Link and Aryll come out of the field that is right by the parking lot. The castle itself is about 40 stories high.

"That's it. That's it right there. That's DuLoc. I told ya I'd find it." Aryll smiles.

Link looks upon the giant castle.

"Uh-huh. That's the place. That's where Lord Demniss is." Aryll nods.

Link walks fast to the castle.

"Hey, wait. Wait up, Big Brother." Aryll follows.

Link points to an attendant. The attendant, who is wearing a giant head that looks like Lord Demniss, looks to see that Link has a sword. He screams and begins running through the rows of rope to get to the front gate to get away from Link.

"Wait a second. Look, Link here isn't gonna hurt you. He just... he just..." Aryll tries to speak on Toon Link's behalf, but it isn't working.

Link sighs and then begins walking straight through the rows. The attendant runs into a wall and falls down. Link and Aryll look at him then continue on into DuLoc.

They get inside and look around but all is quiet.

"Hey, look at this!" Aryll points to a machine.

She runs over and pulls a lever that is attached to a box marked 'Information'. The music winds up and then the box doors open up. There are little wooden people inside and they begin to sing.

Welcome to DuLoc such a perfect town

Here we have some rules

Let us lay them down

Don't make waves, stay in line

And we'll get along fine

DuLoc is perfect place

Please keep off of the grass

Shine your shoes, wipe your... face

DuLoc is, DuLoc is

DuLoc is perfect place!

Suddenly a camera takes Aryll and Link's picture.

"Wow! Let's do that again!" Aryll makes ready to run over and pull the lever again.

However, Link grabs Aryll's Flower Dress and holds her still. He shakes his head.

They hear a trumpet fanfare and head over to the arena.

"Brave knights. You are the best and brightest in all the land. Today one of you shall prove himself..." Demniss from afar is announcing.

As Link and Aryll walk down the tunnel to get into the arena, Aryll is humming the DuLoc theme song.

Link gives her that 'look' again.

"Sorry about that." Aryll stops.

"That champion shall have the honor... no, no... the privilege to go forth and rescue the lovely Princess Zelda from the fiery keep of the Valoo. If for any reason the winner is unsuccessful, the first runner-up will take his place and so on and so forth. Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make. (cheers) Let the tournament begin!" Demniss then notices Link and Aryll. "Oh! What is that? An immature child?"

Link turns to look at Aryll and then back at Demniss. he gives Demniss a 'seriously?' look.

"Uh, Big Brother? I think he was talking to you." Aryll whispers.

"Indeed. Knights, new plan! The one who kills these two uninvited guests, will be named champion! Have it them!" Demniss commands.

"Get them!" One of the knights yells.

Link and Aryll back away slowly.

"Oh come on. There has to be a better way than this." Aryll tries to reason with them. They bump into a table where there are mugs of potions.

"Go ahead! Get them!" The crowd hollers

Link holds up a mug of potion and gestures to it.

"Kill the intruders!" Another man in the crowd

Link shakes his head and tisks them. He then drinks the beer, followed by taking the mug and smashing the spigot off the large barrel of potion behind him. The potion comes rushing out drenching the other men and wetting the ground. It's like mud now. Link pulls out his sword next. He slides past the men and slashes at them with his sword.

As Link begins to fight, Aryll hops up onto one of the larger Potion barrels. It breaks free of it's ropes and begins to roll. Aryll manages to squish two men into the mud. There is so much fighting going on here I'm not going to go into detail. Suffice to say that Link kicks butt and enters a stable of Horses, similar to a Wrestling Ring. He continues to fight there.

"Hey, Big Brother, tag me! Tag me!" Aryll waves from the ropes.

Link comes over and bangs a man's head up against Aryll. Aryll is a little dizzy, but snaps out of it fast. Link gets up on the ropes and interacts with the crowd. A man tries to sneak up behind Link, but Link turns in time and sees him.

"The chair! Give him the chair!" One of the women in the crowd hollers.

Link smashes a chair over the guys back. Finally all the men are down. Aryll hits her telescope against one of the knight's helmets, and the ding sounds the end of the match. The audience goes wild.

"Oh, yeah! Ah! Ah! Thank you! Thank you very much! We're here till Thursday. Try the veal! Ha, ha!" Aryll laughs. Link joins in and laughs with her.

Their laughter stops as all of the guards turn their weapons on the two children.

"Shall I give the order, sir?" The Head Guard asks.

"No, I have a better idea. People of DuLoc, I give you our champion!" Demniss announces and the crowd roars.

Link and Aryll look at each other in confusion.

"Congratulations, you two. You're won the honor of embarking on a great and noble quest." Demniss explains.

"Well uh, you see. The funny thing is, we're already on a quest. The whole reason we came here is to try to get Big Brother's House back." Aryll explains.

"His house?" Demniss asks in confusion.

"Yeah, his house. Remember? That's where you put the Pointed Eared Children." Aryll explains. "I should know, because I almost became one of them."

"That's why you looked familiar!" The Head Guard tries to pursue her, but Demniss stops him.

"Indeed. All right, I'll make you two a deal. Go on this quest for me, and I'll give you this child's house back." Demniss explains.

Link raises an eyebrow.

"Exactly the way it was, down to the last detail. Consider the Pointed Ear Children gone." Demniss says.

Aryll turns to Link for clarification. He nods. "Okay, you got a deal. But... what kind of quest?"


Time Lapse - Link and Aryll are now walking through the field heading away from DuLoc. Link is counting his rupees.

"Let me get this straight. You're gonna go fight a dragon and rescue a princess just so Demniss will give you back a house which you only don't have because he filled it full of children in the first place. Is that about right?" Aryll nods.

Link nods.

"I don't get it. Why don't you just pull some of that Hero stuff on him? Throttle him, lay siege to his fortress, capture Demniss and warn him to give you back your house or 'dire consequences will be laid upon you', stuff?" Aryll asks.

Link turns to her once more.

"Ewww! Why would you even think about decapitating an entire village and put their heads on a pike, using your sword to cut open their spleen and drinking their fluids? But, I do understand what you mean." Aryll says, grossed out.

Link continues to talk to Aryll.

"There's a lot more to Heroes than people think? For example?" Aryll asks.

Link holds out a green rupee.

"Heroes are like rupees? How?" Aryll looks closely. "They're colorful?"

Link nods, but then realizes what she said and shakes his head.

"They have value?" Aryll guesses again.

Link again shakes his head.

Oh, you mean when you leave them on the ground, they start flashing and suddenly disappear. Why do they do that?" Aryll asks.

Link lets out a grunt of frustration and shows it to her. He heaves a sigh and then walks off.

Aryll is trailing after Link "Oh, you both have variety. Oh. You know, not everybody has a lot of rupees like you..." Aryll thinks for a moment. "Candy! Anyone can afford candy, and it has as large variety!"

Link lets out another cry of irritation.

"You don't care what everyone likes? Well, you know what else everybody likes? Parfaits. Have you ever met a person, you say, 'Let's get some parfait,' and they say, 'No way, I don't like no parfait'? Parfaits are delicious." Aryll continues to talk.

Link lets out one final scream of resentment and storms off.

"Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole wide planet." Aryll doesn't stop talking.

Link finally just lets out a sigh.

"Do you have a tissue or something? I'm making a mess. Just the word parfait can get me slobbering." Aryll adds.