Chapter 2

Fox looked for a place to wash up. But he couldn't wash outside. The lakes and rivers were frozen solid, and it was too cold out here. Instead, he looked for a place that had a shower or something. Fox looked around.

"Hello lad!" a man spoke to him.

Fox turned his ear, and then his head right to the source of the voice. An old man was standing in front of a wooden building. He appeared to be in his 60's. He was a bit bald, except for the back of his head, which had white hair around it. He even had a long, white mustache, and tiny, beady little eyes that look like they were closed.

"Um….hi." Fox said, not sure what to think. The man laughed.

"You look like one of those little forest creatures that's been in the woods on the other side of town." he said, "Now um….what do they call those things again?"

"A Fox?" Fox answered.

"Yes, that's it!" The old man said, "I'm sorry, my memorys not as good as it use to be. Are you half human?"

"Um...I guess you can say that." Fox said, scratching the back of his head. Even he wasn't sure if he was half human or not.

"Hmm...you look like a dirty little fellow."

"Excuse me?" Fox asked a bit rudely, raising his eyebrow. But then he found out what the old man was talking about; the black oil on his fur.

"Oh." Fox said, a bit embarrased.

The man chuckled at Fox's statement, "I happen to know where a wash room is." he spoke again, "That is, if you want to wash up."

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for!"

"Ok then, follow me."

The old man walked away and Fox followed him.

"Except it's a bath tub." he said again, "We have no showers here, except in the homes." Then the old man laughed.

"It doesn't matter." Fox said, shaking his head. "Any one of them will do."

"Ok then." the man said, smiling.

Young Link stood beside a wooden pole. He placed his hand against it and sighed. Suddenly, the cold wind blew against him. He shivered as he wrapped his arms around his body.

"Man, I hate the cold!" he said, "I wish we could've gone someplace nice and warm."

"So do I." a voice said.

Young Link gasped and turned around. It was Link. He was holding a brown thing on his arm, which appeared to be a blanket.

"But we had to come here for the race, remember?"

Link placed the blanket over Young Link's shoulder. Young Link smiled, and then frowned again.

"But why couldn't we go someplace warm?" he asked.

"Because Kiro, some of us were looking forward to the races." Link said, "And this is the only place that held race competitions. And I know it's freezing, but it always snows here. And the races only happen once a year."

Young Link sighed. Kiro is a nickname that Link had given to Young Link, because Link had always gone by his own name, he wanted to give his younger self a nickname. And, believe it or not, Link, out of all the twenty seven smashers, is the only one that calls him by that name.

"When why couldn't we go next year instead of this year?"

"…….I don't know." Link said, "I guess they just love races. And our home needs to be repaired. I called some people to repair a few stuff. It should be done in about two months or so."

"Two months?" Young Link asked, then he groaned.

"Just try to have some fun, ok?"

"I don't think I can!" Young Link said. "Why couldn't we just spend a few nights at a hotel or something. Without the snow?"

"We can't stay at a hotel for two months!" Link said.

"Its better than being out here in the cold!"

Link didn't say anything.

"And you already know that I hate races!" Young Link said.

"Would you rather be at our house with no water, no electricity, and no heat what-so-ever?" Link asked.

Young Link sighed out of annoyance.

"And besides, the others love races. And the people that are fixing our house would've forced us out anyway." Link said, then he grew annoyed, "And the others would've forced us to come, even of we didn't want to."

Fox sighed. It's been awhile since he had a hot bath. The showers at their house quit working now that the pipes had been frozen, like Link said before. Fox was glad to have warm water at last. He leaned back and lowered his head into the water. He ran his fingers through the wet fur on his head to wash the dirt out. He resurfaced and gasped. He scratched his arms to get the dirt off them as well. And he even scratched his tail. It felt like heaven for awhile. He leaned back and closed his eyes. Then he heard a knock on the door. Fox opened his eyes, raised his ears, and sat up.

"Are you done in there lad?" the man asked, "A friend of yours is waiting on you!"

"In a minute!" Fox said. He pulled the plug to drain the water and got out. He wrapped a towel around himself and dried off. He put on his cloths and his head antenna. And then walked out the shower room door. The main hall looked like a type of Hotel hobby. The man looked at Fox and smiled. And then he walked off.

Fox looked around, and then he saw Falco standing in a corner with his arms crossed. Fox walked over to Falco.

"Hello Fox." Falco said.

"Hi." Fox said, smiling.

"C'mon, let's get going."

Fox nodded and followed Falco. He opened the door, and the cold air blew against Fox's body. He shivered as he wrapped his arms around his body, trying to warm up.

Falco led Fox to the two Arwings that were parked in an open field.

"Samus is already waiting for us." Falco said.

"I can't wait to get into my Arwing again!" Fox said.

Falco nodded. He pushed a button on his wrist communicator and the door to his Arwing opened up. Fox did the same thing.

Falco climbed into his Arwing and waited for Fox to get in his. Fox climbed into his as well. He turned it on and the lights inside began flashing. The Arwing also vibrated a little.

"Falco to Fox, Falco to Fox, do you copy?" Falco asked.

"Read you loud and clear!" Fox said.

"All right" Falco said. He turned on the radio and the rock theme form the Meteor Stage from Star Fox Adventures began playing. The music was transfered to Fox's Arwing as well so he'd have something to listen to. Fox tapped his fingers on his steering wheel to follow the beat, and then he got focused.

"Let's go!" Fox shouted.

He and Falco lifted off of the ground, and both Arwings sped off into the sky. They were gone in a flash.