Part II: The Crystal Wii Remote
CJ, who had been given the "ok" to finally go home from the hospital was sitting in his living room. Stacey, Janelle, their mom, and several other of CJ's friends were scattered between the living room and adjacent kitchen. Stacey was in a chair next to the couch where CJ was sitting, Janelle was at the kitchen table, and their mom was near the stove.
Sharing the other couch in the living room wear two black men and a light-skinned black girl all in their early 20s. One of the young men was significantly darker than the other and had a shaved head. He wore a simple long-sleeved black shirt and jeans. The lighter skinned young man had short, curly hair and was wearing a Captain America t-shirt and jeans. The young woman had wavy, borderline curly dark brown hair, lighter skin than both the young men, and wore a black t-shirt, black jeans, a black hat and glasses. Their names were Dayan, Alex and Danielle.
Sitting at the kitchen table was their friend Aubrey, a young woman with shoulder-length reddish-brown hair, light brown eyes, dressed in a black t-shirt and yoga pants. She had a small nose ring, and a tattoo was visible near her left shoulder, though it was mostly concealed by her t-shirt.
Sitting on the couch, next to CJ, was a blonde-haired, emerald-green-eyed girl, who was around 16 years old. She wore jeans and a pink sweatshirt decorated with purple flowers and the word "Cute" written in blue letter across the chest. She was CJ's former neighbor and closest female friend, Shaylene. Sitting next to her was an older young woman in her early 20s who looked a lot like her, with golden blonde hair and green eyes. She wore a white-and-pink-striped t-shirt, yoga pants, and black boots. She was CJ's other close friend and Shaylene's older sister, Jennette.
They had all gathered to celebrate CJ's 26th birthday, which was a week after his accident.
"I know it's a few months late, but given the circumstances, I figured you'd understand." Stacey said, handing CJ a gift. He ripped it open and immediately hugged Stacey.
"Thanks hun." CJ said. The gift was a Wii U. "Which reminds me…" He ran upstairs and soon came back down with a package in his hands. He handed it to Stacey, and she opened it, also finding a Wii U.
"When did you buy this?" Stacey asked.
"When I did my Christmas shopping…" CJ said. "I planned on giving it to you for your birthday, but since I was kind of in a coma in March, it was a little hard…"
"That explains why Mom didn't buy me one." Stacey said. "How could you afford this?"
"I had been saving up for it since February of 2013, just after I bought Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time for myself." CJ said. "And now that I have one, I'll be able to buy the new Zelda game when it comes out in November."
"Ugh… I still can't believe the ending of Thieves in Time… I wonder if and when they'll make a Sly Cooper 5..." Stacey said.
"I'm pretty sure they will." CJ said. "And I think it'll probably be Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time 2… Maybe I'll write a fanfic about it."
The next day, CJ, Stacey, Alex and Dayan were all hanging out at Alex's house. CJ was on his laptop, working on a fanfic, Dayan and Stacey both had their Nintendo DS out, and were in the middle of a heated Pokemon battle, and Alex was playing a game on his PS3, while simultaneously preparing his Pokemon team to battle whoever won the battle between Stacey and Dayan.
Dayan turned and looked at the TV. Alex's character had just walked into a building, triggering a cutscene that showed a rather attractive blonde woman dancing on stage.
"Well hello there." Dayan said, before turning back to his DS for a second.
"Yeah, I just walked into this item shop and there she was." Alex responded.
"Best... Item... Shop... Ever! How much? Right now." Dayan asked.
"I've got 10 grand." Alex replied.
"All in dollar bills, I hope." Said Dayan
"All in gold." Alex retorted.
"THAT... Is an item shop I would frequent... very often." CJ said with a smirk.
"EXCUSE ME?!" Stacey snapped.
"Hun, you know that's not what I meant." CJ said, trying to dig himself out of the deep hole he had just dug with his last statement.
"Uh-huh. You're on the couch tonight." Stacey remarked.
A few moments later, Alex's character had sat down at a table in the shop, and the female dancer started slowly dancing her way off stage and toward the tables.
"Pick me, pick me." Alex said with a hint of excitement. Suddenly, as the female character neared Alex's character's table, she pulled a dagger out of seemingly nowhere.
"Whoa! Bitch got a knife!" Dayan exclaimed.
"Don't pick me, don't pick me!" Alex said hastily.
"Worst… item… shop… ever!" Dayan said.
CJ chuckled. "Oh my God… That was hilarious. I need to write that into a fanfic somewhere. I don't know how… But I have to. That exact situation. I'll find a way. I swear."
"By the way, I won the battle." Dayan said.
"All right." Alex said. "Looks like it's you versus me… Just like it always seems to happen when we all battle." Everyone continued to battle for a hour or so more before CJ and Stacey headed home.
The next day…
CJ walked into the living room, turned on the TV, and reached for his Wii remote. Where his normal gold Legend of Zelda Wii remote waited was a strange crystal Wii remote.
What the-? CJ wondered. Where did this come from? This looks like one of the rare limited edition Crystal Wii Remotes that Nintendo was going to give away in a contest a couple years ago… But I thought something came up during production and the contest was cancelled before it even began… Well… It'll probably take some time to contact anyone at Nintendo, so I guess it's okay to play with it until then.
CJ sat down, turned on his Wii, and connected the crystal Wii remote to it. A short time later, Stacey walked into the room.
"Whoa… Where did you get that?" Stacey asked.
"I came in here to play Skyward Sword a little while ago and it was just sitting there, in place of my Zelda Wii remote." CJ said.
"Wait… You mean it just showed up out of nowhere?" Stacey asked.
"Yeah…" CJ said. "The weirdest part is that this is a limited edition Wii remote. One that was supposed to be one of ten given out by Nintendo… Five to contest winners in Japan and five to contest winners here in the U.S… But due to production issues, the contest was cancelled and the Wii remotes were never produced."
"Are you gonna return it?" Stacey asked.
"Of course, but it'll take some time before I can reach anyone at Nintendo, so I don't see any reason why I can't play with it for a little while." CJ said. CJ looked up at the TV screen as he twisted the Wii remote, sliding a key into a lock, and Link proceeded through the door. What neither CJ nor Stacey noticed was a faint mark on CJ's left hand: a mark made of three triangles standing point-to-point making up a larger triangle, with the top triangle glowing just a bit brighter than the other two.
"I always love this boss battle…" CJ said, as he looked at the screen to see a new character appear on the screen. It was a pale young man with purple eyes, white bangs that draped over his face, and wearing a crimson cape and purple bodysuit that was covered with gray diamond-shaped patterns. "I still get a chuckle every time I think about what Ghirahim's nickname was online before the game was released."
"I forget… What was it?" Stacey asked.
CJ chuckled. "Debbie." He said. Within a few moments, the boss fight had begun. CJ swing the Wii remote and watched as Link mimicked his motions on screen, which were slipping through the holes in Ghirahim's defenses, slowly damaging him. Suddenly, just as CJ was about to swing his Wii remote one more time and cause Link to deliver the final blow, he collapsed to the floor.
"CJ!" Stacey quickly rushed to CJ's side, in a panic. "CJ! Can you hear me?!"
When CJ finally came to, Stacey, Janelle and their mom were all standing by.
"CJ… Thank goodness you're okay…" Stacey said.
"What happened?" CJ asked.
"You were playing Skyward Sword and you just passed out on the living room floor." Stacey said. "It really scared me."
"Where… Where are we?" CJ asked, looking around. They were no longer in their living room, but instead, they were in an elegant castle's throne room.
"I'm not sure…" Stacey said. "After you passed out, a bright light filled the house, and next thing we all knew, we were here…"
