"Ego nutus Tempus Ianua ut patefacio!"
Ok…third time's the charm…
"Ego nutus Tempus Ianua ut patefacio!!"
…twelfth time's the charm…
"EGO NUTUS TEMPUS IANUA UT PATEFACIO!! DAMN IT!!"
…twenty fourth time-NO!! That's enough!! No matter how many times Link said the damn chant, IT DIDN'T WORK!! This was getting him nowhere...Link needed to come down, assess the problem with logic and come up with a solution.
First off…the problem:
Link's suck in a forest, in the middle of the night, in the ancient past…no big deal.
Link has no idea what era his in…so if can leave the forest then he might be walking into a battlefield or better yet, in the middle of Creation itself...starting to see the trouble…
Link has none of his weapons or items, except his sword, his shield, and a powerless Dominion Rod that's no more helpful than a stick……Link just might have a difficult situation on hand.
Now…for future reference…what was the start of this problem...hmmm...Oh yes! SHAD!!
Ok, this isn't helping. Shad had no idea of what would actually happen after Link step through the doorway. The incantation Shad gave Link just wasn't working, no meter how many times Link said it or which way he readed the words. The stone gate had disappear when Link arrived, leaving only the light symbols that empowered the doorway…and even though there was nothing in between the lines, the doors were still rock-solid (Link's nose could attest to that). There nothing left here for Link to do, he only hoped he could to find a village or town and begin again in the morning. So he picked a direction and started off.
The night air of forest was clear and cool, placing Link's mind into state tranquility. As foreboding as the dark woods were, it did have its wonders and beauties hidden under forest overgrowth. Link had once and while stop walking and listen…to the birds, the insects, the squirrels, and the other nocturnal animals……He listened to very life-force of forest. As child, Link would frequently walk through wood areas of Ordon, taking time to listen its life-force……
If Link had never embarked on the fruitless quest of his, he would have still been in Ordon…possible doing the same thing he was doing right then. But every time Link questioned his quest, the imagine of Midna's tear-filled face pops into mind……then breaking of glass...It stung whenever Link thought back to that day…like someone was reaching into his chest…scratching and itching at his insides...Everyday he thought about her, and everyday he felt the sting in his heart……
I need to keep moving, Link thought to himself, this wasn't the place or the time for daydreaming teenager.
Link pressed on into the darkest, keeping an eye out for any unexpected meetings with the more violent forest habitants. After walking for want seemed to be a mile or so, a thick fog started to set in, reducing Link's vision to a couple of feet (just what he needed). The hairs on back of Links neck were standing on end…there was no way he could hope to deflect a coming attack in this fog. It could come for any angle with out him knowing and Link would be standing there with his no way to defend. Now his pace had come down to a crawl, each step he made was agonizing...Link knew someone was going to attack…but……when……
It had been some hours since the fog appeared and Link had guess daybreak was coming. Even though his internal-clock had been screwed up since left the Present in middle of the day and arrived in the Past at night, Link's field of vision had improved from the boost of light...a pretty good clue. He could also hear less and less of animals scurrying around because the transition from the nocturnal to the diurnal, daytime creatures. Link started to relax, releasing a light sigh. All the anxiety was starting get to him…Link took a confident step forward, finally ready to re-attain his normal pace. The second his foot met the ground, an invisible force dragged his leg straight up, dropping Link directly onto his back then sending him flying after his leg. The momentum caused Link to soar to the heights of the tree branches, but just as he was about to breakthrough the canopy, the mysterious force caught Link's foot once again and hauled him back down to the earth…only to catch him a third time a few feet from the forest floor. Now hanging upside down by a particularly sore leg, Link at last found his sense (you try fly through the air! You wouldn't think straight either!!). Link raised head and looked dow-...up at his foot to find that the unseen force that grabbed him was……a rope?! Holy Farore, Din, and Nayru!! Did the Hero of Time get bushwhacked by the oldest trick the oldest book?! Damn it!! Commmme Ooonnn!! Kids in Ordon used snares like this to trap rabbits, Link screamed in his mind, I'm not a rabbit!!
"Ha ha ha ha!" Laughter? It sounded like it came from a child, "Wow!! I can't believe that it worked!!"
"Yeah!" exclaimed a second voice, this one had a feminine tone, "Did you see his face right before he fell back down! I thought I was goin' ta piss myself!!"
Link strained to turn and catch a glimpse at the new arrivals (the ones who must have set that damn snare), unfortunately they where somewhere behind the curtain of fog that still refused let the daylight win. Link's head was still spinning from his 'trip' and the world around him seemed to bleed into a colorful mess. Though even in his brainless state, he could just make out a few images on the edge of his sight. A globe of yellow light with a matching purple globe and a figure wearing an orange hat………
"You guys aren't going to steal from this guy too, are you?" a new individual voice appeared, an extremely timid sounding boy.
"Aarrgh, Tael! Why do you have to rain on everyone's parade." The annoyed voice of the girl said, "You should be more grateful to have such cool sister like me. No way you'd be with us if you didn't."
The rustling of grass underneath Link alerted him to someone's presents. Look down, Link discovered the orange hat figure from before and now he could get a better look. He (or she...?) couldn't have been older than ten, dressed in ratty orange and green clothes, though what caught Links eye the most was the mask the child wore……
The mask had a purple face with detail designs of loud colors. Several points projected from rim of the mask, but what attached Link's notice were the eyes...they seem…familiar somehow. Like they're suppose to be now something...someone else. The very presence of the thing was like something he felt in the past…a dark presence……
Link was awakened from his reflections when he noticed what Orange Hat was doing.
"Heeey, look this thing." Orange Hat said as held up…Link's Dominion Rod!!
"Ooooo!" the girl replied. Link had now gotten a look at her and she appeared to be the yellow light-sphere (fairy), "…ah…what is it?"
"I don' know…" Orange Hat swung the Rod around a few times, finding it a little…lacking in its dormant state. Then something new caught his eye...something sharp. Chucking the Dominion Rod a couple feet away, Orange Hat set his (her?) sights on Link's sword……Damn it!! When did Link drop that!! Well Orange Hat was sure happy that he did…now this was a toy. Swinging the blade above his head, Orange Hat came close to slicing off the heads of Link and his fairy friends…several times. Link couldn't take it anymore...
"That's enough, ALRIGHT!" Link commanded in the most adult voice he could muster, "You had your fun, now let me down and stop play with my sword!"
Orange Hat stopped his swordplay for a moment and looked at Link, giving him a perplexed expression (or at least that's what Link thought he did). The silence between them lasted a few seconds, until Orange Hat snickered. A moment later, he burst into a craze of laughter and resumed his game of 'Shake the Deadly Weapon.' Great…now Link was hanging upside down with a psychotic little kid swinging his sword around inches from his head…and the kid has authority issues. The cackling and sword-flinging suddenly came to a halt when Orange Hat rammed the blade into a near be tree, to Orange Hat's horror. Fingers firmly around the halt and feet pressing forcefully on the tree trunk, Orange Hat tried with all his strength to reclaim his newly found plaything. Sadly, however, even with help of two fairies...Orange Hat could not pull the sword out.
"Hyper little children should be more careful with their toys…"
A new character emerged, tearing Link's sight away from Orange Hat and the fairies. This person was tall, at least a head taller than Link (though not as tall as Ganondorf). His voice designated him as a man. It was formal voice and horsed by years of use, but commanded a respect that Link's 'Adult Tone' could never have done. The man was covered from head to toe in a black cloak, save the white flesh showing on his left hand as it held the Dominion Rod……wait, WHAT!!
"Who are you?" Orange Hat calmly asked, though with a rigid body...ready for whatever the Cloaked Man would do.
"Keh…keh keh keh" a dry laugh preceded the Cloaked Man reply, "You needn't fear from me, little one. I am merely a traveler in these woods and I happened upon your…comical scene. Perhaps…you need…assistance?"
Orange Hat inched closer to the sword, still imbedded in wood. The forest child wouldn't give up this treasure so easily……
"Do not worry, friend." The Cloaked Man voice projected his hidden smirk, "I am perfectly content with the trash you cast away earlier…"
The Cloaked Man raised the Rod to show what he had mention, allowing Orange Hat to know that the blade wasn't what the man's goal. Even with his face hidden, Link knew the Cloaked Man must have been grinning from ear to ear. As he clutched the Dominion Rod tightly in his pigment-less hand, he released a low and malevolent chuckle, to Link's horror. The Rod was powerless, but it was Link's only clue to getting back home. The Cloaked Man could leave at any moment he choose and Link couldn't do a thing about it. Orange Hat hadn't care in the least.
"Child" The Cloaked Man announced as Orange Hat went back to prying the sword loose, "I have found that it is better to cut your losses' and proceed to another spot to cast you line. There are always more to catch…further down stream."
"The creepy guy has a point" the yellow fairy said from behind Orange Hat, "If we stay here all day, who knows what we'd miss out now!!"
Orange Hat took a minute to consider the matter. The next person them meet might have a sword and something cooler, the forest child silently realized. Orange Hat started to rub his hands together greedily as he turned and left the two humans in his wake. The two fairies dashed after him……
"So…" Link began a polite tone of voice, "Now that you got rid of those troublemakers, would you be nice enough to let me down…?"
"No" The Cloaked Man said plainly (it was worth a try), "…did you actually expect me to help you. Is everyone in your era idiotic enough to fall for a simple snare…"
DAMN IT!! Why did he have to bring that up!! Like I was supposed to know that the forest like the back of my hand, Link thought to himself,…wait……my era?! What?!
"How did you…" Augh! Link couldn't even voice his thoughts now!!
"Keh keh keh keh! I thought you would react if I know your secret! Yes…I know you're from Hyrule's future and I also know about this rod! You've done me a great deed for me, boy. With the Dominion Rod, I can finally finish a lifetime of hard work. I owe it all to you, kid…"
"If all you need is the Rod's power, then I'd lend it to you" Link stated with much more serious tone, this wasn't a plea, "All I ask is for you to let me down and help me get back to my time."
"Sorry" the man replied mockingly, "but helping you is not a part of my plans. No...You should stay there like that for while. Maybe the next time you want desire to fool with the ancient powers…you remember…where your place it..."
With that the Cloaked Man turned and disappeared as quickly as he appeared from the fog. Only his dark laughter lingered in the cold morning air. Link shouted after him with few colorful words to specify that he was a major dick! After an hour or so, Link halted the profanities and tried to figure out a way down. Link's legs were numb and his blood had all rushed to his brain, plus he hadn't eaten for sometime now. Thinking logically wasn't going to be that easy……
CRACK!!
The sound a twig snapping alerted Link to another's presents. Link carefully looked around as best as could, try to see where his visitor was come from. Perhaps it was Orange Hat coming back to pull at the sword one last time…that's just what Link needed. Suddenly the force of the rope vanished and Link plummeted down the few feet that were between him and the earth. Climbing up from a painful heap on the ground, Link met face to face with his apparent rescuer……a ten-year-old boy with green tunic and matching hat………
Edited 8/25/08: There...chapters one and two edited. Hopeful this will get people reading and review ON THE STORY and not the grammer. So whoever is reading these chapters for the first time, please review them.