Gerudo Forest

Gerudo Forest Chapter 8

She woke up sometime in the middle of the night. Her clothes had been removed and were hanging by the window to dry. She hoped Armos had gotten someone else to do that. She felt as if someone had hit her head with a hammer. She got up noticing the food they had left for her on the dresser.  

Once again she had missed dinner. She wondered if Ganon had felt good enough to show up. He had wanted to ask her questions the night before but hadn't bothered to re-summon her to get the interrogation over with. She didn't like having unfinished things hanging over her head, and until he did so she would worry. Melissa grabbed the tray of food and brought it to the window where a little more light from the moon was coming in. She munched on it a little but wasn't too sure what most of it was once again. Where did they get their food? The desert wasn't really the best place for a garden.  

She looked outside to see Armos. Now what was he doing out there? Even from this height she could see the perspiration glinting off his skin. He had waded into the pool and looked like he was trying to copy what she had done this afternoon. He got the water to rise above his head and she could make out the concentration that lined his face as he willed it go higher.  

How long had he been out there practicing? As she watched Armos she let her mind drift off. She thought about home, Jimmy, her family, even her work place. Surly they were worried about her by now. She could see her picture being on the news. "Has anyone seen her" the caption would read, or quite possibly "Girl kidnapped from her own home." Was Jimmy searching for her now? Her eyes teared up knowing he wouldn't find her. She was in a completely different dimension.  

She straightened up. What was she doing? No amount of crying was going to get her back. She wondered if maybe she could get an audience with princess Zelda. If anyone could send her home she decided it would be her. All she would have to do is learn how to ride a horse, travel to Hyrule castle, and keep her ears covered. She might be able to pull it off. 

She got up and paced. She wasn't really in the mood to go back to sleep and there wasn't really anything to do it this room. Melissa tried to think of anything she could do without success. Melissa felt her clothes and found them mostly dry. She put them on and paced a little more for lack of anything better to do.  

Her thoughts returned to Ganondorf. Why couldn't she stop thinking of him. His face framed by long red hair kept popping up in her head. She tried to shake it out feeling embarrassed but it only changed to thoughts of Armos. Who was this mysterious man and why had Chara acted so funny earlier? She knew Chara was hiding something from her but she would just have to wait for them to tell her what was going on. That is if she stayed long enough for that to happen. 

Melissa finally stopped her pacing in front of the door. She turned the handle out of nothing better to do and to her surprise the door swung open. Had they forgotten to lock the door tonight?  

She peaked her head out and looked down the hall expecting to see guards but there was no one. Should she stay where she was? If she was caught wandering the halls without an escort they probably wouldn't be too happy but maybe she should try to escape. She had seen a poorly built structure that some of the gerudo's had been leading horses in and out of when she had been outside. Maybe she could steal a horse. Only problem was she didn't exactly know how to ride one. Well she wouldn't know if she didn't try. 

Working up her courage she eventually decided to go. She tried to remember which way Chara had taken her and kept getting turned around. It was much harder to find her way due to the halls being dark. The torch light was hardly any help and kept making shadows jump around her. It made her very nervous because she hadn't seen a single guard and each shadow could have easily been one.