Yay! I'm inspired man! this one came out pretty good in my opinion, but remember, English is not my primary language, so there may be some grammatical errors that i didn't noticed, Word auto corrects itself alot, so don't blame me so hard 'kay?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Clock Town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After opening those large and heavy wooden doors, I was quite surprised that front of me was a city full of people walking around.

(What's doing a city in the middle of the forest?)

I took a deep breath and realized that this place smelled nothing like forest, in fact, it smelled the same as Castle Town.

I slowly took a few steps forward, and examined my new surroundings.

At the sides were walls made with bricks with strange green patterns painted on them.

The floor where I was standing was wooden and at its both sides were little pools filled with water that were not deep, in fact, I could see its bottom from where I was standing.

I glanced forward and saw a bunch of merchant posts filled up with people minding their own business. I supposed that I was in the market part of this town.

I walked toward these posts now stepping on a fully paved floor of bricks, and asked a salesman for information.

The merchant was tan and had weird sunglasses on.

"Excuse me, sir" I respectfully said.

"Welcome, what do you need?" He said sitting behind his table.

"Could you please tell me the name of this town? I asked and he raised an eyebrow.

"The name of this town? You are a foreigner, don´t you young man?" he asked me back.

"Certainly, sir"

"Well then, you are in Clock Town, on its south part"

(Clock Town? I've never heard of it before… is this some kind of joke? I never knew another big city In Hyrule besides Clock Town, and as far I knew, neither Labrynna nor Holodrum, countries adjacent to Hyrule, had a city named as that. Did I got out from Hyrule? I don´t know, but I must seriously got far from home.)

I just stood there in that post looking at the ground with my right hand on my chin. And because of that, the salesman got a little angry.

"Are you gonna buy something or not, young man?" The salesman said with an impatient tone.

"Uh?… not really sir, I just came for information" I said as he tracked me off my thoughts.

"Off with you then!" He said in an angry tone.

I really didn´t cared answering that disrespectful man back and left the post still thoughtful, and started blending with the multitude, standing in between the market while people passed by my sides.

What the hell is going on here? I don´t assist my first day on the academy, got attacked by bandits, lose my horse, and now I´m on a totally unknown place that I've never heard before.

This is crap.

So then I did what I always did whenever I was stressed; I looked skyward to see the sky, always blue and calm, thing that always relaxes me.

As I rose my head to see the sky I noticed a large building with a lighthouse on top of it that rotated around itself. This building on its upper part has a very large and fully working clock on it crafted on wood with a big wooden ring around it that spun at each second. I raised my head to see the sun and know the hour, then checked the clock and said: 2:27 PM, the exact time that the sun indicated.

I recognized that this building was the one where I came from, and all those cogs that rotated because of the water stream were powering up the clock. Those levels of cleverness were nowhere to be found on Hyrule. I gotta admit that people from these lands use more their heads than most people from Hyrule.

Then I thought about Epona.

(Where could her be?, she obviously had to survive the fall in the catacombs, so there was no other way to go, she had to end up around these parts, even with those bandits still on top of her. I better ask if someone has seen her.)

I stood there in between the town's crowd thinking about that with my hand on my chin, when someone accidentally bumped me. I turned around and saw a redheaded young woman with pretty sapphire-blue eyes; she was exactly the same height as me. She was dressing a purple skirt, chocolate brown boots, a white shirt with dark blue patterns on its sleeves, and a yellow scarf tied at her neck with a medallion of the face of a dragon or something like that. Very ranch-like. We made eye contact for three seconds before she looked down and said:

"Sorry! It was my fault" she apologized.

"Don´t worry, it was my fault, I wasn´t paying attention" And certainly, I was just standing there, not aware of the people passing.

She was about to turn and leave when I said:

"Huh, sorry…" She turned.

"Could I ask you something?" I was just about to call her ma'am but I realized that it wouldn't be appropriated because she was around my age.

"What is it?" she said trying to not looking at my eyes, telling me that that´s how she treats complete strangers.

That's not a good thing. Whenever I meet a complete stranger, I always look them directly to its eyes, because your eyes can easily reveal who you really are and your intentions.

That´s how that dwarf of Garet tricked me, I never could look at him at the eyes because of its hat that covered that covered them. The evil looking eyes of Lunpa made me immediately fight him. And I couldn't see the salesman´s eyes because of its dark sunglasses, If I had known that he might be as rude, I would never have approached his post.

When I looked at her eyes I could see that she was somewhat shy, which could explain why she doesn´t want to look at me straight to the eyes again.

"Have you seen a horse passing through here?"

"Umm…sorry, I don´t think so, horses are prohibited inside of the city"

"Oh…thanks" I said about to turn around to ask somebody else, when she said:

"Are you lost? You seem a bit disoriented" she said looking straight to my face, but not the eyes.

"Yeah, actually, I'm not from around these parts"

"Really? Are you a foreigner? Like from outside of Termina?" she gave me a puzzled look.

(Termina? Is that the name of these lands?)

"Yes, you could say that" I said trying to stay focused.

"Foreigners are rarely seen around here, you know, you need someone to help you?" She eased her look.

"Well, I guess so"

"Follow me then, I know someone who can help you"

I nodded and walked around at her left side, following her as she told.

I don´t know her yet, but I didn´t saw any single bit of evil on her eyes, so I´m sure that I could trust her.

"Thanks for your concern, miss"

"Don´t mention it, but hey, no need for formalities with me, my name is Cremia"

"Well then, thanks Miss Cremia!" I joked.

She tried to hold it back, but she giggled.

"And yours is…?"

"Call me Alex" she smiled a little as I said my name.

I've always believed that any people in the world look better when smiling, that's why I joked, I wanted to see her smile. Don´t get me wrong, it´s not that I like her or something, it´s just that I´m always trying to make happy the people around me.

We walked, passing the clock tower and crossed a gate, we got to another part of town, I looked everywhere as I walked beside her.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ East Clock Town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I glanced a chest-shaped building at my right side and was going to read what the sign on a building that had an octorock sculptured on it (a shooting gallery, maybe?) said, but then Cremia spoke:

"This is the Stock Pot Inn, here there will always be a bed available for you to rest, as long as you have enough rupees…" she said as she pointed with her hand the first building we passed, the one that I completely ignored at first.

Since that moment, I seriously considered that there might pass some days until I could find a way back home, thing that worried me a little, but didn´t showed.

"But this is not the place that I wanted to show you…" she said as she started walking again.

I continued examining my surrounding surroundings as I continued walking by her side. This place was like Castle Town, so similar yet not the same. Part of me was excited to see to see all these new places.

I glanced in direction to a gate that was guarded by who seemed to be a town´s guard holding a spear, he seemed to be very bored though, just standing there, waiting for someone to do something stupid.

Weird, this guard was dressed almost the same as a regular Castle Town guard, or it´s just a coincidence?

We went up some low stairs in between two buildings, passed a lighted torch and got in front of a building with red patterns painted on it, it had what I would say, was the emblem of the city on top of its entrance on a sign that said "Mayor´s Residence"

So this is a democratic city? Just like Horon Village in Holodrum. I´ve read about that kind of government, and consider it a lot more efficient than monarchy because the people can actually choice who´ll govern them instead of just having a permanent "Royal Family" that always had the last word.

"This is the place, here they surely can help you, Alex" Cremia said a she turned to see me.

"Thanks, I hope that I didn´t interrupted you on any errands"

"No, don't worry, I was going to east part of town anyway" she said with her left hand resting on her hip.

"I really appreciate it, Cremia" I smiled.

When I said that, I noticed that she blushed a little and looked away, but I just smiled at her thankfully, and acted like I didn´t noticed.

"Y-you are welcome, ask for Madame Aroma, right? She´ll help you"

"Thanks a lot, hope to see you again Cremia!" I said with my right hand on the door knob, and the other waving goodbye.

"Bye Alex!" she said as she turned and walked away.

I turned the knob and opened the door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mayor's Residence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As I got inside of the building, my boots contacted with a soft carpet that extended towards a counter with a receptionist on the other side.

I walked toward the counter and glanced at the pot plants around me. This place is quite nice and elegant. I stood in front of the counter and saw the receptionist, who was a green-haired woman with dark brown eyes, wearing a tight white sleeved blouse.

"Welcome. Do you have some business? "She said as she placed her two hands, one above another over the counter, like stretching them.

"Yeah, I´m looking for Madame Aroma"

"The room on the left is the Mayor's room…" She wasn´t paying attention to what I said just a moment ago.

"And the room on your right is the drawing room and it´s also Madame Aroma's office"

"Uh… thanks…I think"

As she told me, I walked to the room at my right. I opened the door and entered a room with a fireplace on its right side, and saw an overweighed middle-year old woman with red hair braided so strangely that almost made me chuckle, but I resisted the urge to. She was sitting on a low single sofa, reading a book, and surely drinking some hot coffee from the coffee pot on the table right next to her.

When I closed the door, she glanced at me and said:

"Oh dear, are you on a field trip?" she said as she looked at my sword.

"This is my office; The Mayor's office is next door, if you need to speak to me about ideas for the next the next carnival, make an appointment, please" she said holding the book on her right hand.

"Madame Aroma? My name is Alex, Cremia told me that you could help me, I'm new in town" I was trying to be as polite as possible.

"Cremia? Ah, yes… are you a foreigner dear?"

"Yes ma'am, from Hyrule"

"Hyrule? I have never heard of it before…"

As I expected, if I didn´t ever heard of Termina, then people from Termina will not know of Hyrule either, thing that discouraged me a little.

"Well then, dear, how can I help you?" She said as she put her book on the table.

"Thanks ma'am, listen…"

I sat on a sofa that was right next to her and told the miss all the misfortunes that happened to me earlier; how I didn´t assisted the knight's academy, about the bandits and how they stole Epona, and finally how did I end up in Clock Town and how Cremia guided me through town. She was quite amazed by hearing such ordeals, but at least I was sure that she believed me.

"Oh, dear… now you are trying to get home do you? She worriedly said.

"Yeah, but first I need to find my horse, that it´s my only priority right now"

"Oh don´t worry about it dear, I will tell the guards the notice and they will tell you if they have seen your horse and spread the notice. But since I have never heard of Hyrule, i really don´t know how to help you to get you back home, dear"

I wasn´t expecting more help than that. She then gave me a map of Clock Town and a general map of Termina, and said that it was all she could do for me now.

She was a busy woman, so I had to leave her office because she would had a reunion soon, so I exited the building.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ East Clock Town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As I leaved the Mayor's Residence I noted that it was getting late, the sun was setting already.

(What do I do now?)

(Well, just wait for information about Epona then… then what? But what could I do while waiting? I have to find a way back home in that time; I have to settle down somewhere in town. Even if I find Epona, I still have to find a way back home, thing that can take me a few days, even weeks to figure out)

I put my hands on my hands and grabbed my hair in frustration.

(Why does this happen to me!)

"Ouch!" I screamed in pain.

(Uhh… I forgot that there was where I hit my head…)

I rubbed the injured area and it hurt just like when I got hit.

Now I have to find a place to rest, so I went to the place that Cremia told me, the Stock Pot Inn.

It wasn´t far, I just walked for less of a minute and was in front of the entrance of the inn already.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stock Pot Inn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I crossed the entrance door and immediately stepped a little light green mat in contrast to the entire wooden floor forward. I looked to my right and saw a sofa and over it were three giant masks hanging on the wall one was green, other gray and the last one was blue, all of them with the same disturbing grin on it. I looked to my right and saw a counter, but no one was behind it. I walked towards it and, yeah, no one was in the counter. I was going to ring the bell on the counter when I heard a door open, and a red haired woman with blue eyes, appeared. She looked like Cremia, but with a more intense red hair. She was dressing a white shirt with a sleeveless dark brown vest and a navy blue skirt. I could tell that she was a little older than me. I supposed that she was the receptionist.

"Welcome to the Stock Pot Inn…" She said while doing a greeting lowering her head, grabbing her both hands in front of her waist.

"Um…Are you…staying the night?" Something was distracting her.

"Uh, yes"

"Can you tell me… your name please?" she said with a pen on her hand.

"The name´s Alex" she wrote my name on a book full of names of other people. I think that there is where they wrote the guest's names.

"…Surname please…"

"Lon"

As she wrote my complete name on the guest´s book, she then closed it and said:

"…The stay is 30 rupees per night, sir" she said while smiling, obviously waiting for me to get my money.

I got out my rupee bag, and grabbed a red and two blue rupees and gave them to her. I was lucky that the currency on Termina was rupees, just like in Hyrule.

"Here…" I said while giving her the money.

"Thanks!" She put the gems on a drawer in the counter.

She then got out a set of keys from another drawer and gave them to me.

"Your suit is the Knife Chamber…have the keys please" she said as I took the keys.

It was just a pair of keys, I guessed that one was for the room and another was for the front door.

"Thanks, I really needed a place to rest"

And actually, I was very tired because of everything that happened earlier, I just want to get some rest right now.

"You are welcome. Umm, are you traveling?"

"Not actually, but you could say so, I might stay here some days"

"I´m glad, you have a weary face… you know"

"Haha!, I could use some rest right now!" I laughed. I didn´t denied it.

She giggled as she saw me laugh and said:

"My name is Anju, I hope you enjoy your stay!" she said while smiling.

"Thanks Anju!"

"You are welcome, the rooms are upstairs"

She continued smiling for a short time until I heard a baby's crying coming from another room and she quickly left to said place, leaving me confused.

(Wow, she's so young, I never thought of her as a mom since I saw her)

After she leaved to attend her baby's crying, I went upstairs, where she told me where the rooms were. I walked up the wooden stairs and got to the second floor, and examined the door's names. The first door from the stairs said "employees only" so I went in front of the second door, this one said "Knife Chamber". I put the key in the keyhole and rotated it, then I opened the door.

Not to my surprise, the room had nothing to do with its name, it was just a regular room with wooden floor and two beds on its right side, a table in the middle of it with two chairs, a window with view to the Clock Tower, and a fireplace on its left side, it was quite big for me, but I didn´t complain.

As I got in, I immediately took my sword off from my back and placed it on a bed, took off my boots, and laid for a while In the bed at the corner of the room. I glanced towards the door at the left, walked to it and saw that was the bathroom. I didn´t thought about it twice; I took off all my clothes and took a shower with hot water as soon as I stepped on the bath.

The bath was relaxing, but when I got out of the bathroom, I glanced down sighing.

Back in home, whenever I took a bath, my little brother was always knocking the door, impatient for its turn to take his bath. It was always like that every day.A part of me was expecting for my brother to knock the door, bothering me to no end as usual.

But I'm not in home anymore, so that didn´t happened.

I dried myself up with a towel that was on the bathroom, and put my dark blue undershirt and my brown pants on, leaving my sleeved shirt folded in the drawer next to my bed along with my endless pouch. I hung up my sword to the wall with its strap.

I was already night, so I lit the fireplace and jumped to my bed, ready to sleep.

I put my hands behind my head while lying on the bed, just staring at the ceiling. I was trying hard to sleep, but every once that I closed my eyes, they opened seven seconds later. I couldn't sleep, so many things have happened today, and now I got to get over it.

Yesterday, my life was normal as ever, but today I´m in a totally unknown land, alone.

At that time, I realized that I never appreciated my family's company, always there for me but, now I'm far away from them, so now I have to take care for me alone. But I couldn't help but feel lonely.

Then it came to my mind what most people do when they are troubled: Pray for help from the Goddesses.

(Hump…the goddesses… what they have done for me? Nothing.)

Everyone in Hyrule worshipped the sacred goddesses: Nayru, Din and Farore, whom "made" the world by creating the land, the sky and the living creatures. And after done said labor, they returned to the heavens, leaving behind three sacred golden triangles containing its power, wisdom and courage. And the hylians worshipped them waiting in exchange better harvest, good health and wealth.

But where the goddesses were when my family spent difficult times? Nowhere.

No sacred hand descended from the heavens to helped us, we got out of those times because of our own struggles and hard work.

I'm just being realistic; I've never witnessed any miracle. Blame me all you want, but I don´t believe in the existence of the goddesses, I just believe in one's willpower. But I decided not to talk my parents about it; they are very conservative in that matter.

I knew that clap my hands together and pray won´t help me in the least bit.

Tomorrow I will have to find a way to earn money, I can´t stay here all day doing nothing, my money will run out if I don´t. Not that any miracle will happen anyway, right?

Well, that's it dudes! i'll try to update weekly at least, my mind is flowing with ideas of this right now, I'm even doing some artwork of Alex.

So review to tell me how it was the chapter, constructive criticism is widely welcome. see you next week guys :) review and let me know what you think