Hello! So, here I am, with a story on Spirit Tracks... I use EXACTLY what is said in the game, along with some of my own text...
Soooo yeah!
Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend Of Zelda. If I did, my heart would explode with joy.
Word count: 2,675
CHAPTER 1 – Where are my cheerios!?
INTRO
This is a tale from long ago. It's the tale of the first settlers of this land. But that era of peace soon came to an end. The spirits of good has no With their remaining power, they buried the Demon King's spirit in the ground. With their power drained, the spirits of good returned to the heavens.
In the beginning, the people followed the spirits of good and all was peaceful.
The evil Demon King rose to power, destroying everything in his path.
The war that ensued seemed to last an eternity, and much blood was shed.
Finally the spirits subdued the Demon King, though they could not destroy him.
Their powers were greatly depleted.
They built shackles to imprison him, and a tower that acted as a lock.
These shackles cover the land to this day.
Suddenly bereft of both demons and spirits, this land was entrusted to us.
"Well? Do I know how to tell a story or what?" The old dude called 'NIKOOOO' as he calls himself (?) said "I call it 'spirits and demons...at war! I only do this show once a year, you know! It's a blasted masterpiece! A...a...a blasterpiece!
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Link snored.
"What's this? You fell asleep during my magnum opus?"
"Sorry you lost me at 'This'" Link said
"I can't believe this! You know, Link... A lot of people would love to be in your position.
"Wanna bet? I give you 50 rupees if so." Link betted (?)
"As my roommate, you get to see my work for free!"
"Are you deaf? I just offered you 50 rupees!" Link shouted
"Plus, I'm not getting any younger here."
"OK then, I take that as a yes."
"This story might be the only thing that proves I existed. Can't you play attention for one minute..."
"No."
"And listen to an old man's final creation? Are you listening to me Link?"
"Sort of..."
"OK, OK, I can take a hint. Sorry for boring you."
"THANK YOU!"
"Look, here comes your mentor. Hello there, Alfonzo!"
Alfonzo walked in wearing some head scarf with a bird on and a very inappropriate top showin off his blue tattoo. "Why are you still here Link?" He demanded. "Come on now, wipe the sleep out of your eyes!" He picked link up and shook him! "Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!" Link would have probably made a very sarcastic remark, but his eyes were too busy swirling round in circles. "Today is a very important day, you know!" Alfonzo continued. "It's your audience with the princess!"
"WHAT?!" Link scremed, his eyes had magically stopped swirling.
"Don't tell me you forgot!"
"Um... That would be a lie though..."
"You won't amount to much if you don't pay attention."
Link's eyes decided to swirl again.
"Don't you want your engineer's certificate?"
"Not particularly, no." Link yawned.
"Well, the graduation ceremony is at the castle."
" I JUST SAID NO!"
"Princess Zelda herself is going to do the honours!"
"You just said that!"
"I'm heading to the station now, so meet me there." Remember, the station is up the road. Don't get lost!"
"How could I get lost?!" Link asked, "I can see it out the window!"
"Got it?"
"Well I..."
"Good! Then get a move on! See you later, Niko!"
"That's NIKOOOOO to you!" Niko shouted. "Now Link, Today is the day you graduate from apprentice to official engineer."
"You don't say." Said Link, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Anyway is that even legal? To make a 12 year old kid an engineer?"
"Its quite an honour, so you mustn't be late." Niko warned. "Use the stylus to touch where you want to go. It's as easy as that!"
"Um, Niko..." Link began "What the heck is a stylus?!"
"THATS NIKOOOO!" Niko shouted. "And erm (Cough) I have no idea... To talk to someone or use an object, just tap what you're interested in!"
"Tap?"
"Now, off to the castle with you! Scoot!"
"Pssh well BYE then." Link said and ran out the house. As he got outside, a big sign appeared above his head saying 'Outset Village' But Link ignored it. He carried on wuntil an annoying girl called SALLY shouted "Heyy! Link! Over here!" Sally had a MASSIVE crush on link and said in her diary that she wanted to marry him. "Hey, Link! I thought you'd never come over!"
"What? I was 3 seconds!"
"To chat, just tap the person you want to talk to."
"I KNOW!"
"Wait a second! There are a bunch of rocks in front of the house!"
"You mean you didn't notice them before?"
"Somebody must have been up to no good and piled them up! Hey you look like you've got some free time on your hands, Link. Instead of just standing there, could you move those rocks?
"NoIhavegottoseetheprincessan dIhavetogonowsobyeee!" Link said and ran towards the train.
"Do you understand the significance of today? In order to become a train engineer in this kingdom, you must have an audience with the princess." Alfonzo stated.
"Yes, I know." Link grumbled. "That's like, the 3rd time I've been told that in the last minute!"
"If she grants you her permission, you can finally operate a train by herself." Continued Alfonzo. I think he might be deaf too.
"What if she says 'no'" Questioned Link.
"Err... Now hope aboard! We're going to the castle!"
"You don't say..."
"Good! Then let's get going!" Despite the exclamation marks, Alfonzo did not shout this or say it with excitement, he just carried on shaking his hand and looking moody. AAANNYWAAY...
"Oh, but one last thing. You're going to drive the train to get us there!"
"WHAT!" Shouted Link, "WHAT?!"
"Call it your final exam! Don't look so worried – it'll be a piece of cake." Alfonzo said.
"WORRIED? I'M ANGRY MAN!"
"You need to get us to the castle in 300 seconds," Alfonzo continued. "Right now, we're here in Outset Village."
"You think I don't know what my own hometown that I've lived on for 12 years is called?"
"And our destination, Hyrule Castle, is right here!"
"Where?" Link said, but then a magic floating map appeared with a MASSIVE arrow on it. "Oh."
"There are lots of other trains on the tracks, so be careful not to hit them. The tracks you can drive on are green. The grey ones are off-limits. So think you got it?"
"Yeah, suppose."
"I like your confidence! I'll remind you how to operate the train on our way there. So hop aboard!"
Link jumped onto the train, accidentally shouting "HA!" before setting off. Alfonzo said some very obvious and annoying things that Link had known for 8 years, like "This is the gearbox" Did he really think Link didn't know that? It was pretty obvious anyway... And he obviouslt thinks Link is blind too, since he told him about some pig thing on the tracks when it was so obvious! When they finally arrived at the town, Link was sure he heard someone shout "WHERE ARE MY CHEERIOS? I HATE COCO POPS!" But he wasn't sure. Anyway.
"You got us to castle town! And you know what else? You look good handling a train! That's the surest sign you're going to make a great engineer. Now just head to the castle for your graduation ceremony." Alfonzo congratulated Link. "It's to the north. You can't miss it. Good luck now!"
Link stopped being happy and became angry again because Alfonzo was saying obvious nonsense, of course he could see the castle! So, Link started to walk towards the castle, only to be scared by a man with blue hair and a pointy beard. He got so scared he started to run. But at least he wasn't scarred for life by Bob, as we will call the blue-haired beauty, however he WAS scarred for life by the 'postman' who thought he was a train?
"Hey, hey , howdy, mister!"
Ok then, a train cowboy.
"Me? Oh I'm no good at long-winded introductions. I'm just an average guy who works at the postman gig to get by. You can call me Postman, All my friends do. Now that you know my name..."
"Wait, your actual NAME is Postman?" Link was very very confused.
"...Next time I see you, don't be shy! Say hello!"
"NO, you're weird."
"Speaking of names, you're Link right?
"AAAH! HOW THW HELL DID YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" Link was very scared now.
"I've got a letter for you, so I'll just jump right in and read it aloud."
"What! Ohhhh no you don't, that might be from my Granny Gertrude! And she always gives me money!"
"Oh, wait. That's the way we USED to do things. But no more! Apparently, some folks thought our reading out their letters out loud was rude."
"SOME folks?"
"So now out policy is to hand-deliver the post unopened. Here you go!"
Link took the letter and a weird DUH NU NU NUUUUU sound came out of the speakers in the postman's hat, and Link was forced to do a stupid pose.
"OK, I've delivered your post safely to you! Well, my work seems to be done here, so I'll be off. See you around!" CHOO CHOO CHOO CHOO
Link was now scarred for life. He RAN into the castle. But there was a really fat guy blocking his path! Oh no! "What is it, kid? We're kind of busy protecting Hyrule Castle right now. If you've got no business here, I suggest you scram!"
"Um, well, FYI, I'm here for a ceremony, So In Your Face!"
"What's that? You're here for the engineer graduation ceremony?"
"Yes Sir!" Link said with mock respect.
"Ah, I'd completely forgotten that today was the graduation ceremony. Huh, I didn't know they gave engineers' certificates to little kids like you..."
"Neither did I!" Link agreed... when suddenly...
"WHERE ARE MY CHERIOOOSSSSS?"
Yep, he had definitely heard it this time.
The guard, who was probably deaf, like everyone else, continued, "I guess times are a-changing. Well, go on in."
"Thanks, Mario wannabe!" Link laughed and ran through... BUT... there was a tall thin reedy wimp dude blocking the stairs! Dun Dun DUUUUUN!
"The princess's throne room is up these stai..."
"I WANT MY CHEERIOS NOW!"
"rs. Only invited guests are allowed in. What that means for you is... GET LOST!"
"Oh, you're NICE!" Link retorted.
Just then, a random THING that looked very evil and had 2 hats and a very messed up moustache and a FANG! Came along. "What's all this commotion?"
"Oh, good day, Chancellor Cole. Apologies for the disturbance." Said the guard, now sucking up to the evil fang dude. "This boy says he's come to save the princess!"
"Um, hello... I ha.."
"DAAADDYYYYY! GET ME MY CHEERIOS NOW!"
"ve." Link finished.
"Is that so? You're here for the graduation ceremony? But you're so young. What a waste of resources..."
"I AM NOT A WASTE YOU EVIL FANG DUDE!"
"The spirit tracks are vanishing... Yet the prince..."
"DDDDDAAAAADDDDYYYYYYYY! I WANT SOME CHEERIOS NOOOWWWW!"
"YES MY DARLING RIGHT AWAY!" Came a very nervous sounding voice.
"ss insists on performing these ridiculous ceremonies." The messed-up moustache complained. "Well, come along boy. We must get you to your ceremony! Follow me! Don't just stand there drooling, Private! Move aside!"
"Yes, sir" The suck-up sucked-up.
Link followed the freak up the stairs to see a massive window with Tetra on it and the biggest throne in the world! Oh yeah, and Zelda. She smiled a lot... Link lifted his head and-
"Raising your head without permission? You ill-mannered urchin!" Evil fang dude shouted.
"Shut up, Cole, you evil man, you didn't get me any cheerios!" The princess scremed.
"No," She continued , her voice softening "Don't pay any attention to Chancellor Cole. You must be the new engineer. What's your name?"
"Link!"
"Oh, Link is a wonderful name! Well, Link by the power vested in me, I herby proclaim you... my official cheerio server! Ho hum, not really, unless you want to, but..."
"We're wasting our time here, Your Highness! Please just hurry up and finish this foolish ceremony!"
"GRRRR!" The princess grrred. "...Very well, Chancellor." Just then a really freaky dude with a Mohican came by. "Thank you, Teacher." She said. "I hereby recognise our newest royal engineer...Link! Work hard, for we all rely on you, Link." Just then the weird DUH NUH NUH NUUUUUUH sound came again. "Shh, take this. No! Don't say a word now. Read this late...and beware of the chanceller!" Zelda said, handing him a letter she must have secretly written during the ceremony, because it said 'Dear Link' and she didn't even know his name before! DUN DUN DUUUUN!
"The ceremony's over, so I suggest you move along. Why don't you go... polish your train or something. Not that it matters much. The thing will be useless before long..." Just then EVIL music played, suggesting that freaky fang was the baddie! GASP! Link read the letter, and sneaked up to Zelda's room. DOUBLE GASP!
As he entered, Zelda was playing 'The cheerio's song' on her flue. "I'm so glad you made it, Link! Did any of the guards see you on the way here?"
"Meh, I dunno."
"Really... Well Link, I'm hoping you can help me. You see, I really want some cheerios but I can't get any! Will you go and get some and then come back?" She shoved him out the door.
Link returned with the cheerios, which Zelda ate in 3 seconds.
"Now. I have a favour to ask of you, Link. As you know, the Tower if Spirits has protected our kingdom for ages. The tower connects all the spirit tracks that criss-cross the land. However, for some reason, they seen to be vanishing from everywhere. Something must have happened at the tower to cause all this. I must go there to investigate. So, Link.. Would you please take me to the TOWER OF SPIRITS?" She shouted the Tower of Spirits part, because she felt like it. "I've heard tales of a wise one who guards our land and lives in the tower. Perhaps she might be able to shed some light on what's happening, and also buy me a big family pack of cheerios! Chancellor Cole forbids me from leaving the castle due to "safety concerns". I think he just doesn't want me going to the tower, though."
"Mm-hmm..." Link said, playing with a fly. Where he found the fly, I don't know, but Zelda killed it. "HEY!" Link shouted.
"What? It was annoying." Zelda stated. "Now, as I was saying... But why? It's clear he's hiding something... I have the feeling something terrible is about to happen! Like, I don't know, my giant cheerios bowl going missing! But, that's why I absolutely must get to the tower. What do you think? Will you take me on your train?"
"Yeah Ok!"
"Thank you so much, Link. All right, please put this on right away. It's a recruit uniform. The guards are starting their patrols, so getting past them won't be easy. But if you wear this, they;ll think you're one of them!"
Link put on the uniform.
"Oh, wait. Link, we could just jump out the window and over the hedge. C'mon, lets jump!"
So they jumped out the window.
And over the hedge.
"We did it! We made our way out of the castle!" Zelda cheered. "Now, let's board the train and head for the Tower of Spirits!"
So, basically, they walked towards the train, Alfonzo got angry, Zelda sucked up to him, he gave in...
AND THEIR ADVENTURE BEGAN!
SOOO... Chapter 1 over! Please Read, Review, Fave etc... And I'm taking in OCs so if you have a suggestion plz comment it!
Thank you for reading this!
-PrincessZelda450