Kafei's New Maks

Chapter 7

Kafei looked frantically to Link, who thankfully still had his sword drawn. He game him sort of a 'What are we supposed to do!' look. Link simply stared at the bouncing green man with a blank expression.

"Why are you ignoring me, Mr. Fairy?"

Link's expression instantly changed. He forced a friendly smile and called to Tingle, "Oh. H-hey Tingle! What brings you to these parts?"

"Oh, I was just mapping out the unexplored part of the swamp when I heard a terrible noise! I flew down to see what was the matter, and I saw you here! Fancy us meeting again, yes?"

Link took a moment to reply, "Yeah."

Kafei grabbed Link's arm and pulled him close so he could whisper in his ear. "What are you doing? Shouldn't we be attacking him?"

Link shook himself free. "If we play along, he may lead us to the princess!"

"It's a trap!" The little deku suddenly said, jumping up and down.

"Where have you been?" Tatl barked at him.

"I was hiding!"

"Shh!" Link commanded. "Tingle! Did you find anything...suspicious in the swamp while you were mapping?"

"Now that you mention it, I did notice a scary looking building that emerged from the swamp. I had never seen it before so it surprised me!" When he said, 'surprised,' Tingle hopped and threw his hands into the air.

"That seems a little too obvious," Kafei stated, crossing his arms.

"Follow me, Mr. Fairy!" Tingle pulled a string and his balloon began to inflate. "I'll take you to it!"

'Wouldn't it have been better for him to give us a map?' Link thought. 'He's leading us to the building. This is suspicious.'


"Where did that little green freak go?" Kafei asked angrily, picking his ruined boots out of the mud. They had been trudging through swamp for a couple of days and Kafei was really starting to get irritated, not like everybody else wasn't. "I can't see him anymore!"

Link squinted his eyes up at the grey sky. "I can't either. Maybe he-"

Pop! "Uaaaaahhhh!" They both heard it.

"Oh no." Kafei jumped out of the way, just in time to not be crushed by a falling Tingle. Instead, he splashed in the water, face first. Slowly, his balloon covered him and small bubbles emerged from the water.

"He's drowning!" Link scooped him up and set him on a stump that was sticking out of the swamp. Tingle stumbled around, but eventually steadied himself. "Oh! Mr Fairy! What a coincidence for us to meet here!"

Link stepped back and shook his head. "What?" He said bluntly.

"I was flying over the swamp to get to town when something came out of the clouds and popped my balloon! Thank goodness you saved me!"

"But..." Kafei stammered, "Going to town? But you were showing us this building in the swamp..."

"It's a trap!" The Deku said again.

Tingle cocked his head and stared at him. "You must be mistaken! I haven't been in the swamp for five minutes!"

All was silent. Silent enough that you could hear the tiny flutter of the fairies' wings.

"That's it," Kafei finally said. He slid the blades off his arms and took a step towards Tingle. Suddenly, someone called from behind them.

"Yoohoo! Mr. F-" Link and Kafei turned swiftly to face a Tingle on a high branch, stopped in mid sentence seeing the Tingle standing on the tree trunk. He opened his eyes wide in surprised, took a few careful steps back, and took off into the sky.

"Impostor!" The Tingle that remained yelled and pointed at the spot where the other Tingle once stood.

"No kidding! C'mon!" Link grabbed the arm of a dumbfounded Kafei and pulled him along. Tingle decided to come too. He was able to keep up by inflating his balloon and flying along beside them.

"Navi! Keep an eye on him!" Of course, Link was talking about the 'fake' Tingle. They could barely see him, but his bright red balloon was visible through the opening in the trees.

"Got it!" Navi flew up, hoping to get a better look of him. Moments later, she flew back down in a hurry. "Link! He went in!"

The running (and flying) group stopped, catching their breath. "What do you mean?"

Navi flew closer to Link's head and face forward so he could see where she was seeing. Up ahead, looming in the dead middle of an unexplored section of the swamp, was an ominous temple.

"Woah," Link said as the group approached it.

"Link!" Tatl chimed, "Was this here before?"

"I don't think so."

"He went right through there!" She motioned toward the biggest opening in the temple.

The group hurried inside. "At least he opened it for us." Link said as he took a look around the temple. Suddenly, the door slammed behind them. "Hmph."

I guess the only way to go is...forward." Kafei gestured toward the dark halls of the temple before them.


"Can you find a torch somewhere? I don't think Navi and Tatl's light will be enough." Kafei said as he freed his hand from a spider web that had attached its self to him.

"Um...yeah! Here's one!" Link picked up an unlit torch off the floor. "It's not lit though...and we don't have-" The torch suddenly lit, surprising Link so much that he almost dropped it. "Never mind."

A gust of wind came from the way they were traveling, with it there was a dark and deep laugh. The group hesitated.

"I think he's down there." Kafei swallowed loud enough for them to hear.

"I don't think we should go..." The little Deku began to turn around bumped into Tatl who scowled at him.

"What are we waiting for!" Tingle deflated his balloon and skipped the rest of the way.

"He's killing the mood," Tatl commented as the group pressed on behind him.

One would think that they wouldn't go near the dark voice, but when the voice got louder, they went faster.

"We're getting close. I can feel a dark presence." Navi said.

"More the reason not to go in..." The Deku said, still pressing against approaching the darkness.

This time, Navi flew into his face, "Will you cut that out!"

Link considered Navi's words. "Navi, why didn't you feel that earlier when we were with the...other Tingle?"

"Whoever he is, he's good at masking his appearance, and his aura."

They came to a large metal door, which was thankfully unlocked. Link gave Kafei a 'here we go' look and pushed it open. Link, Kafei, and Tingle were the first ones in. Once they had taken only a few steps, the same evil wind as before came, and knocked Navi and Tatl out of the room, along with the little Deku. The door slammed shut, again, trapping Kafei, Link, and Tingle without their friends.

"Oh no! Oh no!" The Deku was freaking out.

Navi kept calm. "Link! You'll have to go on with out us! Please be careful!"

"We will...or at least try." Link pulled his hands away from his feeble attempt to open the door again. He glanced down at Tingle, who was knocking at the stone door, checking it out.

"C'mon Tingle, Kafei, let's go."

"Shh!" Kafei suddenly quieted them. "Do you hear that?" He was hearing a faint voice. A moment passed before he could make out what it was saying.

"...fei...Kafei..." It was calling for him.

"That voice!" Kafei said frantically, "It's...Anju's!"


Yay chapter seven! I promise they will get out of the swamp soon! XD Please leave a review!