Hello Everybody. Yeah, I know, I've been a few months absent from updating recently. Apparently, I've been having trouble trying to figure out what to write for this chapter. I don't know if it has been writers block, or if there was too much to do recently or what. Anyhow, I've now learned one thing for sure, and that is that pre-race chapters are probably going to be the hardest ones to make. I like writing chapters where there's actually some action going on in it, those ones are my favorite. I guess this means I really am going to be writing 3 part episodes from now on, at least for the most part. But, anyways, I've finally finished this chapter, and I've worked really hard on it too, so I hope you enjoy it completely.
Ep. 4, Horses Are a Pokémon's Worst Enemy –Samus
Previously on the Amazing Race: Video Game Edition, nine teams set out from Luigi's Mansion, and raced thousands of miles to the Kingdom of Hyrule. At the start of the leg, chaos immediately erupted when Link & Zelda chose to walk to the space station instead of taking a taxi…
"Link, we haven't seen any teams walking out here," said Zelda. "They all probably took a car to the space station."
…and later, they unwittingly got themselves on the slower flight with three other teams, instead of taking the faster one. As a result, the confusion led to a fight between the two, adding more tension to their relationship.
"I knew there was something fishy about our flight arrangement, Link!" said Zelda, "you're such an idiot!"
"HEY! EXCUUUUSE ME PRINCESS!" said Link.
Later on after that, after all the teams had arrived in Hyrule, Link & "Sheik" then decided to take a risky but strategic gamble and go for the Fast-Forward. Unbeknownst to them, however, Pokémon Trainer & Lucario had gotten there first…
"I'm sorry, there's another team here doing it," the game instructor said the Link & Sheik.
"Are you serious!?" said Sheik.
…As a result, Pokémon Trainer & Lucario were able to successfully complete the Fast-Forward and head directly to the pit-stop…
"Pokémon Trainer & Lucario," said Toad, "once again, you're team number one."
"YESSSSS!" they both said, jumping up and down and hugging each other in celebration.
…but as for Link & Sheik, this caused them to fall even further behind.
"This sucks, now we have to go all the way back!" Sheik complained.
A detour based on counting cuccos left Ness & Lucas puzzled…
"38, 39, 50, 51, 52…" said Lucas counting his shear.
"I'm sorry, that's not correct," said the cucco lady.
…and led Bowser & Bowser Jr. to their absolute worst.
"You're the one that's being stupid, JUNIOR!" said Bowser.
"Quit, calling, me, JUNIOR!" Bowser Jr. screamed at the top of his lungs.
Kirby & Jigglypuff made a nearly fatal error when they forgot to exchange their money at the Kakariko village bank. As a result, they had to go all the way back down the mountain trail…
"OH MY GOSH, come on Jigglypuff, we gotta hurry!" said Kirby.
"Right behind you," said Jigglypuff.
…and when they had to climb all the way back up, Jigglypuff passed out due to altitude exhaustion.
"Help, somebody help us!" Kirby wailed. "My girlfriend needs a doctor or something! We need help!"
But thanks to Link & Sheik, who were coming back in last place, they were able to nurse her back to health.
"Ugh, Kirby…my head hurts." Jigglypuff whined after Link's pink fairy did its magic.
"It's alright, you're ok," said Kirby.
At the Roadblock, several teams were able to find the clue in the boulders with ease…
"Oh my gosh!" Krystal shrieked when Fox found his clue. "Yes, Fox, yes, you found it!"
"LUCAS! I found it!" Ness yelled victoriously when he found the clue on his first boulder.
…however, it was Luigi who struggled the most.
"It-a sucks having to watch Luigi suffer like this," said Mario.
Luigi continued working extremely hard into the night, but even with Luigi's never ending determination…
"I don't-a want to be labeled as a quitter. I want to keep-a going!" Luigi insisted.
…the hidden clue remained hopelessly out of reach…
"Mario & Luigi," said Toad when he came out to greet them, "the last team checked in almost two hours ago."
…but luckily for them, they were not eliminated.
"This is a non-elimination leg!" said Toad.
"WHAT-A!?" said Mario, shocked.
"But I've got some bad news for you," Toad continued, "because y'all were unable to retrieve the clue, this means at the beginning of the next leg of the race, you will have to wait out a four hour penalty before y'all can depart."
Will Mario & Luigi remain competitive even with a penalty on their backs, and who will be eliminated next?
…
The scene showed the entire scenery of Hyrule. As the camera rolled, it showed tons of fields, forest, rustic villages, as well as Hyrule Castle.
"This is the Kingdom of Hyrule," said Toad, "a beautiful and peaceful country that serves as the homeland of Link and Princess Zelda. Hyrule was once under the tyranny of Ganondorf, the King of Evil, for seven years. But at the end of those seven years, the Hero of Time had awoken and went on to defeat Ganondorf, and thus, peace was restored to Hyrule. Located in the South of Hyrule Field is Kokiri Forest, a sheltered and serene area in the middle of the Lost Woods, which is where the Kokiri Children live. This forest is also the place where Link used to live in before he took off on his journey to save Hyrule. Kokiri Forest was also the third pit-stop in a race around the video game universe."
The teams were then shown inside Link's old tree house where he used to live in, sitting around the table eating breakfast together.
"At the pit-stop, teams were given the opportunity to eat, sleep, and mingle with the other teams. Also, during their 12-hour break period, teams were given the opportunity to play with the Kokiri children as well."
The scene then showed all of the teams playing with the Kokiri children. Pokémon Trainer & Lucario and Peach & Daisy were sitting up in a tree talking with some of the kids.
"So you're saying you never grow older than the age of seven?!" Peach asked a little red headed girl wearing a green dress.
"Nope, we stay kids forever," she confirmed.
"Lucky," said an envious Pokémon Trainer.
Soon, all the teams were seen watching a play that the Kokiri children were putting on for them, which was about a princess being saved by her prince charming form a ferocious monster. Every one of the teams fully enjoyed it.
CONFESSIONALS:
FOX & KRYSTAL: Dating
"I really enjoyed being around with those kids," said Fox, "I think children are just one of the most beautiful things to ever embrace the universe."
"Those children were just the best thing that ever happened to use on this race, thus far," said Krystal, "I've enjoyed Hyrule immensely; it's a very beautiful place, and I really want to come back here someday!"
LINK & Sheik (Zelda): Newly Dating
"It feels really wonderful being back, here in Kokiri Forest," said Link, who was feeling a bit emotional. "For me to be able to come back and relive the wonderful and happy childhood that I once had here in Kokiri Forest; it was just so joyful and rejuvenating; it was almost like I never left. I'm so happy."
END:
Mario & Luigi were then seen lying in hammocks up in the trees, sound asleep. (Luigi was snoring terribly.)
…
"In the last leg, Mario & Luigi were not eliminated, because this was the first of four predetermined non-elimination legs," said Toad. "However, as according to the rules, they were forced to give up all of their money, and will not be receiving any more of it for the coming leg. Also, due to being unable to complete the roadblock in the last leg, they will have to wait out a four hour penalty before they can depart, thus, putting them six hours behind all the other teams. Can Mario & Luigi ever be able to overcome this major obstacle, especially without a penny to their name? And, will Link & Zelda's inconsistency in making decisions and their lack of communication continue to be an obstacle that they cannot overcome? Pokémon Trainer & Lucario, who were the first team to arrive at 3: 27 pm, will depart first at 3: 27 am.
…
Pokémon Trainer & Lucario were then seen standing on the mat beside the Great Deku Tree Sprout.
POKEMON TRAINER & LUCARIO: 1st to depart at 3: 27 am
Lucario ripped open the clue, and let Pokémon Trainer be the one to read it.
"Make your way through the Lost Woods, and find the portal that leads to the land of Termina."
…
"Teams must now make their way through the Lost Woods, which is where they must find the portal that leads them to the land of Termina. Before doing so however, teams must obtain a fairy from one of the Kokiri children, which will help guide them through the woods, as well as a horse that they must ride on. Teams can obtain a horse by traveling to Lon Lon Ranch, which sits right in the middle of Hyrule Field. Once teams have made it to Termina, they must go and look inside the clock tower, which sits in the middle of Clock Town, and it is there where teams will find their next clue."
…
"Alright, let's get moving," said Lucario, and they were off.
"So we have to go through the Lost Woods?" said Pokémon Trainer. "How are we supposed to do that? I mean, you remember what we found out in the last leg; it's supposed to be cursed! We could end up turning into stalfos' or something, Lucario!"
"I am aware of that, Master," said Lucario, "but we have no other choice. We're going to have to proceed through those woods with extreme caution."
P.T. sighed. "Ok fine, but there aren't even any children running around with their fairies right now. They're all sound asleep."
"We're going to have to wait until morning before we can do that," said Lucario, "but in the meantime, let's just go and obtain our horse."
"Uh-yeah, let's do that."
P.T. & Lucario then went straight to the exit of Kokiri Forest. Pretty soon, they were walking through Hyrule Field late into the night, and were seen trying to avoid the stalchildren, who are said to wander around Hyrule field at nighttime, trying to frighten anyone who is seen out in the field. The field was also still covered in crushed rocks from the Roadblock in the last leg.
"Man, it sure is spooky out here," said P.T.
"Indeed it is, Master," said Lucario.
CONFESSIONAL:
POKEMON TRAINER & LUCARIO: Best Friends
"I'm really glad that we went and took the Fast-Forward," said P.T., "it put us back in first place where we belong."
"Now that we're back in the lead," said Lucario, "we're going to be making sure that we don't make any more mistakes from now on, and that we stay in this position for the rest of the race."
END:
As the two went deeper into the field, P.T. spotted up ahead what he believed was Lon Lon Ranch.
"Lucario, I think that's it up there."
"Alright, let's go up there and see," said Lucario as they both started running.
When they got over to the entrance that stood in the middle of the big wall that surrounded what they believed was the ranch, they started reading the sign.
ENTRANCE TO LON LON RANCH
"Hmm, yep, this is it," said Lucario.
"All right! Let's go in and get our horse!" said P.T. enthusiastically.
When they both entered however, the big ranch looked a bit deserted. As they wandered around, there was neither a horse nor even a cow in sight.
"Hey, what gives? Where are all the horses?" said P.T.
"Hmm… they all must be asleep in there stables," said Lucario.
"Ok, so… what does that mean?"
"…It means this place is closed," Lucario confirmed.
"WHAAAAAAAT?!" said P.T.
"It looks like we're going to have to sleep here and wait until morning, that's when I believe we'll get our horse," said Lucario.
"Man, I was afraid you were going to say that; so much for our now humungous lead!"
P.T. & Lucario then unrolled and got into their sleeping bags, and slept next to the walls of the farm house for the rest of the night. When the sun came up, Malon, one of the owners of the ranch, was seen coming out of the house. She then went into the stables, and let the horses out into the ranch. It was at that moment that P.T. & Lucario had gotten up, rolled up their sleeping bags, and started looking around again. They went up to Malon, who was then standing outside the gate to the field of the ranch, looking after the horses.
"Excuse me," said Lucario, "my friend and I, we're going to be traveling through the Lost Woods, and we'd like to borrow one of your horses."
"Oh, you're one of the teams that are racing," said Malon. "No problem, I've got a horse ready for you. Just follow me." She then brought them into the field and led them to a big golden brown one, which was seen eating grass. "This one should be big enough to carry the both of you."
"Oh my," said Lucario, amazed.
"Man, this going to be sweet!" said P.T.
Malon then gave them instructions on how to ride the horse, and how to guide them properly while riding them. When they had confirmed that they had gotten the hang of it, they were then seen heading off riding it together.
"You two have a safe trip through the Lost Woods," Malon called out them, "and be careful; I hear it can be pretty scary in there."
"Will do," said Lucario. P.T. nodded his head in agreement.
The sun was then seen shining over the trees of Kokiri Forest as Fox & Krystal and Samus & Pikachu were standing on the mat getting ready to start the next leg of the race.
FOX & KRYSTAL and SAMUS & PIKACHU: 2nd and 3rd teams to depart at 5: 53 am
Both teams ripped open their clues and started reading them.
"Make your way through the Lost Woods…" Fox began.
"… and find the portal that leads to the land of Termina, pika," Pikachu finished.
"Ok then, let's go," said Samus.
"Yep, we're off," said Krystal as she and the other three started walking.
CONFESSIONAL:
FOX & KRYSTAL: Dating
"I feel extremely excited that Krystal and I were able to get out of last place and come in second all in one leg," said Fox, "We're feeling extremely pumped now that we finally understand how to run this race."
SAMUS & PIKACHU: Close Friends
"Samus and I are trying not to get too over confident with ourselves," said Pikachu, "right now, we're just taking it one step at a time, and doing whatever we have to do to win, pika."
"That's right," Samus agreed, "and as long as we just continue to stay focused, we just might be able to make it to the very end, and win this thing."
END:
As both teams were walking around Kokiri forest, there were still no children wandering about.
"Where are all the kids?" asked Samus.
"They all must still be asleep," said Fox.
"Pika," said Pikachu.
"I've got an idea, why don't we go and get our horses first, and then we'll get our fairies," Krystal suggested.
The rest of them agreed, and they were then seen leaving the forest and went straight into Hyrule Field looking for Lon Lon Ranch. As they were walking through the field, all of the stalchildren were no longer seen wandering around the field as the sun had already started rising. They instead saw tons of gorons, who were seen having quite a feast as they were eating all the rocks that the teams had crushed during the Roadblock in the last leg. They were also seen picking up any remaining boulders that were left and were taking them back to their home in Death Mountain. They also saw P.T. & Lucario coming back the other way, riding a horse as they were passing through. The two teams then decided to run up to them.
"Hey guys, where did y'all find the ranch?" Fox asked.
"The ranch is just straight ahead," Lucario confirmed, "you can't miss it."
"Oh, thank you both so much, boys," said Krystal.
Fox & Krystal and Samus & Pikachu then started running up ahead to the ranch. Meanwhile, as P.T. & Lucario continued riding back to the forest, P.T. then started realizing something. "Wait a minute, I just remembered something! Didn't we agree that we weren't going to continue helping out other teams!"
Lucario then sweat dropped and face palmed himself when he suddenly remembered this. "Oh darn! I can't believe I completely forgot!"
NESS & LUCAS: 4th team to depart at 6: 07 am
Lucas ripped open the clue and started reading it.
"Before you can go through the Lost Woods, you must obtain a fairy from one of the Kokiri children and a horse from Lon Lon Ranch. Both will help guide your way through the woods."
CONFESSIONAL:
NESS & LUCAS: Best Friends
"I'm actually really proud of the way Lucas and I have been running this race so far," said Ness, "we've been working very hard together and we've hardly ever fought, so it's been pretty good for us so far."
"I'm hoping that as Ness and I go further into the game, we don't end up faltering," said Lucas, "because, like everybody else, we really want to win that million dollars."
END:
Ness & Lucas were then seen wandering around Kokiri Forest, some of the Kokiri children were seen coming out of their houses, as they were starting to get up to greet the morning. Ness & Lucas went over to one of the little red headed girls, who was seen by the river sitting on one of the big stepping stones, washing her face. Her purple fairy companion was hovering above her.
"Excuse me," said Ness, "my friend Lucas and I are going to be traveling in the Lost Woods."
"Yeah," said Lucas, "and we were wondering if you would let us borrow you're fairy for a little while?"
The little girl and her fairy then looked at each other. "You're saying you're going to go through the Lost Woods?" she asked. "I don't know, I hear that place is supposed to be haunted, and my fairy doesn't usually leave me by my side.
"Please let us borrow you're fairy," Lucas begged once more. "We promise we'll give it back."
After a bit more pondering, the little girl and her fairy finally nodded in agreement. "Ok, we trust you, but you're going to have to cover yourself in a forest scent first. That's the only way Hapi will know where you are. Oh yeah, Hapi is the name of my fairy."
"Ok," said Ness.
Ness & Lucas then went and rolled around in the ground, and washed their faces with muddy river water to get the scent on them good. This seemed to work, as Hapi was then seen flying around in circles above them, signifying that she now fully trusted them.
"Now you keep those two safe while they're traveling in the woods, okay Hapi," said the little girl.
Hapi nodded her head in agreement.
"We'll be sure to give her back," said Ness, "but we gotta go now. We have to go get a horse from the ranch."
"Ok, y'all stay safe," she said, "and take care of Hapi for me."
"We will," they both said as they headed straight for the exit from Kokiri Forest.
PEACH & DAISY: 5th team to depart at 6: 55 am
Daisy ripped open the clue and started reading it.
"You have a hundred and seven rupees for this leg of the race."
"Alrighty then," Peach gleefully said.
The two princesses then headed off.
CONFESSIONAL:
PEACH & DAISY: Princesses/Best Friends
"As Peach and I go further and further ahead in this race, we just end up feeling more and more proud and happy with ourselves," said Daisy. "We just can't believe that we were able to make it this far. Not to mention, we even thought we were going to be eliminated on the first leg!"
"I am so proud of the way Daisy and I have been running this race; we have been working extremely hard," said Peach. "I think we've definitely been proving ourselves a lot lately, and we're just hoping that we'll be able to show it even more."
END:
"Excuse me, little girl," Peach called out to a blond little girl, who was sitting up on Kokiri Forest's Rope Bridge Playground.
"Yes, can I help you?" she asked.
"Yes please, you see, we were wondering if you would let us borrow your fairy for a little while," said Daisy.
"It's an emergency," Peach added.
"Oh, you mean Tipsy?" she said looking at her pink guardian fairy flying above her head. "Sure, you can borrow her! Go right ahead! Tipsy already trusts you both completely!" she said gleefully as Tipsy flew down to the two princesses.
"Oh thank you so much, we promise we'll give her back," said Peach.
"My pleasure," said the little girl once more.
As Peach & Daisy became the next team on their way to Lon Lon Ranch, P.T. & Lucario were making their way back into the forest on their horse. They now had to figure out how to get a fairy of their own. After a few minutes of searching, they saw a red headed little boy practicing back flips in the middle of a ring of rocks, which was next to some one's house. They decided to ask him for help.
"Excuse me," said P.T., "were trying to obtain a fairy of our own. Do you know how we can obtain one?"
"Well," the boy would perform back flips as he spoke, "In order to… to get a fairy… of your own… ya'll have to… to be Kokiri yourselves."
"But we're not Kokiri," said Lucario, "we're from the Johto region in the Pokémon world.
"And we're not exactly what you call forest folks either," P.T. added, "we're usually traveling across many lands together."
"I'm sorry, but… but the laws… of the forest… say that… that only Kokiri children… may have a… a guardian fairy."
Pokémon Trainer & Lucario then just sat on their horse in disappointment. How were they going to be able to get their own guardian fairy now?
"However…" the boy continued, "there is a… a loophole… to those laws… You can obtain… a guardian fairy by…" the boy then performed one last humongous flip while the two waited intensely to hear what he was going to say, "…by asking for permission."
P.T. & Lucario nearly fell off their horse in response to his answer. "Seriously dude!? Why didn't you just say so in the first place!" said P.T., feeling annoyed.
"Master, please calm down," said Lucario. He then turned to the little red headed boy. "Well then, since you say so little boy, we were wondering if you could let us borrow your fairy for a little bit- if you don't mind that is. It's very important"
"Yeah, we have to go through those Lost Woods over there, and pronto." P.T. then got out there clue and showed it to the boy. "Look, see? These instructions here say so that a guardian fairy can help guide us through those woods."
"Why are you… going through the… the Lost Woods anyway?" the little boy said as he started performing back flips again.
"Were trying to get to Termina," said Lucario. "You see, we're in a race, and we're trying to be the ones to win."
The boy then stopped back flipping to think it over. "Hmm… ok, you can borrow Glim," he said, referring to his green fairy, which was hovering over him. After being asked its permission by the boy, Glim then flew up to P.T. & Lucario.
"Gee, thanks a lot little man," said P.T.
"Yes," Lucario added, "we're very grateful."
"Yep, just be sure to release Glim for me once you're done with him," the boy continued. "You can just release him once you're in Termina. He'll fly all the way back to me."
"Okay, we'll be sure to remember that," said P.T.
They then started heading off to the Lost Woods.
"Good luck on your racing journey," the little boy cried out, "and please take good care of Glim for me!"
Both of them assured him that they would.
Meanwhile, Fox & Krystal and Samus & Pikachu had made it to Lon Lon Ranch and went into the field of the ranch to search for their horses.
"Y'all can have this horse," said Malon pointing to a brown horse with tiny white spots for Fox & Krystal.
"Wonderful!" said Krystal.
Malon then turned to Samus & Pikachu.
"And y'all two can have that horse right over there," she said, pointing at a big black horse that was running around the field.
"Alright!" Samus yelled enthusiastically. "Come on Pikachu, let's catch it!"
"Right behind you, pika!"
As Samus and Pikachu went after their horse, Fox was letting Krystal get on their horse first; then he got himself onto the horse. Once they were given horse riding tips by Malon, they were ready to go.
"Alright, Hyaa!" cried Fox as he pulled the ropes attached to the horse, and they were off.
Samus & Pikachu, meanwhile, were still running after their horse.
"Oh, no you don't!" said Samus as she grabbed onto the runaway horse and eventually hoisted herself on top of it. After a little galloping and jumping, Samus was eventually able to tame it, and make it do exactly as she said, making the horse stop.
"Wow, cool, pika!" said Pikachu.
"Well color me impressed!" said Malon as she finally caught up to them, "have you ridden horses before?"
"Actually yes, many times quite frankly," said Samus. "Come on Pikachu."
"Coming, pika!" Pikachu then jumped off the ground and landed on the saddle of the horse. Pretty soon, both teams left the ranch and were heading back to Kokiri Forest.
Meanwhile, now that P.T. & Lucario had gathered their horse and their guardian fairy, they were then seen riding their horse, entering the Lost Woods.
POKEMON TRAINER & LUCARIO: Currently in 1st place
When they had entered, they had found themselves in the middle of a mysterious meadow. Their fairy, Glim then flew herself in front of their horse and faced them.
"With me by your side, I'll be able to lead you to the portal that leads to Termina," said Glim. "Just follow me."
Glim then flew to the right and went into a foggy tree area. Seeing Glim's green light, P.T. & Lucario followed it and caught up to Glim. Glim would from then on lead P.T. & Lucario ahead, and they would continue following Glim for many miles.
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: 6th team to depart at 7:04 am
Bowser ripped open their clue and started reading it.
"Make your way to the Lost Woods, blah, blah, blah…"
"Alright, let's g-"
"HEY! I'm the one that gets to say, 'Hey, let's go!' Bowser interrupted.
"But you said it last time!" Bowser Jr. complained.
CONFESSIONAL:
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: Father/Son
"I think the more we put into our performance on every leg, the more keen the disappointment is when we don't come out on top," said Bowser Jr., "because from our perspective, winning is actually everything."
END:
"Hurry up Junior, you're walking too slow!" Bowser yelled as they were walking.
"No I'm not; you're the one that's walking too fast. I mean, give me a break already!"
CONFESSIONAL:
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: Father/Son
"I also feel that this race is showing me just how much Dad and I's relationship is just so messed up, it's like there's just no hope for us. It's really sad quite frankly."
END:
As Bowser & Bowser Jr. were walking around Kokiri Forest, the children were trying to avoid them as they didn't want to be anywhere near them. This was also the case when all the teams were playing with them during their 12-hour break period; Bowser & Bowser Jr. were just so scary and ferocious looking that the children didn't want to have anything to do with them.
"Well this is just brilliant!" Bowser Jr. complained. "How are we supposed to get a stupid fairy when all these little twerps won't even come near us?"
"Shut up!" said Bowser. "Can't you see I'm trying to work on that?!"
"We're supposed to be working together you know."
"I SAID SHUT UP!" He roared. This immediately made all the children run away all frantic and scared.
Bowser Jr. then covered his forehead with his hands, feeling annoyed in response to this.
Meanwhile, Fox & Krystal had re-entered the forest on their horse with Samus & Pikachu trailing behind them on theirs. When they came up to Bowser & Bowser Jr. as they were walking around… well, there was obviously no friendly exchange. But they ignored the two teams and continued walking around. As for the other two teams, they continued searching around for any one that would let them borrow a fairy.
"Hey, Fox," said Krystal, "maybe we should go over to those twin girls over there and see if one of them will let us borrow their fairy." She said, pointing in the direction of a unique looking house that was built inside a pretty big tree. The house sat right outside the forest's pond and was called 'the House of Twins' as well.
"That might be a good idea," said Fox, "we should also let Samus & Pikachu ask the other girl for her fairy as well."
At that, the two vulpine beckoned Samus & Pikachu to follow them, and both teams then went over to the two twin girls that were sitting right outside their house.
"Excuse me, girls," said Krystal, "we're hoping you don't mind, but if it's alright with you, we'd like to borrow your fairies. You see, we're going to be going through the Lost Woods. I promise it'll only be for a short while."
"Yeah," said Samus, "and we'd really appreciate it if you'd let us borrow them."
Suddenly, one of the twin girls just jumped up and randomly pointed at Pikachu. "Hey look! Doesn't that little mousy thing look so cute!? I mean, IT'S JUST SO ADORABLE!"
Pikachu, who was a bit surprised by this, just sat their blushing.
"Oh yeah, look at him!" the other twin girl said, pointing up at Fox. "He's even cuter, no, he's more than cute, HE'S SUCH A CUTIE!"
Fox was a bit taken aback by this, meanwhile, Samus and Krystal were then looking at each other, and then started laughing uncontrollably. This made Fox feel extremely embarrassed as he just sat there red in the face.
"Hey now, don't be rude!" said one of the twin's guardian fairies as it flew up in front of them.
"That's right you two, it's not nice to just call out how cute a person is." said the other fairy.
"And it's also not nice to point!" the other one continued.
"Oh, we're sorry," said both twin girls.
"T-That's alright," said Fox, "I-I guess I can understand if y'all couldn't help yourselves."
"You know what? We like you guys a lot!" said twin girl number one.
"Yeah, and you know what?" said twin girl number two. "You can go ahead and borrow our fairies, it'd be a pleasure. Err- Oh yeah! Hey Lent, would it be alright if we let you two go with these guys so that they won't get lost in the Lost Woods?" she said asking her guardian fairy.
"Yes, can they please," twin girl number two added by asking her guardian fairy.
After just a little consideration, the two fairies happily nodded with agreement.
"YAY!" both twin girls cheered while the two teams sat on their horses feeling extremely relieved.
Twin girl number one then walked over to Samus & Pikachu with her pink fairy, "Here you go, her name is Jubi."
"Thanks a lot," said Samus.
Twin girl number two then walked up to Fox & Krystal with her purple fairy, "And here you guys go, his name is Lent."
"Thank you, we really appreciate it," said Krystal.
"…Absolutely," said Fox, still feeling a bit embarrassed.
The two twin girls giggled in response. Fox & Krystal and Samus & Pikachu then waved good bye to the two girls as they set off for the Lost Woods.
"Hey! You guys have a safe trip!" said twin girl number one.
"And take good care of Jubi & Lent for us!" said twin girl number two.
"Will do!" said Samus.
"You can count on that, pika!" said Pikachu.
The two twin girls nearly lost their balance when they heard what Pikachu said. "Whoa!" said Twin girl number two, "It can talk!"
Later, Samus & Pikachu and Fox & Krystal were seen entering the same mysterious meadow in the Lost Woods.
FOX & KRYSTAL AND SAMUS & PIKACHU: Currently in 2nd and 3rd place
Jubi & Lent then flew up in front of the two teams.
"We're really sorry about what happened back there," said Lent.
"Yes, those two twin girls seriously need to work on their manners," said Jubi.
"Oh, it's alright," said Samus.
"Mm, hmm, yes," said Krystal, "In fact, I actually thought that was pretty adorable."
"Aw man," Fox whined as the two girls continued giggling, "must we continue embarrassing me like this?"
"I say we continue up ahead, pika," said Pikachu.
"As you wish, just follow us," said Jubi and Lent simultaneously as they went to the right into the same tree area with foggy mist. The two teams would continue following them through the woods for many miles.
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: 7th team to depart at 7:47 am
Kirby was the one that opened the clue and read it.
"Warning: As you're going through the Lost Woods, remain cautious at all times."
"Oh my, that doesn't sound very good, Kirby," said Jigglypuff.
"Yeah I know, but we have to go through with it if we want to win this race. Come on, let's go."
And off they went.
CONFESSIONAL:
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: Long Distance Dating
"Yeah, it has been a bit stressful running this race with Jigglypuff lately," said Kirby, "you know, with her giving us a thirty minute penalty for singing her team mates to sleep in leg 2, and then passing out on Death mountain in leg 3 because she wouldn't slow down while running up the trail."
"Well-I…Oh, shut up!" said Jigglypuff, albeit in a bit of a playful way.
Kirby laughed a bit. "Well, regardless, I am having quite a bit of a fun time running this race with her as well. In fact, it's because of how Jigglypuff is that there has never been a dull moment for me during this race. Not one single moment.
"Aw, you're so sweet!" said Jigglypuff.
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Kirby & Jigglypuff were then show inside the Kokiri Forest's little shop, trying to see if they could get a map. Meanwhile…
LINK & SHEIK (ZELDA): 8th team to depart at 7:59 am
Sheik was the one to rip the clue open and read it.
"You have a hundred and seven rupees for this leg of the race."
"Alright, good," said Link, "Let's head on out."
Link & Sheik were then seen walking through Kokiri Forest, which was looking more alive and busy than when P.T. & Lucario were starting the leg.
"Did you enjoy being here and staying the night here in Kokiri Forest, Sheik?" Link asked.
"Yeah, I did, it was wonderful," said Sheik. "You have an awesome home, Link."
CONFESSIONAL:
LINK & SHEIK (ZELDA): Newly Dating
"I actually am having a wonderful time running this race," said Sheik, "however, that doesn't change the fact that Link and I seriously need to work on our communication. Link is mostly the problem, because he has terrible judgment, he jumps to conclusions a lot, and sometimes he just doesn't have a clue. "
"Finishing the third leg second to last here in Hyrule, AKA where we come from," said Link, "that just proved one-hundred percent, just how much we're totally sucking at this race. I mean, that was just embarrassing."
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Sheik then saw Kirby & Jigglypuff come out of the Kokiri Forest shop.
"Link, look," said Sheik, "there's Kirby & Jigglypuff."
"Come on then, let's go over to them and talk to them," said Link.
CONFESSIONAL:
LINK & SHEIK (ZELDA): Newly Dating
"I've also been feeling a bit bad about how I've been running this race as well, because, I don't feel like I've been contributing enough to this race when it comes to volunteering for roadblocks."
"Sheik and I actually had a discussion last night that I would let her perform the next roadblock, because I've already done three," said Link. "I mean, she was all like, 'Link, I'm going to do the next roadblock. I don't care what it is. I'm going to do it!', and I was all like, 'you go girl!'
END:
"Hey Kirby, hey Jigglypuff," said Sheik as they were walking towards them.
"Hey guys," said Jigglypuff.
"What's up, you need any help?" said Link.
But before the two puffballs could say that they didn't need any help, they were taken by surprise when Sheik just slapped Link on the back of the head with their clue.
"Link, are you stupid or something?!" said Sheik, "we can't offer them our help; we're in second-to-last place!"
"Sheik, it's not that big of a deal," said Link. "Don't you remember? Mario & Luigi are going to be like hours behind everyone."
"I don't care, Link. Helping out other teams at this point is still going to put us further behind, and we can't afford that. I want to come in first on this leg, remember?!"
Link sighed. "Sheik, babe, come one."
"Don't you 'babe' me, Link!"
"Well excuuuuse me princess!"
Kirby & Jigglypuff, meanwhile, were just sweat dropping as they watched the two argue.
While all this was going on, Peach & Daisy, along with their fairy, Tipsy had made it to Lon Lon Ranch. When they did, they walked over to Malon, to see if she could help them.
"Pardon me, ma'am," said Peach, "you see your horses out there in the field? Well, we were wondering if you would let us borrow one of them."
"Yes," said Daisy, "we'd really appreciate it."
"Absolutely," said Malon, "you're horse is right over there in the middle of the field. She's the reddish-brown one with big white spots."
"Thank you so much," both princesses said. After that, they went on over to it with Tipsy following them.
After that, Ness & Lucas, along with their fairy, Hapi were the next team to arrive at the ranch. (The reason why they had arrived after the two princesses rather than before is because they had gotten a bit lost while searching for the ranch.)
"Hey, Lady," Ness called out to Malon, and she heard them, "we hope you don't mind, but we need to borrow one of your horses."
"Can we please?" asked Lucas, "we just need one of your horses so that we can go through the Lost Woods."
"Yeah," Ness continued, "it's what we're supposed to do."
"Sure," said Malon, "you can go right ahead. Your horse is right over there in that corner. He's the big golden brown one with a long black stripe going right down the middle of his muzzle."
"Aw sweet!" said Ness, who then went on over to the horse with Hapi following him.
"Thanks a lot," said Lucas shaking Malon's hand.
While Lucas was catching up to Ness and Hapi, Malon went back over to Peach & Daisy, who had both gotten on their horse with Tipsy hovering above them. After giving them a few tips on how to ride their horse, Peach & Daisy were ready to go, and they started heading off with Tipsy following after them.
"Good-bye, wish us luck," said Peach.
"You take care of yourself, and keep taking good care of your beautiful horses as well," Daisy added.
Malon felt delighted. "Thanks! You two stay safe while you're in the Lost Woods!"
Suddenly, Malon heard wailing.
"Whoa, Whoaaaaa!" cried Ness.
"Oh no," cried Malon.
The horse that Ness was riding on had gotten wild once Ness had gotten on it. It was running and jumping all over the place. "Hey, help meeeeee! Get me off of this thiiiiiing!"
Lucas and Hapi tried to help, but the horse was just too fast and too dangerous for them.
"Heeeeeeeeelp!" Ness continued as the horse started jumping over the fence.
"Oh man, what are we gonna do?!" cried Lucas.
Then out of nowhere, Malon suddenly went riding on Epona after the horse that Ness was riding on; lassoing a rope in her hands.
"Don't worry kid, I got you!" cried Malon.
Unfortunately, she had spoken too soon, as Ness was then sent flying into the air by the big golden-brown horse. He had landed straight flat on his face, into the dirt.
"Oh, or not," said Malon.
"Ness!" cried Lucas as he ran to him, with Hapi following him. "Ness, buddy, are you alright!?
"Ugh… yeah… yeah, I'm alright," he said as he got back up.
Malon then rode up to the boys carrying the big golden-brown horse with the lasso in her hands. "Maybe you two should ride a pony instead, I'm afraid this horse is just too big for you."
Lucas was a bit disappointed by this, but he didn't want to his best buddy to get hurt either. "Yeah, maybe that's a good idea."
Ness didn't really like the idea of riding a pony instead of a horse, but he knew he had no choice. "Ok, alright," he said. Hapi also agreed.
All four of them then went back into the field of the ranch to look around for any ponies for Ness & Lucas to ride.
"Let's see," Malon pondered as she looked around the field, "…ah, there's a pony for you two to ride."
The pony was actually pretty big, though not as big as the horse that Ness had fallen off of. It was red-brown, and had a white muzzle. It was perfect for Ness & Lucas.
"We'll take it," said Lucas.
"Yeah, absolutely," said Ness.
And pretty soon after that, after learning the tips on how to ride their horse, Ness & Lucas had departed the ranch, and were heading back to Kokiri Forest to retrieve their fairy.
Meanwhile, back at Kokiri Forest, Mario & Luigi were shown waking up from their hammocks as they were now fully rested, and were then shown getting everything ready and eating some breakfast. The time that Mario & Luigi had finished the last leg was at 10:15 pm, and it was now 8:55 am, which meant their departure time wasn't at least until more than an hour later. Even by then, they still had a four-hour penalty to wait out. Wanting to pass time, they decided to spend some of it up in the Kokiri Forest's rope bridge playground, and watch all the Kokiri children go about their day, as well as looking out for any other teams. In fact, as they were up there, they were watching Bowser & Bowser Jr. arguing with each other as the two koopas were seen near the stream.
"I say we sneak up behind one of the children and take their fairy while they're not looking!" Bowser yelled at Bowser Jr. "It's obviously the perfect plan, Jr."
"For the forty-fifth thousandth time, don't call me Jr.!" Bowser Jr. yelled back. "And besides, how exactly is your idea any better than my idea of catching a stray fairy with a glass jar in the Woods!? We're never going to be able to get a fairy from any of these Kokiri twerps. They're all watching us like hawks!"
"I don't care what those little twerps think about us. Your ideas, on the other hand, are just stupid. They always have been, and they always will!" Bowser retorted.
"You're ideas have never been much of a success either you know, you don't even know how to defeat Mario!"
It was when Bowser Jr. had said that that the Father and son duo were now butting their heads together (literally), and growling at each other in anger and disgust.
"Yeesh," said Luigi as they were watching them, "their arguments are-a getting harsher and harsher as we-a go."
"Yep," said Mario, "I say we keep it that-a way."
"Yeah, good idea," said Luigi, "I just-a hope we'll be able to overcome this penalty and-a catch up to the other teams."
"We-a will, Luigi," said Mario, "we-a will catch up."
"But what are we-a going to do about our money-a situation? Toad-a said we were going to be starting the next leg without any money."
"Hmm," said Mario sounding a bit worried, "well… I don't-a hopefully know."
Mario & Luigi would then spending a long time up in the Kokiri Forest's rope bridge playground watching the forest, wondering about what was going to happen to them in the coming leg.
…
Bowser & Bowser Jr. were still fighting over how to obtain a fairy. They were currently unaware that they were now falling behind.
"My ideas are always better than yours and you know it!" yelled Bowser, who was getting really irritated with Bowser Jr. at the moment. "Why can't you just agree with them, son, huh? Is that too much for a father to ask?"
"That's the problem, Dad. You expect too much out of me," said Bowser Jr. "You know, instead of you, it wouldn't hurt to just listen to me for once!"
CONFESSIONAL:
BOWSER & BOWSER JR.: Father/Son
"It was getting very frustrating at the time, because at that point, we were already close to last place, and next thing you know, we're suddenly wasting more time by arguing," said Bowser Jr.
"Well, we wouldn't have wasted more time if you'd have just followed my ideas?" said Bowser.
Bowser Jr. sighed. "We're not going to start that again, Dad."
END:
As the two koopas continued arguing, they suddenly heard a little "bst" coming out of nowhere.
"What the- who's there?" said Bowser Jr.
"Bst. Hey, over a here!" the same little voice screeched from behind one of the Kokiri children's little wooden houses.
"Who are you?" asked Bowser, talking to whoever was hiding behind the house, "Show yourself!"
At that moment, a little Kokiri boy, who was wearing green clothing and had a mean look on his face, came from behind the little wooden house.
"Who are you?" Bowser asked again.
"Yeah, what do you want?" Bowser Jr. added.
The little boy they suddenly stood up straight as if he thought of himself as a proud leader and addressed himself. "I am the great Mido, self proclaimed boss of the Kokiri Forest, and I've been watching you freaks." That remark instantly made Bowser & Bowser Jr. feel insulted. "What? You two weirdoes thought you could just come and take a fairy from one of us? Well, you can just forget about it. All of the Kokiri children don't trust any ugly looking ferocious monsters like you guys."
Bowser then became very angry at Mido. He had never felt so offended. "You want to say that again to my face?! I'll show you!" But before Bowser could blow any flames at him, the boy held out his hand.
"Save your breath, turtle freak, I'm not afraid of you one bit! Listen, the reason why I've beckoned you guys over here is because I've decided I'm going to help you."
This made Bowser Jr. confused. "What do you mean you'll help us?"
"Yeah, you little brat," Bowser said, who was now getting a bit suspicious about this Mido. "Do you even know what we're up to here?"
"What? Do you two ferocious monsters think I'm a recluse or something? I am perfectly aware of what you two are up to. All of us Kokiri Kids are aware that you guys, along with all those other strangers, are in some sort of racing competition. Plus, I can tell just by watching y'alls interactions with them that a lot of them are your rivals, especially those weird looking guys over there with the big mustaches," he said, pointing towards Mario & Luigi, who were still sitting over at the rope bridge playground.
"Harrumph, you got that right, kid," said Bowser, growling at the mention of those meddling plumbers (at least that's what Bowser refers to them as).
"Yeah, we've been trying to beat those guys since we met 'em," Bowser Jr. added. "They're our sworn enemies, and right now, we're trying to beat 'em at this race."
"And when we do, we're going to rub it in their faces, and defeat them once and for all!" said Bowser.
Mido then stood there and thought about this for a bit. "Hmm, so you want to beat your fellow adversaries, huh? Well I'll tell ya, I know how it feels, wanting to beat your rival at everything just to prove that you're better than him. Oh, I swear! Someday, when that former no-fairy loser comes back to this forest, I'm going to make sure of it that he'll regret ever being the favorite of Saria and the Great Deku Tree! I will officially become the best of this forest! Mark my words!"
Both Bowser & Bowser Jr. just sweat dropped in response to this.
"Look! Are you gonna help us out or not!?" said Bowser Jr.
"Yeah, you little brat!" Bowser added. "Give us you're stupid fairy so we can get out of here!"
Mido then wagged his finger in their faces. "Nah, ah, ah. Don't think you'll be getting my guardian fairy that easily. First, you have to do something for me in return."
"Do something for you in return?" Bowser questioned him, "What are you talking about?"
Mido then pointing towards a bunch of big rocks lying on the ground. "You see those rocks lined up in a circle outside my house? I want you both to pick them all up for me and throw them into river. The river is just to your right, way over there," he said, pointing towards the river. "You see, my so called friends were supposed to be the ones to get rid of the rocks for me instead, but as usual, they acted like total wuses and were too lazy to do it. Now you guys have to do it."
"WHAT!" Bowser yelled. "You can't be serious! I'm not doing any of your chores for you! Just give me your stupid fairy right now!"
Mido wagged his finger in his face again. "If you don't pick up any rocks, you don't receive any fairies. You're call, Turtle Freak," said Mido, who then went, and sat lazily back on the wall of his house. This left Bowser feeling extremely annoyed.
"Come on, Dad, let's just do it," Bowser Jr. beckoned him, "That little brat may be our only hope of getting out of this stupid forest."
Bowser continued to growl in annoyance. "Fine, I'll pick up those stupid rocks."
Bowser & Bowser Jr. then got to work picking up rocks and throwing them into the river, much to Mido's satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Link & Sheik (Zelda) and Kirby & Jigglypuff were walking in the middle of Hyrule Field heading for Lon Lon Ranch as they had decided to get their horses before they got their fairies. While they were doing so, they saw Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas riding on horses coming in the opposite direction. They were now on their way back from Lon Lon Ranch, but because Link & Sheik already knew how to get there, they didn't really need to ask them where it was, so they just decided to exchange helloes and wish them luck.
"Good luck, you guys," said Link.
"Will do, Link," said Peach.
"Be careful, y'all," said Ness, talking to Kirby & Jigglypuff, "those horses are wild."
"Okay, we'll keep that in mind," said Jigglypuff. "Thanks for the warning."
"Yeah, thank you," said Kirby.
Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas then continued their way back to Kokiri Forest.
"Alright, let's hurry up and get there, everyone," said Sheik.
Soon after, Link & Sheik and Kirby & Jigglypuff had reached Lon Lon Ranch. Once they had all gotten there, Link brought them over to where Malon and her father Talon keep the horses. Once there, Malon spotted them from afar, and immediately ran on over to them.
"Link, Link, you're here!" cried Malon, running towards him.
"Hello, Malon, what going o-" But before he could finish speaking his sentence, Malon had jumped on him and started hugging him.
"Link, I can't believe you're here! I missed you so much!" cried Malon as she hugged Link tightly, thus, preventing him from breathing.
"…Yeah…it's good to… see you too… Malon."
Watching the two of them hug each other almost made them look like a loving couple. This caused Sheik to cast an annoyed look on her face.
Suddenly, Malon realized that she had forgotten about the other three people who had arrived with Link. "Oops, sorry, I just got so carried away about seeing Link again after so long that I forgot to introduce myself to you three."
"Oh, it's no trouble at all, actually," said Sheik, with just a tiny hint of sarcasm.
"Malon, meet Sheik, my partner," said Link, "and those two are Kirby & Jigglypuff, our fellow teammates."
"Hi," said Jigglypuff.
"Nice to meet ya," said Kirby. Both of them shook Malon's hand.
"Thank you," said Malon, who couldn't help but adore how cute they both looked.
"Pleasure to meet you, Malon," said Sheik, who also shook her hand.
"Where's Talon?" Link asked.
"Oh, you mean my father? He's still sleeping in as usual," said Malon, feeling annoyed at Talon at the moment.
"Still hasn't gotten over his lazy habits?"
"No, he has actually, except, to him, waking up early in the morning is still quite a challenge."
Link sweat dropped in response. "Oh, well, I hope he gets better at it, then."
"I sure hope so."
At that point, Sheik had had enough of waiting for Link and Malon to stop talking.
"Ok, you two, enough chit-chat," said Sheik. "We have to get our horses, and start heading to the Lost Woods as fast as possible."
"No problem," said Malon. "Link, I saved Epona for you and Sheik to have on your journey. You know what to do."
"You got it," said Link.
"Thank you so much, Malon," said Sheik, who was then extremely thankful towards her for letting them ride Epona, so she decided to show her thanks by giving her a hug.
Malon hugged her back and then whispered something in her ear, "You're welcome, your highness."
Sheik's eyes then suddenly widened. How did Malon figure out that she was really Princess Zelda?
After the two finished hugging each other, Malon then turned to Kirby & Jigglypuff. "As for you two, I'm afraid I'm going to have to have you both ride a pony due to what happened to another team of small people who tried to ride a horse."
"Yay!" cried Jigglypuff, "we get to ride a pony! This race just keeps getting sweeter and sweeter every minute!"
Kirby on the other hand was not feeling as optimistic as Jigglypuff was about the idea of riding a pony. "Oh…geez, that's… great," he said sarcastically. Of course, Jigglypuff wasn't really paying attention as she was already running towards the little brown pony that Malon had directed them towards, and as usual, Kirby struggled to catch up to her.
Meanwhile, Link had gotten out his ocarina, and started playing "Epona's Song" in order to summon Epona. After he finished playing the eleven notes that it took to play the song, Epona, who was a red brown mare, suddenly came running towards them. Once she stopped at where they were, Sheik climbed onto her while Link petted her and gave her a carrot to show her how much he missed her. Link then climbed after Sheik, and then hoisted the ropes to get Epona to start moving. They then saw Malon waving her hand at them while they left.
"Goodbye, Link. Goodbye, Sheik, good luck!"
"Thanks a lot, Malon, goodbye!" cried Link.
LINK & SHEIK: Currently in 6th place
"Alright, Kirby, you're next," said Malon, who then started helping Kirby get on top of the pony. "Aw, you two look so cute together on that pony."
Kirby blushed in embarrassment at the thought of him and his pink puffball girlfriend looking like a cute, lovey-dovey couple, sitting on a little pony. Jigglypuff, on the other hand, felt like the happiest girl in the universe.
CONFESSIONAL:
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: Long Distance Dating
"I loved riding on that cute little pony while having my cute boyfriend sitting in front of me," said Jigglypuff, who was practically glowing at the moment. "It was just the best moment of my life!"
"I was happy for Jigglypuff and all," said Kirby, "yet, at the same time, I felt extremely embarrassed about having to ride a pony. I just felt like it made me look less like of a tough guy figure. I mean, it's bad enough that I'm round, and pink, and cute looking."
Jigglypuff just giggled in response.
"Poyo, it's not easy being cute," said Kirby.
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Once the two puffballs had gotten the hang of riding the pony, they were off.
"Ok, you two stay safe while riding," said Malon.
"Will do," said Kirby.
"Thank you so much!" cried Jigglypuff. "Ok, let's go, Kirby."
"Yep, lets head on back to the forest," said Kirby as he hoisted the ropes to make their pony run faster.
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: Currently in 7th place
Back in Kokiri Forest, Bowser & Bowser Jr. had finished picking up rocks and throwing them into the river.
"There," said Bowser Jr. as he threw the last rock into the river, "you happy now?"
Mido then went over to the spot at where the rocks used to be to do some inspection.
"Hmm, very satisfying," he said.
"So will you give us your fairy then?" said Bowser. "Give it to us now!"
Mido rolled his eyes at Bower's impatience. "Oh, alright, you've earned it." Mido then looked up at his green guardian fairy that was hovering above him. "Ditto, will you accompany these losers for a while, and help guide them through the lost woods so they can get to wherever they need to go to?"
"First of all, we are not losers!" said Bowser Jr., talking to Mido, "and, second of all, we're trying to get to Termina." He was telling this to Ditto.
After much deliberation, Ditto then flew over to Bowser & Bowser Jr. "Alright you two, I'll go with you. Just don't cause any trouble while I'm guiding y'all through the forest."
"Remember, Ditto," said Mido, "when you're finished with them, come straight back."
"Will do, "said Ditto, nodding her head.
"Alright, now that that's settled, we have to get our horse now," said Bowser Jr., "and I think the clue said that we can obtain a horse from this place called… what was it, Moo Moo Ranch?"
"Lon Lon Ranch you dope!" said Mido all condescendingly.
"Thanks," said Bowser, growling in annoyance. "Come on, let's get out of here."
After departing Mido's house, they started heading towards the exit of Kokiri Forest. When they had gotten to the big wooden rope bridge that separates Kokiri Forest from Hyrule Kingdom, they saw both Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas with horses and fairies coming in the opposite direction.
"What the crud!?" cried Bowser. "How did you losers finish so quickly!? This is outrageous!"
Peach & Daisy then threw raspberries and them while Ness & Lucas were laughing.
"See ya later alligators!" said Lucas. This made Bowser & Bowser Jr. feel agitated as both of those teams were heading back towards Kokiri Forest.
"Grrr, that's it! Come on Jr.," he said, grabbing his son so they could get out of their faster, "let's go and get that stupid horse!"
"Quit calling me Junior!" cried Bowser Jr. while Bowser dragged him out of the woods.
Meanwhile, Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas were still celebrating over getting ahead of Bowser & Bowser Jr.
"Oh my gosh!" said Peach all triumphantly. "I can't believe we got so far ahead of those guys."
"I know, we never beat them," said Daisy.
"Alright, come on y'all," said Ness. "We gotta get to the Lost Woods, and fast,"
"Termina, here we come!" said Lucas.
All four of them would cheer after Lucas said that.
Mario & Luigi were now walking around the forest talking with some of the Kokiri children, and they sighed when they saw both of the teams cheering and heading towards the Lost Woods.
"It's-a okay, bro," said Mario to Luigi, "we'll catch up."
"I'm sure y'all will," said one of the Kokiri kids who were walking with them.
"Yeah, I hope-a so, "said Luigi.
Meanwhile, when Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas had entered the Lost Woods, they were in the same meadow that P.T. & Lucario, Fox & Krystal, and Samus & Pikachu before them had entered into. Then, Tipsy and Hapi, both teams' guardian fairies, flew up in front of the two teams.
"Alright, now you guys just stay close behind us, and you'll be fine," said Hapi.
"With us by your side, we'll be able to lead you guys to Termina safely," Tipsy added
"Alright, we promise we'll stay out of trouble," said Peach.
"Lead the way, you guys," said Ness.
Peach & Daisy and Ness & Lucas then followed close behind Tipsy and Hapi on their horses, and began their journey through the Lost Woods.
PEACH & DAISY: Currently in 4th place NESS & LUCAS: Currently in 5th place
Back in Hyrule Field, Bowser & Bowser Jr. were then passing Link & Zelda who were both riding on Epona… and were both still arguing. Way behind them, Kirby & Jigglypuff were trailing behind them on their little pony.
"Sheik, I'm telling you, it was just a joke," said Link.
"Well I don't think it was fu- wait a minute, Link," Sheik stopped mid sentence, "isn't that Bowser& Bowser Jr.?"
"No way, for real!?" said Link, who was surprised that they had actually gotten ahead of Bowser & Bowser Jr. Meanwhile…
"Isn't that Bowser & Bowser Jr.?!" cried Jigglypuff while driving the pony.
"No way!" cried Kirby. "For real!?"
"Come on, let's go faster!" cried Jigglypuff as she hoisted the ropes to make their pony run faster. "That way, those turtle freaks will never catch up to us!" Their pony then went extremely fast. Meanwhile, Link & Sheik looked back and saw what Kirby & Jigglypuff were doing. They were then riding passed them.
"Hoh, those guys have the right idea," said Link. "Come on, Epona, let's go faster!"
Epona jighhed as Link hoisted the ropes and started running after Kirby & Kirby's pony.
"Not too fast, please!" cried Sheik.
Epona rolled her eyes as she started slowing down but still ran fast enough to race with Kirby & Jigglypuff's pony.
Watching the two teams race, who were previously behind them, racing against each other all the way back to Kokiri Forest, Bowser was very, very agitated now.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! SECOND LAST, SON!" he yelled. "How could this happen! This is all your entire fault!
"Dad, stop blaming me for everything!" Bowser Jr. yelled back. "We fell behind, because we were arguing. Plus, that Mido kid kept on talking advantage of us! Don't you remember any of that!?"
"Grrr, I don't want any more of your lame excuses, kid, I just want results! We're supposed to be crushing this race, not sucking at it! Now let's go and get our stupid horse!" he said, as he started dragging him again.
"Quit. Dragging. Me!" he cried.
Meanwhile, when Link & Sheik and Kirby & Jigglypuff had gotten to the big wooden rope that leads to Kokiri Forest, they decided to stop racing and let their horses catch their breaths.
"Alright then," said Kirby, "so now that we have our horses, how are we going to obtain our fairies?"
"Yeah, Link," said Jigglypuff, "how do we get our own guardian fairies. They're just so shiny and pretty looking!" she said, with stars in her eyes.
"It's not easy, you guys," said Sheik. "I've learned all about guardian fairies and the ways of the Kokiri. You have to be born a Kokiri child to obtain one. Isn't that right, Link?"
"Gee, I'm afraid so."
"But you're a Hylian," said Kirby, "and you obtain a guardian fairy twice in your life!"
"Yeah," Jigglypuff added, "surely, there has to be more than one way to receive a fairy."
"Yeah, Link," Sheik agreed. "Tell them how you received Navi."
"Okay, okay," said Link. "Well, the reason why I obtained Navi is because the Great Deku Tree instructed her to accompany me on my journey to save Hyrule. One I saved Hyrule, she had no other reason left to stay by my side, and so once we placed the master sword back in the pedestal in the Temple of Time, we both parted ways."
"Oh, that's a bummer," said Kirby.
"And so sad," Jigglypuff added.
"You already told me how you received Tatl, Link," said Sheik.
"Yeah, Navi was pretty much part of the reason why I received Tatl," Link continued as their horses started walking across the bridge. He would then tell them about how while he was searching for Navi, he had accidentally teamed up with Tatl. He told them all about how they ended working together and saved Termina. "…and, after that, we departed ways too."
"Wow, what a wonderful story, Link," said Jigglypuff as they were heading back into Kokiri Forest.
When they had arrived back in Kokiri Forest, an unknown yet pleasant surprise was waiting for them.
"HEY!" cried an unknown voice.
"Huh, who was that?" said Sheik. Kirby & Jigglypuff just shrugged.
"Hey! Listen!" cried that same voice. It turned out to be none other than Navi herself, who, out of nowhere, suddenly came flying towards Link & Sheik.
"Navi?!"cried Link.
"Hey now, don't forget about me!" cried another voice, who turned out to be Tatl chasing after Navi.
"Tatl?!" cried Link again, completely in shock. He definitely wasn't expecting any of this. Before he knew it, both of his former fairies were suddenly flying in circles above him and Sheik. Adding that to their sudden shock of seeing them again, this made them both feel dizzy and light headed. Meanwhile, Kirby & Jigglypuff were both amazed by how pretty both Navi & Tatl looked.
"Wow, Link, you look bigger than I last saw you!" cried Tatl.
"Navi, Tatl!" said Link, "What are you guys doing here?"
"What do you mean 'what are we doing here?'" said Tatl, "we're here to help you out, silly."
"You're here to help us out?" Sheik asked.
"Well, it turns out, the forest spirit of Saria herself told me all about this new journey you're going on, and she asked me to help you both… for the time being of course."
"Really? Saria asked you to help me out?" said Link, who couldn't believe anything that he was hearing at the moment.
"We heard about your journey too," said another unknown voice.
"Who's that?" said Jigglypuff. Suddenly, they saw a little scarecrow looking guy walking towards him. He had a purple fairy hovering above him.
"Skull Kid, Tael, is that you guys?" said Link.
"In the flesh," said Skull Kid.
CONFESSIONAL:
"At that moment, I was just completely mind blown," said Link. "I always dreamed that somehow I would be able to see Navi again, but I wasn't expecting to also being seeing Tatl and Tael, and the Skull Kid as well.
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"Nice to see you again, Link," said Tael.
Sheik was pretty amazed by the sight that was before her. "So this is the famous Skull Kid and his two fairies Tatl and Tael, how nice," said Sheik.
"Hi," Kirby & Jigglypuff both said simultaneously. The Skull Kid waved back at them.
"Link, when we heard about this new journey that y'all were going on, we decided we wanted to help you guys out," said Skull Kid, "you know, as a thank you for saving me back in Termina a long time ago… if that's okay with you, that is."
"But, Link," said Tael, "who are you going to pick to help you and your partner out?"
"Pick me, Link!" said Tatl, "I want it to be just like old times back in Termina."
"No, pick me!" cried Navi, "I was the first fairy that ever accompanied you. You have to pick me!"
"No way, you nit, he's going to pick me!" said Tatl, who was getting annoyed at Navi at the moment.
"Forget it, you twit, he's going to pick me!" Navi spat back at her. The two then started butting heads (literally) and started growling at each other in frustration.
"Hey, wait a minute. Guys, lets discuss this!" cried Link.
Tael got annoyed at their ridiculous fighting. "Alright, you two, break it up!" said Tael as he flew right in between them and stopped their scuffling. "We should let it be Link's decision. Isn't that right, Link?"
"Uh… right," Link sweat dropped.
"Well, Link, which one are you going to pick?"said Sheik, who really wanted to get out of there and head to the Lost Woods.
"Well, looking for Navi was the reason why I left Hyrule a long time ago, so I'll pick her."
"YES!" cried Navi as she quickly flew over to Link all happily.
"What!?" cried Tatl, "Are you kidding me!? Well then, fine, be that way! I don't need you're sorry butt by my side anymore anyways!"
"But they need you," said Link, pointing towards Kirby & Jigglypuff, who suddenly looked excited at the idea of Tatl going with them.
"Huh? These guys?" said Tatl, looking at the two pink puffballs.
"Oh, please come with us!" cried Jigglypuff. "You just look so pretty and everything that we would just LOVE to have you with us!"
"Absolutely," said Kirby, "it would really mean a lot to us."
"Well, Sis," said Tael, "are you going to go with them or not?"
"PLEEEEASE!" both Kirby & Jigglypuff begged.
"Hmm," Tatl thought it over, "…Oh, alright, I'll go with you," Tatl confirmed.
"YAY!" cried Jigglypuff.
"Thanks a lot!" said Kirby.
Tatl gave Kirby & Jigglypuff her welcome as she flew on over to them.
"…I'd like to go with you guys too if that's okay with you," said Tael.
"No, Tael, you can't come with us!" said Tatl. "Don't forget, you still have to look after the Skull Kid while we're gone!"
"I've got an idea," said the Skull Kid, "why don't Tael and I go with you guys too. This way, it'll work out for everybody, because we were actually planning on going back to Termina ourselves."
Kirby & Jigglypuff agreed to this, but Sheik on the other hand wasn't so sure about this. "I don't know about this Link," said Sheik, "do you think Toad will allow this?"
"Well, I guess there's no rule against it," said Link. After much deliberation, Link finally agreed to it. "Okay, then, y'all can come with us."
"Sweetness!" cried Tael, who then flew onto Epona's head in front of Link, this annoyed Tatl. The Skull Kid followed him and sat behind Sheik.
"Link, I hope you know what you're doing," said Sheik, who was getting very anxious about the idea at the moment.
"I'm sure it'll all work out okay," said Kirby, "let's go head to the Lost Woods now."
"Yeah, let's go!" Jigglypuff said all ecstatically as she suddenly made their pony head towards the Lost Woods.
"Right behind you," said Link.
Pretty soon, both teams, including the Skull Kid and Tael, had made it to the Lost Woods, and they were all then on their way towards Termina as Navi, and Tatl & Tael led the way.
KIRBY & JIGGLYPUFF: Currently in 6th place LINK & SHEIK: Currently in 7th place
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Stay tuned for part 2 of this episode.
Authors Note: Thanks for reading. By the way, for those of you who are unfamiliar with what the land of Termina, here is what it is. I'm sure many hardcore fans of the Zelda series would know that Termina is a land pretty far away from the land of Hyrule, as it is shown in the game, "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask." The timing of releasing this episode is also a bit perfect considering they're going to be releasing the 3ds remake sometime this spring in 2015. It's a very awesome game, and it's also been argued to be the darkest and saddest Zelda game in the series. For those of you who are reading this fanfic, you should try and check it out. Once again, I do not own the Amazing Race, Zelda, and the rest of what belongs to Nintendo here.
Second Author's Note: I just set up a pole for you guys on my profile. It'll ask who you're favorite teams are, and you get to tell who.
P.S. The results of the pole will not change the results of this race; it's going to end as it was originally decided. Thank you.