Chapter 2: The Quest Begins
I woke up to a find a cold icepack being pressed up against my head. I looked up to see Sebastian at work in cleaning something on my wooden flooring.
It was blood.
My blood.
"I didn't hit my head that hard, did I?" I asked weakly.
Sebastian looked down at me hiding the washcloth behind him.
"It's… It's not your blood," he hesitated.
My eyebrow rose and I felt the small bump on the back of my head. He was right, it wasn't my blood.
"Whose blood is it then?" I asked in fear.
Seb nodded to the left and there laid the dead body of the woman Impa.
I looked at Seb, accusation glistening in my eyes.
"I didn't kill her. She was here before I got here and obviously you don't remember because of your bump. Freesia, something- no- someone other than this woman was in this house. It killed her and could've killed you if I hadn't come in right when it ran out of your window," explained Seb.
I looked around and felt the necklace throbbing on my chest.
"I know this is sudden, Seb, but if anyone has the answer to this, it would be this woman. Take my hand and hold tight," I snatched Impa's hand and Seb's bloodied one.
The necklace began to glow through my shirt and I knew it was time.
"Please, make this work and make this woman healed again," I whispered to myself as Seb gasped, obviously caught off-guard.
"Freesia, what's going on?" asked Seb fiercely.
I opened my eyes and looked to him, "Zelda."
The room began to spin crazily and I clutched the hands I was holding tighter than before. When the spinning stopped- we were suddenly thrown in different directions. I landed in water and rocks, while Seb landed a few feet away into the wooded area surrounding us, and Impa landed on the shore- her legs floating slightly in the water.
Seb had approached me five minutes later with brambles and twigs in his hair and picked me up and out of the pointed rocks gently.
"Are you okay?" Seb breathe in my ear, still carrying me.
I nodded. "Slightly dizzy, but not from that. Oh, must you be so close? If I pass out it's your fault!" I sighed dramatically.
Sebastian laughed as he carried me away from the water, splashing it around.
"If you pass out, I'll be sure to make sure that you wake up," Sebastian stated, looking me in the eye while saying this.
"Well, isn't THAT cute?" asked a sarcastic, young voice behind us.
Sebastian set me down on land and spun around, arm protectively in front of me just in case.
My eyes went wide when I saw Impa sitting up in the water, arms crossed.
Impa shook her head. "I don't get you, boy. You make sure she wakes up, but when it comes to me -oh, no! - you don't even bother to make sure I'm still even alive," the woman criticized.
I scoffed. I thought she was dead! And I thought I was sorry for her death.
I peered closer at her and noticed her hair had turned slightly brown. "Pardon my observation, but… are you younger than before?" I asked her.
Sebastian looked at her the same and she grinned. "I always am in this world. Which is my world," she stated, standing up.
"What is this world of yours?" asked Sebastian in an unsure tone.
Impa looked at his and her eyebrows rose. "Why, this is Hyrule! Or part of Hyrule. We're actually in part of Ordon Village which is part of Hyrule," explained Impa.
My mouth fell open and I clutched the triangle necklace around my neck.
"Do not fret little one, you will be safe. After Gannon had returned last time, I was forced to leave and not help the hero or the princess. But since then, everything evil had dispersed. However," carried on the younger Impa, "the hero himself disappeared. And no one knows where he is."
"So you need the help of outsiders… to find him?" Sebastian concluded.
"In a way, yes," Impa answered.
I looked down, this was what I wanted. I knew it, but how could I find him? I didn't think it was going to be as easy as the game itself.
So I asked the most cliché question ever.
"How do we find him?" I asked
Impa smiled and Sebastian stared.
"You're not seriously thinking…?"
"Yes, I'm taking it into consideration. Now, what do we do?" I asked Impa again.
Impa erected herself and began. "For starters, go to Hyrule and see the queen. I'll be with you, so that way you don't have to sneak through the back. Next, after you tell the queen of your quest, you must go to Great Bay. Ask the Zoras for any weaponry and anything they can give you for free. I will tell you the rest after this."
Bingo.
"Freesia, if anything happens…" Sebastian took my face in his hands, "I love you."
I smiled back weakly, "I love you too."
"Come, we should be on our way." Impa told us softly.
Seb pressed a kiss to my ear and we went off with Impa, and away from the beautiful spring.
