Sorry this took so long... I borrow my mom's computer since I don't have one of my own. My brother's computer was acting up and he was using the computer. I wasn't able to get access to the computer until today... I hope this chapter makes up for that... Again, sorry for being late... but you know, when you don't have your own computer things are difficult to do... If there are any grammar mistakes, which there are sure to be many, please point them out.

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Chapter 4

We arrived in the North Clock Town Fairy Fountain with little mishap. Several people I bumped into gave me dirty looks, but, we made it there alright. I was a bit confused over Tatl's apparent bi-polar personality. I was not sure if she was or was not but she sure seemed to be. All of her hyper active energy was being used in plaguing the Great fairy at that moment. She seemed genuinely concerned for the Great fairy. I watched her circle her and ask a million questions, all of which, were ignored.

I chuckled when the Great fairy was finally tired of all of the attention and swatted Tatl away. Tatl huffed and dashed behind my head.

"Oh, young and brave child~! Thank you for restoring my body~! My distress was so great I believed for a moment that I was not going to be restored~!" The Great fairy's voice was so fake! Her voice grated on my- oh, right, I do not have ears... "Please, take this as a token of my Gratitude~!"

She stretched out her hand and I felt my small body be lifted from the ground. A strange light surrounded me as I floated for a moment. I felt magic swirl through my body. She set me back on the ground frowning slightly.

"Whatever the Skullchild did to you I cannot reverse~!You will need to acquire your desired object back before returning to normal~! Tatl will be your guide~! (Whaat?!: Tatl) I have given you the ability to use magic, although it seems as if you are accustomed to using such methods...~?"

She phrased the last statement as a puzzled question. Her eyes asking for explanation. I nodded ever so slightly, and she realized that that was all she was going to get out of me.

"Well, young one, we are all entitled to our secrets~! Now this body of yours is not an ordinary one~! It seems to be the very soul of a Deku, who was torn from his body~! This I cannot reverse...~!" Her eyes darkened as she looked around at what had occurred in her fountain, "Young one, the Skullchild destroyed my sacred fountain~! He dared to betray his friends and take advantage of their weakness~! He came three days ago, with night as his cover. Had you not arrived the moment you did, I would be gone..."

Three days? I stared at her in shock. How was that possible? Well, the Great fairy will answer that.

"You see, when someone is in the lost forest, beneath the clock tower, time passes at a much slower pace, or not at all~!"

I should have expected this bit of information. Why? Well, because the Lost Woods are , time does not pass in the Lost Woods. I shook my head at the time gap between the Skullkid and our arrival in town. No wonder we could not find him. I glanced at Tatl, whose mouth was agape with shock. The Great fairy was glaring at Tatl.

"Tis why I asked you not to enter, thus, into the forest, Tatl~!" Tatl sheepishly scratched her head and hid behind my cap. Laughter, from some of the fairies floating around the fountain, came as softly as music to my ears. I saw Tatl turn a bright red of anger so, I concluded that it was time to leave. I bowed to the Great fairy indicating my departure. She nodded laughing, ever so horrendously, oh and lets not forget her orange hair, "If ever you are weary, come hither and I will heal your wounds~!"

I flinched at her screeching laughter, turned tail, and ran from the fountain. Gosh, I had thought, at one point in my life, that the Great fairy form Hyrule was bad... Tatl clung to my hat laughing at my discomfort. I looked at her accusingly and she shrugged flying toward an ugly balloon and sitting on it.

"~Come and get me~" She laughingly called.

I shook my head and advanced towards the balloon. I noticed that the balloon had the design of the mask that Skullkid wore. Turning my head violently, to the right, is not the best idea I have had. I will not do that again... I saw Jim was standing nearby, shooting through a small wooden pipe, at the balloon. The emotion of surprise does not suit me... I was behaving like an inexperienced child, which I am not. Because of my startle state, I shot a bubble from my mouth. I felt a surge of magic at that moment. Delighted, I turned towards the balloon, aimed, and shot, hoping that my bubble was strong enough.

POP! The sound, of the exploding balloon, was deafening. I grimaced, as best I could with this face, and saw Tatl on the ground. Her laughter was ridiculous. I really did not understand why she was laughing. I heard Jim shout as he caught sight of the popped remains of the balloon on the ground.

"Hey! Did you pop the balloon?" He shouted in my direction, "If you did, that was seriously awesome!"

Tatl flew to my shoulder still giggling. Tremors shook her as she sat upon my shoulder still chortling. I glanced at Jim and nodded my head. He laughed and ran over.

"Awesome! Ah, if only you were a human boy... You could be part of the Bomber gang... Well, the last time we admitted a non-human to our group, he only caused mischief. Too bad... we can't except you... But, we could at least give you a unofficial membership!" Jim stopped talking momentarily to catch his breath, pull out a whistle and blow it.

All of the other boys came rushing towards us.

"Hey, Jim!" Two of them cried out in unison.

"Reporting for duty!"

"Yeth, I'm hewe!"

"So, you guys!" Jim shouted, "We are giving this guy an unofficial membership, since the last non-human member was a di- disa- mess."

Tatl giggled at Jim's obvious difficulty with the word disaster. I gazed at the boys. All of them were really young, all below the age of ten. So young, with no knowledge of the world...

"LET'S PLAY TAG!" They all yelled at the same time.

I jumped, startled by the sudden shout. Jim nodded knowingly as he agreed, "You have to catch us all before midnight!"

I mentally groaned knowing something was up...

Well, night had fallen and I was nowhere near finding the last two boys. I had searched for hours, before finding only one of them. The other two bomber gang members were easier. Another had climbed a building and jumped off using a cucco. I was tired and bone weary by the time I heard Tatl snoring in my hat. I sighed roughly as I passed a dark corner in West Clock Town. As I passed the corner, I heard a light, snoring sound. Chuckling softly, I approached the corner and found a small boy fast asleep in the corner.

I grasped his shoulder and shook him roughly. He started, gasping, awake and stared at me for a moment.

"Awww... No fair I fell asleep... Ah, well, you got me, how many more do you need to find?" His voice was sleepily endearing, "Oh, right one more to go... goodnight..."

The end of his sentence ended with a very loud snore.

"Gosh, do you have to be so violent when walking?" Tatl's voice rang in my head for a moment, "Seriously! I can't get any sleep around here! Quit moving so much, will ya? Blockhead, clumsy oaf!"

She was starting to get really insulting and bossy, I had noticed. She had been so sweet before... but she was really kind of nasty.

Ah, well, I'm not about to be to sensitive to it, she did just get separated from her brother... At least that was what I told myself.

I slowly entered North Clock Town, glanced around and moved towards the playground. I heard a bored yawn and glimpsed Jim siting on the ground. I smirked inwardly as I approached him slowly. I sneakily inched towards him and jumped.

"GAH!" His shout of terror made me fall on the ground and laugh.

Tatl awoke and started shouting obscenities at me for waking her. Jim gaped at me for a few seconds gasping for breath.

"Gosh, a little warning next time, please?" His eyes were huge in his shock, "You scared the hibbie jibbies out of me! Oh, did you find everybody? Great... Gosh, I didn't think you'd find me..."

Jim scratched his head before whistling for the other boys. He was so obviously embarrassed, I kind of felt bad for him. The other boys came stumbling in all sleepy and rubbing their eyes.

"Alright guys, lets give him the honorary title of Official Bomber member!"

They gave a weak shout and fell silent. Jim sighed and asked them to line up in order. The number given was 32514, "This is our password, with it you can enter the sewer and head for the observatory. The only cool adult lives there. He lets us do whatever we want!"

I nodded at Jim in a slightly distracted manner. My eyes had caught sight of a figure, hunched behind the slide very suspiciously. Tatl was arguing about something pointless with Jim in the background. I noticed the suspicious man's eyes light up as he saw something in the distance. I turned to look and saw an elderly woman carrying a bundle.

Hmmm, is he a thief? I thought.

As the old lady reached the bend in the road, the man dashed out in the most awkward run I had ever seen. I dashed out as well at an attempt to stop the man. All that I accomplished, was to bump into the man and fall backward onto my bottom. Jim shouted somewhere in the distance and I heard small rocks clattering all around. The thief cried out, but continued running with the sack. The guard at the gate did nothing to stop the man. I had a feeling that he had been bribed so that the thief could escape. A groan caught my attention. I turned to the elderly lady on the floor. Knowing full well that I was not heavy enough to assist the lady off the floor I watched her stand slowly.

"Oh, dear." She sighed tiredly, "And I was hoping to stock the store with bomb bags..." She turned to me and smiled gently, "Thank you for trying to help... although you tried your best you probably had little effect on a grown man..."

I nodded gently and watched her leave, after she bid me a soft goodnight. Jim came running towards me.

"Gosh, I didn't see that guy!" He cried, "I wish you were bigger! Than you would have been able to stop him!"

Tatl flew over to me and patted my shoulder in a comforting manner.

"Gosh kid, you suck..." She said, "I mean couldn't you have done something besides jump at him like a madman?"

I glared at her and walked away. As I neared the tree, which was right by the playground, I heard a giggle. I looked up, irritation still fresh, and took in the form of some sort of person dressed in green. I used my magic to pop the person's bright red balloon. The person came falling to the floor with a loud thud.

Horrified, I realized too late that this man was wearing a tight green suit with a wiered pointed hood. He was horrible. He noticed Tatl flying above my head and his eyes bulged disgustingly. I took a step back from him.

"WHAT'S THIS?" He shouted horribly, "A fairy?"

He stared at me for a moment and literally checked me out.

"Lucky, lucky, lucky!" He started to dance around, "You are so lucky! A fairy has come to you! So lucky! I have yet to have my fairy come to me!"

I was so disgusted by this man pretending to be a child that I took another step back. His breath reached my snout and I coughed violently. Horrid, it smelled like all sorts of death and rot.

"Oh, you should buy a map... but Tingle thinks that you should tell him the secrets of how to catch a fairy!"

I shrunk away from him and he smiled toothily at me offering me a map. I hastily pulled out the ten rupies he was asking for and thrust them at him. He grabbed them greedily and stuffed them in his pouch. He tossed the map at me and squealed.

"Tingle, Tingle, Koolah Limpah!" He screeched, "These are Tingle's magic words! Don't steal them!"

I ran off terrified for my life and crashed into Jim. He smirked condescendingly at me.

"Never met Tingle before?" He asked, "He gives everyone the creeps... He makes maps for his father. Tingles like thirty years old..."

Jim trailed off with a disgusted look in Tingle's direction, "He makes good maps though..."

I shuddered and ran off somewhere, anywhere, else far away from Tingle. Hopefully I would never bump into him ever again... Not likely...

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