Summary: A good revenge is hard to come up with, but when you do, it is sweet. Stand-alone sequel to Learning something new.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda or its characters.
Warning: Doesn't exactly follow canon.
A/N: Set in Ocarina of Time. Thanks to my dear beta LadyDiablo!
Revenge
Navi peered down at her green clad hylian warrior. Link paced nervously around the small waiting area, Zelda's meeting with her advisors would soon begin and as the sole savior of Hyrule Link had to attend. Obviously the young man wished to be anywhere but where he was.
This early morning was the first time Link would be presented to the Royal Council and the meeting was of utmost importance. The battle against Gannon had ended just the night before and due to almost no time to prepare, the hero wasn't wearing formal clothing. To be able to convince the princess of the lack of formality was in itself a huge feat. The grumpy old men had to make do with his old, tattered green garments.
The fairy could easily tell by Link's constant fingering of the Master Sword and shifting of his shield that her companion drew comfort from his familiar weaponry. The cap and the gauntlets were in their usual place too. Still the hylian emitted caution, restlessness and a tiny bit of dread. Mumbles could be heard from him, all Navi was able to pick up was something along the line of ".. mustn't make even the tiniest mistake..." Pressured, he continued his muttering.
Link really didn't want to be here.
The hero's disgust of all kind of burocracy, lengthy speeches, flattery and mindgames was wellknown by Navi - all too well. The small creature would bet anyday that Link would rather hack and slash through one of the dungeons again than walk the delicate ways of diplomacy. Even the Water Temple. But the hero didn't have any choice. And he wasn't happy.
The fairy couldn't be merrier.
The meeting requiered showing off the fairy boy hero in the best light. And a fairy boy requiered a fairy. Thus Navi's imprisonment in a very boring bottle was cut short. Or shorter at least. This time it felt like forever, even though she knew she spent only two weeks in that hateful thing. Give or take a day or so. But it had been worth it, Navi could feel a big grin appearing when she thought about the most recent prank she pulled on the hylian.
Link hadn't appreciated it at all. The fairy snickered as she hovered above the nervous youth. Over to a more pressing matter; what could she do to get her revenge for the last two weeks? Several ideas was discarded, too outlandish, too impossible. Too boring. This requiered serious pondering, figuring out the perfect revenge.
The blue ball's train of thoughts was suddenly interupted by the doors to the throneroom flying open. A pompous, little man had opened them and stood in the doorway with a sickly wide smile plastered across his face. When the man spotted her something glinted in his eyes. It was a creepy glint. The whole man was creepy! The big grin, the chubby hands, the staring eyes. Behind the man Navi could see rows of relentless men facing their way. Staring. Never turning away, never breaking eyecontact. Plain creepy. The fairy felt cold dread running down her spine.
Did they even blink?
As Link squared his shoulders, straightened his already stiff back, and took the few determined steps into the room, Navi hurried down into one of the warrior's pockets as fast as possible. The darkness of her hidingplace was comforting and she began to calm down and explore her surroundings. As she searched her way down to the bottom of her safe haven one of her wings got stuck. A tangled web of threads was what caused the predicament; the wing had been caught in a rip in the pocket's material. Gently she untangled herself from the fabric.
Navi felt around the edges of the broken fabric. The rip turned out to be rather big and it ran all the way to the bottom of the pocket. Not wanting to get stuck again or fall through she began to ease away, the hole was big enough for a fairy her size to easily fall through and into Link's pants. She didn't want... easily fall through to...! Navi stopped moving away. The hole lead into Link's pants! Could she?
Would she?
"Zelda Nohansen, Princess of Hyrule, revered members of the Royal Council, I present Link of Kokiri Forest, the Hero of Time. The savior of Hyrule, step forward!"
Navi made up her mind just as the pompous little man hit the floor several times with his long staff. The bangs ecoed in the huge throneroom, and when the sounds ebbed out, silence was the only thing that could be heard. Every pair of eyes were now certainly fixed on the young man. When he began to walk towards the throne and princess Zelda the movements shifted the fabric, but the small fairy easily slipped through into the pantleg. Navi held back a giggle.
It was payback time.
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