Author Note: I have returned... sort of... with a Mother's Day special! So this is kind of a filler chapter. I've been smitten with writer's block, so this is kind of half-assed. I honestly have no idea what should happen next in the story... meh. I'll figure something out. Anyway, if anybody has any suspicions as to who the real murderer is, feel free to tell me in the comments or something. Also, I feel like I should mention: I'm not going to pull a fast one on y'all and make it some random person. The murderer is really one of the Links. ;)

Skyward woke up the next day at about ten o'clock in the morning. It was weirdly silent outside, which almost worried him. Almost. But he was just too apathetic to pay much attention to it. He stayed in bed for about a half-hour, partially expecting someone like Twilight or Red or Majora to come barging in with some complaint.

When that didn't happen, Skyward finally crawled out of bed. It was very tempting to just sleep all day, but despite his laziness, he was a bit of a curious fellow.

Upon the news that three goddesses and multiple incarnations of a hero were coming to live in Hyrule Castle, all of the servants had fled. The only residents left were the goddesses and the Links, and Skyward couldn't seem to locate any of them. It was normal for nobody to be able to find Shadow Link because of his tendency to melt into the shadows, and Majora had been keeping to himself lately, but normally everybody could tell where everybody else was.

Skyward muttered to himself as he wandered through the kitchens, lost in his thoughts. It was quite a shock for him when his sword glowed suddenly and a blue and purple being materialized next to him.

"Master, it appears everybody else is absent." She informed him in a mechanical voice. Skyward stared at her.

"…If there ever was a time to say 'no shit,' now is the time."

"Master, I believe Zelda would not approve of your vulgar language."

"No. Freaking. Shit." Skyward choked out during a coughing fit. "Now go away, Fi."

"Master, I would advise you to locate your descendants." Fi ignored his command.

"What the hell did you think I was doing? Screw off!" Skyward snapped. Such a long phase where Fi left him alone, and now…

Obediently, Fi went back into the sword. In a moment of poor judgment, Skyward didn't leave the sword on the kitchen counter and continued walking.

He was halfway up the stairs to the goddesses' rooms when Fi appeared again.

"Master, it appears the batteries in your Wii Remote are low."

"…Are you serious?"

"I can charge them for you if you wish, Master."

Skyward's eyes bulged. "Oh, Farore, don't say that. The- the fangirls…"

Fi tilted her head inquisitively. "I do not understand. I was merely offering my assistance."

"…You know what, when we're done here, go find Ghirahim and ask him to explain sexual innuendoes to you. For now, we need to find everyone else, even though it's way better here with them all gone. Maybe they found the murderer and all left."

"I doubt it, Master. Perhaps you could check outside."

"I'll try that after I see if the goddesses are here."

A short trek up to the goddesses' room revealed that they too were missing. Skyward took Fi's advice and headed outside.

He was definitely on to something. His pointed ears picked up a few whispers as soon as he entered the gardens. Half of him wanted to call out and tell whoever it was to stop whatever game they were playing, but the other half of him didn't want to look like an idiot if nothing was there.

After a somewhat half-assed investigation of the gardens, Skyward decided that he was going back inside to sleep. Whatever the other Links were doing, if they were even still around at all, had nothing to do with him.

He was so close, too… It was sad, really. He had just put his hand on the doorknob to go back inside when there was a collective shout of "Surprise!" behind him.

There was an awkward silence as Skyward didn't turn or even move for a good thirty seconds, and then he finally about-faced. All the Links were standing there, backed up by the three goddesses.

"…Is it my birthday?" Skyward asked after a moment. He was immediately tackled by Majora, Red, and Hourglass.

"Happy Mother's Day!" The three of them chirped, impish smiles on their faces.

"…I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER."

Next Chapter: Hopefully something better than this piece of crap.

To be continued!