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Sage wakes up and sees that she's floating in a dark abyss. She sees Cheyenne is still beside her unconscious. She tries to wake Cheyenne up, but she's out cold. Before she does anything else she hears a deep and scary voice.

"I have a job for you."

"Who's there? What are you talking about?" Sage asked, kind of surprised.

"Find the legendary animal and bring it to me."

"What legendary animal?"

"The one that will help me rule all of Hyrule!"

"Did you say Hyrule?"

"Find it!"

"No."

"Then… Kiss my Nutri-grain bars!"

"…. Is it strawberry flavored?"

Sage starts getting a headache and when she brings her hands up to rub her head she notices that they're little claws. She looks at her claws in amazement, then at the rest of her body.

She was turned in to a rat!

"Wha-What did you do to me!"

"Find the animal and I'll turn you back into your original form, and your little friends to."

"Little friends?" Sage looked around and noticed Cheyenne, Steph, and Linda were turning into animals. "What about my Nutri-grain bar asshole?" She heard maniacal laughing and then it faded away. She ran towards her friends who fully turned into animals. Right as she reached her friends the scenery changed and they were lying on a wooden floor.

Sage looked around really confused. They were in a small restaurant. It had wooden tables with white table clothes and a small vase with a flower on top of each. The atmosphere was nice, but lacking in customers. None of which noticed a bunch of animals sprawled out on the floor. Sage looked at her friends and realized she didn't know who was who. She started hearing footsteps coming towards them. Sage looked up to see the head chef with a broom in his hand.

"SQUEAK!" Sage was about to run away, but realized the chef hitting a raccoon with the broom.

I forgot that Cheyenne, Steph and Linda were here to.

Sage watched as the raccoon didn't even budge while the chef yelled and hit at it.

Ya that's Linda.

Sage jumped onto the chef's leg and bit him. He screamed and jumped around in circles, running into a few tables in the process. Sage ran over to her friends and tried to get them away from the chef. She was having trouble since she wasn't strong enough to lift a duck, raccoon and a parakeet.

The chef charged at Sage with the broom. They ran around the restaurant for a while until a duck flew and flapped its wings in the chefs' face, which caused him to jump back. He let go of the broom and it landed on Sage. She was flat on the ground until she felt someone pick her up and fly out the door, literally.

Sage looked at who rescued her. It was the parakeet! "Which one are you?" the parakeet set Sage on a nearby fountain. "What do you mean which one are you? I'm the one who saved you."

"I helped to!" they turned their head towards the oncoming duck. "What about me?" the raccoon asked. "What about you?" the duck and parakeet said in unison. The raccoon smiled innocently and changed the subject "So… uh… You guys wouldn't happen to know where I am, would you."

"I don't even know you!" the parakeet yelled. Sage groaned "Can you guys seriously be that dense? Do you not recognize each others voices?"

The animals just looked at each other. After a few minutes Sage sighed, "For crying out loud, we're all friends!"

"Friends?" they said, surprised.

Sage looked unpleased "Yes, friends."

"Then who are you?" the parakeet asked. "I'm Sage."

"But you're a rat." The raccoon said.

"I can tell you're Linda, and I don't think I have to point out that Steph is a duck."

Steph looked at everyone confused then looked at herself, "WHOA! I am a duck!"

"Never mind." Sage said.

Steph was about to respond but was interrupted by the chef that was chasing Sage with a broom earlier. Except he traded his broom for a butcher knife.

"I'll get you stupid animals if it's the last thing I do!"

They were all chased around the crowded area, until they somehow found their way onto a dirt path. They saw a huge metal gate being guarded by a man in armor. Luckily, they could squeeze their way through the metal bars and hide in a nearby bush.

The chef came up to the gate and started pounding on it. The guard pushed him away, "What business do you have here peasant?" The chef flailed his butcher knife in the air like a mad man "How could you not see four rodents run by here! They could infest your food like they did mine! They'll burn Hyrule to the ground if we don't stop them!" He just kept ranting on while the guard nodded towards other guards to come and take him away. He struggled as he was dragged back to where he came from.

The animals watch as the crazed chef is dragged away, and then they sigh in relief. "I hope we never see him again." Steph said. Linda starts to cry, "We're all gonna die!" Steph snaps her beak at Linda, "Shut up! I'd like to get out of here alive thank you!" Linda nudges Steph, "You're just mad because you'd be the first to be plucked and made into a meal."

Steph cringes at the thought, "No! I don't wanna be duck soup!" she covers her face with her wings and sobs. Linda just looks at her, "If it makes you feel better, they wouldn't be making a soup with you." Steph sobs harder. "Are you trying to console me or not?"

"It's more like a matter of fact then it is of consoling."

"I hate you…"

"Well it is."

Sage shakes her head in disapproval, "No more pep talks from you Linda."

"Fine, fine." Linda looks around, "this place looks somewhat familiar." Cheyenne flies onto Linda's head, "How so?"

"Well" Linda points at the building in front of them, "that huge building looks like a castle, which is no where near where we live." She points at a nearby guard, "and the policemen where we come from don't wear tacky armor like that."

"Not to mention the fact that we're animals." Sage cut in.

"Ya, that to."

"You guys wouldn't happen to know anybody who could change us back, do you?" Cheyenne asked. "I think getting out of this place alive should be our first priority." Sage said.

"You guys worry too much, I think we should enjoy it while it lasts. My grandma always wanted me out of the house anyway." Linda said, "Besides, what's so bad about being an animal? You can do what ever you want and don't have to pay a single penny! I'm sure people might hunt Steph and me, keep Cheyenne as a pet, and try to catch sage in a mouse trap, but if we-" The others cut her off.

"We're getting out of here…" They said in unison.

"I bet Willy never had to deal with this crap…"

They ignored Linda and tried to come up with a plan that would get them out of there. As they were planning, they overheard nearby guards talking.

"Did you hear about the new prisoner?" One guard asked.

"The one they found in Princess Zelda's room?" The other responded.

"Ya, I overheard the conference they had."

"What was the kings' decision?"

"He said he should have a decision after his meeting with Lord Ganondorf."

"Why not just lock her up in the dungeon for the rest of her life?"

"Princess Zelda is against that idea. I don't see why, the prisoner is so strange. It's like she's from a different world or something. Her clothes are so weird."

"I blame the parents."

"I also heard from Tom that Impa senses a strange power coming from her."

"Was it because she was talking about cups?"

They both burst out laughing.

The animals look at each other in confusion. Sage was wondering about the 'Legendary animal' and if the prisoner they're talking about has any connections to it. The others didn't know what to make of their situation. They just sat there and waited for someone to suggest something intelligent. Sage looks at her confused friends.

"We're going to the castle dungeon."

"What?" They all said in unison. "You heard me." Sage said. "Why would you wanna go there?" Steph asked. Sage starts heading towards the castle, "Because I'm curious of something."

They all just shrugged and followed Sage. After wandering around the outside of the castle, they found a barred window that was touching the ground. It looked like a dungeon window so they went to check it out. When they're close to the window Steph plops down on the dirt and Sage hops off her back. She looks through the bars but doesn't see anything.

"Are you guys sure this is the dungeon?" Sage asks.

"How should we know, we only ran over here because it's actually a window we could look through without climbing anything." Linda said while scratching her ear with her hind leg.

"This window looks different from the others anyway." Steph said.

Sage rolls her eyes and sticks her head further into the window. Her rat senses start to kick in and she was able to see that a stone was being thrown at her! Before she could move, it hit her right in the face. She falls on to the cemented floor.

"Me… Always me." She said in a daze.

Steph sticks her head into the room and looks down at Sage.

"So… Do you know if this place is a dungeon or not?"

Sage looks up at Steph irritably.

"Why don't you tell me since you have a better sense of sight at the moment!"

"Well Gee, you don't have to get mad about it."

"GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE IF YOU'RE SO CURIOUS!"

"I would love to Sage, but unfortunately my ass isn't small enough to fit through these damn bars!"

"THEN LAY OFF THE FISH, IT MIGHT HELP SOME!"

"IT'S PART OF MY DIET! I AM A DUCK YOU KNOW!"

"THEN TRADE THE BREAD FOR SOME NUTRI-GRAIN BARS!" Sage just remembered something. Wasn't that creepy voice supposed to give me a Nutri-grain bar? I gotta remember to kick his ass later…

Sage hears someone talking in the background and looks around. She lifts herself off the ground and sees Kayla curled up in the far corner. Kayla's covering her face with her hands muttering stuff about hallucinations. Sage walks up to her and asks, "What're you hallucinating about Kayla?"

Kayla looks down at Sage and her eyes open wide, "YOU!" She grabs a rock and lifts it in the air, "Get away from me! Normal rats I can handle, but talking ones? They're gonna take over the world and force me to scrub bathtubs and dust lamps! I can't do hard labor!" She chucks the rock at Sage, who barely dodges it. She runs and hides behind a nearby pot.

Cheyenne flies into the room, "Kayla calm down and stop attacking your friends!" Kayla glares at Cheyenne "Friends don't force their friends to scrub bathtubs and dust lamps!"

"Not where I come from." They both heard Linda say through the window.

Cheyenne glares at Linda and gives Kayla a 'you're stupid' look "No one here is going to make you do anything."

"Having her take a few chill pills should be an exception." Sage said.

Cheyenne ignores Sage and flies onto Kayla's shoulder "Kayla, how'd you get in here?"

"I don't know. One moment I crashed into someone's room and passed out, the next thing I know I'm in here."

"Well… I can believe that. How'd you get into the castle?"

"I floated here… somehow." It was silent for a moment, "you guys gotta save me! They think I'm some kind of Legendary Animal or something! Do I look like an animal to you!"

"From here you do." Steph and Linda said.

"What's a legendary animal?" Sage asked. "I don't know! An animal that's legendary?" Kayla replied. They just sat there in silence while Linda tried to push Steph through the window. "I… I don't think you're going anywhere anytime soon Steph!" Linda said.

"Just try harder" Steph said. Linda stopped pushing Steph and went through the window, "Hey, what gives! Help me damn it!"

"I can't…"

Everyone hears a door open and they all hide behind the pot Sage is behind, besides Kayla and Steph. The person's footsteps echoed through the eerie dungeon. It stops in front of Kayla's jail cell. The one's who can't see in the dark wait for their eyes to adjust so they can get a better view of the person.

"Hello." A very girly voice said.

"Princess Zelda, is that you?" Kayla asked.

"Yes, I wanted to come apologize to you for my fathers' misjudgment."

"Does this mean I'm free?" Kayla said with hopeful eyes.

"Well, no" and just like that, her hope was gone, "But I got my father to agree to let you roam the castle until he makes his decision."

"I guess that's better then nothing…"

"I was wondering if you'd want to play with me."

"… I guess… only if you tell me what the legendary animal is."

Zelda thinks for a moment, "I guess I will tell you."

Somewhere in Hyrule many years ago, there was this strange traveler who was in desperate need of medical assistance. Unfortunately, there was no village in sight.

Then, when he was on the brink of death, this animal came and carried him to the nearest village. There, he was nursed back to health. When he got better, he claimed the animal as his trusty companion.

To show his appreciation, he gave the animal a strange food known as "cheese poofs"

Shortly afterwards the animal started acting strange. Not only that, but all of Hyrule started to change. There were many droughts and shortage of the food supply.

They believe that the strange food gave the animal strange powers that were just as powerful as the triforce. Once word got out that the animal was just as powerful, everyone in Hyrule wanted it for themselves.

The Royal family thought it would be best to get rid of the animal. The traveler, who was supposedly dead, wasn't there to stop the royal family from killing the animal.

"What happened afterwards?" Kayla asked. "I'm not sure, many say that the traveler came back and was devastated, but then I heard that everything went back to the way it was before the legendary animal came to be." Zelda replied.

"So… What is the legendary animal?"

"A cow."

"WHAT! You guys mistaken me for a cow!"

"It's a bit more complicated then that."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well… It's not that you look like a cow or anything, it's just that you have the same aura as the legendary animal."

"Does that mean you guys are gonna kill me to?"

"I'll do everything in my power to prevent that."

They're silent for a moment. "I guess we should go now, I don't want to stay in here any longer then I have to." Kayla said, getting off the ground, "But it would be great if someone was to save me before the king made his decision." Kayla looks at her friends with a 'you better save me' look. Zelda opened the jail cell and they both walked out of the dungeon. The animals climb out of the window and help Steph get unstuck.

"So we're going to help her?" Steph asked.

"If she's as powerful as the triforce she can save herself." Linda said.

"But she'll be mad if we don't save her."

"It doesn't matter anyway, she'll be dead."

They all glare at Linda, "well it's true."

"Either way, we're going to save her. Now let's get into that castle." Cheyenne said.

"Well hello there…" A creepy pedophiliac voice said.

They all look up and see a guard. Before they could run, he snatches them in a bag. When he tossed them out they were back in Hyrule market. Sage glared at the guard as he walked away. "I'm surprised he didn't take me to the kitchen." Steph said. "You should be more happy then surprised." Cheyenne replied.

"How are we gonna get into the castle now?" Sage asked

"I can't believe we're in Hyrule…" Linda said, mesmerized by the scenery.

"We figured that out a while ago Linda." Cheyenne said.

"Ya, but no one acknowledged it."

"What ever." the others said.

"So, you come to face Chef Pebble again, eh!"

They all turn and see the chef from earlier… again. He had a devilish and almost insane smile plastered on his face. "Man that's one creepy chef. No wonder he doesn't have any customers." Sage said.

"You dirty animals come to spread your filth all over my food again?"

"Your food was filth to begin with!" Steph yelled.

"Stop squawking at me you stupid duck." He threw his butcher knife at Steph.

"Come on guys, follow me!" Linda ordered.

They followed Linda out of the market and into Hyrule field. The stop when they pass the bridge.

"Ok, he's gone." Cheyenne said while checking to see if he followed them. "What do we do now?" Sage asked. "We find a way to get into the castle." Cheyenne replied. "But that crazy chef guy is guarding the market." Steph said. "I can take care of him." Linda offered.

"No." They all said.

"Well, another thing we could do is somehow turn back into humans." Linda suggested. "That would take a few years." Cheyenne said.

"I know, but I was just putting it out there."

"Let's ask Link for help." Sage said.

"Or go steal Epona." Linda said.

"Stupid Chewbacca baby." Cheyenne said.

"What?" Linda asked.

"The cheesy reason why we're going to get Link is because he's the only one who doesn't get kicked out of the castle." Cheyenne said.

"But he does it illegally." Linda said.

"Shut up Linda."

"Ok."

I'd like to thank NightmareAngel365 for being my first reviewer and a good friend. Also, the character Cheyenne is based off of Nightmareangel. I hope I get more reviews in the future, but if not, I just hope people read the story. TA-TA FOR NOW!