"Hey Link, what do you think this ceremony thing is?" Aryll asked.
"I don't know, probably some boring ritual type thing."
"That guy seemed to think it was something a little different, you know... important."
"Yeah, they always do- what's this?" Link said looking at a poster.
"Come to the Woodfall temple to see the public execution of this awful deku harasser." Link said reading," The execution will begin 9:00 tomorrow morning..." Link finished.
"Hey look! There's a picture of the harasser!" Aryll said.
"I wonder who the poor sap is- great spittin' octoroks! That's Tetra!!!"
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"Stupid scrubs..." Tetra mumbled." They lock me in here for no apparant reason, then expect me to willingly get executed! How stupid are these things?!"
"Quite down harraser!" the deku scrub guard said, poking Tetra with a sharp stick.
"Youch! How dare you poke me! I'm gonna- ooo... I'm gonna tear that stupid tube out of your mouth and make a toothpick out of it! Gah! You stupid creatures make me so mad!"
"Attention all guards she's at it again! Get the sleepy plant in here on the double!"
"Sleepy plant?! I don't know what that is, but I bet it's not as stupid as you are!! Yaaah!"
"Oh yeah, we definently need that plant..."
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"I wonder where Tetra is?" Link said going about the southern swamp.
"I don't know-" Aryll started when a loud voice screamed across the swamp.
"What was that?!" Aryll said frightened.
"My bet's on Tetra." Link said rubbing his head.
"Hey hold it right there!" a deku guard said loudly," What are you doing romping around at this hour?!"
"Uh... looking for our friend?" Link said shrugging.
Aryll rolled her eyes at the statement.
"What he means is, that our friend Tetra is being held here, and we would like to see her."
"Well... I don't see too much good in it... she is dead in the morning." the guard said scratching his head,"Are you really close friends or something?"
"You could say that." Link said whistling and looking upwards.
"Okay, but on one condition! You gotta get it okayed by the queen first!"
"Fine, take us there." Link said.
And off they went.
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"What are you here for?" the queen asked impatiently, it was 1:00 in the morning, and the queen is 117...
"We're here to see Tetra." Link said plainly.
"You mean that- that- that deku harasser?! What ever for??"
"We're her friends, and would like to see her."
"Well I guess there's no real harm in it... unviel the cage!"
"Well it's about freakin' time Link!! Where wer you?! Get me out of here!!" Tetra started loudly.
"Quickly, veil the cage again! She's too loud! And would someone bring me my glasses!"
Then Link actually got a good look at the queen, she wore a long gown, with alot of beads at the top, she had a round head, droopy eyes, goggly glasses, and leafy hair that came out at the bottom, but went up like a palm tree at the top, with a bun on the very top.
"Now the- hey... you look familiar..." the queen said studying Link." Sorta like that boy that saved me all those years ago... save the clothes however. Yes you look just like that boy... Link was his name, yeah that's it you look just like him." the queen rambled.
"Okay, but why are you executing Tetra again?"Link asked.
"She- well... I don't know what she did, but she put my daughter in a body cast!"
"Y-you mean t-the princess?!?!?! Aw, Tetra..." Link started.
"And she will be persecuted no matter what!"
"Are you sure there isn't anything I could do to prevent this? There must be omething you need done that could get her out of this." Link asked.
"Well there is one thing... "
"What? What is it? Whatever it is, consider it done!" Link said quickly.
"Tell me... did you see the small stream outside our castle?"
"Uh, you mean that little creek? Yeah, we saw it; why?"
"Because that creek once was a mighty river, powered by the mountain spring on top of the mountain outside."
"But how did it go from that to a dinky little creek? Is the spring dead?"
"No, the spring is fine, it's what's blocking the stream that you need concern yourself with."
"Why? What's up there?"
"Odolwa."
Upon speaking the name, all of the dekus shivered with fright.
"Who is that?" Aryll asked.
"Odolwa is the masked warrior from years past. He terrorized us once before, kidnapping me in the process. All hope was lost for me untill a small boy named Link appeared. He destroyed Odolwa with one swift stroke, rescuing me and freeing our people from Odolwa. We pay tribute to this boy every year on that day, when the moon came crashing down from the heavens, and he, with the help of the giants, stopped it from happening. That boy's name was Link."
"The hero of legend?? Awsome!" Link said jumping.
"But that is not all, for this time he has prepared for any battles, all of our warriors have perished upon entering the spring."
"Why? What's up there that allows this?"
"I guess I could tell you. Well, you see, he has built a mighty dam that blocks all of the spring from our view, and in order for us to recieve our precious water again, we must pay him 100 platium rupees a day."
"A what?! What's a platinum rupee??"
"Don't you know the currency down here?! Okay, first comes green rupees, their worth 1 rupee, then comes-"
"Yes, yes, I know all that, but in my land it doesn't go past silver!"
"Oh, well after silver rupee here, there is the gold rupee, worth 1,000 rupees, then comes platinum, which is worth 5,000 rupees, so we pay 500,000 rupees a day, to acquire water."
"Not good..." Link thought.
"And as you can probably see, we haven't been paying so our swampy river has become a stream."
"Also not good..."Link thought.
"Well why don't you get water from somewhere else?" Aryll asked.
"Ha! We dekus can only survive on the water that flows here, any other and we'd die. But if we don't get our water within three days, we shrivel up and die."
"Really bad..." Link thought.
"But to make matters worse, some of our people defected, and went up to the dam to work. Of course their payment is water, but not the normal water, this water poisens the mind, turning you into an obedient slave, making it so that whatever Odolwa says goes. Some of our people were killed just for asking for a little water, by our own people too! Those poisened minds can't see anything, but there master, they won't even remember their own family; we've lost many spies this way."
"Spies?"
"Yes, we sent a few spies to work there, telling them to report what is going on. Only one returned, the most loyal of all of my subjects, was turned into a raving lunatic. A great conflict went on in his mind, not being able to choose between his people, or Odolwa. We revived him with the remaining water, and he awoke. He told us of these events, and how he only drank half a glass of that awful water before realizing what it was, and running."
"That's not good at all..."
"And to make matters worse, we gave the last bottle of water to our latest spy, my daughter!"
"Huh boy..."Link said putting his hand on his forehead.
"That... harasser got mad at her for pretending to not know where she was, for spy purposes, and now we don't have any agents up there at all!"
"Hee...hee... uh, sorry about that..."
"Now you should take her place, after all it was your tempered friend who messed things up."
"Point taken... but wouldn't he notice a human spy?"
"Yes, and he would not be happy about it. He's attacked humans much harder, and more furious than even the dekus; you should definently not go as you are."
"Then how will I?"
"Tell me... do you see the mask above me, mounted on the wall?"
"Yes... it looks like a deku face, but I don't even think Tetra wouldn't notice that." Link said grinning.
"What was that?!?!" An extremely angry Tetra yelled.
"Nothing..." Link said weakly backing away from the cage.
"But back to the point, what would that mask accomplish?" Linkk asked.
"Hah! Try it on, see for yourself."
Then the queen threw the mask to Link, who caught it in midair.
"Well... put it on."
So Link put on the mask.......
"Well? Is something supposed to happen now... or what?" Link said wearing the mask.
Then the mask started to glow.
"W-what's h-happening t-to m-me?!" Link said as he also started to glow.
Then Link screamed loudly and the whole room filled with light.
"Ungh... what happened?" Link said dazed.
"Hey everybody grew about 2 to three feet, what's going on?"Link asked confused.
"Wow, big brother! Your a deku scrub!" Aryll said looking down on him.
"A deku scrub that can't be righ- holy!-where's my body?!" Link screamed, totally confused.
"Don't worry, all you have to do is take the mask off and you'll be you try it."
So Link reached for his face, and pulled... the next thing he knew, he was him again.
"That is one wild ride!"Link said, panting.
"Well, now that you can blend in with the dekus... will you defeat Odolwa?"
"Sure! What do I do?"
"First you get a job as one of the dam's guards, then, try not to drink the water they give you, lastly, sneak into his fortress, and find the cure for my people."
"Okay I'll do it!" and Link took off for the mountain spring.
"I don't know, probably some boring ritual type thing."
"That guy seemed to think it was something a little different, you know... important."
"Yeah, they always do- what's this?" Link said looking at a poster.
"Come to the Woodfall temple to see the public execution of this awful deku harasser." Link said reading," The execution will begin 9:00 tomorrow morning..." Link finished.
"Hey look! There's a picture of the harasser!" Aryll said.
"I wonder who the poor sap is- great spittin' octoroks! That's Tetra!!!"
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"Stupid scrubs..." Tetra mumbled." They lock me in here for no apparant reason, then expect me to willingly get executed! How stupid are these things?!"
"Quite down harraser!" the deku scrub guard said, poking Tetra with a sharp stick.
"Youch! How dare you poke me! I'm gonna- ooo... I'm gonna tear that stupid tube out of your mouth and make a toothpick out of it! Gah! You stupid creatures make me so mad!"
"Attention all guards she's at it again! Get the sleepy plant in here on the double!"
"Sleepy plant?! I don't know what that is, but I bet it's not as stupid as you are!! Yaaah!"
"Oh yeah, we definently need that plant..."
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"I wonder where Tetra is?" Link said going about the southern swamp.
"I don't know-" Aryll started when a loud voice screamed across the swamp.
"What was that?!" Aryll said frightened.
"My bet's on Tetra." Link said rubbing his head.
"Hey hold it right there!" a deku guard said loudly," What are you doing romping around at this hour?!"
"Uh... looking for our friend?" Link said shrugging.
Aryll rolled her eyes at the statement.
"What he means is, that our friend Tetra is being held here, and we would like to see her."
"Well... I don't see too much good in it... she is dead in the morning." the guard said scratching his head,"Are you really close friends or something?"
"You could say that." Link said whistling and looking upwards.
"Okay, but on one condition! You gotta get it okayed by the queen first!"
"Fine, take us there." Link said.
And off they went.
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"What are you here for?" the queen asked impatiently, it was 1:00 in the morning, and the queen is 117...
"We're here to see Tetra." Link said plainly.
"You mean that- that- that deku harasser?! What ever for??"
"We're her friends, and would like to see her."
"Well I guess there's no real harm in it... unviel the cage!"
"Well it's about freakin' time Link!! Where wer you?! Get me out of here!!" Tetra started loudly.
"Quickly, veil the cage again! She's too loud! And would someone bring me my glasses!"
Then Link actually got a good look at the queen, she wore a long gown, with alot of beads at the top, she had a round head, droopy eyes, goggly glasses, and leafy hair that came out at the bottom, but went up like a palm tree at the top, with a bun on the very top.
"Now the- hey... you look familiar..." the queen said studying Link." Sorta like that boy that saved me all those years ago... save the clothes however. Yes you look just like that boy... Link was his name, yeah that's it you look just like him." the queen rambled.
"Okay, but why are you executing Tetra again?"Link asked.
"She- well... I don't know what she did, but she put my daughter in a body cast!"
"Y-you mean t-the princess?!?!?! Aw, Tetra..." Link started.
"And she will be persecuted no matter what!"
"Are you sure there isn't anything I could do to prevent this? There must be omething you need done that could get her out of this." Link asked.
"Well there is one thing... "
"What? What is it? Whatever it is, consider it done!" Link said quickly.
"Tell me... did you see the small stream outside our castle?"
"Uh, you mean that little creek? Yeah, we saw it; why?"
"Because that creek once was a mighty river, powered by the mountain spring on top of the mountain outside."
"But how did it go from that to a dinky little creek? Is the spring dead?"
"No, the spring is fine, it's what's blocking the stream that you need concern yourself with."
"Why? What's up there?"
"Odolwa."
Upon speaking the name, all of the dekus shivered with fright.
"Who is that?" Aryll asked.
"Odolwa is the masked warrior from years past. He terrorized us once before, kidnapping me in the process. All hope was lost for me untill a small boy named Link appeared. He destroyed Odolwa with one swift stroke, rescuing me and freeing our people from Odolwa. We pay tribute to this boy every year on that day, when the moon came crashing down from the heavens, and he, with the help of the giants, stopped it from happening. That boy's name was Link."
"The hero of legend?? Awsome!" Link said jumping.
"But that is not all, for this time he has prepared for any battles, all of our warriors have perished upon entering the spring."
"Why? What's up there that allows this?"
"I guess I could tell you. Well, you see, he has built a mighty dam that blocks all of the spring from our view, and in order for us to recieve our precious water again, we must pay him 100 platium rupees a day."
"A what?! What's a platinum rupee??"
"Don't you know the currency down here?! Okay, first comes green rupees, their worth 1 rupee, then comes-"
"Yes, yes, I know all that, but in my land it doesn't go past silver!"
"Oh, well after silver rupee here, there is the gold rupee, worth 1,000 rupees, then comes platinum, which is worth 5,000 rupees, so we pay 500,000 rupees a day, to acquire water."
"Not good..." Link thought.
"And as you can probably see, we haven't been paying so our swampy river has become a stream."
"Also not good..."Link thought.
"Well why don't you get water from somewhere else?" Aryll asked.
"Ha! We dekus can only survive on the water that flows here, any other and we'd die. But if we don't get our water within three days, we shrivel up and die."
"Really bad..." Link thought.
"But to make matters worse, some of our people defected, and went up to the dam to work. Of course their payment is water, but not the normal water, this water poisens the mind, turning you into an obedient slave, making it so that whatever Odolwa says goes. Some of our people were killed just for asking for a little water, by our own people too! Those poisened minds can't see anything, but there master, they won't even remember their own family; we've lost many spies this way."
"Spies?"
"Yes, we sent a few spies to work there, telling them to report what is going on. Only one returned, the most loyal of all of my subjects, was turned into a raving lunatic. A great conflict went on in his mind, not being able to choose between his people, or Odolwa. We revived him with the remaining water, and he awoke. He told us of these events, and how he only drank half a glass of that awful water before realizing what it was, and running."
"That's not good at all..."
"And to make matters worse, we gave the last bottle of water to our latest spy, my daughter!"
"Huh boy..."Link said putting his hand on his forehead.
"That... harasser got mad at her for pretending to not know where she was, for spy purposes, and now we don't have any agents up there at all!"
"Hee...hee... uh, sorry about that..."
"Now you should take her place, after all it was your tempered friend who messed things up."
"Point taken... but wouldn't he notice a human spy?"
"Yes, and he would not be happy about it. He's attacked humans much harder, and more furious than even the dekus; you should definently not go as you are."
"Then how will I?"
"Tell me... do you see the mask above me, mounted on the wall?"
"Yes... it looks like a deku face, but I don't even think Tetra wouldn't notice that." Link said grinning.
"What was that?!?!" An extremely angry Tetra yelled.
"Nothing..." Link said weakly backing away from the cage.
"But back to the point, what would that mask accomplish?" Linkk asked.
"Hah! Try it on, see for yourself."
Then the queen threw the mask to Link, who caught it in midair.
"Well... put it on."
So Link put on the mask.......
"Well? Is something supposed to happen now... or what?" Link said wearing the mask.
Then the mask started to glow.
"W-what's h-happening t-to m-me?!" Link said as he also started to glow.
Then Link screamed loudly and the whole room filled with light.
"Ungh... what happened?" Link said dazed.
"Hey everybody grew about 2 to three feet, what's going on?"Link asked confused.
"Wow, big brother! Your a deku scrub!" Aryll said looking down on him.
"A deku scrub that can't be righ- holy!-where's my body?!" Link screamed, totally confused.
"Don't worry, all you have to do is take the mask off and you'll be you try it."
So Link reached for his face, and pulled... the next thing he knew, he was him again.
"That is one wild ride!"Link said, panting.
"Well, now that you can blend in with the dekus... will you defeat Odolwa?"
"Sure! What do I do?"
"First you get a job as one of the dam's guards, then, try not to drink the water they give you, lastly, sneak into his fortress, and find the cure for my people."
"Okay I'll do it!" and Link took off for the mountain spring.