The Legend of Zelda: The Guardian of Sages

Chapter Seven: The Forest Medallion

The door closed itself behind Carrie and Link. Carrie was the only one who looked back. She takes a deep breath and looks on ahead, feeling nervous all of a sudden. Carrie and Link then take a good look at their surroundings. A stone wall was in front of them and to their right was a small spiral of stairs. Link was the first to run up them. Carrie sighs and follows along.

Carrie gasps as soon as the two reached the top of the stairs. It was a big round room with a big circle in the center of the room with the Triforce on it. All around the room were paintings of a pathway with trees in them. The same painting over and over again. Carrie then notices the room was surrounded with spears and rope tied to them, like a small unique fence. Carrie began to shake, "This room freaks me out......I'll wait outside...."

As Carrie went to leave, Link grabs her by the collar of her cloak, "No. You can't. We are in this together, remember?"

Carrie looks to Link, "I know...b-but.....this room....it gives me the shivers. I don't like it."

Link looks around, analyzing from the paintings to the floor. Link then says, "Well....there's nothing in here."

Carrie then says, "Oh, believe me.....there is....."

Link then says, "I don't see anything. Maybe we missed something..."

He then turns to head towards the stairs. He then stops as soon as three spears rised out of the floor in front of the stairs, blocking their way. Carrie jumps as soon as the two hear a horse grunting deeply. They both slowly turn around. Carrie and Link both gasp. They see a big black horse wearing the finest armour made from silver it seemed. The top of its flowing hair was red like fire, same went for its tail. Its eyes glew red like a demon's. It wasn't the horse that made Carrie and Link gasp, oh no. It was the person that was on the horse. The horse nayed and rose its front hooves in the air and then slammed them back on the ground. On the horse was a man with orange eyes that were cold when they glared at you. He had orange spikey hair with a bright orange jewel upon his forehead. His skin was greenish, couldn't pass for normal. He wore black armour on his shoulders, hands, and knees. His outfit was all but one piece. Her wore a dark brown, with light brown, outfit that clearly showed off his big muscles. A white cloth was hung from his armour near his neck with blue and orange markings. The same went for his belt. He wore the same thing around his wrists and legs. He also wore big brown boots.

Link's eyes widened, "G-Ganondorf??"

Carrie shakes her head, "This isn't him. This is someone else."

The man smirks, letting out a sinister snicker. He then grabs the side of his face and pulls it off, making it clear he was wearing a mask. Underneath was another face. This face was a skull with an orange jewel on his forehead. On top of his forehead was two blade-like horns. Carrie thought they were bunny ears at first. His eyes were black at first, and then they lit up with yellow-orange eyes that almost looked like fire. His horse then raises his front hooves again, only this time, it started to float in the air. Carrie's eyes widened, "The Evil Spirit from Beyond, Phantom Ganon!!"

Carrie then turns to other way and ran. Link's eyes widened, "Carrie!!"

Carrie then jumps over the spears and runs down the stairs. She tried to open the door....but it was sealed. She grunts, "Fuck!!"

She then runs back up the stairs and jumps over the spears. Link's eyes widened, "Were you just about to leave me here??"

Carrie's eyes widened, "NO! I was trying to see if the door was open."

Phantom Ganon then swings his trident weapon and then his horse began to fly into one of the paintings, making an electrical purple portal. Inside the painting, it showed Phantom Ganon running on his horse, laughing evily. It reminded Carrie of being in a haunted house and once in awhile hearing a deep, evil laugh. Carrie then says, "Quick! Crouch in one of the corners of the room!"

Link nods, "Alright."

Carrie and Link then run into a corner and crouch down. Carrie then says, "For this.....we need your arrows. When he flies back out of the painting....or....one of them........shoot him! And I mean shoot him!!"

A painting then showed Phantom Ganon running back on his horse. Carrie then points, "Right there!!"

Link then gets out his bow and arrow and takes aim at Phantom Ganon. A purple, electric portal began to form in front of the painting. As soon as he was halfway out, Link then let his arrow go. A direct hit. Phantom Ganon then backed himself into the painting again. Carrie and Link looked around as they kept on hearing Phantom Ganon's evil laugh.

Carrie and Link look around once more. Link had his bow and arrow at the ready. Phantom Ganon was nowhere in sight. Link then asks, "Where'd he go?"

Carrie looks around, but freezes as soon as she hears a swirling shift behind them. She gasps, "That's not good."

They both look back to see Phantom Ganon coming out of the painting behind them. Carrie gasps again and pushes Link, "Get down!!"

Carrie stands, trying to run, but she ended up getting hit with a lightning attack from Phantom Ganon. Carrie flies across the room, "AAAAAAAHHH!!!"

Link's eyes widened, "CARRIE!!"

She lands onto a painting, and bounces from it to the floor. Carrie gasps, "G-guh!"

Lightning then surged on Carrie and then faded. Carrie then staggers to her feet. She sways a little, seeing blurry vision. A little bit of blood then leaks from her mouth. She spits it out and coughs a little. Phantom Ganon laughs as he tried to go into another painting, but then an arrow was shot into his back. He roars in pain and flies back into a painting. Link then runs to Carrie, "Carrie!!"

Carrie staggers forward, "Th-that......that f-fucker!"

Link catches her as Carrie was about to fall, "Stay with me! Don't pass out just yet!"

Carrie then says, "I-I'm fine.....we just need to kick Phantom Ganon's...ass...."

Carrie tries to catch her breath. She then grabs onto something around her neck, she wasn't sure why, security maybe? She then realized what she clenched in her hand. She then says in a near whisper, "The Wolf Claw......."

Link's eyes widened, "You haven't used it yet."

Carrie nods, "E-exactly."

Carrie then wipes the blood from her mouth, trying to pull herself together. Phantom Ganon then came out of a painting. Carrie gasps as soon as she sees. She then shakes her head to snap out of it. She then says, "Link.....shoot while you still can..."

Link nods, "Alright.....I will....."

He then turns and gets another arrow. He takes aim and shoots it. Phantom Ganon slaps it aside with his trident, laughing. Carrie's eyes widened, "C-can he do that?"

Link's eyes widened as well, "He just did."

As Phantom Ganon went to blast his attack again, Link then pushes Carrie out of the way as soon as he shoots his attack. They both land on the ground, inches away from getting hit. As Phantom Ganon was going into another painting, Carrie quickly gets up and jumps forward, really high. She lands on the back of Phantom Ganon's horse, grabbing on by his neck. Phantom Ganon then manages to go inside the painting, with Carrie on him.

Link stands and gasps, "Carrie!!"

Carrie held on tight as Phantom Ganon ran on his horse inside the painting. He growls as he tries to shake Carrie off. She closed her eyes tight, holding on with all of her might. Phantom Ganon still tries to shake her off his horse. Carrie almost fell off, but grabbed onto Phantom Ganon's waist, "Woah!!!"

Phantom Ganon then turns back on his horse. Carrie shouts, "Link!!!"

Link then runs to the painting, "Carrie!!"

Carrie then yells, "Get ready to shoot him!!!"

Link then gets an arrow out and backs up a few paces. He takes aim at the painting. He then pauses. He shouts, "W-what if I hit you?!!"

Carrie grunts and shouts, "You won't!! Don't worry about me!! Just shoot him!!"

Phantom Ganon then comes out of another purple portal. Link then lets his arrow go and shoots Phantom Ganon. He growls in pain. As he was about to go into another painting, Carrie's bracelet began to glow. Carrie closes her eyes tight and screams, "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

At the same time she screamed, her bracelet's power activated. Phantom Ganon began to get covered with light from the bracelet. Phantom Ganon then screams in pain from the light touching him. His horse then disappeared in that instant. Phantom Ganon then back punched Carrie in the face, causing her to let go and fall to the ground. Link's eyes widened, "Carrie!! No!!!!"

He then gets his sword and shield out and glares at Phantom Ganon, who was laughing. He then floats in the air and spins his trident. He then blasts Link with a ball of lightning. Link then swings his sword, hitting the blast and bouncing it back. Phantom Ganon then gets hit by his own attack. He then falls to the ground. Link then ran to him and began to slice him with his sword nonstop, feeling anger flow through him like never before. Phantom Ganon then escapes as he floated in the air again. He then spins his trident and blasts Link with the same lightning attack. He hits Link. He screams and falls back. Phantom Ganon laughs.

Carrie slowly opens her eyes and sees Link on the ground. She grunts in pain and tries to get up, but fails. She says faintly, "L-Link...."

Link then shakes his head to snap out of it and then stands with his sword and shield at the ready. He then glares at Phantom Ganon once again. He then spins his trident and shoots another lightning attack. Link then swings his sword and tries to bounce it back again. Phantom Ganon then swings his trident, hitting his attack and bouncing it to Link. He then swings his sword again and hits Phantom Ganon. He screams in pain as he fell to the ground. Link then swings his sword and began to stab Phantom Ganon, roaring in anger.

Carrie's eyes widened, not having seen Link this angry before. With a final swing of his sword, Link makes a final blow on Phantom Ganon. He screams and begins to float in the air, having blue flames set upon him. He begins to fade and burn up. Navi shouts, "You did it!!"

A purple portal then opens in the middle of the floor. A deep, sinister voice was heard, "Hey kid, you did quite well.....It looks like you may be gaining some slight skill.......But you have defeated only my phantom.....When you fight the real me, it won't be so easy!"

Phantom Ganon then cries in pain as he then burns up once more, followed by the same voice, "What a worthless creation that ghost was! I will banish it to the gap between dimensions!!"

With that, the phantom burns up and gets sucked into the portal on the floor. The portal then fades, taking Phantom Ganon with it. A circle of blue light then appears in the center of the floor. Link then puts his sword and shield away and runs to Carrie, "Carrie!!"

He then kneels beside her and lifts her up in his arms, "Carrie?"

Carrie opens her eyes, "I'm here."

Link smiles and sighs in relief. He then says, "Are you alright?"

Carrie sighs, "I'll live....."

Link smiles, "We did it! Phantom Ganon is defeated."

Carrie shakes her head, "No.....you did it. I only helped a little."

Link shakes his head, "No....we did it. You helped a lot."

Link then looks to the circle of light and then at Carrie, "Come on....there's a way out for us. Can you stand?"

Carrie grunts, "I....I could try...."

Link then helps up to her feet. Carrie stands, "I think I'll be fine..."

Link then puts an arm around her waist and puts one of her arms over his shoulder, "Come on...."

He then escourts her to the circle of light. Once in the circle of light, they both float in the air as a crystal-like barrier formed around the both of them. They spin as the crystal raises higher with the two inside, making a chiming sound.

A few moments later, Carrie and Link gentily land on their feet inside the Temple of Light, where the Chamber of Sages is. The two landed on the platform that was shaped like the Triforce, standing beside one another in front of the green platform. A circle of blue light then appears on the green platform. A little girl then rises out of it. Carrie's eyes widened. This girl had short green hair with a headband, wearing a long sleeve green shirt with matching shorts and shoes. Carrie smiles, "Saria...."

Saria then smiles, "Thank you......Because of you, I could awaken as a Sage......I am Saria. The Sage of the Forest Temple...."

Saria was still smiling, looking at Link, "I always believed that you would come. Because I know you....No.....You don't have to explain it to me....Because it is destiny that you and I can't live in the same world. I will stay here as the Forest Sage and help you....Now please take this Medallion."

Saria then raises her arms in the air. Link does the same as a spinning, glimmering, green disk is spinning in Link's hands. He smiles, as he now had the Forest Medallion in his possession. Saria smiles as soon she saw the Medallion was in Link's care.

After the Medallion disappeared in Link's hands, Saria then notices Carrie, "Guardian?"

Carrie nods, "I am indeed."

Saria's smile widens, "I am honoured to finally meet you, Guardian."

Carrie smiles back, "And it is honour to meet you, Saria."

Saria smiles, "I am glad you came to our land to help us......I am very grateful to you for aiding Link on his journey. As a Sage, it is my duty to make sure you have the Forest Bracelet."

Carrie nods, "I understand. As the Guardian.....it is my duty to accept it, for I am Carrie, the Guardian of Sages."

Saria smiles once more, "I know by helping Link....you will do great things. Please accept this Bracelet."

Saria then raises her arms one more time, having a glowing green light over her. A big light of green subsides. Carrie then raises her arms as well. A golden bracelet with a green gem in the middle appears above Carrie, spinning. Carrie then smiles as for the first time, her eyes came upon the Forest Bracelet.

Carrie then grabs it and puts it on her right wrist with her Light Bracelet. Saria then smiles, "Take care....both of you...."

With that, Carrie and Link are blinded by a white light. Carrie and Link then travel through a blue light and land in front of a gigantic tree, back in Kokiri Forest. Carrie looks upon it and smiles, "The Great Deku Tree!"

The tree was big with thick grey-brown bark and very dark dying leaves. It had closed eyes and mouth with eyebrows and mustache made from dead leaves. Carrie sighs, thinking of when the Deku Tree had passed on. Link then looks down and notices a small sprout growing. Carrie sees and smiles, "I'd be careful if I were you...."

Link then says, "It's only a sprout......what danger is there?"

He then kneels and looks it over. A bigger sprout then rises out of the ground, throwing Link back as he screamed. Carrie points and laughs at him. The sprout was big and round. It had leaves sprouting from its head and from it's little branch arms. It had a small, cute face with a small smile. Link finally gets up as Carrie covers her mouth, laughing. Link then glares in her direction as Carrie's laugh turned to a chuckle. The sprout then began to talk in a child-like voice, "Hi there! I'm the Deku Tree sprout! Because you, Saria, and the Guardian broke the curse on the Forest Temple, I can grow and flourish! Thanks a lot!"

Link then walks up to the sprout as Carrie then walked beside him. The sprout then says to Link, "Hey, have you seen your old friends? None of them recognized you with your grown-up body, did they? That's because the Kokiri never grow up! Even after seven years, they're still kids! You must be wondering why only you have grown up! Well, as you might have already guessed, you are not a Kokiri! You are actually a Hylian! I am happy to finally reveal this secret to you!"

Link's eyes widened when he heard the sprout's words. Carrie then looked at him a little concerned. The sprout continued, "Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world. One day, to escape the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest. The mother was gravely injured.....Her only choice was to entrust the child to the Deku Tree, the guardian spirit of the forest. The Deku Tree could sense that this was a child of destiny, whose fate would affect the entire world, so he took him into the forest. After the mother passed away, the baby was raised as a Kokiri. And now, finally, the day of destiny has come!"

Link then looks to the ground, taking everything in. He then looks back up at the sprout who continued with, "You are a Hylian, and were always bound to leave this forest. And now...You have learned your own destiny....So you know what you must do....That's right.....You must save the land of Hyrule! Now, Link, break the curses on all of the Temples and return peace to Hyrule!!"

Link nods, "I will....."

He then looks to Carrie and finishes, ".....both of us."

Carrie smiles and nods to him. They both turn to walk to the path, leading to the Kokiri Village. The sprout then says, "Guardian?"

Carrie and stops and turns, "Yes?"

The sprout then says, "Come closer...."

Carrie then walks up to the sprout. The sprout then takes a good look at her, "The legends are true! I can tell just by looking at you! Your legend was passed in every part of this land, including the forests!"

Carrie nods, "I'm listening...."

The sprout then says, "In the time when the Sheikahs were in numbers.....before most of them were wiped out.....there was a prophecy that was written. It was said a maiden not from this world will fall from the skies and land into our land. She was to aid the Hero of Time, to help him on his quest for peace. She would be known as the Guardian of Sages, for she was able to wield all of the Sages' powers, bringing peace to lands around her. It was said that Farore, Din, and Nayru were the ones that blessed her with these powers, making her almost like a goddess. The Guardian of Sages would save this land by fusing all of her powers in one, saving everyone around her at all costs! The day you landed here was the day of fate, the day when the Guardian would help us. And that's you!!"

Carrie takes in each word, listening. She then nods, "I'll do my best."

The sprout smiles, "I know you will! Good luck!"

Carrie nods, "Thank you. Farewell."

Carrie then turns and begins to walk to the path, with Link by her side. Carrie sighs, "Boy...what a day."

Link chuckles, "You could say that again."

Carrie then realized she wasn't hurt anymore. She looks at her hands, "Hey....I'm okay."

Link smiles, "Your travel to the Chamber of Sages must have healed you."

Carrie smiles, "Whatever it is.......I'm glad."

She then looks to Link, "Something's bothering you....isn't there?"

Link frowns and sighs, "I'm still taking in what the Deku sprout told me...."

Carrie nods, "I could imagine. How is anyone suppose to take that? How's anyone suppose to take in the fact that they were raised by a tree??"

Link chuckles, "Yeah....really."

Carrie then places a hand on his shoulder, "For what it's worth.....I'm sorry."

Link pats her hand, "Don't worry. I'm alright."

They both stop to see the small village of the Kokiri. The water was flowing in the water pool the Kokiri had, with small falls leaking from the ledges. It was gorgeous. All the Kokiri kids were out from hiding. Carrie smiles, "The forest is safe now..."

Link nods in agreement, "Yes, it is...."

Link then looks at Carrie. She had a bit of dried blood on the bottom of her chin. Link wipes it off, "You're a mess...."

Carrie chuckles and wipes a bit of dirt off from his face, "So are you...."

They both begin to chuckle at one another. They then begin to walk on towards the exit of the forest. The Kokiri children stared as they walked on, murmuring to each other. Carrie looked up in the sky, it was late afternoon. Link then looks to Carrie, "You know where we're going?"

Carrie nods, "Yeah....to Death Mountian."

Link smiles at her, "You're quick."

Carrie laughs, "I try to be...."

Link then says, "We won't make it in time, it'll be nightfall when we get to Kakariko Village. So, we'll find a place to stay the night there."

Carrie nods, "That's fine....I want to wash my clothes a little bit anyways."

Link smiles, "Yeah.....you and me both."

They walk further and further and see the tunnel to the exit. Link then looks to her, "So.....I have been meaning to ask you."

Carrie looks at him, "Alright...."

Link then asks, "Where are you from.....really?"

Carrie sighs, "Well....there's no use in hiding it anymore. I'm from a country known as Canada. The city I'm from is called Brantford. No one here will know of the places because my world is far different than yours."

Link raises an eyebrow, "Canada? Hmm......you're right....I've never heard of it. This city of yours.....what's it like?"

Carrie then says, "Well......it's....it's............"

Carrie pauses, trying to find the right words. She then says, "It's far different than what you're used to that's for sure. It's REALLY big compared to the Market and Kakariko Village put together. There's a lot of different shops, homes, and lots of technology that your people wouldn't be accustomed to understanding..."

Link then says, "Sounds like a strange place."

Carrie then says, "To your people.....it would be."

Link then asks, "Are there forests?"

Carrie nods, "Somewhat. Not much in my city, there's lots of them outside of it though. Around the country you'll find lots of forests. The one I have in my city.....I wouldn't even call it that...woods is the closest name for it. The main thing in my city is that a river runs through it."

Link's eyes widened, "A river runs through your city? Wow."

Carrie chuckles, "It's not that great. We also have a lake in our city too......just very small."

Link smiles as they go through the tunnel, "I'd like to see it sometime."

Carrie sighs as they come back to the wooden bridge on the otherside, "I wish you could but.....I don't think it'd be possible."

Link then asks, "Why not? Anything's possible in my land."

Carrie then says, "But....that's just the thing about it. Anything's not possible in mine."

Link's eyes widened, "Seriously?"

Carrie frowns and nods. Link then says, "Must be hard."

Carrie then shrugs as they go into the next tunnel, "Depends on how you look at it. Overall.....I don't think it's so bad.....just sometimes I wish my land was like yours."

Carrie and Link then come out of the tunnel, into Hyrule Field. Link then says, "Why not stay?"

Carrie's eyes widened at the question, "Uhh....umm....I don't know if I could do that. You see......my mom and dad....they must be worried by now.....especially my little brother."

Dark and Epona then walk to them. Carrie pets Dark. Link then says, "You have a brother? Wow. What's his name?"

Carrie replies, "Quinn...."

Link raises an eyebrow, "Quinn? That's a strange name. Stranger than yours."

Carrie chuckles as she mounts her horse, "I guess it is."

Link then mounts his horse, "What's he like?"

Carrie then says, "Well.....he's hyper sometimes.....all kids are. He's smart when he wants to be, a pinch sensitive at times, has a bad temper, and most of the time a pain, overall.....a good kid."

Link smiles, "From what I hear.....little brothers can be a pain."

Carrie chuckles, "Ooh yes."

They then steer their horses to face the open field. They both shout for their horses to go, "Hi-ya!!"

Epona and Dark began to run into the direction of the village. Link then rides up beside Carrie, "In your land.....have you ever fought?"

Carrie shoke her head, "Nope......never had to."

Link's eyes widened, "So there's peace in your land?"

Carrie then says, "Somewhat.....just in my land....more people get away with bad things."

Link's eyes widened more, "Really??"

Carrie sighs, "It's hard to explain. Don't worry about it."

Link then nods, "Uhh....okay..."

Carrie smiles, "You can ask me more when we get to the village."

Link nods with a smile, "Alright."

Carrie then whips on Dark's bridle, "Ya!!"

Dark then ran faster across the field. Link smiles and then does the same to his horse, "Hi-ya!!"

Epona then catches up to Dark. They run alongside one another across the field as the sun dimmed into the horizon. Carrie looks and smiles at Link. He smiles back at her. They then turn ahead as their horses ran free. They see the bridge going over the small river. Dark and Epona then run over the bridge as the dusk fell over the land. Carrie smirks as she sees the stairs, leading to the village. Carrie whips the bridle once more. Link's eyes widened, knowing what Carrie was gonna do. Dark then ran up the stone steps and then turns to run up the other. Link sighs and whips Epona's bridle, making her go up the steps as well.

As soon as Carrie saw the entrance to Kakariko Village, she gets off her horse. Link makes Epona stop beside Dark and gets off his horse as well. Carrie began to walk into the village, having Dark follow behind her. Link then walks beside Carrie, with Epona behind him. They finally enter the village. Carrie looks around, smiling as she saw every person. Dark then bumps his head on Carrie's back. She steps forward, "Woah!"

She turns and pets Dark, "Cut it out."

Carrie then looks to Link as Dark rested his head on her shoulder, "So....where do you intend us to stay?"

Link then looks around, "I think I might have an idea on where."

Link then walks on ahead. Carrie sighs and follows as the sky was now a night blue. Carrie then stops by a giant red brick house. She turns to Dark, "You are to stay here, okay?"

Dark nods. Carrie then goes to the horse pouches and grabs some carrots. She then walks back to the front of Dark, "Good boy."

She then feeds Dark the carrots and pets him. Link then leaves Epona near the brick house as well, "There you go, Epona."

Link then digs inside Epona's horse pouch and then gives her carrots as well. Carrie says jokingly, "Copy cat."

Link chuckles, "Takes one to know one."

Carrie chuckles a little, "You would know."

Link chuckles with her. Carrie then asks, "Where to?"

Link then says, "There's a house at the end of the village. Use to be Impa's old house. You know who she is, right?"

Carrie smiles, "Of course I do!"

Link smiles, "Good. Saves me explaining."

Navi then flies out, "Let's go!"

Link then walks on. Carrie follows along. They walk up some stairs and walk by an old man in a dark blue hat and robe. He then stares at Carrie as they walked passed him. He stares in wonder. Link and Carrie then go up more steps and stood in front of a white house with brown lining and a red roof. Link then knocks on the door. A man with almost no hair, for only a little bit was on top of his head. He wore a dark green shirt with light green pants. Carrie couldn't believe how big his head was. He had a mean look on him. He then looks at Carrie and then at Link. He smiles, "Hey, Link. Long time no see!"

Link smiles, "Hey there."

The man smiles, "What can I do ya for?"

Link then says, "Uhh....me and my friend need a place to stay the night."

The man's smile widens, "Sure you can! Come in! I've got room!"

The man steps aside and allows Carrie and Link into the house. Inside was a big table in the center of the room. On the wall on the right, it was filled with big shelves full of books. Carrie smiles as soon as she saw the books, "I'm home...."

To the left was a fireplace made from stone. Ahead was a big cage that kept a cow inside. Beside the cage was a table with glasses and books. By the table was a set of stairs leading to a small landing that was closest to being named the upstairs. Up on the landing, you could see everything from there to the front door. There was a table with two chairs and a small bed.

The man looks at Carrie. He nudges Link with his elbow and smiles, "Hey...who's your Lady Friend? Introduce me?"

Link chuckles nervously, scratching the back of his head, "Uhh..."

Another voice was heard, "And us too!!"

Two guys came down the stairs smiling. They both looked alike, only difference was their clothes. They both wore white pants with brown shoes, but one wore a red long sleeve shirt, while the other wore a blue one. They both had short red-brown hair with the same coloured mustache on each. They both had dark eyes, Carrie was unable to tell the colours of them at a distance. Link then looks at everyone, "Umm.....guys? This is Carrie."

The twin with the blue shirt came up to Carrie, shaking her hand, "Pleasure to meet you! I'm Larry!!"

Carrie nods, "Uhh.....hi."

The other twin with the red shirt came up to Carrie next, grabbing her other hand and kissing it, "An honour, Mademoiselle. I'm Harry."

Carrie's eyes widened, "Umm.....hello."

Larry pushes Harry, "Hey there, Senior Charming!! I saw her first!!"

Harry pushes Larry back, "Hey! Losers are snoozers!"

Carrie's eyes widened, "Uhh......"

The other man then crosses his arms, "Technically none of you saw her first! So there's no dibs on either of you!!"

The other man then smiles at Carrie, "I'm Ben by the way."

Carrie nods, "Hi...."

Carrie then steps next to Link and whispers, "Are they always like this?"

Link then says, "Not always.....but sometimes...."

Carrie then says, "Ahh....."

Ben then says, "So, Carrie? Where are ya from? Haven't seen you around here before. Oh well. What brings you here anyways?"

Carrie then says, "I'm from a far away land. Quite a ways off. I'm here on a journey with Link."

As soon as Harry and Larry heard what Carrie said, they both shouted, "AWWWW!!!"

Carrie's eyes widened, "What's wrong with that?"

Larry sighs, "You said with Link. Therefore.....he has a better chance at you than any of us!!"

Harry then says, "Link! How come you always get the good ones?!"

Link and Carrie's eyes widened. Carrie then says, "Umm....are we on the same page here?"

Link then says, holding up both of his hands, "Woah, woah! What do you mean all the good ones?? I never went with anyone!"

Navi then says, "He's telling the truth!"

Ben then sighs, "Larry, Harry. Shut up before I kick you out!"

Harry and Larry both nod, "Okay."

Ben then turns to Carrie and Link, "Sorry about that. Sometimes I forget that I live with Numbskulls......oh well.....are you hungry?"

Carrie nods, "Yes! I haven't ate since breakfast!"

Ben then smiles, "Good. Food's almost done."

Link then asks, "What are we having?"

Ben then goes over the the fire place, adjusting a few pots inside, "Some beef stew with fresh baked bread."

Carrie smiles, "Sounds good!"

Ben then says, "Okay....sleeping arrangements. Carrie? You can take the bed since you're a lady."

Carrie smiles, "Aw....thank you, Sir."

Ben smiles, "It's no problem."

Ben then turns to Link, "You can sleep wherever. Doesn't matter to me."

Link nods, "Thank you."

Ben then says, "Go ahead....make yourselves at home! You can put your stuff on the landing up there."

Carrie smiles, "Thank you so much."

Ben nods, "Don't worry about it."

Carrie and Link then go up the stairs onto the landing. Carrie then takes her sword off and places it on the bed. She then takes her cloak off and folds it, placing it on the bed. Link then takes his sword and shield off, placing them on the table a few feet away from the bed. Harry and Larry come up the stairs. Larry then asks, "So....Carrie? You a sword fighter too?"

Carrie then takes her bracelets and gauntlets off, "Sort of...."

Carrie then puts her bracelets back on as she throws her gauntlets on top of her cloak. Harry then asks, "You kill any monsters?"

Carrie nods, "Yes I have."

Ben then calls up, "Harry! Larry! Don't bother Carrie!!"

The twins both call down, "Okay!"

Harry and Larry then smirk at one another. They turn to Link. Larry then says, "So.....Link?"

Ben then shouts, "Link too!!"

They both slouch, "Aww....!!"

They then walk down the stairs. Harry then says, "Fine! We'll go pull some pranks! Call us when supper is ready!!"

Larry then says, "Yeah!"

With that, Harry and Larry go out the front door and close it. Ben shakes his head, "Idiots...."

Carrie and Link look at one another, chuckling. Link then takes his quiver and bow off and places it next to his sword and shield on the table. He then takes off his back pouches and places them next to his sword. Link sighs, "Feels good to take off the weight."

Carrie sits on the bed, "Yes it is!"

Carrie then takes her boots off and places them under the bed. Link sees, "Good idea...."

He then sits in a chair and takes his boots off and places them under the table. Carrie chuckles as she took off her black socks. She calls down, "Ben?"

Ben replies, "Yeah?"

Carrie then says, "You got a laundry tub around here?"

Ben then says, "Yeah, I do. Don't worry about it though, I'll get the Numbskulls to do your laundry."

Carrie chuckles, "Oh....you don't have to."

Ben replies, "I insist."

Carrie then says, "Thank you...."

Ben says, "You're welcome. There's a basket by the stairs for clothes."

Carrie says, "Okay."

Carrie then sees a small black basket by the stairs. She then tosses her socks in it. She then takes her red sash off and places it in the basket as well. Her tunic now hung like a baggy shirt. Link sighs and takes his hat off, revealing his nice short, blonde hair. He then throws his hat with Carrie's laundry. Carrie looks at him. He smiles, "Might as well."

Carrie chuckles, "Oh yeah."

Link then takes his gauntlets off as well and tosses them on top of his arrows. Ben calls up, "Hey, you two. Dinner's ready."

Carrie jumps up, "Yay!"

Link chuckles at Carrie's enthusiasm. Link then stands and stretches. Carrie then goes down the stairs, with Link behind her. They both take the nearest two seats at the big table. Ben then puts the bowls and small plates on the table. He then places a big steaming pot in the middle next to a big bowl of bread. Carrie smiles at the smell.

Ben then opens the front door and shouts, "Hey, Numbskulls!! Dinner!!"

Harry and Larry then came running through the door laughing. Ben closes the door, "What did you do now?"

Larry laughs, "W-we knocked on someone's door and...and..."

Harry finishes, "....and we left a mini firecracker at their door step!!"

Harry began to laugh. Larry then said, "And when the person opened the door.....it blew up in their face!! The look on their face was funny!!"

Ben sighs in frustration, "Who was it this time?"

Harry and Larry laughed, "Mamamu Yan!!"

Ben's eyes widened, "Mamamu Y-Yan??!!! Oh boy....is she gonna have my head. Oh well. Sit down so we can eat."

Mamamu Yan was a fat lady who wore a blue and white dress and had a thing for her dog named Richie. Rumor had it that she was vicious when got angry.

Harry and Larry sat in seats next to one another, like Carrie and Link did. Ben then sits at the head of the table. The table was so Ben was next to Carrie, who was next to Link, who was next to Harry, who was next to Larry. Ben then says, "Grace everyone."

Ben then puts his hands together, followed by Harry and Larry. Link then looks to Carrie as he put his hands together. Carrie then followed suit. Ben then says, "Carrie? Would you like to say grace?"

Carrie's eyes widened, "Umm....."

She then looks to Link, who nodded to her in approval. Carrie then says, "Uhh.....alright...."

Carrie then closes her eyes, followed by everyone else. Carrie wasn't sure how to say grace in Hyrule. Their God was different than hers. So she began to wing it, "Umm.....Oh, Great Din.....we thank you for the food we are about to recieve. We are grateful for everything we have.....Amen......?"

Everyone opens their eyes and says, "Amen!"

Ben smiles, "Not bad, not bad. I can tell you were nervous. Oh well....pass me your bowl..."

Carrie smiles nervously and does so. Ben then gets a big ladle and pours stew into Carrie's bowl. He hands it to Carrie, "There you are, dear."

Carrie takes the bowl, "Thank you."

Link pats Carrie's back and whispers, "You did good."

Carrie smiles, "Thanks.....kinda had to wing it there..."

Link chuckles, "I could tell...."

Ben then says, "Link? Your bowl."

Link then gives his bowl to Carrie, and then Carrie passed it to Ben. Link then whispers, "I assume the Gods in your land are different?"

Carrie nods, "By a longshot."

Link chuckles, "It was good that you acknowledged ours."

Carrie smiles, "You're welcome."

Link smiles back at her.

Everyone then got their food and began to eat. Carrie then took pieces of bread and began to eat it in small bites. Harry and Larry began to chew with their mouth open, laughing about it. Ben grunts, "Could you chew any louder?!!!"

Harry and Larry then chew louder on purpose. Larry then answers Ben's sarcastic question, "Yes we can."

Carrie covers her mouth, trying not to laugh. Link shakes his head, trying not to chuckle. Ben growls in frustration, "You wanna sleep outside?"

Harry says, "No."

Ben then says, "Then stop chewing like that! A lady is present!!"

Harry and Larry nod, "Okay! Yes, Sir!"

They then salute with their hands. Carrie chuckles a little. Ben shakes his head, "By the way. You're doing Carrie and Link's laundry."

Harry and Larry slouch, "Awww........!!"

After everyone ate, Carrie and Link went up on the landing. Carrie pats her stomach, "Man, that was good!"

Link then says, "Yes it was...."

He then sits in the nearest chair at the table, where his equipment laid. Link then notices something on his left elbow, "That's odd...."

He then takes off his tunic and tosses it in the basket and then takes off his undershirt, revealing his slight muscles. He then throws his undershirt into the basket and looks at his elbow. Carrie looks at Link, "What is it?"

Link then says, "I have a scrape here. Must've been from when I fell at the temple."

Carrie sees Link's elbow had a small scratch. Carrie then walks over to him, "Let me see...."

She then touches his shoulder and takes a look at his elbow. Carrie then says, "Geez....."

She then looks over the landing, "Ben? Can I get a cloth and with some water?"

Ben nods, "You got it."

Carrie then turns her attiention back at Link. She then looks at his elbow again, "I'm gonna clean it."

Link then asks, "Are you sure? I don't want you to go through the trouble."

Carrie smiles, "I'm sure."

Ben then brings up a small bowl with a cloth inside. He sets it on the table, "There you go....."

Carrie nods, "Thanks."

Ben smiles, "It's no trouble."

He then goes down the stairs. Carrie then gets the cloth and twists it out, to get most of the water out. She then places it on Link's elbow and began to clean the dry blood. Link stares on ahead. He then says, "Likes and dislikes...."

Carrie looks up, confused, "What?"

Link looks to Carrie, "You said I can ask more questions once we're in the village. My next one is your likes and dislikes."

Carrie chuckles, "Oh....well...."

She then keeps cleaning Link's elbow, "Well....I like a lot of things."

Link then says, "I got time."

Carrie smiles, "I like animals, books, music, art, poetry, storms, nature, and anything to with night time. I also like home cooked food, sweets, anything dark, and mythology. Like I said. I like all sorts of things....those are just the basics."

Link smiles, "Dislikes?"

Carrie then sighs as she cleans the remaining dry blood, "People who think they're higher than others. People who...who are racist. Just people in general who treat others bad.....espcially if they treat animals and children bad. I don't like too spicy or rich food. I hate Redead, Wallmasters, and Floormasters. There's a few others too....but again....basics."

Link chuckles when Carrie mentioned Redead, Wallmasters, and Floormasters. Carrie then places the cloth into the bowl of water, "All done."

Link looks to see his arm all clean, "Thanks."

Carrie nods, "No problem."

Ben then calls up, "If you have anymore dirty clothes....now's the time to get them in the basket."

Link calls back, "Okay."

Mooing was then heard from the cow in the cage. Link then calls to Ben, "You have extra pants anywhere? Mine are dirty."

Ben then says, "Yeah, I do....just a second."

A moment later, Ben calls up the landing, "Catch."

Ben then throws up a pair of loose, black pants. Link catches it, "Thanks."

In the corner of the landing, was a small pull-out wall for changing. Link then pulls it out and goes behind it.

Carrie was setting up the bed. She places her sword up against the wall and puts her cloak on the bedside table. Carrie then sighs, looking at the basket. She then looks at her pants, a pinch of dirt was on them. She then takes her black pants off, having her tunic as pajamas, being long enough to go just above her knees. She then throws her pants in the basket as well.

Link then comes from behind the wall, only having loose black pants on. He then tosses the rest of his clothes in the basket. He calls to Ben, "Okay.....our basket is full."

Ben then says, "Alright then."

Carrie then sits on the bed, taking out her hairties, unbraiding her hair. She places her hairties on the bedside table, shaking out her hair. Her hair was wavy thanks to the braid. Her hair then flowed down on her shoulders. Link sighs and turns to Carrie, "You're going to bed in your tunic?"

Carrie shrugs, "Yeah....why not? I got nothing else."

Link chuckles, "Alright....."

Ben then walks up the stairs and grabs the basket, "I'll make sure the Numbskulls get them clean."

Link nods, "Thanks..."

Ben then goes down the stairs with the basket, "Harry! Larry! Laundry!!"

Carrie then puts a blanket over her and flops down on the pillow, sighing. Link then walks over and sits on the bed, next to Carrie, "You alright?"

Carrie sighs and looks up at Link, "Yeah....I'm fine. Just beat from fighting today...."

Link chuckles and nods, "I know what you mean."

Carrie then asks, "Where are you sleeping?"

Link then says, "On the floor next to you....I just need a blanket and pillow and I'm good."

Carrie then grabs a pillow, "Here. I got two."

She then then hands it to Link as he chuckles, "Okay....that's covered. Now I just need a blanket."

Carrie smiles as she sits up, "I'm sure Ben's got extra."

Link smiles, "Yeah. Me too."

Carrie and Link then look at one another. Carrie stares into Link's deep blue eyes as he stared back into Carrie's deep brown eyes. Link then places his hand on Carrie's hand. Carrie's eyes widened a little, not expecting it. Their daze was then torn away by Ben, "You good for blankets up there?"

Link blinks and then looks to the stairs, "I need some."

Ben then says, "Alright. I'll bring them up."

Moments later, Link then sets up a little bed on the floor next to the bed Carrie was sleeping on. All the lights were now dimmed with candles, indicating everyone was going to bed. Harry and Larry slept next to the cage, with the cow mooing, while Ben ended sleeping in a chair when he was reading. Carrie lay on her back on the bed while Link laid on his back on the floor. Carrie then says, "Link?"

Link replies, "Yes?"

Carrie then says, "Do you think......do you think we'll be okay at the next temple?"

Link thinks for moment before saying, "In my opinion.....I think so. Why do you ask?"

Carrie sighs as she looked up at the ceiling, "I'm....I'm just a little bit scared. I mean.....if I thought the Forest Temple was difficult....I can't imagine how the others would be."

Link then listens to Carrie's every word. He then says, "You don't have to be scared......I'll be there. I know we're going to be alright."

Carrie smiles a little, "I guess you're right."

Link then turns to his side, "Get some sleep. You'll need your energy."

Carrie smiles a little more, "Okay.....goodnight, Link."

Link smiles, "Goodnight, Carrie...."

Navi then flies to Carrie's bed and snuggles up to Carrie's pillow, "Night, Carrie. Night, Link."

With that, Carrie and Link both close their eyes, preparing for another dangerous day.