"We had planned to train in water-based environments, so we were trying to think of a good spot." As Vio explained this, Blue remembered how, although Green wanted to train along the Zora River, Red preferred to stay closer to the town and suggested training in the fountain in Hyrule Town Square. Blue almost laughed at the memory of Red's determined expression as he was arguing over the ridiculous idea, but Vio's monotonous tone as he told the depressing story quickly sapped Blue of the small joy.
"There were a lot of good places to train," Vio continued, "but we couldn't seem to reach a unanimous decision."
Green remembered that Red had been the only person who thought the river was a bad place to train. Red said something about how he had a weird feeling in his stomach about going too far away from town. I dismissed it as mere excitement about the seasonal fair preparations. Green recalled. The realization that his dismissal of Red's instinct could be the reason that the Links were congregated in the foyer of the Sage's hospital now, left Green's entire body feeling heavier, but he couldn't let Blue see his despair, there was no telling how it would affect this strange, different Blue. "Since we couldn't reach an agreement over which place to train on, I suggested we train a little at the archers' range to warm up before water training. All of the locations that we had weeded the suggestions down to were either far away or dangerous for bystanders, so everyone agreed that it would be best to do some light, preliminary training to make sure that we were prepared for something to go wrong,"
At this, Blue gave a low, dark chuckle. Something had gone wrong. Blue thought And I sure as Din wasn't prepared for it, nor do I think anything could have prepared me for... this. Besides, nobody actually agreed with you, Vio. You just argued the same point over and over again in a different way until everyone went along with your plan just to shut you up. Vio, who had accurately guessed his clone's thoughts, resisted the urge to shrug, roll his eyes, or glare at the boy in blue, mostly because Blue seemed to be getting a little of his spirit back.
"Unfortunately, the archers' range was temporarily closed due to the seasonal fair, so, instead, we moved into the forest to try to find a good tree we could shoot at." Vio explained, "However, during shooting practice, Green thought he heard a sound in the surrounding forestry, so we stopped. After about 2 minutes, we still didn't hear anything, but Green thought it would be best to pack up and get ready to move to the river, so, despite the objections of Red and Blue, Green and I packed up all of the equipment and weapons."
That, Blue reflected, had been our first mistake.
"After all of our items had been packed, a loud shout erupted from the surrounding woods."
That battle cry currently haunted Green, Blue, and Vio, but they would never admit that. Especially not now. Not with the news poor Zelda was about to hear, and the pain and horror all of the people in the room were about to live, whether again or not.
"Sword-wielding Goblins fell from the treetops surrounding us. Luckily, Red and Blue had their swords equipped already, and were able to cover Green and I as we fished our swords from the equipment bags. We weren't that far from the town, and since the majority of the Goblins were appearing from the trees opposite the direction of the town, I assumed that they were originally on their way to attack Hyrule. I shouted at Red to run back to town to warn the watchmen and ask you to send some of the guards to help us," Princess Zelda, upon being introduced as a minor character in the non-fiction, stiffened a little as Vio continued, "Red complied with my order and began to fight his way towards town. After about 30 seconds of fighting off the ambush, we heard a familiar scream." Blue violently shuddered. The scream had been heart wrenching to him. It had been high-pitched and lasted for about 5 seconds Blue recollected, slightly surprised at how he could accurately describe the scream. After all, he had only heard that scream once before, and yet Blue had instantly been able to recognize the owner. The only other time Blue had heard Red scream like that was in a previous fight, when Gufuu had grabbed Red and was reeling him in, in an attempt to eat him. It was the scream Red only used when he was in extreme danger.
