Chapter 29
Brad walked out of his house followed by Charlie, Link, Navi and Izzy. They walked around the village, but they didn't see many plants or Kokiri outside. Suddenly, they heard a girl's scream. They found the source of the scream on top of a nearby house. It was Fado! One of the huge plants had her trapped on top of the house. As soon as she saw Brad, she called to him for help.
"Hey boss! Please help me! I don't want to be eaten by that thing!"
Brad quickly reached behind him and brought forth a large beautiful scimitar! Before anyone could stop him, he dashed towards the plant with amazing speed. The plant saw him and lost interest in Fado. It turned it's ugly head towards Brad and opened it's huge mouth wide open. As he got closer, the plant lunged at Brad. He easily dodged it by rolling out of the way. He quickly ran over to the house that Fado was on top of and proceeded to climb it. The plant lunged at Brad again. He took his scimitar and stabbed it in it's mouth. It roared in pain, but it only seemed to make it angrier. It started to get closer to Brad once again. After finally reaching the roof of the house, he waited for the plant to get closer. He had a plan to finish it off. He held his scimitar by his side and waited for the gargantuan plant to get a little closer. Brad nodded. It was close enough for a perfect hit. With a roar, He leaped off the roof of the house with his scimitar in both hands pointed down. He got right above the plant's head and brought his blade down with tremendous force. It cleaved the plant's head in two. He was covered in green slime. He could hear a lot of cheering around him.
"Thanks for saving me, boss! That was incredible!", yelled Fado.
"That plant didn't stand a chance! Well done!", said Charlie.
Link walked over and bowed in front of Brad.
"I'm honored to be your friend. You're a very skilled swordsman now. I now know that I learned from the very best when you taught me sword skills seven years ago."
Navi was curious about the scimitar that Brad carried.
"Where did you get that scimitar, brad? I thought you trained with staves."
Brad smiled.
"Yes I know, Navi. I liked to train to staves until I got my hands on this beauty. It happened about four years ago. We were attacked. The five attackers were dark skinned females and they wore red and green clothes. They called themselves the Gerudo and they told us to surrender or die. Me and my clan didn't want to back down. I had everyone trained in the use of staves in case an attack ever happened. We told them to leave our village or there would be a lot of bloodshed. They simply laughed at us and started to chase us with scimitars. I managed to get everyone together and in the fighting, we managed to disarm their leader. I took her scimitar and chopped her head clean off. After the remaining gerudo saw their leader fall, they started to run away. We all took our staves and threw them like spears. We pinned two of them in the back and took their weapons."
Link gasped.
"Wow that's a good story. What happened then?"
Brad continued his story.
"We managed to chase the remaining two into the Great Deku Tree's meadow. Me, Fado and Saria all had scimitars and we closed in on the two while everyone else blocked the only way out of the meadow. One of them jumped at Saria and disarmed her. I ran over and put my blade through the gerudo's gut. The remaining gerudo tried to attack me. That wasn't a smart move. I easily dodged her attack and stabbed my blade into her back. That's how I got this beautiful weapon. The other two scimitars are in my house. I didn't think we needed them. Now, Link. I want you to tell me how you are able to shoot fireballs."
Link smiled.
"Well, I learned how to from a soldier named Viscen. He handed me a red orb and as I held it, it got smaller and then it disappeared. He told me the power went inside my body. He showed me how to shoot the fireball. I will show you the power if we run into any more plants okay? I don't want to burn the forest down accidently."
Brad frowned.
"All right. Have it your way. I hope we find another plant because I want to see your fire powers!"
Link sighed. He could tell Brad badly wanted to see his fireball ability.
"All right. You convinced me. Let's go to the training area and I will shoot a training dummy with a fireball."
Brad cheered loudly.
"That's the spirit, buddy! Let's go!"
Brad ran towards the training area with Link, Charlie, Navi and Izzy trying to keep up. Fado giggled as she watched them go.
"Hah hah! Looks like the boss is really excited to see that fireball. Maybe I should check it out too."
Fado carefully climbed down from the house and ran after them.
Upon entering the training ground, Brad could hear muffled grunts. He walked over to Makar and Dregal's house which was right beside the training ground. He caught a glimpse of movement behind the house. He walked over to investigate and he found Makar and Dregal bound tight with vines. They were sitting behind their house. As He walked closer to them, two plants suddenly emerged from the ground. They tried to bite Brad, but he quickly rolled out of the way. He shouted out a cry of distress, hoping the others would hear him.
"Hey guys! I'm behind Makar and Dregal's house! I need assistance!"
Fado was still trying to catch up to the others, but she heard the cry and started to run faster. She shouted a reply to Brad.
"I'm on my way, boss! I'll show the others where you are!"
As soon as Link, Charlie, Navi and Izzy heard the shouting, they turned around and saw Fado running towards them. Link heard Brad, but he didn't see where he went. Fado ran ahead of everyone and motioned everyone else to follow.
When they got behind the house, they saw the two big plants. Brad heard them approach. He turned to Link.
"Well man, shall we do this? You take out the right one with a fireball. I got the left one."
Link nodded. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate. Meanwhile, Brad ran over to the left plant. The one on the right went to lunge at him, but before it could get close enough, a huse fireball struck it and blew it's head off. Brad gasped in shock. Such power! He wanted the power himself. He turned his attention to the remaining plant. He held his sword behind him and he slowly started to spin. As the spinning got faster, he moved towards the plant with amazing speed. The plant tried to bite Brad, but nothing could stop Brad once he started a spin attack. Brad severed the plant's head from it's body and he stopped spinning. He held his head.
"Oh man am I ever dizzy! I need to sit down!"
Everyone cheered as Brad sat down on the ground. Charlie and Link cut the vines restraining Makar and Dregal. Once the vines around their mouths were removed, Makar related their story.
"We were in the training area practicing our skills with our staves. Then without warning, those huge plants grabbed us from behind and restrained us. They kept looking at us and drooling. I'm certain that they were planning to eat us. Thank you, boss. Thank you, Link. We owe you two our lives."
Izzy flew above everyone's heads.
"Hey, everybody! Three cheers for Link and Brad! These two have been a constant help am I'm proud to be Brad's fairy partner! I took a quick look around and there are no plants left as well!"
Everyone gave Link and Brad three loud cheers.
"Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!"
Link scuffed his boots in embarrassment.
"No problem. It was nothing really."
Brad looked over at him.
"Don't be so modest, pal. You saved our hides with that awesome fireball ability. Can you please teach that to me?"
Link smiled.
"I don't know how to. Like I said, the power went inside me from that red orb. Tell you what. I will talk to Viscen and see if he can give me an orb to give to you."
Brad gasped in amazement.
"You would do that for me? Thank you so much, Link! You are a true friend. I'm glad to see that seven years hasn't affected our friendship! Now before you go, I need you to check the Forest Temple in the Lost woods. Saria went there to investigate an evil presence she felt. I fear that may be in danger!"
Just as those words left Brad's mouth, Link started to remember what Shiek said about the forest sage. His words suddenly came to mind.
"The sage in the Forest Temple is waiting for the call of awakening. The sage is a girl I am sure you know."
The sage of the Forest Temple... was it possible that the sage was Saria? Link shook his head and looked at Brad.
"Okay. We will go and check it out. Which way to the lost woods?"
Brad pointed to a hill near the forest shop.
"Just climb that hill. The entrance is on the top. Good luck, Pal!"
Link, Charlie and Navi proceeded towards the hill as their journey to the Forest Temple began.
