WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
By Katt006
July 14, 2000: Ok, so I said that the next chapter would be up in a day or two… so maybe I meant a week or two but no matter, here is #4 (finally!) I've been quite busy over the past week, preparing my web page and visiting people. But for the next few days I'll be home alone while my parents are at work, more time to type up #5!
(Ganondorf's re-grasp)
*Dedicated to my friend Samoan Gard
CHAPTER 4:
Trunks took their stances for battle. Dentre nodded his head and beckoned Trunks to attack first. Trunks knew better than to attack such a skilled fighter head on, he leapt from his stance and quickly swerved to his right. He skidded beside the old man and elbowed him in the ribs. The old man smiled down at Trunks "You never fail to impress me," he beamed. Trunks briefly smiled back but his face turned serious as he heaved a punch at Dentre's back. Dentre was fast for an old man and he arched his back forward, making Trunks miss his target. Trunks decided to take another approach, he ran from his teacher till there was about a 20m gap between them. Dentre was puzzled for a moment as Trunks pushed the palms of his hands together, and levitated slightly, a small sphere of blue light formed in his hands. Dentre's eyes shot wide open as Trunks released the ball at him. But one second before collision Dentre smirked and disappeared. Trunks's hands flopped at his side as his stared wide-eyed at the place where Dentre had stood only moments before. He craned his neck in all directions, scanning the land for his lost teacher. 'Where the hell did he go?!' The boy asked himself.
Trunks heard movement above him. It then dawned on him to look up, not knowing that Dentre could levitate. As Trunks looked up his face met with two fists. Trunks yelped and stumbled back, holding his face. Dentre levitated closely in front of the young alien and ploughed his fists into Trunks's stomach. The sudden impact made Trunks cough up bile and stumble backwards, now holding his stomach and wincing at the pain. But Trunks wouldn't give up; he straightened his posture and leapt forward. At that same moment Dentre pushed his fist forward once more but Trunks had ducked the attack and the oncoming assault whizzed past the top of his head, leaving Dentre open for an attack. Trunks's fists connected with the old man's stomach and worked overtime with continuous punches. Trunks's hands became almost invisible by the speed of his attacks. Dentre endured the assault for a while, during this time his leg began to glow purple, he was powering it up for a massive kick. Trunks slowly noticed the glowing leg but he didn't act fast enough. Dentre swept his leg skywards, fully connecting with Trunks's jaw. The boy was tossed to a nearby boulder where he collapsed into a heap.
Dentre powered down and run to where the boy had landed. The old man sprawled the unconscious boy out flat and checked for any broken bones. He felt a crack at the bottom of Trunks's jawbone, and suddenly felt guilty for what he had done.
"Trunks? Wake up! Are you ok boy?" he quietly asked, shaking the child awake.
"Mom?….OUCH!!!" Trunks clutched his jaw and screamed in pain.
"Don't try to speak!" informed Dentre, "You've cracked your Jawbone and it'll hurt to speak!"
"Correction, YOU clacked mesh jawbone!!!" fumbled Trunks with his words.
Dentre put his finger to his student's lips. "Hush now! I'll take care of this inside the house." He stated, picking up Trunks and heading back into the house.
* * *
Again strange figures loomed over him in the darkness. His young form trembling in fear. One of the figures took on the shape of a snake-like creature. It reared back and lunged for the young boy. Link stumbled back in fear. But just before the impact the snake halted only several centimetres away from Link's face. A blade in the darkness slashed across the snake's body, cutting it in two. The pieces flopped to the floor with the serpent's blood oozing from both halves. Link looked around to see the face of his rescuer but their features remained in shadow…
Something jolted him from his restless slumber. He turned his head to his right to see Navy hovering several centimeters above his pillow. "You're awake Link!" she declared. "You must have been having a nightmare…" she stared at Link's vacant expression, "What's wrong?"
Link snapped out of his daze "Huh? Oh, nothing Navi. Go back to sleep" he advised.
However the guardian knew very well that her companion was troubled somehow, so she hovered back into Link's hat and pretended to sleep, silently keeping a watchful eye on the young boy.
Link continued to toss and turn for the next fifteen minutes, trying to get to sleep. In the end he gave up and rose from his bed, deciding on going for a night walk to clear his head. He quietly slipped on his boots and headed out into the forest. Navi watched him move out of his tree-house and decided to follow him.
Link strolled through the silent village admiring the clear and peaceful night. He continued to walk till he reached the lake. There he set himself upon a rock overlooking the flowing water, which was slowly calming him. The moon reflected off the water's surface, casting an eerie blue light onto Link's young features.
Navi was hiding in some nearby bushes. Being careful not to disturb the meditating boy.
'Link…'
Link's head perked up at the sound of his name, and it wasn't Navi.
'Link…'
It was a female voice whispering his name to him. This time Navi heard it also. She whizzed out from where she was hiding and slowly headed towards the boy.
'Link…'
It continued to beckon him. Link got off the rock he was sitting on and wandered around the area looking for a distinct direction of the voice. He halted and listened for the voice again.
'Link!'
It was much louder this time and Link had heard it from the small tunnel leading out of Kokiri Forest, a forbidden place for the inhabitants of the Village, for then they leave the protection of the Deku tree. (A sacred tree that protects the forest from harm.) However the voice was beckoning, almost hypnotising. Link slowly walked up to the tunnel. Sensing his intention, Navi quickened her pace and promptly placed herself between Link and the tunnel.
"And where do you think YOURE going?" She scornfully questioned.
Link replied by placing his finger to his lips. "Shhhhh… listen, did you hear that?" he quietly asked, implying the voice.
"Of course I heard it numb nut!" she whispered loudly. "If you cross this line…" Before Navi could finish, an invisible arm reached out and grabbed Link around the waist and dragged him through the tunnel and out of the forest.
"What the hell?!" screeched Navi as she quickly ploughed after him.
Link was hurled out of the tunnel and flung onto the grass, once again injuring his bandaged arm. Navi wasn't too far behind as she exited the tunnel and perched on his shoulder, speaking softly into his ear. "What was that?" she asked.
Link Shrugged and crouched low, not wanting to break the silence that had enveloped them in this strange place.
"Link… I think we'd better go back into the forest…it's probably nothing…uh… if something happens to you out here it'd all be my fault because you are no longer under the protection of the Deku tree!" advised Navi quietly.
Link was already aware of this, and was reaching out to grab a large sharp stick they lay nearby. He stood up and held it defensively in front of his face and began to inch further out into the unknown.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Navi began to raise her voice in a desperate attempt to call back her companion.
Link turned his head to look at her. "Look! Something's just grabbed me and thrown me out here and I don't think it's nothing! I'm going to check it out." He boldly informed. "And don't worry, I have learnt about this place and it's inhabitants, what could possibly go…wr…" Link's words died down into a whisper as he stared at a tall shadowy figure with glowing red eyes and gleaming armour that had just appeared behind Navi. His mouth dropped open in fear and all he could do to warn Navi was stare and point behind her. "uh… Navi… there's a…a…" Link tried to get the words out.
"A… a… a what?" mocked Navi impatiently.
"Um… behind…you, LOOK!" Link finally got the words out just as Navi spun around to glimpse quickly behind her. She saw the person in the shadows for a brief second, but that's all she needed.
"AHH! LINK! WHY DIDN'T YOU TRY TO WARN ME?!" She shrieked as she tore off into the opposite direction. Link had no choice but to follow her. They skidded around the corner to find themselves facing an enormous field. Link skidded to a halt and stared in amazement "Wow! So this is Hyrule field?" he stated in amazement, "I've been learning about this place…"
Navi, who was flying close behind her companion, rammed into the back of him. "Hey! Why did we stop?!" She yelled in question as she peered over the boy's shoulder. "Ak! Hyrule field! There's no place to hide!"
Just then the shadow appeared in front of them again. Navi flew to her friend's side and Link raised the stick that was still tightly clutched in his hands. "Ok Navi we have no choice I'm going to stand up to this thing. You with me?" he asked.
Navi was scared but she nodded and stood her ground.
Link was preparing to attack when he saw that same shadowy figure in the trees again. Not like the one looming in front of him, this one had a lighter build. Once again he stared at it. Trying to make out who it was, it seemed… familiar?
"LINK WATCH IT!" warned Navi. But by the time Link acknowledged her warning it was too late.
*WHAM* Link felt a strong blow to the side of his neck, in exactly the same spot that Mido had impacted with his shield. But twice in the past couple of days was too much. Link dropped to his knees and rubbed his sore neck. The shadow in front of him disappeared but Link was too dazed to realise straight away.
Navi didn't let her guard drop. 'What next?' She asked herself suspiciously, hovering protectively around her companion.
"So… You've made the same mistake twice Link," came an oddly familiar voice from behind them. The duo froze, neither of them wanting to look who was behind them, but after a while Navi turned and flew bravely up to the attacker's face, if it came to it, she would use her powers. As Navi began to hover closer to her target, the light she produced began to light up the stranger's features, who appeared to be, no stranger at all! Navi's former motives melted away as she yelped in joy, "IMPA!"
Link shook the stars out of his head and forced himself to focus on the stranger. His eyes landed on a young woman with short, snowy white hair, clad in blue and silver armour. She had her arms folded over her chest and was talking happily with his guardian. He blinked at the stranger in surprise, "Who is this Navi and who was…?" Link pointed to the place where the more demon-like shadow disappeared earlier.
Navi shook her head. "Silly! Don't you remember Imp…" her words died down as she looked over at the Hylian who was shaking her head.
"His mind was erased… remember?" she reminded the fairy.
Navi mentally slapped herself. "Dang that's right, sometimes I forget…" she admitted to the lady.
Link was becoming more confused by the second. "What the heck is going on here?!" The young boy's patience was quickly rotting away.
Impa walked up to the sitting boy who immediately stood up on her approach. She placed one hand to her chest, "I am Impa, bodyguard to the princess, was the princesses trainer, I am now yours. The shadow you saw in front of you moments ago was only an illusion that I created, but it can still bite I was only testing you."
Navi's mouth gaped open. "Huh? What's going on Impa?"
Link just stood there, he'd given up on trying to understand the situation.
"I'll explain later Navi," the Hylian stated. She turned to Link "Ok, I want you to go back into the forest, gather all the necessities you will need because you won't be going back. Don't worry explaining to the Deku tree, he knows more about this than you do. I'll meet you back out here in half an hour."
This was all too much for Link he turned to his friend sadly. "But Navi the forest is all I know! I can't just leave without telling anyone!" he panicked.
"Your friends will be informed in the morning, now go! I'll wait here with Impa." She stated.
Link knew he didn't have a choice so he blindly trudged back into the forest, his mind whirling with a thousand thoughts and regrets. He climbed the ladder of his tree house and entered the little room, pulled a knap-sack and began to pack.
* * *
Navi and Impa stood patiently outside the forest entrance. Impa was leaning against a dead tree with her arms crossed over her chest again, her head down deep in thought. Even in the dim moonlight Navi could sense that something was bothering her. She hovered over to the woman and perched on her shoulder. " Why did you come…something's wrong isn't it?" she quietly asked.
Impa sighed and looked over at the worried fairy on her shoulder. "Yeah… we need Link's power again. I won't tell you much else till he's back but all I can say now is that Hyrule is once again in a lot of trouble."
* * *
Link had packed everything that he could think of that would be of use to him. He reached the wide bridge that was near the forest exit but just as he was about to reach the end of it, something made him look back. His eyes fell upon two Kokiri kids who were standing behind him with a confused look on their faces. It was Swat and Shiko.
"Where are you going Link?" asked swat, he sounded somewhat sad but his orange fringe covered his face so Link couldn't back it up.
All Link could do was tell them the truth. "I'm just as in the dark as you guys are, all I know is that I'm needed for something important outside of the forest… and that I won't be back for some time. The Deku tree will explain everything to you in the morning." When he'd finished he's eyes dropped to the floor, no knowing what to say next. Swat walked up to him and gave him a friendly embrace. "Do what you have to. We've always known that you were somewhat different to the rest of us, you really are lucky, I'll never get to see the outside world." He complained. After a quick goodbye Swat headed back to the village.
Shiko walked up to Link to bid him her farewell she did the same as swat by embracing him but she also pecked him shyly on the cheek. "Te he, Now who will be there to chase off Mido for me?" she asked in attempt to lighten the mood. She then reached into one of her pockets and withdrew a slingshot. "Here, I want you to have this. I've been working on it for the past few days, possibly to take pot shots at Mido from my window but I think it will help you more on your quest." She handed the small handcrafted weapon to her friend. Link took it gratefully and said one final goodbye before heading out of the forest and his formal life…
TBC…
Chap5 is just around the corner. (And I mean it this time!) Please…PLEASE write a review for this or any of my previous chapters, since I don't have many I don't know what others are thinking about my story. You could also E-mail me or talk to me on ICQ. 25511520.