Chapter 3
For the rest of the day, Link had spent all of his time with Mirren. He practiced sword fighting with him, went to Hylia to fish, and took him to Kakariko Village. They went to the Shooting Gallery. Before, Link had given Mirren a wonderful bow, and helped him get good at it. At the Shooting Gallery Mirren did very well. In fact, he was able to hit all ten rupees and received a purple rupee as a prize. Once they were done with that, Link thought it would be nice if he took Mirren to Lon Lon Ranch.
They ran all the way over there and entered the ranch. Mirren thought it was just absolutely beautiful. They first went to the house where Talon was, sleeping with his Cuccos.
"Hey Talon, what's up!?" said Link. Talon got surprised and woke up. He jumped up a bit before speaking.
"What in tarnation is goin' on around.......... Oh Link, it's you! Sorry!" he said.
"No problem Talon, I understand" Link replied. Both of them laughed until Talon noticed the boy beside Link. He looked at him for a moment.
"Hey, who's that Link?" he asked. Link smiled and put his shoulder on Mirren's shoulder.
"Believe it or not Talon, this is my little brother" he answered. Talon was very surprised. He would've never had expected to see Link with his little brother!
"Well hey there little guy!" said Talon, "what's yer name?"
"Mirren" he answered.
"Nice name, Mirren" replied Talon, "hey, how would ya like ta play a little game?"
"Sure" answered Mirren, "what is it?"
Talon laughed. "Well, it's my favorite game, but it's also my hardest!" he answered, "I'll throw my three Super Cuccos into a mess of regular cuccos, and you must find them in thirty seconds to get the prize. If yer playin', it'll cost ya ten rupees."
Mirren pulled out two blue rupees from his adult sized wallet and handed it to Talon. "Bring it on" he said with a grin. Talon smiled, Mirren reminded him of Link when Link was a boy. Talon then threw his Super Cuccos into the crowd of regular cuccos as Mirren dove in searching madly for the Super Cuccos. He searched and searched and found two of them.
"Alright kid, this is the moment of truth! One more and you win!" shouted Talon. Mirren looked and looked, but couldn't find the last one.
"Crud!" he said in his mind, "I've got like ten seconds left and I can't find the last Super Cucco!" Mirren just then noticed a cucco in a pile of hay. He dove in, grabbed it, and held it up just as time ran out.
"Nice job Mirren! Ya won!" shouted Talon, "Come get yer prize!" Mirren ran over to Link and Talon as Talon fished out a bottle of fresh Lon Lon Milk. "Here ya go Mirren, the best milk in Hyrule!" he said handing the bottle to Mirren. He took the bottle and put it away in his pouch.
"Hey Mirren, lets go see Malon, you'll love her horses!" Link said. Mirren nodded as they both began leaving the house.
"See ya around boys! Come back again!" shouted Talon.
"See ya!" Link and Mirren said back.
They both then walked all the way over to the track where Malon was grooming a horse. She immediately noticed Link.
"Link!" she exclaimed, "I'm so glad to see you!"
"Same here Malon" he replied. They both smiled at each other until Malon noticed Mirren.
"Hey, who are you?" she asked. Mirren somewhat froze. He thought Malon was kind of pretty, but answered without a nervous tone.
"I'm Mirren, Link's brother" he answered. Malon's jaw dropped as her eyes light up.
"Link, you have a little brother!?" she exclaimed, "That's so nice!" Link nodded.
"Yep, he's quite a kid" he said putting his hand on Mirren's shoulder. Mirren smiled, the same went for Malon.
"Hi, Mirren, I'm Malon, I'm one of your brother's best friends" she said, "It's nice to meet you!" Mirren nodded.
"It's nice to meet you too!" he replied. Malon liked Mirren a *real* lot, she also thought he was kind of cute. Like Talon, he reminded him of Link as a child.
"Hey Mirren, wanna see me ride Epona?" asked Link. Mirren looked a little confused.
"Who's Epona?" he asked. Link grinned and pulled out the Ocarina of Time. He then played the beautiful melody of Epona's Song. After he was done, Epona came galloping from Hyrule Field into the ranch. Mirren's eyes literary bugged out. She was huge! Not to mention absolutely beautiful!
"Wow!" he exclaimed, "that's you horse!?" Link nodded.
"Yep, none other horse better for me than Epona!" he replied stroking Epona's neck. He then jumped on Epona and began riding. He rode all around the track and then began jumping the fences. Mirren was even more amazed. He had never seen anyone ride so swiftly! So perfectly! So awesome! He was absolutely amazed!
"Man, I don't what to say, he rides so greatly" he said. Malon smiled and watched Link too.
"He is a great rider isn't he?" she said, "him and Epona are great friends; they've been together all their lives." Malon then thought about Mirren she turned towards and knelt down before him. She put her hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"How would *you* like to try riding?" she asked. Mirren didn't know what to say. He thought the riding looked like a lot of fun, but he had never ridden a horse like Epona was before!
"Well, ya see, I really don't think I can ride a horse like Epona I mean I've really never ridden before!" he said rubbing the back of his head with a little embarrassment. Malon laughed for a moment but soon stopped.
"I'd never let you ride a big horse like that!" she replied still giggling a little, "you're too small, you'd get killed! But I think a pony like when Link first met Epona would suit you fine!" Mirren smiled a little even though he didn't really like the comment on him being so small, but he knew Malon was right.
"Come with me" she said, "I think I know of a pony that's just right for you!" Mirren was still a little nervous even though it was just a pony, but he followed Malon over to the drinking porch. There, was a pretty brown pony. Her mane was black as the night sky, but he eyes shined in the wonderful sun. Mirren absolutely loved her. He just loved her beautiful sienna color hair. Malon told him her name was Artra. Mirren stroked her neck, and Artra loved it. Malon then taught him everything he would need to know in order to ride. Once she was done, Mirren got on Artra and walked around the track with her.
"You're doing great Mirren!" shouted Malon, "now try and gallop!" Mirren nodded and pushed Artra forward. He gave a little kick to get her going, and it worked perfectly. She rode pretty fast for a pony and went all around the track twice in less than a minute! Soon Link and Mirren needed to get back to Hyrule Castle. They said goodbye to Malon, Talon, and Artra as Link walked with Epona and Mirren.
They left the ranch and saw Hyrule Castle not too far away. The market was destroyed by Ganondorf when the seven years passed, but it was never rebuilt. Luckily though, everyone moved to Kakariko Village, so the shops were still around.
"Hey Mirren, get on Epona, we'll get to Hyrule Castle quicker" he said.
"I don't need Epona" Mirren said back. Link looked at Mirren quite surprised before bursting out into laughter.
"You actually think you're faster than Epona!? That's hilarious!!!" he exclaimed as he laughed more than.
"Of course not" Mirren replied, "I've got somethin' else!" Mirren then took out a beautiful redwood ocarina and played a wonderful melody. When he finished, he simply looked up at the sky.
"Hey, what's gonna happen?" asked Link. Mirren grinned.
"You'll see" he replied. Suddenly a loud roar echoed from the sky all the way down to the ground. Then a huge golden dragon was flying in the sky and finally flew down right by Mirren. He was about 40 feet tall, and was absolutely beautiful. His golden skin was like no other. You would think he was a destruction creature, but Mirren walked right up to him and jumped on top of him. He rubbed his head, and the dragon seemed to like it.
Epona neighed and jumped up in fright, but Link was even worse. His eyes were bugging out, and his jaw was drooping incredibly low. "Who, is that!?" he yelled. Mirren grinned.
"This is my dragon buddy Goldenfire" Mirren answered, "I fly him all the time. So, you still wanna have that race?" Link couldn't answer, he was speechless. He instead shook his head slowly.
"I didn't think so" he said still grinning. He then flew with Goldenfire at an incredible speed towards Hyrule Castle. Link watched him fly the golden dragon and soon snapped out of his shock condition. He then finally smiled.
"Man, I couldn't have gotten a better little brother" he said. He then got Epona ready and began following Mirren and Goldenfire.
* * * * *
Emralda and Ganondorf were still watching Mirren. They smiled wickedly as they saw Mirren flying his dragon happily. "I'll betcha that smile will literary disintegrate once we begin the plan" said Emralda. Ganondorf laughed.
"There's no doubt my sister!" he replied, "and we've already begun." Emralda looked at Ganondorf. "The pony and the dragon, great targets" she said.
"Yes, but let's leave the dragon for later" added Ganondorf, "that's one of his best friends, and we always save the best for the end." Emralda nodded.
"Yes, you're right" she replied, "We'll first capture his most loved ones from him. He'll most definitely be crushed, but I'm sure he'll be so enraged that he'll come here to fight us and try and get them back. When that happens, we'll kill him, and finally take over Hyrule together!"
Emralda smiled at Ganondorf. She always knew he was clever, and intelligent, and his wickedness helped him even more.
"Brother, who are the others we will take from him?" she asked.
"Don't get ahead of you Emralda" he said, "I've still got one more plan before we start capturing everyone he loves the most." Emralda smiled. "
You mean my special beasts?" she asked with an evil grin. Ganondorf nodded.
"Yes" he answered, "Captain Gorg and the Ogre Pirates, The Wolf-Bear, and The Evil Phoenix."
Emralda was evilly pleased with the answer. "I'll get them together right now" she said, "I'll send Captain Gorg and the Ogre Pirates to the Hyrule Sea, The Wolf-Bear in Terlon Forest, and The Evil Phoenix at Death Mountain Crater. That sound good Ganondorf?" Ganondorf nodded.
"That'll be good, go tell them now, I'll stay here and watch the kid", "And then when he falls asleep, I'll give him the news." Emralda nodded and left.
For the rest of the day, Link had spent all of his time with Mirren. He practiced sword fighting with him, went to Hylia to fish, and took him to Kakariko Village. They went to the Shooting Gallery. Before, Link had given Mirren a wonderful bow, and helped him get good at it. At the Shooting Gallery Mirren did very well. In fact, he was able to hit all ten rupees and received a purple rupee as a prize. Once they were done with that, Link thought it would be nice if he took Mirren to Lon Lon Ranch.
They ran all the way over there and entered the ranch. Mirren thought it was just absolutely beautiful. They first went to the house where Talon was, sleeping with his Cuccos.
"Hey Talon, what's up!?" said Link. Talon got surprised and woke up. He jumped up a bit before speaking.
"What in tarnation is goin' on around.......... Oh Link, it's you! Sorry!" he said.
"No problem Talon, I understand" Link replied. Both of them laughed until Talon noticed the boy beside Link. He looked at him for a moment.
"Hey, who's that Link?" he asked. Link smiled and put his shoulder on Mirren's shoulder.
"Believe it or not Talon, this is my little brother" he answered. Talon was very surprised. He would've never had expected to see Link with his little brother!
"Well hey there little guy!" said Talon, "what's yer name?"
"Mirren" he answered.
"Nice name, Mirren" replied Talon, "hey, how would ya like ta play a little game?"
"Sure" answered Mirren, "what is it?"
Talon laughed. "Well, it's my favorite game, but it's also my hardest!" he answered, "I'll throw my three Super Cuccos into a mess of regular cuccos, and you must find them in thirty seconds to get the prize. If yer playin', it'll cost ya ten rupees."
Mirren pulled out two blue rupees from his adult sized wallet and handed it to Talon. "Bring it on" he said with a grin. Talon smiled, Mirren reminded him of Link when Link was a boy. Talon then threw his Super Cuccos into the crowd of regular cuccos as Mirren dove in searching madly for the Super Cuccos. He searched and searched and found two of them.
"Alright kid, this is the moment of truth! One more and you win!" shouted Talon. Mirren looked and looked, but couldn't find the last one.
"Crud!" he said in his mind, "I've got like ten seconds left and I can't find the last Super Cucco!" Mirren just then noticed a cucco in a pile of hay. He dove in, grabbed it, and held it up just as time ran out.
"Nice job Mirren! Ya won!" shouted Talon, "Come get yer prize!" Mirren ran over to Link and Talon as Talon fished out a bottle of fresh Lon Lon Milk. "Here ya go Mirren, the best milk in Hyrule!" he said handing the bottle to Mirren. He took the bottle and put it away in his pouch.
"Hey Mirren, lets go see Malon, you'll love her horses!" Link said. Mirren nodded as they both began leaving the house.
"See ya around boys! Come back again!" shouted Talon.
"See ya!" Link and Mirren said back.
They both then walked all the way over to the track where Malon was grooming a horse. She immediately noticed Link.
"Link!" she exclaimed, "I'm so glad to see you!"
"Same here Malon" he replied. They both smiled at each other until Malon noticed Mirren.
"Hey, who are you?" she asked. Mirren somewhat froze. He thought Malon was kind of pretty, but answered without a nervous tone.
"I'm Mirren, Link's brother" he answered. Malon's jaw dropped as her eyes light up.
"Link, you have a little brother!?" she exclaimed, "That's so nice!" Link nodded.
"Yep, he's quite a kid" he said putting his hand on Mirren's shoulder. Mirren smiled, the same went for Malon.
"Hi, Mirren, I'm Malon, I'm one of your brother's best friends" she said, "It's nice to meet you!" Mirren nodded.
"It's nice to meet you too!" he replied. Malon liked Mirren a *real* lot, she also thought he was kind of cute. Like Talon, he reminded him of Link as a child.
"Hey Mirren, wanna see me ride Epona?" asked Link. Mirren looked a little confused.
"Who's Epona?" he asked. Link grinned and pulled out the Ocarina of Time. He then played the beautiful melody of Epona's Song. After he was done, Epona came galloping from Hyrule Field into the ranch. Mirren's eyes literary bugged out. She was huge! Not to mention absolutely beautiful!
"Wow!" he exclaimed, "that's you horse!?" Link nodded.
"Yep, none other horse better for me than Epona!" he replied stroking Epona's neck. He then jumped on Epona and began riding. He rode all around the track and then began jumping the fences. Mirren was even more amazed. He had never seen anyone ride so swiftly! So perfectly! So awesome! He was absolutely amazed!
"Man, I don't what to say, he rides so greatly" he said. Malon smiled and watched Link too.
"He is a great rider isn't he?" she said, "him and Epona are great friends; they've been together all their lives." Malon then thought about Mirren she turned towards and knelt down before him. She put her hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"How would *you* like to try riding?" she asked. Mirren didn't know what to say. He thought the riding looked like a lot of fun, but he had never ridden a horse like Epona was before!
"Well, ya see, I really don't think I can ride a horse like Epona I mean I've really never ridden before!" he said rubbing the back of his head with a little embarrassment. Malon laughed for a moment but soon stopped.
"I'd never let you ride a big horse like that!" she replied still giggling a little, "you're too small, you'd get killed! But I think a pony like when Link first met Epona would suit you fine!" Mirren smiled a little even though he didn't really like the comment on him being so small, but he knew Malon was right.
"Come with me" she said, "I think I know of a pony that's just right for you!" Mirren was still a little nervous even though it was just a pony, but he followed Malon over to the drinking porch. There, was a pretty brown pony. Her mane was black as the night sky, but he eyes shined in the wonderful sun. Mirren absolutely loved her. He just loved her beautiful sienna color hair. Malon told him her name was Artra. Mirren stroked her neck, and Artra loved it. Malon then taught him everything he would need to know in order to ride. Once she was done, Mirren got on Artra and walked around the track with her.
"You're doing great Mirren!" shouted Malon, "now try and gallop!" Mirren nodded and pushed Artra forward. He gave a little kick to get her going, and it worked perfectly. She rode pretty fast for a pony and went all around the track twice in less than a minute! Soon Link and Mirren needed to get back to Hyrule Castle. They said goodbye to Malon, Talon, and Artra as Link walked with Epona and Mirren.
They left the ranch and saw Hyrule Castle not too far away. The market was destroyed by Ganondorf when the seven years passed, but it was never rebuilt. Luckily though, everyone moved to Kakariko Village, so the shops were still around.
"Hey Mirren, get on Epona, we'll get to Hyrule Castle quicker" he said.
"I don't need Epona" Mirren said back. Link looked at Mirren quite surprised before bursting out into laughter.
"You actually think you're faster than Epona!? That's hilarious!!!" he exclaimed as he laughed more than.
"Of course not" Mirren replied, "I've got somethin' else!" Mirren then took out a beautiful redwood ocarina and played a wonderful melody. When he finished, he simply looked up at the sky.
"Hey, what's gonna happen?" asked Link. Mirren grinned.
"You'll see" he replied. Suddenly a loud roar echoed from the sky all the way down to the ground. Then a huge golden dragon was flying in the sky and finally flew down right by Mirren. He was about 40 feet tall, and was absolutely beautiful. His golden skin was like no other. You would think he was a destruction creature, but Mirren walked right up to him and jumped on top of him. He rubbed his head, and the dragon seemed to like it.
Epona neighed and jumped up in fright, but Link was even worse. His eyes were bugging out, and his jaw was drooping incredibly low. "Who, is that!?" he yelled. Mirren grinned.
"This is my dragon buddy Goldenfire" Mirren answered, "I fly him all the time. So, you still wanna have that race?" Link couldn't answer, he was speechless. He instead shook his head slowly.
"I didn't think so" he said still grinning. He then flew with Goldenfire at an incredible speed towards Hyrule Castle. Link watched him fly the golden dragon and soon snapped out of his shock condition. He then finally smiled.
"Man, I couldn't have gotten a better little brother" he said. He then got Epona ready and began following Mirren and Goldenfire.
* * * * *
Emralda and Ganondorf were still watching Mirren. They smiled wickedly as they saw Mirren flying his dragon happily. "I'll betcha that smile will literary disintegrate once we begin the plan" said Emralda. Ganondorf laughed.
"There's no doubt my sister!" he replied, "and we've already begun." Emralda looked at Ganondorf. "The pony and the dragon, great targets" she said.
"Yes, but let's leave the dragon for later" added Ganondorf, "that's one of his best friends, and we always save the best for the end." Emralda nodded.
"Yes, you're right" she replied, "We'll first capture his most loved ones from him. He'll most definitely be crushed, but I'm sure he'll be so enraged that he'll come here to fight us and try and get them back. When that happens, we'll kill him, and finally take over Hyrule together!"
Emralda smiled at Ganondorf. She always knew he was clever, and intelligent, and his wickedness helped him even more.
"Brother, who are the others we will take from him?" she asked.
"Don't get ahead of you Emralda" he said, "I've still got one more plan before we start capturing everyone he loves the most." Emralda smiled. "
You mean my special beasts?" she asked with an evil grin. Ganondorf nodded.
"Yes" he answered, "Captain Gorg and the Ogre Pirates, The Wolf-Bear, and The Evil Phoenix."
Emralda was evilly pleased with the answer. "I'll get them together right now" she said, "I'll send Captain Gorg and the Ogre Pirates to the Hyrule Sea, The Wolf-Bear in Terlon Forest, and The Evil Phoenix at Death Mountain Crater. That sound good Ganondorf?" Ganondorf nodded.
"That'll be good, go tell them now, I'll stay here and watch the kid", "And then when he falls asleep, I'll give him the news." Emralda nodded and left.