A Novel Hylian Concept

The rupee swirl technique was proving to be quite effective. Rarity was finding that the crystals effectively blocked entities and projectiles alike. She had reached a bank, and thought it must be traveling west. Eventually, it turned south and she had to follow it back into the open river. The current pulled at her hooves, and made it hard for her to go, but sheer will and the need to keep to the shallows kept her rooted to the narrow path. Eventually, after quite a few short battles, and some burns, (A few shots from zoras had ricocheted past her defenses and hit her) she reached dry land, only to be attacked by pony sized crabs, while zoras continued to shoot at her.

She abandoned trying to fight the monsters and climbed the bank only to be set upon by some strange creature that kept shooting rocks with enough force to shatter one rupee at a time. She hurried past it as quickly as it could, and nearly ran into a creature that was waddling around looking like an upside down punching bag covered in ooze. There were three of the weird, slow things. She cautiously edged around them, but her tail brushed against one and she was electrocuted. She screamed and fell over, twitching for a moment before slowly regaining muscle control. Her breathing was labored and her breaths kept catching on themselves, and she felt dizzy. She practically fell down the stairs leading to a pit with nothing but two patches of grass.

She had to sit for a long time while she let her head clear. She ached all over, and wasn't keen on getting up and moving. Part of her wanted to lay there and bawl until her tear ducts were dry, but no one had said this would be easy. So, she got a hold of herself, got up, and pressed on.

Still, her stamina was low. She had to lift a pile of rocks out of the way and continue going. She was just trudging on, and had turned to her left when a voice rang out behind her.

"Stop! You have been associated with the outlaw Link, the kidnapper of Princess Zelda! You are to be apprehended immediately for questioning!"

"Oh no." Rarity muttered to herself as she turned to face the knight. She was in no fit state to outrun him, so she would have to fight him. She nearly screamed when he was already right in front of her. He swung the stick of his javelin and hit her hard upside the head before she could get her rupees out. At least he wasn't stabbing her. He must have really been set on catching her alive. She barely found the strength to kill him with a rupee, and moaned in disgust when the ash caught in the wind and stuck to her. No time to wash. She could feel herself slipping into unconsciousness.

She rounded a corner and found a fenced off yard. Beyond it she could see someone stirring a pot in the shade of a tree. She squeezed between some fence posts and shakily walked to the figure, shooting a rupee through the grass to make a trail and denting the cauldron.

"Please help..." she managed, before she fell as the world went black.
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Link swung his sword at the advancing keese, making them poof into nonexistence. He was close now. The hard part would be getting up the ledge to the door. He had never done it before. He got to the ledge, and tried to jump up. Nothing. He had nothing to use as a boost either, and he couldn't use the master sword as a step stabbed into the wall or he would lose it. Something told him that would not be good. So, he sat there, unsure what to do. After a while, he just decided to try to climb it. It actually some nice footholds, and he made it up with relative ease, but then the wall collapsed. Something told him he wouldn't be doing that again. So, he walked out. Now he just had to make his way through the woods and then find Rarity. He hoped she wasn't hurt. As he started to walk, he decided to play his ocarina. After a while, he heard footsteps next to his. He looked and found the loftwing, waiting patiently for him to climb on.

"Finally ready to help, huh?"