Fight of the Champions

Chapter Three - Aadil

Aadil was having a good day. He woke up to great breakfast, his new beard was coming along nicely, and the triforce didn't once bother him. His father didn't bother him once either, he stayed to himself all day, it was nice. Aadil was having a nice chat with Resem, who had finally resigned as Captain of the Guard, when a small figure came into the Palace.

It was a little girl, her dark blonde hair was tied up into a ponytail, and it almost looked like her entire face was freckled from the sun. She wore a green tunic with a belt and pouches with leggings and boots, looking remarkably like the past Heroes of legend. It took Aadil a second to realize that it was the Hylian Princess, Zunara or Zurahi or Zuriah or whatever. The sight of her was troubling. Something must've happened for such a small kid to travel all the way from Hyrule Castle. He had just gotten back himself only a few days ago, he knew the path.

"Welcome to Gerudo Town," he grinned, getting to his feet and walking up to greet her, "As much as I'd like to see you, what happened for you to come all the way out here?"

The girl, Zunara, Aadil was sure her name was, opened her mouth as if to talk, but then closed it and shook her head. He was completely lost, what the hell was she supposed to mean by that?

Zunara continued to try, mouthing things, but wouldn't say anything.

"What is it?"

Resem spoke up behind him, "Are you mute?"

Zunara looked confused by the word mute.

"You can't say anything?" Resem said as if clarifying herself.

Zunara nodded.

He and Resem locked eyes.

"Well this is gonna be a bit more difficult than it would've been," he said, and turned to Zunara, "Can you write?"

She was obviously offended but nodded.

"Follow me,"

He smiled kindly and turned to walk down the hallway to the right. Not too far down was a study of sorts, he rarely came in here, but it seemed to be the best place for paper. Resem followed the two of them inside. Zunara took a seat at the large desk and Aadil grabbed some paper and a quill and handed it to her. She immediately started scribbling on the paper. Aadil stood awkwardly by her, watching over her shoulder, Resem — although she had retired, still looked official, standing by the girl like a guard.

Finally, she stopped writing and gave Aadil the paper. It was hard to read, the kid's handwriting was bad, but from what he could tell, there was a Royal Guard named Bahuma who could use some kind of bluish magic, probably the one behind the disappearances of the King and Queen, and she was spying on him when he caught her and put a curse on her, making her mute. He apparently had made some kind of map, and some kind of pit had emerged in Hyrule as she was watching. To be honest, it seemed almost like childish rambling. If Zunara had done what she wrote, she must've been through a lot. It was slightly disturbing, but that seemed like nothing incriminating. The only thing connecting him to the disappearances was his blue magic.

He gave the paper to Resem and turned back to Zunara.

"I wish I could break whatever enchantment was placed on you," Aadil said, sitting on the desk, clutching his right hand tight.

"Don't pretend like you can't," Resem snapped, "I know you have the power to do it,"

Thanks, Resem.

Zunara looked up at him excitedly. Aadil was sure he could fix it, but he didn't want to. He never wanted to do anything with this power. He didn't need it.