Chapter 4
Link, Teba and the inn keeper made their way over to the nearest Inn in the direction of where they needed to be. Link was in two minds, he wanted to help the girl from Kakoriko village but he needed to get back to Skyloft.
On route to the Inn Link found that his sword came in handy and his new Rito friends helped in securing dinner for them in the form of birds flying overhead, while he gathered up apples.
While at the Inn Link set about cooking him, Teba and the inn keeper a tone of restoring dishes and he was just about to tuck into one of these when the silence now in the air was broken by the sound of an enraged horse.
Link walked slowly up to Epona as she came into view, not quite knowing how it is he knew how to sooth her. He started talking to her,
"It's you, it must be. Where have you been?"
Epona' nostrils flared but then she made eye contact with Link,
"You seeing this?" The inn keeper asked Teba
"Yep" Teba replied
"Come on now I've got you" Link smiled getting Epona to trust him
Epona nuzzled him,
"I was starting to think you'd never come back" Epona said
Link looked up startled,
"What did you say?"
"If you're going into the Twilight you're going to need the ocarina and diaries of the hero before him" Epona said
"Will I change into a wolf when I cross the boarder?" Link asked
"Uncertain, I'll know it's you and your friends will two, you may have to contact Midna for the dark crystal that will help you change back and forth at will" Epona said
"Incredible, it's like they're actually having a conversation" Teba marvelled
"I think they are" The inn keeper said
"Whatever you do, keep me away from Lon, Lon Ranch and Talon" Epona pleaded
"You escaped him didn't you?" Link summarised, "We'll think of something"
The next morning Link set off on Epona with Teba and the inn keeper in tow, towards Lake Hylia, though none of them knew what they were likely to find there, as far as they knew it had dried up a long time ago and the bridge they needed to cross to get to the way down was perilous at the best of times,
"So what's your name?" Link asked the inn keeper as he flew beside him, "I can't call you inn keeper for evermore"
"My name is Corey" The inn keeper told him
"Corey" Link said to himself, "What's it like? To have a friend?"
"Like this actually" Corey said
"Uh huh!" Link grinned
"We'd be honoured to call you a friend Link, I never expected the Hero of Time to be quite so humble. This is going to be fun" Teba called down
He could fly higher than Corey, Corey was a middle aged Rito with arthritis in one wing.
"Epona, what happens to you in between lives?" Link asked
"My spirit is housed within a painting and then when the new Link is born I am born to a mare the ranch or a ranch, where I await your arrival" Epona told him
When they got to the bridge something was waiting for them. Bokoblin and Bombling. At first the Bokoblin would pick a Bombling and throw it at Link and if Link tried to bat it back with his sword it would explode in his face and hurt Epona, who would kick up,
"Sorry Epona" Link said, "There has to be a way across"
"This is our only route" Teba said
"Teba can you distract them? Whatever they are?" Link asked
"Bokoblin? Sure" Teba said and he flew overhead
As the Bokoblin were distracted, jumping and swiping at Teba as he teased and swooped in and flew off again Link jumped off Epona, plucked a Bombling and waited for it to blow, though this hurt he now knew when to through the Bombling and this time he hurt a Bokoblin.
The Bokoblin hopped about and Teba swooped down and threw him off the bridge.
The second Bokoblin screamed and hit Teba so Teba went flying into a pillar.
"That hurt!" He called before passing out
Link already had the next bomb and threw it at the Bokoblin while it was very pleased with itself.
The Bokoblin screeched, hopped and tripped over and off the bridge.
Link went back for Epona and then carefully walked her across the bridge as Corey went to tend to Teba.
"Are you alright?" Link asked as Teba came round
They heard a rumble and screamed as the bridge broke in the middle.
Once they were over this shock they realised the way down was now eroded, however there was a hut nearby with some large coo-coos,
Link looked at Epona.
"I'll be here"
Link nodded and entered the hut with Teba and Corey.
There was a sign on the floor that read; I'm out, leave five rupees and bring the coo-coo back when you're done.
Link had collected a few rupees along the route and placed a blue one down on a simple table before grabbing a coo-coo and jumping off the ledge.
Teba and Corey looked at each other and followed him down.
At the bottom Link and the two Rito were met by a wired looking man in a clown suite, playing an accordion,
"What? Huh?" He spluttered, "You're not from round here? Don't rob me!"
"We don't want to rob you, we want to reach Skyloft, where I'm from but I don't know how to get back and I was told to come here"
"You're from up there?" The man asked
"I am, I fell and my friend here caught me. Zelda is in danger and I can't help her without my things and they're up there, so do you have a way back?" Link asked
"I have a way back but I only have enough for one trip and one person"
Corey looked disappointed,
"What do you need to send all three of us up there?" Link asked
"A gear that doesn't stop spinning, it helps me to adjust the height. Its not high enough to get you all the way there, you'll need your Loft-Wing to get you the rest of the way" The man said
"OK, you send me up there, I come back and then I'll find you this gear you need" Link suggested before looking at Corey and Teba. "Can you try and find us an alternative route to Kokiri forest that Epona can get to while I'm gone?"
"Absolutely" Teba smiled
The man turned a handle on a Jack in the Box and a massive canon came out of the ground. Link took a breath and climbed in, bracing himself as he was then shot out and up into the air.
Link screamed louder going up than he had coming down. He needed to get to a particular height before being able to call his Loft-Wing.
A feisty Red bird.
He'd never been so released to see Skyloft as his ascent stopped but then he hovered and fell and his stomach dropped.
Link couldn't whistle and was grabbed by the his teacher from the knight school.
A few hours later Link came round on the sofa of the head office.
Link stretched, remembered everything and then sat up with a scream,
"Zelda' soul has been taken, Castle Town is in Twilight! I need to see what it does and then find Midna and help my friends and..."
"Its alright Link, we've been monitoring you since you fell through that trap door in the library" The head master said
"You have?" Link asked
"It's time, but before you return to the surface we must remind you of the ways of the sword and your duties to the Princess of Hyrule"
