Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda does not belong to me
Summary: The other Links try to get Sky out a tree. (Based on Mario's Castle Calamity.)
"Fi, are you sure you know where you're going?" Time asked as he looked around, the forest landscape of Faron Woods being unfamiliar to him.
"Yes. There is an 100% chance I know where I'm going," the sword spirit answered, not even bothering to face him.
"Well, then where are we going?" Wind cried out irritably.
"To Master Link," Fi stated.
"In case you didn't know, all of us are named—" Wind started before being interrupted by Fi.
"We have arrived."
They were standing in front of one of the biggest trees in Faron Woods. It had a thick trunk and an equally thick canopy. Time looked up hoping to see Sky, but the branches and leaves blocked his vision. He shook his head and looked at Twilight.
"Do you see him?" Time asked and looked back at the tree.
"No. I can't find him anywhere. How 'bout you, Wind?" Twilight attempted to look at the 9-year-old who made his shoulders his personal stand.
Wind had his sister's telescope out and was struggling to see any humanoid shape in the tree. "Nope," he turned to face Fi, "Hey, Fi, do you know where he is?"
"Yes. Do you wish for me to show you?"
Wind gave an annoyed sigh at the question and mumbled a 'yes.' Fi flew high above their heads and between the maze of branches. She found her master leaning against a branch barely able to support his weight. A bored expression written on his face as he lazily plucked the strings of the Goddess Harp. He looked up at her and sighed.
"Did you find them?" He asked softly.
"Yes, Master Link."
"Good. I was about to die of boredom," Sky nodded and looked down. He saw Time, Twilight, and Wind talking to each other. He coughed lightly into his fist before calling out to them, "Hey, guys! I'm up here."
The trio looked up and hesitantly waved.
They must not be able to see me, he thought. "Fi, can you come here?"
She nodded and flew over to where he pointed. She was on the outside of the tree and was floating next to him.
If this doesn't help them figure out where I am, then I don't know what will. He leaned outward and waved his arm as high as he could manage. "I'm up here!"
"Found him!" Wind exclaimed.
"Good for you. Now get off me," Twilight ordered.
"What if I don't want to?"
"Off!"
Wind yelped as he fell off Twilight shoulders and whimpered as he clutched his head.
"Cut it out you two," Time intervened.
"Tell that to him…" Wind muttered.
Time scoffed and looked back up at the tree and saw Fi and Sky's arm. "Okay, Sky, we're gonna try to get you down the traditional way. You ready?"
Sky gave him a thumbs up. Time nodded and took a few steps before going into a full on dash and rolling into the tree. It barely shook from the force and he stumbled back a few steps.
"Well, that didn't work," Wind commented.
"Well, of course, it didn't work," Twilight replied, "Whenever we roll into something to knock something down, it's small and light. Sky is big…and heavy."
"Not true!" Sky interrupted.
"No one cares, Sky."
"Who knows, maybe Sky can just…jump out of the tree." Wind suggested.
"The possibility of Master Link surviving a jump or fall from this height is extremely slim." Fi blurted out. Everyone blinked a few times before giving Fi puzzled look. No percentage? No, one out of three chance? No annoying, and impossible to understand, statistics.
"How slim? And why?" Twilight asked.
"Master Link has lost the sailcloth bestowed upon him."
"…Okay. What would you suggest?"
"One of you could climb up and help him climb down."
The boys looked at each other before starting an awkward assembly of noise and explanations of why they couldn't do that. Sky started to give them a death glare, but realized it would be pointless since they couldn't even see him. So instead, he gave an over exaggerated sigh and let himself sink into the tree as much as he could.
"Hey!" He bellowed at his, now what he claimed sorry excuse for descendants. "How about you get a Link that can climb."
"If you mean Wild, then no thank you!" Time said.
"I'm sorry, do you know any other Link that can climb? No. No, you don't."
"So? In case you didn't know, I prefer having my sanity intact by the end of this."
"Then can you at least get my Loftwing? And maybe First? Since he knows how to ride one."
"First?" Twilight scoffed in disbelief, "First?! You expect us to be able to find him? We have a better chance of finding Minish in his shrunken form."
"I'm on it!" Wind exclaimed and started running away from the tree.
"Well, at least one of you were helpful."
Twilight shot him a death glare and Time rolled his eyes.
"I have a giant mace, ball, thingy," Twilight said, "How about I use that?"
"'Giant mace, ball, thingy'?" Time echoed, "Really?"
"What? I forgot the name."
"Knock yourself out," Sky said.
Twilight took out the large chain ball—it kind of looks like a Chain-Chomp when you think about it—and swung it as hard as he could into the tree. Sky released a small scream of panic as he saw the results of the collision. Nothing. Time started stuttering in disbelief while Twilight just put his hands up in defeat.
"Nope," Twilight started walking away, "Nope!"
"What the—where are you going?!" Sky yelled after him.
"To a place where trees are normal."
Time ran over and started dragging Twilight back to the tree. Twilight managed to break free from the grip, but when he did, his wrist was caught in a death grip. All thanks to Time's golden gauntlets.
"You can't leave now," Time said as he walked back to the tree, "We still have to help Sky."
"Screw you, Sky!"
"Back atcha, buddy!" Sky snapped.
"Actually, you know what? The real question here, is how did you get yourself stuck in that tree in the first place?!"
Sky started to stutter, "Uh, well, you see, I sorta bumped into Ghirahim and…yeah."
Time sighed and sat down. "I can tell this is going to be a long story, so I'm all ears."
Wind cheered and did a small fist bump of victory as he finally found the castle. Yes, as strange as it was, he and the other Links lived in a castle. And so did Hylia and her incarnations and Demise and his incarnations, all in different castles of course. The one the Links lived in wasn't the most grand or spectacular of the three castles, in fact it was pretty dang modest. The castle had some areas that were overgrown slightly with plants, and a lost traveler was a common sight. Mainly because the castle alone was hard to find, and it was practically buried in the Faron region, which sometimes got bigger if a new game included it. Also, it was a strange semi-modern day castle. Better known, to a certain indie videogame developer, as 'whoa, technology'!
Wind ran inside and bumped into Young, Worlds, and the Four Swords group, none of which knew the whereabouts of First. He nearly bumped into Young again but avoided him and found Past. He ran up to the pink redhead and somewhat managed to pant out his question about First.
"First?" Past echoed, "Hmm… I'm not sure, but I think I saw him in the garden, but what do you need him for?"
"Sky…" he panted, "got stuck…in a tree… Oh Din, everything hurts…"
"A tree? Now how in Hyrule did he do that?"
"Don't know. Ask Sky. Tell the others. I'll just…rest here for a minute…or two… Or forever." He slumped forward and let out a long groan.
"Wind?" He poked the young boy only to get an over dramatic sigh. "Yeah, I'll just-I'll just go now."
"Good luck."
Twilight shook his head and Time sighed.
"You're sad, Sky," Time grumbled, "Do you know that?"
"Hey, you guys!" Past called out from behind them.
"Oh, hey… What are you doing here?"
"Wind told us everything. We came to help," he gestured to the Triforce Heroes Links who came with him.
Past moved forward with his hammer in hand. He raised it high above his head before slamming it into the tree. Sky screamed and clung tightly to a branch.
"You know," Sky started, "not dying from a blow to the head would be nice!"
"Uh, sorry about that." Past looked at the group behind him before turning back to the tree, "Do you want me to try that again or…?"
"No."
"Fair enough," Past shrugged.
"Move out the way," Green said, wearing his big bomb outfit. "We got this!"
"What are you doing?" Time asked.
"Why are you wearing that?" Past started walking by their side.
"We're gonna blow this tree up!" Red cheered, "Come on, Blue."
Past stopped walking and Time and Twilight caught up to him.
"We need to give these kids different nicknames," Twilight muttered, which caused him to get concerned looks from the heroes next to him.
"Really?" Past put his hands on his waist. "They're about to blow Sky up, and all you're worried about is their nicknames?"
"We have three toon Links named Green."
"Which First can solve, not us."
The two continued fighting while Green pulled out a bomb, which became a big bomb because of his costume. He placed the bomb, gave a thumbs up, and ran behind a tree. Red and Blue followed him. Time also ran behind of tree of his own. Past and Twilight would've stayed where they were if the louder-by-the-second hissing of the fuse wasn't a warning sign.
"Oh, sweet Goddess Hylia," Sky whispered.
"It was a pleasure knowing you, Master Link," Fi said before returning to the Master Sword.
"What?!"
A few seconds later, the bomb went off. The explosion was enormous and the sound deafening. Blue peeked his head from behind his hiding place first.
"Did it work?" He took a few steps forward, quickly followed by Green and Red.
The tree had marks on it, but it was still standing. And Sky was still in it.
"You have got to be kidding me," Past walked next to the small trio, "What are we going to do now?" He looked at Time and Twilight.
The group heard a loud squawk and saw two crimson Loftwings land near the tree. First and Wind were on the larger one with purple markings on its beak and got off. Well, First did anyway. Wind jumped off and kissed the floor before claiming his love for solid ground. First ignored him and walked up to Time.
"What happened here?" he asked.
"Eh, it's-it's a long story."
First nodded and looked at the tree, "Are you okay up there, Sky?"
"Yeah, I mean, I've just been up here for a few hours, so I'm good."
"Oh, First is here? Guess I'm free to go then," Twilight started walking away.
"Oh, no, you don't," First shook his head and dragged Twilight back to the tree. "Come on," First said with a small hint of mockery, "you're always saying you're the strongest. Now prove it. Get. Sky. Out. Of. That. Tree. Now!"
"I already tried. It didn't do anything in case you didn't know that."
"What did you try?"
"Uh, let's see," Past started, "Twilight tried his Chain-Chomp thing, Time tried rolling into it and the Triforce Heroes tried blowing it up. And as you can see, none of those worked."
First nodded and put a hand to his chin in thought and looked at the large tree. He walked up to the tree and put his hand against it lightly. Suddenly, he heard a panicked scream and saw Sky fall out from the tree. He barely missed being hit by the young adult. Sky face planted into the dirt and groaned.
Nice face plant, Sky, First thought as a small smile came across his face. He shook his head and walked back to his own Loftwing. Fi floated in front of him before he could mount.
"Original Master Link, it appears my calculations were incorrect. Would you mind taking me to Her Grace?"
He nodded, "Sky, I hope you don't mind, but you're going to be without Fi for a while." He mounted the Loftwing and flew off, with Fi close behind him. Twilight started ranting about how much he hated this day, while some Links sat down to think about what just happened, and others started heading home.
"Hey, I found my sailcloth," Sky chuckled weakly as he held the cloth.
"What?" Time said.
"I, uh, I found my sailcloth."
"Are you serious? We did all that for nothing!?" Wind screamed.
Twilight walked up to Sky, and grabbed the collar of his tunic. "I. Hate. You."
Sky managed to break free from his grip. "I'm sorry…?" he muttered.
Twilight growled and Sky knew it was time to start running. The Links who bothered staying and Sky's loftwing watched in a mix of amusement and irritation as Twilight kept chasing Sky around the tree.
When Twilight caught Sky due to Sky's small stamina, he started screaming at him. He probably would've physically hurt Sky too. The only things stopping him were the other Links still there and his morals. Eventually, everything cooled down and they all went home.
Upon arrival, they were greeted by a messy living room, like always, and a pause screen for a video game. A few Links were chilling in the living room with food in their laps, First was one of them.
"Oh, good, you're back," First turned to them, "Wild cooked. Your food's in the kitchen."
Twilight went into the kitchen first, only to come out a second later with a bowl of soup. He pushed it into Sky's face and went back to the kitchen to actually eat. All the Links in the room laughed, excluding First and obviously Sky.
"Well, that happened," Sky said, "I'm going to bathe."
"You do that," First took another bite out of his food.
I hoped you enjoyed this chapter of Too Many Links. And now's the part where I semi-promote myself. Feel free to leave a review, ask a question, or something. I don't know. You do you. Also, requests are always open, just make sure it's appropriate. Until next time. Bye~