Author Notes: For anyone curious. A Displaced is someone who has been changed into another character and/or given powers of said character after being sent through the void or multiverse and into another world. Their change may have also been caused from buying and/or touching a specific item usually sold by a merchant or other means.
Just as he placed his hand onto the Triforce, reality suddenly shattered into many shards, causing him to look around in confusion and panic. Jeff screamed out in fear as random images flashed before his vision.
"What's going on?! Where am I?! What's happening?" Jeff yelled out as he felt his vision spin around him. Suddenly, a burning pain rushed through his body, causing Jeff to clench his teeth. Jeff lets out a loud scream as the pain becomes too much to bare, eventually Jeff blacks out.
Jeff has no idea how long he was out as his vision returns. No longer was he at his doorstep when he opened the treasure chest containing the triforce; he now sat in what looked to be an endless forest covered in a winter veil. What is more strange is when he looked down, he found himself wearing a familiar green tunic he knew he wasn't wearing before.
It takes Jeff's mind a moment to clear, but he eventually remembers what happened. . "..No.. no-no… nonononono." Jeff said in disbelief as he padded himself down, making sure this was all real. "I shouldn't have touched it, but no, my curiosity got the best of me despite all of my mental planning." He said, before letting out a long groan. Taking a look around, Jeff finds himself what appears to be a vast forest, almost overgrown and judging from the snow that covered the area, it's currently winter.
Jeff shivered as the bitter cold licked at his face, making him quickly get up and slowly trek through the snow-covered forest in desperation to find a place of warmth; each step he took made the snow crunch below him.
"ok, ok! Mental check, I'm somehere I'm not supposed to be, I'm dressed up like Link. I don't know how or why touching the triforce transported me, or why I'm suddenly more fit.' Jeff said to himself as he looked down at his leather gauntlet covered hands.
After getting lost wandering around, Jeff manages to find a temple, looking up; he had to do a double take. "...Why does that look like the Temple of Time?' Jeff asked as he made his way inside. The inside of the temple looked exactly as Jeff remembers it. The stone pillars, the glass stained windows, and the pedestal where the three Spiritual Stones would usually be placed. Walking up to the pedestal, Jeff instead saw a small collection of items. A blue ocarina, a hooded cloak made of beautiful feathers, a silvery sword decorated with gems within its handle, an iron lantern painted red, and lastly, a blue tower shield.
Jeff slowly grew paranoid of the dangers of this world, making him reach down and pick up both the sword and shield, strapping the shield to his back and the sword and its scabbard to his left hip. Following after, Jeff puts on the feathery cloak to help stave off the cold. Jeff picks up the lantern, causing it to suddenly spark to life, as if triggered by Jeff's thoughts of warmth. Jeff is perplexed by this notion, as it wasn't something normal. "I'm going to question my sanity later..." Jeff said as he looked over at the ocarina. Slowly reaching out and picking it up, it reminds him of the ocarina of time from one of his favorite games. Jeff's vision is blinded by a flash of blinding light.
After the light clears away from his vision, Jeff is greeted by a beautiful woman with golden skin and long, flowing, shimmering yellow hair. She wore a long silky blue gown with a finger loop cloak, looking almost as if she had silky wings attached to her arms. In her hands, it is a replica of the ocarina.
"My champion: When you feel you do not have enough time, play my song, but please do so with caution." The golden figure said before placing the instrument's mouthpiece to her lips. Jeff went to speak to her, but no words came out, making him realize this is some sort of flashback. As the golden figure began to play, Jeff could feel magic flowing through the air and all around him. Slowly, the memory of the Song Of Time rings his mind. Just as suddenly as the flashback came, it vanished the same way, returning him back to reality.
"...W-what's going on?" Jeff asked as he held his head, trying to prevent a dizzy spell that threatened to make him lose his balance. Looking down, he notices a glowing triforce piece on the back of his hand, further confusing him as to what's going on. "I… I need answers; none of this makes sense." Jeff said to himself as he shook his head.
Stepping out of the temple and keeping his feathery hood cloak around his body, with a lantern lit and strapped to his hip, Jeff adventures out into the new world, and already he is lost, even more so than before. Everywhere he looked, nothing but trees, trees, oh look! More trees. Eventually finding a partly frozen pond, Jeff looks into it and is taken back by what he saw.
Instead of the look he was familiar with, now a whole different face stared back at him; a youthful, blonde haired, blue eyed face. Turning his head to the side, he sees blue earrings pieced between each pointed ear. Jeff almost looked like a spitting image of Link, including the green tunic and the leather pouches along his hips. The only things missing from this new visage were the green cap. The only thing that remained of Jeff's original self were his goatee and mustache, although now blonde.
Jeff reached up to brush his hair, which was now a blond color instead of the original dark brown. Whatever he did, his reflection would mimic him. "..T-this can't be right, there's no way! And yet I can smell, see, and hear everything...' Jeff said as he felt around his face. Before Jeff can go further, vines erupt from the ground blocking his path. Jeff looked on in confusion as he went to swing his sword to try and cut it, only to be met with a firm clang; the vines were too thick. Jeff goes to move to the right, making some progress before the vines popped up again. Moving around the open area, Jeff notices a pattern, as if the vines were trying to guide him somewhere. Having no choice but to follow the path, the thorny vines were forcing him to go.
A small trip later, Jeff arrives at a clearing and what looks to be a strange wolf made of timber standing perfectly still. Jeff is startled back as spiked vines popped up behind him, blocking his only exit out.
Jeff, by some strange muscle memory, pulls out his sword and shield as two Wolfos appear as if by magic. Both begin to circle around Jeff, eyeing him like prey. The first wolf leaps toward Jeff, swinging its claw and hitting him in the back, causing Jeff to let out a cry of pain. Jeff swings his sword around, only for the Wolfos to leap away.
"Dammit.. I forgot how annoying those things were in the game.' Jeff said, as he ignored the pain in his back. Both Wolfos leaped at him, however, relying on his muscle memory, Jeff spun around with his sword held out as he slashes both Wolfos at the same time.
Returning to their circling tactic, Jeff keeps his senses on high alert. One of the Wolfos leaps out, however Jeff rolls over them, getting up and quickly stabs at the Wolfos, causing it to howl in pain.
The Wolfos go back to their circling and whenever they tried to draw close, Jeff would swing his sword, causing them to leap back every time. Jeff pulls his arm back as he crouches low. No magic gathered, but he held that pose, relying on the strange knowledge that lingered in his mind, like a phantom of memories he never had. Just as the Wolfos got close, Jeff spins around, hitting the first Wolfos and killing it, causing it to let out a high pitched howl as its body bursts into flames. The second Wolfos leaped away out of the sword's range. Just as Jeff is taking a step to prepare his Spin Attack, the Wolfos took this chance to leap into the air and bring its claw down, knocking him to the ground. The Wolfos goes to jump again, preparing to claw Jeff again, however got up into a crouch position, making a mighty leap into the air.
"I can jump higher!?" Jeff yelled out in shock as he glided back down. With determination on his face, Jeff's eyes locked onto the Wolfos as it followed him around, only to meet with trouble as Jeff turned his body, keeping the Wolfos from getting to attack his back. As the Wolfos got close, it swung its limbering arms, completely missing his target as Jeff backflips away. Making a mighty leap forward, Jeff swings his sword in a wide arc onto the Wolfos's back, killing it. Like the previous Wolfos, it bursts into flames.
With the battle won, Jeff spun his sword around, sheathing it into its scabbard with a loud 'shing'. "...How the hell did I even do that?!" Jeff yelled out as he allowed himself to fall onto his back. Jeff reaches around and, sure enough, he felt some blood, and yet somehow his tunic had not been torn to shreds. Jeff goes to check his right arm, no blood other than a scratch. The chain mail under his tunic had taken most of the blow. Getting up, Jeff notices a green rupee, and what looks to be a piece of heart made of glowing red energy. Reaching down and picking it up, the red energy swirled around, healing up some of his wounds, and luckily stopped the bleeding. The green rupee Jeff placed into one of his leather pouches.
"F-finally... About time somecreature came!" A voice spoke out, making him look behind to find out that the strange wooden wolf is in fact alive, moving toward Jeff. Jeff pulls out his sword with no hesitation. "Now wait a minute, creature! I mean you no harm, you just freed me from a curse. The timberwolf spoke; its green eyes glowing every time it spoke. "I am Everfree, the spirit and guardian of this forest.' It said, and judging from its voice, she is a female.
"...Right, I suppose." Jeff said as he eased the tension in his muscles, however, kept the sword in his hand.
"Ever since that spider appeared in my forest, I've been finding my strength slowly waning, placing me paralyzed state. I had to use my vines out of desperation to guide you here. Thank you for defeating those strange flesh wolves...' Everfree said.
"Those are called Wolfos.." Jeff corrected her.
"...You know what of those creatures?" Everfree asked curiously.
"Well yea, kind of." Jeff said before pausing as he thinks about explaining the concept of a video game, he decides against it. "They tend to be around forests, though often traveling in small packs, but that's all I know...' Jeff explained to the best of his knowledge.
"Hmmm, perhaps you can take care of those foul creatures, it came from the north." Everfree said as she turned around. "Follow me." She said as she took off with Jeff following behind.
Arriving in another part of the woods, Jeff froze on the spot in confusion, disbelief, and shock. What he found… were what looked like remains of the Kokiri Forest, now appearing overgrown with tall grass and trees overhanging. Luckily for Jeff, the dirt and gravel pathways were clear, allowing him to travel through. Every little step he took, Jeff could recall old memories of this place from the games he's played, now made more vivid and detailed.
"Go on without me, this place doesn't feel natural to my senses. Be safe, young hero." Everfree suggested earning a nod from Jeff as she took off.
Blade and shield in his hands, Jeff tread carefully through the forest, eventually walking over the wooden stumps across a small lake. Jeff heads to his left to enter a building, the old shop of the kokiri's. Much like outside, the place is run down, rotten and stained with age.
Hopping over the stall, Jeff checks the shelves, finding ten Deku Nuts and an old quiver. Jeff puts the quiver around his back and the Deku Nuts into one of his pouches.
"...It's quiet, a bit too quiet." Jeff said as he searched for what he believed to be Mido's House. Inside, the condition is much like the shop, with the wooden walls rotting away to reveal the outside. The four chests are open, for two of them broken in half. Jeff manages to find a diary that may shine some light on the fate of the Kokiri Forest. Skimming through the pages, most of them were either unreadable, or damaged in some parts, however Jeff manages to find something.
[i]It's been seven years since Link left on his journey, seven years since the Great Deku died. Where is he?! Not even Saria will tell me! [/i]
[i]The Kokiri Forest isn't safe anymore, the forest has changed, we're no longer protected, now it's a bunch of weird creatures running around. Wolfos made of wood? Dragons? Weird fairies? And a coocoo that can turn you to stone?![/i]
The rest of the page was torn out..
Jeff was creeped out by now, as he placed the journal back down. "..It's like someone didn't want me seeing this. Jeff said as he walked out of the house, heading in the direction of where he remembers the Great Deku Tree. Arriving in a wide open area, he didn't see the Great Deku Tree. All that remained was a husk of a trunk, the Deku Tree looked almost as if it was burned alive.
"Quite tragic.."
Jeff is startled by the voice, causing him spin around and he drew out his sword at the ready. Jeff is confused that the voice came from some kind of golden wolf.
"..Hmm, for someone with my visage, you are not what I expected to arrive from the temple of time, but I suppose the goddess of time cannot be blamed for yanking someone from another world to bare my piece." The golden wolf said as he approached, causing Jeff's body to tense. "...Yet you lack experience. A shame she didn't place you in the far past, or I'd have trained you." The golden wolf said as he sat down.
"Wait, SHE'S the reason why I'm here?!" Jeff asked as anger swelled up.
"..Would you rather she didn't and let this land be doomed? I think not." The golden wolf said as he bared his teeth.
"But why me? There are thousands of others she could have picked." Jeff said as he continued to stare.
"When time is short, and desperation rises, she cannot be picky about whom she grabs. And before you ask, no, she cannot simply send you back and pick another." The golden said, staring back with its red eyes.
Jeff's grip loosened on his sword as he let out a sigh. "So... even if I were to go home, I'll just be bothered to no end knowing this land may end up doomed. So what exactly is the threat?" Jeff asked curiously.
"For now, there is only one that threatens the safety of this forest, and if not taken care of, it will surely overrun the rest of Equestria," The golden wolf explained as he gazed at the dead tree trunk of the great Deku Tree. "With the underground below this tree, you will find the [i]Parasitic Armored Arachnid, Queen Gohma."[/i]
Jeff stared in disbelief. "Wait, THAT thing?" Jeff asked, as he would have laughed if this was a video game and not reality. "Right, uh, is there anything you can give me that can help?" Jeff asked, hopefully.
The golden wolf raised his head toward the sky. With a brief flash, a bow appeared before it gently floated down into Jeff's hands. Jeff recognized this bow as the Hero's Bow, the same one the hero of twilight used.
"Best of luck to you, Hero." The wolf said as he leapt into the air, vanishing into black particles.
"Yea, I'm a hero...' Jeff said before letting out a long sigh as he didn't like what was forced upon him. Gathering what courage he has within his mind, Jeff heads inside the Deku Tree's trunk.
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Jeff enters the Deku Tree's Trunk as he gazes around the big open space. Everyone looked eerie similiar to the one in the game, except there is no path to go higher. There's alot more webbing than before. As Jeff looks up, he finds the queen itself: Queen Gohma, looking a lot more monstrous than Jeff remembers.
Spinning itss yeball around, it quickly scuttles across the webbing, then Flipp upside down to land infront of Jeff. Queen Gohma lets out mighty roar, causing Jeff to pull out his sword.
"You are one ugly motherfucker…" Jeff said in disgust. Gohma had quite the disturbing eye; green in color with red vains along its surface. It also didn't help that Gohma had legs like that of a spider and a scorpion.
The queen lets out a shriek as if she didn't like Jeff's comment. Stomping over to Jeff and raising up onto her deformed tail, she attempts to slam her talons onto Jeff, forcing the hylian to raise his tower shield to block the attack. However, Jeff didn't expect for Gohma to have so much strength, causing Jeff to stumble back.
"FUCKING HELL!" Jeff hissed in pain as the vibrations from the hit travel up his arm.
The armored arachnid came stampeding at Jeff, leaping into the air in an attempt to slam her crab claws onto Jeff. The hylian didn't have much time as he gets knocked into the nearest wall, causing some blood to shoot out of his mouth.
Jeff's heart is racing in fear, and yet the cursed triforce of courage is numbing down the fear. Gohma comes charging at Jeff again as he pulls out the Hero's Bow and nocking an arrow. Jeff aims at Gohma's eye and releases the arrow. It hits her eye, stunning and causing her to go stumbled. Jeff comes running at her with his sword drawn as he begins madly slashing her eye.
Shrieking in pain, she scuttles back onto her feet, turning around to go up the nearest pillar. Jeff is quickly disturbed as its deformed tail starts to throb, quickly laying her eggs.
"I don't want to be here anymore.." Jeff said as he looked around to avoid throwing up at the sight. The eggs quickly hatch upon hitting the ground; totaling four baby Gohmas. They quickly surround Jeff, leaping at him at all sides. Jeff flails around trying to get the buggers off of him, he manages to get one of them off of his shoulder by punching it in the eye, then proceeding to smack his fist into the others.
Jeff hisses out in pain as one of the baby Gohma's takes a bite out of his arm, causing Jeff to scream out in pain. Stabs his sword into the Baby Gohma's eye, killing it as green blood splatters out from his strike
"Seriously hope they're not venomous…" Jeff said as he tries his best to ignore the pain in his arm. Pulling back his arm, Jeff spins his body around, performing the spin attack to slice through the remaining Baby Gohmas in half.
Queen Gohma let out an angry screech as she allowed herself to fall from the ceiling, landing behind Jeff, appearing more pissed off than before.
Jeff quickly spun around to face the queen as she comes barreling at him. Jeff didn't have time to get out of the way as she knocked him onto the ground, pinning him. Jeff raises his tower shield as Queen Gohma goes on a rampage swinging its crab claws as she madly bashes the shield in an attempt to exact her revenge. Jeff swings his blade out and slashes one of her crab claws. It didn't do much damage but at least caused her pain to allow the hylian to get up and get away. Jeff gets up, nocks an arrow and shoots it into Gohma's eye, causing her to collapse onto the ground, allowing Jeff to come running to slash at her eye in a frenzy. Queen Gohma's eye is bleeding green as she lets out a loud screen of rage, she charges at Jeff blindly, swinging her crab claws.
Due to her being enraged, her swings keep missing Jeff again and again as the hylian backs away to keep his distance. Nocking one more arrow and stunning her with a well placed shot. Jeff rushes in to impale his sword into her eye. The Queen lets out final cry before collapsing about the ground, her body burning away in glowing green flames.
Jeff goes to inspect his injuries, finding out he was bleeding from his neck and leg. "Why couldn't I have been giving armor than just chain mail covering my chest?" Jeff said as he looks around. Jeff's attention is drawn when he hears the sound of some kind of jewelry being dropped. Looking down at the ground, Jeff notices two new items; some kind of necklace with a crystal heart shaped bead that reminds him of the heart containers, and the other item being a glowing green orb. Jeff picks the heart container bead necklace and places it around his neck, the hylian soon finds his pain fading away and his wounds healed up, however the blood on his tunic and white trousers would remain. Jeff reaches down and picks up the green orb, suddenly causing a fierce wind to blow through hollow deku tree, allowing fresh air to come from the outside. Jeff, seeing as the orb feels to be magical, places the green orb into one of his pouches.
With Gohma gone, Jeff freely explores the rest of the Deku Tree's Trunk. After some exploring, he finds a small dark purple filly wearing a blue scarf who is now caught up in the spider's web. The Hylian quickly checks her pulse, then sighs in relief that she's alive. Jeff uses his sword to cut her down, allowing her body to fall into his arms. Jeff carefully carries her in his arms, being mindful of the tiny sparks that were jumping from her broken horn.
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Jeff carries the purple pony outside of the Deku Tree's Trunks, soon looking around for the golden wolf.
"..Golden wolf guy? Are you around here?" Jeff asked as he looked around the area, finding no trace of him, or hearing any response.
Gazing at the foal's horn and tilting the foal's head, Jeff notices a nasty gash across her left eye. Judging from both the horn and angle of the wound, Jeff assumes Gohma is the guise of her broken horn. The question Jeff is wondering about is how this whole mess happened to her, how and why? Reaching behind to grab hold of his Roc's cloak, Jeff tears off a piece of his Roc's cloak. Kneeling down, Jeff goes to tie it around the foal's head, covering both her broken horn and over her left eye. The sparking stopped and the bleeding slowed down. "I hope this'll be enough till I can find the pony's home.." Jeff said as he began to walk through the forest.
Nighttime draws near and it is getting more difficult to see, especially when he is starting to get more tired. Jeff finds an old abandoned castle, quickly making his way inside. "I'd best make a campfire, otherwise we're gonna freeze." Jeff said to himself as he goes to remove his Roc's cloak, then wrap the foal with it so she remains warm. Jeff places her down onto the stone floor before heading back outside to gather sticks and dead branches.
Returning back inside with the materials and making his way to the center of the room, Jeff places the sticks around carefully in a pyramid shape, Jeff brings up his lantern, and as if reacting to Jeff's thoughts, it shoots out a small flame toward the pile, igniting the makeshift campfire.
"It's a small flame, so I'll need to get more to last the night." Jeff said as he walked off and out of the castle to gather more wood. Jeff returns with an arm full of thick branches and logs he had found around the castle grounds. Just as Jeff places them down, he's hit by a dizzy spell, causing Jeff to lean against the nearby tree for support. Slowly, the red lantern's flame flickered out. "..So this is what it feels like to run out of magic.." Jeff said as he sat down on the ground near the campfire.
With arms crossed, Jeff progresses through his thoughts of what he has learned so far. "Alright, a lot of things from the Zelda franchise seem to exist in this world, so, first the goddess of time I met in my vision, whom I suppose is the only one from Majora's Mask as she looked nothing like the three goddesses, or zelda. Sure, she had golden skin, but, items, even a few monsters. What else does this world have?" Jeff thought to himself as he went through his memories of every single Zelda game he's played as he wanted to prepare his mind for the worst. "..I am not looking forward to the Redeads.." Jeff thought to himself with a shudder of discomfort as he pushed his blonde hair out of his eyes. Jeff is distracted from his thoughts when he hears the purple foal let out a pained groan. Looking over at her, the foal flutters her eyes open, revealing them to be big, bright, and turquoise color. Her pupils quickly dilated in fear as she looked around in a panic.
"Hey-now, I'm not gonna hurt you." Jeff said quickly, not wanting her to make a mad dash out of here. The foal turns to look at Jeff, staring with a look of fear and confusion.
"Where am I? Where are my friends?!" The foal asked as she kept staring at Jeff.
"You're safe now.. As for your friends? I didn't see any other pony when I rescued you from Gohma's webbing." Jeff explained, slowly the foal's expression went from confused to sad.
"Why did they run off.." The foal asked in disbelief as the sparks on her broken horn started to spark.
"A-ah! Now hold on. You're injured…" Jeff said in worry as he got up from the log, quickly making his way over to the foal.
"W-what? My horn…" The foal said as she reached up to gently touch it, she quickly pulled her hooves back when she felt a small tinge of pain.."T-that thing broke it off when I went to cast a spell.."
"You could have been in a far worse state than just the broken horn." Jeff as he brushes his leather gloved hand over the foal's purple hair.
"..Who.. what are you?" The foal asked as he looked up at Jeff with a wary eye.
"I'm Jeff, a hu-.." Jeff pauses to clear his throat. He couldn't really tell her he's a human, plus who knows if there are others like him here.. "A hylian." Jeff answered.
"What's a Hylian? I've not heard or seen a Hylian before, I'm Tempest Shadow by the way." Tempest answered as she kept staring.
"EEhh.. It's a long story." Jeff said with a frown. Tempest gave him the big puppydog eyes, causing Jeff to frown even more. Eventually, Jeff had to give into her cuteness. "Alright.." Jeff said before letting out a long sigh. "A Hylian is a race of magically gifted pointy eared humanoids that came from a kingdom known as Hyrule.
"I've never heard of Hyrule either, what's it like?" Tempest asked as she got closer to Jeff, staring with excitement.
"Uh.. Well, quite a beautiful place." Jeff said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Where is it in Equestria? ." Tempest asked curiously.
"I..uh, It's very far away.."" Jeff paused as he felt really unsure if Hyrule even exists in Equestria.
"Oh, like across the sea?" Tempest asked.
"Yea, let's go with that." Jeff said in relief, happy he doesn't have to explain. Sure, he could have said it's a video game, but Jeff feels that there is a chance Hyrule does exist, or at least some form of it.
"What kind of magic can Hylians do?" Tempest asked, causing Jeff to look down at his hand in curiosity.
"Well, quite a lot actually.." Jeff said as he looks up toward the night sky as his mind runs through a list of magic he's seen in the game.
"Can you show me?" Tempest asked in excitement.
"Sorry, I haven't learned how." Jeff said, making Tempest frown. Slowly the purple foal opens her maw wide to let out a big yawn. She still had so many questions, but she was getting tired. Jeff gets up to sit by the fire as Tempest slowly drifts off to sleep.
As Tempest sleeps soundly wrapped in Jeff's Roc's Cloak, he pulls out the green orb from his pouches, he gazes and studies it, trying to figure out its purpose. Other than its color, it was baseball sized and had Farore's symbol inside of it, it also glowed in a mysterious energy. Jeff could feel some kind of force behind the orb. Thinking about it deeply, since magic does exist, there could be Great Fairies somewhere in this world. Jeff frowned deeply at the thought that if they're anything like the ones in ocarina of time, it would make it difficult to talk to them considering how much their body reveals.
"Hero?" The everfree's voice rang from all around the forest, causing Jeff to turn around startled. "Sorry for the mental intrusion but I must thank you for taking care of the threats. My timberwolves and those who live in my forest can rest well tonight."
"You're welcome, uh.. Question. Do you know of any Great Fairies? You know, big girls with colored hair? They're humanoid like me and pointed" Jeff asked curiously.
"...There is one, but she hides behind a rock inside a cave, I rarely see her leave and she never talks to me. I think she's been shy or nervous since she moved in." Everfree voice explained.
"Thanks, I'll be sure to give her a visit later on once I've returned Tempest to safety." Jeff said as he makes a mental note to ask Tempest tommorow of where she came from.
"Alright, I'll guide you there when you return, I look forward to your next visit, hero." Everfree's voice said before going silent.
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The sun's rays slowly shine through the trees, gently waking up Jeff from his deep slumber. The hylian had trouble sleeping last night due to his mind swimming with worry about the future, managing only three hours. Letting out a groan, Jeff stretches his arms out above his head. Looking down, Jeff notices that Tempest had cuddled up with him while still wrapped up in his cloak.
"..The pony barely knows me and she already trusts me.." Jeff mentally thought to himself as he went to shake her awake.
"..Mmmm, five more minutes mom…" Tempest mumbles in her sleep.
"Uh.. Tempest? Wake up, we can't get a move on with you sleeping." Jeff said as he shook her awake.
"AH! Right, right…" Tempest said as she woke up with a snort, quickly remembering what happened last night. Climbing out of Jeff's lap and out of his Roc's Cloak, Jeff picks it up and gives it a shake, getting all the pony hair out. Jeff slips the cloak around his neck as it magically equips itself.
"Where exactly is your home?" Jeff asked as he looked down at Tempest.
"It's… uh," Tempest pauses for a moment as she looks around looking confused. "Just how deep did that spider crab thing take me? I don't recognize anything.." Tempest asked as her ears lowered.
"Hey, no worries, I promise I'll get you home, or at least find an adult who can.." Jeff said before pausing to look around.
"Did you get lost in Everfree too?" Tempest asks as Jeff begins to walk out of the castle.
"...Something like that, yea. I just appeared here having no idea why or how." Jeff asked with a shrug.
As the two walk out, Jeff pauses in his tracks as he spots a familiar owl statue. Walking over and kneeling down, he pushes away the snow reveal some familiar dots arranged in pattern at the base of the statue. "...The song of soaring." Jeff said in surprise.
"You know what this thing is?" Tempest asked as she turned around to look at Jeff.
"..Yea, it's a song that allows one to warp to other owl statues." Jeff said as he took out the ocarina of time as he went to repeat each note, slowly recalling the Song Of Soaring. Completing the song suddenly causes his ocarina to sparkle with magical energy.
"[i]If you have left proof of our encounter on any of those stone statues... Then the song carved at my feet will certainly be of some assistance. Remember it well and play it whenever the need arises.[/i]" Kaepora Gaebora's words echoed in his mind.
"Wow, I've never heard of songs that can do that.." Tempest said as she watched Jeff's ocarina glitter.
"Yea well, I suppose now it's ancient forgotten magic.." Jeff guesses as he puts away his ocarina into his pouches, watching it as it shrinks in size to fit inside. Jeff walks alongside Tempest as they head toward Ponyville.
Tempest was getting a little excited hearing there is still a lot of magic she didn't know about, however some of that excitement died down as she gazed up at her horn. Many thoughts ran through her mind at what her parents will do to her when he returns home. Tempest let out a soft sigh as she didn't know what to do.
As the two walk through the Everfree Forest, there is an old brown and white owl watching from a branch high above the two. "May he have the courage to change this Equestria's future." The owl said before taking off into the sky.