"come children" Impa said, leading them. But first she said, "Link, I sung this song to Zelda as a baby, I am sure it will help you. There are mysterious power in these notes, and only royal family members are allowed to know it". Link learned a song on his ocarina, which Nora titled "Zelda's Lullaby".
When they got outside, Impa pointed to a mountain, "that is death mountain. it's entrance lies in Kakariko Village. Death mountain is where the spiritual stone of fire rests, with the gorons".
"Link" Nora said, "let's go see Malon". He nodded and they set off, following Nora's map to Lon Lon Ranch. When they got there, they heard someone singing, undoutedly Malon. Racing to the corral, she greeted them.
"oh, Hi Link, Nora" Malon said, "look, these are my favorite horses, Epona and Stormy". The horses ran away, "oh, it seems they're frightened of you. well, would you like to sing with me?". Link took out the ocarina and played the song Malon was singing at the moment. Epona came over to him, and he called it Epona's song.
Next, Nora took the ocarina. She played the other song, and Stormy raced over to her. But it began to storm, hard. Malon begged them to help her take the horses into the barn. They did so, and Malon gave them a bottle of Lon Lon Milk for it.
Now they got a good look at the horses. Epona was red, with a white mane and tail, and chocolate brown eyes. Stormy was gray, with a white lightning bolt on his forehead, green eyes, and a black mane and tail.
Link was really the only one looking though, as Nora was preocupied. She was staring at the ocarina in awe, positive that the song she had just played had summoned this storm. Thinking of Link's named song, Epona's Song, she dicided on a name for her's. Comparing what it did to her horse's name, she whispered, "Song of Storms".
Once the storm settled, the children said their goodbyes and left for Kakariko Village. There they found a village just as lively as Hyrule Town Market.
The twins explored a bit, and found a lady who looked upset. They asked what was wrong, and she responded, "my cucoos have run away! please help me find them!". Nodding, the young Kokori raced around, and after finding six, she said, "oh, thank you, just one more!".
After pondering a bit, Nora heard a box clucking. She rammed into it, blasting it to pieces and finding a cucoo and racing after it. Finally, once all seven were in the pen, the lady rewarded them.
"thank you so much! I'm allergic to the cucoos, so they give me goosebumps when I touch them. here, I want you to have this, it's made of fine galss and it's breakable, so please be careful" She handed the kids a glass bottle, identical to the one that Malon had given them, minus the milk.
The children then found a gate, with a mountain beyond it. But a guard stood there, claiming you could only go past with permission from the king.
"must be Mido's ancestor" Nora huffed under her breath, and Link giggled.
"oh, wait, will this do?" Link cried out, holding out the letter from Zelda. "huh?" the guard said, "this is surely princess Zelda's handwriting! Let's see, 'this is Nora and Link, they are under my orders to save Hyrule'. Hah! What sort of game is our princess playing now? oh well, I'll let you pass". The guard opened the gate and continued.
"well, if you're going to climb Death Mountain, then you'll need to have the right gear. I suggest that you get the Hylain Shield sold in the Bazzar at Hyrule Town Market If you tell him you heard from me, he'll surely give you a good discount. but if you think you're good to go already, go ahead. oh, and one more thing, my son keeps pestering me to buy a popular mask at the new Happy Mask Shop in the market. I just don't have time. can you two pick it up for me?".
Link had fallen over from the amount of info they'd just gotten, and Nora was figuring it out. Finally she managed to piece it together and said to Link, "let's go to the market! they should have the shields, and we can pick up the mask". Link nodded, and they set out.
Once they got to the market, it was almost night. They raced in before the drawbridge went up, and Nora began to shiver.
"Link, I'm cold" Nora's teeth were chattering. Link got worried, and jerked at the bazzar door. It was locked. Obviously it was only open during the day. The same thing happened with every other door. Finally, when they got to an alleyway, Link found an open door. It was someone's house.
The lady there got one look at them, frowned, and walked up to Link. "my puppy has run away, if you fetch him, I'll let you stay the night". The two nodded, eager to help someone. But the woman obviously noticed Nora's condition.
"not you" the lady grabbed Nora's shoulder. Nora whipped around. "you help me make dinner". Nora nodded, grateful. As Link set off, they began to cook in the lady's large pot.
"what's your name?" the lady asked. "Nora, and my brother's name is Link. Yours?". "Anjuma. So, Nora, aren't you and your brother a little young to be out here on your own?".
At that moment, Link walked in, carrying a puppy. "no, that's not my Richard" Anjuma said, and Link walked back out.
"our parents are traveling merchants. they're on buisness with the bazzar right now, and they'll be there all night. We're 10 years old, so they knew we'd be bored with it, and they let us be alone." Nora said, lying between her teeth.
It took Link three more tries to find the correct dog, but once he did, Anjuma gave them both something.
"that's a heart container" Navi said from inside Link's hat when Anjuma was busy, "when you get four, it becomes a heart container".
While Anjuma was pouring soup into the twin's bowls, Nora whispered the story she'd cooked up to Link. "I'm sorry, I don't have anything for you to drink, I'm all out of Kakariko water" Anjuma said.
"that's all right" Nora said, taking out the Lon Lon milk and pouring half of it into Link's bottle. They both drank away, and climbed into Anjuma's bed.
"so, since we're gonna be traveling merchant's too someday, we need to know" Link started, catching onto the lie pretty well, "you said kakariko water, are certain places famous for certain things?".
Anjuma sat down in her armchair and stroked Richard's fur. "yes" she began, "Kakariko for it's water because it has a giant well, Lon Lon Ranch for it's milk and horses, even though they haven't sold a horse in 10 years, because of that ranch girl".
"you mean Malon?" the twins asked in chorus. "oh, you've met her? well, yes. Malon's always been overattatched to those horses. She won't let her father sell them. Good thing though, because when she stopped the selling of horses, Talon, her father, focused more on milk. It made them more money than they could have ever dreamed of with horses".
Anjuma left off there, and sat back. Link was still curious, but Nora assured Anjuma that she could go to sleep, claiming she was tired as well.
During the night, Nora awoke to Richard's yapping. She walked out of bed, her socked feet making no sound.
"shhhh" Nora told the dog. But the dog merely growled and continued. Nora looked out the small window and didn't see anything, then opened the door. She cringed as cold wind hit her face, and still didn't see anything.
Nora walked back in and whispered to the dog, "please do not wake up Anjuma, she was so kind to us for letting us sleep here, I don't want to repay her by letting her dog awaken her". But the dog just ignored her and kept on barking.
"what if I let you sleep on the bed in my place?" Nora placed him on the bed. Instantly, Richard stopped yapping to feel the cusiony bed. He snuggled down next to Link and went to sleep, and Nora let out a sigh of relief. She shivered as she lay down on the cold ground next to the bed, bud convinced herself to sleep by thinking, 'I did the right thing'.
In the morning, at 7:00 to be exact, Anjuma began to shake the two awake. "come on, wake up, your parents will be worried". Link had forgotten about thew lie, and was about to say "we don't heve parents", but Nora elbowed him and said, "yeah, let's get going, we promised mom and dad we'd meet them at the bazzar". Link remembered and nodded, and the duo began to put their stuff on.
They both slipped on their boots, swords, and shields. Nora put on her headband, and Link his hat. "why were you sleeping on the floor? And why do you have those weapons?" Anjuma asked. "I just fell out of the bed, and the weapons are for theives. People constanly try to steal our wares" Nora responded easily. At the moment, Link was thanking Nayru that Nora could lie so well. It had always been a strange talent of hers.
The children headed for the bazzar and entered. They told the man running it that the guard jhad sent them, and he cut the price from 80 ruppees to 40. Having found a ton of rupees when inside the deku tree, the two could pay easily.
They headed to the mask shop, which wasn't very far away. There, they read the sign of rules that were posted.
Welcome to the happy mask shop. Here, you do not purchases masks but borrow them. Then you find the person who wants it and have them pay for it. Once you have sold the mask, you get bumped up a level to another mask.
Nora stepped up to the counter and ordered the level one mask. The salesman handed over a keeton mask. "wear it to show it. the person who wants it will want to buy it" he said.
"hey guys" Navi said as they exited the shop, "I wonder what Saria would say if we told her we were going to save the world". A hush fell across the twins. "maybe we can go" Nora said timidly, not really meaning it. They both had tried to keep their thoughts off of Saria lately, but there was no denying that they had to go back.
The duo raced as fast as they could to the Kokori Forest, but that didn't stop them from getting there at 10:35 PM. They were exausted, but hurried to run up the path to the Lost Woods. Knowing the path by heart, they quickly arrived in the sacred forest meadow.
When they got to their special place, they saw Saria on her stump. "Nora! Link! You're okay! I was so worried when I saw the drinks and bags gone, I thought you'd be leaving for good". Saria was silenced as the twins told her everything about their adventure. Then she cheered up.
"so Zelda's Lullaby is the connection you have to the royal family? Well, then I guess this song can be your connection to here" Saria began to play her wonderful song, and Link began to follow along on the ocarina. Finally, Nora grabbed it and played as well.
Then, in a sad goodbye, the twins left the forest. Exausted, they began to make their way towards kakariko Village. It was a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong walk, and, about a five minute distance from the village, they both collapsed. Everything went black after that.
Hiei-Touya: whooo, cliffhanger!
Flora: I never thought you could pull one off, but this one is pretty decent.
Hiei-Touya: nonsense, the ones in my untitled, two-chapters-finished, Sonic story, are incredible.
Flora: yeah, they are....
Hiei-Touya: everything went black and a heart-stopping scream pierced the air are great.
Flora: then why on earth don't you post the story on ff.n?
Hiei-Touya: four reasons.
Flora: which are?
Hiei-Touya: 1, I'm busy with 6 other stories, 2, I don't have a title, 3, it's written, not typed, and 4, I'm to lazy to type it.
Flora: (sighs) numero dos is an estupido reason. (translation, number two is a stupid reason. she was reading my 6th grade spainish book)
Hiei-Touya: why?
Flora: because you never have names for your stories.
Hiei-Touya: oh yeahhhhhhhhh, well, r&r people! Sayonara Bye Bye and anyone who can tell me where that line (sayonara bye bye) is from gets to have their name in my next author's notes.