Here is the next chapter of 'Forever Linked' Hope you enjoy! Here, have an internet cookie (It's peanut butter)
I still do not own Loz. Why would i be writing a Fanfic about it if i DID own it? :P
"You want me to play a song? Why would I need to do what a Deku scrub tells me?" The Hero of Time argued.
"Look if you knew who I was you would listen to me, and no, you're not going to know until after you play the song. Don't worry it is very easy to play, way easier than the nocturne of shadow, all you have to do is play Saria's song backwards." Scrub stated impatiently.
Dusk and Tiny just watched on with confusion, but not daring to interrupt.
"Fine, but how do you so much about me? And why do they," He pointed towards Dusk and Tiny, "especially the tall one, look so much like me? Not to mention the hat you're wearing."
"Just play the song." The Scrub practically yelled.
"Great Nayru, calm down, I'm playing! What's the song called?" Link pulled out the Ocarina of Time and right when he put his mouth on it, Navi whispered into his ear.
"Listen, I don't know what is going to happen when you play the song, but I don't think this scrub has evil intentions. He seems familiar for some reason." Link just nodded never pulling his mouth away from the precious instrument.
"It's called the 'Song of Healing'."
Every note that came out of the sacred ocarina filled the air with the feeling of magic. The tune seemed to make everyone who heard it feel their weariness and troubles melt away into thin air. All too quickly the melody ended, fading away into nothing, leaving the ones who heard it in a state of peace.
Everyone looks as peaceful as I feel, all except Scrub, he looks distressed. What's happening to him? The older Hero of Time wondered while looking at the one they call Scrub. The latter had his hands gripping the sides of his head, and was shaking his head about, and letting out distressed moans.
The next thing anyone saw was a light purple and blue light that temporarily blinded the Links that were watching the Deku with faces of concern. (No not the same type of flash as the dimension teleporting thing :P) Standing where the Deku scrub just was, was a kid that looked strikingly similar to the older Link they just encountered, only younger.
"OH THANK HYLIA THAT ACTUALLY WORKED!" The now Hylian Scrub yelled to himself while fist bumping the air. A mask resembling the Deku face he just moments ago had, laid at his feet. He quickly snatched it up and stuffed in unceremoniously into his pouch.
"I think I am going to pass out." Link and Navi said at the same time. Navi actually lived up to her word because she was now resting on Link's hat, unconscious.
"Oi, so that's what you really look like, I would have thought you older, maybe 14. Not 11 or 12." Dusk said which he followed with a tsk tsk sound.
"You already saw us, and didn't freak out TOO bad, why are you suddenly so surprised?" Tiny inquired the teen, honestly wondering the latter.
"… Um… Well first of all HE WAS JUST A DEKU SCRUB! Second off, he is me from the past." Link finally found his voice, to freak out. Scrub nodded, confirming his thought process.
"How does- wait, hold on I think I understand." Dusk looked like he was deep in thought, until the realization dawned on him.
"I still don't get it. How is he physically you? Wait does that mean I will run into a future me?!" Tiny asked with a VERY confused expression. Which earned him several glances from the others.
"No, unless you have ever time-traveled before now." Scrub stated.
"You seriously haven't heard of the legendary Hero of Time? He- you know what, how about we have Scrub and Time explain what they did." Said Dusk, while glancing at the Heroes of Time.
"Time? Why couldn't I be called that? We're both the same person." Scrub asked, already knowing the answer.
"Well like you said, there are two of you, and you can't both be called Time, and we were already calling you Scrub. Plus it's hilarious." Dusk answered. Which earned a snort from Scrub. Time and Tiny giggled and nodded enthusiastically, at that.
"Anyway, so I pulled out the Master Sword 7 years ago, and got sent to the future rather un-expectantly, since I thought I was just picking up the sword. The next thing I knew, I was 17 physically, and still 10 mentally, but of course I had to/have too mature just as my body had-"
"Wait your only 10?!" Tiny and Dusk yelled simultaneously.
"Yes now can he continue?" Scrub answered for Time.
After what seemed like an hour, Time and Scrub finally finished their story. "So now can you guys answer why YOU look like me- Er us." Time asked while pointing to himself and Scrub.
Well we are all named Link, and are all from different Hyrules, from different eras. Well except for you two." Tiny answered while motioning to both Heroes of Time.
"Ok, well stranger things have happened, like how I just met my younger-yet-older self. Which reminds me, hey Scrub, I've been thinking about what Dusk said right after you became you again, you do look older than 10, also you have a lot of explaining to do about that mask thingy." Time asked curiosity getting the better of him.
I knew this was coming… then again I should have because this is me we're talking about here. Scrub sighed before speaking. "Yeah, well after I saved Hyrule from Gannondork, I went out looking for Navi, for the next year or so, and I kind of got lost in the Lost Woods. I was on Epona walking along, until two fairies named Tatl and Tael, along with a skull kid with a strange mask on, scared Epona, and I got knocked out for a little bit. When I regained my senses, the skull kid was blowing on the Ocarina of Time, and when I went to get it back, he jumped on Epona, and ran off. When I followed them I fell down a hole that apparently led to an alternate world, called Termina. When I landed, the blasted skull kid, turned me into a Deku Scrub."
Everyone just sat by watching, not really sure what to say.
"Anyway, the skull kid was pulling the moon down to crush all of Termina. Also, when I became me again this mask appeared," He pulled out the Deku Mask. "Now whenever I put it on, I inhabit the body of a Scrub again. Oh and I also have ones that let me turn into a Goron, and a Zora." He added taking out the two other masks. He looked up at his younger-but-older self's confused face, and added. "It's best to not ask questions, especially since you haven't gone through this yet yourself."
"O-kay? Do I even want to know about you guys? Bec-" Time asked while pointing to the other two, but got cut off by two bright white/yellow flashes exploding in their faces. (Yes, dimension time travel this time)
"You two alright? Heeellloooo? Could you get the hell off me?" A slightly familiar voice threatened to wake the two people up. "I was just walking by these trees to see where I was, when you two appeared spontaneously in the tree, and then proceeded to fall straight onto me, and I am kind of stuck, because both of you are on my legs and on my arms and chest."
It's bad enough that I'm in this unknown place, and that these random people fell on me, but why did they HAVE to fall asleep while still on me?
"Oh Farore, I'm SO sorry!" One of them thankfully answered back. "I will get off as soon as Time gets his lazy ass off me."
"Huh?" Came the other one's groggy response. "Oh right, sorry Tiny, right?"
"Yup, but can you ask LATER?!" Time finally got the urgency and tumbled off of Tiny. Underneath the smaller Link, was another look alike, not Scrub or Dusk though, but a new person entirely.
The person who was at the bottom of the heap, stood up and dusted himself off. When he looked up, he had a look of confusion, but he didn't look too shaken.
"I presume your name is Link right?" The taller one, Time, asked the boy who was just on the bottom of the pig pile. The boy nodded, but looked skeptical.
Link looked at both of them, giving them a 'how do you know this? I've certainly never met you two before' look.
"So you don't talk much?" Tiny noticed. "Both our names are Link, but we both have nicknames, which is why I am called Tiny, and he is called Time. Speaking of which, we should pick a nickname for you. Time, you want to give it a go?"
"I'm on it!" Time answered way to jovial, but then again he truly was the youngest.
"O-kay, so what did you do in your lifespan?" Tiny asked after Time's joyous response.
The newest Link took a huge gulp of air and began to explain. "Well I am called the Hero of Legends, but what legend I have been considering that last adventure I was on wasn't even real, but a dream world. Like that is just a myth, why did it feel so real then? How am I a hero if I just doomed the dream island by waking up the giant Wind Fish? Legend, how? All I did was walk around collect 7 instruments that I don't even know how to play, and I had to play them all at once in front of that blasted floating whale, for what for all my hard work to disappear along with the ENTIRE ISLAND! My first quest was 5 times more useful than that stupid dream walk, I saved the whole of the dark world and Hyrule from someone whose name makes your ears bleed, Agahnim, who really turned out to be a teal psychotic pig demon named Gannon. …Sorry I had to get that off my chest, I've… kind of been holding that in for a while." The Link that was practically silent until this point, burst out.
"I… did… not expect that. You ok there? Do you need to sit down now?" Tiny asked the now panting Link.
"You said you're the Hero of legend?" Time asked still clearly on the task of finding a nickname.
"More like a myth, than lege-"The breathless Link started but got interrupted by Time.
"THAT'S IT! I GOT IT! MYTH!" Time yelled to no one in particular.
"Myth? What kind of name is that?!" Tiny asked.
"What kind of name is Tiny?" The newly dubbed Myth piped in.
"Hey don't judge me, Dusk chose it, and he wouldn't let me change it! We kind of got off-topic, so Myth, we are we?" Tiny asked.
"I don't know, like I said earlier, I just appeared on this random island and went to take a look around when you two goofs landed on me, promptly falling asleep for 5 mineuts." Myth replied.
"So you're not from here either? Huh." Time asked. He looked as if he was going to continue talking but something floating in the water coming towards them caught his eye.
"Is that a boat, with a face?" Tiny asked mystified.
"Dusk? DUSK CAN YOU GET OFF OF MY FACE?!" Scrub yelled at a sleeping Dusk, who was currently on top of the younger boy. "I swear you weigh like 200 pounds!"
"Ouch, that hurts my feeling." Dusk said with as much sarcasm as he could muster, which was quite a lot, for he created a lethal amount. "Oh great Nayru, calm yourself, I'm getting off see?" Dusk continued, while slowly, very slowly getting off of Scrub. "Hey, do you know where Tiny, and time went? Maybe they got sent somewhere else?" He continued completely oblivious to what Scrub was doing underneath him.
As soon as Scrub could move his arms again, he reached behind his back and placed his hand on the hilt of his gilded sword. In one swift motion, Scrub yanked his sword out of its sheath and proceeded to smack the head of the still unaware dusk with the handle.
"Oh so you want to spar, don't ya?" Dusk countered, and with that he unsheathed his sword quite masterfully, without making a sound. He rolled to the right twice and somehow managed to get behind the younger boy, and did a spin attack in the air, right onto Scrub's back. Luckily for them both, he still had his shield attached to his back.
How did he know that? I've been practicing on creating a move just like that! That was perfect execution! Scrub thought as he began to spar with the older one. Their swords and shields creating sparks whenever they came in contact with the other hero's weapon. They matched each other perfectly, except when Dusk pulled off some of his fancy moves.
After their little sparring match Scrub was back to thinking just how Dusk had seemed to know the tricks he was creating. He pulled them off so precisely! Maybe my sword techniques get passed on by my relatives? Who cares, at least I know the techniques I'm making work efficiently.
"You… are a worthy opponent, we should spar more often. You know, you kind of remind me of this certain skeletal warrior." Dusk said in between breaths.
"Umm, thanks I guess? Oh and ditto to you. Hey it's getting a little dark, do you think we should go find shelter?" Scrub asked.
"Well there is a little house over there with the lights on, maybe we should go to that house and ask for shelter. I would much rather sleep in a house, than in a makeshift tent with two other guys right next to me, like last time." Dusk observed while shuddering as he remembered the previous night. It had been after him and Tiny had met Scrub, and agreed to go with him to the clock tower to defeat this 'Majora' dude. After Scrub ended his explanation, they realized it was already night time. Scrub had been complaining about this 'Stock Pot Inn' being all booked out, so they had set up a makeshift 'tent' in the laundry pool area, and all slept practically on top of each other.
"Ughhh." Scrub shivered. "I hope whoever lives here is kind enough to let us stay." They began to walk up to the line house, and when they got there Dusk started impatiently banging on the door. A muffled conversation could be heard from the inside of the house.
"Oh Din, who could it possibly be at this time of night? IM KINDA BUSY RIGHT NOW!"
"Calm down Paint, just go answer the door, whoever's out there sure wants you to open it." A second voice called to the first one.
"Your right, Ora. I'm sorry but a whole lot has happened today, and I'm kind of ready for the day to end so I can get some sleep." The one who was apparently named Paint answered back, with his voice becoming louder as he stepped closer to the door.
The door suddenly opened revealing the people inside the house to Dusk and Scrub.
"Oh good thing we picked this house, huh Dusk?" Scrub asked while rubbing the back of his head.
There was a gasp from the one called Paint, and he quickly ushered the two into the dwelling.
Oooo so Dusk, Tiny, Scrub, and Time got split up huh? I wonder how this will turn out :P I also gave a little try into a fighting scene, which i will try to add in a lot more. Any tips on how to make a fighting scene better?
Please review... it helps a lot!
~HylianHero
