They were talking at the same time so fast that Silas had a hard time figuring out what they were trying to say to him. He probably would have been acting just like them if he weren't so shocked over what had just happened. Prince Califf stood in shocked silence. “The Princess…gone?”
Suddenly the doors opened and two knights rushed in, one looking extremely frantic and flustered.
Link put his head in his hand. What could it be this time? “What now?!” Link exclaimed, annoyed.
Everyone in the room was quite taken back. Their King was always a patient man who hardly ever raised his voice, but then again this was his little girl that was missing. Silas didn't blame him. He could hardly believe that Lilliana was gone.
The calm Knight saluted. “I am sorry, Your Grace but I found Anthony all tied up and gagged," he replied. Even though he was much calmer than the other knight, Silas could easily tell that it was hard for him to keep his cool, seeing the king in such a state.
Link raised an eyebrow. “What?” he demanded.
Silas froze. What is going on here?
The Knight nodded. “Yes, I believe he has information most useful to Princess Lilliana’s disappearance,” he added.
Zelda gave Link a desperate, helpless look. Link nodded. “Very well…you are dismissed,” he said.
The Knight bowed. “Sir,” he said before leaving the room.
Link turned his attention back to the flustered Knight. “Well then, Anthony…tell me everything.”
“S-s-s-sir! I...I…” he stuttered nervously.
Link sighed. “Now just calm down. Take deep breaths, take your time.” Link said soothingly while doing calming gestures with his hands.
Silas shook his head, frusterated. How did Father let such a moron join in the Knightly order?! Still, if the knight could tell them something about Lilliana's disappearance, then Silas would forgive him.
Anthony took a couple deep breaths and finally calmed down. He began to speak again, as slowly as he could. “Your Highness, I really don’t know too much. There were two Gerudo guards that entered the castle grounds. They were heading for Lady Lillana’s room!”
Zelda gasped in horror. Link stepped back. “Gerudos?” he demanded. Califf’s eyes widened in shock. What would Gerudo guards want with the Castle?
Anthony nodded. “Yes, he replied. "I called out to them to stop, but the last thing I remembered was them knocking me out. When I woke up I was all tied up and gagged.” He bowed his head. “I am sorry.”
Link shook his head. “It wasn’t your fault," Link told him. "Gerudos are a very strong race.”
Zelda grabbed on to Link’s arm. “Link…what are we to do?” she asked him nervously.
“What does this mean?” Califf asked, shaking his head. It was the first word that Silas had heard him say since he had returned to the throne room.
“Simple,” Silas said. All eyes turned in his direction. “Lilliana has been kidnapped,” he concluded finally.
It was late morning when two women on horseback rode into the Desert Oasis. They had dark skin, long firey red hair, and they were dressed in clothing obviously made for the heat of the desert. They were Gerudo - a race made entirely of female except for one male who was born every century and he becomes the king. They live in a fortress, made of stone in a desert across a wide valley. They claim to hate all men, except, of course, for their king.
One of the women had a large sack on the back of her horse, containing something large. The woman with the sack turned to her friend and mentioned, "She's still not moving. You knocked her out pretty hard, you know. The king will be angry if she's harmed - "
"She's not dead, if that's what you're thinking," the other woman interrupted. "Stop worry, Leeana. You're such a wimp."
Lyeena sniffed. "I am not. I've been in tougher situations than you have. I wasn't worrying that she was dead, Kyela. I just thought that...the king is very picky about these things..."
"You are worrying. So stop it. the girl is fine. She'll be awake any minute now," Kyela insisted.
Kyela and Leeana finally stopped in front of a huge stone building. Carved into the face of it was a huge figure of a Gerudo woman. She watched, unblinkingly, over the sandy desert. She was a queen, sitting on her rock throne.
Leena dismounted first before walking over to Kyela, who got off of her horse as well. Together, they lifted the large sack off of the back of the horse, and to their surprise, it started to twist around violently in their arms, and a voice came from inside: "Hey! Where am I? Let me out!" The voice continued it's rambling furiously, and the owner of the voice kept struggling inside of her prison. Kyela gave Leeana an "I told you so" look, however neither of them said a word, so they proceeded up the steps into the Spirit Temple.
Inside, standing at the top of another long staircase, were two Gerudo guards. As Kyela and Keeana made their way up the steps with the sack, one of the guards raised her eyebrows and said, "You got the girl?"
From within the sack there was a pause, and finally the voice rang out, "Who's there?"
Kyela stared angriyl at the guard, ignoring the voice. "Of course. What did you expect?" Then she and Leeana walked up onto a dark brown platform, held up by chains, that began to rise, lifting Kyela and Leeana onto the floor above, where they found themselves in a long corrider. At the end they went through a door that barred behind them after they walked through.
Suddenly, they were in a huge room. Straight ahead was a huge statue of a Gerudo woman, her palms outstretched in the air as if holding something. Kyela and Leeana proceeded forward, towards a platform slightly raised above the ground, two torches lit on top of it. Sitting on the platform was a male and a female. The female was of course Gerudo, and she kept her red hair short with bangs, and she wore a white dress tied with a rope around the middle and bare feet. She was crouched at the feet of a male - who surprisingly was not Gerudo. Although he had tan skin and red hair, his skin was not quite dark enough and he did not have the same prominent nose that the Gerudo had. But it was clear that he was still a man of great importance. The woman at his feet was some sort of servant - she was feeding him food off of a platter, although she did not look pleased about it.
The man smiled - an evil, horrid smile - and he did not notice Kyela and Leeana come into the room. But as they got closer he turned his head toward him. Kyela undid the rope at the top of the sack and flung it onto the floor, causing its contents to be flung out of it at the man's feet.
It was Princess Lilliana.
She looked like a mess. Her blond hair was distraught, her night dress was torn, her eyes were heavy, and she looked frightened and angry.
"There's your princess," Kyela hissed, although she seemed more angry at the princess than at the man.
The man stood up, an arrogant smile on his face as he approached Lilliana. Gently he began stroking her chin. "Be careful," he said to Kyela, although his eyes were set upon Lily, "we must not harm the Princess of Hyrule."
Lilliana slapped his hand away, althought the man's smirk did not falter. "Ah yes, but we'll have to work on this one. She's feisty." He snickered evilly.
Lilliana's expression had turned from fear to anger and hate. "Just who do you think you are?" she snapped. "And where am I? Do you even know who I am? My father will have all of the knights in Hyrule searching for me, you conceited, egotistic..." She trailed off, seeing that the man was not listening to her. Instead, he was cackling.
"Do not fear, lovely princess," he reassured her. "His knights will not get this far. You wish to know where you are? You are in the Desert Oasis of the Haunted Wastelands. As you can see, no one will ever find you here, and if they do, they will not get past the guards...not even your silly knights."
Lily looked worried again. "B-but...why? What do you want with me? Who are you?"
The man was smiling still. Lilliana hated his smile. "Ah, yes, I was waiting for you to ask me that. I am Dosorous, King of the Gerudo people. And you, are the fair Princess Lilliana...soon to be my bride."
"What?!" Lilliana screeched, backing away. Immediately the guards behind her blocked her, in case she had any intention of running. "Your bride? Me? Is that what you want? Why?"
"Fair, sweet, Lilliana...you are the loveliest of all of the girls in Hyrule. Of course I would pick you to be my bride."
Lilliana stared into Dosorous's eyes with a look of pure hatred. She hated the arrogant way he spoke to her, and the arrogant way he looked at her...he reached out his hand to her, wanting to touch her silky hair. Without warning, Lilliana spat in his face.
Dosorous touched his cheek where Lily's spit had hit. "Why, you..." he hissed, finally mad. He looked over her shoulder at Kyela and Leeana. "Take her away!" he ordered. Kyela and Leeana took the struggling Lilliana out of the room.
Dosorous spun around to look at the servant girl, who was staring at him. "Well?!" he spat. "What are you looking at, Naiko? Go, now!"
Without a word, the girl he addressed as Naiko fled from the room.