Six days after he had met the Keaton, Fado was glad that nothing else unordinary had happened. True, Hardinger had acquired a new taste for his bedding, and Liam had somehow managed to get stuck in the loft, but new things where the goats were concerned was almost a daily experience, so it was nothing new. It was amazing how much trouble those animals could get into.

Fado sighed, shoving one last forkful of hay out of the loft and onto the musty ground of the barn below. After clambering down the ladder and spreading the bedding around the empty stalls, he leaned the pitchfork against the wall and left the barn. Blinking in the sudden brightness of the field, he noticed a dark grey storm cloud boiling in the distance. He was glad that this time, the barn's roof didn't have a gaping hole in it.

Staring at the sky, he suddenly noticed a small glowing speck in the distance. Growing larger, he decided it looked something like a figure of a person holding up a sparkling golden lantern with both hands. How was a person flying?

As he watched, the strange figure grew larger and larger as it flew past the tall hills surrounding the field. As it landed in the field, Fado realized it really was a person. A person flying with a sparkling golden cuckoo. He could tell they weren't a threat; otherwise the goats would have rushed ferociously at the weird couple as soon as they landed. Striding towards the man and his bird, Fado noticed that the man's figure seemed vaguely familiar, though he couldn't tell where from. A citizen from Castle Town maybe? People there were certainly odd.

"Who are you?" Fado asked the man from halfway across the field. He couldn't see his face because it was shielded with a helmet. The man didn't reply, seemingly intent on making his way out of the field without attracting attention. It was too late for that. One of the goats, Prim, marched over to the mysterious person and nuzzled him affectionately, like she was already great friends with him.

Without warning, she snapped at the gold cuckoo, who fluttered onto the mysterious person's shoulder, complaining loudly and leaving a glittering trail of sparkles in its wake. Fado had to chuckle at that. Prim was always a tad overprotective of people she liked.

Approaching the man, Fado asked again, "Who are you? What, uh, exactly are you doing here?"

The man, finally realizing he wasn't going to get away without explaining something, cleared his throat nervously, replying, "Good evening, Fa- sir,"

Even though it was tinny sounding from the helmet, his voice seemed familiar, like he should know this person… But who was he?

"Do I know you? Why were you flying with a cuckoo?"

"Um, no? (1)" his answer came out as more of a question, "I… don't believe I do. Ah, you like my partner? He is very helpful,"

Fado would have asked how exactly the man managed to fly with a cuckoo, but since the barrage of odd things that were happening to him lately, he had learned not to doubt weird impossibilities.

"You still haven't answered who you are," Fado pointed out, wanting to know if he really knew this person or not. If he did, why were they trying to avoid him?

"Me? I'm just a mere traveler, want to see the world, you know?" The traveler explained, nervously patting his cuckoo, "Now, I, uh, really should be going. Lots to see,"

"Hold up!" Fado held up his hands quickly, "If you're a traveler, have you met a guy named Link? He's a traveling friend of mine, and I haven't heard from him in awhile. I was wondering if you might know where he is,"

"Link? Yes… I do know him," the man replied cautiously, "Last I heard, he was heading towards Snowpeak,"

Fado had heard stories of Snowpeak. Supposedly, it was a series of mountains so tall, that they were covered with snow year round. Sharp blizzards blew through them now and then, making it impossible to travel through without getting lost. Apparently, a ferocious beast lived in the mountains called a yeti, which pillaged from the towns surrounding the mountains. He had never believed the stories about the yeti, assuming that they were only tales to scare children, but now there was a small sliver of doubt. If Link was going there, then there was bound to be something dangerous.

"Oh, when did you hear this? And why did you come here anyway?"

"Ah, he told me around two days ago. I wouldn't be worried. The lad can take care of himself. As for why I'm here, I was flying through the woods, and I may have gotten a little… lost," he explained hastily, anxiously pushing his helmet further onto his head, "Anyway, I should get going… So long!"

Before Fado could react, the man clambered up onto the barn roof, and jumped off, flying away in a trail of sparkles and complaints from the bird.

"Well then," Fado said, not quite sure what to think. He decided to focus on Link's predicament.

Snowpeak… Were the stories true? He didn't know what kind of enemies Link had faced, but a yeti sounded pretty bad. He hoped Link was okay. At least Link could become a wolf if he got cold… could wolves sense a path through a blizzard? Hopefully.

He sighed as he patted Prim, who was bleating in disappointment at the man leaving. That was another unsolved mystery. Who was that man? He was so familiar, but he just couldn't figure out who it was.

"Someday I'll figure it out, Prim," he told the mournful goat, "Someday."

1- Rusl doesn't want people finding out about his connection to the resistance. He even didn't want Link to know, until Link practically joined them, so yeah, I was going off of that. ^_^

A/N And exams are officially over‼ Wooot! Here's a celebratory chapter for you! However, that does not mean I am done with all school yet. Though the end is in sight! :D

IMPORTANT- On a sad note, I am running out of ideas, and if I don't think of more soon, this story will soon be coming to an end. So, if you want this story to last, I need good ideas! Preferably in-game, though immortal out-of-game characters are okay as well. However, they do need a good excuse as to why they are there.

SEMI-IMPORTANT- Should I do a complete chapter dedicated to Fado interrogating Link on what he's been doing throughout his travels, or should I throw it into a different chapter? I set up a poll for it, so you can look at it on my profile.

Now for guest reviewers!

Ashlee S- Kaepora Gaebora… hmm XD that would be interesting! I'll look into it! :D Hahahaaaaaaa! Someone else who dislikes pink and spelling errors!

TheBestGuest- you read my mind or something! This chapter was actually going to be in place of the Keaton one, but I had mild writer's block on it, and no time to figure it out during my study break, so the Keaton one came first. :D Hope you enjoyed this one!