The Deku Princess' Adventure

Chapter 2: Trouble Already

The princess had left the castle and travelled by boat to the witch's hut. They were known as the Medical caretakers of the Swamp kingdom, and the princess started doing small quests for them, ever since the beginning of her teenage years. She looked up, and the clouds began dropping rain. The entire swamp was silent, except for the drops of water. She climbed the stairs and ran in. She saw Koume working the counter, and Kotake sweeping. She came in, feeling happier than she had ever felt before.

"Good morning, sisters," the princess said. The witches looked up and leapt for joy to see the girl that was like a daughter to them. "It's been too long, dear!" they said as they hugged the girl, almost twice as tall as them. "You could trick a half-elf into thinking you're one of them! You look beautiful!" they said. The princess at first questioned if they were insulting the appearance of a Deku scrub, but she knew they meant well.

"Thank you both," she said. "I actually have some half-good news."

The witches spoke in unison, as they always had. "Half-good news, you say?"

"Yes. I'm leaving the swamp to explore Termina."

"Oh dear, you know we'll miss you so. But all of Termina, you say?"

"Yes, I plan to learn everything about this realm I possibly can. I want to take on every quest I can."

"…Well if you wish to help people, there is a little problem we would like to ask your help with."

"Oh? What might that be?"

"Thieves…on every rainy day, they come and steal our products from our cauldrons below. We have no real means of defense…do you think you can help us?"

"Of course I can. I will wait on top of the shop until they come, you stay here."

"Thank you, dearie."

The princess climbed to the top of the shop, ducked down to conceal herself, and waited.

Only a few minutes past before the thieves ran down the alley of trees to the witch's shop. They slowly walked towards the shop. They looked around, looking for traps. A rock was being continuously pushed by the pond's waves onto the dock of the shop, giving a solid beat every five seconds or so. The atmosphere was suspenseful, as the thieves felt danger where they were this time.

The thieves walked slowly to the cauldrons, and waited. As they got close, the princess leaned her head over the roof to observe the scene. The six thieves began pulling bottles out of their cloaks they were wrapped in, taking the potions. It was at this moment that the princess dropped from the roofs and relied on her martial arts to knock out three of them at once. The remaining three immediately charged her.

The princess parried their attacks, until they started throwing flash bombs. She was temporarily blinded, giving the thieves the advantage. She was captured and restrained with ropes. The three began speaking to each other, one holding onto the princess. "Keep her as a hostage, we might get a good ransom," one said.

The princes broke into the conversation. "You idiots, if you want to capture someone with ropes, you can't forget what you did!"

The thieves replied, confused. "W-what?"

"If you want to capture someone with ropes, you have to TIE THEM!"

The princess let go of the bundle she was secretly holding and surprise-attacked all of them. She sent two to the ground, unconscious. The third, she sat on, giggling at their mistakes. "It's kinda sad that you forgot to do that." She laughed some more, as the last thief squirmed under her. "Who are you guys, anyways?" she asked.

"We are…we're the bombers." The boy pulled his hood off to reveal his orange bandana. "We're a gang who started as children…we need money, so we've become thieves. I'm really just the guy following them, please don't hurt me!"

"Tell you what, I'll let you all go, but you have to promise to stop hurting other people's lives. Besides, you're not very good at it anyway."

"I…alright."

The princess sat up and got off the boy. He woke up his friends, they returned the elixirs and ran off. The princess ran inside and talked to the witches to let them know of the good news. They leapt for joy and thanked her. As thanks, they gave her a witch's hat, just for magical protection. A gem set in the middle, glowing red and orange, was said to have a secret ability that she would have to find out for herself. She received a few potions for health as well. She left the shop and got the road leading to Termina field. She was more excited than she had ever been before.