ranman hibiki : Your wish is my command. I give him a slap or two hard on the face. After all we got to get him back in a normal state don't we? (cackles) Thanks!
D-pad : Your command is my duty. (bows) Hey! I sound like that dude off of Aladdin. Cool. Lol. Thanks!
Adelina : Yup, now that Link is grown up, Josie is free to say whatever she wants. Uh-oh...be afraid, be VERY afraid. Hey, I didn't change the rating to Pg-13 for nothing! Thanks!
Kitana : I'm leaning toward romance, but I'm not 100 positive there is. More like 80 positive. Don't know yet. There's a hint of it in here at the end, though. Thanks!
Alucardlordofvampires : Wow, I never thought of that before...maybe like Saria give him the ability to leave for that one night. But that is a good question! I'll have to look up on that. Thanks!
I love CHEESECAKE : If people think that they had matured, their dead wrong! I think Josie be a little nicer to Moron-Malon, because of the war and all that. Oh well! Maybe next time, but its Ingo thats getting it this time! Thanks!
Another chapter. So we're all happy, savvy? Only7 1/2 days left of school and the work is piling up! Wah! But summer will be here and summer means more updates! More happiness! But I'm so sad, I'm going to be graduating soon and...and...(sobbs) I'm never going to see any of my friends again! (Warning listening to sad song)
Link finally gathered himself together and allowed us to leave the Castle area. Link gave another sad sigh as he jumped over the broken bridge.
"A last reminder of what happend." He commented.
I shrugged, "Don't worry, Link, you'll be able to take out all your anger on the monsters ahead of us!"
Link raised his eyebrows, but said nothing. Until he noticed how calm it was around the land. "There...there's no horrible monsters or anything. It doesn't look nothing like it did in the castle area!"
"You mean not yet." I corrected.
Link shifted, uncomfortably. "Yeah, but why not? Its darker than usual but besides that everything looks normal. Even Lon Lon Ranch looks normal-"
"-from a distance." I finished, looking at him, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Then paused and thought about it. "'Cause I did that with a really good book and lost 5$"
Link blinked. "Riight."
I smirked and turned back around. He thinks I'm crazy. Excellent.
It would take a while to get there, I realized. Rolling my eyes, I began to hum to myself. For a long time.
"Josie?"
"Yes?"
"Can you stop?"
"Hmmm let me think about it...no."
"Please?"
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YEEEESS!"
"NOOOOOOO!"
"YEEEES!"
"NOOOO- OW!" I ran into a wall and fell down, clutching my head.
"Owwy."
Link rushed over to me. "Are you alright?"
"Yes..."
Link smirked. "Hah! I got you to say yes!"
I glared. That was cold.
He helped me up, I glared at him the entire time then said. "You really have been around me for to long." I smiled. "Congratulations, you have passed the next step to becoming exactly like me."
I thought I heard a voice say, "Oh, the horror!" But turning around I saw no one there.
"Madison?" I whispered. I had forgotten all about her!
I turned back to Link. "I forgot! Whatever happend to Madison, Modesty, and Jean?"
Link shrugged. "Your supposed to be the smart one."
I crossed my arms and glared at him. "Whatever. Come on, I really want a horse." Then walked up the hill into the entrance. Link, shaking his head with a smile, not to far behind.
I looked around the Ranch so far. Looked darker and more gloomier than before. But besides that normal. Link appeared beside me with a blank look.
"Where's Malon?" He asked me, looking at me with a blank gaze. I nodded my head to a building. "Let's go inside." I stated, surprising my own self.
I opened the door and walked inside. The first thing I saw was Malon leaning against a stable, humming to herself as quietly as she could while petting a baby calf.
She looked almost the same. The same childish face but longer hair and a sad mature look in her large blue eyes. Then I thought about it.
"Hey," I whispered to Link, "does everyone around here have blue eyes?"
Link gazed around the room in deep thought. "No, Saria and ummm whats his name? Oh, Mido have green and brown eyes."
I blinked, "Oh yeah. I forgot about them."
Malon still hadn't noticed us yet? Damn, she must be deaf from all this horses or something. I cleared my throat as loud as I could and she jumped, nearly falling over.
"Wha-Who are you two? What are you doing here?" She asked clutching her chest. "And why did you scare me, like that? Gods..."
"I am sorry." Link said, apologizing for me. "But do you not recognize us?" He asked.
Malon studied us from under her bangs of red hair. "We had few customers over the years, due to that cruel man, but you do seem so familiar." She finished, while eyeing us...
"We are Li-" Link started to introduce us, but I put my hand over his mouth.
"Umm Livinia and Joseph!" I finished with a grin. "Well, those are our nicknames, you'll find out our real names later."
Malon looked between us, frowning. "As long as your not servants of that cruel man, I don't care. What do you want?"
"We need to purchase two horses." Link said, pulling out a bag of rupees. My mouth dropped. "Where do you keep on getting all this money?"
Link grinned. "You never paid attention to what I was doing."
Malon sighed and bowed her head. "I'm sorry. I'm not the one who you should speak to about that. You should probably go talk to Ingo." She spat that name out like it was a curse.
"What about Talon?" Link asked.
She looked at him, surprised. "You know about my dad? Well anyway, he was driven out a couple of years ago by Ingo. Ingo took over the farm and threatens to hurt the horses if I don't do as he says." Malon rubbed her hands on her arms, uncomfortably.
"But don't tell him I said anything." She finished with a grimace.
Link growled, "We won't. I think I better go talk to Ingo."
Malon smiled at him. "Good luck."
Link walked over to where I was playing with a cow milker. "Come on, Josie. Stop acting like you were yesterday."
I stood up and pretended to look appalled. "What? You expect my maturity to grow as fast as my age did? Well, your wrong!" I giggled, bouncing off the walls.
Link rolled his eyes and grabbed the sleeve of my dress, dragging me out the door. I calmed down when the outside air hit me.
LInk glanced at me, "Your crazy."
"And I know it." I answered with a proud grin. Link smiled then a sudden neigh distracting him from the field. He walked toward it, me humming along behind him.
Link saw a man at the gate and asked me, "Is that Ingo?"
"Sure is!" I answered, cheerfully. "Can I go slap him?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"PRETTY PLEASE?"
"NO!"
"How about later?"
Link looked throughtful for a second then sighed, "Fine, later."
I whooped for joy! Link walked up to Ingo. "Umm, hi. Look my friend and I-"
Before Link could finish, Ingo cut him off with a sneer saying, "There are some people in Kakariko spreading rumors that I cheated Talon out of the ranch but..."
Link rolled his eyes, "Good for you, as I was saying I need-"
"Don't be ridiculous! That guy Talon was weak!"
Link looked pissed, "Don't say that about him!" He hissed. I smirked at Ingo. I nearly pitied him...nearly.
Ingo glared, "I don't want any strangers like you saying anything bad about me!"
Link turned to me and muttered in my ear, "Too late"
I snickered. Ingo straighted up in a preppy ass way and said, "Listen, the great Ganondorf recognized my obvious talents and gave the ranch to me!"
I acted surprised, "So THATS how it got this crappy!"
"I will raise a fine horse and win recognition from the great Ganondorf!" He gave a small, evil, puny laugh.
Ingo then turned to a bored Link, "How about this, I let you ride a horse for 10 rupees?"
Link looked at Epona who was galloping in the distance, "Yeah, I need to get reaquainted."
Ingo smiled evily, "Do you need to hear the basics"
"Sure."
Ingo explained how to ride a horse and all that crap. Then let him inside. Link immediately called Epona over. I stayed in the shadow and watched, waiting until Link made the bet to win Epona in a race. As soon as the race started, I ran to the field where the horses were.
I got out my Ocarina and called Silver over. She nudged me gently from inside. "Hey boy. Ingay, I mean Ingo, hasn't hurt you has he?" I checked his body for any injuries but saw none. Good. Looking around, I saw Link and Ingo would soon be riding this way.
"Okay Silver, walk back a little." He moved out of the way. I concentrated and a medium sized fire appeared in my hand. I held it toward the fence and it burned, enough for Silver to walk through. I climbed on him and galloped behind a building and could only hope that Link won the race.
Not five minutes later, there was angry talking and alot of galloping and Link was riding like a blur next to me. I snapped Silver's reins and began to ride after him, then stopped and rode back to Ingo.
He exclaimed loudly when he saw me stealing the horse, but quickly shut up when I gave him a hard slap at the face.
"Thats for threatening one of my top favorite animals!" I screamed and rode after Link.
Link was sitting on Epona on a hill, when I appeared. Wow...he looked so...wow...like that...wow...The sun was shining down at him and glowed off his sweaty skin. His damp blond locks were sticking to his face making his blue eyes stand out even more. I gazed at him, open-mouthed.
He looked at me, "Josie? Are you alright?"
I opened and closed my mouth, then cleared my throat. "Fine, umm...we should head toward Hotty villa- I mean Kakariko village."
Blushing at me statement, I wondered why the hell I was acting like this. Maybe it was because of this new change. Oh well, trotted up next to Link and rode slowly next to him to Kakariko village, wondering why this had to be number 6 on my fantasy list.