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Ocarina of Time: The Three Goddesses Reincarnated

Chapter Thirty: Questions

"Link's such a jerk." Tessa grumbled as she stared at the ceiling of the hotel room. "He leaves me in a town that's kind of boring, and it's been raining so I can't go outside that much…while he's probably having some sort of fun somewhere." She had been at Kakariko for about a week now, but apparently her room and food were all paid for. Most days she went to go hang out with Tom as they tried to decipher the book, but they never made any progress. The words they had been able to read made no sense to either of them.

On the other hand, she had gotten to know Tom pretty well in the past few days. For some reason, she acted like she did around her friends when it came to him. She never hid her temper, and she stated things that she wouldn't normally say. Of course, Tessa couldn't put her finger on why she could do this kind of thing, but shrugged it off anyway. In any case, he was still under thin ice for being a peeping tom.

Today, however, Tom said that he would come and get her when he got off work, and so Tessa was just staring at the book, trying to make sense of the characters. She could now recognize a few in Hylian, and thank goodness that except for shape, the words were pretty much spelled the same. It was still a hard language to learn, however, and it frustrated Tessa quite a bit.

"Central city…parallel universe…" Tessa grumbled. "This sucks."

She heard footsteps, and a knock came to the door. She raised her eyebrow at the knock.

"Tom, you know it's unlocked. Just come in already." Tessa stated, and the door opened. However, Tom wasn't the one who stood there. Instead, Link stood there with a raised eyebrow.

"Who's Tom?" He asked. Tessa frowned.

"Oh, it's the guy who leaves without any explanation as to where he is going." Tessa pouted. "Tom's a friend who is helping me learn to read Hylian."

Link nodded at the explanation, and sat down on the other bed that had been vacant for the past week or so. "Well…is it coming along, then?"

"Yeah…I guess." Tessa frowned, and wondered if she should tell Link about the book and it's contents or not. Then again, he might be angry that she kept the discussions with the three goddesses away from him either. "Where have you been?" Tessa opted to keep the book, and the conversations, a secret to Link. There was no point in making the hero worry about something else.

"Oh…I had to travel back in time to obtain something." Link shrugged. "In any case, I have it."

"What is it?" Tessa asked, and went to a cross-legged sitting position. Link smiled and reached into the bag he kept hidden by his shield. From it, he pulled a weird purple…thing. "Okay…well…I see it…so what is it?"

"It's the Eye of Truth." Link stated. "There's probably another name for it or something like that, but in any case, it's supposed to come in handy in the Shadow Temple."

"So…while you were gone…I couldn't have just gone to my home?" Tessa asked, her eyebrow raised. Link twitched.

"Right…about that…"

"What's wrong?" Tessa asked.

"You've been kind of unconscious for two weeks after the Water Temple. I took you to Malon's, but then I had to get to Kakariko so I just took you along." Link shrugged. "Turns out, the evil that is within the Shadow Temple was tormenting this village, and I had to go back in time to figure out more about it."

"…Why? Everything else was just…well…we went in the temple and figured it out from there."

"I thought the monster was in a well. Turns out it wasn't, but I got this, and I figured out where the Shadow Temple really is." Link grinned. "Sheik also gave me the song to get there when I returned."

"Oh, really?" Tessa stated, a bit uninterested. "So, where is it?"

"The Kakariko Graveyard."

"You have fun with that." With that, Tessa collapsed on the bed. Link stared, open-mouthed at her. With Navi asleep in his hat, he could move his head to violently.

"You aren't coming?" Link asked. Tessa shook her head.

"It probably has ghosts in it. I hate ghosts. There is something seriously wrong with ghosts. Like I said, you have fun and tell me all about it when you get back." Tessa went to stand up.

"You have to come! I have to keep watch of you after what happened at the Water Temple!" Link shouted. Tessa blinked, and sat in the cross-legged position again.

"What happened?" Tessa asked. "I remember going to do…something…and that's about it."

"You mean, you don't remember how a protective barrier was formed around you?" Link asked. "How you were in the lair of the monster in the Water Temple for the entire battle, probably longer than that?"

"I was?" Tessa blinked.

"No, I'm making this up." Link stated sarcastically. Tessa stuck her tongue out at him.

"Well, I really don't know what happened. So don't blame me if I think what you're talking about sounds hocus pocus-y." Tessa grumbled.

"Could you at least try to remember?" Link asked.

"I could…" Tessa consented, and lied back down on the bed. "But I honestly don't remember anything."

Link and Tessa were quiet for a moment. "Did you meet up with anyone?"

Tessa looked at him curiously. "Like who?"

"Well…there was a shadowy figure…and a girl that seemed to want to protect him…" Link said vaguely, hoping to jog her memory.

"A girl?" Tessa said, a slight tug at her memory sparked up at the word.

"Yeah, she was kind of tall with two different colored eyes…"

'That sounds like Rhea.' Tessa thought, then she felt a splitting headache, and grabbed onto her head with both hands in a tight grip. Link gasped, and stood up abruptly.

"Tessa? Tessa?" He asked, and went over to her. He hugged her small form, which had begun to shake violently.

In Tessa's head, she remembered a bright pink light, and remembering feeling scared, astounded, and safe all at the same time. She remembered that she saw two different colored eyes, one grey and one black.

Then, the memories stopped. She couldn't remember more than that. Her shaking and her headache stopped as abruptly as her memories, and she sat up after blinking a few times.

"Did you remember anything?" Link asked worriedly.

"No." Tessa lied. She liked Rhea, even though Rhea was a bad guy. The girl honestly reminded her of somebody, but only in a vague sense. However, the thought that Link might not trust Tessa because of Rhea wasn't a pleasant one, so she kept her mouth shut.

"Well…would you like to go get some food?" Link asked. Tessa looked into his eyes, and saw that he felt guilty for making her think on the incident, but he also seemed to be very worried. With a bit of a sigh, Tessa stood up and stretched.

"Yeah, food sounds nice." Tessa agreed. She was about to head to the door when it opened to reveal Tom.

"Hey, Tessa, did you make any progress on…" Tom trailed off when he saw Link. Tessa gave him a look that said for him to shut up about the book, and he diverted. "…Never mind. I guess you did…"

"Make any progress on what?" Link asked. He figured that the blue-haired guy might be Tom, and regarded the guy with a wary eye. In all-out honesty, the guy didn't seem bad at all, in fact, he seemed really friendly. However, Link couldn't help but feel a bit on the alert side when Tom came into the room.

"Oh, figuring out where you were…I assume you're Link?" Tom asked with a nervous smile. Link nodded. "So…good for you!" Tom laughed, and gave Tessa a pat on the head. "See, you had no need to worry!"

Tessa thanked Tom silently for the cover-up, but growled at the pat on the head. She never liked any gesture like that because it made her feel like a little kid. Tom didn't seem to catch on, and simply just stopped.

"We were just going out to eat." Link stated, and stood up from his spot on Tessa's bed. Tom shrugged.

"Okay." Tom asked, and was about to leave when Tessa grabbed his wrist.

"Oh, you can join us. I'm sure you and Link would get along great!" Tessa smiled. Tom took one look at Link and felt shivers go up his spine.

"I really wouldn't want to intrude…"

"Oh, Link's perfectly fine with it, and it's not like you're interrupting anything." Tessa laughed Tom's anxiety off. Link's eye twitched a bit, but he stood up.

"Right…let's go eat."

Tessa narrowed her eyes at the two men at the table. They were behaving like children! Of course, she couldn't figure out as to why they were acting that way, but then again, she really can't take any sort of hint what so ever sometimes.

"What the hell is up your guys' asses?" Tessa asked before she took a bite of some of her pasta salad. She was pleasantly surprised that the hotel had this item on the menu. The two looked at her, Link had a surprised expression while Tom just seemed nervous.

"Absolutely nothing, Tessa." Tom stated, and laughed nervously. Link glared at him slightly.

"He's right, why do you ask?" Link stated bluntly. Tessa cocked her head to the side skeptically, and then stuck some more food in her mouth.

"Well…neither of you have eaten, and neither of you have said two words since we got here, besides ordering your food." Tessa pointed out. "Quite frankly, it's a bit weird."

Link sighed, and Tom laughed nervously. "I'm just not as talkative today, Tessa." Tom stated.

"I don't want to talk too much since Navi is asleep on my head." Link stated.

"…Okay then. I have determined that both of you are weird and that I am going to finish my pasta salad upstairs. Don't follow me until you two snap to your senses or whatever the heck has been bugging you two. With that, Tessa left.

Link looked at Tom with a deadly glare, and Tom looked back at him with a look of terror.

End of Chappie

Haha, a cliffie. I don't know, it's not very good, but I thought that this would be a good chapter to write, so yeah. I have a speech meet tomorrow (we leave at 10:00 Mountain Time for Lander) and then when I come back I'll see about updating again…or maybe if I don't go out tonight like I have planned I'll write another chappie. Who knows?