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Link has been challenged to a game of hide-and-seek by five members of the Bombers Secret Society of Justice. So far, Link has found four of the five kids he is meant to find and is now looking for the fifth one. While he is wandering around North Clock town he spots the final bomber's shadow peeking out from behind a tree. "Gotcha" Link said when he caught up to him. "Aw, you finally found me," the Bomber said.
When they returned to East clock town, the leader, Jim, said "You did it. So what's your name guy?" "My name is Link," Link said. Jim replied with "Link huh?", then added "Alright! That Skull Kid broke our rules and he's been doing all kinds of bad things lately. Starting today, he's out. I'm making Link a bomber! You guys don't mind, right?" the other Bombers replied "Right" while doing a strange dance. Jim then presented Link with a book, then went on with "This is the Bomber's Notebook. It contains the words we live by. Read it over" "Thanks," Link said. "Don't mention it" Jim replied, then added "Rules. Rule 1, Find troubled people and add their names and pictures. Only 20 people will fit in your book" Link nodded, and Jim continued. "Rule 2. Promise to help them. Mark promises with promise stickers. Never be late with fulfilling promises" "Alright" Link said. Jim then added "Rule 3. whenever you solve someone's problem, it makes you happy, so a happy sticker will be added to your book" Link nodded. "Rule 4. No Removing Stickers! Use promise stickers to keep track of people until everyone is happy" Jim said, before adding "Don't forget the rules!" "I won't" Link said. Jim replied with "Alright then. I'll teach you our secret code, Ready?" Link nodded. Each of the bombers turned around and the code was revealed to be 43125. "Alright. I will remember that" Link said, and he departed.
Although Link was able to help various people, he was disturbed by one particular girl he encountered at Romani ranch.
When Link arrived at Romani Ranch. It was the third day. He saw a mysterious girl sitting on a crate. She was shaking, had a strange look on her face, and seemed greatly traumatised by something. "Are you OK?" Link said, approaching her carefully. The girl muttered incoherently, before asking Link "Who... Who are you again?" Link found this creepy. He noted the girl in his book as "Farm-girl", he left.
After Link had reset time, and he had gotten another Powder Keg, he went over to Romani ranch to see if whatever had happened to that girl that left her so traumatised hadn't happened yet. He arrived on Milk Road he found his way blocked by a huge boulder, and a carpenter, who was trying to break the rock. He transformed into a Goron and carried a Powder Keg to the rock. Both he and the carpenter trying to break the rock ran far enough away so they won't get hurt by the blast. When the rock exploded, he turns to the Carpenter, who said "...Hey, as long as it is open to traffic, it's fine" Link then proceeded into Romani ranch.
When he arrived, he saw the girl he had seen on the third day, before he reset time, running around the area. Tatl however, was looking at something else. "L-Look" Tatl said, and Link, hearing Tatl's voice, turned to face her."The traumatic event hasn't occurred yet" Link said, watching the girl. Tatl hit Link and said, "Not the girl Link, isn't that your horse?" Link ran up to the pen and said "It is" He then walked over to the girl. She said "Hey, who are you? I'm Romani. I was given the same name as this ranch. What's your name?" Link replied with "I'm Link. Nice to meet you Romani" "Link? That's a nice name. But..." Romani said, then added "How about Grasshopper? That's the name Romani gives you" "Grasshopper? Why would she call me Grasshopper?" Link thought. Romani, almost as if she was reading his mind, said "See, you're wearing green clothes, and you patter about when you walk, just like a grasshopper. So grasshopper it is" Link then said, "What were you doing?" Romani continued with "Romani was practising... For tonight... tonight... They are coming" Link wondered briefly if the "they" that Romani was talking about were related to the state Romani was in on the final day. He became attentive again when Romani continued with "They... They come at night... every year when the carnival approaches, they come riding in a bright, shining ball, a whole lot of them come down. And then... they come to the barn" Link reckoned that they steal the cows, and Romani continued with "my older sister won't believe me... But Romani must protect the cows" and then it clicked inside Link's head. The cows and Romani were taken, and Link shuddered to think what they did to her to leave her in the state he saw her in on the final day. Link was so caught up in these thoughts that he nearly missed what Romani said next. "Her grasshopper. I'm recruiting for an assistant right now. You have a bow, won't you try?" Link nodded and said "Of course I will. If you saw what I saw, yes would be the only answer" Romani looked at Link questioningly and said, "What do you mean?" Link quickly replied with "It's too hard to explain" Romani then said "Great! Now that's the spirit grasshopper. OK then, I'm going straight into my strategy" Link nodded and focused on what Romani was going to say next. "They'll appear all over the ranch... they'll aim for that barn and approach it slowly, so hit them with arrows so they can't get in. Did you get that? And you must never leave the ranch" She then concluded with "Grasshopper! Let's practice right now. There are ten ghost-shaped balloons in the ranch, so hurry and burst them all. If you take over 2 minutes, you're out" "Alright" Link said. Romani said "The current record is 1 minute, are you ready?" and Link nodded.
Link popped all 10 balloons in record time. "52.78, that's a new record," Romani said. She then added "You two work perfectly together. I'll teach Romani's horse-calling song to you grasshopper" She then sang Epona's song, and Link copied it on his Ocarina. It is Epona's song. The song of two who are bound by trust" Romani said. She then added "When your arrow hits these, they will burst into nothing, but the real ones will keep popping up. If they get in the barn, we lose. They run away at first light of the sun, so we'll keep having to fend them off until then. Did you get all that?" Link nodded. Romani then said "The operation starts at two. I'll be waiting in the barn. Don't be late" Link, noting in his Bomber's notebook that he had taken on the job of night-time assistant, rode away on his horse.
While hunting down Zora's eggs in the pirate's fortress later that day Link found a hook-shot. Link has no idea just how important that hook-shot would be in completing this part of the Bomber's notebook.
Link arrived back at Romani's ranch, via the Song of Soaring, a bit before 2 am. He found a crate on which he could stand on to give him a better view of the ranch. He decided, although he knew how insane he would make himself look if somebody saw, decided to make conversation with the moon, "Hey buddy how's it going?" Link said to the moon. No response. "What are you doing this fine night moon?" After a few moments, Link said "Oh you've been reading the chapter of the bible on the apocalypse, ah, OK!" and when the moon didn't respond, Link, getting annoyed, said "I'm just trying to make good conversation until it's 2 am OK? Come on, there's nobody else to talk to" Link waited, having decided not to make conversation anymore with the moon, Link waited. He didn't have to wait long, however before Romani left the house. Walking up to Romani and tapping her in the shoulder, she turned around to face Link and said "It's almost time... You take care of things outside grasshopper. You have a map, watch your map carefully OK? Whatever happens, do not let them get into the barn. They'll be coming from behind the barn too so watch out. If you run out of arrows, we have crates of them near the house, so stock up when you need to" Romani then went inside the barn. Link thought of something. If "they" really were aliens, and this may be because Link has most likely one too many alien movies, but the aliens probably came from a UFO, which would have a tractor beam to beam up the cows, and Romani. So if the worst were to happen, he had a Hook-shot, and he knew the song to call Epona. So he would grab Romani and, using the Hook-shot, he would get away from the tractor beam. He would then use Epona's song to call Epona and race away with Romani, escaping from them until morning. Just as he concluded his plan, however, a red star appeared, flying around the ranch. The aliens started spawning, and Link knew what he had to do.
As Romani had predicted, the aliens immediately made for the barn. Link fired off his arrows one-by-one and struck down the aliens. Initially it was easy, however, after about half an hour, Link started noticing that a few of the aliens were going after the Arrow supplies, almost as if they knew he would be needing replenishment. He managed to keep the aliens away from the barn at the front, but they managed to partially breach out the back while Link was distracted trying to stop other aliens getting the arrows. Just as he shot another alien, he heard another noise. Turning around, he saw the aliens making off with a bunch of arrows and although Link was able to shoot them, he lost most of the arrows. Grabbing what he could, he went back to attacking the aliens.
He also discovered that some of the Aliens were snapping the arrows left behind by their fallen comrades, making it even harder to keep his arrow supplies up.
After about an hour, however, Link ran out of arrows. "Oh No," Link said, and his alarm increased when one of the aliens breached the walls of the barn. He ran towards the barn, and managed, just, to get inside before the wall was broken down completely. A UFO then appeared, and Link only just managed to bet a firm grip on Romani before the tractor beam started beaming the Cows, and both Link and Romani, towards the UFO. "Link what are we going to do?" Romani said. "Don't worry, that's what you're going to do. Leave the worrying to me" Link said, getting out his Hook-shot, he fired them at the wall of the house and managed to get both of them away from the Tractor beam. "They stole most of the arrows, so I ran out" Link explained, to which Romani replied "Alright"
"RUN!" Link said, and,m grabbing Romani's hand, he pulled her away from the barn.
"But Grasshopper, the cows" Romani said, to which Link replied "I'm sorry about the cows, but you're the more important one right now! I've seen what you become if they capture you, I won't let that happen". He then called Epona, using his Ocarina one-handed, and he clambered onto Epona, helping Romani on, while she's being very careful with her dress.
"Hold on tight Romani" Link said, and Romani obliged. Epona then took off, away from the Ranch, the Red Light in hot pursuit.
While racing down the Milk Road, Link, spotting the Red Light flying over them. It generated a few of the aliens appeared.
"Romani, do you have arrows?" Link asked as Epona suddenly stopped, to which Romani replied "I have a few"
"Good, let's get these aliens," Link said. Romani gave the arrows to Link, and he shot the aliens. He briefly climbed off Epona, so he could collect the arrows left behind. He saw the carpenter, who seemed paralysed with fear.
"Run. Make sure Romani's sister is OK, OK?" Link said as he experienced a stab of panic at the thought that Cremia was still potentially vulnerable to the aliens. The carpenter nods and runs towards Romani Ranch. Link climbed back onto Epona, and they headed back down Milk Road.
While they are racing down Milk Road, Romani asked "Grasshopper, where are we going?" to which Link replied "The town. There are a few boys I know who can help provide Protection for us. They're known as the Bomber's Secret Society of Justice, and they operate in East Clock Town"
"Oh, I've seen them around, but I haven't talked to them much. They don't tend to let girls into their little club" Romani replied.
Soon, they arrived at Termina Field. The Red Star had gone ahead of them when they had been stopped fighting the Aliens. And as it turned out, in the time it had taken them to destroy the Aliens, get the arrows, and head down, the Red Star had infested the Field with these Aliens.
"Grasshopper, what are we going to do?" Romani asked, to which Link replied "Clear out as many as we can on our path to Clock Town. Get your bow ready Romani, and take them down as we need them"
"OK," Romani said. Link ducked his head so Romani wouldn't accidentally shoot him with an arrow. Romani used eight of the ten arrows that she had to destroy the aliens impeding their path. However, as they continued passing the Aliens, Epona got more and more distressed.
"Epona, girl, calm down, calm down," Link said, patting her as they continued towards Clock Town.
However, once they arrived at the entrance to Clock Town, Epona was really shaky. And as soon as Link and Romani dismounted from Epona, she ran.
"EPONA NO!" Link yelled as Epona raced off. Weirdly, none of the aliens was chasing Epona but continued to approach Link and Romani.
"We'd better get inside," Romani said. Link nodded, grabbed Romani's hand, and they ran inside Clock Town. At about the same time, the UFO hovers menacingly above South Clock Town, seemingly knowing where Link and Romani were.
Link and Romani approach the exit to South Clock Town. But as soon as they enter the courtyard, the tractor beam activated and started pulling both Link and Romani towards the UFO. Once again, Link activated his Hookshot, and he fired it at one of the stands. As they were pulled towards the stand, Romani's hand slipped from Link's hand. Link and Romani crashed through different parts of the stands. Link pulled himself up, and saw, to what he thought was the UFO capturing Romani. Just as he started shouting Romani's name, however, he heard someone move nearby. He looked across, then ran over and started looking through the rest of the destroyed stand. After a few moments, he finds Romani, pulls her out of the wreckage, then hugs her.
"Are you OK Romani?" Link asked, to which Romani replied: "Yes, I'm OK". Link then stood up, pulled Romani up, and they started heading towards East Clock Town, shooting a couple of Aliens blocking the path.
Once again, the UFO tried to capture them using it's tractor beam. But this time, Link saw it coming, and he pulled Romani and himself away from the path of the beam. All of the aliens were sucked back up, and after several moments, Link and Romani were able to escape to East Clock Town.
"Link? What are you doing here? And who's she?" the yellow-bandana wearing Bomber said as Link and Romani ran up to them. Link then said "No time to explain, 43125, and you had better get in yourself"
"Uh, OK" the guard said, and let Link and Romani in.
Upon entry, Link and Romani slowly made their way across the passage towards the Astral Observatory.
"Where does this passage lead?" Link asked, to which the guard replied "Astral Observatory"
"Aw, I've always wanted to go there" Romani replied. They didn't get too far, however, before they discovered that the Red Light was already summoning Aliens to go after them.
"Oh come on, this thing won't give up," Link said. The guard then asked, "Do you want me to get the others?"
"Yeah, we really need more arrows" Link replied. The guard nodded, and headed through the passage, shouting out to the others. After a couple of minutes, Jim and the others returned, firing arrows at the Aliens.
"How long before sunrise?" Link asked, to which Jim replied: "We're really close". They kept firing arrows, and, soon, members of the Bombers Secret Society of Justice saw the sunrise, and the aliens immediately retreated. Once they were finished, Link and Romani headed back out to East Clock Town.
"That was close, thanks guys," Link said. Jim nodded, then said "Now, usually, we don't allow girls into the Bombers Secret Society of Justice. However, fellow Bombers, are you OK with Romani becoming a bomber?" and at this, every single Bomber except one raised their hands.
"Alright, I'm making Romani an honorary member," Jim said. Romani smiled, then said "Thanks". Link then said "Thanks for helping us out"
"No problem. Anything to help fill your book" Jim replied. Link then turned to face Romani and said "Alright. We had better get back to Romani Ranch, we can make sure Cremia's OK, she's going to be absolutely terrified about you, so we had better get you back" Link said, to which Romani replied, "Sure grasshopper".
When Link and Romani arrive in the Termina Field, they find Epona waiting for them.
"Epona, are you OK?" Link asked, placing his hand on her head, and started patting her. Romani also patted her, and Epona calmed down.
"Alright. Let's go" Link said. He and Romani climbed on board Epona, and they headed back to Romani Ranch.
When Link and Romani arrived at Romani Ranch, they dismounted from Epona, and firstly saw the Carpenter.
"Cremia's fine" the Carpenter said. Romani and Link both breathed a huge sigh of relief. Suddenly, they hear a voice scream "ROMANI!" from nearby. Looking towards the voice, they see Cremia running towards them. Romani and Cremia ran up to each other and embraced tightly.
"Thank you Link for protecting her" Cremia said. Link nodded, then said sombrely "Sorry about the cows" Cremia shook her head and said "The cows are replaceable. Romani's are not. I was so worried about Romani, but I am so glad that she is OK"
After breaking the embrace with her sister, Romani ran up to Link, and hugged him, which Link returned.
"You are so brave," she said. "Thanks" Link replied, before adding "I'll see you around then?" and Cremia and Romani said "hopefully" Link then climbed onto Epona and left.
A/N: There's a very good reason why Romani's being careful with her dress. Forget revealing her underwear, she doesn't have any underwear on to reveal.