CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
"LINK! Link, I'm back! You'll never believe what has happened! Link, I'm – Hey, what's going on?" Aryll paused in Link's doorway.
"Oh, hello," smiled Link. He did not seem to be Link. "And, uh, who are you?"
Aryll felt tears in her eyes. "L-link?" she whispered hoarsely, the tears beginning to fall down her face. "Link, it's...it's me, A-aryll! Your...your s-s-sister!"
Link's smile faded. "I'm...I'm sorry, Ariel."
"Aryll," correct the girl, choking on the word.
"Yes, Aryll, sorry. Aryll, look...I have no sister. The closer girl to a sister to me is Saria."
"Who?" rasped Aryll, brushing away the tears falling from her face. Bryn, who was standing behind her, pulled the younger girl into a comforting hug.
"ARYLL!" came Medli's voice. "Aryll, oh Great Goddesses, I'm sooooooooo sorry! We should have posted guards to tell you what has been happening...Aryll, are you okay?"
"What's wrong with him?" Aryll wept into Bryn's stomach. "Why won't he recognize me?"
Medli came into the room. "Aryll, come with me and let me explain."
Aryll nodded and, still shedding tears, followed Medli out of the room.
Bryn went to sit down on a chair, but instead she hit the side of the chair, toppled to the ground, and had the chair fall onto her lap. She didn't even laugh at her klutziness.
"I knew it," she whispered. "A voice whispered my dreams and told me to bring this to you."
Bryn reached into her pocket and pulled out the Ocarina of Time.
"That's my Ocarina!" cried Link. "How...?"
"I was given it to me by the ancestor of Nabooru, Yannabooru, who is my sister."
"You don't look like any Gerudo that I'VE seen," proclaimed Link.
"I'm Bryn the Changer." Bryn held the Ocarina out to Link. Link took it and Bryn murmured, "I was also told to teach ye this song."
Bryn took a breath and began to voice the notes. Link followed along.
"The Princess taught me this song," murmured Link. "'Tis the 'Song of Time'. And if I play it correctly..."
"You can go back in time?" guessed Bryn. Link nodded. "I must go back to Hyrule. Thank you, Bryn the Changer."
Link got up and helped Bryn to her feet. Bryn now grinned at her klutziness. She shook hands with the Hero of Time, and he put the Ocarina to his lips. He then took the instrument away and whispered, "You are not a Gerudo. Not a thief. You are something more."
Wind Link sat on Windbreeze, feeling the cool air on his face.
"This is a beautiful land, Hero of Time," he whispered. "I would stay here if I could, but I must go back to my normal life. I cannot erase history, neither can you, even though you are the Hero of Time. But I can make sure that fair air always flows across your land, till Ganondorf destroys it all." Wind Link turned to Time Link. "I guess that we won't see each other ever again."
"What are you talking about?" gasped Time Link.
Wind Link shook his head. "I...I have no idea. 'Twas like...like someone else was talking through. Could it be true? Am I going?"
Time Link looked Wind Link in the eyes seriously. "If you are, then I will never forget you, Hero of Wind. 'Twas a pleasure to know you, Link. We will always be friends."
Wind Link nodded. "Always friends, ancestor," agreed the Hero of Wind with a grin. "Too bad you cannot visit my land...my world."
"Yes...too bad," sighed Time Link. "Still, successor, I am glad that I am still remembered."
"Link, you'll be remembered forever." Time Link beamed as Wind Link spoke. Suddenly, the "Song of Time" was played.
"Good-bye, Link," chorused the two friends, and there was a flash of light.
The Hero of Wind disappeared from Hyrule.
Bryn looked at Link.
"Hero of Time?" she whispered.
"No," came the voice. It sounded like Link. "I am not the Hero of Time. I am the Hero of Wind!"
Link looked up at Bryn, pulling the Ocarina away from his mouth. "You saved me?" he asked.
"Yes," Bryn replied, her voice full of joy. Link flung his arms around her, and their lips touched.
"Link?"
They parted, reddening as Aryll came in. "Link, Hero of Time?"
"Aryll, you're back! Back from the Forsaken Fortress," cried Link, sweeping Aryll into a hug. "You're alive, alive alive alive alive alive!" he shouted in a singsong voice, tears of joy running unchecked down his face. "Oh, Aryll!" he wept.
"Link, it is you," Aryll whispered, tears of happiness now falling down her face, unchecked. They hugged happily.
"Link, Hero of Wind, I have brought you a gift from the Sea Temple." Bryn took the Master Sword from her belt and presented it to Link. Link took it in his hands and raised it above his head, gazing at it in all its splendor. It looked even grander because of the setting sun sending the room into a rainbow of dancing fire.
"The Master Sword is back for the Hero of Wind," Link exclaimed hoarsely.
"The Heroine of Space will alter the world," Aryll cried.
"The Changer Who Sees All will not let you down," proclaimed Changer Who Sees All.
Link looked sharply at Aryll. "Heroine of Space?"
Aryll gave a laugh and began to explain.
Link flew out of his room shouting, "Get weapons, get shields, everyone who can even hold a staff, come with me!"
The Ritos and guests from the Becoming Of Ceremony were puzzled, but followed Link's command.
"Where are we going?" "What's going on?" "Is this the Hero of Time?" "Or the Hero of Wind?" they all asked each other.
"No time, no time," Aryll yelled above the noise. "Come on, let's GO!"
"We are going to need a large horde to defeat Ganondorf, the King of Evil," Bryn shouted. Bryn remembered something and turned to Link. She murmured in his ear, "I am a Gerudo thief."
"What?" cried Link.
"Shh, quiet!" hissed Bryn. "I am a Gerudo thief. Come, let me tell you."
Link listened intently till the last word. He nodded and whispered hoarsely, "I met Nabooru. She was a Sage of...Shadow, I think. So how did you become Sage of the Sea Temple?"
"Yannabooru told me that I have probably the most magical blood." Bryn shrugged modestly and then stood up. "We must hurry, Link. Time's a'wasting."
They set off to see their horde.
Ganondorf was livid. He would kill the fools who had trapped him, he would, he would! They were regret the days that they set eyes on Ganondorf, the King of Evil – no, they would regret the day they were born!
Ganondorf grabbed a random servant. "Gather all of my loyal servants. Get water ones to destroy upcoming boats. DON'T QUESTION ME, STUPID BOKOBLIN, JUST DO IT!" he shrilled, hurling the Bokoblin hard. The Bokoblin leaped up and scurried away to do his crazed master's bidding.
"I will kill you, 'Heroes'. I will kill you who killed my servants down in the Sea Temple. Now that the Master Sword is returned to full power, it can kill me! Kill me, you hear? KILL ME!!!!!!!" screamed Ganon hysterically. Two Miniblins passing back exchanged looks and "duh-dinks" that meant, "Our master has gone crazy".
"YOU!" Ganon turned around, drawing his twin scimitar. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? GO AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
They raced off, yelling, "duh-dink duh-dink!" in a frightened sort of way.
The Koroks and Ritos were flying and carrying some people. In the King of Red Lions were Link, Bryn, Aryll, Fofaiken, Zelda, and a few others. Aryll was grinning in a happy way, glad to be free and that he brother was back to normal. She put her hands in her pocket and felt something. Puzzled, she pulled out two bottles of her grandma's soup. Grinning even broader, she showed Link.
"I knew I had it. See, I had been planning on spending some time in the Faerie Forest, but I got kidnapped..." Aryll trailed off. She placed the bottles on the bottom of the boat. Bryn stood up and muttered, "I think I'll scout ahead. You know, the warn you of any enemies."
She turned into a Zora and dove into the water.
"Never," declared Fofaiken, "in my whole days will I see anything else like her!"
"Nothing?" Zelda raised her eyebrows. "Nothing ever?"
'What a flirt,' Aryll thought, rolling her eyes.
"Nothing, Zelda. Nothing."
This reply came from Link, to everyone's surprise.
"Oh?" challenged Zelda, but she fell silent, thinking intently. She lowered her head.
"QUICK!" screamed Bryn's voice. "Link, you can swim well, correct? Oh, who cares, just COME!"
Link leapt over the side of the King of Red Lions and swam with all his might and swiftly to where the Zoran head was bobbing in the water. She was holding something.
"I found these two with Yaphet's dirk," Bryn panted, and Link recognized the two boys that Bryn was helping to not drown as Zill and Joel.
"Oh no," moaned Link, helped Bryn with Zill. "Quick, back to the King."
After having water splashed in their faces several times, Zill and Joel were awaken. Aryll gave them a half a bottle of her grandmother's soup each and they were revived completely. As the boat sailed on and the night embraced the sky, they unfolded the tale of Yaphet's death, how the nephew of Ganondorf had died to save them, and how Yaphet have given them his dirk.
"Yaphet, dead?" whispered Aryll hoarsely. "But...but...he had saved my life! H-he can't be!!!"
"He is, 'ryll," Joel assured her mournfully. "We saw 'im go down wiv our own two eyes."
"If that arrer dinnit kill 'im," Zill added on, "then 'e's drowned, all rights!"
"We should have a moment," Fofaiken interrupted, "to wish that he have a good and peaceful death."
"Yes," agreed Aryll, and they were silent as they prayed for the brave boy's soul.
() Okay I'm just posting this chapter because WOW it's six pages long I didn't realize that! ()
() Hey guys!! I'm sooooooooooo sorry!!!! I forgot to put this chapter up. Stupid me! See, this is the second time I've posted this story. Ughh, I feel so dumb. I forgot this chappy. Sorry!!! ()