Author Chronicles: Return to Hyrule - a fanfic by charity236
Disclaimer: I didn't create Zelda. So there.
Chapter 5: More Dust Troubles or Reunion Of Two Friends
'Link, keep safe this time. I'll be in the Forest Temple, or in the Chamber of Sages, alright?' Saria said.
'Yep. See you there when I get the Master Sword back.' Link hugged Saria (they went red AGAIN - Zelda giggled), and Saria played the Minuet of Forest.
'She's not really going to the Temple, she's off to the Chamber.' Kaepora said. 'The pitch was higher than normal.
Oh, Link, I'll see you around Hyrule. Just don't expect me in any town, everyone's getting rowdy down there. I'm afraid they might kill me and roast me for dinner. Bye again Link. Hoo hoo.' They shook hand and wing, and then Kaepora Gaebora flew out of the little house. Only Skull Kid, Zelda and the three fairies were left, apart from Link himself.
'I'm going to see if any of my friends are still living in the Woods. Come on Tatl, Tael,' Skull Kid said. Tael glided to the door, but Tatl stayed by Link's side.
'No, I must help Link. I got him those wings, so maybe I can get rid of them. Plus, Navi might need a helping hand. She has a broken wing,' Tatl informed Skull Kid.
'Oh alright then. I'll catch you up in the Lost Woods, alright Link?' Skull Kid hesitated, then pulled out Majora's Mask.
'How did you get that? I thought I gave it back to the Happy Mask Shop guy!' Link was outraged.
'Oh, no, that's just your memory playing tricks. The Song of Healing pulled it off of me, so I kept it, but never wore it again. Only use it if you really need a boost of strength; it might make people mix you up with the wizard guy.' Skull Kid slapped Link's shoulder, then Skull Kid left too, with Tael behind him.
'Now it's just you and me, Zelda...' Link whispered.
'Yeah.'
They hugged for a moment, then Link pulled away from Zelda.
'Ooo, kissy kissy,' Tatl whispered to Navi, and they both giggled.
'I must go see how the other races are doing. I'll see you in the Chamber of Sages, huh?' Link asked.
'Yeah. After the meeting there, I'll be hanging around, but not as Zelda.' She had a twinkle in her eye. 'Just... go get the Master Sword. The Spiritual Stones are still there. And don't worry, Ganondorf won't come out of the Sacred Realm. I... no, we made sure of that seven years... forward. Good-bye, Link.'
Link ran out of the house and flew up with his newborn power of flying, and Tatl & Navi following close behind, Navi with a slight limp.
Only Zelda saw them go. She watched them, as if seeing nothing, yet seeing everything.
Link was flapping over the Lost Woods, looking for signs of Skull Kid, when he had a sudden thought.
'Gee, I'm not flying much faster than when I'm rolling, huh?' he asked Navi; she had seen far more of his journeys than Tatl had.
'No. Maybe you should go get Epona.'
Link tried to roll while flying, but ended up doing a triple cartwheel instead.
'Heehee. Just do this.' Navi showed Link the extremely easy yet normally extremely-hard-to-master rolling-when-flying move.
'Oh, alright.'
Link practised all the way over the Lost Woods, and by the time he reached Epona (who was hitched to an old tree at the entrance to Kokiri Forest) he had mastered it with little difficulty.
'Epona! Look up!' Link yelled as he swooped down, foot-first, to land.
Epona neighed in fear and tried to run, but the rope was too strong and she only got about one metre before Link landed.
'Epona girl, it's me, Link,' he said soothingly, and Epona calmed down. 'I just have wings, and can fly now.' He grumbled again.
'Don't worry, it can't be permanent. Maybe when you destroy the curse the wings disappear. Maybe it's not the dust, but the curse?' Tatl wondered.
'But if that's true, then after I left Termina, the curse had reached there too?!' Link shrieked.
'Who knows. But for now, let's just go somewhere,' Navi said. She was getting tired of all the talk. She hopped into Link's bag for a nice rest.
'At least people can't see these darn wings, unless they have really good eyesight,' Link was thankful.
'Just hop onto Epona, and let's get moving!'
'Oh alright already.' Link mounted Epona, and they galloped off, the Map of Hyrule that Kaepora had given him in his hands.
'Let's see... shall we check out the Zoras first? Or shoud we just head to the Temple of Time?'
'Temple of Time,' Tatl said. 'Zelda's probably already waiting. And by the way, what IS the Temple of Time?'
Link explained the purpose of the Temple while they trotted through the grassy Hyrulian plains.
As Link rode along, his bag felt heavier and heavier. Finally, they had to stop next to a small pond with a few trees around it.
Link hitched Epona to a rotting tree and took off his bag.
'Those straps are killing me, did Kaepora put a boulder big enough to block the entrance to Dodongo's Cavern in there?'
He looked in his bag, and a Mystery Seed hit his face.
'Oof!' Link yelped and dropped the bag in surprise. His face had gone a silvery colour with the effects of the strange Mystery Seed.
A light blue person with wings stepped out from Link's bag.
'What the?!'
'Can't you see Link, it's me, Navi!'
'But why- Ohh! You must have landed in the bottle of gold dust,' Link said.
'I'm big now, as big as you, Link! That stupid gold dust. But at least I can walk properly.' Navi seemed half-delighted and half-annoyed.
'Navi, you'll stay big until the curse is destroyed, do you realise that?'
'Oh, is that bad?'
'Maybe.' Link thought for a moment. 'There is a slight way around it. Even though you already are a fairy, use my Fairy Mask. It'll make you your normal size as long as you wear it.'
'Thanks Link.' Navi put it in the pocket of her fancy skirt.
'C'mon, let's get going Link!' Tatl was really annoyed now.
'Oh, fine. Navi, you get up behind me and hold on.'
Link hopped up after unhitching the horse from the dead tree, then Navi got on.
'I want to go to Lon Lon Ranch,' Navi called.
'Alright already.' Link pulled Epona's reins in the way of the ranch. Malon would want to see him anyway.
At the ranch, Talon was marking out some new track boundaries.
'Hi Talon, finally gotten around to doing some work, eh?' Link joked.
'Oh, hey, it's... what's your name? I'm good at faces, but not names. You're the forest kid, I know THAT,' Talon assured.
'The name's Link. Now, uh, where's Malon?'
'She's in the ring, training Epona's oldest foal. About one year old now, old enough for someone like you to ride it, Link.'
'You never told me Epona foaled!'
'Oh, yeah, she did. Two months after you left. Foaled to some black stallion... The King of Hyrule found it roaming around the ruins of the castle, and it had some mean looking armour on...' Talon remembered.
'Ganondorf's horse! Excuse me, Talon, I'll leave you to your track marking. I've got to -'
'And who's this pretty lady you've got here?' Talon asked.
'This is... well, you remember my fairy? This is her.'
'Oookay... see you later Link, come back if you want to buy some milk.' Talon obviously didn't believe Link.
'Actually, Talon, I'd like to buy one of your horses,' Navi said.
'Oh, well then you've come to the right place. Go see Malon out back, she'll show you the latest stock.'
'That's good Moonshine, keep it up.' Malon had Epona's oldest foal, Moonshine, on a lunge line, and a giant stuffed teddy was loosely tied to the horse's back to act as the 'training saddle'.
Epona neighed at the sight and smell of Moonshine, and Malon looked up.
'EPONA!!!!' Malon squealed with delight at seeing her old horse again. Then she looked up and saw Link. She squealed again as loud as she could, because her fairy boy had come back.
'Fairy bo- I mean Link! Hi! Have you seen Moonshine yet?' She pulled the lunge line in roughly, making the huge teddy bear fall off the horse's back.
Moonshine was pure black, except for the exact same white markings that Epona had.
'You wouldn't think she was from Epona, huh?' Then Malon saw Navi. 'Oh, do you have a girlfriend now?' she said sarcastically.
'No. This is my fairy, Navi.'
'Prove it, fairy boy.'
Navi put on the Fairy Mask and went her normal size.
'All right, I believe you. Now, what are you here for?'
Link answered as Navi took the mask off.
'A horse for Navi... if you came back in a few years, Moonshine would be ready. But, I can't make time go fast.'
Link was about to say, 'I can,' when Navi said, 'Well, reserve Moonshine for me and I'll come back for it.'
'Oh, Navi, I'll have to talk with Mr. Ingo about it. He said Moonshine was already reserved for... someone. He didn't say who though.'
'Thanks, Malon. We've go to go now. Oh, by the way, how is Ingo?'
'Mr. Ingo is acting very strange. Even more than usual. Ever since dad came back, Mr. Ingo was way too nice. Now he's switched again. He's really mean.'
'Bye Link, I'll see you later.' Malon got back to training Moonshine as Navi put the Fairy Mask back on (she thought Epona was too bumpy) and Link jumped over the wall of the ranch on Epona.
'Whoa, why am I up in the air?' Link wondered. Navi and Tatl had both fallen asleep in his bag, in the pocket where he kept his quest items.
Link looked behind him at Epona's back. She had grown wings (more like Pegasus) too.
'This is insane.' Link thought that as Navi had gotten out of the bag, some dust had fallen onto Epona.
In the Temple of Time, it was dark (the fairies hadn't woken up yet, so they didn't provide any light). Link had tied Epona to a tree to the right of the castle.
The Spiritual Stones in place, Link got out the Ocarina and started to play the Song of Time.
The song echoed throughout the Temple, throughout the land, throughout the world.
The Door of Time opened.
Link ran up to the Pedestal of Time where the Master Sword was sticking out of, its steel blade shining as brightly as ever.
He pulled the sword out with all his strength. Then, there was a flash of blue light. The Medallion pictures carved into the circle surrounding the Pedestal shone bright, one by one. Light, Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, Spirit. The Triforce symbol on the marble floor glowed gold, and then there was nothing.
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Next Chapter: Problems of Hyrule
The Sages and Link are going to have a meeting about the evil situation in Hyrule. Don't miss it!
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Disclaimer: I didn't create Zelda. So there.
Chapter 5: More Dust Troubles or Reunion Of Two Friends
'Link, keep safe this time. I'll be in the Forest Temple, or in the Chamber of Sages, alright?' Saria said.
'Yep. See you there when I get the Master Sword back.' Link hugged Saria (they went red AGAIN - Zelda giggled), and Saria played the Minuet of Forest.
'She's not really going to the Temple, she's off to the Chamber.' Kaepora said. 'The pitch was higher than normal.
Oh, Link, I'll see you around Hyrule. Just don't expect me in any town, everyone's getting rowdy down there. I'm afraid they might kill me and roast me for dinner. Bye again Link. Hoo hoo.' They shook hand and wing, and then Kaepora Gaebora flew out of the little house. Only Skull Kid, Zelda and the three fairies were left, apart from Link himself.
'I'm going to see if any of my friends are still living in the Woods. Come on Tatl, Tael,' Skull Kid said. Tael glided to the door, but Tatl stayed by Link's side.
'No, I must help Link. I got him those wings, so maybe I can get rid of them. Plus, Navi might need a helping hand. She has a broken wing,' Tatl informed Skull Kid.
'Oh alright then. I'll catch you up in the Lost Woods, alright Link?' Skull Kid hesitated, then pulled out Majora's Mask.
'How did you get that? I thought I gave it back to the Happy Mask Shop guy!' Link was outraged.
'Oh, no, that's just your memory playing tricks. The Song of Healing pulled it off of me, so I kept it, but never wore it again. Only use it if you really need a boost of strength; it might make people mix you up with the wizard guy.' Skull Kid slapped Link's shoulder, then Skull Kid left too, with Tael behind him.
'Now it's just you and me, Zelda...' Link whispered.
'Yeah.'
They hugged for a moment, then Link pulled away from Zelda.
'Ooo, kissy kissy,' Tatl whispered to Navi, and they both giggled.
'I must go see how the other races are doing. I'll see you in the Chamber of Sages, huh?' Link asked.
'Yeah. After the meeting there, I'll be hanging around, but not as Zelda.' She had a twinkle in her eye. 'Just... go get the Master Sword. The Spiritual Stones are still there. And don't worry, Ganondorf won't come out of the Sacred Realm. I... no, we made sure of that seven years... forward. Good-bye, Link.'
Link ran out of the house and flew up with his newborn power of flying, and Tatl & Navi following close behind, Navi with a slight limp.
Only Zelda saw them go. She watched them, as if seeing nothing, yet seeing everything.
Link was flapping over the Lost Woods, looking for signs of Skull Kid, when he had a sudden thought.
'Gee, I'm not flying much faster than when I'm rolling, huh?' he asked Navi; she had seen far more of his journeys than Tatl had.
'No. Maybe you should go get Epona.'
Link tried to roll while flying, but ended up doing a triple cartwheel instead.
'Heehee. Just do this.' Navi showed Link the extremely easy yet normally extremely-hard-to-master rolling-when-flying move.
'Oh, alright.'
Link practised all the way over the Lost Woods, and by the time he reached Epona (who was hitched to an old tree at the entrance to Kokiri Forest) he had mastered it with little difficulty.
'Epona! Look up!' Link yelled as he swooped down, foot-first, to land.
Epona neighed in fear and tried to run, but the rope was too strong and she only got about one metre before Link landed.
'Epona girl, it's me, Link,' he said soothingly, and Epona calmed down. 'I just have wings, and can fly now.' He grumbled again.
'Don't worry, it can't be permanent. Maybe when you destroy the curse the wings disappear. Maybe it's not the dust, but the curse?' Tatl wondered.
'But if that's true, then after I left Termina, the curse had reached there too?!' Link shrieked.
'Who knows. But for now, let's just go somewhere,' Navi said. She was getting tired of all the talk. She hopped into Link's bag for a nice rest.
'At least people can't see these darn wings, unless they have really good eyesight,' Link was thankful.
'Just hop onto Epona, and let's get moving!'
'Oh alright already.' Link mounted Epona, and they galloped off, the Map of Hyrule that Kaepora had given him in his hands.
'Let's see... shall we check out the Zoras first? Or shoud we just head to the Temple of Time?'
'Temple of Time,' Tatl said. 'Zelda's probably already waiting. And by the way, what IS the Temple of Time?'
Link explained the purpose of the Temple while they trotted through the grassy Hyrulian plains.
As Link rode along, his bag felt heavier and heavier. Finally, they had to stop next to a small pond with a few trees around it.
Link hitched Epona to a rotting tree and took off his bag.
'Those straps are killing me, did Kaepora put a boulder big enough to block the entrance to Dodongo's Cavern in there?'
He looked in his bag, and a Mystery Seed hit his face.
'Oof!' Link yelped and dropped the bag in surprise. His face had gone a silvery colour with the effects of the strange Mystery Seed.
A light blue person with wings stepped out from Link's bag.
'What the?!'
'Can't you see Link, it's me, Navi!'
'But why- Ohh! You must have landed in the bottle of gold dust,' Link said.
'I'm big now, as big as you, Link! That stupid gold dust. But at least I can walk properly.' Navi seemed half-delighted and half-annoyed.
'Navi, you'll stay big until the curse is destroyed, do you realise that?'
'Oh, is that bad?'
'Maybe.' Link thought for a moment. 'There is a slight way around it. Even though you already are a fairy, use my Fairy Mask. It'll make you your normal size as long as you wear it.'
'Thanks Link.' Navi put it in the pocket of her fancy skirt.
'C'mon, let's get going Link!' Tatl was really annoyed now.
'Oh, fine. Navi, you get up behind me and hold on.'
Link hopped up after unhitching the horse from the dead tree, then Navi got on.
'I want to go to Lon Lon Ranch,' Navi called.
'Alright already.' Link pulled Epona's reins in the way of the ranch. Malon would want to see him anyway.
At the ranch, Talon was marking out some new track boundaries.
'Hi Talon, finally gotten around to doing some work, eh?' Link joked.
'Oh, hey, it's... what's your name? I'm good at faces, but not names. You're the forest kid, I know THAT,' Talon assured.
'The name's Link. Now, uh, where's Malon?'
'She's in the ring, training Epona's oldest foal. About one year old now, old enough for someone like you to ride it, Link.'
'You never told me Epona foaled!'
'Oh, yeah, she did. Two months after you left. Foaled to some black stallion... The King of Hyrule found it roaming around the ruins of the castle, and it had some mean looking armour on...' Talon remembered.
'Ganondorf's horse! Excuse me, Talon, I'll leave you to your track marking. I've got to -'
'And who's this pretty lady you've got here?' Talon asked.
'This is... well, you remember my fairy? This is her.'
'Oookay... see you later Link, come back if you want to buy some milk.' Talon obviously didn't believe Link.
'Actually, Talon, I'd like to buy one of your horses,' Navi said.
'Oh, well then you've come to the right place. Go see Malon out back, she'll show you the latest stock.'
'That's good Moonshine, keep it up.' Malon had Epona's oldest foal, Moonshine, on a lunge line, and a giant stuffed teddy was loosely tied to the horse's back to act as the 'training saddle'.
Epona neighed at the sight and smell of Moonshine, and Malon looked up.
'EPONA!!!!' Malon squealed with delight at seeing her old horse again. Then she looked up and saw Link. She squealed again as loud as she could, because her fairy boy had come back.
'Fairy bo- I mean Link! Hi! Have you seen Moonshine yet?' She pulled the lunge line in roughly, making the huge teddy bear fall off the horse's back.
Moonshine was pure black, except for the exact same white markings that Epona had.
'You wouldn't think she was from Epona, huh?' Then Malon saw Navi. 'Oh, do you have a girlfriend now?' she said sarcastically.
'No. This is my fairy, Navi.'
'Prove it, fairy boy.'
Navi put on the Fairy Mask and went her normal size.
'All right, I believe you. Now, what are you here for?'
Link answered as Navi took the mask off.
'A horse for Navi... if you came back in a few years, Moonshine would be ready. But, I can't make time go fast.'
Link was about to say, 'I can,' when Navi said, 'Well, reserve Moonshine for me and I'll come back for it.'
'Oh, Navi, I'll have to talk with Mr. Ingo about it. He said Moonshine was already reserved for... someone. He didn't say who though.'
'Thanks, Malon. We've go to go now. Oh, by the way, how is Ingo?'
'Mr. Ingo is acting very strange. Even more than usual. Ever since dad came back, Mr. Ingo was way too nice. Now he's switched again. He's really mean.'
'Bye Link, I'll see you later.' Malon got back to training Moonshine as Navi put the Fairy Mask back on (she thought Epona was too bumpy) and Link jumped over the wall of the ranch on Epona.
'Whoa, why am I up in the air?' Link wondered. Navi and Tatl had both fallen asleep in his bag, in the pocket where he kept his quest items.
Link looked behind him at Epona's back. She had grown wings (more like Pegasus) too.
'This is insane.' Link thought that as Navi had gotten out of the bag, some dust had fallen onto Epona.
In the Temple of Time, it was dark (the fairies hadn't woken up yet, so they didn't provide any light). Link had tied Epona to a tree to the right of the castle.
The Spiritual Stones in place, Link got out the Ocarina and started to play the Song of Time.
The song echoed throughout the Temple, throughout the land, throughout the world.
The Door of Time opened.
Link ran up to the Pedestal of Time where the Master Sword was sticking out of, its steel blade shining as brightly as ever.
He pulled the sword out with all his strength. Then, there was a flash of blue light. The Medallion pictures carved into the circle surrounding the Pedestal shone bright, one by one. Light, Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, Spirit. The Triforce symbol on the marble floor glowed gold, and then there was nothing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Next Chapter: Problems of Hyrule
The Sages and Link are going to have a meeting about the evil situation in Hyrule. Don't miss it!
~~~
