Chapter 4: The hero's sports festival. (Part one)
Wind sighed as he sat in the loungeroom with a bored look on his face. Train and Brown looked at him, then glanced at each other.
"What's up with you?" Train questioned. Wind groaned.
"I'm so bored! Is there anything to do around here?" Wind questioned. Train and Brown hummed in thought.
"Want to go swimming?" Train questioned. Wind shook his head.
"We can't swim, remember?" A look of realisation crossed Train's face.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Train muttered. Brown hummed in thought, he then looked up.
"Why don't we have a competition?" Brown suggested. Wind and Train looked at Brown. Brown shrunk back. "J-just a suggestion." Wind and Train grinned, and jumped up.
"A competition sounds like a great idea!" Wind exclaimed. Train nodded.
"Yeah, it'll be like a festival! But what kind?" Train questioned. Wind hummed in thought. His eyes then lit up.
"Why don't we have a sports festival!? We can get all of the other Links involved as well!" Wind suggested. Train and Brown nodded. "Now, all we need is for someone to organise it." Brown raised his hand.
"Why don't we get Time to organise it? Doesn't he love this kind of stuff?" Brown questioned. Wind and Train nodded.
"Yeah! Brown, you're on fire today!" Wind exclaimed. He then jumped off the couch. "Come on! Let's go tell Time!" Train and Brown nodded, and followed Wind out of the room.
Time stood outside of the mansion as he watched Twilight do his daily training.
"Time!" Wind, Train, and Brown called out. Time looked towards the three younger Links, and smiled at them.
"Hey, is there something you need?" Time questioned. The three younger Links nodded.
"Yeah! We were wondering if you could organise a sports festival. Can you?" Wind questioned. Time gasped, and smiled.
"A sports festival? Well, of course, I can! I'd be glad to!" Time accepted. He then grabbed Twilight. "Come, we must start on the preparations!" Twilight gave the three younger Links a confused look as he was dragged off towards the mansion.
All of the Links sat in the loungeroom, and waited for Time to finally make his announcement. Mini leaned near Brown.
"Why are we all here again?" Mini questioned. Brown smiled.
"You'll see." Brown told. Mini frowned. The door then opened, and all the Links turned to see Time walk in with Wind and Train behind him. Time then stood in front of everyone.
"I thank you all for coming here today!" Time told. Sky raised his hand.
"Um, why did you call us all here Time?" Sky questioned. Time raised his hand.
"I was just getting to that. You see, I was asked a great favour, and I think that it would be good for all of us to bond together! You see, we've all done many great deeds, and-"
"Just get to the point already!" Mini shouted. Time frowned.
"Fine. Anyway, Wind, Train, and Brown have suggested that we all participate in a sports festival!" Time announced. All the Links immediately started chatting amongst themselves.
"A sports festival?"
"That sounds like fun!"
"What do we even do in a sports festival?" Time waited for everyone to quiet down, but when they didn't, Time coughed.
"Enough! I would like everyone to participate. All show a hands of who would like to participate." Time raised. Everyone raised their hands. Time smiled. "Okay then! First, is this alright with you?" First smiled, and nodded.
"Of course! I think that by participating in this festival, we'll all bond greatly!" First told. Time smiled, and looked back at everyone.
"Alright, you heard First! So, since all of us are participating, we'll all start by setting the festival up! I'll reveal the teams after everything is set up. Firstly, we'll have to set up games, tents, oh! And also provide food and drinks. Does everyone understand?" The Links nodded their heads. Time smiled.
"Good! Now, here's who will do what. Wind, Train, Brown, since you three suggested this, you three will be in charge of setting up the games." Wind, Train, and Brown nodded. Time then turned towards the three triforce heroes. "You three will help them." The three triforce heroes nodded, and saluted to Time.
"Aye, aye!" The three triforce heroes told in sync. They then followed Wind, Train, and Brown after Time gave them the list. Time then looked back at the group of Links.
"Okay, Green, Red, Blue, Vio, you four will be in charge of setting up the banner." Time told. The four Links nodded, and ran out after Time gave them a list. "War, Sky, Twilight, and…Wild, you four will be in charge of collecting wood for the banners and the tents. After you've done that, you will build the tents." War, Sky, and Twilight nodded, then glanced at Wild, who was nodding eagerly while holding a chipped wood cutter's axe. Sky then grabbed the list from Time, and walked out of the mansion with War, Twilight and Wild following behind. "And finally, Past, Oracle, World, and Mini, you four will be in charge of food preparations and drinks." The three look a-likes nodded, but Mini gave Time a bewildered look.
"Woah, woah, what!? Why am I stuck with the cooking gig!?" Mini questioned. Time coughed.
"Because, you used to be a blacksmith, correct? Therefore, you should know how to cook." Time told. Mini was about to complain, but sighed. He then walked over to Time, and snatched the list from his hands, and walked off with the list. Past, Oracle, and World followed behind. First smiled, and waited for his order. Time smiled at him. "Ok, First! Um, you can observe with me!" First frowned.
"Um, are you sure that there's nothing for me to do?" First questioned. Time looked down at his list, and shook his head.
"No, there's nothing that you need to worry about. And besides, I couldn't let you do that. You're First! You've done so much for us! I couldn't make you do all this work!" Time told. First sighed.
"I see." He then stood up. "I'll go check on the others." Time nodded, and watched as First walked out of the room. He then looked back at his list, and gasped.
"Oh no! I just left Green, Red, Blue and Vio to do the sign by themselves! They are way too short to do that without the assistance of someone taller." Time smacked his forehead in frustration. First overheard what Time said, and ran towards him. He then gripped Time by the shoulders.
"If you are in need of assistance, then I'll gladly help them out!" First exclaimed. Time sweat dropped.
"W-well-" First shook his head.
"No, don't say it. I want to help." Time gave First an uncertain look, then nodded. First smiled, and ran off to find the four Links.
When he found them, he sweat dropped at the scene. Green and Blue were wrestling each other on the ground while covered in Blue paint. Red sat on the ground while crying for them to stop while Vio held the pure white sheet away from them. Vio then noticed First, and nodded towards him. First nodded, and walked towards the two fighting Links.
"Now, now, what seems to be the matter here?" First questioned. Green and Blue stopped fighting, and looked up at First. They then shoved each other off, huffed, and turned away from each other.
"Green decided that dunking ME in paint was a smart move, which it wasn't!" Blue yelled out in frustration. Green glared at the blue clad hero.
"I didn't do it on purpose!" Green yelled. Blue glared at him. Red looked up at First.
"Why are you here?" Red questioned. Green and Blue stopped glaring at each other, and looked up at First.
"Yeah, why ARE you here?" Green questioned. First smiled.
"I've some to help you." First told. The four Links nodded. Red smiled.
"That's so kind! Thank you, First!" Red thanked. Blue huffed.
"We don't really need any help, but if you insist." Green elbowed Blue.
"Please don't mind him." Green told as Blue glared at Green. Vio nodded.
"Yes, we would love the help." First smiled, then grabbed a paint brush.
Wind sighed as he finished setting up a game of capture the flag. He then turned towards Brown.
"There, now that we've both finished setting up capture the flag, what about Train? Has he finished setting up dodgeball?" Brown nodded.
"Yep! He just left to go sort out the relay races." Brown told. Wind raised his eyebrow at Brown.
"Wait, aren't the three stooges working on the relay races?" Wind questioned. Brown nodded.
"Yes, but Train didn't trust that they would get it right. So, he went off to check on them." Brown stated.
Meanwhile, Train was chasing after Courage, who held a baton in his hands as he ran away from Train. Train growled.
"Come on, Courage! We need to finish setting up for the festival!" Train cried out. Courage stuck his tongue out. He then tripped over his own feet, and landed face first in the dirt on the track. Wisdom and Power laughed as they saw Courage shakily get up. Train held his hand out to him. Courage looked up, and his eyes widened. Tears then appeared at the corners of his eyes.
"Train." Courage said.
"Give it to me." Train told. Courage smiled, and nodded. He then gave his hand to Train. Train raised his eyebrow, and shook his head. "No, not your hand. The baton!" Train told.
"Oh." Courage handed the baton to Train, and walked off to his other counterparts, who were still laughing. Train sighed.
"You guys go report to Time, and tell him that we're finished with the preparations for the games." The three triforce heroes nodded, and ran off to tell the older Link. Train sighed as Wind and Brown arrived at the scene.
"How's it all going?" Wind questioned. Train turned towards him, and groaned.
"The other two weren't any trouble for once, but Courage refused to give me the baton before until he tripped. He then decided to cooperate, and give me the baton." Train complained. Wind and Brown sweat dropped.
"Yep, definitely saw this one coming." Brown sighed. Train pointed in the direction of the mansion.
"Well, I just sent those three off to tell Time that we are finished with the preparations for the games." Train told.
"Okay, so the list of games we were supposed to do were Relay races, capture the flag, dodge ball, jousting," Wind listed the things, but was interrupted when Brown raised his hand.
"Woah, woah, wait a minute. Jousting? Don't we need horses for that?" Brown questioned. Wind and Train nodded, Wind then waved his hand.
"Yeah, which we have, but it's not that type of jousting. You know, the one where there are four people on the bottom, and one person on the top?" Wind explained. Brown opened his mouth in realisation, and nodded.
"Oh, yeah. I know what you mean. Continue." Wind nodded.
"Tag, hide n seek, and the search and retrieve game." Wind finished. Train cocked his head to the right.
"Um, don't some of these games sound a little childish to you?" Train commented. Wind shrugged.
"Don't ask me, Time's the one who came up with it all." Wind told. Brown put his hand to his chin in thought.
"Then again, Time never really did live out his child hood, right?" Brown questioned. Wind nodded.
"Yeah, I heard from the old legends that he travelled through time, and Time did say that he went into a deep sleep for seven years." Wind explained. Train's eyes widened.
"Seven YEARS!? Woah, that's so long!" Train exclaimed. Brown sweat dropped.
"You know, Princess Zelda was put to a deep sleep by a curse." Brown told. Train turned towards him.
"Yeah, I know. We watched you while you saved Hyrule." Train told. Brown looked down, disappointed at Train's lack of enthusiasm. Brown's head then shot up in realisation.
"Wait a minute, weren't the three triforce Links in charge of the jousting game?" Brown questioned. Wind and Train were about to say something, then looked at each other in realisation.
"You're right, I bet those three idiots haven't even done it!" Wind cried out. Train shook his head while sighing.
"I sometimes wonder how those three managed to save a country." Train commented. Wind and Brown nodded. They then headed off towards the area where the jousting game was held at.
Sky, Twilight, and War cowered behind some boulders as they watched Wild swing his axe like a lunatic as he cut down dozens of trees. Twilight sighed.
"Why did we come again?" Twilight questioned. War shrugged.
"It was Time's instructions." War told. Sky sighed.
"We should be out there helping Wild." Sky stated. Twilight shook his head.
"No way, man. I'm pretty sure we'd just get in his way." Twilight stated. War nodded. Sky sighed, and the three Links continued to watch as Wild laughed while he cut the trees down.
Past wiped the sweat off his forehead as he and Mini cooked food for the festival. Past was currently frying some chicken when he saw Oracle and World walk in, one holding a box of apples while the other held a box of lemons.
"Okay, I've brought the apples and lemons." Oracle stated. Past smiled.
"Great! Oracle can take over with the cooking with Mini while I make the apple cider and World makes the lemonade." Past told. Oracle nodded, and took over frying the chicken while World made worked on the lemonade. Past walked over to the box, and took out a few apples and lemons. He then put them to the side, and grabbed out a jug. He looked up at World and Oracle. 'Hmm, now that I think about it, it's mainly World, Oracle and me who do the cooking around here. Although I had to teach them when they first arrived here.' Past smiled, and turned back to his work.
Just as the banner First and the four smaller Links painted finished drying, the five Links saw Wild waving at them with a tired Sky, Twilight and War behind him. First smiled, and waved back.
"Great! The wood is here. Now we can get started on hanging this banner up." First told. The other Links nodded, and had Wild carve two stakes. Wild and First then stuck the stakes in the ground. The four Links then climbed on top of each other's shoulders while First grabbed a stool, and stood on it. Time then walked over to them just as the four Links were struggling to put the banner up. Time smiled.
"Looking good guys!" Time complimented. Blue growled at Link.
"You know, you could help us anytime jerk!" Blue shouted while struggling to hold the other three versions of himself up. First finished on his end, and jumped down. He then walked up to Time.
"I'm sure that this festival will turn out great!" First exclaimed. Time nodded. Just as Green finished putting up the banner, Blue fell over, causing the three other Links to fall with him. Time and First winced as they heard a cracking sound. Time then started to laugh nervously.
"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, I guess I should have gotten Courage, Wisdom, and Power to do it." Time admitted. First sweat dropped. Sky, Twilight and War then got started on the tents while Wild stared at the banner. Time then saw the three triforce heroes running towards Time, and stopped in front of him. Time saw that Courage had dirt on his face, but didn't question it.
"We've finished with the preparations of the games!" The three of them told in sync. Time smiled, and nodded.
"Good work!" Time then looked around. "Uh, where's Wind, Train, and Brown?" Time questioned. The three of them pointed behind them.
"Back there." Time nodded. He then saw Past, Oracle, Mini and World walk out of the mansion.
"We've finished with the food and drinks, but we left them inside." Past explained. Time nodded. Wind, Train, and Brown then came into view as they walked towards them. Time raised his eyebrow at them.
"About time you three got here, what happened to you three?" Time questioned their appearance. All three of them were covered in dirt. They all then glared at the three triforce heroes.
"The three stooges set up a trap for us! They didn't do any work at all!" Train complained. Time eyed the three Links while they looked away while whistling. Time then sighed.
"Well, everything is now set up. So, we can finally get started!" Time exclaimed. The other Links cheered.