A/N: Hey, yall! Here's chapter four..hope you like i! I do.. It's about the tour across Outset Island. Hope it doesn't bore you to death, though. AND PLEASE! Read and review my story. I need some reviews, ppl! You may not know some of the people in this chapter unless you've played the game or you have the strategy guide. How is my story, anyway? REVIEW! .
Chapter Four
Link smiled as he guided Aryll and Zelda to Rose and Abe's humble two-story home. Upstairs, was a basement. You had to climb the wooden posts, hop to the straw roof covering the pig troft, and then jump to the house's roof and drop through a hole to get to the basement. Talk about having a hard time doing your chores. Zill and Joel, Rose's children, were playing in the pig pen. Zill had a big gob of snot hanging out of his nose, as usual, and Joel was playing around with his wooden stick.
"Who's with you and Aryll, Link?" Joel asked, poking a nearby pig with his stick deliberately.
"Yeah, who's with you?" Zill repeated, wiping his nose. He ran around for a moment, and banged into a wooden post. "Ouch," Zill said.
"Princess Zelda," Link replied, bowing to Zelda.
"Yeah! Isn't she great?" Aryll said to Joel and Zill.
"What a pleasure it is..to meet..you.." Zelda smiled uneasily. She shook hands with Zill and Joel. Zill's hand was full of snot. Joel's hand was still holding a stick, and that pricked Zelda's hand. Zelda wiped her hand on the wooden post. "Ick," she whispered.
"We're giving Zelda a tour around the island. Wanna come?" Aryll asked, grabbing her telescope quickly. She looked at Link. He nodded.
"We'd love to.."Joel started, "..But we can't." Zill finished for Joel.
"Aw! Why not?" Aryll whined. "Sorry. Mother doesn't want us to play much after 4:30 PM. It's already 5:00. We're only allowed to stay in the pig pen after 4:30." Joel said, sadly going back to poking pigs with his stick. "Oh..I'm sorry," Zelda shook her head. "Maybe Monday?" She finished. "Monday, maybe," Zill replied. "I'll go ask Mommy." Zill hopped out of the pig pen and scrambled to the door and went inside. A few minutes later, Zill returned with a frown. "She said no; something special is going to take place Monday.." Zill wiped away a small tear and turned away. Link and Zelda looked at each other. They knew what was going to happen Monday.. Grandma's planning it!
"Grandma is planning it, I'd say," Link whispered to Zelda. "I'd say you're right, Link," Zelda replied in a whisper.
"Goodbye," Link called as he, Aryll, and Zelda walked back down the hill. They ran into Sue-Belle. "Good evening, Link and Aryll," Sue-Belle greeted them. "Who's with you?"
Aryll sighed. This was going to take a while to introduce Zelda to the whole neighborhood of Outset Island. They told Sue-Belle, then Sturgeon, the cranky old man, then Orca, the sword-crazy old man, then Mesa, the grass-cutting fanatic. After all of the explaining, there were two things to look forward to. For one, the great view up on Aryll's Lookout, as they called it, and
"The Mountain With The Swinging Bridge". The two most beautiful places on Outset Island.
Link ran all the way to the tower so he could beat Zelda and Aryll to the best view on the island. "Last one's a rotten egg!" he called as he climbed the long wooden ladder step-by-step. Clank-clank Clank-clank went the sound of Link's feet hitting the wooden steps. Finally, he reached the top. He pulled up to the edge and raised up, then walked over to the edge of the Lookout. "Ah..The sunset over the Great Sea.." Link wished he had a camera at that moment, but I'm sorry to say that cameras were not sold on Outset Island. Soon, Aryll and Zelda climbed to the Lookout. "Wow..it's beautiful," Zelda gasped. "Yep. That's why this is my Lookout. I picked this place by myself.. Link helped me build it," Aryll replied.
At that moment, Zelda accidentally bumped into Link; and Link fell over the edge into the ocean. "Gag! ZELDA! WHY DID YOU DO THA–gag WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Link yelled, gasping for air. "I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to–"Zelda called down to Link. Her voice trailed off into a flood of giggles from Aryll. Link went under the water for quite some time; trying to pull a prank on Zelda and Aryll. He was known for holding his breath a long time, anyhow. Ten minutes creeped by. "Oh, Link!" Zelda cried, tears running down her cheek. "What did I do?! Help him! Is he going to drown? Oh, please, help!"
Link snickered. He was really hiding underneath the Lookout, still in the water, but was holding on to a pole! That rascal, he was still alive! It was a prank! Zelda was furious with herself, still not knowing that it was all a funny prank. She jumped off of the edge of the Lookout and swam around helplessly. "Hey! Over here!" Link shouted. "Ha ha!"
Zelda turned around in delight. It was Link! "Link! You're okay!" Zelda exclaimed. "It was a prank, Zelda.." Link said. "A prank!? Why–ah, everybody does a prank or two. I just know that you'll be dripping wet, you scoundrel," Zelda laughed. Link climbed onto the Lookout's ladder and Zelda followed. "Aryll we're done! Come on!" Link and Zelda yelled.
And the three went up to the mountain, returning to Grandma's house in a happy mood.
