CHAPTER TWELVE
Link shook his head. "Listen, Feather – "
"Quill."
"Right, Quill. I cannot be the Hero of Wind!" Link stood up angrily.
"How come?" asked Quill, leaning back in his chair. "This place does not look familiar to you. There is no Hyrule. You have ne'er seen a Rito or a Korok. Why is this not possible?"
Link looked up at Quill, his eyes full of pleading. "It...it just can't!" He looked forlorn and miserable.
"But it is," Quill answered quietly.
"Give me one reason how it can be, and I'll believe you," Link grumbled stubbornly.
"You are Link, the Hero of Time. There are Goddesses and Dragons and giant birds and magic and Ganondorf. How is it not possible?" Quill challenged.
"Magic...yes, it must be magic," Link concluded.
Quill stood up, rolling his eyes. "I'm glad we came to an agreement, Link."
"We MUST save Zill and Joel," Aryll hissed at Yaphet.
"No. we can come back for them later," growled Yaphet, pulling Aryll into the King of Red Lions.
"Ah, Yaphet. How kind of you to join us."
Yaphet turned around and saw the King of Evil himself.
"How do you know my name?" demanded Yaphet, drawing his dirk.
"Dear, dear, is that how you treat your uncle?" asked Ganondorf, his voice dripping with mock sympathy.
"UNCLE?!" gasped Yaphet. "I AM NO NEPHEW OF YOURS!"
"But you are, Yaphet, you are."
"Yaphet...is this true?" whispered Aryll.
"No, no, Aryll, he's...he's a LIAR!" yelled Yaphet. "Run, Aryll, go back to Dragon Roost Island! Tell them that I died fighting Ganondorf!"
Aryll hopped into the boat. "GO, KING, GO!" she screamed, and hoisted up the sail. She flew away from the Forsaken Fortress, gazing after the boy who had saved her life.
Link looked around at the Rito place. Calandra came up to him and asked, "You really don't remember the Hero of Wind, do you?"
Link shook his head.
"Will you tell me about Hyrule?" Calandra asked.
"Sure. What's your name?" Link asked.
"I'm Calandra, but you may call me Calan."
"Okay, then. In Hyrule, it's amazing. I have this great instrument, the Ocarina of Time. I have this beautiful rust-colored horse. Her name is Epona. I can play you her Song on my Ocarina..." Link reached for his Ocarina but then remembered that he hadn't gotten his Ocarina when he was transported into this world. "Oh, never mind. Anyways, it's such a beautiful world." Link pulled a face. "Well, at least it was till Ganondorf came!"
"Ganondorf. Was he really just a modest thief in the beginning?" asked Calandra.
Link nodded eagerly. "Thief the King of Evil was and thief he shall remain, deep at his heart!" Link gave a chuckle. "Oops. Ganon HAS no heart."
They laughed.
"Tell me about the Rito," Link begged.
"Us? Well, Link, we're nothin' special, just bird people, with wings and such." Calandra shrugged.
"Well, I've seen NOTHING like you before," the Hero of Time stated.
"Well, before I came to the Becoming Of Ceremony, I had seen NOTHING like you before," Calandra shot back.
The Hero of Time hid his face in his hands. Could this be real?
Link shook his head. "Listen, Feather – "
"Quill."
"Right, Quill. I cannot be the Hero of Wind!" Link stood up angrily.
"How come?" asked Quill, leaning back in his chair. "This place does not look familiar to you. There is no Hyrule. You have ne'er seen a Rito or a Korok. Why is this not possible?"
Link looked up at Quill, his eyes full of pleading. "It...it just can't!" He looked forlorn and miserable.
"But it is," Quill answered quietly.
"Give me one reason how it can be, and I'll believe you," Link grumbled stubbornly.
"You are Link, the Hero of Time. There are Goddesses and Dragons and giant birds and magic and Ganondorf. How is it not possible?" Quill challenged.
"Magic...yes, it must be magic," Link concluded.
Quill stood up, rolling his eyes. "I'm glad we came to an agreement, Link."
"We MUST save Zill and Joel," Aryll hissed at Yaphet.
"No. we can come back for them later," growled Yaphet, pulling Aryll into the King of Red Lions.
"Ah, Yaphet. How kind of you to join us."
Yaphet turned around and saw the King of Evil himself.
"How do you know my name?" demanded Yaphet, drawing his dirk.
"Dear, dear, is that how you treat your uncle?" asked Ganondorf, his voice dripping with mock sympathy.
"UNCLE?!" gasped Yaphet. "I AM NO NEPHEW OF YOURS!"
"But you are, Yaphet, you are."
"Yaphet...is this true?" whispered Aryll.
"No, no, Aryll, he's...he's a LIAR!" yelled Yaphet. "Run, Aryll, go back to Dragon Roost Island! Tell them that I died fighting Ganondorf!"
Aryll hopped into the boat. "GO, KING, GO!" she screamed, and hoisted up the sail. She flew away from the Forsaken Fortress, gazing after the boy who had saved her life.
Link looked around at the Rito place. Calandra came up to him and asked, "You really don't remember the Hero of Wind, do you?"
Link shook his head.
"Will you tell me about Hyrule?" Calandra asked.
"Sure. What's your name?" Link asked.
"I'm Calandra, but you may call me Calan."
"Okay, then. In Hyrule, it's amazing. I have this great instrument, the Ocarina of Time. I have this beautiful rust-colored horse. Her name is Epona. I can play you her Song on my Ocarina..." Link reached for his Ocarina but then remembered that he hadn't gotten his Ocarina when he was transported into this world. "Oh, never mind. Anyways, it's such a beautiful world." Link pulled a face. "Well, at least it was till Ganondorf came!"
"Ganondorf. Was he really just a modest thief in the beginning?" asked Calandra.
Link nodded eagerly. "Thief the King of Evil was and thief he shall remain, deep at his heart!" Link gave a chuckle. "Oops. Ganon HAS no heart."
They laughed.
"Tell me about the Rito," Link begged.
"Us? Well, Link, we're nothin' special, just bird people, with wings and such." Calandra shrugged.
"Well, I've seen NOTHING like you before," the Hero of Time stated.
"Well, before I came to the Becoming Of Ceremony, I had seen NOTHING like you before," Calandra shot back.
The Hero of Time hid his face in his hands. Could this be real?