Ya'll Lub me! I seriously never believed that this story would be as popular as it is! Three alerts five favorites 97 hits! And thirty reviews total! I mean this is great!

Anyway, Jaderill has something she'd like to say to all of those people who have read her story and are waiting for her next chapter. Here she is: Ahhhh! I can't believe that I haven't gotten the next chapter up yet. I'm sooooooooo sorry! I was actually drafted into a play. That's right, drafted. I was supposed to help with directing and costumes but all of a sudden I was a main character! And I've only been given three weeks to learn all of the lines. Not to mention I work at my school, so I'm pretty busy. But after the play I can start work on the next chapter. It's gonna be a good one. Well I'll give the keyboard back to my lil' sis.

Jaderill

Now it's time to thank the people that made me feel special! -

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AncientDirgeDragon: Thanks! And you're welcome! I'm glad I could cheer you up! Or err… at least Jaderill is. I am so glad you think my story is really that cool!

And now on with le story!

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Rupees Thieves and Peddlers

Xinrie spent three days at Alaine's home. She played, and she laughed, she felt completely at home. Alaine treated her like her own child. These people were so kind to her and she wished she could stay forever. But, alas she knew she could not. She would have to embark upon her journey once more.

"Are you sure you won't stay?" Alaine asked.

"Yes I'm positive. I'm going to head over to Kakariko Village. I wanted to buy a bow there, I looked here but they were so expensive." Xinrie replied with a small smile on her face.

Alaine nodded then grabbed her in a giant bear hug. "You will always be welcome here. Whether you're sick or not. Our doors are always open!"

Despite the lack of oxygen, Xinrie hugged her back. She once again had to say goodbye to a friend.

"Hey, have fun. I heard that Kakariko is a great village." Renrick said giving her a hug.

"I hope you return soon! Okay! Then we could play again and again!" Aria said with a smile that was so huge it didn't fit her small face.

Xinrie waved goodbye to them for the last time and headed down the alley. Her pack was beginning to weigh down on her because of all the medical supplies and pieces of bread and the new water canteen that Alaine had insisted that she take or else she was not going to let her leave.

She left the bustling market and stepped out into the quite field. Xinrie spread her arms out to catch the wind. It felt so good to finally be out of the stuffy town. She scanned the horizon for the large peak of Death Mountain that would be her way to Kakariko. Death Mountain was dead east of Hyrule Market Town. She turned towards it and began to walk she took her time because Kakariko was only a half a mile away.

She arrived there just as the sun rose to high noon. She already had everything planned out. Saria had given her a fair supply of rupees which she would use to buy an inn room and the remaining to buy a bow. Renrick had said that the best way to kill a stalchild was to slash it with a sword but arrows worked nicely too.

Xinrie began to walk up the steps to Kakariko. Her head was looking down at the ground in deep thought. Suddenly her ears twitched slightly picking up the sound of running feet. She looked up just in time to see a boy slam into her sending her flying down the steps.

"Oh! I am so sorry! I didn't mean to. I mean I didn't see you there." The boy apologized.

"I...It's alright I'm okay." Xinrie said rubbing her head slightly.

"Okay that's good uh but I really have to go so see ya!"

Xinrie watched as the boy sped through the field and towards the market. Ooookay. He was strange. She stood up and continued up the steps this time with her eyes open and alert, not wanting to have another collision. She had made it. The village was beautiful nothing like the market. Everything was so peaceful. There were children running around playing games with each other and houses randomly placed here and there with shops lining the walls of the cliffs. Tendrils of smoke rose from the chimneys of the cozy houses. Ivy grew up the wooden sides of what was defiantly the largest house in the village. A windmill turned slowly in the background of the peaceful scene, adding to the serenity of the village.

A woman with red hair was smiling fondly at some very small cuckoo's that looked as if they could fit into one of Xinrie's small pockets. She seemed to not be doing anything in particular at the moment so Xinrie approached her with a small sweet smile on her face. "Excuse me," Xinrie said, "you wouldn't happen to know where I could find a shop that sells a bow and quiver, would you?"

"Why, yes. I do. There's a new shop that will sell you a bow that should fit someone your size. It's just across from the potion shop," she answered while pointing at a somewhat large brick building. Xinrie gave the woman her thanks and attempted to leave but was stopped short by the woman. "Do you know about pocket cuckoos little girl?"

"Uhhhhh…" The wisest thing Xinrie could have done was leave right away. But in an attempt to be polite, she stayed and was stuck listening to the red haired lady talk about the small feathered creatures for another half hour.

Xinrie managed to escape when a pale, creepy looking man asked her to come and look at his bird. She darted off towards the shop as soon as the woman had gone inside. The building was quite large on the inside. Shelves and crates lined the walls and edges of the wooden floor. A tall, long haired man stood behind the counter. He had large blue eyes and chestnut colored hair that was pulled into a ponytail. When Xinrie approached him he looked over his book at the red eyed girl.

"May I help you?" he asked in a bored voice.

"I'm looking for a bow and a quiver, do you have any?" The man turned around and grabbed a bow made of yew wood and leather quiver. Placing them on the counter, she opened a large leather bound book that was on the counter. He scanned the page before reading the price out to her.

"That'll be one hundred rupees for the bow and twenty for the quiver." Xinrie stood there for a moment. For some reason, his words didn't make a connection for a moment. One could almost hear a timer ticking away. And then the bell went off.

"H-h-how much!" she squeaked, "What if I give you half now and half later?" The man just shook his head with an uninterested look on his face. Her spirits plummeted as she realized that unless she came up with another sixty rupees she wouldn't be able to buy both. But at least she could buy the quiver. Xinrie's hand went for her wallet...and found nothing but her tunic. Xinrie looked up, her red eyes flashing as a low, demonic growl left her throat. "That boy."

She burst out the door at a full run towards the field. Her feet pounding on the ground as she put all her adrenaline forward. She looked up at the sun it was just past 2:00 plenty of time to get there before dark. She kept her eyes forward as the drawbridge came into view. Then it happened a faint melody was played of in the distance it almost sounded as if though it was an ocarina. Her foot was just about to touch the drawbridge when the sun plummeted west then disappeared in the horizon. The drawbridge suddenly lurched upward at a rapid pace smashing into Xinrie's chin on its way up. Making her fall flat on her back.

"WHAT!" Xinrie screamed while rubbing her now scraped chin. "That just ain't right."

She was still gawking at the now closed gate when a Stalchild appeared right behind. It cocked its hand to strike a deadly blow on Xinrie's cranium. She looked back just in time to see the thing put on a wicked smile as it brought it's hand down on her head. Xinrie ducked and using all the strength she had in her legs, sprung off of the ground and into the moat.

She kicked off the bottom of the moat and crawled back to the place where she had slept the last time this happened. The stalchildren though wouldn't leave her alone. Three of them had sat on the edge of the pool staring at her. Occasionally one of them would throw a piece of bone at her and the others would burst out into a laughing frenzy when she squeaked and ducked to avoid it. She at one point threw a rock at the thing's head, and sent it flying into another's head. Xinrie couldn't help but laugh at them as they argued over each others head, but eventually had to dive back into the water as they threw the head back at her. Xinrie couldn't get a lick of sleep that night because of this.

Xinrie looked up at the sky several hours had passed and the sun was just now peaking above the horizon. The stalchildren had already burrowed back into the ground leaving a mud caked Xinrie. CREAK! Xinrie's head shot up the drawbridge was dropping down on top of her. She dived down into the water and climbed up onto dry land. She shook her head trying to remember why the heck she had even run out of Kakariko Village. The memories of the boy pick pocketing her flooded back into her mind.

A few hours later…….

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LOST IT?" Xinrie screeched.

"I…I lost it, yeah." The boy from yesterday was pinned up against the wall staring down horrified at this eight year old muddy drenched girl with purple bags hanging under her eyes.

"I HAD SIXTY RUPEES! HOW IN DIN'S NAME CAN YOU LOSE SIXTY RUPEES!"

"W...well you see there was gambling in the back alleyway. And I could of sworn that a pair of threes would win me this thing a…a…and I sorta…"

Xinrie stared at him, her eye twitched.

"A pair of threes? You thought a pair of threes would win a card game?"

"Well…yeah."

Xinrie turned and began to walk away when she stopped and looked at the boy. "What's your name?"

"Jed…" Xinrie walked forward and with one quick thrust of her foot kicked him…right between the legs. Jed toppled over, whimpering in pain.

"I'm Xinrie," she spat before walking away.

Later that day Xinrie found herself standing on a soap box in the back alley way, with three people in front of her. "Yes! This twig is an actual twin that came from the Great Deku Tree himself! Let's start the bidding at twenty rupees. Do I hear twenty? Twenty anyone? Alright how about ten? Com'on! What's wrong with you people?"

A man looked at the twig and then at her. "What's a Deku Tree?"

Another man raised an eyebrow. "And why is it great?"

"Then how about this spoon?" She shouted as she pulled it out of her pack, "Yes, this wonderful spoon was touched by the hand of the Great Saria and was used by Isra the Brave to hit Mido, King of all that is Wrong and dork-like! I'll start the biding at twelve rupees." Two of the people blinked and walked away, but the third came up and held out his hand to inspect his spoon. He began bending it and then, it snapped. Xinrie's eyes grew in size by ten inches.

"Isn't very strong," the man said as he walked away, leaving the two ends of the spoon behind.

"Half a spoon…touched by Saria and used by….Oh forget it" Xinrie had spent hours sitting and all that she had earned was a rupee that some guy had thrown at her yelling that he felt sorry for her.

Xinrie soon found herself standing in front of a counter of an inn.

"Umm... Excuse me," Xinrie asked."

The man standing at the counter looked down. The only thing her could see were tin y hands and the top of Xinrie's nose and eyes. "Yea what is it."

"Uhh how much does it cost to stay here for one night?"

"20 rupees for a single bed room."

"What! Uhh I mean what if I paid you one rupee now and then gave you the other nineteen later." Xinrie said backing up her sentence with a huge smile. Needless to say she found herself standing outside within two seconds.

"I hate my life..."

Okay I am going to leave you there. I know this chapter wasn't a very good one but I had rushed to at least get it up. So please excuse me if it is a bad one.