Chapter Nine
“Malon’s Time to Shine”


The wooden wheels of the wagon rolled along the dusty road. The horses pulling the wagon moved briskly towards the Kokiri Forest.

Malon was sitting in the driver’s seat, beside her, Link was daydreaming.

Finally, they reached their destination. Malon parked the wagon outside the entrance of the forest. Link looked up and hopped off the wagon.

Malon looked at Link and smiled, “See you later, 'k?”

Link nods and waves, “Alright, see ya.”

Link walks into the forest and disappears. Malon glances around and hops off the wagon, she had to use the bush.

Link was walking, waving at a few passing Kokiri when something flew into his face, “Mmph!!!” Link exclaimed in a muffled voice.

He fell on his back and pulled the thing off. He smiled in relief, realizing it was only Volvagia, his pet dragon; he called it Volvey for short.

Kiri popped her head in front of Link’s face, “Oh, Link! You’re back! Can you take Volvey back now? I’m tired of chasing her around.”

Link sat up, Volvey nibbled on Link’s hair, “Oh, alright...” Volvey tugged, “Ow!! Stop that! You’re gonna make me bald!”

Finally, Link asked, “I thought Saria was supposed to take care of her...by the way, where is she?”

Kiri shrugged, “She left earlier this morning, she didn’t come back yet.” Link leaned in curiously, “Did she say anything before she left?”

“Well...” Kiri thought, “she asked me to take care of Volvey. She said you wanted to see her.”

Link raised a brow, “Are you sure you heard her right? I never told her anything. I never even came back here yesterday.”

“Here.” Link handed Volvey to Kiri, “Take care of her for a bit.” Link ran off to Saria’s house.

Kiri blinked as Volvey fluttered onto her head, “Huh? Wait! No, let someone else do it!!” the little dragon bites down on her ponytail and pulls, “OW!!! STOP THAT, IT HURTS!!!”

Link opened Saria’s door and peered inside, noone was inside. Link wandered in, her room was nice and neat, unlike his. He noticed something on the bed. It was a note, he read it, “...the Temple of Sages?” he dropped the note and bolted out of the house.

The note was written in his handwriting. The scary thing was, it was a flawless copy.

The letter, whoever wrote it was after Saria, she was in danger! Link rushed by Kiri before she could get a word in, the dragon on her head blew fire, lighting the tip of Kiri’s hair on fire, “EEK!! NO!! NOT MY HAIR!!”

Malon was walking back from the bushes towards her wagon when she heard some frantic footsteps coming from behind.

She turned to see Link rushing right for her, “Oh, Hi Link. Did you forget some—EEP!!”

She never got to finish as Link grabbed her by the elbow and dragged her towards the wagon without breaking his stride. “Hey! Wait, what’s going on?!” Malon exclaimed as Link tossed her into the cargo hold of the wagon.

He leapt into the driver’s seat and took the reins. Malon sat up, “Link, hold it!! Tell me what’s—whoa!!”

Malon almost falls off the wagon as the horses burst forward in a mad dash.

Link gave Malon the ride of her life as the wagon bounced along the bumpy roads, going twice as fast as a wagon was meant to go.

Malon gripped tightly onto the sides of the wagon as Link expertly managed the wagon along the trail.

Finally, they reached Lon Lon Ranch. Link leapt off the wagon and rolled along the ground, he used the momentum to roll onto his feet as he skidded a few extra yards, kicking up dust, as soon as he showed any signs of coming to a halt, he dashed into the ranch.

Malon immediately takes hold of the reins and brings the horses under control. She brings the wagon around and stops in front of the ranch, leaping off and running after Link shortly afterwards.

She knew where to find him; the horse stalls. She entered the stalls to see Link taking Epona out of her pen. Malon asked, out of breath, “Where are you going in such a hurry?!”

Link walked Epona past her and said over his shoulder, “Saria’s in danger, I’m going after her.”

Malon gasped, “Let me come with you!”

Link grabbed a saddle and placed it over Epona; he spoke sharply as he strapped the saddle on “No, it’s too dangerous.”

Malon pouted, “But, it’s too dangerous for you to go alone! I can help!”

Link mounted Epona, “I said NO! I can take care of myself, stay here!”

Before Malon could get a word out, Link and Epona were already out of the ranch.

“Dammit, Link.” Malon muttered, frustrated.

She glanced around, “Well...I’m not going to follow him, I’m just...going the same way he’s going...there’s a difference.” She said to herself as she took one of the other horses out, placing a saddle on it.

The horse’s name was Firefly. She was about to mount the horse when something crossed her mind.

She ran into her house and returned shortly afterwards with some gear.

She wore a green leather tunic; her hair was tied back into a pony tail. She slung a quiver full of arrows over her shoulder. She had a red headband tied around her forehead; the ends flowed freely in the breeze.

In one hand, she held her bow, in the other she held a small sword.

She didn’t want to say anything, but she looked up to Link as both a friend and a role model. She placed the bow unto her back and drew her sword.

The blade shone brightly in the sun, she twirled it once and lost her grip, the sword fell onto the grass.

She promptly picked the sword back up and replaced it into its scabbard after a few tries, “Link makes it look so easy. I guess I’ll have to learn how to use this thing later on.”

She mounts Firefly and says, “You’ve better be ready, Link! I’ll be Hyrule’s next heroine yet! Theres no way I’m going to miss my time to shine!”