Once again, it is I, pi2, the master of this story line. If you wish to find out the fate of Termina and Hyrule, read on...if you dare!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that belongs to Nintendo, blah blah blah blah blah, you get the drift.
Chapter 3
In Termina, something was happening. It was subtle, so no one noticed something was happening until it was too late. It started in the south, with the entire swamp and everything in it, vanishing, leaving a huge crater. The same happened in Snowhead, as the entire mountain disappeared. Great Bay vanished, causing the ocean water to fill in the remaining hollow. The Canyon vanished, leaving a more average, steep canyon. The Ranch area vanished, leaving the old Gorman Track behind. The Gormans would have been happy that Romani Ranch was gone for good if they hadn't been pulled away with it. Clock Town vanished as well, leaving only Termina Field populated by the average monsters. Every living thing that had been in the disappeared areas vanished with it. As the objects and people were hurtled through time and space, they were frozen until the destination was met. And then they arrived. Suddenly, every area in Hyrule was different. The forest had gained a lot more water; The
Forest temple was now inside Woodfall, for the two temples had combined. The forge from the Mountain Village and the Astral Observatory were now inside Kakariko. Death Mountain now had a larger city, a racetrack was now in Dodongo's Cavern and the Fire and Snowhead Temples had merged. Lon Lon Ranch's outer wall vanished as the ranch gained new buildings and more land. As Great Bay merged with Lake Hylia, The forests to the south of it were destroyed by the dimensional displacement, leaving a huge bay open to the ocean. Zora Hall was now inside Zora's Domain. The Water and Great Bay Temples had become one. Gerudo Canyon now had a graveyard, and the Fortress was now intersected with the castle. The Ikana village was there as well, complete with music box house, houses, but no Springwater cave. The Desert Colossus and the Stone Tower were now the same massive structure. Hyrule Castle Town and Clock Town had now become a single city, and the Temple of Time and the Clock Tower
were inexplicably intertwined. Majora grinned. "It's finished."
"Great! When do we attack?" asked Ganondorf.
"Midnight."
"Midnight? Why wait that long?"
"To make for a dramatic entrance."
"But what will we do until then?"
The demon conjured up a magic window. "We can use this to see how the mortals of the new land are dealing with the synergy." Ganondorf sighed and turned to the window. He knew it was pointless to argue with a demon.
Saria and the other Kokiri were confused. They got up, their headaches gone. "What was that?" asked Fordo.
"I don't know, but I don't like the looks of that." Said Moira, pointing to the newly appeared Woodfall.
"What happened?" Saria asked Patch.
He shrugged. "I have no idea. Deku Sprout, do you know what happened?"
The sprout shook his head. "I suggest you return to the village. You might find a clue there. Like why there is now a stream coming into my clearing." The Kokiri and the fairies turned and saw that he was right. There was a stream coming from the passage to the village. Saria led the way back to the village.
Inside the Deku throne room, the scrubs looked around in confusion. There was now a tree house sticking out of the fireplace. "What's that doing there?" asked a confused Deku King.
"We can deal with that later, father. Finish the ceremony!" squeaked Deku squeak squeak squeak squeak burp burp heeeep anxiously. When the spatial displacement had occurred, the King had been about to place a wreath on his daughter, signifying his resignation of the throne and the new rule of his daughter.
"Oh, right." Said the king. He placed the wreath on her forehead, pronouncing her queen of the Deku Kingdom. All the scrubs cheered happily, but Deku squeak squeak burp squeak burp heeeep and her friend the monkey were applauding louder than they all did. She smiled. She would finally be able to marry her hero.
The Queen turned to the courtiers, ready to make her inauguration speech. "My people..."
She was interrupted when the two guards ran in. "Your Majesty! Your majesty!"
The former king pointed to the queen as he took his oversized crown off. "My daughter's in charge now. Go talk to her."
They did so. "Your majesty, something incredible has happened! You have to come and see for yourself!" Her curiosity piqued, the Queen followed the guards outside. The courtiers and her friends tagged along. When they reached the front gate of the palace, the guards moved out of the way so they could see for themselves. The entire group of Deku gasped in awe. They were definitely not in the swamp. The palace had appeared in the spot with Link's tree house. The entire Kokiri village was now covering a larger area. The ground was covered by water, caused by a waterfall from the Lost Woods. All the houses of the Deku Scrubs were mixed with the homes of the Kokiri, each on a separated island. Bridges of lily pads and logs connected the village. The Magic Hag's Potion Shop was now perched on top of the Kokiri Shop. The Swamp Tourist Information Center was stranded on a solitary island. The Deku Scrub villagers looked in confusion at what had happened to their old village.
Woodfall could be seen in the distance, in the Lost Woods. The Deku King screamed and ran back into the palace. Everyone looked for what he had been screaming from and saw the Kokiri on the bank of the river outlet that led to the Tree. They were, of course, as much surprised to see the Kokiri as the Kokiri were to see what had happened to their village.
The children all stared at what had happened to their village. Everyone except Saria and Patch decided to stay near the Deku Tree, where it was safe and Scrub-less. Saria wasn't sure what to do. "Patch, what...what happened?!?"
"I have no idea. Do you think those Deku Scrubs might know anything about it?"
"Maybe we should ask." She hopped onto the nearest lily pad and made her way to the closest building, the shop.
As she neared it, the door to the Magic Hag's Potion Shop opened up. Koume peered out and screeched. "Kotake! Kotake! Come quick!"
Kotake ran over and saw the new swamp. "Oh my, by the gods! What has happened?"
"Um, hi." Said Saria from the ground.
The witches screeched for a moment, surprised. "Oh, it's a child!" said Koume.
"We'll be right down!" yelled Kotake. They ran back into the store. A few moments later, the twins flew down on their broomsticks. Saria stared as they landed.
"Are you witches?" she asked.
The hags laughed. "Of course we're witches!" said Koume.
"Ah. Are you evil witches?"
"No." said Kotake.
"Do you know what's happened to my village?" The twins shook their head.
"We were hoping you would know what had happened to our swamp." Confessed Koume.
"Sorry we can't help you dearie." Said Kotake sadly.
Saria sighed. "Do you know who's in charge around here?"
"Ooh, that would be the Deku King. He lives in that huge palace over there." Said Koume, pointing to the Deku palace.
Saria gasped. "It's right over my friend Link's house!"
The hags gasped as well. "You know Link?" asked Kotake.
"Yes, he's my best friend." The hags gasped again. "How do you know about him?"
Koume blushed. "Ten years ago, a young boy named Link saved my life after I was nearly beaten to death by a Skull Kid wearing a strange mask "
Saria thought for a moment. "Wait, would you happen to be Koume and Kotake?" They nodded. "From the land of Termina?" They nodded again. "OH! You're from another dimension!"
"We are?" asked the witches in unison.
"Yes! You're now in the land of Hyrule, a dimension different from your own. You seem to have brought along a lot of your homeland as well."
"We're in another dimension?" Koume asked Kotake.
"I guess so." Said Kotake.
"But how did this happen? And how did our home get brought here with us?"
"I don't know. This bears taking a look into. Come, let's check our spell books."
"Right!" They hopped on their broomsticks. "Thank you, young...what was your name?"
"Saria."
"Yes, thank you Saria!" the twins flew back to their shop.
"Weird." Muttered Patch.
"What is?"
"Everything! The witches, the water, the scrubs, the list goes on."
"Yeah..." said Saria. "Maybe the King will know something. Let's go see him."
She hopped across the bridges, moving from island to island. Whenever she approached, the frightened Deku Scrub would run and hide in a house. She finally made it to the palace. All of the courtiers had gone back inside. The only ones left were the monkey, Deku squeak squeak burp squeak burp heeeep and the new Deku Queen. Saria looked at the three. The three looked at her. Finally, the queen stepped forward, her long leaves/hair rustling. She looked at Saria, noticing her fairy. Finally, she made the first move. "Who are you?"
"I'm Saria."
The queen pointed towards Patch. "Who's that?"
"I'm Patch, Saria's fairy."
The queen looked at the two of them and finally asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
Saria sagged. "We were hoping the Deku king would know."
The Queen snorted. "My father? He's an imbecile. Trust me, you wouldn't want to talk to him."
"Well, who are you all?" asked Patch.
The monkey chittered. "I'm Oop."
The male scrub spoke up. "I'm Deku squeak squeak burp squeak burp heeeep, but you can just call me Deku since I doubt you can make those noises."
"And I am the new queen of the Deku Kingdom. My father just stepped down." Explained the queen.
"Well, I'm the leader of the Kokiri, a race of immortal children. We live in the forest and cannot leave, or else we die. Patch is a fairy."
"We know what fairies are." Said Deku.
"Well, I was wondering if it would be possible for a human to live in your palace?"
"Why?" asked the queen.
"Well, your palace is sort of on top of my friend Link's tree house and"
"LINK?" asked all three.
"Yes, Link. I"
"You're a friend of Link's?" asked Oop.
"Yes. I'm his best friend. How do you know him? No, wait, don't tell me, I think I understand what's going on here. Are you three from Termina?" They nodded. "That confirms it. You three, in fact, pretty much this entire village, have somehow been transported here from your home dimension. You're now in the land of Hyrule. It looks like our two lands have somehow become one. I don't know how to fix this, if it can be fixed. You might be living here from now on."
The three thought about this. "Well, if everyone from Terminan swamp is here, that means I'm still a queen of the Deku Kingdom. I guess we'll just have to coexist somehow." Said the Queen.
A blue portal opened up next to Saria. "Uh oh, my boss is calling. I'll have to continue this talk later." She walked into the portal.
"No wait! Let me come!" shrieked the queen, jumping into the portal.
"No, don't!" yelled Deku. It was too late. The portal closed behind them. He sighed. "How are we going to explain this to her father?"
"Let's not." Said Oop.
"Good idea."
Darmani and Darunia stared at each other. It was like looking into a mirror. Direa, Direna, Little Link, Little Darmani, basically everyone in Goron City was having the same reaction. The city was now several levels deeper, with a chandelier attached to the bottom of the platform where the Gorons Ruby was kept. There was also a large Goron face carved from the wall and the cave roof had windows. Everyone was staring at each other, not sure what was going on. Finally, Darunia and Darmani broke the ice. "Who are you?" they asked at the same time.
Darunia started. "I am Darunia, Sage of Fire and Big Brother of the Gorons of Hyrule."
"I'm Darmani the Third, Hero and Elder of the Gorons of Termina."
"You look just like me, but with a shorter beard."
"You look just like me, but with a longer beard."
They looked at each other for a few more minutes, then burst into laughter. At that, the Gorons decided they could relax and get acquainted with the parallels of themselves. Direna and Direa went to talk about fashion, while Little Link and Darmani decided to go play somewhere. The two mighty leaders went to Darunia's throne room to chat.
"So you're from a place called Termina?" asked Darunia.
"Yeah, I don't think I'm in it now, right?"
"Right. This is the land of Hyrule."
"Ohhh! This is Link's home dimension!"
"You know Link?"
"Know him! The little guy saved my world! He turned me into a mask at one point so he could become me (I was dead at this point and he turned my ghost into the mask) and when he was finished, he was able to restore me to life."
"Doesn't surprise me one bit that Link saved another world. He's the Hero of Time, you know.'
"Yeah, I know. What's your relation to him?"
"He's my brother."
Darmani was confused. "But he's a human."
"I didn't clarify. He's my SWORN brother."
"Ahhhh."
They both took a sip of lava juice from the pitchers Direna had left lying around. A blue portal appeared in the ground between them. "Uh oh, the boss is calling. I gotta go." Darunia walked into the portal.
"Hey wait, I'm coming!" said Darmani, hopping in after Darunia.
Ruto and Tito stared. A large clamshell had appeared in the middle of Zora's domain. Several new rooms had appeared in the rock as parts of Zora Hall. In the clamshell were several Zoras. One of them looked strangely like her father, but shorter and thinner. Two more looked just like her and Tito, but ten years older. There were also seven children, and quite a few large boxes. Everyone was staring at the clamshell, except for the Zoras in the shell, who looked even more confused. Toto broke the ice. "What just happened?" The rest of the Indigo-go's and the stage crew were wondering the same thing. They looked in amazement at the Domain, which was not like the Hall. They were all speechless, even Evans.
"What's going on here?" All the Domain Zoras turned surprised to see King Zora himself! Ruto was even more surprised to discover that he could walk even with all that blubber. "What is that shell doing there? And who is that handsome-looking Zora?" he asked, indicating Toto. Toto immediately realized that this was obviously the leader around here.
He turned to the band and stage crew. "I'll handle this. You bunch go get yourself acquainted with the locals. If they've never heard of us, we could make plenty of cash." He jumped in the water, swam over to the King, and got out. "Your majesty, I am Toto, manager of the Indigo-go's."
"The who?"
"You've never heard of us? Well, why don't we just find someplace quiet and we can talk all about it..." they walked off for King Zora's throne room. The band and crew were getting acquainted with the natives, as per Toto's instructions. The children went off to play with Zoras their own age. Lulu and Mikau made a beeline for Ruto and Tito.
The four stared at each other for a while, before asking, "Who are you?" at the same time.
"I'm Mikau."
"I'm Lulu."
"I'm Tito."
"I'm Ruto.
They stared at each other for a few more minutes. Mikau turned to Lulu. "Honey, I think I should talk to this Tito guy, okay?" She nodded. The two males walked off.
The girls stared at each other again. "Why do you look like me but older?" asked Ruto.
"Why do you look like me but younger?" asked Lulu.
Ruto decided to try again. "I'm Ruto, Sage of Water and Princess of the Zoras."
"I'm Lulu, the lead singer in the hit band, the Indigo-go's. Have you heard of us?"
"Never."
"Well, that's a clue that something is wrong, since we're pretty much famous worldwide."
"Well, I've never heard of any band called the Indigo-go's in Hyrule or anywhere else in Garaton."
Lulu frowned. "What's Garaton?"
"The name of this planet."
"But this planet is called Arave."
"No, its called Garaton. That's the way it's always been."
Lulu's eyes widened. "But that means this isn't my planet!"
"It's not?"
"No, I come from a world called Arave, a country called Termina. But this is not that place. You've never heard of Termina, have you?"
"Never."
"That proves it. Something must have pulled us from my world, maybe even my dimension to yours, and brought along all our stuff. This can't be good." She suddenly brightened. "Then again, if this is a new world of people who've never heard of us, that means we'll have a brand new market to cater our music to! Toto will be very pleased."
"Hey, I just thought of something, when did you marry Mikau?"
"Eleven years ago. Why?"
"Nothing. I'm kind of hoping to marry Tito, the guy who looks like your husband."
"I wonder-is he good at the guitar?"
"Pretty good, yes."
"I think you'll do fine." Lulu said, smiling.
A blue portal opened underwater. "Oh dear," said Ruto. "I have something urgent to attend to!" She jumped into the water and swam for the portal. Lulu wasn't sure why, but she jumped after Ruto, swimming through just before it closed.
"What the heck's going on?" exclaimed Malon, looking around the ranch. The big outer wall was gone, there was a new barn, and the farmhouse was larger! There was a doggie racing track and a huge cucco pen as well. Her confusion was further added to when she saw what looked like her coming out of the second barn. She looked equally surprised. She yelled back into the barn, and another woman came out. Malon blinked. The second woman looked like her as well, but ten years older! She ran over to the two women. They noticed her and gaped, unbelieving. As Malon got closer, she saw even more so that the women looked like her. She was finally in front of them. The three girls looked at each other. Malon made the first move. "Who are you?"
"I'm Romani." Said the girl her age.
"I'm her older sister, Cremia." Said the older women. `What's going on here? You look just like Romani! And what's happened to the ranch? Why is there a corral of horses? Why is the farmhouse bigger? What's going on?"
Malon shook her head. "I have no idea."
Romani spoke up. "Hey Malon, are you any good at archery?"
Grog looked around himself in confusion. The ranch had gotten bigger! There were more Cuccos in his pen! The walls were gone and replaced with a low fence. He could see Mamamu Yan's similar confusion at the dog track. What was going on?
Ingo walked out of the stable and looked around in shock. The ranch had gotten bigger! He had just been inside the stable for a minute, hadn't he? How had the ranch gotten so big? He stumbled around in confusion until he bumped into two familiar-looking men. "Hey, watch where you're going!" they all said. Then they really noticed each other. "Gorman?" asked the two guys who looked just like Ingo.
"Ingo? Ingo?" asked Ingo, looking at the guys who looked just like his two brothers.
The first Gorman frowned. "Hey, you're not Gorman!"
"And you're not Ingo and Ingo!" said Ingo. They frowned at each other. Ingo looked thoughtful. "You know, you two look just like my older and younger brothers, Ingo and Ingo, who went into the circus business!"
"Really?" said the older Gorman. "Our middle brother Gorman went into show business too! We decided to stay behind and maintain Gorman Track."
"Really? That's the decision I made too! Well, not exactly, but close to that!" They walked off, finding some common ground to talk about.
Yawning, Talon walked out of the farmhouses, very tired. He had only gotten twenty hours of sleep! He had been woken up by something, but he wasn't sure what. He headed towards the barn across the corral, struggling to stay awake. Why did Malon put the coffee machine in the barn? Thought Talon. He stumbled past Ingo and the Gormans, who were chattering eagerly. "Morning Ingo. Morning Ingo. Morning Ingo." He yawned as he stumbled past them.
The three look-likes stared after him. "But its past noon!" shouted the younger Gorman.
Ingo snorted. "That's nothing! Some days he sleeps twenty-four hours straight! He's the laziest man alive."
Talon finally made it to the barn, almost tripping over his feet several times. He made it to the barn, passing Malon, Romani, and Cremia. Malon and Romani were trying to shoot different targets with their bows. Cremia was judging. "Hello Malon. Hello Malon. Hello Malon sr." He continued into the barn.
"Was that Mr. Barten?" asked Cremia.
"No, that was my dad, Talon, the laziest man alive."
"Why did he call me Malon and Cremia Malon sr.?" asked Romani.
"He's very tired. He only got twenty hours of sleep last night. He must think you're me and your sister is my mother." Talon stumbled past the cows, finally making it to the coffee machine. He poured himself a cup o' joe, and pondered over what he had seen this morning. He spurted out the coffee, and ran outside, taking in the larger ranch and the three girls. "Dad, what's wrong?" asked Malon. Talon looked around wildly then fell unconscious from the shock. A minute later he started snoring.
Nabooru walked up to the podium on the main plaza of the fortress, ready to accept her prize. Once again, she had won the Championship, but it had been a little too close this year. Aveil had almost beaten her in one-on-one combat. Oh well. As she grabbed the golden belt and held it over her head, the other thieves cheered. That's when everything changed. Suddenly, the valley was a lot wider, and there was now a castle intersecting the fortress! There was a house that looked like a big music box where the podium with the belt had been, and there were now several stone huts and a well lying about. To make things worse, a huge group of undead, many with armor, fell to the ground screaming. The Gerudo instinctively pulled out their scimitars. The undead groaned and got up, looking about them confused. A second ago, they had been falling towards space and now they were on the ground, in a place that looked like Ikana Canyon. Igos and Garo master faced off, not quite noticing
their surroundings. Igos glared at his nemesis. "I don't know where we are, but I know we are all still alive, figuratively speaking. I will make sure you die, and stay dead!"
They drew their weapons. And then they noticed the dozens of armed, extremely attractive gerudo surrounding them. "Maybe we are dead, and this is heaven." Said Garo Master.
"If this were heaven, wouldn't we have flesh?"
"Point."
Nabooru stepped through the circle of Gerudo. "Who are you, how did you get here, and when are you going to leave?"
"Why don't you handle this, Igos?" said Garo Master, shoving Igos forward. He stepped back. "Yes, handle it while I make my escape!" he said, throwing a Deku Nut to the ground. When the smoke cleared, he had vanished.
Igos roared in anger, ripping off his helmet and throwing it to the ground. The other undead gasped. Igos suddenly realized he had made a big mistake. He was now exposed to sunlight! He clenched his teeth, waiting for the pain, the burning of light. Nothing happened. He blinked. He was still alive, so to speak. He was immune to sunlight! The other undead followed suit, realizing they could now walk about in daylight. They cheered. The Gerudo weren't sure what was going on, but these zombies seemed to be harmless. A little later, Nabooru was trying to understand things from Igos. They were talking at the edge of the canyon that led into Lake Hylia. The undead were partying because of they're newfound immunity to sunlight and survival of near death. The Garos were joining in the festivities as well, for they felt their master had betrayed them. The other dead guys had no problem with that. "So, you are not sure how you got here?" she asked.
Igos shook his head. "One minute we were rolling around in pain from some strange scream then falling to our deaths, next minute we are here." Igos had already told Nabooru his history, about the Garo Master's plot, and even mentioned Link, which surprised Nabooru a great deal. She had no idea that Link had been to this Termina place. Igos didn't seem to care that he could probably never get back to his own dimension. After all, his home had been brought with him, and he and his subjects were around women for the first time in two hundred years. Nabooru wondered if this would be a problem.
"Do you think this Garo Master guy will be back?"
Igos grimaced. "He'll be back. Mark my words, he'll be back."
She patted his shoulder. "Don't worry. Next time he attacks will be the last time."
Igos sighed. "Don't be so sure. He is a very formidable opponent."
"He was beaten by a ten-year-old."
Igos was adamant. "So was I!"
"Doesn't say a lot about you, now does it?"
"Link had a mirror! We were weak to sunlight back then! We would have beaten him if he didn't have the power of light."
Nabooru decided not to push it. "Why don't we go and celebrate in the festivities your subjects are having?"
He shrugged. They headed back towards the fortress when four figured floated in front of them. They were Poes. Igos looked worried. "It's the Poe sisters, Amy, Meg, Joel, and Beth. They are dangerous ghosts that rampaged through the village until I hired a ghost hunter to capture and contain them. But they must have gotten free somehow!"
Nabooru drew her swords. "Don't worry, we can stop them."
"Actually, we can't." said Igos as the Poes surrounded them, each making three illusions. The ghosts, real and fake, circled them.
"Which of the ghosts are real?" asked Nabooru.
"I have no idea."
The Poes prepared to close in when they heard a voice that caused them to stop. "Ghostly sisters, I command you to stop!"
The illusions faded, revealing the real ghosts, who had turned to face the speaker, a man in a purple cloak, wielding a scythe. His face could not be seen, but he had one glowing red eye, easily visible. Igos was relieved. "It's Poehunter. We're safe now."
"Oh," said Nabooru, disappointed. She had kind of been hoping to fight the Poes herself.
The sisters giggled. "Oh Poehunter, do you really think you can stop us this time?" asked Joel.
Poehunter glared at the four with his unblinking, one-eyed gaze. "I can and I will."
"Let's see you stop this!" shrieked Amy.
The four surrounded Poehunter, spinning around him, making their illusory Poes. As they twirled, the real and fake ghosts cackled. "You'll never figure out which four of us are real!" said all the Beths. Poehunter lifted his scythe and hurled it at the ghosts. It struck one of the Megs. She shrieked, and flew from the circle. The illusions faded and the real ghosts followed after Meg. The scythe flew back to Poehunter like a boomerang. The ghosts were astonished.
"How did you know which one was the real me?" asked Meg.
Poehunter chuckled. Quite simply, I noticed that only one of each of the illusions spun as they appeared. I knew the spinning ones were the real ghosts, so I merely attacked the only Meg that had spun."
The sisters were furious. "We have a new trick that you'll never be able to beat!" said Joel angrily. The ghosts spun together and formed a single monster, a Giant Poe! Poehunter was a little surprised. The Giant Poe cackled. "You can't defeat me now! I can easily deflect your scythe!"
Poehunter chuckled. "Did you really think I would be stupid enough o come unprepared, Poe?" He pulled an ornate bottle from his cloak. Opening it, he chanted: "Larry, Curly, Joe, and Moe, I summon thee forth, the Four Brothers Poe!" Four spirit flames popped out of the bottle. They hovered in the air as lanterns formed around them. Holding the lanterns were four male Poes.
"You summoned us, master?" asked the Poes in unison.
Poehunter pointed to the Giant Poe. "Distract her."
"Yes, master!" The Poes formed their own illusions and spun around the Giant. She tried to spin her way through, but the brothers kept circling her. She tried to swipe at them with her lantern, but kept hitting illusions. While she was distracted, Poehunter hurled his scythe, stunning the giant. While she was stunned, the four brothers held her in place. She struggled, trying to break free, but the brothers were too strong. Poehunter hurled his scythe once more, slicing the Giant Poe back into the four sisters, still held by the brothers.
"Hold them carefully!" The brothers floated closer to their master, dragging the shrieking girls. Poehunter pulled out another ornate bottle and aimed it carefully at Meg. She screamed, turned transparent, and was sucked into the bottle. He repeated the process with Amy, Beth, and Joel before plugging it up. He placed the bottle the brothers had come from back on the ground. "Brothers Poe, your work is done, return to the bottle, of complaints I have none." The brothers turned back into spirit flames and went back into the bottle. He corked it up and placed it back on his utility belt. Nabooru and the king were impressed.
"Remind me to give you a raise." Said Igos.
"That was the most amazing feat of ghost capture I've ever seen." Said Nabooru.
Poehunter bowed. "It was an honor to rescue a woman as pretty as yourself." Nabooru blushed. Poehunter continued. "I was wondering if..."
The opening of a blue portal by a boulder interrupted him. "I've gotta go." Said Nabooru. "We'll finish this discussion later." She ran towards the portal.
"Wait!" yelled Poehunter, running after her. "I was just wondering if" He was too late. She had vanished into the portal. Poehunter sighed and jumped in after her. The portal closed, leaving Igos alone. After staring at the boulder for a few minutes, he decided it would be a good idea to join the party back at the fortress/castle.
Gabora looked around the smithy. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what. Everything was in its proper place. So why did he feel like something was wrong. He sniffed the air, suddenly realizing the problem. He could smell no fragrant flowers. It was springtime in Mountain Village, so there should be a scent of flowers in the air. Instead, all he could smell was a scent much like his old home in Clock Town, before the divorce...except that he could swear he smelled something else. He turned to his friend, the ogre Gubora. "Hey Gubora, does anything smell funny to you?"
"Ugoh! Ugo ugoh oh ugo ugo oh-oh!"
"Cuccos? Yeah, that's what I thought. Something's wrong. Let's check outside."
"Ugo." They walked outside, and saw why everything smelled different. They weren't exactly in the Mountain Village anymore. They were in the middle of Kakariko Village. Everyone stared at Gubora, for they had never seen an ogre before. Of course, they were more startled by the appearance of the smithy than anything else. There was also the fact that the Observatory was now perched on top of Impa's house. "Ugoh ugoh ugo ugoh ugo ugoh ugo ugo oh oh-oh?"
"I...I have no idea, buddy. I have no idea." Gabora suddenly spotted an old man in the crowd. It was his old teacher, Professor Shigashi. "Professor Shigashi! What's going on?"
The old man looked confused. "I-I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"It's me, Gabora! You know, the kid who always fiddled with metal things in class? Don't you remember me, Professor Shigashi?"
The old man was bewildered. "I am sorry, but I have no idea who you are. And my name is Professor Higashi, not Shigashi."
"He's right, Gabora. I am Professor Shigashi." Gabora turned around to see the professor. But if that was the professor, then who was the guy he was just talking to? Gabora looked at Professor Higashi. Then he looked at Professor Shigashi. He could not tell the two apart! Neither could the crowd, either. Everyone was confused.
"Ugo-oh ugoh-o o-ugo o o?" said Gubora confused.
"What's going on here?" asked a stern female voice. The villagers were relieved, knowing they could go back to their regular business. Impa was here! She would deal with the problem, whatever it was. The crowd disbanded, leaving only Professor Shigashi, Gabora, Gubora, and the approaching Impa. She was surprised when she saw the ogre and the smithy. "Who are you three? What are you doing here? How did that smithy get there?"
Before Gabora or Gubora could say anything, the professor interrupted. "We are from another dimension."
"You are?"
"We are?"
"Ugo?"
"Yes, we are. I will be able to explain it better if you will follow me to my Observatory."
He started heading over to Impa's House/Astral Observatory. Impa looked in the direction he was going and saw the building her home had become. "My house!" she moaned.
Inside the house, everything was the same, except that there was now a ladder leading from the loft with Impa's bed going into the ceiling. The professor led them up the ladder and into the observatory. Impa was astonished by the colors that made up the observatory. He led them up the stairs from his room and workshop, up to the telescope chamber. Gabora and Gubora marveled openly at the observatory, while Impa kept her comments to herself. There was a door that led to a ledge running along the outside of the observatory, from which one could see all of Kakariko. In the middle of the room was the display case with the prized Moon's Tear, and the giant telescope. The professor turned to Gabora. "Gabora, would you please take a look through my telescope?" Gabora shrugged and looked through the telescope. He could see Kakariko Village. "Aim as high as you can." Gabora tilted the telescope almost straight upwards.
"Now what?" he asked.
"Turn the zoom up to maximum."
Gabora zoomed, and saw the stars. The zoom had allowed him to see past the clouds. "I just see stars, professor."
"Turn it a little to the left."
Gabora did so, and gasped. "No...no, it can't be..."
"But it is, isn't it?" said Shigashi.
"Ugo-ugo-ugo ugoh oh ugoh-oh?"
Gabora took his eye from the telescope. "It's the moon, Gubora. The moon." Gubora moaned.
Impa was confused. "Yes, it is the moon. So what?"
Professor Shigashi answered. "In our home dimension, there is no moon. It was destroyed by a young man named Link ten years ago in an attempt to save our world from destruction. When I saw the moon through my telescope, I realized I was in another dimension."
Impa frowned. "Powerful magic is at work here. I must consult with my colleagues. Since you will all be here for a while, I suggest you make yourselves at home." She left the building, heading for the graveyard.
When she got there, Dampe` greeted her. "Mistress, a portal has opened for you."
Impa nodded. "Thank you Dampe`. Where is it?"
"Right over there." He said, pointing to the portal that had opened up two feet away.
Impa hopped into the portal, which closed behind her.
Link, Sheik, Skull Kid, and the fairies looked around in confusion at what the Town had become. They stared at the new shops, the buildings, and the extra people. Everyone in town was just as confused to be seeing their own doubles. "What happened?" asked Sheik.
"I think I might have an idea." Said Link, as the postman from Clock Town ran by. "These are all people from Termina!"
"You mean the place with that moon?"
"Yes, that place."
Skull Kid gulped. "I hope none of them recognizes me."
"Don't worry, you were masked at the time." Said Tael.
Sheik looked worried. "Link, these new people are all from Termina?"
"Yes, and all these new buildings as well. Something must have caused them to come here."
"But what?" asked Tatl.
"And who?" asked Navi.
"Kaepora was about to tell us before he blacked out. Link examined the owl. That crash must have really hurt."
"I can fix that," said Skull Kid. He pulled out his bottle of pink fairy dust. "Link, please open the bird's beak. Link did so. Skull Kid force-fed the dust down Kaepora's craw. His wounds healed, but he was still in a coma. "Well, at least he's not injured."
"Let's get back to the castle, we might be able to deal with this better from there." Said Sheik. They ran back through town, passing all the confused people. Link spotted the Stock Pot Inn. He was tempted to go in, but decided not to. As they reached the exit to the castle, Navi stopped them.
"Look at the Temple of Time!" she said. Everyone turned to see the temple, and were amazed once again.
The Clock Tower had become the back of the Temple, merging with the Master Sword chamber. "Wow." Said Sheik. "That's the Clock Tower you told me about?" Link nodded. "Well, let's get to the castle."
"No time for that, there's this portal thing opening up near the temple." Said Tatl.
"Where?" asked Link.
"Right in front." They ran over and found there was indeed a portal.
Sheik turned to Link. "Link, this is probably for us. We should go in."
"Of course! But, aren't you going to change back first?" Sheik blinked, realizing she had forgotten.
"Give me a minute." She and Tatl ran into the Temple. She came out a moment later as Zelda. "Right, let's go." She and Tatl hopped into the portal. Link jumped after her with Navi.
"Hey, wait!" said Tael. "Skull Kid, should we go with them?"
"Why not?" said Skull Kid. They jumped into the portal just as it closed.
What will happen next? Why have the Sages been called to the Sacred Realm? Find out next time! And remember, R&R!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that belongs to Nintendo, blah blah blah blah blah, you get the drift.
Chapter 3
In Termina, something was happening. It was subtle, so no one noticed something was happening until it was too late. It started in the south, with the entire swamp and everything in it, vanishing, leaving a huge crater. The same happened in Snowhead, as the entire mountain disappeared. Great Bay vanished, causing the ocean water to fill in the remaining hollow. The Canyon vanished, leaving a more average, steep canyon. The Ranch area vanished, leaving the old Gorman Track behind. The Gormans would have been happy that Romani Ranch was gone for good if they hadn't been pulled away with it. Clock Town vanished as well, leaving only Termina Field populated by the average monsters. Every living thing that had been in the disappeared areas vanished with it. As the objects and people were hurtled through time and space, they were frozen until the destination was met. And then they arrived. Suddenly, every area in Hyrule was different. The forest had gained a lot more water; The
Forest temple was now inside Woodfall, for the two temples had combined. The forge from the Mountain Village and the Astral Observatory were now inside Kakariko. Death Mountain now had a larger city, a racetrack was now in Dodongo's Cavern and the Fire and Snowhead Temples had merged. Lon Lon Ranch's outer wall vanished as the ranch gained new buildings and more land. As Great Bay merged with Lake Hylia, The forests to the south of it were destroyed by the dimensional displacement, leaving a huge bay open to the ocean. Zora Hall was now inside Zora's Domain. The Water and Great Bay Temples had become one. Gerudo Canyon now had a graveyard, and the Fortress was now intersected with the castle. The Ikana village was there as well, complete with music box house, houses, but no Springwater cave. The Desert Colossus and the Stone Tower were now the same massive structure. Hyrule Castle Town and Clock Town had now become a single city, and the Temple of Time and the Clock Tower
were inexplicably intertwined. Majora grinned. "It's finished."
"Great! When do we attack?" asked Ganondorf.
"Midnight."
"Midnight? Why wait that long?"
"To make for a dramatic entrance."
"But what will we do until then?"
The demon conjured up a magic window. "We can use this to see how the mortals of the new land are dealing with the synergy." Ganondorf sighed and turned to the window. He knew it was pointless to argue with a demon.
Saria and the other Kokiri were confused. They got up, their headaches gone. "What was that?" asked Fordo.
"I don't know, but I don't like the looks of that." Said Moira, pointing to the newly appeared Woodfall.
"What happened?" Saria asked Patch.
He shrugged. "I have no idea. Deku Sprout, do you know what happened?"
The sprout shook his head. "I suggest you return to the village. You might find a clue there. Like why there is now a stream coming into my clearing." The Kokiri and the fairies turned and saw that he was right. There was a stream coming from the passage to the village. Saria led the way back to the village.
Inside the Deku throne room, the scrubs looked around in confusion. There was now a tree house sticking out of the fireplace. "What's that doing there?" asked a confused Deku King.
"We can deal with that later, father. Finish the ceremony!" squeaked Deku squeak squeak squeak squeak burp burp heeeep anxiously. When the spatial displacement had occurred, the King had been about to place a wreath on his daughter, signifying his resignation of the throne and the new rule of his daughter.
"Oh, right." Said the king. He placed the wreath on her forehead, pronouncing her queen of the Deku Kingdom. All the scrubs cheered happily, but Deku squeak squeak burp squeak burp heeeep and her friend the monkey were applauding louder than they all did. She smiled. She would finally be able to marry her hero.
The Queen turned to the courtiers, ready to make her inauguration speech. "My people..."
She was interrupted when the two guards ran in. "Your Majesty! Your majesty!"
The former king pointed to the queen as he took his oversized crown off. "My daughter's in charge now. Go talk to her."
They did so. "Your majesty, something incredible has happened! You have to come and see for yourself!" Her curiosity piqued, the Queen followed the guards outside. The courtiers and her friends tagged along. When they reached the front gate of the palace, the guards moved out of the way so they could see for themselves. The entire group of Deku gasped in awe. They were definitely not in the swamp. The palace had appeared in the spot with Link's tree house. The entire Kokiri village was now covering a larger area. The ground was covered by water, caused by a waterfall from the Lost Woods. All the houses of the Deku Scrubs were mixed with the homes of the Kokiri, each on a separated island. Bridges of lily pads and logs connected the village. The Magic Hag's Potion Shop was now perched on top of the Kokiri Shop. The Swamp Tourist Information Center was stranded on a solitary island. The Deku Scrub villagers looked in confusion at what had happened to their old village.
Woodfall could be seen in the distance, in the Lost Woods. The Deku King screamed and ran back into the palace. Everyone looked for what he had been screaming from and saw the Kokiri on the bank of the river outlet that led to the Tree. They were, of course, as much surprised to see the Kokiri as the Kokiri were to see what had happened to their village.
The children all stared at what had happened to their village. Everyone except Saria and Patch decided to stay near the Deku Tree, where it was safe and Scrub-less. Saria wasn't sure what to do. "Patch, what...what happened?!?"
"I have no idea. Do you think those Deku Scrubs might know anything about it?"
"Maybe we should ask." She hopped onto the nearest lily pad and made her way to the closest building, the shop.
As she neared it, the door to the Magic Hag's Potion Shop opened up. Koume peered out and screeched. "Kotake! Kotake! Come quick!"
Kotake ran over and saw the new swamp. "Oh my, by the gods! What has happened?"
"Um, hi." Said Saria from the ground.
The witches screeched for a moment, surprised. "Oh, it's a child!" said Koume.
"We'll be right down!" yelled Kotake. They ran back into the store. A few moments later, the twins flew down on their broomsticks. Saria stared as they landed.
"Are you witches?" she asked.
The hags laughed. "Of course we're witches!" said Koume.
"Ah. Are you evil witches?"
"No." said Kotake.
"Do you know what's happened to my village?" The twins shook their head.
"We were hoping you would know what had happened to our swamp." Confessed Koume.
"Sorry we can't help you dearie." Said Kotake sadly.
Saria sighed. "Do you know who's in charge around here?"
"Ooh, that would be the Deku King. He lives in that huge palace over there." Said Koume, pointing to the Deku palace.
Saria gasped. "It's right over my friend Link's house!"
The hags gasped as well. "You know Link?" asked Kotake.
"Yes, he's my best friend." The hags gasped again. "How do you know about him?"
Koume blushed. "Ten years ago, a young boy named Link saved my life after I was nearly beaten to death by a Skull Kid wearing a strange mask "
Saria thought for a moment. "Wait, would you happen to be Koume and Kotake?" They nodded. "From the land of Termina?" They nodded again. "OH! You're from another dimension!"
"We are?" asked the witches in unison.
"Yes! You're now in the land of Hyrule, a dimension different from your own. You seem to have brought along a lot of your homeland as well."
"We're in another dimension?" Koume asked Kotake.
"I guess so." Said Kotake.
"But how did this happen? And how did our home get brought here with us?"
"I don't know. This bears taking a look into. Come, let's check our spell books."
"Right!" They hopped on their broomsticks. "Thank you, young...what was your name?"
"Saria."
"Yes, thank you Saria!" the twins flew back to their shop.
"Weird." Muttered Patch.
"What is?"
"Everything! The witches, the water, the scrubs, the list goes on."
"Yeah..." said Saria. "Maybe the King will know something. Let's go see him."
She hopped across the bridges, moving from island to island. Whenever she approached, the frightened Deku Scrub would run and hide in a house. She finally made it to the palace. All of the courtiers had gone back inside. The only ones left were the monkey, Deku squeak squeak burp squeak burp heeeep and the new Deku Queen. Saria looked at the three. The three looked at her. Finally, the queen stepped forward, her long leaves/hair rustling. She looked at Saria, noticing her fairy. Finally, she made the first move. "Who are you?"
"I'm Saria."
The queen pointed towards Patch. "Who's that?"
"I'm Patch, Saria's fairy."
The queen looked at the two of them and finally asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
Saria sagged. "We were hoping the Deku king would know."
The Queen snorted. "My father? He's an imbecile. Trust me, you wouldn't want to talk to him."
"Well, who are you all?" asked Patch.
The monkey chittered. "I'm Oop."
The male scrub spoke up. "I'm Deku squeak squeak burp squeak burp heeeep, but you can just call me Deku since I doubt you can make those noises."
"And I am the new queen of the Deku Kingdom. My father just stepped down." Explained the queen.
"Well, I'm the leader of the Kokiri, a race of immortal children. We live in the forest and cannot leave, or else we die. Patch is a fairy."
"We know what fairies are." Said Deku.
"Well, I was wondering if it would be possible for a human to live in your palace?"
"Why?" asked the queen.
"Well, your palace is sort of on top of my friend Link's tree house and"
"LINK?" asked all three.
"Yes, Link. I"
"You're a friend of Link's?" asked Oop.
"Yes. I'm his best friend. How do you know him? No, wait, don't tell me, I think I understand what's going on here. Are you three from Termina?" They nodded. "That confirms it. You three, in fact, pretty much this entire village, have somehow been transported here from your home dimension. You're now in the land of Hyrule. It looks like our two lands have somehow become one. I don't know how to fix this, if it can be fixed. You might be living here from now on."
The three thought about this. "Well, if everyone from Terminan swamp is here, that means I'm still a queen of the Deku Kingdom. I guess we'll just have to coexist somehow." Said the Queen.
A blue portal opened up next to Saria. "Uh oh, my boss is calling. I'll have to continue this talk later." She walked into the portal.
"No wait! Let me come!" shrieked the queen, jumping into the portal.
"No, don't!" yelled Deku. It was too late. The portal closed behind them. He sighed. "How are we going to explain this to her father?"
"Let's not." Said Oop.
"Good idea."
Darmani and Darunia stared at each other. It was like looking into a mirror. Direa, Direna, Little Link, Little Darmani, basically everyone in Goron City was having the same reaction. The city was now several levels deeper, with a chandelier attached to the bottom of the platform where the Gorons Ruby was kept. There was also a large Goron face carved from the wall and the cave roof had windows. Everyone was staring at each other, not sure what was going on. Finally, Darunia and Darmani broke the ice. "Who are you?" they asked at the same time.
Darunia started. "I am Darunia, Sage of Fire and Big Brother of the Gorons of Hyrule."
"I'm Darmani the Third, Hero and Elder of the Gorons of Termina."
"You look just like me, but with a shorter beard."
"You look just like me, but with a longer beard."
They looked at each other for a few more minutes, then burst into laughter. At that, the Gorons decided they could relax and get acquainted with the parallels of themselves. Direna and Direa went to talk about fashion, while Little Link and Darmani decided to go play somewhere. The two mighty leaders went to Darunia's throne room to chat.
"So you're from a place called Termina?" asked Darunia.
"Yeah, I don't think I'm in it now, right?"
"Right. This is the land of Hyrule."
"Ohhh! This is Link's home dimension!"
"You know Link?"
"Know him! The little guy saved my world! He turned me into a mask at one point so he could become me (I was dead at this point and he turned my ghost into the mask) and when he was finished, he was able to restore me to life."
"Doesn't surprise me one bit that Link saved another world. He's the Hero of Time, you know.'
"Yeah, I know. What's your relation to him?"
"He's my brother."
Darmani was confused. "But he's a human."
"I didn't clarify. He's my SWORN brother."
"Ahhhh."
They both took a sip of lava juice from the pitchers Direna had left lying around. A blue portal appeared in the ground between them. "Uh oh, the boss is calling. I gotta go." Darunia walked into the portal.
"Hey wait, I'm coming!" said Darmani, hopping in after Darunia.
Ruto and Tito stared. A large clamshell had appeared in the middle of Zora's domain. Several new rooms had appeared in the rock as parts of Zora Hall. In the clamshell were several Zoras. One of them looked strangely like her father, but shorter and thinner. Two more looked just like her and Tito, but ten years older. There were also seven children, and quite a few large boxes. Everyone was staring at the clamshell, except for the Zoras in the shell, who looked even more confused. Toto broke the ice. "What just happened?" The rest of the Indigo-go's and the stage crew were wondering the same thing. They looked in amazement at the Domain, which was not like the Hall. They were all speechless, even Evans.
"What's going on here?" All the Domain Zoras turned surprised to see King Zora himself! Ruto was even more surprised to discover that he could walk even with all that blubber. "What is that shell doing there? And who is that handsome-looking Zora?" he asked, indicating Toto. Toto immediately realized that this was obviously the leader around here.
He turned to the band and stage crew. "I'll handle this. You bunch go get yourself acquainted with the locals. If they've never heard of us, we could make plenty of cash." He jumped in the water, swam over to the King, and got out. "Your majesty, I am Toto, manager of the Indigo-go's."
"The who?"
"You've never heard of us? Well, why don't we just find someplace quiet and we can talk all about it..." they walked off for King Zora's throne room. The band and crew were getting acquainted with the natives, as per Toto's instructions. The children went off to play with Zoras their own age. Lulu and Mikau made a beeline for Ruto and Tito.
The four stared at each other for a while, before asking, "Who are you?" at the same time.
"I'm Mikau."
"I'm Lulu."
"I'm Tito."
"I'm Ruto.
They stared at each other for a few more minutes. Mikau turned to Lulu. "Honey, I think I should talk to this Tito guy, okay?" She nodded. The two males walked off.
The girls stared at each other again. "Why do you look like me but older?" asked Ruto.
"Why do you look like me but younger?" asked Lulu.
Ruto decided to try again. "I'm Ruto, Sage of Water and Princess of the Zoras."
"I'm Lulu, the lead singer in the hit band, the Indigo-go's. Have you heard of us?"
"Never."
"Well, that's a clue that something is wrong, since we're pretty much famous worldwide."
"Well, I've never heard of any band called the Indigo-go's in Hyrule or anywhere else in Garaton."
Lulu frowned. "What's Garaton?"
"The name of this planet."
"But this planet is called Arave."
"No, its called Garaton. That's the way it's always been."
Lulu's eyes widened. "But that means this isn't my planet!"
"It's not?"
"No, I come from a world called Arave, a country called Termina. But this is not that place. You've never heard of Termina, have you?"
"Never."
"That proves it. Something must have pulled us from my world, maybe even my dimension to yours, and brought along all our stuff. This can't be good." She suddenly brightened. "Then again, if this is a new world of people who've never heard of us, that means we'll have a brand new market to cater our music to! Toto will be very pleased."
"Hey, I just thought of something, when did you marry Mikau?"
"Eleven years ago. Why?"
"Nothing. I'm kind of hoping to marry Tito, the guy who looks like your husband."
"I wonder-is he good at the guitar?"
"Pretty good, yes."
"I think you'll do fine." Lulu said, smiling.
A blue portal opened underwater. "Oh dear," said Ruto. "I have something urgent to attend to!" She jumped into the water and swam for the portal. Lulu wasn't sure why, but she jumped after Ruto, swimming through just before it closed.
"What the heck's going on?" exclaimed Malon, looking around the ranch. The big outer wall was gone, there was a new barn, and the farmhouse was larger! There was a doggie racing track and a huge cucco pen as well. Her confusion was further added to when she saw what looked like her coming out of the second barn. She looked equally surprised. She yelled back into the barn, and another woman came out. Malon blinked. The second woman looked like her as well, but ten years older! She ran over to the two women. They noticed her and gaped, unbelieving. As Malon got closer, she saw even more so that the women looked like her. She was finally in front of them. The three girls looked at each other. Malon made the first move. "Who are you?"
"I'm Romani." Said the girl her age.
"I'm her older sister, Cremia." Said the older women. `What's going on here? You look just like Romani! And what's happened to the ranch? Why is there a corral of horses? Why is the farmhouse bigger? What's going on?"
Malon shook her head. "I have no idea."
Romani spoke up. "Hey Malon, are you any good at archery?"
Grog looked around himself in confusion. The ranch had gotten bigger! There were more Cuccos in his pen! The walls were gone and replaced with a low fence. He could see Mamamu Yan's similar confusion at the dog track. What was going on?
Ingo walked out of the stable and looked around in shock. The ranch had gotten bigger! He had just been inside the stable for a minute, hadn't he? How had the ranch gotten so big? He stumbled around in confusion until he bumped into two familiar-looking men. "Hey, watch where you're going!" they all said. Then they really noticed each other. "Gorman?" asked the two guys who looked just like Ingo.
"Ingo? Ingo?" asked Ingo, looking at the guys who looked just like his two brothers.
The first Gorman frowned. "Hey, you're not Gorman!"
"And you're not Ingo and Ingo!" said Ingo. They frowned at each other. Ingo looked thoughtful. "You know, you two look just like my older and younger brothers, Ingo and Ingo, who went into the circus business!"
"Really?" said the older Gorman. "Our middle brother Gorman went into show business too! We decided to stay behind and maintain Gorman Track."
"Really? That's the decision I made too! Well, not exactly, but close to that!" They walked off, finding some common ground to talk about.
Yawning, Talon walked out of the farmhouses, very tired. He had only gotten twenty hours of sleep! He had been woken up by something, but he wasn't sure what. He headed towards the barn across the corral, struggling to stay awake. Why did Malon put the coffee machine in the barn? Thought Talon. He stumbled past Ingo and the Gormans, who were chattering eagerly. "Morning Ingo. Morning Ingo. Morning Ingo." He yawned as he stumbled past them.
The three look-likes stared after him. "But its past noon!" shouted the younger Gorman.
Ingo snorted. "That's nothing! Some days he sleeps twenty-four hours straight! He's the laziest man alive."
Talon finally made it to the barn, almost tripping over his feet several times. He made it to the barn, passing Malon, Romani, and Cremia. Malon and Romani were trying to shoot different targets with their bows. Cremia was judging. "Hello Malon. Hello Malon. Hello Malon sr." He continued into the barn.
"Was that Mr. Barten?" asked Cremia.
"No, that was my dad, Talon, the laziest man alive."
"Why did he call me Malon and Cremia Malon sr.?" asked Romani.
"He's very tired. He only got twenty hours of sleep last night. He must think you're me and your sister is my mother." Talon stumbled past the cows, finally making it to the coffee machine. He poured himself a cup o' joe, and pondered over what he had seen this morning. He spurted out the coffee, and ran outside, taking in the larger ranch and the three girls. "Dad, what's wrong?" asked Malon. Talon looked around wildly then fell unconscious from the shock. A minute later he started snoring.
Nabooru walked up to the podium on the main plaza of the fortress, ready to accept her prize. Once again, she had won the Championship, but it had been a little too close this year. Aveil had almost beaten her in one-on-one combat. Oh well. As she grabbed the golden belt and held it over her head, the other thieves cheered. That's when everything changed. Suddenly, the valley was a lot wider, and there was now a castle intersecting the fortress! There was a house that looked like a big music box where the podium with the belt had been, and there were now several stone huts and a well lying about. To make things worse, a huge group of undead, many with armor, fell to the ground screaming. The Gerudo instinctively pulled out their scimitars. The undead groaned and got up, looking about them confused. A second ago, they had been falling towards space and now they were on the ground, in a place that looked like Ikana Canyon. Igos and Garo master faced off, not quite noticing
their surroundings. Igos glared at his nemesis. "I don't know where we are, but I know we are all still alive, figuratively speaking. I will make sure you die, and stay dead!"
They drew their weapons. And then they noticed the dozens of armed, extremely attractive gerudo surrounding them. "Maybe we are dead, and this is heaven." Said Garo Master.
"If this were heaven, wouldn't we have flesh?"
"Point."
Nabooru stepped through the circle of Gerudo. "Who are you, how did you get here, and when are you going to leave?"
"Why don't you handle this, Igos?" said Garo Master, shoving Igos forward. He stepped back. "Yes, handle it while I make my escape!" he said, throwing a Deku Nut to the ground. When the smoke cleared, he had vanished.
Igos roared in anger, ripping off his helmet and throwing it to the ground. The other undead gasped. Igos suddenly realized he had made a big mistake. He was now exposed to sunlight! He clenched his teeth, waiting for the pain, the burning of light. Nothing happened. He blinked. He was still alive, so to speak. He was immune to sunlight! The other undead followed suit, realizing they could now walk about in daylight. They cheered. The Gerudo weren't sure what was going on, but these zombies seemed to be harmless. A little later, Nabooru was trying to understand things from Igos. They were talking at the edge of the canyon that led into Lake Hylia. The undead were partying because of they're newfound immunity to sunlight and survival of near death. The Garos were joining in the festivities as well, for they felt their master had betrayed them. The other dead guys had no problem with that. "So, you are not sure how you got here?" she asked.
Igos shook his head. "One minute we were rolling around in pain from some strange scream then falling to our deaths, next minute we are here." Igos had already told Nabooru his history, about the Garo Master's plot, and even mentioned Link, which surprised Nabooru a great deal. She had no idea that Link had been to this Termina place. Igos didn't seem to care that he could probably never get back to his own dimension. After all, his home had been brought with him, and he and his subjects were around women for the first time in two hundred years. Nabooru wondered if this would be a problem.
"Do you think this Garo Master guy will be back?"
Igos grimaced. "He'll be back. Mark my words, he'll be back."
She patted his shoulder. "Don't worry. Next time he attacks will be the last time."
Igos sighed. "Don't be so sure. He is a very formidable opponent."
"He was beaten by a ten-year-old."
Igos was adamant. "So was I!"
"Doesn't say a lot about you, now does it?"
"Link had a mirror! We were weak to sunlight back then! We would have beaten him if he didn't have the power of light."
Nabooru decided not to push it. "Why don't we go and celebrate in the festivities your subjects are having?"
He shrugged. They headed back towards the fortress when four figured floated in front of them. They were Poes. Igos looked worried. "It's the Poe sisters, Amy, Meg, Joel, and Beth. They are dangerous ghosts that rampaged through the village until I hired a ghost hunter to capture and contain them. But they must have gotten free somehow!"
Nabooru drew her swords. "Don't worry, we can stop them."
"Actually, we can't." said Igos as the Poes surrounded them, each making three illusions. The ghosts, real and fake, circled them.
"Which of the ghosts are real?" asked Nabooru.
"I have no idea."
The Poes prepared to close in when they heard a voice that caused them to stop. "Ghostly sisters, I command you to stop!"
The illusions faded, revealing the real ghosts, who had turned to face the speaker, a man in a purple cloak, wielding a scythe. His face could not be seen, but he had one glowing red eye, easily visible. Igos was relieved. "It's Poehunter. We're safe now."
"Oh," said Nabooru, disappointed. She had kind of been hoping to fight the Poes herself.
The sisters giggled. "Oh Poehunter, do you really think you can stop us this time?" asked Joel.
Poehunter glared at the four with his unblinking, one-eyed gaze. "I can and I will."
"Let's see you stop this!" shrieked Amy.
The four surrounded Poehunter, spinning around him, making their illusory Poes. As they twirled, the real and fake ghosts cackled. "You'll never figure out which four of us are real!" said all the Beths. Poehunter lifted his scythe and hurled it at the ghosts. It struck one of the Megs. She shrieked, and flew from the circle. The illusions faded and the real ghosts followed after Meg. The scythe flew back to Poehunter like a boomerang. The ghosts were astonished.
"How did you know which one was the real me?" asked Meg.
Poehunter chuckled. Quite simply, I noticed that only one of each of the illusions spun as they appeared. I knew the spinning ones were the real ghosts, so I merely attacked the only Meg that had spun."
The sisters were furious. "We have a new trick that you'll never be able to beat!" said Joel angrily. The ghosts spun together and formed a single monster, a Giant Poe! Poehunter was a little surprised. The Giant Poe cackled. "You can't defeat me now! I can easily deflect your scythe!"
Poehunter chuckled. "Did you really think I would be stupid enough o come unprepared, Poe?" He pulled an ornate bottle from his cloak. Opening it, he chanted: "Larry, Curly, Joe, and Moe, I summon thee forth, the Four Brothers Poe!" Four spirit flames popped out of the bottle. They hovered in the air as lanterns formed around them. Holding the lanterns were four male Poes.
"You summoned us, master?" asked the Poes in unison.
Poehunter pointed to the Giant Poe. "Distract her."
"Yes, master!" The Poes formed their own illusions and spun around the Giant. She tried to spin her way through, but the brothers kept circling her. She tried to swipe at them with her lantern, but kept hitting illusions. While she was distracted, Poehunter hurled his scythe, stunning the giant. While she was stunned, the four brothers held her in place. She struggled, trying to break free, but the brothers were too strong. Poehunter hurled his scythe once more, slicing the Giant Poe back into the four sisters, still held by the brothers.
"Hold them carefully!" The brothers floated closer to their master, dragging the shrieking girls. Poehunter pulled out another ornate bottle and aimed it carefully at Meg. She screamed, turned transparent, and was sucked into the bottle. He repeated the process with Amy, Beth, and Joel before plugging it up. He placed the bottle the brothers had come from back on the ground. "Brothers Poe, your work is done, return to the bottle, of complaints I have none." The brothers turned back into spirit flames and went back into the bottle. He corked it up and placed it back on his utility belt. Nabooru and the king were impressed.
"Remind me to give you a raise." Said Igos.
"That was the most amazing feat of ghost capture I've ever seen." Said Nabooru.
Poehunter bowed. "It was an honor to rescue a woman as pretty as yourself." Nabooru blushed. Poehunter continued. "I was wondering if..."
The opening of a blue portal by a boulder interrupted him. "I've gotta go." Said Nabooru. "We'll finish this discussion later." She ran towards the portal.
"Wait!" yelled Poehunter, running after her. "I was just wondering if" He was too late. She had vanished into the portal. Poehunter sighed and jumped in after her. The portal closed, leaving Igos alone. After staring at the boulder for a few minutes, he decided it would be a good idea to join the party back at the fortress/castle.
Gabora looked around the smithy. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what. Everything was in its proper place. So why did he feel like something was wrong. He sniffed the air, suddenly realizing the problem. He could smell no fragrant flowers. It was springtime in Mountain Village, so there should be a scent of flowers in the air. Instead, all he could smell was a scent much like his old home in Clock Town, before the divorce...except that he could swear he smelled something else. He turned to his friend, the ogre Gubora. "Hey Gubora, does anything smell funny to you?"
"Ugoh! Ugo ugoh oh ugo ugo oh-oh!"
"Cuccos? Yeah, that's what I thought. Something's wrong. Let's check outside."
"Ugo." They walked outside, and saw why everything smelled different. They weren't exactly in the Mountain Village anymore. They were in the middle of Kakariko Village. Everyone stared at Gubora, for they had never seen an ogre before. Of course, they were more startled by the appearance of the smithy than anything else. There was also the fact that the Observatory was now perched on top of Impa's house. "Ugoh ugoh ugo ugoh ugo ugoh ugo ugo oh oh-oh?"
"I...I have no idea, buddy. I have no idea." Gabora suddenly spotted an old man in the crowd. It was his old teacher, Professor Shigashi. "Professor Shigashi! What's going on?"
The old man looked confused. "I-I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"It's me, Gabora! You know, the kid who always fiddled with metal things in class? Don't you remember me, Professor Shigashi?"
The old man was bewildered. "I am sorry, but I have no idea who you are. And my name is Professor Higashi, not Shigashi."
"He's right, Gabora. I am Professor Shigashi." Gabora turned around to see the professor. But if that was the professor, then who was the guy he was just talking to? Gabora looked at Professor Higashi. Then he looked at Professor Shigashi. He could not tell the two apart! Neither could the crowd, either. Everyone was confused.
"Ugo-oh ugoh-o o-ugo o o?" said Gubora confused.
"What's going on here?" asked a stern female voice. The villagers were relieved, knowing they could go back to their regular business. Impa was here! She would deal with the problem, whatever it was. The crowd disbanded, leaving only Professor Shigashi, Gabora, Gubora, and the approaching Impa. She was surprised when she saw the ogre and the smithy. "Who are you three? What are you doing here? How did that smithy get there?"
Before Gabora or Gubora could say anything, the professor interrupted. "We are from another dimension."
"You are?"
"We are?"
"Ugo?"
"Yes, we are. I will be able to explain it better if you will follow me to my Observatory."
He started heading over to Impa's House/Astral Observatory. Impa looked in the direction he was going and saw the building her home had become. "My house!" she moaned.
Inside the house, everything was the same, except that there was now a ladder leading from the loft with Impa's bed going into the ceiling. The professor led them up the ladder and into the observatory. Impa was astonished by the colors that made up the observatory. He led them up the stairs from his room and workshop, up to the telescope chamber. Gabora and Gubora marveled openly at the observatory, while Impa kept her comments to herself. There was a door that led to a ledge running along the outside of the observatory, from which one could see all of Kakariko. In the middle of the room was the display case with the prized Moon's Tear, and the giant telescope. The professor turned to Gabora. "Gabora, would you please take a look through my telescope?" Gabora shrugged and looked through the telescope. He could see Kakariko Village. "Aim as high as you can." Gabora tilted the telescope almost straight upwards.
"Now what?" he asked.
"Turn the zoom up to maximum."
Gabora zoomed, and saw the stars. The zoom had allowed him to see past the clouds. "I just see stars, professor."
"Turn it a little to the left."
Gabora did so, and gasped. "No...no, it can't be..."
"But it is, isn't it?" said Shigashi.
"Ugo-ugo-ugo ugoh oh ugoh-oh?"
Gabora took his eye from the telescope. "It's the moon, Gubora. The moon." Gubora moaned.
Impa was confused. "Yes, it is the moon. So what?"
Professor Shigashi answered. "In our home dimension, there is no moon. It was destroyed by a young man named Link ten years ago in an attempt to save our world from destruction. When I saw the moon through my telescope, I realized I was in another dimension."
Impa frowned. "Powerful magic is at work here. I must consult with my colleagues. Since you will all be here for a while, I suggest you make yourselves at home." She left the building, heading for the graveyard.
When she got there, Dampe` greeted her. "Mistress, a portal has opened for you."
Impa nodded. "Thank you Dampe`. Where is it?"
"Right over there." He said, pointing to the portal that had opened up two feet away.
Impa hopped into the portal, which closed behind her.
Link, Sheik, Skull Kid, and the fairies looked around in confusion at what the Town had become. They stared at the new shops, the buildings, and the extra people. Everyone in town was just as confused to be seeing their own doubles. "What happened?" asked Sheik.
"I think I might have an idea." Said Link, as the postman from Clock Town ran by. "These are all people from Termina!"
"You mean the place with that moon?"
"Yes, that place."
Skull Kid gulped. "I hope none of them recognizes me."
"Don't worry, you were masked at the time." Said Tael.
Sheik looked worried. "Link, these new people are all from Termina?"
"Yes, and all these new buildings as well. Something must have caused them to come here."
"But what?" asked Tatl.
"And who?" asked Navi.
"Kaepora was about to tell us before he blacked out. Link examined the owl. That crash must have really hurt."
"I can fix that," said Skull Kid. He pulled out his bottle of pink fairy dust. "Link, please open the bird's beak. Link did so. Skull Kid force-fed the dust down Kaepora's craw. His wounds healed, but he was still in a coma. "Well, at least he's not injured."
"Let's get back to the castle, we might be able to deal with this better from there." Said Sheik. They ran back through town, passing all the confused people. Link spotted the Stock Pot Inn. He was tempted to go in, but decided not to. As they reached the exit to the castle, Navi stopped them.
"Look at the Temple of Time!" she said. Everyone turned to see the temple, and were amazed once again.
The Clock Tower had become the back of the Temple, merging with the Master Sword chamber. "Wow." Said Sheik. "That's the Clock Tower you told me about?" Link nodded. "Well, let's get to the castle."
"No time for that, there's this portal thing opening up near the temple." Said Tatl.
"Where?" asked Link.
"Right in front." They ran over and found there was indeed a portal.
Sheik turned to Link. "Link, this is probably for us. We should go in."
"Of course! But, aren't you going to change back first?" Sheik blinked, realizing she had forgotten.
"Give me a minute." She and Tatl ran into the Temple. She came out a moment later as Zelda. "Right, let's go." She and Tatl hopped into the portal. Link jumped after her with Navi.
"Hey, wait!" said Tael. "Skull Kid, should we go with them?"
"Why not?" said Skull Kid. They jumped into the portal just as it closed.
What will happen next? Why have the Sages been called to the Sacred Realm? Find out next time! And remember, R&R!