Heroes Between Realms

Zelda

Zelda was frozen in place, staring at the spot where Link had disappeared, where he was taken away from her. Everything was still except for the dust that was kicked up. Her legs gave out on her and she dropped to the floor. Now she was truly alone. Silent tears fell down her face.
   
    She had tried to hold on to Link, but failed. She tried to use her sacred power to seal the . . . thing away, to stop it, but she failed. She failed to keep her friends - the other champions - safe, she failed to awaken her sealing power 100 years ago. Maybe she really was just a failure, only destined to succeed once.
   
    And Zelda had used that one win to seal the Calamity away.
   
    Bending over until her forehead touched the dirty floor, she balled her hands onto fists. She scrunched up her face in anger, in sadness, and in fear. She shut her eyes so tight she started to see colors.
   
    Zelda opened her eyes, blinking to clear her vision. She thought she was seeing clearly, but a dull blue light invaded the room. Sitting up, she looked around for the source of the light, thinking it was another thing to take her away. She found an open box that must have fallen off one of the high shelves, the soft light emanating from inside it.
   
    Crawling to it, she tipped the opening to where she could peer inside. A small whistle came from the object. Zelda jumped back, pushing the box away. It tumbled a few times, and the object inside fell out. It was vaguely egg shapped and white. A blue half-sphere was placed in the middle of the body. It had three legs like the guardian stalkers, but much, much smaller. It whistled again, and as it did, a circle in the top opened. The blue sphere illuminated the room with it's light.
   
    The small thing turned it's sphere to face Zelda. She gasped, moving farther back. The machine whistled twice, then took a few steps toward her, who moved farther away. The machine stopped upon seeing the fear in her eyes. It started playing a song.
   
    Zelda recognized the tune. It was her lullaby. How would this little thing know her lullaby?
   
    Unsure of what to make of it, Zelda took a half-step foward. She took another step as the little thing neared the end of the song. When it was finished, Zelda asked it, "What are you?"
   
    The machine whistled, ran in a circle, then pointed out a gaping hole in the wall at a dead guardian.
   
    "You're a guardian?"
   
    The machine shook its body and pointed at the guardian again.
   
    "Sheikah technology?"
   
    The machine whooped, running circles around Zelda. It halted at her feet, thrusting a leg at her, pointing. Then it clanked two of its hands together in a strange motion, then pointed to itself. It kept repeating these three motions. Zelda guessed it was trying to tell her something. She began saying words that related to the machine's strange motions. It whistled when Zelda guessed what each thing meant.
   
    "Me. . . Together. . . You. . ." She worked out. She racked her brain for what these three words could mean, trying to put them in a sentence, wich only confused her more. "I built you?"

     The little machine whooped again, running around the room like crazy. Zelda searched her mind, trying to remember this little thing. Then all of it came crashing back like waves.
   
    Zelda had built it when she was six years old, just before her mother died. When she did pass, the king took the machine away, saying it was a distraction. It's name was Terrako, and somehow, it had ended up in a box in her room.
   
    "Terrako," Zelda said out loud. Terrako stopped infront of Zelda, looking up at her with its blue eye. "At least I have one friend left."
   
    Terrako gave two short whistles, turned. A blue light shot out of its eye, hitting the broken couch in the middle of the room. The light instantly grew as big as the fireplace in the wall. Terrako went bounding for the swirling light.
   
    "No!" Zelda shouted. She reached for the machine, catching it before it left too.
   
    Terrako twisted its body, looking at Zelda. "Liiiink!" it replayed her voice.
   
    "He's through there?" She tilted her head toward the light.
   
    Terrako whooped in reply.
   
    Zelda set the little piece of Sheikah technology on the ground. Terrako bounded through the light, happily whistling. Taking a deep breath, she followed it through the portal it had created. She was going to find Link, no matter how long it took, or how far she had to travel.