Hello people! Thanks for all hits and reviews. They make me feel special, and I like feeling special. Disclaimers and apologies from last chapter continue onto this one. This chapter might seem a little odd or unclear, but I need it as an intro for the other ones. Kinda stupid, but I don't really care right now. It might be easier to understand some of the story, particularly during the parts with the dome, if you've played The legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Roy hastily grabbed a plate of food. Or what was supposed to be food. It looked a little like a mixture between a waffle and Yoshi after being burned by a fire flower. Smiling, he raced back to his table to join his best friends Marth, Link and Ike.
"I have an idea!" He proudly exclaimed, loudly.
Ike motioned for him to keep quiet. As if everybody didn't know what Roy's suggestion was. Or maybe they didn't. Marth looked like he was going to kill Roy, but Link looked confused. He didn't know Roy like Ike and Marth did. "Let me guess,"
"Pyrotechnics!" Roy said like an exited little kid going to the zoo. Link's confused look remained. Ike and Marth just shook their heads.
"P-what?" Link asked.
"A big fancy word for making stuff that blows up and/or makes fire." Marth muttered.
"Roy, man, I know you like to see stuff burst into flame, but how does that qualify as a talent?" Ike asked
"It shows that us real men know how to control man's greatest discovery. Plus, it looks really cool if we do it right. That's why people watch fireworks displays, right? Big flashy lights could translate into three weeks shootin' the breeze with the lovely residents of that island." Perhaps Roy didn't realize that all the people there were rather large, colorful, and spoke less English than a rock. Or a Pikmin. But at least the swordsman had a point. It would look cool. He'd score some points with the other smashers, too.
"Besides, anything we do is better than KP." Ike realized as he spoke. What the heck, why not? He, Ike, Master of both sword and flame? That would create an image. "I'm in. But let's have fun with this, okay?"
Link shrugged. "Fine with me. Better than my idea. It involved kidnapping Snake and putting him in a dress."
There was a silence over Link's stupidity. Then Marth said "Count me in. But we have to have more control this time. Remember during the Melee tournament, when we set that last set loose? It took three weeks for Jigglypuff's eyebrows to grow back, and Game & Watch has never forgiven us."
Link looked shocked. "You guys did that?"
Roy looked proud, if anything. "Yep. I was really just trying to cook that turkey Peach made for Christmas, but… instead I burned half of the building. Jigglypuff and Game & Watch were in the way. Besides, the whole thing looked cool too."
Ike just shook his head again. "Part of me is glad I wasn't there. "
Roy got up happily to dispose of his plate while Marth muttered, In Japanese, "You should be."
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Two days later, the four swordsmen finally met in the garage, scavenging for parts. It was the 19th of August, and Master Hand had planned for the show to be on the 27th. That left plenty of time.
Roy hoped it was plenty of time. He had big plans for this little display of the joyful hot stuff. He knew he could count on his partners, but he was the visionary. He was in command. He loved it.
They borrowed a couple of spare car batteries, some engines, some other random car parts and lots of fire flowers from the garage and supply shed. He just needed anything that blew up, and that could eventually include small-power bombs. He chose fire flowers because he knew they were reliable, and he didn't want to fight anybody for the regular lighters, when so many of these were available.
So after all of the materials had been gathered, Ike asked, "So, what do we do with this stuff?"
Roy bore an evil grin. "Attach as many of the batteries to all this stuff here, and we need to prep these wires. Link, no using magic on any of the engines. It's purely mechanical." Link sighed. Not like he knew how anyway. Roy could be so ignorant.
"Dare I ask, and I should know… but what are we prepping those wires for?" Marth asked slowly
Roy looked at him. "Why, to spontaneously combust, of course."
"How silly of me…"Marth muttered while he helped connect random things "This is begging to look a lot like the turkey incident. Randomly connecting stuff and then lighting then on fire, hoping it works? We could get killed doing this."
"That's why this time I have a genius protection plan." Roy announced, holding up a blueprint. On it was a dome, kind of like an assist trophy cover. Only it was about 100 times the size of it. "We build this little thing here, rig the stuff to blow up only when it's inside of here, and fire will just bounce off the walls. We might even be able to make designs out of the explosions. Like spell out our names or something."
"Okay, how are we gonna do all of that without making ourselves explode?" Link asked.
"Easy. Magic. Which is why you're gonna do it." Roy replied.
"Me? Me alone?"
"No, I'll help you. I am the visionary."
"You're nuts, Roy. Seriously, this is turning out to be a little more than I imagined." Marth sighed
"Oh, come on! How many more chances will we have to do this?" Roy asked, annoyed
"…Touché." Marth muttered.
"Well, you guys go build that. Marth and I will finish connecting all this stuff…" Ike said.
"Wait. One of you guys go to the library and find a book on fireworks displays. Then bring it straight to me." Roy instructed. Before Ike could ask why, Link and Roy were making their way to another part of the garage.
"I've got more than part of me thinking that this is a bad idea." Ike admitted.
"That's Roy for you." Marth said, almost cheerfully. Ike bounded off to the library.
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Link was confused.
Roy already had the main dome built; for how long, Link didn't want to know. Roy asked Link "Okay, now do you know how to protect the dome?"
"Look, I'm not a master of magic. I slice stuff with my sword, and then someone else, usually Zelda, uses the magic."
"Why didn't you say something earlier!"
"Because you wouldn't shut up!"
"… The last time I checked, you were Hylian. Don't you guys have, like, special magic in your blood or something?"
"I can attempt something, but I'm not promising perfect results." Link said
Ike called across the room, in search for Roy. Using the chance to get away from Roy, Link scaled the dome using his hookshot. Sitting on top of it, Link wondered what he could do. He'd lied about being able to try. And now how demanding Roy could be, Link was scared.
"Hey! Listen!" Came a voice from above him. Link whipped around, and floating there was Navi, his fairy friend.
"Navi? How'd you get in here?" Link asked, almost relieved to see his friend, no matter how much Navi nagged him.
"I snuck in a while ago, but had a heck of a time finding you. Thought you could use some help…"
"You bet. I've got a fire-obsessed friend, Roy, who wants me to use magic on this dome so the exploding things we put inside it won't come out. But I don't know how! He's gonna kill me, and he's got enough fire to make the remainder of my life miserable!"
"… I liked fighting Ganon better." Navi said
"Any idea how to help?" Link begged. "If this thing doesn't work, everyone in the mansion may die a horrible, fiery death."
"Link, I think you forgot. I'm a navigator and a travel agent. I don't do magic."
"Navi! Oh well, I guess we're gonna die now."
"Wow, you're optimistic today."
"LINK!" Roy called "WE'RE READY TO MAKE STUFF GO BOOM! COME DOWN!"
Link slid down, a worried look on is face. "Now?"
"Yeah, now! We gotta do a test run, right?" Ike said, smiling. Link felt really sick now. "Marth and I found a way, just like Roy said, to spell out our names with the… well, you know."
"Okay, I'm gonna load the stuff in, then we'll watch it. I'm the fastest, so I can get away if something… goes wrong." Marth said. He seemed rather pleased with the whole thing too.
Link, Roy and Ike backed away, Marth filled the dome with explosives, used a couple of fire flowers to light the fuses and ran away. Link cringed, waiting for them to be turned into little fried humans, but he heard the first few explosions, and he was fine. He stared at the dome in awe. Roy was right all along; it really did look cool, and the dome protected them. Link watched the fire arrange so it formed the word ROY, then IKE, followed by MARTH and finally …LINCK.
"Okay, who was in charge of the spelling?" Link asked, clearly annoyed. Marth raised his hand. "You idiot. Learn how to spell! L-I-N-K. Duh!"
"It's alright; We'll fix it for the final show. " Marth said, completely unconcerned.
"Guys, look the grand finale!" Roy cheered. It was truly remarkable. Fire exploded, making all different designs. A sword. A koopa. A baseball bat. Something that was reminiscent of an Arwing. It was a grand sight. Until they heard the crack.
A loud piercing CRACK filled the air, and suddenly the fire stopped it's elaborate patterns and flowed out the top of the dome. It had been demolished. Roy said a very, very, very naughty word to Link. Then proceeded to yelling at him loudly.
"You ******!I thought you fixed it! I thought you said you'd made it so it wouldn't ****** explode!"
"Uh, Roy," Ike said, "I suggest we run." They took his suggestion. Sprinting through the garage, yelling like the idiots they were, the four swordsman ran from the tunnel of fire that was chasing them. On the way, They passed Olimar and one of his Pikmin, holding a keyboard. With them was Young Link with a bunch of power tools and Falco holding… a dress? But that didn't matter at the moment.
"RUN! RUN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH BY FIRE!" Link screamed. The odd group knew when Link was telling the truth, and this was one of them. The group, containing eight now, ran until they reached a fork in hallways.
"One of these leads away from the garage, and one leads to the west wing of it." Falco breathed. The west wing was were the dome was. If they went in the wrong tunnel, they could be killed.
"Link!" A voice called. Navi appeared out of nowhere. Young Link and Link looked thrilled, but the others were afraid of her presence. "Take the left tunnel! The left one! I can round up some people to help put the fire out, and the way out it the left!" Link and His younger incarnation immediately went left, their companions following uncertainly after them. They reached a door. They threw it open, and looked into the lounge of the mansion. Safe! Link had no clue where Navi had come from, but he was very glad.
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True to her word, Navi gathered some people to put the fire out. The next day, the four swordsmen were sitting yet again at their table in the kitchen.
"Well, I guess we need to re-build our dome" Roy said bitterly, dipping his spoon into his cereal
"Uh… Roy? If Link can't do anything for it, how are we going to fix our dome?" Ike asked.
Roy shrugged. "Use stronger material. Maybe ROB can suggest something…"
While the heroes pondered their problem, Navi was making her way back home to Kokiri forest. She arrived, resting from her journey. She always knew that Link would get himself in trouble. She only decided to help him when things got boring around Kokiri. He would have to deal by himself for a while. She drifted off to sleep, thinking of the display she'd seen happen inside that dome. Maybe she'd go to the show. Provided Master Hand had a fire extinguisher.
Well, I can never end these things right. Oh well, too bad. I feel like this is my dedication to Navi, who I personally thought was the coolest character in Ocarina of time. Again, sorry about any cases of OOC. I'm not a genius when it comes to all the characters. Next chapter coming very soon. Maybe even today.