Chapter 4
Fly Raven
~Raven~
Raven found Epona outside the market and got on her back.
"Navi." Raven called out. Navi flew out from under his shirt. "What were you doing in there?"
"Hiding. I couldn't very well let Princess Zelda see me." Navi explained.
"True. Anyway. Now that we have that done. We need to find Link as soon as we can. Wherever he is, I'm sure he isn't doing so well."
"Maybe we could ask around in some places if they've seen anything suspicious."
"Maybe. There is Kakariko village not too far from here. Maybe they took him to Death Mountain."
"It's worth a shot." Navi hid by his neck.
"Hyaa!" His hand hit the top of Epona's rear and she sped off toward Kakariko. It took only 45 minutes maximum to reach Kakariko. Outside, a young girl was sitting on the steps of an inn. She was sewing something. She looked up when she heard the sound of Epona's footsteps. She stood up.
"Link?" The girl asked. Raven turned to her. "Oh, I'm sorry."
"It's no problem, young lady." He got of Epona's saddle and walked over to her and knelt down to her eye level. "My name's Raven. Do you think you could help me?"
"What with?" She asked.
"Do you know where I can find the one in charge?" He asked.
"Yes, he's my father. Follow me." The girl starts leading him to the sanctuary. "My name's Luda. How'd you tame Epona? Only Link can tame her."
"I used to have a horse who was a lot like her. She has a special song that she will answer to. If you know it, most likely she'll trust you, unless you have mal intent. She's a smart horse."
"I see." They got to the front of the sanctuary. Luda opened the door. "Father, there's someone who wants to see you." Luda turned to Raven. "Come on." They went inside. A man was cleaning up the place. He walked over.
"Hello, welcome to Kakariko. My name's Renado." Renado greeted.
"Thank you, Renado. My name's Raven. I was hoping you could help me." Raven said.
"Anything you need."
"Earlier today, did you see anything suspicious?"
"Suspicious like what?"
"I'm not sure. Just something that didn't seem right. Did any men come through here at least?"
"No. Nobody's really visited since the day before when our friend paid us a visit."
"Oh, I see. Thanks anyway. That's all I wanted to know." Raven felt slightly disheartened by the information, but he won't give up hope. He promised to find Link and he intends to keep it.
"Anytime sir." Raven bowed then left the sanctuary and went back over to Epona. He was about to get on when a voice called out to him.
"Raven!" He turned his head. It was Luda. "It's about Link, isn't it? That's why you have his horse. What happened to him?"
"I can't really give many details, but I will say this. Link will be alright. I may come back here with him."
"Ok. Please hurry. When Link was here, he looked to be sick, though be careful."
"I will. I'll get him back, no matter what." Raven got back on Epona. "Take care, Luda." Epona started running. "She reminds me of Malon. Sweet and kind hearted." Raven headed off to Lake Hylia, where the Zora lived. If they saw nothing, then they might be in a cave somewhere in Hyrule, anywhere in Hyrule. Or even outside its boundaries.
~Link~
The doors opened to the room after a few hours and the deep voiced man walked in with a tray of food.
"Hey, kid, how's that wound I gave you healing up?" The man asked with a twisted smile, knowing it wouldn't have really healed much at all. Link was silent and looked away from him. "Giving me the silent treatment, huh?" He still said nothing. "You can't keep it up forever. If you don't speak, you don't get to eat." Link looked up at the man this time, but still said nothing. "Fine. Your choice. Might want to get back to talking soon though. The boss will have you punished if you refuse to speak when he asks you a question." Link remained silent. The man sighed and left the room.
"Thing is, I can't really speak, my throat's too sore. I should have just rested in Kakariko yesterday. I knew I was coming down sick. I just wanted to get back home." Link thought. Eventually, the doors opened once again. The boss and the deep voiced man walked in.
"So, sonny, I hear you refuse to speak." The boss said. Link tried to speak, but no words came out. "What was that, I couldn't hear you? Deal with him please, Ryo."
"With pleasure, boss." The deep voiced man now known as Ryo walked over to Link. He picked him up by the front of his shirt. "You know, if you speak, you could avoid punishment." Link opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say anything. Ryo lifted Link higher. "You asked for it kid."
He turned to the more open area of the room, let Link go, but before Gravity could take over long enough, he delivered a punch right to Link's gut, making him go flying across the room. He rolled on the floor a bit. Ryo started walking over. Link was trying to get back up.
"I could still spare you, you know. You just have to say something." Ryo said. Link didn't even bother trying, he knew he wouldn't be able to. "Suit yourself." He kicked Link in the gut. Link fell over. Ryo kept kicking him and kicking him. Link curled up into a ball to protect himself.
"That's enough Ryo. We don't want him dead." The boss said. Ryo stopped kicking him. Link was still scrunched up in a ball. "I've heard from a close friend that a warrior from Ordon is on his way here to save you kid."
"Warrior from Ordon? Rusl?!" Link thought. He uncurled and tried to get up.
"We can't let anyone find you yet. We need Zelda to pay the ransom. I don't care how long it takes. When her little warrior falls, she's sure to pay it. Pick him up and carry him downstairs. We need to get the twins." Ryo put Link on his shoulder and started to carry him out of the room. They went down stairs where the two silent ones were. "Here's the plan. Ryo, you stay here, keep the man occupied at the very least. Kill him if you can."
"Yes, Boss." Ryo said.
"Good. Akio, Ira, you come with me. Carry the boy. We're going to find a different place to hide." They both nodded. Akio, aka silent man #1, took Link from Ryo and put him over his shoulder. "We'll be around the side of the building, waiting for the guy to show up. Once he's inside, we'll get going. It's up to you to kill him, Ryo. Can I count on you?"
"Yes, Boss."
~Raven~
Raven spotted an abandoned wagon while heading to Lake Hylia. He had Epona slow down and he got off to investigate. He found a green tunic similar to his own as well as many other things that belonged to Link.
"So they were here." He picked up the green tunic with his right hand and felt the fabric with his left. "This is where they left everything. They couldn't hide out in Zora's domain, they'd be caught. Have they gone to snow peak? It's a good of a place as any to look." He turned to Epona. "Epona, this is where we'll part ways for now. I'll be back." He set the tunic back down in the wagon. He went down the path and went inside the save. It led straight to Zora's domain. Down below was the entrance to Snow Peak. Once inside, he climbed up the mountainside. He remembered the way easily. He looked around once at the top. "If I'm wrong about this… Link could be getting hurt worse and worse. If I don't check, I'm never going to know." Once at the top, he hit himself against the tree to drop an icy leaf. He got on and snowboarded down the mountain. Despite this being serious, it was kind of fun snowboarding down. He'd never gone down that way and wanted to try it at least once. He made it down and looked up at the building. He started to walk up to the door and go inside, not knowing that the one he looked for was right around the corner. Raven looked around everywhere in the house until he found the tower room. He went in and saw the room was empty, just as the other rooms.
"What are you doing here?" Raven turned around. A man taller and stronger looking than him was towering over his head.
"Where's Link?" Raven said. Despite the man being much taller than him, he wasn't scared one bit.
"That little brat? Long gone. He was here, now he's not. And I'll tell you what, he was fun to use as a punching bag. So tough and durable." The man's words really angered Raven.
"You used my grandson as a punching bag?!" Raven shouted.
"Yea. It was quite enjoyable. You know, you look like a good punching bag too." He grabbed Raven by the front of his tunic and threw him into the room. He rolled a little bit on the ground. He wasted no time getting back to his feet.
"You have no idea who you're messing with." Raven pulled out his bow and pulled out an arrow.
"Ha, a simple bow and arrow? Please, like that will hurt."
"Don't get me wrong, I could have you dead in a split second and you'd be too foolish and slow to realize it." He summoned the power of fire arrows.
"I'd like to see you try to kill me."
"You asked for it." He fired the arrow, which was aimed directly at the man's neck. He stepped aside and let the arrow graze his glove. The glove caught fire and the man freaked out. He quickly pulled his glove off and threw it.
"What the hell was that?"
"You have no idea who I am, do you?"
"No."
"Good." He put the bow back. The man started charging toward him, pulling out his sword. Raven didn't flinch or move. He had been waiting for that. Right as he was about to be stabbed, he pulled out his sword and cut the man's chest. He had performed the Mortal Draw. The man held his chest. Raven jumped to the side, rolled forward and as he was coming up, he slashed up the man's back, doing the Back Slice technic.
"What the hell?!" Raven back flipped away, knowing the man would spin around and attack.
"You talk so much of that place, maybe I should send you there. You talk about it enough."
"You're a mad man aren't you?"
"No, I'm furious." He jumped up in the air and performed the Helm Splitter. The man fell down. He got back up and turned around.
"Go ahead and kill me. I was only to be used as a distraction while the others took your precious little boy away. Who knows where they are? You'll never find him. He's lost to you, mad man." Raven slashed at the man again. He fell down and that's when Raven performed the Final Strike, stabbing him right in his heart.
"You're wrong. I'll find him. No matter what." He put his sword back in his sheath and left the house. "Well, that was a waste of time. At least I know he was here. I'll find you Link. Just hang on until I get there."
Here's hoping you can Raven. I hope you liked the chapter.
See ya,
Hero of Twili :D