Chapter 2: The story unfolds! A Mysterious Creature, a wolf, and… Neko
Me: is still mewing without realizing a whole chapter has already been submitted. And that there are hopefully complimenting viewers who liked the story
Angela: Ahh, Ayumi, what are we going to do with you? Oh!! Isn't this the chapter where I appear?? Oh dear!! She starts getting nervous
Matt: Ayumi-Neko does not own Zelda, or any of its games!!
"Oww…" I rubbed gingerly at my behind, which had suffered from bitter pain after that fall. Then I got up carefully and looked around. The atmosphere was creepy, in a way. The air around me was golden, and hazy. It was hard to breathe here as well. Then I spotted something truly frightening. A strange, black creature was in the space several feet in front of me. It looked almost like a shadow. This monster was a horrifying nightmare to behold.
A big black shield seemed to take the place of a face, black hair slinking down its neck. It didn't walk straight up-and down, but hunched over, using it's long arms to help maneuver itself along the ground. Red, glowing tribal markings covered its body.
I watched paralyzed in one place, afraid to move, even though it didn't even seem to notice me. Then I spotted Yoshimi on the ground. The creature was moving toward him, my strangled warning got stuck in my throat. Oh, no, I thought, poor Yoshimi, I've got to do something!! But what? I tried to move, but it turned out I really was paralyzed in my place. So I was forced to watch whatever tragedy unfold.
But then, a golden light seemed to shine from Yoshimi's hand. It was a shape that I couldn't quite catch. But, somehow, it seemed to repel the beast. I felt relieved, when the beast ran away. Yet, I still couldn't move, I was frozen right in my place.
"Damn it, this is so frustrating!!" I tried to move my limbs, but still no success. Suddenly the whole scene seemed to freeze. At least my head was free to move, so I tried to see what could have happened.
"Stephanie, it's all right. Don't be scared." It was just then that I realized, that I was scared. I didn't like it here. It was so different. So different from when I was near Ordon. I want to go home. Why am I even here in the first place? I looked up with tears springing from my eyes, not looking at the frozen eerie, scenery.
Instead I looked at the angelic figure of Angela, walking toward me. She seemed to glow in the midst of the hazy twilight. "Stephanie, I know you want to go home, and that you're wondering why you're here. Unfortunately you can't go home yet, and I can't tell you why you're here… Yet." She added firmly. I sighed, once again. She always was like a second mother to me.
She also knew that a protest was about to burst out of me. Then I felt even guiltier that I abandoned my muses for such a long time.
"Just listen," She continued with her soft, musical voice, "When the time comes, you will find out. But just not yet, be patient, and ask your questions. I will answer the best I can.
Then they came out of me; I didn't even have time to breathe.
"Why can't I move? What was that light? Where did that monster go? Is there more coming? And why is everything frozen?" I stopped, and panted heavily.
She smiled then answered.
"Well, answering your first question, you become immobile, when you are tempted, to stop a destiny from happening.
"Erm, what?"
"Well, for example, there are parts to this story (the plot of the Video Game) where something, even if it's terrible, is supposed to happen. If you are tempted to help, and about to, it's a way of making you learn not to interfere when a destined event occurs.
"And to answer your second question, you already know what that light was. Though you have read the entire guide, in this world, you live like every other being in here. Of course none of the other people of Hyrule are able to foreshadow upcoming events. A simpler explanation would be, that it's like your own world. You can't see the future in your world, so you don't know what's going to happen. But that's the only similarity.
But, it seems you do have some instinct, thank goodness, that you can sense when something big or dangerous is going to happen. For that we can be thankful, for who knows how much of that you might need in here (even in your world, I'm afraid, dear you can become too clumsy at times), also I do worry about your daydreaming problem." She shook her head gently, "Ahh, anyways do you understand that part?"
I nodded, and then started to ask about my third question, but she interrupted me before I could do so.
"About your third question. If you try to remember hard enough, you should remember what might happen. But, other than that you'll have to find out for yourself. You have to build a stronger mind. Oh! The scene is about to resume, so I must go."
"Hold it, I thought you were going to answer it!"
"I did, answer it, I never said I would give you a straight answer to all your questions. Now I must leave."
"Wait! Don't leave me!!"
"May blessings be with you…"
She seemed to fade away into the twilight, nothing left but the last of her whisper and something more.
"Courage my dear, you must have courage, only that and patience will get you ahead." It seemed only then that I remembered that there was a last question. But it was too late. She was gone. And the scene suddenly started moving again.
"Oh no! Something's wrong with Yoshimi!!" I saw him try to get up, but then it seemed that pain was beginning to wrack his body, and he started trembling violently. That's when he turned into a wolf.
It was the most beautiful beast I have ever seen. Unlike other beasts I've seen, this one had icy, blue eyes. It seemed to collapse either from exhaustion, or pain.
Then the monster came back. It dragged poor Yoshimi away. Then the scene faded from my eyes, but not before I saw another creature watching me.
Or so it seemed.
My vision came back suddenly, and I seemed to be in some sort of dank dungeon. A weak movement caught my eye, and I saw Yoshimi, the wolf, on the ground.
He seemed to be chained. As I watched him struggle, I heard a laugh. I looked beyond the dungeon cell and saw a small, floating impish creature. It had fiery red hair, and a helmet mounted upon its head. It also had markings, but not as intimidating as the one on the shadow monster.
"Oh!! Well, now you poor thing you. Here let me out of your chains." A dark energy ball formed in her hands, and I flinched when she threw it at Yoshimi's feet. It broke the chain imprisoning him, "Now try to get out. I'll wait right here for you." Her eyes seemed to flash toward me for a split second, but then again, it might have been my imagination. It seemed that none of them could see me. I haven't wondered that until now. It was almost like I was a ghost or something… I don't know. Then I watched Yoshimi sniff around. He noticed some sort of rubbish beside the bars of the cell on the left. Then what I thought was kind of random, he ran head first into the pile of rubble. It all fell apart, and then he sniffed around the area a bit. Obviously he can't speak, but I can tell he smelled something there.
Then he dug underneath the bars, which was actually a tiny tunnel that I would have never noticed it before.
The impish creature jumped onto his back.
"Now you're not as dumb as you look. Do you know where you are?"
Yoshimi seemed to glower at her with hate in his deep blue eyes. "No? Well, I've decided that I'm going to help you. Only for a price of course."
He looked at her questioning though still on his guard, you could just hear a rumbling growl forming in his stomach. I was also curious, because like him, I had no idea where we were, and also, I was of course interested in what the price was.
Again, I thought I saw her eyes flash to where I was standing. But it might have been a trick of light, the Twilight is quite hazy, and you could imagine anything here. Still, I listened on.
"You have to do exactly as I say. In other words, you will be my slave." She seemed amused; Yoshimi looked annoyed, and glared at her, no longer growling but with a serious, "I'm listening" look about him.
"Alright, it's settled, now, go into the next dungeon. And I'll help you from there." She almost looked closed to laughter, and she smiled an impish grin.
As Yoshimi moved, with her on his back, toward the door, I followed, remembering that I have to keep up in order to survive. I shivered suddenly, realizing just now, that the dungeon had an unnatural chill. It was so evil. I couldn't stand it.
He went inside, and looked incredulous, because there was nothing in this cell. I was, of course, also curious. The creature then spoke again,
"Alright, look up, and then jump and grab that handled chain." He did so, and then a barred passage the exact shape and size of a window, suddenly opened up on the wall. I hadn't noticed it before. He jumped into it, and again I kept close as not to get lost. I had a feeling that something was in there, and I didn't want to be alone to face it.