~~~Several Months Ago~~~
"I still can't believe they didn't tell me"! The owl thought as he flapped and scurried his wings."What do they think I am,a common bird"!? Kaepora angrilly pondered as he flew faster and faster twords Hyrule Castle."I used to be a goddess dawmed Sage!A Sage I tell you"! He stopped for a moment,realizing he was extremely hungry.He hadn't eaten since two nights ago,when he first found out from a friend about this horrid "Ganonlink"."Why should a giant turtle,who does nothing but give "piggy-back rides" find out about something of universal importance before I do?It's just not right"!
Quietly,he hovered stealthfully over a sleeping toad.It croaked lightly with it's eyes shut tight,as if to be in a deep immersive sleep.With a quiet hoot,Kaepora swooped down to the ground to home in on his prey.He was standing only a few inches from the sleeping frog ,staring at his overdue meal's last croaks.And then,the amphibion opened his eyes.Oh no,it had just been alerted of Kaepora's presence.The frog quickly looked around searching for what had caused him to awake."Oh very well",Kaepora thought as he quickly swooped in the kill.It's bodily juices sprayed out like a hose,as Kaepora scraped his sharp talons against the frog's sensitive body.He didn't really like being so primitive,just going up to the prey and gutting it.However,when you are put under a two day fast you tend not to care about such trivial matters.
The juicy frog legs tasted good against Kaepora's hungry beak,as he devoured it in a quickened pace.Usually he would slow himself,but he was in a hurry.He had to get to the castle and talk to Princess Zelda,he had to.Kaepora lifted his head up,and stood motionless as he stared at the partially eaten toad corpse."Strange",Kaepora thought."What's a frog doing in the middle of Hyrule Field?They usually only live in the Zora River or Lake Hylia,and i'm no where near either of those places.Strange........yes very strange".Kaepora looked around to see if something bad was happening.Maybe the frogs were scared by something.But it sure would take something quite scary to make a frog go all the way out here.
Kaepora decided that if he really wanted to know what caused the disturbance,he would have to go to both Lake Hylia and the Zora River.But either of those were at least a two day trip,and he was in a hurry to see Princess Zelda.Then it dawned upon him,if he were to fly high enough he could see all of Hyrule,including both Lake Hylia and the Zora River.So he started flapping his wings for take off,faster they flapped,and faster,and faster.Until he finally gained enough momentum to go airbourne.Now came the hard part.He jerked his head skyward,pointing twords the moon,and began flying straight upward.
As the mystical owl gained more and more vescocity,he looked around with his highly flexible neck.It looked at though he would need to get very,very high in order to achieve his goal height.This would mean about one hundred,maybe one hundred fifty feet above the highest peak of Death Mountain."That kind of height could get me a bit light-headed",Kaepora thought."I don't even know if i'll even be in the right state of mind for that kind of observation".It was going a bit faster than he first predicted however,as he was already about to reach a half mile up.Roughly two fourths of the distance he would have to travel.
It was beginning to feel a bit chilled,for good reason too.At those heights,the temperature would start dropping dramaticly.Just a few minutes ago it was an overley warm Autumn evening of about sixty degrees.Now it was a cold winterey twenty-eight with little snow flakes beating down on his face."I knew it was going to rain soon",Kaepora thought as the snow drifted down,snow that would eventually hit the ground as melted rain.Now at an altitude of half a mile and two eighths,Kaepora was beginning to seem a bit drowsy.
"An owl to be drowsy in the middle of the night,I must definatley be high up",thought the former sage.What at first where mere trinkles of snow,was now speeding into a blizzard,and big chunks of hail were now meshed with the falling flakes.This was getting to be downright dangerous!It was now about four below zero,and the hail and blizzard made this task extremely hazardous.Kaepora finally decided not to fly any higher,and that this was about as good of a vantage point as he was gonna get.So,with all of his might he tried to focus in on one of the two sites.
First,he looked twords the east to Zora's River.Nothing really seemed irregular there,besides the fact that Zora's Domain was still under construction.It looked very quiet and peaceful,very majestic,very beautiful.But something about it was just a tad bit off,just a bit.However,it was enough for Kaepora to sence it.But,it wasn't something irregular.Ever since he got back from Termina,Kaepora had felt it all over.It was a sence of dread,a sence of panic.All the animals he saw along the way were acting strange.The teahats were totally immoble,even when you would attack it,it wouldn't move.A lot to say for a creature that will viciously attack anything that get's within ten meters of it.
Then,there's the Stallchilds.Instead of trying to feast on the humanoid like species that walk the fields at night,they actually run from them now.They have a true sence of horror in them,a sence of fear.A feeling that an undead creature,under no circumstances,should ever feel.And they run from people,they run as fast as their tiny skeleton legs can carry them.They'll run till their arms fall off and they'll pay no attention.They'll run till their heads fall off and they'll pay no attention.They'll even run till their midsections fall off and they'll pay no attention.Something substancially creepy was happening in Hyrule,niegh,something substancially creepy was happening in the universe.
Next,he looked twords the west to Lake Hylia.No,nothing different about it besides the creepiness that's generally infesting the entire land.But besides that,something did seem a bit more wierd.A bit more dark.A bit more nocturnal.A bit more...........dangerous.It almost felt as if something was pulling out to Kaepora,trying to tell him something.Tell him that Lake Hylia was..........was a target zone of some sort.The frog in the middle of Hyrule Field must have just been another wierd animal occurence."I wonder,how are the more............dangerous animals reacting to this imbalance"? The scary thought slashed his brain like a fine tempered blade.If the more linear animals were acting totally against their nature,what were creatures like Gohma Queens and Barinides doing?The scenario was quite a terrifying thought.
Kaepora quickly blocked that out of his mind and once again realized the coldness and danger that filled this high altitude air.He had to get down,and get down now or his wings may blister off.Flapping the icicles off his body,he started his rocket speed decent to some decent crust air.This atmoshphereic borderline oxygen crap was really chaffing his windpipe.The fall back to the ground was extremely easy for Kaepora,of course it's always easier to flow with gravity than defy it.He really didn't even need to fly down,just a stabalized decent would do.
Upon landing on a rooftop,Kaepora took a little look around.It appeared as though he had landed on the roof of Malon's House in Lon Lon Ranch.The decent,the altitude,the mild wind.It all gave him an extra push of about one or two miles.Pretty lucky,considering that cut off about thirty to fourty minutes from his trip to Hyrule Castle."Hmmmmm,it looks as though i'm hurt a little more than I first projected",Kaepora thought.He had several bruises across his body,and the tip of his wing had begun to bleed.No doubt they were from those large hailstones in the high altitudes of the Hyrulian sky.
"Wait a minute"!Kaepora thought."I landed in Lon Lon Ranch,maybe Malon can give me some help.After all,Lon Lon Milk is known to have healing properties in it.Well,I'd hate to wake her up in the middle of the night but.........this looks pretty bad".Kaepora once again looked at his bruises,and the open gash on his wing.If he didn't get help for it soon his injuries may turn fatal."(Sigh)I guess I have no choice",Kaepora muttered in silence as he flew wobily to Malon's bedroom window.
With his pointy beak,he lightly pecked at the window.Not causing any window cracking ,but at least enough to create some noise.Luckily Kaepora didn't need to knock again,Malon was a light sleeper.She fluttered her eyes trying to find the source of the tapping.Kaepora let off a loud hoot to signal that he was out the window,and Malon quickly went over twords him."An owl?What would a cute little owl be tapping on my window for"?Malon asked herself.She then looked over the bird,and found that it was totally bewildered with bruises and cuts.Also she saw a large bleeding gash on it's left wing."Oh poor thing!I better get it inside",Malon said.
As she opened her window,Kaepora quickly flapped inside.Then something just dawned upon him.How was Malon going to react to a talking owl?What was she supposed to just say,"Of course i'll help you mister talking owl".No,that definatley wasn't going to happen.If he was going to say anything ,she'd probley faint from shock.And since Malon was really his only hope,he curtainly didn't want that to happen."I guess I should just keep quiet",Kaepora thought.
Malon quickly started looking under her bed.She was scanning for her first aid kit.She found nothing but piles of dust bunnies and a few spare shirt buttons.Kaepora was starting to worry a bit."What if she could not find her first aid kit?What if she couldn't help at all?Would Malon have to kick me out to just so I could die in Hyrule Field?No that isn't going to happen.At least I hope not",Kaepora thought.But now,Malon did find her first aid kit,and quickly ran over twords the injured owl.
"Please stay still Mr.Owl.This may hurt a bit",Malon said almost as if she thought the animal could actually understand her.Which he did,but he was pretty sure she didn't know that.Some people like Malon were just in tune with nature,in tune with the flow of nature.They didn't see wildlife the way other people did,they saw them as understanding creatures.Creatures with souls,with minds,with feelings.And like the animals Kaepora had met,Malon was also worried.Kaepora had gotten a strange worried feeling from Malon since he first had gotten the idea to ask for her help.He wasn't suprised by any means,but all of the creepiness was really chilling Kaepora's soul in all of the wrong ways.
"Hooooooottttt"!Kaepora squealed out as the stinging solution was draped on his wing.He drooped his eyes down,and closed them tight whenever Malon put another coat of the potion on his appendage.He gave off quiet hoots of pain,as he tried to keep himself from cursing obsenities in english.His body started trembling as the pain started flowing through the injured parts of his wing.Although he knew it was pain in the name of healing ,he couldn't help but feel it as a bit threatening.It was human nature after all,to be scared of something that caused extreme pain.
Kaepora was relieved to see Malon put the bottle down and reach for a roll of bandage cloth.She creeped over the wise owl and gently placed four three by three inch patches on Kaepora's two bleeding cuts."Well Mr.Owl,that's all I can do about your cuts.I'm afraid though that all I can do for your bruises is give you some of my milk",Malon said.That's exactly the answer Kaepora was hoping for,and let off a relaxed hoot of relief as Malon left the room.
"Now let's see,where did I put that extra-strength Lon Lon Milk"?Malon asked herself as she scurried through the ranch's milk cellar.The rows and rows of glistening white liquid always had calmed Malon.She remembered the days when Ingo had owned the ranch,and he had been so.......mean.She remembered many a day where she hid from a drunken Ingo,trying to either beat her,bitch her out,or steal her........innocence.She'd run in there crying ,and come out with happy smiles on her face.That was until the day Ingo discovered that,and started keeping all of the Lon Lon keys to himself.That of course wasn't before a beating he had given her for quote en quote,"sneaking away from work".
After her father Talon had come back to the ranch,and Ingo had lost the ranch due to the fairy boy,he returned to his normal "jerky" self.That and Malon had regained access to the milk cellar which she had loved so much.There wasn't any reason to escape anymore,but Malon still liked to hang around in the cellar.It was her place,where she relaxed and just let harsh reality slip away.Where she creeped away,where she ended up at,and where she would unexpectedly spend hours just staring at her beautiful.It was also the place where,a long time ago,she had spent that one night alone with.............the fairy boy.A blushy smile crossed Malon's face as the memories of that night flashed through her mind like welcomed nastolgia.Oh but wait,that's yet another story.......................
"Oh there it is"!Malon exclaimed as a bottle of extra-strength Lon Lon Milk lie on the bottom shelf.She quickly bent down to retrieve it."Shim Shim Shiminey!Shim Shim Shiminey!I am the cleaner of the Chim Chim Chim-a-neys"! Malon responded to the voice with an annoyed look. It looked as if Ingo was drunk again and that he had wondered into the milk cellar."Heya Mal(hic)Malon.How's ya doin'?Ya' know,you's lookin's especial(hic)especially cute tonight",Ingo stated wobily as he gulped down the rest of his beer."Thank you Ingo",Malon stated in a semi-sarcastic annoyed-like tone."Now please excuse me but I need to get this milk to someone,it's an emergency",Malon said in a more serious way.
"Oh come one Mal(hic)Mal(hic)Malon",Ingo said in an underbrowish way as he got close to Malon.A little too close for her comfort."You know I never did ever did get a chance to.......I mean I'z nevers gotsen into yo pants",Ingo said,now blocking Malon only way of exit."I mean,you'z got's the sweetest ass in all of Hy's rule",Ingo said as he started breathing his heavily beer tainted breath on Malon's face.Malon was now starting to get a bit disgusted,and was about ready to slap Ingo's drunken face.
As Malon raised up her right palm,targeting Ingo's face,something strange happened.A bright flash ignited both of Ingo's eyes,and he quickly grabbed Malon's arm."Oh comes(hic)comes on Malon.It's not's gonna be that's bad",Ingo said as he pushed Malon's body to the ground.This was really scaring her.Usually she would have more than enough strength to get Ingo off her,push him away,and punch him in the face.But this time,something was darkly impowering Ingo,something evil.Malon couldn't do anything ,she was being totally restrained by Ingo's dark strength.It was like an ant trying to squabble against a Tektite.Even when Malon tried kicking Ingo's body,everywhere from his knees to his testicles,it seemed to do nothing but add to his drunken rape lust.
"Okay,now just(hic)just relax while I do's some's Ingo magi(hic)magic",Ingo said as he started proping open Malon's mouth."No,no!Stop it!I,I don't want this"!Malon struggled.But her plea for help only seemed to make him more horny,as he stuck his awful tasting tongue into Malon's cheeks.She tried bitting down on it,but at the moment it seemed as hard as steel.She was truly helpless,truly on her own,truly alone.The next thing Ingo would do propped Malon's eyes open in horror.He shifted out his hand and jammed his hardened fist straight up Malon's dress."Ahhhhhhhh"!Malon screamed in horror as Ingo fiddled with her privates."Somebody help me"!!!Malon screamed at the top of her lungs."Oh please(hic)please stop playing's the uh uh hard's to get's",Ingo said as he continued his horrible violations on Malon.
Kaepora,who was now asleep,blinked a bit after a loud scream had woken him up.He quickly shook his head to get rid his drowsiness.He heard the same screaming again,and examined it a bit more carefully."Oh no!That's Malon screaming!It sounds as if she's in trouble! I...I have to help somehow",Kaepora thought as he quickly scanned the room for a way out.Aha!Malon had left the window open a tiny bit.Not very much,but enough for him to make his exit.So,despite his wounded appendage,he got up a like a lightning bolt and speeded into the slightly open window.
It flew open like a bolt,and he examined the screaming more closely still.It was coming from that cellar on the other side of the ranch.He raced to the open cellar door and swooped in like a banshey in the night.He immediatly stopped himself and landed on top of a shelf full of milk jugs.It didn't take long for him to see what was going on.Some scoundrel was trying to have his way with that nice young lady Malon.The same Malon who had taken him in without question and bandaged up his wounds.
Now a deadly serious question crossed Kaepora's mind."How am I going to help?If I tried to peck at that brute or attempt any form of attack,he'd probley just choke me and throw my body to the concrete floor",Kaepora deducted.So Kaepora did the only thing he thought he could do,no,that he knew he could do."Hey you"!Kaepora yelled.Ingo quickly turned around and scanned the room for whoever had said that.He was drunk,but not drunk enough to not realize that his ass was grass if he was going to get caught."Over here you drunken nieanderthaul"!Kaepora once again yelled.
"Hey,you'z is(hic)you'z is a talkin' bird.Bird's don'ts talk.As a matter's of facts,they'z is no's animals that can talks",Ingo said,now very confused.Malon took this opportunity to get back on her feet.She quickly looked around for anything she could as a weapon against Ingo,and instantley grabbed one of the milk jugs from the shelf."Uh huh's,animals can'ts talks.Then why's(hic)why's are yo.............",Ingo tried to finish before Malon slamed Ingo in the head with a jug of Lon Lon Milk.The glass bottle broke against his dumbfounded head,and the impact of it made him pass out.
"I'm glad that horrible brute is rid of",Kaepora exclaimed.Malon stared at the talking bird,and was immediatley stunned by the presence of an animal talking in perfect english."Um,excuse me Malon.Let me explain",Kaepora tryed to say before Malon keeled over in shock."Well,I knew that was going to happen",Kaepora thought as he looked once again at the now unconcious Ingo.He then saw something rather perculiar happen.His eyes produced a quick red flash before they turned to a normal Ingo like green."Well that was rather wierd",Kaepora added.Without hesitation,Haepora flew over to Ingo and grabbed onto his shoulders with his talons.He quickly threw the limp man out of the cellar and closed the doors behind him.
~~Two Hours Later~~
Malon's eyes fluttered open a bit,and she quickly got up to her feet.Did that really happen last night?Did the owl she had treated earlier really save from being raped by Ingo?Did it actually talk?When she looked around she found herself in the milk cellar,so now she knew that at least some of what happened last night hadn't been a dream.She also found sharded pieces of glass on the floor,and partially evaporated milk in the bigger pieces of the broken jug.Well,all signs pointed to yes.But what about that owl,where was it.Her answer was closer than she thought.She looked over to the other side of the milk shelves and found a cute little owl sleeping in the corner.Did it really talk?Well,there was only one way to find out.
"Excuse me",Malon started politely,"Mr.....Owl"?Malon added as she hotly anticipated the owl's responce,if any.Sure enough the owl's eyes opened and it awakened with a quick "hoot".It then turned his head over to Malon."Hmmmm,should I talk to her again?Would it only confuse her"? Kaepora thought."Oh but it seems as if she's expecting a responce from me or something.Very well,I rather'd not dissapoint", Kaepora thought."Ahem,hello Malon.How are you doing"?Kaepora said.Malon jumped back in shock,but quickly regained herself and prepared to respond to the bird's question."Um....fine,Mr.....Owl",Malon shyly responded."No please,call me Kaepora".