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Fat Man Fyre

The man's clothes gave him the appearance of an entertainer of sorts. Though, in Ooccoo' s opinion, the fat man did not seem to be at all amusing. He had an air of lonlieness about him, as if he spent his life without a single compainion. Alone on the lake. He seemed to be the only living being around that Ooccoo could ask for help. Besides, he could probably use a little companionship.

Ooccoo clicked up the wooden bridge. She was amused at that human. Fyre, he had called himself, but Ooccoo thought of him as Fat Man Fyre. Strange though he was, he had been very helpful. She now had a map of the kingdom where she had landed, Hyrule, and had told her what he knew. When Fyre had been standing outside, waiting for customers. He had seen two little bird things come plummeting down from the sky. One had been Ooccoo, whom he had seen land in the middle of the vast lake. The other one, who Ooccoo knew must be Junior, had been blown away in quite aother direction. "Off that way." Fyre had said, pointing vaguely to the southeastern part of the lake.

As Ooccoo examined the area Fat Man Fyre had indicated, she grew even more anxious then she had been already. It was more land then water, and if Junior had fallen on hard earth…

Trudging now, the oocca examined the waters closely. She didn't want to look at the land…that would be like admitting that Junior was…that he was…Ooccoo shook her head. She mustn't think like that. No. Junior was alive and fine. He was Fine. Fine.

With those conflicting thoughts swirling through her mind, the birdlike creature paced up the small bridge that connected a diminutive bit of land to the mainland. Reaching the top, Oocco looked around, with little hope. No Junior. Ooccoo sighed. She doubted that he had made it. He had probably fallen on a ledge, or drowned, or been eaten. He was dead. Searching was pointless. Glancing over to one side, she saw a small pool, with grass growing in it, tucked in between the ground and the wall. Ooccoo decided that maybe she could have a comforting float in a small pool, like she did back home. It always helped her calm down there. And the grass looked so soothing, waving in the wind. Hopping over to the water, Ooccoo closed her eyes.

"Mama?"

Ooccoo's eyes flew open and she fluttered her wings. She must have fallen asleep in the pool, and was dreaming. Yes, that was it. Her son was dead. She had accepted that. He was gone.

"Mama a fuzzy thing helped me."

Ooccoo decided that she needed to wake up. Her subconscious was torturing her…or comforting her…but either way it wasn't the truth. She refused to turn towards the voice. That would make her hurt. She didn't want to feel…like that. Instead, she flew straight at the wall in front of her. That should rouse her from her dream. Pretty little stars floating round…oooh. Ooccoo hardly dared believe it! She was not dreaming…that hurt far too much.

"Junior?"

"Mama! I hurt, Mamma. But only a liiiitle bit! Fuzzy."

"Junior. You are…not dead?"

"Silly mama. I'm not dead. But I hurt. I fell on something hard……but a warm sparkly fuzzy helped me. It flew around and around me. Ooh it tingled Mama! And now I only hurt a little."

A fairy…Ooccoo had heard of fairies. But she never thought they were real. She thought they were just nice stories to calm the little ones at bedtime

"Mama. Why did you run into the wall?"

"I was dreaming. Or I thought I was."

"Mama! You're sill-lllly!"

"Yes I'm silly! But ohh, Junior, are you alight? Thank goodness that fairy was there."

"I think the fairy was stuck in the box. It busted out when I crashed. Boom!"

Junior chuckled. He thought this was such fun. Fairies and lakes and Mama crashing into walls. He didn't see why Mama was making such a big deal out of it all. He was going to have the best story ever to tell to his friends. They were gonna be soo jealous. Maybe they'd fall off the City too! And they could all watch their mamas' crash into walls!

"Junior! Are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine Mama. You can stop asking me now. Silly."

"Sorry son. But for a little bit, I thought you were…"

"What?"

"Never mind, Junior. You are innocent still"

"What's innocent mama?"

"Well, it means you don't have to worry about things."

"Oh. Why would I worry? And can we go home now? I want to see my friends"

"No son. We are stuck here. Probably for good. Unless…"

"What Mama? Do you know how to get home? Let's go!"

"The Rod of the Heavens."

"Is that another sky city?"

"No….its something else."

Oocco mused. She had studied the scrolls of the ancient Oocca travelers who stayed in the land of the humans. They had used the Rod Of the Heavens to travel home. What were the exact words now? Ooccoo knew she must remember if she was ever to get back to the City of the Sky. Ooccoo had things to remember.

Well, there it is! Hope you liked it..and if you didn't, then why didja read it, eh? Go play with your calligraphy pens or something. Or perhaps, just perhaps you could reveiw and tell me what you didn't like then?