I walk to Link's room the next day because today was her day off. Seeing as she seems to injure herself a lot we thought it would be best to give her some free days. I knock on her door and she lets me in. She managed to clean the entire room and dust everything and it has only been an hour sense she woke up.
"How do you clean so fast?" I ask her looking around.
"When your bored its amazing what you can do," She says sitting on her bed.
"I came to ask if you ever saw your parents' files in the castle archives," I say to her having them behind my back.
"They were not there. I've checked plenty." Where did they go when she was there? I wonder.
"I found them if you want to see," I hold them up and she quickly takes them. She mutters a 'thanks' and reads them. I see tears ring her eyes and she gives them back to me.
"You can keep them." I know that this is all she knows of her parents and I think she would like to at least have something about them.
"When did you get these?" She asks looking at the floor.
"Yesterday after Anke tried to get your last name. I found out it was Forest and found the files."
"That's strange because I checked the day before for them and they weren't there. Same as the time I went to burn my file," Link says. She stopped crying and her face is now confused looking.
"Are you sure that you checked the entire section?" I ask knowing that sometime people misplace papers like that.
"No I made a quick sweep of the entire 'f' section and there was nothing. Do you think that someone took it and put it back?"
"I didn't keep any of the original servants or guards here. None of the nobles have been here and Zelda never went near there," I say listing anyone that could have done that and get away with it.
"Well either way, thank you for giving them to me it means a lot." Link puts them in a chest and closes it with a lock.
"Do you really need to lock it?" I ask thinking it is a bit excessive.
"I don't want people to go through my stuff!" She shouts back at me.
"Fine!" I shout, backing away from her 'stuff'.
"Do you have anything that I can do?" She asks looking bored. I know if I don't she will try something stupid and once again hurt herself.
"We could go riding. I have to bring a letter to the guards in the woods so it will take a while."
"Sure! I'll get Epona!" She shouts running to her horse. I follow and she already has her saddled and has a bow and quiver on her back.
"Where do you keep getting those weapons!" I shout at her.
"I ran ahead to go in the armory. You have these lying around in there," She says starting going to the gate. I get on my black horse Midnight and ride after her. She shows me a rode that leads through the woods and straight to the guard station. I look at Link to see her readying a arrow. She shoots hitting the target in the tree that is filled with other arrows. She does this multiple times each time hitting the targets. She tells me that she set them up so people can practice on a horse without taking up a lot of room. I can see why see was able to kill a lot of those rebels by shooting them a month ago.
We get to the station and Link covers her face, I don't know why but she won't answer when I talk to her. Then I realize that this was the town she lived in before moving to castle town. The people seem a little irritable and when one will come by Link will cover her face more. I go inside and deliver the letter and when we go to get on our horses a local stops us.
"Are you that hero girl from a few years back?" The old lady asks getting closer.
"Yes ma'am that's me," Link whispers but enough to be heard.
"Why didn't you stop that guy from taking over then?" She asks Link in a harsh tone. I guess she can't see right because she doesn't know I'm the person right here.
"Well I don't think you should judge especially when I didn't see you or anyone else risking their lives to help in any way!" Link shouts at the lady and rides off at a pretty high speed. Some of the guards saw this so I tell them to deal with the old lady while I chase Link. She is good with keeping her emotions to herself but I can tell that that woman retched Link's limits. Link finally stops at a pond with a small shack and heads inside. I'm guessing that this is were she lived but it has been abandoned for years. I go inside and Link is on the back porch that is above the pond. I was almost going to step on it also but Link stops me.
"The wood is rotten and I built this place in the rain so it will break with your weight."
"You made this place?" I ask. It is a horrible looking place but for someone that doesn't know how to build it came out pretty nice.
"Yeah when my care giver died and the village took her house. I started building this place and it started raining. I just added more rooms and a floor as the years went on."
"Oh. Link do you wan to head back?" I ask knowing that this place is just making her more upset.
"No not really. I rather live by myself and stay here." I can't believe that she said that. She will get sick in this place in no time and it's so isolated that no one would come and help her.
"This place doesn't look safe though..." I say trying to get her out of here.
"Yeah I know. Come on let's go back." We ride back in silence and I know that Link is still shaken by the lady's words. She puts Epona away and goes back to her room. When I get up there I hear a weird tapping. I knock and she tells me to come in. She is outside the window again and is tapping a stick against the stone.
"What are you doing?" I ask thinking that she snapped.
"I had a plant that grew by my window and it tapped the stone near the window and it helped me think." She continues tapping and I soon drown out the noise. I walk back to my room knowing that even though she is doing the most dangerous thing she won't hurt herself. I remember that shack that Link lived in and wonder why she would be the hero. Her life is horrible from what I've been getting and I can't think of a reason for the goddesses doing this to her. I hear Link's tapping and then I realize that the hero has courage, which Link obviously has for dealing with her life for some odd years.
Then I also realize that I have no clue how old Link is. She looks like she is maybe 15 or 16 but acts way older. Now this is going to bug me until I find out it will be another thing for tomorrow to do.
I wake up and surprisingly sleep through Link's infernal tapping. I walk to the kitchen knowing that at this time she is making her food and will be down there. When I go inside someone else is there but not Link. It is a girl that I think is one of the servants making something, her hair is brown but close to black and she is Link's height. She turns to look at me and starts talking.
"Oh hello, I'm Rose. Do you need something?" Rose asks turning back to the food.
"Where is Link?" This is going to throw off my whole day I just know it.
"Link woke up sick so I'm making her some soup." Great Link is sick, probably from sitting outside a window all night.
"I was just going to bring it up but I can make you something if you want," She says.
"I don't need anything thank you but I can bring the bowl up for you," I offer and she gives me the bowl. I might as well see how sick she is and get a doctor up there. I get to her room and head in she looks up sits up. I hand her the bowl and starts eating.
"So what is wrong that makes you sick?" I ask her wondering if she is making it up.
"Runny nose and a small cough, and I'm not working when I can finally rest with a cold," she says defending herself.
"Okay I can see why you would want to do that." I know that she must have gotten sick during her quest but didn't have time to sit and rest. "On another note how old are you?" She stares at me a little then tells me.
"I'm 18, how old did you think I was," She says.
"Like 15 to 16. You don't look that old," I say. She looks at me weird but gives up and continues eating.
"So did you have any pets before?" I ask to bring up a conversation.
"Epona and that's it. I didn't have money to buy a pet."
"Then how did you get Epona?"
"A fair contest, it was on shooting targets and Epona was first prize."
"How old were you and Epona then?" I ask because this is all I have to do today.
"I was about 10 and Epona was 12," She says finishing her bowl and putting it on the nightstand.
"So Epona is 20. That is really old for a horse." I know horses only live to be 30.
"Yeah but she still has a lot of life in her and won't keel over any time soon. Thanks for bring the soup this girl named Rose came by the room and heard me cough so made soup for me."
"Yeah I know I went down there to talk to you but it was only that girl."
I take the bowl and give it to the next servant passing by. That was fun and took a little while but I still have other things to do. I walk to my study and start signing papers. I hear thunder outside and a scream from Link's room. I head over there to see what happened to see Link covering her ears.
"What happened?" I ask her wondering why she is acting like this.
"My ears are sensitive and the thunder is really loud," she says with a whimper. Another strike of lightening comes and Link covers her ears with a pillow. I feel a little sorry for her.
"Does this happen to everyone here?" I ask wondering if this is a normal thing.
"Yeah but not as bad, my ears can hear things better so it affects me more. I'm fine I'll just find some cloth to cover my ears with."
"Just wait here and I'll give you some cloth alright?" I say and Link just nods her head.
I head to the tailor room in the castle to get some cloth. The girls in there see me come in and start working which I know that they weren't doing a few seconds ago. I have no idea on what Link would need so I ask them.
"Is there any really thick cloth around here?"
"Can I ask for what you highness?" The girl with bright red hair asks me.
"Link has a problem with thunder," I say thinking she has no clue what I'm talking about.
"Oh yeah she is Hyrulian. They do have that problem a lot," She says in thought and cuts a blue fabric from the wall. "Here this should work."
I leave and head back to Link's room and she is still were she was when I left. I hand her the cloth and she quickly ties it on. I try saying something to her but she didn't hear me so i guess it worked. I wave knowing that she can't hear me and leave. It is really late so I head to bed thinking about how the other subjects deal with this. I also hope that nothing lights on fire or gets blown up by the storm, if that happens then there will be so much stuff to fix tomorrow.
Thanks for reading!
Also I want to note that I have clue if the people of Hyrule are called Hyrulians or Hylanians, so I just chose a random one.