The group spent the rest of the day chatting it up with those from the cul-de-sac, giving Link a very detailed view of how the Eds lived their lives. And by that, I mean how all their scams kept blowing up in their faces. He and Navi would've questioned how any of what they heard was possible if they stopped laughing for a moment.
"Enough! Enough already! My ribs are gonna break!" Link wheezed.
"I haven't laughed this much in a long time!" Navi chortled. The Eds didn't take to kind to their repeated failures being brought up. Edd blushed, Eddy ground his teeth in anger at the other kids razzing them, and Ed laughed along with their failures.
'If we ever run into the others from this cul-de-sac of theirs, I'm gonna have them tell me everything they got on these guys.' Link thought while stiffling another chuckle.
"Well, the day's almost over." Marie yawned.
"Alright everyone, get out!" Lee ordered since the owner left them to lock up. "We're closing for today!" The others all stood up and stretched before heading towards the door, but only Kevin and Nazz left after Lee grabbed the Eds and Link by their shirts. "Hold it! Need to talk to you guys!"
"If you try to kiss us, you'll regret it, Kanker!" Eddy growled.
"As good as that sounds, they're something I wanna tell you dips." she said as she released them.
"And that would be?" Edd asked.
"You telling them about that old graveyard keeper?" Marie asked as she swept the floor.
"Who? Dampe?" Navi asked.
"Actually, it's the late Dampe now. He passed away." May answered.
"Let met guess. Ganondorf?" Link growled.
"Nah. Old age. Guy was practically a walking corpse." Lee explained.
"And what's this got to do with us?" Eddy asked with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Before he died, he found some kind of weird tool or some other kind of shit." Lee continued. "Don't know what it is, but if you guys are looking to fight Ganondorf, then you're gonna need every and any advantage you can get. Figured it was worth mentioning." Lee finished.
"Well, thank you for the information." Link replied with a smile. "Where is it?"
"Buried with him." Lee smirked. "Which means you guys have gotta do a little grave robbin' if you want it."
"You cannot be serious." Edd protested. "Defiling a departed individual's resting place is where I drawn the line."
"Oh yeah? Well I'm redrawing your line! We're hitting that grave tonight!" said Eddy.
"OH! OH! Will we see more ghosts and zombies there?!" Ed asked excitedly.
"He still wants to see the undead?" Link asked in disbelief.
"I'll never understand this guy." Navi groaned.
"Alright, get lost!" said Marie before she and Lee pushed the four men out the door, with May walking out behind them.
"I'll have your room ready for when you guys wanna call it a night." May smiled before walking towards the Inn.
"I still stand by decision." Edd spoke up before turning away from them. "I refuse to take part in this grave digging excursion. Count. Me. Out." The others only looked at Edd's back before Link gave a knowing look to the other two Eds.
-Kakariko Graveyard-
The group was now heading for the graveyard, with Ed dragging Edd by the ankles the whole way, before stopping in front of Dampe's grave.
"Here we are boys! Ready to dig this old man up?" Eddy asked them.
"How about we leave the corpse in the ground and just take the item?" Link suggested.
"This is madness!" Edd yelled while lifting himself off the ground. "How would you all feel if someone dug up your grave for anything that was buried with your body, treasured item or not?!"
"Like I told you, one day I'll build a fountain of youth. And that means I ain't dying." Eddy explained, causing Link to stare and Edd to groan while pinching the bridge of his nose.
"You know what? Fine!" Edd snapped. "Since all of you seem set on violating this poor soul's grave, then I'll lend a hand to quicken the pace and get us out of here all the quicker!"
"Ha! 'Bout time you decided to live a little!" Eddy laughed as Ed began pulling the gravestone back.
"Uh, guys? I think someone beat us to it." Navi stated while hovering above the whole in the ground. All four of them looked down to see that the grave was indeed an empty hole in the dirt.
"Oh, fantastic!" said Eddy while throwing his arms in the air. "So someone else got the cool treasure?! Just perfect! What do we do now?"
"I propose we call it a night. The Kankers did say they would outfit us with new equipment." said Edd.
"I just hope it'll allow us to enter the temple." Link reminded them. "Otherwise, it'll be for nothing."
"What do you think Ed?" Navi asked the dim Ed.
"I say...WE MEET THE ZOMBIES!" Ed screamed before jumping down the hole.
"ED!" the others yelled before jumping down after their pea-brained friend. They raised whatever they had to fight, be it sword or fists, ready to battle whatever was lurking in the ground. However...
"Well now, this is quite a nice surprise." said Dampe. He looked exactly the same as before, but was now floating in the air, holding a lantern in his hand, and had an angelic halo over his head. Oh, and they were in some weird crypt.
"What on earth?" Edd asked in confusion while Eddy looked around the area.
"Hi, Mr. Dampe!" Ed greeted.
"How 'bout that? I ain't seen you four since you scampered out of the graveyard years ago. How you all been?" Dampe asked with a smile. "You likin' my grave?"
"This is your grave? This looks like a tomb!" Link stated.
"Yeah. Pretty big, ain't it?" Dampe asked them with a grin. "Makes for a little entertainment to last an afterlife. Now then, what can I do for you young men?" They opened their mouths to speak, only for Dampe to shush them. "Wait! Let me guess? You heard of the treasure I found and want to claim it, don't ya?"
"It's not that we wish to rob you of your buried possesions, but we're on a quest to free Hyrule from Ganondorf's tyrannical hands and-" Edd explained before Dampe shushed him again.
"Mind summing it up? Hate to be rude, but you're boring me to death all over again." Dampe chuckled, which was joined in by the other two Eds, Link, and Navi.
"Short answer: Yes. We want the treasure." Eddy bluntly told him.
"Which we'll return when we're done using it." Edd said.
"Eh, keep the thing if ya want." Dampe told them.
"Really?" Link asked. "You don't mind?"
"Pfft. I'm dead! What am I gonna need the thingamajig for anyway?" Dampe asked while shrugging his shoulders. "But, you gotta earn it."
"Why do these things always come with a catch?" Eddy groaned. "Fine! What is it?"
"Try to keep up." Dampe smiled before floating away at a quick speed.
"Follow that ghost!" Ed yelled before they all ran off after him. They all turned a corner, only to smack into a wall.
"What the?! Where'd he go?!" Eddy asked before a blue flame engulfed them for a moment. They screamed before appearing back at the start.
"Tsk tsk tsk. Too slow." Dampe said while shaking his head. "If you ain't fast enough, I'll just reset the race. Wanna try again?"
"Oh, it's ON OLD MAN!" Eddy yelled.
"That's the spirit!" Dampe laughed before flying off again.
-20 minutes later-
Dampe was having a grand old time racing group. Since his death, no one's ever visited him except grave robbers. He had fun messing their heads before they would give up and leave, but these boys were special. They were tenacious, stubborn, determined, and great for the occasional conversation while racing his spirit. It had taken them quite a few times, and many run-ins with dead ends and ReDeads, but the boys finally managed to keep up with Dampe. They were all struggling to breathe after all that running while Dampe simply floated along with a grin.
"Not half bad." he said. "I don't think I had that much fun before, even in life!"
"We*wheeze* kept up!" Eddy said.
"Please...no...more...running!" Edd begged as he lay on the ground.
"Can we have...the treasure now?!" Link gasped.
"Sure! Here ya go!" Dampe snapped his fingers, causing a chest to materialize out of nowhere. "And hey! Ya ever wanna race again, just visit ol' Dampe!" laughed the spirit before disappearing in a ball of blue flame.
"We got a prize, guys!" Ed exclaimed as he opened the chest and pulled out the item. "DA DA DA DAAAAAA!" Ed yelled while holding the Hookshot above his head.
"...uh, what is it?" Eddy asked.
"That's the Hookshot. Though the chain is strong, the amount inside is small. It's useful for allowing the user to go to hard to reach places." Navi explained.
"Like a grappling hook?" Edd suggested.
"Yeah." Navi nodded.
"Cool!" Ed grinned as he pointed it at the ceiling and pulled the button, thereby launching the hook skyward and into the ceiling before bringing him up with it and slamming him into the ceiling before falling back down. "Do it again!" he laughed as he aimed again, only for Link to take it away from him.
"Let's not and say we did." he suggested before putting it away. "Alright. We got that, so let's...you hear something?"
"Hear what?" Eddy asked while Link held his finger to his lips, telling them to be quiet. They didn't say a word before they faced towards the only exit left since the way they came was blocked by stone for some reason.
"Is that music?" Edd inquired as they followed the sound right into the middle of the windmill.
"This is the windmill!" Navi stated. "It must've been connected to the graveyard!"
"Yawn." Eddy mocked yawned before releasing a real yawn. "Well, if we're back in the village, I say let's hit the Inn."
"Agreed. I've had enough adventure for one day." Edd nodded as they jumped down.
"YOU!" screamed a voice, causing the group to jump in surprise. They turned to see an angry looking bald man approach them. He had a sinister scowl on his face while he constantly played his music box, which was the source of the song they followed. "YOU! WITH THE GREEN HAT!"
"Me?" Link asked while pointing at himself.
"Yes! YES! You look like him! Oh yes! Just like him! Just like that little brat! He came! He came here! And that song! THE SONG! He played the song before it all went wrong!" the man ranted.
"Any of you know what this guy's yapping about?" Eddy asked them.
"No clue." Link shrugged.
"The song, the song!" the man ranted before he stopped his music box. "This accursed song that made everything wrong! The windmill spun at far greater speed! The well dried up of the water we need! The storm it called! Oh, I don't really need to hear that song AGAIN!"
"Right...well, we'll leave you to your song." Eddy smiled while they all left the windmill, not taking their eyes off the man for a second before getting out the door.
A/N: I think I'm back in the swing of things. I haven't played, or seen, this game in awhile. I was going by memory. Also, someone sent me a suggestion for their gear. Who was it, and can you resend it please?