Oh, where to begin...listening to Sonic music and being reminded of LoZ: MM was the beginning of all this. I decided that I would write the outline of an all-but-rip-off of Shadow the Hedgehog, starring Link's alter ego. I had already constructed an idea for a LoZ: OoT RPG and, thinking of Sonic Heroes, I made a prequel to my all-but-rip-off and came up with Zelda Heroes. Warning: characters may be a little (or a lot) OOC, due to the nature of this kind of story and some references will be made to prequels that aren't written or even planned out (not that you need to get some unwritten story to enjoy this one, of course). This isn't really a cross-over, per se, but some elements from Sonic games will be used (that should be obvious). I own neither the Zelda or Sonic series, but that won't stop me from writing an interesting story.
Noon of the First Day
Vaati chuckled to himself as he flew to the ancient mausoleum in the most remote reaches of Termina. This barren, rocky area was somewhere betwixt Ikana and Snowhead, this tomb the only defining feature of the area, sticking out like a sore thumb. The wind sorcerer had felt some odd vibes in the area recently and had done extensive research of ancient scriptures. Something was sealed here, something of great power, and he was determined to get it. Getting in was a cinch, as there was a large hole in the roof. He landed inside, his footsteps echoing in the empty room. Looking around, he quickly spotted a large door at the far side of the room. He approached it cautiously, reading the inscription aloud.
If so ye wish to open this door
Prove, own ye, the elements four
Vaati chuckled as he pulled out the four sacred jewels. Finding them had been difficult, as Link, Lucius, and Kafei were hunting earnestly for them at present, but he hoped that the thing behind this door would be worth losing them. The jewels flew into formation, each opposite their counterparts, and radiated their power to the door, shattering and forming elsewhere in the world as the door opened slowly.
A weighty boot stepped heavily on a rock outcropping near the crypt, its owner sneering with glee at the sight. His search was over.
Vaati walked slowly into the dark room, his cape swishing behind him, approaching the transparent, crystalline vault that was in the center of the room. Suddenly, the torches around the room's perimeter ignited and the wind mage jumped back in shock. Not by the sudden light was he startled so, but by who was in the crystal vault. A man, not a day over 19, wearing a red tunic and medium-blue boots and gloves, wearing a two-handed sword with red and purple sheath and medium-blue hilt, with unkempt periwinkle hair, appeared to be fast asleep within.
"Knil!" Vaati exclaimed. He knew he saw him fall from the Tower of the Winds to his death on that day, years ago. Acting quickly, the wind mage set about incanting the spell to break the seal. Wind swirled around the chamber, making the torches flicker, as the crystal cracked and-BOOM! A blast of magic exploded nearby.
"Not so fast!" the originator of the attack demanded, hand still outstretched. It was Ganondorf, King of Thieves and Dark Sorcerer. "I'll be taking him back with me!" Knil's crimson eyes shot open at this moment and he burst out the crystal, sending shards everywhere, as he launched himself at Ganondorf. He jumped backwards, performing a handspring, and blocking Knil's strike with his claymore. He laughed derisively. "Is that the best you can do?" They launched themselves away from one another and both charged magic blasts in their hands, firing them at each other and causing an explosion that demolished part of the room. They rushed at each other again, but Vaati jumped in this time, somehow managing to put a hand to each and stop them without getting skewered.
"Time out, here!" the wind mage shouted. Surprisingly, both combatants backed down, though Ganondorf still looked miffed and Knil turned away crossing his arms with a huff. "Now," Vaati breathed a sigh of relief. "Ganondorf, you're still angry with Link and his comrades for defeating you," Ganondorf gave an angry nod. "And you," he turned to Knil. "You can't even remember anything after your last adventure with Link," The alter ego gave no reply or acknowledgment. "So why don't we make up and work for a common goal!" He grabbed Ganondorf's hand and Knil's hand and put one on top of the other before putting his own hand on top. "Go, Team Shadows!" The other two gave him a coldly inquiring look and backed away from one another rather quickly.
"So…now what?" Ganondorf asked unhappily.
"The sacred jewels," Vaati replied. "If we find them, we'll be able to take down Link's team no problem.
"The sacred jewels…" Knil repeated quietly. "That sounds familiar to me,"
"Well, then, let's go!" Vaati flew out of the hole in the roof. Ganondorf have an evil chuckle and followed suit. Knil gave a humph and jumped after them.
Level 1
"Ahh, this wasteland is the perfect place to practice our techniques!" Vaati stated, looking around at the rugged terrain that surrounded the crypt and the impassable terrain beyond.
"Practice…" Knil scoffed. "We need to find the jewels, not goof around,"
"As much as I hate to agree with wind boy, you're bound to be rusty after your captivity," Ganondorf replied. "Besides, there are more monsters as of late, it's not like it'll be out of the way," Knil humphed and took the lead, setting off into the mountainous area. Despite being the only one in the group that couldn't fly, he made surprisingly well headway as he kicked aside octoroks and smashed down boulders that got in his way with his magic blasts.
"He's quite powerful…" Vaati commented.
"Why else would I have wanted to claim him for myself?" Ganondorf replied. "He is the ultimate tool of destruction,"
The group continued until they were close to Termina Field. Day was waning and Knil was well back in form from the trip.
"Finally, we're out of these blasted mountains!" Ganondorf grumbled. Knil stopped dead in his tracks, suddenly. Vaati and Ganondorf continued and were about to pass him when he put his sword out to stop them.
"Something's decided to give us a little welcoming party," he deduced before they could ask. The ground began to shake and the foothold abruptly gave way as a giant Cyclops burst out of the rocks. All three jumped away and took defensive positions as the brute raged around, smashing everything near him. Vaati chuckled and floated into the air a little.
"The earth is no match for wind. I'll take the lead," He flew over to the monster and started shooting blasts of wind magic at it. Naturally, it was annoyed and batted him back a ways. The wind mage turned head-over-heels for a while before righting himself in time to dodge a boulder that the giant hurled at him. It picked up another boulder to hurl, but suddenly stumbled as Ganondorf delivered a Warlock Punch to its leg. It attempted to punch him, but Knil jumped up on its arm and ran for its head. The Cyclops tried to hit him but only succeeded in hurting its arm. Knil jumped up and drove his sword into the monster's eye. It let out a horrible roar of agony and started flailing around as Knil attempted to wrench out his sword, but to no avail.
"Take this!" Vaati launched a salvo of wind spells that hurt the Cyclops severely as Ganondorf charged up a Black Hole attack. Knil finally wrenched his sword free and jumped away.
"Ultimate darkness, consume all!" Ganondorf shouted, throwing the huge sphere of energy at the monster, causing a huge explosion on impact. The Cyclops stood there, motionless, burnt all over, and then it fell with a monstrous thud that was felt all the way in Clock Town.
The group entered Termina Field, at last, around 17:00. Needless to say, they'd had enough action for one day.
"We should go to town and find board for the night," Vaati suggested. Knil gave a noncommittal humph and Ganondorf grudgingly nodded, both too stubborn to admit they were even the least bit tired, even if they would keel over any minute. So they set off at a brisk pace for Clock Town. Fortunately, they didn't run into any Bombachus or Dodongos as they made their way to the north gate.
"Sorry, with the numerous monster influxes lately, we aren't allowing any suspicious travelers inside at this time," the guard informed them as they tried to pass through the gate.
"Look here, we just went through hell and I'll be cursed if I'm gonna spend the night outside!" Ganondorf raged, dark energy surging around him. The guard looked quite frightened, but he pointed his shaking spear forward and attempted to sound authoritive, needless to say, his voice was closer to a shriek than anything authoritive.
"I-I'll have to ask Captain Viscen! Please wait here!" he ran off and another guard took his place, though this guard looked even more frightened than the one that just ran off.
"Why are we even bothering with this?" Ganondorf growled to Vaati and Knil. "We could take their entire force if we wanted,"
"We best avoid starting trouble if we want to get a peaceful night," Vaati replied.
"I don't need a peaceful night," Knil said quietly. "I only want to find the jewels,"
"Hey!" a trio of warriors ran up. The speaker was a man in a helmet with a sword. "It is you!"
"So you've reawakened Knil and are planning something, then?" the scholarly-looking man with glasses and a book asked.
"We won't let you bring your evil schemes in here, yeah?" the armored woman in red pants declared, getting out her bow. Knil humphed and dodged her arrow easily.
"So you want to play?" he asked flatly, pulling out his sword.
The fight began quickly after that. The guard fled as Knil and the helmeted guy clashed weapons with rapid succession. The man jumped up onto the ridge by the fairy fountain and Knil followed, firing a salvo of dark energy blasts and creating a series of explosions that momentarily blinded his opponent. He used the opening and kicked the man in the face, sending him sprawling backwards, but he recovered with a handspring and slid to a stop in time to block a series of slashes from Knil. Meanwhile, the scholarly guy and Vaati were trading spells over by the slide. One suddenly caught it and it burst into splinters that they had to leap away to avoid. Ganondorf suddenly jumped in and blindsided the scholarly man, sending him spinning into a wall and knocking him out. The armored woman quickly retaliated with a hail of arrows that pinned Vaati to the wall and interfered with his powers.
"Blast!" he exclaimed, struggling against his bonds. She fired a shimmering arrow, coated in light energy, at Ganondorf, but he dodged it and stomped the ground with such force that it caused a miniature earthquake and knocked her down. He jumped up and attempted to perform a dropping Warlock Punch on her but she rolled out of the way at the last second and kicked him in the stomach before firing a light arrow into his face and sending him spiraling away. He smashed into the ground where she'd been a couple of seconds ago as she took a position to aim at Knil.
Knil locked blades with the helmeted man and sent a blast of energy into his face, causing him to smash into a wall, KO'd. A sudden arrow flew past Knil's face, he dodged it instinctively. He gave a glance at his remaining adversary as she fired arrow after arrow at him. He jumped and dodged around the projectiles, slowly making his way towards her. Suddenly, though, Vaati broke free of her arrows and fired a salvo of wind spells at her while she was diverted by Knil. Caught up in the winds, she couldn't get away as Vaati turned them to a miniature tornado and cut her with wind blades several times before hurtling her into the same wall as the scholarly guy and knocking her comatose as well as she fell on top of said scholarly guy.
"Too easy," Knil scoffed as he and Vaati went over to check on Ganondorf.
"I wouldn't say that. We cut it close," Vaati disagreed, examining their muscular comrade's wounds. "He should be fine in about a day or two, but it would be helpful if we had some medicine…"
"Check these guys," Knil suggested with an air of not caring one way or the other. A quick frisk of the enemy team yielded a blue potion, which they promptly forced the Gerudo man to swallow. His wounds patched up immediately and he sat up with a groan, putting a hand to his head.
"Blasted woman!" he growled. "What is someone like her doing with light arrows?"
"Save your inquiries for later," Vaati replied, listening intently to the sounds of approaching guards. "It sounds as if the town guard has been raised,"
"Yet more fodder to destroy," Knil said nonchalantly, getting out his sword.
"No! We're not here to fight with every blasted warrior in town, meatheads!" Vaati snapped, his cool demeanor fraying at the edges a little. "Let's hide and find a way to sneak into a place to rest," Knil humphed.
"Fine, but I'll start a fight at the very first pretext, come tomorrow," Ganondorf declared darkly.
The group watched the guards running around below, scouring the area for any sign of them and checking on the other team, from the safety of the rooftops. Quietly, they made their way into East Clock Town until they came to a veranda on the second floor of a building. It was partially fenced in and had a bell within it, for some odd reason. Figuring this place had a spare room or two, they let themselves in the nearby door and came out in a hallway with some stairs to the right. Quietly, they turned left and looked down the hall. No one was around. Looking at the first door in front of them, they quickly eliminated it, due to the "employees only" sign. The second door was locked but, after pressing an ear to the door, Vaati deduced that it was empty.
"Great, now how do we get in?" Ganondorf grumbled.
"Simple," Vaati held out his hand to the lock and manipulated the air inside to turn the mechanisms. The door opened with a click and they walked inside, shutting the door behind them and re-locking it.
"What if someone else rents the room?" Ganondorf asked. "I don't want to be rudely awakened,"
"Well, we'll cross that bridge if we come to it," Vaati replied with a shrug. Knil gave a humph and sat down against a wall. They all looked out the window as a wolf howled somewhere, signaling nightfall.
Night of the First Day
"Well, best get to sleep," he took one of the twin beds. Ganondorf, not knowing what else to do, took the other.
Dawn of the Second Day
A rooster crowed the next day at 06:00. Vaati awakened with a yawn and looked at his other two comrades. Ganondorf was still snoring like a bear, sprawled out and mouth wide, and Knil was still sitting as he had been the night before, slumped against the wall and staring at the floor contemplatively. Stretching, the wind mage retrieved his dark blue hat and put it on.
"Wake up, Ganondorf," Vaati said, jostling him with his hand and narrowly avoiding the punch that was forthcoming in reply.
"Where's breakfast?" the Gerudo asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
"You're welcome to ask the innkeeper for some," Knil suggested scathingly. Ganondorf glared at him.
"We'll get some once we've left this inn," Vaati reassured them. "Now come on, we must sneak out before the innkeeper comes by,"
After creeping out through the door they'd come in through the previous day, Vaati inhaled the morning air as Knil looked around for guards.
"So, where are we going to get breakfast?" Ganondorf asked, a bit impatiently.
"Well…" he spotted a restaurant nearby. "Let's go there," He jumped down from the roof and walked boldly over. The other two quickly got over the minor shock and followed. The cashier was none to happy to see the three intimidating villains come into the establishment, but decided that he'd might as well try to be polite.
"M-May I help you, sirs?" he asked as the imposing-looking desert man examined the menu.
"Hmm…I believe I'll have the pancakes with deku syrup," Vaati said.
"Get me a dozen chuberry muffins," Ganondorf added gruffly.
"Egg and bacon biscuit meal," Knil added shortly, arms crossed and looking none too happy.
"Th-that'll be 90 rupees and your meals will b-be ready in a few minutes," the cashier stuttered. Vaati took out his change purse and counted out four red rupees and one blue one. The trio sat down at a nearby table, somehow without Ganondorf crushing one of the chairs.
"So where are we going today?" he asked, since it wasn't his adventure or anything and he had no idea why he was there…oh, yeah, to beat up Link and friends.
"I sense a jewel in the south," Knil piped up quietly. "We should head there,"
"H-Here's your food," the waiter put down their meals and cups of juice before retreating to the kitchen with more than due haste.
After their meals, they left the restaurant and headed down the street, watchful for guards, until they reached South Clock Town. There was no carnival on anytime soon, so the area was, mostly, vacant, but the clock tower was still there in all its glory and it chimed the half-hour of seven as they entered the area.
"Whoa! Those guys are scary!" one little boy in a cap exclaimed to another kid dressed in a similar fashion.
"Let's vamoose!" the other kid agreed and they fled. This drew the attention of the two guards at the south gate.
"Hey!" one of them shouted. "Captain Viscen has put out a warrant on you three!"
"Big deal!" Ganondorf retorted, taking a defensive pose. "You best leave off and let us by or there'll be trouble!" The guards charged forward with their spears but Ganondorf easily dodged them and gave them each a blow to the head that knocked them out.
"Let's go before the rest of the town guard shows up," Vaati sighed. However did he get stuck with two guys that thought with their muscles? Oh, yeah, he forced them to be his allies.
Striding out the south gate, they made their way towards the south, easily splattering chuchus aside en route.
"To Southern Swamp: Straight Ahead ," Vaati read a sign to their left as they came to a path through a forest.
"A swamp," Ganondorf grumbled. "Just what I need,"
"Afraid of a little slime?" Knil mocked quietly.
"Silence!" the Gerudo king barked.
"Now, now…" Vaati stepped between them. Anything but calmed down, they continued down the path, smashing more chuchus into unidentifiable goop and watching Vaati blow a nest of evil bats out of the tree in the middle of the path. Finally, they came out to the swamp, the stench, which, until now, had just been lingering in the background, hit them full force.
"What's this place?" Ganondorf pointed to the building on stilts that was in front of them. Vaati flew up to the wooden shelf that surrounded the building and read the sign.
"It's a camera shop," he replied, turning to them as they made their way up and stood by him. "There's also a boat tour service here,"
"Hmm, so we can go deeper into the swamp from here. How fun," Knil commented flatly. "But the jewel is deep in the swamp, we'll need to ask the locals about it,"
"In we go, then," Ganondorf said with no enthusiasm.
The inside of the camera shop was occupied by a fat, hairy guy behind the counter to their left and an old hag, who was asleep at the moment, inside a booth to their right and forward.
"Oh, hello! Are you here for the photo competition?" the hairy guy asked, straightening his goggles and headgear.
"Oh, no, we're looking for a place that might house a sacred relic or something of that sort," Vaati asked.
"You're the second group today that's after that sorta thing," the camera guy replied. "A guy in green, a mage in gray, and a man in purple already came by about half an hour ago and took the boat to Woodfall,"
"Green!" Ganondorf repeated. "That must have been Link!"
"Then he too is after the jewels…" Knil muttered, going over to the old hag. "Hag! Wake up! We need a boat!"
"Huh?" she sat up and immediately saw Ganondorf. "You! It's been forever! Why don't you ever write? Kotake and I are always so worried about you. Are you eating enough? Do you change your underwear every d-"
"Mother! We can discuss this another time!" Ganondorf snapped. "We're on a hunt for sacred treasure right now!"
"Fine…" Koume grumbled. "Ten rupees to get to Deku Palace, capital of Woodfall," Vaati fished out the money and handed it over. "Okay, then. Come outside," She hopped on her broom and flew out the window. The other three exited through the door and saw the old hag dragging a rather large canoe out from under the shop. "All aboard!"
"Is it really even necessary to take a boat?" Ganondorf complained, sick of his mother's scolding, as the boat coasted across the water.
"Well, Knil can't fly and we don't know the area very well so it's safer this way," Vaati explained.
"Pay attention to me!" Koume yelled. "As I was saying-" She was so busy complaining that she smashed into the wall of the tunnel they were going into and fell into the water. They breathed a sigh of relief, except Knil, he just gave a humph, as usual. The boat kept coasting by itself, bringing up the question of why Koume had to accompany it at all, and finally stopped at the dock in front of a wall that led to the Deku Palace.
The Dekus, most likely, thought their palace to be grandiose and large, but the trio of misfit villains ignored it as they looked around for some sign of the jewel.
"Do we have to look for a glow or a sign or something of that sort?" Ganondorf asked, looking around.
"No…the sacred jewels don't make themselves obvious so easily," Vaati replied. "It's the only way they can be used as sparingly as possible and preserve the powers of nature,"
"Hmm…" Knil walked over and looked in the water.
"Don't tell me it's down there," Ganondorf warned.
"It seems like it is," Knil replied softly.
"I just told you not to tell me that!" Ganondorf snapped.
"Calm down, I can simply siphon the waters away with a whirlwind," Vaati informed them. He extended his arms and the air currents started to swirl around in the vicinity and soon a mighty whirlwind was formed. The funnel slowly lowered itself into the water and began blowing it away. Unfortunately, it was also starting to tear the Deku Palace apart and blow the dekus away. Their shrill screams could scarcely be heard over the winds, though, and Vaati continued to expand the whirlwind so that they could see the bottom of the pond. Finally, a shaft of green light shined through the gale and blinded all nearby with its brilliance. Vaati slowed the currents down but kept the water back with an air barrier. "Go fetch it, Ganondorf,"
"Riiight…" he slowly drifted over to the shining stone, not really wanting to go anywhere near the muck and scum of the swamp. He picked it up carefully and held it up to look at it. "Yes, this is definitely a sacred-" He was suddenly engulfed in an explosion and the jewel went flying into what was left of the Deku Palace. Vaati released his spell as he and Knil spun to look at the ridge above.
"You're not getting your hands on the jewels this time, Ganondorf!" Lucius shouted. Blond, with keen, red eyes and bearing a staff of wood, he looked down on the villains. "Vaati…and Knil too?"
"Oh, great!" Link came running up with his sword and shield in hand. "He has backup this time,"
"No matter the odds, light will never lose to darkness," Kafei came walking up as well with his twin knives drawn.
"Link!" Ganondorf shouted, brandishing a fist. "I won't be defeated again!"
"That's what you said the last 20 times!" Link retorted, causing his nemesis to growl in frustration.
"Regardless of how powerful you think you are, we will still take the day and this stone," Knil challenged in his soft, menacing voice.
"Knil? How did you get out?" Link asked, surprised.
"Isn't it obvious? They broke his seal and now they're looking for the jewels," Lucius deduced. An explosion engulfed the ledge they were standing on and they were hidden behind a veil of smoke and dust, but they quickly jumped free and Lucius rained several fire spells down on Ganondorf in retaliation. The Gerudo King flew back quickly to avoid them as Vaati fired several wind spells at Kafei, who was running at him deftly and sidestepping every spell. Link attempted a downward thrust on Knil but he fired a blast of magic at his face and sent him flying head-over-heels through the air. Kafei quickly flipped over Vaati at this point and kicked him in the back of the head, sending him reeling forward, before attacking Knil in a flurry of slashes and stabs. Knil blocked and dodged most of them, only suffering a few minor cuts and nicks before performing a pivoting leap over the thief's head and performing a downward cut that Kafei only managed to dodge enough for it to just leave a painful cut down one side of his back, rather than a potentially lethal one.
Ganondorf, meanwhile, was trading spells with Lucius in the ruins of the Deku Palace. Fire and Ice exploded in midair and darkness and light burst parts of the scenery asunder as their deadly dance continued.
"Black Hole!" Ganondorf split the attack into six blasts for increased accuracy as he launched it at Lucius.
"Divine Lightning!" Lucius raised his staff and the lightning of judgment came crashing down from the heavens, cutting through Ganondorf's spell and destroying the rest of the palace on impact. Lucius peered through the smoke and saw no signs of movement.
Knil rolled around Kafei's swift attack and grabbed him by the leg, swinging him around 720 degrees before hurling him at Lucius as he looked to see if Ganondorf had survived the divine lightning. Both the mage and thief went flying into the swamp with an unpleasant splat.
Vaati chuckled as Link tried to hit him, but the wind mage was at home in the air and Link's jumping spin attacks just weren't accurate enough. Finally, the hero jumped back and sprang off of a wall, Vaati put up an air shield as saw the attack rushing at him, but Link was one step ahead, smashing the shield with his own shield before cutting through Vaati and landing behind him. The wind mage collapsed in a heap.
"Looks like its you and me, huh, Knil?" Link said cockily.
"Humph, don't count your cuccos yet, green boy," Knil scoffed, taking his blade in hands.
The two started off with standard fierce swings of their swords. Link held an advantage in the field of blocking, having a shield, but Knil attacked a lot faster. The two fenced in circles as neither could break the other's guard. Knil flipped backwards and fired a salvo of energy blasts at his opponent, who just blocked them with his mirror shield and rushed forward in an aggressive assault. Knil walked slowly backwards as he deflected the harsh blows.
"What's wrong, Knil? Can't keep up?" Link taunted as Knil was backed to the edge of the dry land. He gave an evil grin. Before Link could figure out what he was on about, the alter ego's body glowed silver and a large explosion sent him smashing into the nearby rock face. He slid down into a sitting position and rubbed his head with a grimace. "What the heck was that?" The dust cleared and Knil was still standing, a little scuffed-looking but, otherwise, fine. Link got back to his feet. "Not a bad trick, but its time to end this!" They were interrupted by someone bursting out of the rubble of the palace, holding aloft the shining, green stone.
"I have it!" Ganondorf announced. "Now," he looked at Link. "You will know defeat!" Link glanced over to where his comrades were lying in the mud.
Oh, crud…this just isn't my day! He thought bitterly. "You guys got the drop on us, today, but we'll catch up!" He ran and jumped over to his comrades and hurriedly scooped them up before jumping back up to the ledge they'd appeared on earlier and passing out of sight.
"That's right! Run, Hero! Run!" Ganondorf gloated, spinning around in the air and laughing. Knil wasn't so happy.
"Coward…" he muttered before going to check on Vaati. "Hmm…" Ganondorf took interest after a moment and came over as well.
"He looks like he's injured almost fatally," the Gerudo commented. "We need to get him medicine," Knil thought for a moment.
"Didn't your mother mention that your other mother runs a potion shop in this swamp?" Knil asked.
"I wasn't paying attention to her ranting," Ganondorf grumbled.
Like mother, like son, I suppose. Knil thought sourly. "Let's just get him over there,"
They took the boat back and paid another ten rupees to take it to the dock in front of the path that led to the potion shop. Ganondorf was carrying Vaati, so Knil took it upon himself to easily kill the deku babas that dared attempt to impede their progress. Finally, they came to the stilted platform, upon which sat a building that was shaped like a pot. Ganondorf shuddered inwardly about meeting his other mother but their was little to be done. He floated up to the platform while Knil quickly scaled the ladder. As they headed inside, they didn't notice the figure in green hide behind a nearby tree.
"Ganondorf!" Kotake, the old ice hag, exclaimed as he walked in. "I heard from Koume about you! How could you be so rude to your mother?"
"Look, old hag, we need a potion, now," Knil said dangerously.
"Fine, fine…" Kotake relented hesitantly. "He looks pretty banged up so you need a blue potion, 60 rupees," Knil fished out Vaati's change purse, noticing that it was getting light, despite the rupees they found during their travels. He fished out three yellow rupees, five blue ones, and five green ones and forked them over. Kotake handed them a vial of blue potion. They poured it down his throat, somehow, and he was instantly better.
"Oh…" he sat up from the hammock that Ganondorf had put him on for the administration of the medicine. "I cut it close, didn't I?"
"Several organs damaged and severe bleeding, I would say so," Ganondorf replied gruffly. Vaati got up and went to Kotake.
"Thank you, ma'am, your potions have saved us twice, already,"
"Well, you're welcome, young man," the old hag replied. "It's been a while since anyone thanked me for saving their lives, why, back in my day-"
"Yes, yes," Ganondorf started ushering Vaati towards the door, Knil needed no such treatment and wouldn't suffer it. "It was nice seeing you, mother,"
"You ingrate! I'd ground you if-" her words were cut off as the door shut behind them.
"Why do you hate your mother so?" Vaati asked.
"If you'd been around them for years, you'd know," Ganondorf replied shortly. "We've got the jewel, so let's get out of this goddess-forsaken swamp before-" A wolf howled in the distance as the clock tower chimed 18:00.
Night of the Second Day
"I guess we'll have to camp out here," Vaati suggested.
"I hate you," Ganondorf replied moodily. They retreated some paces from the shop and the Gerudo started a magical fire, a skill he'd perfected in the desert. Knil immediately flopped on the ground and stared at the sky contemplatively, unheeding of the dirt and stench (one could never be sure if he actually slept or not). Ganondorf, still grumbling, wrapped himself in his frayed cape and tried to get comfortable in the damp dirt. Vaati nodded off sitting up, after a while, and none of them noticed a figure in green sneak up to the shop, outside the fire's light radius, and go in before minutes before closing. A minute later, he left with two vials of potion and slipped off into the night…
Funny, I'm not even aiming for humor but getting it anyway. Maybe I really am predisposed towards comedy...anyway, remember to give feedback so I know how I'm doing. And, about the trio that they fought in Clock Town, I guess you could say they're some kind of equivalents of their TP versions, or maybe there's some kind of weird splice thing going on between games...(sigh) this is what happens when I don't write backstory... Btw, there is now a poll on my profile page for who you think is the best team. Feel free to cast your vote. I'll be closing the poll...whenever I feel like it, after the story is done, so probably never.