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Twilight sighed as watched Wild jump off the tree for the seventh time in the last hour.
Currently, they were relaxing (as much as they could as heroes) in Wild’s time. They sat at a stable. A large open field sat around the stable where some wild horses grazed.
Wild was being the normal menace he is, was riding around the fields at top speed on one of his various horses, shooting monsters as he passed. Legend sat under a tree alongside Hyrule, both talking in hushed whispers as they too watched Wild trotting around. Sky had a book and was reading it next to Four, who was currently staring off into space with a thoughtful expression. Time and Warriors chatted as they brushed Epona’s mane, the horse snorting in pleasure. Wind was talking with some hylians at the cooking pot.
Twilight stared at Wind, the pirate talked quickly and waved his hands around. And just for a moment, Twilight thought he saw a flash of bronze, but when he blinked it was gone.
Strange.
Sky blinked blearly at the sunset. He heard his brothers around him talking as Wild gently stirred the soup. Suddenly, a crack sounded nearby like a stick being stepped on. All the links turned, hands on their swords. A small man stepped out with his hands up, he was muddy and ragged, as if he had been traveling trough several miles of mud and swamp.
“Hey, I didn’t mean no harm. I’m just tryin to find my way to castletown. Might you point me in the direction and I’ll be on my way.” He said in a heavy country accent.
Legend narrowed his eyes suspicious, but Time stepped up. Since this was his hyrule afterall.
“Well-“ Time started gestering the man over. But was interrupted by Wind as he hopped up.
“I know what direction it is! Come here,” Wind gestered the man over and the man looked at Time, then glanced at Wind and shrugged. Following Wind over to the opposite side of camp. Wind turned around a full 180 degrees, pointing straight ahead. “Castletown should be that way!”
Sky smiled at Wind’s enthusiasm to help. But he blinked quickly, thinking he saw something vanish into Wind’s bag. But he shrugged because that was probably something he was fiddling with earlier.
To say Legend was mad would be an understatement. He was livid. Legend growled as the bokoblin jabbed at him with a blunt spear. Black blood bled from its side where he had jabbed it earlier.
The monsters had attack them at the worst of times. One moment they were just relaxing and then the next, surprise attack! Several knights also were fighting them, as they were right at the entrance of castletown. (Legend was still a bit sour since the bounty. I mean come on! Legend was so worth more then they were paying. But also his hatred of knights. They never seem to do their job right.)
Wild had a nasty injury and Four was stumbling a bit, but other then that the others were holding out just fine.
Until it came.
It was dark and black. Blacker then night. It’s glowing red eyes gleamed from its stupid lizard skull. It should’ve been dead by now. Yet it was still standing.
And Legend just wanted to murder that little jerk.
It had hurt Hyrule, who currently was inside the castle, being forced to recover from the massive wound it had inflicted. It looked raw and red when Legend had seen it. Now here Legend was, shoving and slicing monsters onto his path to that annoying, pesky lizard.
Wind appeared by his side in an instant, helping him push back the monsters. The lizard’s head shot up, turning to face him. And it hissed. Legend distantly noticed the lack of monsters and saw a whole lot more land and monster dust floating in the breeze. But all that mattered was that little lizard son of a bi-
The Lizard’s red eyes roamed the battle field, before it promptly vanished. Legend stood blinking at the sudden lack of an enemy that he didn’t notice all the monsters dead around him.
Legend felt hands on his arm, and turned to stare at Four.
Four smiled and gently hugged Legend. Legend hugged back with less force. He saw his brothers around the clearing, Time talking with the captain, Warriors and Sky talking, Wild collecting every weapon he could, Twilight and Wind talking with the knights.
Legend blearly noticed Wind putting something in one of his pockets, but Legend didn’t fully process what was going on.
Hyrule sighed as Warriors, and Wind strolled ahead of him. He was lagging behind due to seeing something interesting, but Warriors had pulled him back. Telling him that they were there to get some groceries.
He had noticed Wind hopping off to talk with people, making a very short conversation before he hopped back and pointed to a stall with tips from the person. He seemed to just naturally be better at talking then anyone Hyrule had seen or really met. Maybe the only other person being Four on some occasions. Both being able to weave some pretty good stories and trick some high ranking officers.
Warriors pointed out a particular stall, noting the various foods that was splayed out and being sold. Hyrule caught up to Wind and Warriors noting that Wind had something in his hands.
Hyrule blinked, trying to see what it was, but it was gone. Shrugging, he followed Warriors and Wind up to the stall. Pointing out some fruits.
But he couldn’t help but notice that Wind looked a little.. too energetic…
Warriors sat at the table as Malon shuffled around somewhere upstairs. He grinned as he watched Four, Legend, Hyrule, and Wind quietly stare at each other with their cards up.
“You let your guard down. Boom. Straight.” Warriors grinned putting his cards down.
“We’re playing go fish though!” Wind exclaimed.
Four blinked at them. “I thought we were doing uno…”
Legend groaned, hitting his head on the table. It sounded so loud that Warriors was a little worried that he had knocked himself unconscious.
Wild cackled, a sound which caused Hyrule next to him jump. He threw a card down. “I nope your straight!”
Hyrule blinked at everyone. Not saying anything.
Suddenly, Malon’s father walked in and sat next to Wind. He regarded the state of everyone, Legend with his head down, Wild gleefully cackling, Hyrule looking around with a confused expression, Wind watching with the most nuetral face possible, Four who was staring at the cards all out on the table quietly, and Warriors who was currently priding in his win.
“Seems like this is going well.” He mused, chuckling at the display in front of him.
Wind grinned. “Yeah, this is fun!”
“Has anyone seen one of my rings?” Malon’s voice called.
“Nope!” Warriors called out.
If it was possible, Wind’s face got even more neutral and expressionless.
Wild was not the most organized person. But he sword that he had put a comet shard in his slate. as he searched, he came up with nothing. Groaning, he glanced at the night sky.
“You okay there?” Wind asked, twirling a small dagger in his off hand.
“Yeah, I thought I had a comet shard, but apparently not. I guess I’ll just have to get one later.” Wild grinned at the promise of adventure.
Wind smiled. “Of course!” His hand came to his bag, before falling short to just resting on top of the bag. Strangely enough, Wild thought he imagined a slight yellow glow emitting from the bag.
But if it was glowing, it had stopped.
Time watched Wind carefully. He had noticed Wind’s bag getting suspiciously full. They hadn’t come across any new towns but already Wind’s bag had a bunch of stuff and was slightly bulging.
Time had suspicions, but over the entire trip its seemed as if it has only grown. But strangely enough, Wind has not been buying anything for himself to keep.
Time had noticed it two switches ago when Wind’s bag was heavier. Time had thought nothing of it then, just assuming that maybe he has been keeping souvenirs and maybe rocks or something. But clearly something was going on.
Time was determined to find out exactly what.
Four’s known something’s been up since the start. Maybe it was when one of the daggers that he made vanished. Perhaps it could of been the way that Wind’s bag clacked and clinked together. Perhaps it was that wherever Wind went, things disappeared. He noticed when a man was searching for a feather that he had, he noticed when Legend somehow lost a shiny rock. (It really was only shiny as Legend said, he really didn’t care much for it.)
Four also noticed how Wind’s bag mysteriously got more and more stuff in it. He noticed how he always went to it after every conversation with someone.
One day, in Sky’s hyrule, Four decided to confront him.
He strolled up to Wind who was sitting next to his bag leisurely, watching Sky and the rest of the chain as they flew through the sky. Minus Time, Legend, Four and Wind, everyone was outside looking at all the different loftwings.
“Hey Wind!” Four cheerfully said, standing next to Wind. Wind startled, glancing up to Four quickly.
“Oh hello Four!” Wind responded with the same amount of cheer.
“You know, I’ve noticed something strange.” Four started. “It involves you it seems.”
Wind scratched his neck. “Oh really?”
Four grinned. “Yes. It seems that your bag there is getting quite heavy…” he motioned to it. “Much heavier for someone who hasn’t bought anything.”
Wind shrugged, Four could clearly tell he was getting a little nervous by how his shoulders tensed by the littlest bit.
“What do you mean? Its been the same weight as always.”
“Really, I highly doubt that with how much stuff its been getting..” Wind was sweating now.
“Okay fine!” Wind exclaimed. Legend looked over at Wind’s sudden outburst before he returned to his book uninterested and lazily turned a page.
“I’m a pirate. Its always been natural to me.. I’ve been uhh…” Wind trailed off, wringing his hands together.
“Stealing?” Four supplied, looking at Wind as he stared at the ground.
“Yeah…”
Four shook his head. “Of course. That makes a lot of sense. How long?”
Wind blinked at Four. “Wait you’re not.? Oh well uhm. Like the last ten switches? Maybe more..”
“Can I ask why you stole items?”
“I guess it was instinct? But also like.. I realized that this quest has to come to an end somehow… and well…” Wind sighed.
“You’ve been taking because its natural and because you want memos from this trip?” Four inquired, glancing at the slightly taller hero.
He nodded.
“I’m sure you can get some memos from other ways! Besides, we all might want a memo.”
They sat there, basking in the fresh air of Sky’s home. Watching their brothers flying in the sky.