Chapter six: Chibi Potion Number Nine

Roy yelled out in pain as the littler version of Mart kicked him in the leg. Roy toppled over onto the ground, angrily watching as Marth darted off down the path,

"Sucker!" the blue haired swords master called over his shoulder before disappearing around the bend in the path. Roy swore to himself, staggering to his feet. Link had begun to wake up, and the swordsman dragged him to his feet and ran down the path as well.

When Roy skidded around the bend, he saw Dr. Mario. This alone made him sigh inwardly in relief. Then he saw Dr. Mario restraining littler Marth. This made the swordsman grin.

"Does this-a-belong to you, by-a-any chance?" Dr. Mario asked, gesturing to Marth.

"Yes, actually." Roy said, taking Marth by the wrist. Marth grumbled.

"May I-a-ask what's-a-wrong with him?" Dr. Mario asked. Roy sighed,

"Well…this afternoon he found me, and he was acting weird…kind of like he was drunk. But he's not, mind . Then…he started getting younger." Roy gestured at the present Marth, "And now…he's thirteen and is acting like the little brat he used to be."

Marth stuck his tongue out at Roy.

"We need an antidote." Link said, Roy nodded.

"Well-a-then," Dr. Mario said, smiling, "That'll be-a-no prob-a-lem at all. Oddly enough, this has-a-been happening a lot-a-lately."

"Whoa, really?" Link asked. The pudgy doctor nodded,

"I've-a-cured Falco and Fox—who-a-shrank into a chick and a kit. And-a-Pikachu who actually de-volved into-a-Pichu."

"Yikes, that must have been a mess." Link cringed. Dr. Mario nodded.

"Well-a-then, let's be off." So speaking, Dr. Mario strode off down the path. Roy and Link exchanged glances then followed him down the road. Marth, of course, kicking and protesting the whole way.

Young Link darted through the trees, Navi following best she could. The young Kokori skidded to a dusty halt just before the end of the trees. Roy, Link, Dr. Mario and his new playmate were going to the clinic.

"No way they're getting that far…" Young Link muttered, "I'll stop them before they make it…" he clenched the neck of his bottle in his fist, the blue powder shifting into dusty clouds. Navi hovered nervously at his shoulder.

"Don't worry, Navi," Young Link reassured her, "After this, I'll stop." Navi seemed to sigh, and flew under Young Link's hat (which she does in Ocarina of Time).

Young Link watched from behind a bush as the little procession drew closer. He watched as they passed by him, and he watched as they walked further down the path. Then the young hero of time slipped out of his hiding place and darted as fast as he could down the path without making a lot of noise. As he came closer, littler Link poured a generous handful of blue powder into his hand.

Young Link ran past Roy, Marth and the older version of himself and up to Dr. Mario.

"Take this, you fat old doctor moron!" Young Link shouted, running up behind him and throwing the powder in his face. Dr. Mario was instantly surrounded in bluish cloud.

"Hey!" Link said, running after his younger self, "Stop!"

"Yea, as if!" Young Link called over his shoulder and sticking his tongue out.

The two Link's ran around for a minute or two until the older one managed to catch up to the younger one. He then grabbed the neck of the little hero of time's tunic and dragged him back to the others.

"Alright," the Hero of Time said, dropping Young Link on the ground, "What was that that you just threw?"

"Hah, like I'd tell you ," Young Link said, crossing his arms.

"Yea, you would," Roy said, drawing his sword and holding the tip up to Young Link's throat.

Littler Link swallowed hard and looked up at the other two,

"Okay, fine," he said after a moment. "It's a sort of poison that turns you younger."

"Where'd you get it?" Marth asked, his eyes shining.

"Um…that potions lady in the windmill village…" he replied.

"Neat! Take me there later!" Marth said.

"Oh, no." Roy shook his head, "No, no, no. Not in this life time, or any other." Roy glared down at Young Link, "You mean to tell us that you just shrank Dr. Mario? The only person who could reverse what ever it is that happened to…wait. It was you wasn't it!" Roy pointed at Young Link, "You shrank Marth!"

"Yep."

"Why!"

"Well, duh." Young Link rolled his eyes, "Its so obvious, isn't it?"

Roy and Link exchanged glances,

"No." they said in unison. Young Link put on a 'well, then you're both dumb' face,

"Okay, then, I want you to go through the list of Smashers." He said. "Now, count how many are my age."

"Pichu." Roy said,

"The Ice Climbers and Kirby," Link said.

"And Ness." Marth put in.

"Okay, now, Pichu and Kirby I can't understand what they say," Young Link said, "And Ness and the Ice Climbers only want to train. I have no one to ever play with. So, I figured if I used this potion…the lady called it Chibi Potion—what the heck that is, I have no idea…then I'd have someone to play with."

"Well…I can understand that." Marth said, working on wrenching his wrist from Roy's grasp. "Why can't you just let us play?"

"Yea," came a voice, "Let us-a-play!"

Roy, Link, and Marth turned around and gazed in disbelieving silence at Dr. Mario.

"…what are you-a-staring at?" the doctor asked.

"This cannot be happening…" Link breathed. Roy could only manage a nod. Young Link, however, beamed.

"We were staring at you, silly." He said to the doctor—who now had to be around thirteen himself.

"Oh," Doctor Mario said, "Well…um…now what?"

"We play!" Marth shouted, finally freeing himself from Roy's grasp and sprinting down the path, Young Link following without hesitation.

"Oh…um…ok!" Doctor Mario said after a second and darted after his new-found playmates, leaving Roy and Link standing dumbfounded in the dust.

A/n: thank you for waiting everyone. I have one announcement to make before you can get one with your lives, this being that I am not going to accept plot-changing events and put them into the fic. For example, I got a request to have the anti-chibi potion in this chapter and then the whole thing end. I find that anticlimactic and am not going to do that. However, little random events that happen…sort of like sub-plots…I have no problem with and will gratefully accept. Thanks once again…now…review?