Gerudo Forest

Chapter 54

"Woman, I have had it up to here with your nonsense!" Melissa heard Ganon yelling.  

She opened her eyes startled, but soon realized she had fallen asleep in the later half of their ride today. She couldn't remember what her dream had been about, but she had remembered Jimmy being in it, as well as this weird feeling of being watched.  

The feeling was very similar to that of when Agahnim had invaded her dreams. She had actually forgotten about the wizards scary ability to invade her mind, but this feeling brought the fear crashing back down on her. Melissa put her hand to the necklace around her neck, only to remembered the pendant to ward off the wizard had been replaced with the engagement necklace. Would Agahnim come after her in her sleep again?  

She sat up and looked around. It seemed tonight they were to camp in an abandoned village. Like so many of the others, someone had set fire to most of the buildings. Somehow a stone church had survived with minimal damage. The roof had been burned a little and most of it's stain glass windows had been broken, but it still stood. The rest of the town hadn't been so lucky. The chard houses and shops were either collapsed or hollowed out shells. 

How many burned villages did this make now? Six? Seven?  

"Nonsense!?!? After what you did to the people of this land over the years? If I wasn't under orders." Impa fumed. 

"If you weren't under orders, you would do what?" Ganon growled menacingly. 

They were at it again. Melissa looked to Nabooro, but the sage just sat by the fire tending to what must be dinner. How could she just ignore them? 

Melissa just wasn't in the mood to deal with this. She got up and walked towards the church, hoping the distance would put her out of ear shot. It was the same every night. Anything Ganon did, could and would set Impa off and so Melissa would try to intervene, only Ganon would give her a look and she would be forced to drop it. This frustrated her to no end.  

No one seemed to notice her leave, and if Ganon did realize, he might worry and search for her. That in it's self would probably end the fight tonight, which suited her fine. The church was further than she had thought, so what she had figured to be a small church was much bigger. It's large gray stones were blackened in areas from smoke damage and it's door, which was elaborately carved with a scene of the three goddesses surrounding the Triforce, was cracked open.  

She peeked in and saw that moonlight was leaking through the holes in the roof. It lighted the inside well enough that she could see no one laid in wait, so she squeezed through crack and proceeded to walk down the center aisle. It was lined with pews that seemed to be made with the same stone as the building. 

Looking forward, she approached the front where a statue of the three goddesses stood. Was it their doing that she was here? Did she even believe they were real, much less actual goddesses? She sat down on the front pew. Her parents had raised her christian and she still wanted to believe in what she had been taught, but none of it could explain what she was going through now. The more she thought on this the more confused she became. After a while, she gave up unsure what to think. The Church had a peaceful feeling and she just sat there humming to herself. Her thoughts drifted to Jimmy and how he was doing. She felt a little guilty, but did not regret her choice to stay. Soon her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of foot steps. 

"There you are!" Melissa heard a voice behind her. 

She turned to see Impa walking her way, with her arms crossed. She looked relieved and that made Melissa curious if the sage actually cared what happened to her. 

"Everyone is looking for you. Your..." The sage took a small pause to think of what she wanted to call Ganon. "...master is upset that you ran off." She finally said being surprisingly civil.