Here's where the time displacement is really going to mess with your head. If you think I got something wrong, don't be afraid to e-mail me or IM me and tell me what I did wrong. Also, changing the title is a tricky process for me, so if you see any chapter where it doesn't belong, please tell me. Also, soon I will start writing a new fic. Every time the gauntlet does something in this fic, I will add a chapter to the other fic describing the wish that gave the gauntlet that power. Except for the next time Link uses it, after the wedding.
The Switch
Chapter 21
Day Negative Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Eight, Day One in Termina, Sixth Three Day Cycle: 8:00 AM; 70 Hours Remain
Milk Road
Link was in poor shape. He had been in Termina for almost three weeks, and he was only halfway to stopping the moon from crashing. He missed Malon terribly, and she had no idea what was happening. So far he had become a Deku Scrub and a Goron, and now, since Skull Kid had disposed of Epona, he needed a new horse to reach the western ocean! He had heard of a ranch near the entrance to the southern swamp, but it was sealed up with a huge boulder. Link used the Goron Mask to buy a Powder Keg and set out for Romani Ranch.
After bombing the boulder blocking the ranch, Link went inside and was instantly homesick for Lon Lon Ranch. He took off the Goron Mask and used the Bunny Hood to get to the other side of the ranch. "Link! Isn't that your horse?" Tatl, Link's fairy partner here in Termina, asked. Sure enough, Epona was right there, behind a fence. Link turned and walked up to the little girl, intending to ask her to return Epona, when he realized that she looked identical to Malon.
"Hi! I'm Romani! What's your name?" the girl asked. "Link? That's a nice name, but... How about... Grasshopper? That's the name Romani gives you." Link was too stunned to care about this girl's babbling. When she asked him to help fight aliens off the ranch that night, he agreed in a heartbeat. She reminded him how to play Epona's Song, and he took his horse and left.
Day Negative Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Seven, Day Two in Termina, Sixth Three Day Cycle: 6:00 PM; 36 Hours Remain
Romani Ranch
Link had successfully driven off the aliens the night before, and now he was coming back to see Romani's older sister, Cremia. He had a feeling that her delivery of milk would need protecting, and he wanted to see if she looked like his Malon. Sure enough, she did. He didn't want to come off the wrong way, so he asked if he could have a ride into town. She agreed, and he hopped on the wagon. She talked for a while about her late father, and her friend, Anju, until Link couldn't stand it anymore. "Could I interrupt you for a second? There's something I have to tell you. I know this sounds strange but bear with me. See, by some strange circumstances, I've been sent back in time seven years, and you look just like my fiancée back home."
"Oh, my. Why don't you tell me about it while you keep a look out for those dirty rotten Gormans?" So Link told Cremia his whole story. He was going to leave out the switch, but his story was already so unbelievable, he decided he might as well throw it in there. "You know, I've heard of Hyrule, and that gauntlet. There's a legend 'round here about it. They say that if it's used, it always combines some other wish with the one it undoes. Supposedly, the number of Triforce pieces affects present affects what side effect it causes. I'd be careful with that thing if I were you." Link was glad he had gone with Cremia, not just because he got a chance to ride with a dead ringer for his fiancée, but because now he knew that he had to track down Kaepora Gaebora and ask him what two Triforce parts would do to a switching wish.
Yeah, kind of a strange one, but I had to think of something to come out of Link telling her, or this whole chapter would have been useless. Besides, I've been planning this for a while. Let's just say that when the girls were unswitched, Malon became one of those "chosen by destiny". Go to loz.zeldalegends.net and look that up in the Ocarina of Time text dump if you don't get it. Link goes home in the next chapter, then he and Malon are wed. Keep reading, and review till you can't review no more!
The Switch
Chapter 21
Day Negative Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Eight, Day One in Termina, Sixth Three Day Cycle: 8:00 AM; 70 Hours Remain
Milk Road
Link was in poor shape. He had been in Termina for almost three weeks, and he was only halfway to stopping the moon from crashing. He missed Malon terribly, and she had no idea what was happening. So far he had become a Deku Scrub and a Goron, and now, since Skull Kid had disposed of Epona, he needed a new horse to reach the western ocean! He had heard of a ranch near the entrance to the southern swamp, but it was sealed up with a huge boulder. Link used the Goron Mask to buy a Powder Keg and set out for Romani Ranch.
After bombing the boulder blocking the ranch, Link went inside and was instantly homesick for Lon Lon Ranch. He took off the Goron Mask and used the Bunny Hood to get to the other side of the ranch. "Link! Isn't that your horse?" Tatl, Link's fairy partner here in Termina, asked. Sure enough, Epona was right there, behind a fence. Link turned and walked up to the little girl, intending to ask her to return Epona, when he realized that she looked identical to Malon.
"Hi! I'm Romani! What's your name?" the girl asked. "Link? That's a nice name, but... How about... Grasshopper? That's the name Romani gives you." Link was too stunned to care about this girl's babbling. When she asked him to help fight aliens off the ranch that night, he agreed in a heartbeat. She reminded him how to play Epona's Song, and he took his horse and left.
Day Negative Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Seven, Day Two in Termina, Sixth Three Day Cycle: 6:00 PM; 36 Hours Remain
Romani Ranch
Link had successfully driven off the aliens the night before, and now he was coming back to see Romani's older sister, Cremia. He had a feeling that her delivery of milk would need protecting, and he wanted to see if she looked like his Malon. Sure enough, she did. He didn't want to come off the wrong way, so he asked if he could have a ride into town. She agreed, and he hopped on the wagon. She talked for a while about her late father, and her friend, Anju, until Link couldn't stand it anymore. "Could I interrupt you for a second? There's something I have to tell you. I know this sounds strange but bear with me. See, by some strange circumstances, I've been sent back in time seven years, and you look just like my fiancée back home."
"Oh, my. Why don't you tell me about it while you keep a look out for those dirty rotten Gormans?" So Link told Cremia his whole story. He was going to leave out the switch, but his story was already so unbelievable, he decided he might as well throw it in there. "You know, I've heard of Hyrule, and that gauntlet. There's a legend 'round here about it. They say that if it's used, it always combines some other wish with the one it undoes. Supposedly, the number of Triforce pieces affects present affects what side effect it causes. I'd be careful with that thing if I were you." Link was glad he had gone with Cremia, not just because he got a chance to ride with a dead ringer for his fiancée, but because now he knew that he had to track down Kaepora Gaebora and ask him what two Triforce parts would do to a switching wish.
Yeah, kind of a strange one, but I had to think of something to come out of Link telling her, or this whole chapter would have been useless. Besides, I've been planning this for a while. Let's just say that when the girls were unswitched, Malon became one of those "chosen by destiny". Go to loz.zeldalegends.net and look that up in the Ocarina of Time text dump if you don't get it. Link goes home in the next chapter, then he and Malon are wed. Keep reading, and review till you can't review no more!