Artemis and Cheyenne plodded through the Kokiri Forest, too enthralled by the beautiful emerald they carried to enjoy the Kokiri children cowering in corners.

--

When our 'heroes' emerged to find the Great Deku Tree in ashes, their (small) surprise quickly turned to laughter when they saw Scooterpup's shock.

"Yo-You guys… I… You…" She closed her eyes. "I don't frickin' believe it."

Artemis ignored her friend, instead staring at the green gem Scooterpup held. "NO. WAY. Is that the Kokiri Emerald?!"

"What? Yeah, but-HEY!" Scooterpup replied as Cheyenne grabbed the jewel out her hands.

"IT'SSOSHINYIWANTIT" Cheyenne exclaimed, suddenly looking like she belonged in a mental asylum. Scooterpup glowered at her, giving the impression of belonging in a prison. Artemis, ignoring her two un-normal looking friends, was blathering on about the history and purpose of the Kokiri Emerald.

"The Kokiri Emerald is one of the three jewels required to take control of the Master Sword. Obviously, it has been in the care of the Kokiri Tribe. The last two, a ruby and a sapphire, are in the care of two other tribes, the-"

"Shut up, Artemis." Scooterpup snapped. Artemis, taken aback by her friend's interruption of her super-special-awesome speech, stood with her mouth slightly agape. "You guys are idiots." She said disgustedly. "I can't believe The Great Deku Tree is entrusting Hyrule's fate to you."

"Yeah? And what are YOU gonna do about it, huh?" Artemis said, still pissed off that she couldn't finish her speech.

"Maybe I'll save Hyrule myself!"

"Maybe you should!"

"Maybe I will!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

"I FREAKING LOVE THIS THING!" Cheyenne said, breaking out of her reverie.

"…" Artemis and Scooterpup stopped and gaped at the girl. Scooterpup shook her head and headed towards the way out.

"I don't need you guys."

"Scooterpup! Wait…" Artemis called after her friend, giving up after it became apparent that she wasn't coming back.

"Hey, can I be THE Gem Keeper?" Cheyenne grinned.

"No!" Artemis said crossly.

"HEY!!" Cheyenne glared at her. "I DON'T NEED YOU!" She ran after Scooterpup. "Hi, Scooterpup! I'm gonna come with you!"

"What? Oh. Fine." Scooterpup sighed, not wanting to refuse her friend, but not exactly wanting to spend who-knows-how-long saving the world with an idiot in tow. "Hey, you still into that Yami character?"

"Yes!" Cheyenne replied. "Of course! Why?"

"No reason. I always… just, you know. Thought he was kind of lame…"

"Yami is wonderful and sexy and… What." Cheyenne glanced over at Scooterpup. "What was that? That you just said?"

"Uh…"

"That you just said about MY YAMI. MY YAMI IS NOT LAME. I…I can't believe you just…you…" Cheyenne stormed off, back in Artemis' direction. "I DON'T NEED YOU, YOU YAMI HATER, YOU!"

"TELL ARTEMIS LINK IS LAME, TOO!" Scooterpup called after her.

"Artemis!" Cheyenne ran up, too upset about her horror at Scooterpup's obvious death-wish of Yami. "Sc-Scooter pup… She said…Yami was…was…" she paused dramatically. "LAME."

"Oh. Yeah, that's pretty bad. I guess. Silly Scooterpup!" Artemis said, lamely. Cheyenne, obviously deterred by Artemis' uncaring-ness, continued on. "…She also said that…"

"Eh? What?"

"That Link was lame, too!" Cheyenne cried. Artemis paused. "She what."

"She, uh…"

"She WHAT?!"

"I. Know. How could she say that about Yami?!"

"Screw Yami, no one freaking messes with MY Link!"

"We must go against her at all costs!"

"Revenge on Scooterpup!"

--

Artemis tore her eyes away from the Emerald. "How could Scooterpup say that?"

"Ugh, I know!" Cheyenne rolled her eyes, and then giggled as she noticed a Kokiri tremble in her wake. "Anyway, since we've declared revenge on her, we can stop worrying about. At least we'll get back at her. Hey, can I be THE Gem Keeper now?"

"How can you-fine!" Artemis said, obviously appalled at Cheyenne's lack of anger at Scooterpup's hate crime against Link.

"Oh, don't worry. I got back at her for Yami…"

"What…?"

--

"Mail for Ms. Scooterpup!" A mailman ran up to Scooterpup, who was figuring out her next move.

"Huh? Oh, thanks." Scooterpup opened the letter.

Shut up, Scooterpup!

-Cheyenne