It's a nice, warm, sunny day and I'm inside with my eyes glued to the computer. =)
Ahahaha, it's okay, dragonslayer, I accept all types of reviews....(takes knife out) nah, I'm just kiddin'=P The Windwaker? Oh, please don't mention it...I don't have it yet.....(sighs heavily) But I guarantee you, I WILL get it! (eyes empty piggy bank) Oh yes I will!
(oogles) FRYING PAN!!!!! OMG!!!! THAT IS A WORK OF GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL UPDATE THAT IMMEDIATELY!!!
Ahem....(coughs) The Fairly Odd Parents? =P I like that show...Crocker...oh, you mean the fairy-catching-giving Timmy F's all the time on his report card, projects, maniac??? =D Oh yes, I do plan to keep this story going...maybe even continue it with Majora's Mask...(cackles evilly)
Hmm...maybe Link should take a bath....
I must be getting old....I actually forgot the disclaimer! (slaps self)
I will do something extra special for it.
(takes hot cup of water and pours all over the disclaimer and chops it up with knife)
The graveyard looked pretty much the same. A couple of graves were added, and two guards stood at attention at the front gate.
"This place is overflowing with them," Link said in disgust.
"Passport?" they both grunted in unison.
Link showed them the crumpled up paper and watched as the guards both looked like they were holding in a laugh.
"Hero of Tomatoes! Hahaha! Bill, have you heard o' that before?!?!?"
"I heard some real crazy names, Bod, but this breaks da record!"
Link swiped the passport away before they could read the age and stomped through.
"I will kill that chief with my own hands," Link muttered.
Navi laughed. "C'mon, Link, get out the map. We'll see what we need to get."
A moment later, they were checking the graveyard on the map.
Scrawled in messy, hurried writing was, "Dampe the Gravekeeper's Grave. Haunts 24/7. Nothing better to do. Challenged him to race and failed. Good prize, supposedly."
"Well, maybe the prize is what we need to save the first sage," Navi said logically. "But how do we open the grave??"
Screech.
"Ladies first," Link said politely, motioning to the hole.
Navi laughed and dived down, followed by Link.
"OW!" Link rubbed his back. "I think I broke something."
"Oh, really?" Navi said in a muffled voice.
"Not again...hold on..." Link plucked Navi from under his back.
"Next time, you go first," Navi grumbled.
"I don't even want to go here again.." Link shuddered.
The place had stone towers and a weird light shone from the entrance.
"Who dares disturb Dampe, the Great Gravekeeper?"
"Do you think we should play the Sun's Song?" Link whispered.
"Nah, I don't think that's a ReDead."
Upon closer examination, they saw that Dampe was only a ghost.
"Race me and win a prize!" his voice echoed through the hollow chamber.
"Okay." Link started to follow Dampe through the twisting hallways and corriders.
Link was jogging casually as Dampe panted and struggled to keep first place.
"Stupid dang kids, they got more adrenaline than me.." Dampe cursed.
Link yawned. "This is boring, can we speed it up?"
Dampe looked affronted.
"Oh yeah!?!??! FINE!"
He started swinging his lamp left and right, causing red fiery flames to hop out and chase Link.
"Holy Farore! Stop it! CHEAT!!!"
Dampe grinned a ghostly grin. "Once again, I reign!"
He didn't watch where he was going and bumped into the wall and dropped his lamp, which cracked and disappeared in smoke.
Link, meanwhile, was having problems avoiding the tiny fireballs.
"Eep! Ow! Oooh, that hurt!"
Navi suddenly got some inspiration.
"Link, there's a cheeseburger at the end of the race, you know."
"So??"
"Along with some rupees!"
Pwang.
Link was gone, racing like the wind.
The fireballs tried to follow him, but gave up and vanished.
Dampe was screaming and moaning.
"Nooooooo....my soul was in that lamp! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...."
Pwoof.
Dampe disappeared, sucked into the ground like quicksand.
Navi hurried and caught up with Link rather easily, who was looking around.
"Look, Link, a shiny little treasure chest!"
Link kicked open the chest and fainted.
"Link??? Are you....all right?"
A few minutes later, Link got up dizzily and swayed, side to side.
"Ooh...I don't feel so good....perfume....gallons..."
Navi sniffed the chest and nearly hurled.
"Blech! Gross.....there is danger in every chest...well, you have to pick out that thing in there."
Link held his nose, snatched the treasure, and slammed the top down so the fumes wouldn't escape.
"What is it?"
"Look at that, Navi!"
A blue little message screen appeared below the object.
"Congratulations! You have found the hookshot! It's springy-what? It's break time already? But I'm finishing up some message, dude. You mean Mr. Miyamato is treating the boys to a sub? What?!?!?!?!"
The message ended there.
"That was odd."
"That was indeed."
After pocketing the hookshot, Link stared at the giant cube blocking the way.
"Link...look, that symbol...it looks like...like the Temple of Time's insignia. Play the Song of Time!"
The block started to dissolve in shining blue light, replaced with a red rupee and a set of stairs.
"Nice," Link crowed, pocketing the rupee and racing up the stairs, eager to see where they led.
"YES! I HAVE PERFECTED MY PLANS!"
"Sweet Nayru....isn't that Se-"
"I SEE YOU! AND I WILL KILL YOU WITH A MUCH MORE IMPROVISED METHOD!" Sebat roared.
Link nearly tottered over the ledge.
"GET DOWN HERE!" Sebat screamed, swinging a giant frying pan.
"Look!" Link cried. "There's a guy outside who is green, has blue eyes, blonde hair, and a blue fairy! RIGHT THERE!"
Sebat stopped and ran outside.
"Nice one, Link," Navi complimented as floated down.
Link hopped down and shook his head, frowning. "No, really, I saw him outside of the window."
Navi zipped quickly to the window and peered outside and saw a green guy running for his life, chased by Sebat and his frying pan.
"Oh. Okay, well, we better get back to Kokiri Forest. I wanna check out what happened in several years."
"Sure, but...." Link looked uncomfortable.
"What?"
"I'm...grown up....aren't I? And Kokiri don't grow up."
"It's okay," Navi reassured him. "You'll be fine. The Kokiri will understand. After all, they were your friends."
Link had a sudden image of him getting chased by burning torches and pitchforks.
"Yeah," Link said shakily. "They'll accept me....right, Navi?"
"Listen, Link." Navi said impatiently. "You're still the same, it's just that you don't look the same. The Kokiri will understand. Now c'mon Link, we better get going."