Chapter 2: A Monkey's History Lesson

(At Donkey Kong's house in Kongo Jungle)

Donkey Kong was sleeping on the floor next to a huge pile of bananas while Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong were playing chess across the room. And surprisingly, Donkey Kong's snoring shaking the whole place wasn't bothering them.

Diddy Kong- Check mate. I win again, Dixie!

Dixie Kong- Shoot! I almost had you this time! Let's play again!

Before Diddy and Dixie could set up the chess pieces again, Link poked his head through the door.

Link- Hey, is Donkey Kong in?

Diddy Kong- Hey Link. To answer your question, I think the fact you could hear DK's snoring a mile away should've made that obvious.

Then Aryll walked into the treehouse while holding her hands over her ears.

Aryll- That's so annoying! Can someone wake him up already?!

Dixie Kong- Easier said than done. Donkey Kong is a very heavy sleeper.

Link- Luckily for me, I borrowed a little something from Ty that should help get Donkey Kong up.

Then Link pulls out an airhorn and walks over to Donkey Kong. Link put the airhorn to Donkey Kong's ear and played the airhorn. Donkey Kong woke up and jumped from where he was lying down.

Donkey Kong- Hey! What the **** was that for, Link?!

Link- Sorry to wake you, but Aryll keeps having visions involving Kongo Jungle and I figured we'd settle this one and for all.

Donkey Kong- Visions? About what?

Before Link could answer that question, the case surrounding the Crystal Coconut opened up.

Diddy Kong- Hey, what's up with the Crystal Coconut?

Donkey Kong- I don't know. Usually the Crystal Coconut doesn't do things like that unless there's an emergency.

In the reflection of the Crystal Coconut, it showed Ganondorf gathering a series of five different plants, the image of a green bubbling potion, and Ganondorf turning into a 200-foot-tall giant.

Aryll- Strange, because that's what I keep seeing in my visions.

Donkey Kong- Ganondorf in Kongo Jungle? I figured be trying to hide for a while. I overheard him and Medusa did something that really pissed off the gods like a first-degree crime or something.

Link- He did, but back to the matter at hand, please.

Diddy Kong- Hang on, I think I've seen one of those plants growing somewhere on Kongo Jungle.

Suddenly, a book was launched through Donkey Kong's window and hit Donkey Kong in the head.

Dixie Kong- You ok, Donkey Kong?

Donkey Kong picked up the book and rubbed the back on his head.

Donkey Kong- Yeah, I'm fine. What the hell just hit me anyway?

Diddy Kong looked out what was left of the window. For a split second, he almost thought he saw someone wearing a black cloak holding a slingshot before hiding back in the trees. Diddy Kong dismissed it as his imagination and returned his attention to what was happening inside Donkey Kong's house. Donkey Kong looked through the book.

Donkey Kong- All words. Where are all the pretty pictures?

Link- What…?

Donkey Kong- I can't read. Ash did offer to teach me, but he just quit after giving me these papers with this funny symbol on them.

Then Donkey Kong shows Link a bunch of papers that had been graded F-. Link placed his palm over his head for a moment.

Link- Here, let me see what's in the book then.

Donkey Kong handed Link the book and Link tried to see what was inside of it.

Link- I can't read this either. The text is written in ancient Hylian. Zelda could probably translate, but I can't. In fact, this tome feels like it's over a 1,000 years old. What's a book like this doing in the jungle anyway?

Aryll- I don't know, but I can read ancient Hylian. I did for you, Pit, and Dark Pit when Mutoh showed you that book he found in Ikana Castle.

Aryll took a look in the book and was a little shocked at what she had read.

Aryll- According to this, there was an incident here in Kongo Jungle 1,000 years ago involving those rare plants and the Demon King, Demise. It says after Demise was driven out of Hyrule by swordsman in a wolf's pelt who wielded the Master Sword, Demise set up a work station in Kongo Jungle for another plot to take Hylia's Triforce. He was attempting to create a potion that will make anyone who drinks it into a 200-foot-tall giant! Those five rare plants are the key ingredients to that potion. Fortunately, the swordsman in the wolf's pelt who bested him the first time stopped him again. Along with a giant gorilla who was said to have been the current king of the Kong's, a man from the Mushroom Kingdom, and a young genie girl from Sequin Land. I almost wonder if that's the same swordsman in the wolf's pelt that was mentioned in the book Mutoh showed you and Pit back in Termina?

Link- I think the part where Ganondorf might be trying to turn into a giant might be more important than worrying about that, Aryll!

Diddy Kong- Well, I think I might know where we can find one of them at least. I've seen a plant that looks like one of the plants the Crystal Coconut showed us somewhere in jungle.

Link- But what do we do with those plants once we get them before Ganondorf? Destroy them?

Aryll- Actually…that's a bad idea. According to this book, the plants are so rare and endangered, the gods made destroying them as punishable as the theft of a certain golden harp.

Link- Shit…

Donkey Kong- What does she mean by a golden harp?

Link- Sorry DK, but I promised Pit I wouldn't tell anyone. Anyway, let's find these plants before Ganondorf does.