Lunarian :.

Another update, I just wish I could get a few more habitual reviewers.

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--Chapter Fifteen--

- Hazy Island -

Link was swimming a dozen feet under the water when he noticed something strange from above. The sky that had been clear and sunny had instantly turned dark and stormy. This made no sense because both he and Tatl had checked the surrounding area before heading off to the island, and there was not a darkened cloud in the sky. He signaled to Tatl that he was going above to see what was going on.

As he reached the surface, the first thing that hit him was a violent wave. The seas that had been calm mere moments ago were now raging as if in the middle of the fiercest storms. The sky was covered in storm clouds, it was raining in torrents, and the waves were merciless. What is going on here? Link was getting tired of having the entire world change itself on a moments notice, he missed the days when he could see a storm as it came and be aware of the natural changes as they happen.

Tatl knew that Link would be wondering about this sudden weather, she was too. When she let out her senses to get a feel however, she was unable to realize anything except to confirm it is magical. "Link, it's a magic storm. I can't tell anything else though." She informed her friend, keeping close by to be heard over the roaring waters.

"Thanks Tatl." Link said. "Let's see what it's all about." He started forward right into the storm which was coincidentally in the path he was headed in the first place. Once more lucky to be in Zora form he was not troubled by the constant walls of water that relentlessly covered his whole body. The winds were more pronounced then anywhere he had ever been before, you could actually see the currents the wind took.

He had been struggling to gain ground against the current for awhile. It seemed that every time he felt to be making some headway into the storm, an unusually large wave would come crashing through throwing him back to where he began. He wasn't close to calling it quits yet, but before he could continue his efforts all the storms directions that had been pushing against him mysteriously changed completely around.

Now the winds and waves that had been pushing him away suddenly began to pull him in. Link could scarcely gather more breathe then to scream in delight as the arduous exercise turned into a fun ride. He was spearheaded through the waters speeding like the fastest racing Goron. Fortunately Tatl had been able to secure herself within his hat in time or else he would have lost her.

Ending far too soon to his liking, Link passed the range of the storms entering into a calm sea again. As soon as the last wave ran out he stopped swimming and tried to get a handle on his position again. "... The hell?" He said, when he looked where he just was. There was no indication of any storm or rough waters at all, just a wide open flat sea.

"Forget about it for now Link." Advised Tatl. "We got to where we wanted to go at least." There, in the near distance was an island no longer shrouded in mists.

It was a small thing, looked to be no more then a couple hundred feet across in any direction but it was the first piece of land they had seen so far. It took another half a minute before he reached it and could finally stop swimming. Now, standing on the isle he got a better look at it.

The isle was almost exactly as he had thought, a small area with a few patches of grass or flowers and a few small trees. There was a few things that caught him by surprise, such as the large sea shell standing upright in the center of the island. "That... is weird."

"Link, look at this." Tatl said, she had spotted something that was the first bit of good news.

Ignoring the odd structure for the moment Link followed his partner over to the side. There, he saw her flying above a red mailbox. "A mailbox ... here?" Link asked slightly bewildered.

"I know what you mean Link, this is really not a place for one. But, that's not what I meant, think about it." Tatl said, when he didn't get the point she was making she continued in exasperation. "If there is a mailbox that means there are people around, and we can find out what's going on."

"Good point, but where is everyone?" Link wondered. He couldn't stop himself from going back to look at the giant shell. When he walked around it he found a whole in the ground through the conch's opening, but a wall of flame blocked the way.

Tatl could see the look on Link's face change the moment he saw the flame. If whatever was down there wanted to keep out uninvited guests then they just sealed their fate with her friend. Before, it was just a strange sight, but now it was a puzzle. And I know just how much he loves figuring out puzzles.

He started off with the simplest solution, firing an ice arrow into the fire. The flames slowed down for a brief second when the magically cold arrow hit before returning to their full blaze. Hmm.

"Oh Li-ink, over he-ere." Tatl sang mockingly.

"What?" asked Link, annoyed at the interruption. Turning his head he saw Tatl pointing out a brown switch directly behind him. "I was getting to that." He mumbled. How did I miss that?

"Of course you were." The sarcasm was heavy in her words.

Ignoring her less then helpful commentary, Link jumped up on top of the switch. When nothing happened he started jumping up and down onto it shouting. "C'mon you stupid switch, work!"

"Hee hee hee, you look ridiculous." Tatl teased the silly boy. It felt good to no longer feel like the weight of the world rested on them. Sure, neither one of them had any idea where they are or what was going on, but there was no sense of urgency. They were free to just be.

He thought about sticking his tongue out at her before deciding it would make him look more foolish as a Zora. Zora, right... He should've known his body would be too light to push down the peg. Link then changed into his Goron form, the best choice for pounding in stubborn spikes. His new form caused a great deal of nervousness from being surrounded by all that water so he quickly slammed it down and changed back to his normal self.

He couldn't resist putting on the bunny hood once more. A second later and the long ears were flopping in the breeze leaning to his back. Suddenly his ears were no longer pushed to behind him, but were in fact falling over in front of his face covering his eyes. "Eyah." Letting out an annoyed grunt Link pushed them back up only to have them once more fall down.

"Link what are you doing?" Tatl asked him. Watching him keep pushing the ears up after they fell down was only entertaining for the first few times, before it just got sad. And knowing Link, he would keep this up for the next few hours if left alone.

"The wind just changed the way it was blowing out of nowhere. First it was blowing to my back and now the front, I don't get it." Link explained to Tatl.

"Yes, that is weird." Tatl agreed. "But, that isn't what I asked you. I want to know what are you doing?!?" She started off quiet but raised her voice to a yell at the end. "Stop fooling around with that mask and let's go." Then she remembered something. "Hey wait a minute, don't you have that ring you got from the Great Fairy of Wisdom? Why don't you use it?"

Link was embarrassed to admit it. "I uh... I forgot about it, to be honest." Sometimes it felt like he just had too much crap, all those gadgets and items got hard to keep track of. "I haven't even tested out my other new equipment yet." He said as he laughed.

"So get to it." Tatl ordered. What kind of a fool is he acting at?

He didn't even know how to use the Ring of Absorption, but he wasn't about to let her know that and give her more to get on his case about. Link went with his gut feeling, he placed his finger with the ring on the mask and thought about the bunny hood's power going into the ring. It worked, and with a twinkle of sparkly light, the mask disappeared into the ring. "Cool."

That one word summed up how Tatl felt about the ring as well. "Yeah, cool."

Now with his usual spring in his step restored, Link hopped down the hole that was now free of fire. Gently he fell down into a wide open cavern with a soft blue glow to it. All around the far walls was slowly moving white dots against blackness and there was a setting of upright clam shells in the center of a pool of water.

When Link looked at the source of water he saw a small cherub-like being with wings and a wand, flying around free of care. He knew it had to be a fairy, but it looked nothing like Tatl. With a look between the two he asked his friend. "So then, is that what you look like without all the glow?"

The very same glow being talked about, darkened in outrage. "What?! No way, what are you, crazy? Those faeries have none of my beauty."

With a steady gaze at Tatl, Link said. "Beauty? What beauty, all I see is a glow and wings."

She was still a little upset with him so she taunted. "Maybe someday I'll let you see, however with an attitude like that you never will."

Crazy fairy. Thought Link. He approached the fairy flying over the water, causing it to stop. Then, it spun around and with a poof, turned into a larger creature. It's new form was very tall, maroon skinned with flowing clothes, four arms and no wings. That must be a great fairy, at least she's not as ugly as the ones in Termina.

The Great Fairy was one of the seven of the great sea, she said. "Greetings young waker of the ..." Stopping when she noticed that it wasn't whom she thought it was. "I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else. You look just like him."

Link found this to be very strange, there was someone out there running around who liked him. And what did she almost say? A Waker, what's that?

"Do you have a long lost brother?" Tatl joked, earning a sour look from Link.

"Tell me, who are you?" Asked the great fairy of the boy.

"My name is Link." He answered her. He almost said his tittle of hero of time, but thought better of it.

Quietly the great fairy said to herself. "Amazing, they even have the same name."

Not having heard what this different fairy just said, and seeing from Link's confused face that he did not either, Tatl asked her. "Could you repeat that? We couldn't hear you."

"Never mind, it was nothing important." The great fairy looked intensely at Link.

He was starting to get nervous from all the scrutiny. "What is it?" He finally asked after a few seconds when he was no longer able to take it.

The great fairy was thinking. It's almost like it was actually him, but no ... that's impossible. Then the companion to the boy, a little fairy of a kind she had never seen before, rudely yelled at her to answer Link. "My apologies little ones. Ordinarily I would grant the one who visits me a greater carrying capacity for arrows, but I see that will never be a problem for you." She said to them. "I am afraid I have nothing further to offer you, please allow the faeries to soothe your aches and be refreshed."

The great fairy then poofed away leaving Link and Tatl with a fountain full of faeries and more confused then ever with more questions then answers.

To Be Cont'D:
Omake

Majora's Mask meets Wind Waker or This Won't End Well

Link and Tatl jumped down the hole in the ground and entered into a wide open cavern. Their attention was immediately drawn to a figure standing right in front of them with a surprised look on his face. He was a young boy perhaps a few years less then Link's age when he entered Termina and was similarly garbed as Link was. Green tunic, cap, boots, blonde hair, sword, shield, and bag of holding.

"Who are you?" Link asked him.

"I'm Link, who are you." The boy answered.

"No, I'm Link." Link said with an annoyed look.

"Nuh uh, my name's Link and I'm gonna call you 'Glowy' because you have a ball of light following you!" Declared the self styled boy Link.

"Listen up here you twerp!" Tatl yelled. "He is Link the hero of time and I am his magnificent fairy partner Tatl."

"Hahaha that's silly, everyone knows fairy's look like this." The young boy Link said as he pulled out a bottle with a childish looking fairy inside it. He then peered at Tatl curiously before looking to Link again. "Hey mister Glowy, where'd you get that neat talking bug at? Is it a kind of firefly?"

Link didn't know which was worse. Being repeatedly called 'Glowy' by some cheap knock-off, or the unholy terror Tatl was about to unleash on the poor shmuck if he didn't shut up. "I told you kid, she is a fairy, not an insect."

"Whatever you say Glowy man. Hey, hey I'd really like one of them, I think it's really neat. Will you trade it to me, huh huh please?" The boy begged.

That was the last straw for Tatl. "Die you snot nosed punk!" The glow around her body deepened into a blood red as she began to dive bomb the brat in a frenzy. "Kill kill! Die die!"

Link still didn't know who the little runt was, but for now he was satisfied in watching him reap what he had sown. You really don't want to piss off a fairy, Tatl especially. It was really funny watching the kid running around screaming waving his sword ineffectually at her like a giant stick against an angry hive of bees. "You two have fun now, I'm gonna go talk to that fairy over there." He said, pointing to the end where a fairy sat looking in astonishment.

Tatl beamed back at Link. "I will." Then she continued her barrage ignoring the boy's screams of 'Stop', 'Ow ow ow', 'Help!', 'Please help me!', and the ever popular 'Dear god why won't someone help meeeee?!?'

Review Replies

Youthninja: They are kind of my two favorites too! If only Wind Waker was more challenging then I could answer with a definite. So yeah, thanks again for reviewing. I really appreciate it.

CrystalC: Yay! I love brownies, especially the ones that are baked with chocolate chips inside. Depending on who made them they can get so gooey and filling. As for Link meeting Link, it's a big sea out there ... could take awhile for them to cross paths. MM Link still needs to get even more confuzzled afterall.