So, after over two years, I decided to revamp my entire fanfic. Whee~
While my old fanfic wasn't bad, my writing style has improved a lot in the last couple of years. (You have even check it out as its uploaded here :) You can feel free to read my old one but the differences between them will be big, especially in the length and detail in the two. I had to split the old first chapter into two because its so big. xD
Um, in terms of personality, this uses the basics of personality of the Links in the Four Swords manga. The setting basically in the start of Wind Waker at this point but soon enough it goes into its own story, but follows the plot of what happens in the game basically.
Please tell me if theres anything odd/wrong in it. I haven't actually checked the last parts of the chapter to see if everything was correct so go ahead and point all the mistakes out to me.
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It was a not-so-typical day on the island of Outset; it was unusually hot for the time of year. Springtime had only just begun, but the weather made it feel like it was summer. The other not-so-typical event was one that was celebrated by everyone on the island this time of year a birthday. However, that birthday would be slightly different this year than those past. This time, it would be a birthday that represented a coming-of-age. On this island, traditions were always to be upheld, whether the person in question was present or not.
A young girl of nine peered out from her house. As the day was hot, the girl wore a light blue summer dress, decorated in flowers, and, as always, had her hair tied up into two piggy tails. Her eyes wandered as she searched for something. When she had completely scanned the area, she frowned. "I wonder where he could be?"
She stepped off her porch, her face scrunched up in thought. In realisation, she clapped her hands together excitedly and rushed to the other side of the island. Outset was not a big island with the exception of the forest at the top, it takes only a short time to get from one place to another, even at a slow pace. Because of this, the girl reached her destination in less than a minute.
She had been heading toward a lookout that stood taller than most of the island itself. That was why the girl and the person she was looking for loved it. One could stand on it, see far into the distance, and imagine travelling to all the little islands one could see, and even beyond. Every day, the girl made the journey to climb the lookout . She would spend hours there, playing games involving adventure. This time, the girl peeked over at the top of the ladder before climbing the rest of the way up.
"Aha!" she said in delight. "There you are, Big Brother!"
The blonde-haired girl didn't expect her brother to reply since he was sleeping so heavily. She could easily imagine him sleeping through a thunderstorm, even out in such an uncomfortable place.
"Time to wake up, Blue!" said the girl with a grin on her face. Blue slowly opened his eyes and sat up. He could have sworn he had heard something. Yawning, he turned around to try and see what he had heard. As it looked like it was already around midday, it was no surprise that someone would climb up here. What he didn't expect was to see someone so close to his face.
"Boo!" said the girl.
Blue yelped, tumbling back in shock. "Aryll! Don't scare me like that!"
Aryll giggled. "It's your own fault for sleeping for so long. I can't believe you're still sleeping on a day like today!" She was met with a blank stare."You know this, Blue it's a very important day!"
"Don't bother me with riddles so early in the morning," Blue said, rolling his eyes. He sat himself back up again. "What am I forgetting?"
Aryll sighed. "How could you forget? It's your birthday! You were talking about it for ages!"
Blue slapped his forehead. Of course! Aryll was right, he had been mentally counting down the days for the past month or so. Birthday parties were some of the more interesting happenings on the otherwise mundane island. "I'm guessing Grandma wants to see me, huh?"
"Uh-huh!" said Aryll nodding. "She's been waiting for you all day, and she won't show me what she made until you see her. I can't wait to see what it is! Come on, Blue, let's go!" With that, she hastily climbed down the ladder. Blue watched her go for a while before standing up.
His sister was more excited about the birthday than he was. Normally he would be just as excited, but for some reason, Blue knew this was going to be a long day.
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Near Outset was a small island just out of eyeshot. It was called Headstone Island, named after a sculptured rock that took up most of the island. This rock had been a mystery to all that went near it. On close inspection, remains of a doorway could be seen behind the rock; it was likely that there was something of importance was hidden there. The main argument was "What"?
One argument said that the head was placed there to guard ruins of some sort. As everyone knew, ruins had some sort of treasure that was just begging to be taken. It would be a simple manner of destroying the rock, and the person or persons who entered the tunnel might end up finding enough treasure to become rich.
A different claim was a more recent one fuelled by the fact that odd noises have been heard coming from the rock. Perhaps the stone was there to keep some sort of monster from getting out. Otherwise this monster could be gaining power, and possibly destroy the whole world!
That was exactly what the group of people investigating the rock right now are talking about that. A girl about the age of thirteen stood on top of the rock. Beside it, was three males. Two men, and a boy. The furthest one away from the rock was a burly man about the age of thirty, who was eying the rock suspiciously. While the other man was the same age as the burly man, he was short and wore glasses. The boy was around the age of nine and had a similar hair colour as the girl. Beside the island was the ship that they came on, an old, giant pirate ship.
"Miss Tetra, I still think this is a horrible idea," said the burly man. "You've heard the rumours!"
Tetra rolled her eyes. "Come on, are you really going to trust some silly old rumour, Gonzo? I doubt some old looking rocks would be blocking anything like that. Right, Mako?"
"If it were guarding something like that," said the man with glasses, "it's not going to last much longer. I mean, just look at it."
The four looked at the rock again. It was obvious that it was meant to resemble a face, but various parts had crumbled and fallen off completely. If they weren't going to destroy it with their cannon, it would eventually be defeated by time. If it really was a seal, it was doing a lousy job.
"B-b-but," said Gonzo, looking worried, "what if there's a giant monster or a g-g-ghost?"
The other three sighed at this. Gonzo always believed the silliest rumours. "I swear, if anyone was to talk to you no one would expect you to be a pirate. You do know, Gonzo," the man with the glasses began, "if it was a ghost, a rock would do nothing. Ghosts can fly through walls."
"To be fair," said the boy, taking pity on the burly pirate, "It could mean that the magic from the rock is breaking for some reason. Maybe that means the monster is getting more powerful by the second!"
Gonzo gulped at the thought of it, while Mako just grinned. "You have been listening to too many stories. Maybe I should stop telling you any of them."
The boy looked horrified at the thought. "No, Mako! I promise I'll stop teasing Gonzo!" He turned to the big pirate. "I don't think there really is a monster behind it. If there was, the stone would look more fancier than a giant head."
"Just fancier," Mako corrected. "There's no need to add 'more' next to it, Green."
Green ignored the correction, and looked up at Tetra. She had been scanning the sky for a while now. "What's wrong?"
"I thought I saw something," Tetra said. "It might have been just a bird." She turned back to the others. "Anyway, I would like to have this rock blown up sometime today if you don't min-"
Before she could continue, a loud screech echoed across the island. Gonzo jumped back, eyeing the rock suspiciously. "You don't think the monster heard that, do you?"
"Don't be daft, Gonzo," scolded Mako. "That screech came from a bird. A very big bird."
Tetra looked up again, this time inspecting the shadow carefully. Calling it big was an understatement. It was easily the size of the pirate ship, if not bigger. It was heading towards the island and would be upon them soon.
"Whoa!" cried Green. "What do you think it's going to do?"
Mako stared up at it, squinting his eyes. "It's swooping down! I think it's going to attack the ship! Quick everyone get back to it!"
The ship's cannon was already turning around, ready to fight back if needed. However, the bird's target was not the ship. Within seconds, it had snatched Tetra up in its claws and fled. Mako quickly signaled to the ship to fire. The ball shot up into the air, hitting the bird's back. It faltered a little but continued its course.
"What are we going to do?" exclaimed Gonzo, horrified.
"What do you think?" said Green. "We're going after it!"
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"Hurry up, Blue!" whined Aryll. "We've been waiting for a couple of minutes now!"
Her grandma smiled at her. "Don't worry, dear, I'm sure he won't be too long now."
"I never take that long to change clothes," muttered Aryll sullenly. "Why should he?"
The moment Aryll and Blue had arrived home, their grandma had given Blue some clothes and instructed him to change into them to see how well they fit him. He then climbed up the ladder to his room and hadn't come down since.
"Blue!" said Aryll after some more waiting, "I want to see what your new present looks like."
Her brother peered over the overhang splitting the two rooms apart, "Are you sure these clothes aren't for Aryll?"
"Yes, dear," was the reply. "I think I can tell the difference between my grandchildren. Does this mean you're done?"
Blue grumbled to himself before climbing down the ladder. Before he had even reached the bottom, Aryll let out a giggle. "Are you wearing a dress, Blue? It's a little hot for that kind of dress!"
"It's not a dress!" snapped Blue blushing.
Aryll raised her eyebrows, expecting some sort of answer. When she didn't receive one, she let out another giggle. "Then what is it?"
"It's a tunic," said their grandmother. "It's what men used to wear in the olden days. Its traditional on this island for when boys turn thirteen they wear a tunic for a day. Strictly speaking, they really should be green, but this time because your favourite colour is blue I thought an exception was needed."
The tunic was a dark blue colour. It had short sleeves, and went down to slightly above Blue's knees. Underneath the tunic was a light blue undershirt, and white leggings. Fastened around his waist was a brown and gold belt, with a swirl pattern for the clasp. For shoes, he wore dark brown boots. To top off the look was a sock-like hat that matched the colour of the tunic. He almost looked as though he came out of a history book.
"Why do boys wear the tunics when they are thirteen, Grandma?" Aryll asked.
"It's a symbol of a child becoming an adult," their grandmother said, "From this age onwards children both male and female have a lot of responsibilities placed upon them."
Aryll stuck her tongue out at the thought. "I don't ever want to grow up!" She paused, frowning. "Though I do like presents."
"Speaking of Aryll, don't you have a present for me?" asked Blue. Aryll looked at him guiltily, shuffling her feet together.
"Well," she started, "I was waiting for the merchant to come around before your birthday, but he never showed up this month. For now, do you want my telescope? Though, you can only have it if you take good care of it!"
Blue smiled. "Alright. I am coming to the merchant's with you though, I don't want anything stupid after waiting for so long."
His sister grinned back at him and gave him thetelescope. "Let's go outside to test it out! See you later, Grandma!" With that she ran out of the house before the other two could say anything.
"Go and have fun, Blue," his grandma said. "I'll show you the rest of your presents when you get back."
Blue nodded and exited the house. Aryll sat on the porch waving towards him. "I think this will be a good enough place for now. While the lookout is the prettiest place to use the telescope, this has some good views too."
"What do you want me to look at then?" Blue said, looking out of the telescope.
Aryll rolled her eyes, "Come on, there's a lot of interesting places you can look at. Like the mail box over there."
"...The mail box?" Blue said doubtfully, "What's so interesting about it?"
"Well the mail-man has arrived," said Aryll, "You know, Quill, the Rito!"
Ritos were bird-like people from the north. If you ignored the beak on their face, they looked like ordinary people. However, Rito could take flight anytime they wanted to. When this happened, their arms turned into wings.
"That's not interesting," said Blue. "We see Quill every week or so."
"Well, do you have anything better to look at?" asked Aryll, "Hm? How about you try out zooming in at the mail box. It's almost as though you're right next to the mail box when you do that!"
Blue sighed and swallowed a snarky comment. Instead, he zoomed in the direction of the red box. "Huh?"
"Whats wrong?" asked Aryll.
"Quill is acting strange," said Blue. "He's looking up at the sky with a scared expression on his face." Both he and Aryll looked up into the sky. At first they couldn't see anything, but soon enough they saw what was scaring the Rito postman: a large bird.
"Whoa!" Aryll shouted. "I've never seen a bird that big! Wait, I think there's someone in its claws. Blue, check through the telescope!"
"Already on it," Blue said swinging the telescope in the direction of the bird. Sure enough, there was a person in clutches of the creature. Judging from what he had seen, it was a girl about his age.
"What are we going to do?" Aryll said frowning. Blue shrugged, feeling hopeless. They continued to watch anxiously as the bird flew towards the forest at the top of the island. Then, by some miracle, a cannonball flew as if out of nowhere, hitting the bird on the back.
"Where did that come from?" Blue exclaimed, turning to the direction where he thought the cannonball had come from. The sight he saw caused to him gasp in shock. A pirate ship arrived near the island, its cannon carefully following the movements of the bird. After a moment of break, another cannonball was fired.
The bird, who had also been staring in the direction of the ship, was hit square in the face. It screeched in pain, and the girl dropped out of its grasp, crashing into the forest. Aryll sighed in relief. "At least that person's safe. Though, there are monsters in there, right? Should we go and get Orca?"
Blue shook his head. "Nah, he was injured yesterday. I'll go."
Aryll's eyes widened in surprise. "You?"
"Yes, Aryll," Blue said. "Wait by the entrance of the mountain. I'm going to get a sword from Orca."
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"This is taking too long," Green said, groaning.
When Tetra came crashing down into the forest, Gonzo started arguing with the man who was controlling the cannon. When the argument looked like it was not going to finish soon, Mako tried to break it up. Even with his intervention, there was no end to the argument.
Green sat on the railings of the ship, glaring at the arguing pirates. Trust adults to start arguing at a time like this. At this rate they were going to get nowhere at all! In fact, it would be much quicker if Green himself went and got her instead.
"Hm," Green started thoughtfully. "Maybe I should go by myself."
Glancing around he noticed that no one was looking at him. It would be so easy to just slip over the rail and swim there. Judging by the distance to the island, it wouldn't take that long to swim there, and it would be quite easy. Grinning, Green slipped off his sandals, jumped off the edge and started swimming.
None of the other pirates ever noticed.
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Roughly half an hour later, Blue exited Orca's house grumbling to himself. It had taken much longer than he expected. Orca didn't need much convincing that there was trouble in the island. However, the old man wouldn't let Blue leave without having a proper practice of the sword.
"Stupid Orca," grumbled Blue. "If that girl ends up being eaten or something its all his fault."
Blue quickly walked to the entrance to the mountain. The mountain was the only way to get to the forest, albeit a long and steep way. Normally, Blue would never go up there, not only was the trip hard, in the last couple of years monsters had started to appear up there.
As he walked towards the entrance, he spotted Aryll standing there, but she was not alone. She was standing next to a kid that he had never seen before. Blue narrowed his eyes suspiciously, trying to get a better look of the boy, but he had his back turned to him. Even though he was sure he had never seen the kid before, he looked strangely familiar. Aryll peered over in Blue's direction and waved him over.
"Hey Blue!" She called, "I found someone who looks exactly like you!"
The boy finally turned around, looking curiously at Blue. "Oh wow," his double said, "You really do look like me! My name's Green, nice to meet you!"
"What," was Blue's only reply.
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