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Where we last left off, Link and his father have been staying in the castle. What will happen next? Read on! :)
Chapter 3: A Really Close Call
Throughout the week Link and I got to know each other a lot more. He also got to know Tyler more. We were truly becoming best friends! We both knew that he would have to go home at the end of the week, but we decided that we'd write letters to one another to keep in touch. Later that week, something terrible happened. It happened the night before Link and his Dad were to leave for home. Link's Dad was at his post guarding the heirloom, just minding his business…
Suddenly a man in a white hooded cape was spotted on castle grounds. The guards tried to stop him, but he knocked them out of his way using lightning bolts that shot out of his hand. That's not good, he must know magic! He had managed to kill six guards with his magic! He was preparing to enter the castle, but Link's father was standing there at the entrance. He already warned my father of the attack, and my father responded by going to protect us and our valuables. He took me, Link, my Brother, my Mom, and the maids into the treasure room to keep us safe. The guards were out there trying to help Link's Dad. We all looked out the window to watch the fight. Link's father slashed at the man, he slashed at Link's father…it felt like it would be a never-ending battle! I was really scared.
"Don't worry." Link smiled. "My Daddy's got it handled!" Just then the man shot multiple lightning bolts at Link's father. Link's father stabbed the man and the man stabbed him at the same time. The man fell to the ground first, and then Link's father fell to the ground. Link stared in shock for about two seconds, and then bolted outside; not aware of the danger of going outside, in case the hooded-man was still alive. Tyler stared outside with horror.
"Link! I tried to run after him, but my father suppressed me. I stopped pulling and my father let go.
"Bingo!" I thought to myself as I sprinted down the stairs and outside to see Link and his father.
"Rose!" Harold yelled. "Guards, after her!" They tried coming after me, but I was too fast, and they weren't sure what to do. All they could do was watch.
I finally reached Link and his father. Link was wailing, looking at his father's gaping chest wound.
"Link's Dad!" I cried out.
"DADDY!" Link screamed, clutching his father's shirt. I stared in disbelief as Link put his head on his father's chest. "Don't die!" He shouted in despair. I fell to my knees.
Link's father put his hand on Link's back. "Link…I'm sorry." He coughed with exhaustion. "I…guess it's my time to go…" He took a deep breath. "I love you dearly, son..." He said weakly.
"Daddy!" Link sobbed, heavy tears streaming down his face.
"Don't ever forget what our family does." Link's Dad spoke to Link. "What do we do, son?"
Link sniffled. "We protect people!"
"That's right, son…" Link's Dad smiled. "Whenever there's someone in danger we help them; no matter what…" He paused, breathing heavily. "I risked my life because I knew that everyone here would be in danger if that man was able to do his evil deeds!" He took a deep breath. "Take the small sword and shield out of my pack, it's yours. I meant to give it to you on our way back home, since your eighth birthday is in 6 days, but I won't live for that, son…"
"Don't go, Daddy! I love you! Don't die!" Link yelled.
"I love you too, son…" He shut his eyes and took a final breath. "Goodbye…" He said breathily. There was an eerie peace in the air; the only noise being the moaning of the wind.
"He's…dead…isn't he?" I said mournfully, tears falling down my cheeks.
"DADDY!" Link screamed at the top of his lungs. He put his face in his hands and sobbed. He lifted his head and went over to his father's pack. He took out the sword and shield from inside as he continued to cry.
"I'm so sorry this happened, Link." I said sorrowfully. He put the sword and shield on his back.
Everyone began to calm down, because the threat was gone, or at least they thought. Little did I know that the man in the hooded cape was coming up behind me? He was still alive?
Link had a surprised look on his face. He grabbed my hand, and pulled me behind him. "Watch out, Rose." He said. He reached behind his back to grab his sword. "DON'T MESS WITH ME!" Link yelled. "I'm here to protect my friends, no matter what! I won't let you harm them, you hear me!" He charged at the man with his sword.
"Hmph!" He snorted. "What are you going to do? You're just a little kid!"
"BRING IT ON!" Link screamed. I panicked. I didn't want him to get hurt; he's my friend! I ran upstairs to the treasure room, past my father, and grabbed the key to the box that contained the necklace. I grabbed the necklace and tried to dash out of the room, when my father got in front of me.
"What are you doing, Daughter!" Harold yelled.
"Helping out!" I said with tears streaming down my face. "I don't want my friend to get hurt! Please let me pass!"
"I can't let you pass!" He said sternly, looming over me like an armed fortress.
"DADDY!" I screamed. "I need to help him! Please!"
He hesitated. "…Okay…but don't you dare get yourself hurt, or even worse, killed!"
"Thank you, Daddy!" I yelled as I hustled down the stairs, almost tripping. I ran in front of Link with the necklace in my hand.
"Rose!" Link yelled.
"I want this man to go away!" I yelled, holding the necklace out in front of me. A black hole appeared out of thin air and with the aid of lightning bolt shooting out of it; the man was killed and then sucked into the black hole. I scuttled to Link and his deceased father. I knelt down on the ground again. I stayed silent as Link blubbered. I looked to my side to where I came outside from. I spotted my father, mother, and everyone else coming outside. My father and mother came over to Link and me, making sure we were okay.
"I'm sorry about your loss, Link…" My father said.
"I'm sorry too, Link." Tyler said.
He looked up at my father and my brother. His eyes filled with tears and he hung his head in grief, tears dropping to the ground.
"Do you want me to cover your father's body and put it in a casket for now?" My father asked him. Link nodded.
My father had the guards cover Link's father's body with blankets and place it in a wooden casket.
That next morning, Link had his things packed, along with his father's belongings. He went into the room where his father was kept, eyeing the casket. My father and I came into the room.
"Oh! Hi there, Link…" My father said.
"Hi, Link." I said, smiling in attempt to cheer him up.
"So, you're almost ready to head home, huh?" He inquired.
"Yeah." Link sighed. "I just don't know what to do with my Dad's body, though…" his eyes were misty.
"What do you think you should do, Link?"
"Take him home…it's the least I can do for my father…" Link said with his eyes downcast.
"Should I cremate his body so you can take him home in an urn?"
"Sure." Link replied.
"Let me know when you're ready." He said, stepping out of the room.
"…You're heading home today, huh?" I asked him.
"Yes…I am." Link replied.
"I'd like to come to Hyrule someday…I'm sure that would be fun!" I grinned. He still wouldn't budge…it was sad to see him heartbroken. "Link?" I said with curiosity.
"Yeah?" He said despondently.
"When are you going to cheer up?"
"When I die." He said sharply. He tried to leave the room, but I stopped him.
"I know it's sad that your daddy died, but you can't stay depressed forever!" I said somberly.
"You're right. It's just…hard…"
I looked down to the ground. "I'm really sorry this happened…"
"I'm going to talk to your dad." Link said as he walked out of the room.
"Alright." I responded. Link walked over to my father and told him that he was ready to cremate his father's body.
"I just…don't want to see it done…" Link said.
"Okay…" My father replied. He called out to one of the guards and had him cremate Link II's body. After the body was cremated and placed in an earth tone vase, Link prepared to leave. He said his farewells to almost everyone…the last person that he needed to say goodbye to would be me. He came up to me, his eyes a little red from crying.
I gave him a hug. "We'll always be friends, no matter what!" I smiled.
He was apparently surprised that I hugged him because he was blushing. "Definitely!" He grinned at me. He looked down at his father's vase and his jubilant smile faded.
"Don't forget about me, okay?" I said as he put the vase in Epona's pack and prepared to mount her. She was then just a pony. (Note: She is Epona the III.)
"Don't worry, I won't." He smiled a half smile; for he still had pain in his heart. He mounted Epona and headed off, waving goodbye. It wasn't until after he left that I realized something important…we never traded addresses…
That's alright…chances are we'll see each other again…
…
Narrator's Note
A year after Link and Rose met Link was fairly well-adjusted to the fact that his father had passed. He began to live with Rusl. Colin wasn't born yet, so there weren't any additional complications. Rusl became a bit more of a father figure to Link during this time. During that first year since Link's father's death, havoc took place between Hyrule and Nikitre.
Money in the amount of 1,000,000 rupees was stolen from the Nikitrian royal family, along with other valuables adding up to the amount of another 1,000,000 rupees in worth. It was a Hylian that did it. He tried to return home, but the Nikitrian Royal Guard apprehended the criminal and arrested him with no trial. He was to be hanged for such a crime.
The King of Hyrule was outraged! He thought that the hanging of that one man for robbery was completely unethical. A couple of months later there was a "Monarchy Meeting" that took place in Nikitre. A "Monarchy Meeting," (a made-up term) is when royal leaders from different corners of the globe meet to discuss financial and governmental issues and try to come up with solutions as a group. During the meeting, the King of Nikitre and the King of Hyrule had an absolute spitting match!
"Gee!" Harold said sarcastically. "I wonder why our country has lost 2,000,000 rupees! Perhaps the KING OF HYRULE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT IT?" He yelled.
"GEE!" The King of Hyrule said sarcastically as well. "I wonder whatever happened to the life of the man that NEVER RETURNED HOME WHEN VISITING NIKITRE! PERHAPS HE WAS HANGED BY A CERTAIN ANTAGONIST RULER!" He yelled back.
"I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS IN MY KINGDOM!" Harold screamed. They both began to throw punches at one another. They then drew daggers. The other members of the "Monarchy Meeting" tried to restrain the two of them.
Poor Rose…she witnessed the whole thing occur as she knelt behind a column in the throne room.
Her mother came up to her. "You don't need to witness this type of violence…to your room." She said sternly with the point of a finger at the stairs.
"But mommy…" Rose complained.
"Go." She said firmly, pointing again towards the stairs. Rose walked to her room. Fortunately the two men weren't seriously injured.
The predicament between Hyrule and Nikitre escalated. It involved the two sides playing cruel tricks on each other…for instance, the kidnapping and ransom of any visitors of the opposite country, and eventually the immediate execution of anyone who came to visit from the other country.
About a couple of months later it was decided that Hyrule and Nikitre were to go to war. Because of this, Rusl was concerned that Link knew anyone from Nikitre, and believed it could lead to conflict in his future. He decided to go to Telma's Bar and talk to her. He didn't want Link to remember anyone from Nikitre. After talking to Telma the two went to visit a local magician for assistance.
"Well, I think that I have a medicine that'll make Link forget anyone he knew in Nikitre." The magician said. "I'll just infuse this amnesia solution with magic." He pulled out a spell book. He chanted a spell and requested that it make Link forget anyone he knew in Nikitre. It was a very shiny yellow-gold powder. He poured it into the amnesia solution. "Now it is time for Telma to make this solution delectable."
"Got it!" Telma grabbed out a glass of milk. The magician added the magical amnesia solution to it. Rusl had Link come into Telma's Bar and drink the milk. When he was finished, he fainted.
"Oh, dear!" Telma said with concern.
"It's for the best…" Rusl commented. A few hours later Link woke up, rubbing his head.
"My head hurts." Link whined. He didn't remember anything about Rose, Harold, Carol, Tyler, the guards, or the maids. For some reason, he only remembered the hooded man.
Every person from each country knew of the war. Royal armies from both sides engaged in battle between each other. It eventually became such a frequent piece of news to Hyrule that the country's people seldom discussed it with one another, for many of their loved ones had lost their lives. Besides, almost all of the battles took place outside of Hyrule's walls.
By the time that Gannon sought out revenge in Hyrule, ("Twilight Princess" :) The war between Hyrule and Nikitre was all but completely forgotten. Link was 16 at the time that he met Midna and saved Hyrule.
Link became a HUGE celebrity in Hyrule after his triumphant act of heroism. (All the girls were obsessed with him! :) He, however, didn't have a lot of luck in the dating category! He tried to date Ilia, but it didn't work out. They went on one date to Telma's Bar. It was very awkward, so they're just friends. He tried dating Midna before she left Hyrule for the Twilight Realm. It was awkward because they kept butting heads! Dating Zelda didn't go well, either. They lasted longer, but Link called it off before they got very serious. There was one common factor…Link wasn't ready for a relationship. It seemed he'd never get a girlfriend!