Meggy: New chapter time is being of the now! Yayyyy, sugar! (Starts jumping around like a headless cucco)

Link: I'll answer reviews since Meggy's going nuts on us.

Meggy: CUPCAKES!

XXPureOtakuPyroXx wrote: Omg you can't stop there! Your humor Rocks! PLEASE UPDATE SOON!

Link replies: Thanks a lot! Meggy will be happy to hear this!

Fire crazy wrote: P like the story. Isn't it evil that they keep changing the date for tp? (sniff) O well. I think it is funny, but I guess that makes since as me just having 5 things of caffeine.p

Link replies: Oh, it's evil, all right! WHY MUST WE WAIT?…Great, now Meggy got me all hyper about this Twilight Princess game. But it sounds WAY cool!

Kousagi7Yami wrote: YEY UPDATES! Did Marisa turn into a bokoblin or something…? (Or was it Arrill…too many Zelda Fan Fics…) oh, and tell Tiffany that she's killing my sanity. Thank ya!

Link replies: Okay, I'll tell her. (Calls over shoulder) Yo, Tiff! A reviewer says that you're- (Loud crash from the kitchen. Tiffany comes out with a working chainsaw and a 'what do you want?' look on her face) …(Pales) Never mind!

Numdenu wrote: Wow, I need to start whacking people with my quill. M…fried Rito good…RITO GOOD FOR NUM! FEED ME! Er…oops.

Link replies: Isn't that taking Meggy's idea? I tried to do that once and she almost killed me because of it! I'm not exaggerating! I better make sure it's okay with her. (Calls to Meggy) Meggy! Num's going to whack people with her quill like you whack people with your noodle. Is that okay? (Meggy runs over)

Meggy: It's okay because she writes some of the best humor Zelda fics I've ever read! Way to go, Num! More chapters for Life and Times of: Young Link, please! Make him get into some majorly, terrifyingly, horrablely scary problem! Give Link PAIN! Oh, and if you want to, you can barrow my WET NOODLE OF DOOM every so often. Just tell me when! (Gets off computer and continues to bounce off walls)

Link: Hey!

Secret Agent Heather wrote: Yay! I am in it! But my name is spelled T-a-y-l-E-r! TAYLER!

Link: Meggy will fix it. (Looks back to see Meggy shoving cookies in her mouth)…eventually.

Meggy: Back in control! And just in time to make the chapter! ENJOY OR FEEL MY RATH!

Chapter 4: Sailing, Flying, and Who Knows What Else!

.:&:. Meghan/Zel .:&:.

Link stared at me as I pulled him out of the forest. "What did you say about my sister getting kidnapped by a bird?"

We stopped in front of a bridge with Gonzo and the green haired girl. I turned to Link. "Okay, this is going to sound really whacky, but a giant freaky-looking bird thing will come out of the sky and pick up Aryll, taking her to the Forsaken Fortress."

Link gave me a funny look. "What's the Forsaken Fortress and how do you know if this will happen or not?"

"I JUST DO!

Link obviously likes to stare at me, because he does it an awful lot. "You don't have to yell like that."

"Well, apparently I do!"

Link started backing off. I smiled sweetly at him and said, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. It's a loooonnnng drop from here."

He turned and saw that he was at the edge of the cliff. Yelping, he ran back over to me.

"You're weird, Link."

"You're a worse case."

I smiled again. "I know."

I turned to the pirate girl. "Who are you?"

She shrugged. "I seriously have no clue anymore."

"Big brother!"

We all turned to the other side of the bridge. Aryll stood there, waving at us. A girl with long, bright blue hair was with her. Who the heck is that with Aryll? I wondered.

Link smiled and waved back to his little sister. "Hi, Aryll! Hey there, Nellie!"

I blinked. Nellie? Weird. Link seems to know her, though.

Aryll started walking across the bridge. I panicked. "No!" I yelled, waving my arms around. "Don't come over here, Aryll! The bird's gonna get you!"

She stopped for a moment, then continued towards us with a puzzled expression on her face. "What bird, miss pirate? And how do you know my name? Did big brother tell you?"

Link shook his head. "I didn't tell her, Aryll," he said. "She knew my name before I told her, too."

I looked at him, then I started yelling my head off. "Link, you IDIOT! Tell her to go back before she gets kidnapped!"

"SQUAWK!"

The giant bird flew by and picked up Aryll, just like I said, and flew off again. Aryll screeched random nonsense that I couldn't make out as she was carried away.

I watched all this happen, amazed. So I knew it was going to happen. But it looked a lot cooler in real life.

I heard a small sound, kinda like steel sliding against some other material. Turning, I saw that Link took out his sword. He started running toward the bird…and right off the cliff! Aw, crap!

As he fell down I quick grabbed his hand and held on tight. Link kept sqwerming, making it really hard to hold on.

"Let go!"

"What are you, an idiot? Get a hold of yourself!" I yelled back. I didn't notice that I was slipping, too. That is, until I started falling.

"Not good," I muttered. As I started going down, somebody grabbed my ankle. Looking up, I saw the green haired girl. "Hello," I said.

She gave me a weird look and started pulling us up. Link stopped moving and had a funny, defeated look on his face.

When we were safely back on the solid cliff, I noticed that the Nellie girl had come over.

"What was that all about?" she asked.

"Link's sister was just taken off to the Forsaken Fortress," I replied, sweetly. "That's where she will be held hostage by Ganondorf, the king of evil, at least until Link can find a way to get his sword-welding butt over there to save her." I shrugged. "But, I doubt that will happen any time soon." I began walking across the bridge, humming 'Lost Woods' theme to myself as I went. I smiled and wondered if Link would actually fall for my bait.

When I was half way across the bridge and half way through my 'Lost Woods' song, Link snapped out of his daze.

"Wait!" He yelled at me.

I stopped walking and humming. Turning to face him, I asked "Yes?"

He blushed a little and asked "Can I come with you on your ship? You know, so I can save my sister?"

I smiled to myself. Hook, line, and sinker. I had the future Hero of Winds right where I wanted him. Pretending to think, I said, "Hmmmm…I don't know about it. We'll see when we get to the beach."

He looked relived. Gonzo's jaw had dropped and hit the ground by now. Nellie and the greenie pirate girl stared at me.

I turned around and kept walking across the bridge, singing the 'Windmill' song from Ocarina of Time. I just loved that song.

Everyone followed me, Link nervous, Gonzo with rivers coming out of his eyes, Nellie and greenie pirate staring. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. "What the heck are you staring at?" I yelled at the girls.

Nellie spoke up. "Are you Tetra?" Greenie nodded quickly. "Yeah, the pirate leader girl?"

I stared at Greenie. "Shouldn't you know? You came here on the boat, right?"

She looked at her feet. "Well, you see, I'm not who you think. I'm-" She looked around to make sure no one is listening. "I'm not from around here," she whispered to me.

I gave her a funny look. And I don't mean funny 'ha-ha', oh no. I mean funny 'weird'. "Well, duh. I mean, you came on the ship."

Greenie shook her head. "No, I mean that I'm not from this world."

My eyes widened. "You're not?"

Greenie shook her head again. "No, I'm not. Nether is Nellie." Nellie nodded. "We're from a whole different dimension," she said. "And my name isn't Nellie, ether. It's Tayler. And hers in Hannah." Greenie nodded.

I gawked at them, staring from one to the other. Finally, I said, "Are you serious?"

They both nodded. "You DO believe us, don't you?" Hannah asked.

I smiled warmly at them. "Of course I do," I said.

Tayler leaned in so Link and Gonzo wouldn't hear. "Then, could you help us find our friends?" She wondered. "They came here, too. We need to find them. And soon."

"One of them knew this was going to happen," Hannah added. "She knows all about the Great Sea, too. She learned it all! I doubt there's anything about this place that she doesn't know. With her help, we can get back home. So will you help us find our friends?"

I smiled and laughed loudly. "Of course I will!" I shouted. "I'm one of them!"

Their jaws dropped open for a moment. Then Hannah said, "There's no way! I mean, you're Tetra of the pirates! You've been here all you're life."

Tayler caught on and nodded. "Yeah, you looked really surprised when Link's sis was picked up and taken off to that creepy What's-it's-name place! Although…" She looked at her sneakers. "You were humming something that sounded an awful lot like that windmill song from OoT. That's Zel's favorite song."

I giggled. "Then, would this convince you?" I began singing the Zelda theme. You know, only the BEST Zelda tune, second ONLY to the Windmill theme? Also the one that plays momentarily during the whole 'Legend of the Great Evil' thingy merbober at the beginning of the Windwaker game! DUH! MAJOR DUH!…Well, you know what I'm talking about. Right? RIGHT?

After I finished, I looked at them and grinned. If their jaws could go any lower, they would. But the ground stopped them. They would only stare at me. Giggling to myself, I looked back at Link, who was talking to Gonzo. "One of these days, they have GOT to come out with a more modern look for Link," I said. "He looks like he's wearing a dress all the time. Oh well. Hey, I heard that Nintendo was going to hold Twilight Princess back until AFTER Christmas! I call that total CRAP! Do you hear me? CRAP! I want that new Zelda game sooooo bad! If it doesn't come out before Christmas, I'll have to wait until NEXT year to get it! That is, unless I earn enough money to buy it, myself."

Their eyes got really big and they closed their mouths. "ZEL!" They shouted and gave me a hug. I hugged them back. "So, then," I said when we pulled apart. "What's all this I hear of me knowing everything about this place?"

.:&:. Tayler .:&:.

So we were back together. Me, Hannah, and Zel. Now we just had to find everyone else. Great. Oh well.

We got to the beach, where a giant, and I mean GIANT, boat was docked. When we reached it, Link turned to Zel (a.k.a. Tetra) and said, "So, can I come with?"

Zel saw me watching and winked. She pretended to think. "Well…" She said, slowly. Link was starting to get really worried. It was easy to see that he had his fingers crossed and was praying VERY hard that Zel would let him come. Zel smiled and said, "I guess so."

Link jumped for joy. Literally. "YESSSSS!"

"On one condition."

Link paled. "What's the condition?"

She smiled. "You have to get a shield."

He sighed. "Alright. Wait here." He ran up the road to his house.

As soon as the door had closed behind him, I turned to Zel. "You had this planed the whole time, didn't you? Admit it!"

She grinned at me. "Well, I didn't plan you and Hannah showing up, but yes, I had this all planed out."

"I knew it."

"I have green hair again!" Hannah yelled. "This brings back so many memories!"

-$- FLASHBACK-$-

I looked at Hannah as she sat at the edge of the Zora's River.

"Um, Hannah, maybe you shouldn't sit there," I said. "You know that Sparky hates water even more than baked beans, right?"

Meghan piped up. "And he REALLY doesn't like baked beans."

Hannah refused to move. "That little dork of a fairy needs to toughen up if he's going to help with the battle against Ganondorf, Tayler."

Sparky, Hannah's purple, random freak of a fairy flew out of Hannah's backpack.

"Wherever there are sport cars, there is cheese," he said. Then he saw the river. "OH MY DIN! WATER! GET IT AWAY FROM ME! IT'LL STEAL MY SOUL! AND MY LUNCHBOX!" The hysteric fairy plopped onto Hannah's head and held on tight.

"Hey, you! Get off of me! There's nothing to be afraid of. It's WATER, for Pete's sake!"

But Sparky wouldn't move and continued to shriek about water being the main base of the evil My Little Ponies military squad. Honestly.

My orange fairy, Oran, popped out from behind me and started to ramble. "hTree si a afse ebas ni anHnah's kabcpeka, parSky." He babbled.

Sparky let go of Hannah's light green hear and hovered over to Oran. "There's a safe base in Hannah's backpack?" Sparky was the ONLY one who could understand anything that Oran said.

Oran nodded. "sYe."

"SANCTUARY!" Sparky yelled as he quickly zoomed into the backpack.

We all laughed, except Link and Nathan. "That was weird," Link said.

Nathan looked puzzled. "Nat has beer? I don't have any beer! I'm not old enough to drink, anyway!"

We laughed harder. Nathan had a hearing problem at the moment.

-$- END FLASHBACK -$-

We ALL remembered that one. A weirder fairy than Sparky you couldn't find anywhere.

Link walked back to us from his house, a shield on his back and a sad look on his face.

Zel calmly walked up to him. "Talk with your grandma?" He only nodded. "She okay with you leaving the island?" He nodded again. "Ready to go?" Nod. "Okay then, let's move out!"

She walked up the Gonzo. "Use it or lose it, G man, we need to get going!" Gonzo looked puzzled, but got on board. Zel turned to us. "Let's move it, people! Hustle, hustle, and let's go!

Hannah and I ran onto the dock, Link trailing behind us. Once we were on board, a loud gong sounded. I felt so excited. We were taking off! A new adventure was starting for us.

I love my job.

.:&:. Hannah .:&:.

I was back on the pirate ship! Yay! A bunch of the island people gathered at the shoreline to tell Link good luck finding Aryll. Link seemed awfully sad to have to leave. He stood there, waving good-bye to everyone. I think he spotted something, because he quick ran to the edge of the ship and started waving with both hands.

"What did he see?" I asked Zel.

"He saw his grandma. She gave him the shield, you know."

"Oh."

After you could barely see her, Link turned to us and said, "Now what?"

Zel smiled. "Well, since it'll take a while for us to get to the Forsaken Fortress, why don't you go below deck and find Niko? He'll have something for you to do. I'll call you when we get there."

Link nodded and headed for the door that led below deck. After the door shut behind him, Zel let out a sigh. "This is going to be tough," she said, plopping herself down on the wooden planks.

Tayler sat down next to her. "How are we going to make sure he doesn't mess up?"

"Simple," she replied. "We go with him."

"WHAT?" I shouted. "You can't be serious! In the game, Tetra stayed on the ship almost the entire time!"

She laid down on her back. "Like I care!" She said. "I'm not going to sit here and let you guys go on the adventure and have all the fun without me! No way! Besides, I'm the only one who knows how to get past all the dungeons and stuff, so how will you get through the game without me?"

I sighed. "That's a very good point."

A long time passed by while we messed around on the ship. Once we played around the steering wheel too much, and Gonzo said that if we didn't stop distracting him from driving, he'd throw us overboard. But Zel said that if he didn't shut up and steer, she'd beat him to a pulp. That made him shut up, all right.

"I love being a pirate leader!" Zel said happily. It was dark by now.

"Miss Tetra!" A voice called from the crow's nest. "We've reached the Forsaken Fortress!"

Zel smiled. "Goodie! Now get down from there." The pirate was down in a few seconds. How, you ask? Simple. He was really dumb and dropped down from the top.

"Ouch, that's gonna hurt in the morning," Tayler said, wincing. Zel and I didn't respond. We were too busy trying not to laugh.

"My…rib…is…cracking…" I grunted, snickering.

"Can't…hold…pressure…" Zel muttered.

The giggles burst out of us at the same time, full speed. "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

We both laughed until our stomachs hurt and our cheeks ached from smiling so much.

"Oh man, that felt good," Zel muttered, breathless.

"Hahahahaha…ehehehe…owie…" I replied, my side hurting. My eyes widened. "OUCHIES! CRAAAAAMP!" I screeched, holding my side. "IT BURNS!"

Zel began climbing and said, "It'll go away in 3…2…1…"

The cramp left. Weird. But I have learned to appreciate the freaky weirdness of my friend. It shows up so much, we all got use to it.

When Zel reached the top (Which took a little while), she yelled on the top of her lungs, "HEY, LINK! WE'VE REACHED THE FORSAKEN FORTRESS! GET YOUR BUTT UP HERE, NOW!"

Tayler shook her head. "She's so demanding sometimes," she muttered. I nodded.

Link came out of the door. "Huh?" he asked.

"Zel wants you," I told him. I pointed to the crow's nest. "She's up there."

He gave me a puzzled look. "Who's Zel?"

"LINK! USE IT OR LOSE IT, BUDDY!"

"Hannah means Tetra's waiting for you," Tayler said dryly. Link nodded.

"I MEAN IT, LINK! GET YOUR ELVEN BUTT OVER HERE RIGHT THIS MINUTE, OR I'LL COME DOWN THERE AND BEAT YOU SILLY!"

Link paled. "I'm coming!" he shouted, and began climbing up the ladder.

After a while, they both came back down, Zel still explaining something. "So, we'll have to find some other way to get you into that fortress," she said.

"Well, how are we going to do that?" Link asked when they reached the deck. Gonzo snuck up behind Link without him noticing and got into a weird little stance.

I knew what was going on. I remember watching Zel play the game. At this part, Link was going to be stuffed into a barrel on a catapult. He won't be too happy about this. Gonzo must be on Zel's orders. He's probably going to grab Link when Zel tells him to and stuff him in the barrel. Link's not going to like this…

Zel smiled. "I have an idea." She winked at Gonzo, who silently nodded. Gonzo grabbed both of Link's arms and started dragging him towards the catapult.

"Hey, what's the big idea? Put me down! Tetra, what's going on?" Link yelled, constantly squirming.

Zel followed them calmly. "Look, kid, you have to stop struggling if this is going to work right."

Link stopped kicking. "If what's going to work right?" He asked, a little bit of panic in his voice.

"Simple. We're going to shoot you over there."

Tayler and I walked over while Link went white. "ARE YOU NUTS? YOU CAN'T BLAST ME OVER THERE!"

Zel smiled. "Can and am."

Link was speechless. I guess it finally hit him that we were dead serious about this. He started thrashing and kicking again. "No way am I getting in that thing! You can't make me! What are you trying to do, murder me?"

Zel frowned. She walked over to him and slapped him smartly across the face. Ow. That's gotta sting.

Gonzo let go of the green clad kid and Link rubbed the spot where Zel smacked him. Said pirate leader took him by the collar and pulled her fist back, ready to hit him. Man, I wish I had some popcorn right now.

"Listen, Link," she growled. "By Nayru, if I didn't know you were going to be the Hero of Winds, I probably would have beaten you bloody and raw by now."

Link's eyes went wide. "I-I'm going to be a-a what?"

Zel smiled. It wasn't one of those evil, I'll-beat-you-up-in-2-seconds kind of smiles, ether. It was a genuine, friendly smile. "You're a goofball." With that, she lowered her fist and let go of Link's shirt. He stood up, shaking a little, and said in a wavering voice, "That's a good thing, right?"

Zel laughed. "Of course! Now, are you going to get in the barrel?" It wasn't a threat. More like a really dumb question.

"NO!" Link yelled. Tayler and I sighed. He just didn't learn.

But Zel surprised us all. Instead of beating him up, she sighed and said, "Would it help if I said Tayler, Hannah and I were coming with you?"

Link thought for a moment. "You really are?" She nodded. "Well, okay then."

He turned and climbed into the barrel. But then he popped his head out and said, "You won't kill me when we get there, will you?"

Zel laughed again. "No! I was just messing with you!"

"But why'd you slap me, then?"

Zel stopped laughing. "Oh, that…" She looked a little put out. "Well, I was a little upset that you thought I would really kill you."

"Oh, okay."

"Now scoot over and let us in," Zel said, climbing in by Link. She turned to us. "Well? Coming or not?"

Tayler looked at me. I shrugged and climbed in. Tayler sighed and squeezed in after me. It was a tight fit, but we all made it in. Not comfortable, but we still fit. I was sandwiched between Tayler and Link. Zel and Link were kind of pushed together, all tangled up.

"It's hard to breath," Link complained.

"Ow! Link, knock it off! Stop pushing me!" Zel scolded from the bottom of the pile.

"I can't feel my arm," I moaned dully.

I heard Gonzo shouting, "3…2…1…"

BOOOOOM!

"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I hate my life!

.:&:. Onica .:&:.

I walked behind Mr. Bird Dude and thought about my dream. It must mean something, I thought. I mean, why else would I dream about my friends and Link?

Bird Guy stopped and I walked into him. "Sorry, Medli," he said. "but we're here. I'll leave you two to your business." He left the room.

Looking nervously around, I spotted the chieftain a few feet away from me.

He smiled. "I'm glad to see you're awake. Are you feeling any better?"

I rubbed the back of my head. "A little."

The chieftain nodded solemnly. "I understand that you don't seem to remember much. Allow me to explain a bit. This-" He spread his arms out wide, "-is Dragon Roost Island. It is where you were born and are currently being raised. You are Medli, and if I'm not mistaken, you wish to be Lord Valoo's assistant when you are older."

I scratched my head in confusion. "Lord Who-in-the-what's-it?" I asked.

The chieftain lowered his hands. "You do not remember Lord Valoo, ether? Lord Valoo is the large, fire breathing sky dragon, who perches on this island."

I had an Anime sweat drop on my head. "And, why on earth would I want to be an assistant for a dragon?"

The chieftain smiled at me. "Lord Valoo is a kind spirit. He protects this island and gives our young fledlings their wings."

I cocked my head. "I don't get it."

He sighed. "The great one gives a scale to a young fledling when he or she has come of age. That scale allows the Rito children to grow their wings. You yourself have already gained your wings."

I blinked. "I have? Cool! I can fly!"

He nodded. "By the way," he said. "I told you earlier that Komali was missing. Well, since you are better, could you please help us search for him? He is my son," he added, noticing the stumped look on my face.

"Oh. OK."

"Please, fallow me."

He led me to a large walkway high up off the ground. I turned to him and asked, "Where am I going, again?"

"To Windfall Island. You will find it when you see a large windmill in the middle of the sea."

"OK…Now, how do I fly?"

"Just spread your arms and jump. Think of your wings opening and soaring through the clouds."

I swallowed. "All right…" I'm going to die…

I turned to the walkway in front of me. Spreading my arms out like a little kid pretending they're an airplane, I ran as fast as I could towards the long drop. Just as I reached the edge, I jumped as high as I could and desperately started to flap my arms like a bird. I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for the pain.

I didn't fell anything but wind.

Slowly, I opened one eye, then the other in surprise. I was flying. I was really doing it!

I let out a whoop of joy. I always wanted to learn how to fly, and now I could! This was awesome!

"I CAN FLY!" I squealed. Then I remembered what I was even flying for. Turning west, I quickly zoomed toward what looked like a large windmill in the distance.

I have to find this Komali kid.

.: &:. John .:&:.

I decided to talk to the weirdo tree like I said. Maybe he knew how I could get off this nightmare of the tree people. As fast as I could, I waddled to the giant lily pad in front of it.

Nervously, and feeling like a total idiot, I started talking to the huge thing. "Um, hi, Mr. Gal Deice Tree Guy. I know I look like this weird Makar person, but I'm not. Well, I guess I sortta am, but my mind is someone else's, and my real name is John. And I REALLY don't want to be here, 'cause I gotta go find my friends, so we can leave. So, um, yeah, can you tell me how I can leave this foresty place?"

For a while, nothing happened. NOTHING, I tell you! I was probably talking to a normal old tree, for all I knew. Those korok things probably cooked this whole thing up just to embarrass me. But then something really weird happened.

What looked like the tree's eyes blinked, and then…a giant root picked up the lily pad I was on and brought it up in the air. Well, I went kind of hysterical. OK, I was COMPLETELY flipping out!

"OH MY GOD, THE GIANT TREE IS GOING TO EAT MY SOCKS!" I rambled, running around in circles. "I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THE EVIL WRAPER CREATURES! I WANT TO LIVE! I HAVEN'T BEATTEN TAYLER ON SUPER SMASH BROTHERS MELEE, YET!"

The tree seemed to stare at me while I went nuts. After a bit, I calmed down. Panting hard, I asked, "Now, what the heck are you, again?"

"I am the guardian of this Forest Haven. I am known as the Deku Tree," The big old tree said in a loud, deep voice.

"BAH!" I squeaked, toppling onto my back and wiggling my stubby arms and legs. "I can't get up…" I muttered.

The tree ignored the fact that I couldn't do more then wiggle around and kept talking. " I understand you remember nothing, young Makar. Maybe I can help with that. This is the Forest Haven, where the koroks and I live. As you have noticed, you are a korok yourself. You were always very curious about things, and very mischievous. Always going outside the Forest Haven to do Who-knows-what. Now I believe you said something about being someone named, what was it? Jake, Joseph, Joey…"

"John," I said flatly, still trying to get up. "My name is John."

"Oh yes, that's it," The tree replied. "You also said you had to go find your friends, so you could leave. Why is that?"

I gave up with the wiggling. It was getting me nowhere. "Well," I said, "My friends got put in here, too. I mean, look, we come from a whole different place. Way far away. Somehow we got zapped here."

Great Mellow Tree looked puzzled. "Zapped?"

I nodded from where I laid. "That's right. Zapped. We got put in different places and as different people. Like me. I'm a tree person, now. I was a human before. One of my friends knows all about the Great Sea. I really need to find her right away, so we can all go back home."

The Tree seemed to think about this. Then he smiled. "But if she knows all of this, she will know you are here. She will find you. On the way, she might encounter more of your friends."

"Yeah, but-"

"There is no need to leave this island, young Makar. Your friends will find you here." The tree went silent.

The lily pad lowered back to its place on the water. With a grunt, I quick swung myself up.

"Well, Treebeard isn't going to be any help, whatsoever. Now what?" Something tapped my shoulder and I jumped a mile high! "AH! I'M WARNING YOU! I KNOW KUNGFU! HI-YA!" I screeched, turning around and whacking whatever it was behind me.

"Ow!"

"…Opps…" I had smacked that Linder guy. "I was only protecting myself! You could have been some hostile monster for all I knew!"

"It's OK…" Linder muttered, rubbing his side. That's where I hit him. "Ouch…I didn't know you could hit so hard…"

Insert Anime sweat drop here. "Heheheheh…What?"

Man, I feel like an idiot…
.:&:. Tiffany .:&:.

I found Dusty in the café, drinking a LOT of orange juice. Just like I knew he would.

I walked over to him. "Come on, Dusty. We have to go now."

He finished the glass he had. "No."

I got mad. "Use it or lose it, birdie, you're messing with my sugar time! I NEED sugar!"

Dusty stared at me. "…Sugar time?"

I exploded. "MOVE IT OR ELSE!" Not letting him have time to argue, I grabbed his wrist and dragged him out the door.

"But I wasn't done yet," he whined.

"Quiet. Me need sugar. Need sugar now. NOW!"

Dusty quivered. "OK, OK, you can go get your sugar! I'll stay right here!"

I raised my eyebrow. "Right here?"

"Yes. Right here."

I smiled. "Okey dokey, then! SUGAR FOR ME!" Laughing like a maniac, I raced back into the café and up to the counter. "One cherry soda, please," I said sweetly. The counter lady quickly handed one over to me and said, "H-Here. On t-the house."

I looked at the soda. "YAY!" Getting a straw, I walked back out of the shop and went over to Dusty, sipping my soft drink.

"Are you finished yet?" He asked. I nodded. Then I remembered something on the Windwaker game Zel showed me.

"I just remembered something I forgot!" I said loudly.

Dusty rolled his eyes at me. "And what would that be?"

"Let's go visit Tingle!"

He scrunched up his face. "That total freak in the green jumpsuit who thinks he's a fairy? No, thanks."

"WE'RE GOING TO TINGLE!"

"I-I vote we see Tingle."

I smiled. "I knew you'd see it my way." I led the way to Tingle's jail cell on the edge of town. When we opened the door and saw Tingle for the first time, he jumped off his stool and stared at us.

"He's even creepier in real life," Dusty muttered. Tingle hobbled over to the bars of the cell then jumped back as if he were electrocuted.

"What's this?" I heard him say. "Blue shirt…long, blue pants…Miss! Could you by chance be…a water fairy?"

I cocked my head. "Water fairy? What's a water fairy? I thought there was only the forest fairies."

Dusty laughed. "Tiffany, a fairy? That's like saying there's snow during summer! Besides, like Tiff said, there's only forest fairies. That's the only type."

Tingle eyed Dusty closely. "Why, of course there is more than one kind of fairy! How can you doubt Tingle's words when you clearly are a sky fairy, yourself, sir?"

Dusty goggled at him. "S…Sky fairy? I'M NOT A FAIRY! WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?

Tingle smiled at us. "Did you feel Tingle's telepathy?" He didn't give us a chance to answer. "Do not worry, for Tingle knows without you telling him. Yes, indeed! Tingle is, in fact, the very reincarnation of a fairy! Unfortunately, Tingle was mistaken for some kind of troublemaker and was thrown into this wretched sort of place." He looked upset. "How disrespectful!"

We could only stare. Tingle started dancing around. "Oh, please, Mr. Sky Fairy and Miss Water Fairy, free poor Tingle from this awful place and take him to where your kind live in splendor!"

"OOOOOOOO-K then…" I said. "That was weird."

Dusty sighed. "Might as well let the poor guy out." I nodded and walked over to a bunch of vases. A switch was in plain sight in the middle of them. You'd think people would hide things a little more carefully. Birdie Boy jumped on the switch, pressing it down and opening the cell door. Tingle walked out and I raced over to him.

"We let you out, Tingle!" I said excitedly.

"We?" Dusty asked. I glared at him.

Tingle pranced around in place. "Oh thank you, thank you, kind fairies! Tingle has something good for you. Please accept it!" He handed a funny, game boy-looking green item to me. It had a weird, yellow antenna sticking out of the top.

"Cool!" I said.

"This is the Tingle Tuner. Use it whenever you need Tingle's assistance!" Tingle said. "Farwell, Fairies. Tingle is going to get ready for the journey to the land of the fairies!" Tingle turned around and started to head out the door. Then he looked like he remembered something and hobbled over to Dusty. "Oh! Fairies! I forgot. You want to visit Tingle at his island, don't you? Don't you?" He gave Dusty a light green sea chart thingy-mer-bober.

Dusty gave the chart a look. "Not really…" He said slowly.

"Whenever you need help with charts, come to Tingle's Island. Don't EVER forget it!" Tingle said, staring at us. He turned and started to head out the door again. "If you ever need help with charts…Don't forget it!" He said one last time. Then he disappeared from sight. Dusty turned to me.

"…Never…again…"

.:&:. Dusty .:&:.

We left the cell and the sugar Tiffany had started to get to her. Squealing, she raced over to the potion shop and started to do the chicken dance by the sign. I stared at the crazo for a bit with five other people before walking over, grabbing her arm and dragging her away.

"That was fun!" Tiff said. "Let's do that again!"

"NO!"

"Aw, you're no fun…"

When we passed the postbox, she wrenched out of my grip and ran over to it. She fed it a piece of bait, and when it spat the bait back out, she tried to pry it out of the ground.

"What the heck are you doing?" I asked her as I pulled her away from it.

"I wanted vanilla ice cream, not cookie dough!"

"…"

I decided to ignore that. Tiff kind of dazed out a bit. Waving a hand in front of her face, I called, "Hellooooo? Earth to Tiffany. What's up with you?"

She sighed. "I forgot to bring my Game boy to Zel's party."

"…Ignoring that, too."

Tiff pointed at the sky. "Look, up there! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's French fries! NO, it's…" she squinted at the figure. "Actually, I don't know what it is."

The figure landed in front of us. Well, kind of. It plopped down on its feet, but then it sort of skidded to us and toppled over.

It turned out to be a bird creature like me. About the same age, too. It was a girl, with long red hair in a ponytail and a gold harp on her back. She had a dark bluish dress on and a funny white scarf thing around her neck. When she got up, I saw that she had red eyes like me, and a beck, too. Her skin was much lighter, though, even lighter than Tiffany's.

She gave us an embarrassed smile. "Sorry. I'm kind of new to the whole 'flying' thing," she mumbled. Straightening up, she said, "I'm Oni- I mean, Medli. I'm looking for someone named Komali. Have you seen him?"

Tiffany shook her head. "Nope, don't think so. How about you, Dusty?" I wasn't listening and asked the bird girl, "What were you going to say?"

"Huh?"

"You said, 'I'm Oni- I mean, Medli.' What were you going to say?"

"Oh, that…" She mumbled something that I couldn't hear. "What?" I asked.

She shook her head. "Anyway, what are your names?" She asked us, cocking her head to the side.

Tiffany smiled and replied, "I'm Tiffany, and this is Dusty!" I smiled shyly. "Hi."

She stared. "You're names are Tiffany and Dusty?" We nodded.

"GUYS!" She yelled. "It's really you!"

Tiff raised an eyebrow. "What's us?"

She smiled at us. "It's me, guys. Onica!"

Now we stared at her. "…Are you serious?" Tiff asked.

She nodded. "Prove it," I challenged her.

The bird girl thought for a second, then said, "Marisa and I can't come to Zel's house at the same time because Zel's mom says we're too noisy."

"ONI!"

.:&:. END .:&:.

Meggy: Finito! All finished at last! Boy, this is the longest one yet!

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