"So? So?" The little blond urged on, the balls of her pigtails bouncing along with her as she continued. "What's been happening with you two?"
"W-What? What do you mean?" Zelda asked back, her rather cool expression betraying the flustered girl. The twins scooted closer to her on the bed, Saria sitting calmly on the one opposite their current position.
"You know what, princess..." she continued, eyes lowering slightly, "You seem pretty comfy with Linky there...any reason why that is?" then came that sly grin the green haired kokiri was so used to seeing. Having the desired effect, Zelda blushed prettily while puffing her cheeks a bit in defense while also trying not to seem so thrown off by that.
"Linky?" Saria commented more than asked. The brunette shook her head while shrugging.
"Not at all! He just protects me while we're in the temples, That's all that's to it! Besides, he messes with me too much for me to be that comfortable with him..." the hylian girl huffed out before realizing she'd said something she shouldn't have.
"He messes with ya, huh? And exactly how does he do that? 'specially since he don't talk to anybody..." the girl continued. Zelda huffed. That girl definitely knew how to drill for information, that's for sure..
"Just...little things...nothing much..."
"Oh, really? Well Saria, bet you're relieved, aren'tcha?" the called girl instantly blushed, eyes darting up from her lap where they'd been for the past few moments.
"D-d-don't say things like that! It's misleading! Stop it..." she mumbled the last part, her ears drooping a bit comically with her embarrassment of being put out in the open so suddenly.
"Oh yeah, how long has he been silent? You all are used to it..." Zelda suddenly asked, distracting the blonde yet again and saving the now red faced kokiri.
"Hmm? Oh, it's stupid Mido's fault..." she replied nonchalantly. The taller girl raised an arched brow at that, causing the second sister to step in.
"Well, you see, Link and Saria were best friends when he lived here and since Mido had-"
"And still has-" the blond added in quickly.
"The, like, biiiigest crush on her, he was-"
"And still is-"
"Like, uber jealous of Link. I mean, he was-"
"And still is-"
"To-ta-lly ri-di-cu-lous!" she exclaimed, pronouncing each syllable to the fullest. "And Link used to be sensitive when he lived here too...he didn't have a fairy like the rest of us..."
"And he always felt out of place..."
"And Mido always tried to make sure he felt even worse!"
"That jerk!"
"But yeah, Mido used to say things that stuck to him...things like 'Your hair is odd! It's a different color than the rest of us boys! Wierdo...' and since he said that, he'd never take off his hat."
"Or something like 'Look at the little sissy boy, always talking to only the girls!' After that, he barely spoke to us unless Saria told him to or unless we came to him..."
"But then one time, we asked him what was wrong and when he was telling us-"
"There came big mouthed Mido-"
"Saying 'You're so annoying! Stop complaining like a little wimp and shut up!'"
"And Link hadn't said a word to any of us since then..." the blonde finished, shaking her head a bit sadly.
"It's a shame, too..." Saria mumbled, fiddling with a piece of hair near her cheek. "Ah, well, anywho, I think me and the princess should get going..."
"Aww why?" the both quipped, whining in disapproval.
"Because, This house isn't big enough for the four of use, three of us at the most. She'll probably have to stay at Link's place if he fixes up something that fits his size..." she explained, not noticing the apparent blush growing on Zelda's face at the mentioning of sleeping at Link's bedside for the second night now, not that they knew that, nor would they ever if she had anything to say about it...
"Well then, you stay, Zelda can come back first thing tomorrow!" The brunette giggled. Saria sighed.
"I'll walk her there. I need to go get my sleeper from home anyways...I'll be back..."
"Okay. Bye Zelda! Good night!" they chimed. She laughed in response, waving as they exited the door. As they crossed the town like clearing, Saria did nothing but hum the song of the Lost Woods while walking slightly in front of the taller girl with nothing less than a smile on her face. As they reached the ladder, she turned abruptly and stopped the girl.
"Hey...when we're all up tomorrow, I'll tell you something interesting, okay?"
"Umm...sure. Okay. I'll be waiting until then!" she smiled back before facing the ladder. " G'night Saria..."
"Good night to you too..." she mumbled back no higher than a whisper. Climbing up the ladder, upon reaching the top she was greeted with Link sleeping on the floor atop a few scattered comforters and under one in particular. She took a quick look around in the darkness, seeing as there wasn't much she could make out a lot of. "Zelda!" The princess jumped, startled by the call in near silence. Leaning out the door, she saw it was Saria, holding something similar to what Link was sleeping on. "If it'll help, you can use it." she offered, tossing it up to the hylian. She caught it with a quick thanks and headed back inside. Figuring it was for the best and the only way she'd get to sleep, she lye down near Link and rolled out the comforter quilt Saria gave her above her body and began to try to find a comfortable position against the floor, although she was pretty sure she'd end up in a different position by the time she woke up. The last thoughts she had in mind before dozing off were about the past of Link and what exactly it was that Saria wanted to tell them in the morning...
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
The sun trailed in through the lone window leaving sun beams against the back of the swordsman. He found himself adjusting mid-night, seeing as he noticed this time that the princess scooting closer to him. He let her lye on his arm as he folded it to rest his own head on the heel of his hand. He made sure to keep the rest of him securely separated from her so she wouldn't come up to any weird conclusions that morning. Being as it were, the time had passed and he'd woken up again, this time due to habit of waking up around daybreak. Even though he had made sure not to actually be in body contact with her, while they were sleeping, she'd moved closer yet again to the point where they could actually feel heat resonating between them. He sighed, bangs blowing a bit with the sudden burst of air as he contemplated just going back to sleep. No...no...those twins would never let he nor her live it down if they were to come and find them like this... Remembering the last he woke her, he thought to shake her before another thought came to mind. He simply pressed her cheek between his fingers, adding pressure little by little and pulling until her brows furrowed.
"May I assh why you're pinshing me?" she grumbled, eyes sliding open a bit to glare at him. He just blinked lightly at her in response. It was then that something began to bother her. Their faces were...waaaay too close... Come to notice it, she was lying on his arm too...and...they were almost in full body contact as it were... She shot up almost instantly, wondering why she, for the second night, found herself damn near cuddling up to the swordsman. "S-sorry! Really!"
Much as to last night again, she saw his face read confused. After that, he just shook his head and regained a sitting position, wiping his eyes a bit before stretching his arms up. 'For the love of the Goddess! Why doesn't he wear a shirt to sleep?' she practically yelled in her head, again gazing at the way his muscles seemed to flex. As if a random act, he reached back and produced a white shirt, his undershirt, and slid it on after a second. Of course he would look towards her after a moment just to look confused again. He stood again, leaving the rest of his clothes on his bed but rummaging through his bag instead for a bottle and something else, and headed outside. Not even bothering to take the ladder, he hopped down and walked across the village towards the ever running stream and splashed his face a few times and he seemed to put some water in the bottle for something.
"Zelda..." came the same call as last night. The princess quickly went out and leaned over the railing to see Saria standing there sleepily. "Why are you two awake so early?" she mumbled. Walking back in and getting the quilt, she, in fact, took the ladder at met the little kokiri.
"Blame the earlier bird over there. He woke up around this time yesterday too..." both girls yawned, exhaling deeply ad trying to blink off the rest of their sleepiness. Noticing, Saria took the cover from Zelda and signaled her to meet Link over at the river. Shrugging, Zelda complied, following the girl over to the silent swordsman. Upon noticing the footsteps, he turned quickly just to see it was only them so he made nothing of it. Saria sat next to him as Zelda continued standing and she cleared her throat.
"I believe I told Zelda yesterday that I'd tell you two something intresting when you two were awake, correct?"
"Umm, yeah, what was it?" she questioned back. At this time, Link was beginning to redress his leg injury but just simply settled for listening between the two.
"Well, it came to my attention yesterday when you said Link was helping you through temples. I know where one is around here. The forest temple..." Even if it was only for a second, Link's eyes darted up in Saria's direction before looking back to his leg. Zelda just stared for a moment before regaining herself. She cleared her throat momentarily before asking:
"So...where is it?" It was then that Saria giggled.
"Would you believe that we were there yesterday? It's hard to get to though...you'd need something that could pull you up there..." it was then that she noticed what Link was doing. "Ah, what happened? And you still make that salve?"
"Oh...that happened when Link was fighting King Dodongo. Darunia was right, he didn't hurt it badly at all, mostly just a bad scrape..." the princess commented while looking at the wound herself. "And you're almost out of this stuff..." He shook his head at her and pointed back at his house. "More in your bag, huh?" He nodded once before looking at his leg once again. "Spread it evenly this time though..." he huffed and sat back on his hands, pushing the bottle towards her before giving her a dead-pan stare. "Honestly?" He shrugged at her and looked off, expression remaining unchanged. "Fine...fine..." she huffed back and grabbed the bottle. "Don't blame me if my hands are cold..." Saria just watching this with mixed amusement as Zelda added the medicine to the small wound. Being that she was still attuned to Link's demeanor, only she noticed the smal flinch when Zelda's hand made contact with his leg. Then something else caught her attention and she began to giggle causing the other two to look at her.
"What is it?" the hylian female asked, a bit conscious of it. Saria just smiled after that.
"You two seem to work together well. Well that and...this is the first time I've really seen him wearing something other than a green shirt..." As figured, her second comment threw off her first and Zelda just looked at him for a moment and shrugged.
"Well, I actually only met him a few days ago so I wouldn't get that reaction from him yet...but...it does look a bit off even so..."
"Ah, suppose it'd be the same if you weren't wearing your purple one I guess...but yes, let's go!" she chimed as they finished up the bandaging. After grabbing a few items from Link's house, they left their bags there to begin their trek to the woods to the temple...
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
"So here we are..." the green haired girl announced as they were now back where they'd first found her. "You have to get up there..." she pointed up past a tree. "So...how will you do this?" Link pulled out a little contraption that was blue and appeared to be made of steel. What was most noticeable about it was the sharp tip and the chain around it's hull. "What..."
"...is that?" Zelda finished. Without much warning, he grabbed the princess and fired it off, it's blade sinking into a tree branch and as a reaction to the retraction, yanked them up at an incredible speed. As they landed, both girls looked surprised as he looked as if that were the most normal thing in the world to do. "Warn me next time..." the hylian beside him sighed. A small laugh from Saria caught their attention and they looked down from there.
"Well, seems you're on the right track, I'll be sure to see you both later, okay?" she waved once more before heading back home.
"Well then...nothing to do but go forward, right?" she asked rhetorically, he did nothing but nod n response as they headed to the semi dark passageway ahead of them. Upon coming into the new space, it seemed eerily quiet. That was soon to be shattered by the howls of two wolfos as they appeared from the forest. "Cover your eyes!" A metal sigh before doing what she said, he threw an arm up over his eyes in quick defense from a bright flash that he knew only to be one thing...a deku nut...she must've grabbed the bag of them from his house. The two dog-like creatures froze in place a quick spin attack did them in. Now that the place was quiet, they could take a look around... Zelda watched Link climb a wall covered in a vine type substance, she wondering why exactly he as doing that in the first place but didn't think nor try to question it. After a moment or so, he was gone from her sights just to drop down behind her seconds later. "But-you were over there! How'd you get here?"
He sighed, holding onto the little key in his hand. Something told him to check there seeing as in his line of work there can be no stone unturned but whoever decided to put the key at the top of a tree outside of a temple is officially bat-shit insane in his book. Sliding the key into his pocket, he walked towards the main door of the temple, opening the door and stepping inside. upon the first things to notice was a hallway with a door at the other in. All but suddenly, Zelda latched onto his arm with nothing less than a whimpering noise. He looked at her, a bit more than surprised at her sudden reaction.
"...spiders...please...get rid of it..." she mumbled, stilling her voice a much as possible. Seeing as he still held the hookshot in his hand. He simply took aim and shot it, ridding the hall of it as it disappeared into blue flames. She let out a shaky breath before recomposing herself and letting him go. "Sorry...they just freak me out..." she refused to look at him, figuring he'd have a small smrk on his face if anything else, which of course, he did. It is slightly amusing that a girl who could face down a gigantic lizard could be frightened by something as simple as a spider. Then again, Skulltullas are bigger than normal, but still...
Taking this time, they walked into the next room. It seemed more of a hall with a couple of staircases like the one the were on but the middle was what was so intriguing. It seemed to be a mechanism of sorts and had four torches around them, flames in the colors of orange, green, blue and purple, all forming a square. Suddenly, the flames dissipated, each revealing to actually have been a spirit of sorts. The original flames went to the torches that they held and as the four went off i different directions, the mechanism lowered into the ground. Link, because of the ghosts teasing laughter, figured they needed whatever ever that thing was to get what they needed done so he decided that it was time to go on a ghost hunt... Seeing as there was a door right in front of them, he walked on, straight ahead, sighing to himself. The first think to greet them on the other side was a blue bubble, the flying skull quickly taken care of by a jab of the Master Sword. He continued to trudge through the new hall until he reached the other side. Upon the two walking into the new room, the door was locked behind them. Zelda sighed this time.
"The last this happened, you had to fight two lizards...what is it this time?" as if answering her question, two skeletons rose from the ground, sword and shield at the ready. "Huh...Stalfos..." she murmured to herself more than anyone else. Of course, since she didn't have a sword nor shield, they wouldn't focus on her unless push came to shove so all their attention was on Link at the moment. As the first attacked, he fended that off with a sword blow while quickly having to divert his attention to the one behind who lunged at him. As he turned around there came a blinding flash, both the others freezing in place. Taking advantage of a lovely situation, the swordsman beheaded both of them in a single sweep of the majestic blade. The two sunk back into the ground from which they came and from their death sites a chest was summoned. Being indifferent to things like that, he popped it open and leaned inside just to find...a small key. He nearly face-palmed at this but resisted the urge. Zelda just held a knowing smile. Link was going to loathe this journey to the fullest...
They headed to a door to the right of their current location and stepped through that door to be met with a giant deku baba. A couple of deku seed shots took care of that problem... Continuing about their way, they came to another wall covered in greenery. Again, Zelda froze up.
"Uh...Link...?" he looked to her, knowing what she was asking but also knowing he wasn't going to supply it to her. "C-could you...?" He promptly shook his head and pointed to her hands before taking a step towards the wall. "You want me to-?" she sighed before attempting to take aim, slightly angered that her hands kept shaking. He wondered something, fully aware that a skulltullas poison wasn't dangerous but it would suffice enough for what he was about to do.
He began to climb the wall as if the patrolling creatures weren't even there. One in particular caught Link in its sights but right before it could attack, a seed cut it off. Smirking to himself, the blond continued to climb seeing as Zelda was taking care of whatever came at him. When he reached the goal of a small tunnel like hole in the wall, he shoot off the hookshot very close to her, seeing as he knew it wouldn't stick in the ground. As it flew past her she caught onto the chain, and as it retracted, she was pulled up along with its return, nearly barreling into Link in the process but it simply knocked them over. Although he was silent, she could feel him chuckling underneath her. She growled irritably.
"Are you honestly gonna keep laughing at me like that?" she huffed while sitting upright, glaring at him straight in the face. As a response, he shrugged and removed her from his lap as he headed for the door, a thought crossing her mind as she wondered why she hadn't gotten off him herself but she shook that off. "And also, why do you seem to know where you're going in these places? You been here before or something?" He shook his head and proceeded in turning the knob, heading to a closed room with another flying skull inside. taking care of it easily with a shot and a slice, they proceeded into the next room, which turned out to be an open space much like the last one they were in. However, they were on a balcony with a Deku Baba, who seemed to take a liking to whoever stepped out of the princess took a couple shots at it, deeming the creature useless as it perished and they began to look around. "Hmm...what now...?"
All but suddenly she was grabbed as Link noticed a soft target in which the hookshot would sink into, effectively launching them across the gap between the floors. She exhaled a held breath when they landed, wondering what the hell was wrong with him before noticing she was standing on a switch.
"What...did I do...?" Snapping his fingers at her to catch her attention, the blonde then pointed to a well, the water seeming to lower by the second. "Huh...how are we supposed to get there-Link!" he looked back at her from his current position, which was climbing over the banister as it were. "What the freaking hell are you doing?" she shouted as if it would make him stop. He simply pointed down after swinging his legs over and sitting on the railing. "...water-no...don't you dare, don't you dare!" he smirked, not even taking it into consideration as he grabbed the princess around her torso with one arm and pushed them both off with the other. A smile of excitement could be seen on his face and Zelda clung to him with a slight shriek, suddenly being covered by his hand right before they hit the water...
"...I hate you right now..." she panted as they reached the edge of the pool. His smile remained nonetheless, knowing she wasn't serious. That was fun, no matter what she said or how much she disagreed. She looked up at him, again noting his hair looked light brown again and a slight grin played against her lips. Standing upright, she rung out her ponytail before yanking off his hat and doing the same. "Come on..." she placed it back and began walking towards the now empty well. He raised an eyebrow at her but said nothing more as he saw her descend the ladder. Mid ladder though, she stopped, staring dumbfounded at the hylian that just dropped past her at high speed, again with that smile on his face. Nearing the ground though, he snatch a rung of the ladder in time not to land hard, the cushioning on his gloves taking most of the impact. When she got down she resisted the urge to whack him upside the head, simply settling for a comment of "You just love jumping off things, don't you?". They progressed down the hall, collecting a small key from a chest and climbing up the grassy wall afterwards. After they got rid of another plant monster they stepped out a door into...the first room yet again. Hooking a quick right they walked to a door and used a small to to go into another room.
"Ugh! Freaking Skulltullas!" the swordsman sighed, shooting it with his hookshot and ridding the corridor of it. They walked into the next room, Zelda walking quicker than Link seeing as she reached the door first. She shot the bubble quickly as he caught up with her. Pointing up the ladder, they began to climb the first and then the second heading one corridor after another, sliding blocks along arrows on the floor (that seemed odd to be in an old temple in Zelda's opinion) and going up and down the floors until everything was finally in place and they could continue on. Getting in what felt like a room before something big, they finished off a blue bubble each and got to a door with a eye overhead. Link pulled out another key, making her wonder when exactly he picked these up, and he opened the door that lead to a twisted corridor. "There's...bad magic here..." she murmured, subconsciously stepping closer to the blonde man in front of her.
Looking at her for a second he continued on, stepping into the new room. Once there, they looked for the correct passage. Link figuring to jump across the platform, did so. As she was about to do so as well, she noticed an almost shocked look on his face. She blinked as he ran back towards her, leaping as far as he could to shove her out the way. She landed with a cry and glared up at him only to immediately notice he was now trapped under what looked to be a giant hand. By him lunging at her and being thrust down like that, his sword ended up out of reach as it clattered when they both fell. She stared, almost not knowing what to do in this situation. Link usually took care of the monsters mostly but he was trapped because of her. The hand clenched together, squeezing the swordsman inside its grip to the point of him yelling out. As surprising as it was, the hand began to head back towards the ceiling as he glared at it for the earlier pain. She stared wide eyed, afraid he'd be taken away before she remembered that even in this situation, she wasn't as helpless as she thought.
She closed her eyes and focused on her hands for a moment as a fireball was conjured and with quick aim, she lunged it at the hand, causing it to writhe and burn, in turn, forcing it to drop the man it held captive. As it disappeared, he landed with a bit of an audible thud. Running over to him, she scanned him with panic clearly evident on her face.
"I-I'm sorry! It was my fault for not paying attention! Did I hit you? Are you okay? Link?" in all the flustered babble that was princess Zelda at the moment, he cracked an eye open at her while attempting to sit up, although he had to push her away to do so. When he finally up-righted himself, he folded his legs and rested his forehead against the flat of his hand. "I'm sorry... I really should be more alert than that...you keep getting hurt because of me...maybe I should just quit while we-re ahe-ow!" She winced at the pluck she got to her forehead. Clasping it quickly, she blinked at him almost childishly. "W-what? Are you mad at me? I could understand that..." she then looked a bit dejected. He simply smiled at her, much to her surprise as he pet her head once again before standing and retrieving the discarded sword. She sat there, clearly surprised. 'How did I do a good job? I got him caught up in the first place...it was only natural I should help him out of a mess I made...' then it hit her. At first she didn't do a thing and complained at the first thing they ever did and now along with him saving her so many times, she finally saved him for once. That caused her to smile, even if it was small as she joined him in hopping the platforms.
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
In the next room however, there was a hole, mid-floor as well as something annoying by the breed of stalfos waiting on them there. Deciding to stay out of the way, she stepped back and allowed Link to be rid of the first one. Then a platform lowered with a good and bad effect. Good effect, it plugged the hole in the floor. Bad effect? Two new stalfos came along with it. He began to attack the first as a ball of fire attacked the other from behind. As they were both finished off, a sparkling trail of light made a chest appear. Leaning into it, he stood up holding a...bow and quiver, looking the weapon over to check if it was indeed usable. "Wooow...hey, Link. Odd question. When we're done with this place, you think we can stop back home? My bow is there...I don't know why I didn't get it the last time we were there..." He nodded before heading out the next door. Similar to the room they came from, it had a staircase leading up instead of down. The odd feature about this room was the paintings. In the earlier rooms, they were blank, black rather but there was a picture of the ghost they'd seen earlier on this one. As they neared it, it disappeared with taunting laughter.
"...what...just happened?" as they turned around, the ghost was now on the painting in front of them at a distance. Taking a chance, he shot an arrow only to see the picture dissipate into flames as the laughter ensued. "Oh...that laugh is gonna haunt me... he chuckled, turning to notice the ghost back in the original picture before it disappeared with the echoing giggles yet again. They were apparently too close to that frame. It'd never stay there at this rate... "Link, look!" he turned at her call just to see another painting over the stairs and he shot that one down. Even when it got it, the laughter kept up. Remembering there were only three frames in the halls, he turned toward the one closest to them, the only one there and course it was there. As that one was shot, it decided to become a literal solid poe and flew downstairs. Knowing why, Link stepped down them, awaiting whatever it wanted. As he got down there, it disappeared, it's torch the only thing visible as it charged at him. Again, that fireball belonging to no one but Zelda smashed into the clear space, the ghost slightly shrieking before laughing again.
"Ghosts got nothin on magic I see..." Changing its target, the orange poe sister attacking the princess just to be still blocked by a hylian shield. First it was sliced with a sword, then before it had the chance to disappear, it was shot with another fireball, double the damage of it being invisible. As if to preserve itself, the ghost turned clear once more just to be take out by a fireball and as she disappeared, a chest showed up. Link shooed Zelda up the stairs as he collected what was inside. "This place is...strange...I wonder what else we'll go through..."
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
"I regret ever asking that question..." she grumbled, Link having no clue what she was talking about. First off, after the first poe sister, the second was nothing but a remake. Then they had to do the twisted corridors again and randomly had to do a puzzle, which was more Link pushing and Zelda standing on the stage- like platform going "To the left! Not yours, mine!" causing him to glare at her with the thought of 'Be friggin specific' floating around and other things before a fight ensued. Then the last poe sister decided to straight up challenge them, in a way. Sure she fought head on but she made copies to do it. After that, the elevator platform came up again, which lead to another room which they had no clue about at first until she leaned against the wall and the room decided to turn on her. Literally. After they figured that out they began walking to the boss room with the big key in hand, also leading to Zelda's moody behavior. "That was aggravating.." Unlocking the door, Link chuckled as they both then stepped in the room.
It was dark seeing as the floor was blue of night and the walls were like the green of the forest. There were paintings on the wall of a path, each painting being the same, as they tried to progress further in the room, they were barred by an iron gate and Link suddenly pulled Zelda closer to him, sensing a presence behind them. They saw nothing less than a ghostly man, suspected to be gerudo by the height of him on a just as ghostly black steed adorned in midnight armor that had bladed spikes lining it, and a mane as red as fire. It bucked at it,s owner's command, the man atop it grinning like a madman before it was covered with a mask and both he and his horse began to rise in the air and rode off into one of the pictures. Zelda was beyond surprised, stunned even but soon snapped out of it as Link shoved the bow at her, deeming her with more use of it than he at the moment.
Both pairs of blue eyes darted around, looking for the source of dark laughter and an arrow flew off in a direction, piercing the phantom just as he was about to exit a picture. He couldn't help but smirk about it. Even though she was scared, she still had one helluva shot. This happened twice more before the horse abandoned him into one of the paintings, the man himself now floating around the room in sporadic manner, all but suddenly pulling out a staff and thrusting a ball of energy at his attacker. She cowered but to her surprise, she was never hit, the ball being repelled by the light of the sword of evil's bane as Link swung to deflect the blow. It hit the phantom as it took it by surprise, Link wasting no time in subduing him with a barrage of strikes. Suddenly, the ghost gerudo flew up, again charging energy to have it reflected back at him as the same thing that happened before, happened again as if it were deja vu. The ghost thrashed about as if overwhelming pain before a final shout rang out and it burst out into blue flames.
"We did it!" she cheered, latching o to his arm smiling. Though it was small, he smiled back, generally amused with her happiness. That familiar blue light, a warp to the outside perhaps, shone within the room. Since she already had it in her grasp, she pulled him forward by the arm. "Let's go!" And with that, they both stepped into the light...
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
Once she opened her eyes, she was confused. She was in a blue room, seeming that whatever they were currently perched on was floating in the nothingness of air. She was faced toward a green platform that resided directly in front of her. Then something clicked. Link...he didn't seem to be around. Or he was and her senses were thrown off by this place. She began to look around.
"Link?"
"Sssh, ssh..." a familiar voice cooed. "He's behind you. He can't be awake in this place..." She glanced behind her and just as the voice told her, he was there, seeming to sleep peacefully. "Hello Zelda, I see you two did a good job." The princess turned to see not other than Saria standing at the green pedestal, smiling at them with her arms out to her sides. "I think I should re-introduce myself now that you know. I'm Saria the Kokiri and the Sage of the Forest Temple."
"But...how...you knew?" she stammered a bit, not really knowing what to say. The green haired girl giggled.
"Of course but we can't just tell you who we are. Seeing as you passed through this temple, I'll give you this..." It looked to be a bracelet except it had a charm on it that was green and had a symbol inscribed on it. "It's in that form to be more discreet. Link barely notices things like jewelery, so it'll help and every time you bond with a sage, their symbol will be added as well..." It got quiet for a moment as Zelda stared at it, observing it from a few angles as it dangled from her wrist. "Hey Zelda, can you promise me something?"
"Hmm?" she questioned back while looking up, "What is it?"
"If he...ever decides to talk...could you bring him back? I know it's a bit selfish and maybe even childish but I really...want to hear his voice again..." At first, she could only respond with a blink, then a smile.
"Sure." she giggled, "No problem." Saria beamed at this then waved.
"So then, I'll see you two later!"
"Yeah, see you soon."
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
Upon coming into the normal world again, they appeared in front of the deku tree. Not knowing where she was was only one reason for her to stay put. The other being that Link was still out cold. Deciding to take a break, she sat down, adjusting his head to her lap before leaning against the great tree. She closed her eyes before a sudden urge to get the musical instrument out hit her. Taking it out, she took a breath before starting to play the lullaby her mother made for her. She didn't know how long she was playing that song but the veil of sleep began to cover her. She guessed she was more tired that she thought and shrugged, placing the little flute like instrument in her side bag before letting her head hang and dozing off herself.
"Hey...Saria...you think we should leave them there?" The brunette girl piped up since they were in the clear. The three girls of kokiri had been watching for a while after she'd started playing since the music drew them there.
"They look awfully comfy over there anyways..." the blond added, then looked over to the green haired girl.
"Yeah...it's fine. Here they have the deku tree's protection anyway. Besides...it's a good idea to let them rest. Come on, let's go back." the twins shrugged as the followed the forest sage back to their town to let the two heroes get a little well deserved rest under the watch of the Deku Tree...
A/N: Ah, funny thing...Ganon isn't in this story but phantom ganon is XDD just didn't say his name. It's, what, 6 a.m. as I'm finishing this up and who knows what time when I actually submit this but ah well. I was in the mood to type this story. I know I need to update on my other ones but...for some reason, I'm not feelin the vibe with it :/ *sounds like a hippie* XDD I had fun with the wall master lol but those things really do piss me off when playing the game...just as much as the floor masters in windwaker...OOH! Out of pure boredom and lack of inspiration for my other stories, I could maybe do a little windwaker story XDD would that be nice? (i loves tetra although she has aim worth shit...freaking princess...) ANYWAY! I'll stop rambling and tell me what you think about that idea. And on another note, if there's any tos fans that don't mind yaoi, I'm starting a new story with Emil and Richter. (that other story is just straight smut...) I wonder how people'll feel about that too? Wait...didn't I say I'd stop rambling? Whoops...ah well...please leave me a review!
~Ruru out