He grasped Link's hand and pushed himself up with his right leg. "Word has s-spread of y-your deeds."
"It's okay. Please, call me Link." Link hastily called Epona. She sped back faithfully to him. Link pulled himself onto her first, but then extended a hand to Éléazar. He looked at it for a moment, but then used both hands and pulled himself onto Epona.
Peasants stared as Link and Éléazar galloped through Castle town's cobblestone path. A doctor set up business nearby. Once they found the medium size home, older than most of the others, Link put both his hands on Epona's left side and pushed himself off her. He led her and Éléazar to a small collapsed building with a small, four foot tall post sticking out of the debris. Link tied Epona's reins to it and walked around to Éléazar's side. He offered a hand.
Éléazar gladly took Link's hand and bit his lip as he lifted his bad leg over Epona. His face was glistening with sweat in spite of the clouds and his once brown archer attire was reddish with his blood. Link could understand the people staring at them, rude as it was. Éléazar hobbled to the door of the building.
"Oh, my, what do we have here?" The doctor, very elderly, ran his eyes along Éléazar's wounds. "Primrose, tend to this young man, please. I have to check a few things."
A young woman, no older than fifteen, emerged from another room. The door was hidden by a bookshelf in the back area of the room. It slid noisily along the floor. "Right this way, please. What's your name, sir?" she trilled.
"Éléazar…I think I might've…hurt my leg," he gestured towards his injured leg.
"We'll clean it up in no time. You might need someone to tend to your leg daily, though, which is a burden I can't take on. I only work here three days a week, you see," she said apologetically. "What happened?"
"Moblin attack," Link explained.
"Oh, dear. You should notify the guards, they're right outside, doing patrols."
"Yes, I'll do that. Éléazar, she said something about someone helping you around and treating your leg for you? Well, I was thinking, maybe I can let you stay at my place."
"Really, Hero- I mean, Link?"
"Yeah, I could use something to do during the day, anyway," Link said. "Alright, Primrose, I'll be back in a few minutes. Gotta do some shopping and tell the guards about the attack."
