This is where Link goes to Termina. Rather than bore you with the details (if you want them, look at a walkthrough or buy my book if and when it gets published), I'm going to just explain how he got there. 20 sounds like a good number of times to go back in time, if I remember that number later... Anyways, I'm going to turn this story in yet another direction. The seedlings are back on day four, which I didn't write about, but it wouldn't have shown up even if I had. The actual turn will come in two story days, which won't match with two actual days.
The Switch
Chapter 20
Day Six: Night
Lon Lon Ranch
Link and Malon started planning their wedding immediately. They wanted to be married before Link had to go face Ganondorf. They were expecting this to be a bit of a challenge, but they both wanted such a simple wedding that they managed to get most of the planning done that night.
After they'd had enough planning for one sitting, they went upstairs, where an extra bed had been produced for Link. He wasn't sure where it came from, but he thought it better not to ask. When Talon was softly snoring on the other side of the room, Link and Malon went to the window and looked outside.
"You know, it's funny. I was sitting in this exact spot looking out at the castle exactly one week ago. I thought to myself 'I wonder what it would be like to live there', and I saw a Triforce in the sky. The next thing I knew, I was princess, and you were back. It's funny how things work out like that, isn't it?"
Link just sighed in agreement. They just sat there in each other's arms for a while, then went to bed. After all, engaged or not, Link still had to go on to the next temple tomorrow!
Day Seven: 4:45 AM
Malon was happy to wake up in her own bed for a change. She saw Link on the other side of the room getting ready to go. "Where are you going today?" she asked, startling him.
"I'm... I don't know... I guess to Gerudo Valley, it's the only place on the map where I haven't been to a temple and where I can find a 'goddess of sand'." They said goodbye to each other and Link left.
One Hour Later
Desert Colossus
Link had passed the Gerudos' test and made his way to the Spirit Temple, but now he was trapped. There was a large block of stone blocking one path, and only a hole small enough for a child on the other side. Link left the temple. He would go to the forest and think for a while. He knew that the Gerudos would not let him through if he went back in time seven years, and Malon had forgotten the song to warp here when the switch was undone. He always could use the gauntlet, but he didn't want to if he could avoid it. It was bad enough just wearing the thing, but it had melded into his old gauntlet, and he couldn't go without one on each hand.
Link was pondering this so deeply that he almost didn't notice the young man outside the temple. "Who are you?" he asked, quite alarmed.
"I am Sheik. We would have met sooner, but certain conditions created by the goddesses prevented it."
"So I know your name, but who are you?"
"You can look at that many ways. I am the survivor of the Sheikah, with Impa gone, but I am also someone else, in a way. You see, in a way, I am Zelda in disguise. Zelda basically controls what I do, but I have a completely different personality from her. I know it sounds strange, and really, it's stranger than it sounds, but it's true."
Link was stunned. "So, why did Zelda become you?"
"It was necessary in order to get out of the castle. Ganondorf will not let anyone in or out of Hyrule Castle. Zelda becomes me to use my Sheikah magic to get out of the castle, and to stay out of Ganondorf's sight. I'm here because you need to know what you're supposed to do. Go back to the Temple of Time and go back in time. And play this song." Sheik taught Link the Requiem of Spirit. "I will see you after the Sage of Spirit has been awakened." With the flash of a Deku Nut, he was gone.
Link played the Prelude of Light and, for the second time, went seven years into the past.
Day Negative Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Eight: 5:50 AM
Temple of Time
Link arrived in the Temple of Time exactly the same way as before, minus Malon. Link turned around to leave, and he saw a green beam of light shoot out of the Kokiri's Emerald and illuminate the circle on the floor that was shaped like the Forest Medallion. Link stepped on the circle and was thrown away in a huge explosion of green light.
The Uncharted Lost Woods
Link found himself in a part of the forest he had never seen before. For some reason, he couldn't remember any of the Ocarina songs he had learned. And, somehow, Epona had found her way here! Navi was nowhere to be found, she must have been left behind in the Temple of Time. Link got on Epona and started riding in what he hoped was the right direction, when two fairies spooked Epona. Link was knocked unconscious, and a masked Skull Kid came and stole the Ocarina of Time. Thus, Link began his adventure in Termina.
So, how was it? Not too horrible, was it? I thought that Link should be lost when he finds Termina, and I had to find some way to provide for the absence of Navi and the presence of Epona. If anyone's wondering, Navi only has ten minutes to get help before Link comes back from Termina, and once a week, Malon let Epona go for a walk on her own, and this part of the woods was one of her favorite spots. That's a little important later. I think this chapter was longer, but I had to get Link to Termina now. I just hope that I can fit this in the way I want to later.
The Switch
Chapter 20
Day Six: Night
Lon Lon Ranch
Link and Malon started planning their wedding immediately. They wanted to be married before Link had to go face Ganondorf. They were expecting this to be a bit of a challenge, but they both wanted such a simple wedding that they managed to get most of the planning done that night.
After they'd had enough planning for one sitting, they went upstairs, where an extra bed had been produced for Link. He wasn't sure where it came from, but he thought it better not to ask. When Talon was softly snoring on the other side of the room, Link and Malon went to the window and looked outside.
"You know, it's funny. I was sitting in this exact spot looking out at the castle exactly one week ago. I thought to myself 'I wonder what it would be like to live there', and I saw a Triforce in the sky. The next thing I knew, I was princess, and you were back. It's funny how things work out like that, isn't it?"
Link just sighed in agreement. They just sat there in each other's arms for a while, then went to bed. After all, engaged or not, Link still had to go on to the next temple tomorrow!
Day Seven: 4:45 AM
Malon was happy to wake up in her own bed for a change. She saw Link on the other side of the room getting ready to go. "Where are you going today?" she asked, startling him.
"I'm... I don't know... I guess to Gerudo Valley, it's the only place on the map where I haven't been to a temple and where I can find a 'goddess of sand'." They said goodbye to each other and Link left.
One Hour Later
Desert Colossus
Link had passed the Gerudos' test and made his way to the Spirit Temple, but now he was trapped. There was a large block of stone blocking one path, and only a hole small enough for a child on the other side. Link left the temple. He would go to the forest and think for a while. He knew that the Gerudos would not let him through if he went back in time seven years, and Malon had forgotten the song to warp here when the switch was undone. He always could use the gauntlet, but he didn't want to if he could avoid it. It was bad enough just wearing the thing, but it had melded into his old gauntlet, and he couldn't go without one on each hand.
Link was pondering this so deeply that he almost didn't notice the young man outside the temple. "Who are you?" he asked, quite alarmed.
"I am Sheik. We would have met sooner, but certain conditions created by the goddesses prevented it."
"So I know your name, but who are you?"
"You can look at that many ways. I am the survivor of the Sheikah, with Impa gone, but I am also someone else, in a way. You see, in a way, I am Zelda in disguise. Zelda basically controls what I do, but I have a completely different personality from her. I know it sounds strange, and really, it's stranger than it sounds, but it's true."
Link was stunned. "So, why did Zelda become you?"
"It was necessary in order to get out of the castle. Ganondorf will not let anyone in or out of Hyrule Castle. Zelda becomes me to use my Sheikah magic to get out of the castle, and to stay out of Ganondorf's sight. I'm here because you need to know what you're supposed to do. Go back to the Temple of Time and go back in time. And play this song." Sheik taught Link the Requiem of Spirit. "I will see you after the Sage of Spirit has been awakened." With the flash of a Deku Nut, he was gone.
Link played the Prelude of Light and, for the second time, went seven years into the past.
Day Negative Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Eight: 5:50 AM
Temple of Time
Link arrived in the Temple of Time exactly the same way as before, minus Malon. Link turned around to leave, and he saw a green beam of light shoot out of the Kokiri's Emerald and illuminate the circle on the floor that was shaped like the Forest Medallion. Link stepped on the circle and was thrown away in a huge explosion of green light.
The Uncharted Lost Woods
Link found himself in a part of the forest he had never seen before. For some reason, he couldn't remember any of the Ocarina songs he had learned. And, somehow, Epona had found her way here! Navi was nowhere to be found, she must have been left behind in the Temple of Time. Link got on Epona and started riding in what he hoped was the right direction, when two fairies spooked Epona. Link was knocked unconscious, and a masked Skull Kid came and stole the Ocarina of Time. Thus, Link began his adventure in Termina.
So, how was it? Not too horrible, was it? I thought that Link should be lost when he finds Termina, and I had to find some way to provide for the absence of Navi and the presence of Epona. If anyone's wondering, Navi only has ten minutes to get help before Link comes back from Termina, and once a week, Malon let Epona go for a walk on her own, and this part of the woods was one of her favorite spots. That's a little important later. I think this chapter was longer, but I had to get Link to Termina now. I just hope that I can fit this in the way I want to later.