//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: He Doesn't Even Eat // Story: The Legend of Zelda: Lost Memory // by Darklinker1231 //------------------------------// Twilight paced back and forth by the entrance of her castle. She was finally going to get rid of those monsters that she's been holding onto for the past three days. They had been a nuisance and annoyance, many times she has tried to communicate with them but all they did was yell at her and tried to shoot her with fire. She was glad they were finally going away, she barely got any sleep with their constant yelling. Soon the doors to the castle opened, standing at the door was Princess Luna and her two guards who stood by her side. "Greetings Princess Twilight, I assume you are well." Luna said walking in with a smile. "And I do apologize for my sister not being able to come here on this important matter, she had business to take care of in Saddle Arabia." "It's all alright Princess Luna, I understand why Princess Celestia couldn't make it, and if it's alright with you can you just call me Twilight." She had a sheepish smile, while she had been princess for a long time and finally got a castle it was still a bit off for her being called Princess "I shall stop when you do" she said with a small laugh, before getting a serious look. That's enough messing around, care to show me these creatures you spoke of in your letter. Twilight nodded. "If you would be kind to follow me I can show you them" she then turned and began to walk towards the room where she kept them, Princess Luna and her guards following right behind her. "Now I should warn you these creatures aren't very intelligent.” She said looking behind her at Luna. "Just how dumb could these creatures be?” Luna asked, which Twilight looked to the side with a sheepish look? “They're dumber than a pack of the dumbest diamond dogs, is what Rainbow said and I kind of have to agree with her.” Luna looked a bit surprised. "I think this will be interesting to see for myself." She said with a less serious tone than before. Soon the small group arrived at the room keeping the monsters. The guards standing guard bowed to the princesses and moved away from the door. Twilight activated her horn and soon a glow came from the door until an unlocking sound was heard. "They should be in here." Twilight said opening the door and walking inside, Luna and her guards followed her while the other two went back to their previous positions. Twilight went to the cell the Lizalfos were being kept in and saw the cell was dark. "Grrr that's the 7th time that light bulb was destroyed hold on princess. She activated her horn again as the cell was lit up by a light bulb. "There that shoul- Twilight stopped talking as she and the others gasped at the sight before them. The Lizalfos were piled up on each other as they each had a stab wound on their stomachs. "In the name of me I have never seen anything like this in over a thousand years" Luna said staring at the cell with a horrified look but not as much as Twilight and her guards. "What sort of evil could have caused this" Luna opened the cell door with her magic and walked in stepping on the small puddle of blood which made Twilight gag some more "I can sense the magical residue of the one who caused this, whoever they were they must be highly skilled in magic to get passed by your enchantments. I shall try and locate the source now." Luna closed her eyes as she began to focus her magic, she gathered the magic from the room and began to locate the source she felt herself nearing the source until it suddenly stopped. Before she could an image appeared in her mind, and it looked disturbing. It was of a blonde haired creature of some sort, its eyes were completely white as blood fell from the corner of its eyes, and suddenly a box appeared Luna wondered what the image was until it suddenly jumped out at her and bit her neck. Luna eyes widened as she felt her neck being bitten. She gasped and canceled out the spell, she held her neck where she felt something flowing out, and she took large breaths. "Princess Luna!" Twilight said running into the cell, she didn't care if she was stepping in blood she needed to see what was wrong. "Is everything alright, what happened?" She asked worried. Princess Luna shook her head "I'm sorry I worried you, but it seems our culprit has made a spell preventing us from tracking him, we need to talk to our sister about this when she returns. Luna then sighed and looked at twilight with a very serious look "Princess Twilight I believe we are facing a threat much worse then Tirek." Twilight eyes widen 'Somepony worse then Tirek, he was the most powerful threat we faced who could be worse then him and can we stop them?' She thought growing nervous at the thought of somepony being worse then the magic stealing centaur himself. She then shook her head 'No me and my friends have faced plenty of threats we'll beat this new one as well.' She said growing a bit more confident, she then felt her stomach contents coming up as she realized she was standing in the blood and felt a bit of flesh on her hoof she quickly ran out of the room to dispose of her lunch. Luna looked at the Lizalfos piled up corpses "Who could be the cause of this, what reason would they have for doing this." She said to herself before leaving the room her guards following her. As the door closed a small laugh could be heard echoing the room. *** As Link and Tael walked into Sugar Cube Corner their noses were blasted with the sweet and delicious aroma of the sweets "Whoa Link I don't think I ever smelled anything so good, man if I could eat I would" Link walked up to the glass container holding different types of sweets, Link drooled as he looked at the many different sweets. Tael looked around and noticed that the ponies were staring at him, Tael looked a bit nervous as he hit the back of Link head lightly "Link I think everyone is staring at us" He whispered, Link turned around and gave him a look "I think we should le-" Tael yelped when he was suddenly trapped inside a glass bottle. "Oh come on again" He yelled inside the bottle "Now I know how others feel like." "I got him you guys, I got him." Pinkie said holding up the bottle over her head, Link could have sworn he heard music play when she held it up, the ponies gave a sigh of relief. "Mrs. Cake I'm gonna go interrogate this parasprite to see if any of his friends are hiding somewhere." She then dashed up the stairs without getting a reply. Link had a confused look but his eyes widen as he realized that his guide had just been kidnapped he quickly ran after the pink pony. Link looked around the hallway and saw a door open slightly with only a small bit of light, he walked over to it and peeked inside to see Pinkie flashing a lamp light at Tael. "Ok parasprite talk where are your other little friends?" Pinkie said as she looked Tael while wearing a cop hat. Tael blinked "Ok one what's a parasprite and two I'm alone no one else is with me besides my friend Link." he said trying to explain the situation. Pinkie rubbed her chin "Man I wish I understood what you said, oh well if you don't talk then I'm gonna have to give my partner a shot at you and you seriously don't want to mess with him." She then pulled in a alligator wearing a badge that said bad cop "Calm down partner you'll get a shot at him if he doesn't start talking" Gummy attempted to bite her hoof but couldn't without his teeth. "Oh he is getting ready for you, so talk or els- a ding suddenly went off "oh muffins are done." She took off her badge and bounced out of the room while Gummy licked one of his glass eyes, Link quickly hid as she left and went downstairs. Link quickly ran into her room and picked up the bottle Tael was in. "She couldn't understand me, does that mean you haven't understood a word I said since you woke up have I just been talking to myself like some sort of crazy person" Link didn't say anything as he removed the cork and let him out "Let's go" Link said, he turned to leave but he hit something pink. He looked up to see blue eyes staring at his own they blinked. "Hi" Pinkie said, Link yelps In surprise and jumped back. "I really surprised ya didn't I" She giggled for a bit then gasped "Oh my gosh you're the pony that came from Twilights portal, I'm so glad you're okay" She then hugged him hard causing Link eyes to widen as he soon had trouble breathing. 'Why does this feel familiar to something else and why does it make me feel scared' Link thought to himself. Once she stopped hugging him, he took a deep breath. "I can finally throw you a party, you're welcome to Ponyville and I'm glad you're feeling better now Party" she grinned "It's going to be so much fun." She then gasped dramatically noticing Tael was free "oh did you let the parasprite out that's not good." She shook her head and pulled out another bottle "Well I better trap him again so he doesn't cause another infestation" Tael yelled and quickly hid under Links hat, Link stepped back and shook his head "Come on please" Link shook his head again and ran out of the room "oh are we playing chase I love that game" She then began to hop after him at a steady pace. Link ran downstairs and out the bakery, he looked back to see if she was following him, he then suddenly was scooped up in a hug "gotcha." Pinkie said holding Link in a hug. Link was blushing for some reason when his face was pulled into her chest 'why am I blushing' Link looked up at Pinkie. "That was fun but I'm gonna need that parasprite back." Link shook his head as he held his hat. "Oh come on please." She gave him a puppy dog look but Link shook his head as he held onto his hat even more. "No he's my friend and I need his help" Link said 'where did that come from I just met him today' "Your friend." She said with a surprise face "You mean this parasprite is your friend, oh I'm so sorry, I didn't realize I was tearing two friends apart from each other." She hugged him again, though not as tight. Link looked a bit awkward as he was hugged but he soon rubbed her back "It's alright." He was then put down as Pinkie smiled "So what's your friends name?" Link then had a nervous look on his face, Tael gulped 'If he doesn't tell her my name she'll think he was lying to save me, oh I wish I could do something.' He thought to himself, then remembered something 'Oh please work.' Tael then began using his magic something he wasn't skilled with to tell Link his name. Link suddenly felt something appear in his mind "Tael his name is Tael." Link said looking up at Pinkie. "And we've been friends for a while." He smiled 'I don't know why but I feel as though we been through a bit even if we did just meet today, besides he did help with that guy who tried to kill me.' "Oh that's sweet speaking of sweet you sure he won't start eating all the food and or Ponyville itself causing a mass infestation" She asked, Link shook his head, Tael then used the last of his magic to give Link one last piece of Info "He'll be fine he doesn't even eat food or other things" He said with a smile. Pinkie then got a grin on her face. "That's great now I need to go I got a party to Plan see ya." She then ran off Link looked confused and was even more confused when he saw a cupcake on a paper plate on the floor, he picked it up and took a bite his eyes widen "This is the best thing I ever had, I think." Link said before shrugging and eating the rest of it, he lifted his hat and Tael fell from his head onto the ground panting heavily, Link looked at him concerned he was about to help but he flew off the ground although a bit wobbly "Alright now that's outta the way let's see if we can find someplace to get some information and I don't know why I'm talking you can't understand me." He sighed as he landed on Links head and closed his eyes to rest. Link smiled as he placed his hat back over him and began walking around town. *** Twilight sighed as sat in her room, she was taking a break right now after the scene with Princess Luna and those creatures she needed one. She still felt a bit traumatized from seeing the piled bodies and blood and she had to admit the details of the dead bodies from the historical books and fictions she read were nothing compared to seeing the actual thing, she could still smell them too causing her to gag a bit. Her ears flicked at the sound of her door being opened she turned around to see Spike coming in with some tea. Spike placed the teacup and began pouring her tea "You seemed kind of stressed out so I hope this tea helps." He said as he finished pouring and added a couple cubes of sugar and mixed them with a spoon. Twilight smiled as she picked up the tea with her magic and took a sip. "Thank you Spike I really needed that its been a very stressful morning as you can tell." She said then took another sip "With that colt those monsters and what happened this morning, its shaping up to be another day in Ponyville but much worse then usual." "Speaking of which, what happened when Princess Luna came to check on those monsters?" Spike asked curiously. Twilight shook her head the teacup shaking a bit in her levitation. "Spike I know I say this a lot but trust me you really don't want to know." She said her body shivering a bit, Spike noticed her discomfort and decided not to engage any further. Before Spike could change the subject they heard a knock on the door. "Come in" Twilight yelled loud enough for the person outside to hear. The door opened as a Royal guard walked in and bowed. "Greeting Princess Twilight, I'm here to report on the guards morning patrol." Twilight nodded and motioned him to go on. "We found nothing out of place or any clues on who caused that scene in the cell but we did receive some reports on a noise found near the hospital." Twilight looked concerned a bit at that piece of information. "Did you figure out what it was." Twilight asked to which the guard nodded "Yes apparently any ponies near the noise describe it as a explosion, when we went to investigate though we couldn't find any trace of a explosion in a 5 mile radius of the hospital. However we received some troubling news from the hospital staff, the colt that was staying there that you and the other elements have found has disappeared from the hospital" Twilights eyes widen at this piece of news "We have already began a search on him." Twilight sighed a bit in relief but was still worried, she had brought the colt here and it was her responsibility to look after him until she could find him a new family to be with. "Thank you, you are dismissed." The guard nodded and left the room, Twilight placed her tea cup down and stood up "Spike I'm gonna go look at the cell where the monsters used to be I need to track down whoever caused that before they can do anything worse." She then left before Spike could say anything "Ok see ya then." He sighed as he began picking up her teacup and was about to leave. That's when he saw a flash in the corner of his eye; he turned to the flash of light and saw something strange on Twilight bed. "What is that?" He placed the teacup and kettle on a small table and walked over to the object, when he got over there he saw that it was a mask. It looked rather strange, it looked like it was made of wood, the top of the mask had three leaves while it's mouth was in the shape of a hole sticking out the most notable thing about it was its eyes. He didn't know why but when Spike stared into its eyes he could feel himself feel sad for it, almost as if something terrible happened to it "I don't know if I should take this it could be dangerous." The more he stared into the eyes he felt sadder for it "Aw the heck with it, I don't know why but it looks like you need a friend." He placed the mask under his right arm and grabbed the tea cup and kettle and left with the mask it's eyes glowing a bit. *** The cragadile entire body shattered, as Majora stood in front of it "Too fragile." He said dusting his hand of dust he then walked toward the pack of timber wolves "nah too cliché" He then fire a beam at them setting them on all on fire, he looked toward the Manticore "No that yellow pony would manage to calm you down." He threw a dagger stabbing into its head "Come on I need a monster that can take down that boy and I haven't found anything worth while I thought this forest had dangerous beasts that I could use but nothing is here" Suddenly he heard a noise behind him, he turned around and noticed something walking towards him. He raised an eyebrow when he saw three heads emerge, this then caused him to grin "Just right" He said bringing a hand up to the creature as it pounced at him. *** Link walked around Ponyville looking around the town, he had no idea but this placed seemed familiar as if he saw it from somewhere else. Link soon entered the market area of Ponyville; he walked around the walking ponies as to not trouble them. Link looked at the different stalls selling fruits vegetables or any other food that's when his stomach growled. "Guess it's been awhile since I ate, well before I had that cupcake, though I'm not sure when that was." He said rubbing his stomach, he sighed and began walking it sucked not having any money to buy any food. Where was he supposed to get some anyway and what even was the money they used here. Link was pulled out of his thoughts when he bumped into someone. Link took a step back and looked at whom he bumped into "oh sorry I wasn't looking where I was going." He said to the yellow pony in front of him, the pony turned to look at him and gasped. "Oh my it's you." The pony said looking down at Link. Before he could do anything he was scooped up in a hug "Oh I'm so glad you're okay, we were so worried you weren't going to wake up." Link blushed as the pony hugged him. "Oh where are my manner I'm Fluttershy." "I'm Link and do you know me?" He asked hoping she was someone who had a clue on who he was. Sadly he shook her head, which caused Link to look down disappointed. "Well guess I better keep trying." He was about to leave but his stomach growled, he blushed in embarrassment while Fluttershy smiled a bit. "Seems somepony is a bit hungry, come on I'll get you something to eat at my friend Rarity house, t-that is if you want to." She asked him, Link looked a bit nervous going with somepony he didn't know but he was hungry and she was offering so might as well follow what his stomach was saying, he nodded. "Ok follow me it's not that far from here." She began walking with Link walking next to her. Meanwhile near the Everfree forest something stepped out from there and it was looking for somepony.