Chapter 33: Stories
After dropping the eggs off in the lab, Link and I followed a pretty gold seahorse that Fado got us by some guy living on the beach, or stole it from him, and had it lead us around Pinnacle Rock. I didn't get to go inside the water for reasons, but after so much time to find the last 3 Zora eggs, we finally huddled them all together and learned a song from the hatchlings; new wave bossa nova
The new song had a deep meaning to it. A meaning that's close to my heart... I turned to the side to see Scotty sitting on a table, smiling with his eyes closed, enjoying the song before it stopped and hurried to leave as soon as possible without a word. Scotty...
Link and I went to around Zora hall, which is like Zora's domain. The singer we plan on meeting name was Lulu, not Lola! Huh... I might remember some part of the game but I'm still making mistakes
Zoras were giving me weird looks when I walked around while Link was going around here as Mikau so we can know where Lulu is and even practice some music. The zoras weren't giving me nasty looks, they actually looked curious as I walked around. I frowned and stopped in front of a random Zora
"Hello, Mr.Zora... I'm Lina" I smiled
"Oh! Mikau, and... you're the little girl who was following Mikau around. At first I thought you were just a fan but... You two stand by each other like friends and even... you look like someone the old prince always likes talking about"
"Prince..?" A Zora swam to the surface to speak with us
"The Prince of the Zoras... The son of the late Zora Queen and princess Lulu's brother" I gasped, cupping my mouth in shock
"What?!" Link gasped
"Lulu's a princess?" I whispered to myself
"The only royal that mattered to rule the kingdom was the queen... But because the queen died months ago, the hall hasn't been the same. The prince and princess aren't fit to rule, but they are still one of us. Lulu is still here, Scotty is... Gone" some of the Zoras around looked down. I took a step back, still shocked before running off to find Lulu. Poor girl... She lost her eggs, and her family. No wonder Scotty was acting strange
Leaving the hall from the back, Link and I faced Lulu staring off into the sea. Link and I looked at each other before seeing Scotty watching her from the other side
"Scotty..." I frowned. Lulu flinched and looked down at me. I gulped nervously and curtsied a little "h-hello... Your majesty" Lulu frowned a bit "I am Lina... And you know Mikau" she looked at Link before turning away a little "I have great news... Your eggs are safe! Mikau saved them!" She glanced at him and smiled "and also... I knew of Scotty" her head completely turned to look at me wide eyed. Her mouth opened, but she stopped herself and looked away again. I looked at Link and nodded. He got the signal and took out his guitar to play the song her babies made.
Listening to the song, she gained her voice back and started singing with the melody. Tears formed in her eyes. Scotty smiled softly and held her shoulder before smiling at me and disappeared.
Playing the song caused a large turtle to awaken, actually being the island in front of us. Link was on his way to the temple and Lulu and I stayed together. She was on her knees to stare dead at my eyes. I flinched and moved away
"You..." I frowned as she played with my hair "you're the one that my brother always talks about... I knew someday he would leave to find you. That note... Did you send it?" I nodded
"I'm sorry... He was a good man" she looked down
"I'm just glad he got to be happy... And I'm so happy my eggs are safe. Thank you... I don't even know you and you've done so much"
"Scotty did so much for me... Thank you for accepting him into your family" she looked surprised before smiling softly and stood up, looking up at the moon getting closer to the earth. This is the second day... Hopefully Link will hurry
"That song Mikau played for me... My mother used to sing it often... Long ago. This place is no longer a kingdom, but I am proud to still be part of this race. Scotty was always so focused on the blue maiden that he often forgets people are talking to him. He was a good little boy... But very stubborn. I will never forget the words he told me"
"Words?" She closed her eyes
"Soon there will be a day when 7 of them will fall... Keep them close while I go, I must leave to find my blue maiden. Mother wants me to marry, but I am simply following my destiny. Big sister... I love you, please don't forget me" I held my heart "earlier while I was singing... It's like I felt him by me. He somehow knew I was going to lay eggs even if he left so long ago before I lay them. I never understood Scotty"
"What do you mean..?"
"he was a baby when my mother found him in the middle of the sea. No one knew of him or how he ended up there, but we brought him in and made him a prince. The only Royal that mattered was my mother... Scotty and I were just like everyone else. Except Scotty was unique in a way... For a young Zora, he was mature and always spend time alone drawing this girl with blue hair. Now we all thought is was normal kid play, but he was serious... It seems he got what he wanted. He fulfilled his destiny to you, didn't he?" I nodded
"Yes..."
"To put a life for someone else... Mikau" I held her hand. She looked a little surprised
"Mikau will be back later... Have patience and you will be able to rehearse later, okay?" She stared at me
"Who are you..?" I put my hands together
"Just a normal little girl with the ability to know how to fix people's hearts..." She smiled and nodded. She went back to the hall, letting Scotty show up in front of me "Scotty..." He smiled
"I didn't think I would be able to come back and see everyone. Knowing your slow mind, I didn't think you'd remember and have me come here as a spirit" I pouted while blushing
"Hey..." He chuckled
"It's okay, I know you were hurting..." He smiled at the door "her eggs are safe. I'm so glad... I knew one day she would lay eggs. I feel so bad for my big sister"
"Don't" he looked at me "she went through enough but now that she knows her egg are safe and she knows that you died happy... Everything is okay. She's happy now" he smiled again, shedding tears
"Thank you..." He fated away completely. I looked back at the direction where the turtle took Link. where the big water tornado was. I took out my scythe and prayed to the goddess to use her magic and have Link hurry...
Light blinded me. Opening my eyes, I saw him coming back on the turtle. I put my hands together happily as he jumped off with a mask in his hands
"we've been in there for hours! Why does it still look like we never left?!" Tatl asked. I giggled and held Link's hand
"You did get all the stray fairies! Didn't you? Like I said?" He turned around to show his back, having all the stray fairies resting on it. I always laugh at how they hang on to us. Normally I'm with Link and some of the fairies get on my back, but Link had to carry the weight for me just because I can't swim... I wouldn't be helpful if I can't do anything
"Awesome!" I looked up at him "so... The mask?" He smiled and showed it to me. Gyorg's remains... I placed my hands on it so we can meet the third giant wanting us to find their friend. I don't know if they were talking about the last giant or Skullkid... Link and Tatl left before I did. I was now surrounded by three of the Giants
"Blue maiden... It seems you are close to your awakening" one of them said. If it wasn't Gofilic they're speaking than what is it? They never told me what it was
"Please tell me what you know..." I warped back to where Link and Tatl was. I looked down, disappointed that I didn't get to get my answer. Oh well... I shouldn't be in a hurry anyways. I smiled at Link looking at me "sorry, I was talking to the Giants"
"About?" Tatl asked
"Nothing important... Let's get to rehearsal" Link crossed his arms
"These people don't even know Mikau died... How will they're band continue without him? I'll be happy to play with them for the carnival but..."
"I... Don't know what to tell you" that was actually a good question. We put that to the side and went back home after spending time in the great bay and watched the time bubble cover everything. Back to the dawn of the first day, it was time to find the last Giant
Link, Tatl, and I were laughing our butts off after using the Captain's mask to scare Dampe into his house. We are here in Ikana Graveyard and did everything we had to do here. I stared at the big Poe Link killed underneath a grave, from a bottle I had in storage. Not that I need the money when we sell this thing, but it's pretty cool to see
"Please! Let me out, I'm sorry!" The Poe said. It spoke... I shook my head and threw it back in the grave we were just in. Since Link got the Captain's mask and became Captain of the Stalkids that were the army of some royal family, they have all been listening to his orders instead of attacking. I had to hide while Link plays his role and when I got spotted, I wasn't getting attacked, but gain respect of the one that found me... After that, all the Stalkids gave me respect like they gave Link... Strange
"Do I really look all that scary?" Link asked
"Yeah! Really scary!" Tatl said "almost as scary as Lina's reaper face" I looked at her confused
"Is that what you're going to call it?"
"Well yeah! You're sooo scary when you make that face! And that hood of yours isn't helping!" I pouted and put the Garo's mask we got from a race, on with my hood still on "agh! You look even creepier!" I took out my scythe, making her scream and hide behind Link. Link chuckled nervously. I smiled behind the mask
"Well... That's what you get Tatl. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" Tatl pouted as soon as we arrived at the entrance of Ikana Canyon. I kept the mask on as Link kept the Captain's mask on. This place had a royal family and even has a blood stained history
"I think I can remember hearing that there's a child and parent living around where the ghost of the canyon are. Doing some kind of research" I looked at Link leaning on his knees "hm?"
"Lina... Why has it been so long since you've summoned the owl?"
"What? There's no owl in this world" there is in the game but I haven't seen it at all
"Surely the owl can hear your summoning from here?" I turned away to look at nothing
"This world is very far away from Hyrule, Link... Don't you think I would have already called him if I could?"
"Well yeah but... You said this place is a parallel part to there. Surely there's a bird here who will give us aid"
"I expected one, but no... I do not think there's one here" except that one bird I saw soaring around the blizzard of the mountain "I did try to think there was one here and used the song of soaring one time... But nothing happened so I thought I can't depend on a owl here" Link nodded
"ah... I see..." We looked ahead to look at a house below the canyon surrounded by what look like Redeads, but are mummies
"I feel like something bad happened... What happened again?" I asked myself. The smell of iron was all over... It was blood, but so much older... Death was everywhere. Even if I knew this place was filled with death, I somehow know what old death smells like
"I-it's getting really dark..." Tatl hid under Link's hat
"Should we sleep for the night and come back in the morning?" Link asked "it's creepy at this time anyways..."
"Want me to put the all night mask on you?"
"N-no! I'm not sleepy or anything!" I giggled
"Very well... This is no place for children like us. Let us go back to Clock town. I know someone who can read us a bed time story... But we won't be going to sleep. Therefore this will be a very important story that will last till morning" Link and Tatl looked at each other. I giggled and ran from the Canyon. I am actually very curious about the stories the old lady that I think is Anju's grandma, has to say about the four giants and the carnival of time
The old lady's voice was lagging, but at least she's starting the story of the carnival of time that'll be going on soon "The carnival of time... each year, the season of harmony begins when the sun and moon are in alignment. Paying homage to the way that both nature and time are tirelessly in the a process of progressing. The carnival of time is when the peoples of the four worlds celebrate that harmony and request fruitfulness for the year"
"Looks like all the races come together then" I told Link not really paying attention. The story went on about the carnival being for the four giants and talked about if a couple unite on the day of the festival and dedicates a mask as a sign of their union, it will bring luck. The story was useful information, too bad Link wasn't paying attention... At least Tatl was on my head, listening.
"That was great!" I clapped "can you read the one about the four giants?"
"What?! Didn't you say that was going to take all night?!" Link whined. I shooshed him so the story can start. It tells when the world was together and not delegated into four world's like it is now. Everyone were together and the four giants decided to separate and go to sleep, leaving a poor imp, who were friends with the giants before the four world's were created. The imp got so angry he caused trouble in all those worlds. The giants got mad at the imp and vanished him or else it'll be executed... Tatl's eyes were sore when it reached morning. Her eyes are dry from crying so much and Link was miserable for having that mask that keep his eyes open. I wasn't bothered... Until the lady kept on reading even if it was morning already
"The imp left and crossed path with the goddess of time who was watching from a far and said these words 'oh imp... Your heart has shattered and you are saddened. To loose who you had as friends because you couldn't accept change... The darkness in your heart will attract the worse. You will forever go on living with this dark soul of yours... One day that dark soul will find blackness... And you will be doomed if you take something that is not yours... Though my worlds have no meaning to you now, centuries will pass and you'll finally be able to be happy" the lady shut the book. I stared in shock. The goddess of time spoke to that imp? She knew of this future already... Well, I guess that's why she's called the goddess of time
As Link and Tatl slept in our home, I sat in front of the fireplace. thinking about the story that lady was telling. Link and I lived in other timelines... I wonder if the goddess of time took notice of me back in those times as well
I fell asleep on the floor, noticing Link's aura was coming close to me to pick up my body and have me lay in our bed to sleep together in peace
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