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Chapter 3

Link dashed, using all the speed of his magical new hood to get there in time. Swords wouldn’t work – he’d tried it already once, so he carried a notched arrow and fired wildly.
He barely punctured it.
The aliens all vanished.
“What?” Link gasped, breathing heavily.
“We did it!” Romani yelled happily. “We saved the cows!”
“It’s five in the morning,” Tatl said. “I’m tired. Let’s crash.”
“Oh, yeah.” Romani looked rather chagrined, but not tired at all. Suddenly her eyelids drooped and she fell over.
Link caught her and carried her calmly into the house and up to her room. Then he went down and fell asleep in front of the fireplace.

The next day he rode Epona on Termina field. They headed to the ocean.
The Great Sea was a beautiful sight. Link had never seen it before, and gazed with all his might. It smelled fascinating. A seagull called just over his head and he ducked reflexively. Melancholy overtook him again.
“Hey!” Tatl yelled from over his head, and he looked up. “Look out there, there’re seagulls hovering over something! I wonder what it is.”
“We can go see,” said Link, nudging Epona onwards.
When he got to the waterline, he sprang off his horse and dove headlong into the water. His hat came off, but he paid no attention to it. Someone was calling weakly.
“Help… please, help me… anyone…”
“Hang on! I’m –“ Link swallowed seawater and coughed. It was bitter, and Link had only swum in freshwater before.
He got to the person, floating face down except when they gained the strength to raise their head and call.
“Hang on,” Link repeated, pulling them towards shore.
“You idiot!” Tatl scolded, as a gull swooped down and met Link’s right arm, protected by his shield.
After what seemed like ages, Link and his burden came to sand. The person tried to help his rescuer, and half stood with an arm around the short Hylian’s shoulders. The person was very tall. He was a Zora. Continue reading →