Gerudo Forest

Gerudo Forest Chapter 25

She had problems sleeping that night. Her dreams kept turning into nightmares. She could almost swear that she felt the same dark sensation she got from the wizard just as she woke up but it would disappear soon after. Was Agahnim messing with her dreams? She tried to shake that thought off but she couldn't drop the nagging feeling in the back of her mind. 

How had he known where she had been hiding? She was sure he hadn't seen her but, he pointed out her location like she had been standing in plain sight. Usually she enjoyed staying at a village. Now all she wanted was to move on and keep moving. Agahnim knew where they were and the longer they stayed there the bigger the risk of being caught. 

If it came to it they might have to sneak into the temple without permission. She was pretty sure at this point that the door was in the chief's audience chamber. She had noticed that the decorative statue in the back of the room had looked like it had been moved forward recently then placed back against the wall. Who ever had moved it had forgotten to rub away the drag marks.  

She started to wondered what time it was. The room had gotten too stuffy for her liking and she just couldn't take it anymore. When she opened the door she found that the torches were lit again. She hoped that meant it was morning. She kind of remembered the way she had been brought the night before and attempted to find her way back out.  

When she finally made it to the village center she found that only a few gorons were walking about. They paid her no notice as they went about their business. She decided to check on Trinexx. She hadn't even thought about the poor horse since they had gotten inside and wondered if he was hungry. She found her way to the entrance easy enough. Trinexx was still right where they had left him and Ganon was sleeping next to him. Had the gorons not even offered him a room? She envied how peacefully asleep he looked.  

Now outside, where she could breath, her lack of sleep was catching up with her. It was still dark out but it looked like the sun would be rising soon. She rubbed Trinexx's head and just teetered there not knowing whether to fight it and stay awake or just collapse right there. With Ganon near she felt more at ease and all lingering dread from the nightmares had vanished. After she could fight it no longer she lay on the ground next to him and snuggled against him. 

His eyes shot open for a moment and she was groggily aware of him having a worried look on his face. He pulled her into him and heard him asking why she was outside and not in the room. She was so tired and comfortable there in his arms she didn't even have the energy to answer. She felt him stroking her face as she drifted off to sleep. There were no more nightmares. She didn't know how long he had let her sleep but she woke to the sound of arguing in the stuffy little room.  

Opening her eyes she saw Ganon sitting in a chair by the bed with his head propped up on his fist. He was looking angrily at Darunia and when she turned over on her side to watch them the bed let out a squeak. They stopped what ever they had been talking about to turn their attention to her. The look on Darunia's face told her she was in trouble.  

"Why did you leave your room last night after I told you to rest?" Darunia sounded furious.  

"I was having nightmares. I just need some fresh air." She responded trying to explain about the weird sensations she was getting after each dream but the goron just didn't understand.  

"What if you had run into that wizard? What would you have done then?" The goron demanded.  

Melissa didn't even want to think of it.  

"Well if you hadn't separated us maybe it wouldn't have even been a problem. I mean how much sense does it make for a guardian to be kept away from the one person she is supposed to guard." She said defensively.  

"You are but a child and are not fit to protect anyone. Miss Heather at least had some training in what she called Karate." Darunia said looking down his nose at her. "For this reason I am not giving you permission to enter the temple. It has become over run with monsters and is no place for you."  

She didn't like being treated like this.  

"I am not a child!" She said irritated. "For your information I am 26 and last I checked that was plenty above the age of being a legal adult. True I may not have much knowledge in the way of fighting but, I still have skills that can get me out of trouble if I need them. Since I have gotten here people have been telling me what to do. If I want to risk running into monsters that should be my own business." She said giving him a defiant glare.  

Darunia just wouldn't budge on his decision. "If it makes you feel any better I have given permission to Ganondorf to do a quick search with my supervision." Darunia said looking uncomfortable about his own decision.  

She looked to Ganon but he remained silent.  

" Come on help me out!" she pleaded with him.  

Ganon just shook his head.  

" The Goron and I have talked about this already. As much as I hate to agree with him on anything I believe it would be better for you to stay here. Yesterday proved you are not ready." He said giving her a look that told her not to argue with him. "We will resume you magic lessons soon but until then I will not knowingly put you in danger." He said ending the argument.  

Darunia nodded to Ganon who got up.  

" Darmani will bring you some breakfast in a while. Please refrain from leaving this room without an escort." The goron said to her looking very serious about it this time.  

"But wait! I have something I need to tell you!" Melissa pleaded to Ganon. 

"It can wait till I get back. Do not worry I can handle this." He responded before shutting the door. 

Why wouldn't he listen to her? She had vital information he would need. She knew that they were going to need her to be there. Ganon would never get the door open without her that much she knew. She guessed she would just have to sneak in then. They could just be mad at her later.  

She waited a few minutes after they had shut the door before she chanced sneaking out. As she peaked around the door she saw the coast was clear. She snuck as quietly as she could down the halls eventually catching up enough to the two that she could at least see them. She was careful not to be seen by anyone as she followed them back to the audience chamber. Just where she thought it had been. Only problem was that there were guards at the entrance. How was she going to get past them? 

" I thought dad told you to stay in the room." she heard a voice say behind her.  

"Perfect!" She thought to her self as she turned to see Darmani walking up behind her with the tray that was supposedly her breakfast.  

"I know he did but they are going to need my help." Melissa said hoping he wouldn't get her caught. "You know the door you talked about yesterday night?" she asked.  

"Yeah. I remember." The little one said with a nod.  

"Well I have come across doors similar to the one you spoke of at the Spirit Temple. I might be able to open it but your father wouldn't even let me explain it to him." She tried to explain. "Maybe if we can get in then the volcano would die down enough that you could show me the race track." She said trying to appeal to his love of racing and it had worked.  

The goron didn't even ponder that for a second. 

"Wait here while I distract them. When they follow me hurry and get inside."Darmani said with a smile putting down the tray.  

She felt bad that she had talked him into doing this and hoped this wouldn't get him in trouble. As soon as the guards moved and she was sure no one was watching she ran into the room and shut the door. The statue was still pulled away from the wall thankfully and she slipped behind it and into the next room.