Disclaimer: Liiiiiiiike, oh my gooooood, I like totally said this like fifteen hundred times. Like, I don't own Zelda, jeez. Like. Oh, and all the art is copyright of their respective artists as well. Just using them as references--I own nothing except this story!
A/N: I have an excuse! But this time it's a real one! Wanna hear it!?
Link/Niagra/Ryo: Not really—
A/N: NO I'LL GIVE YOU A SUMMARY! Basically I got jumped by my family, friends, and an exchange student staying over at my house. Hoo haw, I like cookies!
-:: Last time ::-
Brian shrugged. Then he looked around. "SECRETARY LADY!" he suddenly snapped, making everyone else jump beside him.
Nicole appeared, business suit on and the works. "Yes, sir!?"
"Do we have all the stray fairies?"
The Asian girl pulled a large, pink, glowing bag out from her dimensional pocket, peeking in.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" all fifteen fairies squeaked.
"AHHH! THE PINK LIGHT! IT BLIIIINDS MEEEEEEE!" sobbed Nicole as she shielded her eyes.
"... I think that's a yes," Gilbert sweatdropped.
Everyone nodded. Nicole tied the bag close again and shoved it in her pocket. Link took out the boss key and opened the lock, everyone heading inside to face the first boss of their adventure...
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` Woodfall Temple :: Boss Room `
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In a world where vinegar has no taste...
"Gaahh! This makes the fish and chips taste nastyyyy!" Hayarpi gagged, throwing the bottle over her shoulder. It cracked, its non-vinegar-tasting contents spilling all over the floor. The fish and chips followed suit.
All of a sudden Link started screaming. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHH! AHH! AAAAHHHHHHH!"
"WHY ARE YOU YELLING?! WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE BOSS YET!" Brian screeched into his ear.
The Hylian stopped, putting his arms down. "Oh yeeeaaahhh...!"
Everyone else exchanged exasperated eyes. "Wow, that sentence was full of 'e's!" Ines randomly pointed out. Why thank you!
Link, Nicole, Ines, Gilbert, Brian, Hayarpi and Tatl all looked around the room. It was dark and circular, like Tingle's eye bags, but there was no boss or any kind of monster in sight. However, smack dab in the middle of the room was a bright yellow Deku flower.
Tatl scoffed, flittering over to the flower and poking it. "What is this, a joke? Is this the boss? A measly Deku flower!? The heck are we supposed to do with it, pluck its petals off and ta-da?! Jeezus! This is pissing me off!"
"Someone's on their period," Brian mumbled. Tatl ignored him and kicked the flower repeatedly.
"Or it could be PMS," Ines added.
Nicole shoved her way into the conversation. "Do fairies even have their periods?"
"Haha, imagine the mini-pads they'd have to use," laughed Gilbert.
"You guys sicken me," Hayarpi sighed.
Link poked his head into their circle. "Pads? What are those?"
Everyone else looked at him.
"... What are they?"
Suddenly, a voice came to everyone's ears... a mysterious voice... not the mysterious-sexy voice Nicole heard before, but rather, a voice that went something like this...
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Sawembaaaaaaaaaahhh!! WalaEEEEEEEEEsumaboooooooo! Ayiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyiyi!"
"Nicole! Stop that!" Ines scolded. Nicole pouted and stopped attempting to make tribal noise calls.
"Boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka, boomchakalaka. HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY! HEY HEY HEY!"
"DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO STOP!?" snapped Ines again, smacking Nicole's arm.
The Asian girl smacked her back. "THAT'S NOT ME! Did you not notice the deep manly voice this time!?"
"Stop spreading those lies!"
"Well! Well! Uhh... tu madre!"
Ines gasped. What did she say?! Nicole did not just use her own language against her! Well, two can play that game! "NANAY MO!"
This time Nicole gave an overdramatic gasp. "EEEEHHHHH?! TU MADREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"NANAY MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ines jumped Nicole. Link came up in front of them and smacked a large golden gong. Let the catfight commence!
"Are you guys going to ignore me the whole time or what?" Odolwa sighed heavily as he sat cross-legged behind them. He drummed his fingers on his knee. "I feel unloved."
"You better." Gilbert nodded. Tatl stopped kicking the flower. Brian and Hayarpi looked at her, then eyed each other, then eyed Ines and Nicole catfighting, then Link polishing the large golden gong and finally Gilbert who was having a chat with Odolwa.
... Wait.
Odolwa? How long had he been there?
"... Hey, that's the boss, isn't it?" Hayarpi murmured as she gestured at Odolwa.
Brian eyed the large warrior dude. "... Yeah. Yeah, it is."
"..."
He unsheathed his sword, flailing it around as he ran towards Odolwa. "HA-YAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Gilbert ran out of the way. Eep-ing, the boss sprung up, picking up his own sword and shield just as he dodged Brian's swing. "Ooh, feisty, you are!"
"Ew, don't call me feisty!"
"Feisty boy, feisty boy, how you feel 'bout being mah toy?!"
Brian screamed and ran the opposite direction.
Link though started laughing evilly in the background. He pointed at Brian's running figure. "HAH! Now you know how it feels to be me!"
"Jeez guys, FIGHT! FIGHT FOR YOUR LIVES!" Tatl cheered as she took a seat on a petal.
Hayarpi squeaked, jumping sideways as she barely missed a swipe from Odolwa's sword. She ended up near the flower. "Gah! Tatl!" she eyed the idle fairy. "Aren't you going to target for us!?"
"Target for you? Are you kidding me?" the yellow fairy scoffed some more. "I just had my wings done a while ago, I refuse to get them dirty."
"Why you!" Ines screeched as she managed to overhear. "After this Imma—EEK!" she started screaming as a horde of locusts started following her.
"Nooo, my love! I'll help yoouu!" Gilbert yelled as he followed.
"Gah! Navi always targeted for us!" Link sobbed as he ran by behind them, fighting off more locusts.
Here, Tatl raised an eyebrow. Navi again? Who is this Navi these people keep mentioning from time to time? And why did they always compare her to this Navi person? She must know!
... So she decided to ask. "Who's Navi?"
But her question went unanswered as suddenly, a ring of fire surrounded everyone. They all screamed. "At least give us some advice!" Brian growled.
Tatl paused for a second. "... Oh, I know." Everyone looked to her. "If he starts dancing and you don't run... well, then I really can't help you!"
They almost fell over.
Then, Odolwa started doing a funky dance!
"What if we dance with him!?" Nicole tried, doing some random squat-kick dance. Then she yelped when a scarab fell from the ceiling and landed beside her. "ACK! OKAY NEVERMIND!"
All of a sudden Odolwa came to a halt, staring at the seven. "Haha! Boomchakalaka bombolayo imboya!?"
They stared back blankly. "..."
"Koko laki fukayama Indonesian Chinese restaurant olokubambay mandalay!? Iku rabi wawa CHANDELIER!"
"...?"
"... Por qué!?"
"Oah! Spanish!" Ines, Gilbert, and Brian looked at each other, smiling.
"Oah, Spanish," Nicole, Link and Hayarpi looked at each other, grumbling.
Odolwa lowered his sword, speaking to the three Hispanic teenagers. "Por qué me lastimas?"
"Porque tenemos que salvarala Princessa!" Brian replied as a matter of factly.
"Oye tienes frutas contigo?" Gilbert randomly butt in. Both Brian and Ines stared at him.
Odolwa shook his head. "No, pero antes conoci a un muchacho y todos le decion fruita."
Ines blinked. "Oh? Por qué?"
"Porque le gustaban los bananas y nuevos!"
Odolwa, Ines, Brian, and Gilbert all violently threw their heads back, erupting into insane laughter. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Link, Nicole, and Hayarpi just stared.
"Yes chem karogh ghosal eespaneren," Hayarpi sighed all of a sudden in Armenian, shaking her head. "Bayts yes sirum em gyut!"
Nicole shoved her aside, suddenly reciting in Tagalog. "Pagtiwalaan mo ako! At kung sinabi mo sa akin ang lahat na dapat kong malaman, PAPATAYIN KITA!"
Link looked lost at everything. Should he speak Hylian? He didn't want to be left out. So he said the first thing that came to mind. "Sëru koemes ab hëntan pakstën..."
"Who?" Odolwa asked. Link shrugged.
Tatl however was still pondering on what the Asian girl said. "Wow Nicole, that was harsh." Nicole cackled an evil cackle.
"You understood her?" Ines asked, switching back to English.
"Yeah, fairies can understand every language that exists. And that joke Odolwa made was cheesy."
"FABRICANTE DE QUESOS!" the boss yelled back, offended. He switched back to his tribal language, raising his arms in the air as he called for a sea of rabid locusts and more scarabs. From the ceiling they descended, attacking the group of six. They all screamed in panic and flailed their swords about brainlessly.
"Use your stupid bows!" Tatl snapped, a vein threatening to pop on her forehead.
Everybody whipped out their bows and began firing relentlessly at Odolwa's head. Said boss squeaked when the arrows hit on target and dug into his skin. He sunk to his knees, crying out to the sky—err, ceiling. "N-no! I can't be defeated yet...!" He stumbled around before his knee caught the cracked vinegar bottle from earlier this chapter. "Agh! My knees! They bleed!" he tripped then, face falling into the vinegar. "YARGH! MY EYES! THEY BURN!"
The six took this chance and ran up to him, smacking and slicing him with their swords and kicking him in the gut and all those graceful moves.
Finally Odolwa was done for. He screamed his final scream, spazzing a little bit before his body went limp and burst into little blue flames.
Everyone whooped for joy.
"Yay! First boss defeated!" Gilbert cheered as they all gathered for a group hug. Then they all winced from the bug bites and burns they got.
Tatl flitted about. "Good job everyone!"
"Yeah, no thanks to you," Ines grumbled.
"Whatdju say!?"
"You heard what I said."
"Say it again, I dare ya!"
"No. Thanks. To. You. Take that, betch."
"Why you...!"
Nicole shoved their faces apart. "Take a chill pill, yo!"
Brian swat at her. "Stop talking like that!"
Meanwhile, Link and Hayarpi had wandered off, spotting something over where Odolwa burned away. Link bent down, picking up the mask that appeared. It resembled Odolwa's face. "Eck, what's this?"
"Odolwa's Remains," Hayarpi explained. "I think this is proof that we've defeated him. Since yanno, everything will be undone when we go back in time so this is what we bring back with us for evidence."
Tatl flew over, fight forgotten, saying in a game host's voice. "Correct! The evil thing that's possessed the spirit of Woodfall is gone, and now we've got to free the other three areas in Termina! And if that's accomplished, your prize will be... MAJORA'S MASK!"
Then she flew back and smacked Ines across the face, triggering another catfight. Nicole sobbed as she tried keeping them away from each other.
"Oh come on, let's just go to the light already," Brian grumbled, picking Tatl out of the fight cloud while Gilbert held Ines back.
Link carefully tucked the mask away and followed everyone else into the circular blue light in the center of the room...
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"Oogah, ooh ugah uwa!"
The seven heroes and heroines looked around; instead of being transported outside the temple, they were now in an unknown canyon-like location. Around them floated opaque thingamabobs in all different shapes, sizes and lengths. Everything came across as soft and dream-like. Things that resembled waterfalls were in the distance and everyone stood on a high gray platform in the middle of an abyss, staring at something they weren't sure existed...
But it made a sound, they were sure of that. And for some reason they could hear creepy, holy music playing everywhere.
"What the heck," Brian voiced everyone's thoughts. "Where...?"
"It's the Woodfall guardian..." Tatl realized. "There! The giant in front of us!"
Nicole squinted her eyes, looking about. "Where? I can't see him."
"Right there, between the clouds."
"Those clouds?"
"No, you idiot! To the left!"
"I still can't see!"
"You're looking to the right!"
"Well pft I thought you meant MY left!"
"We're facing the same direction, ignoramus!"
"I'm not a hippopotamus!"
Finally Link stepped in, casting his arm out between Nicole and the fairy. He glared at the latter. "Would you stop picking fights with people?! Jeez! It's like you can't go one hour without exploding! Here, keep your mouth busy!" he shoved a mini croissant in Tatl's mouth.
"... Mmpfh mppfh fmph."
"I did not start anything," Nicole grumbled. Tatl's eye twitched.
"OOGAH BANGAH URGH!" a third voice butt in. The two stopped squabbling and looked forward. "Ugah wugah orakimboya. Oogi wag chuh weh weh!"
Tatl spit the croissant out, translating for everyone. "It's the guardian of Woodfall. He says... he's thankful that we saved him..."
"Urgah bambuh!" Then it seemed like he started to sing.
Everybody listened, then blinked as he stopped and raised his arms out to them. They just stared blankly.
"He wants you to repeat it," Tatl sweatdropped. "The song he's singing."
Link whipped out his ocarina. The guardian sang again, and Link repeated the notes on his ocarina. The guardian cheered.
"You have learned the Oath of Order!" Gilbert danced and posed. "When the time comes, use the song to call the four who are there to the center of Clock Town!"
"Ooooh, spiffy!"
Then the guardian started to talk again. Apparently it wasn't finished yet... "Ugah rallah bamoo! Ines!"
Ines started to panic. "Why'd it say my name?!"
Tatl gasped. "He wants you to step forward!"
Hesitantly, Ines did as told. The transparent beings which were wandering around suddenly flew to her, shrouding her in a cloud of spirits and sprites. She wasn't sure what to make of the situation...
"Maybe they think you smell good," Nicole called out as if reading her mind.
"Ines does wear really nice perfume," Gilbert gushed beside her. Everyone else eyed him.
The guardian ignored them all and continued. "Urgah tamba wehweh chookuh luukah fundamao, hwerhwogh uoycivjo kaber cuohvlamoo! Bagsedf!" Ines stared at him blankly. The guardian sighed and waved his hand.
The transparent beings flew away, and then there was a bright flash of light!
Suddenly somebody appeared before the seven. It was a woman with long chestnut colored hair and a dress with earthen colors which ends looked like the tips of leaves. Her feet were wrapped in the same colored cloth and she wore a headband with a bunch of long, draping garnishes. Her entire ensemble resembled somebody that represented the forest, and beneath her feet were... barks of wood?
(A/N: Picture of her - http://i29(DOT)tinypic(DOT)com(SLASH)161kvnt(DOT)jpg
Don't forget to replace those thingies!)
She smiled kindly at them. "Hello."
Ines raised an eyebrow. "Who are you?"
"Is that how you greet your Goddess?"
Everybody froze. Goddess?
"My name is Aurees, the Goddess of Woodfall. And I choose you," she pointed at Ines, her attached hair-accessories floating in the air around her, "as my representative!"
"Oh wow! I'm so honored!" Ines squealed.
Everyone cheered and hugged her. Aurees smiled. Until there was a pause, that is.
Ines looked at Aurees sheepishly. "So what's that again?"
The earth goddess almost fell over in mid-air. "I suppose you all forgot that certain event during your excursion to Hyrule. Do you remember meeting her, the Goddess of Fairies, Keikya?"
Tatl stared. Wasn't the Goddess of Fairies only a fable?
But Nicole gasped, waving her hand in the air. "Oh yeeeaah! I'm her representative! But that was in Hyrule, though..."
Suddenly another flash of light occurred, and standing beside Aurees was another lady wearing a silver dress and sandals. Torso up she wore silver armor, more armor gracing her sandals, shoulders and forearms. Long silver hair fell down to her shins and on her back sprouted white wings, similar to Tatl's. On her forehead was a tiara with the Triforce symbol on it...
(A/N: Picture - http://i32(DOT)tinypic(DOT)com(SLASH)iciir8(DOT)jpg
Yeah. XD)
"Um, yeah, hi, did you forget about me?" she laughed, crossing her arms.
Nicole started squealing in happiness, waving her arms. "KEIKYAAAAAAA!"
"Whoa! You got so pretty!" Link commented. Gilbert and Brian were gawking. Ines and Hayarpi slapped them, respectively, knocking them out of their stupor.
Meanwhile Tatl was gawking. Was that...!? No way... but she was a myth!
Yet, there she floated, the Almighty, Powerful and Beautiful Fairy (or the Queen/Goddess of All Fairies), in all her tangible, substantial stuff, oh-so-gracefully sitting in mid-air in front of her and talking to the six like they were old friends...
Keikya, as her name was and the object of Tatl's current thoughts just giggled and decided to ignore the violence to her right. Instead she focused on the comment that came from the left, swatting her hand Link's direction. "Oh, Hero! Don't flatter me like that." She turned to Nicole, smiling. "Long time no see!" Nicole nodded in agreement, still grinning.
The yellow fairy blinked. Okay, so they were old friends...
"Yes, anyway," Aurees started. "So let's recap on what a representative is."
"Or we could always go to a flashback," Keikya suggested. "To that time in the Water Temple in Hyrule, when Nicole knew information that the others had no idea about."
"... Yeah, that'd be better."
"You're just lazy."
"Shuttup."
:: Flashback! ::
(We're In Hyrule, stupid!, Ch. 17)
Din nodded. "It's very simple. The Triforce pieces all watch over each other. Nayru chose Zelda, so she informs her of what happened to the rest of the Triforce pieces. Farore chose Link, but he can't know because he's the one who wished for something. Ganondorf got the Triforce, so I had no choice to inform him. Understand?"
"Okay then, but how does Nicole know?" Gilbert murmured.
"Well," Keikya started. "I'm a Goddess too so..."
"... You chose Nicole." Link finished. She nodded. He glanced at the back of his left hand, seeing the Triforce mark glowing gold. Brian noticed it, and then took Nicole's hands, inspecting, but there was nothing on it. "Then isn't she supposed to have a Triforce piece?"
"No, the Triforce only has three pieces," Keikya explained. "She has a Goddess piece."
Ines blinked. "What's that?"
"When a Goddess that is not part of the Triforce chooses a person for any reason, they get a Goddess piece," Nayru said.
Farore continued. "That is a holy piece that allows them to know what the Triforce pieces are up to."
Navi blinked. "Is the Goddess piece on her hand?"
"No, on her forehead. It glows with the respective color of her Goddess."
The fairy flew over to Nicole, landing on her shoulder. She eyed Nicole's forehead. A strange symbol appeared, softly glowing silver. "Hey! Cool!"
Nicole gasped. "Lemme see!" she whipped out a mirror out of nowhere and put it in front of her face. "Oooh, cooolie!" Link went over to her, staring. The rest ran and stared at her too. She sweatdropped.
After a while... "Okay, okay stop it! You guys are getting creepy!"
"Sorry." They all backed away.
:: End of Flashback! ::
"By the way, what was the reason for giving Nic a Goddess Piece again?" Hayarpi asked, looking to Nicole's Goddess in question.
Keikya tilted her head. "Because, as Link the Hero of Time's allies, you are all a certain icon of something, and represent that icon. Link's own icon is light and of course courage, and in Nicole's case, magic, and for Ines, it's earth. Plus we needed at least one outsider out of the Triforce pieces to know what's going on. Zelda was in hiding that time, Ganondorf's an idiot, and Link here sometimes forgets to mention important things..." she explained. Hayarpi just 'oh'-ed quietly.
"Do you want me to take back that compliment I made on you earlier?" the blond grumbled.
Keikya zapped him with a silver beam.
"OWCHIES!"
"So why all of a sudden am I chosen?" Ines asked, looking to the two Goddesses floating in front of them. She felt a strange tingling on her forehead.
Gilbert nodded. "Yeah, there's no Ganondorf or anything now."
"Just a falling moon and a possessed guy with a mask," Brian grumbled.
Aurees ignored Brian's remark, turning to Ines and smiling. "There wasn't much of a chance for us to come out during your Hyrule trip, so we're taking this chance to bestow the pieces. For sure it'll be of some use this time."
"I see."
"Plus I think you're cool."
Ines squealed. How loved she felt at the moment! A Goddess thought she was cool! Brian held back a laugh in the background; thankfully Ines didn't notice him. She turned to Aurees. "Thank you!" Then she took out a mirror and began to inspect a soft green glowing symbol that appeared on her forehead out of nowhere.
Everyone else gathered around her and gazed at it. "Oaaahhh!"
Nicole popped up beside her. Her own silver symbol glowed.
Everyone 'ooahh'-ed some more!
"Well," started the Fairy Goddess, everyone turning to her when she spoke. "I suppose I should be leaving now. It was nice seeing all of you again," she smiled warmly, but then eyed the yellow fairy. Keikya turned to Link, reminded of something. "By the way Hero, have you found...?"
The blond instantly knew what she was talking about. He shook his head, gaze shifting to the ground. "I've... been searching for a while now. But I couldn't. It's hard to pinpoint a location. She could be anywhere..."
Keikya frowned slightly at his reply. The earthlings exchanged understanding glances. She flew over to Link, gently patting his forearm. "Well, keep trying. Don't give up faith." Link only nodded in response. Then Keikya floated over to Nicole, gave her a high-five, and waved at everyone else before finally disappearing via the light she appeared from.
Then Aurees turned to everybody else. "Ines, use that Goddess Piece well, all right?"
"But I don't know how—"
"Thank you for rescuing Woodfall! And don't forget that Oath of Order song you guys just learned, it's important!"
"Ugah wugah bumbo EIGHTY CENTS PER POUND!" cried the guardian in all encouragement, not wanting to be left out.
Everyone stared at him, confused, until their vision suddenly turned dark...
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"AAAAAAAAHHHHH— OWWW!"
The six humans grumbled and complained and whined like little boys and girls as they got up, looking around. They had been dropped at the back entrance of the temple. Then they realized; the water that had surrounded it wasn't poisoned anymore! Everyone cheered some more.
Tatl however, was in her own world again. That was a lot of information she'd heard in the past few minutes. She glanced at the six, who were currently doing a victory limbo game with a stick they found nearby.
Those six... so they had gone on a quest before, in Hyrule, they met the friggin' Goddess of All Fairies aka Keikya who was believed to be a myth but she's actually real, there are such things as Goddess Pieces that do indefinite things, Link was called the Hero of Time making everyone else heroes and heroines or allies or whatever, and by the time he came to Termina he was looking for somebody...? Who?
Could it be that Navi person?
"Hey," Brian spoke up, gaining everyone's attention. "Don't we have a Deku princess to rescue?"
"OH YEAH!" Nicole said, letting go of her end of the limbo stick. It landed on Gilbert's face, and she started screaming when Ines began chasing her yelling death threats.
Tatl looked up at that, barking out, "Hey! I have a question!"
Everyone stopped and looked at the fairy.
"How did... and why did... you meet Keikya?"
There was an uncomfortable pause. Tatl looked around.
"Well..." Hayarpi spoke up, a little hesitant. "It... was during a huge fight. Gilbert had gotten sick and Ines was taking care of him, so it was just the five of us. We were against this giant dragon, and the area we were fighting in was so hot and unstable, we had no idea what was going on... then, Link got into an accident..."
At this, Link's arms automatically went up in front of his chest, as if shielding it. The other earthlings had shifted their gazes elsewhere, with somewhat hard expressions from the memory.
Tatl looked between them. Maybe she shouldn't have asked...
Hayarpi waved her hand. "Though we managed to defeat the dragon. Keikya came to us after and helped Link, and popped in from time to time to help us. So yeah, there."
"... Oh."
Yet another pause.
"Deku Princess," Gilbert whispered in the silence, reminding the others as well as trying to lighten the mood. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Right, right!" Tatl flew about. "Come on guys, let's get to it!"
She watched as they all looked around, spotted nothing, figured the Princess was still in the temple before heading back inside.
Tatl followed quietly.
Lots of things must have happened in that Hyrule land... perhaps it was better that she didn't know some of them.
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The seven were back in Woodfall Temple, via the back entrance. Upon entering, a shrub-covered entryway greeted them.
"Oh no! Whatever shall we do!?" Nicole sobbed. Link bust out his sword and hacked the shrub down. "... Oh."
"WHO ARE YOU!?" a voice squeaked in horror. Everyone peeped inside the little room they revealed, seeing a wooden girl with a large head clutching to the wall, terrified. "PLEASE DON'T USE ME FOR CAMPFIRE! I'M YOUNG AND UNDERDEVELOPED!"
"Indeed," Brian mumbled, eyeing her flat chest. Hayarpi smacked him for looking there.
I really think we're gonna end up bumping the rating in the future...
"We're not gonna use you for anything," Gilbert laughed, waving his hand. "You're the Deku Princess, right?"
"Y... yes..."
Everyone bowed slightly. "We're here to rescue you!" Link told her. "The monkey told us to come."
"Oh really?"
"Ya really!"
"No waaaaay!"
"Yes waaaaay!"
"Naaaahhh!"
"Yaaaaahhh!"
"... Awesome!" Everyone almost fell over. She unlatched herself from the wall. "That must mean he's safe, then! Oh thank goodness... I thought my dad would think that the monkey had kidnapped me when I didn't go home... and maybe even punish him! Hoo-hoo-hoo..."
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Above the fire was a large pot of water, and the white monkey was tied upside down, occasionally being dipped in it.
"HEY!" the monkey screamed. "Who are you guys!? Help me please!"
"Uwahaha!" the Deku King cackled. "Tonight we shall have monkey stew!"
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Dip!
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The earthlings, Link and Tatl looked at each other.
The Princess eyed all their suspicious movements. "... Why are you doing that."
Hayarpi laughed, scratching the back of her head. "Well, y'see..."
"That's exactly what he's doing!" Nicole grinned. She got smacked. "OWW! WHY!?"
"Oh yeah, way to break it to her gently," Tatl mumbled.
"HE'S ACTUALLY DOING THAT!?" the Princess exploded, waving her arms insanely. (Nicole rolled her eyes. "Well yeah, I just said so...") "WHY...! THAT STUPID HASTY-DECISION-MAKING PIECE OF FIREWOOD FATHER OF MINE!" she turned on them. "YOU SEVEN! WE HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE! BRING ME TO DEKU PALACE!"
"Okay, follow us!" Everyone turned to exit the room. Then they noticed the Princess wasn't following. They turned back around, looking at her in question.
She laughed a little but stared at the ground, twiddling her fingers. "Oh, um... I forgot to mention. There's a teeny problem..." The seven continued staring. "When I got captured... or well, before I got captured, I was running away... and then I tripped, and... kinda twisted my ankle."
The Deku Princess lifted the bottom of her skirt up, revealing a disgusting, bubbling, rotting split wooden ankle with green moss growing on it.
"Howdy ho!" came a voice from it.
Everyone just screeched and backed up.
"So yes, I can't walk. Can one of you carry me?"
"CoughLINKcough," Ines mumbled, shoving the blond forward.
"NO!" he shoved Gilbert.
"Ew!" Gilbert shoved Brian.
"No way in heck."
The Princess pouted. "Fine! Then isn't there anything else you can carry me in!?"
"Something that'll fit you?" Tatl mumbled, exchanging glances with the humans. "I don't think we have anything..." she paused, eyeing a glass object around one of their belts. "... Except..."
"... Except?"
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It was so terrible, so horrid, the girls couldn't watch! Except Nicole, of course, who was watching the scene in half dread, half fascination.
"AAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE! OW OW OW OWWIIEE!"
"She! Won't! Fit!" Brian grunted as he stood on the Deku Princess's head, jumping up and down. "Her head's too big!"
Link almost fell over as one arm smacked him in the face, trying to keep the bottle standing up. "Jump harder! Or higher! Whatever!"
Half the Deku Princess's body was squished in the bottle already. The bottle, despite being made of glass, was being a real trooper and not breaking while all this was happening.
Gilbert was standing a little ways back, pondering... until! "OH HEY! Idea!" he ran away. Then he came back with a huge bucket of melted butter.
"Where'd you get that from!?"
"Internet!"
Nicole went over and dipped a section of some corn cob she found in it. "Mmm mmm good!"
After Gilbert shooed Brian off the princess's head, he cackled, hoisting the bucket up over his shoulders. Then he dumped it all over the wooden royal. The rest of her easily popped right into the bottle.
Ines and Hayarpi turned around and cheered. Brian and Link breathed a sigh of relief. Nicole ate her corn cob.
"Okay, okay, so she's in there, let's go return her!" Tatl urged.
The Deku Princess squeaked in agreement. "P-please! I can't last in here too long!"
Link grabbed the bottle, wiping the butter off and stuffing it in his dimensional pocket. He punched a fist into the air. "All right, then! Let's goooo!"
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"OH WAIT!" Brian, who had been leading the group, stopped immediately, causing everyone else to crash into him and all of them falling over in a heap.
"What is it," Link grumbled as he landed right above him, poking his cheek.
Brian swat his hand away and looked at Nicole. "You! Stray fairies!"
She 'oh'-ed. "Oh yeeaahhh!"
"Princess, we're going to make a quick stop first," informed Hayarpi as she looked at the bottle. The Deku Princess only grunted. "... I'll take that as an 'ok'..."
"Where's the shrine, Tatl?" Ines looked to the fairy.
"Why can't you guys look for it yourselves?" Tatl scoffed.
"Why are you always giving us attitude!?"
"Why are you guys always so friggin' lazy!?"
Nicole made a tally mark. "Okay, second fight of the day... right? I don't remember..."
"Jeez! You piss me off! Stupid fairy!" Ines had to be held back by the boys again from beating the fairy up. Though this time, Tatl only laughed. Ines stopped struggling. "Why the heck are you laughing!?"
"You get so worked up," she cackled, then pointed to a cave. "The fountain's right there. Come on!" Tatl flittered on ahead.
Ines stared. "... WHY YOU!"
Nicole tilted her head, pausing from her writing. Hayarpi looked at her. Grinning, Nicole crossed off that tally mark she made in her notebook.
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"Ugh, these things again," Link mumbled, eyeing the pink carrot-y looking things.
Ugh? Tatl twitched. "What 'ugh'?! Don't 'ugh' the Great Fairy!"
Nicole giggled. Brian threw a bag of rocks at her. "Speaking of bags," he said, dusting his hands off. "Secretary Lady, dump the carrot things out!"
"Yessir!" the girl drew out her pink glowing bag of carrot fairies and dumped them in front of the others. All the pink ones squeaked at seeing their lost comrades, hugging each other, then a bright flash of pink...
When everyone lowered their arms, there stood a pink-haired Great Fairy, laughing like a banshee. "AHAHJHJHDGBFEGWNFHSERT!"
"What kind of laugh is that!?" Hayarpi started cracking up in the background.
GF ignored her. "Thank you heroes and heroines, for restoring me back to my normal state! As a sign of my appreciation, I grant you..." she extended her arms, pink light surrounding the six.
Lalala...
"THE SPIN ATTACK! With a wider range!"
Da da da daaa!
"We barely use it," Gilbert mumbled.
The GF waved her hand. "Whatever. That's your first gift. Thanks again! Bye!" she giggled, winked at the boys, then disappeared back into her fountain.
"Eww, violatiooon," Link sobbed, hugging himself. Brian and Gilbert just twitched.
"Okay can we go now!?" the Princess sobbed from her bottle. Everyone 'oh yeeeaahh!'-ed and exited the fountain.
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Upon entering the throne room, the six Deku scrubs were greeted warmly by the King.
"You six again? What do you want now!?"
Everyone stared at me. What?
"Put me r-right in front of my dad!" the Princess urged. "Huh-hurry!"
"Okay, okay!" Link climbed up in front of the King, dumping the Princess out (who was still covered in butter by the way).
In an instant, all the music in the Palace stopped. The guards turned to look, and the monkey above the pot stopped blubbering too. The Deku King gave one humongous gasp. "OOAAHH! My princess! My darling princess! You are all right? I was so worried."
Then she tackled him down, butter flying everywhere. "YOOOOOUUUUU!"
"AAAAGGHHH! NO MY DARLING! OOWWW!"
The music started up again. Hayarpi giggled. "Aww, look at that, how protective she is of that monkey..."
Ines shivered at the mental images. "Hello, we went over this already? Jeez Hayarpi. Really. Eww."
"What would their kids look like?" Gilbert wondered, tilting his head. The rest of the group shuddered.
Meanwhile the Deku Princess had ordered the guards to let the monkey go. They did so hastily, taking him down from above the pot, untying the rope and freeing him. The Deku Princess gasped, crushing the animal in a tight embrace. "Oooohhhh I'm soooo sorry, Mr. Monkey! I really am! My dad is such a piece of firewood!"
The monkey sweatdropped. "I understand, Princess! No problem! But has the temple been restored?"
"Yes, thanks to these seven with mysterious powers!" she gestured at everyone else.
"Oah!" the monkey looked to them. "Thank you! We really appreciate it! Who are you guys again?"
Tatl sighed, rubbing her forehead. "Ah, it doesn't matter."
"... Well okay."
"But we have to go," Hayarpi said, looking around and eyeing the clock. It was already evening of the third day. "We... don't really have too much time left." And she meant that quite literally!
The Princess 'oh'-ed quietly. But then she perked up when she remembered something. "Oh wait! We really thank you for all your hard work and bravery, and letting you go empty handed will just not do! So our butler has prepared something for you!"
"Really?!" Nicole gasped. "Is it food?! I'm starving!"
"... No, it's not."
"... Aww..."
"But either way, please accept it! It's in the shrine that will be to your right when you leave the palace."
"Okay, we'll check it out," Tatl promised, already shoving the others out.
Gilbert waved. "Bye! Take care!"
"We will! Thank you again!"
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The seven stepped out of the palace, staying in their Deku forms. They walked along, with Nicole mumbling to herself about things that they should have got instead. "Not even a cookie or anything, ugh..." she leaned back, put a hand on her tummy, and screamed to the sky. "I'M SO HUNNGRRRRYYYYYY!"
"SHADDAP!" a Deku Guard yelled, throwing a rock at her head. Nicole's eye twitched and she took out a match box, lighting one and shaking it at the guard. He squeaked and withdrew back into the ground.
Ines laughed a little at her actions. "You're such a (beep)!"
"When I'm hungry, yes."
"Didn't you eat a corn cob earlier?" Gilbert asked.
"Yeah but it was a tiny one..."
As they were talking they reached the cave to the right of the palace, seeing the Butler standing there with a candle. "Oh, you six!" he bowed as he saw the team. "Again, I thank you kids with mysterious powers for bringing back our Princess and restoring Woodfall back to its normal state. As a sign of our appreciation, we Deku have prepared something for you. I shall lead one of you to the location."
"Hold on, one of us?" Ines asked. The Butler nodded.
Everyone looked at each other.
They shoved Link forward. "We choose you, Linky-poo!" Nicole cackled.
Link's eye twitched. "Why is it always me!?"
"Come on Link, take one for the team," Gilbert grinned.
"... I always take one for the team..."
Hayarpi giggled, patting his back. "Then it won't hurt to take another!"
The Butler nodded, taking out an umbrella. "Mr. Link, is it?" he paused for a moment. "Actually when I see you, I am reminded of my son who left home long ago..."
"Really?"
There was an awkward pause. The Butler opened his umbrella. "Well anyway. All right, Mr. Link, please follow me!" He flew away.
Link sweatdropped before sprinting after him, Tatl following.
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"Haha, royal flush!"
"This is checkers, dumbbutt!" Brian grumbled, smacking Nicole over the head. He stood up. "I don't wanna play any games with her anymore."
Nicole sobbed. "First I have no food and now one of my friends hates meeee! What's up with thisss! Does the world hate me!? Does everybody hate me!? I think so! Grr!"
'You're wrong. I don't hate you.'
She froze.
The rest of the earthlings noticed her instant quietness, looking over to the Asian girl. "What's up?" Gilbert asked.
Nicole looked around. That male voice... it surely wasn't Brian or Gilbert. It sounded familiar though—her eyes widened in realization.
It was that voice!
The same one that spoke to her in Woodfall Temple!
Nicole screamed. Everyone covered their ears, twitching. "YOU GUYS!" she screeched, latching onto Hayarpi who was the nearest thing. "You guys help me! He's here!"
"Who?"
"The Phaaaantom of the Operaaaaaaa!"
Brian smacked her again. Hayarpi eyed him. If they got married, would he be that abusive to her...?
"I mean, that mysterious-sexy voice!" Nicole continued.
Ines 'oh'-ed. "The same one from Woodfall?"
"YES!" she sobbed, falling to the floor. "What the heck! What if he wants to eat me!? Why can only I hear him? Why can't you guys?! I'm scared! I'm freaked out! I'm gonna pass out!"
And pass out she did.
Just then a blue light appeared beside them, and Link and Tatl materialized from it. Link yanked off his Deku Mask and he took deep, heavy breaths as he stepped out, an object in his right hand.
"Hey there, Linkeh!" Gilbert grinned. "Got that sign of appreciation?"
Link held up the mask, wiping the sweat from his brow and panting out, "Mask of... Scents... but he... made me... RUN... and... JUMP... A LOT... and... and... I need... wa... ter..." he collapsed on the ground too.
Brian picked the mask up. "... Eh, it's ugly. Whuzzit do?"
"Tracks scents," Tatl informed.
"What else?"
"Makes you snort like a pig."
Then Nicole awoke, sitting up. "I wanna see!" she took it and slapped it on Gilbert's face. Gilbert started snorting and sniffing all over the area just as the Asian girl started cracking up.
Ines, though, was completely horrified, yanking it off Gilbert's face and throwing it aside. "Nooo, it's killing his hotness!"
"Hey guys," called Hayarpi as she peeked outside. It was dark and the moon was frighteningly close. Everyone looked at her in question. "Have we done everything we could in this cycle? There's only a few hours left 'til sunrise..."
"Probably," Brian said, recalling the events. "Oh well, let's do Song of Time anyway, I don't want to die. Someone wake Link up."
Gilbert raised his hand. "I will!"
"NO IT'S OKAY!" Link sprinted up immediately. Gilbert sweatdropped heavily. "All right, Song of Time..." He withdrew his ocarina from his pocket.
In the shadows, somebody watched as the blond lifted the potato-shaped instrument to his lips, playing six simple notes. His gaze then shifted to the black-haired, crimson-eyed girl who was still giggling from earlier.
A smile formed on his lips.
He'd make his appearance soon enough.
A/N: Who's excited for the mysterious guy!? I'm excited for the mysterious guy! I've been planning him for a while!
Ryo/Link/Niagra: Who is he!?
A/N: As long as you stick with this story, no matter how long I update each chapter, you shall find out! Muahahahahaa!
Ryo/Link/Niagra: x.X;;
A/N: Now, time for chapter 9's ('09 note: chapter 12 :3) excuse in advance... it is summer now, and I shall be going on my exchange trip in July, and just traveling a lot in August! So... there might not be any updates during that. I'm sorry if there's none. I REALLY AAAMMM! But it's two months! At least it ain't four... XD;; So anyway, please review! Okey dokey laterz!
- nagami c.