This is my 8th chapter!!! YAAAAAAAAAYYYY!! I'M GONNA GO TO THE MALL IN THREE HOURS!! Since I have nothing else to do, I'm gonna write this for all the people who want me to post and finish this story!! Well, this might get a little serious, but I didn't want to start with the temples yet, where things get a crazier, so you'll have to wait... hehe. Ok, last time, Link and his new friends were in Lon Lon Ranch. Nicole, Link, and Brian taught Gilbert, Ines and Hayarpi how to ride a horse. Link told Hayarpi that he had a tiny crush on Nicole, and Hayarpi told Ines, Gilbert and Brian, without Link knowing. Ahhh!!! It's all confusing, I know, but if you read the last chapter, you'll understand. Anyway, after, Nicole earned a horse named Maniac after winning a race. Now, it was Hayarpi's turn to race against Ingo. Ok, read on, fellow fishies!!!
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Chapter 8: Hi Malon! Uh oh, Nicole's playing matchmaker...
"Ready... set... GO!"
Ingo and Hayarpi raced around the corral, and guess who won?! YAAAY! YOU GOT IT!
"WAAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOO! I win! I get to keep Dash!" Hayarpi cheered.
'Yes!' Dash thought. 'Finally, I can get away from this horrible ranch! GOODBYE, UGLY SINGING!'
"YAAAAAY!" Dash and Hayarpi started following Nicole who was still on Maniac, who was //still// cantering around the corral.
Ingo stared. "O.o;; Oooooook... hey! You, the guy in gold! C'mere, chose a horse and let's be going!"
"'Let's be going'?" Gilbert asked. "Bad grammer. Anyway..." He went into the corral and saw a male golden quarter horse staring at him. "Wow, pretty... I wonder if it'll run away if I come near it..." he wondered aloud, approaching the horse.
The quarter horse stared as Gilbert slowly made his way to him. 'Hey, who's this guy? I'll just go up to him and see how he reacts.' It trotted over to Gilbert and nuzzled his chest.
"Hey, cool, he likes me! I wonder if it'll let me ride him..." He petted the horse a few times before actually mounting it. "Hmm... he doesn't seem to mind."
'Oh well, if he keeps me, I can finally get out of this stupid ranch!' the horse thought. 'Dash and uhhh... what's his new name... oh yeah, Maniac, got owners and they'll be leaving the ranch! Not to mention they're my best friends! AHHH! I NEED TO GET OUT! Ok, I'll just win the race, and I get to be kept by this cool person that's on my back! YAAAAAAY!' The horse started going around in circles.
Gilbert just sat there. "Uh. o.O;;;;"
Ingo ingored him as he mounted another horse. "Ok, that horse's name is Thunder. C'mon, kid, let's get this over with."
Of course, Gilbert won the race. Brian and Ines also got horses, which seemed to like them and vice versa. Brian's horse was male, brown with a big white spot right in the middle of it's back. His name was Raikou. Ines got female horse. It was pure white except for a few streaks of brown and black on it's body. It's name was Streak. (duh) Soon, it was finally Link's turn to get a horse.
Ines, Brian, and Gilbert sat on their horses. "Yay! We got horses! Weee!" They followed Hayarpi and Nicole, who were STILL cantering around the corral. It looked like a parade. O.o
Link sweatdropped. "My turn!" He went into the corral and looked at a specific horse. "Hey, that horse sorta looks like..." He began to approach a red-brown horse with a white mane and tail.
The horse looked up, saw Link, then trotted away.
Nicole, Gilbert, Ines, Brian, Hayarpi, and Navi (who was strangely quiet for a long time (she didn't speak last chapter O.o;;), started laughing. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Link's eye twitched. "HEY! Just because one horse runs away from me, doesn't mean that they ALL hate me!"
After hearing that statement, all the horses in the corral trotted away from Link, just for fun.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Ingo sweatdropped. "Ok, you young'ns! I'm gonna take a break! YOU BETTER NOT STEAL MY HORSES, YA'LL HEAR ME!" Then he stormed into the barn.
Link sighed. "Nobody wuvs me..." he muttered in baby talk.
Nicole went over beside Link, using the same baby talk. "It's ok, Linky-poo, I wuv you!"
'Link, I know you like Nicole.' Navi told Link, in his mind. 'I can read your thoughts and emotions.'
Link began using the same technique. 'Hey, how can you do that? And how can I do this?'
'Lots of training and I'm allowing you to. Anyway, don't worry, I won't tell anyone.' she reassured.
Link nodded. 'Thanks.'
Gilbert, who'd been oblivious to Link and Navi, leaned over and whispered to Nicole, "Really? You do?"
Nicole nodded. "Yes..."
Gilbert grinned. "GREAT! Because Link--"
"But as a brother, of course!" Nicole cut in quickly.
Hayarpi slapped her forehead. "Gilbert! You almost-- I mean..." She covered her own mouth.
Link didn't hear them and blushed. "Nicole, you love me?"
Nicole nodded. "Yes..."
Link blushed even MORE. "Y-y-y-you d-do?"
"But as a brother, of course!" Nicole cut in quickly.
Everyone fell over as the scene repeated itself.
But Link blinked, then looked down, giving a sigh. "O... Oh..."
Nicole stared at him and his strange expression. "Huh? What's wrong?" She looked at everyone else, who were all looking away at anything other than her. "HEEEY! ARE YOU GUYS HIDING SOMETHING FROM ME?!"
Hayarpi gasped. "WHAAAAAT!?" Ines, Brian, and Gilbert smacked her. "OW! I mean, uhh... what? Whatever gave you that idea?"
Nicole pointed at Link. "Dude! Look at Link's face! It looks all... sad and stuff! HEEEY! WHOEVER DID THAT TO HIM, I'M GONNA KICK HER BUTT!"
Link sighed. The more it dragged out, the more sillier it became!
He went over and took Nicole's arm. "Umm, hey, I need to talk to you." he muttered, pulling her away. Link looked at Navi. "Nav, can you leave us alone for a while?"
Navi nodded, flitting away. They both went into the stable where the horses were kept at night.
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Nicole sighed, leaning against the wall. "So who is it? Who ripped your heart out?"
Link sweatdropped. He took a deep breath before starting... "Ok, I just wanted to tell you that I've had some 'feelings' for a person I just met not too long ago. Umm, she's funny, pretty, smart... okay well only when she needs to be... and I don't know when these weird feelings started developing. Maybe I'm confusing them with a different feeling, but... that happens, right?"
Nicole nodded in response.
Link sighed. "And I wish I could just get over it, and I thought that telling that person would do the trick, but I don't want anything to change between us." A slight pause. "Are... you catching on?"
Nicole tilted her head. "Mmm hmm..." She blinked. "Oh! I got it! So, you basically wanted to tell me that you--"
Link nodded vigorously. "Yes! Exactly! Please, please say that you understa--"
"Yes Link, alright, I'll say it."
Link held his breath.
Nicole grinned. "I'll hook you up with one of my friends! I didn't know that you knew that I loved matchmaking! Don't worry, Link, I'll get you two together! I WON'T FAIL! MWAHAHAHA!" And out the door she went, frantically waving her hands in the air for no reason.
Link paused. Where the heck did she come to that conclusion? Then he realized what she was gonna do. "NOOOO!" he cried. And then he stopped and rubbed his forehead. "Nicole... she //didn't// understand..." He took a deep breath and dragged himself out of the barn.
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Hayarpi watched as Link went out of the barn. "Hey, did you tell her? Are your feelings out in the open?"
Link sighed. "No, she took it the wrong way. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S GONNA DO FOR ME?!"
Hayarpi stared at him. "Oh no... she's doing it again... she has gone into matchmaking mode!"
Link stared at her. "What does that mean?"
"It means that she is not really THAT insane anymore, but she is completely determined to hook you up to any of the girls that she sees that you are talking to!" she cried dramatically.
"So, you also mean that this isn't the first time that she tried to hook some people up?" Link asked.
"This is bad, real bad..." She turned and took Link's collar in her hands, shaking him. "DO YOU KNOW HOW GOOD SHE IS AT MATCHMAKING?! SHE CAN MAKE TWO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE IN A SNAP!" she dropped him and snapped her fingers.
"x.X;;;!!"
"Oh god, this is trouble, either me or Ines can fall in love with you, AND YOUR FEELINGS FOR HER WILL DISAPPEAR FOREVER! OHHHHH NOOOOO! This is baaad! I don't wanna fall in love with you!"
Link looked up. "What's wrong with falling in love with me?!"
"No, it's just that I like Brian, DANG IT!" She gasped, putting a hand to her mouth. "Uh..."
Link grinned at her.
Hayarpi looked at him. "... Shhhhhhh... "
"Don't worry, I think that he likes you too." Link reassured.
Her eyes widened. "REALLY?!"
"Yeah! Oh, and also, I can't like another person! Only //I// can control who I like!"
Hayarpi shook her head. "No, but, you really don't understand! You have NO idea how powerful she is!"
"Then tell me. o.O"
Hayarpi sweatdropped. "Ok, ok, for example, do you know how you hate Ganondork and how he hates you?"
Link began to grumble. "Ohhhh, that stupid son of a b--"
LilFilipinoGurl suddenly appeared in a puff of purple, sparkly smoke. "HEY LINK! This is PG! Do I have to bump it up?"
Link sweatdropped. "Sorry."
"Good. BEHAVE, ok? Or else something bad will happen to Nicole."
"Don't hurt her!" Link yelled, unsheathing his sword.
LilFilipinoGurl laughed. "HA! You can't hurt me. I have very powerful author powers."
"Really?! Take this!" He said, stabbing LilFilipinoGurl.
The sword went right through her. "Haha! See, you can't hurt me! Unless, I'm really nervous or scared, AND I'M NOT!"
"And when will that be?"
"I dunno."
"... Ahh! I don't like adding myself to my stories!"
"Then go away!"
LilFilipinoGurl sweatdropped. "Fine, but if you try saying those words again, it's 'bye bye Nicole'!"
Link's eyes narrowed. "Just... don't hurt her!"
"Yah, yah, ok bye." Then the writer disappeared in a cloud of purply sparkly smoke.
Hayarpi sweatdropped. "Okay! Anyway, do you know how much you hate Ganondork?"
Link nodded. "Yeah, that stupid son of a bi--"
"You really want her to die, huh?" LilFilipinoGurl asked from the clouds.
Link fell over. "NO! No, I was just gonna say that he was a stupid son of a biscuit."
"Oh, alright. I won't kill her off then."
"Anyway, so?" Link asked Hayarpi. "What if I hate Ganondork so much?"
"Nicole was able to get those kind of people together, IN LESS THAN A FREAKIN' DAY!" Hayarpi yelled.
Link stared. "... Eck."
"Yes I know."
"... She's powerful."
"Indeed... She'll probably get either me and you or you and Ines in love in less than an hour!"
Suddenly, Ines walked up to them. "Hey Link! It's pretty obvious that you like Nicole, so did you tell her?"
Hayarpi fell over.
Link did the same, but scrambled back up to his feet. "WHAT?! HOW DID YOU KNOW!? HAYARPI!"
Hayarpi sweatdropped. "HEY! You only said not to tell Nicole, riiiiiiight? Just Nicole, no one else, so I told Ines, Brian and Gilbert..."
Link eyed her. "Just them, right?"
Hayarpi nodded. "Yes! And I'm sorry. I promise that I won't tell ANYBODY anymore."
A sigh. "At least Nic doesn't know."
"Hmm... I'm kinda sleepy." Ines muttered. "If anyone needs me, I'll be right over there." She pointed to a tree near the cuccos.
"Ok."
"Bye." And she walked over to the tree and slept.
Hayarpi looked back at Link. "Ok, so Link, why don't I help you? We could plan something out."
"But what if Nicole sees us?" Link asked.
"So what? It's not like she'll get jealous. Nicole doesn't get jealous. You don't even know if she likes you."
Link paused. "Oh yeah, huh."
"Let's sit over there." She pointed to the shaded area in the corral.
"Alright."
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Nicole, who was hidden a few feet away, was spying on Hayarpi and Link. "Hmm, so THAT'S who Link wants, huh?" She muttered, scribbling something in her notepad.
"HI NIC!"
"AAAAAHHHH!" she screamed, falling over. Brian sweatdropped behind her. "Oh, it's just you!"
He waved. "Yo."
Nicole blinked. "So, why are you here?"
"Umm, don't know. I was bored."
"Wanna help me hook up Hayarpi and Link?"
"HAYARPI AND LINK?!" Brian screamed.
Nicole blinked. "... Yes?"
"HAYARPI?!"
"... Yes, yes, Hayarpi."
"AND LINK?!"
"Yes, AND Link."
Brian crossed his fingers. "TOGETHER?!"
"... Yeah."
Brian blinked. 'Oh, she doesn't know... oh well.' he muttered. Then he shrugged, albeit a bit hesitantly. "Well... ok."
Nicole grinned. "Great! I need a plan to spy on them, but they're in a wide open space! I might be seen!" she sobbed suddenly.
"Welllll..." droned Brian. He blinked. "Oh, um, why don't we ride our horses and pretend that we're practicing?"
Nicole gasped. "Yeah, and I could write notes while Maniac is just cantering around! THAT'S BRILLIANT!"
Brian gave her a thumbs up. "Thanks!"
"Yes! We have a plan! Ok, now to call him..." Nicole whistled six times, then called out, "Maniac! C'mere!" Soon enough, a coal black stallion trotted over and nuzzled her chest.
"Raikou!" Brian called. "C'mere, boy!" He clapped twice, and Raikou also came trotting over.
"Hey, boy! We're gonna do some matchmakin'!" Nicole suddenly burst out into laughter. "MWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Then she stopped and mounted Maniac. "Yeeees, you are the greatest horse on the planet!"
Brian raised an eyebrow as he mounted Raikou. "Uhh, ooook..."
Maniac neighed, then said to Raikou in horse language, "I AM THE GREATEST HORSE ON THE PLANET!"
Raikou sweatdropped. Well, if he could. And since this is my story then yeah, he sweatdropped. "Uhh, you just totally killed it there."
Maniac looked away. "-.- Shut up."
Raikou grinned. " Hehe..."
"Ok, boy, all I want you to do is just canter around the corral, at a nice slow, easy pace so I can write." Nicole explained, scratching Maniac behind his ears. "Ok? Don't stop until I say, "Woah, we need some rest". Once I say that, go to that place over there, near Link and Hayarpi." She pointed to the area she was talking about.
Brian patted his horse's neck. "Same goes for you, Raikou. Then, we'll sit down next to you where they can't see us and spy on them from there, ok?"
'I think I got that all,' Maniac thought. He let it off and started cantering at a nice, slow, easy pace around the corral.
Raikou blinked then went after Maniac, following him.
"Good boy," She patted Maniac's neck. "Ok, keep up the good work while I write some notes." Nicole whipped out her handy-dandy notebook, beginning to scribble something on her notepad.
"Umm, I'll just follow you." Brian muttered, sweatdropping and doing so.
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Meanwhile with Link and Hayarpi...
"Grr..."
Hayarpi sweatdropped heavily.
"Look at them..." Link steamed, glaring at Nicole and Brian.
"Huh? What?" She also looked. "Jeez Link, you get jealous over the littlest things!"
Link sighed, shaking his head and looking away. "Sorry. So, what should we do?"
"I wanna tell you something, c'mere..." Hayarpi said, leaning over.
"Uhh, ok." The Hylian leaned over and listened as Hayarpi talked about something. She herself giggled and kept on whispering. Link also laughed a bit.
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With Nicole and Brian...
"Hey Nicole?"
"Yes my dear?!"
"I need to tell you something." Brian led Raikou beside Maniac and leaned over, whispering something in her ear.
Nicole sat on Maniac, blinking her big eyes. "Really? Oh lemme see!" She looked over at Link and Hayarpi. "They're giggling!" Giggling herself, she began scribbling in her notepad.
Brian bit his lip rather nervously. Nicole didn't notice. He eyed her. "Is... that a good sign?"
Nicole nodded vigorously. "Yes! Very! Umm, we need to stop, was it "We need to rest, whoa?" No, it was," Whoa boy, I need resting"? No..."
"Nicole, stupid, it was "Woah, we need some rest"." He grumbled.
Nicole glared. "I said that!"
"Did not."
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
"DID TOO!"
Maniac rolled his eyes and looked at the other horse. "Oh c'mon, Raikou, let's go to that place now."
Raikou nodded. "Yeah, I'm getting tired of their arguing."
The both of them trotted over near Link and Hayarpi. Nicole hopped off. "Good boys! Here's your lunch!" She pulled out twenty cans of cat food, two bowls, chocolate syrup, a mixing stick, and a small mini freezer. All of it. o.O
Brian stared at her, a bit freaked out. "Where exactly... did you pull that out from?"
Nicole ignored him. "Wait, let me just mix these all together..."
"o.O Are you sure that you can feed horses //that//?"
"Yup!" Opening the cans of cat food, she dumped it all in one of the bowls. Then she opened the mini freezer and took out twenty ice cubes and started breaking them in half. Dropping them on the cat food and squirting some chocolate syrup, she mixed them up and took out a can of whip cream and three cherries. Then she shook the can and poured some of it in. Lastly, she put three cherries on top, and she did the same thing for the other bowl.
"Voila! Eat while the ice cubes are still frozen!" Putting away everything, (where, i have no idea) she gave the two bowls to Maniac and Raikou, setting them in front of the two horses.
Maniac blinked at it. "O.o;;;? Is it safe to eat?"
Raikou leaned his head over it and took a whiff. It smelled... like cat food. Duh. "We'll never know until we taste it."
The black horse stared at his fellow. "And //I'm// the one named Maniac..."
Raikou shrugged. "Hey, you never know! Oh well, it might be good." He leaned over and took a bite. "MMM! THIS IS SOOOO GOOD!" He began chowing down.
Maniac stared at him incredously. "Really?" Shrugging, he bent his head down and took a bite. "OOOOOH! YUMMY!" Maniac himself began to chow down.
Nicole cheered. "YAAAY! I knew you'd like it!" she said with a big grin. "I read it from a book somewhere. Anyway, let me seeee..."
Brian took out his binoculours, looking towards Link and Hayarpi. "Wow, they're hitting off good..." he said with a slight hint of jealousy in his voice.
Nicole, who was in matchmaking mode, didn't notice at at all, also taking out her binoculours. "Yeah, it seems as if Link never needed my help... OH WELL! If he asked me to hook him up, I WILL! MWAHAHA!"
"Suuuuuuure..."
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With Link and Hayarpi...
Hayarpi finished whispering, looking up at Link with a big grin.
Link nodded, scooting away from her. "Thanks Hayarpi. That sure did brighten my mood."
"Anything for young love..." she giggled. Then she burst out laughing. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Link stared at her. "..."
Hayarpi stared back. "..."
"... Are you //sure// that you're not insane?"
"I'm insane only when I want to be. Ok, now's not the time, about our plan."
"... Aaaaaaaaaand?"
Hayarpi blinked. "Actually, I don't have a plan. I just wanted to lift your spirits."
"Craaaaap! HOW THE HECK AM I GONNA TELL HER THAT I FREAKIN' LOVE HER?!"
All the things shut up and Link was left blushing.
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Brian laughed quietly. "Hehe... idiot..."
"Link, you already told her with that outburst of yours, stupid idiot..." Nicole muttered quietly to herself. "Wait, what if he likes someone else? Not Hayarpi, but maaaaaybe... CRAAAP! I was aiming for the wrong girl! It's a good thing that I didn't put my second plan into action. I better get him to Ines."
Brian slapped his forehead. "FINALLY YOU FIGURED IT OUT!"
Nicole stared. "It's Ines?"
"No, yes, I mean... YOU ASK LINK! He'll tell you."
"Eh, okay." she sighed, then looked at Brian and grinned. "Thanks for helping me, even though it was the wrong girl!"
Brian sweatdropped a little. "No problem."
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"Oops, I shouldn't have said that..."
Hayarpi stared at him with a deadpan expression. "No DUUUHHHH."
Link sweatdropped. "Maybe she found out already..."
"Nah. Nicole has a short attention span."
Suddenly Nicole herself came running up to them, waving her arms and screaming. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Link and Hayarpi stared at her in horror.
She stopped, bending down to catch her breath. When she was finished, Nicole stood straight again and looked at Link. "It's a good thing that I caught you! We need to talk. Navi, can you leave us alone, again? Sorry, but we REALLY need to talk."
Navi nodded, saying an "Ok" and then flitting away.
Link blushed slightly. "Uhhh... a-a-alright." He looked over his shoulder at Hayarpi, who was mouthing the words, "good luck" and giving Link a thumbs up sign. He mouthed a "thank you" back and then gave Hayarpi a smile.
Nicole dragged Link into the barn where they talked before...
"I'm soooo sorry, Link," Nicole started. "I thought you liked Hayarpi. I know who you like now."
Link's eyes widened. "R-Really? Please tell me that you think that you are--"
Nicole put her finger over Link's lips and her face grew dangerously close to his. "No, not another word. You like..." She closed her eyes, and Link closed his eyes, leaning closer...
And more closer...
And closer...
Closer even more...
She went so close...
So close...!
Ok fine not //that// close.
Nicole opened her eyes and smiled. "... Ines. "
Link opened his eyes and a look of embarrasment crossed his face. He bit his lip and looked at the floor.
She blinked. "Huh? What's wrong? Did I do something?"
Immediately the green-clothed one shook his head. "Uhh... n-n-no..."
"Then..." she narrowed her eyes at him. "Why are you always kinda stuttering around me? Do I make you nervous?"
Link waved his hands in front of him frantically, forcing his blush back. "N-no, I mean y-y-yes, I-I-I...!"
Sweatdropping, Nicole waved him off and sighed. "Oh well... I better work on my plan to get you two together. Alright, see you!" She said before exiting the barn.
Link sorta stood there for a moment, then twitched. "Aww, crap! I better warn Ines..." he muttered softly, making his way to the exit.
Hayarpi saw him immediately and ran up to him. "So did you tell her?"
Link shook his head. "Err... no, not really..."
"Not really? Whaddya mean?!"
"I tried to tell her but it wouldn't come out and, and..."
"And what?! Spit it out!"
"S... she's gonna try to hook me up with Ines."
Hayarpi bit her lip. "Crap... that's bad... ok, stay faaaaaaar away from Ines, ok?"
"HEY!"
Everybody looked at the direction of the voice. Ingo stood outside the other building, scratching his behind. "My break is done!"
Brian eyed him. "Err. That's nice."
Ingo ignored him and looked at Link. "You! The guy in the dress, c'mere!"
Link's eye twitched. "It's not a dress! It's a freakin' //tunic//!"
Navi giggled. "Uh huh, suuuuuuure it is..."
Gilbert walked over to Ines, bending down and shaking her shoulder. "Hey! Wake up! It's Link's turn!"
Ines opened her eyes, blinking up at him and cheeks turning slightly pink. "H-Huh? Wha? Link? Oh... ok..."
Nicole took notes in the background. "xD!"
"Alright, pick a stupid horse already!" Ingo yelled at Link, spit flying all over the hero's face.
"Ewwww..." Link grumbled, taking a damp towel that popped up outta nowhere and wiping his face with it. He threw it over his shoulder and looked at a red-brown horse in the distance. "Hey... that horse, it looks like Epona... I know!" He took out his ocarina and played Epona's Song.
The red-brown horse looked up immediately at the familiar melody. She saw the boy playing it and blinked. 'Hey, is that the Link dude guy from seven years ago? Oh yeah, if he knows my song, then that's him! I better go say hi.' she thought, then trotted over to Link.
Link smiled at the horse coming to him, scratching it's cheek. "Hey, you ARE Epona... why don't I bail you outta here? All we have to do is beat that guy over there, in a horse race." He pointed to Ingo, who was, again, scratching his behind. "... Goddesses he has to stop doing that." He looked at Epona. "So will ya do it?" Epona neighed and nodded her head. "Ok, let's meet him at the starting point!"
Link mounted her and cantered to the starting point, looking back as Ingo came up beside him on a chocolate-colored horse. He was scratching his bum.
Epona spit at the other horse's feet, making it whimper and inch away.
The blond's eye twitched at Ingo's far-from-decent actions. "Would you stop doing that?!"
Ingo ignored him as he was lost in his own world. 'Crud, if I keep on losing I'm gonna have a bad reputation!' he thought. Out loud he said, "Ok fine, get ready... get set..."
Link crouched in his seat. Igno scratched his bum one final time.
"GO!"
And obviously, Link won.
Ingo gasped. "WHAT?! IS THAT EPONA?! NOOOOO! I WAS GONNA GIVE HER AS A GIFT TO GANONDORF!"
Link gagged in disgust as the spit went flying onto his face again. "STOP DOING THAT YOU DISGUSTING WEIRDO!"
Navi didn't notice and was laughing at Ingo losing. "HAHAHAHAHAHAA! TOOOOO BAD!"
Ingo pulled at whatever was left of his hair. "Argh! I'm gonna go think over there! LEAVE ME ALONE WHILE I THINK!" he yelled. Then he went over and sat near a tree.
Link sweatdropped. "Uh... YAHOO! Cool. o.O"
Everyone dismounted their horses and talked amonsgt themselves.
Epona trotted around in a little circle. "YEEEEES! I get to get away from this horrid place! But I'll still miss Malon..." she thought. The mare looked behind her to find a black stallion.
"Hi Epona!" Maniac greeted in horse language o.O "It looks like Link gets to keep you!"
"Yeah, cool huh? And Nicole gets to keep you!"
Dash and Raikou trotted over to where Maniac and Epona were.
Dash nodded at them. "Hey Epona! Hi Maniac!"
"Whatcha been talking about?" Raikou asked.
Maniac shook his mane. "Nuthin' much."
Soon Streak and Thunder joined the chatting horses.
Thunder whinnied. "Hey!"
"We saw you guys chatting and we felt left out. Boo hoo..." Streak fake-sobbed.
"Don't mind her. So what's happening?"
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Meanwhile, with the humans...
Nicole and Link were sitting next to each other near the barn. And really, that's all they were doing. No one was talking. Link just sat there, trying to think of something to say and Nicole picked at the grass.
"I... uh..." Link began. Nicole looked at him. "W-what should we t-talk about?"
She sweatdropped. "Aww, calm down! I can barely understand you from all your stuttering..."
Link sweatdropped. "Eheh, uh, sorry."
Nicole shook her head. "It's alright, bro. Oh, lookie there!" she said, pointing at the horses.
"... Weird, all our horses are in one group, and they're nodding their heads and doing other stuff."
"They must be talking about something real important."
"... Maybe."
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With Ines, Gilbert, Hayarpi, Brian and Navi...
The five of them were sitting in a circle, just chatting.
"Hey, thanks for letting me talk with you guys while Link and Nicole talk to eachother." Navi said.
Ines waved her off. "No problem. We need them alone anyway. Was it a good idea to let Link and Nicole talk privately?"
Brian shrugged. "Yeah, I guess it was."
Hayarpi looked at him. "How do you know?"
"Well, look at them!" Gilbert said, nodding his head their direction. "They're talking like old friends while Link is stuttering and blushing from time to time."
Ines sighed. "Mmm hmm, you're right."
Navi giggled. "I've never seen Link blush and stutter so many times before!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! I mean, he did it when he met Zelda, but she's royalty and he was nervous at first. But this is totally different!"
Hayarpi nodded, clearing her throat. Everybody made themselves comfy. "Yes, it's because he likes her... wait, I haven't really been like that so I can't explain. Sorry!"
Everyone sweatdropped insanely.
"It's alright... soooo..." Navi looked at the horses. "Hey... weird..."
"Huh?" Ines also looked at horses. "Oh."
"What do you think they're talking about?" Gilbert asked.
Brian was also looking. "What if they know about what we're doing to Link and Nicole?"
"Yeah, what if they know that Link likes Nicole?" Hayarpi added with a slight giggle.
"We'll never know..." Gilbert said. "Aww, I wish I can talk to animals!" he grumbled. Everyone sweatdropped.
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With Nicole and Link...
"They're probably talking about their own problems and how they are finally getting out of this ranch..." Nicole said in one breath.
Link looked at her. "Wha? How do you know?"
"Duh." Nicole said, poking Link's forehead. "What else could they be talking about? Hooking some people up?" She paused. "Hey, wait..."
"Oh no..." Link muttered beneath his breath.
"Can you please tell me who you want to be hooked up with? If you don't I can't get to work!"
Link gave a heavy sigh, finally making a decision. Maybe telling her after all won't make a difference. He had a feeling she'd still treat him the same way. Besides, she just called him 'bro' a few sentences ago.
And for some reason, he didn't mind being called that.
... Which confused him even more.
Maybe his feelings //were// fake?
He looked to her, shaking his head. "No... sorry, but you'll have to figure it out yourself."
Nicole frowned a bit. "Aww."
They sat there.
"Hmm, I wonder..." Nicole said, lying down and looking up at the clouds.
"Uhh... I was kinda wondering..." Link said, lying down beside her. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Um... w-what are you thinking right now?"
"Hmm... mostly about who you like..." she muttered.
Link blinked. "Really? You really want to know that badly, huh...?"
Nicole shrugged.
"Well... I--"
"Sorry for interrupting, but I've given it some thought. I decided that I won't try to hook you up anymore." Nicole told him.
"REALLY?!" Link said, bolting up. "THANKS-- I mean, uhh, ok, if you're sure." However, inside, he was throwing a mental party. 'YES! I'm freeeeeee!' the little Links inside Link's brain were going, dancing around.
"I mean, what's the point?" she added, also sitting up. "You won't tell me the special girl who you'd love to spend your whole life with. Or something."
Link sweatdropped. Tiiiiny overexaggeration there...
"But can you at least give me a hint?"
"Oh... ok. Just as long as you don't say who it is and keep it to yourself."
"Ok, sure."
Link leaned in. "Well, it's someone you know, and I am very close to her--"
"... Oh! I think I know who it is!"
"But I wasn't finished. o.O"
"Whatever. Alright, I'll keep it to myself."
Shrugging, Link sat normally and glanced at the horses' direction. "I'm still wondering what the horses are talking about..."
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With the chatting horses...
"I was just gonna tell Maniac how happy I am to finally get outta this ranch!" Epona said happily.
"Yeah, how true..." Dash added.
"No more cuccos." Thunder said.
"AND NO MORE INGO." All the horses said at the same time.
"Goddesses, am I happy that Ines won that race!" Streak said.
Raikou nodded. "Yeah, me too with Brian! Ingo is a lousy horseman!"
"Don't you mean his horse is a lousy racer?" Thunder asked.
"... Yeah well, that too."
"Hey, you know what?" Maniac said. "Link has a crush on Nicole."
Dash nodded. "Yeah, I heard. That's been spreading around! Well, at least to the people we know. I don't like it."
"Me neither. It might give our owners bad reputations."
Epona blinked. "... From liking eachother?"
"No, I mean, wouldn't you hate it if some people that you don't know talk about your master? It's like spreading a rumor."
"Eh, I guess you're right. ... Oh hey, I got an idea!"
"... And?" prodded Thunder.
"Ohh!" Dash said, trotting in place. "I know what she's thinking!"
"Soooo?" Streak and Raikou said at the same time.
"Let's hook Link and Nicole up!" Epona said, whinnying energetically.
Thunder neighed also. "YAAAAY!"
"Yeah, IF we can." Maniac added.
Epona nudged him. "Don't worry about it! Ok, when we are galloping, stay as close to me as possible and I'll do the same, ok?"
Maniac nodded. "Fine. But I think that Ines, Brian, Hayarpi and Gilbert are trying to hook them up also. We'll just help!"
"And the rest of us will just try to keep Link and Nicole together." Raikou said.
"Ooooo! This is gonna be great!" Dash said, getting excited.
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Meanwhile, while all of this was happening, Ingo sat near the tree, pondering, pondering, pondering, and pondering some more... when finally he thought of something!
He got up, standing near everyone's group. "Ok fine, I'll let you keep all your horses..." he started. All the humans and horses looked up. "... But I'll never let you leave this ranch!" And with that, he backed up and closed the metal gates. He grinned widely.
Maniac stared. "Ooooh... I'm gonna murder him!"
Gilbert blinked. "So you mean //WE// can't leave either!?"
Ingo shook his head. "Nope... all you kids picked THE best horses on this here ranch! I'm never lettin' them go!"
"I was talking about the humans," Gilbert muttered.
Brian sighed. "Aww, f--"
Suddenly, LilFilipinoGurl appeared in a cloud of purple sparkly smoke. "Die, Nicole." she said. And with that, Nicole disappeared in a flash of black light.
Link stared. "NOOOOOO!"
LilFilipinoGurl cackled insanely. "MWAHAHAHAHA!" Then she stopped, smiling. "I'm kidding. Here ya go."
Nicole reappeared. She waved. "HELLLOOOO! I went to visit my friend, Christina!"
Link stopped screaming, clutching his chest. "Holy crap, you scared the fudge outta me! x.X!"
"That's what everyone gets when they try to make me bump up my rating," the writeress said happily.
Brian blinked. "But... all I was gonna say was fudge."
LilFilipinoGurl blinked. "Oops, hehehe..." She looked nervously at Link.
Link unsheathed his sword.
"Uhh, bye!" And with that, the writeress disappeared in a cloud of purple sparkly smoke.
Link snapped his fingers, sheathing his sword. "Crap, I didn't get to kill her."
And while all that was happening, Ines was panicking over the fact that they were stuck on a ranch with Ingo. She mounted her horse and began screaming. "AAAAAAAH! WE'RE STUCK ON A RANCH WITH INGO! AAAAH!" Then she jumped over the fence with Streak behind the paddock.
Everyone stared for a moment.
"Whoa, she found a way out! WAIT FOR ME!" Hayarpi quickly mounted Dash and also jumped over.
Soon everyone followed and they were all outta the ranch...
Nicole dismounted Maniac and began dancing around. "WEEEEEEEE! That was fun! I wanna make some flapjacks! SOMEONE GIVE ME A FREAKIN' BANANA! OO! AH! OO! AH!" She started jumping around like a monkey. "Aww, crap! I forget about Mr. Sharp Teeth! I'm coming, boy!" And with that the insane girl raced into Lon Lon Ranch.
Everyone stared. "O.o"
Navi blinked. "Uhh, we better follow her." She paused. "Oh! We didn't see Malon, did we?"
Link also blinked. "Oh yeah, no we didn't. C'mon!"
They all galloped (with their new horses) to the ranch, Link leading Maniac.
"Aww, here's my boy!" Nicole said happily, reaching down and grabbing the bulldog, hugging him to death.
Ines looked at the dog. "Nicole, umm, Mr. Sharp Teeth is turning purple..."
"Oops, sorry!" She said, loosening her hug and then stuffing the dog into her dimensional pocket.
Everybody STARED. "O.o..."
Nicole ignored them and looked to the left, seeing a red-haired young lady staring at them. "Ooh hey Malon! What's up?"
Link looked around. "What? Malon?" He looked to his left also. "MALON!" he screamed, running over and giving her a huge hug.
Malon laughed as she hugged back. "Hey fairy boy! I missed you too! We haven't talked in a //long// while!" Eventually Link let her go and she looked up at the five other people. "Oh, and who are your friends, Link?"
"Well, you know Navi. Anyway, this is Hayarpi, Brian, Ines, Gilbert, and Nicole." He leaned over to her and whispered, "Oh, and be careful... Nicole's insane... well semi."
Malon blinked. "Hmm, really? I never met a person like her..."
Link gave a small laugh, smiling. "Yeah, unique, ain't it?"
Giggling, Malon looked to Hayarpi. "Oh, look, Link has a crush!" She said, then suddenly tilting her head back and doing a weird laughing thing. Everyone eyed her.
Nicole also tilted her head back, imitating Malon as she also did the weird laughing thing. "Hmm, that wasn't as fun as before."
Everyone eyed her too.
"Uhh, yeah." Ines muttered. Then she turned to Malon, speaking in a low voice. "Anyway, all of us know, except Nicole of course, because Link told Hayarpi and she told the rest of us. Just make sure that you don't tell him that you know."
Navi raised her hand. "I know too!"
Malon nodded. "Oh, alright."
"Oh... so Malon is the one that Link wants..." Nicole muttered to herself. She was in a completely different world... "YESS! WAH HOOOOOOOOO!" she screamed, running around the barn.
"What are you doing?" Navi asked.
Nicole paused, holding up a peace sign. "I'm a Link and Malon shippy! WAHOO!"
Hayarpi, Ines, Brian, Gilbert gasped. "Hey, we are too!" They all said at the same time. Then they eyed each other in fear.
Navi blinked. "What's that?"
"What's what?" Gilbert said.
"A... Link and Malon shippy?"
Nicole shook her head. "We shouldn't tell you, we might jynx it."
Link pouted. "Please, tell me, please?" he begged, looking at Nicole with puppy dog eyes.
Nicole squealed. "Aww, look at the cute widdle puppy!" she giggled, pinching Link on the cheek. He sweatdropped and blushed a bit.
Malon giggled too. "Oooh, look at Link blush..."
Everyone else laughed too.
Link looked at everyone else. "What's so funny?"
Nicole shook her head. "Nothin'. Ok, we really need to get to the Sacred Forest Meadow."
"Yeah, you're right." agreed Gilbert. "Ok, nice meeting you, Malon! You're a really kind person!" he said to her, speaking for everyone.
"Yeah, we'll see you next time!" Ines said as everyone mounted their horses.
Malon nodded. "Bye! Come back soon! And thanks for saving the ranch!"
-
The entrance to Kokiri Forest...
Nicole stared at the big hole in the wall and laughed. Everybody else exchanged glances before dismounting their horses.
"Ok guys, you can go wander off somewhere until we call you." Brian told the horses.
"Stick together, cuz Link'll play Epona's Song and when Epona hears that, all of you come!" added Hayarpi.
The horses nodded at them, and the seven ventured into Kokiri Forest.
-
Inside...
"Ooooooh, midget people..."
"HEY! They're my friends!" the blond twitched.
Nicole sweatdropped. "I'm just kidding! I'm not THAT stupid. Anyway, c'mon! Lead us to the temple!"
Link nodded. "Alright guys, follow me!"
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Hey!! I need to go to the mall now!! I kinda have another idea for another story and my brain's getting all mixed up!! CRAAAP!! I need to go now, ok? See ya'll next time in the next chapter!! Byee!!