I feel inferior. Oh, by the way, I really feel bad for killing off Talon, now that Malon's been thinking about him again. I also feel bad for making her 'recover' so quickly. I blame Dark Link.
Father of Time
Chapter 9
Day Two Hundred: 10:00 PM
Link's POV
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I woke up in a white room. The last thing I remembered was seeing my daughter and... My daughter... Anyway, "Where am I?" I asked. "I want to see my daughter!" At first, my only answer was my echo. Then, came that familiar voice that sounded like one and three at the same time.
"Physically, you are in the house on Lon Lon Ranch. Mentally, you are inside your own head." As usual, one of the goddesses appeared. This time I was talking to Farore. Strangely, she looked like an oddly pretty Hylian girl of about my age. She didn't seem much like a goddess this time, except for the power I could feel coming from her.
"Look. Think of an environment you like." I did, and we were instantly in a huge forest clearing.
"Farore, I have a question."
"Why do we interfere with your life? Honestly, we're lonely. I guess you can already see part of the explanation. This is my true form. You've seen me a few times before in another form, but that was just a guise. Time passes differently, in that place beyond the Sacred Realm. My sisters and I are actually not much older than you.
"Compared to what everyone thinks of us, we're really just children who were born with incredible power. There are Hylians who have been wiser than the three of us combined, although that doesn't have much to do with anything. Really, we're lucky Hyrule turned out as good as it did.
"When we came into direct contact with you, through Malon and Zelda's wish, I guess we adopted you as a sort of playmate. We just got a little carried away, but I'm sure you can understand. It's terribly boring for us. Well, we'll leave you alone, now. I'll wake you up."
"NO!!! Listen, if it's so boring for you, you should just visit Hyrule sometimes in a physical form, one that looks like this. Besides, I could use some friends who aren't related to me."
"You'd want to be friends with us, even after everything we did to you?"
"Well, only one of those things was your choice, and that wasn't too bad."
"Now I feel bad for what I have to tell you, but we have no choice now that this has started. There's one more thing we need to do."
"Let me guess, another me?"
"I'm sorry, Link, but every race in Hyrule is united through you. Every race but one."
"So you're sending another me off to be with Nabooru?"
"The Gerudo are the most important race to be on good terms with, in case Ganondorf ever breaks out. I mean, we are as close to all-powerful as is possible, but we weren't the ones who made the barrier between Hyrule and the Sacred Realm, and Ganon does have a will of his own."
"It's all right, Farore. Anything else about this plan I should know about?"
"Well, I can tell you that your daughter will be important, but I can't tell you how or why. Now, I know there are some things that Malon was thinking about. Some unanswered questions that she needs to have answered."
"What is it?"
"Well, for one, she was wondering about the immortality. Well, your daughter is immortal as well. However, it turns out that it is not total immortality. You will all live to be several hundred years old, but it is torture for anybody but a god to live forever, and I can tell you that there is nothing to fear from death. Nobody dies before they are ready, and when they do, they normally enter a new world. I'm not sure about you fifteen, though."
"That's comforting and disturbing all at once. Anything else she needs to know?"
"Well, there is one other thing, but I cannot answer it. Only you and Malon can."
"What?"
"Your daughter needs a name. My sisters and I will come to visit in a few days." With that, she pinched me and the forest clearing faded away...
Day Two Hundred One: Morning
Malon's POV
The morning after mine and Link's daughter had been born, I woke up in the bed that had been set up in the baby's room. I had made a pretty bad mess of our normal bed. Thanks to the Triforce, I was back to normal, as if none of it had ever happened. Except for the precious bundle sleeping in the crib next to me. I was about to shake Link awake when his eyes opened. "Link, are you all right? You passed out last night when you saw the baby."
"Kimiko."
"What?"
"We should name her Kimiko."
"See? I knew you could come up with a better girl's name than a boy's name."
"So you like it?"
"I love it."
"Malon, you wouldn't believe the conversation I just had with Farore." He went on to tell me the whole thing. "Wow. Who'd have thought that the three most powerful beings in Hyrule would end up as our friends?"
"I know..." Just then, Kimiko woke up. I went over to the crib and picked her up. "Would you like to hold your daughter?" Link just nodded and I handed her to him. It was strange, how different he looked right then. He looked less like the Hero of Time and more like an actual father. I knew things would be perfect for us for a long time...
I hope I didn't torture you too bad, after you got that little taste of Atchika's writing. I tried to tie things in together as much as I could. Trust me, I have an ultimate plan. It's only half-formed, but it is ultimate. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Sort of. The rest will kinda fall into place. Besides, some of the stuff that fell into place by accident turned out to be the best stuff. Like Tael. He was an accident caused by a certain piece of fan art that I never would have seen if I hadn't read Switching Spaces by Ninmast. He directed me to a certain website to find the fan art that inspired the fic (which I, sadly, never found), where I found some fan art that caused Link to split for the first time! Oh, yeah. Link clone #4 (tentative name) will probably show up in the next chapter. Well, that's it for now!
Father of Time
Chapter 9
Day Two Hundred: 10:00 PM
Link's POV
???
I woke up in a white room. The last thing I remembered was seeing my daughter and... My daughter... Anyway, "Where am I?" I asked. "I want to see my daughter!" At first, my only answer was my echo. Then, came that familiar voice that sounded like one and three at the same time.
"Physically, you are in the house on Lon Lon Ranch. Mentally, you are inside your own head." As usual, one of the goddesses appeared. This time I was talking to Farore. Strangely, she looked like an oddly pretty Hylian girl of about my age. She didn't seem much like a goddess this time, except for the power I could feel coming from her.
"Look. Think of an environment you like." I did, and we were instantly in a huge forest clearing.
"Farore, I have a question."
"Why do we interfere with your life? Honestly, we're lonely. I guess you can already see part of the explanation. This is my true form. You've seen me a few times before in another form, but that was just a guise. Time passes differently, in that place beyond the Sacred Realm. My sisters and I are actually not much older than you.
"Compared to what everyone thinks of us, we're really just children who were born with incredible power. There are Hylians who have been wiser than the three of us combined, although that doesn't have much to do with anything. Really, we're lucky Hyrule turned out as good as it did.
"When we came into direct contact with you, through Malon and Zelda's wish, I guess we adopted you as a sort of playmate. We just got a little carried away, but I'm sure you can understand. It's terribly boring for us. Well, we'll leave you alone, now. I'll wake you up."
"NO!!! Listen, if it's so boring for you, you should just visit Hyrule sometimes in a physical form, one that looks like this. Besides, I could use some friends who aren't related to me."
"You'd want to be friends with us, even after everything we did to you?"
"Well, only one of those things was your choice, and that wasn't too bad."
"Now I feel bad for what I have to tell you, but we have no choice now that this has started. There's one more thing we need to do."
"Let me guess, another me?"
"I'm sorry, Link, but every race in Hyrule is united through you. Every race but one."
"So you're sending another me off to be with Nabooru?"
"The Gerudo are the most important race to be on good terms with, in case Ganondorf ever breaks out. I mean, we are as close to all-powerful as is possible, but we weren't the ones who made the barrier between Hyrule and the Sacred Realm, and Ganon does have a will of his own."
"It's all right, Farore. Anything else about this plan I should know about?"
"Well, I can tell you that your daughter will be important, but I can't tell you how or why. Now, I know there are some things that Malon was thinking about. Some unanswered questions that she needs to have answered."
"What is it?"
"Well, for one, she was wondering about the immortality. Well, your daughter is immortal as well. However, it turns out that it is not total immortality. You will all live to be several hundred years old, but it is torture for anybody but a god to live forever, and I can tell you that there is nothing to fear from death. Nobody dies before they are ready, and when they do, they normally enter a new world. I'm not sure about you fifteen, though."
"That's comforting and disturbing all at once. Anything else she needs to know?"
"Well, there is one other thing, but I cannot answer it. Only you and Malon can."
"What?"
"Your daughter needs a name. My sisters and I will come to visit in a few days." With that, she pinched me and the forest clearing faded away...
Day Two Hundred One: Morning
Malon's POV
The morning after mine and Link's daughter had been born, I woke up in the bed that had been set up in the baby's room. I had made a pretty bad mess of our normal bed. Thanks to the Triforce, I was back to normal, as if none of it had ever happened. Except for the precious bundle sleeping in the crib next to me. I was about to shake Link awake when his eyes opened. "Link, are you all right? You passed out last night when you saw the baby."
"Kimiko."
"What?"
"We should name her Kimiko."
"See? I knew you could come up with a better girl's name than a boy's name."
"So you like it?"
"I love it."
"Malon, you wouldn't believe the conversation I just had with Farore." He went on to tell me the whole thing. "Wow. Who'd have thought that the three most powerful beings in Hyrule would end up as our friends?"
"I know..." Just then, Kimiko woke up. I went over to the crib and picked her up. "Would you like to hold your daughter?" Link just nodded and I handed her to him. It was strange, how different he looked right then. He looked less like the Hero of Time and more like an actual father. I knew things would be perfect for us for a long time...
I hope I didn't torture you too bad, after you got that little taste of Atchika's writing. I tried to tie things in together as much as I could. Trust me, I have an ultimate plan. It's only half-formed, but it is ultimate. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Sort of. The rest will kinda fall into place. Besides, some of the stuff that fell into place by accident turned out to be the best stuff. Like Tael. He was an accident caused by a certain piece of fan art that I never would have seen if I hadn't read Switching Spaces by Ninmast. He directed me to a certain website to find the fan art that inspired the fic (which I, sadly, never found), where I found some fan art that caused Link to split for the first time! Oh, yeah. Link clone #4 (tentative name) will probably show up in the next chapter. Well, that's it for now!