Gerudo Forest

Gerudo Forest Chapter 2

No matter how many time she played the events of her night before back in her head, she couldn't figure out how she ended up in this strange place. She had gotten home from work and made some ramen for dinner before popping on a scary movie just so she could cuddle with Jimmy. After that a bath then bed.  

She had done nothing out of the ordinary and this was just making no sense. How had she gotten here? Even if she had somehow started sleep walking, there were no deserts where she lived. How long were they going to leave her in this room? Did she dare to try and escape? She pondered all this until her head hurt.  

As she started to pace the floor she looked into the mirror that hung on the wall in front of her. Her long copper red hair looked a mess and she tried to comb out the knots with her fingers, only succeeding in making the knots worse. It tangled so easily on her. She gave up on it after a few minutes. She would need some conditioner to get this out. 

There were bruises marking her pale skin where the woman had gripped her arm. She also noticed her night shirt had been ripped by the pull onto the horse. The lack of sleep had caused her bluish gold ringed eyes to look haunted.  

Pushing her glasses up the ridge of her nose she decided to look some more around the room. Nothing in here could really be used as a weapon. There was a small cot in the corner, and an empty dresser with a water pitcher and bowl on top. It was a plain room with a small window that looked out over the golden sand, back in the direction from which she had come. The breeze coming in felt frigid as she walked to the window and looked down. It was definitely too high up to climb down from.  

"I wouldn't know where to go even if I did escape." She said to herself.  

She could hear the sounds of battle even from here and she couldn't help but wonder who was winning. Every so often she would still see bright flashes off in the distance. She lost track of time staring out the window and drifted off to sleep in the chair that sat beside it before she had even realized it.  

She woke to the sounds of whispers and the feeling of being touched. She opened her eyes only to find herself staring into the faces of the two little broom-riding women. Now that they were in front of her with the light of the morning sun spilling through the window she could study them better. They must have been twins because they both were an olive tan that seemed a little darker than the women warriors' own complexions. Their faces looked as though the sun had turned their skin to wrinkled leather. Their gray hair was pulled back and reminded her of a treasure troll. Each had a gem on their forehead. One blue. One red. They reminded her of characters from a video game. She just couldn't remember which one. They were pulling back her hair and touching her ears mumbling to each other. 

"Is there something on my face?" Melissa asked.  

"Be Quiet. We will be asking the questions." the one with the blue gem said.  

"You speak English!" Melissa said relieved. 

" EnGliSh??" the one with the red stone said like she had never heard the word before.  

The twins looked at each other and started to talk in that strange language again before turning back to her. "We are Koume and Kotake. We do not know this EngLish you speak of. We are currently speaking ancient Gerudo." 

Koume? Kotake? Gerudo? She felt she should know these names from somewhere. 

"I'm Melissa." She said introducing herself.  

"Well, Melissa, how is it you speak the ancient language of our people? It is only used by us who use magic in the tribe now." They spoke in eerie unison. 

"Magic?" Melissa repeated unsure what they were talking about. 

"You seem very confused so let's start with an easy question. Where are you from?" the one with the red gem asked.