I Thought I Lost You
Chapter 3: Education on Events
"So are you gonna tell me what happened?" Link asked gently to the girl crying in his arms. "That depends," Zelda sniffed, "Do you want to know?" she looked up at him. Link chuckled a little, "Do you want to tell me?" he asked. "I'll tell you if I can stop the tears..." Zelda snuggled her face back onto his shoulder. "This is what happened..." Zelda started to recall the events of the night before.
As Zelda slammed the door shut, it groaned a loud roar. There was some foot prints behind her, she turned around quickly. Her father, the King, was at the other end of the Hall. "Zelda? What are you doing here?" he asked quickly and almost suspiciously. "I couldn't sleep, why are you here Father?" she answered slowly, judging his tone of voice from his question. "I was actually hoping you'd come here..." he admitted. "Why?" she asked curiously. "I have news for you" he mumbled as he walk to the wall.
She walked quickly to where he sat against the walls and joined him, a little unsure about sitting on the cobbles. "There is something very strange going on with Hyrule's portals to Azeroth," he explained, "Everything is strange when you arrive in the world." Zelda couldn't think of much to say, "What do you mean...strange?" she asked. "When I went in to check on things in Stormwind, I wasn't even at Stormwind. I was suddenly at the Abbey in Northshire, and nobody knew who I was. Marshal McBride was asking me about all kinds of things, if I want to be a Rouge, Paladin or whatever. I told him I wasn't from Azeroth, but he laughed. He said I should get advice on what to be, because I was 'obviously letting the pressure get to me'" he was saying. "Why didn't the portal lead to Stormwind City though?" Zelda asked.
"If I knew, I'd tell you. The portals must have been mix up with each other, so I suggest you be careful in what I ask you to do now" he turned slightly, and picked up a small wooden box from a low shelf behind him. He took a key from around his neck, then twisted the lock open. It seemed he was looking in it for longer than it should of taken, especially since he only pulled out a rather small piece of parchment. It had a perfected portrait drawing of a girl on it. "Who's this?" Zelda asked. "Her name is Yumarisa. She's a hunter from Azeroth, she'll help you when you go in a sort things out" he told her.
"What?" Zelda demanded quickly. "I need you to go in and sort things out for me, can you do that?" he asked her. "Well, no, probably not. I can't do things like that, we should ask Link instead" she stammered. "No, we won't ask anybody else. I'm asking you, please do this for me" he said with a melting tone. Zelda sighed, "Okay, Father. But which portal did you use when you went in to check on Stormwind?" she asked. "I-" the sword flew straight through his heart, before his eyes went blank he muttered "Courtyard". With his last slither of strength, he handed a golden dagger to her. Then everything was dark.
Zelda felt the tears overflowing in her eyes, and she locked the doors as quickly as she could. It was surely midway through the night now, so she sat beside her father and cried holding his cold hand...
"Wow...I'm really sorry this happened Zel," he murmured, "Did you see who threw the sword...?". "I didn't look," she said, "I would really of seen through the tears anyway..." she lifted her hand to show him the picture the King had given her. The picture of Yumarisa. "So there are portals to a place called Azeroth, huh?" Link asked almost eagerly. "Yes, my family have been traveling there for years. The Harkinian's have a good name with the royal family, as far as I know. People there seem so different from Hylians. Most of them do interesting things with their lives.
This Yumarisa girl is supposed to be a Hunter. There are other things to do such as...well you can be a Warrior, or a Paladin, Rouge, Mage, Priest and possibly others. It's a world of warcraft out there. I don't have to choose anything like that though, because I don't live there. I just visit sometimes. Now it's only my family and you who know about it, so you must promise not to tell anybody" Zelda said. "Of course," Link smiled, "Hey, are...are the portals just in the Castle?". Zelda frowned, "No, I think there are some around the forests and villages. As far as I know, most are here. But I guess it must be possible that there are some scattered across Hyrule." Link stood up and brushed the dirt off his clothes, "Are you ready to face Impa?" he asked.
Zelda sighed, "I suppose I have to be, don't I? I want to know what they'll do about Father first, though. I'm...I'm probably going to have to be Queen soon, in this case..." she said. "I'm sure everything will be fine" Link tried to promise. He slid quickly out of the door and closed it behind him, "Everything is...not fine, no...I can't say it's fine" he said to Impa. "I need to go in a see her" Impa said calmly. Link asked through the door, "Zel? Can Impa come in?". It was silent for a few seconds, "Uhh...Y-yes" the reply came. Impa slid into the room, trying not to let the maids see inside.
They were talking in there for a long time, so Link wandered away...
So that's the next chapter! I don't know when the next will come, but I'll start as soon as I can! I need to find some inspiration first, maybe I'll go for a walk...
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