New Ocarina Report: Zelda Wing
Episode II - Of Past and Future
When Link regained his sight, he found he was still standing on solid ground. However, his relief soon turned to shock when he saw where he was.
It was a long white corridor, lined with elliptical-shaped windows alongside one wall. Link stepped closer to the windowed wall and peered out of its glass barrier. The image of a vast, endless black void spotted with sparkling stars drove Link into a shock. Finally, Link took his gaze off the mysterious void and he started to venture out along the corridor.
A running body crashing into him soon met him. Both figures yelped in alarm as they tumbled over one another. When Link rose to his feet, he noticed that he had collided with a dark haired boy dressed in a black suit. "My apologies," said Link cautiously as he helped the stranger up. However, as soon as he held the boy by the arm, the boy whirled around and jumped to his feet. Drawing a pistol from his pocket, the boy shoved Link to the ground and aimed his gun at Link's chest. "Quatre," said the boy in a gruff voice into a device in his left hand, "I've got him."
"You didn't hurt him did you?" came the static-riddled voice on the other end of the transmission.
"Not yet," said the boy, still aiming the barrel of his weapon at Link. Link was fastened to the ground in fear.
"Don't kill him Heero!" shrieked the voice again.
"Fine," the boy grumbled.
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Link struggled against the handcuffs behind the back of the chair he was tied to. In the room was the same dark haired boy, along with three other black-haired boys with him. The tall one on the right sported a long lock of hair that obscured the left half of his face completely. A short blonde boy was beside them, along with a tall brown haired woman beside the first boy. "Let's lynch him," said the boy with the long braid.
"Let's make his squeal like the White Fang scum he is," said the other boy with slanted eyes.
"Let's not harm him," said the blonde boy cautiously. Link looked at the blonde as he came up to him. "My name is Quatre Rebaba Winner. What's yours?"
Link did not answer.
"Quatre, he's a White Fang soldier. You have to kill them to get them to talk." Said the first boy.
The one with the hair in his face simply nodded.
"Heero," said the tall woman to the first boy, "Let's not be so hostile."
The boy muttered to himself and walked to the opposite side of the dark room.
The tall woman joined Quatre at Link's side. "Call me Noin," she said. "What do you know about the White Fang?"
"Nothing," Link managed to murmur.
Just then, the boy with the long hair over his face chimed up. "He doesn't look like any White Fang soldier. Just look at his ears- even what he's wearing."
Everyone in the room diverted their attention to Link's pointy ears. "You're not human?" asked the boy with the braid
"No, I am Hylain," said Link.
"Hylain?" mused the boy with the braid, "That some kind of alien race?"
"Oh, quit it Duo," Quatre said to the braided boy. "My name is Quatre," said the blonde again. "Over there is Heero, the one who found you."
Link looked to the boy who had threatened him before. His face was as impassive as a stone. "He's Duo," said Quatre, jerking his thumb at the boy with the braid, "Over there's Wufei," he said as he looked at the slick-haired boy. "That's Trowa over there," he said, motioning at the boy with the bizarre hairstyle that drooped over his face. "What's yours?"
Link stared at his green tunic. "Link," he finally said.
"Link?" Duo laughed, "What kind of name is that?"
"Be kind, Duo," said Trowa bluntly.
"Oh, sure," said Duo mockingly, "And he carries around this silly thing with him too for fun, huh?" the boy laughed as he took out Link's ocarina from his pocket.
"My ocarina!" Link gasped, struggling against his bounds.
"Your orca-what?" Duo asked, looking at the pale shell.
"Ocarina," said Trowa calmly as he walked up to Duo and took the ocarina. "It's an ancient musical instrument, like a flute."
"Weird," said Duo.
Heero only snorted.
"You put it to your lips and blow into it," said Trowa, doing so.
"Don't play it!" Link gasped with alarm.
But it was too late. Trowa had already puffed a note into the cracked ocarina and vanished in a puff of clear smoke.
"Trowa!" everyone gasped in unison.
In a flash, Heero redrew his gun and poked it into Link' neck. "What did you do with him?" he snarled.
"N-nothing!" Link stammered. "I told him not to play it-! It was damaged-!"
Noin sighed, and went behind Link's chair. With the clinging of some keys, Link felt his handcuffs release his wrists. Quatre knelt down and undid the bounds around Link's ankles to the chair legs. Within moments, Link had stood up. Heero muttered as he stuffed his gun back into his pocket.
"What happened to Trowa?" Wufei snarled.
"And who are you?" Duo cut in.
"Please guys!" Quatre interjected, "Just let him speak!"
"Thank you," said Link to Quatre.
"What happened to him?" Wufei repeated himself.
"Your friend played a note on my damaged ocarina," explained Link. "That ocarina has magical powers vested into it."
"Yeah?" Wufei asked.
"It was damaged back in my land of Hyrule- a normal note like that would have no effect on anything," said Link. "But, since it was damaged- maybe that is how I arrived here..." Link trailed off.
"You're not believing this guy, are ya' Heero?" Duo laughed.
"I don't know Duo," Heero said in a low tone, "Right now I'm ready to believe anything."
"I agree with Heero," said Wufei, "I can't explain what happened to Trowa."
Noin nodded her head in agreement.
"Aw c'mon," Duo said, "It's all smoke and mirrors!"
Link approached Duo. "Then perhaps thou may like to play it," Link suggested with a grin.
Duo hesitated. "Then again," he muttered, "I s'pose anything is possible."
Link grinned to himself.
"So, what happened to Trowa?" Noin asked Link.
Link took off his green cap and looked at Noin. "He must have played the first note from the Song of Teleportation," explained Link. "Since the ocarina was damaged, there is no telling where thy friend has vanished."
"Great," Duo groaned. "White Fang, Oz, and now Trowa's gone."
"White Fang? Oz?" Link asked in confusion.
Quatre sighed. "We're at war with a group called the White Fang," he explained. "Right now, we're on a starship called the Peacemillion. We were just about to launch a final assault on them when you showed up."
"Their sanctuary," began Link, "Is it far from here?"
"`Bout a couple hundred miles," Duo said. "Why?"
"Is there anywhere else that your Trowa could survive?"
"Planet Earth," Heero said gruffly. "That's at least seventeen thousand miles from where we are."
"By the Gods," Link muttered in shock.
"What?" Quatre asked worriedly.
"I fear that, since thy enemy's sanction is the closest inhabitance for his survival, the Song of Teleportation may have whisked him to it."
"He's on Libra?" Wufei gasped.
"Calm down Wufei," Heero said placidly. "Link, is there any way we can find him on there?"
Link shook his head slowly. "We shall have to look."
Link noticed his sheathed sword lying on a nearby table. He strode to it and picked it up by the sword's handle, and tore it out of its cover. "Then we shall fight the White Fang to recover Trowa!"
Duo held back a snort of laughter. "Um, dude, I don't think a sword is gonna' help any."
Link looked at Duo, puzzled.
Heero sighed. "Quatre, show him the Gundams."
Episode II - Of Past and Future
When Link regained his sight, he found he was still standing on solid ground. However, his relief soon turned to shock when he saw where he was.
It was a long white corridor, lined with elliptical-shaped windows alongside one wall. Link stepped closer to the windowed wall and peered out of its glass barrier. The image of a vast, endless black void spotted with sparkling stars drove Link into a shock. Finally, Link took his gaze off the mysterious void and he started to venture out along the corridor.
A running body crashing into him soon met him. Both figures yelped in alarm as they tumbled over one another. When Link rose to his feet, he noticed that he had collided with a dark haired boy dressed in a black suit. "My apologies," said Link cautiously as he helped the stranger up. However, as soon as he held the boy by the arm, the boy whirled around and jumped to his feet. Drawing a pistol from his pocket, the boy shoved Link to the ground and aimed his gun at Link's chest. "Quatre," said the boy in a gruff voice into a device in his left hand, "I've got him."
"You didn't hurt him did you?" came the static-riddled voice on the other end of the transmission.
"Not yet," said the boy, still aiming the barrel of his weapon at Link. Link was fastened to the ground in fear.
"Don't kill him Heero!" shrieked the voice again.
"Fine," the boy grumbled.
-
Link struggled against the handcuffs behind the back of the chair he was tied to. In the room was the same dark haired boy, along with three other black-haired boys with him. The tall one on the right sported a long lock of hair that obscured the left half of his face completely. A short blonde boy was beside them, along with a tall brown haired woman beside the first boy. "Let's lynch him," said the boy with the long braid.
"Let's make his squeal like the White Fang scum he is," said the other boy with slanted eyes.
"Let's not harm him," said the blonde boy cautiously. Link looked at the blonde as he came up to him. "My name is Quatre Rebaba Winner. What's yours?"
Link did not answer.
"Quatre, he's a White Fang soldier. You have to kill them to get them to talk." Said the first boy.
The one with the hair in his face simply nodded.
"Heero," said the tall woman to the first boy, "Let's not be so hostile."
The boy muttered to himself and walked to the opposite side of the dark room.
The tall woman joined Quatre at Link's side. "Call me Noin," she said. "What do you know about the White Fang?"
"Nothing," Link managed to murmur.
Just then, the boy with the long hair over his face chimed up. "He doesn't look like any White Fang soldier. Just look at his ears- even what he's wearing."
Everyone in the room diverted their attention to Link's pointy ears. "You're not human?" asked the boy with the braid
"No, I am Hylain," said Link.
"Hylain?" mused the boy with the braid, "That some kind of alien race?"
"Oh, quit it Duo," Quatre said to the braided boy. "My name is Quatre," said the blonde again. "Over there is Heero, the one who found you."
Link looked to the boy who had threatened him before. His face was as impassive as a stone. "He's Duo," said Quatre, jerking his thumb at the boy with the braid, "Over there's Wufei," he said as he looked at the slick-haired boy. "That's Trowa over there," he said, motioning at the boy with the bizarre hairstyle that drooped over his face. "What's yours?"
Link stared at his green tunic. "Link," he finally said.
"Link?" Duo laughed, "What kind of name is that?"
"Be kind, Duo," said Trowa bluntly.
"Oh, sure," said Duo mockingly, "And he carries around this silly thing with him too for fun, huh?" the boy laughed as he took out Link's ocarina from his pocket.
"My ocarina!" Link gasped, struggling against his bounds.
"Your orca-what?" Duo asked, looking at the pale shell.
"Ocarina," said Trowa calmly as he walked up to Duo and took the ocarina. "It's an ancient musical instrument, like a flute."
"Weird," said Duo.
Heero only snorted.
"You put it to your lips and blow into it," said Trowa, doing so.
"Don't play it!" Link gasped with alarm.
But it was too late. Trowa had already puffed a note into the cracked ocarina and vanished in a puff of clear smoke.
"Trowa!" everyone gasped in unison.
In a flash, Heero redrew his gun and poked it into Link' neck. "What did you do with him?" he snarled.
"N-nothing!" Link stammered. "I told him not to play it-! It was damaged-!"
Noin sighed, and went behind Link's chair. With the clinging of some keys, Link felt his handcuffs release his wrists. Quatre knelt down and undid the bounds around Link's ankles to the chair legs. Within moments, Link had stood up. Heero muttered as he stuffed his gun back into his pocket.
"What happened to Trowa?" Wufei snarled.
"And who are you?" Duo cut in.
"Please guys!" Quatre interjected, "Just let him speak!"
"Thank you," said Link to Quatre.
"What happened to him?" Wufei repeated himself.
"Your friend played a note on my damaged ocarina," explained Link. "That ocarina has magical powers vested into it."
"Yeah?" Wufei asked.
"It was damaged back in my land of Hyrule- a normal note like that would have no effect on anything," said Link. "But, since it was damaged- maybe that is how I arrived here..." Link trailed off.
"You're not believing this guy, are ya' Heero?" Duo laughed.
"I don't know Duo," Heero said in a low tone, "Right now I'm ready to believe anything."
"I agree with Heero," said Wufei, "I can't explain what happened to Trowa."
Noin nodded her head in agreement.
"Aw c'mon," Duo said, "It's all smoke and mirrors!"
Link approached Duo. "Then perhaps thou may like to play it," Link suggested with a grin.
Duo hesitated. "Then again," he muttered, "I s'pose anything is possible."
Link grinned to himself.
"So, what happened to Trowa?" Noin asked Link.
Link took off his green cap and looked at Noin. "He must have played the first note from the Song of Teleportation," explained Link. "Since the ocarina was damaged, there is no telling where thy friend has vanished."
"Great," Duo groaned. "White Fang, Oz, and now Trowa's gone."
"White Fang? Oz?" Link asked in confusion.
Quatre sighed. "We're at war with a group called the White Fang," he explained. "Right now, we're on a starship called the Peacemillion. We were just about to launch a final assault on them when you showed up."
"Their sanctuary," began Link, "Is it far from here?"
"`Bout a couple hundred miles," Duo said. "Why?"
"Is there anywhere else that your Trowa could survive?"
"Planet Earth," Heero said gruffly. "That's at least seventeen thousand miles from where we are."
"By the Gods," Link muttered in shock.
"What?" Quatre asked worriedly.
"I fear that, since thy enemy's sanction is the closest inhabitance for his survival, the Song of Teleportation may have whisked him to it."
"He's on Libra?" Wufei gasped.
"Calm down Wufei," Heero said placidly. "Link, is there any way we can find him on there?"
Link shook his head slowly. "We shall have to look."
Link noticed his sheathed sword lying on a nearby table. He strode to it and picked it up by the sword's handle, and tore it out of its cover. "Then we shall fight the White Fang to recover Trowa!"
Duo held back a snort of laughter. "Um, dude, I don't think a sword is gonna' help any."
Link looked at Duo, puzzled.
Heero sighed. "Quatre, show him the Gundams."