Sweey: To tell you guys the truth, I did a pretty awful job on this story so I decided to rewrite it. Ah, I'm being too hard on myself. It was around the beginning of my 'career' as an author. :) So as you can see, I'm going to fix this story. I added Navi particularly because she was technically there… but not a vital character. So I'm twisting Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time together. :)

Ch 1The Like-Like who Liked Link

In the glowing light of the late evening, a swordsman clad in the color of the trees rode upon a fiery mare through the dense forest of Faron. Two pointed ears stuck out from the rim of his long, sharp hat and sun colored hair embroidered his courageous, youthful face. Trailing behind him was a little glowing blue fairy that left a trail of glittering dust behind its every move.

They rode through the forest upon an old path that twisted over rolling hills like a stream. Suddenly, the fiery mare stopped and stamped one hoof, refusing to go any further. Her head tossed and she backed up a few steps. The young swordsman encouraged her forward but she snorted in protest. The swordsman stroked the mare's neck and her flesh quivered at his touch.

"What is it Epona? What do you sense?" the warrior asked his steed as her ears turned back and forth in search for some unknown danger. Then a foul stench reached his nostrils. He wrinkled his nose and looked around for the source of the stink.

"Link! Listen!" The fairy perched on his shoulder, directing him to a nearby thicket. A trail of slime leaked from them.

Link dismounted Epona who stood by obediently despite her senses which screamed for her to turn heel and dart away from the horrid stench that the slime emitted.

Link bravely held his nose as he approached the thicket where the slime came from. He looked to find a big pile of what looked like pancakes. Giant pancakes, attached to one another, and spewing out slime.

"Um… ew!" the fairy screeched in disgust.

The giant slime thing croaked in fear, sounding a lot like an Ordian bull frog.

"Hmm…" Link thought, "It looks harmless enough." He then caught sight of a huge gash in the creature's side. It oozed blood. He felt pity come over him. He turned to his fairy.

"Navi? Do you know anything about this creature?"

The fairy gasped, "LOOK OUT!"

Link turned and dodged just in time for the creature to rip off his shield.

"Stay away! That's a Like-Like! It eats most shields! Other than that they're pretty harmless. Besides the slime, which smells worse than Gibdos," Navi yelled in Link's ear.

Link rubbed his ear, "That would've been nice to know a few minutes ago BEFORE it ate my shield!" he growled at the fairy. He looked back at the creature; it was pretty pitiful despite its slime. He studied the gash again and watched as the creature lay down in pain that the wound inflicted.

Link's eyebrows drew together as he lifted his left hand over his shoulder. Instead of grabbing the hilt of his sword, he stepped forward and pulled off his hat. Yes, his beloved hat. He approached the creature again and it croaked at him but he managed to tie his hat around the wound to cease the flow of blood. It looked at him, or well, gestured at him, sensing his friendly presence. It croaked quietly. Link lifted it up and moved from the road to the safety of the thickets.

"You get better, alright?" Link told the Like-Like. He turned to go back to Epona, who stood looking at him as if he were the craziest person in the world.

"What? It's not like I jumped of a cliff using a cucoo for flight or anything!" Epona snorted as if to say, That is exactly what I was thinking.

Link glared at the mare then glanced back at the creature, "I'll… see you later."

The Like-Like merely croaked in reply.

Link mounted Epona in one fluid motion and they were off, Navi trailing along behind them.

"W-wait for… me!" she huffed.

Link grinned; Ordon was just over the horizon. He could see the rocky pass that led to the bridge.

Ilia looked out from Link's tree house. She'd been waiting for her childhood friend to get back for almost the entire afternoon now. Deep down in her heart she hoped nothing was wrong. The sun had set about an hour ago and she was worried, worried that he would not come back this time.

A sigh passed from her lips. Then something glowing orange caught her eye. She narrowed her eyes to try and see the shadowy figure in better detail.

"A bulbin," she realized her voice full of dread.

Link sensed that something was wrong as soon as he entered the small clearing that served as his haven. Epona snorted, tossing her head and pawing the ground in warning to him. Link hushed her then pulled out his sword and reached with his right hand for his shield. His heart froze when he felt nothing on his back recalling the incident with the Like-Like.

Dismounting Epona, he began silently making his way around, using all his senses intently for any signs of danger. If he could've, he would've transformed into a wolf. But now that the Mirror of Twilight was destroyed and Midna gone, he'd never be able to do that again.

His pointed ears twitched at the sound of a gurgling noise. He knew that noise.

"Bulbins," he growled. Suddenly a fiery arrow whizzed past his ear and he turned only to be knocked out by a huge iron club. All went black.

NO! He wasn't about to have the story repeat itself!

Link jumped up, sword in hand. He slashed the bulbin that had hit him and quickly finished him off. He turned to the archer, dodging its arrows and finally came within his sword's reach; he soon knocked the bulbin down and killed it as well. He turned to find Ilia tied up to a tree with a cloth over her mouth. About a dozen more bulbins stood between him and his childhood friend. And it was his duty to clean up their act.

Sweey: Well, I left you guys with a cliffy! HA! :D