Meggy: Hiya! I'm back with a new chapter! Sorry it took so long.

Link: No you're not.

Meggy:…Um…(Whacks Link with WET NOODLE OF DOOM!) Man, I love doing that. I will answer reviews now!

Queen B of Randomness 016 wrote: YAY NOODLE OF DOOM! Totally my area of expertise! RANDOMNESS! Great story! PLEEZ CONTINUE!

Queen B

Meggy: I love the randomness! I act like this at school, too. You don't know how crazy I can be when I have sugar!

Kousagi7Yami wrote: MY DIN THIS IS AWSOME! Update soon. Question, who did Marisa and Tiffany turn into?

Meggy: You'll see. (talks to self) I am so evil.

Achitka wrote: This is frightening – but whatever….I think.

Meggy: What point are you trying to prove? If you're saying I'm a totally weird and random wacko, you're a little late to the party!

Secret Agent Heather wrote: Yay! WHOOP! Yay Zel! WHOOP! This is my Spiffy Review! I did it! Oh yeah!

Meggy: I know who you are! I can't understand what you're trying to say, here. Tell me at school. If you don't, remember…I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!

blackflame wrote: that was really good, I can't wait until ur next chapter

Meggy: Thank you! I LOVE REVIEWS!

Numdenu wrote: Did Marisa get turned into Aryll? Or…(snicker)…Link? Who?

Meggy: I'll tell you later! (so evil I am) As for Marisa turning into Link…I don't do the crossover thing. By the way, love your The Life and Times of: Young Link story! It rocks!

Meggy: All done! Fic time is now!

Chapter 2: Getting It Together…Sort Of

.:&:. Meghan/Zel.:&:.

I paced the small cabin, thinking hard. Okay, I thought. I'm Tetra. I'm a pirate leader. Wonderful. Sooner or later, the bird should come by, pick me up, then drop me like a bag of rocks on Outset. I should meet Link there. So what's the plan?

I took a deep breath. The plan is to go through the game, as normal. I'm just not Link this time. I'm Tetra. Then that means…

Before I could finish my thought, I heard a pirate yelling, "Giant bird at eight o'clock!"

I ran onto the deck, where pirates were yelling to each other, running around like sissies, and firing cannonballs at the giant bird. Looking up at it, I thought of what Tetra would say right now.

That was easy.

"Hey, you stupid overgrown pigeon!" I yelled. "Get away from my ship!"

Everything seemed to go in slow motion for a second. The bird slowly turned to look at me. Everything sped up again and the bird turned and headed towards me. I didn't move.

"Miss Tetra, get away from there!" Gonzo yelled over all the noise.

I ignored him. He ran over and tried to pull me away from my spot. I didn't budge.

"Sorry, Gonzo," I told him, pushing him away. "I have to get caught. It's the rules of the game. Hey, can you keep a promise?"

He looked at me like I was crazy or something, but he nodded. "Promise you'll come after me. Just do it or I'll kill you." He nodded again. "Yes, Miss."

I gave him one of Tetra's famous winks. "Good. Now, I really need to go meet the hero of the whole game, before he screws everything up, already!"

The bird picked me off the deck. Ow! Those claws hurt! "I'll be just fine!" I shouted back at the boat. "I know what I'm doing! Trust me!"

My last thought before total blackout (again), was where are the guys?

.:&:. Onica .:&:.

I whacked my head on the wall a few times. I'm a bird! I thought. A red haired, beak nosed, scarlet eyed bird person! I forced myself to calm down. It's all right, I told myself. It could be worse. I could have been turned into a pig. I chuckled at the thought of Dusty being a pig.

My eyes widened. The others! I wondered what they looked like now. Or if I would recognize them when I saw them. If I ever saw them at all.

There was a knock on my door. "Medli?" a voice asked. The door eased open a little. "Are you okay, Medli?" they asked again. "I heard you scream."

Medli? Did he just call me Medli? Weird name.

The door opened wider. "Are you in here?"

"Yes," I answered.

A tall man walked into the room. Well, he wasn't really a man. He was a bird creature. Like me.

He had long hair for a boy, and it was silver. His face was darker then mine. I was a kind of pale peach, but he was more of a dark brown. He had a long, red robe on, and a small, golden crown on his head. He had a beak, too.

"Is there a problem, Medli?" he asked me. "You screamed."

I violently shook my head. "N-No!" I said quickly. "No problem at all! Everything's just fine!"

He looked at me funny. "Well, I'll let you rest for now," he said. "Then could you help us look for Komali?"

I nodded, wondering who the heck Komali was.

The bird man turned to leave. As he reached the door, he looked back at me and asked, "Are you sure you're all right?"

"Everything's just fine," I repeated.

He left and closed the door. I whacked my head on the wall again. Everything was NOT fine. Everything was totally whacked out.

I decided to get some rest. Climbing into bed and covering myself up, I made myself comfortable. As I drifted off to sleep, I had just enough energy to ask myself one question.

What are my friends doing right now?

.:&:. Marisa .:&:.

I gaped at my reflection in the water. I looked just like that girl, Aryll! Except I was a little different.

I had blond hair in piggy tails, like Aryll. But Aryll didn't have freckles, did she? Nah. My eyes were blue like hers, too. The dress was different, though. It was red, with a big white skull on the side. I had tennis shoes on my feet, too.

Way creepy. Just like the place I was in.

Why do I look different? I wondered. Do the guys look different, too?

That reminded me. Were they here? Were they even somewhere in this freak joint?

I started walking up some stairs. A searchlight nearly caught me, but I ducked out of the ray just in time.

Okay, I thought. Maybe I should go look for them later.

I crawled into one of the barrels near me and made myself comfy. A little snug, but no one would see me. Unless they looked straight down into it.

I closed my eyes and thought where are they?

I drifted off to sleep.

.:&:. Tiffany .:&:.

Oh…my…gosh…Too weird. Just TOO WEIRD! I stared down into the water at my new, really different, reflection.

My hair was now straight blond instead of the normal curly red. I still had freckles, but not as much as before. Oddly enough, my jeans were still here and my hooded sweatshirt was still light blue. But, now there were dark blue bands on my wrists and my tennis shoes now were red with a yellow lightning bolt.

In my mind, I LOOKED WAAAAAY COOL!

I danced around in the shallow water, splashing it everywhere. Then I heard someone come over to me.

I quick turned around to face whoever it was.

It was a boy. I think. He was my age and had really dark skin. He wore a funny red outfit with a big gold chain around his neck. But that wasn't what made me stare. The kid had silver hair. No, that wasn't it, ether. It was the fact that he had a beak. A BEAK, I TELL YOU! He was, like, half bird or something.

He stared at me. "Are you okay?"

I jumped back and put my arms over my face. "Ah! Don't hurt me, creepy bird person!"

Now he looked really confused. "What? Bird person?" Then he looked like he remembered something. "Oh yeah! I'm a bird, now. Hey, I wonder if that means I can fly?"

I watched him wonder about this for a bit. Then I waved my hand in front of his…beak.

"Hello? Anybody home?" I called.

He gave a high-pitched squeak and put he arms over his head, like the sky was falling or something. "No! You can't have my paperclips!" he squawked at me.

I only stared at him. He noticed that I was looking at him like he was crazy. Well, I thought he was crazy.

He stood up and said, "Uh…my name's Dusty."

I stared again. "What did you say?"

He shrugged. "I said, 'uh…my name's Dusty'."

"Wait one second here!" I yelled. "Dusty! Is that you?"

"Do I know you, weird lady?" he asked me.

"It's me! Tiffany!"

"How do I know it's you, Tiff?"

I thought for a moment, then said, "I'm mad at Hannah because she stole my skittles at lunch. I love skittles!"

He nodded. "Yep. It's you, Tiff."

I smiled. "Of course it is."

.:&:. John .:&:.

"Noooooooo!" I moaned. "I'm a tree! TREE! I'm a stubby, walking, leafy faced, onion shaped tree thingy! I don't want to be a tree!"

I stopped moaning when I realized I was being watched.

A bunch of little tree thingies, like me, were everywhere. All of them were taller than me. Crud. They all had different leaf faces, all colors, shapes, and sizes. On top of all that, they were all staring at me.

I was kind of testy right now. Okay, that was putting it mildly. I was just plain ticked. Well, I was a stinking tree! What do you expect!

"What are you looking at?" I yelled hotly.

They only stared. Getting reeeaaaly annoyed, now I thought.

One of them walked up to me and said, "Makar? Are you feeling alright?"

Makar? What kind of name was that? I wondered.

He put a stubby branch for an arm to my wooden forehead. "Maybe you're getting a bit ill."

One of the tree thingies behind him nodded. "Falling from a height like that when Deku Leaf Flying will do that to a korok."

What in the name of pickles is a korok? I thought.

The tree thing that felt my forehead took my wooden hand…branch. "Come on, Makar," he said leading me away to a small cave-like area. It had a small, wooden bed with a big leaf for a blanket. He led me to it. "You'll need your rest after what happened today."

As I slid into the bed, he made sure I was comfy before turning and leaving out the door.

I decided to get some sleep. As I slowly lost consciousness, I thought, how the heck did I end up a TREE?

.:&:. Dusty .:&:.

I ran to the other side of the island. That's where the freaked-out yelling came from.

As I came closer, I saw some girl splashing around in the water, getting her jeans and tennis shoes all wet. What a weirdo. She acted just like Tiffany always did.

She noticed I was there and stopped splashing to turn and stare at me. I stared back.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

She jumped back and held her arms over her face, like a bunch of bees were trying to sting her eyeballs out. "Ah!" she screeched. "Don't hurt me, creepy bird person!"

"What? Bird person?" Then I remembered. "Oh yeah! I'm a bird, now. Hey, I wonder if that means I can fly?"

I pondered this for a bit, completely forgetting she was even there.

She waved a hand in front of my face and called me. "Hello? Anybody home?"

She surprised me, and I squeaked, putting my arms over my head and shouting, "No! You can't have my paperclips!"

She stared at me like I was a real loony.

Feeling like a total idiot, I stood up straight and introduced myself. "Uh…my name's Dusty."

Her eyes went real wide. "What did you say?" she asked.

I shrugged. Why did I have to repeat myself? "I said, 'uh…my name's Dusty'."

She gapped at me. "What one second, here!" she cried. "Dusty! Is that you?"

Hang on. Is she stocking me, or something? "Do I know you, creepy lady?" I asked her.

"It's me! Tiffany!"

Tiffany? Was she serious! "How do I know it's you, Tiff?"

She thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm mad at Hannah because she stole my skittles at lunch. I love skittles!"

I grinned. That was so like her. Nodding, I said, " Yep. It's you, Tiff."

Her smile got bigger. "Of course it is."

I only had one more question for her, but I didn't ask. She probably didn't know. We walked back to town and I kept repeating it in my head.

Where are our friends?

.:&:. END .:&:.

Meggy: Yay, super long! I meet Link next time! I made John a tree. Payback, baby! I love revenge.

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Meggy: Stop stealing my line, or I'll cell-shade you!

Link: (whimpers)

Meggy: Review or I'll whack you to death with my WET NOODLE OF DOOM! (brandishes noodle) I'm having fun with this, so chapters will probably be longer. More reason to review!