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Chaos Wielder: I've never played Fire Emblem either, so I just make his character up as I go along. Prepare to be surprised in later chapters…
Thoughts – italics
"Speech" – speech marks
'Telepathy' – apostrophes
Oooo – scene change
Eeee – end of chapter
Oh, yeah, and the way I imagine Link's tunic is that he has a HUGE number of pockets around him. How else could he carry everything on his adventures?
Chapter 3
Link opened his eyes. He was lying face down on the floor, and the air was breezing slightly around him. He slowly pushed himself to his feet, and looked around.
He was in a ruin of some sort. A temple, perhaps, or a castle. The walls were grey with age. Link looked around in awe; he hadn't seen anything like this in his time. He walked through the ruins, taking in all he saw.
Link's stomach rumbled. He felt through his many pockets, one by one, until he found an apple. He smirked; he had kept this for some reason from the last Melee he had had. He bit into it, savouring the sweet juice as it refreshed him.
Suddenly, he heard a cry. Instantly alert, he dropped the apple and rushed in the direction that he had heard the cry from.
He ran through many chambers, too intent on finding the person that had cried to notice anything around him. He sprinted through many rooms, until he came to one with an occupant.
It was a genma of some description, different to the one that killed him. Link scowled, drew his sword, and crept towards the creature. It looked suspiciously like a zombie to him. As he drew within striking distance, it whirled and attempted to catch him off-guard, swinging its weapon at his head.
Link merely blocked the blow, doing the simple move with such ease that he even knocked the genma back slightly. Link instantly followed the deflection up with a strong slice to the genma's unprotected torso. It cleaved the zombie in half, both halves falling to the floor. Link blinked; the ogres had turned his already excellent sword skills into an art form, stylish and quite deadly.
As Link turned to leave, the zombie seemed to evaporate in front of his very eyes, and in its place was a little blue orb.
'Link,' said a voice. Link whirled around quickly, expecting someone behind him. He saw no-one.
'Link, this is an ogre from your gauntlet.'
Link looked to his arm. To his immense surprise, he saw the orb on his wrist seem to blink with some sort of lid.
'Link, that blue orb is a soul. Souls are released whenever you defeat a genma. Use the power of the gauntlet to siphon the soul, and to give its power to you.'
Link nodded, holding his left hand out in front of him. He concentrated, trying to siphon the soul into the gauntlet, causing a very slight breeze to blow. The orb on the gauntlet began to glow, and the blue soul rushed towards the orb. As it was absorbed into Link's arm, Link felt something happen to him; it was a similar feeling to when he used to drink the green potions to restore his magic in Hyrule.
Link smiled, then remembered the voice that called him earlier.
"Hello?" he called. "I defeated the genma, it's safe for you to come out now."
He saw a small flash of light to his left. He turned, and his eyes boggled.
It was a small creature, reminding him of the fairies that the other people had in Kokiri forest. He never did have one, though…
"Link!" the fairy called.
Link raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "How do you know my name?" he demanded, walking over to the fairy with his sword drawn.
"Hey, take it easy, okay?" the fairy said, holding its hands up. "My name is Navi, I used to work for the ogres."
As Link drew nearer, he noticed that the fairy was female. "Fairy, why were you attacked?"
Navi seemed to take offence at this. "Fairy!" she screamed, flying full speed towards Link's face. "Why I should..!"
Link raised his arms to protect his face. "Hey, what are you doing!" he yelled in confusion. "What did I do?"
"I am NOT a fairy, mortal. I am a Tengu," she said smugly, flying back to a safe distance. "Tengu are superior to common fairies." Navi seemed to spit the word.
"Okay, okay. Sheesh, calm down a bit," said Link, sheathing his sword again. He wished that he had his shield with him; he felt strange without it.
The Tengu 'hmmphed' at him and began to fly away. Link scowled and began to walk back to where he had started from.
As Link walked through the rooms, he noticed that they were all unused. All the furniture, while being covered with dust, didn't really have any wear to them. He thought over this for a moment, then shrugged it off.
When Link arrived back in the chamber, he heard a high pitched fluttering behind him. He turned around, only to see Navi chasing after him, panting.
"Link…" she gasped. "I almost… forgot…"
She paused to try to catch her breath. Link shook his head, and sat down on a handy wooden bench-type seat.
"Link, the ogres told me to help you, seeing as you know nothing about the past."
"What can you do?" Link asked.
"Well… um, I can… pick up items for you? Ones that you can't reach?" she said, unsure of herself.
"And?"
"I… can… um, you'll see later," she offered lamely. Link sighed, and nodded. Navi smiled slightly.
"Okay, Navi. The ogres told me that I could return to my own time if I defeated all the genma. Where do I start?"
Navi thought for a moment. "You could always try the Jinzoningen forest…" she said after a moment.
"Android forest? What sort of name is that?"
Navi shuddered. "It got that name after many mechanical beasts were seen running out of it, into the village. They slaughtered many villagers, and burned their homes to the ground. The forest it right next to Juuhan village, which is about 2 days walk from here."
Link stood up, brushing the dust off the back of his tunic, and stretched slightly. "Well, we'd better get moving…"
"Wait!" Navi said suddenly. "What about food? Water? Medicine? You can't rely on luck alone to get you there; we need provisions!"
"Medicine? What passes as a cure in this age?" Link asked, thinking of the many potions that he used to rely on.
"Various herbs. Many people believe in the natural method of healing. But, there are the alchemists who brew these foul concoctions, calling them 'potions' and selling them for huge amounts of money."
Link thought for a moment. He didn't have anything here, just his sword, his new gauntlet, his tunic and… Link remembered something. He searched through his pockets, found several items that he didn't need, and pulled out a telescope.
"Now, if I remember the few lectures on history that Zelda gave me… the telescope will only be invented in a hundred years time, right? Should fetch a pretty penny…"
Navi cocked her head. "I dunno, I've never been anywhere like that before," she said, shrugging. Link looked at her oddly.
"Never been anywhere like that?" he asked.
Navi nodded. "Yup! I can time travel, too! That's always fun!"
Link smiled slightly. "You wouldn't be able to pass any messages on to my friends, would you?"
Navi smirked. "No problem, I'd be glad to!"
"And while you're there, you can pick up some stuff for me, right?"
Again, Navi nodded. Link put the telescope back in his pocket and rubbed his hands. He told Navi to tell Zelda and everyone that he was okay, but Ganondorf made some sort of machine to send him to the past…
Behind a pillar, a familiar figure listened in. His purple eyes flashed in amusement. He adjusted a strange sort of device on his face slightly.
"So, Link is an Onimusha of legend? I shall have to inform master Ganondorf immediately. Mewtwo pressed a button on the side of the device and a strange distortion surrounded him. There was a flash of light, and Mewtwo disappeared….
Eeee
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