Krista: I'm getting more reviews than I thought I would with this story. A big thank you to everyone who gave me the glorious reviews! An extra thanx to Steeple333 for telling me how to pronounce Kaepora Gaebora, lol. Enjoy chapter three!
Chapter Three: Lake Hylia: Part One
"Are we there, yet?"
"Patience, we just started! Why are you asking?" Faith asked her little sister, irritated.
"Just practicing." Patience gave her sisters an evil grin.
"Whose house is this?" Hope asked. They stopped in front of a house that had four girls in the back lining up in various ways.
"I dunno, but they better get new plants," Faith said as she chopped down the bushes growing on the side of the house. Patience helped so she could get more force gems.
After a few moments, Faith looked back up and noticed that one of their group was missing. "Hey, where'd Hope go?"
Link stopped watching the four other girls in back of the house and looked around. "She was here a second ago," he answered.
"Hey, guys!" Hope stuck her head out from inside the house. "This nice gentleman will teach us about formations." With shrugs to each other, Link, Faith, and Patience followed Hope and the gentleman into the backyard. The other girls that were already there started giggling when Link came into their view. Faith rolled her eyes when Link started to blush. Then she had to keep from laughing out loud because Patience was making gagging and choking faces behind the Hylian. Hope, who thought this scene of the girls and Link was rather cute, gave each of her sisters a tap on the head to tell them to knock it off.
"Okay, first formation," the grandfather, or gentleman as Hope called him, yelled out. "Box!" The four granddaughters lined up two by two. Two girls in front, the other two right behind them. Link and company did the same thing with Link and Faith in the back, and Hope and Patience in front of them.
"Wide!" They all lined up in a horizontal line with Link and Patience on the ends, Faith next to Link and Hope next to Patience.
"Long!" This was basically the same thing as the Wide Formation, except it was a vertical line.
"And, finally," the grandfather called out, "Cross!" Everyone moved so they would be covering each other's backs. Link was looking north, Hope had east, Patience was facing south, and Faith was guarding the west.
"Excellent! We're done! Here's some force gems for your hard work." The grandfather put a small purple force gem near them. "If you have any questions, just ask Rose, Daisy, Violet, or Lily for advice." He pointed to each of his granddaughters as he said their names, and went back into the house.
"My force gem!" Patience ran and grabbed it just as Link was about to pick it up. Her sudden yell made the granddaughters jump and try to hide behind one another. Hope just stood there because she was used to this kind of thing, like Faith, but she wasn't laughing, unlike Faith.
"I'm sorry!" Faith told the granddaughters when she noticed she was getting death glares from them. "But it was funny the way you jumped."
"Ok, let's go now," Patience said, pocketing the gem.
"See ya and tell your grandfather we said thank-you." Hope was leading her sisters out of the gate from the backyard. Faith could only wave because she was still trying not to laugh.
"Bye ladies," Link said, following a dancing Patience out the gate.
"You're leaving already?" Lily asked.
"We don't even know you're name," Rose pointed out. Hope, Faith, and Patience realized that they were only talking to Link, not them.
"Errr...it's Link."
"Ohh...you look so strong, Link," Daisy cooed.
"Oh, brother." Faith rolled her eyes and looked the other way.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Patience held her stomach.
"Oh, stop it," Hope scolded them. "Let them talk for a few minutes. Besides, I think it's sweet."
"Fine," Faith reluctantly agreed, "but only for a minute."
Two Hours Later...
"Yeah, it was me who sent Ganondorf to the Sacred Realm..."
"Is he done with his life story yet?" Patience asked.
"Okay, I think this has gone on long enough," Hope said through gritted teeth. Her sisters looked at her, amazed. It wasn't that often that their eldest sister would sound this annoyed. "Faith, drag him away from those four," she commanded. Faith responded with an evil grin.
"No prob."
"Yes, it was a hard fight, but I--"
"Okay, Link, time to go," Faith said.
"No, you can't take Linkie away!" Violet told her.
A look of disbelief passed over Faith's face. "'Linkie?' You can't come up with a better nickname?" she asked. "And, yes, I can take him away, because he has to go save his frie..." she hesitated slightly and the evil smile reappeared, "...steady girlfriend." All four granddaughters gasped, as Hope and Patience were trying not to laugh at Link's face. "Let's go." Faith grabbed his arm and led him and her sisters away from them.
"Zelda's not my girlfriend!" Link protested.
"Nevertheless, we have to save her, remember?" Hope asked.
"So, let's get more force gems and start saving her and the maidens!" Patience said as she chopped up every bush she passed.
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