Chapter 1: Uh-Oh
Percy's POV
The boy on his horse ran quickly through the cold, snow covered forest. Blood was evident on his side, but he seemed to ignore it. He looked behind him just as an arrow shot towards him, only to bounce off the shield under his cloak. An evil laugh pierced the forest. The boy pulled the reins of his horse, causing the chestnut mare to rear up. He jumped off and held a sword and shield in hand. A thin, masked warrior appeared from the woods and attacked, six of his own behind him. The boy put up a harsh fight, but there were too many. They soon had him on his knees on the ground, trying to fight, but they had grabbed his arms and legs and were trying to tie him up. After a few minutes, the warrior managed to defeat all of them and was on his knees, holding and leaning on his sword. His hood was no longer covering his face, revealing an elf-like boy with a scar over his right eye. His horse walked up to him and nudged him to see if he was okay.
"It's alright, Epona," he said as he turned to her. The horse gave a worried neigh in response. He stood up and used his horse for support to walk. They walked like this for nearly ten minutes before they stopped in front of a stone with a strange language engraved in it. He kneeled down as best he could to wipe snow off and get a look. He then turned to his horse.
"You think this is what Princess Zelda told us to find?" Again, the horse neighed and shook some snow off her mane. He patted her side and read aloud:
"'May the Seven make their way
To Hyrule it is where they stay
Sword of Evil's Bane and the demigods' might
Courage and Nine must destroy Demise's blight
Even if one shall not keep their life
The lost shall return with the sun's rise
Long live Romani, Gracae Olympus, and her grace Hylia!'"
The boy turned back to his horse. "What is a demigod? That sounds like nothing of Hyrule. Whatever the case, Zelda must know immediately. Ganon is sure to return if Demise has anything to do with this. If any of those Yiga Clan warriors survived, they will be looking for these 'Romani,' and 'Gracae'." He took a slab off his belt and a snapping noise was heard after he pointed it towards the stone. The moment he stood up, he almost fell over. Luckily, his horse caught him.
"Thanks."
Percy got up and out of bed. Why did he have such a strange dream? Sure, you save the world from from Big Mama Mud Pie, or Gaia, and now he had another prophecy. He did know one thing that kind of unnerved him: the Seven. The Seven were him and his demigod friends. But who were the Nine? Maybe it's us and some other people, he thought. He got out of bed and got dressed.
"Percy?" The knock at the door nearly scared his pants off, literally.
"Give me a sec!" He put his pants on all the way and went to the door, only to find Frank and Hazel there.
"You came back after a week? I didn't know you loved me that much," he joked. Frank and Hazel looked nervous. "Don't tell me; you've been having dreams about a prophecy and now Chiron wants to see all of the Seven?"
They looked surprised at his guess. "You too?" Percy nodded as Hazel continued. "You were very close. Chiron wants to see us, Reyna, and Nico sense we all had the same dream."
They walked to the big house and were greeted by Chiron and the others. Chiron handed them a cup of tea and a notepad to Rachel, the Oracle.
"Percy, explain the dream to me," the centaur asked kindly. When Percy was done, it was confirmed that all the demigods, and the Oracle, had the same dream. Rachel handed her notepad to Chiron. "Is this what he looked liked?" Chiron showed them the drawing that Rachel had made of the boy in the dream. Everyone marveled at it; it looked exactly like him. He looked 17 or 18 and he had cat-shaped eyes and platinum blond hair. He had a green tunic and pointed hat on under his cloak, chainmail under the tunic. The strangest part about him were his ears, the ears that were in the same place and look of human ears, except they were pointed.
"Aw yeah! We're getting all kinds of Lord of the Rings upin here!" Everyone looked at Leo, who gave a silly grin. After a moment of silence, Chiron sighed.
"Go get ready for a quest."
After they all got ready, they returned to the big house. "So, what now?" Everyone looked at Chiron. Nico was right, what were they supposed to do? Chiron answered after a few seconds.
"Go to sleep. You will wake up there in the morning." Everyone looked at him. Percy knew exactly who was talking.
"Zeus, why are we on another quest? And, to add, it is morning!"
"I am not the one who called for you nine," Zeus turned to Jason. "Hello son! You still feeling that slap?" Jason blushed and sheepishly nodded. "Sorry, but go by your regular schedule, and then go to sleep. Make sure you sleep in and with your gear!" Silence. "I will when I want to, woman! Sorry, you know how Hera can be. Speaking of which, I have to go." Chiron shook his head and smiled at the demigods. "Good luck!" They all stood there for a few more seconds before leaving.
"Frank, you can stay with me," Percy told the guy.
"Seaweed Brain, if we get seperated and you lose your memory again, I am going to kill you," Annabeth said before kissing him and walking away.
"Dam, this is going to be fantastic."
Link's POV
Link sat under one of the traveler overhangs to avoid the storm. He looked to Epona, his horse. She was grumpy because of the bad weather. Link had been going to Kakariko Village to talk with his little sister, Liari, about the prophecy (under Zelda's orders and his suggestion), only to be stopped by one of the most violent thunderstorms he had ever seen. He knew it was an omen; the demigods were coming. He could tell by the lightning being green. The lightning began to cease, so Link got up. As soon as he did, lightning touched down not too far away in a patch of forest. Epona whinnied nervously.
"It's okay. Let's go check to make sure no one is hurt, please?" Epona backed up a little. Link raised an eyebrow as she sheepishly lowered her head. "I'll give you a carrot once we get to a village." Epona's eyes got wide. She went over to Link, who chuckled and mounted her.
They burst into the forest, a cry of help greeting them. It sounded like a girl's, and it sounded desperate, and full of anger and sadness at the same time. He spurred Epona into a gallop, and they ran towards the screams. He did a flip off of Epona and hid behind a tree to get a good look.
Two Yiga Clan foot soldiers and a Blade Master.
The three assassins were attacking a girl and injured boy. The girl and boy had weird clothes. They both had bright orange tunics (?) and blue pants on, not to mention those weird shoes with many laces. But, they had round ears, so Link found it to be no surprise that they dressed strange. They were humans. Were demigods humans?
Link whistled to get the Yiga Clan warriors' attention. They all looked at him, and then at the humans. They then decided on Link. They all rushed at him, though only two of them managed to dodge his Mortal Draw. The one he did hit turned black and exploded into some tassel. The other foot soldier ran at him and got shield bashed and stabbed. The last one stabbed at Link, and ended up with a Hylian standing on top of his blade (Link learned something from Dark). Link decided to make it fair by not using any weapons. He bounced off the warrior's face and kicked him in the gut. Next, he punched the guy in the face and kicked him in the chest, knocking his weapon out of his hand. The last thing he did was poof him, and his Wind Cleaver, away in surrender.
Link turned to the two boy and girl were looking at him in awe. Link walked over to them. The boy protectively got in front of the girl, the girl that, in return, glared at the boy. She then drew a triangular dagger. Link simply kneeled down and took a bottle out of his pocket.
"Here," Link said as he opened the bottle. A fairy fluttered out, earning a flinch and confused expression from the humans. It flew around the boy and healed his wounds. The boy looked at Link and furrowed his eyebrows, deep in thought. Then his eyes widened.
"I-It's you! You're the guy from the prophecy dream!" Link cocked his head to the side. Prophecy dream? Could he mean the prophecy? Had he been in a dream? Link stood up and held his hand out to help them up. The girl then started to talk to him, after sheathing her dagger, of course.
"My name's Piper, and the guy over there is Jason," she said, beckoning towards the boy with the gold glasses on.
"I'm Link," he said as he shook her hand.
"So, where exactly are we, and who were those guys? Also, what was that light thing in that bottle?" Jason was the type of person that gets to know things by asking questions.
Link answered his questions without hesitation. "You are in the Kingdom of Hyrule, those people who attacked you were assassins from the Yiga Clan, and that 'light' was a fairy." They looked at him in shock. "Not to be rude, but can you answer my question? Are you normal humans, or demigods?"
Piper hesitated for a moment. "We are demigods. Do you know where our friends are? They are around the same height and wear clothes that look a lot like ours."
"No, I haven't seen them. But there is a village not too far from here that we can look for them at."
"But how will we get there? We will get sick in this weather, if not struck by lightning first." Jason gave Piper an odd look. He then shrugged it off and looked at Link expectantly.
"Watch," Link told them. He turned around and whistled. His horse burst out from behind some trees and stopped in front of Link. Epona sniffed Jason first. She snorted. He smelled like wet flowers and blood, probably from the storm and his injury. She then sniffed Piper and nudged her. She smelled like honey and sugar.
They eventually got to Kakariko Village. Piper and Jason looked around at everything, constantly asking Link questions. He didn't mind, though; he loved telling people about his home. Something felt strange to him, though. Where was Liari? She could sense his presence better than anyone, and she could read his mind. Maybe she is sleepin-
"Liari!"
Jason and Piper turned around and watched as Link fell on his knees with his sister's arms wrapped around his neck. Link had a look of annoyance on his face. Liari laughed at him and got off.
"Liari, don't do that, please? It's annoying and you could have landed on the hilt of my sword."
"Nope!" she simply responded, snickering. Link looked to Piper and Jason, who looked at each other and then at him and Liari.
Piper spoke first. "Are you two girlfriend and boyfriend?" At that, Liari started laughing so hard she had visible tears in her eyes. Link's signature, contagious, crooked smile grew wide on his face. It took all of his will power to not laugh.
"No, she's my sister." Jason busted out laughing and Piper turned the color of a volt fruit. She sent him a death glare and he shut up.
"Are we going to find our friends now?" Piper asked to change the subject. Link's sister wiped the tears from her eyes.
"These are the demigods from the prophecy, Link? I thought there were nine." She then had a look of realization on her face. "Oh! Sorry! My name's Liari!" She shook their hands. "Link can take Epona to go find them and help them, won't you Link?" she said as she kicked him in the shin.
"You say that as if I wouldn't."
"Can we come with you? They probably won't greet you the same way we did. Besides, seeing us will probably calm them down." Jason had a point, so Link thought it over. It would be useful to come back without any injuries and then have his sister kill him. Besides, there wasn't always a monster to save someone from. He also wanted them to be in a good mood so that they wouldn't kill everybody. Yeah, that would be useful.
"Alright, you can come-"
"Yes!"
"-but you will have to do as I say so that you don't get killed by monsters, or so you don't kill anyone yourselves."
They looked at each other for a moment. Then they both nodded. "Fair enough. Do we get a ride?" Jason asked.
Link looked at Liari. She had horses in the stables at Kakariko, so she would be able to help. "Alright, I'm going to give you three horses for carrying yourselves and your friends. Just take care of them, okay? I don't need to be scolded by our cousin again," she told them. Her and Link both shuddered at the mention of cousin Malon. They even had a saying for it: Mess with the horse, you get the Malon. She was nice most of the time, but she could make your legs as wobbly as a newborn foal's after one of her scoldings. That was one of the only things Link was actually scared of. Link forgot about his cousin after he thought about something.
"Liari, has any lightning touched down near here?"
"Yes. You know the wetlands that are just outside of here and close to that monster camp?" Link nodded. "I was waiting for you so I went to the shrine at the top of the village. When I did, I saw some lightning strike at the bridge close to Linebeck Island. It was green, so I think that may be where they are." Link knew exactly where that was. He turned to the demigods, and they had looks of confusion on their faces. "Well, stay here while I go get your horses," Liari said as she ran off.
"Green lightning?" he heard Jason ask.
"Yes, the lightning in Hyrule that touches down is usually green. It is usually attracted to any metal objects, but this is a very violent storm. It had been a regular afternoon, but then it started pouring randomly. Usually when that happens, it represents something important." They looked at each other with the same look again. "Lightning touched down where you were," Link told them.
"Oh," they both said at the same time.
"Alright, I'm back!" Liari came down the path with three horses. One was black with a silver mane, and a Sheikah bridle and saddle were on it and the others. Another one was a blue-grey color with a silver mane. The last one was a brown and grey, so it almost looked purple. It was, technically, a blue roan. Piper mounted the roan, who's name was Nad, and Jason mounted the black and silver horse, who was named Rup. Link tied Luni, the blue horse, to Epona's saddle.
"Good luck!" Liari shouted after them as they exited the village.
"Woah," Link heard Piper say behind him. They had just entered the meadow right outside Kakariko. It was slanted, so you could get a good look of Hyrule from there. A perfect view of Hyrule Castle and Death Mountain was what greeted them, despite the rain. Link looked behind him. Jason's mouth was wide open and Piper's eyes were the size of shields. Link smiled.
"That's Hyrule Castle, and that big volcano is Death Mountain. Over near there is Akkala. We'll probably go there to find your friends at some point," he said as they turned to him. He remembered the first time he saw Hyrule. He had been so fascinated with it, and had wanted to scout every inch of the place for adventure.
"Have you ever been to the castle?" Jason asked. He had a sparkle in his eyes, the kind of sparkle you get when you see something so beautiful it's intrancing.
"Yes, I was born there to a family of the Royal Guard. I'm actually good friends with the princess, and a knight." They stared at him with wonder, even though he hadn't told them the full truth. He wasn't just a knight, he was the most important champion other than Zelda. The Hylian Champion.
Jason shook his head. "What is the princess's name?"
"Princess Zelda."
Piper looked at Link and then the castle. "How old are you?"
"17, why?"
"How are you so skilled with a sword and high-ranked at that age?
"Well, I started sword fighting at a young age."
"Oh. Also, what's with the symbol on your glove?" Uh-oh. They mentioned the Triforce of Courage. Link knew he couldn't lie to them, but he had to. They deserved to know, but it wasn't his right to do that.
"Well, it's a symbol only Hyrule Knights have."He felt a little bad about not telling the full truth, but it wasn't like it was his decision. No, that was up to Zelda or the King.
Link noticed they were close to the bridge. Just as he was about to step on it, a whisper caught his ears.
"Shush, it could be a monster."
Link stopped Epona and Lunarin. He turned around to Piper and Jason, who looked confused. He pointed down and then they understood. They all got off their horses, Link behind them so he didn't get turned into a Rinku Kabob.
"Percy?" Jason asked as they turned.
"Wait-Jason?" a different voice asked. Four demigods where under the bridge holding weapons, two of them wearing the same clothes as Jason and Piper, including the boy that had talked. He had messy black hair and sea green eyes. The girl next to him had blonde hair and grey eyes. She held a bone dagger while he held a bronze sword. Next to them were demigods wearing the same clothes, except they wore purple instead of orange. The girl in purple had dark skin and gold, amber eyes, a gold sword was gripped in her right hand. The biggest out of all of them was a boy in purple who had some muscles and a slightly babyish face. Unlike the others, he had a bow and arrow. The sea green eyed one paled as he looked at Link.
"Jason, Piper, I need you to walk towards me very slowly. Do not make any sudden movements."
They both paled. "Is there a monster behind us, Percy?" Piper asked slowly.
Percy turned his attention to Link, who knew he thought he was a monster. "Do not eat us, we not food. Go tell buddies," he said as if he were talking to a dog. He motioned every word with his hands as best he could. Link crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, no! Link's not a monster!" Jason yelled before they could do any damage. Percy and the others raised an eyebrow.
"But he isn't even human! Not to mention the weird clothes."
"No, I'm not a human, but that doesn't make me a monster. Also, these clothes are the farthest thing from weird," Link told them. "Besides, monsters look nothing close to me." All of them looked at him in confusion.
"You speak English?!" the blonde one asked. Link nodded slowly with a confused expression.
The amber-eyed one came to first. "You're the boy from the dream!"
"Yes, and I guess that's my name now."
The biggest one looked scared as he looked Link up and down. "What exactly are you, an elf?"
Link didn't know what an elf was. "I'm a Hylian, not an elf."
"Hmm," the blonde only made that sound as she circled Link. "I'm starting to think that this is a prank set up by the gods," she said. She touched Link's ear gently and then yanked it.
"Yeow!" He hissed and glared at her as he rubbed his ear. She had a surprised expression and then shook her head.
"Those ears are on pretty tight. Take them off, now," she commanded. She went to grab Link's ears again, but was interrupted by him making a number two sign and putting it right in front of her eyes.
"I am a Hylian. These ears are not fake and they can bleed. I need them for hearing and I would enjoy if we could keep them attached to my body. You are in the Kingdom of Hyrule and I would start realizing that instead of being stubborn to the point you hurt yourself."
She huffed. Percy snickered at her. "Oh come on Annabeth, your supposed to be the smart one!" She glared at him and he shut up with a smirk.
Annabeth was about to say something else, probably to Link, but a horse got in between the two. It was Epona. Next to her was an intrigued Luni, who's eyes switched between the horse and the confused demigod. Link facepalmed. Epona could be protective over him sometimes, and now was one of those times. Percy's facial expression changed from confused to angry in a few seconds.
"Oh, don't use that attitude with me!" he yelled. Link tapped Epona. Said horse turned her head around with a pouty look.
"Epona, she was not going to hurt me."
"I know, but she still isn't touching you or I'll hurt her."
"Epona, you shouldn't hurt people. You want your carrot later, or not?"
"Fine."
"You also talk to horses?" Link looked at Percy.
"'Also?'"
"Well, yeah. I'm a son of the guy who created horses where I'm from, so I can talk to them. But, let's start over. I'm Percy Jackson, the girl is Annabeth, the guy is Frank, and the other girl is Hazel."
"I'm Link, and the horse is Epona."
Percy stopped. "That's it?"
"What?"
"Well, you're dressed in er- new- clothes and you have a fancy sword. I was expecting a longer title. Does 'Link' stand for 'Lincoln'?" Percy asked.
"Number one, Link is my name in your language. And two, the sword isn't meant to just look fancy."
"Alright, I'm going to draw the line here. Link is a good person. He saved us from some of those warriors from that dream and healed Jason sense he was wounded. He can take us to a village where we will be safe, and we can go look for the others, alright?" Piper told them.
"Yeah, I'm with Piper on this one," Hazel said as she walked and stood next to Piper.
"Diddo," Frank agreed as he did the same.
"I like the guy so far, so I agree." Percy did the same as the others and stood next to Piper.
Everyone looked at Annabeth. "Alright, fine. But remember, I don't have to like him."
Link untied Luni and handed the reins to Percy. They all partnered up onto horses, Link being the only one alone. He liked being alone on Epona. They all marveled at Hyrule, something he would never get tired of, no matter what. Annabeth had sparkle in her eyes as she gazed at Hyrule Castle.
"Is that a castle?" she asked.
"Yes, that's Hyrule Castle."
Percy chuckled from behind Annabeth. "She is always going to be fascinated with architecture."
Annabeth sent him a glare. "And you with your fantasy of a surfing diploma?" she asked sarcastically.
Percy turned towards Link, some of the calmed down rain trickling down his face. "I don't mean to sound rude, but why are your ears pointed?" Annabeth nodded at the question:
"Is it a cosmetic decision, or . . . a birth defect?"
"No, it's just what my kind look like. It's so we can hear things even animals can't."
Percy had a bright look on his face, and Link could have sworn he saw a lightbulb. "Can you hear . . . this?" He took a whistle out of his pocket and was about to blow, but was stopped by Link.
"Please don't use the dog whistle. Yes, I can hear them, and it is painful." Ravio, his counterpart who was like a brother to him, had gotten one and used it. Both of them had heard it and had sworn to never use it again. He had to remember to visit the guy currently visiting Hyrule Castle about the prophecy. The poor merchant had nightmares about how he was involved, and Link hadn't been able to visit.
"What is that?!" Frank asked. Link followed his gaze to a bunch of little orange, pig like beasts. He almost smirked at the fact he was afraid of it.
"You mean the bokoblins? They aren't really a threat, so we don't have to fight them-"
"Bokoblins?" Hazel asked in a tone between confusion and disinterest. "Why would someone name a monster a bokoblin? No offense, but it is a pretty stupid name."
"Yeah, well, I don't know who named them. Let's just say, they are even more dumb than their name."
"I find that very hard to believe," Jason said as he looked at them.
"Oh, just watch," he told them as he pulled out his bow and notched an arrow. They were all surprised at where he got it, but they watched him. Link released the arrow. It found its mark next to a bokoblin, a very stupid one that picked up an explosive barrel and threw it in the direction it had come. Unfortunately, that direction was were its friends were sitting. The barrel landed and startled one that was holding an ax. It, in shock, threw the ax that hit another one upside the head. That one fell over and all of the bokoblins fell down like a bunch of stupid, ugly dominoes. The one that had once possessed the ax got up and stomped over to the one that had picked up the barrel. He grabbed a club on his way, and used it to whop the other upside the head, followed by a bunch of shouting and snorts. In between scolding his friend, he would hit him upside the head again.
All of the demigods busted out laughing, while Link snickered. All of the bokoblins turned to look at the group. The biggest one, Stupid-With-a-Club, let out a noise that was like if a pig had let out a battle cry. Link raised an eyebrow as all of them started running towards them, a few of them tripping due to the rain. All of the demigods tensed, and their hands wandered to their weapons.
"Run?" Piper asked.
"Yeah, they aren't really a threat," he replied.
All of the demigods took off, some looking back to see the bokoblins jumping up in victory. They all slowed down into a trot as they got on the narrow path that was to Kakariko Village.
"I think you were right, Link," Jason told the Hylian.
"Definitely," both Annabeth and Percy agreed.
"Who, or what, in their right mind would throw something that can explode in the direction of its friends?" Piper stopped for a moment. "It was pretty funny though," she added.
"I don't know what the thing that created them was thinking. Talk about a face and stupid only a mother could love," Percy replied.
"Is that the village?" Annabeth asked, the light of lanterns reflecting off of her grey eyes. They all looked ahead at the village. Frank looked more surprised than the others.
"It looks like it came from Japan," he muttered. Link decided Japan must be a place at their home. "What's it called?"
"Kakariko Village," he said as he hopped off Epona, along with the others.
"Who's that?"
Link saw Liari walking down the steps of the house that she lived in when Lady Impa is gone. "Oh, that's just my sister, Liari." She ran towards them, a smile on her face. "Liari, what did you destroy?"
"Pft, oh don't even! I didn't destroy anything, thank you very much," she stopped and looked at the demigods. "Greetings, I'm Liari. By the way, we might have a way to find your other friends."
"How did you-"
"Relax, Jason and Piper here already told us about your other friends," Liari told Annabeth, who had looked ready to attack.
"Where this time?" Link asked.
"I didn't get a clear look of it, but I'm pretty sure it's Akkala."
"Can someone please explain to me what is happening here?" Percy interrupted.
"Lightning has touched down in the places we found you, and your friends. Akkala is a region here in Hyrule."
"Oh. Something actually makes sense in my life for once."
"Anyway, the rest of your friends are there, probably," he told the demigod.
"Can I come?"
Link looked at Liari, and then the other demigods. They looked like they wanted to go, but it was pretty easily read that he should go. "Ok, but you have to do as I say so you don't get killed."
"Dude, I'm pretty sure nothing can kill me now. Besides, if anything wants to try, it might be a few months till they get to the front of the line."
What is a "dude," Link wondered.
They got ready in five seconds and were off. Link and Percy's horses trotted next to each other, both riders holding two horses. They soon got to the split in the road that lead to either Zora's Domain or Eldin.
"Is that some kind of monument?" Percy asked. Link saw that he was looking at the Lanayru Tower.
"Sort of. It was created thousands of years ago. It has only been used twice, and hopefully, it will stay that way." He didn't want to tell him why, or how he knew. It hurt just thinking about it.
"What do you mean? Is it, like, I donna know, evil?"
"No, it was just used during a bad time. It's now only a marker to show what region you're in. Right now, we're in the Lanayru region of Hyrule."
"And what's that?" he asked, pointing at a sapphire and luminous stone arch that was at the beginning of a small bridge.
"That's the start of the path to Zora's Domain."
"'Zora?'"
"My kind, the Hylians, aren't the only race in Hyrule. The Zora are one of the other races here. They take care of all the bodies of water in Hyrule. Just be prepared to see them, because they don't look anything like Hylians." Link explained to him more about the Zoras for the rest of the way.
"Oh. My. Gods," Percy breathed. They had made it to Akkala! Link always thought it was pretty; always looking like autumn. Epona neighed happily. She seemed to always favor the place more than others. Percy then shook his head. "Where could they possibly be? There is no way we'll way find them when this place is so big!"
"It's okay. I think I have a good idea of where they are," Link assured the stressed demigod.
"How?"
"I'm a special boy," Link replied as he pointed at a path of stomped shrubs and foot prints.
Percy smirked. "I like you even more now!"
They followed the path cautiously, Link having to keep Percy from "gracefully," getting clothes-lined by trees twice. As they got closer, Link realized exactly where they were going.
"We're going to have to be careful from here on out."
"Why?" Percy asked.
"We're coming up on a ravine," he replied. "And I think you should go first."
"What?! Why?!"
"Because they won't try to make you fall in a ravine considering you're a familiar face."
"Good point."
They switched places, Percy continuing straight forward. Link and Percy stopped once the path got to the ravine. Link told Epona to make sure the other horses didn't wander off, and she, of course, obeyed. Link followed after Percy, who was already ahead of him.
"Gah! Oh. Hi Percy," a human that Link knew hadn't been there the moment before said, lowering his black sword from Percy's unfazed face.
"Huh. So you were right Nico; it was him," a girl said, coming out from behind a rock. She had white and purple clothes, gold armor, and a cloak on. Her eyes were the color of "Nico's," sword, and her braided hair was almost the same color. Her skin was tan, and in her right hand was a gold spear. On her belt was the backup weapon of a gold dagger. She then settled her eyes on Link, eyes that turned into a cold glare. "Percy, get behind Nico. I don't want to skewer you."
Percy raised an eyebrow. "Reyna, Link isn't an enemy. The spear isn't really helping with that though. Put it down so we don't kill each other. Please?"
"Fine." She put here spear on her back.
"Nico-"
"Alright, alright. Fine," he mumbled as sheathed his sword.
"Now, who are we missing?" Percy asked putting a hand on his chin.
"EAT FIRE!" A figure yelled. The figure was what looked like a human, except on fire. It ran at Link, who gave an uninterested step back.
". . . Leo. I should've thought about that. Anyway, stop trying to kill innocent people! It's not good for you," Percy fussed.
"B-but he . . ." The figure was no longer on fire, and instead was a boy. He had tan skin and dark brown hair and eyes. His ears were slightly pointed, but definitely not that of a Hylian's. He wore a white shirt with suspenders, and a belt with a bunch of pouches that held up his khaki pants. He also had short boots on. Link guessed he was 15 or early 16.
"'He' what?"
"He was gonna hurt you," he replied.
"What? No, Link wouldn't hurt me. He didn't even have his sword unsheathed."
"Well," the girl Reyna put in, "he didn't make a sound behind you. It seemed like he was sneaking up on you, and he looks like he could manage fine without a sword."
Percy turned around to look at Link. "I've been meaning to talk to you about that. How do you not make any noise? I didn't even know you were behind me until she mentioned it."
"I have my ways," the Hylian shrugged.
"¿Eres un elfo? Parece que viniste del Señor de los Anillos. ¿Qué pasa con tus ojos? ¿Puedo mirar tu espada?" Leo blurted excitedly.
"No, no soy un elfo, soy un Hylian. Vengo de Hyrule. No hay nada malo en mis ojos, y mi espada es peligrosa, por no decir letal. Antes de que preguntes, puedo hablar inglés y español."
They all looked at Link in shock.
"I thought you only spoke English!" Percy shouted.
"Yeah, I speak numerous languages. Spanish and English are two of the most common languages spoken in Hyrule."
"So that's the name of this place," Reyna said. She turned towards Link. "I'm going to go on a limb here and say that your kind are the natives to this land, huh?"
"One of the native kinds to this land, technically, but you are not wrong."
"Where exactly are we in this 'Hyrule' place? It looks like the middle of autumn here," Nico, Link recalled, asked.
"Akkala," he replied simply.
"Oh, yay! Last time I checked, Greek mythology, nor anywhere, has anything called Akkala or Hyrule! You know life just loves us!"
Link looked a Leo and cocked his head to the side.
"Link, are you a soldier?" Reyna asked.
Link nodded.
She slightly narrowed her eyes in thought. "What rank?"
He had hoped nobody would ask that question. "Captain of the Imperial Royal Guard of Hyrule, and a Champion of Hyrule."
She looked shocked for a moment, but then seemed to shake it off. "Do you know why we are here and who called us?"
"The reason why you are here would be the prophecy-if I'm not mistaken. And as for who called you here, I have a feeling of who did, but I don't have the authority to tell you who."
"O-Oh! I recognize you from that dream! Remember that dream you guys! Remember?" Leo interrupted.
Nico put a hand on his chin and started to circle Link. "Now that you mention it . . ." He then had a look of realization and spoke, "In that dream you were hurt. How did you get out of there alive?"
"A fairy," Link replied. Everyone gave him an odd look.
"Oh so you aren't from Lord of the Rings. No, you're from Peter Pan," Leo said.
Link heard something as Percy started to fuss at Leo. It sounded like a low whistling sound, and it sounded very close. He then knew what it was and jumped in front of the demigods, pulling out his shield at a blinding speed. Not even a second later, an arrow splintered and bounced of his Hylian Shield from the impact.
"What the Hades?!" Leo cursed.
"Leo!" Nico fussed.
"You guys need to get out of here, now," Link told them.
"What?! No way we are leaving you here alone!" Percy argued.
"Percy, this is my job. I know how to fight Yiga Clan warriors better than anyone."
"Were they the people in the dream?" Reyna asked.
"Yes, but you guys should head back. I'll catch up with you when I can."
"How will we know where to go without a guide?" Percy asked.
Link whistled and Epona came running. She looked at Reyna and dipped her head. "Epona, you're going to have to lead them back. Take them as fast as you can, okay?" The horse seemed to realize what that meant, but she still nodded. She neighed and all three other horses came running. Link gave her a look that told her to let someone ride her. She rolled her eyes, but she still went up to Reyna and nudged her. The demigod mounted the horse and all of them raced for the path away, Percy giving him one last look.
Link unsheathed the Master Sword and closed his eyes, listening for them. He heard a quick, yet quiet, noise. Link open his eyes and parried a strike from a demon carver. Got slightly annoyed by the fact that there were five Yiga clan members, two of which being Blademasters. Link used a spin attack (he didn't use it often) and disposed of all but a Blade Master and a Foot Soldier. Both attacked at fast speeds, but Link was prepared. He felt a sickle graze his shoulder, not a deep wound, but more like a cut. He used a helm splitter on the Foot Soldier, and kicked the last one standing in the face so hard his mask cracked. He exploded into tassels.
A yell was heard from the forest outside the ravine. Link turned his head and understood what the Yiga Clan was trying to do. He put away his sword and shield in order to hold his bow. He ran as quickly as he could to get to the yell. He hid behind a rock and nocked an arrow. He looked to see the demigods trying to fight three Blademasters. Nico was on one knee, trying to get out of sword lock with one. He looked tired.
Leo had a bad looking cut on his side, his moves getting more sluggish with each fireball. Reyna was trying to get to Nico while Percy was fighting one that was trying to kill him and Reyna.
Nico first, then Leo.
"Not today!" Link shouted.
The one trying to get Nico turned his head just in time to see an arrow in there shoulder. Nico took that time to slash and stab the Blade Master. It exploded into tassels. Nico nodded in Link's direction and ran to go help Leo.
Link shot an arrow into a tree to distract the one attacking Leo. Nico and him teamed up and made the warrior explode into tassels. Nico caught a giggling and injured Leo. Link got out of his spot put his bow away. The Blade Master attacking Reyna and Percy had his sword raised above both, Percy and Reyna weaponless. Link took out his shield and went behind him.
BONK!
The moment his shield and the head of the Blade Master met, it exploded into tassel. Link helped Percy and Reyna up.
"Dude, if you hadn't been there we-," Percy started.
"Guys," Nico said. Everyone turned to see him on the ground with an unconscious Leo. Part of his shirt was ripped, revealing a bloody wound. Leo was still breathing, but each breath was shaky.
Percy turned to Link. "Can't you heal him?"
Link knew that he had no more fairies. "Not here. We need to get him to the village, quickly."
Percy nodded. "Let him ride with you."
Link gently picked Leo up, bridal style. He got on top of Epona and held Leo in one arm, Epona's reins in his other hand. Everyone was on there horses, so Link spurred Epona. Link didn't have to watch the path; Epona knew the way. They made it to Kakariko in no time. All the demigods and Liari came to greet them, but surprise and worries replaced that.
"I'll go get a fairy!" Liari shouted as she turned back.
Link kept Leo propped up on the ground. "What happened?" Hazel asked.
"We were attacked. Leo got hurt," Percy replied.
"You didn't protect him?!" Annabeth asked, turning to Link.
"We were near a ravine. Link made us leave so that we didn't fall and die. We were ambushed by people we didn't even know were there. We would've all died if he hadn't gotten there in time," Reyna countered.
Leo groaned, earning everyone's attention. "Hang in there, McShizzle," Jason said. Leo had a pained smile on his face.
"I'm back!" Liari said as she ran towards them. She popped the cork off the bottle, causing a fairy to fly out. It circled Leo, making his wound heal and his shirt to fix itself. All the blood on Link and Leo seemed to evaporate. Leo opened his eyes and looked at Link.
"Still alive!" He shouted as he sat up. Everyone, except for Link and Liari, pulled him into a hug. Link and Liari chuckled as they watched the demigod trying to squirm away. When the hug was over, Frank looked at Link:
"What do we do now?" He asked, all the others looking at Link.
"You guys need to get some rest," Link said as they entered the house. "Tomorrow, we head for Hyrule Castle."
