"Are we there yet?" Asked a certain bored Hylian, face buried deep into his mother's mane as another way to annoy her.
"Link, that is the fifth time you have asked that. No, we are not there yet." She grunted back, patience wearing thin by the minute.
Link roared in frustration, putting his hands to his head.
"Graaaahhhh!!! But this is sooooo boooorrrriiiinnnggggg!!!" Link started to looked around mischievously.
"Why don't we do...." He quickly hopped off his mother's back.
".....do something fun instead!" He then ran off into the shrubbery, chirping in pure mischief and glee.
"LINK GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT! YOU WILL NOT BE DRAWING UNNECESSARY ATTENTION TOWARDS US, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" She roared, galloping after the direction he took off in.
Of course, Link wouldn't be Link if he hadn't set up a few traps a long the way, things that would cause her to trip and fall or things that would pop out and scare her.
"When I get my hands on him he's gonna wish I never chose to save his sorry ass...." She grumbled, picking out a handful of twigs and rocks from her mane.
By the time she reached the little Hylian, he was crouching behind a couple of bushes, quietly staring very intently at something. The Lynel knew this was odd, seeing as how he shifted from his giggly, mischievous self to but a silent, stalking predator.
She hid herself behind some trees and glanced to where her pup was stalking.
"Oh...." Standing there where two tall creatures.
One Rito and the other a Zora.
She could now understand why he was so intrigued.
"What are those things, mom? Why is one so scaly and why does the other one have feathers and what is it holding and are those spears-" Link was getting excited, which meant he was getting loud.
"Shh. Did I not teach you about stealth?" She quietly grumbled back in what could be interpreted as a whisper.
Link slapped his hands over his mouth, looking very sheepishly at his mother. He nearly made a potential mistake that 'could've-most-likely-would've' lead them to their deaths.
"...Sorry." He chirruped back quietly. The Lynel just shook her head before turning to subtlety point at the creatures he was so interested in.
"The one with the feathers is a Rito. The other one is a Zora. They are like Hylians and Hyruleans, on the matters that they dwell on these lands. And before you ask- no, they do not like our kind." She sharply said the last part, knowing Link would try to get closer to them. Now knowing what kind of relationship he had in mind is an entirely different story.
Link pouted and turned away and started to open his mouth before his beastly mother cut him off.
"No, we cannot hunt them. The Ritos can fly and the Zoras are very loyal to one another. If we hurt one, we hurt them all."
Link immediately shut his mouth after that, tongue sticking out in frustration.
"Why are they even here thennnnn!" He whined.
"That....I do not know... Ritos don't usually stray from their homeland and they especially don't converse to Zora like this. Same goes with Zoras...." She pondered to herself, worrying Link.
If his own mother didn't understand another creature's behavior, then something must really be up!
"Get on my back. We need to find an alternate route." Link complied without a word, hopping onto his mother's back a bit shaken about his mother's concern.
.....But just before they were to leave-
There was a sound. A soft, sweet sound, pleasant to the ears.
Link's ears perked up and he jerked his head towards the direction it was coming from, as well as his mother.
The Rito bird they had just seen was now moving his weird giant object in his hands, swaying it back and forth, creating a pleasant sound from it.
Link was utterly fascinated.
"Mom."
"No."
"Mother."
"NO."
"Please."
"I ALREADY KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING."
"I need one."
"I AM NOT GETTING YOU WHATEVER THAT IS - IT IS WAY TOO BIG."
"But mother I need it."
"NO YOU DON'T, LINK."
"It can make sounds, Mom! SOUNDS!"
"AND FOR THE LAST TIME, NO!"
By that point, subtlety and stealth was thrown out the window as they trotted off onto the grassy plains.

"Commander, did you hear that?" One Zora perked up.
"Yeah.....it sounded kinda like a Lynel....." Said Commander shivered at the thought.
"What should we do?" Frantically asked the other Zora. There was already ONE Lynel, and now there were two?!
The Zora pondered a moment before responding.
"....Warn the soldiers as well as the King, but don't let anyone else know. We don't want a mass panic, especially if we aren't 100% if what we heard was a Lynel."
"Yes sir!" The other saluted.
There couldn't be another Lynel, especially around the Domain.
It was just impossible!
The Zoras quickly headed back to the Domain, eager to tell the King what had just transpired.

(AND THUS LINK HAS FINALLY SEEN HIS FIRST ZORA AND RITO! *Clap clap clap* dunno if this a slow burn, but it probably may be oof. Also I'd like to imagine that the world to Link is like his toy store- he sees something and is all "I want" and usually he's able to get it bc, well, badass mom is badass. Also if you can guess who the Rito is then yayyyyy I did good at describing them(?) The more the story goes on the more it just shows how much of a lil-shit Link is. He's a hell-raiser. But he's p cute in my book, at least in this story. Like a "D:< I do what I want!" kind of cute bratty but then goes from "D: " bc he did something stupid that embarrasses him. He's a mama's boy, and sometimes he proudly shows it. I mean, if your mom could take down camps of enemies without a scratch, I guess that would be something to be proud of. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the story! Like and comment and all that jazz~!)