The Legend of Zelda, The Battle That Ended it All

Chapter 14

Link's POV

I wake up to noises in the room, and open my eyes to see that Rusl has come in with wood to light a fire in the fireplace, which I didn't notice was there until now. He turns around and looks in my direction with a smile.

"You're up." He states.

"Yeah," I reply, and see that it's dark outside, "I fell asleep. What time is it?" I ask, as it was still light outside last I remember.

"Almost 8 o'clock in the evening." He starts to put pieces of wood in the fireplace, checking each chunk of wood before doing so. I slowly lift my head, and move my strength onto my left elbow. "Uli will be up in a little to bring you supper. Honestly, I don't know how good it will be, I made it," he laughs.

"Oh, no it's fine," I laugh back. He lights a match and throws it into the fireplace, placing some paper in afterwards to help the wood catch fire. I hear a knock on the door; Rusl gets up to open it. A woman I assume is Uli walks in with a tray, setting it on the table.

"So this is the boy you found," she states. Rusl nods and turns towards me.

"This is him!" He grins.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Uli." She lifts her hand to give a slight wave, noticing that I can't shake her hand because of my injuries. she is wearing a loose brown tunic with brown pants, which look like clothes for sleeping. "I'm going to go to bed, I've had a long day working in the garden," she says to Rusl, "Can you come help me put away the laundry before I go to bed?"

"Yes, of course. I will be back soon, Link," He says before exiting the door.

I see a hawk fly around the village under the vast starry sky, and remember by days when I had my own hawk, and when I had Epona.

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Midna's POV

Flying around the forest and villages near by, I managed to find a horse parked by someone of the name Coro who sells lanterns and lantern oil. I decided not to get involved myself, but instead tell Link the information to pass on to Rusl for getting the horse.

Flying back to Ordon Village, I hear voices coming from Rusl's house; I quietly fly towards the window outside Link's room and listen. It's evening, the crickets' chirping is clearly heard along with the chilled breeze coming from the mountains. A hawk flies over the village, enjoying the wind and cool air of the night. I hear a female voice, most likely being Rusl's wife.

"That boy looks so familiar, Rusl. Where have I seen him before?" She asks. It's quiet for a few seconds before Rusl speaks.

"I don't know, Uli, I thought the same thing," It's quiet again, but for longer this time.

"Do you think it could be," she stops.

"No," Rusl begins, "No, I don't think so."

"I don't think we should doubt it completely, Rusl, he has the same eyes and the same facial features." Footsteps are heard, and the voices fade. I follow the footsteps downstairs, staying as quiet as possible, gently sinking to the ground.

"Do you think a nine year old boy, who escaped from this village into the dangerous forests of Faron and Hyrule, would be alive today?" I hear Uli gasp.

"All this time have you really thought he's dead, Rusl?"

"Well," he grunts, "I didn't have much hope of him coming back, and with all of those monsters out there, a man like me can barely survive an attack." Uli sighs and I hear her gentle footsteps walk into another room, a door shutting behind her.