Chapter 2
LINK PERSPECTIVE
This is by request
Link was bored, again. he usually could scarecly keep from napping during school. "School" involved small groups of Kokori in the forest, while the Great Deku Tree spoke to them in their minds of deku nuts, seeds, history, everything a forest child should know. At 5, he was almost done with schooling. 3 years was a LONG time!
Not that anyone else kept track of ages and the like. He was quite possibly the only one who knew he was 5. He kept careful count. Most of his friends had stopped counting around 3-4. Kokori chldren were quite precocious. They learned everything they needed to know before they were 7, then they were free to do whatever. Mostly, keep the forest in order.
He did not know that he was a foundlink. He knew, of course, that his parents were dead. He had a necklace of his mother's that he kept with him everywhere. He was unusual in that regard, as well. BUt it was really a pretty necklace. It was a triangle wireframe with an upsidown triangle in the middle. He did not know that he had been found wearing it. One piece was solid gold. The other tringale that made up the design were silver. Link supposed that they had all been filled in at some point.
"Link, are you paying attention?"
"What? Yes."
The Great Deku Tree sighed. "Then please demonstrate the correct way to stun a Wolfos, should you be attacked."
Linbk grabbed a Deku Nut and threw it at the sapling they were using as an imaginary Wolfos. He was careful to have it break at the "feet" or the pretend creature. What he forgot, however, was to sheild his eyes.
"Daydreaming again, huh?"
"NO! OW! I just forgot!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!"
"The object was NOT for YOU to be the Wolfos! Ah well. Go run and get a coldpack."
"I CAN'T SEE!!!!!"
"Saria, please take him to the Know-it-all-brother's house. I belive they have coldpacks and healing balm."
LAter...
"Link, really. Talk to me. Can you see?"
"..."
"CAn you see... can you see... can you see the balloon man?"
"..."
"PLEASE! Talk to me! Can you see the man in the balloon?"
"yes."
"Oh, good. What's REALLY wrong, Link? That's the first word you've said to me all day!"
"..."
"Link! I know you can talk! Please!"
he noted the genuine concern in her eyes and relented.
"They all think i'm an idiot."
"No they don't! I don't. You're very smart. You just... tend to daydream. That's all."
"Mido daydreams, and he never blinded himself with a Deku Nut."
"Yeah, well, the Deku nut ran in terror. His eyes were too mean to be blinded."
"Ha ha. Fuuuunny." That was sarcastic.
"Come on. Let's go back."
"no."
"What?"
"no. I'm not going back to school today."
"where WILL you go?"
"Exploring the Lost Woods."
"cool!"
"Wanna come?"
"ok."
And so it was that Link and Saria skipped school for a day, and became fast friends. They had a lot of adventures together.
Ok, that was less good than the first one. IT was kinda just background info. Oh well. next i think i will go back to Impa's perilous journey with Zelda. What do you think?
LINK PERSPECTIVE
This is by request
Link was bored, again. he usually could scarecly keep from napping during school. "School" involved small groups of Kokori in the forest, while the Great Deku Tree spoke to them in their minds of deku nuts, seeds, history, everything a forest child should know. At 5, he was almost done with schooling. 3 years was a LONG time!
Not that anyone else kept track of ages and the like. He was quite possibly the only one who knew he was 5. He kept careful count. Most of his friends had stopped counting around 3-4. Kokori chldren were quite precocious. They learned everything they needed to know before they were 7, then they were free to do whatever. Mostly, keep the forest in order.
He did not know that he was a foundlink. He knew, of course, that his parents were dead. He had a necklace of his mother's that he kept with him everywhere. He was unusual in that regard, as well. BUt it was really a pretty necklace. It was a triangle wireframe with an upsidown triangle in the middle. He did not know that he had been found wearing it. One piece was solid gold. The other tringale that made up the design were silver. Link supposed that they had all been filled in at some point.
"Link, are you paying attention?"
"What? Yes."
The Great Deku Tree sighed. "Then please demonstrate the correct way to stun a Wolfos, should you be attacked."
Linbk grabbed a Deku Nut and threw it at the sapling they were using as an imaginary Wolfos. He was careful to have it break at the "feet" or the pretend creature. What he forgot, however, was to sheild his eyes.
"Daydreaming again, huh?"
"NO! OW! I just forgot!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!"
"The object was NOT for YOU to be the Wolfos! Ah well. Go run and get a coldpack."
"I CAN'T SEE!!!!!"
"Saria, please take him to the Know-it-all-brother's house. I belive they have coldpacks and healing balm."
LAter...
"Link, really. Talk to me. Can you see?"
"..."
"CAn you see... can you see... can you see the balloon man?"
"..."
"PLEASE! Talk to me! Can you see the man in the balloon?"
"yes."
"Oh, good. What's REALLY wrong, Link? That's the first word you've said to me all day!"
"..."
"Link! I know you can talk! Please!"
he noted the genuine concern in her eyes and relented.
"They all think i'm an idiot."
"No they don't! I don't. You're very smart. You just... tend to daydream. That's all."
"Mido daydreams, and he never blinded himself with a Deku Nut."
"Yeah, well, the Deku nut ran in terror. His eyes were too mean to be blinded."
"Ha ha. Fuuuunny." That was sarcastic.
"Come on. Let's go back."
"no."
"What?"
"no. I'm not going back to school today."
"where WILL you go?"
"Exploring the Lost Woods."
"cool!"
"Wanna come?"
"ok."
And so it was that Link and Saria skipped school for a day, and became fast friends. They had a lot of adventures together.
Ok, that was less good than the first one. IT was kinda just background info. Oh well. next i think i will go back to Impa's perilous journey with Zelda. What do you think?