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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

Chapter Five: Ride to Kakariko

Tessa poked the fire with a stick, trying to build it up, but the fire was being stubborn. "Oh well." Tessa sighed, and tossed her stick into the fire. Link was just sitting on the ground, watching the fire. It was their first night out on their way to Kakariko, and they hadn't spoken to each other yet. It had been a little bit awkward for Tessa, who still felt uneasy around him, but she didn't know what it was like for Link. 'Maybe I should try and get to know him…'

"Tell me about your world." Link stated, cutting through Tessa's thoughts. Tessa was caught off guard with the question and had to take a second to compute it. How could she describe her own world, which was full of concepts that, as far as she knew, were foreign to Hyrule.

"Well…" Tessa thought a bit. "It's different. I guess the best way to describe it is that it's…" Tessa groped around for the right words to say. Link seemed to guess her struggle, and decided to try a different tactic.

"What about your friends?" Tessa smiled at the question. She wouldn't have gotten anywhere in her life without her friends.

"My friends…are fantastic." Tessa sighed, and stared into the fire, seeing images of her closest friends. There were six friends who stood out above the rest, but they all lived at least 2,000 miles away from her house, and one of them a heck of a lot farther. "They helped push me through my life, even if some of it seemed cruel to me at the time." 'Like the time when Minshu shouted at me for doing my homework that I had a week to do during lunch on that day while eating and playing chess…good times…' Tessa smiled at the memory. 'She kept on saying I was going to get an F…'

'I'm still proud of that D-!' Tessa knew it was a random memory, but it was one of her favorites. Link saw the smile and left her alone for the time being. She must have come from a world she loved…so why did she come back to Hyrule? Maybe there's more to this than maybe even Tessa realized. In any case, Link didn't feel obligated to dig deep into it right now.

"What about you, Link? You must have a lot of friends, with everywhere you seem to go." Tessa commented, and Link nodded. He thought of Saria, and wondered what had happened to her.

"There's something odd about you." A sudden high-pitched popped out of nowhere. Tessa jumped a little bit.

"Who was that!" Tessa looked around, and suddenly a glowing ball with wings appeared from under Link's hat.

"That was me!" Tessa remembered seeing the glowing ball once before, when she first saw Link. The glowing ball zoomed right up to Tessa's face, and Tessa thought she saw a faint outline of a very, very tiny person, but it was hard to see with the bright light.

"That's Navi, the fairy. She's my guide and my partner on my adventures." Link explained, eyeing Navi carefully. Navi hadn't spoken a word since they had arrived at Lon Lon Ranch.

"How do we know you're not a spy for Ganondorf?" Navi accused, fluttering angrily in front of Tessa. Tessa's eyes widened. 'Oh shit…and Link has a sword…if they think I'm a servant for the enemy, then I'm…well…dead…' "You even have the same ears!"

'Yeah…I'm dead.'

"Navi, it's kind of obvious she's not…" Link said, somewhat exasperated. He knew Navi's intentions were on his behalf…but she was flying off the handle…pun somewhat intended. "First of all, she's too pale for one of Ganondorf's people, second of all, her manner isn't the type for a spy, period." Link shrugged. Tessa made a mental note to thank her computer for keeping her inside away from the tanning area all summer. Navi still seemed unsure, but she had to trust Link no matter what. So she flew back and hovered around Link's shoulder.

"So, how long does it take to get to Kakariko Village?" Tessa asked.

"From Lon Lon Ranch…about another half of a day." Link stated. "There's a nice inn I stay at when I'm there." Tessa nodded to show she understood. Suddenly, she was lying on her side, asleep. Link blinked once, and then blinked again. "Is she okay?" He asked Navi, who flew slowly over to her.

"She's just asleep." Navi said after a brief flyover. "Tessa must have been really tired."

"I think I'll go to sleep myself. We're going to have a long day tomorrow." Link lied down on his back and stared at the starry sky. He couldn't help but wonder why Tessa had come to this world in the first place, if she thought of her own so fondly. With these thoughts in his head, he fell into a light sleep, with Navi keeping watch over the two and their horses. Navi looked over at Tessa, and couldn't help but wonder…what was that feeling that Navi felt whenever she saw her? It was like there was something else that was a part of Tessa…but what was it?

'I just hope it's a good thing…'

"She won't wake up." Link said, after shaking and calling Tessa, trying to arise her from her very deep slumber. Navi hovered over Tessa, trying to find out what exactly was wrong with her, but all she sensed was that Tessa was…asleep.

"She'll wake up in her own time." Navi sighed, and looked in the direction of Kakariko Village. "Maybe we should just start going…?"

"Well…we can't just leave her here, and this is a very important trip…" Link pondered on his options. "We'll tether Tompton to Epona, and Tessa will just have to ride with me." Link shrugged. Navi seemed unsure, but it wasn't like she could do or say anything.

First, Link made his way over to Tompton with a rope, and brought her over to Epona. The two horses sniffed eachother, and didn't seem to mind each other's presence. Link aligned the two and tied them together by the bridles.

Link grabbed Tessa's arm, and hoisted her up so that only her legs were on the ground. Then he stood up and drug her towards Epona, He laid her to rest against the horse's side, and gave Epona a stern look that said plainly 'Don't even think about biting or kicking her' and then climbed up on his horse. He made sure his feet were firmly planted and then lifted Tessa. It took five minutes to adjust her, but soon she was sitting face-forward on the saddle, leaning back against his chest. It was a good thing she had decided to wear a pair of pants that she had brought from her world…they were a rough material, and dark blue in color. She also wore a pair of weird shoes, and a loose red shirt with no sleeves on it.

Those clothes proved she was not from their world.

They started their journey. It was about midday when Tessa stirred. Link continued on with Epona, silently waiting for Tessa to regain conciousness. Finally, although Link didn't see it, two dark-chocolate brown eyes opened, and observed their surroundings quietly.

'Why is the world moving…?' Tessa wondered briefly, then she heard the snort of Epona underneath her, and she was wide awake. "WHAT THE HECK!" Tessa shouted, and almost fell from Epona, thankfully Link's arm was right there, as he had to hole onto the reins.

Link sighed. "Why'd you have to shout?"

"You try waking up on a violent horse!" Tessa saidas she glared up at Link. Epona snorted, and Tessa twitched. 'I really hope Epona didn't understand what I just said…' Tessa thought nervously.

"Maybe we should stop and let you get on Tompton?" Link asked, and Tessa nodded vigorously in agreement. Link pulled slightly at the reins, and Epona stopped, twitched her tail, and tossed her head.

Link was surprised at how quickly Tessa was off the large horse, and on the equally-sized (just not as tempermental) Tompton. She had even somehow gotten the tether off without getting mauled by Epona. "Boy, do I feel better!" Tessa sighed in relief, and Link shook his head before starting Epona again. Tessa followed suit, and the two rode side-by-side in silence.

It was nearly a half hour later when they came to a bridge over a small part of a river. Tessa stared at it, and wondered if there was a lake or a hot spring near by. She could KILL for a hot spring right about now, and a change of clothes.

"It's about another ten minutes to Kakariko from here." Link said, and started over the bridge. Tessa sighed, and followed after him. She began to wonder if she would be able to walk properly without looking like a bow-legged cowboy from the Wild West after all of the recent riding.

Even so, when they reached Kakariko, Tessa was amazed at one simple fact.

"There are stairs on this mountain." Tessa said. She knew it was kind of like pointing out the obvious, but it she just had to say it. It was true. There were stairs on the mountain.

"Yeah. Don't worry, our horses can climb them." He proved it to Tessa by leading Epona up them.

'Oh yeah, no way am I going to stay with him for his whole danged destiny. Riding horses up stairs that are built into a mountain with a ring of fire circling it is not something I want to do often.'

The trip up the stairs only proved to be about five minutes long, but Tessa felt it was longer. She had imagined herself as falling down the stairs. It wasn't a pretty thought. When they reached the top, Tessa was surprised to see a quiet village, a mostly peaceful quiet village. There were two people, probably twins in their mid-thirty's, arguing over something, and there were families tending their gardens and kids playing with each other and laughing. It looked like something from a history book.

"This is Kakariko Village."

End of Chappie

This is a little bit longer, but I wanted this chapter out by this morning because I'm going to hang out with a friend, and I wanted this posted. As for the number of chapters, it took me five just to reach Kakariko, and I have a whole bunch of things I have in my head, I believe that this shall be long. Read and Review!