Hoorah, chapter three! And how convenient, I have Zelda music playing in the background… theme for Windfall Island… stupid addictive midi files… anyways yeah… this one is pretty short…

Oh, and once again, I have failed in my attempt to own Zelda, and so it still belongs to Nintendo…

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The Birdie man

Chapter 3

An Unexpected Visitor

Komali ran to answer the door. One of his friends? But he didn't have any! Not who lived there anyways. Who could it be?

He ran over to the door and opened it to see…

"Arill?"

Arill was standing there holding her bag in front of her, rocking back and forth on her feet.

"Hi Komali, uh…" She looked to Lenzo. "May I come in please?"

"Why?" said Komali angrily. "So you and see my evil plans for world domination. Arill laughed nervously.

"Oh, that… Listen, I'm really sorry about that…" She looked down at her feet. "My grandma tells me lots of stories, my brother Link says they are taking over my brain…"

"Come on Komali, she seems nice enough…" Lenzo said. "Let her join us!"

"Hmph" Komali stomped back to the back room. Lenzo looked down at Arill.

"He's had a bad day, come in…" He cleared his throat. "You can look at some photos with us…"

It annoyed Komali that Lenzo let Arill, one of the kids who had made his day so miserable, in his house. She kept asking questions about everything.

"So this is what the birdie people's island looks like!" she said happily. Komali rolled his eyes.

"We're called Ritos," Komali said. "And yes, that's our island."

"It sure is pretty!" Lenzo gave her another photo. "Hey, is this a dragon?" Komali leaned over to look at the photo.

"Yeah, that's Valoo. He lives on top of the mountain."

"Does he breathe fire and eat people and kidnap princesses like in the stories?" Komali shook his head.

"No, he does breathe fire, but he doesn't eat anything, and barely leaves Dragon Roost."

"Oh, okay." Arill put the photo aside, and Lenzo gave her another one.

"Rito… Chieftain…" Arill read on the back. "Hey Komali, is that your dad?" Komali's eyes widened. He snatched the photo from Arill.

"Yeah, that's my dad!" He looked up at Lenzo. "You know my dad?" Lenzo nodded.

"Yes, I've known him since before he was even Chieftain. Here, I have a picture of him and your grandparents." He passed Komali another picture. "Doesn't look very happy now does he?"

His dad was standing in the middle of Komali's grandparents, frowning. Komali's grandfather, who must have been chieftain at the time, was smiling, arm around his wife, Komali's grandmother.

"By the way, it's been awhile since I've seen your grandmother, how is she?" asked Lenzo.

Komali looked at the table, and didn't say anything. Lenzo's eyes widened.

"She isn't… is she?" Komali nodded. "Oh, Komali, I'm so sorry, I didn't know…" Komali shook his head.

"It's fine, we're all doing okay…" His eyes widened. "Oh no!"

"What is it?" asked Lenzo.

""It's Din's Pearl, I forgot it at school!" He slammed his fist on the table. "And now Mido's probably already sold it…"

Arill suddenly remembered.

"No he hasn't!" she said, opening her bag. She reached in, and took out Din's Pearl. Komali's eyes widened.

"You have it?" he asked, surprised. Arill nodded.

"I grabbed it after Mido dropped it during the fight… I hid it in my bag, that's why I came here; to give it to you!" She gave it to Komali. Komali looked it over, making sure it wasn't cracked. "Well, I have to go; grandma will be wanting me home…" She got up and walked to the door. Right before she left, Komali ran over to her.

"Uh… thanks…" he said, still holding the pearl. "For getting this back for me I mean…"

"Don't worry about it," Arill smiled. "Helping people is what I do!" And with that she took off down the road.

That night, Lenzo went upstairs to see how Komali was doing, when he noticed that one of the pictures had bee taken off the wall. He looked around, and saw Komali asleep, curled up in his makeshift bed. Beside him lay Din's Pearl, and in his arms was the missing picture of Dragons Roost Island.

Lenzo whispered goodnight, and blew out the lantern.

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Yay, a happy chapter! Anyways, I'm here to tell you that it might be awhile until the next chapters up, cuz I write these all on paper at school between passing notes and sleeping, and so far its longer then chapter 2… so yeah. Anyways please review! Thankies much!