Chapter 78 - The Gathering Gloom
She woke up screaming at the top of her lungs. A swift, moist hand clamped shut over her mouth as her cries were muffled into the scaly palm. Veraca's face hovered over her as he gave her an ardent look, it was clear he was under a lot of stress and...
Chapter 77 - Deep Breath Before the Plunge
"That is quite remarkable." Darunia commented, scratching his chin with obvious interest. "I never quite understood why our forefathers made a pact with the Hylian royal family. We were tasked to come to their aid in times of dire need and to protect...
Chapter 76 - Revelations of the Goddess
A gentle stroking of his wings awoke him. He lifted his head and rotated to the side to see who was manipulating his plumage. Seeing that it was Zelda, he smirked and plopped his head back onto the balled up fabric he had fashioned as a pillow. A quick...
Chapter 75 - Campfire Stories
"Link, would you please place my mat over there by the larger rock?" Zelda requested, pointing in the general direction of the alcove just past the passage that led deeper into the cave. "Of course Zelda." Link said with a smile. Grabbing the two...
Chapter 74 - Sins of the Father
"You are a courageous young man." These were the last words spoken to him nearly two moons ago by Zelda's father, Harkinian. He remembered the meeting vividly, as if it only happened moments ago. Link was packing his rucksack for the journey ahead. He...
Chapter 73 - Meeting of the Minds
General Naar angrily wiped away the tears that began to form at the creases of his eyes. Such weakness was unbecoming of the greatest military leader of the known world. He was furious at the news that had been delivered to him earlier that evening. He...
Chapter 72 - The Siege is Broken
The shouting rang dull in her ears. She wanted nothing more than their absence this night. The shade from her canvas had been stripped away and all that was left was the white. All she wanted was to sink into the shadows that echoed inside of her,...
Chapter 71 - The Child is Gone
"Do you think they'll bless her with the gift?" A soft voice murmured. "Hard to say, she was never on good terms with the elders, always running off to be with that Link fellow." A second voice answered. Malon's mind was slowly coming around. It...
Chapter 70 - Entrenched in the Desert
A racking spasm rocked his body as his chest contracted from the pain, he spit out a globule of blood onto the red soaked dirt floor of the tent. The hulking man steadied himself up on his hands as the excruciating pain of regenerating took its toll on...
Chapter 69 - Spiritual Encounters
Link stirred to the gentle squeezing of his hand. Looking over down his arm, he noticed a graceful palm stroking his softly. Zelda smiled as she gazed upon his face that was slowly shaking off the entrenched slumber. He had been in a feverish delirium...
Chapter 68 - Investigating the Truth
"What is this?" Cayla asked dubiously, picking up the audacious mask from inside the rucksack and lifting it up into the light. "I do not know." Said the accompanying Sheikah who stared at the colorful mask, its bloodshot eyes burrowing a hole into...
Chapter 67 - Caught in the Web
Link swore an oath trying to disentangle himself from the sticky fronds of silken thread. He had slipped on a rather large bone of some unknown creature that had the unfortunate fate of being a Skulltula snack. Landing in a rather large depression of...