Chapter 2: Welcome to Outset
Link stood at Aryll's lookout with his sister's telescope. The afternoon sun warmed his face as he looked at the people on Outset Island doing their daily chores. Mesa as always was in vegetable patch pulling weeds. Mesa always says that the weeds always grow back whenever he goes in and out of his house. Aryll had learned to carry water jugs over her head so she seemed to always be at the well. Link loved the peaceful times but he at times found himself daydreaming of adventures. He shook his head at the thought of going on adventures and told himself he gave that up a long time ago so he could spend more time with his family. He then grew tired of looking at the people in the village and began to look at the crabs on the shore.
"What the. That's not a crab!" Link said aloud to no one in particular. He focused the telescope on the figure on the shore. He stopped looking at the body through the telescope to see it with the naked eye. He took one small step back before rushing down the ladder and darted over to the figure as fast as he could. He stopped just a few feet short of the body and walked cautiously towards it. It was a girl with brown hair. The girl looked about his age. She lay on her stomach with a knife stuck in her back and her black shirt was stained with blood. Link's hand hovered over the knife not sure if he should take it out or not but finally decided to pull it out as he did the girl did not move or make a sound. 'Is she dead' he thought to himself. 'No, she's breathing.' The looked at the knife and noticed it was a pirate knife. He immediately thought of Tetra and wondered if this girl had any relation to her and if something horrible happened to Tetra. Link picked her up, leaving the knife on the beach, and headed toward the Great Fairy. "If anyone could help her she could."
The walk there was very easy because the bridge had been replaced. Link entered the blue room where the Great Fairy dwelt with the unconscious girl in his arms. He brought her two one of the fairies in the water. The fairy whirled around her but the wound remained.
The great Fairy's voice then filled the room, "I'm sorry but a fairy's touch cannot heal this girl"
"Why not?" Link yelled back. "What's wrong with her?"
"She is alien to us and does not heal like you do."
"What? Alien. but she looks human." The room filled with silence so he figured he would heal her the old fashioned way.
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The sun began to set as Link came back to his home. Aryll came running up to him as he walked toward the house.
"Big Brother where were. who's that? What happened to her? She looks hurt. Did you take her to the Great Fairy"
"The Great Fairy didn't help her"
"What! Why not?"
"Where's Grandma?"
"She's still at Rose's." Aryll stopped talking for a moment and looked at the girl's condition. "Well quick bring her inside I'll help her" Link brought this 'alien' girl into his home and Aryll wrapped her injury as Link stood by the burning fire contemplating what the Great Fairy had told him. 'What id the great fairy is wrong?' he thought to himself. 'I mean this girl can't be alien to this planet, but what id she is? Should I be cautious of her or should I be worried about what had stabbed her and if it was to come back for her. Could it be Gannondorf? No, he is a rock, sealed away in Hyrule.'
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Paige woke up the following morning to a strange smell, in a strange bed. In fact everything in the room was strange. She felt her back where the knife had been but in place of it were bandages. Across from her was someone clothed in green sleeping in a chair. Paige stood up and right when she picked up her sword. The guy in the chair opened one eye.
"You're finally awake" Paige put her sword away before speaking.
"Everyone needs there sleep. Where am I?" She tried to sound strong even though she was still weak from the blood loss
"Your on outset island. What's your name?"
"Paige'
"Mine is Link. Where are you from?" "My name is Paige and where I'm from is not important." Paige snapped. Paige usually wasn't that mean to people who have done nothing to her but she didn't know if she could trust him. "Do you have a boat?"
"No I don't. Where are you going?" "You don't need to know but the sooner I get a boat the sooner I can leave you in peace." She had already taken a chance by telling the tree where she was going but she wouldn't tell him. If word got out to her home world what she was doing the enemy would find her before she ever made it to the Hero. "I think you should stay here for a while before you leave and the pirates finish you off next time." Link said with a smirk. "Pirate! How did you know?" "The knife in your back was that of a pirate's. Are you a pirate or were you just traveling with pirates." "Neither. I was captured by pirates and I managed to escape."
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About a month had passed and Paige was still on the island. She had met everyone on the island they called Outset but she spent most of her time alone. She felt depressed that she would soon have to return home and tell everyone she could not find the hero, but she would try and enjoy herself tonight. Tonight was the night of Sturgeon's birthday. The entire island was planning his party. Tables were set up outside his home with food galore. Torches were also lit because the party was after dusk. Everyone talked laughed and ate at the party while Sturgeon told stories of his youth. Everyone was having such a good time except for Paige. She felt a little bit alone or outcasted. She didn't belong here, she had her own crises at home. Link was over by the house talking with someone he called Orca. When they went into the house Paige decide to follow them and do what she does best, spy so she watched them from a window. "It's been weeks since you have practiced fencing. Let me see how rusty you are" said the old man to Link as he handed him a sword. Paige was shocked to see that Link was indeed a swordsman. He handled the blade with such skill. Paige didn't watch long. She left the window and went over to talk to Aryll. "Link knows fencing?" Paige asked right after she sat down next to Aryll.
"Of course he does everyone knows that"
"For how long?"
"The Orca taught him fencing just before he set out to save the Great Sea from a great evil." "A great evil? Wait, you mean he's the hero!?"
"Yes, you didn't know that?" Paige got up and quickly walked into the Orca's house.
"Link! I need to talk to you." She said after the door swung open. "What is it?" "I have been searching for the hero for a long time and this whole it was you."
"You've been looking foe me? For what?"
"My home in great peril. We are at war. I left my country to seek you're help. Will you come to my country's aid?"
"Where is you're country?" "The place is not of this world. I am from Mirphyte. Will you help me?" Link hesitated for a bit before agreeing, maybe this was the adventure he had been hoping for in his dreams.
"I'm going too." Aryll chimed in.
"No you're not." Link quickly said.
"He's right Aryll." It's extremely dangerous and you could get killed.
"Paige, I will not get killed. I'm old enough to take care of myself." "Aryll you have my permission to go but you'll have to talk it over with your family. Bear in mind that my country is at war and death lurks around every corner. I should let you both know I cannot guarantee a safe return home. If you do decide to go we must leave quickly."
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"No I don't want either of you to go!" Link and Aryll's grandmother pleaded with them for hours. "How could you leave your poor old grandma again?"
"We have to go" Link protested.
"I don't want to let you go. I almost lost you both when Aryll was kidnapped and I don't want to go through that dilemma again."
"I'm sorry grandma. We will return home I promise." And with those last words Link and Aryll left there home unsure of what was ahead. "Well how did it go?" Paige asked looking concerned with her arms crossed. "How long until we get to your home if we leave now." Link asked
Paige smiled. "It will only take a minute." She then took out a small pointed rock from her pocket. It was white with black stripes in it. She then walked toward the well and began to cut at the cliff wall near it. Shadows of black and purple began to emerge from the large up in the cliff. "The doorway closes fast so we cannot go in one at a time. We'll have to go at the same time. Take my hand and whatever you do don't left go." She then extended her hand and Link and Aryll both took a tight hold of each of her hands. They all three at once began to walk toward the shadows until they we're completely consumed by them. Link began to feel dizzy. All of his senses were fading. First his hearing, then vision, smell, taste, and finally his whole body went numb. He was no longer sure if he still had a hold of Paige's hand. He only hoped he hasn't let go.
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Author's Note: Yes finally the first chapter with Link in it! Well how is that so far? I know I jumped into the problem quickly but I didn't want to bore anyone with any extra crap like all the petty stuff during the month's lapse. Please review.
Link stood at Aryll's lookout with his sister's telescope. The afternoon sun warmed his face as he looked at the people on Outset Island doing their daily chores. Mesa as always was in vegetable patch pulling weeds. Mesa always says that the weeds always grow back whenever he goes in and out of his house. Aryll had learned to carry water jugs over her head so she seemed to always be at the well. Link loved the peaceful times but he at times found himself daydreaming of adventures. He shook his head at the thought of going on adventures and told himself he gave that up a long time ago so he could spend more time with his family. He then grew tired of looking at the people in the village and began to look at the crabs on the shore.
"What the. That's not a crab!" Link said aloud to no one in particular. He focused the telescope on the figure on the shore. He stopped looking at the body through the telescope to see it with the naked eye. He took one small step back before rushing down the ladder and darted over to the figure as fast as he could. He stopped just a few feet short of the body and walked cautiously towards it. It was a girl with brown hair. The girl looked about his age. She lay on her stomach with a knife stuck in her back and her black shirt was stained with blood. Link's hand hovered over the knife not sure if he should take it out or not but finally decided to pull it out as he did the girl did not move or make a sound. 'Is she dead' he thought to himself. 'No, she's breathing.' The looked at the knife and noticed it was a pirate knife. He immediately thought of Tetra and wondered if this girl had any relation to her and if something horrible happened to Tetra. Link picked her up, leaving the knife on the beach, and headed toward the Great Fairy. "If anyone could help her she could."
The walk there was very easy because the bridge had been replaced. Link entered the blue room where the Great Fairy dwelt with the unconscious girl in his arms. He brought her two one of the fairies in the water. The fairy whirled around her but the wound remained.
The great Fairy's voice then filled the room, "I'm sorry but a fairy's touch cannot heal this girl"
"Why not?" Link yelled back. "What's wrong with her?"
"She is alien to us and does not heal like you do."
"What? Alien. but she looks human." The room filled with silence so he figured he would heal her the old fashioned way.
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The sun began to set as Link came back to his home. Aryll came running up to him as he walked toward the house.
"Big Brother where were. who's that? What happened to her? She looks hurt. Did you take her to the Great Fairy"
"The Great Fairy didn't help her"
"What! Why not?"
"Where's Grandma?"
"She's still at Rose's." Aryll stopped talking for a moment and looked at the girl's condition. "Well quick bring her inside I'll help her" Link brought this 'alien' girl into his home and Aryll wrapped her injury as Link stood by the burning fire contemplating what the Great Fairy had told him. 'What id the great fairy is wrong?' he thought to himself. 'I mean this girl can't be alien to this planet, but what id she is? Should I be cautious of her or should I be worried about what had stabbed her and if it was to come back for her. Could it be Gannondorf? No, he is a rock, sealed away in Hyrule.'
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Paige woke up the following morning to a strange smell, in a strange bed. In fact everything in the room was strange. She felt her back where the knife had been but in place of it were bandages. Across from her was someone clothed in green sleeping in a chair. Paige stood up and right when she picked up her sword. The guy in the chair opened one eye.
"You're finally awake" Paige put her sword away before speaking.
"Everyone needs there sleep. Where am I?" She tried to sound strong even though she was still weak from the blood loss
"Your on outset island. What's your name?"
"Paige'
"Mine is Link. Where are you from?" "My name is Paige and where I'm from is not important." Paige snapped. Paige usually wasn't that mean to people who have done nothing to her but she didn't know if she could trust him. "Do you have a boat?"
"No I don't. Where are you going?" "You don't need to know but the sooner I get a boat the sooner I can leave you in peace." She had already taken a chance by telling the tree where she was going but she wouldn't tell him. If word got out to her home world what she was doing the enemy would find her before she ever made it to the Hero. "I think you should stay here for a while before you leave and the pirates finish you off next time." Link said with a smirk. "Pirate! How did you know?" "The knife in your back was that of a pirate's. Are you a pirate or were you just traveling with pirates." "Neither. I was captured by pirates and I managed to escape."
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About a month had passed and Paige was still on the island. She had met everyone on the island they called Outset but she spent most of her time alone. She felt depressed that she would soon have to return home and tell everyone she could not find the hero, but she would try and enjoy herself tonight. Tonight was the night of Sturgeon's birthday. The entire island was planning his party. Tables were set up outside his home with food galore. Torches were also lit because the party was after dusk. Everyone talked laughed and ate at the party while Sturgeon told stories of his youth. Everyone was having such a good time except for Paige. She felt a little bit alone or outcasted. She didn't belong here, she had her own crises at home. Link was over by the house talking with someone he called Orca. When they went into the house Paige decide to follow them and do what she does best, spy so she watched them from a window. "It's been weeks since you have practiced fencing. Let me see how rusty you are" said the old man to Link as he handed him a sword. Paige was shocked to see that Link was indeed a swordsman. He handled the blade with such skill. Paige didn't watch long. She left the window and went over to talk to Aryll. "Link knows fencing?" Paige asked right after she sat down next to Aryll.
"Of course he does everyone knows that"
"For how long?"
"The Orca taught him fencing just before he set out to save the Great Sea from a great evil." "A great evil? Wait, you mean he's the hero!?"
"Yes, you didn't know that?" Paige got up and quickly walked into the Orca's house.
"Link! I need to talk to you." She said after the door swung open. "What is it?" "I have been searching for the hero for a long time and this whole it was you."
"You've been looking foe me? For what?"
"My home in great peril. We are at war. I left my country to seek you're help. Will you come to my country's aid?"
"Where is you're country?" "The place is not of this world. I am from Mirphyte. Will you help me?" Link hesitated for a bit before agreeing, maybe this was the adventure he had been hoping for in his dreams.
"I'm going too." Aryll chimed in.
"No you're not." Link quickly said.
"He's right Aryll." It's extremely dangerous and you could get killed.
"Paige, I will not get killed. I'm old enough to take care of myself." "Aryll you have my permission to go but you'll have to talk it over with your family. Bear in mind that my country is at war and death lurks around every corner. I should let you both know I cannot guarantee a safe return home. If you do decide to go we must leave quickly."
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"No I don't want either of you to go!" Link and Aryll's grandmother pleaded with them for hours. "How could you leave your poor old grandma again?"
"We have to go" Link protested.
"I don't want to let you go. I almost lost you both when Aryll was kidnapped and I don't want to go through that dilemma again."
"I'm sorry grandma. We will return home I promise." And with those last words Link and Aryll left there home unsure of what was ahead. "Well how did it go?" Paige asked looking concerned with her arms crossed. "How long until we get to your home if we leave now." Link asked
Paige smiled. "It will only take a minute." She then took out a small pointed rock from her pocket. It was white with black stripes in it. She then walked toward the well and began to cut at the cliff wall near it. Shadows of black and purple began to emerge from the large up in the cliff. "The doorway closes fast so we cannot go in one at a time. We'll have to go at the same time. Take my hand and whatever you do don't left go." She then extended her hand and Link and Aryll both took a tight hold of each of her hands. They all three at once began to walk toward the shadows until they we're completely consumed by them. Link began to feel dizzy. All of his senses were fading. First his hearing, then vision, smell, taste, and finally his whole body went numb. He was no longer sure if he still had a hold of Paige's hand. He only hoped he hasn't let go.
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Author's Note: Yes finally the first chapter with Link in it! Well how is that so far? I know I jumped into the problem quickly but I didn't want to bore anyone with any extra crap like all the petty stuff during the month's lapse. Please review.