Legend of Zelda: Congregation of Shadows (the RP)

[AshK]

*Alana stands up, sheathes her swords and goes back to where Alex was hiding. She grabbed Alex's hand.* "Come on Alex we have to get out of here. I wonder if Princess Zelda will have some answers." Alana said.

"I don't know Alana, I guess it's worth a try, but we better follow the others to see where they want to go and what they want to do next." Alex said as he ran beside Alana.

*Alana and Alex eventually caught up with the rest of the group and followed them.*

[Gee-chan]

Another rumble, this not not an explosion however, rocked the camp. In the distance a huge plume of sand rose up into the sky and quickly spread to circle the camp. Those who were familiar to the desert knew that such an occurrence meant the approach of a Dune Hydra. A particularly nasty creature of the sands, however, the sheer area of the blast meant something different; there was more than one of them, and they were not alone.


"Oh hell" said Landara, pointing at the plume "It looks like your comrades are the least of our problems"

"Hydra!" yelled Mark, breaking into a sprint and urging the others to do the same, "Get out! Now!"



Naarsa was knocked off her feet by the rumble and gasped as she saw what was coming

"By the Sol...."

Even though she knew little of this world, she knew that she was not safe out in the open, so ran to the camp. Hopefully these men would not attack a child.



Garath dashed through the camp when the shockwave hit.

"Monsters approaching!" barked a voice, "All to the siege weapons! We'll blast them out of the sands!"

"What?!" cried Garath, "You've seen desert monsters before! We can barely take on one of these things, we don't stand a chance against this many!"

However he was not listened to. Even if he was, it would have been pointless. There was no way they were going to get an army away, they had no choice but to stand their ground....and pray for all they were worth.

[Sasha]

Mabala sighs. " Great just great why can't we never get a break here."

Asylintha finally caught up to Garath when he stops panting. " Dang it what are you doing the others sent me over here to get you and tell you we have to leave now."

[AshK]

*Alana grabs Alex's hand.* "We better run Alex! Something is coming after us." Alana said as she dragged Alex.

"Okay okay Alana I know we need to get out of here, but you don't have to pull my arm off!" Alex said.

"Oops sorry!" Alana says as she loosens her grip just enough so Alex can run at the same pace as her, but not enough to let Alex go.


*Alex Shrugs.* "Don't worry about it." Alex said as he ran at Alana's pace.

[Shadowmaster]

"Is everything going to be happening to us today?" Lyon asks as she witnesses the current evemt. "How are we going to deal with this?" she asks the others.

[AshK]

*Alex and Alana shrug and continue to run as fast as they can.*

[Gee-chan]

"Feel free to stay if you want." said Garath, "But I for one wouldn't recommend it."

"Garath!!" cried a high voice over the chaos

"What the?" said Garath, "Naarsa??"

The girl in question came cannonballing through the camp, being paid no heed by the panicking soldiers.

"Garath!" said Naarsa, "something's coming! It has the camp almost surrounded and it is moving too fast to get out in time on foot!"

"Damn" cursed Garath, "What the heck are we supposed to do!?"

However, it was at that point something caught his eye.

"Girls" he said, "We are about to do something rather unethical....."



"Damn it!" said Landara, "We're trapped!"

They were indeed trapped. The line of....whatever it was, stretched as far as the eye could see, excluding one small gap, which was too far for them to reach.

"We can't give up yet!" cried Merk, "We're either getting through there, or we're not getting out at all!"

As the group ran, a noise came up from behind them, getting closer and closer.......

[AshK]

"I don't know how much longer we can keep this running up. Should we try and fight the whatever it is?" Alana asked.

"I don't know if that would be the best idea." Alex said.

[Sasha]

Mabala follows Naarsa. " I just wanna get out of here. This is getting nuts."

Asylintha nods. " If something indeed is coming its not our problem and we should go while the hylains are distracted."

[Shadowmaster]

" I feel bad for abandoning my comrades but...but...what's that noise?" Lyon asks the others.

[Gee-chan]

What Garath had spotted, was a group of horses tethered to a makeshift stable. Quickly drawing his sword, he cut the tethers of half a dozen of them and mounted one. While he did, however, one of them bolted and ran off before he could stop it.

"Get on!" he yelled

"On that?!" cried Naarsa, clearly afraid, "But it'll....."

"We don't have time for your jibberish right now!" barked Garath, grabbing the girl and placing her behind him.

"You!" he yelled to Asylintha, who also seemed to be on edge around the horses, "Get on a horse and lead another behind you. We'll need them for the others."

With that, he set off on a gallop, leading two more behind him, while Naarsa clung on for dear life.





The sound from behind the running group got louder until a lone horse with no rider darted past them.

"Get on!" yelled someone from behind them, "Quickly!"

It was Garath, horses in tow, both ready to receive passengers.

[Sasha]

Asylintha glares. " who is he to boss me around." she mumbles but does also and rides by Mabala after the others.

[AshK]

*Alex and Alana jumped up on one of the horses as directed.*

"Um where are we going?" Alana asked.

"That might help us out a bit." Alex asked as he waited for an answer.

[Shadowmaster]

Lyon jumps on one of the horses. "Well, at least this is better than running." she says.

[Gee-chan]

The group rode, though the camp, past the fleeing soldiers and over the sands as fast as their stolen steeds could carry them. Leading them was Garath and Naarsa, behind rode Alex and Alana on one horse, Asylintha and Mabala on another and Lyon at the back on the last. They charged forwards towards the quickly vanishing gap in the wall of churning sand, inside which they could now see great, looming monstrous shapes, nightmares that scarcely touch the world's surface, always lingering just below.

As they ran, Garath could see they were not going to make it, they had lost too much time.

"Oh Hell!!" he cried as the noose drew tighter and tighter, "We arn't all going to get through! We're going to have to pull back!

"Wait" yelled Naarsa, her focus drawn and her arms pulsing with dark blue sparks. In a flourish she finished her spell, an inferno of crimson flames engulfing the sand in front of them, and the walls closing in on her escape. Just as quickly as they had appeared the flames vanished leaving in their wake beautiful and wild columns of seemingly natural glass which glistened in the sun as it rapidly cooled and set. Inside the glass, now clearly dead, were bizarre worm-like creatures and strange leather skinned giant leeches.

"Thats amazing...." whistled Garath

"This should buy us some time" gasped Naarsa, catching her breath, "Go before we loose that too!"