CHAPTER SIXTEEN
() Wow. I never make these speeches at the beginning. But I just wanted to say that this may be the third to last chapter. Waaaaah! But wait, there's more! Okay, since I get really bored at writing "Hero of Time" and "Hero of Wind", the Hero of Time will be called "Time Link" and the Hero of Wind will be called "Wind Link". ()
The Hero of Wind and the Hero of Time looked at each other. Both boys were sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Temple. Time Link got up and stretched. "I think that I should bring you to Kakariko Village."
"Where's that?" asked Wind Link. "Is it far?"
"Not too far," Time Link told him as he slid the Master Sword from its pedestal. "It'd be great for you to see Hyrule, wouldn't it?"
"Yes," Wind Link agreed. He followed Time Link outside and the boy began to talk. "I came back from a land called Termina a few months ago. My horse, Epona, joined me there. I was destroying a mask, Majora's Mask."
"How many adventures how you had?" exclaimed Wind Link.
"Some," shrugged Time Link, and then pointed to a rust-colored horse. "Epona!" He reached into a pocket and began rummaging around. He pulled out an instrument that was earth-toned. "Strange," muttered Time Link. "I thought I had the Ocarina of Time with me, not just the Faerie Ocarina." Time Link shrugged and played a song. The horse whinnied and came over to Time Link.
"Go on up there, Hero of Wind. I can walk."
Wind Link gratefully clambered up onto Epona. They raced across a field and across a bridge. Wind Link dismounted and the two Heroes ran up the steps into Kakariko Village.
"You sure that the horse will be okay?" Wind Link asked anxiously as Time Link showed him around.
"Okay?" laughed Time Link. "She loves being free!"
"All right..."
Wind Link happily went around Kakariko Village, inspecting the land of Hyrule. Time Link grinned and ran out of Kakariko Village, Wind Link chasing after him. Time Link hopped on Epona and Wind Link jogged after them. Time Link entered a ranch.
"This is Lon Lon Ranch, where I got Epona," explained Time Link breathlessly, but with the smile of a little boy having just done something extra fun. "We can get YOU a horse."
"M-me, a HORSE?!" cried Wind Link.
"Sure! Pick one out," Time Link encouraged. Wind Link grinned happily and went over to the horses. He picked out one and Time Link called to a girl, "Hey, Malon! Is it okay of we borrow this horse?"
"Take her, Link!" called back the red-headed girl. "For the Hero of Time, anything!"
The two Links loped out of Lon Lon Ranch on their horses, Epona and Windbreeze, or Breeze, which was what Wind Link had dubbed his horse. Wind Link followed Time Link and his horse as they raced across the fields. Time Link ran into a valley and there was a bridge.
"Hey, Link!" called a girl's voice. "How are you?"
"Fine."
"Who's he?" asked the voice, and Wind Link saw someone point to him.
"That's my friend," explained Time Link. "May I see Nabooru?"
"Yeah, of course!"
The two Links were lead to a woman.
"Hello, Sage Nabooru," called Time Link cheerfully. The woman looked up. She seemed to be tired.
"Hullo, Link. Who is he?"
Time Link and Wind Link got off of Epona and Windbreeze. Time Link, with assistance from Wind Link, told the story of how Wind Link had arrived.
Nabooru stayed quiet until the end. She nodded slowly. "What a strange event," she began, "but I daresay, Link – um, Hero of Time Link – you should not be surprised by all of this." She pursed her lips. "Why did you come to me?" she asked softly.
"Zelda – well, she's a PRINCESS, Saria is a Kokiri, Rauru is in the Evil Realm, Darunia is at Death Mountain, Ruto is at Zora's Domain, Impa is tending to Zelda...you get the idea. You were the only one who was not busy. You're a Gerudo."
"That's what Ganondorf is!" exploded Wind Link.
"Yes, we know." Nabooru stiffened. "Do you have to get all excited when someone talks about Gerudos? You must've seen hundreds – "
"No, I haven't," admitted Wind Link. "Ganondorf is the only one. In a couple hundred, maybe thousand, years, Hyrule will have been flooded. The Gerudos will have died out. The Zoras too. And the Kokiris."
Nabooru leaned forward.
"Tell me all about your world, child. Tell me all."
Wind Link took a breath and began to wind his tale of his life on the Great Sea.
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Aryll, Bryn, and Daphnes were sailing towards the Forsaken Fortress. Aryll saw it close ahead and peered into her Space Stone. She saw the miniature of Forsaken Fortress and zoomed in on the cells. She focused on Ninnian. She went to his eyes, closed her own, and began to concentrate...
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Ninnian had his eyes closed. If he was blind, then why should he have them opened? He heard a sound and something funny happened with his eyes. They stung. They stung for minutes. He tried to rub at his eyes, but the stinging would not go away. The stinging fell away and he opened his eyes and –
HE COULD SEE!
Ninnian gasped and blinked. He could see! He could see all around him! The bars of the cage, the doors, the lock, the window, even the sliver of moonlight!
Ninnian laughed happily, jumping up to dance crazily and sing, "I can see, I can see, I can seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
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Aryll then made a bridge from the entrance of the Forsaken Fortress to the cells. A few seconds later, they approached the bridge. Bryn and Aryll leapt out and crossed the bridge, calling back to the King, "We'll be here with Ninnian!"
Bokoblins and Miniblins, but not the stupid Moblins, had flocked to the bridge. Aryll and Bryn slew them and knocked them out of the way.
Aryll flung open the cell doors as Bryn sent a Bokoblin flying. They entered the cells.
"Aryll, Aryll!" yelled Ninnian. He had recognized Aryll from what he had thought she looked like. "I can see, Aryll, I CAN SEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"I know, I know," Aryll whispered. She unlocked the door to the cell and they began to run along the bridge.
"Hello, children," came a malicious voice. They gasped. Bryn, Ninnian, and Aryll turned to see...
"Ganondorf," whispered Ninnian.
"RUN!" yelled Aryll. "I'll hold him off!"
Ninnian turned and fled towards the boat. Bryn held out her staff, ready to distract Ganondorf as Aryll performed her magic. Bryn blocked off Ganon's sword swings, never striking, but making sure that she still posed as a threat as she pretended to lash out. Suddenly, a wall encased Ganondorf and he shrieked. Aryll and Bryn ran back to the boat, laughing at Ganon's angered shrieks and screeches. Aryll threw up the sail and the boat flew away, back to Dragon Roost Island, back to Link, back to their allies, and back to trouble.
() Wow. I never make these speeches at the beginning. But I just wanted to say that this may be the third to last chapter. Waaaaah! But wait, there's more! Okay, since I get really bored at writing "Hero of Time" and "Hero of Wind", the Hero of Time will be called "Time Link" and the Hero of Wind will be called "Wind Link". ()
The Hero of Wind and the Hero of Time looked at each other. Both boys were sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Temple. Time Link got up and stretched. "I think that I should bring you to Kakariko Village."
"Where's that?" asked Wind Link. "Is it far?"
"Not too far," Time Link told him as he slid the Master Sword from its pedestal. "It'd be great for you to see Hyrule, wouldn't it?"
"Yes," Wind Link agreed. He followed Time Link outside and the boy began to talk. "I came back from a land called Termina a few months ago. My horse, Epona, joined me there. I was destroying a mask, Majora's Mask."
"How many adventures how you had?" exclaimed Wind Link.
"Some," shrugged Time Link, and then pointed to a rust-colored horse. "Epona!" He reached into a pocket and began rummaging around. He pulled out an instrument that was earth-toned. "Strange," muttered Time Link. "I thought I had the Ocarina of Time with me, not just the Faerie Ocarina." Time Link shrugged and played a song. The horse whinnied and came over to Time Link.
"Go on up there, Hero of Wind. I can walk."
Wind Link gratefully clambered up onto Epona. They raced across a field and across a bridge. Wind Link dismounted and the two Heroes ran up the steps into Kakariko Village.
"You sure that the horse will be okay?" Wind Link asked anxiously as Time Link showed him around.
"Okay?" laughed Time Link. "She loves being free!"
"All right..."
Wind Link happily went around Kakariko Village, inspecting the land of Hyrule. Time Link grinned and ran out of Kakariko Village, Wind Link chasing after him. Time Link hopped on Epona and Wind Link jogged after them. Time Link entered a ranch.
"This is Lon Lon Ranch, where I got Epona," explained Time Link breathlessly, but with the smile of a little boy having just done something extra fun. "We can get YOU a horse."
"M-me, a HORSE?!" cried Wind Link.
"Sure! Pick one out," Time Link encouraged. Wind Link grinned happily and went over to the horses. He picked out one and Time Link called to a girl, "Hey, Malon! Is it okay of we borrow this horse?"
"Take her, Link!" called back the red-headed girl. "For the Hero of Time, anything!"
The two Links loped out of Lon Lon Ranch on their horses, Epona and Windbreeze, or Breeze, which was what Wind Link had dubbed his horse. Wind Link followed Time Link and his horse as they raced across the fields. Time Link ran into a valley and there was a bridge.
"Hey, Link!" called a girl's voice. "How are you?"
"Fine."
"Who's he?" asked the voice, and Wind Link saw someone point to him.
"That's my friend," explained Time Link. "May I see Nabooru?"
"Yeah, of course!"
The two Links were lead to a woman.
"Hello, Sage Nabooru," called Time Link cheerfully. The woman looked up. She seemed to be tired.
"Hullo, Link. Who is he?"
Time Link and Wind Link got off of Epona and Windbreeze. Time Link, with assistance from Wind Link, told the story of how Wind Link had arrived.
Nabooru stayed quiet until the end. She nodded slowly. "What a strange event," she began, "but I daresay, Link – um, Hero of Time Link – you should not be surprised by all of this." She pursed her lips. "Why did you come to me?" she asked softly.
"Zelda – well, she's a PRINCESS, Saria is a Kokiri, Rauru is in the Evil Realm, Darunia is at Death Mountain, Ruto is at Zora's Domain, Impa is tending to Zelda...you get the idea. You were the only one who was not busy. You're a Gerudo."
"That's what Ganondorf is!" exploded Wind Link.
"Yes, we know." Nabooru stiffened. "Do you have to get all excited when someone talks about Gerudos? You must've seen hundreds – "
"No, I haven't," admitted Wind Link. "Ganondorf is the only one. In a couple hundred, maybe thousand, years, Hyrule will have been flooded. The Gerudos will have died out. The Zoras too. And the Kokiris."
Nabooru leaned forward.
"Tell me all about your world, child. Tell me all."
Wind Link took a breath and began to wind his tale of his life on the Great Sea.
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Aryll, Bryn, and Daphnes were sailing towards the Forsaken Fortress. Aryll saw it close ahead and peered into her Space Stone. She saw the miniature of Forsaken Fortress and zoomed in on the cells. She focused on Ninnian. She went to his eyes, closed her own, and began to concentrate...
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Ninnian had his eyes closed. If he was blind, then why should he have them opened? He heard a sound and something funny happened with his eyes. They stung. They stung for minutes. He tried to rub at his eyes, but the stinging would not go away. The stinging fell away and he opened his eyes and –
HE COULD SEE!
Ninnian gasped and blinked. He could see! He could see all around him! The bars of the cage, the doors, the lock, the window, even the sliver of moonlight!
Ninnian laughed happily, jumping up to dance crazily and sing, "I can see, I can see, I can seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Aryll then made a bridge from the entrance of the Forsaken Fortress to the cells. A few seconds later, they approached the bridge. Bryn and Aryll leapt out and crossed the bridge, calling back to the King, "We'll be here with Ninnian!"
Bokoblins and Miniblins, but not the stupid Moblins, had flocked to the bridge. Aryll and Bryn slew them and knocked them out of the way.
Aryll flung open the cell doors as Bryn sent a Bokoblin flying. They entered the cells.
"Aryll, Aryll!" yelled Ninnian. He had recognized Aryll from what he had thought she looked like. "I can see, Aryll, I CAN SEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"I know, I know," Aryll whispered. She unlocked the door to the cell and they began to run along the bridge.
"Hello, children," came a malicious voice. They gasped. Bryn, Ninnian, and Aryll turned to see...
"Ganondorf," whispered Ninnian.
"RUN!" yelled Aryll. "I'll hold him off!"
Ninnian turned and fled towards the boat. Bryn held out her staff, ready to distract Ganondorf as Aryll performed her magic. Bryn blocked off Ganon's sword swings, never striking, but making sure that she still posed as a threat as she pretended to lash out. Suddenly, a wall encased Ganondorf and he shrieked. Aryll and Bryn ran back to the boat, laughing at Ganon's angered shrieks and screeches. Aryll threw up the sail and the boat flew away, back to Dragon Roost Island, back to Link, back to their allies, and back to trouble.