Gerudo Forest

Chapter 32

They had been led to a room that looked to be her dream bathroom. The floor had the same pebble mosaic as outside had and in the middle was an in ground bath tub that looked more like a pool than for bathing. The mosaic of the triforce covered the bottom of the tub. A mural of the sea had been painted on the walls. Sconces that seemed to be made out of shells held candles that burned with a blue flame. A long decorative mirror stretched across the wall. It was absolutely beautiful and the two of them stood in awe of the room.  

" So exactly how do they expect us to wash up? There is no soap or anything. Heather complained looking around.  

Melissa just rolled her eyes pulling out from her satchel the soap she had left from her last bath.  

"I don't think they need soap." Melissa said shaking the bottle in front of Heather. "So do you want to take turns? I can look away while you bathe first." Melissa asked.  

"I just planed to bathe in my undies." Heather said already stripping.  

"I guess that could work to but I would prefer to wash without them so they aren't wet all day." Melissa said handing her the soap. "So how did you wake up in this world?" She asked Heather trying to learn a little about this girl hoping maybe there was a reason for her bad attitude.  

Heather seemed surprised that she wanted to know. "Well I woke up in the middle of a forest. I had no clue where I was. Searching the forest I ran into monsters who chased me right to Link. He saved me of course. We couldn't speak to each other at first but luckily he was on his way to see Princess Zelda who fixed that. She told us of what was going on and sent us on a quest. Right after that her and her guardian got zapped by that evil wizard and we fled the castle. We went in search of you guys but decided to go to Death Mountain on the way finding nothing and eventually we ran into you." Heather rattled on. "How about you? How did you run into big, dark, and scary?" Heather asked rinsing her hair out. 

"Well I woke up in the middle of the desert where the gerudo's and hylian knights were waging full on war. Koume and Kotake found me watching and had one of the warriors drag me to the temple and lock me in a room. Just like you, I couldn't understand hylian. Strangely enough what we consider English is actually the ancient gerudo language. It didn't help much because only Ganon, the witch twins, and my friend Chara could speak it. I had to learn hylian."Melissa said hoping the gerudo were okay.  

"Your turn. Promise I won't look." Heather said interrupting her story.  

"Oh ok." Melissa said ready to take her turn.  

"So were you scared when you first met him?" Heather asked.  

Melissa thought about it before she replied. "He was scary to me at first but he's not as bad as you think. He's changed a lot since the first day we met." Melissa said knowing no matter what she said Heather would always have preconceived notions of the man she traveled with.  

The water felt cold which was probably why it hadn't taken Heather long to wash. Melissa hurried then grabbed a towel that the zora had left for them. She thought it strange for zoras to have towels when they didn't really need to dry off themselves.  

"Poor girl. He has you fooled. Ganon will always be a baddie no matter what." Heather said combing out her hair in the mirror.  

Melissa resisted the urge to start another fight. It didn't really matter what Heather thought. Melissa could see the good in Ganon even if everyone else couldn't. That thought surprised her. She really could see some good in him. When had that happened? She hopped it was real and not him tricking her. Melissa guessed she would just have to have faith. 

Melissa dried off and put her clothes back on. On the counter in front of the mirror there were two brushes set out for them. Another thing that would be considered odd for a zora to have due to their lack of hair. Melissa brushed out her hair which seemed to have grown a little since they started this crazy adventure. She hoped she could get it back to it's original length again. Melissa put her hair back so that it would dry without dripping on her shoulders.