Alaina

Woo-hoo, after a little more than a month of writer's block, I finally finished Chapter 7. The problem was Alaina fighting with the monsters. I had no idea what to do. So this chapter might be crappy and a little too short at the same time. Sorry!

Chapter 7

The first feeling Alaina felt when she entered Hyrule Field was shock. Then anger. Then sadness.

She had entered Hyrule through the same route she had been in five years ago. Everything looked unchanged from behind the mountains, so she had hoped that Hyrule was at least decent-looking. Goddesses, was she wrong.

Hyrule Field was no longer the lush, green field that was always brightened by the sunshine. For one thing, there was no sunshine, and the clouds replacing it were a dark gray, threatening to spill a flood of rain any minute. The field itself looked like it had suffered a massive fire, for it was a brownish/blackish color from dirt and ash. The trees and flowers were all gone, and the little streams and ponds that trickled by were drained. Hyrule Field was now a barren wasteland.

With wide eyes, Alaina rode Reya by the Zora's River. It was still flowing, but the water looked dirty and purplish. It's probably poisoned, she thought, shaking her head. She glanced up at the mountains. The light ring of smoke that surrounded the peak was now a ring of fire, which meant danger. Alaina shuddered at the thought. She looked out towards the forest. From where she was, it looked unchanged, but she knew that she would see much more damage at a closer angle. She couldn't see the lake or the desert from here, but the lake was probably affected, and the desert was already a torturous place; Ganondorf couldn't do anymore harm to it. Also, she realized, Lon Lon Ranch was no longer standing in the middle of the field.

Alaina took a shaky breath as she reached under her bodysuit and pulled out her locket. Seeing her parents' smiling faces gave her more determination to keep going. Even so, however, she still had no idea where to start. She thought about where her father had started when he emerged from his seven-year sleep. She wished she had someone like her mother to guide her to wherever she needed to go…

Of course! She had the Triforce of Wisdom. She always kept forgetting. She could search her mind and maybe it would tell her what to do. She focused solely on her thoughts, trying to see if there was anything she remembered that some sort of hint that had to do with her journey.

"Alaina," Joes began. "Miles will take you to a village where his friend lives. You'll be living with his family."

"How long?" Alaina asked flatly.

Joes sighed. "I don't know," he finally answered.

Alaina bowed her head down. Then she looked back up. "Where is this village?"

"In the kingdom far east of Hyrule, which is Catalia. The path there is behind the mountains. Aiden, I'm going back to the field. I need you to go to Kokiri Forest. You can get there by also traveling behind the mountains."

"All right," Aiden agreed softly.

Alaina returned back to reality, a smile creeping on her face. With any luck, Aiden, or at least somebody that she knew, would be in the forest. That's where she would start. Ironically, she remembered, that's where her father had started as well.

"Let's go to the forest, Reya," Alaina whispered to the mare. Reya reared and took off. Alaina took out her sword, holding on to the reins with one of her hands. If Hyrule looked really awful, then the chances of enemies prowling around were very good.

Surprisingly though, there was nothing, at least for now. The field was very quiet and still. Although it was around summertime, the air was very cold. Alaina kept her eye out, knowing from her old training that enemies could sneak up at anytime.

As if to answer her question, she heard the sound of a horn. With a gasp, she halted Reya and looked around wildly to see where the sound was coming from. She thought about using Nayru's Love to protect herself, but the last thing she needed was to give herself away. Ganondorf's minions may be dumb, but Ganondorf himself is not, and as far as she knew, he was somehow watching Hyrule like a hawk, looking for any threats. He did have the Triforce of Power after all.

There was the sound of something relating to a motor, and Alaina looked up to see numerous Peehats flying from the direction of the castle. Moblins, Lizalfos, and Bokoblins were hanging on to them for dear life, letting out monstrous cries.

"Damn!" she cursed, whipping out her sword. "Ready, Reya?" The faithful horse whinnied and pawed the ground. "All right, let's go!" Reya immediately broke into a gallop and they raced toward the monsters. By this time, the Peehats had dropped the other monsters and flew away back to the castle. The Moblins were wearing armor and carrying clubs, while the Lizalfos and Bokoblins settled for two swords each. Alaina grimaced. This was going to be harder than she thought.

The monsters charged at Alaina and Reya, their eyes having an evil gleam and their mouths frothing as they panted. Alaina rode up to the nearest Lizalfos and let go of Reya's reins, grasping her sword with two hands. She swung the sword, and the head of the Lizalfos was neatly chopped off. It fell to the ground, dead.

Alaina knew that the rest of the battle wouldn't be that easy. There was at least a dozen of each breed, and now the Bokoblins were beginning to shoot arrows. Alaina quickly pulled out her shield and deflected the shots. She slapped Reya's flank and the mare galloped faster, moving away from the army. Then she turned around and started charging at them, trading her shield for the Hookshot. She shot at the Moblins with it while she swung at the others with her sword. With the Triforce of Wisdom, she could sense when danger was near; for example, when somebody was going to strike. There were times when a Bokoblin tried to shoot arrows without being noticed, but Alaina deflected them at the last minute.

Most of the Moblins were down. Satisfied, Alaina quickly put away the Hookshot and began using her Sheikah abilities to her advantage. She closed her right hand into a fist. Needles began to form at her fingertips. With perfect timing, she shot them at some of the enemies, not exactly killing them, but hitting them in the right place to knock them unconscious. She quickly threw her sword to her right hand and used her left hand to release a chain, wrapping it around an enemy and quickly strangling it. There's no harm in using the Sheikah powers, Alaina thought to herself as she kept fighting. As long as I'm not using any magic that will connect me to anything suspicious, I'm fine.

There was suddenly a distant noise, and the enemies stopped fighting, turning to Alaina and grinning at her. With a sickening feeling, Alaina realized that it was the same horn that blew only minutes before. She quickly found the source; it was a Lizalfos on top of a large cliff, far enough that you really had to look to find it, but close enough to shoot at it without missing. Alaina shot an arrow and it dropped dead, but she knew that it was too late.

Peehats from all around started flying in, carrying dozens of Lizalfos, Bokoblins, Moblins, and even more kinds of enemies. They all dropped around her and raised their weapons menacingly, grinning more evilly by the second. She was trapped.

I'm really going to regret this, Alaina said to herself inwardly. But I have no choice. She raised her arms above her head, and although the Triforce didn't show through her bandages, the golden light was very noticeable. There was a rumbling sound. "DIN'S FIRE!" she shouted, and all was silent. The enemies looked at each other, confused.

BOOM!

A jet of flame shot out from Alaina's hands and surrounded her and Reya, protecting them as a shield. Then it shot out all around, piercing the enemies and instantly burning them to death. There was a giant commotion as this was going on, while Alaina had her eyes closed from concentration.

In about ten seconds, all was silent.

"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh."

Far away to the north of Hyrule, a deep and thundering laugh shook the land that was noticed for several miles. The sound came from the site where Hyrule Castle used to be. In its place was a fiery lava pit, with a bigger, darker, more sinister looking castle on a cliff above, separated from all other parts of land.

Various monsters around the site looked up toward the tower of the castle. At the highest floor of the tower was the throne room. In the throne room, with a sickish grin on his evil, twisted face, was Ganondorf Dragmire, the source of the maniacal laughter.

He was basically unchanged from the beginning of his takeover five years previously. He traded his customary armor for black and red regal-looking robes. His hair was a bit longer and he carried himself with more dignity and power, for he knew that he had finally won.

Across the room from his throne, the giant, ornate door opened and a man in similar robes appeared, his cloaked head bowed. Ganondorf nodded slightly at the man.

"Rise, Agahnim," he commanded.

The man called Agahnim did as he was told, and looked at Ganondorf with a glint in his eye. "My Lord, we have heard you from all over the castle. May I ask, did something…good happen?"

Ganondorf laughed again, the room rumbling slightly. "My comrade, you have helped me with the takeover of this Goddesses forsaken kingdom, and if you didn't assist in helping me escape the Sacred Realm, I would not be here. Many good things have happened since then, so this time is no different."

"Do tell, my Lord," Agahnim said.

"She's here," Ganondorf said simply.

Agahnim opened his eyes slightly. "You mean-"

"Yes, the holder of the Triforce of Wisdom. Former Princess Alaina of Hyrule," he announced, saying the last sentence in a more babyish tone. He stood up and began pacing back and forth through the large room, while Agahnim simply watched. "I sensed her magic, but I could not locate her, for the Triforce of Power. IS NOT! CAPABLE! OF THAT!" In his anger, he shot a fireball from his hand, and if Agahnim hadn't ducked, it would've burned his head off. He casually looked back at the scorched wall behind him as if he dodged fireballs for a living, and then turned back to Ganondorf, who was trying to calm down by taking deep breaths. "Anyway," Ganondorf continued, returning to his regal tone. "I won't really need to find her, because I already know that she'll be coming here to try to defeat me. To get revenge on her parents' death. HA!"

"But my Lord, surely the Goddesses told her what to do," Agahnim pointed out. "I'm sure she knows that she has to find the holder of the Triforce of Courage travel to the Sacred Realm first."

"I am aware of that," Ganondorf snapped. "But she doesn't realize how powerful I've become, and how dangerous her journey through the Sacred Realm could be." He let out another laugh. "And it will not be wise if the two holders arrive together, for I will easily snatch their Triforce pieces from them, and I will finally become INVINCIBLE!"

Lightning cracked in the sky as the two evil men began laughing once more.

Alaina finally opened her eyes when everything went quiet and inspected the damage. All of the enemies were burned to ashes, which was hard to tell since the ground was originally ash anyway. Alaina winced as she realized now what most of it could've been from. A few minutes passed, and nothing else came. Alaina cautiously turned back to her mare, and they began resuming their original journey to Kokiri Forest.

As they approached closer, Alaina kept her eye out, for there were more boulders up ahead and enemies could easily hide behind them. In fact, Alaina spotted something running behind one. She was certain it hadn't spotted her, however, so she quietly led Reya to a corner where they were protected from various canyons. "Stay here, and don't make a sound," Alaina told the mare. "Guard my possessions, and if there's anything suspicious, run away." She quickly pulled out a harp seemingly from out of nowhere. "I'll play the song if I need you." Reya pushed her nose into Alaina's hands and Alaina patted her gently. She took her sword and began darting around with amazing agility, no doubt from her Sheikah abilities.

She crept along the rocks, keeping her eye out for the stranger. She approached another boulder and began to peer behind it, and suddenly hands reached out from behind and grabbed her arms.

"ARGH!" Alaina shouted, punching the stranger's gut and immediately turning to face it. It was wearing the same armor and helmet as a Moblin, but it wasn't a Moblin. It looked more like a Hylian, or more likely a Gerudo. It pulled out two swords, identical to the ones the Lizalfos had, while Alaina whipped out her sword.

"A spy from Ganondorf?" it questioned, it's deep voice full of darkness and hatred. It got into battle stance as Alaina watched, confused.

"What are you talking about?" she questioned, her voice changed to a male's thanks to the disguise. "You're wearing the armor of a Moblin's. You're obviously one of Ganondorf's minions. Aren't you?"

It didn't answer, and before Alaina could say or ask anything else, it lunged at her and she quickly blocked it with her sword. This was not an enemy to be taken lightly like the monsters, this one was a very experienced swordfighter, and easily had an advantage with the two swords. But wisdom surged through Alaina's blood, powering her and helping her know when to deflect attacks. They were both moving so fast they were a blur. Alaina was impressed with the soldier's skills.

Alaina tried doing a parry attack and began rolling behind it, but the enemy knew it was coming, and slashed at her face. Alaina gasped, waiting for the pain to come from her right side of her face, the place where the sword supposedly hit. But it only sliced the bandages, and before she knew it, they slid right off. The red eyes turned to ice blue, and her short blond hair billowed in the approaching wind. Rain began pelting down. Alaina was afraid Ganondorf was coming, but when she realized she still had at least the body of a Sheikah, she wasn't worried, and knew that she was still safe for the moment; that this was just some storm approaching. She raised her sword, ready to fight off the soldier and ready for the attack that was sure to come, but it never came.

Alaina, obviously perplexed, sheathed her sword when she saw that the soldier was just standing there and staring at her. Then, it removed its helmet. She looked at the face of a Hylian male. His hair was extremely dark, but she supposed that it was battle grease. There were markings all over his face, although she didn't know if it was scars or paint. But then she noticed the eyes. A pair of bright, blue-green eyes. The face might show bitterness, or in this case, shock, but the eyes showed kindness. She knew those eyes…

Alaina finally realized who he was and she started to cry.

Oh yeah, I totally feel stupid, because in Chapters 4-6, Alaina was in the land of Catalia, which was the land in the comics, I think. But then I realized it was spelled wrong, and it's really Calatia. Hahaha. Anyway, R&R.