Chapter 3

Link, Teba and the inn keeper made their way across to Kakoriko village with difficulty. Teba had injured his wing while being shot at by a guardian who took his flight path to be hostile and so they had to walk it.

The inn keeper didn't fly to be polite and by the time they reached the stairs built into the wall a day and a night had past.

They were refused entry based on the fact that it was 1am when they got to the gate.

"We need to see Stompy" The inn keeper sighed but the guard was having none of it and wouldn't even let them sleep on the steps.

Down to the river they went where they had a think about what they could do.

"We could scale the wall?" Link suggested

"Even if you could fly both of us up there we'd get caught by the guard"

"Lets just find an inn" The inn keeper suggested

"Get me up there" Link said

The inn keeper and Teba looked at each other and the inn keeper flew Link up to the top of the wall.

Link was immediately spotted and shot at with a spit ball that knocked him off and the inn keeper dived down before he could be hit too,

"Again, further down I got enough of a look to see where the other guard is" Link said

"OK" The inn keeper said and further along they tried again.

Link balanced himself and then jumped onto a balcony. It caught a guard' attention but be managed to distract him with a rock in the opposite direction so he could get into one of the houses.

A young ginger haired girl stirred in her straw bed and Link froze.

She saw Link and gasped.

"Please don't scream"

"Who are you?" She asked

"I'm Link"

"I'm supposed to be impressed?" She frowned

"No...OK look the Princess is in trouble and I need another route into Hyrule Town but the only way is through the tomb in the graveyard and the guard wouldn't let me and my...guards in so I had to improvise it's a matter of urgency" Link said

"What are you going to do when you get there?" The girl asked

"I'm a look at the situation I find myself in and act accordingly kind of guy" Link said, "I just need a distraction, I'll pay you"

"The road is blocked to Kokiri and I need some ointment for one of my cows, if you promise to go and get me some I'll help you out" She said

"Uh huh" Link said and a note appeared above his head telling him a side quest had been added to his journal

One by one the girl would hand Link up a chicken and Link would throw said chicken out the window until all but one was left running around the barn beneath the area where the girl slept.

"Oh no! My chickens have escaped!"

The girl called before leaving the house and running after them.

Link grabbed the last chicken with some difficulty and then jumped off the ledge until he could reach the windmill as guards ran after the "escaped" chickens.

Link could hear music coming from inside the windmill. When he got inside he saw an angry man playing the same tune over and over.

The second he locked eyes with link steam shot out of his ears and the music got faster,

"What did I do to you!?" He asked

"Your eyes! I'll never forget those eyes! You don't have the sword any more but it's you!"

Link frowned and jumped, toppled and jumped and toppled and jumped until he could reach a ledge that lead to the tomb.

Link ran down the steps and reached a dead end,

"No!"

Link then got burnt by a flame that came through the wall, a ticking sound could be heard and then a whistle.

Everything went black and Link found himself in the middle of the tomb surrounded by Re-Dead that screamed and made him shudder.

"Use your ocarina" A creepy voice said

"Who said that!?" Link yelped jumping to avoid being jumped by a Re-Dead

"I was Stompy, the graves keeper. I thought you were Link" Stompy said coming into view with a lantern

"I'm Link, I came from Skyloft, I need to reach Hyrule Town, can you lead me?"

"I can't do that I'm afraid, you're not strong enough, you're not equipped" Stompy said

"You don't understand I have to get into the Castle tonight or the whole of Hyrule will be subjected to a never ending night!" Link said

"You can always slow time down" Stompy said

"How?" Link asked

"With the ocarina" Stompy said

"And where will I get that!?" Link asked

"Skyloft, it's where they keep the hero's things"

"How do I get back up there?" Link asked

"Ask the man in Lake Hylia or what's left of it anyway and another thing you're going to need Midna too because if you're going up against the Twilight you're also going up against Zant and the Shadow Princess not just Ganondorf"

"How do I get out of here?" Link pleaded

"Follow me" Stompy said

Of course this being Stompy' ghost he wasn't about to make it easy for Link. He gave him a time limit as he had done to the first Link to hold the ocarina, going an impossible route and forcing Link to find another way and falter or walk into flames and falter.

On the 9th try Link was ready to attack Stompy but he knew that was useless and so he decided that instead of concentrating too much he wouldn't concentrate as hard and this time it worked. But then Stompy wanted a rematch.

When Link got to the end this time there was a chest waiting for him.

In the chest was a Hyrule shield and an average sword. It wasn't great but it would be enough to help him help his new friends.

A light appeared and he walked into it.

The light carried him up and dropped him outside the Royal Tomb where Link then used several boxes to climb and get over the wall.

He dropped into the river and let it carry him until he could swim to a shallow part and climb out.

He met Teba and the inn keeper half way. It was now morning.

"Hey Link! What happened?" Teba asked

"I met Stompy" Link said "In the tomb"

"I thought that was a myth" The inn keeper said

"No myth" Link sighed, "I got these but he says we're not strong enough. He says we need the ocarina and he also said I'd need Midna"

"Link...I can't fly you back up there" Teba said sorrowfully, "Not even the Devine beast could do that even if he was in working order now"

"How far is Lake Hylia from here?" Link asked

"Quite far" The inn keeper said

"You're going to need a horse. we're going to need some food soon too" Teba said

"OK we'll find an inn...can either of you wrangle a horse?" Link asked

"We're Rito Link, we've no need of horses" Teba said

Somewhere in Hyrule, on a ranch overlooking Hyrule Town a horse with a wild heart broke free from its owner and darted over the fence, injuring itself in the process and darted across the field

"Epona!" A girl yelled

An angry farmhand loomed over the girl.

"I don't care how, you bring that damn horse back to me!"

"Yes Talon!"

"And don't come back here without her!" He yelled after the girl as she ran through the broken fence after the horse.