Story 1: The First Day of a New Beginning!
So ended the tale of the legendary hero... A hero that slayed all evil by himself. The hero that wielded the legendary blade... The blade with the power within to repel evil, to stop the evil king, and restore peace to the ocean. Maybe, just maybe there would be another person just like the legendary hero, or perhaps...
"Like that'll ever happen, Link! Liiink!" A high pitched voice called from below, closing an old book quickly.
"..."
"Link?" The feminine voice called once more, climbing up a set of steps up a ladder.
She was a blonde headed girl, just like her older brother, except she was a lot younger, adventurous, and generally sweet and caring!
"Link! You woke up late again!" She called out once more, but to no surprise, her brother was too busy daydreaming about who knows what.
That was when she finally had enough...
"LIIIINK!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, awaking him out of his deep slumber!
"GAAAH!" The blonde headed boy jumped out of his bed, hitting his head against the wooden ceiling hard!
"Aryll! What the heck is wrong with you?" The boy screamed out in pain, rubbing his forehead with his hand gently.
"Tehehe! Morning Big brother! You're gonna miss breakfast!" Aryll smiled innocently, climbing down the ladder once more.
"Ugh... Of all days, why today?" Link asked the gods above him, face palming himself.
"Of all days, today's the perfect day! I figured you could use some breakfast! So I made you your favorite meal! Pancakes!" Aryll giggled, climbing back up the ladder with a plate in her other hand.
The plate had three big pancakes stacked on top of one another, with a delicious smelling sticky syrup covering the cakes! She even put his favorite fruit on top too! A strawberry along with whipped cream around it to make it perfect! The smell was enough to make Link's stomach growl, he looked at his sister in surprise, and felt ashamed of himself for swearing at her.
"*sigh* I'm sorry for yelling, anyways, what day is it today even? It's not my birthday or anything, so what's the occasion huh sis?" Link smiled, rubbing the top of her head to mess her hair up.
She set the plate in front of him, forgiving him, but she gave him an annoyed frown when he messed up her straightened hair!
"Grandma and I spent the whole morning getting my hair straight! You know how much I hate it when you do that! Anyways! Eat up big brother, I made it with love." Aryll smiled, blushing lightly.
"You really are the greatest sister any brother could ask for, thank you!" Link grinned, taking the fork and jabbing it into the top pancake.
Without hesitation, he lifted the pancake up into his mouth, chewing a piece off that was soaked in syrup! The syrupy taste made it taste delicious, however...
"MMM!" Link's eyes widened in surprise, realizing the second taste of it past the syrup...
It was burnt! Completely burnt! The batter of the cake crumbled into his mouth instantly, giving his tastebuds a painful sensation...
"Well!? What do you think? Do you like them?" Aryll asked, jumping up and down excitedly.
As much as he wanted to spit them back out, he didn't want to break her heart... So he playfully chewed on the pieces, pretending to enjoy them by giving her an odd looking smile. Despite her age, she was easily fooled by the trick, and giggled in such joy!
"Awh! You love them! *pause* Oh yeah, I just forgot to tell you, Grandma enrolled you and I into that school or whatever, It's located at Dragon Roost Island, funny name isn't it?" Aryll laughed, looking up to him.
"*COUGH* W-Wha-*Cough*" Within a second of hearing the word "school" All Link did was choke on the piece of pancake he was chewing on, and he suddenly dropped the fork back onto the plate! The pancake made its way down his throat, giving him a cold chill down his spine.
"Blugh..." He held his mouth shut, regretting the taste.
"Are you okay?" Aryll asked in worry, joining him on the bed to sit beside him.
"Y-Yeah! Mmm! They're so delicious sis!" Link smiled, shedding a tear.
"Then why're you crying?" Aryll wondered, pointing to the tear.
"I'm crying because of how good it tastes! They taste like heaven!" Link chuckled nervously, not wanting to finish the plate.
"Well, I hope you finish them once I get back, looks like the mailman is here! Or should I say our new mailgirl!" Aryll laughed, dropping from the ladder.
"Huh?" Link tilted his head in question, wondering what she was on about.
He tossed the plate aside, feeling guilty about not eating the pancakes, and followed after her. Once he got down though, she was already at the door, giving him a sad look on her face.
"Aren't you going to finish your pancakes Link?" Aryll frowned, dropping her head in disappointment.
Link sighed, putting his shoes on his feet, he walked up to her once he was done with that, kneeling beside her on one knee, as if he was proposing to someone. He closed his eyes, put his arm on her shoulder, and did a light cough to add onto the moment. It was as if he was going to tell her someone close to her died...
"Listen sis... Your pancakes..." Link opened his eyes, looking up at her.
He noticed the tears forming, and his heart immediately broke in half. He didn't want to break her heart, so he came up with another excuse!
"I wanna go meet this new mailgirl or whatever her name is, I can finish those delicious things later! Anyways, I thought Quill usually delivered our mail daily?" Link asked, trying to avoid the topic at hand.
Aryll lost her train of thought, despite her age... She was easily distracted by anything she found appealing. She opened the door, and didn't say a word to him when she left. Again, he followed after her and together, the two of them walked outside of their grandmother's house. The sun was beaming down over Outset Island! It was a beautiful day out, the weather was warm, and the sea was quiet and calm! The whole island was peaceful, and the villagers were all generally friendly and nice to the two siblings! Aryll looked over to the left, spotting the red postbox near the ocean water! She spotted a young Rito girl flying down to the red mailbox. She looked like Link's age, and she was quite beautiful and innocent looking too, while carrying a brown bag full of mail! Her hair was colored brown, and she was wearing a long gown looking dress, which had a red scarf looking banner around her neck, which dropped over her chest and back evenly. Her nose was a beak, rather than a human's nose, and she was also wearing another white scarf above the red banner! Her eyes were ruby red, and they truly shined brighter than the sun!
"Why're you staring at her like that?" Aryll asked her brother, ruining his train of thought.
He was too busy daydreaming about her, why did he study her beauty so long? Normally he'd just shrug off a random girl, not even paying attention to their eye color, or what they wore...
"Link!" Aryll snapped her fingers, surprising him!
"W-Wha-Huh?" Link shook his head, returning to the real world.
"OH! I see what's going on here!" Aryll grinned happily, giving him a mischievous look!
"What? You don't know it..." Link rolled his eyes, walking past her to greet their fellow neighbors.
"Know it, I can see it... I saw those heart shaped eyes! You can't prove me wrong!" Aryll laughed, noticing the soft blush on his face.
Never before has he seen such a beautiful girl in his life... But why did he this one Rito so, attracting?
"Shush it kid, my eyes can't turn into hearts, that's not even possible!" Link tried to deny the fact, hiding his blush by looking away.
"You've been single and lonely for the longest time! I think she replaced Quill for today! You should go introduce yourself to her! C'mon! Let's go, you're not getting out of this one big brother!" Aryll grabbed his hand, leading him on.
She dragged him down the path to the beach, and his heart started racing! Why did he feel this way? Over one simple girl he never met before! He's suddenly getting weird emotions about her!
"Wait! I really don't think-" Link tried to get out of it again, but Aryll covered his lips with her fingers.
"Courage is the path to success, the legendary hero probably kissed tons of girls, it's just one girl! You've spoken to girls before!" Aryll gave him a smirk.
"Yeah, but I just... Wait." Link stopped her, forcing her to turn around and give him a killer look.
"What?" She asked what was wrong, hoping for a good excuse.
"For some reason I'm getting weird vibes about her, and I don't know-" He tried speaking again, but she cut him off!
"Yeah, that's called love, ever hear of it before? I know for a fact I show it to you everyday, so you SHOULD know what it is, and what it feels like." Aryll raised her eyebrows, walking down the path once more.
She refused to let go of his hand, knowing it was finally time for him to get a girl. She knew how bad he was talking to girls... But eventually he'd have to overcome it and make new friends!
"Family love isn't the same as... Wait, are you trying to say I should ask her out? I haven't even met her yet!" Link blushed harder at the thought, as they were getting closer to the Rito.
The girl was taking a few envelopes from the bag she was carrying, stuffing a handful of them into the mailbox! She didn't seem to notice them even when Link was beginning to panic!
"Play it cool..." He took a deep breath, not wanting to make a bad first impression.
"I don't know why you're getting so worked up over her, it's just a girl... Be yourself and try not to act too cool... I know how you are when it comes to flirting with other girls, you don't act like yourself! You'll be fine! You don't have a single friend that's a girl yet, it's time we change that brother!" Aryll giggled, skipping up and down happily.
"W-What do I even say? What do I even do? And why the heck do I feel this way in my heart? Gods above... Please help me!"
"If it bothers you that much, I'll start the conversation, all I wanted to do was introduce ourselves to her, I was only teasing you about the whole flirting thing." Aryll turned her head, seeing the heavy blush that he had.
"Oh brother..." She added on, rolling her eyes playfully.
Link gulped, as they were right behind the young Rito girl, she didn't notice the two siblings approaching her, and she was still filling up the box with all kinds of mail. At this moment, Link immediately regretted this, he wanted to bail out and leave, but it was already too late once his sister spoke out!
"Hello!" She happily greeted the girl, making her stop in her movements.
The Rito finished up the mail in her hands, and turned around to see Aryll and Link right in front of her! She looked at Link first, then she looked down at Aryll, noticing her wave!
"Oh! Hi!" The girl waved back to the siblings, smiling from the happy greeting she received from Aryll.
Link didn't say a word, he only looked at her face more carefully, he was lovestruck by her, everything about her was just so... Perfect to his eye!
"Hello, I'm Aryll!" Aryll told her her name, still smiling happily in her normal cheerful self.
"I'm Medli, You two must be the local villagers that live on this island." Medli assumed, staring more at Aryll than Link.
That was until Aryll nodded her head in response, and felt a little awkward that Link wasn't saying a word...
"Yup! You guessed it!" She replied to the Rito, giving Link a killer look.
"O-Oh, Hey! I'm L-Link." Link blushed lightly, gazing at her long beautiful hair for just a moment.
She tucked a strand of hair back when she saw him staring at her, and blushed very lightly, she waved shyly and greeted him back by saying,
"Once again, I'm Medli, it's a pleasure to meet you Link!" She replied just as cheerful as his little sister, opening her mailbag.
"This island is quite beautiful, you two seem very nice! I rarely see anyone like that." Medli sighed, taking a handful of letters and putting them into the mailbox one by one.
That was until Aryll thought of an idea for them to make more contact, she desperately wanted to hook them up together.
"Hm..." She thought to herself, noticing Link staring at Medli yet again.
"So Medli, um... Where's Quill? He usually delivers the mail." Aryll wondered, making Medli turn around to face her.
"Quill decided to give me a try at this mail business thing, so I gave it a go! I only got several more islands to visit until I'm finished for today, so I get to explore the Great Sea and meet all kinds of new people I've never met before!" She still sounded very happy, even though Aryll was interrupting her work.
"Oh, that makes sense! Well you're doing great so far! *gasp* And I also forgot!" Aryll finally had an idea for them to make contact with one another.
Medli tilted her head, wondering what she was on about. That was when Aryll extended her hand out to her, asking for a handshake.
"What's an introduction without a handshake am I right?" Aryll giggled, wanting Link to touch her hand.
"Hm." Aryll hummed a happy tune, reaching out to grab her hand and shook it in respect.
Then, she turned to Link, who was STILL out of thought... Medli extended her hand to him, wanting to give him one as well! However, he finally caught the message and proceeded on, moving up to her quickly! He surprised her by the sudden movement, all the while Aryll was staring at them, facepalming herself... Link's heart pounded hard, and he slipped on a rock upon approaching her! He tripped and fell right into her! Then, she fell into Aryll, causing all three of them to fall to the ground! While that was happening, Medli's mailbag flew off of her back, landing into the ocean water!
"O-Ow..." Medli was confused, seeing stars flying around her head.
"L-Link..." Aryll blinked her eyes, lost...
Link stayed to the floor, he blushed heavily once he realized his position on the poor girl. He was lying right on top of her, and he even noticed her heavy blush too!
"At least she's blushing... That's gotta be a sign right?" Link thought to himself.
Eventually she pushed him off of her, getting up from the ground and looking around, panicking! She checked for her bag, but it was nowhere to be seen! Then she turned around to look at the ocean, she was it floating right there!
"No!" She screamed, turning her arms into wings and flew towards the bag, scared for the worst!
But before she could grab it, the bag immediately dropped underwater, disappearing from their sights! She even ducked her head underwater, and screamed in total shock! She couldn't see anything, the water was too blurry for her eyes, and she lifted her head back up once she started losing breath. By that time, Aryll and Link stood up, both realizing what had happened!
"W-Why?!" Medli turned around, giving Link a killer look.
"Oh, you did it now... Say goodbye to your chances with her." Aryll whispered to Link, expecting the wrath from her.
That was when Link's courage finally came into play, he couldn't just stand there...
"Oh my god! I am SO sorry! I didn't mean-" He started apologizing, hoping that would work.
"Saying sorry doesn't replace important mail that people need to receive! I can't believe you didn't watch where you were going! GREAT!" She yelled at him angrily crossing her arms.
She found a nearby rock to sit on, and proceeded on to sit on it. She kept her arms crossed, and stared blankly at the sandy ground, feeling the need to cry.
"Quill's gonna kill me..." She sighed, feeling defeated.
Aryll had already left, but Link didn't notice her, nor Medli. Once again, with the brain he had... He was staring at how beautiful she looked, but his heart was tugging at him pretty hard, so hard that it was giving him the message to fix the problem at hand. She looked up at him, and stood up from the rock, giving him an angry look.
"Why do you keep staring at me like that?" She sounded creeped out, and forced him to speak back.
"Look, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to trip, it was an accident!" He apologized again, hoping she'd forgive him, but she didn't show any signs of doing that.
"Sorry doesn't replace mail you know, I'm really upset at you! Maybe if you paid more attention, then you wouldn't have tripped so clumsily over that little rock! And stop staring at me like that, you've been creeping me out ever since!" She frowned even more, raising her voice.
"There goes my chances..." Link sighed, respecting her and looking away to the sea water.
"I can fix it!" He blurted out, there was no chance of escaping the mess he caused.
"Oh, you better! You can start by sailing to each and every island, apologizing to each of the island's people, telling them why their mail didn't show up today, and also you're coming with me to Dragon Roost Island, so that you can fulfill my job for the whole week, do you understand me?" Medli demanded, crossing her arms and tapping her foot to the sand, awaiting an answer.
That was when Aryll came back outside of their house, she quickly ran over to the pair, handing Link his wooden sword.
"Go..." Aryll whispered, telling Link to retrieve the bag!
Link nodded, running in to dive straight into the water, but before he did... Medli said one last thing to him!
"Wait! You can't just-" She spoke, but she was cutout from the sound of going underwater.
Link dove under, taking a huge breath and looking around the sea floor. He swam over to a set of holes on the sandy ground, there was a mix of rocks and sand all over the place, and he kept his eyes open to see. His vision wasn't that strong, but he noticed a nearby dark hole with bubbles coming out of it!
"That's gotta be where it sank! It'd be obvious!" He thought to himself, feeling proud to retrieve the bag for her.
If he succeeded, maybe just maybe... She'd forgive him! He swam into the abyssal hole, with barely any sunlight to see through it. He kept swimming and swimming deeper and deeper, losing a lot of light once he reached the bottom! He looked around the hole, feeling the ground for the bag, and that's when he started losing his breath! He quickly panicked! Trying to look for a way out, but it was so dark that he couldn't see a thing!
"Glur! *cough*" He coughed, losing a lot of breath from the cold water on his body.
He was done for... He wouldn't survive down here on his own... All hope was lost for the young hero, until he saw glowing bubbles approaching his way from another opening to the hole he was in. The bubbles magically flew sideways, with one landing into his mouth! He closed his mouth so that he wouldn't lose anymore air, and felt his lungs increasing in size once again! The bubbles gave him air to breathe out of! He cheered happily, swimming towards the direction of the glowing bubbles, thanking the gods for their blessing upon him!
"I'll fix this..." He thought to himself, pushing on ahead.
He eventually reached a slope heading upwards, and finally found a deep dark cave to explore in! The cave was very dark, leaving him no light to use... He took off his bag, and searched through it, looking for something to use. That was when he found a small wooden club with another tool along with it! It was metal, looking almost like a chain, while the other type of object was shiny rock, otherwise known as Flint!
"Perfect, good thing these bags are waterproof, hopefully the one she has is waterproof too." He continued on ahead, reaching for his sword from the back.
He stuck the metal and the flint with one another, creating several sparks! As one of the sparks landed on the wooden club, the club immediately set on fire, providing just enough light for him to see! He put away the rock and the metal back into his bag, put it back on, and then held the club in one hand, as well as his sword in the other.
"Now to go find it." He muttered, feeling a bit concerned about the unknown dangers ahead.
Meanwhile up at the surface...
"Why did he go down there? Does he have a foolish death wish or something?" Medli kept her arms crossed, questioning the boy's actions.
No matter who insulted who, Aryll wasn't going to hear it from her, not even from anyone who talked bad about her brother.
"You DO know that he's risking his life to go save your precious papers right?" Aryll raised an eyebrow, frowning at her.
Just saying that was enough to hit Medli, she finally realized it...
"You aren't worried about him? And I guess you're right... Sorry..." She asked, feeling bad for calling the boy foolish.
"Don't apologize to me, if he doesn't come back, you'll pay for it, he's my brother! Why don't you go down there and help him rather than acting like a brat and standing here complaining! He slipped, but it was an accident, he wouldn't do it on purpose." Aryll knew him better than anyone else, standing up for him.
The words came flying out of her mouth so fast, that it hit Medli like bullets! She wasn't the kind of person who talked bad about others, but she broke that truth... That was also when she realized that he was practically risking his life, just to get her bag back.
"He's risking his life... That means he cares about you, probably a lot, even though you two just met, he practically already has a crush on you!" Aryll giggled, but that last sentence slipped out of her mouth accidentally!
"H-Huh?" Medli gasped, blushing heavily.
"Uh oh!" Aryll covered her mouth, turning around nervously.
"Is-Is that why h-he was staring at me l-like that?" She blushed even harder, feeling embarrassed.
Her heart was beating for something so suddenly, and she couldn't figure out why. Something she heard just sparked it, but it couldn't be true right? There's no way it could be! She's never experienced romantic feelings for anyone her age, but she had to admit...
"He did look cute in that green outfit earlier..." Medli thought, blushing red as a tomato!
Aryll turned back around and noticed the look on her face, she snapped her fingers so that she could escape her thoughts and come back to reality.
"So? You gonna go make sure you bring my brother back? Or are you going to keep standing there daydreaming about him?" She smirked, seeing the blush turn even redder and more noticeable!
"Hmph..." Medli sighed, feeling the blush fadeaway, she looked at the ocean water with fear all over her face.
She took a deep breath, and looked at Aryll for just a moment before looking back at the water.
"Good luck, don't die down there... I'm worried for him." Aryll frowned, giving a pouty face to the Rito.
"Don't worry about us, I'll make sure he comes back for you." Medli gave her a smile, making sure she didn't have to worry for her brother.
And with that, she dove down underneath the water, hoping to follow after the young hero.
Now back to the present...
After navigating through the long corridors of the cave he was stuck in, he couldn't find his way through anything... It was just a giant labyrinth of different paths to take!
"I give up!" He complained, stomping on the moist rocky floor, and sitting down on a nearby rock.
He pouted, setting the torch down beside him so that he could recollect his thoughts. He was lost, and there was no way of getting back up to the surface... He didn't even know the way back, it was cold and wet, the air was thick and it was also starting to become very difficult to breathe.
"I'm gonna die down here... Maybe if I didn't trip over that stupid rock, then that girl wouldn't have been mad at me, God's why am I so clumsy!" Link looked up to the ceiling, hoping for a sign from above.
Sadly nothing, he sighed heavily and took the torch once again, refusing to give up. He was risking his life for mail? What kind of hero would do that for a girl? Obviously him...
"Guess we'll go again." He groaned, trying a different path.
The whole cave was pretty much a maze at this point, and it was getting much darker and creepier as he descended several slopes going downward. Maybe going deeper was the key? He thought about it for a second, seeing as he had no other choice to take, and walked on ahead.
"*SCREAM!*" Several pairs of bats started waking up and attacked him from above!
"Gah!" He ducked for cover, avoiding the attacks from the bats, drawing out his sword.
Within seconds, he did his signature move, and swung around in a rapid circle while jumping up into the air! Slicing and cutting the bats into pieces, he killed all of them instantly and professionally! He kept on going up ahead, until he reached yet another dead end!
"You've gotta be kidding me right now!" He couldn't contain himself anymore...
He decided to let it all out, screaming at the top of his lungs and throwing the sword across the room! The sword made a "clinging" sound upon impact against a rock, and it fell to the floor creating another loud screeching sound. Then he swore out loud in frustration! If his sister was around, he'd be in a lot of trouble if she heard what he was yelling! He eventually calmed down, dropping to his knees in defeat, he coughed a lot, and they sounded pretty heavy too. So heavy that it sounded like he had a terrible disease, he felt weak and began collapsing. His vision become quite blurry, and he tried his best to fight through the pain, but he was out of breath and energy, so he couldn't stay conscious for much longer...
"Aryll..." He muttered, closing his eyes and blacking out slowly...
It was at that moment, where all hope was lost for the Hero of Winds. Nothing and nobody could help him, not even himself or a magical fairy. Before he fully became unconscious, he imagined hearing footsteps surrounding him, hoping someone could find and save him.
"Link!" The voice called out, and it was feminine too.
He only had two guesses of who it could be...
"Gurh..." He lost it... Temporary losing his hearing in the process.
Just before it happened...
"*GASP!*" Medli suddenly jumped out of the water, coughing heavily until the water got out of her lungs!
"Ugh... Ow, that h-hurt." She clenched her stomach, coughing just a bit more before she froze in fear.
She looked up around the cave, the same cave that Link was in! She followed the bubbles, hoping that would be a message from the God's above, and luckily enough, they were!
"Link?" Medli called out, feeling afraid of the dangers ahead.
There could be killer bats, psychotic people, basically anything that would want to kill you on sight. Not to mention she was also alone and afraid, with nothing to defend herself with. She gulped, before walking ahead, hoping to find Link and her bag. She passed through several openings, dead-ends, and even managed to get through a horde of bats that were sleeping on the ceiling!
"Cling!" A metallic screech echoed across the cold cave's atmosphere, bouncing off the rocky walls.
She stopped in her tracks and looked around for the sound, trying to figure out where it came from, then she heard an angry voice yelling in the far distance! There were two paths to take, the one on the left, and then the one on the right. The path on the left has an upward slope, while the other path on the right had a downward slope. She chose the downward one, hoping she'd find something soon, and that's when she heard a loud crash go the floor!
"Link? Is that you? If you can hear me call out!" She yelled down the long narrow cave, praying he was alright.
Her heart gained control over her whole body, and she decided to sprint towards the direction of the sound, hoping he wasn't injured in any shape or form. When she finally reached the dead-end, she saw light shining through the fog! She kept running and running until she could fully see a torch set on a rock nearby! Then what she saw next, shattered her heart into pieces! It was Link, with his eyes closed!
"Link!" She cried out, running up to his lifeless body.
She knelt down, and examined him for a quick second, before she carefully picked up his head and rested it onto her lap. She sat cross-legged, and held onto him like he was a teddy bear. Then, she felt the tears already go down...
"Why am I even... Link! Wake up! You're playing dead so that you could just mess with me! Link?! LINK!" She yelled, shaking his body slightly to wake him up.
One of the tears trickled down her cheek, and landed on top of his face. It was her fault... Maybe if she just told him it was okay to lose some pieces of paper, then he'd still be...
"No, you can't think that way Medli! Link!" She tried once more, but it was no use.
She was using so much energy, that she TOO began getting exhausted from the cave. She started breathing heavily, stopping herself from shaking him any longer. Until she thought of something, maybe he was just unconscious? She lowered her head onto his torso, blushing from the contact, and tried listening for a heartbeat. Luckily, there was a beat, but it was very faint and slow, she sighed, thinking it was the only way to bring him back. She looked into her other small bag that she was carrying, and took out a small bottle of water! She opened the bottle carefully as to not spill any of it, opened his mouth with her other freehand, and poured it down into his mouth so that he could drink it and get more energy. She stopped once she poured about half of the bottle, then she saved the rest for herself to survive on, drinking it quickly! Within moments, she finished drinking the refreshing liquid, and regained most of her energy back! She kept his head up on her lap, so that he wouldn't choke on it and spit it back up. A few seconds later had passed, but he was still the same...
"Come on... You can't give up on your sister, or me..." The tears started forming again, as she felt herself stroking his golden hair, blushing lightly all the while.
Then she felt the need to apologize, but she couldn't apologize if he couldn't be awake to hear her. Would he Rest In Peace, only knowing that she was mad at him? And she was mostly the reason he...
"No... I'm sorry." She apologized, closing her eyes and letting the tears stroll down like a river steam.
She must've been going crazy or something, but she felt his chest move slightly. She opened her eyes in surprise, looking at it carefully, but it only shrank in size! He was losing oxygen, and he couldn't survive much longer without air.
"Don't give up!" She yelled, shaking him back and fourth.
His lungs only continued shrinking in size, and she shook her head in disbelief. Until a certain idea came to mind, she blushed hard, but it was the only way to save his life. She pushed her face towards his, making full contact on it, and then blew air into his mouth. She kept doing it, until her lungs gave out on her, making her feel a little uneasy. She got up from him, seeing his chest returning to normal again! She smiled, before she collapsed to the rock behind her, she was breathing very heavily...
"Go escape... Return to your sister..." Medli whispered, losing consciousness, her vision grew blurry and then became darkened, as she blacked out...
However, as that happened, Link coughed up water, turning around and letting it all out. He was on his stomach now, finally getting ahold of himself!
"O-Oh..." He wiped his lips off, sitting back up to look around the cave.
He sighed, knowing it wasn't a dream, but a nightmare rather come to life. He was stuck here, and nobody probably found him... He looked around even more, until he spotted Medli right behind him!
"M-Medli!?" He called out to her, but she didn't reply back.
Her eyes were closed, and she was motionless, he ran up to her, sitting down beside her. He touched her hand with his own, blushing from the contact. It felt cold, really really cold, it frightened him to see her like this.
"Medli! Can you hear me?" He started panicking, thinking of SOMETHING to save her life.
"Maybe She..." He continued on, holding onto her hand tightly.
It was at that moment, where he thought all hope was lost, he started shedding tears, thinking she was already gone.
"No... You, can't leave..." He sobbed, refusing to wipe his tears off.
"Hey!" A tiny high pitched voice came from behind, interrupting the moment.
Link turned around, trying to figure out who was speaking to him, but as he did, he jumped up in surprise as he found out it was a magical blue fairy, shining brightly before him!
"You're a... A Fairy?" He whispered softly, but it was enough for the fairy to hear him.
"Well duh, what else do I look like?" The fairy complained, crossing her arms in a rude manner.
"Sorry..." He apologized, feeling rude.
"Don't be sorry, be grateful, I can still save her from death. She's losing oxygen fast, you can't really do much sharing it... Before you two end up dead in these cursed caves." The fairy explained, making him sigh.
"How come I can't just put my mouth to hers? And share oxygen?" He blushed at the thought of doing that, but the fairy shook her head.
"She already did that to you, and look what that did, you only have so much oxygen to share, so... I'm gonna just use some of my magic, and try to generate enough oxygen for you both to escape!" The fairy replied, flying around the pair.
"She... Gave me mouth to mouth?" He looked at her once more, blushing hard.
"Well yeah, what're you two a couple or just friends?" The fairy wondered, spreading magical dust everywhere!
"Neither..." Link replied, feeling a bit upset about the mess he's caused.
"Well maybe that'll change, go get er champ, and make sure to escape in time before the air clears up!" The fairy spoke out, disappearing and leaving dust everywhere! The magical glitter filled the entire room, lighting up the cave brighter than the torch on the ground! He no longer needed it, he watched as the dust faded away! It even landed on his body too, making him feel more refreshed and alive! The air filled up the entire cave for just a limited amount of time, as he heard coughing from behind! He turned around and saw Medli coughing onto the floor, before she finally stopped.
"Medli!" He called to her, rushing over to kneel in front of her.
"*cough* L-Link?" She opened her eyes slowly, realizing that she wasn't dreaming! It was him sitting right in front of her looking happy as ever!
"You're awake!" He smiled, waving towards her.
"I should be the one saying that to you silly!" She giggled, tackling him into a playful hug!
"Oh!" He gasped in shock, blushing in embarrassment.
He looked down and saw her cheeks, she was blushing along with him, still clinging onto him.
"You're still alive! We're both still alive!" She cried into his shirt, feeling relieved.
"Yeah, a magic fairy came out and gave us oxygen to breathe off of, but we have to worry, we don't have much time!" He explained, lightly pushing her off of him.
She eventually got off, blushing at what she just did to a boy!
"Sorry! I didn't mean-" She started apologizing to him, embarrassed by her sudden actions.
"No, don't apologize, I'm the one who's sorry, if I hadn't had tripped over that stupid rock, then we wouldn't be stuck in this mess." He apologized back, receiving a concerned look on her face.
"But it's mostly my fault, it's just mail after all... I guess it's not THAT important!" She shrugged her shoulders, wanting to leave the cave already.
"I... You came all the way here, and you saved me, thanks!" He stood up, happy to realize that.
He extended his hand out for her to grab so that he could pull her back up.
"You saved my life from that fairy, even though I didn't see it... I still believe you." She mumbled, taking his hand shyly.
He pulled her up to her feet, and the two of them blushed in front of each other. Link looked around once more, seeing if there was any exit to the cave. Sadly, there was only one tunnel, and that led to wherever they came from.
"Let's go find that bag, it's what I came here to do." Link smiled, walking ahead.
"We can leave you know! Who cares about some stupid letters." She tried to stop him, but it was too late.
He was already setting his mind on one thing, retrieving the bag for her. She crossed her arms, seeing as there was no way to get through his head, she just followed closely behind, making sure to watch his back if necessary.
Moments later...
The two young teens were exploring the rest of the cave, trying to figure the maze out... It was a pretty confusing labyrinth, and despite the amount of oxygen they were already wasting just from walking around, they needed to find the bag quick if they wanted to get out of there alive. It was until Link discovered a crack in the wall, he examined it for a while longer, before looking around the cavern for something to break it with. Sadly, there weren't any rocks he could use, and there weren't any bomb plants either. Medli eventually caught up with him, seeing what he was looking at. He knew deep down in his heart, the bag had to be through there, or something must've taken the bag!
"Come to think of it, if the bag was sinking down, something or someone had to grab it, there's no way we could've missed it back at the entrance don't you think?" He questioned her, only making her shrug without a response.
"I hope we didn't miss it, or are we actually wasting our time down here in this cave all for nothing?" He sighed, still looking around for something to use.
He kept on searching, until he realized what he said to her... In the short time that they spent together, it already felt like they were close, maybe it was because they saved each other's lives? He kept thinking that thought further, blushing all the while, until Medli interrupted his thoughts by saying,
"Hey! Look at this!" She bent down, picking up a piece of leaf.
The leaf was dry surprisingly, and she lifted it up, trying to identify it. A light bulb shined brightly in her mind, giving her the greatest idea! She looked around their feet, and there was just a few small ponds of water to scoop up. She dropped the leaf to a dry surface beside the crack in the wall, then she transformed her arms into wings, surprising Link!
"You can change your arms into Wings just like Quill!" He gasped in amazement, awestruck by the beauty of them.
"W-Well yeah, of course I can, you look amazed by it." She noticed the dumbfounded look on his face, and couldn't help but admit he looked cute that way!
She blushed heavily, dropping her wings to her sides, thinking to herself,
"Did I just think of him being cute with that face?"
She shook the thought away, only worried about the bag more than pity romance. No matter what, she had to retrieve that bag, for the sake of the people in the Great Sea. Mail was an important part of their daily lives, occasionally used for contacting others, or sending gifts across the ocean!
"Isn't that leaf a-" Link began talking, but she cut him off rudely.
"It's a Bomb Flower leaf, all we need is water for it to grow into a bomb!" She finished his sentence, correcting him.
She scooped up one of the small ponds of water with her wings, managing to carry a whole lot of it! Then, she poured it over the leaf, hoping it would grow into a bomb! She stared in amazement as the leaf started changing colors from green to blue beautifully! The magical leaf started changing shape, until it looked like a sphere! The sphere gradually grew in size overtime, as she knelt down to take a closer look at it!
"I've never seen them grow like this before, it looks so beautiful!" She smiled delightfully, unaware of the dangerous plant inches from her face.
"You shouldn't stand so close to that Medli, those things can kill you and you won't even get the chance to react or get away in time!" Link shouted, worried for her life.
"Oh relax, nothing's gonna-" She stared at him, giving him a relaxed face, until she saw him sprinting up to her!
He sprinted and sprinted, reaching her within seconds! He grabbed her by her wing, dragging her away from the deadly plant the second it exploded!
"BOOM!" The explosion occurred, knocking the two teenagers far back against the rocky wall!
Link was the first to hit the wall, landing hard on his back against it, and unfortunately, Medli flew onto Link, only making his impact with the rocks worse. The two of them were seeing stars at that point, with Medli laying atop Link's torso. The two of them were in a position that was indescribable, something only the two of them could see... Especially at such a young age. Medli regained herself, climbing off of Link's torso, her wings were wrapped around his neck, as she let go of it, turning away and blushing to herself in order to hide it.
"Ow... Medli... Are you okay?" Link asked, looking up at her.
She turned around looking down upon him, still blushing. She clearly showed it to him, and she knew she was showing it, but he mattered more than herself after what he just went through.
"Why're you asking me that? I landed on you! I'm so sorry! I should've stayed back from that stupid bomb! Are you okay?" She bent down, touching him on the shoulder.
She transformed her wings back into arms, without a care in the world that she was touching him. Some of his clothes were ripped to shreds from the impact, he only had half a shirt on at this point, much like a caveman. His pants were ripped just a bit, but she began to notice how manly he looked underneath that green tunic.
"Oh my..." She thought, examining his body.
"I'm fine... I've been through worse, looks like the crack in the wall revealed something!" He stood up, shaking it off proudly.
Just seeing him do that was enough to make her furious, not only did he shake it off, but he even worried about her first of all things! Not to mention she found it flattering in a way...
"One of these days you're gonna end up seriously hurt or injured, is this how you normally act? Scaring the life of your friends?" She whispered to him, following closely behind.
"She called me a friend..." He thought about the term pretty hard, sighing in disappointment.
"No, I'm just saying don't worry about me, you don't need to worry." He exclaimed, trying to get her to calm down.
"I'll worry when I need to worry, you have cuts and bruises on your back!" She screamed, running up to him and grabbing a few things from her bag.
The cuts were light scratches, but they could still get infected easily. She took out a piece of cloth, as well as some type of liquid from her other small bag. She poured the liquid onto the cloth, and started rubbing his back gently.
"W-Why does it hurt?!" He asked, feeling the sharp pains from his cuts.
"Because it's supposed to, this liquid is what we Rito people use to heal our wounds instantly." She smiled once she was finished, because all of a sudden, his cuts disappeared!
"Wow, I feel so much better, are there anymore cuts?" He wondered, feeling for his back.
"No, they're all healed completely!" She replied, blushing from helping her hero.
"Well good- AH!" He screamed out, being knocked away from her by a sudden force!
"Link-Oof!" She felt the force too, flying away and landing on the hard ground.
Link sat up, angered by whatever was there! He drew out his sword and shield, wanting to give the creature a fight! The creature was a large blue goblin looking creature, and he looked pretty intimidating! He had a sword himself, three times the size of Link's.
"You got some nerve pushing us around like that!" Link growled, showing no fear.
"Exactly!" Medli joined him, flying and landing next to him, drawing out her golden musical Rito Harp from her back.
"You two kids got some nerve coming here..." The goblin spoke out, chuckling evilly.
He was wearing something around his neck, and it looked very familiar! That was until Link and Medli realized what he was wearing! He was wearing the mail bag!
"Hey! That's not yours! Give it back right now or we'll make you pay for it!" Link demanded, walking closer to the large goblin.
"Oh? You really think you're going to stop me with that puny sword? And a musical instrument as well? Hah! You must be joking!" The goblin laughed, closing his eyes in the process.
"Hyaah!" Link charged towards the creature, diving and jumping with his sword!
He jumped up towards the head of the monster, slicing the bag's strap apart so that it could fall off! Sure enough, it did! The bag flew off, and he caught the beast by surprise! He took the bag almost immediately, yelling out,
"Medli, catch!" He tossed the bag over to her, as she caught it with ease!
"Yes! We got it back!" Medli cheered happily, but her cheering finally stopped once she heard large footsteps.
She turned around and looked up in fear, the goblin somehow appeared right in front of her, giving her a killer look.
"What the?" Link shouted in surprise, looking behind him.
How did he teleport like that? He didn't know, but he saw the goblin smirking and lifting up his arm, ready to strike Medli with the sword!
"AHH!" She screamed, closing her eyes for the worst...
"NO!" Link yelled at the top of his lungs, dashing over to save her from the strike.
Before she got hit from the attack, Link pushed her out of the way, taking the attack for her! She fell to the floor on her knees as she realized what had happened! She heard Link screaming out in pain, as he fell to the cold floor. The goblin only laughed, drawing his sword towards the boy once more.
"My bag, now little girl, or your boyfriend gets it." He gave her a dirty look, watching her look at the boy.
"Link!" She called out, running over to her friend, blushing while the goblin said that specific word...
Once she was close, the goblin stopped her by striking the floor with his sword, causing sparks to appear. Medli gasped when she saw Link, she saw a huge gash on his back... It was large, so large that he was starting to bleed from it. The blood poured down his back, and mixed with the water beneath them.
"He's gonna bleed out if I don't save him you monster!" She was beginning to shed tears, demanding to heal him.
"Give me the bag!" The goblin demanded, holding out his hand.
Seeing as she had no other choice, she grabbed her bag, and gave it to him, sighing in relief. The goblin felt pleased at it, feeling the weight of the bag before taking it.
"Why do you want it anyway?" She yelled, acting rude towards the foul creature.
"Rubies, there's always rubies in mailbags, especially inside the mail! Hahaha!" The goblin laughed evilly, putting the sword down to his side.
Medli quickly rushed over to Link, crying all the while. She picked him up over her shoulders, and changed her arms into wings.
"We need to get back to the surface... We're already starting to run out of air." She coughed slightly, not caring about the blood dripping on her clothes.
She heard his heavy breathing, as he was trying to speak back to her.
"B-But what about your bag..." He mumbled through the pain he was in, closing his eyes.
"Don't word about that, I had a plan, I'll tell you it later, just stay awake!" She yelled back, more worried about his life.
His back was bleeding everywhere, and she felt even more droplets of blood hitting her back. It only made her fly faster, as she was trying to support his weight.
"Stay with me Link!" She replied back in a soft voice, hurrying up to leave.
Meanwhile...
"Oh Link... Please come back safely..." Aryll sighed, crossing her hands together and praying to the gods above.
She was hoping that they would be able to get out of the cave alive, but how could you be so sure of yourself. It was at that moment when she saw bubbles appearing on the surface of the ocean water. They were small at first, but they got bigger and bigger, so big that she looked at them in disbelief. Then, the color red started dying the water, and it was enough to make her worry!
"Link?" She called to the water, sitting on her knees, feeling the need to cry.
"*Gasp!*" Medli rose up from the water, carrying Link on her back.
She swam to the sand, coughing loud and hard as she got closer to Aryll. She gently placed Link on his side, while she threw herself over the soft warm sand.
"Medli! Link!" Aryll cheered happily, crawling up to Link's body.
But her happy cheerful smile quickly faded away off her face, when she saw blood all over Link's back.
"LINK!" Aryll cried, touching her brother.
Medli finally got ahold of herself, and crawled up to him as well. She touched his cold hand, hoping he would get through it.
"You guys don't have a doctor or anything on this island?" Medli asked, looking at Aryll in worry.
"No, not a single person is a doctor..." Aryll sighed, still shaking his body.
"Come on Link! Y-You can't leave..." Medli felt the need to cry, in the short time that they've known each other for, she already felt close to him.
He turned around, blinking just a bit, coldly replying,
"G-G-Guys..." He opened his eyes, seeing both of them in his sights.
"L-Link!" Aryll shed tears, crying into her brother's shoulder.
"You're awake!" Medli grinned, hugging him gently.
He blushed from the hug, but he still smiled through the pain. His skin was pale, almost looking like a ghost, he took the chance and grabbed both of their hands. He was crying himself, but there was one question he had in mind,
"D-Did you g-give up the bag?" Link asked, looking at the Rito.
"I-I... I swapped my bag with the mail bag instead, I had nothing in my bag, besides that healing liquid, but I regret leaving it behind... Oh Link, I'm so sorry... It's my fault, you're gonna die because of me!" She cried, letting the tears fall down her cheeks.
"At least there's a positive, I can be happy knowing I saved a life. You got the bag back, that's what I was questing for." He forced a bigger smile to show his happiness.
"B-But it was supposed to be m-me, *sniff* I was supposed to get hit from that blade, you saved me... Again..." She sobbed, she couldn't see clearly through the tears in her eyes.
"Well, don't worry... *cough* The gods will bless me for doing that." He laughed, still pushing through the pain.
Medli didn't have the words to talk, how could he be so happy dying?
"And Aryll..." He forced the words out, looking over to her next.
"Big brother..." She cried a waterfall over him, hugging him next to Medli.
"Stay strong for me okay? I'm gonna miss you, you're the best sister any brother could ever ask for!" He chuckled, rubbing her hair again.
"You can't leave me... By myself, you can't leave me or Grandma!" She cried, refusing to see him go.
"It has to happen, there's nothing else you can do to save me... I lost too much blood already." He hated the fact that he had to leave them both.
He looked up into the heavens above, seeing the dying light approaching him... His vision became blurry, as he saw the light appearing!
"No... LINK!" Aryll screamed, pounding the sand with her fists in anger.
"Aryll stop!" Medli begged, but it was no use.
"Aryll, I hope... I've been a good brother to you, Medli... I can't leave without s-saying this... I l-love you..." He finished his dying breath, as the light engulfed him.
"BROTHER!" Aryll sobbed, letting go of his hand and shaking his body rapidly!
Until she thought she shouldn't do it anymore, Medli jumped across Ljnk's body, landing on the other side to pull Aryll away. Aryll struggled to break free, but Medli stopped her from bringing out her anger!
"Let me go!" Aryll cried, refusing to see him die like this.
"There's nothing you can do... Believe me, I don't want him gone either!" Medli hugged her tightly, calming her down.
"But I..." Aryll stopped her anger, hugging Medli back.
"Sshh... I know... We can't do anything to reverse it, he's gone..." Medli sobbed with her, together the two embraced each other, refusing to believe it.
He admitted that he loved her? Her heart was beating almost rapidly, she didn't even get to tell him the answer...
"Link... If you can still hear me, I l-love you t-too!" She blushed, bending down to give him a kiss on the cheek.
He saved her life... He did it all for her, for a girl he never met before ever in his life, even though she was supposed to be the one... He sacrificed his life for her to live on... Link, the young hero. She finally let go of Aryll, taking off Link's hat, and closing his eyes before putting the hat onto her head. It fit perfectly, and it felt very cozy and warm too, she didn't want to take it off, turning to face Aryll.
"He won't be forgotten, make sure you... Bury him in a peaceful spot... I'm so sorry Aryll, I wish I could've done something differently..." She spoke softly, as the wind gently breezed in.
The seagulls flew above their heads, as the clouds started covering the sun, making the entire island a bit dark. Aryll kept staring at her brother, still holding onto his hand... The tears finally stopped, but it was hard to believe he was truly gone. Is this truly the end? His younger sister looked up to Medli with a saddened expression, she stood up to hug Medli one more time, embracing her tightly.
"It's okay... He'll be remembered, I'll take his place... I'll use his sword, to slay all evil with it." Aryll sighed, picking up the sword from his body.
She lifted it into the air quietly, the wind howled even louder, as the atmosphere grew silent... The sword was shining brightly for some odd reason, as it shone off a beautiful light into the sky! The beautiful light was truly magical, something both of them have never seen before. The light was so bright, that they had to cover their own eyes to avoid becoming blind! That was until, the light finally started fading away, as it revealed a creature inside! The creature looked majestic and beautiful, too much for words to even describe, the goddess of the earth... They both heard the Earth God's Lyric, as the creature slowly floated down to their position. The instrument she was holding, it matched Aryll's Golden Harp! Aryll gasped, as she looked at the goddess more carefully. She was colored blue, looking almost like a spirit. She was wearing a golden crown, and she had several dolphin-like tails, one for her head, and two coming out from her back. She opened her eyes, appearing coal-like, staring at the two younger beings intimidatingly. The two held their breaths, as the goddess studied their every move, almost as if she'd strike at them aggressively. She had golden rings wrapped around her arms and wrists as well, she even wore the same robe design as Medli's. The symbol was an exact copy, looking very similar to an infection symbol. Medli looked down at her own robe, comparing the two symbols. The two girls knew deep down that she was a goddess, one of the many gods in their universe, they both knelt down before the goddess, giving her all the respect in the world.
"Oh young children before me, I've heard your deep sorrows... Allow me to introduce myself, I am Laruto, the Earth Sage of the Great Sea. Care to explain to me what's happened to this poor boy before you?" The goddess looked down, staring at Link in curiosity.
"G-Great goddess, Link has suffered a terrible fate, he... He took his life for me, we were fighting a giant goblin from deep below the ocean, in hopes of retrieving my bag back... We ask that you humbly return his life!" Medli had her hand over her heart, keeping her eyes closed while asking the favor to be done politely.
"Please god! Bring my brother back!" Aryll cried out, shedding more tears.
Laruto thought about it for a moment, before shaking her head in disappointment...
"That, my children... I cannot do that, no god has the power to bring a soul back once it's departed from their body." She gave them the bad news, only making the situation at hand worse.
"N-No! You have to do something!" Aryll kept crying and shouting at the god, not caring about her status at the moment.
Medli shot her a killer look, asking her silently to calm down and watch her words with a goddess... Especially not knowing what powers she was capable of unleashing upon them.
"I cannot do that, but there's one thing I can do, I can turn back time to the incident that happened, the only problem is... The boy might not even remember anything that's happened AFTER the incident, meaning... Whatever he said to you both prior to his death, he won't remember that at all, but you two will still remember, are you willing to go through it?" Laruto spoke softly, calming Aryll down by floating over to her, rubbing her head lovingly like a mother.
"I'm the reason he's gone, I will fix what is right, I won't let him take the strike again..." Medli crossed her heart, closing her eyes and looking down to the sand.
"Good, Future Sage... I will give you another chance, but that's all I can spare..." The goddess replied to her, playing the Earth God's Lyric once more.
The song sounded so peaceful and beautiful, that Medli almost recognized it for some reason, deep down in her memories, but she quickly ignored that thought, looking down at Aryll. She put her arm around her shoulder, bringing her in closer.
"I told you before, I'd bring your brother back, I will do it again... But I swear on my life, I will bring him back!" She promised, making the younger girl smile gleefully.
"Please!" Aryll hugged her, before a shining white life engulfed them both!
The light blinded them, transporting them to a different time previously in the past! Once the light faded away, the two got separated from each other, each going to their respective places when the incident broke out.
Moments later...
"Ah!" Aryll screamed, as she fell down to the sand.
She opened her eyes after the pain settled in, looking around the atmosphere, she was back at the coastline of Outset Island, sighing in relief. She crossed her hands once again, praying to the gods above hoping that Link and Medli would return to the surface safely this time around.
And now...
"NO!" She awakened to the sound of screaming, as it appeared in slow motion...
She only had one chance to fix it all, to fix the incident. She looked over to her right and saw Link rushing over to push her out of the way, then she saw the goblin next to her left, with the blade just mere inches from striking her! With having the time to react, she backed away from the sword before it struck her, flying over to tackle Link before he could get hit as well!
"Oof!" Link lost his breath, landing beside Medli.
"Link!" Medli gasped happily, disbelieving that he was back!
She hugged him tightly, kissing him on the cheek, knowing that she saved his life in return!
"M-Medli? Are you okay?" Link blushed, gently pushing her off of him.
"I've never been better, my hero..." She mumbled the last two words to herself, blushing harder than him.
"Grr! You two aren't getting the bag..." The giant goblin held onto the bag tightly, approaching the two younger beings, ready to swing his sword.
He looked at Medli more than Link, giving them an evil smirk.
"Fine, let's do this the hard way..." The goblin laughed, swinging his sword at Medli as quickly as he could!
Medli watched in horror as neither of them had a second to escape the attack!
"No, not again!" Medli cried, preparing for the worst.
"Clang!" A metallic sound was echoed all around the cavern, as Link threw his own sword to deflect the attack.
Both of the swords flew off to the far distance, leaving Link with just a shield to use. The goblin groaned in anger, using his fist to punch Link instead! However, the boy dressed in green blocked the punch with the wooden shield, causing it to shatter upon the goblin's fist!
"Ow! You son of a-" The goblin screamed out in pain, pulling his fist back to reveal many sharp splinters cutting it.
Link and Medli quickly separated from each other, running to the opposite sides of the room, trying to figure out a plan to take the creature down. Medli looked around her feet, spotting a piece of grass on the floor! Link looked over to her, seeing the leaf she was holding, he nodded in agreement, and she did the same thing back, communicating together.
"Hey thick skull!" Link shouted, spitting out his tongue towards the goblin to anger him.
"You're not getting away from me that easily!" The goblin rushed towards Link, ready to strike him.
"Now!" Link yelled at Medli, awaiting her throw.
Before she threw the leaf, she changed her arms into wings, flying low to the ground while carrying the leaf in her mouth. She made sure to get the leaf wet, finally reaching both of them. Link grabbed the leaf from her mouth, feeling the Bomb Flower grow within seconds! A giant bomb filled his palm, as he quickly lit it up with a piece of flint he was carrying behind his back. Then, he punched the goblin directly in the face! Shoving the bomb down into his mouth! The goblin couldn't react in time, as he fell down on his back with the bomb in his mouth! He lost all consciousness from banging his head against a rock, leaving Medli and Link a chance to grab the bag and explode! Link quickly ran back to retrieve his sword, while Medli struggled to get the bag off of the goblin's neck.
"Move our of the way!" Link shouted, jumping up and diving towards the strap of the bag.
Medli jumped off of the goblin's large belly, dodging his attack. Link sliced the strap in half, pulling the bag off of the goblin's neck with ease!
"Haha! Got it!" Link cheered, receiving another hug from Medli!
He gasped again, blushing in embarrassment, she was hugging him again?
"We did it!" She cried into his torso, making him only more confused.
"Ssssss..." Then that's when it all started to go wrong...
The two lovebirds looked around the cavern, only to see all kinds of Bomb Flowers growing out of nowhere! The two gulped, afraid for their lives yet again...
"RUN!" Link screamed at her, grabbing onto her back as she flew out of the cavern with him.
Back to the surface...
Aryll kept calm and quiet, trying to be very patient for their return, she was hoping nothing bad happened to either of them. She opened her eyes again, hearing a big splash popping out of the water! The wave was massive! Covering her in water, soaking her!
"What the!?" Aryll gasped, drenched with water.
She had to admit it was funny, but there were more serious things going on. Where were they?
"*gasp!* Air! Fresh air!" Link was the first fo rise up, along with Medli beside him.
The two gasped desperately for air, both swimming to the shore. The two were breathing heavily, but they caught onto their breaths normally, lying in each other's arms.
"L-Link..." Medli spoke softly, putting a hand to his shoulder.
"Yes Medli?" He looked at her straight in the eye, expecting a kiss from her! He blushed from the amount of space they had to share, they were mere inches apart from touching each other's mouths.
"Let's not do that ever again..." Medli sighed, closing her eyes and leaning in towards him.
He was back, back for good! She couldn't be more relieved, She didn't want to go through it again.
"I promise we won't..." Link smiled, realizing what she was doing.
He closed his eyes too, leaning in towards her to seal a new relationship with her!
The two were about to kiss, until Aryll screamed at them both!
"Link! Medli! You're back!" Aryll giggled, sprinting over to tackle her brother!
"Whoa! Aryll!" Link laughed, hugging her tightly.
The two siblings embraced each other lovingly, happily reunited, Aryll couldn't help herself but cry into his arm.
"Don't scare me ever again! I was worried you'd never return or something worse!" Aryll continued crying, receiving a tighter hug from Link.
Medli on the other hand caught herself, she was about to kiss him?
"W-Well, now that we have the bag back, I can finally say thank you Link, I'm so happy you and your sisters no longer need to worry about each other, I should probably get going, the bag is waterproof, so I don't need to worry about it, however... It was a pleasure meeting both of you, I must go! These letters aren't going to deliver themselves." She blushed, disappointed that their kiss was interrupted, but she was happy for Aryll.
She changed her arms into wings, and then crouched down to prepare for takeoff. She jumped up into the air, embarrassed to confess her love for Link. Link and Aryll only stared up at her, upset about her departure.
"Medli wait!" Link shouted, causing her to stop.
She looked down at him, flying down to land in front of him. She tilted her head, wondering what he wanted to say to her before she left.
"I just... Wanted to say sorry about the mess we've been through, putting each other's lives at risk." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Stop, we both caused the mess... I forgive you though, we saved each other's lives down there, I'm so glad we were able to meet, I'll see you again another day okay?" Medli smiled, waving to him before she crouched again.
Before she left though, he grabbed her, making her stand up straight. Then, he closed his eyes and forced his lips against hers, making a passionate kiss!
"Ew!" Aryll stuck out her tongue, turning around and covering her ears to avoid hearing the sound.
"Mmm!" Medli's eyes widened in shock, blushing hot-red like a tomato!
He was kissing her! He had a bigger blush than hers, but both were very red! She closed her eyes, wrapping her arms around his neck to return the action. Only making the kiss deeper, the two held each other closely to one another, never letting go. She took his hat and threw it off, rubbing his soft golden hair lovingly with her hands. Her beak softly touched his cheek, feeling the blood rush up to her face. What seemed like a year, only lasted a couple of minutes when one of them had to catch their breath back, the two stared at each other when Link pulled away first. They were still blushing, but they had the biggest smiles on their faces.
"W-Wow!" Both of them were pleased by the kiss, beginning a new relationship with each other!
"I'll see you tomorrow?" He asked, hoping she'd make time for him.
"I'll be back when I finish my mail, Aryll and I have to tell you all about what happened today, we're glad you're back Link!" She giggled, stepping away and crouching down for the last time.
"I'll see you later then! Be safe!" He waved at her.
"Bye Medli!" Aryll turned back around looking up at the Rito girl.
"Bye! I'll be back!" She winked at the two of them, finally taking off to deliver the rest of the mail.
Link watched in awe as she flew, she flew and looked like an angel! Aryll faced her brother, seeing his rosy cheeks.
"So, when're you gonna propose to your new girlfriend?" She teased him, making his blush more noticeable!
"S-Shush it you... I don't wanna marry anyone till I'm older... What a day!" He yawned, stretching his arms out.
"Yeah okay, looks like my quest is finished though! Get you two together at the end, even though you two probably struggled down there! Hey speaking of that, tell me all about it!" Aryll smiled, grabbing her brother's hand.
"Fine, I'll tell you what happened." He smiled, walking with her back to their house.
The two of them walked together down the path, while Link was busy telling the story, Medli was flying on the horizon, thinking to herself happily. She was leaving Outset Island, but she'd be back later, she thought about Link more, and continued to blush lightly.
"I have a b-boyfriend..." She sighed lovingly, flying on over the Great Sea.