ThePepsiNinja: At long last, after more than a month, I have posted chapter 2. Sorry about the long wait. *bows* Well as promised, Link is very much in this chapter. As soon as I play more of the game and advance the plot, I'll write and post the third chapter.
Link: At least you're getting off your lazy butt.
ThePepsiNinja: Actually, all I had to do was sit on my lazy butt with my laptop to write this. You. Fail.
Link: *glares*
ThePepsiNinja: Do I really have to do the disclaimer thingie for everything I write? Oh well. This is the only time I'm doing it for this fic. Every chapter before and afterwards isn't really necessary is it? I don't own the Legend of Zelda series, Nintendo does. And onward...
I awoke sharply to the sound of cracking above me and the feeling of something landing on my bed. When I sat up, I came face-to-face with the most gorgeous creature I'd ever seen: A grey wolf with Caribbean blue eyes. The brow of the animal glowed with a soft yellow light in the form of a foreign symbol. I gasped, staring at it. For a moment, it looked at me too before breathing through its nose slightly as if to say goodbye and jumped off of my bed, moving the crate directly to the left of my bed to reveal a glowing, flying bug glowing with purple sparks on its body. I had to hold in another gasp. As soon as it was revealed, the animal tore into it with a powerful maw, tearing the insect in half, revealing a glowing orb of soft, blue light. The light enveloped the wolf. Said animal looked at me again before jumping on my wardrobes and up into the now gaping hole in my roof.
I hastily threw the covers off of my body and rushed to the door, swinging it open hastily, wanting to follow the wolf, wherever it was going. I followed it from a distance. The beast went for the spring. Albion was nowhere in sight. I slightly panicked but kept my sight on the lovely creature. I hid behind the stone wall close to the shaman's hut and observed from there. A strange string, containing little blue, shimmering pearls of light came from the animal and floated out to the spring where a giant, graceful bird appeared. The bird spoke to the wolf before the most shocking thing happened.
I saw the wolf transform into a human right before my very eyes. I had to hold in my gasp in fear that the human would see me. Quite the attractive one, let me tell you-focus, Fila!
It was also around that time that the area around me got much lighter. Weird. I'd never noticed how dark it was before. And by the looks of it, it was still daytime. I wonder why the area was so dark then? My attention went back to the young man when he stood up from the shallow pool of water.
He was of average height, sporting a light chain mail and green tunic and a long green cap over his shaggy, dirty blond hair. His eyes remained the same enticing blue though. His skin was slightly tanned and even through the tunic I could see this young man was in very good shape. I heard the door to the hut open and Renado along with Luda, and five other people I'd never seen before came out. I came into the picture, same time as they did so I didn't look suspicious. The young man stopped and looked at us, smiling.
"You must be the young man from Ordona Province the young ones mentioned." Renado said. He looked at the young man with kindness, same as he did with me when I arrived here. "Link, is it?" The young man nodded and looked at all of us. "I am the shaman, Renado. This is my daughter, Luda." The young man-Link-nodded at the two in acknowledgment, the same smile on his face. He smiled at the four children and then regarded me and the strange man next to me in a slight wariness. Renado turned to the two of us and let out a light chuckle.
"Ah yes of course, this is Barnes, the village bomb expert." Renado motioned at Barnes, who looked at Link and nodded, his arms crossed over his huge belly. "And this is our newest resident, Fila." He motioned to me, who, out of habit, did a very graceful curtsey and folded my hands in my lap politely, nodding at Link.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance, good sir." I said serenely. Link hesitated and nodded at me.
"Fila dear, we were worried you'd never wake up. You've been asleep for almost forty hours." Renado directed at me. I put my hand over my mouth in shock.
"Really? I only thought I'd been asleep for a little while. Wow. My sincerest apologies." I said with a slight bow. "I never meant to cause worry in any way." I said in the most respectful tone I could achieve at the moment. Renado only smiled at me.
"No need to apologize. You had a good excuse. You received quite the beating before you came here. You look much better now than you did then." I smiled and bowed slightly again.
Renado talked to Link about Death Mountain and the Gorons, the relationship between Kakariko Villagers and the Goron tribe suddenly going sour. After he told Link about the story, Link offered to go up and check things out for himself. Renado thanked him and watched the youth run up the trail leading to what I could only assume was Death Mountain. Renado put a hand on my shoulder.
"Would you like to accompany me? I would like to follow him to make sure he gets back in one piece." He smiled and I smiled in return, nodding.
While we were walking, I decided to open up the conversation of what had happened while I was knocked out.
"You missed something very terrifying indeed. Monsters, of wicked sorts came here. That was right around the time the four children came as well. I took them into my hut to keep them sheltered. I should have come to get you too but by the time I got everyone taken care of, the monsters were everywhere. It was either risk my life on the off chance I'd get to you and leave six helpless people unprotected, or leave you to fend for yourself. Forgive me." I dismissed it, saying I'd have probably done the same. "It's interesting though. It seems as if those wicked creatures never even attempted to touch you." He commented as we approached the mouth of Death Mountain entrance. This shocked me but I said nothing and could only nod and try to swallow the lump that had now settled in my throat. Bothersome things.
We were just in time to see Link get thrown off of the high platform ahead of us, landing square on his back. He yelled in pain and out of instinct I ran over to him.
I crouched down next to him, a worried look on my face.
"What happened?" Was the first thing out of my mouth. He groaned and tried sitting up. With a little help from myself, he was able to do so.
"There was a Goron at the top of the ledge. He got angry, said something about the elders saying no humans were allowed to pass into Death Mountain and then he slammed into me." Link winced as he tried to stand. I helped him do so once again. He brushed himself off and thanked me.
"We better get you to the spring. You look like you seriously injured yourself." I suggested, leading him away from the area over to Renado.
"Thank goodness you made it back in one piece." Renado commented.
"Hardly." Link chuckled slightly.
"You know, the mayor of Ordon, Bo, might know how to deal with this situation. I'd go back so I could talk to him." Renado suggested, smiling down at the two of us. We both nodded. Link was limping slightly, but after a while, he was able to support himself without my help.
We were a mere fifteen feet from the spring or so when we heard something loud. It sounded like repetitive pounding in the dirt trail and then the sound of two loud thuds and a frightened neigh of a horse. Link whipped around to see what was going on, just in time to see a crazed strawberry roan in a dead run. Link pushed me out of the way when he dove out of the way himself. The horse ran past him and into the spring, rearing up, completely terrified. He bolted up and ran towards the horse, leaping on its back and after quite a lot of crazed running, Link finally managed to calm it down. He patted her neck and smiled.
"That's a good girl." He said. I got up to my feet and walked over to them. He looked down at me and motioned towards the horse. "This is my horse, Epona." There was pride in his voice. The entire picture made a slight grin appear on my face.
"She's beautiful." I commented, petting through her straw-like mane. Oh crap, that reminds me.
Albion.
I scanned the area for my precious friend and once again didn't see him. Frantically, I searched my dress for the horse call I always kept on my person. Believe it or not, it was required for everyone in the royal family and the royal court to keep one. Each call had a distinct sound to it that our horses were trained to pick up on. I took mine with a shaky hand and blew into it, the distinct tune ringing into the air. I heard hoof beats nearby and soon my precious Albion was standing in front of me. He nuzzled my neck and snorted happily. I let our a sigh of relief.
"Where were you, you mischievous little-" I stopped, remembering Link was right there.
"This is my horse, Albion." I introduced Link, who nodded and smiled at him. "I suppose you have to get going, correct?" I asked. He nodded.
"Back to my village in Ordona Province. It's a long way away but I'll be back in no time." He seemed to say with a bit of pride.
"I see. Do you mind if I accompany you? It would be quite the honor to get to see more of Hyrule." I asked. I'd never been to Ordona. I'd only heard that it was a very small, forest community at the south most part of Hyrule. He regarded me seriously, as if debating in his head whether he should let me go or not. If all else fails I can play the princess card, demanding he escort me or he'll "face the consequences". The idea almost made me snort in amusement.
Then he nodded. I nodded in return, thanking him, and mounted Albion. Link lead the way out of the village.
I had to shield my face from the blinding sun. Link and Epona lead the way, jumping over the massive fence keeping Kakariko Village from the rest of the world. Strange. I wondered if that had always been shut.
The field looked so much different in the daylight than it did when it was shrouded in night. The field gave off this air of happiness, though I knew at the moment something terrible was happening and that peaceful air was nothing but artifice at the time.
We galloped through the narrow stone passage connecting Eldin Province from Faron Province. Link protected us the entire way there, slashing at a Bokoblin or two on the way there. I admired him already. He'd make a fine addition to the knights of Hyrule. I made a mental note to mention Link to Zelda, should we all get out of this in one piece.
We finally came to the great forest. As soon as we were there, Link slowed Epona to a trot. I did the same with Albion. The two horses seemed to be relieved with the slight rest. When we finally got into the village, the sun indicated it was about three in the afternoon. Link dismounted Epona and helped me off of Albion.
"So this is Ordon Village?" I asked. He nodded.
"Yep. This is where I've lived my whole life." He stated with an edge of pride in his voice. This made me smile. He loved this place, you could tell.
"So far it's lovely. I'd love to see more, if that is alright with you." I said cordially. He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Why are you talking like that?" He inquired. I paused before answering his question with a question of my own.
"What's wrong with my speaking?"
"You're acting all formal and stuff. You don't need to. I mean, if you were royalty, it'd be different, or even rich. But…don't take this in any offense…I don't think you are. You can just…act normal around me."
Wow.
I didn't know whether to take his advice or be insulted. How dare he, after all. But then, if I just told him I'm royalty, then…what if everything got screwed up? I decided to bite my tongue and not say anything.
"I'd rather not, but thank you. I shall speak how I wish." I said the last part with more venom than I'd intended. He frowned at me for a second before a tense, awkward silence filled the air.
"Did I offend you?" He asked. No. No, not at all.
"A little, yes."
"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." I could tell by the look on his face he meant it. At that moment, my anger completely evaporated and I sighed.
"It's fine, really. No worries." I dismissed it. He smiled and nodded, motioning his head towards a small pass in the stone nearby. He began walking towards it and I followed obediently. When we came out on the other side, I had to hold in another gasp.
This place was beautiful.
I could hardly believe I had never been here before. Link took a look at my face and chuckled.
"It's nice, isn't it?"
"Nice isn't the word. I can't believe I've never even seen this place before. It's gorgeous." I managed to say after a while. The water was incredibly clear, littered with fish. The grass was a light yellow in some places, and a lush green in others. Large, vine covered pillars stood proud near the pond of water and a large, turning waterwheel was situated near the running stream up ahead. I absolutely loved this place and it hasn't even been five whole minutes.
"We need to go talk to the mayor, remember?" He reminded me, seeing me daze out, still taking in the scenery.
"Huh? Oh. Yes, we do. Forgive me." I apologized. He shrugged and started walking to a nearby building.
The suckiest ending ever. Oh well. Third chapter will be up much sooner than this one. Promise.