...Hey peoplez. Yeah, I'm not dead! You guys do not know how sorry I am that this is so late. I normally try to upload a new chapter (After writing it) every 9 days, but I do have two good excuses as to why is has been 15/16 days. I went on vacation to Tennesee to visit family, and my stupid computer done broke on me. I am currently trying to get a new battery for it, so hopefully that should fix the problem permenately...but right now I can only use it in small bursts of short amounts of time (AKA whenever it decides to turn on/not turn off when I'm in the middle of using it). I also had a crap ton of homework lately, and I value schoolwork before fandom.
Ok so maybe I had 3 excuses? Again I am sorry. But to make it up to you guys, I am adding in a prologue (I finished it, I'm just waiting to upload it.) and am rewriting the first 2 crappy first chapters. :D?
Sorry for rambling. I do not own the 'Legend of Zelda' franchise...if I did, I wouldn't have just given a long ramble-y apologize!
ALSO: Please read the new prologue first. It is currently in the place of chapter 1, and will be there until I finish rewriting chapters 1+2. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Nayru, had figured it out….or at least she thought she had. After a long, long while of thinking it through, and arguing with herself, she had finally come up with a viable reason, with only one hole in it. She had originally thought of it, but blew it over, trying to think of more logical explanations…..but she had to believe that was she figured out was correct. If she was correct- being the Goddess of Wisdom, she probably was right –then she and her sisters knew of a way that could stop the blurring of worlds. The Time Crest.
She knew it was a Myth…..but now had a suspicion that it was actually a real thing. It was the only plausible reason for Time and space to be failing. "Sisters! I believe I figured it out!" Nayru called out to her sisters. "Stop fooling around, you guys are acting like mortal children!"
"Really hun, you know why all of this is happening?" Farore asked, looking up from practicing how to momentarily possess one of their aspects forms.
"Highly doubt it, but I guess we have to try anything, and everything." Din sighed, earning a frown and nod from both her sisters. "Well, what is it sis?"
"The Space's Reign."
"But that's not even possible! ...isn't it?" Farore asked, looking wide-eyed at her sister.
"Well, if we don't try to do anything about it soon, the worlds will collide. And that is not a thing we want happening to our land is it?" Nayru retorted.
"Let's hurry and send a message to Wisdom then!"
On the vast expanse that was the empty Hyrule Field- aside from the few sightings of Bulbins riding Bulbos, Bokoblins, Kargaroks , and the weird bomb-like running bird things called Bombskits (I think)- was a lot of complaining and aching feet. All coming from a certain group of boys, which could technically be considered an 18-truplet. (Triplet=3, quadruplet=4, 18-truplet=18….simple mathematics :Y) Ravio would be included in that 18 'brotherly circle' thing, to make it a 19-truplet, but he was more like the long-lost cousin, something or rather.
In the midst of the complaining….there was a lot of complaining, coming mostly from Myth, Rallen, Paint, Kailon, Blue, Scrub, Time, and Green. Ok so maybe all of them were complaining –even Dusk- just some more than others. Okay, back to what I was saying…In the midst of the heavy complaining, a few elaborate conversations were going on. Spirit was currently trying to explain the whole Zelda thing that had been interrupted earlier that morning to Wind, Green, and Tiny. Vio who was walking next to Green, listened to the whole argument, interested by how exactly only Spirit could see the spirit of the princess of New Hyrule.
"So, what you are saying is that she is a ghost?" Tiny asked Spirit, who wasn't quite getting his point across. "How can you save her, if she is already dead?"
"Isn't that a bit redundant then?" Green asked. "I get you trying to save the whole Hyrule thing, obviously, but if the princess is already dead then…what's the point in that?"
Wind nodded and stuck a finger out, his eyes wide in thought. "And why are you the only one that can see her?" He questioned. "Me, Tiny, Time, and Myth learned from the swordsman on my home island, that we all share the same spirit- ignore the pun on the nickname –so shouldn't we all be able to see her then too?"
"I already knew about us all being –pun intended here- Linked by souls and ancestry in some cases, but Wind brings up a point I've been pondering for a while….the fact that only Spirit can see her." Vio stated, a little aggravated that the answer was eluding him. Vio was the type of person- or rather the part of the original Link that yearned to possess the answer to everything that came up. "But based on Spirit's exasperation against Zelda being a ghost, and therefore dead, and the fact that he specifically said he was trying to get his Princess Zelda's body back from some evil monster named Malladus- I would recommend that you take his, and my word on the fact that she is a spirit and not a ghost." The hero wearing practically all violet informed, already with the mindset that only two of them probably followed. His expectations weren't very high for his companions. "Necromancy- for you guys, bring people back from the dead –is not something I think Spirit dabbles in. So again cross her being dead off of your mind."
Spirit had listened to the entire thing, and sighed in thankfulness, and relief. "THANK YOU! Someone gets it!" He paused, then continued again. "Zel says thank you as well…and that she's irritated that all she has is me for company technically. But Zelda," He directed his gaze to his right, where it appeared no one was walking along with him, though everyone else just assumed that Princess Zelda was there...I mean why else would he look at nothing? "Weren't you alright and happy with my company before? What changed?"
Princess Zelda began a rant. A rant that only one unfortunate person had to bear through.
(For the purpose of following along in the conversation between Spirit and Princess Zelda better, I'll show what Zelda says from here on out. But just remember that only Spirit can hear and see her.)
"Hmmmm, where to start…" The princess of New Hyrule started, beginning to float higher since she wasn't focusing on keeping herself at Spirit's level. She took a deep breath, and noticed her mistake, and floated back down. "Well, first you stopped talking to me, then I spent some time with World when he got sent to Termina, and I stayed with him even though he didn't know I was there. You never even looked for me, or probably even thought about me, or wondered where I was. Even when I went back to hanging around you. So I decided to just chill out in my orb form until you decided to notice me again. So I'm sorry if I would like different company that can even see or hear me. It started with you ignoring me once another 'you' came up." Zelda ranted, very un-princess-like. "I thought you might have not been able to see me anymore, and I suddenly felt very lonely."
Spirit put up his hands in a polite way to ask if he could talk….she was his princess, and ruler of the land he lived in, he needed to be respectful. Zelda sighed and let him talk. "Princess, I know I kind of did that, but look. You have to admit this is pretty freakin cool! My ancestors showing up in our time!….you'd be pretty absorbed with talking to them too….sorry you can't…" Spirit exclaimed. "And I'll make sure to pay way more attention, I promise!"
"Sorry to interrupt this probably lovely conversation," Vio interjected after Spirit finished his sentence, praying he wasn't interrupting the princess. "But, not all of us are in the same family line. Some of us are in fact distant relatives…..though I'm not yet sure who, and some of us are obviously closer, like me, Green, Red, and Blue. Or like Scrub and Time. And Paint and Kailon, but not all of us are ancestors, or predecessors to each other. "
"Are any of us here my ancestors?... Or predecessors?" Spirit wondered.
"Hey, I'm smart, but I'm not a genealogist." Vio replied bluntly.
"I couldn't help but overhear you say stuff about ancestry crud, or whatever." Paint jogged over, abruptly leaving his ongoing conversation with Ravio. The Lorulian didn't seem to mind, for he was too busy looking at everything on the field of Hyrule with apprehension- it was a lot more vast that Paint's Hyrule. "What about me and Kailon? How are we at all like Time and Scru-" Paint was trying to question, but some things, and evidence popped into his head. For one thing, the fact that they said it was ironic for him not to like those outrageous clothes the Tri Force heroes liked to wear. Another thing that stuck out was the way Kailon and Ravio interacted…..like they knew each other for a long while, and were friends of some kind. …You…don't…think…? Paint continued his inner dialogue.
"KAILON! We neeeeed to talk!" Paint suddenly yelled, a nervous tone layering his words.
Zelda blinked in confusion, and floated in front of the Hero of Train's face. "What's up with him? I was too busy holding a grudge on you that I didn't really pay attention." She declared looking confused. "He looks as if he's seen a ghost!" She then paused. "Don't even, Link."
Spirit put his hands up in a 'hey don't shoot me' manner. "Princess, look, I wasn't even going to go there….but you did walk right into that one, even though you aren't technically a ghost." The Hero of Trains responded looking mildly hurt. "But about that Paint and Kailon thingie, just head over there and listen to their conversation. Plus It's not my info to go around sharing as seemingly pointless as it is…and I don't even follow it fully myself." Spirit sighed. The spirit of the princess of New Hyrule took the advice and followed behind Paint and Kailon who were now walking a little bit behind the clump of, practically identical people walking fairly quickly across the huge Hyrule Field …eavesdropping wasn't something she was afraid to do, in fact she used to do it all the time when she was younger. And now, do to the fact that only one person in all of New Hyrule, and apparently all of the Hyrules could even see or hear her (Other than Anjean the Locomo sage that stayed at the Tower of Spirits) she had gotten really good at eavesdropping, and she found herself doing it more and more frequently.
Vio deadpanned, casting glances behind him, over at the two New Heroes of Hyrule and Lorule. (Even though Kailon is a Tri Force Hero…..Same difference, and I don't really care all that much :T) "Wow. I just let that slip."
"Cheer up Vi, it was bound to come up eventually, either that or Paint was finally going to catch on." Green comforted. "Plus I'm pretty convinced Blue or Myth were going to say it soon anyway." Myth, from where ever he happened to be in the dramatically trudging group, waved his arms up, and shouted a loud agreement before returning to his previous argument with World. Even though Blue was not visible to this group of boys, they all felt his signature smirk from somewhere around them…..it was a little unnerving. Especially considering that smirk was usually accompanied by Blue holding his hammer out threateningly.
"And?" Paint asked, tapping his arm impatiently considering it would be pretty difficult to tap your foot while walking. It would also look ridiculous. "I'm waiting."
Kailon chuckled, before responding. "Well…." The green haired boy then abruptly turned around. "And go away Rallen! Why don't you go bother Sylin, I know you happen to enjoy that."
Rallen popped out of wherever he was hiding, and gave a fake pout. "But, but Kailon! You know I like bothering you too! And If he's you," The red haired-cheerleader dressed boy pointed over to Paint. "Then I want to bother him too…..Oh, and not only that, but I need some gossip….they are all seriously boring me." Kailon then pulled out a yellow boomerang out of his pouch and sent it flying in Rallen's direction. Instead of smacking into him, it picked him up and the boomerang and Rallen traveled back to Kailon. "Don't be such a buzz-kill! I was just trying to have a little fun dude!" Rallen grumbled as the green haired boy chucked the red haired boy over to Sylin, who was walking towards the back of the big cluster.
"And you gave him to me to deal with?" the blue haired boy asked, while still maintaining a nice attitude. "Great, now I have to watch over him."
"Don't be so bummed mate! I happen to be a really fun person!" Rallen declared shoving Sylin not-so-playfully on the shoulder.
"Enough of that seriously, I'm getting impatient." Paint stated. "Go on."
"Jeez, I didn't know I was so pushy. Now I feel like I have to go apologize to Gulley-that is if I ever see him again, and Ravio, and Sylin, and- you know what I don't feel like making a pointless list that I'm never actually going to follow through with." Kailon ranted, speaking quickly. "Me apologizing for being rude…I don't think so."
"As much as I completely agree with that statement," Paint interrupted the green Tri Force Hero from his riveting conversation with himself, in order to make the conversation actually go somewhere….and somewhere important. "Tell me, or you, UGHH! Now I know why it's so hard for Scrub and Time to talk to each other…. Ok, tell me if we actually are the same person, then why do you look so different, and what made me leave Hyrule, especially if I'm trying so hard to save it? I do end up saving it right?!" Paint spammed the questions, then suddenly wondering if the reason Kailon left- or he will leave –is because they failed to save Hyrule and Lorule. I hope that's not the case…..Yuga, in charge of everything? Nope, nope, nope, nope….oh please nope.
Kailon rested his arm on his hyperventilating counterpart's shoulder to calm him. "Dude just calm down, you're going to injure yourself! Yes I saved Hyrule, and Lorule. I don't really like talking about why I left though…..just think of it as unknown circumstances." The older boy responded. "And about the appearances- well first of all I'm older. And you may or may not dye your hair green in the near future."
Paint snorted and stuck his tongue out at that last comment. He understood it mostly now, and was now bored of this whole conversation. "Highly doubt it…..speaking of which, not that I really need an answer at all, If I hate all this fashion shit this adamantly, then why do you care so much about it?" Paint asked a little disgusted that he would be like Rallen and Sylin eventually. "I mean, what are you even wearing?"
"It's not important right now, and it's called the Sword Suit, though I'm probably going to change soon, I'm a bit bored with it at the moment….hmmmm what to wear next…you want to help me pick it out? I'm having a difficult time deciding"
"And, bye!" Paint declared as he walked away. "How many times am I hearing myself say this recently?...but nope, nope, nope, nope, and nope!"
"That could have gone better…." Kailon stated to no one in particular, watching 'himself' walk away quickly to go dramatically trudge next to Scrub- who surprisingly wasn't talking to Time. No, Scrub was far too busy trying to convince Sky that it would be a good idea to put one of his masks on his face, trying to take advantage of the fact that Hylia's Chosen Hero had fallen asleep right after his life story, before he could listen to anyone else's. Therefore Sky had no clue that the three masks Scrub was interesting him with were transformation masks, which transformed the wearer into the forms of a Deku, Goron, and Zora. Ironically no one was trying to stop the young Hero of Time from succeeding….either they secretly wanted it to happen, or they weren't paying attention.
"It could have gone worse too." Rallen's voice popped up from right behind Kailon's ear. "Don't look at me like that! Of course I would come back and listen!…Sylin was boring me."
"Dude, it's not- you know what? I don't care, go ahead - hang around me." The green-haired boy sighed, which gradually turned into a smirk. "Just think about it as this Hyrule field is a new region of the Drablands. Remember how we actually got along the first time Sylin and us ventured into to the Drablands? Though in my opinion, and yours too, probably, the Woodlands were too easy. Now, I think the Sky realm was pushing on the difficulty level…..those Arealfos! I swear those Arealfos were too OP. You agree with me right, Rallen?" Kailon ranted. "Rallen?" The red-haired boy had vanished- probably back in the heart of the clump of Links.
"Oh, I got bored!" Rallen declared far away from the green Tri Force Hero proving him to be correct.
"Just the desired effect!" Kailon snorted as he quickly rejoined the group. "Works every time."
"I got to give it to you, Dusk, this over-world theme is amazing!" Time exclaimed. Dusk looked a little stunned for a second before simply nodding.
"Yeah, now that I'm actually taking the time to listen to it…..it is pretty amazing isn't it?" Dusk replied, tilting his head so that he could hear the faint music coming from above…it always made him wonder, did the Goddesses play the music from their realm? Or was there just always a music box following their every move? At least he could cross it being all in his head off the list, considering other people heard it as well. And that last note prompted him to cross him just being crazy off the mental list too. "And I think Midna has said something about it one time, but it was probably her own theme she was talking about…I don't remember- plus I just thought she was trying to break things."
Out of nowhere- literally no one knew where her voice came from, other than Midna herself –Midna's voice, distorted and high-pitched, came out of someone's shadow. "I was in fact trying to break things…..also my theme is amazing, no buts about it."
"I wasn't doubting you, I was simply agreeing." Dusk retorted to the Twili, even though no one knew who's shadow she was residing in at the moment. He was met with silence…..other than the faint music coming from Farore-knows-where.
"I personally like the theme that plays whenever you enter a house or sometimes a shop." Tiny commented. "I remember hearing it in Dusk's house…..so I guess it's the same in all the Hyrules?" The Hero of the Minish paused for a moment, thinking how creepy that realization was. "That's a little strange, all of the house themes are the same…"
"It is creepy!" Red exclaimed, a little nervous. "But it's also really cool!" All prior nervousness gone.
"We probably shouldn't be walking in on other people's houses, but I still kind of enjoy that music. And I guess some of us can hear it in our own houses." Ora piped up, a finger poised on his chin.
"Ummm, yes actually. We should in fact break into other people's property." Blue argued intent on winning. Ora didn't respond but instead just looked uncomfortable. Blue, of course, took this as a valiant victory. You have to bask in life's little victories, you know- and Blue happened to have a lot of victories…according to him at least.
"Though I would have to admit that the music that plays from- somewhere- in Gerudo Valley to be highly superior."
Myth was grinning maniacally due to the fact that they were breaking things. He was 99-no probably 78- no actually 69% sure that they weren't actually supposed to be able to hear that music, much less comment about it. That aspect of things, Myth loved. "Sure, sure, whatever. geridoo valley- whatever that is." The Hero of Legends sassed. "As much as I hate that damn floating whale- the Windfish –I love his theme." Myth commented after he was satisfied with the corrections on the name of that desert valley's name. To Time it wasn't pronounced 'geridoo' , but instead 'Gerudo'. Time soon gave up- it was smart to just let Myth think what Myth wants to think…..it probably wasn't smart to argue with him, as poor Wind knew so well. I'm not sure if Wind will ever get onto the good side of Myth….so far all of the peace efforts from the Hero of Winds ended spectacularly bad. That is why Wind tried his best to just avoid the situation- whatever it may be -completely.
As much as World knew he shouldn't argue, he just had to bring a point up. "But that theme, didn't you have to play the instruments? So technically you only like it because you played it?"
"Yes, I was amazing, even though I had no prior knowledge of how to play any of those instruments. You guys want me to play it for you? It truly was majestic."
"We're good!" Green interrupted.
"Guys, let's just stop talking about it, or anything else along the lines of this….I'm afraid something bad could come out of it." Ora commented, still slightly frightened about the concept of breaking something as important as the fourth wall. The Fourth Wall? What is that, and how did I know what the breaking thing was called? Oracle was now more afraid by tenfold. Upon seeing the other Links' faces, Ora decided to change the subject. "Well….so Dusk, are we almost there? Are we heading for that castle?" Most of the boys shot Ora a look clearly stating 'Really?! Stop ruining our fun!'. This was coming mostly from Blue, Myth, Rallen, Paint, and Scrub.
Dusk frowned while glancing behind him so he could look the Hero of Seasons right in the eyes. Abruptly a grin spread across his face, and a gleam in his fierce deep-ocean-eyes, as an idea crept into the Hero of Twilight's mind. "You know what Ora? You're right." Dusk replied. "Plus I have to remember that if Midna was trying to talk about things like that, than I probably shouldn't be following her lead. And before you say anything Myth, to stop the whole conversation- or any conversations for that matter- for the last five or ten minutes until we get to Castle Town, I'll be going the rest of the way as a wolf." He declared. "Just keep in mind though, if any of you guys say anything, in or around Castle Town, I am one lunge away from unnecessarily mauling you!" He continued rather happily.
"Dude, I got my hammer, and I can knock a stupid greenish wolfos out cold if it comes anywhere near me!" Blue stated, sticking a thumb to his chest. By the 'stupid greenish wolfos' he completely meant Dusk. "Oh, and I see right through to your plot, you just want to frighten a couple of citizens don't you? But you know you should have just transformed without letting us know…..you ruined it."
Dusk stopped his glare, and replaced it with a nod and a grin, before replacing it with another glare. "Hey Midna I need the Cursed Stone back, since you apparently stole it back from me when I wasn't paying attention!" The Hero of Twilight called out, but he was met with silence, other than the few giggles coming from some of the other Links. "Were almost there, so can you hurry up this time, and get out of Wind's shadow already?! I know you're in there, so stop pretending."
The impish Twili's annoyed voice came from Wind's direction. "Link! I was trying to scare him at a later time!" She formed out of the Hero of Winds shadow, and rubbed the 12-year-old's head roughly. "But fine, at least I get a decent ride now."
Midna transformed Dusk into wolf, while smirking at Wind, who was staring at him with wide eyes. The Twilight Princess jumped into the air, did a couple of flips for the tally of imaginary 'style points', and roughly landed upon her 'royal steed'. Said beast jumped up and bolted forward, causing Midna to nearly be thrown off. Unfortunately for Dusk, this backfired, for Midna gripped onto the scruff of his neck very tightly.
There were many a 'Awwwwws' coming from behind the Twilight duo. Some sincere (Red and Sylin, and a couple of others.) and more of them were sarcastic.
"Farore, someone's being moody." Paint muttered, pointing towards the sacred beast. As they kept walking in silence.
"Dude, I just have to say that was awesome…for someone other than myself! I wish I had a way to scare people like that!" Rallen exclaimed to Dusk. They had just reached a sewer-like area in Castle Town after terrifying a bunch of people. There was a pile of hay in one corner of the alley, a couple of crates, and a door with a sign reading 'Telma's Bar'.
"I could lend you one of my masks…." Scrub offered.
"I don't think that would necessarily scare anyone, it's just a mask right?" Sky asked, still clearly unaware of the masks' power.
"Yeah, sure."
Dusk at this point in time, transformed back into his Hylian Form, while Midna disappeared. Wind was in the lead, walking down the dark hallway leading to the bar, when he stopped suddenly. "If this is a bar, am I allowed in it?" He questioned. "On Windfall Island there's a bar that I can't really go into, since I'm a kid."
"It doesn't matter, really….it's not like we're going to drink anything." Vio answered. "Though based on the outside appearance of this place, I don't think it's quite big enough for us all to fit in there. Especially assuming there are already people in the building."
"Let's vote then!" Red chirped. "To see who'll go in! Dusk will obviously go in no matter what." He continued looking at the group with gleaming eyes, full of innocence. "I want to go in though!"
The rest groaned, but did see a good point in it. Vio was probably right- as almost always –and Red came up with a more civilized way of figuring out who was going in. They were probably going to just all pile up at the door, and whoever got in through the hoard would be the ones to talk to this 'Telma' character. It was decided that Dusk, Red- even though that wasn't really a smart idea, they didn't want Red to cry… -, Sky, Vio, World, Ora, Ravio, and Sylin would go in, and the rest would wait outside, and wander around the market area of Hyrule Castle town. People were only now just returning to their daily chaos in the alley ways, after the supposed 'wolf attack', and the look-a-like-apocalypse…..though I think they were really only worrying about the large green-grey feral looking wolf, with a strange shadowy imp riding on it, both wearing psychotic grins, their sharp teeth prominent. Or you know, they could have been scared by what Rallen was still wearing….or lack of wearing? (Cheer Outfit :P)
(...) ((slight change in scene...I don't feel like adding yet another line breaker.))
Upon entering the bar, a larger woman, with an even larger chest area- like seriously, wai tho? – looked up from cleaning bar glasses, and rushed over. She stopped in front of the mass of new visitors, and winked at Dusk. "So Sweetie, I see that you did in fact bring you're new company that a very special guest told me you probably would!" The woman exclaimed, winking at the other boys. "Oh, where are my manners?! My name's Telma, nice to meet ya."
Red grinned from ear to ear, while the rest- more mature…..more or less – smiled, and bowed their heads respectfully. "Link, the Resistance is grouped upstairs for privacy this time, and they have an important guest. I suggest you hurry on up there sweetie. You're…'friends' can go on up too." Telma informed the Hero of Twilight, walking back over to the place behind the bar counter. "Down the hall over there, an up the stairs. It's the second door on the left."
Dusk, though severely confused, remembered that it wasn't the best thing to argue with the robust bartender. He so clearly remembered what she had to say about the shaman of Kakariko village, Renado…not too kind words, I'll say, since the shaman made it apparent that he did not 'like' Telma the way that she 'liked' him….
World led the way, down the only hallway, near the entrance to the space behind the bar counter. After going up the rickety staircase, he stopped in front of the second door they came across on the left hand side.
Sky braved it first, and turned the door handle. Creaking ominously, the door slid open, revealing a large rectangular table, enough room to fit all of them, and possibly more. Standing at the head of the table, was a person dressed in a black cloak, and had a different air to them…..regal even. That must be the 'special guest' that Telma was talking about…..but why does that person look slightly familiar? Dusk thought, as a realization dawned on him…..he knew this person. The same person that had sacrificed herself to save Midna, after being exposed to the Light Spirit, Lanayru's light.
A/N for guest reviewer Rockster:: I know that that's in Phantom Hourglass, and not in Spirit Tracks, but I was pretty sure that the first time you get a letter, the postman starts to read the letter out loud, before realizing that they shouldn't do that anymore. Also I'm not really including Phantom Hourglass very much (Have yet to play it) so I guess you could say I'm filling in the gaps?
As for Dark Link...the way I think of it, is that he...well tried to kill you, and is, the darkness in the Hero's heart. Darkness + tries to kill you = evil (In my book) Also Shadow Link, and Dark Link are two completely different 'people'. Lol, I know...cofusing.
Also about Shadow...I don't want to spoil anything- yet
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