I'm like on a crap writing spree right now. Not only does this chapter totally suck, it's short... again. I can't seem to be able to write long chapters anymore. It seems my block isn't completely gone... GODDAMMIT BRAIN, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?! -bangs head on keyboard-
On the bright side, you got your update before 10 PM! :D WHOO! I'll be honest, this is a very Vega-centric chapter. And I'd also like to tell fleets thank ya'll very much. As much as I don't like OCs in fanfics, when I do make OCs, whether they are for original stories of fanfics, I strive to make them as realistic and believable as possible.
"You're sure they took her this way?" Vega asked the page.
Link scowled and snapped, "They went this way at first; they could've changed directions at any other time!"
The star said nothing to that, knowing that to be true enough. He didn't feel that Zelda was too far, at the same time he still had his doubts about how near to her they were. Everything in the forest looked the same. The trees, the grass, the bushes… everything just looked the same. Not to mention there was just a sense about the forest that made it confusing, already. He hadn't been sure about it until Link first mentioned the Koroks. The Guardian of the Forest was there… and that was most likely where the dimwitted creatures had gone. But he could feel the Guardian everywhere… not very productive when one needed to find the source.
"Good goddesses…" Link muttered.
"What?" He glanced over at the collared page.
Link just pointed upwards. Sighing and expecting it to be silly, he followed the young man's finger and the found him gaping, himself. Staring right at them, with big golden eyes, was a giant owl. It was easily the size of an average man, something which creeped both the page and the star out. As if it couldn't get any creepier, the owl then twisted its head all the way around and went right back to staring at them.
"Maybe… if we don't move… it will leave…" the silver haired man said.
The blond didn't even dare speak. This was the owl he'd heard the stories about… That was the one he had been skeptical of but… seeing was certainly believing. He heard the star make a sound of disgust as the owl twisted its head back around again.
"Do you think we can outrun it…?" Link asked.
Vega considered it, his eyes still firmly on the owl. "Perhaps… his wingspan is large so I imagine it's hard for him to fly around in such a thick forest…" Though, he's had to navigate this forest somehow…
The star then glanced over at the page only to see the blond man had left a trail behind him when he ran. The giant bird then flapped its just as giant wings, and that was enough to send the silvertop running as well. And as he ran, he could still hear the flapping of the giant bird's wings. As he jumped over a log, that was when he recognized the form of Link's back. Rage flared up inside of him but he still kept in mind the owl behind them.
"You asshole." Vega spat as he caught up to Link.
"What?" Link said just as bad temperedly, "You can take yourself, I've seen it!"
"You could have at least mentioned what you were thinking!" The star said angrily.
"And let that owl eat me? I don't think so!" The page said as if it was common sense.
The star grumbled something irritably but they both kept running.
Until they tripped over a log hidden by ferns and moss. Immediately, both turned on their back and gazed in horror as the giant owl landed before them. It twisted big around completely and then back. The two looked at each other and nodded. If that bird got any nearer, there would be blood and feathers everywhere. The great owl opened its beak; the two prepared for the offensive.
"Great Deku Tree, would these be the fellows you're looking for?"
Both of their jaws dropped to the floor.
"Yes. Thank you Kaepora Gaebora"
The next voice seemed to shake their very souls, but they could still tell that whatever spoke was behind them. They turned slowly, fearing the worst.
"Link! Vega!" Said Zelda, a smile brightening her face despite all the Koroks around her. "Did you guys come to save me?"
Their attention, however, was more on the enormous tree behind her with a strange trunk that looked almost like a face. Zelda was annoyed, then, Vega could sense that much, but he was examining the tree. After a moment he then smiled and began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" The witch and the page asked almost simultaneously.
The Koroks echoed their question, albeit in different forms, but the star answered. "This forest isn't haunted or cursed. I should've figured it out when I mentioned the Koroks…"
"I'm afraid the rumors of hauntings are my fault." The owl Kaepora Gaebora said, "Loggers could destroy this sacred place. In order to keep it safe, I spread the rumors on behalf of the Great Deku Tree."
"Those Koroks could have fooled me…" Link muttered.
"They're not evil, just stupid." Zelda whispered to him.
"Star being, what is your name?" The Deku Tree asked.
The star flipped his silver hair over his shoulder and looked up at the tree. "Vega."
"Star Vega, if it not too much to ask, may I speak with you?"
The star looked at the small crowd around him and the tree. "I'm assuming he means a private conversation so all of you sod off."
Grumbling, the witch and the page followed the Koroks away into the forest. The giant owl did not leave.
"Kaepora Gaebora may stay. I value most anything he has to say."
Crinkling his nose in irritation, the star did not object. He just wasn't sure if he valued anything a giant owl had to say. "What do you want to tell me?"
"Your soul is bound to the witch."
"And?"
"That girl is not just a witch. I am sure you have sensed it by now."
He said nothing.
"Those two, the witch and the page, have a greater destiny then you would like to give them credit for." The owl commented. "And whether you like it or not, you've been tied into it… At least for now."
The star sneered. "I have no desire to be a part of their fate… No matter what they may be. Besides, they don't even know what they are."
"No one ever knows who or what they are… but they will find out in time." The Deku Tree said. "It is the destiny of the those chosen by the goddesses to gather… and to battle."
"And I'm not one of them; therefore, I have nothing to do with them!" Vega snapped.
The giant owl flapped its wings in irritation and said, "You have everything to do with them if your soul is bound to one of them! If she dies, you die, if she's in pain, you're in a pain, you feel what she feels! How can you say you have nothing to do with her?"
"Because I want nothing to do with them!" He snarled. "And I want nothing more of this bloody conversation!" And with that, he turned on his heel towards where the small crowd had departed. He knew everything they said was correct, but he didn't have to admit that he was a part of their fate. That was not what he wanted…
"You will help them, young star, whether you want to or not." The Deku Tree's voice vibrated into his being.
He snorted and kept stomping through the growth of the forest. As drew back a branch, he jumped, a little startled to see an angry looking Zelda there.
"Stop being angry!" She hissed. "I'm tired of feeling angry! Always with you, it's angry, angry, angry! Angry at this, angry at that!"
He felt his eyebrow twitch. "Because my soul is bonded to a cheeky little tart like you!"
"Stop fighting!" A Korok shouted.
"Thank you!" Link told it.
It was then that the star and the witch noticed that just about everyone else was staring at them. The blond girl flushed in embarrassment. Then she felt a twinge of annoyance coming from Vega-big surprise there. The silvertop just grumpily walked over to a lonely corner and sat down, his back to everyone else.
As Zelda sat down near Link, the page couldn't help but notice that the witch didn't have a look of irritation on her face. Instead, she actually looked concerned. Thinking it to be about the forest, he said "When you two cool down a little we can probably ask one of these guys to lead us out… if they even know where it is."
"Thanks, but that wasn't what I was thinking about…" She said distantly.
Link forked an eyebrow. "Not that I care… but what were you thinking about?"
The witch bit her lip and said, "I think Vega has underestimated how tangled up our souls are…"
"And why is that?" The page asked.
"I actually heard his thoughts… I mean, nothing that could make sense together, but I heard drifts of what he was thinking. I don't know if he knows it and I don't think I should bring it up." She said, sounding concerned.
"Bringing it up would probably just make him irritable." Link commented.
"He definitely doesn't need to be irritated anymore than he is now…" She said with a nod.
At that statement, the collared page cocked his head in confusion. "If he's that irritated then how come you aren't biting anyone's heads off?" He asked.
The glint in her eye proved that she was indeed irritated. Gathering her composure, though, she went ahead and said, "Because not everything he's feeling is irritation. We share emotions now, remember. I'm getting irritated from him, but at the same time I'm also concerned… and he seems depressed."
"I'll take your word for it."
Silence, except for the Koroks speaking amongst themselves in their own little garbled language.
Eventually, Zelda did spoke. "Link, I want to thank you…" The words seemed a little bit difficult for her to say, but ignored that part of it.
"What are you thanking me for?"
Blushing slightly she said, "Back when the Koroks carried me off and I screamed for your help, I saw you trying to get out of the ropes as fast as you could… And then you actually came and found me. I mean, I know Vega did too, but that was for his own self-preservation. You didn't have to come for me… Especially since I…" She glanced at the collar and then averted her gaze somewhere else.
Link was really glad he didn't share emotions with anyone because he felt guilty. The only reason he was willing to save her was because Vega had convinced that without her, he wouldn't have a wish… But Zelda didn't know this; she was out of sight by the time he realized he didn't want to save her. And now, she was thanking him for attempting to rescue her even though he didn't really want to.
"Chivalry calls for me to save a damsel in distress." He said, hiding any guilt he felt.
"Even if that stupid code calls for it, I'm still thanking you." She snapped, Vega's irritation showing itself in her again. "So just take it!"
"Fine," he said with a slight flinch, "You're welcome…" She's a really bossy woman…
WHUT?! ZELDA AND LINK BEING CIVIL!? ZOMG! It must be the end of the world!
I'M OBSESSED WITH CAPZ LOCK RIGHT NAO.