Three days after Fado had met Ooccoo, he found himself yet again marching up the hill towards the goat barn. Yawning tiredly, he reached to open the gate to the field. For some reason, the goddesses had willed him to wake up two hours earlier than he was used to. Figuring it would be a waste to sit around doing nothing, he had ceded to get up and make an early start on his morning chores, which always included taking care of the goats.
He peered towards the vibrant yellow and orange sunrise, which was just rising above the crest of the hill. Closing the wooden gate behind him, he strode across the field of well-chewed short, dewy grass towards the old barn.
What Fado was expecting, was a quiet morning full of tranquility, yawning, and quietly bleating goats. What he was not expecting, was for there to be a wild ruckus of frightened animals coming from inside the barn. Worried, Fado shoved open the heavy barn door to see what the commotion was about. He didn't know what he was expecting to find- a goat with its antlers caught on a crack in the wall? A rabbit that had accidentally burrowed into the barn? Entering the dark room, he glanced quickly about the interior to assess the situation.
In every single stall, terrified goats bleated worriedly, backing away and ducking from a dark shadow that swooped above their heads. "Wha-?" Fado ducked as the black thing flew at his own head. It emitted a high pitched twittering screech as it passed just over him. Then he realized what it was; a keese.
Fado backed away, peering around the barn interior. Keese were dangerous when they worked together, and they usually traveled around in colonies, making their nests in dark places. However, thankfully, he didn't spot any more. Apart from the loud, terrified bleats of the goats, and the flapping and sharp twitters of the lone keese that was now fluttering near the ceiling in the back of the room, the barn was silent. No eyes glinted at him in the half-light except for the oval-shaped ones of farm animals- which keese certainly weren't- and the singular pair of glowing orange orbs that belonged to the dark noisy shape near the roof.
Fado sighed. One keese would be hard enough to get rid of, but a whole flock was a completely different and much more complicated story. He was glad he only had to deal with one. Quickly, ignoring the panicked goats (it would do no good to free them now, they would only stampede), he searched out something to drive off the offending beast. There! He spotted a pitchfork leaning against the wall. Normally, this tool was used solely for the dutiful job of cleaning stalls, but for now, it would be a great tool for shoving keese out of a barn.
Grabbing the implement, he first went to the barn door. Putting his back to it, he shoved the brown door open as far as it would go, letting quite a bit more light into the barn. Now able to see better, Fado examined the interior to see where the keese had gone. It was currently scaring Hardinger, a goat Talo had decided to name. Poor Hardy panicked even more than before and rammed against his stall door, breaking it. Without even looking the slightest bit guilty about breaking his stall, the now free Hardinger bolted out of the barn. Alright, that troublesome keese has got to go, Fado thought, frustrated.
Getting behind it, he attempted to prod it towards the wide open door. The keese was too fast. By the time he had poked at it, it was already on the opposite barn wall messing with Prim, one of his most prized goats. She was not happy. Prim snapped at the keese, making it flutter away from her, right into Fado's pitchfork. Fado shoved the pitchfork towards the open door, pushing the unhappy keese along with it.
The keese- finally deciding that the barn really wasn't the best place to nest- used the momentum of the tool pushing it and made its way out the wide open door, flying towards Hyrule field. Fado watched it go until he was sure it wasn't coming back. He sighed in relief. After he put his pitchfork back against the wall, Fado set about calming the frightened goats. Well, he thought, at least now I know why the goddesses decided to wake me up early.
A/N Wow, I actually had time to write today, so here's the next chapter! Again, feel free to give me ideas for what to put in the barn, and constructive criticism is always welcome!