Good day to you, you wonderful people! Here is Chapter 12...Enjoy :3
I sadly do not own The Legend of Zelda.
In a small red dragon-headed boat traveling across the vast Great Sea, were four young men….not the best for a cramped space such as this. Tiny-shrunken down to the size of a Picori- was on the top of the dragon boat, King of Red Lion's, head, and the other three were somehow 'fitting' on the small surface of the sail boat. Wind still had enough room to steer….but just the bare minimum, no elbow room. Myth was sitting on the side draping his legs into the interior of the boat, and Time….well, he was stuck just perpetually standing there, leaning his hands on the sail for balance. Speaking of balance….Time lost it many, many times, almost landing in the ocean about three times. Luckily he has yet to fall fully into the water.
"Wind! Are we almost there yet?! Ezlo is annoying the crud out of me, and I'm finding it harder to hold on." Tiny yell-asked, because of the howling wind, and the fact that he had smaller lungs. …Also to get his point across…that too.
"Dude, if I'm stuck standing here, then you will just have to deal….as long as you don't fall off." Time shot back irritably.
"If I do fall off, Ezlo can just make me normal size so you guys know where I am….and so I don't drown." Tiny reassured, with Ezlo nodding, then forgetting they're too small for that to be seen properly, then verbally agreeing.
"And what becomes of you if Ezlo decides to fall of your head…what would you possibly do then huh!?" Myth jumped into the argument.
"Listen hear young'un! I will not fall off, nor would I leave Link-Err Tiny as he is called now, here to get lost, and stuck the size of a Minish. I may have been a bad mentor…..but I will not be a bad friend." Ezlo said, his voice faltering a bit at the end.
"Aww thanks Ezlo." Tiny replied looking up at his 'hat'.
"Ok, this just got mushy, and I am now going to tune everything out." Myth complained, rolling his eyes, and turning his gaze out towards the horizon. He gained a small smile, reminded of Marin, sweet, sweet Marin. Ok she wasn't always sweet, but you get the point. The smile soon turned back into a scowl when he remembered that Marin wasn't even real in the first place, just like that whole damn island. Sigh, I bet I could have had kids with her someday-errr, I didn't think that….What I meant to think was: we could have dated one day. Yeah that's what I thought…r-right? Damn it, that's just equally as weird. Well at least I'm not thinking out loud like I usually do. Myth thought while blushing….at least he was looking out at the ocean so no one could see his now red face.
"Tiny, you said Ezlo was irritating you?" Time asked the small Link.
"Ya… but after what he just said, I'm not upset about it." Came the reply. "The FEELS!"
"Ok…? Well I was just going to say that you have not seen irritating unless you met Navi. I also have a trick to drown it out." Time informed.
"She's that fairy you had with you right?" He received a nod in confirmation. "I technically did meet Navi, but only while she was unconscious and in your hat." Tiny pointed out helpfully.
"Sorry to interrupt your lovely conversation…but you guys are really distracting." Wind spoke up. "Don't you guys know you have to concentrate to steer a boat?" He complained.
Myth turned his head, forgetting the previous embarrassing thoughts he just had, to shove a lethal dose of sarcasm into Wind's eardrums. "'Cuz all of us here have steered a boat before! Dude, why would we possibly know that?!" He yelled.
Wind shook it off, already getting used to Myth's constant eruptions, and sarcasm. "First of all, it's called common sense. Second, I thought you said you were going to drown us all out. Hmmmm?"
Wind immediately wished he could take all his words back, reform them, and try again…too bad that's not an option. The reason he regretted those words was because Myth glared daggers at him, and began twitching, he looked pissed. Wind began to edge away, completely neglecting the job off steering the boat. Downside to this being a very small boat-Myth was very close to Wind.
"ARE YOU POSSIBLY CALLING ME, AN INBECIL-" Myth started, but lost his balance, and fell backwards into the ocean with a small squeal. (Surprised it wasn't Time? Me too.)
Immediately, KoRL came to a halt, and Wind turned him to go pick up the Waterlogged Link. Myth, after falling in, became silent…not wanting to dwell on the embarrassing event that just took place. It would have been less humiliating if he wasn't in the middle of yelling….yelling about being stupid, no less.
Through a crimson blush, Myth put his hand up in a 'no thank you' gesture, which found its way to the back of his head. "No need…..I'll swim beside Red Lion dude. Time, you can take my spot…just don't fall in." He joked shyly, his angry demeanor gone, replaced by a calm, more civilized one. Before anyone could say anything, Myth pulled on a pair of Zora's flippers and swam on ahead in the direction they were traveling in before.
The others were too confused in Myth's sudden mood change to start laughing…it just seemed too rude to laugh at someone after something like that happened.
"Umm, Ok…..Well I'll take his offer and use his spot then." Time shrugged, moving over to the spot where Myth was sitting before he took a 'swim'.
"Myth should be fine, give him a bit to calm down, and forget what just transpired. We are almost at our destination as well." KoRL informed them, whilst turning around to face the correct direction again. Wind pulled the sail up again, and they set off distantly behind Myth.
After about 20 mins, of sailing (and swimming in Myth's case), they neared their destination. Shouts of surprise sounded from the large island coming in to full view.
[On Outset Island]:
"Hey, …isn't that Link's new boat?" A middle aged man, named Abe, asked a young woman who was carrying a jug of water on her head-for some reason.
She looked out on the sea, to the object that Abe was pointing at, and gasped, dropping the full jug full of water all over herself and Abe. "I'm so sorry I just got….surprised and excited." She apologized profusely.
"No worries Saysha, I probably would have dropped it myself!" Abe waved off her apologies.
She and Abe then called out the other inhabitants of the large island, to come and greet Link when he docks his boat. Sturgeon (Orca's brother/that old guy that teaches you about 'Z targeting'), Link's Grandmother and the Island's Swordsman, Orca, had to stay indoors, because of their old age. But Link was sure to come visit them when he gets back.
"Link's back!" A young child, with a weird 'Cubchoo' type snot dripping from his nose, hollered happily, overjoyed to have his role model back….even if for a short while.
Link had stopped by a few times since the time he left with Tetra and her crew, but only to spend the night, or pick up something that he had forgotten. Every time he came, he left with a full bottle of his grandma's hearty soup in his hand, which he loves so much.
Abe was holding his hands above his eyes and squinting to get a good look at the small oncoming vessel. "..I…can't believe it!" he let out a soft gasp. "Guy's, he's not alone! There is a blonde haired person riding in the front….It must be his sweet sister Aryl! She's finally come back to us!" He exclaimed loudly, for everyone to hear.
"Link must have let her wear his hat…." Another middle aged man, named Jeon, pondered aloud, while gazing at the small red boat coming closer, and closer. "Hold on guys, I don't think that is Aryl." His voice faltered.
"And what makes you say that! Aryl will come back….Link will make sure of that! Are you doubting his determination?! You know how stubborn that boy can be, once he gets his mind set on something!"
Jeon looked offended at that outburst. "I would never doubt that kid's determination….never. " He shot back. "All I was saying is, that the person riding in the front, looks taller than Link, and looks to be wearing similar clothes-hat and all."
"Knock it off! He's almost here, and we don't want to be quarreling when he gets here…we don't want him to feel worse." An older, pudgy woman yelled, also not very keen on the boys yelling her ears off. "Patience. When he gets here you'll find out who's in the boat with him…and this whole argument was futile."
The islanders became silent after that, taking her words into consideration.
The boat was still a little ways off, but a figure clambering onto the shore got everyone's attention. The figure looked like Link, but there was something 'different' about him.
The person –Link, they thought- climbed out of the water and looked up, noticing that he had company. "Oh. Hello, I didn't see you there." He said while running his hand through his sticky hair, full of sea water to get it out of his face.
"L-Link…?"Saysha asked tentatively, not completely certain. The boy was busy pulling off the flippers from his feet when he looked up to answer.
"Yup, that's my name. What's up?" The boy responded, irritable.
"But…..I thought you were steering the boat." The pudgy woman muttered quietly. "Well, seeing you back is a relief, at least we know you're safe!" She exclaimed louder. "Now what about Aryl? Is she safe?"
"I'm sorry miss, but look, I have no clue who this 'Aryl' is. Nor do I know any of you….I'm just waiting quite impatiently for someone." He shrugged while waving his hands in a 'meh' kind of fashion.
"Who are you….and why are you here?" Abe yelled at him, upset at this Link look-alike. Maybe poor Link has been possessed by a monster? Abe thought to himself sadly, not even believing his own words. This young man, was so similar to the Link he remembered, but also so different.
"I already told you….My name is Li-" The young man got cut off when another boy rushed over and pulled on his arm. While they were all focused on the Link look-alike, they hadn't noticed the red boat had docked. Now this boy definitely HAD to be the Link they all knew…..He HAD to be.
"Oh, hi everyone. Abe, what this guy meant to say was his name is Myth." He stressed the name out glaring at 'Myth'. "I know what you guys are thinking, but, uhh…..actually I can't explain. I'm almost as lost as you guys are." Wind said embarrassingly.
Back at the boat, Tiny and Ezlo took the Islander's distraction by the reigns, and grew to full size. He and Time decided it would be best to go and join the mess that Myth started, rather than appear later after all the explanations. Who knows, maybe they could help explain too. Ezlo planned to be silent, and pretend to be the inanimate object he looked like -a hat.
The two boys (and Ezlo), approached the group of islanders and the two other Links.
"Oh, here they are….ummm, this is Tiny, and Time. You already met Myth," He glared at the Hero of Legends. "Oh and for easier purposes, call me Wind." Wind said to the people of Outset. It seemed weird to ask the people he's known since he was very young, to call him something different….but, out of habit, the others might accidentally respond to Link. Which is completely understandable, being as it is their name too.
"It just had to be a thorn bush?" Spirit huffed to himself, after having landed underneath Ravio in said thorn bush. From outside the thin foliage, he heard a couple of different voices, only one was recognizable-Sky.
"Don't you know how long I was looking for you?!" The shrill voice of someone named Midna boomed-though it was laced with concern. "Don't ever leave me like that, unless I know about it, got it?"
Sky didn't know what to say, hell, he didn't even know who this girl was or what she looked like. Well, that might just be because he was still lying face first in the dirt. He didn't have to wait like that for long, for a giant orange hand, [that reminded Sky of….hair?] picked him off the ground.
"W-whoaaa!" Sky yelped in surprise and- as much as he hated to admit it - fright. Only one other being could get him to yelp like that….and that was Ghirahim. That was beside the point though. The hand turned him around and dropped him down again, and he landed on his rear with a loud thump.
Now that he was dropped facing the right way- and not the dirt -, he could catch a glimpse of the speaker. She was a strange looking imp, with a giant mask over her head, covering almost half of her face. In strange patterns lacing around her body in different places, were light blue markings. There seemed to be similar markings on the mask-helmet as well. Not only that, but she seemed to be slightly transparent, like a shadow almost.
"What are you doing sitting there? We need to go back to the Arbiters Grounds….in case you forgot, we still need to teach Zant a lesson." Midna said with a tone that sounded strangely commanding, as if she was used to others doing as she says. "You can tell me about what was soo important for you to just leave me, on the way there. And when I say 'can' I mean 'will'. Eee hee!" She laughed. "Now where has your cursed stone gotten to?" She muttered to herself looking around herself a little.
Sky just sat there still, pondering what this girl was talking about, and what it had to do with him. This random stranger was talking to him as if they had known each other for a long time.
"What? Say something…am I so beautiful you've no words left?" (1) She randomly asked with a chuckle, after noticing him staring with his mouth open slightly, instead of getting up to go the Arbiters Grounds.
"I-I-umm, if it doesn't bother you, can I ask who you are?" He asked innocently- which Midna took note of, since his eyes showed that he was completely serious. Now that she was looking, his eyes looked a little different too- they were a lighter blue….like a sky blue, when they were supposed to be a dark ocean shade of blue – Also they didn't seem as feral…..fierce (and kind) yes, but feral like a beast? No.
"I-its Midna, as you should already know." Instead of adding in irrational sarcastic remark like she would normally reply with, she took on a more caring one. "Link…are you ok? You don't seem like yourself." She asked tentatively with concern laced on her face, which she soon covered up…she doesn't want to seem soft, now does she?
"I feel fine. But, that's the thing…..how do you know my name?" He replied with another question. "Speaking of names, please call me Sky, for a nickname."
Sky….where did that come from- surely not from that one little time he spent at that damn City in the Sky, with those creepy cucoo people? Did his memory get wiped or something? How in the Twilight Realm, am I supposed to fix something as dire as this?! Majora, help me! (2) I couldn't even fix my problems, without help. Before Midna could voice her thoughts aloud, to try to fix the situation, two more boys came crashing out of one of the two large thorn bushes located near them, arguing at each other.
"Look, I'm sorry Spirit, but it's not necessarily my fault that my hood got snagged on the branches. It also was not my doing to land on top of you." A boy wearing purple-pink robes with a hood resembling a rabbit's head said. He was arguing with another boy- Spirit - that happened to be wearing practically the same thing as Sky was.
"Yes Ravio, but you could have waited to get your hood, until after I got out. You do know that it was pretty hard to breathe, with you on me." Spirit snapped back. The both of them, completely oblivious to the fact that they had and audience.
"Enough, it's over and you can breathe now, so calm yourself." Ravio asserted the other boy. "Now where did Sky go? I could have sworn I heard him talking to someone out here."
"I don't know, maybe if you turned around, you would have noticed me. Oh and by the way this is Midna." Sky called out, then gesturing to the floating Twili.
"So that's who you were talking to..." Spirit said before glancing at Midna, then doing a double take.
"Wait…..but your L-Link too? Even though you are way younger, I can just tell…" Midna breathed. "So Sky, it turns out you're not the person I know. But you both look a hell of a lot like him, you even share the same name." She continued, deep in thought.
She turned to Spirit, floating towards him, leaning her elbow on his shoulder. "So, am I correct in assuming that Link is your name as well?" She asked.
Spirit opened his mouth to answer, but apparently Midna didn't want an answer, since she left Spirit's side, and flew over to Ravio, who in fright, threw his head back in a limbo type manner. "And then there's you. You seem familiar too, but at the same time, completely opposite...I don't like it. Whatever, I'm not going to dwell on it…so don't go telling me your life story. I don't want to hear it right now." She waved her arms in a dismissive fashion, and floated over to the only tree in sight- considering every where around them was sand, and a few bushes -, and leaned against said tree.
"Now, I don't know why you are here, or where 'my' Link went but something has to be messed up with time and space." She seemed about ready to give a pep talk speech, which would probably benefit the confused boys. But instead this is how it went down. "Meh. Nothing I can do about it."
The others all faced palmed simultaneously.
"What?! I'm not wrong…..don't argue with me, or you will regret it." Midna threatened, forming a fist with her hair for emphasis. Ewww, so it was hair! At least I know I wasn't imagining things. Sky mentally fist bumped himself.
"Now do any of you know where, 'my' Link went? I have some things I have to say to him. LIKE WHY WOULD HE JUST SUDDENLY LEAVE WITHOUT A TRACE, AND NOT BOTHER TO TELL ME FIRST!" Midna boomed.
"Uhh, actually Midna, if he disappeared the same way we appeared here, or in Spirits Hyrule, then I don't think he had the foreword to be able to let you know." Ravio spoke up, his voice sounding defiant.
"SHUT UP! You asked for it….but since that's the first thing you did, I'll let it slide." She decided. "Now you said something about a different Hyrule, and suddenly appearing places. Do tell….I would like to know what happened to Link- oh come on you know who I meant-!"
(1): ...Sorry i just had too...and since the point in the game for TP that i picked was right before going to the Twilight Realm, so Dusk hadn't seen Midna's true form. So this quote is okay to put in here.
(2): Based on the theory that Majoras Mask is the mask that the 'Interlopers' used for rituals. So Majora is kind of like a god to the Twili.
Have a great day :3
~HylianHero
