He’s Turned into a Kid Part 3
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Part three will include Twilight, Warrior and Hyrule.
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Twilight
The small boy looked around quietly. He was so much smaller than you thought he would be. Curiously, he walked around everyone, taking in what everyone was wearing and what they looked like.
With enough time, of him checking everyone out and everyone staring at him, he reached up and gently ran his fingertips over his ears. “You look like me.”
He then smiles from cheek to cheek, looking so innocently happy. “No one looks like me in my village!”
Oh your heart, you kneel down. He’s taller than you this way, but you don’t mind. You doubt he does either. “Well hello there, young man. Traveling our way?”
Twilight tilts his head, looking around himself one more. You can see the way his demeanor shifts when he sees that he’s not anywhere that he recognizes. “Uh-oh...”
“What?”
“I’ve never been this far away from home before.” He clutches his arm before he turns to you, tugging on your shirt. “Hey. Are we close to Castle Town? Rusl used to go there from time to time. He might be there.”
“Wouldn’t it be easier to just take you straight home?” Hyrule mutters. He’s quickly elbowed by Legend and with good reason.
You’re not even in his era. You wouldn’t know how to help him get back to his village to begin with. But you can get to Castle Town from here no problem. And maybe Zelda would be able to help get Twilight back to normal. Otherwise, this might get very messy very quickly.
You hummed. “Well, what if he’s not in Castle Town? Then what would you do?”
It seems like a dumb questions, but part of you wants to be prepared for that very real possibility (certainty) when you get there.
Twilight didn’t seem to consider that. “Well, then I can take the road like he does. He says that it’s a three day trip from Castle Town to our village. So I would take me a while to get back... but I think I can do it on my own.”
“Have you done it on your own before?” You stand because your knees are starting to hurt from being in that position for so long.
“Well... no...” He looks un certain again.
You nod, sticking out your hand. He takes it without hesitation. “Well let’s try to get to Castle Town first. We need to talk to some people there anyway.”
“We do?” Wild looks around for confirmation from the others.
“Yes, Wild, we do.” You try to stress the words so he can get the hint across. “There’s a little problem that we need to see of the Princess can fix because she’s really good at magic. Right guys?”
“Right.”
“Of course.”
“Naturally. We were already on the way there.”
“See?” You turn back to Twilight. He looks calmer now and he even starts to swing your hand back and forth. “We’ll help you out, ok?”
“Ok!” He smiles back, humming a small tune to himself before he changes his direction with a little skip .”Let’s go!”
You giggle, letting yourself b puled forward as he charges. “Easy! Hey, hold on!”
“This is going to be so much fun! I’ve never been on an adventure before.”
“Well hopefully this is a nice one.” You smile. He was a cute kid.
Warrior
“I’m not supposed to talk to strangers.” Warrior wrings his hands in front of himself, toeing the ground shyly.
Everyone stands frozen at the sight of him.
He’s hardly at the height of your hip and he can’t be any older than seven years old. He’s adorable. It’s not fair.
Warrior shuffles nervously on the spot. He knows that everyone is looking at him. He looks around for a moment before he shyly tugs on your shirt. “Where’s my mama? Have you seen her? She’s really pretty and tall and wears a lot of red.”
You gulp and kneel down to meet his height. “No, I haven’t, honey. Sorry.”
You can see his lip wobble before you put your hands on his shoulders. You smooth down his shirt and brush away the tears that have yet to fall. “Don’t cry. We’ll find her. Don’t worry.”
“She’s probably looking for me.” He tightens his hold on his shirt. “I’m going to get in trouble.”
“No. No, no, no, no, no-” You brush him down a bit more, fussing over him. “We’ll find her and explain to her what happened, ok? You won’t get in trouble. We’ll all friends here so we’ll look after you, ok? We’ll help you.”
“Promise?” He looks up to you with wide, wet eyes and your heart aches.
“I promise.”
“A heartbreaker before he even knows what that means.” Twilight shakes his head. “Using his looks to get something his way.”
“Twilight.” You hiss, turning to him. “Not helping.”
Warrior nods and rubs his eyes with the back of his hand. “Ok... Thank you...”
You nod and stand up again, holding out your hand for him to take. “Ok. We need to make our way to Castle Town. It’s about a day away. Think you can make the trip with us?”
He seems to take courage and nods, taking your hand in his. “I can! I live close by to Castle Town! It would help me get home faster!”
“Ok.” Legend stretches. “But we’d need to talk to Princess Zelda first before we can help you get home.”
He tilts his head. “Princess Zelda?”
“Yup!” You start to walk forward, signaling for the group to start making the trip. “She’s really nice. You’d like her.”
He hums quietly before he shifts to stand a little closer to your side. “My papa says he works close to the princess. He says she’s very pretty... Is that true?”
“She is very pretty. Yes.” You agree readily, mostly to humor him.
“Is she as pretty as you?”
You trip over your own two feet. You turn to look at him, not wanting to make it awkward. Even if you’re incredibly flustered. “I would say she’s prettier than me.”
“Impossible.”
Many of the others start snickering around you. You turn to give them a mild glare. Warrior doesn’t seem to notice.
“Mama would like you. She likes pretty things.”
You have to bite your lip. “Thank you, sweetheart. That’s very kind of you.”
Hyrule
“My name is Link, what’s yours?” The small child looks up at you with a bright smile. Hyrule got hit with a magic blaster faster than you could call out to him and this was the being who stood in his place.
You stutter out your name with wide eyes. He giggles and adjusts the hat on his head. “That’s a pretty name. It’s nice meeting you. Goodbye.”
“Wait, wait, wait!” You dive to catch his arm. Your action startles him and you’re quick to let him go again. The others around you are equally as startled but offer you no help. You try to catch your breath, taking a knee to match his line of sight better. “Where are you going?”
The boy suddenly eyes you suspiciously. “Why?”
“Why are you alone?” You ask him instead. “It’s not safe to go alone.”
He hums and kicks the dirt under his foot with his toe. “But I’m always alone.”
“They’re right though.” Four offers a little assistance. “It’s not safe to go alone. Do you know how to use a sword?”
The child looks a little uneasy. “...My aunts don’t want me to use a sword. They say that I have o get stronger first. My sisters try to keep me from using too much magic- but I’m really strong now! So I’ll be ok.”
You snap your fingers. “The fairies!” You turn to the others of the group. “Maybe they can help us fix this.”
The small boy takes a step back, clutching his hands over his chest. “I didn’t say fairies-”
“Are there any Great Fairies even nearby?” Legend runs his hands down his face. “It would take a lot to find them. Their fountains can be well hidden enough to avoid detection- not to mention the potential dangers that surround them.”
“We have to try.” You press on. “They might be strong enough to help him!”
Time takes a knee getting close to the child. “Do you know where they are?”
Tiny hands cover a tiny mouth. He shakes his head.
That’s...odd, you think to yourself. Hyrule wasn’t exactly open about it, but he didn’t try to his relationship with the fairies around his home. You tilt your head. “Well that’s ok if you don’t knw where they are. We can look them for them together.”
“You can’t.’ He whispers. He sounds scared suddenly. “I won’t tell you anything. I won’t let you hurt them!”
He turns to run away again but time grabs his arm again. this time he tries to fight back and Time is at a loss of what to do. You dive in, grabbing his legs as he starts to kick. “We’re not trying to hurt them!”
“Let me go!”
“We just need help!”
“I don’t believe you!”
“Enough!” Time booms in what you can only call the angry dad voice. He holds the child close to his chest, keeping him off of the ground. Hyrule stops moving, but he begins to shake, little tears star coming down his face.
You let him go and start to dry his tears and lower your voice to be as comforting as possible. “No one is going to hurt them and no one is going to hurt you, ok? We have a problem and we just want to know if they can do something about it.”
You feel bad but you don’t want him to run off, especially since he’s not where he thinks he is.
He sniffles and Time slowly lowers him to the ground again. “Better?”
Hyrule nods, pulling his hat over his face. He looks up at you with wide, wet eyes. “Promise.”
You hold out your pinky. “I promise.”
He copies your movement and nods. “If you hurt them-”
“We won’t.” You sigh. “Just stay with us for a little bit, ok? Just until our problem is fixed.”
Hyrule whines, stepping forward to hug you. You have no idea why or what’s going through his head, but you hug him back, rubbing what you hope are soothing circles on his back.
“I’ll be watching you.” He tries to sound threatening. “And not because you’re pretty.”
You have to bite back a snort. “Of course.”
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