Fan Fiction ❯ Professional Hero ❯ Lon Lon ( Chapter 20 )

Chapter 20 - The Flames of War part 1 - Lon Lon

Link dropped down to his knees as the world shifted back into place. He was apparently on the same place as he was before Nayru warped him through time. He could see the castle in the distance and there was Lon Lon ranch was also were it was. He had no idea what year it was but since Nayru mentioned the war, he had a bad feeling. He wondered if he should go to Lon Lon Ranch or go to Kakariko village. When he suddenly saw the flames at Lon Lon Ranch, his decision was quickly made. He sprinted towards the ranch ready to see what the cause of the fire was. When he reached the entrance he saw several Gerudo women on horses carrying torches and shooting burning arrows at the ranch. There people reacted by shooting arrows back, but only few hit target. Link had to choose sides, but when he saw Lon Lon ranch written on the gate he decided to fight with the party at the ranch. He reached under the shield on his back and took out his bow. As a new volley of arrows left the ranch, Link shot off some arrows, hoping the Gerudo wouldn't see from where they came. All his arrows brought a Gerudo down and soon their number was halved but one of them had seen him standing there, took out her large scimitar and stormed upon him while letting out a battlecry. Link unsheathed his sword while his right hand stayed under his shield. Just as the Gerudo was only a meter from him he drew his longshot, shot it at the top of the gate and while the longshot reeled itself in, he slashed the Gerudo woman in half. He dropped in front of the gate, turned around and jumped forward to kill two more Gerudo. The others were about to attack as the arrows from inside the ranch became more precise so they decided to flee. As they rode off the gate opened and a few soldiers came out.

"Thanks for you assistance," one of them said.

There was something about him that seemed familiar. Link recognised the markings on his sleeve as those of a lieutenant and nodded his head as a greeting.

"This may seem like a strange question, but what is going on here?" Link asked, "I mean, I know there's a war going on, but that's all I know."

"The Gerudo came attacking a few months ago. Who are you? Where are you from? If you don't know about the war…"

"I'm Link and I'm from Termina," Link lied, "but wouldn't it be better if we continued our little chat inside?"

The lieutenant nodded and led Link inside.

"I guess it started about fifteen years ago," the lieutenant explained, "the Gerudo are a race that consist only of women, but once every thousand years or so a male is born, who is destined to do great things."

Ganondorf, Link thought, well, the things he did could be considered great.

"And there is one born now. That came to the attention of the wizard Kaligan who decided to train the boy and to rally the Gerudo to take over Hyrule so he could give his reign to his 'heir', but rumour has it, the boy isn't really interested in all that, he states that the Gerudo are a desert people and they should stay in the desert."

If Ganondorf thought that, then why did he try to conquer Hyrule later? Link thought, it didn't make any sense. Or it must have been that the boy in question wasn't Ganondorf.

"But most of the Gerudo and especially the Gerudo queen is keen on conquering Hyrule, so with Kaligans wizardry they have attacked and almost overrun Hyrule a few months ago. Only the Castle Town, Kakariko village, Zora's domain and Mount Doom is still standing. This outpost is also one of the few remnants of the once prosperous Hyrule."

"I wondered about that," Link said, "why here? What's so special about the Lon Lon ranch?"

"Well," the lieutenant grinned, "I think it's only natural you look after what is yours, and I grew up here, the ranch is in fact of my brother and his wife."

Suddenly it hit why Link thought the lieutenant seemed so familiar. If you thought of him with a beard and a large belly instead of his muscular upperbody, you would have a dead ringer for a young Talon. Talon himself entered the room with a few pitchers of milk and placed them on the table. He still looked the same (or will look the same) as he did (or will) on the first day he met him. Okay, he had no grey hairs but his impressive stature was the same and so was his voluptuous beard.

"The fire's out," he announced, "nothing serious was damaged and there were no casualties, only a few lightly wounded. Kailin is attending them."

"She shouldn't be doing that in the state she's in." his brother said.

"Damnit Feylon, you make it seem she's deadly ill instead of pregnant," Talon laughed, "anyway, who's our new friend?"

"This is Link from Termina. He's come here because he has, or had, some relatives living here."

"Hum, I hope there still around, kid." Talon's face stood grim.

"I hope so," Link nodded, "I surely do."

"So, deciding to leave?"

Link looked up and stretched himself. Feylon came next to him and sat himself on a crate.

"Yeah, I'm a man of action," Link permitted himself a small smile, "and I should be looking elsewhere for my relatives."

Feylon nodded and took a sip of his can of milk.

"Got any idea where to look?"

Link nodded. He only knew he was Hylian, he didn't know where he exactly came from. He once asked the Deku sprout and he started with "well Link when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much…" which probably was a reason why the two of them became such good friends (in as far you can be friends with a tree of course).

"I think I would best go to Castle Town first and then go to Kakariko."

"Uhm, couldn't you go to Kakariko first? I have a girlfriend there that I've been trying to reach, but I haven't had any response from her yet, I would really like to know how she is doing."

Link grinned.

"Of course, no problem. But could I ask you something? When you were talking about the parts that weren't conquered by the Gerudo…" Link hesitated, "what happened to Lake Hylia and Kokiri forest?"

"Lake Hylia…" Feylon sighed, "was the first to fall, the Gerudo kill all inhabitants, almost a thousand people died there."

Link had no idea people actually lived there once.

"As for Kokiri forest," Feylon chuckled, "no one could ever take over the Haunted woods."

"Haunted woods? You mean the Lost Woods?"

"Yeah, if you go in there, there's no way you'll ever get out again. I've heard a Gerudo patrol once entered the forest, well, one of them made it out alive, all covered in the blood of her compatriots. She committed suicide shortly after." Feylon stared at the distance, "it is said, that if you have no evil intent, you can enter the forest safely, but who's willing to take that chance, huh?"

He chuckled once more and drank the rest of his milk. He looked back at Link and got up.

"Say, if you're leaving, try something else then that green tunic. Wait," he went to the other side of the barn, opened a box and took out some clothes, "here, take this."

Link unfolded the tunic and saw it was pitchblack with on the front a small golden tri-force above his heart and on the back a white owl.

"It's the tunic of the Sacred Order of the Owl, the order of the Sage of Wisdom. We fight under his banner. If you wear it, you won't be shot by our troops when you reach Kakariko," he hesitated for a second, "or not immediately at least."

Link cracked a smile and laid his mirrorshield and his Goron sword down. His bow, longshot and Kokiri sword followed. Feylon whistled.

"Nice weaponry you're packing."

"It keeps me alive," Link said, "when I'm fully prepared I pack more, but I didn't expect things to be so… bad."

"War's a bitch." Feylon said, looking at his empty can of milk and Link knew he wished his can was filled with something alcoholic.

Link took off his green tunic and grabbed the black one.

"Nice tattoos."

Fuck, he had forgotten about the tattoos.

"How come's the Tri-force tattooed on your back if you're from Termina?"

Link looked Feylon straight in the eye.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you, but know this, if I wanted you dead, you would be a long time ago. But believe me, I'm on your side."

"I saw how you killed those Gerudo, I know you are. And I'm glad, we could use men like you."

"You can always use heroes." Link muttered.

"What about the other tattoo?"

"The sword with the owl wings?" Link asked, "there are several statues in Termina that resemble an owl, just like in Holodrum and Termina, and they have aided me on several occasions. It's too honour that."

"I wonder if you mean statues like the one at the entrance of the Temple of Wisdom," Feylon thought out loud, "well, actually the statue is the entrance, or so I'm told."

Link glanced at Feylon.

"You mean near the entrance of Kokiri forest?"

"Yes, I do. How did you know…"

"I passed it on my way over here," Link lied, "they are similar. What do mean it's the entrance of the temple?"

"As far as I know, sage Kaepora has the medallion to open the portal to the temple."

"Anyway, that doesn't matter now. I have to go and deliver a message."

Link packed his stuff again and swung his shoulder around to see if the new tunic fitted good.

"Fits like a glove, what did I tell you," Feylon grinned, "you were born to wear that uniform."

"I must say, it fits perfectly. Let's hope I can keep it for a long time."

"Let's have Talon fix you up with a horse."

AN: There you have it, Link in the past, fighting the war that raged in Hyrule when he was born. Some questions will be answered here, and more will be asked (if not by Link, then by you).

On another note, I would like to thank ShadowDoll for her review, my first one and only review I have for this story that now has twenty chapters. COME ON PEOPLE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? BE A LITTLE SUPPORTIVE! Well, I will continue the story, even if I don't get any reviews, but I would appreciate it and it would mean a lot to me. I just would like to know my efforts to write a decent story aren't in vain. I know they're not in vain since people come back to read them (or at least that's what that visit counter tries to tell me) but let me know what you like about the story (or what you don't like). I don't care what you give me, just give me something I can work with (meaning no flames in the sense of "oh God you suck" and nothing more, stuff like "O GOD U SUK KOZ U LET LINK DO DAT AN U GIV NO XPLANATION", you know? Give me a reason you don't like my story and I'll do my best to provide to your wishes). Anyway, I would really appreciate it if you dropped a line.