Chapter 6 of my first Fanfiction. Please review and tell me what you'd like to see in future chapters, or give me some writing advice.
I do not own Zelda. It is rightfully owned by Nintendo.
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Chapter 6; Shelter From the Flames
The doctors continued to put bandages on Link and put medicine on his scars. Suddenly Link woke up.
"What happened?" he said, dazed and confused.
"You got hit by collapsing bricks," Zelda said. "Now hush," she said, softly and in a caring way.
Link thought hard, trying to remember. After tracing his memory, he remembered the burning castle and tumbling bricks. He felt very numb, and his head hurt very badly.
The doctors finally stopped treating him, then left to treat other wounded people. "The fire… Is the fire out?" Link struggled to say.
Zelda realized she had been so worried about Link, that she didn't look outside once. She peeked and saw the flames were completely out, and many workers were struggling to clean up the rubble.
"Yeah, it's out. You need to rest, Linky."
Link fell asleep quickly. He had strange dreams, like a dragon-shaped citole being played by a man with no face in a Cathedral, with dancing Gerudos in the background.
Zelda walked out of the tent and looked around a little bit. Most of the rubble was cleared, and now architects were blueprinting the repairs.
She walked up to the architects, and asked, "Hey, can I make a request for the rebuild?"
They shrugged, and said, "Sure."
Zelda helped them sketch a new part of the castle.
She walked back into the tent to check on Link. He was now awake, staring up at the ceiling.
"So, how are you doing?" Zelda asked.
"Painful, but this is nothing compared to how I was when I got out of the Fire Temple."
She walked up next to his cot, and ran her fingers through his hair, getting his bangs out of his eyes.
"Good thing that fire didn't burn your hair out, that would have been terrible!" Zelda commented.
Link smiled and agreed.
The next day, Link was already starting to get better.
"So, what exactly caused the fire?" Link asked.
"No one knows," Zelda began, "but they suspect it started in the corridors next to the Throne Room."
Link tried to get up, only to fall back down.
"Linky, you need to get some rest."
"But I want to look outside!"
"Fine," Zelda rolled her eyes, smiled, and helped Link up.