Chapter 2
Link opened his eyes slowly, his eyes glanced around the room very quickly. He picked up his head and looked around the room, his eyes landed on a sign on the wall, "WindStruck Castle Town Inn: Run by the best healers this side of the sea." He relaxed and put his head back down on the pillow, the left side of his face bruised badly. He thought, where's Arial? There was a knock on the door and a woman dressed in a white dress entered carrying a tray.
"Seems like someone woke up, here's some soup for you young man," The woman placed the tray next to Link's bed and procceded out the door.
"Oops, I almost forgot, your sister is out by the tower looking for something through the rubble. She said she will be back shortly. I'll be downstairs, call if you need anything," With that said she made her way out the door and down the stairs.
Link forced himself to get up from the bed. As soon as he got up he strecthed out his arms and legs. His body was still sore from the fall. His head was a little shakey too. He looked out the window of the Inn and there was Arial picking up bricks and tossing them. She was looking hard for something. Maybe she is looking for more information on the Great Fairy, Link thought. He also noticed that there was more security and guards around the town now. He let out a sigh and went to the side of his bed and picked up the plate of soup. He start sipping it slowly from his spoon. Soon after he had finished he opened the door and made his way down the stairs. As we went out the door he waved at the nurse and she replied, "Buh-Bye hun, be safe out there."
Link walked past some guards and made his way to the rubble and debris of the tower where Arial was standing.
"Link! Your awake, that was some nasty fall you took. Are you okay?"
Link nodded his head.
"Alright good, I spent all morning digging through what was left of the tower and I came across a couple of important scrolls. Also I found the King's diary, it might be helpful to us. Anyway come on let's go to home, Grandma wants to see you."
Link followed Arial through the busy streets of Windstruck Island. There were many people outside gossiping about yesterday and people lined outside of the inns waiting to see relatives and brothers. It was a sad day indeed for the people of Windstruck Island. Little children were crying over lost fathers and brothers. This angered Link for he had a secret. He never shared his any of his secrets with no one, it was best if some secrets just weren't told. When they made it out of the crowds of people, Link and Arial spotted their Grandma outside feeding the pigs.
"Grandma Hey! Link is here and he's alright!" Arial screamed as she waved.
Link also waved to his Grandma and she waved back as little kids tugged on her dress and pigs oinked around. Link was excitied about seeing his Grandma again.
"Come here you." Link's Grandma said as she came over to Link and gave him a big hug,"I see you and Arial got into some danger but it's great to see that no one was hurt badly."
"Grandma, me and Link have to go," Arial introduced herself into the conversation.
"Where Arial? You and brother have been through a lot, you should relax."
"We can't Grandma, you know we would but something very bad is going to happen and It is up to me and Link to try and stop it."
Link glanced from Arial to his Grandma. He had a worried expression on his face but he knew that this is what they had to do.
"Grandma why don't you go inside and cook something up. Me and Link are going to off to town to buy some materials and equipment," Arial said as she was leaving.
"I see," Their Grandma said with a sad expression on her face. She whispered to Link, "Link take care of Arial she is a very brave girl that sometimes gets into situations that she cannot handle. Take good care of her."
Link nodded and went off to catch up with Arial.
"Allright Link before we head off I am sure that you want to know what is going on and where we are going. I will explain that right now so we can get this out of the way. When you fell off the tower and were being treated in the Inn I was outside looking for some information through the debris of the tower. Luckily for me all my searching did me some good. I have found some information that can help us out since we have the Great Fairy Seashell. On one of the old scrolls it said that to summon the Great Fairy we have to travel north from Windstruck Island to Hyrule Castle town. We will have to take a boat up there, we will have to do our best to get there. There is a lake their called Lake Hylia, on one of the old scrolls the lake is called Great Fairy Lake. We have to go over there and ask the wild to to lay down stairs to the Great Fairy. We will have to figure out how to do that. Got it Link?" Arial finished take a deep breath.
Link nodded and made a gesture for her to continue walking. Link followed Arial through the town streets. They were making their way over to the Jack-Of-All Trades shop. It was a nice little shop created by a retired adventurer that decided to settle down. His name was Tidane and he was well known through Windstruck Island. He was one of Windstruck Island's honored heroes. Tidane sells a lot of many different items that you wouldnt usually find in other shops. The items that go up for sale in this shop are mostly from his adventures. Tidane also learned the skill of blacksmithing in his lifetime.
Arial pushed the door opened , "Hello young ones, what brings you here?" Tidane spoke as he was walking by the counter throwing his gloves down. He was a tall man with white beard and looked like a very strong man. He had many chains hanging from his neck made from exotic materials. He was wearing a black suit and had googles over his eyes. He came up to the counter and took of the googles and placed them on the counter.
"Hey Tidane, me and my brother were wondering if you had any boats lieing around?" Arial asked smiling.
"Hmmm...Boats let me see here..." There was a long pause and Link and Arial looked at each other.
"Hmm, wait a minute. That's right! A young man walked in here a lil' while ago. He was desperate for a boat and I was all out, the only one I had left was my own boat and I didn't want to sell it. But the young man offered a handsome amount of money for it so I sold it to him. So that's it, if your looking for a boat you might wanna go and see him. I think that he'll still be in town. He is a short young man around your age." Tidane pointed to Link, "He had blonde messy hair and he had white armor and was dressed as if were going into battle."
Arial replied, "Thanks a lot Tidane we'll see you around."
"Alright kids, be safe out there."
Link waved back to Tidane on his way out.
"Hmm, Link help me look for this kid," Arial spoke as she squinted at people in a distance.
Link and Arial walked into the middle of the town and they were surrounded by people. There were crowds of people on the streets of Windstuck Island. Link glanced from one person to the next but couldn't find the kid that fit their description.
"Link come, let's check out at the town entrance." Arial said as she headed to the entrance still squinting at people.
Link and Arial made their way to the entrance and the streets were emptying out and there was more freedom. They reached two guards at the gate and Arial asked the guard about the young man's whereabouts.
"Excuse me sir."
"Yes young lady," One of the guards replied with a spear in his right hand and a sheild his left that shimmered in the light.
"Would you happen to know if a young man passed through here, dressed mainly in white, short and messy blonde hair."
The guard thought about it for a moment as the sun hit his face."Why yes, there was a young man that passed by through here. He left his boat and equipment over there and asked us to watch it for him. He said he is out on a errand."
The guard stepped out of town and showed Link and Arial a boat leaning on the outer walls of Windstruck Castle Town. The boat was about the size of a long dining table filled with bags and equipment. The boat was painted a fine bright white and red lines running throughout it. It was a beautifully crafted boat indeed, Link thought to himself.
"Nice boat ain't it," said one of the guards as if he were reading Link's mind.
"Yes it sir, would you happen to know where the young man went?" Arial asked squinting at the guard because the light of the sun was shining brightly off his helmet.
"He said he went out to Tingles shop over in Firefly forest. He said he needed some potions and elixirs mixed up because he was embarking on a journey. I gotta give it to the lad, he has heart." One of the guards answered.
"Alright thanks, you've been a big help. Let's go Link." Arial said as she started walking out of the town.
Link and Arial left town and were on their way to FireFly Forest. Firefly Forest was a good five minute walk from Windstruck Island Castle Town. Link was very eager to where their adventures would lead him.
"Hey Link, what do you will happen on our way to Hyrule Castle Town?" Arial asked curiously.
Link looked over to her and shrugged, He didn't know what was going to happen but in his heart he knew that this was the right thing to do.
The sun was still burning brightly above them and they reached FireFly Forest. Link entered first with Arial following closely behind him. There were tall trees all around them with little bits of sunshine gleaming through. They followed dirt path that would lead them to Tingle's shop. As they walked Link looked around at the tall brown trees, and animals doing their usual business.
"Link do you know why they call it FireFly Forest? I'll tell why, because at night this place is beautiful. All the fireflies light up the forest with their bright light. It's very beautful Link. Remember Link when we came here because Grandma got lost on the way to Tingle's shop and we had to come and look for her?
Link chuckled and then starting laughing, Arial joined in to.
"Hey look, a sign. It reads: This way to Tingle's shop. I guesse we gotta keep going straight." Arial said as she started walking ahead. "Look there it is Link, wow Tingle is always fixing up this crazy shop of his."
Link looked up at Tingle's shop, he was suprised at how much his shop had changed. The shop was inside of a giant tree with decorations hanging from the trees branches. Wooden stairs started in the grass then lead up to the entrance of the shop and there was a wooden balcony around the tree a couple of feet above the ground.
"Is that the kid that bought the boat." Arial pointed at a kid.
Link looked up at the shop and a young man around Link's height and age stepped out of the shop. His blonde messy hair was blowing in the wind and he sat down on the wooden stairs. He wore white armor and he had a white cape wrapped around his neck and was blowing independently with the wind. He had a brown belt that held some sort of weapon on each side of him. His pants were white and the bottom was covered by his brown boots. Link thought that this kid must take himself seriously in whatever it is that he does. Link and Arial approached the young man and Arial was the first to speak.
"Hey you."
The kid looked up at Arial.
"Hello my name is Arial and this is my brother Link. What's your name?"
"My name is Arthur nice to meet you."
"So what are you out here for?" Arial asked trying to bring up the subject about the boat.
"I came out here to get some elixirs from Tingle. After he finishes mixing them up for me I shall be on my way to Hyrule Castle Town."
Both Link and Arial nearly jumped, this was a weird and great coinceidence.
"And what about you Arial and Link?" Arthur asked as he seemed interested.
"Well you see yesterday before the tragic storm that struck Windfall island my brother had found the Great Fairy SeaShell." Arial spoke and Arthur immediately started listening as he was extremely interested about the Great Fairy Seashell. Arial continued. "We presented it to the King and he took us to the Great Tower. Before he could tell us anything we were attacked and the triforce was gone and the King was dead. We were on our way to Hyrule Castle Town to uncover the secrets of the Great Fairy SeaShell but there is no way to get there."
Arthur was still absorbing all this information. He was extremely surprised and and fascinated about Link and Arials story.
"Well since we are going the same way why don't you come with me. I'd more then welcome to have visitors. It gets boring traveling by yourself."
Link nodded and so did Arial, "Why thank you so much, it will be great traveling with you too." Arial said happily and her and Link smiled.
Arial asked curiously, "On what business are you heading over to Hyrule Castle Town?"
Arthur looked down, "I am going to avenge the death of my father. I saw you to on top of the tower trying to survive against that beast from the sky. My father was one of the King's generals. When the dragon was attacking you my father immediately went up to try and protect you and fend off the dragon. He was too late, he was making his way up the spiral steps and that's when the tower collapsed..."
Link and Arial both were saddened, their heads were lowered.
"So that's my story, I was going to try and seek some answers on who that was up there in sky from Princess Zelda. But it seems that you have more hope in stopping that evil. What do you say? A team?" With Arthur saying that Link and Arial nodded at each other.
"A team." Arial responded.
Link opened his eyes slowly, his eyes glanced around the room very quickly. He picked up his head and looked around the room, his eyes landed on a sign on the wall, "WindStruck Castle Town Inn: Run by the best healers this side of the sea." He relaxed and put his head back down on the pillow, the left side of his face bruised badly. He thought, where's Arial? There was a knock on the door and a woman dressed in a white dress entered carrying a tray.
"Seems like someone woke up, here's some soup for you young man," The woman placed the tray next to Link's bed and procceded out the door.
"Oops, I almost forgot, your sister is out by the tower looking for something through the rubble. She said she will be back shortly. I'll be downstairs, call if you need anything," With that said she made her way out the door and down the stairs.
Link forced himself to get up from the bed. As soon as he got up he strecthed out his arms and legs. His body was still sore from the fall. His head was a little shakey too. He looked out the window of the Inn and there was Arial picking up bricks and tossing them. She was looking hard for something. Maybe she is looking for more information on the Great Fairy, Link thought. He also noticed that there was more security and guards around the town now. He let out a sigh and went to the side of his bed and picked up the plate of soup. He start sipping it slowly from his spoon. Soon after he had finished he opened the door and made his way down the stairs. As we went out the door he waved at the nurse and she replied, "Buh-Bye hun, be safe out there."
Link walked past some guards and made his way to the rubble and debris of the tower where Arial was standing.
"Link! Your awake, that was some nasty fall you took. Are you okay?"
Link nodded his head.
"Alright good, I spent all morning digging through what was left of the tower and I came across a couple of important scrolls. Also I found the King's diary, it might be helpful to us. Anyway come on let's go to home, Grandma wants to see you."
Link followed Arial through the busy streets of Windstruck Island. There were many people outside gossiping about yesterday and people lined outside of the inns waiting to see relatives and brothers. It was a sad day indeed for the people of Windstruck Island. Little children were crying over lost fathers and brothers. This angered Link for he had a secret. He never shared his any of his secrets with no one, it was best if some secrets just weren't told. When they made it out of the crowds of people, Link and Arial spotted their Grandma outside feeding the pigs.
"Grandma Hey! Link is here and he's alright!" Arial screamed as she waved.
Link also waved to his Grandma and she waved back as little kids tugged on her dress and pigs oinked around. Link was excitied about seeing his Grandma again.
"Come here you." Link's Grandma said as she came over to Link and gave him a big hug,"I see you and Arial got into some danger but it's great to see that no one was hurt badly."
"Grandma, me and Link have to go," Arial introduced herself into the conversation.
"Where Arial? You and brother have been through a lot, you should relax."
"We can't Grandma, you know we would but something very bad is going to happen and It is up to me and Link to try and stop it."
Link glanced from Arial to his Grandma. He had a worried expression on his face but he knew that this is what they had to do.
"Grandma why don't you go inside and cook something up. Me and Link are going to off to town to buy some materials and equipment," Arial said as she was leaving.
"I see," Their Grandma said with a sad expression on her face. She whispered to Link, "Link take care of Arial she is a very brave girl that sometimes gets into situations that she cannot handle. Take good care of her."
Link nodded and went off to catch up with Arial.
"Allright Link before we head off I am sure that you want to know what is going on and where we are going. I will explain that right now so we can get this out of the way. When you fell off the tower and were being treated in the Inn I was outside looking for some information through the debris of the tower. Luckily for me all my searching did me some good. I have found some information that can help us out since we have the Great Fairy Seashell. On one of the old scrolls it said that to summon the Great Fairy we have to travel north from Windstruck Island to Hyrule Castle town. We will have to take a boat up there, we will have to do our best to get there. There is a lake their called Lake Hylia, on one of the old scrolls the lake is called Great Fairy Lake. We have to go over there and ask the wild to to lay down stairs to the Great Fairy. We will have to figure out how to do that. Got it Link?" Arial finished take a deep breath.
Link nodded and made a gesture for her to continue walking. Link followed Arial through the town streets. They were making their way over to the Jack-Of-All Trades shop. It was a nice little shop created by a retired adventurer that decided to settle down. His name was Tidane and he was well known through Windstruck Island. He was one of Windstruck Island's honored heroes. Tidane sells a lot of many different items that you wouldnt usually find in other shops. The items that go up for sale in this shop are mostly from his adventures. Tidane also learned the skill of blacksmithing in his lifetime.
Arial pushed the door opened , "Hello young ones, what brings you here?" Tidane spoke as he was walking by the counter throwing his gloves down. He was a tall man with white beard and looked like a very strong man. He had many chains hanging from his neck made from exotic materials. He was wearing a black suit and had googles over his eyes. He came up to the counter and took of the googles and placed them on the counter.
"Hey Tidane, me and my brother were wondering if you had any boats lieing around?" Arial asked smiling.
"Hmmm...Boats let me see here..." There was a long pause and Link and Arial looked at each other.
"Hmm, wait a minute. That's right! A young man walked in here a lil' while ago. He was desperate for a boat and I was all out, the only one I had left was my own boat and I didn't want to sell it. But the young man offered a handsome amount of money for it so I sold it to him. So that's it, if your looking for a boat you might wanna go and see him. I think that he'll still be in town. He is a short young man around your age." Tidane pointed to Link, "He had blonde messy hair and he had white armor and was dressed as if were going into battle."
Arial replied, "Thanks a lot Tidane we'll see you around."
"Alright kids, be safe out there."
Link waved back to Tidane on his way out.
"Hmm, Link help me look for this kid," Arial spoke as she squinted at people in a distance.
Link and Arial walked into the middle of the town and they were surrounded by people. There were crowds of people on the streets of Windstuck Island. Link glanced from one person to the next but couldn't find the kid that fit their description.
"Link come, let's check out at the town entrance." Arial said as she headed to the entrance still squinting at people.
Link and Arial made their way to the entrance and the streets were emptying out and there was more freedom. They reached two guards at the gate and Arial asked the guard about the young man's whereabouts.
"Excuse me sir."
"Yes young lady," One of the guards replied with a spear in his right hand and a sheild his left that shimmered in the light.
"Would you happen to know if a young man passed through here, dressed mainly in white, short and messy blonde hair."
The guard thought about it for a moment as the sun hit his face."Why yes, there was a young man that passed by through here. He left his boat and equipment over there and asked us to watch it for him. He said he is out on a errand."
The guard stepped out of town and showed Link and Arial a boat leaning on the outer walls of Windstruck Castle Town. The boat was about the size of a long dining table filled with bags and equipment. The boat was painted a fine bright white and red lines running throughout it. It was a beautifully crafted boat indeed, Link thought to himself.
"Nice boat ain't it," said one of the guards as if he were reading Link's mind.
"Yes it sir, would you happen to know where the young man went?" Arial asked squinting at the guard because the light of the sun was shining brightly off his helmet.
"He said he went out to Tingles shop over in Firefly forest. He said he needed some potions and elixirs mixed up because he was embarking on a journey. I gotta give it to the lad, he has heart." One of the guards answered.
"Alright thanks, you've been a big help. Let's go Link." Arial said as she started walking out of the town.
Link and Arial left town and were on their way to FireFly Forest. Firefly Forest was a good five minute walk from Windstruck Island Castle Town. Link was very eager to where their adventures would lead him.
"Hey Link, what do you will happen on our way to Hyrule Castle Town?" Arial asked curiously.
Link looked over to her and shrugged, He didn't know what was going to happen but in his heart he knew that this was the right thing to do.
The sun was still burning brightly above them and they reached FireFly Forest. Link entered first with Arial following closely behind him. There were tall trees all around them with little bits of sunshine gleaming through. They followed dirt path that would lead them to Tingle's shop. As they walked Link looked around at the tall brown trees, and animals doing their usual business.
"Link do you know why they call it FireFly Forest? I'll tell why, because at night this place is beautiful. All the fireflies light up the forest with their bright light. It's very beautful Link. Remember Link when we came here because Grandma got lost on the way to Tingle's shop and we had to come and look for her?
Link chuckled and then starting laughing, Arial joined in to.
"Hey look, a sign. It reads: This way to Tingle's shop. I guesse we gotta keep going straight." Arial said as she started walking ahead. "Look there it is Link, wow Tingle is always fixing up this crazy shop of his."
Link looked up at Tingle's shop, he was suprised at how much his shop had changed. The shop was inside of a giant tree with decorations hanging from the trees branches. Wooden stairs started in the grass then lead up to the entrance of the shop and there was a wooden balcony around the tree a couple of feet above the ground.
"Is that the kid that bought the boat." Arial pointed at a kid.
Link looked up at the shop and a young man around Link's height and age stepped out of the shop. His blonde messy hair was blowing in the wind and he sat down on the wooden stairs. He wore white armor and he had a white cape wrapped around his neck and was blowing independently with the wind. He had a brown belt that held some sort of weapon on each side of him. His pants were white and the bottom was covered by his brown boots. Link thought that this kid must take himself seriously in whatever it is that he does. Link and Arial approached the young man and Arial was the first to speak.
"Hey you."
The kid looked up at Arial.
"Hello my name is Arial and this is my brother Link. What's your name?"
"My name is Arthur nice to meet you."
"So what are you out here for?" Arial asked trying to bring up the subject about the boat.
"I came out here to get some elixirs from Tingle. After he finishes mixing them up for me I shall be on my way to Hyrule Castle Town."
Both Link and Arial nearly jumped, this was a weird and great coinceidence.
"And what about you Arial and Link?" Arthur asked as he seemed interested.
"Well you see yesterday before the tragic storm that struck Windfall island my brother had found the Great Fairy SeaShell." Arial spoke and Arthur immediately started listening as he was extremely interested about the Great Fairy Seashell. Arial continued. "We presented it to the King and he took us to the Great Tower. Before he could tell us anything we were attacked and the triforce was gone and the King was dead. We were on our way to Hyrule Castle Town to uncover the secrets of the Great Fairy SeaShell but there is no way to get there."
Arthur was still absorbing all this information. He was extremely surprised and and fascinated about Link and Arials story.
"Well since we are going the same way why don't you come with me. I'd more then welcome to have visitors. It gets boring traveling by yourself."
Link nodded and so did Arial, "Why thank you so much, it will be great traveling with you too." Arial said happily and her and Link smiled.
Arial asked curiously, "On what business are you heading over to Hyrule Castle Town?"
Arthur looked down, "I am going to avenge the death of my father. I saw you to on top of the tower trying to survive against that beast from the sky. My father was one of the King's generals. When the dragon was attacking you my father immediately went up to try and protect you and fend off the dragon. He was too late, he was making his way up the spiral steps and that's when the tower collapsed..."
Link and Arial both were saddened, their heads were lowered.
"So that's my story, I was going to try and seek some answers on who that was up there in sky from Princess Zelda. But it seems that you have more hope in stopping that evil. What do you say? A team?" With Arthur saying that Link and Arial nodded at each other.
"A team." Arial responded.