Fan Fiction ❯ Ocarina of Time: Three Goddesses Reincarnated ❯ Ingo ( Chapter 2 )

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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

 

Chapter Two: Ingo

 

The sun fell over Tessa's eyes, making her clench them even more in her sleep as she rolled over on her side, entangling the sheets around her legs and waist even more. Malon sighed as she watched this. Maybe waking up the girl would take more than just opening the curtains…

Malon bit her lip, studying the girl with concentration. Tessa's brown hair was spread out all around her head, some of it tangled, and her small frame of about five feet in height seemed to not want to let go of the warmth provided the covers at all. So, Malon walked over to the side of the bed of which Tessa's feet were on and took a hold of the fabric, then yanked it away from Tessa, who jumped and grabbed around somewhat groggily for the blanket with one hand while wiping her eyes with the other. “Cold…” Tessa murmured, still searching for the blanket. Malon sighed.

 

“You really do have to get up. It's almost mid day.” Malon said, trying not to laugh at the image of Tessa. She must not have gotten a lot of sleep lately…usually most people are up way before mid day.

 

“Mid day?” Tessa said, completely confused. “You mean noon?” Tessa rubbed her eyes as she sat up, her other hand finally found the blanket and was slowly pulling it towards her.

 

“I suppose…” Malon shrugged slightly. “The terms in your realm are somewhat different than in mine.”

 

“I forgot about that.” Tessa stretched, and swung her legs over the side of the bed. “I should go back there, huh?”

 

“Make sure your family knows you are safe, but I would enjoy it if you came back.” Tessa blinked, and nodded.

 

“I'll be a moment, I don't want to go outside in a nightgown, do I?” Malon laughed at this comment and left Tessa to get dressed. It didn't take Tessa long, she just put on her school uniform and brushed her hair. Tessa walked outside and noticed Malon talking with one of the horses. It was a chestnut color with a white mane and tail, though the tail had a black tip to it.

 

“This is Epona.” Malon smiled as she heard Tessa walk up to her. “She's not very trusting of people…” Malon reached her hand up to rub the space between Epona's eyes. Tessa was smart enough to stay away from the horse, and instead admired her beauty from behind Malon.

 

“Malon, I'll be back as soon as I can.” Tessa said, looking around. She had a feeling something bad was about to happen, but she couldn't say what. “I'll see you?” Tessa asked, and Malon nodded.

 

“We'll be waiting!” Malon laughed, and Tessa started to run towards the well, but stopped abruptly when she almost ran into a man in hideous white overalls. A triumphant gleam was in his eye, and his rather large mustache could hardly hide the smirk that he held.

 

“I don't think anyone will be going anywhere.” He said, and Malon frowned, grabbing Tessa and pulling the shocked girl behind herself. “King Ganondorf has entrusted the ranch to me, and I shall be keeping it.”

 

That was when Tessa noticed that somebody was standing behind the overall-man as well. Tessa wasn't sure whether his skin was molding, or if green was his actual skin tone. His hair was bright red, as were his eyes, and in Tessa's opinion, he needed a serious nose job, he could poke an eye out if he wasn't careful. His outfit consisted of black armor and a black and red cape that billowed behind him.

 

Tessa had a very bad feeling about this man.

 

“I trust you shall obey Sir Ingo, if not, I'm sure you'll make wonderful energy-providers for the undead…” The man, Tessa guessed was King Ganondorf, stated before seeming to disappear. Tessa blinked, but realized that it wasn't just a trick of the eye.

 

“Malon, I trust you shall tell your father that he should pack his things and head out of Ingo Ranch…he is utterly useless to me.” Ingo surveyed Tessa for a moment. “You however, will have to stay. Get into some appropriate attire and get to work.” Ingo spun on his heel and strutted off to the stables. Tessa was utterly confused, but realized that what had just happened was not a good thing. Malon fell to her knees, and Tessa knelt beside her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

 

“I can't tell my father that…” Malon gulped, her eyes starting to water. “This ranch is our whole life, he can't just leave…”

 

Tessa bit her lip. She didn't, and highly doubt she could ever, understand the situation completely, but she had to comfort the girl somehow. “It'll be all right…we'll find a way out of this.” Tessa murmured. She hoped that her words were right…even if she didn't know how to follow up on them.

 

It didn't seem right for Malon to cry. It didn't suit the cheerful girl that Tessa had just met the day before. The problem was, Tessa didn't know how to comfort her.

 

Malon planted her face in her hands, and started to sob, her body was slightly bent over, and her shoulders rose up and down as Malon cried. Tessa wrapped her arms around Malon's shoulders, and let her cry on her shoulders. Sometimes all it took was a good cry.

 

After around what Tessa guessed was ten or fifteen minutes, Malon had calmed down enough to stand up. “I don't know how I'll break it to him, but I hope he'll understand…” Malon sighed, and turned to Tessa. “How about you head up to my room and find something that will fit you? I should have some old clothes about your size…” Tessa normally would have at least given a twitch to a comment on her height, but given the situation only nodded. Malon needed to do this alone.

 

Tessa did indeed find something to wear, and for the next month, she helped Malon around “Ingo Ranch”. As the days ticked by, Malon became more and more withdrawn, and soon the only responses Tessa could get out of her were that the horses or cows needed to be taken care of, or that she should start dinner soon.

 

Tessa had almost given up hope. She had promised Malon she wouldn't leave the ranch until everything was back to normal, but things only seemed to be getting worse as time went by.

 

Even Epona seemed less spirited lately, though she always seemed to behave her worst when Ingo was around.

 

Then…

 

Tessa was feeding the cuckoos by the side of the ranch buildings when she saw a strange sight. A boy dressed completely in green walked into the ranch, slightly tense in nature, and walked to the pen where all of the ranch's horses were kept. Ingo was too absorbed in finding faults in the horses to even notice this boy.

 

Tessa however, couldn't keep her eyes off of him. Even looking at him gave her the slightest bit of hope. His blond bangs stuck out from his rather long, green hat and his eyes were a piercing blue color. His ears, like everyone else's, were pointed and long, and his body was rather muscularly built. The boy's attire was pretty weird as well. It consisted of the hat, a green tunic, and white leggings with a pair of brown boots. On his arms were arm guards, and a rather heavy-set belt hung around his waist somewhat loosely. Strapped to his back was a sword in its sheath, and a shield. He was somewhat taller than Tessa, and looked to be around seventeen years of age.

 

Tessa couldn't help but think the guy was hot, but had met too many hot guys to depend on that as a judgment for a guy's character.

 

She saw him stand just behind Ingo, and seemed to inspect the horses as well, then grew even more curious as he seemed to have a short talk with Ingo. Ingo frowned and smoothed out his large mustache, before nodding. Tessa now wished she could read lips, but they both entered the paddock and Ingo immediately grabbed one of the horses, a dark chocolate brown one with white socks and a stripe, and the boy just pulled out an instrument. She guessed it was some type of flute…a really small flute…and played a rather familiar tune.

 

“That's…” Tessa thought for a moment. “That's Epona's Song…the one Malon used to sing before…” Tessa shook her head, and watched as Epona trotted eagerly towards the boy, and nuzzled his hand. Tessa's jaw almost dropped form amazement. The most she could ever get Epona to do was accept some feed from her…and then Epona would trot off somewhere else.

 

Tessa dropped the feedbag, the cuckoos all seemed to attack the bag, and vaulted the fence to run towards where the cattle were kept, inside one of the barns. She opened the door as quickly as she could and ran up towards Malon, who was absentmindedly stroking one of the cows. Tessa rushed forward and grabbed one of Malon's hands and started to tug on it. “Malon! You won't believe this!” Tessa said, her voice seemed breathless. “Some boy is…”

“The cows seem depressed lately.” Malon murmured as she continued to stroke it. “I wonder why.” Tessa frowned.

 

“Malon! I…”

”You should feed the horses…they might get hungry…” Malon said, and Tessa let Malon's hand drop. This was useless…

Tessa's head drooped, and she headed out of the door, only to come face to face with Ingo. “You, girl! Saddle up our horses, NOW!” Ingo shouted, and shoved Tessa forward. Tessa resisted the urge to smack him and instead did as he ordered, retrieving the saddles and heading towards the pasture, where she saw Link stroking Epona's neck without any sort of thought what-so-ever. He seemed concerned for some reason…

 

Tessa shook it off. She had to do her job…so she first walked up to Ingo's horse and saddled him, almost getting bitten in the process. Ingo walked up behind her as she finished with the girth and started to try and coax the bit into the horse's mouth. “HURRY IT UP GIRL!” He shouted, and Tessa jumped, turned quickly, and bowed slightly.

 

“Yes sir.” Tessa murmured and finished with the bit and rest of the headpiece, and moved to Epona attentively. She wondered if Ingo was even paying enough attention to realize just WHICH horse this was…

 

“Hello.” The boy said, and Tessa nodded her head to acknowledge him, before throwing the saddle on Epona's back. She had to; Epona was a large horse and Tessa was…well…a small human. She started to buckle the girth when the boy spoke again. “Is Malon anywhere around?” Tessa bit her lip. So…the boy knew Malon…

 

“Yes…but she's not exactly…” Tessa couldn't find the right word so she just let the sentence hang in midair.

 

“What is your name?” Tessa finished with the last buckle and answered Link.

 

“Tessa.” She moved to the bridle and bit her lip in a worried manner. She had never given Epona a bridle before, and she was sure that Epona would bite her. She sighed before moving the bridle close to Epona's mouth. Epona, amazingly enough, obeyed and Tessa was able to quickly finish Epona. She then bowed slightly towards Ingo and jogged off into her room. She had discovered she could climb onto the roof, and decided to watch whatever was going on with the boy and Ingo.

 

The wind picked up a bit, and Tessa saw that Ingo and the boy had the horses side by side, looking ready for a race. Suddenly, without any kind of signal, the horses exploded forward, their hooves pounded into the dirt, which kicked it up behind them. They were nose for nose for the first half of the lap around the pen…then Epona started to pull forward. She was a head faster by the time they rounded the last corner, and continued to pull ahead all of the way up to the finish line.

 

The boy had won. Though, she wasn't sure why it was a good thing…Ingo would most definitely be upset when he found out. In fact, the first thing Ingo did was go towards the gates that blocked off the actual ranch from the field…and glared at the boy as he approached. “That's Epona! I can't let you leave with her! I was going to present her to King Ganondorf!” Ingo shouted, pointing an accusing finger at the boy, who was glaring equally at Ingo.

 

“It was a fair race. I get to keep Epona.” The boy's voice was challenging. Tessa looked down at Ingo.

 

“That is right…and I am a man of my word…you may keep the horse. However…” Ingo smirked greedily. “You may not leave this ranch with her.” Ingo turned around and strode off into one of the ranch buildings, leaving the boy alone with Epona.

 

Tessa then saw something very peculiar. A glowing pink ball appeared as if from nowhere and started to flash red, shaking in anger. Its wings, very much like a fairy's, moved at a high speed.

 

Then, it shouted, in a very high-pitched voice. “You get back here, you jerk! Link won fairly and you know it!”

 

Tessa sighed and decided to help the boy, who she guessed was Link, out of the ranch. There was a ladder by the side of the house that led into the field and Tessa climbed down it, feeling a pair of eyes watching her as she did so. She brushed off her skirt and looked at Link unsurely. She knew that it wouldn't be pretty if Ingo ever found out that she had helped the boy.

 

But, she knew that what she was doing was right. “I'll help you, on one request.” Tessa stated, staring Link straight in the eye. Link eyed her warily, before nodding. “I need you to return Talon, the true owner of this ranch, back here.”

 

“I will.”

 

~*~*~*~End of Chappie~*~*~*~

 

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