The Legend Of Zelda Fan Fiction ❯ Gerudo Forest ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

She didn’t know how long she had been sitting there but her leg was starting to fall asleep. His bleeding seemed to have stopped and his breathing had seemed to improve greatly. The light glowing from his hand cast an eerie glow on their surroundings and she could see some major cobwebs hanging from the ceiling. She prayed they weren’t from a skulltula. Thinking about that was a big mistake because being in a crypt made her think of all the creepy creatures she had fought in the game. She knew she didn’t want to run into any gibdo or re-dead down here. Those creatures scared her the most. At that thought Melissa heard a groan that made her look around startled before she realized it was actually Ganondorf. He began to stir and his eyes fluttered open. He looked at her rather confused for a second but finally realized his head was lying in her lap. He tried to get up but couldn’t seem to do so on his own. Melissa pushed him to a sitting position and held him there till he steadied himself before letting go of him. The light faded and they were plunged into darkness once more. When she felt something wrap around her wrist she let out a scream. The light flooded the room once more and she saw it had been Ganondorf. Instantly she felt silly for being such a girl. When she looked at him he was staring at his hand muttering to himself. “Why does it do that when you touch me?” she finally asked breaking his train of thought. He looked at her with even more interest now. “The Triforce is reacting to you.” He said lifting his hand then putting it back on her testing the phenomenon. She didn’t have time for him to play around. “I noticed that! What I meant is why?” She could see him thinking about it for a moment and if he had any answer he didn’t reveal it to her. “How did you get this door open? It hasn’t been open since the reign of the last King.” He asked instead. He seemed to be patiently waiting for a response. She thought he would still be mad at her for running away but he showed no signs of anger. Had opening the door been so significant that it could cause him to forget what had just happened? She guessed she should answer him. She didn't want to give him any reason to be angry with her again. “I don’t really know. A pattern just started to glow on it as I got close and it just kind of opened by its self.” She admitted not understanding the importance of it and really wishing he would let go of her. At this new news Ganon went back to his thoughts and Melissa stared around her ready to leave this creepy place. That is if the door would open. Ganondorf didn't seem worried about it in the least and seemed to have other intentions. He stood up he jerked her with him grasping her wrist tight as she tried to pull away. He began examining the room dragging Melissa behind him. “I’m not a flashlight you know.” Melissa said upset that he was jerking her around just for the light. “Can’t you light up your hand by yourself?” but he ignored her and just kept methodically checking every nook and cranny of the room. After not finding what he was searching for he started pushing open the tops of the sarcophagi. “Isn’t that a bad idea?” she asked “I mean not only is it disrespectful but what if there are Poes or Gibdo in one of those?” “Are you scared?” he said turning with an evil grin. He let her go letting the darkness fall back around them. “Ok this is not funny.” Melissa said reaching out to try and find him. She started walking towards the back of the room holding her hands out searching trying not to panic. It was weird how just a few moments ago she didn’t want to even be close to him, but now she was trying to find him like he was some kind of lifeline. “There is nothing to fear as long as you are with me.” She heard him call from somewhere in front of her. She noticed as she got closer to the back of the room the same pattern appeared on the back wall. She reached out and touched it jerking back when she felt the stone move beneath her fingers as if it were alive. Torch light spilled through the new hole in the wall. She could now see Ganondorf standing not too far away from her. “That wasn’t very nice.” she said realizing how stupid that comment sounded as he gave her one of those evil smiles again. Maybe this new passage would get her out. She crawled through with no hesitation and found herself in another hallway. Looking back she noticed Ganondorf was barely squeezing though the hole. It apparently hadn't been meant for someone his size and his broad shoulders were making it a difficult squeeze. He definitely wouldn’t have been able to get through if his armor had still been on. He clutched his bandage as he twisted to get through. A look of pain crossed his face as he straightened up and dropped his hand. She could see that his wound had opened up again. “You really need to be a little more careful.” She said looking at the blood seeping through the bandage. Not really knowing why she walked up to him and put pressure on it to try and stop the bleeding again which caused him to grunt in pain. Why was she doing this? Surly he would kill her once they got out of here. She shouldn't be doing this but the weirdest thing was he was letting her. She peaked up at him and thought for a moment he was actually looking at her kindly. His expression changed to fast to be sure though. It must have been her imagination. “Enough of this. Let’s get moving.” He said pushing her away looking down the hall. He grabbed two of the torches off the wall and handed one to her. “What exactly are you looking for?” she asked curious. “There is said to be a sword. It was rumored to be passed down from king to king. “He replied as they walked. “It will help us greatly in our battle against those high and mighty Hylians. They think because they own the most fertile land that they can rule over us. It won’t be that way forever though. With the Triforce of power and the Sword of Kings I will finally have the power to teach them a lesson. I will have Hyrule!” He said with a lustful look in his eyes. She knew it had to be something like that. Ganon would never change. No matter how often he was bested by Link he would always crave the power to dominate every living thing. They rounded the corner and there it was. Huge and bulbous. Its eight hairy legs took up most of the hall. She figured with all the webs she had seen down here there had to be at least one skulltula. It spotted them and let out an ear piercing screech. Ganon handed his torch to Melissa and pushed her back. “Stay behind me.” He ordered. Was he actually protecting her? She stepped back as the humongous spider charged at them. Even with his wound slowing him down Ganondorf was fast. She now realized how Ganon had kept up with her. Pulling out a dagger he drove the spider back and flipped it over revealing it's soft unprotected underbelly. It screeched again as he stabbed it a few times. It twitched for a few seconds before it went limp. “Is it dead?” She asked inching forward as he kicked it for good measure. It didn't move so she guessed it was. Melissa had never really been scared of spiders but even dead this skulltula made her uneasy. To continue she was going to have to climb over it and the thought of even touching it was too much for her. “Well come on! I don't have all day.” Ganon said waiting impatiently for her on the other side of it. Would he leave her if she didn't move? She moved closer to it repulsed but she had no choice. She grabbed one of it's hairy legs to pull herself up an onto its abdomen. She was having a hard time keeping steady because she was having to carry two torches in her other hand and it's wounds were leaking a fowl smelling liquid which she guessed was the arachnid's blood. She slipped down to the other side and inched around the rest of it. She hesitated as she looked into it's eyes. They seemed to almost watch her. From it's jaws dripped more of the fowl substance. Quickly she ran to Ganon's side to get away from it. He looked amused again and shook his head smiling which quickly turned to a frown. He drew his dagger and Melissa gasped. Was this it? Had he really made her climb over the stupid spider only to bring him his torch so he could have some light with which to kill her by? He rushed at her causing her to let go of the torches like an idiot. Melissa put her hands up not that it would do any good against a dagger. Shutting her eyes she waited for the final blow. She should have used the torches to defend herself but stupid her had to drop them. She hadn't even had time to scream before she realized he had wrapped his arm around her. She felt him thrust upward which made her eyes shoot open. She had expected it to hurt but when she felt nothing she looked around and saw the reasons for his actions. The spider apparently wasn't as dead as they had thought. So Ganon hadn't been trying to kill her. Instead he was protecting her... but why? What reason did he have to keep her alive? He pushed her behind him and thrust the dagger at the skulltula once again but it knocked it from his hand. It seemed rather smart for a spider but the loss of a weapon didn't seem to bother Ganon in the least. Fainting to the left ,as the spider lunged at him, he rammed his fist right down on the spiders head with as much force as he could muster causing it to explode. Melissa looked at the mess disgusted by the bug innards that had splattered everywhere. Ganon wiped his hand off on his pants and picked up the torches handing her one. “I told you as long as your with me you will be safe.” Melissa didn't quite know how to respond. She just stared at him as he retrieved his dagger also cleaning it on his pants leg. She noticed his bandage was a little more soaked with blood. It was probably caused from him moving his arm so violently down on the bug's head. She kind of felt a little indebted to him for saving her life but she would never admit it to him. “You should be more careful when you are wounded.” Melissa finally said coming to his side. “You don’t want to lose all your blood and pass out again do you?” He looked down at his chest. A line of blood was dripping from under his bandage. She went to try and put pressure on it again but he smacked her hand away. “What are you? My Mother?” He said sarcastically wiping the line of blood off. He applied pressure himself this time as they traveled down the tunnel in silence. It eventually opened up into a mid-sized room with more coffins which ended up a dead end. “There has to be more.” Ganon said to himself searching the room. “I don’t see the king’s tomb anywhere.” Melissa decided to let him search by himself. She didn’t know how powerful this sword was but most likely it wouldn’t be good if he got his hands on it. Surely it wasn't stronger than the master sword. She walked the walls and stared at the pictures that someone had painted beautifully upon them. It almost looked as if it were depicting Gerudo desert but as a beautiful forest. She wondered if maybe once this land had been more than a barren wasteland. She reached an odd section of the mural that seemed to stick out from the wall and had the shape of a door but it had no handle. As she drew close to inspect it the same pattern traced its way up the wall again. “Another hidden door? ” Ganon exclaimed turning to the sound of the rock grinding back. As he peered through the opening a look of triumph crossed his face but it was short lived as a familiar groaning began to fill the room. It was the sound a re-dead would make when it was close by and she recognized it from all those times playing ocarina of time. Slowly the corpses from the coffins he had opened began to rise. She had never been so scared in her life. A hand fell on her shoulder causing her to jump. She hadn’t even realized Ganon had walked to her side. The creatures were now climbing out of the coffins and heading their way. The image of them would probably be ingrained into her nightmares for sometime to come. If their rotted skin, gaunt figures, and eyeless sockets weren't scary enough they were doing this creepy head twitch. The one closest to them opened it's jagged toothed mouth letting out an ear piercing scream as it drew close. Melissa knew that it was supposed to have the power of paralysis so she had covered her ears before it had done so. She looked to Ganon who had apparently done the same. “Go!” he said pushing her through the opening as the monster leapt and grabbed a hold of him sinking it's rotten teeth into his shoulder. She could only watch in horror as Ganon grappled with it and to make matters worse the opening slammed shut. She was now alone in a place she didn’t want to be not knowing if the only person who was protecting her at the time was still alive.