Here's chapter three, hope you enjoy.
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The closer I got to the poor horse and its attacker, the bigger the plant monster seemed to get. Its green, plant-like body twisted in many ways that I thought impossible as it tried desperately to reach for its pray. I soon found the monsters weak spot; it was unable to move. Its roots must be soiled into one spot, which made it easier to attach without getting chased. However, its long, extending body could stretch far.
In the darkness I couldn't really see what its head looked like, but when I finally reached it, I felt like running back in disgust. Its head was very large, and had large, ugly veins popping out of its skin, throbbing as the blood pulsed through them. Its skin looked tough, like leather, and it was a dark purple-blue colour. It had no eyes, but its mouth was always stretched wide open, revealing a row of jiggered, uneven, sharp teeth and a long, slick, red tongue thrashing wildly around, splashing venom in all directions.
The desperate neigh off the horse is what bought me back into reality, and I gripped my sword tighter in my hand, advancing forward. The monster had not noticed me arrive, and I raised my sword above my head, and with all my strength I slashed at the disgusting head.
Its body flung up and went rigid for a second, before it snapped into focus and turned to me, flicking its tongue wildly in the air. I held my sword in front of me, waiting for its attack. Then, quicker then I expected it flung its head at me, stretching its body to reach where I stood. I side stepped out of its way, but felt a sharp pain in my right arm. I looked down at it, and widened my eyes in horror as its venomous teeth had slashed my skin.
I forgot about it quickly and turned around. The beasts attention was back on the horse. It prepared itself for a final launch to kill the horse, and just as it sprung forward, with its mouth wide and ready to grip the horses body, I slashed its head from its body, and as it screeched for the last time, the horse and I watched as the foul head toppled down the hill, and the lifeless tongue flipped about until it stopped.
I turned to the horse, who was panting heavily, and ran quickly to her aid. Her back was bleeding heavily, but only a small gash was there. It must be the venom. Then I remembered my arm, and as soon as I thought of it, the pain finally came. It was dripping in blood and felt like it was burning. I groaned, and sheathed my sword.
"C'mon girl…" I whispered, trying to forget the pain. The horse snorted and began to turn. I didn't want her to leave, I felt a kind of connection with her, like she was meant to be my horse. "Come back!" I shouted, and she stopped and turned.
Her deep black eyes stared down at me, and I began to slowly walk forward. She stomped at first, but I but my hand out, staring into her eyes. When I was finally close enough to touch, I slowly placed my hand upon her head, and she closed her eyes slowly. I smiled and petted her gently, and began to lead her back to the village. We both needed to be cured from the venomous bite of the plant monster.
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"You did what?" Rusl screamed outside of his house. I had lead the horse through the village and knocked on his door for help.
"Shh, your going to wake the entire village!" I hushed him.
"I don't care! You went out of the village when I specifically told you not to. And look what you've gotten yourself into! Your wounded, and you got a filthy wounded horse following you around!"
I sighed and looked down. "I woke up in the middle of the night and heard the horse screaming, so I followed the sound… she was being attacked by a large, vicious plant monster, and I killed it, but not before it wounded me and the horse." I explained, recalling the events.
Rusl blinked twice and opened his mouth to talk, but no words came out. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Um…Er…Lets go get them wounds treated to…" he stuttered, leading the way into his house.
A small fire was still alight in the corner of the house where a desk and chair stood. Tools were scattered all around the desk, and when I looked at the lounge, which was near the front door, I saw something long had been shoved underneath the pillows; Rusl must have been
working on a sword…
"Stay quiet, the family is asleep." He muttered, leading me into the small kitchen where he reached into a cabinet and pulled out a little first aid box. He pulled out a jar of clear jell, and scooped some onto his fingers, smoothing it over my wound and smiling when I cringed.
"Its what you get for sneaking out."
I rolled my eyes as he wiped away the access blood and bandaged the wound.
"That'll take care of it. It was probably a Deku Baba that attacked you. You're so unfamiliar with the beasts out there, I'm gonna need to start telling you which one's you'll run into the most on Hyrule field." He explained as he scooped up the jar and bandaged into his arms and made way to the horse outside.
"Yeah, I guess" I replied, placing one of Rusl's white shirts on my bare chest.
"Plus, it wasn't such a smart idea to go out killing beasts with no clothes on." He mocked me.
"Yeah, I'll remember that next time." I laughed as he finished bandaging the horse. She was nibbling happily at the ground.
He sighed and turned to me, and I tried avoiding his eyes by looking over the mountains to where the rising sun was just appearing.
"I'm very disappointed in you, Link." He sighed sadly, petting the horse with sad eyes.
"I know, and I'm so sorry, but I couldn't just ignore the screams. What if it was someone we knew?" I defended myself, crossing my arms.
"I suppose so, maybe it was the right choice anyway."
I raised my eyebrow. "It was?"
He laughed loudly, so loudly that I thought the whole village would awaken. "Your actions saved me money! Now I don't have to buy you a horse for your travels." He ran his hand through my blonde hair, messing it up. I laughed with him, and we both sat down as he explained the dangers of the outside world.