Chapter 2: The Search for the Twins

Link's attempt at halting the Skull Kid's plans of destroying Clock Town with the moon was a success. However, during the battle he met someone very interesting. It was Young Link, the younger self of the Hero of Time, who was one of Link's ancestors.

Together, the two defeated Skull Kid and learned of his two masters, the Twinrova. Link knew that they had to be the two figures Zelda saw, and that their plan was no good.

Upon exiting Clock Town, Link saw that four countries existed north, south, east, and west of Clock Town. He decided to begin their search in the south, where Woodfall Swamp lay.

Link and his forces arrived in the swamp, where Stalchildren, Stalfos, and Dinolfos were running amok.

Over the lake they could see a very tall palace, where two old hags on broomsticks flew into the air and cackled.

"Flee while you can heroes!" one of them, Koume, shouted.

"Or we will finish you off ourselves!" the other one, Kotake, added.

"Come on, we can take them on!" one of the Hylian captain roared.

He charged into the lake, where the water was only up to his ankles, and began to run towards the palace. The further he went the more pink the water turned, until he began to feel pain. He took excess damage until he dropped to the ground, dead.

The Twinrova cackled again.

"You fools!" Koume laughed.

"That water is poisonous!" Kotake added.

"We can't go that way without dying," Proxi started. "So it looks like we'll have to take the long way instead."

"Good luck with that!" Koume shouted.

"Sister," Kotake asked her. "I believe we don't have enough party members for our guests to mingle with. Don't you agree?"

"Why, I agree very much, sister," Koume answered. "Let's invite some more!"

The Enemy Forces then received reinforcements. More monsters began to block the way, charging at Link's Forces.

"Attack!" another Hylian captain shouted.

Link lead Young Link and the rest of his men into the battle. Link cut through the enemies quickly and arrived at the first keep, filled with Stalchildren. He slaughtered them all until the keep boss appeared. Defeating him granted his forces the keep.

"Nice job!" Proxi cheered.

He turned around to check on Young Link. The boy was still battling the new reinforcements, but they were almost done.

Nonetheless, Link continued onwards into the battle again. He battled another horde of Stalchildren and Stalfos that were in his way.

"No!" Koume roared. "He's still getting through! And we haven't even reached the Woodfall Temple! Sister, what do you think we should do?"

"Perhaps he's not happy with party guests," she thought. "Maybe we should get him someone else. And I know just who."

"Oh, you don't mean him, do you?"

"As a matter of fact, I do mean him."

"Shall we summon him, sister?"

"Let's."

That was when Queen Gohma appeared in front of the Deku Palace.

"YAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!" they cackled.

Two Hylian Captains that had arrived at the palace before Link lead their group towards the giant spider. They began attacking it, but she spun around, causing everyone to fly in all different directions.

Link finished taking a second keep close to the palace and charged towards them. He knew Gohma's weakness: her eye. But they needed a certain item that Link had in order to destroy her.

She fired a laser out of her eye, slicing through the soldiers. Once she was finished, her eye flew open and glowed blue.

That was when Link whipped out his bow and fired an arrow.

It sunk into her eye, and she roared in pain. She collapsed to the ground, where Link dashed over and began to slice at it with his sword. Once she had enough, she blinked the arrow out and stood up.

She sliced at Link with one of her claws, knocking him backwards. He jumped to his feet, and dodging all of her attacks, prepared for the next moment to strike.

Meanwhile, Young Link remained close to the Allied Base, protecting it from any enemies that arrived. He had heard that the Twinrova's plan was to get to the Woodfall Temple, which was right next to the Deku Palace.

However, he would have to pass the Deku Palace, and he didn't want to go the long way. If the water weren't poisoned, he would go right now.

He just wished there was a third person to help them right now.

That was when a very odd looking man flew over his head. This man was able to fly thanks to a red balloon attached to his blue backpack. He wore green, like him, but it was all one suit, and the tip of the hat stood up rather than back. He also had red tights.

He soared over to Link, who had weakened Gohma again, and landed on the ground.

"Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!" he cried.

He shoved Link out of the way so he was standing right in front of Gohma's eye. He began to blow another red balloon attached to his backpack as big as it could until it exploded, knocking everyone backwards. The impact burst into Gohma's eye, finishing her off.

"Wh-Who are you?" Proxi asked.

"Me?" he questioned. "I am Tingle. And I am here to help you!"

He turned around to face to poisoned water.

"I understand that this water is poisonous because of the Woodfall Temple. You leave that to me!"

And with that, he took to the air again and reappeared at the entrance to the temple. He hurried inside, where many more monsters lay.

"Who wants to fight?" he asked, and began to do just that.

That was when the gates to the Deku Palace opened.

"How dare you!" Koume roared.

"We should show him whose boss," Kotake added.

The two captains and the soldiers followed Link into the palace, where three keeps lay. One to the right, one to the left, and one straight, the Enemy Base but those gates were closed.

"How are we going to get inside?" asked Proxi.

"Perhaps if we take these two keeps," one of the captains suggested.

One of the captains followed Link to the left, while the second took to the right. The soldiers split up as well.

Meanwhile, Tingle quickly took one of the keeps inside the Woodfall Palace. Once he had defeated the keep boss, a treasure chest appeared inside of the keep. Loving treasure, he didn't wait another second before opening it. Instead of finding rupees, he found the boss key.

Nonetheless, he snatched it and carried it outside of the keep. He immediately found a closed keep, the Boss Keep. He whipped out the boss key and unlocked the doors. They opened by themselves, and Tingle stepped inside.

That was when Odolwa appeared in front of him.

Link quickly defeated the keep boss and hurried outside of the keep, across the hall, and into the second one. The Hylian Captain there killed a few more Stalchildren, and the keep boss appeared.

Link slashed at the Stalfos until he was defeated. With both keeps taken, the doors to the Enemy Base opened.

Link hurried outside and took the right until he was inside their base. Once he was inside, he was greeted with more Stalchildren. However, he finally saw the Twinrova.

Koume and Kotake both were very short and practically identically. They both had black robes with white Gerudo printing on it, they both rode broomsticks, and they both had dark skin and pointy noses. The only difference between the two was that Koume had red hair with a red jewel on her forehead, and Kotake had the same thing but blue.

This represented the Koume had fire magic and Kotake had ice magic. Together, they would make a great duo.

"Looks like the hero has arrived," Koume spoke.

"Let's teach him a lesson, sister," Kotake suggested.

"Link will take both of you down!" Proxi shouted.

Link gripped his sword tighter and charged deeper into the base towards the Twinrova. He slashed at them with his sword, for they weren't that high off of the ground. They blocked one of his attacks, and followed up with Koume firing a ball of fire. Link was blasted across the room.

Tingle just dodged another swing from the giant tiki man's sword. Odolwa spun around and this time swung vertically, forcing Tingle to dodge it again.

"Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!" he cried, blowing up another red balloon until it popped. Odolwa was able to block the explosion, but the impact still made him take a few steps back.

The giant boss recovered quickly and continued to try and defeat the fairy man. Tingle dodged another attack and prepared to do a strong attack. He pulled out a bomb from his backpack, aimed it at the beast, and rolled it towards him. Not only did it explode and damage him, but it also caused him to fall to the ground.

While weakened, Tingle scurried over and let out a huge amount of attacks. He punched and kicked the monster and finished off by flying into the air with a balloon and dropping another bomb on him. Tingle jumped to the floor, where Odolwa was able to climb to his feet again.

Link did a spin attack and knocked the Twinrova onto a row of bombs. Once they landed on them, they exploded, causing them to fly through the air once more and crash onto the floor. They quickly got back onto their broomsticks again and prepared to dish out more attacks onto Link.

They each began to throw fire and ice balls at Link, but he was able to dodge most of them. He began to slice them with his sword once more. They blocked another attack and prepared a strong attack.

They quickly morphed together, creating one giant young woman. Half of her was dressed in red, while the other half was blue. They used their fire and ice magic together to create one beam of power. It fired directly down at Link, but he was able to dodge. After they had used their power, a cloud of smoke appeared. Once it was gone, they were back in their normal forms, weakened. Link used this chance to attack them.

He slashed at them extra hard and extra fast, finishing off with a stab. They flew across the room again.

They hopped back on their broomsticks, very weak.

"Enough of this!" cried Koume. "Sister, I believe we have something we need at the Woodfall Temple."

"I believe you are right, sister," Kotake agreed. "Those remains from Odolwa. We'll just have to kill him first!"

Suddenly the two disappeared and reappeared in the Woodfall Temple Boss Keep, where Tingle and Odolwa were battling. Odolwa was almost defeated as well.

All of the Stalchildren suddenly disappeared and were replaced with Hylian soldiers. With the Twinrova gone, the Enemy Base belonged to their forces.

"Oh no!" Proxi worried. "If they get the winning kill, then they'll get . . . whatever it was. But it can't lead to good. Tingle, you have to kill him first!"

Both Tingle and the Twinrova battled hard against Odolwa, as well as try to kill each other. The fact that they all wanted him dead, but they were still battling against each other, only enraged Odolwa more. He suddenly grew much stronger, practically glowing yellow.

He swung his sword, knocking all of them backwards. Tingle got up first and charged at the beast. He grabbed handfuls of bombs in each hand and chucked them all at the monster. They all blew up upon contact, causing him to drop to the ground, defeated.

He blew up into lots of green, blue, and red rupees, which really put a smile on Tingle's face. He nabbed them all in a matter of seconds.

However, something else also appeared in Tingle's hands. It was the mask Odolwa was wearing; Odolwa's Remains.

"Curses!" Koume growled. "We didn't do it! But no matter. Skull Kid is already working in the north to get the others. Shall we leave, sister?"

"I believe we shall," Kotake agreed.

The two then disappeared from the battlefield.

"That was a tough battle!" said Proxi. "I'm so glad you're not hurt, Link!"

Eventually, Link, Proxi, and Tingle met up at the Allied Base, where Young Link was waiting.

"Lookie! Lookie!" Tingle cheered. "I got this from the big guy!"

From his pockets, he pulled out Odolwa's and showed it to the others.

"Oh my!" said Proxi. "That's the mask he was wearing!"

"I heard the old hags say it's called his 'remains,'" he explained. "They said that there's another one in the north that some 'Skull Kid' is getting for them."

"Skull Kid," Proxi muttered. "Wait, there's another in the north? I wonder if there's a pair in all four countries. And I'm sure that whatever they want with these can't be good."

"So, what do we do?" asked Tingle.

"We stop them," she answered, and turned to Link. "So, where do we go next?"