(Sorry about the wait but life is getting in the way, I just got a job and finished paying off AC3)
Twilight led Link to an empty field so he could show her two spells. “This should be as good a place as any.” She said, anxiously waiting, Link nodded and continued past her a short distance. The other five soon arrived and sat down next to twilight watching Link as he equipped his first spell: Forore’s wind.
Link focuses and places a foot behind himself, pulls his arms together (hadouken style) as he twists his upper body before raising both arms (I’m gonna change the spell slightly). A green light envelops him and he feels the familiar warm sensation from using his spells. The green light disappears along with Link. Twilight looks around before a green flash appears behind them, they turn not seeing Link. “Link? Liiink?” they look around before hearing his voice coming from a tree “Can any of you help me out? I’m stuck.” They look up seeing Link hanging from a limb near the top. They laugh while he struggles to dislodge himself. Twilight’s horn glows before Link’s tunic rips and he falls from the tree screaming.
Rainbow dash swoops in and catches Link, faster than he could blink, and sets him at the base of the tree. “Thanks Rainbow dash.” He said before trying to look at his torn tunic; only to be stopped by Rarity’s magic keeping Link from moving as she inspected the tunic. “Hmm, I could have this fixed in no time.” she said rubbing her chin. And maybe I can fix that awful color she thought to herself as she tried pulling off his tunic. Link holds it down, “Hey! this is the only tunic I have!” the other two are with me in seven years. He silently added. “Don’t worry darling I can make you better ones!” Rarity said as she keeps trying to take the tunic off Link. “Well can you at least give me something else to wear while I wait? Or let me wait until it’s done?” he said keeping his tunic near his knees.
Rarity sighs and stops trying to take the torn tunic, “Fine, come with me and you’ll get some ‘privacy’.” Link nods appreciatively and climbs onto Rarity’s back, getting some strange looks and a quick buck, launching him off. He stands up with a small groan and is given the evil eye by Rarity, and Applejack. “Jus' what in the name a' Celestia were you doing?” Link began feeling nervous from the disapproving stares he was receiving. “Well?” the orange mare said taking a few, menacing, steps towards him. “What did I do?” He stood up and brushed off his tunic, causing the rip to widen a bit.
“Why’d ya climb on Rarity like that?” Applejack said, stopping herself from facehoofing. “Why? Well I don’t see anything wrong with it, we ride horses in Hyrule.” this little revelation was met with blushes from the mares, Link stared at them confused, “What? Epona didn’t seem to mind it... But come to think of it she couldn’t talk.” He said sitting down, cross legged, and putting a hand on his knee and the other on his chin. “I guess I should apologize when I get back to Hyrule.”
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“Woah did you see that?! I didn’t know he had magic!” a white unicorn filly whispered to her two friends, “Yeah, so what? He’s still not as cool as Rainbow Dash!” the orange pegasus replied turning to the third member, “What do you think applebloom?” She returns her friend’s gaze and replies, “What do ah think of what? His magic? Or that he ain’t as cool as Rainbow?”
“Both!” Scootaloo answered loudly causing both fillies to cover her mouth with their hooves. “Shh! Be quiet you dodo.” Sweetie belle said before moving aside the bushes leaves again.
Scootaloo pushed the hooves away and angrily replied, “What are you a dictionary?” Applebloom rolls her eyes and looks out of the bush’s leafy wall again.
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Twilight opens her mouth to say something but stops as they hear a rustling coming from the bushes. Link instantly rises to his feet and draws his sword in one swift motion, the sunlight sending gold and silver reflections around. He looks at the bush, and slowly walks towards it, sword in one hand mirror shield in the other. Twilight stares at the bush and sees three pairs of eyes and three pairs of hooves, “Link wait!” Link stops advancing and turns to the purple mare, staying in a defensive stance. “What is it?”
“You'll scare them with that.” Link’s stance slackens slightly and he raises an eyebrow in a silent question. His question was answered by scootaloo running out of the bush causing Link to instinctively backflip away from her and return to his fighting stance.
Sweetie belle and Applebloom followed, at a slower pace. Link relaxed his stance upon seeing the familiar fillies and greets them with a smile, “Oh, hello you three.” He puts his sword and shield away, Well at least this got us off the topic of horse riding. “Hey can we see that thing on your back?” Scootaloo asks, Link shakes his head “Aww why not?” Applebloom asked giving Link the cutest face she could muster, the other two followed suit. Link’s heart practically exploded as he looked over the three fillies How can they be so adorable?! “Um... I-I’m sorry girls, but this is very, very dangerous. And I don’t want you to hurt yourselves.”
“Indeed, I wouldn’t want your coat to get all filthy with scars and...” Rarity shivers before adding “Staining. Your nice. Clean. Coat.”
Link crossed his arms and nods along with the others. “Aww.” the crusaders said in unison followed by a group pout. “Don’t be so down. Come on and turn that frown upside down!” Pinkie said before turning her head upside down, startling Link, “H-how is she?” He asks Twilight, while pointing at Pinkie. “Don’t question it, you’ll keep your sanity that way.” She answers simply, Link nods, still not understanding.
“Oh I know what’ll cheer you up! Let’s go to Sugar cube corner and have another party!” the hyperactive pink pony raises her forehooves and balances on her hind legs causing confetti to come out of nowhere, making Link jump a little. “I’m sorry Pinkie but we don’t have time for another party.” Scootaloo said “‘specially if we wanna git our cutie marks b’fore it gets dark.” Applebloom added. “Nah ah think we should git yah home, it’s gettin late anyhow.” Applejack said looking at the darkening sky. The crusaders groan, “Yes you have school tomorrow do you not?”
“Well yeah but... Wait girls isn’t tomorrow show and tell day?” Sweetie turns to the others who nod in response, “Yeah so what?” The purple maned pegasus says before realizing “Oh! We could ask Rainbow dash to come!” She bounces up and down happily while Applebloom face hoofs, “Yeah or we could ask Link t’come.”
“Or we could do that.”
“Sorry but I have some serious training to do tomorrow. I'd better sleep early so I'll be well rested” Rainbow dash salutes and flies off.
Scootaloo looks after her, disappointed, “Well Link can you come?” Link faces the two fillies asking him then turns to the third still staring at the sky “Well I don’t have anything to do so I don’t see why not.”
“Yay! We’re going to have the best show and tell ever!”
“Yeah, yeah, but let’s get yah home first.” Applebloom sighs and heads towards the farm, after a quick farewell. Applejack follows her, and Rarity escorts Sweetie towards town, and Scootaloo starts walking towards the crusader’s clubhouse, “Hey where are you going?” Link asks her, “Oh. I’m... Uh just... going to get some things I left at the clubhouse. Yeah that’s it just getting some things.” Link gives her a questioning glance but doesn't ask, he turns to the mares Pinkie had disappeared and Fluttershy was trotting away. “We should be going to bed too Link, you can stay in the library I have an extra bed.” Link nods and turns towards where the orange filly had gone, “You go on ahead, I’ll catch up.” Twilight gives him confused look, “Okay, don’t stay out too late.” She said before walking away.
Link waits until he couldn’t see Twilight anymore before cautiously walking towards the crusaders clubhouse.
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The door to the balcony outside of Celestia’s quarters opens with a yellow glow, the alicorn steps out onto it. She looks over her kingdom before her horn glows while she lowers the sun to make way for the moon. She had felt unusual magic earlier coming from Ponyville, but decided it might’ve just been Twilight practicing a new spell or Link and one of his masks.
The door to Celestia’s chambers creak open, “‘Tia did thou feel a strange magic as well?” A dark blue alicorn, slightly smaller than Celestia, with an ever flowing mane filled with stars walks into the room. “Hello Luna.” Celestia turns around and smiles warmly at her sister before answering, “I think that magic may have come from our new, temporary, citizen in Ponyville.”
“A new pony? We shalt bless them with our royal presence.” the younger alicorn said with a, slightly, giddy smile. Celestia chuckles softly, “Well he isn’t a pony.” Luna turns to her in confusion, “What dost thou mean?”
“Well he’s come from a different world from our own.”
“What!? How did he come here?” Celestia walks over to her shocked sister, and retells of what happened to Link.
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Link arrives at the clubhouse, he looks up at it and decides against walking up the ramp, so instead he pulls out his hookshot, aims near the roof-away from the window-and launches the scorpion like tip. It hits the wooden house with a soft thud and he’s brought towards the roof. He grabs onto the roof as his weight unsticks the tip from the wood. He releases his grip and lands as softly as he could before he cautiously looks through the window.
He wasn’t too surprised at what he saw: The orange filly sleeping in a makeshift bed, using her crusaders cape as a blanket, and using her saddlebags as a pillow. It reminded him of his old house in the Kokiri forest. He thought of what he should do and came to the conclusion of confronting her about it.
He walks around the club and pushes open the door. He walks over to her, crouches, and softly shakes her. “Nngh, five more minutes.” she says before rolling over, he shakes her more, finally waking her up, “Ugh, who’s awake at this time?” She sits up, rubs her eyes, and flaps her wings, which made a buzzing sound.
She turns to Link and a blush spreads across her face, “Oh, uh... Hi Link. What uh what are you doing here?” she says with a nervous chuckle. Link sits down, right leg out and left leg bent, knee pointing at the ceiling. “What are you doing here?” he says waving his arm at the walls of the clubhouse. “Um.. well you see... Uh.” Scootaloo says nervously, her eyes darting around, while trying to come up with an excuse. “Oh! I was just having a uh.. a camp-out! that’s it.” she gives Link an unconvincing smile. Link raises an eyebrow before asking, “Okay do your parents know you are out here?” his question caused Scootaloo’s ears to droop, followed by her head. Link realises what caused her mood to drop, “Oh, I’m sorry. I know how you feel though, I never knew my parents.” Scootaloo looks up, her ears still hanging, “Really? How come?” Link sadly looks at Scootaloo and repeats what he told the others.
“What’s war? Could I get a cutie mark from it!” she says hopping up and down excitedly, stopping when she sees the look on Link’s face. “War is a horrible thing, it forces you to fight others. The great war had killed many.” Scootaloo’s head fell, "Oh." Link reaches over and lifts her chin up, “Don’t worry, you’ll get your cutie marks eventually.” He smiles and ruffles her mane before standing up and stretching. “Well I think there might be room at Twilight’s house, I could take you there if you’d like.” Scootaloo looks up at Link and nods, Link smiles and motions for her to grab her things, “I’ll be outside, grab your things and meet me out there.” Scootaloo smiles and nods before she begins picking up her things. Link walks out the door and down the ramp, looks at the sky and freezes when he sees a silhouette cross the moon.
Scootaloo walks out of the clubhouse and closes the door before she walks down the ramp, and sees Link staring at the sky. “What’s wrong Link?” Her question snapped him out of his trance; He turns to her, “Scootaloo I saw something I don’t know what it is but it’s coming this way, hide in that bush and don’t look whatever happens I’ll be fine.” He says pointing at a nearby bush, she follows his instructions and jumps into the bush. Link turns back to the silhouette, he notices that it’s in the shape of a chariot driven by ponies that have bat wings. He unsheathes his sword and equips his shield before going into a defensive stance.
Link watches the chariot land and the large pony riding it walk off. He raises his shield. The figure regards Link with a tilt of its hooded head, “ART THOU LINK?” the figure said, seeming to yell. Link doesn’t reply, instead he just glares at the female figure. “Can thou speak?” the figure said her voice lowered dramatically. Link waits for the figure to make the first move; he’s surprised when Scootaloo walks out of the bushes, “Princess Luna?” Link turns to Scootaloo for a second before returning his gaze to the ‘princess’. The figure removes her hood revealing a very large horn which was dwarfed by her long, everflowing mane with stars embedded in it.
Link’s jaw drops and his eyes widen as he takes in the form before him. After a few seconds of gaping, he sheathed his sword and replaced the shield on his back, “Hello, Scootaloo is it?” the unknown mare says to the filly earning a nod. Link looks between Scootaloo and the new arrival, “Are you really a princess?” Luna turns to Link and nods, “Yes, my name is Luna, Princess of the night.” she says before holding out her hoof to Link. He looks at the offered hoof confused but grips it and shakes it anyway. Luna looks at Link, examining his small form, “You are Link, am I correct?” Link nods and bows upon remembering Luna is a princess.
How could something so small save a world? Singlehoofedly at that. Luna thought to herself. Link nervously shifted his weight under the silent, yet judging, gaze of the princess as a silence befell the three.
Luna decided to break the silence with a question, “Where art thou going?” Link blinked a few time before looking at Scootaloo, “Oh I was going to take Scootaloo here to Twilight’s home for the night.” Luna looks at Scootaloo then to the direction of the town, “Would thou care for a lift?” Link nodded, his first thought was to climb onto her back but realized that would be the worst idea in this situation. He turned to look at his orange companion, who wasn’t by his side anymore, he looked around before spotting her in the chariot waving him over, “Come on Link let’s go!” Link walked over to her followed by Luna. He stopped next to the chariot, stepped aside and motioned for the princess to go first.
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Twilight had just gotten comfortable in her bed when there came a knocking on the door. She, reluctantly, rose from bed and walked down the stairs, opening the door with her magic. She was greeted by Scootaloo walking inside, followed by Princess Luna, with Link close behind. Twilight’s jaw dropped when she saw the princess but she quickly recovered and bowed respectfully. “Rise, Twilight Sparkle.” The blue alicorn said with a smile, “I have come to meet with Link.” Twilight stood back up on all fours and looked up at Luna, “Really? He is very... Interesting isn’t he?” She looks over at Link, who was walking upstairs after Scootaloo.
“Indeed he is, Tia said that he also has some magical masks. I would like to see them.” Luna said to Twilight, “Um Princess you have to ask Link if you want to see them. Come to think of it I don’t think he told us where he acquired them.” Twilight said tapping her chin as she thought. Meanwhile Link had set up Twilight’s spare bed and put Scootaloo in it before he walked back downstairs. “Hey Link. How did you get those masks?” Link looked at her confused, “I didn’t tell you?” she shook her head while Luna said, “I would also like to hear this.” Link nodded and proceeded to tell them about his first acquired mask: The deku mask, he told them of Majora’s mask and the ‘Happy mask salesman’ who had taught him the song of healing which had relieved him of the curse placed on him.
“This... salesman sounds like a mad pony... man.” Twilight said after Link told her how he tried strangling him then went into this weird mood swing. “Yes he does sound peculiar.” Luna said before Link skipped to the next mask, doing so until he had finally told of how he received the Fierce Deity mask. “You have been inside the moon!?” Twilight yelled before looking at Luna, she looked a little sad as she remembered her banishment. Link, meanwhile had no knowledge of this, “What’s wrong princess?” he asked her. Twilight answered, “Well a thousand years ago-” She was cut off by Luna, “Allow me to explain.” Twilight nodded, “I’m going to make some tea, would you like some princess?” Luna nodded, “Yes please.” while Luna retold the story of the mare in the moon, Twilight had gone into the kitchen to make the tea. By the end Link’s jaw was in danger of falling off, “You were banished for a thousand years!?” Luna nodded, “But I don’t remember seeing what you saw.”
Twilight closed Links mouth with a hoof, while floating Luna her tea. Luna took a sip of her tea while Link regained his composure, “Well I think what I saw may have been because of Majora’s evil magic.” he said before pulling out his fierce deity mask. Luna asked when she saw it, “Is that Majora?” Link shook his head, “No this is the fierce deity mask. This helped me beat Majora.” The mask looked like Link’s face but older with white hair instead of blonde, it’s eyes were pure white and it had blue checks under each eye. He could feel the power it held, a part of him wanted to put it on just to wield that power again, but he decided this mask was just for emergencies.
He puts the mask away and yawns, “I’m sorry princess but I haven’t slept much on my quests.” he turns to Twilight, “Oh I was meaning to ask, is there a way you could send me back? I still have someone to find.” He said looking out the window. “Really? And who would that be?” Luna asked. “It’s a friend, Navi. She was with me throughout my first quest.” Link said remembering the help Navi gave, he yawned again. Come to think of it, I haven’t slept in a long time. He thought before excusing himself and walking back upstairs. He was about to lay down on the bed when he saw Scootaloo sleeping on it, he smiled “Well I can’t take her bed now can I?” he said softly before walking back down the stairs.
“I thought you were going to sleep?” Twilight said as Link came down. “I was but Scootaloo has the bed, I didn’t want to wake her up so I’ll just sleep on the... uh couch.” he answered walking over to the couch, taking his sword and shield off and laying them next to the couch-within easy reach-and lying down on it. Goodnight was the last thing he said before sleep overtook him. Luna looked at Link, “Did he really save his world twice?” Luna asked Twilight who shrugged, “Celestia looked through his memories and she confirmed it.” the alicorn turned to Link, “I must see this for myself.” she said before walking up to the sleeping Link and using the same spell her sister did to see all of Link’s memories, her horn glowing a dark blue similar to her coat. She was shocked to see that this young boy had done all that he had.
“This... Link is very noble, kind hearted and heroic.” she said before looking at Twilight, “Thou must rest as well if thou art to help him return.” Luna said before she left the library and returned to Canterlot. Twilight sighed in relief before walking back upstairs and returning to her bed, “The princess did say to get some rest, but if I work now I could have him back by tomorrow morning!” She thought over whether or not to do another all-nighter to help Link, she came to the conclusion after a few minutes, “I’ll start now, I can get some sleep after my research is done.” she got out of her bed and trotted silently downstairs. She used her magic to grab every book on teleportation that the library had for more information.
(Well here’s another chapter for you all. I really need a picture for this story but I suck at drawing! So if anyone can help me out that would be great, just email it to me at: jmikatsu@gmail.com thank you very much)