Curse my math skills! Somewhere along the line, I neglected to notice that when I had to do chapters 3?-43 that I had to include chapter 3? with that number. Rather than five chapters, I still have six left. I have no idea how that happened, but whatever. I'll get there eventually. And with that, I continue my story.
The Deity's Escape
Chapter 11
Day Thirteen, First Day, Fourth Three Day Cycle; 6:00 AM, 72 Hours Remain
Stock Pot Inn
Everyone woke up earlier than they would have usually, anxious to find the others and get to the Great Bay. Nobody was entirely sure where to look, so they figured they'd just cover as much of Termina as they could. Tatl had claimed not to be tired the night before, and had come back this morning with her brother, Tael. Zelda, Saria, and Nayru were confused at first, never having heard of the fairy who shared a name with Link's brother, but they got that straightened out right away.
The first stop on the list was the southern swamp. They figured that was the place that Fado and Farore were most likely to be, and if they could raise the temple, they might just be able to defeat Odolwa again and make it easier to find them. A few funny songs and strange feather explosions later, they were all in the southern swamp, which was as dry as it had ever been.
"Listen, Fado could be anywhere around here, if he is here. I think he'd go back and see the Deku King again if he wound up here. We should head for the Deku Palace. Me and Nayru can get in fine, but you three, Link, Zelda, and Malon, could have a problem. Link, you look enough like a Kokiri to get in all right. Especially with Navi. Malon, you take the Deku Mask. They'll let you in if you wear that. Zelda, you'll just have to claim to by Hyrulean royalty here to see the Deku King. Make it sound important. They'll probably let you in. We can ask the Deku King if he knows anything about Fado or Tael. Tael probably won't be here, though. Let's go." Saria seemed to have thought about this for a while, and as soon as she was done speaking, the tiny green fairy sped towards the Deku Palace while the others followed on foot.
"Halt. Normally nobody is allowed inside the Deku Palace, but since the Deku King has taken an interest in the forest folk, and you have one of our own and a royal ambassador with you, you may enter. Go straight to the end of this hallway into the throne room, but nowhere else." Link sighed. The guards at the palace hadn't changed a bit.
Inside, they told their story to the Deku King. "Yes, I have seen the ones you call Fado and Farore. They appeared here a couple hours ago, out of the thin air right in front of me. I had them imprisoned in the Woodfall Temple. If you can get to their cell, they may go free. As for the ones called Tael and Din, I know nothing."
"Sir, could you please tell us which was the boy and which was the fairy?" asked Saria.
"That is a strange question to ask, small one, but I believe the one who called himself Fado was the fairy." With that, the Deku King arranged for an escort to Woodfall. This time, only Link, Malon, Zelda, and Nayru had to play the Sonata of Awakening to raise the temple, and that was the biggest relief. The only ones missing since their last battle against Odolwa were Tael, and Fado, and since their masks were both the Fierce Deity Mask, the only thing they had to worry about was the length of the battle.
Soon, Odolwa was down, and they stepped into the blue light and fell into the room with the cell that contained two of their companions. Link cut through the barrier while trying to swat away a frantic Saria, revealing a violet glowing fairy and a Kokiri who looked just like Nayru, but with green hair and eyes. Saria and the purple fairy flew up to each other so fast they were both almost knocked out of the air. "Saria! What happened? Why are we both fairies?" Link gave Fado and Farore the quickest explanation he could get out, and by the end he was quite winded.
"If that's the case, I think we'll be hearing from the goddesses again about the whereabouts of Din and Tael. In fact..." Farore snatched a golden envelope out of the air and handed it to Link.
Link,
Tael and Din have been lost in the time stream. Therefore, you will find them in the place you left them the time before last that you went back in time. Proceed without them. Things will take care of themselves in the end.
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Link had to read the letter again to figure out exactly what it was saying. "We have to go on without Tael. It's almost time for the carnival to start, and we have to get to the clock tower now. We have to get on the face of the clock and fix this mess." Zelda looked at him as if he was crazy, as if he had just sentenced her to death. Link saw this and handed her the letter. She understood and went along with it. With that, the remaining ten of this group of twelve departed for Clock Town.
Yeah, crazy, isn't it? I have a very clear picture in my head of how this'll happen. Oh, before I forget again, I'm going to be altering the story soon. Nothing too drastic, though. I've decided to chop off the story just before chapter... I think it's chapter 29. You know, the goddess planning chapter. I'm going to remove every chapter after that and write on a chapter to kind of seal off that story there, to some extent. Everything that's happened since will become a sequel. Yup. You heard me right. Sequel. This story isn't at all what it started out to be, and I want to split it there. To me, that's where the story really changes, so this will become the sequel. I'm going to be changing it soon after I'm caught up. Don't worry, none of the content will change. I'm just going to be separating the two parts of this story. If any of you come back here and find that this story only has thirty chapters, just look up my page and find the sequel. All the new chapters will be there. I'll leave an author's note giving the story id/url for the sequel as soon as it's done.
The Deity's Escape
Chapter 11
Day Thirteen, First Day, Fourth Three Day Cycle; 6:00 AM, 72 Hours Remain
Stock Pot Inn
Everyone woke up earlier than they would have usually, anxious to find the others and get to the Great Bay. Nobody was entirely sure where to look, so they figured they'd just cover as much of Termina as they could. Tatl had claimed not to be tired the night before, and had come back this morning with her brother, Tael. Zelda, Saria, and Nayru were confused at first, never having heard of the fairy who shared a name with Link's brother, but they got that straightened out right away.
The first stop on the list was the southern swamp. They figured that was the place that Fado and Farore were most likely to be, and if they could raise the temple, they might just be able to defeat Odolwa again and make it easier to find them. A few funny songs and strange feather explosions later, they were all in the southern swamp, which was as dry as it had ever been.
"Listen, Fado could be anywhere around here, if he is here. I think he'd go back and see the Deku King again if he wound up here. We should head for the Deku Palace. Me and Nayru can get in fine, but you three, Link, Zelda, and Malon, could have a problem. Link, you look enough like a Kokiri to get in all right. Especially with Navi. Malon, you take the Deku Mask. They'll let you in if you wear that. Zelda, you'll just have to claim to by Hyrulean royalty here to see the Deku King. Make it sound important. They'll probably let you in. We can ask the Deku King if he knows anything about Fado or Tael. Tael probably won't be here, though. Let's go." Saria seemed to have thought about this for a while, and as soon as she was done speaking, the tiny green fairy sped towards the Deku Palace while the others followed on foot.
"Halt. Normally nobody is allowed inside the Deku Palace, but since the Deku King has taken an interest in the forest folk, and you have one of our own and a royal ambassador with you, you may enter. Go straight to the end of this hallway into the throne room, but nowhere else." Link sighed. The guards at the palace hadn't changed a bit.
Inside, they told their story to the Deku King. "Yes, I have seen the ones you call Fado and Farore. They appeared here a couple hours ago, out of the thin air right in front of me. I had them imprisoned in the Woodfall Temple. If you can get to their cell, they may go free. As for the ones called Tael and Din, I know nothing."
"Sir, could you please tell us which was the boy and which was the fairy?" asked Saria.
"That is a strange question to ask, small one, but I believe the one who called himself Fado was the fairy." With that, the Deku King arranged for an escort to Woodfall. This time, only Link, Malon, Zelda, and Nayru had to play the Sonata of Awakening to raise the temple, and that was the biggest relief. The only ones missing since their last battle against Odolwa were Tael, and Fado, and since their masks were both the Fierce Deity Mask, the only thing they had to worry about was the length of the battle.
Soon, Odolwa was down, and they stepped into the blue light and fell into the room with the cell that contained two of their companions. Link cut through the barrier while trying to swat away a frantic Saria, revealing a violet glowing fairy and a Kokiri who looked just like Nayru, but with green hair and eyes. Saria and the purple fairy flew up to each other so fast they were both almost knocked out of the air. "Saria! What happened? Why are we both fairies?" Link gave Fado and Farore the quickest explanation he could get out, and by the end he was quite winded.
"If that's the case, I think we'll be hearing from the goddesses again about the whereabouts of Din and Tael. In fact..." Farore snatched a golden envelope out of the air and handed it to Link.
Link,
Tael and Din have been lost in the time stream. Therefore, you will find them in the place you left them the time before last that you went back in time. Proceed without them. Things will take care of themselves in the end.
/\
/\/\
Link had to read the letter again to figure out exactly what it was saying. "We have to go on without Tael. It's almost time for the carnival to start, and we have to get to the clock tower now. We have to get on the face of the clock and fix this mess." Zelda looked at him as if he was crazy, as if he had just sentenced her to death. Link saw this and handed her the letter. She understood and went along with it. With that, the remaining ten of this group of twelve departed for Clock Town.
Yeah, crazy, isn't it? I have a very clear picture in my head of how this'll happen. Oh, before I forget again, I'm going to be altering the story soon. Nothing too drastic, though. I've decided to chop off the story just before chapter... I think it's chapter 29. You know, the goddess planning chapter. I'm going to remove every chapter after that and write on a chapter to kind of seal off that story there, to some extent. Everything that's happened since will become a sequel. Yup. You heard me right. Sequel. This story isn't at all what it started out to be, and I want to split it there. To me, that's where the story really changes, so this will become the sequel. I'm going to be changing it soon after I'm caught up. Don't worry, none of the content will change. I'm just going to be separating the two parts of this story. If any of you come back here and find that this story only has thirty chapters, just look up my page and find the sequel. All the new chapters will be there. I'll leave an author's note giving the story id/url for the sequel as soon as it's done.