Note: Okay Chapter Two! Yay! I'm almost done with all my finals. Just one more today and two more tomorrow and then i can spend my summer writing this baby:) C'mon guys! I need reviews.! You want more dont you?

Chapter 2

"Hey, wake up, Link! It's morning already!"

The most annoying voice pierced Link's ears and he let out a grown. He was sprawled out on the ground on the third floor next to the one and only window in his spacious tree house of a home. He had fallen asleep looking at what stars he could see that night. He looked out the tiny window, and sure enough, the three musketeers were outside, Malo, Talo, and Beth. Link stretched his arms and legs, and climbed down ladder after ladder. He unlocked the door and hopped down, passing the ladder all together, it was only maybe one foot off the ground. Maybe two feet, so what.

"Oh, Link! Didja hear?" Talo shouted, overjoyed.

Talo looked a lot like his dad, Jaggle, while Malo, his little brother, looked a lot like there mom, Pergie. Both kids had tiny nubs of eyebrows and were both annoying in their own special way. Talo thought he was the coolest kid around, but the kid wasn't that bright. As for his younger brother, Malo was a very bright kid, maybe too bright, as it seemed he thought he knew everything. Being six made it even more annoying. Talo had just turned ten, and little miss Beth was twelve.

"They're selling a slingshot at the store right now! A SLINGSHOT!"

Oh for Din's sake. One of Talo's annoying qualities was that the kid did not have a inside voice, it went from silent, to a shout, and rarely was the kid silent. His whisper would be talking normally, and his talking normally would be him screaming till your eardrums bled. Malo, being quite opposite, had a very quiet, smart sounding voice. You sometimes had to strain to hear the little kid's well thought out sentences.

"I wonder how powerful it is...I... I need... I must try it..." Malo whispered to himself.

Beth gave a exaggerated sigh." Talo, if you and Malo want it so badly, just buy it at my parents' shop!"

The pre-teen rolled her eyes and huffed again. She was so dramatic. She thought she was already grown up and a cool teenager.

"Do you see any Rupees in my hand? I can't afford that thing! C'mon Beth, can't you just loan it to us for a while?"

Talo scoffed at the thought of actually buying something. Talo and Malo always liked to take the easy way out. They wouldn't buy it if they could persuade the person into giving it to them. Link laughed to himself as he watched the kids bicker. Beth put her hands on her hips, scrunched up her nose, and thrust her face into Talo's, Talo nearly falling back on his rear.

"You know I'd get in trouble for that! If you two want it, save up your allowances or something." She stared Talo down as Malo sighed under his breath.

"But... our allowances are terrible... Aww, I wish I was born into a family with a slingshot instead of one with a waterwheel..." Link had to strain to hear the little guys words.

"C'mon Beth, We just want to look at it a little! So can you get it? The slingshot? From the shop?" Talo pleaded.

"...Yeah, and if you can't do that, let's just trade families ok?" Malo shrugged, hoping he could. Beth stomped her foot and thrust her hands onto her hips again.

"KNOCK IT OFF!" She yelled. Link laughed under his breath and slowly backed up towards the village. That Beth was a fiery little thing, as if she was related to Ilia. Link shuddered at the thought of Ilia yelling at him. Now THAT, he was scared of. The first thing Link noticed as he entered the little village was Beth's dad staring up into the tree that made Fado's home. Link tried to think of the man's name, but he just couldn't think of it. He walked to the old man and smiled. The hunched over man turned and squinted his already half shut eyes.

"Well hey, 'morning, Link. Got a day off from work today m'boy?" He smiled weird, as if Link would yell at him when he spoke. Beth and Sera were very bossy, the poor guy.

"Yes sir" Link said politely. The man gave Link a smile, then let out a sad sigh.

"Not me. The wife's been hassling me...today's the day to restock our store."

Link shuffled his feet. This guy had it bad. He was more, the homey kind of husband, and the two ladys overused the guy. This wasn't his sort of, job, not his line of work. Link cringed, Is that what it will be like if i marry Ilia? Link took a good look at the old dad and husband. He was very scrawny, and his hair fell down to his shoulders. Beth took after both her parents, her dad being skinny and Sera being..well...bigger, Beth was a good size in between. She had high cheekbones like her father, and chubbier in her cheeks like Sera, but Beth definitely did not take after this man in personality wise. There she was a A-Class Brat, from which she got from her mom.

" Look! You see that up there in the tree. Yeah, some Ordon bees built themselves a fine nest up there, and I was thinking about knocking it down..." The man looked at the ground, his old age creating a hump between his shoulders, making him look older then he was.

" Our cat hasn't come home since yesterday, so the wife's in a bad mood. At the very least, I need to bring something home to her..." He looked up at the bee's again and sighed as he picked up a rock and rubbed it with his thumb. Link knew he was done talking, havin gone off into a thought. So Sera's cat had gone missing. Link walked toward the shop. That slingshot the kids mentioned actually caught his attention. Maybe he could get it before those kids could ruin it. That would be fun to have. He walked in and looked at Beth's mother, Sera, slouched over, twirling milk in a bottle around sadly. She sighed heavily, and then made a grunt.

"...Oh, my...it's young Link...welcome, m'dear." She was so dramatic, just like Beth. "You... You didn't happen to see my little cat out there, did you?" Link shook his head.

"No ma'am I haven't."

"He ate the fish we were going to have for supper last night, and I scolded him a good scolding...but then he went out and hasn't returned...I'm so fraught with worry for him...I've exhausted myself..." she drawled on staring at a picture of the brown white cat on the counter. Link backed out slowly. Obviously she did not want to talk. Link walked towards the pumpkin patch, that would go good in some soup. Thats what he should make for dinner! Some fish, some pumpkin, milk, maybe honey. I could mix the honey and milk together and use it on the fish, and then have some Pumpkin Pie. Oh i could ask Ilia to make the pie! She does cook pretty good. Link's mouth watered as he got closer to the now delicious looking pumpkins. As he approached, someone called to him from the pillar next to Sera's shop.

"Yo, Link! YO! Up here! I wanna talk to you!" Link looked up to find Malo and Talo's dad, Jaggle.

"Hey, There you go! Over here!" Link waved to him.

"Hey Jaggle" He said loudly. The old man smiled his eyes squinting in the sun.

"Your voice carries well, as usual! Why don't you climb up those vines there?"Link did as he said and grabbed a hold of the vines and hoisted himself up, finding footholds till he climbed up onto the top of the pillar.

"Hey son. Check this out...You know Sera, at the general store? Well, isn't that her cat over there?"

Link looked to where he was pointing and sure enough there was Sera's brown and white cat staring into the water intently behind Jaggle's house.

"He's just been sitting there next to my house, having a staring contest with the creek. You don't suppose he's thinking he's gonna catch a fish, do you? Ha ha ha! A cat can't catch no fish!" Jaggle chuckled to him self.

"Well Have a nice day, Link" Link waved to the man and hopped down to the ground. He had heard Uli talking about her missing cradle, and he began looking for that. That would make her happy. That family has been so good to me. I feel as if i am part of the family. Like Colin's my brother, Rusl my dad, and Uli my mother. And that little baby on the way a new little kid to watch grow up.

After calling a hawk, stealing a cradle from a monkey using the hawk, and giving it to Uli, she gave Link a fishing pole that Colin had made for Link, with his dad's help of course. Fishing sounded like a great way to spend his day. In fact, that kitten of Sera's found the perfect spot for the sport. Link headed across the bridge to Jaggle and Pergie's house, around it, and onto the little dock the little cat stood next to. Link cast the fishing pole and waited for the bobber to sink down, pulling it back sharply till the fish rose out of the water.

" Aw c'mon! A stupid little greengil? It's only like ten inches!" Link moaned. Where were the Catfish? Link set it back in the water and cast again. He caught a greengil again, this one being about an inch longer then the last. He knelt down to take the fish off the hook, he'd use this one for his dinner. Suddenly the cat snatched the fish and ran off. Link took after it running all the way to Sera's where the cat jumped through the kitty door in the front. Link walked in. Up on the counter sat the thieving cat, drinking from his bowl that Sera had poured from the milk container she held earlier. As soon as Link entered the shop Sera started spilling her guts out to him.

"Oh, my, Link! You simply MUST hear this! Just take a look! My little kitty Link came back!"

Wait they named their cat Link? Since when?

" Oh, And he brought a fish back with him. He was worried about me being angry! Ohhhh, just look...isn't he so cute, the way he laps up that milk?" Sera begin cooing to her cat. As Link looked around her noticed Sera had put more pictures of her kitten up. More pictures then her daughter. There were two of Beth, And four of Kitty Link. She got the kitty like three weeks ago... Sweet Farore.

"Say, m'dear, why don't you have some, too! I'm in a good mood, so it's on the house today! Oh, don't worry, you don't have to return the empty bottle, m'dear. You can reuse it. Recycling is very important." She handed the milk bottle to Link.

"Uh, thanks Sera." He shrugged. It was a half bottle of milk... yaaaaayyy. Not really. Oh well more for the dinner. this was coming along better then he had hoped!

"Uh Hey Sera, Can I buy that slingshot?" Link scratched the back of his head and gave a little laugh.

" Thirty Dollars darlin'. What are you doing buying a slingshot, you naughty thing? You're too old for toys! Will you at least let the kids play with it?" She laughed. Her laugh made her sound so much like a man. It made Link want to laugh, but he held it in.

" I will. Thanks Ma'am." he said taking the slingshot into his hands and into his bag. Now off to show the kids.

As Link walked up to the clearing, Rusl was passing through.

"Ah, just in time, Link! I just delivered something to your room! And I see you got the fishing rod , Colin will be pleased. And it works better than you would think, right? Well Have a good one..." Rusl smiled.

"Thanks. You too." Link nodded at him. He walked over to the kids, slingshot in hand.

"Link has a slingshot! WHOA!" Talo said right away pointing his hand towards the new item that poked out from the little bag on Link's hip.. Beth grinned so big. She had a little crush on Link. Ok, the girl fantasized about him. It was a bit creepy.

"Wow! You had enough money to buy it, Link?" She clasped her hands together and batted her eyelashes. Link gave them a demonstration and they all cheered as he burst the head of the scarecrow in front of his house.

"Gee, you really are amazing Link!" Talo Grinned up at the seventeen year old.

"Thanks guys. I got to see what Rusl left. Be back in a sec." Link said pocketing the new toy, and heading up the ladder to his house. He entered the house and saw in the middle of the room a large blue and iron chest. He lifted the lid and picked up his wooden sword. "Finally!" Link cheered swirling the blade around. Rusl had been honing it for him, and it had been gone for at least two weeks. But now of course, he had it back. "Now I can stop making the dreaded soup and actually have some meat again." He smiled wickedly. He tied the sword to the strap on his back. And walked outside. Maybe he could kill some rabbit with the slingshot and sword. Mmm Fish tonight, rabbit tomorrow. Sounds pretty good.

"IS THAT A SWORD!" Talo yelled as soon as he saw link with it. Beth's eyes fluttered some more and she giggled.

"Oh Link, you should show these boys how a REAL man wields a weapon." She cooed at the older boy. Link shrugged.

"Uh I guess I could show you guys a few pointers." Talo jumped for joy.

"Oh yes, oh yes!" The boy picked up a stick and they all lined up on the side to watch.

"All right! First off, we wanna see THAT move! The Slice! You just swing it right?" Talo said. Link grabbed the sword and swung it vertically from top to bottom. Talo copied him with his stick, grunt and everything.

"Yeah! A vertical slice! Was that it? Was it? I've definitely seen you do a horizontal slice before, too. Ok, next" Talo said folding his arms. Beth squealed and batted her eyes once again.Thats getting really annoying. She acts like she's still eight.

"Ooh! Ooh! I wanna see that other move, Link! The one where you flex your muscles and...stab!" She cooed.Of course you do. Malo looked up at her like she was stupid.

"...Oh, please. The stab?" He laughed at her attempt to flirt. Link wanted to laugh with him, but out of kindness he didn't. He lunged forward with the sword and stabbed the scarecrow.

" Ooh, Link, just amazing! Since your at it how about you show us that other move...Y'know, that little twirly thing you do! I love that! What do you call it? A spin attack?" She giggled. Malo rolled his eyes at the giggling, yapping girl.

"Like it's hard to spin around with a sword."

Link did as she asked and spun in a circle with the sword.

"Ooh, WOW! Thanks Link! Im sorry you have to waste your time with these little brats when you must be tired from doing all the important stuff you do!" She sighed and rolled her eyes as she looked at the boys.

"Beth Your not that much older then Talo." Link laughed. The girl frowned and did that 'hmph' noise girls do.Maybe she will actually be QUIET now.

"Hey! WAIT! You've gotta show us the jump attack before you go!You know, the one where you go 'HYAAH!' and leap through the air!"Talo whined. Malo sighed at his brothers description.

" You mean the one where he jumps and swings the sword down? Oh yeah, real tough." At this Link busted out laughing. These kids were something else, sometimes actually funny and not annoying. Link took a step back, and then lept forward, bringing the sword down with all his strength. It smashed the scarecrows wooden head in two. The kids all jumped, gasping, even little Malo who thought it wasn't that cool.

"WHOA!" They exclaimed.

"Thanks Link!" Talo grinned up at him. " I think...WAH!" Talo gaped at something towards the woods and everyone turned to see one of the troublesome monkeys that had been terrorizing the village jumping up and down.

"C'MERE, YOU!" Talo bellowed and ran after it, Malo behind him and Beth not far behind. Link jumped onto Epona and followed into the woods. He went about a yard in and saw Beth staring deeper into the woods.

"Where are they Beth?"Link asked the girl. She looked up at him and shrugged.

"Talo and Malo went chasing like crazy people after that monkey. I can't keep up with those two..." She stopped as Link rode faster through the woods. Two more yards up at the entrance to the Oron Spring and bridge to the rest of the woods stood Malo.

"They went that way, The rest is up to you" He mumbled something about being to slow as Link charged across the bridge. What a stupid idiot. There are creatures in these woods that could eat a kid like Talo for breakfast. He entered the part where they actually seperated Ordon from Faron and now Link was in thick forest. A fence blocked the way to Faron Spring. Link jumped over it easily with Epona. Did Talo really come this far? There is no way that boy got it past this fence THAT fast. Link passed through the giant log tunnel, said to have once been a great tree that nurtured a little village full of little children. He came upon a sign that read.

Forest Temple Path

It's pitch-dark ahead! Parties interested in going forward must first go this way

-Coro

It seemed someone had scratched that last part in. Link headed toward this Coro. He found a house,with a little man sitting out front. He had a mess of hair, looking sort of like a bird's nest, and on closer inspection he noticed some birds actually created a nest atop his head and sat there.

"I'm..uhh..looking for a Coro?" Link hesitated. Maybe this guy was a savage and could kill him with the blink of an eye. He didn't look it. He looked very lazy and laid-back.

"Hey, guy! You came about the sign didn't you. You should have a lantern to proceed there. It's very dark and leads to caves and stuff. Here take this." He handed link a lantern. It looked pretty old.

" I sell lantern oil here... I'm trying to drum up sales by giving away free lanterns! It's a buisness tactic, guy! See, as long as you've got oil to fuel your lantern, you can light your way and set fire to stuff. They're the best! Try setting a fire under that pot." He pointed in front of him, and Link turned to see a fire pit with a pot hanging over it. He swung the lantern which was already filled with oil and Link had set it aflame. The wood underneath burst into flames.

"Well there you go." Link nodded at the man.

"Thanks, I guess." He hopped on Epona and tied the burning lantern to his saddle bags. Epona wouldn't continue down the path, so he had to leave her. He grabbed the lantern and went through the gate. A bit into the gate he found Talo's little pretend sword on the ground. He looked ahead,taking the lantern out so he could see through the darkness.

Link brushed aside his the last spider web as he saw light at the end of the tunnel. Two dead keese and a dead rat lay behind him He ventured into the light of the forest. There was a dock, suggesting this wasn't no forest anymore. Link took a good look at the trees. This was more marshy swamp area. Link rushed through, slaying Bokoblins and Deku babas and Keese. He stumbled upon a cave, and ventured inside. He grabbed the key from inside, and rushed to a locked gate he saw some bokoblins by. The tall gate was covered in ivy and other types of vines, showing that it had been here for quite some time, but the lock looked fairly new. After unlocking it he sat down for a second, exhausted.

" Don't do anything stupid Talo. Im coming"

Link stumbled upon a clearing. Giant trees surrounded him and one in particular had a long limb that served as a ramp up to it. These had to be descendants from the Great Tree long ago. Link climbed the ramp, finding little Talo and the Monkey in a wooden cage together, surrounded by two more of those blue bokoblins. They looked so greasy and ugly, their white strands of hair pulled back into a ponytail. They carried large wooden clubs, that could easily knock him out if he was unprepared. He lunged into the opening and charged one of them. It raised it's club above it's head and link took a stab at it's stomach. It fell backwards while the other rushed from behind. He swung his sword knocking the other on it's butt, then sending the sword through it, grazing the ground below it as blood oozed out from the rough cut. Talo covered his eyes as link slid his sword out from the dying creatures body. It's head rolled back as it's life left it's body.

"LINK! Watch out!" Talo screamed. Link glimpsed the blue skin approaching from behind and ducked perfectly as it swung it's club over his head, right where he had just been. Link pivoted on his heels and stabbed the beast through it's chest. It fell back with a thud, and link pulled the now blood covered wooden sword from it's body. He aimed perfectly with the sword and slashed the front and side bars of the cage. Talo had his hands covering his face weeping, thinking link had perished from that last attack. The cage collapsed and Link scooped up the boy in his arms. The monkey, who had a pink bow in it's hair (must be a girl), ran off after cheering. Talo cried into Link's shoulder the entire way through the gate. He finally let him down after they had gone through the caves, it being safe.

"If you hadn't come, Link... gee, me and that monkey would've gotten eaten, probably! She's actually a nice gal, that monkey... she tried to protect me, so we got captured together." The little boy stared at the ground as for the first time Link had heard the boy speak, he spoke in a fervent whisper. A few tears trickled down his face, his eyes beginning to dry up. It was twilight outside, and he needed to get the little boy back to the village.

"You're not gonna mention this to my dad, are you?" Talo looked up at him with puppy dog eyes. He's actually a good lookin kid, and he has a good heart deep down.

" He probably has already heard bud." Link sighed, his hands resting on his hips. Talo looked to the ground again, biting his bottom lip.

"He's always telling me to never, EVER go into the forest, 'cause he says it's dangerous... So if he doesn't know please don't tell him! Promise!" The little boy sounded so desperate. Link knew he had learned his lesson. The poor kid, he just got scared to death. He didn't think he was really going to live through that.

" Fine, bud. If he doesn't know, I wont say a word." with that, Talo ran off towards the village. Link watched him and walked up beside Epona.

"Link!" a voice rang out to the side, towards Coro's house. Link turned to see Rusl approaching.

"My son told me Talo disappeared into the woods and had not returned. I came as soon as I heard... but it looks like you have brought him home already... I apologize. Such a task should not fall to you."

Link smiled at the man.

" Oh, it doesn't bother me, Rusl. It's sorta my fault. I don't know, but maybe if I hadn't shown them some moves he wouldn't have been brave enough to venture out here." Rusl nodded at this silently for a second then looked towards the caves.

"Tell me, have you noticed how strange this wood seems lately? I feel... uneasy about what may lie in wait..." He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and middle finger.

"There was a more then the usual keese about. And Bokoblins. I've never seen so many. Usually only one or two. There had to be about fifteen or so today." Link thought to his battle to reach Talo and the monkey. Something was definitely strange.

"Anyways, Link... Tomorrow is finally the day. You will be departing for Hyrule." Rusl gave the young man a smile. Link grinned widely.

"Really! The mayor said yes?" Link grabbed Rusl in a tight hug, making Rusl laugh.

"I think it is a good thing I have given this task to you... I wish you the best of luck Link. Return safely!" Rusl winked at the boy, holding him at arms length.

" Oh I will!" Link laughed. He couldn't believe it, he was going to see the world.

"If you are lucky, you may even get to meet Princess Zelda!" The older man laughed at this. Link's face turned deep red. A Princess? Oh his life was getting exiting!With Rusl's arm around his shoulder, the two laughed and talked. Walking back he felt a warm sensation throughout him. Maybe this was what it was like to have a dad.