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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(Aah, sorry! I got busy and forgot for a while, my bad!)

Link nodded at Ganondorf's question. "Y-yeah, that was just… Yeah." He wiped the side of his face with his sleeve and settled back in his seat, still as far away from Ghirahim as he could be but not gluing himself to the side of the car. "Thanks."

Fi, meanwhile, didn't even blink. "Yes. And we should make an effort to get along with our Masters as well. If you are actively harassing Link, I will not hesitate to make you stop." She made no effort to get Ghirahim off of her, but her words seemed to carry a little bit of a threat in their monotone.

"Fi, are you–?"

"I will be fine, Link. Thank you for your concern."

"We will be," Ganondorf promised Zelda. He looked back to Link, offering a smile of encouragement with the news. He'd be able to get away from Ghirahim soon enough.
"Fine, fine!" The sword spirit whined. He tucked his head against Fi, letting out a hum.
"And besides, you were only able to stop my master and I because of that damn goddess. She cheated!" Ghirahim looked to Zelda a moment, glaring.

"Goddess?" Zelda raised an eyebrow. "Considering how weird you two are, I'm not entirely sure if you're being genuine or if you're attempting flattery to make me less pissed off. Ugh, whatever… I don't have to talk to you anyway." She huffed a bit, refusing to look back at Ghirahim. At least they'd all be able to get out of the cramped car soon enough.

If Link had been looking at the sword spirits when it happened, perhaps he would have caught Fi's stoic expression soften a bit, just for a fraction of a second, when Ghirahim tucked his head into her. Instead, he occupied himself by looking out the window as Castle Town rolled by. They were approaching the castle pretty quickly. A few more minutes and they'd be there and stop that Yuga creep from doing whatever the hell it was that he was planning.

Well, that had been the plan, anyways. But, unfortunately, the old saying rang true: if you want to hear the Goddesses laugh, tell them your plans. Some sort of multicolored barrier, probably magic, shot up mere meters in front of them–Ganondorf would need to swerve to avoid crashing into it. The barrier kept expanding upwards until it formed a dome of shifting colors, jarringly combined with jagged shards of black.

"Wouldn't you like to know, Hylian girl," Ghirahim shot back, smirking some. Still, the sword spirit found himself falling silent, keeping close to Fi. It'd been a long, long time since they'd been around each other, and even longer since they weren't opposing each other. The spirit shifted some, pressing just slightly closer. He kept his hair covering one eye, strangely conscious of the fact- he might be hiding something, then, after all.

"Shit!" Ganondorf swerved, turning the car away from the barrier and bringing it to a stop.
"Well… fuck." The king hit the top of the wheel, scowling some. "This is bad…"

"Ow!" Zelda winced from the whiplash of swerving so sharply, looking up at the barrier accusingly. "What the hell?? That definitely wasn't there before… what's going on?" She huffed a bit, turning to glare at Ghirahim as though he were the cause of all of their troubles. "Do you have something to do with this? Huh?"

When the car swerved, Link was jerked to the side. He almost flew into Fi and Ghirahim, but his seatbelt saved him from that disaster. "Whoa!" he shouted. Once the car had stopped, he looked around. "Is everyone okay? What was that?"

"It would appear to be Yuga's doing," Fi answered, "And we are alright. This does pose a rather immediate problem, though."

"Don't blame me!" Ghiraham said quickly when he was accused. He sat up when the car had stopped moving, taking his arms from Fi to hold up in defense of himself.

Ganondorf cursed softly to himself, unbuckling and getting out.
"This is a problem indeed," the Gerudo said, hand going to his hips as he looked at the barrier.
"Think there's any way to break it?"

"Hmph." Zelda got out of the car as well and placed her hands firmly on her hips as she looked up at the barrier. "I have no idea. I'm sure only equally strong or stronger magic is likely the only way, but there may be another way I'm not thinking of. Oh, Hylia… this is not what I was planning on doing today." She groaned softly in frustration.

(dksavnl I am. SO sorry)

Link got out too. He looked up at the barrier and crossed his arms. What an absolute coward, he thought. Yuga must have known they had him beat, so he just blocked him out like that. "Probably," he agreed. "…So what do we do now? How are we gonna break that thing down?"

(not having Fi come out yet because I'm assuming Ghirahim's still sitting on her lmao)

(It's fine aha, no worries! Trust me, I'm not one to judge for slow replies)

"You're probably going to have to go on some grand quest to unlock the powers within you, or something like that. It seems to be a pattern with you especially, Link." Ghiraham didn't move off of Fi, letting out a sigh.
"Because of course they need to."

Ganondorf let out a breath, running his hand through his hair.
"What the hell would it even be? We're in the middle of the city, I don't think there's very much we could do on a quest."

"Yeah, what he said!" Zelda jerked a thumb in Ganondorf's direction. "This is ridiculous. We don't have time for this." She sighed in exasperation and started pacing. "You expect us to just go on some dramatic, life-changing, magical quest out of nowhere? Sure! I'll just pack up my entire life here and leave with no warning, because that won't be weird at all! I'll never be allowed to leave home again if I try that."

"It… might be the only choice we have if we want to stop Yuga," Link said hesitantly. "I mean, it's not the best situation, not by a long shot, but if it's our only option then it's our only option." He fiddled with the edge of his jacket as questions raced through his mind. What was going on in the castle right now? What would happen if Yuga accomplished his goal? Where were his friends and family, and were they okay?

Ganondorf thought quietly, lips pursed in aggravation over their situation.
"If we do need to go on a quest," he started, shaking his head, "Where will start? We don't have any idea what's going on, and there's not anywhere we could turn to for us to figure out what to do either."

Ghiraham finally moved off of Fi's lap, stepping over to wrap his arms around Ganondorf's.
"You know, we could always team up with-" Ganondorf's found his hand on Ghiraham's mouth, stopping him from speaking.
"Another word and I'm going to toss you into that barrier to see what happens."

Zelda glared at Ghirahim. She obviously wasn't at all in the mood for his antics. "We don't have time to go on a life changing quest. We have lives here, you know. Link and I aren't even legally adults. Why don't you go and find someone who's a little more qualified to deal with potentially dangerous magical barriers?"

Fi followed Ghirahim out of the car and stood next to Link. "Your Highness, if I may, the three of you may be the most qualified people in the world to deal with this, if not the only qualified people," she said. "Between the Goddess's blood that you carry and Link's spirit of the Hero, you were practically born for an occurrence such as this. Not to mention the power of the Triforce that lies in each of you."

Link's frown dipped a little more. He was willing to do what needed to be done to save his home, but the thought that he was only around for something like that left a feeling in his chest that he did not like. "Wait, what does the… nevermind." No time to get sidetracked now. He could ask about that later. "If we're the only ones who can do it, where do we start?" he asked.

"It would be wise to speak with a Sheikah elder. I would recommend going to Kakariko Village first," Fi replied. "Though, they may be hostile towards Ganondorf."

A Sheikah elder…? Link had a history teacher a couple of years ago that had retired and returned to his hometown. Maybe they could search him out? "I think I might know a guy… maybe? If we can find him, that is."

Ganondorf couldn't help but note Fi didn't list what made him qualified to help in this mission. From what he could gather, he was the occurrence the others were usually born to deal with. If it really was all true, which the Gerudo was still unsure of, it felt… ostracizing. Like it wasn't his place to be good, that he wasn't allowed to be.
The Gerudo King lowered his hand from Ghiraham's mouth, who thankfully understood to keep it shut for the time being.
"I'm to take it no one will trust me through any of this?" Ganondorf asked, letting out a sigh.

"I don't care what the weirdos think, Ganon. I still trust you." Zelda crossed her arms and huffed indignantly. "This is preposterous. Even if I've got… got goddess blood or something, that doesn't make me qualified! I don't have any formal training or anything! I don't know how to fight or do stuff like that! I'm only seventeen!"

"Yeah," Link said, heartily agreeing with Zelda's first statement, "And maybe we can convince them that you're not, I don't know, trying to kill us or whatever they think you're trying to do? You pretty much saved Zelda's life back there, if that's not worth something then I'm going to riot." He offered a grin in an attempt to cheer his friend up. The second thing Zelda said caused his expression to falter, though. She had a point, none of them really knew what they were doing. Hell, Link had an actual fucking sword that he had no idea whatsoever how to wield! "So we learn, right? And we make sure to cover each other so that if we do mess up, we're there for each other." He wondered for a second if Fi had any means of teaching them, but… well, she didn't exactly have arms to demonstrate much of anything with. And Ghirahim probably knew how to fight, but there was no way that Link was asking him for anything unless he was completely out of other options.

_{(Where's Time when you need him–)}

"Thanks, you guys." Ganondorf offered a semblance of a smile. At least his friends still trusted him, then, even if no one else would.
"And Link's right, we've got to learn if we're going to do something about this. Plus, if all three of us work together, we'll be stronger in the end."

Zelda reluctantly nodded, figuring there was no way out of this. "Fine. I'm not sure who's going to teach us unless these two have any idea how to fight." She huffed a bit, keeping her arms crossed. "That could take months, anyway, and we really don't have that kind of time from what I can tell. What are we supposed to do about it?"