forum Soldier, Poet, King || Zelda RP!! || CLOSED, stalkers welcome!! || 3/3

Started September 04, 2020 by @Cloudy_is_trying_her_best

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(Yeeee)
(And don't worry, I think you're doing good so far!)

Ganondorf chuckled softly when Zelda took his hand, doing as she said for a moment and keeping his voice down. He looked over at Link, one eyebrow going up.
"I'm Ganondorf," he introduced. He found it a bit amusing that this man didn't seem to know who he was, so if he didn't know who that Ganondorf was a king, then he'd play along with it as long as he could.
"I'm a friend of Zelda's. We met through work." He chuckled softly, looking around as they continued on. He registered the changes, humming a bit in thought. This was very interesting indeed…

"Oh, right! Sorry, forgot to introduce you guys. You're doing great, though!" Zelda grinned, continuing to drag them along after the fairy. "Now where did that little thing go… oh! There it is!" She picked up the pace, practically running at this point. Although, Ganondorf was so much taller that it was probably a pretty comfortable pace for him. "I think we're getting closer! It's almost like the forest is singing to me~" She hummed happily to herself along to some tune; presumably the one she claimed to hear.

"Met through… work?" This didn't really make sense to him, considering Zelda was, y'know, a princess, but if he thought about it, maybe Ganondorf was some kind of advisor or something? That would make sense, right? "I'm Kayden, but most people call me Link. 'Cause my last name's Lincoln, and Link's shorter than both of them. Zelda and I met at school." He smiled at Ganondorf. "It's nice to meet you!" When Zelda commented on the music, Link gasped, noticing the melody for the first time. "Yeah, I hear it too! That definitely didn't happen before. Where's this fairy taking us?" he asked nobody in particular.

(Aggressively yells Lost Woods theme)

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Link." Ganondorf didn't have a hard time keeping up with Zelda, holding her hand securely in his own as he kept in step, right next to her. He tilted his head some at the mention of music. He'd been too caught up with the generic ear worm pop song he'd had stuck in his head since he got out of his car to notice, but he couldn't help but smile a bit as he noticed the new music too.
"I'd assume some kind of ruin," Ganondorf said, pointing to the stone rumble pieces they occasionally ran by. "But I don't remember every hearing about any kind of structures out here before."

"Yeah, Link said it seemed to basically come out of nowhere! He's been all over these woods and they've never been here before!" Zelda grinned pushing through the underbrush to get closer to the music, which seemed to be growing louder and louder. "I wonder what all's in here?" She wondered aloud, panting a bit from all the running.

"It did! I came a few days ago, and the woods were all different for some reason–y'know, a lot like they are now–and there's this…I don't even know what it is, but it looks super old and it definitely wasn't there before," Link said. The fairy ducked through a bush ahead of them, and when the group followed suit, they emerged into a large clearing. A once-grand structure lay in moss-and-ivy-covered ruins before them. Several koroks waved at the trio, and Link even saw a few minish. And the fairies! Zelda had definitely been right about there being more where the pink one was taking them. Fairies of almost every color of the rainbow danced around the clearing, adding a bell-like background noise to the melody that was now as loud as if someone was playing it on their car radio. "This is it! This is the place!" Link exclaimed, though it was probably pretty obvious.

Ganondorf nodded a bit as the two spoke, looking around still.
"Well, this is all quite interesting indeed!" Still, when they got to the area, he couldn't help but let out a soft breath of appreciation when they finally came to the structure.
"Oh, wow…" Ganondorf looked around at all the creatures in the area, smiling to himself. Goodness…

Zelda squealed with excitement and let go of Link and Ganondorf's hands to run closer to all the fairies. "Ooooh, I was right! There's so many of them! Hold on…" She pulled out a little book and started sketching out a couple of fairies, scribbling some notes beneath them as well. "This is great! Ooh, it's so pretty~!"

(Aaah shit sorry got caught up in something)

Link looked at the place in wide-eyed wonder for a second. Sure, he'd already seen it before, but the forest had almost been still when that happened. He hadn't even seen a bird around, and now there were fairies here! "Isn't it cool?" he asked, eyes sparkling with excitement. "It looks really old, and I don't think anyone's been out here except us! Which means it's totally undisturbed!"

(I have returned!!)

Ganondorf had been silent, looking around the area.
"Oh goodness…" He walked up to one of the walls, placing a hand lightly on it. "It's so… peaceful here," he said softly. Even with the creatures around them, or perhaps because of them, and the music still playing in his ears, Ganondorf felt amazingly… calm.

Zelda stuck her notepad back in her pocket and kept wandering around with a bright smile on her face. "Where did this place come from, though? It's so lovely, but it came out of nowhere.. " She brushed her fingers along the trunks of the trees encircling the clearing.

Link walked closer to structure, feeling… oddly inspired. If he had to name the feeling the place gave him, it would have to be hope. Why standing in a crumbling ruin of something once important made him feel hopeful was beyond him, but the feeling was there. The frames of towering windows sat empty near a caved-in doorway, seeming to beckon to him.

"Link…"

…Nevermind. Something was literally saying his name. Link looked around for the source, but it didn't seem like Zelda had said it, and the voice seemed way too feminine to be Ganondorf. Some gut feeling told him to go inside the structure, that he'd find an answer if he did. "I'm gonna go in," he announced. Link entered through the window, climbing through the empty frame, thankful that there weren't any more shards of glass for him to avoid.

(To clarify, that's the Master Sword)

Ganondorf looked over when Link spoke.
"Do you really think that's a good idea-?" Too late; Link was already through the window. Ganondorf glanced at Zelda, letting out a breath.
"Should we go with him?" he asked. "Like you said, this place just appeared out of no where- it could be dangerous."

"Link!" Zelda sighed when her friend went in through the window. "Yeah, we should probably follow him… it could be dangerous, like you said, and he can be kind of a dumbass sometimes." She headed towards the ruins and crawled into the window behind Link. "Liiiiiink~! Where did you go?" She called out once she was inside.

Link turned around when he heard Zelda call his name. "Huh? Zelda?" He peered around a tall, still-standing pillar. "Hey! Did you guys find something? Try not to trip, this place is worse than my bedroom!" Link joked, completely oblivious to the fact that Ganondorf and Zelda were concerned about him.

Ganondorf watched Zelda climb through the window, letting out a long sigh. How did they know this was a safe way to go in? Ganondorf would have preferred finding an actual entrance, but he let out another sigh as he climbed through the window. He straightened his jacket once he was inside, putting his sunglasses on his head with the change in lighting. He dusted himself off, stepping carefully as he followed after the two.
"Does he always dive in head first?" he asked quietly of Zelda.

Zelda sighed softly and placed her hands on her hips as she looked up at Ganondorf. "Yeah… this is pretty normal for him. Now let's get him out of here before he gets himself smited by fairies or something…" She continued on into the ruins, calling out Link's name again.

(You know what? Not what I was planning but I'll run with it. The plot is thickening!!)

Link frowned. "Zeldaaa! Ganondooorf!! I'm right here!!" Link shouted. Could they not see him or something? An unpleasant new feeling, like something cold pressing hard between his shoulder blades and sliding down his spine, made itself known. Something was wrong. And yet that other feeling from before, the one drawing him in a certain direction, only got stronger in the presence of this new one. Link glanced at his friends and hesitated, then turned to walk to wherever this feeling was guiding him. Maybe it'd work out?

A figure watched, cloaked and invisible to all parties present. He smirked. A simple concealing spell was all it took. The man gripped his staff. Divide, conquer, then repeat again…Her Highness hadn't told him this would be so easy! He could practically taste his imminent victory.