If you're still reading this thing, well, thanks! This is merely a pathetic attempt to expand the story until I figure out what comes next. And now, the moment that I'm sure a few of you anyway have been waiting for…

The Legend of Zelda : Link Does Stuff

Part 3

Another voice came from the darkness. " Get out of my room! And who said that you could use my Nintendo?"

" Shut up! And Playstation is better anyway!"

" How dare you!!!" The new voice thundered. " Nintendo is king!"

From the darkness came assorted yells, grunts, and sounds of a little brother getting his butt kicked. Finally, the stronger force having triumphed once again, and brought light once more to the land of Hyrule…

Link woke up. This was nothing new, yet it irritated him. You see, he only woke up when some sort of quest was about to begin. Other than that, he never slept. Next thing you know…

" Hey! Link! Get up! We've gotta do stuff!"

… a fairy would appear. Link looked at her.

" Hi! I'm… um…" Hehehe. Did you think I'd really copy the entire beginning over again? No?

Yeah, well… I would have! 'Cept I think I have a better chance of making it onto people's favorite authors lists if I write something at least semi-decent… hint hint…;)

Anyway, Link went running off toward that rabbit. It sat there and watched him as he came

closer. Suddenly, the bunny began to flash, and grow.

" Link, watch out! It's a pokemon!"

No! Not a pokemon!

He covered his face and stood back as the crazed bunny pokemon lunged at his face. The creature…

Link's life began to flash before his eyes. Suddenly, he was a baby again…

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" Here Linky… walk to Saria…"

An infant Link staggered as if he were drunk in the direction of the green haired girl. About a foot short of his goal, he fell over backwards.

" Nice try Linky!"

Link wanted to tell her not to call him Linky. As a matter of fact, he would have preferred her to change his name completely, to something normal, like Fred or something. But he couldn't tell her this. Didn't know why he couldn't, he just wasn't able to.

There was a knock at the door. Saria scrambled to her feet and picked up Link to go the door.

However, since she was physically only about eight years old, she wasn't really able to pick him up. Rather, she grabbed him under the arms and dragged him over to the door.

" Hello?" In the door stood Mido, one of Saria's best friends. " I came to see the newest Kokiri kid. Is that him?" he asked, pointing to Link, who smiled and drooled a bit.

" Yeah! Isn't he cute?" Saria stepped back to let Mido in.

" Sure he is. Strange… he looks kind of familiar… like I've seen him somewhere before…"

Saria put down Link and stepped back to look at him. " You're right. He does look like

something that I've seen before."

The baby Link smiled at them. He wore a long shirt that hung to his feet, with a belt hanging loosely on him. He also wore a long hat, kind of a purple brown color, that hung down his back.

His huge ears stuck out from under the hat.

Mido squinted at him. " He looks kind of … dopey."

Saria nodded. " Yeah. He does. Maybe it's my old hat. I'll get him one that's a better color.

Maybe green."

Link blinked his adorable blue eyes.

" Can he talk?"

" He don't know. He never tried."

" I see. Well, you should get him talking. Something tells me this kid will be famous someday."

Link spit up.

" Ugh. Well, Mido, I've gotta go clean him up, so I'll see you later, okay?"

Mido nodded and walked quickly to the door, since Link had just decided that now would be a good time for a diaper changing as well. Saria sighed and went to get Link new clothes.

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Link opened his eyes. The bunny thing was still there. He yelled, really loud, and blacked out.

Another scene from his past came up…

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Link gazed at the orb as it came closer and closer to his face. And closer, and closer, and closer…

it smacked him in the head. He feel over backwards as a group of Kokiri rushed to his side.

" Link, you all right?"

" Obviously not. He would have moved out of the way, or - here's a novel concept - caught the ball if he were ok. But no, he's stupid."

" Mido!"

" He is! Have you ever seen this kid talk?"

" No. But then, you don't often watch people talk."

Mido opened his mouth to say something, but closed it at a look from Saria. Having taken care of that, Saria bent to take care of the fallen boy. A large purple bump had begun to rise from his head.

" Link, can you hear me?"

Yup.

" Oh, good." She stood and smiled. " He's ok, everyone. Let's just leave him here." The crowd began to head back to their houses, including Saria, leaving Link dazed on the ground. Suddenly,

she turned back to him. " Wait… did you just talk?"

No.

She looked confused for a second as she thought this over. Finally, she shrugged. " Whatever."

Saria headed off in the direction that the others had just gone.

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Link still lay on the ground, his eyes closed. But wait… something was odd… He was laying in a room, a dark room, with the exception of a single light shining a bit away. He heard someone, far away… or at least over by that light.

" Link…"

He recognized the voice… but who?

" Link… come to the light, Link…"

Am I…

" No, you moron. It's just that you're in the dark and I can't see you. Get over here, stupid!"

It was Lupi! Link leapt to his feet and ran, slow motion, to his beloved fairy.

I thought that I'd never see you again!

" I hoped the same. But, alas, we can not always have what we wish." She looked him up and down. " You have a run."

He examined his legs. She was, as usual, correct.

Maybe Saria will have a spare pair.

" Lets hope. Oh, I have a present for you."

Woohoo! What is it?

" Look and see!" Lupi pulled a cloth from over the cage next to her. ( And yes, the cage did just suddenly appear. I say that to avoid any holes in the story.)

Link let out an incredibly loud and shrill shriek. He then leapt into Lupi's arms. ( And we all know how tough that is, knowing the size difference.) For in the cage was…

The rabid bunny!

" Hey! You're wrong! Nah, some little kid came out of the woods and identified it for me. Said it was a pokemon - I told you - and it's a… oh, what did he call it? A hoppotato."

A wha?

" Hoppotato. Cross between a nidoran and a sunkern. Very rare."

How'd they pull that off?

" Really, I'd prefer not to know."

Link nodded in agreement.

So, how do we get out?

" Through here." Lupi opened a door that led to the outside. " Come on."

Link slowly lifted the cage and followed her out the door. But then, he paused. A rare animal like this did not deserve to be kept in a cage. Carefully, gently, he lifted the hoppotato and took it from his cage. Then, just as carefully, he drop kicked it. Yup. Booted that scary bunny that caused him so much pain. He squinted as the hairball flew off into the sun. Smiling, Link ran off after Lupi. He knew that he had done the right thing.

No scary bunny creatures were harmed in the making of this. Thank you.