T-W-N-P: Welcome everyone to Link Finds His Voice! Please sit back, shut off your cell phones, get your popcorn, and enjoy the show!
BTW, I do not own LoZ or IY
Sunlight barely filtered through the foliage in the dark tunnel created by the outer reaching branches of the large trees. A small blurb of bluish white light with see-through wings sprouting from the back zoomed back and forth, never straying too far from the figure walking through the wooded area.
"Ugh! How long have we been walking in the this forest!?" the point of light screeched in an annoyed, high pitched voice. "When are we going to get to this "Hyrule field" anyway? We've been in here forever!"
A flaxen eyebrow twitched from under long, parted golden bangs sticking out from under a stocking green cap. Small forelocks also appeared from under the cap, and barely covered the boy's large pointy ears that stuck straight out. His closed eyes twitched in trying to control his anger.
"I mean seriously, it's not like we could get directions or anything," the light jingled irritably, "And we can't draw anything in the map unless we've already been there! Why couldn't we get an actual map!?"
The boy's hands clenched to fists, grabbing the hem of his long green, short-sleeved tunic, separated by his dark brown leather utility belt with a gold clasp. He silently told himself that he was supposed to be noble, this was his forest quest, and he couldn't kill his guide needlessly in the first stage. Though as the small person continued to ramble on and on and on, another part of him reasoned that getting rid of her might save his sanity, thus enabling him to continue his mission effectively.
"…Of course it's not the Kokiri's fault that they were all too cowardly to go outside the forest's borders." She continued as-a-matter-of-factly. "We just happen to be the first ever to venture outside the usual safety of our domain…"
The boy found his hands slowly reaching up for the small golden handle with a red jewel in the center resting in the scabbard on his back, held securely under a wooden shield with a swirling red insignia
"Hey look! I think we've reached the end!"
The boy's eyes shot wide open, revealing crystal sapphire eyes, and he grinned in relieved joy. He immediately began to sprint toward the light at the end of the tunnel. He was pretty fast despite the heavy leather boots he wore.
"Hey Link! Wait for me!" Cried the light as she raced to catch up.
The boy identified as Link ignored her and continued running. Soon he'd be free and out of this place, and the next part of his adventure would soon begin!
He grew closer and closer to the luminous radiance piercing through the darkness. He was almost there; he could already smell the fresh breeze and flowers. He finally reached the end and burst through the opening. He gaped for a few moments at the sight that greeted him as the blur finally caught up with him, and joined him in his gazing.
Bright sunlight illuminated the great blue sky stretched out before them, not a cloud in sight. Vivid green grass and a few wildflowers extended as far as the eye could see, covering the vast land of rolling hills. A few small trees scattered through out the wide clearing, simple bushes compared to the great vegetation of the forest the boy and the fairy came out of. A dirt path was the only lack of color, and it rolled straight out in front of him.
"You… think we should take this path?" the fairy said slowly, still taking in the sights.
Link nodded numbly and began to walk forward, looking around him in pure wonder. They walked for a little bit, marveling at all the new flowers, the odd plants and even the strange birds that flew overhead every now and then. Suddenly the young boy noticed an odd patch of colors a little off in the distance. When he squinted, he realized they were people wearing strange clothing lying on the ground.
"What's that?" the fairy asked.
Link sprinted to the band of colors instead of answering, and tried to catch his breath as soon as he stopped, staring with amazed eyes at the scene in front of him. A group of four sleeping people, a small critter, and what looked like an animal child were sprawled out on the lawn.
One teenage girl seemed the most comfortable out of the group. She was sleeping in a plush, burgundy bag that covered most of her body, leaving only her smooth pale hands and her head, which was turned to the side slightly. Delicate dark eyebrows were relaxed above closed eyes, and under raven locks of hair that puffed on her forehead. The rest of her raven hair shone blue in the sunlight and cascaded around her shoulders, framing her relaxed pale face and making a small round ear stick out just slightly. Her mouth opened slightly to allow even breathing that let the boy and fairy know she was asleep.
"I've never seen hair like her's before." The fairy whispered. "And her ears are rounded! And look at the thing next to her!"
He looked at the tiny animal child lying next to the sleeping girl's face. Vibrant orange hair was tied into a short ponytail high on his head with a blue ribbon, his puffy bangs hanging over his large forehead, and bringing some attention to a small pointy ear. He wore a turquoise old-style Japanese shirt with large sleeves with white leaves sown in different directions as a pattern, and from the huge sleeves came two tiny hands placed next to the child's sleeping face. A tan fur vest was worn over the jacket-like shirt, tucked into the midnight-blue belt of his balloon hakama pants tied into a bulky bow in the front. The thing that reminded the boy and the fairy of an animal was the full-size short, bulging tail sprouting from the back of his pants, and the tiny hind fox feet replacing human looking ones.
Link looked in awe at the two figures for a moment before walking around them a bit to the people behind them. His eyes were drawn to an older teenage boy curled up next to a long slender staff that seemed longer than him. Atop the staff was a gold ring with a slightly knobbed rod rising vertically from the wooden part of the staff and ending an inch out of the ring. Three small gold rings dangled on each side of the rod. The boy's dark hair was drawn into a tiny ponytail at the nape of his neck, keeping some of the hair going into long spiked bangs over his forehead and thick arched eyebrows. A flowing black robe draped over his body with a long purple cloth wrapped from his left shoulder down his middle and tied into a small bow on his chest, only showing the large black sleeves. His white feet stuck out of his clothes to show brown reed sandals.
Link slowly stated to reach out for the odd-looking shoes, but the small fairy lightly bumped into his hand.
"Don't do that! We don't even know them."
The boy's brow lowered and lips pursed and jutted out in disappointment before he became fascinated with the woman and creature curled next to the young man.
A tiny sleeping feline with pale yellow fur was curled up next to the young woman's quiescent face. Two puffy yellow tails rested in front of the cat almost like blanket, covering her tiny paws from view, of which two slender stripes encircled the tips. A narrow black diamond was naturally printed a little above and between closed eyes. A tiny black nose and two matching furry black ears twitched for a moment on top of the kitten's head, though no other movement was made, to which the boy and his fairy were relieved.
Link finally took a moment to examine the older girl, and his eyes and mouth widened. The somewhat baggy clothes she was wearing were light pink with occasional stripe-patches of magenta on the sleeves and bottom half, and somewhat hid her womanly figure. A forest green cloth covered her legs from her stomach to below her knees. The pair could tell she wore a skin-tight, full-length body suit from the midnight-black leggings that ended at her ankles, and the sleeves that wrapped up the back of the elegant hands coiled next to her face by the rings on her middle fingers. The white feet curled slightly under her bore beige reed sandals. A white ribbon tied a loose, half ponytail just below her shoulders, allowing a smooth wave of maple brown to fall around her neck, while a tail of glossy long hair to fall well past her waist. A slight cowlick popped up from her neatly trimmed-slightly parted- bangs, and tiny forelocks grew in front of her rounded ears. A thin stripe of magenta eye shadow covered each closed eyelid, matching the top magenta half of her kimono. The young yet obviously mature face was calm and serene in peaceful sleep, leaving the countenance in its simple beauty.
She's so pretty… Link couldn't help but think in awe.
Link felt a thud on his skull and looked up irritably to the offending ball of light.
"Close your mouth. You were staring."
He blinked at her, and looked elsewhere, deciding not to comment. His eyes fell on a ridiculously gigantic beige boomerang taller than the girl. A strap of leather was tied and wrapped around a section of about six inches on each end of the huge weapon. A yellow tassel was attached to the middle of the leather. On one end was a yellow strap a little longer than hand-width just below the tassel with a tiny red orb.
What the hell is that thing?
"Link…" the fairy whispered. "Look…"
He followed her line of sight to the last sleeping figure, (who actually was lying down on his back, instead of curled up like the others) and he gave a small gasp as his eyes traveled up the being.
The first thing he noticed was that the person was barefoot, which Link thought was rather odd since the others were wearing such funny shoes. Well, okay, except the bizarre child, but now he was getting off topic. The person wore a larger, bright red version of the balloon pants the little boy wore, complete with a big red bow in the front. A baggy huge Japanese jacket the same color and shade as the pants were tucked in above the person's hips, making the legs look much longer than the torso. Pale, clawed masculine human hands stuck out from the large scarlet sleeves, making the boy and his fairy shiver. A curtain of puffy silver white hair was spread out behind the young man to his waist, and long white forelocks fell to his shoulders around his still face. Thick, dark arched eyebrows overlapped his messy silver-white bangs. Link blinked and stared openly at the attribute he found on top of the other creature's head, and the fairy made no move to stop him, mostly because she herself was also staring.
Slightly hidden by a mass of puffy white hair was a pair of two triangular appendages, the outside covered in thin white fur while the inside remained pink.
"Are those…" the tiny girl whispered in awe and flew just a bit closer. "It's ears?"
The boy hesitantly reached out, and gingerly lifted the forelock closest to him, only to reveal regular skin where normal ears would have gone.
Both the pair gasped incredulously as their eyes widened.
"Definitely not Hylian." She murmured.
The small ball of light flew ever so slightly closer to one of the ears while the boy's hand slowly reached for the other. Gentle fingers grasped one ear while two small hands grabbed the other. Link tweaked one ear while the fairy stroked and felt the other.
The creature's face twitched.
Both of the violators hurdled back with surprising speed and force while the creature did nothing more than rub the ear the fairy had been on, turn over toward them, and settle back down into slumber without ever opening it's eyes.
Both sat there, and happened to finally notice the old sword lying next to the being. Its shiny ebony sheath looked brand new compared to the rusty gold hilt and torn rags of the actual sword's handle.
"You think he actually uses that ol' thing?" the fairy asked.
The boy shrugged and carefully stood up. He cautiously turned to the hovering spot of light, and waved for her to come closer. She did, and he pointed behind him over his shoulder.
"Is something behind you?"
The boy shook his head, pointed to both of them and pointed behind him again.
"Yeah, we should get going." The fairy whispered after figuring out what he meant. "They'll just wake up and continue on their own journey soon anyway. We shouldn't have bothered them."
Link slowly turned around, and lifted up a foot while the fairy sat on his shoulder. As soon as he put it on the ground with the softest of thuds, he heard a quick, fierce growl, and he spun around in time to see one ferociously shining golden eye and flaming yellow energy being thrown to him. Link swung back in time to barely avoid the fire, though gravity pulled him down and he fell to the grass covered ground. He let out a scream as he looked up just in time to see the sharp edge of a huge blade swinging down to him, shut his eyes and curled his hands over his head.