Chapter 3: The Master Sword
Authors note: How was chapter 2? This chapter should be when the gang meets Link. Hopefully it wont take long to update. I'm still looking for characters so if you want an original character to appear in my story put it in a review. Details in ch.1. Oh yah, Dameon is kind of an air head in this chapter even though that's the opposite of what his personality really is. I just did it cus it was fun. Light Sage was kinda mad though ^_^
In the Forest- day 2, morning (I need to put days or it won't make sense. Trust me ^_^)
"WHAT!" yelled Link. "The Master Sword should be right here."
"Maybe this one is a trap."
"I guess that does make sense. It probably is a mirage and is really a pit or something."
"With spikes on the bottom."
"Or a crocodile pond."
"Or an infinite hole."
" Or an electric field."
"Or a lava pit."
"Or a monkey on a unicycle yelling "Weeeeeeeeee."
"Or a............. ah hell with it, lets go see." Link and Navi sneak up toward the pedestal like secret spies. Once they are right next to it they stop.
"You touch it first." Link whispered.
"No, you!"
"You."
"You."
"You."
"Fine we'll touch it together on 3. 1.....................2............................4........................5.................12......................87........................................90...................................45................................3" (Link and Navi both touch the pedestal but nothing happens.)
"Tch, that's cheap." said Navi. Then, in the blink of an eye, they were ambushed by hundreds of deku scrubs. The scrubs run in from each side of the clearing blocking Link and Navi. They slowly close in toward them until Link and Navi are trapped.
"Oh god, what are they gonna do to us?" Link whispered to Navi.
"I don't know. Besides I could easily fly away leaving you here." she whispered back.
"What, you can't do tha................" just then the dekus moved over forming an isle. At the end of the isle Link and Navi could see a deku scrub walking toward them. Only difference about this scrub was that it was 5 feet tall instead of the other 1 foot ones. When the leader reached Link and Navi everything fell silent and the he spoke. Surprisingly the scrub spoke Hylian.
"Who dares enter our territory?"
"Umm......... I'm Link and this is my fairy Bob."
"Hey, my names not Bob, it's Navi!"
"Silence, I was talking to the human." (Link sticks his tongue out at Navi). "So Link, why hast thow entered thy forest""
"I was sent by the goddesses to retrieve the Master Sword and I had no idea that, that pedestal had been a trap." Link lied.
"How am I to believe that you, a pathetic little human, was sent to retrieve the sacred Master Sword."
"I have Din's signature." Link pulled out a note with a signature scribbled on the bottom.
The deku scrub grabbed the not e and started to read. "Hmmm..... blah, blah blah. O here, I hereby decree that Link and Navi............."
"Ha I told you my name was Navi."
"Shut up!" the Deku seemed mad from being interrupted and his face turned red. "Anyway, It says here, I hereby decree that Link and Navi have permission to retrieve the Master Sword- signed, Din. Well I guess that's enough proof."
"So are we allowed to pull the master sword." Navi asked.
"Yuuuuuuup." Replied the scrub losing all of his old English accent.
"So........... where is the pedestal." Link questioned.
"Right behind you." the deku scrub leader pointed to the empty pedestal.
"No, I mean the real one." Link said somewhat aggravated.
"Not the fake." Navi put in.
"That is the real one." the scrub said apparently not noticing he was being very unobvious.
"Then where's the Master Sword?" Link and Navi shout.
"Oh, someone just came by this way not to long ago and pulled it right out. He also had permission from someone by the name of Zelba, no Helda, or was it....."
"ZELDA!" Link shouted with extreme surprise.
"Ah yes, that was it."
"But Zelda and the other sages disappeared after they sealed Ganon." Navi cut in before Link could say anything.
"The signature didn't lie, it said something about some boy named Leon who needed to pull out the sword. Apparently Zelda didn't know that someone else had been sent to get the sword.
"What did this boy, Leon, look like?" Link interrogate.
"He was about your age and size, looked like he was Hylian, wasn't wearing a hat, had a blue tunic, and was traveling with another boy and a fairy."
"And where might we find this Leon." Navi questioned.
"Well he was going in that direction." the deku leader then points east. "But, he will probably be coming back here since he forgot his bow."
Link picks up the bow "I need to find him so I'll take this with me."
"Farewell and good luck." the deku leader wave to them as Link and Navi left the clearing through the same path the scrub had taken. They exited the clearing and not to long after ran into a certain young Hylian.
Behind Hyrule Castle- day 1 night (notice how it's a day before Link and Navi.)
"Would you stop that!" Leon yells to Neo who was continuously circling his head.
"Sorry. Don't you think we should rest now?"
"I'm tired." sighed Dameon.
"Did we ask you!" retorted Neo.
"Well I never." replied Dameon in the most girly way possible.
"OOOOOk, that was plain scary." said Leon now inching away slowly.
"Nooo.. shit sherlock!" Neo replied with a sarcastic voice.
"GASP, you swore!" said Dameon.
"Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."
"Umm........... isn't that uhh, bad?"
"How long have you been on this planet?" asked Neo thinking he was a complete idiot for not remembering the many times both him and Leon had sworn.
" Hmm....... good question. Lets see." (Starts counting with his fingers causing Neo and Leon to explode in laughter.) Dameon who's still confused walks a few feet away and mumbles a few words to himself. Later they go and collect a fish, a squirrel, some berries, and some mushrooms for a small dinner. Right after dinner they all sleep on the ground using their equipment for warmth. Dameon is the first asleep and snores softly but Leon and Neo are still wide awake. Since he isn't able to sleep Leon decides to organize his arrows. He takes them all out and separates them by elements. Neo wondering why the heck Leon is organizing at this time of day glides over to him.
"Why are you doing this in the middle of the night."
"I guess I'm just bored. Apparently you can't sleep either." replied Leon.
"Yah." Neo suddenly jumped and yelled. "Whoa, what's that!"
"Shhhhhhhhh. Don't wake Dameon up."
"Oops, still look over there."
"You think I'm a sucker don't you?"
"What are you talking about?" Neo asked still jumping around looking behind Leon.
"Well you think I'm gonna turn around to see what your talking about and there will be nothing there. Then you'll say, ha, made you look."
"What? There you go again not believing me. Please just turn around. Your being an idiot."
"Fine, but if you're wrong the readers will have to face another intermission like the one in chapter two." Leon turned around and dropped his arrows. There he saw a bush. No, not a regular bush, a glowing bush. Leon looked closer and noticed that a fairy was lighting the bush.
"Ha told you so..........." but before he could finish Leon smacked his hand over Neo's mouth.
"Shh, let's sneak up on it." Leon grabbed his quiver to use for catching the fairy and slowly tip toed toward the bush. Leon froze when he reached the bush and slowly began raise the net (his quiver). Leon was just about to swing the net down when Neo sneezed. The fairy quickly noticed it was in danger and swiftly fluttered away into one of the castle windows.
"Well so much for that." Neo started to flutter back to her bed.
"Whoa, hold on. I want to find out what that fairy was doing here."
"Then go." retorted Neo gathering a few leaves for a blanket.
"Your not coming with me?" Leon asked.
"No, I'm tired and wanna go to sleep."
"Please, I don't want to go alone."
"Then take him with you." Neo pointed to Dameon.
"No way! Please can you come with me?"
"Fine, I'll come with you." After grabbing some equipment Leon and Neo think of an idea of how to get to the window.
"I know, how about I tie a rope to a rope to one of my arrows and shoot it up toward the window for us to climb." Leon suggests.
"One problem, we don't have a rope."
"How about I use that conveniently placed rope over there."
"Works for me."
Leon tied the rope to one of his arrows then shot the arrow upward toward the window. The arrow latched onto the window and Leon climbed up. Neo on the other hand just flied up.
When they got up they were in a small room. The room had an old wood floor with a evergreen rug in the middle. The ceiling was stone and had many cracks, to their left was a door and to the right was a small bed. The room was otherwise empty. One odd thing did stick out though, under the sheets of the bed was a small shaking ball of light. Leon, knowing the light was coming from the fairy once again pulled out his quiver (which he had brought with him) and quickly pulled the sheets off the bed. The fairy was terrified and zoomed away before Leon had even raised his quiver.
"After that fairy!" Leon yelled while sprinting out the door (dramatic chasing music plays).
Announcer: And there off. Leon's rushed out the door and is now running down the hall way. Leon is catching up now, but it looks like that fairy's going to turn. And what do you know, the fairy, as predicted, has turned and is now flying down another hall. Leon gets ready for the turn, can he execute this one. Aaaaaaaaand, OH, he falls. But he makes a quick recovery and is back on the chase. Neo is now ahead of Leon and is on high pursuit. What's this, he's trying to persuade the fairy to stop. That ain't going to work now is it. Leon is catching up but might once again fall behind if this fairy makes any sudden moves. Omigosh! The fairy has flown up and turned around. It is coming right at Neo and Leon. The fairy obviously did this hoping it would be able to confuse the chasers. Neo tries to stop the fairy aaaaaand fails. The fairy is speeding down the corridor. Leon is sprinting at full speed now and has pulled out his quiver. They have almost met and..................................................... Leon catches him. The crowd cheers! Leon has captured the fairy! YAY! Okay, back to the story.
"Nice one Leon." Neo complimented while flying back to him.
"We'd better make sure it doesn't escape."
"Let's see what it has to say." Leon opened the quiver and the fairy spoke.
"Please don't hurt me. Let me go! Please."
"We don't want to hurt you, we just want to know where you're from. There aren't many fairies around anymore and when I saw you I was curious." Neo spoke in a soft voice trying not to scare the terrified fairy.
"Oh, thank the goddesses." the fairy sighed with relief.
"Where are you from and what's your name." Leon questioned, afterward noticing how rude he rude he asked.
"Oh yah, my name is Zelda." she said. "I am Princess Zelda's messenger."
"Zelda the sage?"
"Yup."
"But didn't all the sages disappear 5 years ago when they banished Ganon?"
"They all survived."
"How?"
"Well, I'm not supposed to tell anyone this but, after the sages had banished Ganon into the sacred realm they had been drained of power. They were sent back to their temples and the connection holding Hyrule was broken. The sages now no longer have their human form. They are spirits and all have secret messengers; I am Zelda's. They will only return to their human form when they hear the Song of Time."
"Oh, so where is Zelda." Leon questioned.
"I'm not sure really. She is always in this castle though so usually, to find her, I hum the Song of Time."
"Can you teach it to me, I need to cross the border."
"No, I'm sorry, only a sage can teach the sacred Song of Time."
"Then hurry up and summon Zelda."
"Yeh, hurry up already." Neo put in.
"Fine, be that way." Zelda (the fairy) then sang the Song of Time.
"Hey, that song seems strangely familiar........" But Leon was quickly interrupted by a gust of wind.
"Whoa, that was awkward." Neo said. Suddenly the gusts formed a small whirlwind and Zelda appeared.
"What's wrong Zelda?" Zelda (the sage) asked.
"Nothing." the fairy replied, "these people wish to learn the Song of Time."
"Oh, really, and how am I to trust these strangers." Zelda questioned.
"Um, well actually, we are, uhhh........ Hey Neo, how can we be trusted?"
"Well, to tell the truth, we can't. We just want to know the song so we can cross the border."
"Why do you wish to cross the border." Zelda asked. So Leon and Neo explain everything that happened, saying how they thought Link was in the forest. "I see no lie in your tale, you may learn the sacred song."
"Whoa really, we can!" Leon exclaimed.
"There is one thing I cannot do though."
"And what would that be?"
"I can not teach it to you."
"What, why not." Leon stood there baffled.
"I won't teach it to you for one reason, you already know it."
"I do?"
"I am aware of the dream you had. The unfamiliar song you were playing is the Song of Time."
"Really? That's awkward."
"If you say so." Zelda said to herself.
"See if you can play it Leon." the fairy put in.
"Yeh, try to play it." Neo said.
"Actually I don't really remember the song very well."
"Search deep within yourself and the tune will be clear." with that Zelda and her fairy were gone, disappearing in another gust of wind.
"Wait, I still can't remember the song!" Leon searched around the room looking for a clue.
"Search deep within." a mysterious voice echoed to them.
"Think, think, think, I can't remember it."
"How pathetic. Fine take this."
"Yay!" Leon picked up the paper. On the paper was notes: A V A V ( OOT notes) Leon reached back and pulled out his ocarina.
"How can you tell what those notes mean?"
"Dunno. I'm gunnu try to play it." Leon practiced the song almost a hundred times, not quite getting it right each time.
"How long is this going to take?" Neo whined
"Hold on, I think I've almost got it." Leon tried the song again and again until he finally got the notes right. The sound of a harp almost seemed to accompany the ocarina as the melody was played. The notes echoed through the halls until the sound died away. A blue circle of light suddenly shot down from the ceiling where Leon and Neo were standing. Leon went blind from the bright light and shut his eyes tight. He felt himself being lifted and he fell unconscious. Neo also had his eyes closed but stayed awake. The levitated up and vanished with the blue light.
Castle Grounds
Dameon moans, "Is it morning yet..................Hey, anyone there?" Dameon sat up rubbing his eyes and noticed that he was alone. He scanned around and noticed Leons quiver was missing and his arrows were all laying on the ground. "Probably went for a walk." Dameon mumbled to himself. "I'll just go look for a mid night sna........." Dameon was interrupted by a sudden blue light shooting down from the sky. He had to close his eyes from the bright light. Dameon opened his eyes back up as the light died out and saw Leon and Neo vaporize into the air.
"Were back." Leon said.
"Whoa, where were you?" Dameon walked over to them.
"We saw a fairy fly into the castle and followed it."
"And you just left me here!"
"Umm, we didn't want to wake you up." Leon lied.
"What was the fairy doing there?"
"It was Zelda's messenger." Leon then explained every thing that happened.
"So you know the Song of Time now?"
"Yup, and now we can go to the forest."
"When should we go?" Neo asked.
"Now."
"Now?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Yes already! You coming?" Leon asked while picking up his now organized arrows. Dameon made a slight nod. So the three walked back to the border, Leon and Neo gabbing away, Dameon silent.
"Here I go." Leon pulled out his ocarina and played the Song of Time, which he now knew by memory. The last note drifted off into space until it was gone. A crystal door then appeared and a bridge was formed by stars.
"Cool." Neo exclaimed in amazement.
"Who should go first." Leon asked. "Well it doesn't count for Neo since he's flying, how 'bout you." Leon asked. Dameon just looked away.
"Oooook, then I'll go." Leon slowly stepped onto the bridge with one foot and noticed the path was solid. He walked across and the two others followed. The path wasn't long and they soon reached the forest.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Neo asked.
"Anything." Leon simply replied. They continued walking through the forest and found not one form of life besides the plants.
"This forest is creepy." Neo shuddered.
"Yah, there aren't any animals at all, not even bugs." Leon said.
"Look there's a clearing up ahead." Dameon pointed to a small treeless field. The clearing was dead silent and shaded by trees. The trees didn't shade the whole field though, but left a small circle of light. Directly in the middle of the light was a pedestal with the triforce etched into it. Stuck inside the stone was a sword.
Up a tree in the clearing
"Sire, sire, there are intruders in the clearing." a deku scrub said quickly to the king deku.
"Yes, I am aware of that." the king replied.
"Should I get our troops."
"No, that won't be needed."
"What do you mean sire?"
"I have gotten a telepathic message from Zelda saying that the boy down there has permission to enter the forest."
"First of all, who's Zelda, second of all, what if the boy pulls out the sword.?"
"Zelda is supposedly one of the sages of Hyrule. She said she felt he would be the one to destroy Ganon and that he had permission to pull out the sword."
"Whoa, that's the Master Sword." Leon said as he ran up to the pedestal. "Apparently Link never was here, if he was he would have taken the sword."
"How is light shining through the trees if it's the middle of the night."
"Who cares." Dameon said.
"How rude."
"For some reason I have the erg to pull the sword out." Leon said softly
"Than go ahead." Neo retorted.
"Hmm, okay." Leon threw off his quiver (because it was heavy), stepped onto the pedestal, placed his hands carefully onto the hilt, flexed his legs, and pulled the sword up. The sword remained in the stone and Leon yelped from a sting that shot into his hands.
"Ow, I must have not pulled hard enough. I'm a little tired."
"Nice excuse." Neo and Dameon said in unison.
"Jinx." they said together.
"Double jinx." Neo said before Dameon could react.
"CURSES!" Dameon shouted to the sky.
"Would you shut up!" Leon hopped back onto the pedestal, placed his hands carefully onto the hilt, flexed his legs, pulled the sword up, and............. the sword slipped out of the stone into Leons hands. A strong force pulled them all back and the sword shot out a strong glow. Light shot out of the blade forcing Leon to the ground. The clearing lit up and the three heard birds chirping.
"Holy crap! That was the coolest thing I've ever seen!" Leon gasped for breath.
"All the animals have returned." Neo said.
"And the forest is now more alive." Dameon explained. It was true, all of the plants now seemed more lively and colorful.
"This sword is awesome." Leon said while they all got back up.
"To bad you don't have a sheath for it." Neo pointed out.
"I guess I can carry it until I get one." Leon replied.
"We should get some rest now." Dameon said.
"This forest isn't to big, we could probably make it back to the castle and rest there."
"Yeh, I still think this forest is creepy." Neo said. The three walked out of the clearing and eventually got out of the forest. They got back to the castle and soon dosed off. One time during the night Neo had woken up and thought he saw the blue fairy flying toward the forest, but he figured he was dreaming and went back to sleep. They slept the rest of the night and woke up early in the morning. They gathered a small breakfast and got ready to head back to the town.
"Dammit," Leon swore, "I left my quiver in the clearing."
"You can get another one."
"It had all my arrows in it."
"Smart move. I guess we should go back than." Neo sighed. Leon played the song once again and they walked back into the forest. They navigated through the forest and were almost at the clearing. Leon was about to step into the clearing when he noticed that deku scrubs were gathered in the field. Then quickly someone came into view. The person had a blue fairy and was walking down an isle made by the scrubs. It was Link
Soooooo, any good? It took me long to type. I have apparently been busy (yay, I have a life). Please review, I need some characters. I will probably use all of the characters submitted. If too many are sent in I'll take the first ones. First com first serve. ^_^
Authors note: How was chapter 2? This chapter should be when the gang meets Link. Hopefully it wont take long to update. I'm still looking for characters so if you want an original character to appear in my story put it in a review. Details in ch.1. Oh yah, Dameon is kind of an air head in this chapter even though that's the opposite of what his personality really is. I just did it cus it was fun. Light Sage was kinda mad though ^_^
In the Forest- day 2, morning (I need to put days or it won't make sense. Trust me ^_^)
"WHAT!" yelled Link. "The Master Sword should be right here."
"Maybe this one is a trap."
"I guess that does make sense. It probably is a mirage and is really a pit or something."
"With spikes on the bottom."
"Or a crocodile pond."
"Or an infinite hole."
" Or an electric field."
"Or a lava pit."
"Or a monkey on a unicycle yelling "Weeeeeeeeee."
"Or a............. ah hell with it, lets go see." Link and Navi sneak up toward the pedestal like secret spies. Once they are right next to it they stop.
"You touch it first." Link whispered.
"No, you!"
"You."
"You."
"You."
"Fine we'll touch it together on 3. 1.....................2............................4........................5.................12......................87........................................90...................................45................................3" (Link and Navi both touch the pedestal but nothing happens.)
"Tch, that's cheap." said Navi. Then, in the blink of an eye, they were ambushed by hundreds of deku scrubs. The scrubs run in from each side of the clearing blocking Link and Navi. They slowly close in toward them until Link and Navi are trapped.
"Oh god, what are they gonna do to us?" Link whispered to Navi.
"I don't know. Besides I could easily fly away leaving you here." she whispered back.
"What, you can't do tha................" just then the dekus moved over forming an isle. At the end of the isle Link and Navi could see a deku scrub walking toward them. Only difference about this scrub was that it was 5 feet tall instead of the other 1 foot ones. When the leader reached Link and Navi everything fell silent and the he spoke. Surprisingly the scrub spoke Hylian.
"Who dares enter our territory?"
"Umm......... I'm Link and this is my fairy Bob."
"Hey, my names not Bob, it's Navi!"
"Silence, I was talking to the human." (Link sticks his tongue out at Navi). "So Link, why hast thow entered thy forest""
"I was sent by the goddesses to retrieve the Master Sword and I had no idea that, that pedestal had been a trap." Link lied.
"How am I to believe that you, a pathetic little human, was sent to retrieve the sacred Master Sword."
"I have Din's signature." Link pulled out a note with a signature scribbled on the bottom.
The deku scrub grabbed the not e and started to read. "Hmmm..... blah, blah blah. O here, I hereby decree that Link and Navi............."
"Ha I told you my name was Navi."
"Shut up!" the Deku seemed mad from being interrupted and his face turned red. "Anyway, It says here, I hereby decree that Link and Navi have permission to retrieve the Master Sword- signed, Din. Well I guess that's enough proof."
"So are we allowed to pull the master sword." Navi asked.
"Yuuuuuuup." Replied the scrub losing all of his old English accent.
"So........... where is the pedestal." Link questioned.
"Right behind you." the deku scrub leader pointed to the empty pedestal.
"No, I mean the real one." Link said somewhat aggravated.
"Not the fake." Navi put in.
"That is the real one." the scrub said apparently not noticing he was being very unobvious.
"Then where's the Master Sword?" Link and Navi shout.
"Oh, someone just came by this way not to long ago and pulled it right out. He also had permission from someone by the name of Zelba, no Helda, or was it....."
"ZELDA!" Link shouted with extreme surprise.
"Ah yes, that was it."
"But Zelda and the other sages disappeared after they sealed Ganon." Navi cut in before Link could say anything.
"The signature didn't lie, it said something about some boy named Leon who needed to pull out the sword. Apparently Zelda didn't know that someone else had been sent to get the sword.
"What did this boy, Leon, look like?" Link interrogate.
"He was about your age and size, looked like he was Hylian, wasn't wearing a hat, had a blue tunic, and was traveling with another boy and a fairy."
"And where might we find this Leon." Navi questioned.
"Well he was going in that direction." the deku leader then points east. "But, he will probably be coming back here since he forgot his bow."
Link picks up the bow "I need to find him so I'll take this with me."
"Farewell and good luck." the deku leader wave to them as Link and Navi left the clearing through the same path the scrub had taken. They exited the clearing and not to long after ran into a certain young Hylian.
Behind Hyrule Castle- day 1 night (notice how it's a day before Link and Navi.)
"Would you stop that!" Leon yells to Neo who was continuously circling his head.
"Sorry. Don't you think we should rest now?"
"I'm tired." sighed Dameon.
"Did we ask you!" retorted Neo.
"Well I never." replied Dameon in the most girly way possible.
"OOOOOk, that was plain scary." said Leon now inching away slowly.
"Nooo.. shit sherlock!" Neo replied with a sarcastic voice.
"GASP, you swore!" said Dameon.
"Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."
"Umm........... isn't that uhh, bad?"
"How long have you been on this planet?" asked Neo thinking he was a complete idiot for not remembering the many times both him and Leon had sworn.
" Hmm....... good question. Lets see." (Starts counting with his fingers causing Neo and Leon to explode in laughter.) Dameon who's still confused walks a few feet away and mumbles a few words to himself. Later they go and collect a fish, a squirrel, some berries, and some mushrooms for a small dinner. Right after dinner they all sleep on the ground using their equipment for warmth. Dameon is the first asleep and snores softly but Leon and Neo are still wide awake. Since he isn't able to sleep Leon decides to organize his arrows. He takes them all out and separates them by elements. Neo wondering why the heck Leon is organizing at this time of day glides over to him.
"Why are you doing this in the middle of the night."
"I guess I'm just bored. Apparently you can't sleep either." replied Leon.
"Yah." Neo suddenly jumped and yelled. "Whoa, what's that!"
"Shhhhhhhhh. Don't wake Dameon up."
"Oops, still look over there."
"You think I'm a sucker don't you?"
"What are you talking about?" Neo asked still jumping around looking behind Leon.
"Well you think I'm gonna turn around to see what your talking about and there will be nothing there. Then you'll say, ha, made you look."
"What? There you go again not believing me. Please just turn around. Your being an idiot."
"Fine, but if you're wrong the readers will have to face another intermission like the one in chapter two." Leon turned around and dropped his arrows. There he saw a bush. No, not a regular bush, a glowing bush. Leon looked closer and noticed that a fairy was lighting the bush.
"Ha told you so..........." but before he could finish Leon smacked his hand over Neo's mouth.
"Shh, let's sneak up on it." Leon grabbed his quiver to use for catching the fairy and slowly tip toed toward the bush. Leon froze when he reached the bush and slowly began raise the net (his quiver). Leon was just about to swing the net down when Neo sneezed. The fairy quickly noticed it was in danger and swiftly fluttered away into one of the castle windows.
"Well so much for that." Neo started to flutter back to her bed.
"Whoa, hold on. I want to find out what that fairy was doing here."
"Then go." retorted Neo gathering a few leaves for a blanket.
"Your not coming with me?" Leon asked.
"No, I'm tired and wanna go to sleep."
"Please, I don't want to go alone."
"Then take him with you." Neo pointed to Dameon.
"No way! Please can you come with me?"
"Fine, I'll come with you." After grabbing some equipment Leon and Neo think of an idea of how to get to the window.
"I know, how about I tie a rope to a rope to one of my arrows and shoot it up toward the window for us to climb." Leon suggests.
"One problem, we don't have a rope."
"How about I use that conveniently placed rope over there."
"Works for me."
Leon tied the rope to one of his arrows then shot the arrow upward toward the window. The arrow latched onto the window and Leon climbed up. Neo on the other hand just flied up.
When they got up they were in a small room. The room had an old wood floor with a evergreen rug in the middle. The ceiling was stone and had many cracks, to their left was a door and to the right was a small bed. The room was otherwise empty. One odd thing did stick out though, under the sheets of the bed was a small shaking ball of light. Leon, knowing the light was coming from the fairy once again pulled out his quiver (which he had brought with him) and quickly pulled the sheets off the bed. The fairy was terrified and zoomed away before Leon had even raised his quiver.
"After that fairy!" Leon yelled while sprinting out the door (dramatic chasing music plays).
Announcer: And there off. Leon's rushed out the door and is now running down the hall way. Leon is catching up now, but it looks like that fairy's going to turn. And what do you know, the fairy, as predicted, has turned and is now flying down another hall. Leon gets ready for the turn, can he execute this one. Aaaaaaaaand, OH, he falls. But he makes a quick recovery and is back on the chase. Neo is now ahead of Leon and is on high pursuit. What's this, he's trying to persuade the fairy to stop. That ain't going to work now is it. Leon is catching up but might once again fall behind if this fairy makes any sudden moves. Omigosh! The fairy has flown up and turned around. It is coming right at Neo and Leon. The fairy obviously did this hoping it would be able to confuse the chasers. Neo tries to stop the fairy aaaaaand fails. The fairy is speeding down the corridor. Leon is sprinting at full speed now and has pulled out his quiver. They have almost met and..................................................... Leon catches him. The crowd cheers! Leon has captured the fairy! YAY! Okay, back to the story.
"Nice one Leon." Neo complimented while flying back to him.
"We'd better make sure it doesn't escape."
"Let's see what it has to say." Leon opened the quiver and the fairy spoke.
"Please don't hurt me. Let me go! Please."
"We don't want to hurt you, we just want to know where you're from. There aren't many fairies around anymore and when I saw you I was curious." Neo spoke in a soft voice trying not to scare the terrified fairy.
"Oh, thank the goddesses." the fairy sighed with relief.
"Where are you from and what's your name." Leon questioned, afterward noticing how rude he rude he asked.
"Oh yah, my name is Zelda." she said. "I am Princess Zelda's messenger."
"Zelda the sage?"
"Yup."
"But didn't all the sages disappear 5 years ago when they banished Ganon?"
"They all survived."
"How?"
"Well, I'm not supposed to tell anyone this but, after the sages had banished Ganon into the sacred realm they had been drained of power. They were sent back to their temples and the connection holding Hyrule was broken. The sages now no longer have their human form. They are spirits and all have secret messengers; I am Zelda's. They will only return to their human form when they hear the Song of Time."
"Oh, so where is Zelda." Leon questioned.
"I'm not sure really. She is always in this castle though so usually, to find her, I hum the Song of Time."
"Can you teach it to me, I need to cross the border."
"No, I'm sorry, only a sage can teach the sacred Song of Time."
"Then hurry up and summon Zelda."
"Yeh, hurry up already." Neo put in.
"Fine, be that way." Zelda (the fairy) then sang the Song of Time.
"Hey, that song seems strangely familiar........" But Leon was quickly interrupted by a gust of wind.
"Whoa, that was awkward." Neo said. Suddenly the gusts formed a small whirlwind and Zelda appeared.
"What's wrong Zelda?" Zelda (the sage) asked.
"Nothing." the fairy replied, "these people wish to learn the Song of Time."
"Oh, really, and how am I to trust these strangers." Zelda questioned.
"Um, well actually, we are, uhhh........ Hey Neo, how can we be trusted?"
"Well, to tell the truth, we can't. We just want to know the song so we can cross the border."
"Why do you wish to cross the border." Zelda asked. So Leon and Neo explain everything that happened, saying how they thought Link was in the forest. "I see no lie in your tale, you may learn the sacred song."
"Whoa really, we can!" Leon exclaimed.
"There is one thing I cannot do though."
"And what would that be?"
"I can not teach it to you."
"What, why not." Leon stood there baffled.
"I won't teach it to you for one reason, you already know it."
"I do?"
"I am aware of the dream you had. The unfamiliar song you were playing is the Song of Time."
"Really? That's awkward."
"If you say so." Zelda said to herself.
"See if you can play it Leon." the fairy put in.
"Yeh, try to play it." Neo said.
"Actually I don't really remember the song very well."
"Search deep within yourself and the tune will be clear." with that Zelda and her fairy were gone, disappearing in another gust of wind.
"Wait, I still can't remember the song!" Leon searched around the room looking for a clue.
"Search deep within." a mysterious voice echoed to them.
"Think, think, think, I can't remember it."
"How pathetic. Fine take this."
"Yay!" Leon picked up the paper. On the paper was notes: A V A V ( OOT notes) Leon reached back and pulled out his ocarina.
"How can you tell what those notes mean?"
"Dunno. I'm gunnu try to play it." Leon practiced the song almost a hundred times, not quite getting it right each time.
"How long is this going to take?" Neo whined
"Hold on, I think I've almost got it." Leon tried the song again and again until he finally got the notes right. The sound of a harp almost seemed to accompany the ocarina as the melody was played. The notes echoed through the halls until the sound died away. A blue circle of light suddenly shot down from the ceiling where Leon and Neo were standing. Leon went blind from the bright light and shut his eyes tight. He felt himself being lifted and he fell unconscious. Neo also had his eyes closed but stayed awake. The levitated up and vanished with the blue light.
Castle Grounds
Dameon moans, "Is it morning yet..................Hey, anyone there?" Dameon sat up rubbing his eyes and noticed that he was alone. He scanned around and noticed Leons quiver was missing and his arrows were all laying on the ground. "Probably went for a walk." Dameon mumbled to himself. "I'll just go look for a mid night sna........." Dameon was interrupted by a sudden blue light shooting down from the sky. He had to close his eyes from the bright light. Dameon opened his eyes back up as the light died out and saw Leon and Neo vaporize into the air.
"Were back." Leon said.
"Whoa, where were you?" Dameon walked over to them.
"We saw a fairy fly into the castle and followed it."
"And you just left me here!"
"Umm, we didn't want to wake you up." Leon lied.
"What was the fairy doing there?"
"It was Zelda's messenger." Leon then explained every thing that happened.
"So you know the Song of Time now?"
"Yup, and now we can go to the forest."
"When should we go?" Neo asked.
"Now."
"Now?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Now."
"Now?"
"Yes already! You coming?" Leon asked while picking up his now organized arrows. Dameon made a slight nod. So the three walked back to the border, Leon and Neo gabbing away, Dameon silent.
"Here I go." Leon pulled out his ocarina and played the Song of Time, which he now knew by memory. The last note drifted off into space until it was gone. A crystal door then appeared and a bridge was formed by stars.
"Cool." Neo exclaimed in amazement.
"Who should go first." Leon asked. "Well it doesn't count for Neo since he's flying, how 'bout you." Leon asked. Dameon just looked away.
"Oooook, then I'll go." Leon slowly stepped onto the bridge with one foot and noticed the path was solid. He walked across and the two others followed. The path wasn't long and they soon reached the forest.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Neo asked.
"Anything." Leon simply replied. They continued walking through the forest and found not one form of life besides the plants.
"This forest is creepy." Neo shuddered.
"Yah, there aren't any animals at all, not even bugs." Leon said.
"Look there's a clearing up ahead." Dameon pointed to a small treeless field. The clearing was dead silent and shaded by trees. The trees didn't shade the whole field though, but left a small circle of light. Directly in the middle of the light was a pedestal with the triforce etched into it. Stuck inside the stone was a sword.
Up a tree in the clearing
"Sire, sire, there are intruders in the clearing." a deku scrub said quickly to the king deku.
"Yes, I am aware of that." the king replied.
"Should I get our troops."
"No, that won't be needed."
"What do you mean sire?"
"I have gotten a telepathic message from Zelda saying that the boy down there has permission to enter the forest."
"First of all, who's Zelda, second of all, what if the boy pulls out the sword.?"
"Zelda is supposedly one of the sages of Hyrule. She said she felt he would be the one to destroy Ganon and that he had permission to pull out the sword."
"Whoa, that's the Master Sword." Leon said as he ran up to the pedestal. "Apparently Link never was here, if he was he would have taken the sword."
"How is light shining through the trees if it's the middle of the night."
"Who cares." Dameon said.
"How rude."
"For some reason I have the erg to pull the sword out." Leon said softly
"Than go ahead." Neo retorted.
"Hmm, okay." Leon threw off his quiver (because it was heavy), stepped onto the pedestal, placed his hands carefully onto the hilt, flexed his legs, and pulled the sword up. The sword remained in the stone and Leon yelped from a sting that shot into his hands.
"Ow, I must have not pulled hard enough. I'm a little tired."
"Nice excuse." Neo and Dameon said in unison.
"Jinx." they said together.
"Double jinx." Neo said before Dameon could react.
"CURSES!" Dameon shouted to the sky.
"Would you shut up!" Leon hopped back onto the pedestal, placed his hands carefully onto the hilt, flexed his legs, pulled the sword up, and............. the sword slipped out of the stone into Leons hands. A strong force pulled them all back and the sword shot out a strong glow. Light shot out of the blade forcing Leon to the ground. The clearing lit up and the three heard birds chirping.
"Holy crap! That was the coolest thing I've ever seen!" Leon gasped for breath.
"All the animals have returned." Neo said.
"And the forest is now more alive." Dameon explained. It was true, all of the plants now seemed more lively and colorful.
"This sword is awesome." Leon said while they all got back up.
"To bad you don't have a sheath for it." Neo pointed out.
"I guess I can carry it until I get one." Leon replied.
"We should get some rest now." Dameon said.
"This forest isn't to big, we could probably make it back to the castle and rest there."
"Yeh, I still think this forest is creepy." Neo said. The three walked out of the clearing and eventually got out of the forest. They got back to the castle and soon dosed off. One time during the night Neo had woken up and thought he saw the blue fairy flying toward the forest, but he figured he was dreaming and went back to sleep. They slept the rest of the night and woke up early in the morning. They gathered a small breakfast and got ready to head back to the town.
"Dammit," Leon swore, "I left my quiver in the clearing."
"You can get another one."
"It had all my arrows in it."
"Smart move. I guess we should go back than." Neo sighed. Leon played the song once again and they walked back into the forest. They navigated through the forest and were almost at the clearing. Leon was about to step into the clearing when he noticed that deku scrubs were gathered in the field. Then quickly someone came into view. The person had a blue fairy and was walking down an isle made by the scrubs. It was Link
Soooooo, any good? It took me long to type. I have apparently been busy (yay, I have a life). Please review, I need some characters. I will probably use all of the characters submitted. If too many are sent in I'll take the first ones. First com first serve. ^_^