1. Captured by Gerudo the Minotaur.
Not long after I'd been kicked out of Rivendell I had my first disaster. Put it down to youthful ignorance, in-attention or just plain bad luck, I can't say. I went to sleep in a well hidden bush (so I thought) felt a sack or something wrapped round my head and passed out. I woke to a pain in my wrists and arms that I can still rmember acutely. I was chained by my wrists in someones bedroom ! Not a good position to be in at all.
After a day or so of defying him, things indeed did start to go badly. Minotaurs are renowned for being nasty creatures. He practiced being nasty on me ............
Link's First Disaster
I didn't have long to wait to find out whose bedroom I was in. A Minotaur appeared. An Eastern Minotaur as well, almost the worst kind there is. He ripped off my leggings (Hey! My mother bought me those! They were expensive!) and dressed me in a skimpy loincloth which didn't hide much. he offered me a drink. I refused it. Out of pride. To tell the truth I was so angry with myself for getting caught I wasn't thinking straight. He left.
He returned and I refused food and drink again. He kept coming back. I kept refusing. He informed me in no uncertain terms that I was his now and if I didn't behave like a good little elf, things would go very badly for me. Pride kept me going but I knew I couldn't hold out for ever. I was in pain with cramps in my arms. I was hungry and thirsty. Now an experience elf would have pretended to comply with him, bide his time and escape at the first opportunity. I was not an experienced elf.
2. The Breaking of Link
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At the start of the fourth day i was nearly done. No water and no food. Hands manacled above my head. He was very good at causing pain with leaving a mark. A soft whip, strong hands and sharp claws. Only the little pride I had left kept me defying him. I couldn't let my parents down. In the end I had to .... that or die. I submitted to him ............. Gerodo had a new toy to play with. Me.
It was simple in the end. All I had to do was drink from the offered cup. I drank. I was his. Owned. To do with as he pleased .... and I did it willingly. What follwed was easy.