What's this? Three updates in one week?! And there's going to be one to two more?! It's a sign of the apocalypse! Yup... world's going to end. Nah, I'm kidding. Anyways, i don't know why. As soon as the writer's block left, I just felt like writing this and writing this... So I did.
In other news... My sister had a baby. I am now officially an aunt. MY NIECE IS FUCKING ADORABLE! I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CUTE CHILD, OHMYGAWD!
FAST PACED CHAPTER. If anyone complains, I'll gut them... with a wooden stick. Try to imagine how painful that will be, kay?
"Silver white demon? You mean Vega?" Zelda asked incredulously. "He's the furthest thing from a demon!" I think…
"Only because you've never seen a demon before," the strange thing said to her. "How can you honestly say he isn't one?"
"Because he's a star being not a demon!" She snapped.
"Star beings don't have brown eyes." The thing pointed out.
Zelda could say nothing to that. From what she read, that was true… Star beings commonly had very white skin, silvery white hair, and light colored eyes… Vega only fit in two of those categories… She shook the thoughts out of her head. He was not a demon! A rude and vulgar man who spoke funny, yes, but not a demon. "He's just a freak, then! But he's not a demon…"
"Then how come he's making you two follow him!" Another creature added in.
"If anything, I forced him…" Zelda said.
"Are you sure that's not just what he wants you to think?" Another one asked, seeming so sure of itself.
The young witch just gave them all a flat look and said just as flatly, "Yes."
The small group of leaf masked things remained quiet for a moment before another pointed to Link's neck and went, "Ah, what about this thing! This collar is filled with dark magic!"
"That was me. I did that." The witch said proudly.
There was another silence after that. The creatures just stared at her.
"What? What are you all looking at me for?"
"She's the demon!" One of the creatures shrieked.
"Wait what?!" She squeaked. None of the creatures bothered to give her an explanation, however, as they immediately went and picked her up again. "Wait, what are you going to do to me?! I am not a demon! Let me go!" She shrieked.
"Huh… whas going on?" Link mumbled as she shifted on the grass.
"Link!" She cried out, "Link, as much as I hate to ask for your help: help!"
"What? Why does my head hurt…?" Link muttered, trying to get up. It took him a few moments to realize he was tied up and when he did, "What in Din's name?!"
"LINK! HELP ME, DAMMIT!" Zelda screamed.
Link sat up quickly, trying to get his ties undone. The weird creatures carrying Zelda off seemed to be ignoring him and all swarming around the witch, taking her deeper into the forest. He cursed himself for not being able to undo the binds. If only those things had been stupid enough to tie his hands on his front, not behind his back! He may not have liked Zelda, but dammit, a part of what he was taught was always to save a damsel in distress… And she was technically a damsel and she was definitely distressing!
Apparently so was he…
Getting so frustrated, he decided he might as well chew through the ropes. He highly doubted he still had the canines he had had when he was a wolf, but there was nothing else he could do. Already, the witch's annoying voice was fading into the forest.
Have to save her… have to save her… he kept thinking. Until… Wait a minute… She put this demon damned collar on me, threatens to turn me into a wolf half the time I'm with her… Why the hell do I want to save her? It was probably just from the shock of waking up to in the particular situation he had woken up in… because now that he thought it through, it wasn't something he really wanted to deal with. Those strange little tree people, whatever they were, had just saved him a whole lot of trouble. He was free from that girl's leash now, all he had to do was take off the collar!
… And the ropes… He should probably figure out the ropes first…
He kept futilely attempting to chew through the ropes, doing the best he could to ignore the scraping the scratchy ropes were no doubt causing on the insides of his cheeks on his tongue. He paused when he heard the crunching of dead leaves…
Footsteps? It could be Vega… or more of those walking tree stumps. He frowned, not sure what to do… But, either way it couldn't be bad. The walking tree stumps didn't seem to have too much of an interest in him after all.
"Hey!" He cried out. "Is anyone there?"
"Your stupidity continues to amaze me." Vega said, now easily identifiable since his hood was down and his long silver hair was all around his face. His boots stopped only about a foot away from the page's nose. "How did you get yourself tied up like that? Humans, you all cause such aggro…"
The collared page just glared up at him. "Are you going to untie me or not?"
The star just lazily knelt down and then flicked Link's nose. "Where's the duck, Nancy boy?"
He snapped at the star's fingers, but received no reaction from it.
"You're seriously going to be that way about it?" Asked the star as if it was some kind of game.
Link didn't answer.
Vega sighed in a frustrated way and said, "Come now, I can understand you don't care for the duck but if she dies, I die too. And if I die, you can't get your wish and your precious little king can just whither away."
Logic could ruin a tantrum… The star had a point there, but he didn't have to like it. "These weirdo things went and carried her off; knocked me out too out." He feebly attempted to point his head in the direction they headed off, "That way."
It was only then that Vega proceeded to untie Link's binds. As soon as Link stretched out a bit, the star went on ahead only saying, "Fill me in as we go." The page also noted the quickened pace at which the silver haired fellow went.
And so, the page explained what he could as far as he could remember. As he described the strange creatures to the star being, he noted the annoyed expression upon his face as he muttered, "Koroks…"
"What about coco?" Link asked.
"Koroks." Vega corrected. "They used to be called Kokiri but whatever cultural change they put upon themselves…" He looked as if he was struggling for the correct way to put it, "They've gotten a bit… dim. They probably thought I was some sort of demon and in a potty attempt to rescue you, knocked you out."
The page frowned, "What does this have to do with toilets?"
The star just rolled his eyes.
Meanwhile, Zelda had given up her screaming and had just gone to pouting. The creatures that weren't carrying her were all circling her cautiously. Had they not been saying "Demon! We must punish the demon!" she would've thought they were kind of cute. Still, they seemed to have mellowed out a bit so she chanced a question,
"Can you tell me where you're taking me?"
"We're taking you to see the Great Deku Tree!" said one of the circling Koroks. "When he lays eyes on you, he will tell us how we should punish you!"
She did not like the sound of that. She didn't like the sound of punishment and she didn't like the fact that it was going to be decided by a tree. These little leaf masked things had to be insane or just really stupid! She wondered which one of the many trees in this haunted forest was their "great" tree.
Unintentionally, the witch squealed as she was dropped onto the grassy floor before the biggest tree she had ever seen. She tried not to squeal again at the sight of the tree. It was enormous, but the size wasn't what was so intimidating about. What made it so intimidating was the way the trunk was gnarled and shaped… Almost like an old man's face! There was a sharp, crooked nose; drooping, wrinkly eyes; sagging edges that could pass for "cheek bones"; even the bark beneath its nose was discolored enough so it seemed like a beard! And the thing that was even more intimidating than its appearance… it was the sheer power surrounding this tree! She had never felt so much magical energy… or such ancient magical energy.
So busy gaping was she, that she hadn't even noticed the leader of the little creatures had stepped up in front f her and bowed down to the tree. "Great Deku Tree, we found this demon in the woods! She has imprisoned and cursed a strange albino and a young swordsman! Please, great Deku Tree, guide us! What are we to do to this she-devil?"
She-devil?! That sounds worse than demon! She thought bitterly, being knocked out of her daze.
"My little children… In your change of appearance, your mental processing seems to have diminished. This is no demon; this young lady is a witch."
The blond girl looked around furtively. It took her a moment to realize that the voice, the strange voice that she didn't really hear but felt… it came from the ancient tree!
"A witch? She's a witch?" One of the creatures asked.
"A witch… though, I can sense that she has cursed the two that came with her. However, this witch shall receive no punishment for it."
She was too busy being amazed by the great tree to really pay attention to what it had said. The words… she wasn't hearing them… She was feeling them! She could feel the words form in her very soul and shake it. Her eyes glittered in admiration at the great tree. It was at that moment she wished she could take back every bad thing she had said about this forest… because the forest was that tree… and that tree was pure magic. A spirit of untold power that she'd only heard of in legends. This was a guardian of the forest, and therefore, a guardian of life…
"No punishment?" Another Korok asked, "But she cursed those two men!"
"All will be clear in time." Was all the tree said. "They will find us and then everything will be clear."
Adding a pleading tone to her voice, Zelda than asked, "Does this mean I can be untied now?"
Ah, one day those three will get along... And don't worry, they will.
Next chapter is a Big Nose-erm, Ganondorf chapter... I never thought I'd say this, but I actually like writing his chapters. Possibly because they're twisted... and his segments usually contain things that I'm already used to writing.