Rejected
"Have you seen Sora?" Roxas asked. "There's a weird bird-girl asking for him."
"He hasn't left his room." Tara answered, playing on the PS2. "Five four seven eight CORE BREAK!" Roxas rolled his eyes. She was playing that math game again.
"Still?"
"Still- one nine eight CORE BREAK."
Roxas darted up the stairs two at a time, and over to Sora's room. He knocked on the door loudly. "Sora, it's me."
"Come in."
Roxas slowly opened the door and stepped into the room. Sora was sitting in the corner, hugging his knees.
"Someone's at the door for you. She's a bit weird-looking."
"Does she have wings?" Sora asked in somewhat of a sigh. Roxas nodded. Sora stood up shakily – he hadn't left his room since Riku had left a week before, not even to eat – and left the room. Roxas followed him. "Come in, Hannah." The brunette called once he was in the lounge room. The raven-haired winged girl stepped into the room.
"Sora, Roxas, Leera needs your help. We've had trouble with a certain person as of late, and, no matter what we do, we can't go to Radiant Garden without him stopping us from finding them."
"Who are they?" Roxas asked.
"Some friends of our's," Hannah answered. "But, there's a bit of a problem…"
"What?" Sora asked.
"Not only are we being kept out of Radiant Garden, only Riku knows the password to the chamber that they're being held in."
Sora turned away and began to walk away. "Forget it."
"Look, if you won't do that then go to Hyrule, at least. One of our acquaintances there needs your help. You may make some friends there, too." Hannah paused, and then added, "If I remember, last time you went to Hyrule you didn't actually meet anyone, you were just investigating that forest." Sora glanced at her, then at Roxas. Tara had paused her game, and then she suddenly started talking a hundred miles an hour.
"Hyrule-did-she-say-Hyrule-can-I-come-too-Din-is-cool."
Everyone looked at her blankly. Sarah's palm became best friends with her face.
"Hannah, which Hyrule is it? Is there Vaati? Gufuu? Zant? A magic Ocarina? The Great Sea? The Sheikha? The Twili? The Kokiri? The Rito? The Picori? Four Sword or the Master Sword? Is there Shadow Link?"
"Uhh…" Hannah blinked, not having caught a word Tara had just said. "Just… wait and see?" She shrugged, and looked at Sora for help. He only shook his head. He didn't smile. "You should get something to eat." She advised, before transforming into a raven and flew out through an open window.
"The animals that are human." Sora realized. Roxas looked over at him, and then peered out the window. Hannah was nowhere to be seen. He looked over as his father stepped into the room.
"You're up!" He exclaimed. Sora laughed.
"Yeah…"
"You hungry?"
"A bit." Sora admitted.
"I'll get you something to eat, then."
"Thanks." Sora nodded as his father left the room again. Sora sat down on the couch.
"So, can I come to Hyrule? Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaase? I even have maps of the different versions!"
"Well, you seem to know more about Hyrule than the rest of us, so I don't see why not…" Sora answered. Tara would've done a back flip off the couch, had she been physically able to. As soon as she finished Sphere Break she turned off the PS2 and darted downstairs, then brought up a white consol; a Nintendo Wii. She hooked it up to the TV, but didn't turn it on, saying that she'd play it later. Sora noticed the small green velvet pouch she had with her. She pulled out a small, blue object with three triangles arranged so that they formed a larger one just at the base of the mouthpiece. Several holes were positioned on the surface.
"Got this for my birthday ages ago." She muttered.
"How many songs can you actually play?" Sarah asked her.
"How many songs are in the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?"
"How would I know that?"
"Good point." Tara hummed. She raised the small blue instrument to her lips and began to play. Almost as soon as she finished it started raining. "That… is just a coincidence…"
"What did you play?" Sarah asked her.
"Song of Storms."
Sarah laughed.
"Remind me not to play the Prelude of Light, Minuet of Forest, Bolero of Fire, Serenade of Water, Nocturne of Shadow or the Requiem of Spirit."
"Why?" Sora laughed.
"Because I don't want to be teleporting out of here in a little sparkle of colored light." Tara answered. "Also, I can't play Oath to Order because I don't want the Four Giants showing up… I wonder what the Song of Time's effect here would be… 'cuz in Hyrule it just opened hidden passage ways, in Termina it took you back through time…" She hummed. "The Song of Inverted Time slowed time down, the Song of Double Time skipped to the closest half day mark…"
"You are making no sense whatsoever." Sarah commented.
"I know." Tara answered. "I know."
Sora nearly jumped out of his skin at the sight of the black hawk sitting on the sill of the open window. Its piercing green eyes stared at him.
"So you can turn into birds other than a raven."
The hawk, who Sora now recognized as Hannah, nodded. With a single flap of its wings, it glided into the room. Hannah reverted to her human form in mid-air and landed easily on her feet.
"We're going to Hyrule." Sora told her. Hannah's face lit up.
"Leera will be happy to know that!" She smiled. Sora nodded. "Is Roxas going with you?"
"Of course he is. Tara's coming, too, because she knows more about Hyrule than me and Roxas put together."
"Ah, she would… tell her 'the wolf calls at twilight's falls', she should be able to understand what it means."
Sora nodded. "What does it mean?"
"Ask Tara." Hannah answered. Sora could hear the faint sound of that small, blue instrument from downstairs.
"What's she going to do this time?" He sighed. Hannah laughed.
"It's just Zelda's Lullaby, and unless there's a wall with the Triforce on it somewhere in here, nothing will happen."
"Good."
Hannah laughed. "Alright, well, when do you plan to leave?"
"When do you need us to?"
"Under a week's time, Leera said." Hannah answered
"We'll be out of here in five days, then." He answered. Hannah smiled.
"We really owe you one. Our friends have been requesting help for awhile, but we're preoccupied. Once you get there everything should just… unfold." Hannah climbed onto the window sill and spread her wings.
"Wait, what do you mean-"
She was already gone. She had jumped out of the window and transformed into a raven in midair. Sora cursed, and then left his room. It felt kind of strange being out of his room. He had kept himself cooped up in it for a week, after all…
He walked down to the lounge room. Tara had a Wii Remote in hand, swinging it back and forth. She shook the nunchuck from side to side at one point as well.
"Keese are boring." She complained. "Ganon is fun to fight. Midna does practically all the work." Sarah obviously wasn't up yet, so Tara was talking to herself.
"Hey, Tara."
Tara paused the game and looked up at Sora. "Hey there!" She chimed.
"Hey, that bird-girl told me to tell you something like 'the wolf calls at twilight's falls' or something along those lines. She said you'd be able to figure it out." Sora relayed. Tara bit her lip.
"Twilight's falls… where is that?" She muttered. "I don't like riddles…" She muttered. Sora laughed at her.
"Well, you have five days to figure it out."
Tara nodded excitedly.
"I take it Sarah doesn't want to tag along?"
"Nah. She hasn't played the Legend of Zelda."
"Right…" Sora wasn't going to ask questions when he knew he probably wouldn't understand the answers.
"Have you seen Roxas?"
"Yeah, he should be downstairs downloading some files for me."
"Successfully?"
"I should probably check…" Tara put the Wii remote and nunchuck down and darted into the basement. Roxas came into the lounge room a couple minutes later.
"She kicked me off the computer." He commented. Sora laughed.
"We're heading to Hyrule in five days. Hannah said everything will 'unfold' once we get there."
"I'm not quite sure I get it…"
"She didn't explain."
"Oh." Roxas paused. "Has Riku tried to contact us?"
Sora shook his head, a sorrowful expression on his face. "No, he hasn't… hey, I'm going to go find Dad, tell him when we're leaving."
"Alright." Roxas nodded. Sora left the room without another word.
