I decided to make a little flashback to fill you guys in Cassie's life before she got taken, before I start up the story again. Thanks to everyone with the reviews of help and praise; I wish I could give you all a lollipop. :)
Disclaimer: I do not own the awesomeness that is Legend of Zelda. Plain and simple.
On with the story!
My life was fairly normal, besides me not having parents. I never really knew them anyway; I was so young when they just left. I was in a girls' home for a couple of years before I was in foster care. My foster mom was nice and not abusive at all, contrary to what some people might infer. We lived in a small duplex, and life was good until I had to go to high school.*cue lightning and horror music*
At first I was really excited at the prospect of meeting new people, but as I tried to make friends they fell into groups. I was appalled at the druggies and all the strange people that were somehow still in school. Friendless, I turned to other things to fill in the gap, like video games. My foster mom eventually adopted me, a thing I was excited and disappointed about. I never pestered her about my problems in school; I was too grateful to bother her with such trivial complaints like such. 4 years passed, and I was a senior when the preps began to be nice to me. Apparently I was pretty enough to be absorbed into their ranks. I didn't trust them; especially when Brent began to bug me and talk to me. The day I was kidnapped, I never imagined how twisted…and how susceptible to being corrupted by evil he was.
I trudged into the village, ignoring the gapes and pointing fingers of the villagers. Link went up to a man with a sword slung over his back. I walked over and the man said, "Young Link here tells me you are new in these parts." He said in a strong voice.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." I said with a shrug.
"I'm Rusl. Tell me how you came to be here, if you don't mind?" he asked, curiously. Both blue eyes sparked with curiosity. I smiled sheepishly.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I was kidnapped by a monster and taken here. A really bright goat rescued me, and I found myself in the spring in the woods. Talo found me apparently, and the rest is history." I explained. Rusl and Link looked shocked.
"A very bright goat saved you? Where was it?" Rusl asked, a disbelieving look etched on his face.
I cringed slightly upon the sudden attention. I didn't like being in the spotlight. I was more than relived when a jar headed man came up. He glanced at Rusl and Link, and faced me, excitement in his small, gray, eyes. "You're the new girl, eh? We don't get too many visitors 'round these parts. What's your name?" he seemed to almost be scrutinizing and welcoming me at the same time.
"Cassie. And yours?" I asked prolong Rusl's conversation. I didn't want to talk about it.
"I'm Jaggle. I'm Talo and Malo's dad if you've met them already." He said. I nodded. Remind me never to go to his house…
Rusl turned to Link. " You'd better go grab Epona if you're going to get to Hyrule on time." He said, Link nodded, smiled at me, and raced off in the direction of the woods.
"Who is Epona?" I asked.
"She's Link's horse. He's going to Hyrule today to deliver a gift to the royal family." Rusl explained.
I saw Link talking to a rather…large man and a girl around my age was petting Epona. Suddenly, she got really mad, and yelled at Link. She grabbed Epona's reins and led her to the woods, in the direction of the spring. I ran after Link, who was staring openmouthed at the mouth of the woods. "What did you do now, Link?" I asked in an exasperated voice. "Ilia, the girl you saw, got ticked off because Epona was hurt. She took Epona to the spirit's spring. I'd better go get her." He said and ran off. I went after him on an impulse. We came to the woods, where Talo and Malo were standing guard. Talo's face lit up at the sight of Link, and then hardened at Colin and me. I smiled wryly. He stuck his tongue out.
"Ooh, Link yesterday was so much fun! Chasing that monkey was great! I was just telling Malo here about how we wanted to show it to him, but it got away." Talo said with excitement.
"Oh, YOU didn't get caught, Talo." Malo mumbled.
"Oh, Colin! Way to spoil everything by telling your dad. Nice job" Talo said sarcastically.
"Yeah." Malo said, "We got scolded by our dad something awful. I thought it was never gonna end."
"I bet you're trying to go see Ilia aren't you? Well there's no way I'm gonna let you pass!" Talo announced, drawing himself up. Then his eyes lit up. "Hey Link, neat! Lemme borrow that wooded sword! If I had it yesterday…" Talo trailed off.
Link smiled and handed him the sword. With a triumphant wail, Talo ran over to a scarecrow, and took a battle stance. I rolled my eyes. "Hey, guys?" Colin cut in timidly. "Thanks. Those guys are always teasing me. What's so fun about swinging something like that around, anyway? I hate it. But when I grow up, I'm going to be just like you! I don't want to learn about swords, but could you teach me how to ride horses someday?"
Link smiled. "Sure, kid. I promise."
Colin jumped up, a big grin on his face and ran down the path." That was really nice, Link. You're a good guy." I said. Link grinned. Then I went down the path, to the spring. There was a locked gate there now. I hung back, feeling awkward as Link came up to the gate. "If you came to take Epona back, you can FORGET it!
Why don't you think about what you've done for a change! I won't open the gate until youchange your attitude!" Ilia huffed. Colin came up to the gate and whispered.
"Listen, I don't know if she'll listen, but I'll try to explain about Talo and the monkey. Go around the back way." He said. Link nodded, and motioned for me to follow him. He crawled through a very well concealed hole, and I went in after him. I was slow and clumsy, and cut myself on the stray roots and thorns in the passage. I heard them talking as I finally crawled through.
"… Just come home safely." Ilia said. A familiar rumbling sounded, and my heart beat wildly in my chest. It's the fat green monster and his merry band. Aw crap, why does everything happen to me?I opened my mouth to yell a warning, but nothing came out. The gate burst open and I saw Ilia was shot in the back. Green guy spotted me and grunted in surprise. He raised his club, and I saw stars. All went dark and this time, there was no light spirit to rescue me.
I still need you guys to review! I tried to make the chapter really long, but I am a really slow typer. Also, I am really busy a lot so I don't have much time to edit. Any ideas and suggestions are still greatly appreciated. Still trying to improve my writing ability so stick with me if it seems a bit dead.