I have RETURED! Sorry for leaving for so long, I've been busy, with school stuff, also I just didn't feel like writing. Any ways I am back, and I hope to finish this story and maybe curse of the blood moon as well. This chapter also ends horribly, I didn't know how to end it so that's why it is so bad. Also if you have suggestions of thing you would like to see in the story like a favorite zelda character or idem or place or just an idea in general please tell me. Also I know more about zelda now (I knew almost nothing when I first started the story, but I didn't know that at the time) so if your confused about something ask me and I will answer it as well as I can.

Lightning soon had all her gear on and Astrids things were packed in small bags that were tied to the sides. The mares young colt was tied to her side as well. Astrid had also got the rest of the village horses ready to go, and soon they began to head towards Hyrule Castle.

She took one last look at the small village before following the crowd of people out of the village.

They had all talked about how different Castle Town would be for all of them. There would be more people, brick roads, tons of shops and everyone would live so close together. But most of all, there would be tons of children again.

It wasn't long before the Castle and its surrounding town was in sight. Astrid scratched Lightning's neck and patted her colt's head. She looked around at all of the other horses and smiled at their calm behavior. They all seemed fairly easy going and happy and they're riders were treating them nicely as well.

Astrid had worked with and trained those horses and their riders for as long as she could remember. Before she took over a couple years before the methods of training were harsh, they often used whips and spurs to scare the horses into submission, but Astrid quickly learned that it wasn't necessary. A lot of the horses responded better to positive reinforcements, pats and treats and anything else she found out they liked. Sometimes a whip or spurs were necessary, but she would never actually hit a horse she would crack the whip behind them to speed them up or spurs with rounded tips so didn't actually cut the horses skin. She remembered everyone being impressed at the new training methods,and Hiccup trying so desperately to help. But he was much better at making saddles then he was at actually training the horses.

The Princess herself was also meeting them, they were told that she would give them jobs and show them which places they were staying, and they'd possibly get a tour of the town. Astrid didn't really know why it had to be the princess who did all that, but she doesn't know much about their policy or any thing like that.

After about ten more minutes of riding towards the Castle the gate began to lower over the gap between the castle and the outside world. The got to the edge of the gap as the gate finished opening. Just like the soldiers had said the princess was there waiting for them.

The princess looked to be about her age, she had a long black braid over her shoulder and was wearing a long pink and white dress. She was sitting on a white horse which had lots of royal equipment with the family's symbol, the Tryforce, all over it.

"Welcome to Castle Town. We are thrilled that you all got here safely." She said, she had a huge fake grin on her face, it was obvious she would like to be anywhere else but here.

Since Astrid worked with horses so much she began to focus more on her horses behavior than what the princess was actually saying. She noticed the princess was holding his reins way to tightly, and his gums had began to bleed. Astrid also noticed the horses ears were pinned against his head and he began to paw at the ground. She didn't have enough time to warn anyone before he reared.

"CYCLONE!" The princess yelped as she fell backwards off her horse.

Cyclone charged towards the crowd of people and the open gate. As he passed Astrid she leaped off Lightning onto his back. She quickly put her feet in the stirrups and grabbed hold of his reins. She pulled back hard until he finally stopped. Astrid then loosened the reins to let him walk a bit and calm down. He hadn't taken them far from Castle Town, so once she noticed his ears were perky and he was calm and happy she scratched his neck and gently kicked his sides. Astrid felt him tense up the moment she kicked him, she looked down and saw massive cuts on his sides, she also noticed marks on his rear.

"No wonder you were so unhappy." She whispered to Cyclone. "I would act up to if people were using spurs and whips on me"

She road Cyclone back to the Princess, who was not very pleased. Astrid got off of him and handed the reins to the princess, who immediately yanked downwards on them.

"BAD HORSE!" she shouted then pulled a whip of her side and beat his neck. "NO! DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!"

"Hey!" Astrid shouted. "What on earth are you doing?!"

"Correcting bad behavior."

"I already did that, now all you're teaching him is that good, calm behavior is bad."

"I should have you arrested for this, this is not how you should treat your princess!"

"Well this isn't how you should treat your horse!"

"What do you know about horses any ways!?"

"She knows a lot in fact," Stoic said and ruffled Astrid's hair. "she train all the horses you see here. Why do you think I fought so hard to get her a job in the stables?"

The princess signed and remounted her horse, and Astrid got back onto Lightning. Soon she finished telling them where to go and what to do.

Astrid wasn't thrilled when the princess said that they would be staying in the town inns until further notice. She and her uncle had stayed there one year when they were watching the tournaments, and they had one small room and one or two small beds. And, because she grew up on the country side she was not pleased at the amount of people there, she felt more comfortable in small community. But its not like she has a choose in the matter, and they didn't have to rescue them, so she was thankful.

They soon arrived at the inn and the soldiers took their horses to the stables. The villagers went to their assigned rooms and got settled in. Astrid was thankful that she was staying alone and hurryed up to her room.

It was the second room on the right on the third floor. It was a small room with only a small bed, a night stand with a couple drawer and a chair and a desk, but it was better then she remembered. She began putting her things away when Linken reappeared.

"So what are we going to do about the whole tournament thing? How are we going to sneak you in?"

"I figured I'd pretend to be a guy and sneak in."

"Seems like a pretty good plan." he said "Want to try and figure out what you're going to wear and other thing now since we have the time?"

"Why not."

It wasn't long after their conversation the transformation was complete. Astrid was in disguise. It was fairly simple with Linken's help.

She had always preferred to dress like a boy and only wear things like a t-shirt and pants unlike the other girls who would wear dresses so the outfit wasn't difficult to find. They were planing on covering her face with a handkerchief so no one would recognize her. She also knew a fair amount of sign language because a older man in her village that she was fairly close to had gone deaf two years before, so they hopped that they could fool them into thinking she was mute.

"We just have one more problem." Astrid said to Linken as she played with her long thick braid.

"And what is that?"

"What are we going to do with this?" She said and nodded towards her braid.

Linken stared at her for a moment, he looked puzzled. "I thought we would just leave it, or tuck in into a hat."

Astrid bit her lip, then looked back at her hair. "It seems like too much of a give away, It'll probably et in the was of combat anyway, I might as well just cut it off."

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a very sharp knife, Linken jumped up to stop her.

"Wait until we get there," He said "Everyone might get suspicious if you do it know."

"Alright, I'll wait."

"You should get some sleep, the tournament starts in a few days and you've got work tomorrow."

Astrid agreed with him, it had been a long day and she was tiered and swore. So with very little protest she went to bed.