Chapter 4: Don't Wanna Save the World No More

By 3 the next day, Link had finished his song. He brought it to the lady and gave it to her. She wanted him to sing it, but he refused, so she read it instead.

Hey, look, everybody!

It's a dork that flies

And what's with that magic light?

And then when I kill him

Green glop flies everywhere

Zelda made me get these stones

From some places I've never known

Big Goron guy trying to hug me to death

And when I finally get all the stones

The master sword locks me away

Like I'm the bad guy

When I'm finally out, this old guy's telling me

That I have to wake a bunch of sages

I've got to fight a phantom,

A dragon,

My own shadow,

Am I going crazy here?

And when it's finally all done,

Ganondorf's locked away for good,

Zelda sends me back in time again,

And no one remembers what I've done!

The Goron's thought I was crazy

When I told them what I'd done for them

But then I gave them a daisy

And they believed me again

I'm not crazy, everyone else is

I don't wanna save the world again

"Well," the lady said when she'd finished, "It is interesting... I don't understand most of it, but it is interesting. You did the rhyming real good at the end." She actually thought it was horrible, and was very glad that Link didn't have a record deal.

"What was the point of doing that?"

"I don't know. Release bottled up anger, perhaps? Or relieve stress? How am I supposed to know?"

"Alright," Link said.

"Anyway, tell me more about this Ganondorf guy. He's supposed to be evil, right?"

"Yes. He's the King of the Gerudos. Every 100 years a male Gerudo is born, and he becomes the King over all the other Gerudos, who are females. I had a Gerudo membership card before Zelda sent me back in time, so I was in with the Gerudos, but I don't think Ganondorf knew that. He wanted to take the Tri-Force and rule Hyrule. When he tried, the whole world became evil and the Tri-Force separated into three parts. I had a part, Ganondorf had a part, and Zelda had a part."

"And where's Ganondorf now?"

"In some thing that has to do with the Sacred Realm (A/N: I can't exactly remember where he was sealed because I haven't beat the game in a while, so let's pretend Link forgot too!). The sages sealed him there. But he'll be back! I know it. Because no matter how many times I save the world, I have to do it again."

"Next time refuse to do it, then."

"I can't! Everyone always talks me into it. It's nerve-racking. And everytime I do it I have this odd feeling that I'm going to get squashed. Why can't someone else do it?"

"Because no one else has the mind capacity I have to figure out all the tricks and stuff."

"Harsh, maybe?"

"No, just truthful. I doubt anyone else I've met in Hyrule could've figured out the Water Temple, with the changing water levels and all. And no one else could've figured out some of the stuff in the Shadow and Spirit Temples. I have the ability to do it, so I have to do it."

"Okay, well that's all for today. See you."

"Do I have to come back? I don't think I need to."

"No," the lady said. Link walked out and she mumbled, "Please don't. I've met plenty of loony psychos in my day, but you take the cake. Psh. Saving the world. What a bunch of baloney."

Link walked outside to find Darunia sitting there. Darunia jumped up instantly and said, "How'd it go?!"

"I don't have to go back!" Link exclaimed triumphantly.

"You're not paranoid or anything anymore?"

"I still can't sleep at night, but that's normal because I went all that time not sleeping at all when I saved Hyrule."

"Well, that's something I can fix. See, I spent some time looking around and researching stuff, and I found these two things that's supposed to make you sleep better. Well, actually, one makes you sleep and the other makes you hyper, whatever that is. But I figure they mean the same thing, so I got both. The strange thing is, the people didn't want my payment this time either, they just let me have them free. Isn't that strange?"

"Mm, yep," Link said, "but I have a question. Once we finish all that, how are we supposed to get back home?"

Darunia pondered for a minute. Suddenly, his face lit up, "You know," he said. Then he frowned, "That's a good question."