Okay... Ghirahim got himself turned to stone... let's see how his younger brother Vaati does, shall we?
Like his brother did before him, Prince Vaati went from town to town, from village to village. But no matter where he asked, no one could tell him where the Great Fairy Spring of Life was.
Then one day, as he rode along the same beautiful field of wildflowers, along which his brother Ghirahim had ridden the year before. And just as she had done last year, the little fairy rose up from the flowers and to greet Prince Vaati.
"Good day to you, Master Traveler, where are you off to?"
But the nasty prince said, "Where I go is my business, and mine alone, you nosy little fly!"
"My!" responded the little fairy sourly, "You are just as mean and nasty as that prince that came by last year!"
At that Prince Vaati grew curious.
"You met my brother?"
"What? Prince Mean-tongue was your brother? …now why am I not surprised?"
"Watch your tone, you insolent bug!"
"Yes… you two definitely are brothers… same nasty mouth, same arrogance… and you both think I'm insolent, yet you are the truly insolent ones!"
"Why you! Take this as your punishment!"
With that Prince Vaati cast a sharp of wind at the fairy, for he was a mage who could call upon the wind.
The fairy though, a child of the wind herself, had no trouble avoiding the gust.
The nasty prince, thinking the fairy not worth to waste more of his time began to ride off.
"I hope you meet the same fate as your brother, who never came back from Koholint Island!"
At that Prince Vaati halted his horse. With narrowed eyes he asked:
"Koholint Island? Why did he go there?"
"He went to Koholint Island to find the Great Fairy Spring of Life, for that is where the Great Fairy Spring is found."
"At last!" cried out Vaati, "At last I know where to go!"
With that Prince Vaati quickly rode off to the nearest harbor.
"What a nasty character that one is! And dumb too! His brother has been gone for over a year, and he did not even stop to ask about it!" exclaimed the little fairy sourly. But then she went back to her flower to drink her nectar "Ah well… another nasty person less in this world… soon!"
…
A couple of weeks later, the words of the little fairy came true.
Prince Vaati had gone to Koholint Island, and there had asked about the Great Fairy Spring of Life. True enough, the locals knew of the magical spring, but still no one knew where exactly the castle was. They also told him about all the men who had gone missing, including his own brother!
Prince Vaati though refused to listen.
"I do not know what brought down my brother but it will not stop me… Nothing will stand between me and my crown!"
With that, Prince Vaati bought himself a knapsack full of food and set out to find the enchanted castle. Deeper and deeper he went inland, deeper and deeper into the forest. But no matter how much he traveled or where he went he found no trace of a castle. He also found no way back leading to the village where he had arrived.
The next day he came to wonder how the island could be so big.
The day after he came to realize:
"I am lost! I know not where I am nor where to go!"
Fearfully he ran this way and that, trying to find his way back to the village.
The day that followed he had eaten the last of the food he had brought.
All throughout the day that followed that he hungered.
Then on the fifth day…
"Finally… out of that thrice damned forest!"
…Prince Vaati found himself on a wide open field.
And on that wide open field, peacefully grazing, was a whole flock of goats. Seeing them the hungry Prince grinned grimly.
"What luck… plenty of meat for me!"
With that Prince Vaati held up his hands and focused his magical powers.
Setting his sights on a beautiful, healthy-looking young goat, not quite a kid, not quite a full-grown, he took careful aim.
"Hold it right there, young man, have a care!"
The prince startled so much the magic he had gathered promptly dissipated. Out of nowhere the old witch had come up running to him.
"Young man, I warn you, do not harm any of these goats! They are the children of the forest spirit Ordona! They are holy animals and none may harm them! The lord of this island punishes all that do!"
But the arrogant prince just said:
"Be on your way, old woman, a goat is a goat, nothing more, nothing less! Why should any god care for them? I'll deal with your lord after I have eaten!"
With that the arrogant prince gathered his powers again.
But the old woman said:
"Arrogant fool… you are not the only one here who knows magicks!"
With that she threw a fistful of powder at the arrogant prince. The same kind of powder she had thrown at his brother Ghirahim.
Prince Vaati angrily tried to brush the powder from his eyes.
"Mad woman! How dare yo-"
But the prince never finished his sentence. With horror he watched his body slowly turn to stone.
"What?! What magic is this?!"
"Magic much older and powerful than yours…" answered the old witch in a grim voice, though the prince could no longer hear.
For he had turned into a solid, cold stone statue. Standing not too far from the statue that had once been his brother.
And there he stood, for the rest of the day…
…and the next…
…and the next…
…and the next…
Finally, a year and a day had passed, and King Daphnes gave his second son up for dead as well.
…
"Oh, misery… oh, what tragedy… Now I have lost my two eldest sons!" lamented the poor, old king Daphnes, "Oh I never should have asked of you to find the Great Fairy Spring of Life…"
"Father, let me go," spoke up his youngest son, Prince Link, "I will find the Great Fairy Spring! And I will find my brothers and bring them home safe!"
"No, Link! No!" cried the old Daphnes, "You are the only son I have left! I could not bear losing you too! And what is to happen of Hyrule if you meet the same fate as your brothers?"
Prince Link had no answer. And for a good few days he remained at the castle, obeying his father, preparing to inherit the kingdom.
But then one night he snuck out. He could no longer watch his father grow sicker and sicker, frailer and frailer...
Yes, I admit it, this chapter is basically the same as the last...
Yes, I admit, I just copied and pasted the last chapter and only did a few changes here and there...
But that was also how it was in the original tale! In fact; my two "identical" chapters are more different than the two "identical" chapters of the original tale!
So... please excuse me; this is how the original tale went, and for now I'll be mostly sticking to the original tale as my guide.
Now then...
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PS: If you enjoyed this rewritten fairy tale may I recommend to you another story of mine which is also a rewritten fairy tale? The title is "the silver dagger and its sheath."