Disclaimer: see previous
*headdesk headdesk headdesk*
Em: What's wrong?
I wanted to finish this by Thanksgiving! But I didn't! Or the day after! And now it's the third day, and I feel like crap!
Zelda: ...This sounds familiar...
Chapter eight:
"I wanted to get this up Sunday, so I could make more 42 jokes, but...something came up then (don't remember what...weird...) and I couldn't. So then I was going to get it up Monday, and make belated 42 jokes, but Mom kicked me off the one computer in our house before I could finish, and wouldn't let me on for the rest of the day. So now it's Tuesday, and I suppose I could still make belated 42 jokes...but frankly I'm tired, and they wouldn't be very funny after two days."
Present day:
And, just to top it off, you can see exactly where I got tired and had to stop for the day! By the end of the chapter, I was so completely sick of it, you all damn well better like it, 'cause I am never doing another karaoke chapter!
The author walks out on stage.
Me: Good evening, readers! Welcome to today's "specialty chapter: karaoke!" We'll start with what I wrote before getting Kozan the Darkainian Kokiri's set of karaoke Dares! Not much of an intro. Princess Zelda? *walks off*
Zelda: *walks on, adult, Twilight Princess, but with a knee-length skirt* I'll be singing Raise Your Glass by Pink
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=nv1y_Wn9LuM&feature=fvsr)
Zelda lifted thee microphone and walked to the back of the stage. The lights dimmed. As the first notes played, they came back on to show the stage magically transformed to look like a Hylian restaurant, complete with Telma behind the bar, Shad, Ashei, Link, Ilia and Vaati seated at three tables spread out around the space. Zelda sat at the bar and played with a wineglass as the opening played.
The princess turned and winked at the audience. "Right, right, turn off the lights." She stood up. "We gonna lose our minds tonight. What's the dealie-oh?" She placed one finger on her chin and smiled mischievously. "I love when it's all too much. Five a.m., turn the radio up." She tapped Link on the shoulder and purred, "Where's the rock-and-roll?" He laughed.
She turned back to the audience. "Party crasher, penny snatcher. Call me up if you a gangsta'. Don't be fancy, just get dance-y." She leaned back against Link and smirked. "Why so serious?"
Zelda thrust her glass in the air. "So raise your glass if you are wrong, in all the right ways! All my underdogs," A sweep of her arm indicated the entire room, "we will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty-gritty, dirty, little freaks!" She walked over and poked Shad, "Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass?" waved for Ashei to stand, "Just come on, and come on and raise your glass!"
The princess dashed back over to Link and gave him a light shove. "Slam, slam! Oh hot damn, what part of 'party' don't you understand? Wish you'd just freak out!"
"Freak out already," Ashei muttered, sipping her cup.
Zelda plopped into the chair next to Link. "Can't stop, comin' in hot. I should be locked up right on the spot!" she leaned forwards seductively. "It's so on right now." He turned away from her. She pouted. "Party crasher, penny snatcher. Call me up if you a gangsta'. Don't get fancy, just get dance-y." draping her arms around his neck, she sighed, "Why so serious?" Link shrugged her off, and stood up.
The princess jumped up to block his way, though she addressed the others on stage. "So raise your glass if you are wrong, in all the right ways! All my underdogs," a sly smile, "we will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty-gritty, dirty, little freaks! Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass?" She stabbed hers in the air, accompanied by Ashei and Vaati. "Just come on and come on and raise your glass!" This time, Shad joined her and Telma flicked her cleaning rag. Link rolled his eyes. Zelda whirled around to face him. "Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass? Just come on and come on and raise your glass!" He shook his head, and tried to step away. Zelda dodged in front of him again, then glanced in her wineglass.
"…Oh shit, my glass is empty. That sucks!" He rolled his eyes again. She tossed it towards Telma, who caught it perfectly, while the princess turned back to Link.
"So if you're too school for cool…And you're treated like a fool…." Zelda leaned against Link, who was looking very uncomfortable. "You can choose to let it go…We can always, we can always…party on our own." She grinned as Ilia, who'd snuck up behind Link, dumped a bucket of water over his head. The hero spluttered as she turned back to the rest of the crowd.
"So raise your-" Ilia started
"So raise glass if you are wrong, in all the right ways! All my underdogs," Zelda gave Link a playful push. "we will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty-gritty, dirty, little freaks! So raise glass if you are wrong," Everyone except Link stabbed either a fist or a cup into the air. "in all the right ways! All my underdogs, we will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty-gritty, dirty, little freaks!" Zelda glanced at Link and smiled gently. "Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass? Just come on and come on and raise your glass!" She hopped onto a nearby chair. "Won't you come on and come on and raise your glass, for me? Just come on and come on and raise your glass," She leaned forwards, overbalancing the chair. Link caught her as she toppled forwards, and the princess gazed adoringly up into his face. "for me…?" The lights snapped off.
There was a pause, and the audience went nuts.
Me: *puffs back on* Amazing singer, that girl. Speaking of princesses, guess who's on next? *grins and walks off*
Midna: *walks on* The author thought it'd be "cute" to give me a semi-romantic song. So I'll be singing Gone Forever by Three Days Grace.
Me: *from off stage* I did seriously consider Pretty Baby by Vanessa Carlton!
Midna: *shudder* Goddesses, no! *sigh*
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=_aFa2-tizfw&feature=related)
The lights came on, still very dim, to reveal Midna kneeling at the back of the stage. In a heart-wrenchingly sad voice, whispered, "Dunno know what's going on…Dunno what went wrong…Feels like a hundred years, I still can't believe you're gone." She lurched to her feet, and raised her voice a little. "So I'll stay up all night…with these blood-shot eyes. While these walls surround me with the story of our life…" Glancing up for the first time, she gave a forced grin to the audience. "I feel so much better, now that you're gone forever! I tell myself that I don't miss you at all. I'm not crying!" She swiped a hand across her eyes, "Denying…That I feel so much better now…That you're gone forever."
The Twili sighed and pulled back her hood, glancing towards the ceiling. "Now things are coming clear…and I don't need you here…And in this world around me…I'm glad you disappeared." Midna audibly gulped right before glad. Her voice got angrier as she continued. "So I'll stay out all night, Get drunk, and fuck and fight! Until the morning comes, I'll forget about our life…" The princess's voice wander back to wistful on the last line, but she shook her head and mimed a laugh.
"I feel so much better, now that you're gone forever! I tell myself," she casually waved her hand, "that I don't miss you at all." Widening her eyes, Midna snapped, "I'm not lying! Denying…That I feel so much better now…That you're gone forever."
The Twili clenched a fist. "First time you screamed at me, I should have made you leave!" she stomped her foot on leave. "I should have known it could be so much better!" Pointing to the audience, "I hope you're missin' me! I hope I've made you see…That I'm gone forever."
Glancing away, she whispered, "And now it's coming clear, that I don't need you here…And in this world around me…I'm glad you disappeared…" Another head-shake and forced grin started the final chorus. "I feel so much better, now that you're gone forever! I tell myself that I don't miss you at all." A shrug accompanied the last line. "I'm not lying!" she turned her back on the audience and began to walk away. "Denying...That I feel so much better now…that you're gone forever."
Midna hesitated. "And now you're gone forever…And now you're gone forever…" Falling to her knees, the Twilight Princess shook, as though sobbing. Again, security escorted her from stage, while many wondered who, exactly, was in the audience, since the cast had to be guarded by security. A large puff of purple smoke signified the author's reentry.
Me: Sadly, that was all I got done. So *evil grin* now we go to the song Dares! Thanks again, Kozan!
Young Link: I turn you into a kokiri so Navi can remain your guardian fairy. I hate seeing her cry. I hope this makes you happy Navs ; )
Now for the song dares
Linebeck : sing I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts but replace the word coconuts with rupies
Ruto : Sing under the sea or apart of your world i'm cool with whatever.
Vaati: Sing colors of the wind or I put a spell on you
Fairies : Sing Don't Stop Beliving
Ganondorf : Sing TNT
Dark Link: Sing I am all of me or it's my life
Majora : Sing Reflection
Zelda : Sing don't you wish you girlfriend was hot like me
Midna : Sing All hail Shadow but add an "s" to the end
Saria and Young Link: Sing a duet of You raise Me up.
-Kozan the Darkainian Kokiri
Linebeck: No. It's a stupid song. I won't.
Em: *coughFANGIRLScough*
Linebeck: Still no.
Me: SECURITY!
As security dragged Linebeck to a room full of rabid fangirls, the following clip played on the big screen: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=-1AE9mwEwM4
Ruto: *ponders* I'm thinking… Part of Your World.
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=UKfElKVcaPw&feature=related just ignore the intro)
The light came on to show Ruto sitting on a bed in a coral chamber. Crystals and jewelry hung from the walls, making it sparkle where the soft, blue light shone. She glanced around and sighed.
"Look at this stuff, isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?" She reached up and flicked a small diamond that hung just above her head. "Wouldn't you think I'm the girl, the girl who has everything?" with another sigh, she stood up. "Look at this trove," a wave of her hand indicated the room "treasures untold. How many wonders can one cavern hold? Looking around here you think, 'Sure, she's got everything.'" The Zora threw her hands up into the air, then raced over to one wall and began ripping down the shimmering strands. "I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty. I've got whozits and whatzits galore. You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty! But who cares? No big deal. I want more." She'd uncovered a small hole, from which she carefully removed a book. A second area made to look like Hyrule field materialized above her cavern
"I wanna be where the people are…I wanna see one, see them dancin'…" Young Link and Saria dashed across the top area, laughing. "Walking around on those - what do you call 'em?" Ruto smiled, "Oh - feet!" she turned a page.
"Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far. Legs are required for jumping, dancing!" Midna rode Wolf Link across the stage. (Only Ruto is in the "cave." Everyone else is in the top area.) "Strolling along down the - what's that word again?" The fish-girl laughed, "Street!"
Zelda, Link, and Shadow walked out and began to set up a picnic as Ruto turned another page. "Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun…Wanderin' free - wish I could be part of that world…" She pressed the book against her chest as Shadow playfully tugged Zelda's braid and pointed to Link when she glanced up.
"What would I give if I could live out of these waters?" She tucked it back into its hole as Zelda tackled Shadow. "What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?" Link turned and laughed. Zelda and Shadow looked at each other for a second, before attacking him. "Bet'cha on land they understand, bet they don't reprimand their daughters." A guard ran out, clearly furious. "Bright young women, sick of swimmin'. Ready to stand!" The Zora princess gazed up, as though she could see the three running and laughing. "And I'm ready to know what the people know!" Midna and Emily drifted by in their imp forms. "Ask 'em my questions and get some answers! What's a fire and why does it - what's the word? Burn!" She twirled as Majora kissed Dark over her head.
"When's it my turn? Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?" An older Link and Midna walk out, holding hands. "Out of the sea, wish I could be part of that world!" Vaati perched on a branch on a tree while Em read a book at its base. The upper stage faded back into blackness.
Ruto sighed, "Out of the sea, wish I could be part of your world…"
While Ruto walks off stage…
Me: I say Vaati's singing Colors of the Wind.
Em: But…That's a girl's song! Why should he?
Me: Because I find the other one more irritating.
Vaati: *as he walks out on stage* *mumbling* I'm not dancing.
Me: *calling from the audience* That's okay! I've got something else arranged.
The stage, oddly enough, remained a stage. A huge screen lowered behind Vaati as he stepped up to the mic.
(A/N: It is a girl's song. Here it is being sung: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=4i0HDygKdLM)
"You think I'm an ignorant savage. And you've been so many places, I guess it must be so." The screen showed a picture of Vaati's Minish form laying face-down in the dirt, with two much larger boys standing over him and laughing.
"But still I cannot see, if the savage one is me…How can there be so much that you don't know?
"You don't know..." It showed him crying in a library. A large portion of the audience went "aww…"
"You think you own whatever land you land on. The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim. But I know every rock and tree and creature," The younger Vaati was curled up next to a kitten. "Has a life, has a spirit, has a name."
"You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you." The Vaati on the screen was punched by a normal Minish.
"But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger," now he was climbing a blade of grass… "You'll learn things you never knew you never knew." The pale Minish was shown stargazing from the top of a rock
"Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?" The sorcerer was Hylian again, perched on top of a mountain, enjoying a strong wind.
"Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?" He held a baby Helmaroc.
"Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?" The screen showed a scrolling aerial shot of Hyrule. "Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"
"Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest!" The picture of him climbing grass came on again.
"Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the Earth!" The young Minish held what looked like a cranberry in both hands, with bright red juice dripping down his chin.
"Come roll in all the riches all around you! And for once, never wonder what they're worth!" a short clip of him jumping in a pile of leaves, with Ezlo laughing in the background.
"The rainstorm and the river are my brothers!" The Wind Mage lounged in a whirlwind.
"The heron and the otter are my friends!" He perched on the Helmaroc King's back.
"And we are all connected to each other, in a circle, in a hoop that never ends." This: http:/humanoid-magpie(DOT)deviantart(DOT)com/art/Goddesses-of-the-triforce-57855522
"How high will the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know." Minsh Vaati, walking along a branch, grinning.
"And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon!" On screen, he knelt, blood-soaked and sobbing. More "aww"s rose from the crowd.
"For whether we are white or copper skinned," A Minish classroom, with Vaati and several other students raising their hands.
"We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains!" The Hylian held up a map to a Goron, clearly asking for directions.
"We need to paint with all the colors of the wind." A Rito girl soared across the ocean.
"You can own the Earth, and still," On-screen, the young Vaati stood up to a bully.
"all you'll own is earth, until," Ezlo placed a hand on a very startled-looking Vaati's shoulder.
"you can paint with all the colors of the wind…" A softly lit picture of his Hylian form, smiling in his sleep.
Security escorted him from the stage. The author had given the fairies clothes backstage, and made them Hylian-sized. Tatl stepped up to the microphone, wearing an elegant, floor-length yellow ballgown. The others stayed off stage.
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=rfUYuIVbFg0)
Tatl smiled at the audience. "Just a small town girl," Navi walked on, dressed in jeans and a white angora sweater. She sat down on a bench. "livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere. Just a city boy," Tael sat down next to her, dressed in sweats and a black T-shirt. "born and raised in south Detroit. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere." The light on Tatl dropped.
Navi leaned against Tael, and sang, "A singer in a smoky room," A light behind them went on, to show Celia, dressed in a baby-pink sun-dress. "the smell of wine and cheap perfume…" Leaf stepped up in a tux and offered Celia a hand. "For a smile they can share the night, it goes on and on and on and on…" Celia accepted, and Leaf pulled her into a dance. The light went down on Navi and Tael.
Leaf smiled. "Strangers, where to? Walking down the boulevard? Shadows searching in the night… Streetlights, people." Three other spot lights went on, one on Tatl, one on Navi and Tael, and one on Neri, who was wearing a black skirt, blue tank-top and glasses. "Living just to find emotion, hiding somewhere in the night…"
Neri walked over and offered him a glass of wine, which Leaf accepted. "Working hard to get my fill. Everybody wants a thrill." She glanced over her shoulder at Navi and Tael, who were now kissing, and pulled a face. "Payin' anything to roll the dice, just one more time.
"Some will win, some will lose." Leaf tried to kiss Celia and got a slap. "Some are born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends, it goes on and on and on and on…"
Tatl laughed. "Strangers, where to? Looking down the boulevard? Shadows searching in the night… Streetlight people."
Celia flicked open a cell phone and sang, "Living just to find emotion, hiding somewhere in the night…"
Tael pulled away from Navi and opened a cell phone. He frowned, and answered. "Don't stop believin'. Hold on to that feelin'! Streetlight people…"
Navi leaned forwards again and joined him. "Don't stop believin'. Hold on! Streetlight people…"
Neri placed a comforting hand on Celia's shoulder and smiled. "Don't stop believin'. Hold on to that feelin'! Streetlight people…"
As they left the stage, Dark raised his hand.
Me: Yes?
Dark: Can I play the bass-line for Ganon's song?
Me: You play base?
Dark: I had seven years to fill up, what did you think I did?
Me: …Do you have an electric bass?
Dark: Uh-huh.
Me: Um…Okay.
Dark: *runs backstage*
Em: Learn something new every day, huh?
Me: Most of it useless. *yelling* GANON! GET YOUR SORRY REAR UP THERE!
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=2QJxtf1hO1k)
Dark dashed out with a blood-red electric bass and played the intro while several self-proclaimed "rockers" in the audience shouted the opening "OI!"s.
Ganondorf shuffled out onto the stage and glared at the audience. He picked up the mic, and started. "See me ride out of the sunset, on your colored TV screen. Out for all that I can get, if you know what I mean." He winked. The author dashed to a trashcan, and threw up.
Several Gerudo walked out and circled around as Ganon continued, "Women to the left of me, and women to the right. Ain't got no gun, ain't got no knife. Don't you start no fight."
He stomped his foot and pointed at the ceiling. The glitter cannons went off. "Cos I'm T.N.T.! I'm dynamite! T.N.T.! And I'll win the fight! T.N.T.! I'm a power-load! T.N.T.! Watch me explode!"
The women left and the background shifted to the Gerudo Desert. Ganondorf strutted back and forth across the stage. "I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean. I'm a wanted man. Public Enemy Number One, understand?" He winked again, causing several others to join the author at the trashcan. "So lock up your daughter, lock up your wife. Lock up your back door, and run for your life! The man is back in town! So don't you mess around!"
He struck what he must have thought was a "rock-star pose" (And cue glitter cannons!). "Cos I'm T.N.T.! I'm Dynamite! T.N.T.! And I'll win the fight! T.N.T.! I'm a power-load! T.N.T.! Watch me explode!"
Dark waved his hands to get the audience to clap, and the wanna-bes helped Ganon out with the "OI!"s again.
"T.N.T.!" (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.!" (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.!" (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.!" (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.! I'm dynamite! (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.! And I'll win the fight! (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.! I'm a power-load! (OI! OI! OI!)
"T.N.T.! Watch me explode!"
The author stumbled onto the stage, wiping her mouth.
Me: Ugh…he disgusts me… New rule: Ganon cannot and will not ever sing again. No, wait! *grabs Dark's arm* You're on next!
Dark: What?
Me: *shows him Dare list*
Dark: Oh, cool! I love I Am All of Me!
Me: Good for you! *dashes off stage*
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=1wPUNMhDz7I)
Dark grinned as he walked up to the microphone. "I see no, hear no evil. Black writings on the wall." He waved one hand to the side. "Unleashed a million faces, and one by one they fall.
"Black hearted evil," He tapped his chest with a sly smile. "Brave hearted hero. I am all, I am all, I am. I-I-I I am."
"Here we go buddy, here we go buddy, here we go. Here we go buddy, here we go."
"Go ahead and try to see through me," he beckoned, "Do it if you dare! One step forward, two steps back. I'm here! One step forward, two steps back…"
"Do it... Do it... Do it... DO IT! Can you see all of me?" he cocked his head to the side. "Walk into my mysteries? Step inside and hold on for dear life!
"Do you remember me? Capture you, or set you free?" Dark shrugged. "I am all, I am all of me. I am all, I am all of me.
"I am... I am, I'm all of me, I am... I am, I'm all of me, I am... I am, I'm all of me…" He leaned forwards and whispered "Here we go…
"I see and feel the evil. My hands will crush 'em all!" Dark clench his fists. "You think you have the answer? I'll laugh and watch you fall!
"Black hearted evil," He grinned and fingered the hilt of his sword. "Brave hearted hero. I am all, I am all I am. I-I-I I am."
"Here we go buddy, here we go buddy, here we go. Here we go buddy, here we go."
Dark propped his chin on his fist, and managed to look serious. "Go ahead and try to see through me. Do it if you dare! One step forward two steps back. I'm here. One step forward, two steps back.
"Do it..." he cocked his head to the side, "Do it..." he straightened up, "Do it... DO IT!" he drew his sword and stabbed it into the stage. "Can you see all of me? Walk into my mysteries?" Dark threw up his hands and snarled, "Step inside and hold on for dear life!
"Do you remember me? Capture you or set you free? I am all, I am all of me. I am, I am all of me.
"I am... I am, I'm all of me. I am... I am, I'm all of me. I am... I am, I'm all of me." In a hoarse whisper, he added "Here we go...
"I am... I am everyone, everywhere, anyhow, any way, any will, any day!
"I am... I am everyone, everywhere, anyhow, any way, any will, any day!
"I am! I am! I am! I am! I am! I am! I am!"
A dark shadow on the back of the stag roiled and spat like burning oil. Dark grit his teeth. "Do it... Do it... Do it... Do IT! Can you see all of me? Walk into my mysteries? Step inside and hold on for dear life!
"Do you remember me? Capture you, or set you free? I am all, I am all of me! I am, I am all of me!
"I am... I am, I'm all of me! I am... I am, I'm all of me! I am... I am, I'm all of me!
"I am, I am, I'm all of me!" He stomped his foot, and the shadow swept forwards and engulfed him. An evil, rumbling laugh echoed through the room.
The author stepped up on a clear section of the stage.
Me: Great performance, Dark!
The dark shadow vanished to reveal Dark Link standing there and beaming.
Dark: Thanks! *rejoins the rest of the cast*
The curtain dropped.
Me: *yanks his sword out of the stage and fixes it (stage, not the sword) with the help of AWESOME AUTHOR POWERS* Majora wants me to tell you that she's not happy with her song, but she'll do it to, quote, "screw with their heads." *walks off*
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=iHKMSUKIc9w&feature=related)
The curtain rose to show Majora kneeling on the stage, holding her mask in her hands. She sung very softly, "Look at me. You may think you see who I really am, but you'll never know me. Every day, it's as if I play a part. Now I see, if I wear a mask I can fool the world, but I cannot fool my heart."
Agitha walked out, dressed as a maid, carrying a large mirror. Majora glanced up, revealing streaky make-up and blinked. "Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside?" She waved for Agitha to leave. The girl left the mirror.
Majora lurched to her feet, the patterns of the mask flickered over her skin. "I am now in a world where I have to hide my heart, and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside my heart, and be loved for who I am!" She glanced over to the mirror, and rested the tips of her fingers on its surface. "Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time? When will my reflection show who I am inside?" The Ikana girl clenched one fist over her heart and briefly closed her eyes.
"There's a heart that must be free to fly. That burns with a need to know the reason why…Why must we all conceal what we think, how we feel? Must there be a secret me, I'm forced to hide?"
She opened her eyes, but bowed her head. "I won't pretend that I'm someone else for all time. When will my reflection show who I am inside?" Majora slumped against the mirror and raised her eyes to the heavens. "When will my reflection show who I am inside?"
She remained demure as she left the stage.
Me: *puffs onto stage* *stares after Majora* I think I like her better flirty, joking and bloodthirsty…*shakes head* We're going to have to skip Zelda and Midna because 1) They've already gone once, 2) Zelda's song annoys me and 3) I'm tired. Sorry, but at this point those are looking like pretty good reasons. *walks off*
(A/N music: http:/www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=GWNdbTr6bbE)
The screen lowered again as Link and Saria stepped up on stage. A thin wall appeared between them. On Link's side, the stage changed to look like a street in Castle Town, while Saria's became the Sacred Forest Meadow. A thick hush fell over the audience. Pictures of the two of them playing and laughing began to play across the screen.
Saria sat down on her stump and raise her face towards the heavens. "When I am down and all my soul so weary…When troubles come and my heart burdened me…Then, I am still and wait here in the silence," She picked up her ocarina and smiled. "until you come and sit awhile with me…"
Link joined her on the chorus, their voices filling the room. "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains. You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas. I am strong, when I am on your shoulders…You raise me up, to more than I can be."
Saria sighed and fell silent. Link leaned against the wall and closed his eyes. "There is no life, no life without its hunger…Each restless heart beats so imperfectly…But when you come and I am filled with wonder…" He smiled tenderly, and pulled a leaf out of his pocket. "sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity…"
Saria slid off the stump to kneel in the grass. She picked a small flower, and pressed it against her heart as she joined Link on the chorus. "You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains. You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas. I am strong, when I am on your shoulders…You raise me up, to more than I can be."
She walked over and leaned against the wall, making it appear to the audience that they were back to back. After a second, the two sighed and tuned to face the wall, pressing their hands against it in an attempt to reach each other. The instrumental part ended, and they sang together again,
"You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains. You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas. I am strong, when I am on your shoulders…You raise me up, to more than I can be. You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains! You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas! I am strong, when I am on your shoulders…You raise me up, to more than I can be."
Simultaneously, they turned their backs to the wall and slumped to the floor. The soft lighting caught a glisten of tears on their faces. "You raise me up...to more than I can be."
...In other news, we have passed the 20,000 word mark. In thirteen chapters. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CHAPTERS IT TOOK IN THE WHITE WOLF?
Em: *coughTWENTYSEVENcough*
I heard that!
Em: *sweatdrop* Please R&R.