Hello again everyone! Here we are at chapter 4!

This chapter is more humorous than the rest so enjoy what you can! Gags are an endangered species in this story!

I should do another disclaimer…

'The Legend of (insert name here)' huh? *evil grin* That means that I've played 'The Legend of Youtube', 'The Legend of Erky', 'The Legend of Chuckles' and 'The Legend of Buternut'. (Hey! There weren't enough character's for the extra 't' okay!)

~ The Thieves' Tragedy ~

PART I – THE FOREST

Chapter 4 ~ First Impressions

"Tahl, who are these people?"

He seemed as confused as I was. "I think… they're Hylians."

"Why did they come from the sky?"

Before he could answer, one of these "Hylians" came forward and outstretched his arms as if he was welcoming us into his own home. His appearance was rather striking. His carefully styled hair and moustache was the perfect shade of grey and his eyes were a clear, but slightly dull, blue.

The way he carried himself was also unusual. Shoulders back, chin up and back straightened. I have never seen anyone stand like that before and almost felt like cowering. Clearly he was a powerful authority figure.

My eyes travelled down his body where they became locked on a long and thin object with what I guessed to be a handle at the top strapped to his waist. I had a small hunch that it was nothing pleasant.

The way he spoke was a dramatic contrast to his appearance, "Hel-lo na-tives," he waved, "We are the Hy-li-ans. We come from the sky." He pointed upwards. Why was he speaking so slowly and with actions?

"This man is crazy," I whispered to Tahl. He shrugged.

The man seemed disappointed that no one was answering but did not lose his composure. One of the other Hylians came up to him and whispered in his ear, pointing at Tahl. The man smiled and beckoned for him to come forward.

Tahl just stood there for a while, surprised. Everyone's eyes were on him and I could tell he found it uncomfortable. The man's beckoning for him because more vigorous and Tahl gave in to slowly walk up to him.

"Could you please tell me your name?" I could only just hear the man speaking to him. I was lucky that all the Gerudo were silent with only the occasional whisper.

"It's Tahl," he replied.

The man grinned, "Greetings Tahl! I am Ambross of the Hylians. Pleased to make your acquaintance." He held out his hand but Tahl just stared at it.

"You shake it," the man instructed.

Tahl just looked up and did nothing. Ambross gave up and withdrew his hand.

"Tell me, do you happen to be a descendant of Her Grace and the Hero of the Surface?"

Hold on. Hero? Her Grace? What hero? Who is this "Her Grace"? He cannot possibly mean the Goddess of Life can he? No way was Tahl was a descendant of her!

"That is what my parents have told me."

The dirty little liar!

"Of course! That would explain why you're living on the surface," said Ambross.

Huh? What did that have to do with anything?

Tahl nodded.

"Well, it is certainly an honour to meet a child of the Goddess," remarked Ambross. "I must speak with you later, but for now, would you be willing to translate my introduction into whatever language these natives speak?"

"They're called the Gerudo Tribe and no, that won't be necessary.'

His face fell slightly, "Why not? They haven't shown any sign to show that they understood me."

"They believe you have poor speaking skills."

I think every Gerudo who heard that sniggered.

"I see. Such misunderstandings will be corrected. You may go." Tahl left and returned to my side.

Did I mention that this Ambross has a really strange speech pattern? I knew what all the words he used meant but I have never heard them placed in such an order. It was a little difficult to follow but also… empowering. He was very selective of them in order to utilise his charisma to its full potential.

Charisma… Why was he speaking to Tahl this way? Did he find him valuable given his heritage? Well, it was an amusing thought to think of how disappointed this Ambross person would be when he found out the truth…

No, it was not. What was he thinking? Oh Rudo! Tahl could get into so much trouble! Then why did he tell that lie? Was it a lie? What in the name of Gerudo is going on Tahl?

Meanwhile, outside of my mental tangent, Ambross was addressing the Gerudo with all these strange tales about some floating place called "Skyloft" where there was an "eternally flowing waterfall" and how it is apparently "rich in beauty and treasure". I was beginning to become used to all these crazy stories so nothing really interested me anymore. Really, I was only slightly entertained… Well, I guess I believed a tiny bit of it; I mean, they came flying down from the sky on giant birds for Rudo's sake!

"Now, I ask your leader to come forth for discussion."

Our leader? What does he mean by "leader"? We never had a leader for anything in general. In our society, every time a group was formed, we would vote on a leader only if it were absolutely necessary. We valued order but we valued equality even more. No one should have greater power than another (with the exception of adults being superior to children) but everyone must follow the rules created by common sense and morality. Crime will be judged and fair punishment sentenced. This is how we have always established things here.

Everyone was silent and waiting for someone to come forth and represent us.

Ambross pursed his lips, "Do you have a leader?"

Before anyone could shake their head, someone walked towards Ambross and gave a respectful bow. "I apologise for the confusion Ambross of the Hylians, but our society is run by all the people. We have no leader."

Father? Was he going to represent us?

Ambross wore an expression of disapproval. "I am not sure if you do this in your society but in mine it is a necessity to introduce yourself to a stranger before starting a conversation."

I think Father tensed a little before smiling. "How rude of me. My name is Tabansi and I am Tahl's caretaker," he said.

Ambross nodded, "I see. Well, I hope you can share your knowledge on this fantastical land with me and my fellow Hylians once they have caught up. We are very curious."

Father nodded, "I would be happy to."

When the excitement began to die down and everyone returned to resume their activities, I seized Tahl's arm and started dragging him to a place less exposed.

If he was surprised, he never said anything and I was not bothered to investigate. Really, I was just focusing on reaching the edge of the forest so that I could get some answers out of him.

When we finally got there, I whipped around to face him (I hope my long plait caused no "whipping") and began my rant.

"Okay, what the heck is going on here Tahl? Strange people who look like you fly from the sky and you know who they are! Why are you living down here and not up there and you're descended from WHO?! What the… Why would you claim to be related to Rudo?"

He tilted his head in confusion. "Rudo? No, that Ambross guy meant Hylia, the Goddess of Time."

"Who?"

He gave an exasperated sigh. "I never wanted to tell you and the other Gerudo about her because of your devotion to the Goddess of Life. It would just make things awkward."

I waved his words away, "Never mind that, can you please explain what you and those Hylians were on about?"

"Fine, but it's a little far-fetched."

"I've just heard far-fetched from a guy who flew down from the heavens on a gigantic bird. I'll believe almost anything now; especially since I see no reason why you would lie to me."

He nodded, "Fine. To make it simple, there's a story passed down about how the demons attacked the Hylians long ago and many were killed. Hylia gathered the survivors onto a piece of land that was cut away from the earth and raised into the sky. The Hero of the Sky descended to the land below to rid it of monsters and destroy the Demon King with the help of the mortal incarnation of Hylia. They fell in love and decided to remain here where they started a family. About two-hundred years passed and I don't need to explain what happened next."

I nodded. "That makes so much sense now," I muttered.

"Huh?"

"Nothing!"

He just shrugged.

Lately I had been trying to balance my spare time more evenly between Tahl and my other friends. It was in the final hour of the afternoon that Rowan, Merinda and I were just sitting lazily on one of the hills joking about the Hylians and their bizarre stories.

"Those people thought we were idiots," Merinda said with a snigger, "The way that leader person spoke was hilarious! I honestly thought there was something wrong with him."

"And what was with all the fanciness afterwards?" asked Rowan, "What a show-off."

"Yeah, it was pretty funny when Tahl told him that we thought he spoke terribly," I added.

They both raised their eyebrows. "What are you giving him credit for? He was showing off too," said Rowan.

"He wasn't!"

"Was," said Merinda, "He claimed to be descended from some hero and a goddess. How is that not showing off?"

"I thought that too but he explained everything to me." I told them everything Tahl told me (except for the part about the demons) but they seemed unconvinced.

"So you're saying that the Hylians live in the sky because they were going to die down here?" asked Merinda. "If that was true, then how come our people stayed on the surface? It seems a little strange to me that they were given special treatment and yet we have been able to survive just fine. Maybe this so-called Goddess of Time thought her people were weaklings."

"She's right," said Rowan. "We could obviously handle whatever attacked the land but they couldn't. Then they fly down to our village and act all superior, pretending that we are the stupid ones."

"Yeah, those people are pathetic. We're the real superiors here."

"Uh… well, you have a good point but… those people do have a floating island to prove that their goddess is real. Ours hasn't really done much…" I regretted what I said instantly.

"What the… Korra! How could you say something like that?" snapped Merinda.

"You make it sound like you're disloyal to Rudo and believe in this Hylia person," agreed Rowan.

"What! No!"

"You just said that Rudo never does anything for us. Do you think good harvests just happen?"

"Uh…"

"We depend upon her for our survival."

"FINE!" I snapped. "You know what? Maybe that floating piece of land in the sky has nothing to do with the Hylians' goddess. It might just be some scientific phenomenon that the Hylians mistook as a divine miracle that allowed them to run away like cowards."

They were both surprised at my sudden outburst but seemed satisfied and even a little guilty.

"Sorry," said Merinda. "I know you would never mean any of that about Rudo or the Hylians' goddess."

I forced a laugh.

So… how was it? Tell me in a review okay!

I've started drawing manga of Tahl and Korra. I'm not very good yet but when I get better I might be able to design a cover image for this story XD

Sorry but I was not able to get ahead a few chapters. I could not resist updating now so there's my self-control down the drain :'(

School start on Tuesday and I will soon be exposed to more work than ever before! Hopefully I can still write and update fairly frequently. I hate to keep you all waiting! I'll try my very best to have a new chapter up at least every month.

Yay! Only 15 chapters (I think) to go!

Goodbye!

Scarlet Curls