Gerudo Forest

Chapter 47

She ate well that night. They had cooked large variety of food and it all looked pretty tasty. The dishes lined the table and she felt odd just grabbing what she wanted but she was hungry. They sat down and ate their fill.  

"Wow you must have been lonely if this is how it always is." Melissa said observing everyone keeping their distance. 

Nobody seemed to want to sit at the same table with them and it made her feel like they were being shunned even though she knew it was out of respect.  

"What do you mean?" He asked and she guessed he must be used to it.  

"You don't think this is kind of depressing that there isn't anyone sitting with us?" She questioned but he didn't really seem to understand why it bothered her so much.  

She felt bad for Ganon. This is the way it had been everyday of his life. Would she be treated the same now? She hoped not. Well he wouldn't have to be alone anymore. As long as he wanted her company she would make sure of it.  

"Are you okay with your room? I'm sorry to have to move you, but it's tradition for us to be apart before we are wed." he asked changing the subject.  

"That's okay. It's a nice room. So what will we do when we head back out?" She asked really wanting to address whether he was trying to leave her behind.  

He didn't look at her. Instead he stared intently at what he was eating.  

"I have been pondering this for a while now and I think it would be best if you..." he started but she knew where this was going and she wasn't about to have it.  

"If you think you're going to leave me behind you have another thing coming." She said cutting him off.  

She didn't seem to have a problem speaking her mind to him so why was talking to others so difficult?  

"What if I ordered the guards to keep you from leaving?" He asked giving her a sideways glance.  

"You could break both my wings and I would still find a way to follow you. Even if it was only to kick your ass." Melissa said adamantly trying to hold a serious face but couldn't help but laughing when he looked aghast by her statement.  

"I would never do such a thing to you." He said looking very serious. "You have been already hurt way too many times on this quest." He said looking pained by that fact.  

"It's not your fault I'm so clutsy. Besides I am pretty sure Link and Heather haven't found the last piece of the triforce." Melissa said looking off to the distance.  

"How would you know that?" Ganon asked.  

Melissa wasn't quite sure how she knew it but she just did. "It's weird. When we were at the temples I would hear a voice guiding me to where we needed to go and every time we collected a piece the voice stopped and we would see the white mist. When we were at the Zora's Domain and I was still a little out of it I swear I saw a white mist over my bed. I have been getting these strange feelings that seemed to be connected to the pieces that I just can't explain." She said hoping he didn't think her nuts. 

He looked her over and seemed to be thinking hard on something.  

"Do you think I'm crazy?" she asked worried knowing that even in this world hearing voices was probably not a good sign.  

He shook his head making her smile. Even if he was just trying to spare her feelings it was nice of him.  

"Do you remember the scrolls you left me to read?" She asked changing the subject and he nodded. "Well one of them tells the story of the creation of this world and I almost put it down before I found a section on the fourth triforce piece and the three dragons."