The Legend of Sonic: Twilight Princess: Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Fight in the Forest and a New Form
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When first light came that morning, Sonic awoke to the sound of children calling a name.

"Link! Hey Link! You awake?" called a boy's voice.

"Talo, it's her day off today! What won't you let her sleep in for once?" scolded a girl's voice.

The next voice was very faint, but Sonic knew it was a small boy.

The final voice was what opened his eyes. "Beth, don't worry. I'm already awake."

Sonic's eyes flared open as he heard Link come out of the house and jumped to the ground. Link eyed the children.

The brothers Talo and Malo; Beth, the shopkeeper Sara's daughter; and Colin, who was petting Epona.

Sonic listened in carefully as Link spoke to the kids. "Is there a problem?"

Sonic listened into the conversation. The kids save for Colin, were excited about a new slingshot that Beth's mother got in this morning. After the conversation, the three new kids left to talk amongst themselves.

While Link walked over to Colin and Epona. "You're interested in horseback, Colin?" asked Link. Colin nodded.

Then, Colin remembered something. Sonic couldn't hear what he said to Link, but as soon as the conversation was done, Link headed for the village. Sonic followed her through the trees, careful not to attract unwanted attention.

Link entered the village completely unaware of Sonic and made her way to the riverside where Uli was. The girl approached the pregnant woman as she noticed her distress.

"Everything alright, Uli?" Link asked.

The expecting woman looked to the girl and told her what had happened.

"The cradle I used for Colin floated down the stream as I was working on laundry. Oh dear. I was going to use that cradle for the new baby too."

Link then placed a hand on the woman's shoulder as she spoke. "Don't worry, Uli. I'll get it."

Uli looked at Link and smiled. "Oh, thank you, Link. You are truly a dear."

Sonic watched as Link climbed a stone pillar and looked around. Link spotted a beehive over the shopkeeper's house and pulled on a bird–like reed. She then blew a tune new to Sonic's ears and a hawk landed on her wrist. Sonic made a mental note on the reed and compared it with the reed Link used to call Epona.

Link then surprised Sonic by sic'ing the bird at the hive. The hawk knocked down the hive and the ground destroyed it. Link then jumped to the edge of the last stone pillar. She then spotted the cradle…in the hands of a monkey.

What's with these monkeys lately? They've been pestering the village for a while now. Oh well, I still have to get that cradle for Uli.

Finding another hawk reed, Link called another hawk and used it to get the cradle from the monkey down the stream. The hawk returned with the cradle, allowing the girl to grab it.

Link then came down from the pillars and returned to Uli, who was happy for Link's kind deed.

"Thank you again, Link." As Uli spoke, she then remembered something important.

"Link, would you mind carrying the cradle and come to my house for a moment?" Link nodded in agreement and walked with Uli to her house.

Once there, Uli gave the Ranchwoman a fishing rod.

"Colin made this with his father's instruction. Sorry that it's a little unpolished."

Link just shook her head as she thanked the pregnant woman for the pole.

As Link made her way to Talo and Malo's house, she heard a familiar voice call, "Hey! A goat got loose! Look out!"

She then saw the goat charge blindly toward her down the hill that lead to the ranch. Casting the pole aside, Link stood her ground and readied herself for the goat. In a flash, she grabbed the charging goat by the horns, gained a stronger footing, and tossed the goat onto its side, calming it down.

Sonic was impressed that one girl could take down such a massive creature. It even got him to wonder if she could take down one of Eggman's robots.

As the goat slowly walked back to the ranch, Link had gotten her fishing pole when she noticed a familiar creature walking passed Talo's house.

Is that…Moka?

Moka was Sara's cat and according to Beth, Moka ran off earlier that morning after Sara scolded him.

Link then realized that the cat was eying the fish that were swimming in the small river that flowed next to the village. At having an idea, Link sat down next to Moka and used her new fishing rod to catch a fish, saying "I won't tell" to Moka.

A minute after she cast her line, the bobber sunk. She got a bit. Since she had no bait, Link knew that the fish was a Gillfish.

As soon as the fish was out of the water and off the hook, Moka quickly took the fish and ran back home. Knowing that the kids will ask constantly if she got it, Link went to the shop, seeing a happy Sara, and bought the slingshot. When she came out, Sonic saw what she had in her pocket and asked himself.

"Why would Link want a slingshot? Isn't she a little too old for that?"

Sonic followed her back to her house, where Talo, Malo, and Beth were already (mainly Talo) begging her to shoot at some targets with it. Needless to say, she made a series of bullzyes in a matter of seconds, proving to Sonic that she was an expert markswoman.

The children cheered on as the last target was destroyed by a single pellet. But then something caught Talo's eye.

"Hey! There's one of those stinkin' monkeys!" He then took up a stick and began to run after the monkey. "Come back here!"

Link, Colin, Beth, Malo, and Sonic took notice as Talo ran off. "

Talo, wait!" Link called.

She then remembered something. The forest was becoming even more dangerous by the day!

At this realization, Link quickly climbed back into her house and came back out with a wooden sword. As she jumped off, Link looked at the kids.

"You three, stay here!"

"Huh? But why?" Malo asked.

Colin answered. "There are monsters in the forest lately."

Link nodded as she ran down the path. "I'll be back!" Without another thought, Sonic followed, worried about the girl and the young boy.


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As Link ran across the other side of the bridge, she could not help but feel that someone was watching her, following her. She was tempted to turn and see who was trailing her, but she knew that she had to catch up and stop Talo. So, she continued down the path. She then came across a small clearing…and a gate.

"I knew I should have brought Epona." Link spoke.

She looked around until she spotted the reeds she used to call her horse. Plucking one, she played the song, knowing that Epona would come at its call. Sonic nearly got trampled by said horse as he finished crossing the bridge, dodging just in time.

When Epona meet up with her mistress, Link climbed onto the saddle and snapped the reigns. "Heyah!" she called, telling Epona to move with haste as they jumped over the gate, with Sonic right behind them.

As he landed on the other side, Sonic spotted another small lake, similar to the on in Ordon. But, this lake seemed to be beckoning him, calling to him. Though he was worried about Link, Sonic figured he had enough time to check the lake out before catching up to her. As he approached, the lake began to glow. Cautious, Sonic slowly continued to inch his way to the shore, until it got so bright that he could not see anymore. As he covered his eyes, he heard a deep voice speak to him.

"Hero from another world, you have begun to adjust to this land. But for you to save it with the new Hero of Hyrule, you must take another form."

As the voice spoke, Sonic could feel his body shift and grow warm. He felt pain, but he also felt the warmth of the light easing what should have been an excruciating experience. Then, the light soon faded into shadow.

"May the Goddesses bless you with a safe journey, young Hero."


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Link rode on, unaware of the light that came from the lake behind her. At the end of a short, open tunnel, she came across a fork on the path. On the left was another gate. One that needed a key. The right path was open, but something told her that it was not the path to take to Talo. None the less, she knew one man living on the right path that held the key to the gate.

She approached a small house on the path, seeing a man with an afro with a bird nesting in it sitting by an unlit campfire.

"Excuse me, I need a lantern, some oil, and passage to the deeper forest."

The man, Coro, immediately recognized her as an Ordonian and gave her order out…for a hundred rupees. As soon as the gate was unlocked, Link thanked Coro and told Epona to wait by the lake, where she would find her later, since she could not bring her into the tunnel that led to the deepest part of the Faron Woods.

As Link trekked through the tunnel, she lit the dormant torches and killed off a few keese, a couple of rats, and a couple of Deku Babas. Upon exiting on the other side, Link crossed the dry "pond" as she made her way to a temple, which was based in the center of the Faron Woods.

"Help! Help!" She heard a familiar cry.

Talo!

Sure enough, it was Talo, inside a small, wooden cage with the monkey he was chasing before. And guarding the cage were two Bokoblin, armed and dangerous. Swift as the western wind, Link ran over to the area and took out the Bokoblin and took the cage apart, freeing the monkey and Talo.

With the danger subsiding and the monkey running off, Link and Talo, after a bit of scolding on Link's part, found themselves back at the fork. Stopping for a bit, Talo looked at Link.

"Gee, if you hadn't come, Link, me and that monkey would have gotten eaten'…probably. T-that monkey was nice to me, Link. She was protecting me when we got captured."

"Well, Talo, I hope you have learned something today. Like, listen to you dad." Talo nodded.

"Um, Link? You won't…tell my dad. Will you?" L

ink was tempted, but she knew Talo had enough for now. "Alright, but if this happens again, you do realize that I won't keep that promise."

Talo nodded in understanding and ran back to the village.

But before Link could go to the lake to fetch Epona, a familiar voice stopped her.

"Link?" Link looked to the right path and saw Rusl coming her way.

"I heard about what happened to Talo from my son. But it looks like you took care of it."

"Not without difficulty." Link replied. A

fter some silence, Rusl spoke again. "Anyway, tomorrow is the day you will be leaving for Hyrule. I think I was doing something right when I left the task up to you."

With all of the excitement going on, Link had completely forgot about the delivery.

Rusl then chuckled. "If you're lucky, you might even get to meet the Princess Zelda. She might introduce you to a lord or someone of the like."

Link rolled her eyes. "Come on, let's go back."

However, as soon as the pair came to the Faron Lake, they noticed Epona was looking at something on the ground with interest.

"Hmm? What is it, Epona?" Link asked as she approached her horse.

But that question was soon answered once she was next to the horse, shocked.

"Rusl!" she called out. "There's a boy here!"

"What the…?" Rusl asked as he approached where Link was.

Indeed, there was a boy about sixteen, maybe seventeen, lying on the shore, unconscious and nude.

Link was trying not to blush at the sight, so she asked, "What do you think happened to him?"

"No wounds of any sort, maybe a head injury. Could be bandits."

He then noticed the boy's unusual hair color. "Never in my life have I seen hair like his. Dye, possibly."

As if on instinct, Link touched a lock of the long, spikey, blue hair. Soft, yet looked sharp.

"Beautiful." She thought.

But the thought left her when she noticed the sun was setting. "I'll take him back to my house. Can you ask Uli for me to make some medicine in case of something?"

Rusl nodded as he ran back to tell his wife of the boy and the girl's request.

Link placed one of the boy's arms over her shoulder and helped place him on Epona. As soon as he was on, Link jumped on and, after making sure the boy was secure, rode back to her home.