Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda does not belong to me
Summary: Young wants his ocarina back and he's willing to do whatever it takes to get it back. (Request for Ahron756 (Guest).)
"Young, Wind, for the last time, my answer's no," First stated firmly.
"But why?" Wind asked, looking at the man at least three times his height.
"Do you want an actual answer or what a parent would say?"
Wind and Young looked at each other for a second before Wind said, "Parent…?"
"Because I said so, that's why."
"As if I hadn't heard that one before," Wind groaned as he crossed his arms.
"Most of us have. Now I'm done talking about this. My answer's no and it's going to stay that way," First stated before walking away.
Young grumbled something to himself and started heading to the livingroom and Wind followed. Young sat down against the couch and saw that Smash Ultimate was being played. He still felt neutral about the story mode because he was basically killed. The reason for sitting against the couch arm was because the adults were taking up all the space. Wind sat down beside him.
"It's not fair," Young mumbled.
"What's not fair?" Twilight asked, even though he was busy with Ultimate.
"Wind and I didn't do anything wrong, yet First is punishing us as if we did."
"Well, you know First. Even if you don't think you did something wrong, there's a chance you actually did something wrong."
"But he took my ocarina!"
"He what?!" Time exclaimed and paused the game. His sudden outcry caught the attention of everyone in the room. "He took the Ocarina of Time?!"
Young nodded.
Time stayed quiet for a moment before standing up and throwing his joy con onto the couch. "I can't believe him!"
"You're telling me," Warriors started, "That's a first, even for First. Hey, get it? First, first?"
Time groaned and started heading up the stairs. Wind, Young, and some other Links followed him. Time went to First's room and started banging his fist against the door. "First, come out here!" There was no response so he kept banging on the door.
"Have you ever seen him this angry?" Warriors asked Twilight.
"If I have, I forgot."
"What's going on?" Spirit quietly asked Wind.
"First took Young's ocarina," Wind answered.
Spirit looked at him, "Really?"
"Mm-hm."
"First!" Time started banging his other fist on the door.
"Teacher, forget it," Twilight said, "He's not here."
Time growled before balling his fists and saying, "Coward." He then started digging through his adventure pouch. "Let's see here, and…no, that's not it…that's not it either…"
"What are you looking for?" Twilight asked.
"My ocarina." He did some more digging. "But I can't seem to find it."
"Maybe First took that too," Spirit said.
"If he did, I'll kill him." With a frustrated sigh, Time said, "I'll look in my room."
The others watched Time walk away before Twilight turned sharply to face the kids. "What did you two do?"
"Nothing," Wind answered.
"Are you sure?" Sky asked. "First's not an unreasonable person. You must've done something."
"Nothing. Young was just playing his ocarina and then First came and took it."
"That's it?" Warriors was confused. "You were just playing your instrument, and he took it?"
Young nodded.
Spirit piped in, "Have you tried looking in his room for it?"
Sky, Twilight, and Warriors looked at the door to First's room before looking back at the kids and shaking their heads.
"Well, great. Let's just go and—"
"No!" Sky suddenly blurted out.
Spirit flinched and looked at him.
"It's just—I don't know. Maybe you should wait until he comes back to ask him for your ocarina instead."
"Are you serious?!" Young screamed.
"I just think it'd be better if you waited. First already sees you two as troublemakers. Tearing up his room will only make it worse."
"I'm going with Spirit. I want my ocarina back."
"I'll be lookout," Wind said.
Twilight blocked their path. "Not happening."
"It's not fair," Young said, "If First took one of your things, you'd do anything to get it back. But when I want to do the same thing, I can't?"
"Kid, trust me. This isn't worth it."
"Princess Zelda gave me that ocarina."
"That doesn't change anything. The amount of trouble you'll get in isn't worth it. I should know, it happened to me."
"I don't care," Young stamped his foot. "It's my ocarina and I want it now."
"You just said it was Zelda's," Warriors said.
Twilight glared at him and Sky sighed.
"Move," Time suddenly said and pushed Twilight out of the way before opening the bedroom door.
Twilight stepped in front of Time, "Teacher, I don't think you should—"
Time glared at him, causing him to shut his mouth and move out of the way.
Time entered the room, followed by the kids. The kids and Time started rummaging through things and looking under things.
"You guys are making a mistake," Sky warned.
"He's right," Twilight started, "Who knows what First will do if he catches you."
"How about when?" a voice said.
"True," Warriors said, "When he catches you it may be worse and…and…" Warriors turned around and saw a man towering over him. "First!" he yelped. The others joined in on the panic.
First had his arms crossed and was tapping his foot. He gestured to the open door and his now messy room. "Care to explain."
Sky decided to start first, "Well, um…"
"Where's my ocarina?" Young demanded.
"With me," First answered.
"Give it back."
First raised an eyebrow, "Why? So you can cause trouble?"
"It's mine. You can't just take it!"
"Hm." First looked at Time. "I'm surprised you're letting a kid fight your battles."
Time growled, "We're the same person, you idiot."
"Excuse me?"
"I said we're the same person."
"I know. Me pretending to be stupid is the equivalent of how actually stupid your plan was. Now get out of my room."
"Not until—"
"Out!"
Time and the others followed orders. Not a lot of people fought First when he seemed angry or annoyed.
First gave them a hard glare before saying, "This better be the first and last time you do this. Understand?"
All of them nodded.
"Good." First went into his room and closed the door.
"Jerk," Young mumbled.
He went downstairs and the others joined him. Young climbed onto the couch and Twilight, Warriors, and Sky joined him. Time opted out on playing another round of Smash, leaving Twilight and Warriors to their battle. Young watched as they picked their characters. Twilight was switching the various skins for Link—who would've guessed. As he watched the color patterns change, he saw the Fierce Deity skin and an idea popped into his head.
What if… Young thought, what if I scared First enough to the point where he'll have to give me my ocarina back? A smile came across his face and hopped off the couch. He went to First's room and knocked on the door. He heard a groan from the other side before it was swung open.
"What do you want?" First asked with a slight growl in his voice.
"First, can I please have my ocarina back?" Young asked as sweetly as possible.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you've already caused enough trouble for me today and I'm not in the mood for dealing with more."
"But I didn't do anything!"
First sighed, "You said that earlier."
"But I really—"
First cut the young boy off, "Young, I'm not in the mood for this."
Young growled, then pulled out his Fierce Deity mask. First raised a brow, but didn't exactly seem worried. Young put on the mask and transformed. First yelped slightly as he dodged a swing from the demigod's sword. He dashed to the loft railing, hopped over it, and rolled as he hit the floor. The other Links gave him strange looks.
First was left panting and dusted himself off before saying, "You might want to run," he warned before leaving the room.
"From what?" Twilight asked.
Warriors shrugged. Then the group saw the Fierce Deity coming down the stairs and screams filled the air as they dropped whatever they were doing in order to hide. The castle was becoming a mess as the Fierce Deity turned over virtually everything to get what was his. Sky soon found where First was hiding and saw that First seemed to be deep in thought. Sky wasn't bold enough to tell First that this was all his fault, besides, he figured First had a good reason for doing what he did.
"First, um…" Sky trailed off.
"I'm thinking of a way I can calm him down without giving him the ocarina," First answered the unasked question.
"I don't know, maybe you should just give it to him," Sky said with a slight shrug, then shrank back as First glared at him. "Or not. That can work too."
More screaming and crashing was heard as the Fierce Deity went through the place.
"First, I don't think there's a way to do this without giving to him."
"Well, the kid's going to have to do more than have a temper tantrum."
"But he tried asking you for it."
"And the answer was no."
"First!" a voice suddenly blared.
First, realizing that the deity was close, left his hiding place. Sky, knowing he was screwed if he stayed there any longer, went with him. They went back into the livingroom and hid behind the couch.
"This is a terrible hiding place," Sky commented.
"Then you're free to go elsewhere."
"I don't want to die!"
"Then shut up," First hissed quietly.
Suddenly, a double helix sword came crashing down and got lodged in the couch. "First!" the Fierce Deity hollered.
First and Sky went back upstairs and into First's room.
"I think we lost him," Sky said, panting heavily.
First saw that a lot of the other Links were there too. Who knew his room was such a safe haven. First sighed and leaned against the doorway. He needed to think of something. There was a horrifying bang against the door. Thinking time was over. "On the count of three, we run," he said suddenly.
Some nodded, some were confused. Regardless, none of them wanted to die.
"Three!" Warriors cried out.
No one asked Warriors to do the count, no one knew why he just did three, but it didn't matter. Once the door was opened, they all spread out and ran. Now the true question here, is how to properly describe such a scene. Okay, you know those Scooby-Doo scenes? Like, the ones where everyone's running around and going through multiple doors and stuff? Yeah, just picture this: almost every Link in existence doing this exact same thing. All to escape the Fierce Deity. Just picture that for the next minute or two of your life.
Okay, back to the story. After some running, First went downstairs. He could only go so far before realizing he was trapped. He cursed and considered turning around, then remembered that death itself was waiting for him. He heard swift steps and saw the Fierce Deity closing in. He was positive the deity wouldn't actually hurt him, but it was still a bit unnerving.
The Deity towered over him. "Give me my ocarina," he demanded.
First scowled slightly before reaching into his adventure pouch. He tossed the Ocarina of Time to the Fierce Deity, and the deity caught it.
The deity smiled before becoming Young again. "Thanks, First," Young said cheerfully.
First nodded and watched Young walk away before saying to himself, "I'm going to regret this."
Twilight was panting, then looked at First and growled, "You mean we nearly got killed because you wouldn't let some kid have his instrument?"
"Were you not here or do I need to recap everything?" First asked sarcastically.
Twilight huffed and started helping with the cleanup. A few seconds later, they heard a song being played on the Ocarina of Time. Immediately after, the group was pelted with rain. First heard groans and complaints coming from the other Links.
First cleared his throat before screaming, "Young!"
I am so, so sorry this took so long. I don't really have a good reason for why this took so long, it just did. I know how much it sucks waiting for fanfics to update, and I'm not a fan of keeping people waiting. Now that doesn't mean bother an author who does take a long time to post a chapter. It just means that I shouldn't be taking so long. I usually take two-three month intervals when writing chapters, and I'm pretty consistent, so I hate that this one took about a year to finish.
Now—to be taken as both an excuse and an explanation—I'm writing other stories that actually have storylines, something this story doesn't really have. I don't have a big plot I plan on throwing in, as of now anyway, just the short ones for the chapters. So in a way, this story is a bunch of one-shots. So to all the people worried I wouldn't continue this, I will. I'll also try to be faster and more consistent but I make no promises.
Also, this chapter needs a name. So if you have any ideas, don't be afraid to tell me.
gumptiousGriffin: Thank you!
Guest: It's not as much of a unique idea as you think it is. (Though it isn't touched much.) If you want to see something else that focuses on the Links in a humorous light, and in a visual form, I recommend checking out lightsintheskye on Tumblr. Though she is on a bit of a hiatus right now.
Ahron756 (Guest): Your wish is my command, my dude. (The first time I started writing this, it made no sense.)
Rwbyroxx: Thank you for enjoying this and finding it funny.
Not aSIaN: Thank you! Spirit Tracks was actually my first Zelda game.
DragonWing85: Yeah, it would've been way easier.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter of Too Many Links. And here's the part where I semi-promote myself. Feel free to leave a review, ask a question, or something. I don't know. You do you. Also, requests are open! Until next time. Bye~
