The Legend Of Zelda Fan Fiction ❯ Gerudo Forest ❯ Chapter 12 ( Chapter 12 )

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

No one remained in the dining hall due to how late it was. They went to a side door that she guessed leaded to the kitchen. Pots and pans hung from the ceiling along with drying herbs and vegetables. A couple extra large stewing pots sat in the corner. Armos opened up the pantry and looked over its contents. ”Looks like it is getting to be that time again.” He said with a sigh. ” What time is that?” Melissa asked curious. ”Our supplies are low again.”He responded.”We have to get most of our food from the cities in Hyrule. Nothing grows in this wasteland. ” Armos said hitting the wall with his fist cracking it a little. “The hylians charge us exorbitant fees and now that Hyrule castle has been sending soldiers the prices have gone even higher. They have the best lands with abundant harvests. Yet they treat us as if we were beneath them.” She could see the same hatred burning in Armos’s eyes that she had seen in Ganondorf’s and it scared her a little. She touched his shoulder bringing him back from his thoughts. He lost his temper so easy. He grabbed a bottle of some sort of liquid out and pored a cup for both of them. “What is this?” She asked. “Just drink it. You might enjoy it.” He said tipping back his glass drinking it in one gulp and slamming the cup back down on the table. She took a sip. It was tasty. She didn’t taste any alcohol so she drank the whole cup. “I guess I will have to take a few girls and restock.” He said thinking out loud while pouring her another glass. “Can I come with you?” she asked sipping on her drink. This could be her chance of escape and she wasn't about to miss it. He thought for a moment. “I guess it would be nice to have company.” He responded. “What do you mean?” She asked finishing her second glass. It had an odd fruity taste that she couldn’t place. “I thought you were bringing others with you.” She said confused. “Did your mom not tell you what she usually did when she went to town?” He asked once again filling both their glasses. “What do you mean?” Melissa asked confused. “Well usually when a Gerudo goes to town…” he stopped.”Do you really not know?” He asked looking uncomfortable. Then it dawned on her what he was talking about. He opened his mouth to say something but stopped himself. “Ok seriously you look like you’re about to talk about the birds and the bees here.” She said laughing. Oh my god he was! “I have already had that talk a long time ago. Life where I am from isn’t like that at all.” She said unsure how much she should tell him. Her head felt kind of funny. “In what way?” he asked. Why did she feel so funny? He waited for her to answer. Can you keep this just between you and me?” She asked . “I guess so.” He agreed. “I was not born here.” She said not knowing if he would think her crazy. “What do you mean?” he asked with a strange look. “Well I don’t know if this would be considered another world or even another dimension but I am from someplace different.” She tried to explain. Something in her head said she should stop but she couldn’t help herself for some reason. “ I don't know how much I really believe that old ghost but he said something about being tricked into sending my many great grandmother, who was his wife, to the world I was born in. People there are of every color and all have rounded ears like the Gerudo. The closest person I have seen with pointy ears is my eldest sister and your ears make hers look flat.” She said having just realized his ears were slightly pointed. “There is no magic there. Instead we have science and technology. It is very different from here.” He sipped on his drink looking slightly interested. He poured her another glass and this time she drank it slow. ”Where I am from Hyrule is a story. This place shouldn’t exist.” What was she doing? She was saying way too much. ”So what stories are told of the Gerudo?” He asked. She didn’t really want to tell him because he might get angry. “Well there really are many different tellings and stories, but all of them revolve around a boy named Link who is the hero of time and the princess Zelda. Almost all the time Ganondorf or Ganon is the villain.” Melissa said dancing around the subject. Armos looked at her with his arms crossed taking in what she had to say. “What do they say of our king then?” He asked very curious. “Well...” Melissa said scratching her head.” They say he is a power hungry king who wishes nothing more than to dominate and spread evil over the land.” ”That’s a lie.” he said smashing his hand down on the table in front of him.”Our king does what he thinks is best for his people. It is the royals of Hyrule who are the evil ones. They stole the Triforce pieces from its bearers and locked it away hogging all its power.” Melissa jumped back surprised at how bad he had taken it. She peaked up at him. He looked real angry now. He grabbed her chin and made her stare him directly in the face. His yellow eyes burned through her. They almost looked as if they glowed. Was she hallucinating? ”Tell me then…”He said. ”Why if you know this about him did you try and save him?” What could she tell him? Why was it that important? “I don’t know.” She replied and he released her face. Her head was spinning a little now and she was finding it hard to keep her train of thought. “He wasn’t the nicest to me when I got here but…” She trailed off. “But what?” he asked intent on knowing. She closed her eyes thinking of the events of the past days. ”He just seemed... I don’t know... different than I thought. Yes there is a certain cruelness to him but he didn't throw me back into the desert and he gave me a place to stay. Without I surely would have died. Plus he saved me both from a skulltula and the gibdo. He did this even though he really had nothing to gain from it. I don't know... I feel I owed him that much... even if his actions have left me more than a little confused. Sometimes I wonder if he's going to wake up one day and decide I'm not worth keeping around.” Melissa shook her head.” I guess I'm getting off subject though. Anyways I treasure life and to let him die that way would have been dishonorable.” Melissa finished looking down closing her eyes wishing her head would stop spinning. He seemed okay with that answer and his face softened a bit. “You’re taking this too seriously. Besides they weren’t talking about you anyway.” She said trying to make him feel better. “Actually you have never been mentioned at all. Maybe this is a completely different Hyrule?” He looked away. Was he hiding something? “So you saved him because you owed him?” He said still looking away. ”Look Armos. I don’t know what you want to hear. I had just met him that day. Not exactly enough time to become best friends or anything.” She said frustrated. “I haven’t been here long enough to make any judgment. I haven’t seen him since I stumbled upon that stupid tomb. Why didn’t that stupid ghost just tell him all the stuff he told me? I mean he left Ganondorf completely in the dark about the stupid sword.” ”So he did say something about it?” Armos looked at her with a smile crossing his face. “When the ghost guy let him in he looked all over the room for a blade. He has no clue the sword of kings is actually supposed to be a Gerudo from a special blood line with whom he is supposed to marry. She is also considered to be his guardian. To protect him and the Triforce piece he bares.” She answered before she had even thought of what she was telling him. ”Is that so?” He said with a look of triumph. Melissa just realized what she had done. Her Eyes went wide. ”What is in this drink?” she demanded. Armos didn’t answer. He had gotten her drunk and she hadn’t even realized it. He stared at her. ”Would you consider us friends?” He asked looking directly into her eyes. “I haven’t known you that long. I am seriously rethinking friendship after this. I mean you think I was going to be okay with being tricked into telling you what isn’t any of your business?” She was livid. “You didn’t have to drink it if you didn’t want to.” He replied denying all responsibility. “So what else did he tell you? Friend to friend.”He asked with a smirk on his face. “Like I will tell you!” She said getting up to leave only her head was spinning so much she fell to the floor. She saw a flash from the corner of her eye. Maybe she had hit her head causing her to see spots. Someone picked her up and held her. “Let me go Armos!” She said twisting to break free except it wasn’t Armos anymore. In his place stood Ganon. The change back had ripped his clothes a little due to a change in body mass. It had been him the whole time. Why had he pretended to be someone else? She thought back to the way the Gerudos had acted around him. How Chara acted strange the first day she and Armos had met. She realized then that everyone had known all along who he was. Everyone except her. “Maybe I don’t need you to tell me anymore.” he said with a cocky grin.” I think I can figure out some of it now.” “Let me go!” she shouted squirming more. This only made him gather her in his arms. “I think I can guess who is of the special line.” He said bringing his face closer to hers. “You know. I meant what I said the other day.” He said tracing the side of her face with his finger. ” I don't care what you think of me. I am engaged. It doesn’t matter what some ghost says. “She said pulling her head away from his gaze. He only smiled pulling her face back where all she could do was glare at him. “It might be a while, if ever, before you see that world again.” He said with that evil smile. “Your stay could either be comfortable or maybe you would prefer to be locked away. It is up to you.” Melissa squirmed some more trying to frantically break free. He roughly grabbed her face making her pause for a second having no choice but to stare into his eyes. They held a look of triumph and another emotion she couldn't quite place. Maybe excitement or something similar. She began to struggle once again not knowing even if she managed to break free if she would be able to make it to the stables before he caught her again. She felt so stupid. She had found that scroll and hidden it in hopes to keep him from finding out only to blab her secret to him all in the same day. “Enough of this.”He said and without warning he roughly pulled her face to his giving her a long deep kiss. She tried to pull away but he held her fast. It seemed like eternity before he stopped. The more she struggled the tighter he held her. “I have found you at last my elusive blade.” He said finally releasing her from the forced kiss. “I will have new quarters made up for you tomorrow. For now you will stay in mine.” He said walking with her in his arms down the hall to his room. “Like hell I will!” she said smacking him as hard as she could but he only chuckled grabbing her hands. She was still feeling the effects of the drink and it was making her vision blur. She didn’t drink anything with alcohol so she had no tolerance for it. She didn’t even remember making it to his room or him placing her in his bed. If she had more control over her head she would have summoned the fire to burn him. Of course she would be without clothes again if she had but it might have been worth it just to get the cocky look off his face.