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"Tell me… do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls?"
"Hmm?" A teenage boy looked to the man, Rusl, next to him as they were sitting in front of a spring. "What do you mean?"
"Well, they say it's the only time when our world intersects with theirs. The only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left our world. That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight."
He then looked to the teenager. "But enough about that. I have a favor to ask of you, Link."
"Hmm?"
"I was supposed to deliver something to the royal family of Hyrule the day after tomorrow. It was a task set to me by the mayor, but… would you go in my stead?" He asked as Link just looked at him. "You have… never been to Hyrule, have you?"
"Nope." Link shook his head.
"Well, in the kingdom of Hyrule, there's a great castle and around it is called Castle Town. It's a bigger community than our little town… and far bigger than Hyrule is the rest of the world the gods created. You should look upon it with your own eyes."
He then got up and chuckled. "And perhaps you should bring that Kirisame girl along. Out of all your friends, you two are really close." He said with a chuckle. "Anyway, it's getting late. We should head back to the village. I'll talk to the mayor about this matter."
The two of them walked away from the spring, as Link gently took Epona, and they walked back to the village, where Rusl closed the gates and went their separate ways after Link got to his home. Rusl walked back to his home with his family, then Link went up to his house, unaware of a girl taking Epona to a spring.
All was peace and quiet… until a man ran up to Link's house. "Hey Link!"
Link walked to his window. "What is it, Fado?"
"The goats aren't listening to me again, and Marisa is trying to herd the goats by herself! I could use your help!"
"I'll be right down." Link said as he walked down while Fado looked around.
"Hey… where's Epona?" He wondered as Link walked out and hopped off a ledge. "Have you seen Epona?"
Link looked to a pathway behind his home. "I may have an idea." He said as he walked off and would soon come across a young woman washing up Epona.
BGM: Meet Ilia (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Oh!" The young woman turned to him. "Hi Link, I washed Epona for you."
Link smiled. "Thanks Ilia." He said.
"Hmm, could you pick up that piece of grass and play it? You know, that song that Epona likes?" She requested as Link nodded, picking up a piece of horseshoe grass and played Epona's Song, as Epona perked up and walked up to him, gently nuzzling his cheek. "It's such a nice melody." She smiled as Link hopped on Epona's back. "I've washed her up for you, but don't do anything rash with her, okay?"
Link chuckled. "I got it."
"So, where are you headed?"
"Would you believe me that I'm going to go save Marisa?"
Ilia raised an eyebrow. "Save Marisa? She can take care of herself."
"Two words. Herding goats."
Ilia winced. "Okay, yeah… she's hopeless with goats. Go on and save her." She chuckled.
"Right. See you." Link nodded. "Yah!" He said, as Epona took off.
End BGM
Meanwhile…
BGM: Wild Goats (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"You stupid goats! Would you go in that stupid barn!" A blonde haired girl yelled, as she had an outfit similar to a witch but she didn't have a hat.
"Hey Marisa, you might want to use that wand of yours instead of that broom!" Fado pointed out.
"Oh gee, why didn't I think of that?" Marisa grumbled as she pulled a wand out of a pocket. "Stardust Reverie!" She yelled, but some of the magic went flying past the goats, though none of them were really concerned with her. "Oh come on!"
It was at this point that they heard a horse neighing and then Link came in with Epona. "Yah! Yah!" He yelled, as Epona neighed to scare the goats enough that they all went into the barn in seconds.
End BGM
"Thanks, Link. I owe ya one." Fado said.
"My hero." Marisa sarcastically said with an eye roll.
Link chuckled. "Yeah, you were doing a great job." He sarcastically said.
"I was doing fine until you showed up!" She said. "I was handling it just fine." She said, turning around with a huff and folding her arms.
Now it was Epona's turn to roll her eyes and then did a little snort as Marisa turned to her in offense. "Don't you snort at me!" She said with a glare as Epona lightly neighed. "I was too handling it well and you know it!" Epona gave out a sassy snort. "Don't you sass me!"
"Alright ladies, break it up." Link chuckled.
"Yeah, save the fighting somewhere else. I'm betting Epona would win though." Fado said.
"Ha! I can cream this horse in my sleep!" Marisa confidently said, to which Epona walked over and pushed her down with her head. "OOOF! Cheap shot…" She grumbled, to which she could've sworn she heard the horse laugh at her as they walked off before Epona got a running start and jumped a fence. "One of these days, I'll be pushing you down! Then we'll see who's laughing!" She said.
She then walked off, grumbling to herself. "I can't believe it… I'm arguing with a horse…"
"These are some strange times indeed…" Fado mumbled to himself.
The next day…
BGM: Ordon Village (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
Link walked out of his house and stretched. "Heeeey, Link!" A voice called out to him as he looked to see two boys and a girl running up to his house, though one of the boys looked like a baby. They were Talo, Malo and Beth.
"Have you seen the store lately?" Talo asked. "I heard there's a slingshot in there!"
"I've heard there's also new potions in the Kirisame family shop!" Beth said.
"Maybe there's a potion for Marisa to not act like a moron at times." Malo snarkily said.
"Hey now, be nice!" Talo said. "Marisa's just going through a rough patch right now. Something about not seeing eye to eye with her dad or something."
"Even so…"
"Aaaanyway, I want to see a slingshot in action! Think you could show us, Link?" Talo asked.
"Hmm, sure." Link nodded and then snapped his fingers as he went back into his house, then he went to the basement where he walked over and pulled out a purple rupee and then walked out. "I'll be right back."
"What'd he go get? It's not like Rupees grow on trees or anything." Beth said.
"No. The Rupee fairy comes and scatters them around the village each day." Malo sarcastically said.
"There's an actual Rupee fairy?!" Talo asked, causing Malo to sigh in disappointment.
Meanwhile, with Marisa…
"Tch. That stupid old man… what does he know?" Marisa grumbled as she was fishing by the stream and humming to herself. "It was sure nice of Colin to make me this." She said and then felt a tug. "Oh! Come to mama!" She grinned and then started to reel it in, pulling out a nice fish. "Oooh!" She drooled over it and then grabbed it. "You're gonna make a nice lunch… or maybe dinner!" She said.
"Mrow!" A cat suddenly jumped up and grabbed the fish that she was holding and quickly ran off into a shop.
"Hey!" Marisa yelled and then sighed. "Stupid cat…" She grumbled to herself and started to fish again as Link came out of the shop with a slingshot.
"Alright, time to-"
"Link!" A pregnant woman came to him.
"What is it, Uli?" He asked.
"I don't suppose you know where my cradle is? I thought I left it here somewhere but it seems to be gone. I hope those mischievous monkeys didn't get it."
"I'll check it out." Link said as he went to climb up a small platform and saw a monkey in the distance playing with a cradle. "Aha!" He said as he grabbed some grass and played a song, as a falcon came down and landed on his arm. "Alright, go!" He ordered, aiming the falcon to the cradle as it took off, as it grabbed the cradle and startling the monkey as it brought back the cradle to him. "Thank you. Great job."
"Show off." Marisa quietly said, who had watched the whole thing and went back to her fishing as the falcon flew off… but not before coming down and snatching Marisa's second fish before flying off. "What the… HEY!" She yelled and then glared at Link who only laughed with a shrug and then hopped down. "Can't a girl fish in peace?"
"Oh, thank you Link!" Uli smiled as he walked with her to their house. "Oh, I almost forgot. Colin wanted to give this to you." She said, handing him a fishing rod. "He already made one for Marisa and then went to make one for you."
"And look at how well it's going for me!" Marisa yelled from afar, as both of them laughed while Link walked off back to his house where he proceeded to humor his friends and shot the targets with ease with the slingshot.
"That's so cool!" Talo grinned. "Oh, by the way, Rusl came by and dropped something in your house."
"Yeah, I wonder what it could be?" Beth wondered.
"I command you to go look." Malo ordered.
Link chuckled and then climbed up the ladder as he went into the room and came out with a wooden sword, and after the three admired the sword, Link proceeded to show 'em how its done with a few slices, a stab and then a spin attack on a poor scarecrow.
"Wooooow!" All three of them exclaimed right as Marisa walked up.
"Hey, what are you dorks doing?" Marisa asked.
"Watching Link go to town on a scarecrow with a sword!" Talo grinned. "Why, that inspired me to get one of my own and defend this town from those monkeys!" He said, and right on cue, he saw a monkey looking at them. "Hey! YOU!" He yelled and then ran after it as the monkey took off.
BGM: Talo's Rescue (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Oh no no no! This is bad! He's going right into Faron Woods!" Beth exclaimed.
"Crap… he's either going to get attacked by Bokoblins or get eaten alive by some man-eating Youkai!" Marisa said and then took off.
"You guys stay put!" Link said and then grabbed a horseshoe grass to grab Epona's attention. She came to him as he hopped up on her back and then took off as they soon caught up to Marisa. Epona whinnied to get her attention as she looked back, and then jumped up on Epona's back and held on to Link as Epona ran across the bridge.
They soon came across a dark cave that Epona screeched to a halt and didn't want to go any further. "Well, this is our stop." Marisa said and then hopped off with Link as they went into the dark cave as Marisa pulled out her wand. "Fira Burnra Firaga!" Marisa chanted, as the top of the wand immediately caught fire. "Ha! It works!" She grinned as they walked into the cave.
As they walked through the cave, Marisa burned up any cobwebs in the way as they kept going, unaware of them being followed by some kind of girl that was creeping up on them.
Said girl had blonde hair tied up in a bun with a ribbon, and she wore a black and brown dress that's poofy under the waist, which is tied around by a yellow ribbon.
"…Do you feel-"
"Yup." Marisa nodded and then turned around, launching a fireball at the girl.
"Yah! What is this, first you destroy my cobwebs and now you go and try to burn me?!"
"Cobwebs? Great… Skulltulas can turn into ugly girls now." Marisa complained.
"How dare you! I'll have you know that I am NO Skulltula!"
"Then what are you?" Marisa asked.
"Not 'what', 'who'! And that 'who' is Yamame Kurodani!"
"How about I call you Ugly Spider Chick?"
"Grrr! You'd best hold your tongue… I can manipulate illnesses, you know!"
"Oh look, I have a potion that can cure any disease!" Marisa pulled out a potion and smirked. "Try me."
"Grrr…!"
"Come on, let's just get out of here." Link said as he walked off to Faron Woods.
"Wait for me!" Marisa said and then turned to Yamame. "Why don't you go infect someone else? I'm sure Bokoblins would love to hang out with you." She walked away from her.
"You're gonna regret that! The next time you come in here, I'll be infecting you! You hear me?! INFECTING YOU!"
"Weirdo." Marisa said as they walked into Faron Woods as some Bokoblins saw them and came charging, but Link and Marisa quickly took care of them with ease and they went further, as Marisa stopped herself. "Alright! Who's following us now?" She asked, as she turned around and aimed her wand at a green haired fairy.
"Eep!"
"Another Youkai?" Link asked.
"Apparently. And I bet it's a man eating one!"
"I-I'm not a man-eating Youkai! I'm just a simple fairy, promise!"
"Then who are you?" Marisa asked.
"My name's Daiyousei. I actually saw a boy chasing a monkey recently."
"Talo?!" Link asked. "Where is he?"
"I kinda lost him since he was running so fast." Daiyousei admitted with a sweatdrop. "But I do believe they went this way!" Daiyousei said as she went ahead with the two following her. They went up a pathway and soon discovered a pair of Bokoblins holding the monkey and Talo prisoner.
"Help us!" Talo exclaimed as Link and Marisa came charging in as Link stabbed a Bokoblin while Marisa set another on fire before kicking it into abyss.
"Have a nice fall!" Marisa chuckled as Link went and freed Talo and the monkey.
End BGM
"Phew, thank you!" Talo smiled. "This monkey actually tried and protected me from those creatures." He admitted and spotted Daiyousei. "Ack! A man-eating Youkai!"
"I'm anything but that." Daiyousei said as she flew over to him. "Oh, you got yourself a scratch."
"I-It's nothing!"
"Here, let me help you." Daiyousei said calmly and put her hand on the scratch, and within a few seconds, she pulled it away and the scratch was gone.
"Wow!" Talo grinned.
"I specialize in healing." Daiyousei shyly giggled.
"Man, I underestimated you Youkai! I thought you were all man-eating."
"Oh no, there are some Youkai in this forest that can eat you if you're not careful. You should be lucky that I was nearby." She explained. "Come on, I can guide you out of this forest."
"Ugh, do we have to go through that wannabe-spider girl again?" Marisa asked.
"You met Yamame? I know a way around that cave actually. Come on!" Daiyousei said as they followed the fairy as they soon found themselves back with Epona.
"Wow, thanks!" Talo grinned.
"You're welcome." Daiyousei smiled and then looked at Epona. "Oh! What's this interesting creature?" She wondered as she examined the horse in curiosity.
"You've never seen a horse before?" Link asked.
"Someone's been living under a rock…" Marisa said snarkily.
"The only creatures I see in the woods are fellow Youkai, Bokoblins and Deku Babas. I think I saw some kind of kid that plays a flute once… Youkai tend to avoid that weirdo." Daiyousei said.
"Well, we should get going." Link said as they nodded and walked off.
"It's been fun talking to you, Dai!" Marisa waved as they headed off.
"Dai…?" Daiyousei wondered. "Wow… no one's ever really called me that." She said and then flew off back to the Faron Woods.
"Hey Link…?" Talo said as they got back to Ordon Village. "Can you not tell dad about this ordeal…?"
Link chuckled. "I'll keep it between us."
"I dunno, someone might go and tell him." Marisa said, casually putting her hands over her head… and earned an elbow to the gut by Link. "Ooof! I'm kidding!"
Talo smiled. "Thanks." He said and took off, as Rusl came by and had a knowing look on his face.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." He chuckled. "So… tomorrow's the big day. You go off to Hyrule and go to Castle Town."
"WHAT?!" Marisa yelled. "You're going to Castle Town and you didn't tell ME?!"
"I was going to ask you-"
"Ask me what? Ask me to watch your house as you proceed to go to Hyrule?!"
"No no no, I was going to ask if you wanted to come with."
Marisa blinked. "Oh… I dunno… I'm kinda busy with the potion shop."
"Alright, if you insi-"
"So, what time are we going tomorrow?" Marisa grinned.
"Huh? I thought you-"
"The farther away I am from my old man, the better." Marisa said. "I can't stand to look at his face anymore."
Link sweatdropped. "Okay, we'll be going sometime in the morning."
"I'll be ready!" Marisa grinned.
Rusl chuckled. "Heh, who knows… you might run into Princess Zelda!"
Speaking of which…
BGM: Zant's Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"Quick! Close the doors!" A guard yelled as they quickly closed the doors behind them as they stood on guard in Zelda's throne room, while the princess herself held her sword and had a fierce look on her face.
The doors burst open and then a tall, slender man with two dark beasts approached them. "Princess Zelda." The man greeted darkly. He was dressed in black, baggy clothing with long sleeves and wore a metallic, almost chameleon-looking helmet that covered his entire head.
Zelda glared at him. "Leave at once! You have no business here."
"Oh, but I do! You either come quietly or we will do things the hard way."
"What do we do, your highness?" One of the guards asked. "Those beasts are incredibly dangerous!"
"We fight." Zelda said. "Stand your ground! Don't let their appearances scare you!"
"I was hoping we'd do things the hard way." The man smirked through his helmet, and right on cue, a woman in red robes came in from behind with six dark purple wings came flying to them.
"Wh-what is that?!" A guard asked.
"Is that a Youkai?!" Another asked in horror as the woman landed before Zelda with a wicked smirk, and then a few more girls showed up, two of them twins, one of them in a maid uniform, and another with puppets.
"There's more of them!"
Zelda held her ground… even as if the woman began to reach for her neck, but it wasn't tight and she still allowed her to breathe. "Tch… should I be scared?"
The woman smirked and then snapped her fingers, as the twins came over and proceeded to attack a few of the guards, the maid taking down a guard with ease, and the one with the puppets held a guard hostage.
"Well done, Shinki. I knew I can count on you." The man chuckled and then walked toward Zelda. "Now, you can either fight watch your precious guards and your people be killed. One. By. One. Or… you can come quietly and your people and your guards will be spared."
"Princess… don't listen to him!" A guard yelled.
"We can handle things on our own!"
"Choose wisely." The man said as Zelda clenched her fists, not knowing what to do… before she eventually dropped her sword. "Goooood." He chuckled darkly.
"You will fail…" Zelda quietly said.
"Ahahaha… we shall see." The man smirked. "This world… will fall into Twilight!"
End BGM
The next day, at Ordon Village…
Resume Ordon Village BGM
Link walked up to the mayor's house with Epona while Marisa ran up to them with a smile. "So, I suppose that you're ready to go." Bo, the mayor, said while Ilia came up to check on Epona.
"Yes." Link nodded.
"It'd be quite bad if a representative of Ordon Village would be late to a place as Hyrule, no?" Bo asked as Link nodded.
"What the… HEY!" Ilia yelled. "What's with this injury on Epona's leg?" She turned to Link. "You were jumping fences with her again, weren't you?!"
"I… uh…" Link sweatdropped.
"Or were you wrestling with Epona again?!" Ilia glared hard at Marisa.
"Whoa, hey, let's not point any fingers!" Marisa said defensively.
"Now, Ilia… let's calm down…" Bo tried to calm her.
"No, dad! This is serious! You ought to be ashamed that you're defending Link and Marisa from something like this!" Ilia scolded, as the three looked down in shame… then the trio looked at each other with one eye. "Come, Ilia… let's get you cleaned up." She said and then took her to the spring.
"Oh… this will not do…" Bo muttered.
"We'll go talk to her." Marisa said as they went to her… but as they did…
"Way to go, Colin! I can't believe you got us in trouble!" Talo complained.
"Yeah, bad Colin!" Malo exclaimed.
"You were bound to be found out eventually…" Colin timidly said.
"Oh, Link! Marisa!" Talo exclaimed. "Sorry… you can't go to the spring. Ilia specifically told us not to let anyone past."
Link had an idea and brought out his wooded sword. "You want this?"
"Ooooh! Do I ever!" He said with his eyes sparkling as he lunged for it, but Link held it higher in the air. "Nnngh! No fair! Why must you be so tall!"
"Ah ah ah! If you want this sword, you must let us past."
"Oh, fine! Just give it to me!" Talo said and then Link gave it to him. "Thank you!"
"Great, Ilia is going to kill us." Malo complained as Link and Marisa went by and went straight to the spring, where Ilia is washing Epona… who spotted them.
End BGM
"Nuh-uh! If you think you'll take Epona, you can forget it!" Ilia protested.
"Oh come on, we have somewhere to be!" Marisa said.
"Nope! Not hearing it!" Ilia said.
"Excuse me…" Colin came by to the both of them. "Maybe I can distract her. You go to the secret passage." He suggested as the two of them nodded and went off, as they found the secret passage and crawled through, and they found themselves on the other side where Colin was explaining to Ilia what happened.
"I had no idea…" Ilia whispered. "To think that actually happened…" She said and then saw them coming out of the passage. "Oh no! You are not going to do some crazy stunt with her!" She protested, but Epona walked toward Link and Marisa, as Ilia sighed in defeat. "So, you still choose your master and his friend over me?" She chuckled. "Well, I suppose I have no other choice."
Epona gently nuzzled Link. "Hey there, girl." Link whispered.
"Hey, when you go out to Hyrule… try not to do anything out of your league, especially you, Marisa." Ilia warned.
Marisa laughed. "I'll try not to." She said… when suddenly, the gates flew open and out came a boar being ridden by two Bulbins.
BGM: Enter the Darkness (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
"What the hell?!" Marisa yelled as they quickly tried to run but the Bulbin fired an arrow at Ilia to knock her out.
"Ilia!" Link exclaimed… before getting clobbered on the head by a club, and then Marisa soon got a club to the head as she tried to fight back, as the Bulbins took a KO'd Ilia and Colin, while Epona ran off scared… while a King Bulbin came in on a boar as he looked around before blowing into a blow horn, as a dark portal suddenly appeared from the sky before they took off.
Link and Marisa both woke up at the same time and they looked at each other as they got up. "Hang on guys, we're coming!" Link exclaimed as he and Marisa ran off toward Faron Woods, before they stopped to see some kind of glowing yellow wall.
"What in the…" Marisa whispered as two dark hands both came out and grabbed the two before they could react, then they pulled them in.
End BGM
"Nnngh…! What's going on…?!" Link asked as they were being dragged by two dark beasts.
"Argh…! LET! GO!" Marisa yelled, firing magic at her wand, causing the dark beast to yelp and jump back, letting her go while she did the same thing to the one holding Link. "You okay?"
"Nngh… agh…" Link groaned.
"Link?"
"This feeling… I don't know what… but I feel… I feel…" He groaned as a glowing triangle appeared on the back of his hand before he started screaming before transforming into a wolf before he passed out.
"WHAT THE?!" Marisa screamed before she started to feel dizzy. "Nngh... wh-what the… why do I feel…" She groaned, holding on to her arms as she started groaning. "Agh… agh…! AAAAAAAAAAGH!" Marisa screamed before she suddenly turned into a raven before she passed out as well. (Think of Marisa being turned into a raven by Mamizou in Ten Desires.)
The two beasts calmly watched the two transform before they dragged the two away, unaware that two beings watched this from afar. One imp, one evil spirit.
Both of them looked at each other before having a wicked smirk come across their faces.
New story underway, y'all!
Also, I probably need to clear some things up.
One: This is not canon to Touhou: Ocarina of Time. It's a whole new world! (Just for those who think this is a sequel to Ocarina. :P)
Second: You might be wondering that Gensokyo merged with Hyrule, but no. There's no Gensokyo. It's just Hyrule with a bunch of Gensokyo elements to it. Plus Youkai!
Anyway, let's get it on, y'all!
