Disclaimer: I still don't own them, and if that surprises you, then I'm sorry to tell you that
you're stupid.
Author's Notes: Hee hee hee! I slacked off from work today, and while I was inside, I got
this done! I usually don't release two chapters at once, but this was needed because I
don't think the first chapter can stand on its own. It had to be separate, though, 'cuz I
wanted the ending how it was. Anyway, I'm tired of this now, so. . .
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Malon's Quest-Chapter 2
Malon was out in the corral with Link the next morning, and he was playing his
ocarina for the horses. She knew this was as good a time as ever to ask him, so she came
up next to him, and just spit it out.
"Link, can you teach me to fight?"
"What?" Link abruptly stopped playing, but his tone suggested he hadn't entirely
heard her question.
"I asked if you could teach me to fight," she repeated.
"Why do you want that?" he inquired curiously.
"Well," she began, "You get to travel all over the world, and see so many things. I
want to go out and have an adventure, too. I know that I'd be a lot safer out there if I
could defend myself."
Link was totally caught off guard. He always knew Malon had a wild spirit, but this
was still something he never expected. He thought for a moment, and then looked at her
with a weird smile.
"Sure, I'll teach you," he said. "But only because I know you'd go out anyway if I
didn't, and then you'd get hurt or killed, and it would be my fault." She responded with a
proud grin.
"You're right, you know. But I think you just can't bring yourself to deny me
anything," she joked.
"Don't flatter yourself," Link quipped back. "I'm doing this for your own safety, as
well as that of my conscience. Personally, I don't think the idea of you trekking out on
your own is a good idea, but if you're dead set upon it, I want you to be able to take care
of yourself."
"I'm surprised you didn't insist on coming with me," she said.
"Oh, I'll be keeping an eye on you, I promise you that. But you know full well you
wouldn't want me around all the time."
So they continued until the late morning, when Link reluctantly went off to town to
get her a sword and shield. He still wasn't crazy about the idea, but he knew she would
never let it go.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Malon was skipping around in elation. She was so
excited! Finally, she would get a chance to travel the world on her own, and see all the
wonderful people and things that Link had told her about!
In all actuality, it would've been great to have Link go with her. She would've
enjoyed traveling with him, and who knows? Maybe he could introduce her to some of
his powerful friends? Deep down though, she knew he had been right. This journey had
to be her own. What kind of adventure would it be if he were there to do everything for
her? She smiled warmly at knowing he was planning on looking out for her, though.
Besides, he was always traveling, so their paths would occasionally cross, right?
It would take a few days for Link to get to town and back, so she just continued on
with her normal chores. Talon had sent Ingo on an errand to Kakariko, so it was just she
and her father. She waited and waited for Link to return, and on the fourth day after he
left, around noon, she heard a horse approaching the ranch. He was back! She started to
run out to the front of the ranch, but then she stopped. That wasn't a horse, that was
several horses. She crept back to where her father was standing by the barn. Apparently
he heard it too, and was just as curious as she was.
The two of them stood there, and all of a sudden without warning, a half-dozen men
came galloping up the path and stopped three feet in front of them. All the men had
weapons, ranging from swords to maces and axes. Also, she had initially miscounted.
There were nine of them.
The big man in the front who was obviously the leader pointed at Talon. "You the one
in charge around here?" he demanded.
"Yes, I am Talon, and this is Lon Lon Ranch."
"Well, it's no anymore," the man said. "Now it's our headquarters. So you two better
get out of here."
"Now wait just a minute!" talon stepped forward.
"Oh, a smart guy, huh?" The big man looked back at one of his cohorts. "Sinjo, I think
this guy needs to be taught what happens to people who don't do what we tell them to."
The outlaw named Sinjo grinned a wicked grin, and before Talon could respond, he
had a whip wrapped around his neck.
"Stop it!" Malon pleaded. "You're choking him!"
Sinjo laughed. "That's the idea." Then he jumped off his horse, and still keeping a
tight grip on the whip, walked over to Talon and kicked him in the stomach.
The force caused Talon to fly backwards, the whip jerking his head before releasing,
and then he hit his head on the corner of a crate, knocking him out cold. Malon screamed.
"He should've done what he was told," the leader said coldly. "As for you. . .What
should we do with a pretty girl like this, boys?"
All the men eyed her and licked their lips. Malon was horrified. She slowly started to
back away.
"And just where do you think you're going? The leader asked in a suggestive voice.
"A beautiful girl like you belongs in my bed." He trotted his horse over and grabbed her
arm, causing her to scream again. "Don't worry, a few drops of my special potion, and
you'll love to do anything I ask." At this, Malon started to cry. This man was going to
take away her own free will, and turn her into a slave, and make her love him! He was
just about to grab her other arm when they heard a yelp from the back of the group. They
turned around to see one of the bandits pulled off his horse, and go flying backward
into—
"LINK!" Malon cheered with joy as he saw Link, retracting his hookshot, which he
had used to pull the man off his horse. He had an extremely angry look on his face. He
jumped down off Epona, and glared daggers at the man gripping Malon.
"Who the hell are you?" the leader demanded.
"I'm the last person in the world you would want to see right now," Link answered
him. The coldness in his voice made Malon shiver. She had never seen Link like this
before.
The outlaw leader however, laughed. "Right. Boys, take care of this kid, will you?"
"Gladly," one of them replied. They all slid off their horses and started walking over
to Link, who calmly drew his sword and shield. The first two men rushed him, and he
casually blocked their attacks, and then rammed them with his shield. The next one came,
and his mace handle shattered upon contact with Link's sword. A backhanded shield
blow was enough to take him out. The rest charged him, and were defeated in the same
manner. Then it was only Sinjo and the leader.
"Sinjo, hold onto this girl for me. I want to handle this punk myself."
"Sure thing, Onak," Sinjo replied.
Onak got down off his horse and drew his sword and shield. Then he slowly walked
toward Link.
"You're pretty cocky, you know that, kid? I'm gonna teach you a lesson once and for
all." Link's face still didn't change. Onak charged at Link, and their battle began. Onak
was putting both his sword and shield to their full use, while Link held his shield down to
one side, never moving it. After a while, Onak started to realize that this wasn't going
anywhere. When their swords clanged again, they sprang back from each other. Onak
started to chuckle an evil chuckle.
"You're good kid, but not good enough. I've learned a few tricks in my lifetime." He
held his hand above his head, and a yellow ball of energy started to form. Link just
looked at it without blinking. "Time to die, kid!" Onak yelled, then threw the ball at Link.
Moving nothing but his left arm, Link hit the ball with his sword, bouncing it back at
Onak, who was too shocked to react. The ball hit the outlaw in the face, knocking him
onto his back.
"Ganondorf tried that same trick," Link said, a hint of mocking in his voice. Onak
stood up slowly, finally realizing whom he was facing. "His were stronger, though. Now
let me show you something I learned on my travels." Link put his open palm in front of
him, then balled it into a fist and raised it into the air, then brought it down quickly with a
chant of some word in another tongue. Immediately, a wall of fire made its way over to
Onak, burning him badly.
Onak, now in a mad panic, picked up his sword and charged directly at Link. For the
first time, Link raised his shield and blocked the attack. Then he looked into the eyes of
the villain, the coldness returning to his gaze.
"You deserve much worse for what you tried to do to Malon, and for what you did to
her father." With that, Link thrust his sword into the stomach of the outlaw, who then fell
to the ground.
Link turned his icy gaze to Sinjo, who still had a hold of Malon. Sinjo looked back, a
tiny smirk present on his face.
"Come on, men!" he said. "Let's get going! And don't forget to bring the fat man
along with us!" the men grumbled and got to their feet.
Link couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What makes you think you can get away
with that?" he demanded.
"Because," Sinjo replied simply, "I know you'll be busy trying to catch her." With one
swift motion, Sinjo released Malon, turned around, opened his palm toward her, and
suddenly she was flying upward and backward through the air, as if a giant gust of wind
had blown her away.
"Link!!"
"Malon!!" he ran down the path, and into the racetrack after her, but she was a good
twenty yards up by now.
Sinjo, meanwhile, was walking casually back to his horse while the rest of the men
gathered up Talon. He looked apathetically down at his dead former leader.
"Well Onak, I guess this means I'm in charge, now. It's better anyway. I always was a
better fighter than you." He mounted his horse, and he and his men rode out of the ranch,
back to wherever it was they came from.
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Chapter two: done! It gets better, I promise. Meanwhile, I have something to say. I know
there are some Malon+Link fics out there, but a lot of them end up making Zelda look
like the bad guy, or have a lot of OOC behavior, etc. So I set, here and now, a challenge. I
challenge you Zelda writers out there to write a good Malon+Link story. No vilifying the
poor princess, and no OOC. This will be especially hard for you supporters of
Zelda+Link. Are you up for it? Any of you who think you can do it, go for it! I want to
see what you guys can come up with.
P.S. If you're thinking that Link was a little OOC near the end, think about it for a
moment. This guy was going to rob Malon of her innocence, and practically killed Talon.
Plus, he used one of Ganondorf's techniques--that can't be a good sign.
you're stupid.
Author's Notes: Hee hee hee! I slacked off from work today, and while I was inside, I got
this done! I usually don't release two chapters at once, but this was needed because I
don't think the first chapter can stand on its own. It had to be separate, though, 'cuz I
wanted the ending how it was. Anyway, I'm tired of this now, so. . .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Malon's Quest-Chapter 2
Malon was out in the corral with Link the next morning, and he was playing his
ocarina for the horses. She knew this was as good a time as ever to ask him, so she came
up next to him, and just spit it out.
"Link, can you teach me to fight?"
"What?" Link abruptly stopped playing, but his tone suggested he hadn't entirely
heard her question.
"I asked if you could teach me to fight," she repeated.
"Why do you want that?" he inquired curiously.
"Well," she began, "You get to travel all over the world, and see so many things. I
want to go out and have an adventure, too. I know that I'd be a lot safer out there if I
could defend myself."
Link was totally caught off guard. He always knew Malon had a wild spirit, but this
was still something he never expected. He thought for a moment, and then looked at her
with a weird smile.
"Sure, I'll teach you," he said. "But only because I know you'd go out anyway if I
didn't, and then you'd get hurt or killed, and it would be my fault." She responded with a
proud grin.
"You're right, you know. But I think you just can't bring yourself to deny me
anything," she joked.
"Don't flatter yourself," Link quipped back. "I'm doing this for your own safety, as
well as that of my conscience. Personally, I don't think the idea of you trekking out on
your own is a good idea, but if you're dead set upon it, I want you to be able to take care
of yourself."
"I'm surprised you didn't insist on coming with me," she said.
"Oh, I'll be keeping an eye on you, I promise you that. But you know full well you
wouldn't want me around all the time."
So they continued until the late morning, when Link reluctantly went off to town to
get her a sword and shield. He still wasn't crazy about the idea, but he knew she would
never let it go.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Malon was skipping around in elation. She was so
excited! Finally, she would get a chance to travel the world on her own, and see all the
wonderful people and things that Link had told her about!
In all actuality, it would've been great to have Link go with her. She would've
enjoyed traveling with him, and who knows? Maybe he could introduce her to some of
his powerful friends? Deep down though, she knew he had been right. This journey had
to be her own. What kind of adventure would it be if he were there to do everything for
her? She smiled warmly at knowing he was planning on looking out for her, though.
Besides, he was always traveling, so their paths would occasionally cross, right?
It would take a few days for Link to get to town and back, so she just continued on
with her normal chores. Talon had sent Ingo on an errand to Kakariko, so it was just she
and her father. She waited and waited for Link to return, and on the fourth day after he
left, around noon, she heard a horse approaching the ranch. He was back! She started to
run out to the front of the ranch, but then she stopped. That wasn't a horse, that was
several horses. She crept back to where her father was standing by the barn. Apparently
he heard it too, and was just as curious as she was.
The two of them stood there, and all of a sudden without warning, a half-dozen men
came galloping up the path and stopped three feet in front of them. All the men had
weapons, ranging from swords to maces and axes. Also, she had initially miscounted.
There were nine of them.
The big man in the front who was obviously the leader pointed at Talon. "You the one
in charge around here?" he demanded.
"Yes, I am Talon, and this is Lon Lon Ranch."
"Well, it's no anymore," the man said. "Now it's our headquarters. So you two better
get out of here."
"Now wait just a minute!" talon stepped forward.
"Oh, a smart guy, huh?" The big man looked back at one of his cohorts. "Sinjo, I think
this guy needs to be taught what happens to people who don't do what we tell them to."
The outlaw named Sinjo grinned a wicked grin, and before Talon could respond, he
had a whip wrapped around his neck.
"Stop it!" Malon pleaded. "You're choking him!"
Sinjo laughed. "That's the idea." Then he jumped off his horse, and still keeping a
tight grip on the whip, walked over to Talon and kicked him in the stomach.
The force caused Talon to fly backwards, the whip jerking his head before releasing,
and then he hit his head on the corner of a crate, knocking him out cold. Malon screamed.
"He should've done what he was told," the leader said coldly. "As for you. . .What
should we do with a pretty girl like this, boys?"
All the men eyed her and licked their lips. Malon was horrified. She slowly started to
back away.
"And just where do you think you're going? The leader asked in a suggestive voice.
"A beautiful girl like you belongs in my bed." He trotted his horse over and grabbed her
arm, causing her to scream again. "Don't worry, a few drops of my special potion, and
you'll love to do anything I ask." At this, Malon started to cry. This man was going to
take away her own free will, and turn her into a slave, and make her love him! He was
just about to grab her other arm when they heard a yelp from the back of the group. They
turned around to see one of the bandits pulled off his horse, and go flying backward
into—
"LINK!" Malon cheered with joy as he saw Link, retracting his hookshot, which he
had used to pull the man off his horse. He had an extremely angry look on his face. He
jumped down off Epona, and glared daggers at the man gripping Malon.
"Who the hell are you?" the leader demanded.
"I'm the last person in the world you would want to see right now," Link answered
him. The coldness in his voice made Malon shiver. She had never seen Link like this
before.
The outlaw leader however, laughed. "Right. Boys, take care of this kid, will you?"
"Gladly," one of them replied. They all slid off their horses and started walking over
to Link, who calmly drew his sword and shield. The first two men rushed him, and he
casually blocked their attacks, and then rammed them with his shield. The next one came,
and his mace handle shattered upon contact with Link's sword. A backhanded shield
blow was enough to take him out. The rest charged him, and were defeated in the same
manner. Then it was only Sinjo and the leader.
"Sinjo, hold onto this girl for me. I want to handle this punk myself."
"Sure thing, Onak," Sinjo replied.
Onak got down off his horse and drew his sword and shield. Then he slowly walked
toward Link.
"You're pretty cocky, you know that, kid? I'm gonna teach you a lesson once and for
all." Link's face still didn't change. Onak charged at Link, and their battle began. Onak
was putting both his sword and shield to their full use, while Link held his shield down to
one side, never moving it. After a while, Onak started to realize that this wasn't going
anywhere. When their swords clanged again, they sprang back from each other. Onak
started to chuckle an evil chuckle.
"You're good kid, but not good enough. I've learned a few tricks in my lifetime." He
held his hand above his head, and a yellow ball of energy started to form. Link just
looked at it without blinking. "Time to die, kid!" Onak yelled, then threw the ball at Link.
Moving nothing but his left arm, Link hit the ball with his sword, bouncing it back at
Onak, who was too shocked to react. The ball hit the outlaw in the face, knocking him
onto his back.
"Ganondorf tried that same trick," Link said, a hint of mocking in his voice. Onak
stood up slowly, finally realizing whom he was facing. "His were stronger, though. Now
let me show you something I learned on my travels." Link put his open palm in front of
him, then balled it into a fist and raised it into the air, then brought it down quickly with a
chant of some word in another tongue. Immediately, a wall of fire made its way over to
Onak, burning him badly.
Onak, now in a mad panic, picked up his sword and charged directly at Link. For the
first time, Link raised his shield and blocked the attack. Then he looked into the eyes of
the villain, the coldness returning to his gaze.
"You deserve much worse for what you tried to do to Malon, and for what you did to
her father." With that, Link thrust his sword into the stomach of the outlaw, who then fell
to the ground.
Link turned his icy gaze to Sinjo, who still had a hold of Malon. Sinjo looked back, a
tiny smirk present on his face.
"Come on, men!" he said. "Let's get going! And don't forget to bring the fat man
along with us!" the men grumbled and got to their feet.
Link couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What makes you think you can get away
with that?" he demanded.
"Because," Sinjo replied simply, "I know you'll be busy trying to catch her." With one
swift motion, Sinjo released Malon, turned around, opened his palm toward her, and
suddenly she was flying upward and backward through the air, as if a giant gust of wind
had blown her away.
"Link!!"
"Malon!!" he ran down the path, and into the racetrack after her, but she was a good
twenty yards up by now.
Sinjo, meanwhile, was walking casually back to his horse while the rest of the men
gathered up Talon. He looked apathetically down at his dead former leader.
"Well Onak, I guess this means I'm in charge, now. It's better anyway. I always was a
better fighter than you." He mounted his horse, and he and his men rode out of the ranch,
back to wherever it was they came from.
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Chapter two: done! It gets better, I promise. Meanwhile, I have something to say. I know
there are some Malon+Link fics out there, but a lot of them end up making Zelda look
like the bad guy, or have a lot of OOC behavior, etc. So I set, here and now, a challenge. I
challenge you Zelda writers out there to write a good Malon+Link story. No vilifying the
poor princess, and no OOC. This will be especially hard for you supporters of
Zelda+Link. Are you up for it? Any of you who think you can do it, go for it! I want to
see what you guys can come up with.
P.S. If you're thinking that Link was a little OOC near the end, think about it for a
moment. This guy was going to rob Malon of her innocence, and practically killed Talon.
Plus, he used one of Ganondorf's techniques--that can't be a good sign.