10Chapter 2: Arrivals (Part 1)
(SS Link POV)
As I exited the rift, I found myself on a large, cold, snowy mountain. A small ways below me, a few keese circled about, seemingly infused with ice. Drawing my bow, I shot them down. Gliding over to where they fell with my Sailcloth, I found a few wings and an eye. Below me, at the base of the mountain, an icy river flowed. I suddenly noticed a boy dressed in a green tunic and cap similar to mine trying to destroy an ice chu and failing miserably to do so. I decided to go help him.
(WW Link POV)
The rip shot me out on the bank of an icy river. As I tried to get my bearings, a strange-looking chu appeared in frontof me. As I drew my Phantom Sword, it jumped, releasing an icy burst of energy that froze me solid. When the ice shattered, a guy who looked a lot like me was in front of me, sheathing his sword.
"Th-th-thanks!" I said, still freezing.
"My pleasure," he replied. "Now, how about we find somewhere warmer to talk?"
(SS Link POV)
Once we had left the snow behind us, we took in the view. We were on a high plateau covered in ruins, fields, and woods, along with the cold we'd left behind. I saw a fire nearby, but there were Bokoblins by it. Taking out my Beetle, I set a Bomb on the ground, had the Beetle pick it up, and dropped it on the Bokos. BOOM! No more Bokos.
The other boy looked at me in awe. "Wow! That was SO COOL!" he yelled, excited.
I shrugged.
We sat by the fire. Once the boy was warmed up, I asked him his name.
"I'm Link," he replied.
I was shocked. "I'M Link!"
Now it was his turn to be shocked. "Ok, how can we BOTH be Link?! It makes almost no sense!"
"Who knows?" I responded. "Anyway, do you know where we are?"
"No clue. I'm from an ocean, so this much land is strange to me."
"An OCEAN?!"
"It's a long story..." he said. "Anyway, we should use nicknames to avoid confusion."
"Ok, I'll be Sky."
"Sky? That sounds like a girls name."
"Just roll with it," I told him.
"Also, why Sky?"
"Long story short, I lived in the sky."
"Ok...I'll be Wind."
"Wind?"
"My title is the Hero of Winds."
"Oh. Makes sense."
After swapping stories, we decided to explore the plateau. A large, partially broken building stood to the east, so we headed towards it. As we entered, I noticed a Goddess Statue similar to the one from Skyloft, just much smaller, in the back of the room. In the center of the room, a boy who looked a few years younger than Wind was sitting on the ground, holding his head as if it was hurting.
"Stupid space-time rift that shot me onto the stupid floor headfirst and made me get a stupid headache-" he was saying, but I cut him off.
"Are you alright?" I asked, concerned.
He looked up, noticing us for the first time. "Not really. I hit my head-"
"We heard," Wind said.
"Then why did you ask? Also, who are you?" the boy wondered.
"I just wanted to know if you needed help. As for the second question, I'm Sky, that's Wind," I responded.
"I'd love some help."
I quickly got out a bottle of Health Potion++ (I always make sure to have a few bottles on hand) and gave it to him. Once he'd drunk some, he got on with his questions.
"Sky and Wind? Are those really your names?"
"Um, no...)" Wind explained, "Our names are actually both Link, but to avoid confusion-"
"You gave yourselves nicknames? Good idea. My name is also Link, but I guess you can call me Time."
"Wait, like the Hero of Time?!" Wind looked shocked.
"You're looking at him-er, me," Time said.
I was confused. "What was that you were saying about a 'space-time rift?'"
"Oh, that. I fell through one earlier."
"Well, that explains how we're here," Wind stated, "but not where 'here' is."
"My best bet would be Hyrule someplace or some time...or probably both," Time said, confusing Wind a LOT.
"Isn't Hyrule under the ocean?"
"Well, you seem to be from sometime after me, so in your timeline, yes, it most likely is."
We both gave Time a strange look. For a kid who looked about 9, he seemed unusually smart.
"...I've done a lot of time travel, and also created a few paradoxes and a timeline split or two…"
"Well, I guess we have the 'time' to hear about it," I told him.
He facepalmed. "Please no jokes right now…"