Finally, we get to hear Link(HoW)'s story. Hope you enjoy it.
Chapter Eighteen: The story of how HoW got back to the present
Link landed, in epic failure style, on his backside. Having just been blown away by a huge gust of wind, he was still recovering. Lying on his back, in the damp grass, he glanced to his left and saw the conductor's baton. The Wind Waker.
Picking it up, he realised that, like the Ocarina of Time, this item had mystical qualities, and may be able to travel in time.
Conducting the Song of Time, Link closed his eyes, and focussed on Outset Island. Instead of arriving on the island, like he had expected, a thud of horse hooves could be heard.
Looking up, Link saw a young blonde girl riding a white horse. Lifting himself from the floor, Link dusted himself off, and watched as the horse drew closer.
"Excuse me, have you seen a boy in a black tunic?" asked the girl,
"Yes, why?" Link replied,
"Oh, it's not important, I just wanted to talk to him,"
"Well, he was supposed to be helping take me and a friend home, but he only went and kidnapped her and left me here,"
The girl frowned, "He wouldn't do that…"
"Well, I'm afraid he did, I'm Link, by the way," said Link (shock!),
"He was called Link as well, oh well," the girl sighed, "I'm Zelda, Princess Zelda,"
Link started in surprise, "Zelda? I think I know your descendant,"
"You're from the future then?" Zelda asked, not surprised at all,
Link just nodded, and then something occurred to him, "How come I can't use the Wind Waker to travel in time?"
"The Wind Waker is a conductor's baton, it won't travel in time without someone singing or playing an instrument," Zelda told him,
"Can anyone sing?" Link asked,
"No, only someone with a pure voice can make it work, fortunately, I have a pretty pure voice,"
"Are you sure you're not being a little overconfident?"
"No, I've been told so myself,"
"OK, well I'd like to get home, I'll try and get your Link back for you,"
"Thanks,"
With Link conducting and Zelda singing, a hole in the fabric of time and space began opening in front of them,
Suddenly, a voice began pouring out of the 'time hole', "Yes, and I'm really sorry…" It was the Hero of Time, and he'd just started telling his story,
Continuing their rendition of the Song of Time, Link and Zelda listened to the story. Soon, the time hole was large enough for Link to go through, but Link couldn't get through, until HoT played the Song of Time on the Ocarina of Time, breaking down the walls of time and both sides.
Link moved to go through the portal, but before he could, Zelda grabbed his arm, "Before you go, I think you should know, when you go through this portal it will close, and the walls will rebuild themselves, stronger than before, you'll need some more time energy, like the Wind Waker, the Ocarina of Time, a Rusty Swordfish guitar, and don't forget the pure voice,"
Link nodded, "I won't, and then Link walked through the portal, while Zelda resumed her singing to keep the hole open.
Sheik turned wide-eyed, towards HoW, she hadn't spoken to anyone since HoW had rescued her from the Fairy Fountain. Didn't look like she was about to either.
"So, we need the Ocarina of Time, which I have, the Wind Waker, that you have, a Rusty Swordfish guitar, that Mikau has. But the pure voice thing is going to be a problem," HoT said,
"Why?" HoW asked,
"Well, Zelda was the one who had the pure voice, and she's long dead, and it's very likely that the whole royal family is dead, so I can't ever go home," and with that, HoT sat on the floor, glumly.
"He doesn't know, does he?" HoW asked, turning to Tetra,
Tetra smiled, until she realised what Link was implying, "No way, I am not singing, I can't," she said,
HoT looked at HoW, then at Tetra, then back at HoW, and then he figured it out, "Are you suggesting… that Tetra is part of the royal family?"
"Not just that, she is Princess Zelda, yeah, the royal family has a weird tradition, once or twice every few decades, they name one of the girls Zelda," HoW informed HoT,
"Yeah, but I'm still not singing, I sound like a seagull," Tetra said stubbornly,
"So the pure voice thing isn't hereditary, which means you're in trouble, Hero of Time," said Mikau,
"Well, maybe, if we have other magical instruments and such, we won't need a pure voice," Aveil said, "The four of us have instruments that were given to our ancestors by the royal family, each one has the symbol of the Triforce on it, and I think the Wind Waker has one on it,"
"It does," said HoW, "You just have to look really close,"
"Well, I have some drums, Mikau has his guitar, Sheik has a harp, and Aveil has a violin," Dangoro said,
"Well, I could help provide more energy, I can manipulate time," Ciela piped in,
"Well, I can't provide any actual help, but I can play an Ocarina," said Tetra, pulling out the fake Ocarina of Time.
The three Spirits gathered close to the Ocarina, and suddenly the blue ocarina glowed. When the light dissipated, the Ocarina had changed to a yellow hue, and the symbol of the Ocean King had appeared on the side of it, but the Triforce symbol was still on the mouthpiece.
"Now it is the Ocarina of the Ocean King, we have used our small portions of his power to create this for you. Now you can help," Neri told Tetra,
Having gathered their instruments, with HoT standing in the middle of the circle of everybody else, with Ciela floating above HoT's head, ready to begin.
"Let's get this time travel party started!" HoT said, psyched to be going home.
Well, what could happen next. Thanks for reviewing this story so far, I have billions of ideas buzzing around my head, that will eventually be on here.