Sorry for the later-in-the-day upload, guys. I had a little glitch within the site happen and I had no choice but to simply wait around for it to get fixed. :/ Anyway, I've recently gotten into 'Attack on Titan', for those of you who also like that, so yeah. There's not really much else to say, though. Therefore, I'm simply going to respond to the guest reviews starting with The Drone: Yes, I'm glad about that too. I'm not going to lie. Writing scenes where they are apart is a total pain!... I don't like it. However, as you have seen, I still do it anyways just for the sake of the story, itself. Now, about the party thing... did I also forget to mention that, where I'm from, the legal drinking age is 18? ;) That kind of plays a part in why some of my classmates come to school with hangovers, I'll tell you that! -_- The worst part is, though, that none of them will respect you unless you can legally drink... and I'm almost 18. *sigh* Anyway, as far as the theory goes, I will just have to say that i can see where you're coming from too, but I just felt that it would make the story better if the story blames Link. I'm personally indifferent to the whole thing, but I had to have the story go one way, right? Either way, though, I hope that you like these three chapters! ;)
To Z: Don't get used to it. Horses are a rare commodity that I haven't even written into any of the later chapters that I have already written... and I've already written into the forties. :/ Sorry. I hope you like these chapters, though.
Now, here we go! To have the Links meet up! :D
Chapter 10: Speed Boat
I had been thinking about what to say to the other Links. I knew that they cared about me, but I still didn't want to tell them about what dark Link had said. After all, it was my problem. Therefore, I had to deal with it. I was suddenly cut out of my thoughts by knight Link. I soon realized that he was trying to greet me, so I greeted him right back. Afterwards, we set off for future Link's dimension, trying to move as fast as possible.
Traditionally, there was a boat waiting for us that we used all of the time. However, this time, it was a little different. Instead of a regular sailboat, there appeared to be a propeller of some sort on one end. The both of us stared at this in pure wonder, unsure of what to think of it. Eventually, though, I mustered up the courage to hop on in. Looking around, I noticed a note that seemed to be from the Zelda of this dimension. It read
'As quickly as possible? Challenge accepted! This, my friends, is what is known as a 'speed boat'. Make sure that it's facing the way you want to go before you activate it…' It went on and on about how to operate and steer it, but it was signed from Zelda on the bottom, so I showed it to knight Link, and he stepped into the boat in order to see if it would work.
Sure enough, we followed the instructions as found ourselves shooting out of the tower of the gods so fast, that it actually knocked the wind out of us. However, once we regained our composure, we managed to settle into it rather quickly. I figured that that was why it was called a speed boat. Honestly, I decided that I would just let knight Link drive it, because he seemed the most capable. After all, it was pretty simple once you got the hang of it.
Meanwhile, I looked over the horizon at some of the surrounding islands in the distance. Some of them were barely visible, but others seemed close enough that it might've only taken us a few minutes to get there. I then shrugged, not really inclined to actually go over there. However, I did begin to wonder about whether anybody else actually inhabited some of those islands. It took a few minutes for me to realize that knight Link was standing right beside me!
I began to freak out a little bit, asking him if it was safe to leave the steering wheel. However, he just put his hand on my shoulder and told me that there were actually instructions that stated that it was okay. I calmed down at hearing that, but it still made me feel uneasy. Eventually, though, I began to accept it perfectly fine. After all, if there really were instructions, then Zelda obviously wanted us to have it that way.
Only a few days passed by while we were at sea. The trip that normally took us a minimum of three weeks was shortened to about one week. I continuously began to ask myself why we had never done it like that before. However, when I voiced it to knight Link, he seemed to have a few decent reasons up his sleeve. This made me drop the subject, especially when he told me that what he told me was actually what his dimension's Zelda had said.
Finally, when we reached the ever so familiar dock that held our transitions, one of the first things that we saw was future Link standing right there, eagerly awaiting us.