Heyah, the Guppy is back with another chapter!... What, no applause? Okay, okay, sorry it took so long to post but school just started up and the first week was pretty hectick. Anyways, in the future I'll try to update once a week.
Yes! A review! Thank you ArchShadow24, I hope to keep you interested. Sorry for any gramatical errors, I have no beta so I have to do it all myself. I try to catch everything but sometimes things slip past.
Disclaimer: I do not own Zelda or any nintendo copyrights. I do, however, own Skyler. Look, I even got him a collar! *Holds up a pink, bedazzled, insult to dogwear of all kinds*
Skyler: WTF I'm not wearing that!
Me: Oh come on, you know you want to. *Begins advancing menacingly*
Skyler: ... *Flee's from the room after a moments pause*
Well I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Adventure 1: A New World
The first thing my heavily taxed senses noticed was light. Bright, obnoxious, wakes you up when you don't want to light.
The second thing I noticed was the pain. Every moving part of my body throbbed like the after effects of a hard workout when you had gone months without one. It was definitely not pleasant.
I groaned slightly as I turned over onto my side. It felt so comfortable, soft, malleable, and slightly damp… wait damp? I cracked open my eyes and was temporarily blinded by the bright sunlight. Once my eyes cleared up I noticed I was surrounded by green, lots and lots of green. The comfortable substance I had been sleeping on was actually moss.
Sitting up quickly I groaned as my muscles protested. Sure enough I was in a forest. 'How the heck did I get here?' I wracked my brain for any explanation. 'So I was walking down the street in the rain, and then what?' nothing unusual there, 'Wait the car!' With a start I beganquickly patting down my body and glancing over it I noticed that, yes, I had aches and pains, but nothing like what getting hit by a car would cause. No broken bones, my shirt was bloodstain free, no signs of an accident whatsoever. 'So what the heck happened?' I thought to myself.
Looking around I realized that no amount of sitting around and thinking would get me out of this situation. I was lost in a large forest in the middle of who knows where, my first priority should be to try and find a river. While the water might attract dangerous wildlife, it would also supply one of the clearest ways to civilization. People lived by a water supply, a fact as old as time.
"Gwah!" I cried out. In my hasty attempt to stand up I had put weight on my left arm, causing it to twinge painfully. Looking down I noticed something strange on my left hand. It was a large black triangle with an upside down triangle cut out of the center. 'When the heck did I get a tattoo!?' I was quite sure that in my working memory I had never entered a tattoo parlor, let alone gotten one.
This situation was getting weirder by the second. Casting away my observation of the strange tattoo for the time being, I began looking for a river. Normally I would look for a place where the growth started to get thicker, but this was a large forest, not the sparse desert plains I was used too.
"Great, one thing after another," I muttered darkly to myself. I decided to pick a direction and start walking. The decision was made through a time proven concept.
"Enie menie miny moe… " I said, accenting each word by pointing off in random directions, "… to choose the best one and you are it." Left it is.
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My originally strong stride had morphed into a more self loathing walk that tends to happen after being on your feet for far longer than you were ever meant to. I had no idea what time it was, but the sun was starting to set and the woods were dimming.
I was cranky and mad at everything in general. Nothing good had happened at all today. I couldn't find any water at all. River, lake, heck, I'd even settle for a rain puddle, but there was nothing. How in heck can it be so green with no water?
Not only was water scarce but I swear the trees can move. They'd reach out with there viny roots and make me trip and land on my face. After about the seventh time my face made contact with the dirt I stopped trying to clean it off. And to make things worse, the itch in my left arm had gotten progressively painful as the day went on. It had started out isolated to mainly my wrist and hand, but as the day wore on it had edged farther and farther up my arm. What started out as an annoying prickle had progressed into a throbbing pain, accented with each step I took.
Finally I decided I'd had enough, looking around for a place to rest I noticed a place where the trees were less dense. Walking over I found a large clearing with, guess what, a river on the far end. I'd spent the entire day on a near parallel to the river. Slapping my forehead my hand slowly slid down my face, I felt like kicking something… hard. "Great going Skyler, you managed to avoid exactly what you were looking for." I muttered to myself.
It was already getting dark and too late to really continue on so I made a base camp near the side of the river. Gathering tree branches, dead leafs, and what ever else I could find that would burn I created a skeleton for a tepee fire. After five of six seconds of staring at the wood I realize I had nothing to start a fire with.
"Uugh, why me?" I asked the sky, sitting back on my heels. Deciding after thirty seconds that it wasn't going to answer I walked over to the nearest tree, removed my shoes and laid back against it. This was going to be a long night.
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The rising sun found me slowly marching down the riverside. The brisk morning air bothered me little. I slept horribly. The entire day I was walking I saw not a shred of animal life, but as soon as I try to sleep I hear hordes of things charging around me. Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't scared… ok, maybe a little, but can you blame me? Dark forest full of unfamiliar sounds and noises, it's like something out of a horror show.
But that wasn't the worst. The stupid tree I was resting on managed to have the prickliest bark I had ever had the displeasure of sleeping on. Not to mention the continually rising pain of my left arm. Now about an inch past my elbow, I tried my hardest to avoid jolting it in any way. Needless to say, I got no sleep.
So it was with dark bags under my eyes that I continued my march. I was following the current of the river downstream, because rivers empty out into larger bodies of water, and larger bodies of water means a higher likelihood of finding people.
With a disgruntled sigh I kicked yet another pebble into the river. I could tell it was going to be a long day.
Two hours later I heard something unusual. Stopping I listened carefully and… There! I definitely heard it, it sounded like someone screaming. I burst into action, running in the direction of the scream, steadily gaining speed as I avoided roots and tree.
"GAAAHH!" the frightened scream came yet again, it sounded like a child. Putting on another burst of speed I charged across the forest. Up ahead I noticed a drop off. Skidding to a halt I looked down at a steep drop of nearly twenty feet.
"Darn," the scream came again, "No time to find another way down, got to hurry." I said to myself. Turning around I lowered myself over the edge, ignoring the pain in my shoulder. Putting my ring and pointer finger under my middle and forming my right hand into the shape of a spear I plunged it into the hard packed dirt that made up the side of the drop off. Stabbing my left hand into the dirt I quickly descended the edge. At about ten feet from the ground I let go of the side of the wall and dropped the rest of the way.
Absorbing the impact in my knees I took off across the ground.
"H-h-help!" the scream came one last time, off to my right. Turning I saw a large root gouged out to form a walkway leading up to a tree. Dashing up the root I was confronted by an odd sight. A small boy was being shoved into a cage with a monkey by a large, purple, thing.
'Good gosh and all things crikey, what the heck is that?!' My mental musing were cut short by the second purple thing in the area noticing me. Letting out a war cry the loin clothed monstrosity charged at me, swinging around a club.
Reflex and years of mental conditioning kicked in as I ducked under the wild swing of the club. Reaching up I grabbed the arm of the goblin thing as it reach the other side of its body. Trapping the arm I stood up and pulled it out straight. First rule of unarmed vs. armed combat, disable the opponents weapon.
Three quick downward thrust of my forearm snapped the goblins arm and it fell to the ground howling in agony. I hissed in pain as I shook my forearm out. Hearing a strangled cry from behind I ducked and barley avoided the club of the second goblin. This one was much smarter than the last and was using a diagonal swinging motion so I couldn't duck underneath its arm.
I waited for a moment and… There! Dashing forward I locked its arm into place as is swung around its body. "KIIIAIII!" with a loud battle cry I swung my elbow into its face and was rewarded with a cracking sound as its jaw broke.
"Yeah, suck on that!" I shouted as I backed away from the groaning body of the goblin.
"Look out!" I heard a small voice behind me shout out. But it was too late. An intense pain suddenly split across my head. Stumbling forward several steps I turned around and saw the other goblin, whose arm I had broken standing with a bloodied club in its other arm. Reaching up I felt a warm substance on the back of my head.
Slightly dizzy from the strike I wasn't able to avoid its next attack and it came crashing down on my left arm. "Arrgh!" I yelped out as my arm made a hideous cracking noise. The pain was so intense I fell to one knee. Clutching my arm I looked up to see the goblin raising its club.
Jumping to the side at the last moment I barely avoided the club as it crashed down beside me. No way was I going down here. I didn't survive a car crash to be killed by some creepy purple goblin. Rising to my feet I let loose several swift kicks. Roundhouse to the chest, Sidekick to the solar plexus, followed by a back kick to the head.
Panting from the exertion I watched as the goblin hit the ground. Pain exploded from my side as I was tossed several feet across the floor. Groaning I looked up to see the second goblin holding its club with one hand, and its bleeding jaw with the other. Looking over I saw the first goblin standing up to.
'No way, the kicks I put into that thing would have floored a two hundred pound man!' I watched with horror as they got closer. I heard the child in the cage whimper. I tried to stand but the pain in my arm made me sink to my knees.
The first goblin raised its club in the air when out of now where,
"HIIAH!" a large stick came in contact with the things head and blew it through the air. The second goblin tried to turn around but a yellow blur tackled into it throwing across the ground. The blur was on it in seconds, plunging the stick into its chest. With a horrible scream the goblin started to shrivel into itself before exploding into black sludge. Looking over I saw a pile of similar goo where the other goblin had been thrown.
My vision started to tunnel, and the last thing I saw before it faded to black was a blond boy walking towards me with a large wooden stick in his hand.
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"Uungh," I opened my bleary eyes looked around a room I had never seen before. It seems waking up in places I've never been has become a common occurrence. Sitting up I let out a soft moan as my head throbbed. Reaching up I tenderly felt along the back of my scalp. A wet cloth was pressed up against it. Tenderly peeling it back I felt along my head and found a long slender scab stretching across it.
Lifting up my left arm I noticed it seemed heavier than normal. Looking over it I noticed that it was wrapped tightly in gauze and white bandages. 'I swear, if this arm keeps giving me problems I'll just chop it off!' I thought grumpily to myself. Hey, don't judge, if you had a broken arm and a very painful headache you'd be a little grumpy to.
Swinging my legs over the bed I began the arduous task of standing up. My body protested the whole time, but there was no way I was going to lie around in a house full of who knows what and wait for something scary to come find me. Those creepy purple goblins were enough for me, I mean seriously! What sentient creature goes around in just a loin cloth now days?
After five minutes, lots of sweaty exertion, and the mother of all headaches I finally managed to stand up. I was about to congratulate myself when the door suddenly slammed open and with a manly shout (coughgirlish-squeelcough) I fell over backwards into the bed.
"Oh good your awake." a happy voice greeted me. Looking up I saw the blond boy from the forest in front of me, closing the door to the room behind him. "I was starting to get a bit worried, you've been out for hours."
I stared dumbly him for a second. On closer inspection he wasn't really a boy anymore. He was at least my age, probably two or three years older. He was well built with a wide grin on his face, showing a row of straight white teeth.
His smile faded slightly, "Are you ok?" he asked.
"Uuuh, kinda." I pushed out. 'Great going, not two words out of your mouth and you already look like an idiot.' I mentally berated myself. Trying again, "Yeah, not too bad but I have a horrid headache." There, that was better.
"Oh," he said rubbing the back of his head and looking slightly embarrassed, "Yeah, let me get you something for that." He walked over to a large box and reached over the side. After a couple of seconds of rummaging he let out a triumphant, "A-ha!" and returned with a large bottle in his hand.
"Here," he said handing me the bottle, "It's red potion, it should help with your headache."
"Red… Potion," I said, trying out the words. Now where had I heard that before? Looking at the bottle filled with a viscous red fluid I glanced disbelievingly back at the boy. He gave an encouraging nod of the head, 'What the heck,' I thought, 'If he was trying to kill me he could have done it while I was asleep' Pulling the cork stopper out I downed the bottle in one go.
"Uugh, that stuff is horrid," I said, grimacing. It tasted like old fish mixed with five to many herbs and left to ferment for weeks. The boy just laughed. After about five seconds a look of wonder crossed my face. The headache and dull throbbing in my arm seemed to disappear. They weren't completely gone but they were definitely diminished. Looking up at him a sudden thought crossed my mind, "If you don't mind me asking, where am I and who are you?"
"Ah, sorry," he said sheepishly, "I forgot I hadn't introduced myself. The names Link, nice to meet you." He held out his hand to shake.
About three seconds passed before I was able to respond in any way. I gripped his hand and said in a dazed tone, "Nice to meet you Link, I'm Skyler." 'Link, what the heck, like the video game character?' The name itself wasn't what threw me off the most, it was the fact that bits and pieces of yesterdays fight were coming back and I didn't like the story they were telling. I just had to make sure, "What were those weird purple things that attacked me back in the forest?"
"Oh yeah, those, sorry about the trouble. They were bubblins, quite unusual for them to be this close to the edge of the forest though, they're usually farther in." The blood slowly drained from my face but Link seemed not to notice, "On the topic of bubblins though, the rest of the villagers want to meet you. We can't thank you enough for risking yourself by helping Talo…" the rest of his speech faded from my comprehension as I fell deeper into my own thoughts.
He suddenly yanked me up by the hand saying, "Well, let's go meet them."
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Most of the walk to the village was a blur. I remember thinking, 'I wonder what game I'm in?' when we exited the tree house. After about a minute of these kinds of thoughts common sense kicked in. 'There is no possible way I'm in the world of Zelda. I must be in a comma or something.' Suddenly I had an epiphany, "Wait, the car crash, that was real. I must have been knocked unconscious and ended up in a hospital. All the pain I've been experiencing is from the memory of the crash. I'm probably in a coma dream right now!'
Once that was settled I felt a whole lot better. I wasn't awake right now, just asleep in a hospital somewhere, I'd wake up in a while and all this would be a dream. With that came the realization I had been hit by a car.
'Dang, that's going to hurt… Well, I might as well enjoy this dream while it lasts, I'll play along until I wake up.' I happily settled on the idea.
A nudge to the side brought me out of my reverie. Looking up I saw a group of people surrounding me, two girls and three men, one of them Link who was standing next to me. One of the girls, a kind looking woman with a very pregnant belly said, "Are you sure he's ok? Maybe the head injury was worse than we thought."
Waving my hands in front of me I said, "Oh no, I'm fine. Just caught up in my own thoughts is all." I ended scratching the back of my head nervously.
"Well that's good to here!" a loud voice boomed out next to me. I jumped about a foot and turned around to look up at a very large man standing far to close for comfort. He had the strangest mustache I'd ever seen, like two upturned horns sticking out of his lip. The craziest thing though was his size, he had to be nearly seven feet tall, and built like a sumo wrestler.
"I was a bit worried about you boy, looked like that bubblin gave you quite the smack." He said with a jolly grin on his face, "But you seem to be better now. By the way, m'names Bo, Mayor Bo 'round here." He stuck out his hand in a friendly manner.
I smiled and reached out to shake his hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you Mayor Bo, my names Skyler." I liked this guy a lot, he was large, happy, and reminded me of Santa.
"Well my names Uli and it's wonderful to meet you Skyler," the pregnant woman said, "I can't thank you enough for helping Talo out in the woods. Who knows what could have happened if you hadn't been there."
"Oh, no, I didn't really do much," I replied with a small smile, "Just kept them occupied for a while until Link came. In truth, if it weren't for him I'd probably have ended up in the same situation as Talo almost did."
"You're far too modest," Uli said with a grin, "Link told us how you valiantly fought off those bubblins unarmed and with no foreseeable help."
"Yes, you did great," the man off to the side of Uli spoke up, "You've made quite the impression on the kids of this village. What, with the way Talo's been retelling the story you would think you fell from the sky and moved the very earth." He ended with a happy smile.
Uli tapped the man on the chest and said, "This is my husband, Rusl." He stuck out his hand and I shook it. Next the girl who had been quiet for most of the time spoke up. It was the first time I'd really looked at her and, wow, she was gorgeous. Short blonde hair, carefully styled in a spiky fashion. A great figure and beautiful green eyes… It took me a couple seconds to comprehend what she was saying.
She had her hand held out and was looking at me funny, I blushed and quickly shook it before saying, "Sorry, what was that, I missed it."
"It's okay," she said with a smile, "I said my names Ilia."
"Well it's nice to meet you Ilia." I responded looking away in a poor attempt at covering up my blush. Dang, even in my dreams I was useless around pretty girls.
My memory of the games was starting to come back. With the way Link is dressed and the characters around I think this is from the game of Twilight Princess.
Now if only I could remember what the name of the village was? Ogre, no… Orange… Ordin, no, not that. "So what brings you to Ordon province boy?" That was it! Ordon. I looked back up at Mayor Bo before replying.
"Uuh…" Well I couldn't tell them the truth, dream or no dream who knows how they would react. I skimmed my mind for possible reasons. 'Struck by lightning, no…Fell parachuting out of a malfunctioning plane! Wait, no that won't work… they don't have planes…What do they have…Magic ahah!'
"Honestly I don't know…" I began, speaking slowly so as to buy time to think up a reasonable story. A semi believable one came and so, out of time, I took it. "I was out exploring in the woods around my house when I found an abandoned building. I went inside to see what was there and this odd array on the floor lit up. A bright flash of light and the next thing I know I'm in the middle of a forest I've never seen before."
"Oh, you poor thing," Uli said sympathetically.
"Curious," said Rusl, "An odd array you say… I wonder what that could be. Sounds like old magic to me, and the only people around here that know about magic like that would be the royal family."
"Well you're in luck boy," Mayor Bo boomed out, "Link was just headed down to the castle."
"Yeah," Link spoke for the first time since we arrived, "I'm heading down there tomorrow to deliver a gift, why don't you come with me. The princess might know something that could help you get home."
"Sounds great," I said. If I was going to be in this coma for a while why not have an adventure?
"Great, it's all settled then," Ilia broke in, "Why don't you come over to our place, we've got extra room and could clear up Links house for tonight."
"Good idea," Link said, "I'll see if I can find an extra change of clothes that might fit you, yours seem to be worn out."
Ilia smiled at Link for a second before her face took on a serious look, "Now just wait a minute, you're just trying to skip out on work," she said, glaring at him. She cut off his feeble attempt to defend himself saying, "You better go on up to the ranch right now or else." She said the last word with a menacing hiss to it.
Link turned pale for a second before muttering a hasty, "Yes ma'am." And rushing off towards where I suppose the farm is.
I was about to laugh before she turned towards me and said, "And you…" she looked me up and down before muttering in a voice so quiet I could barely hear it, "Darn, he was right," she then turned towards Mayor Bo and said, "You still have those old clothes from last year right?" he nodded, "Ok then, I'll be right back then." And ran towards the big house across the river.
Uli started laughing and came up and put a hand on my bewildered shoulder, "Don't worry about that, it's the way she shows she cares." With that she grabbed Rusl's hand and started walking away.
Rusl called over his shoulder, "If there's anything you need don't hesitated to ask."
"Thanks, I will," I shouted back. I turned to face Mayor Bo and was surprised to find in his place four children. As soon as they saw they had my attention they all began talking at once.
After about ten seconds of incomprehensible blather the tallest, and only girl in the group, shouted out, "QUIET!" as soon as the others had quieted down she looked up at me sweetly and said, "Hello, I'm Beth and this is Colin," she said pointing to a gentle looking blonde child, "Malo," gesturing at the smallest one who looked more like a large baby than any child I had ever seen walking, "and Talo," she finished pointing towards another one of the boys, this one with brown hair.
Before she could continue any farther Talo burst forward saying, "Thank you soooo much for saving me! The way you fought off those bubblins was awesome!" each sentence seemed to grow with energy and loudness, "You just have to show me how you did those moves with the kicking and the punching and the wrhaaaa!" he said making excited gestures.
After the last sentence all the other kids started shouting and before I knew it I was being dragged off the give them lessons. I saw Ilia come out of the big house and smile at me as I was being pulled away. My last thoughts as I was pulled along were, 'What have I gotten myself into
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Several hours later found me getting ready for bed in one of the upstairs guest rooms of the Mayor's (and Ilia's :D) house. After showing the kids some of my martial arts moves I was surprised to find that my arm had stopped hurting, that red potion really does wonders. My initial reluctance faded as I got into it, one of my favorite things to do back hom—Er in reality was teach martial arts to kids. I showed them some basic moves and let them have fun with it.
It was cute to watch them goof around and punch the pumpkin dummies they had set up. Even Colin who, if I remember my experience with the game correctly, disliked violence got into it.
By the time Uli had come to get everyone the class had dissolved into a four on one wrestling match, me being the one.
Coming back into the main village Ilia had greeted me with several large, but workable, items of clothing. She then brought me inside and showed me the room I would be sleeping in.
Link came by for dinner and said that he would have to work early in the morning, so I could sleep in before we left. Another hour of talking and he left.
Coming back to the present I dressed in one of the bigger shirts Ilia had given me. It was warm and very smooth. The big orange shirt was very comfortable despite being made of what seemed to be animal hair, although I had no idea of what kind. Pulling off my jeans I climbed into the four poster bed, slid under the sheets and drifted off to sleep.
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"Yaaahhhhn," I stretched leisurely under the cover of the bed. I rolled over onto my side and went to go back to sleep. That was when I noticed how bright it was.
"Holy crap I'm going to be late for school!" I jumped out of bed and slammed my knee into a dresser that should not have been there. "Ooww," hobbling around for a second I looked around the unfamiliar room before remembering the previous day. 'Weird, shouldn't my dream end when I go to sleep, and shouldn't I wake up in real life?" I didn't let it bother me though because I, like most teenagers, have a horrible procrastination problem. So like usual I ignored it and left it alone until I found time to go over it later, probably far into the future.
Getting out of bed I pulled on some of the pants Ilia gave me the other day. I left the same shirt on because it was comfortable, and honestly, who doesn't love orange? Opening up the door to my room my nose was assaulted by a cacophony of delicious smells. Nearly drooling I rushed down the stairs and towards the delightful odor. Turning into the kitchen I found a table set with eggs, muffins, and all sorts of breakfast delights. Ilia walked into the room as I was eyeing the food.
"Oh good, your awake Skyler," she said smiling. "Help yourself to breakfast, sorry if it's a little cold, but you've been asleep for a while and I didn't want to wake you up."
"No problem, wow this smells amazing," sitting down and grabbing a serving of everything I began eating. "Wow, this is great, did you make this yourself?"
Ilia smiled at me and said, "Thanks, and yes. My father isn't much of a cook, so I do most of it around the house. Making your own food tends to give you that extra reason to try and cook a well as you can."
She left the kitchen and I began eating in earnest. After about five minuets and most of the remaining food on the table I exited the kitchen quite satisfied and found Ilia sitting on a couch. She motioned for me to sit next to her and when I had made myself comfortable she asked, "So, what is it like where you came from?"
A bit taken aback by the question it took me a minute to respond. "Well it's a lot different from here. People aren't as friendly and there are a lot more of them." Ilia listened with rapt attention, "It's a lot bigger, with most buildings bigger than this house. Umm, aside from that it's not all too different from here. People work and eat and sleep… that's about it."
Ilia contemplated the information for a second before saying, "I've rarely been out of the village. The last time was when my father had to visit Kakariko village years ago. We were only there for a couple days and it was a long time ago." She sighed and looked at me, "Sometimes I wish I could just get up and leave you know, see the world," she started for a second before hastily adding, "Not that I would of course."
"I think you have it pretty good here," I said, "The rest of the world isn't as kind of a place. Here you have good friends and family." I sighed massaging my temple before adding softly, "I really need to get home and get better. My family needs me."
Ilia gave me a sorrowful smile, "Don't worry, I'm sure the princess will know how to get you home."
"Thanks," I said. We sat for a while in companionable silence. Eventually Ilia got up and started walking up stairs.
"Wait here, I'll go get you some supplies for the journey, Link should be back soon." She said.
She was right, a few minutes later I heard the clopping of hoofs outside the house and went to investigate. Link was outside talking to the mayor with his horse (Epona right?) grazing next to him. He saw me and called out.
"Hey Skyler, you ready to go."
"Yeah, I think so, Ilia said she had some things for me, but aside from that I'm good to leave."
"Great," Link said, "Come over and meet Epona," he gestured to his horse, "She's our ticket to Castle Town."
Suddenly we heard a gasp from behind us. We turned around just as Ilia rushed past us, a satchel lay forgotten on the ground.
"Link!" came the accusing voice, "What have you done to her!" Ilia stood by Epona, gently stroking her leg. "How could you," she cut through any of Links protests that Epona was perfectly fine, "I'm going to take her up to the spring, there is now way you can ride her in this condition." With a huff she walked off with Epona in tow.
I laughed silently to myself as I watched both Mayor Bo and Link try to convince Ilia to leave Epona. Let's just say it didn't work.
Link looked at me with a hopeful expression and asked, "You want to help me get Epona back?"
"No way man," I replied, "Angry Ilia, this is your problem." This time I did laugh as I saw a resigned expression of misery cross his face. As he slowly trudged up the path I decided I'd wait in the house.
Picking up the satchel on the way in I started looking through it. All I can say is whoa. The thing was only about the size of a book but it was like some distorted pocket in space. I pulled out articles of clothing that wouldn't have fit in an overseas check in luggage case. I whistled, "I really need to get me one of these."
Repacking the satchel I started thinking about the game. 'So Link just rescued Talo, that was at the beginning of the game, before he met Midna. What happened after that… something to do with the villagers… oh yeah, the kids were all kidnapped when he went to ...get …Epona… oh no.' The thought stopped me cold.
I dashed out the front door and down the steps of the Mayors house. Across the stream and up the path to Links house. Stopping for a second I looked around and spotted a path into the forest, hidden by an outcropping of ferns. Dashing into it I ran across the path and towards where I think the spring should be.
Suddenly a giant boar comes hurdling out of the side of the road. Skidding to a halt I barley managed to avoid getting trampled. Looking up I saw a gigantic green bubblin sitting astride it with Ilia in his hand.
"Ilia!" I shouted. Rushing forward I tried to get passed the boars head so I could get to the bubblin but he was faster than I thought and jerked the reins to the side. The boar swung its head at me, its giant tusks throwing me into the wall.
"Gaahh," I hit my head and fell to the ground, losing consciousness.
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I slowly rejoined the conscious world, shaking my head to clear my vision. Standing up quickly I saw that the bubblins were gone. 'Link.' Dashing forwards I ran around a corner and found the spring and Link lying unconscious on the side.
"Link!" I shouted, wading forward. Shaking his shoulders I shouted, "Link, get up."
After a few seconds I was greeted by him opening his eyes and a groggy, "What… Ilia!" He shook me off and got up. "What happened, where's Ilia and Colin?"
"I don't know. The bull knocked me into a wall and I didn't see which way they went."
"The forest," Link said the word forest like it was a curse. "Come on we've got to catch up!" With that he dashed forwards, leaving me to catch up. Running across a long bridge we suddenly came to a stop. A giant wall of orange and black blocked our path.
"What is th-," before Link could even complete his question two large black hands shot out of the was, grabbing both of us and dragging us in.
"Gwwahhh," I screamed out. I was face to face with what resembled a large black shield. Kicking out I hit it with my foot and it screeched and dropped me to the ground. I had partially stood up when the black mark on my hand lit up.
Suddenly ever cell in my body was burning. I fell to the ground and screamed out in pain. It felt like my bones were crushing together and my entire mass pulled towards a center point. The black mark flashed an even deeper black as the pain intensified, everything screamed out agony. My vision started to turn red and somewhere through the haze I saw Link thrashing around in a similar manner. Soon I was reduced to twitching because the pain was so paralyzing. My vision slowly tunneled in before fading to black. My last thoughts were thanks that I was escaping from the pain.
(LINE BREAK)
Off in the twilight lit gloom, two blood red eyes looked in interest upon the seen unfolding in front of them. Two humans had been pulled into the forest by one of His minions. There feeble resistance had devolved into simply thrashing on the ground. Quickly losing interest the shadowy persona was about to leave when something caught its eye. The shorter of the two was of no interest, but the second… Yes, the owner of these eyes would investigate the second one… The animal shape shifter…
A menacing chuckle quietly rolled across the air, dissipating before reaching anyone's ears.
Well, thanks for reading! I hope you liked it and would love to hear what you thought, so review! Sorry this chapter was a little uneventful, it starts getting better around chapter three. Guppy signing out.