Fantiality

Flight Plan

"So...what are we going to do now?"

I honestly didn't know what we could do, so I asked. Link was the hero. Then again, it was usually the stupid owl or Navi that would tell him.

Link lifted the sword, examining its reflective, silver blade in thought.

"I'm not sure. I'm supposing we should get Amanda. Who knows what Ganon can do with that power, or what he's planning."

"Why didn't I think of that? It would be easier now—I could fly in at night and-"

He brought the sword down onto the ground. It clanged only lightly and a nick already appeared in the stone. "No."

"Excuse me, but that's my sword, I'd appreciate you not banging it into stone. And I'm coming! I could help-"

"We can't risk Ganon getting your power too."

"But Amanda's my friend!"

"That doesn't matter." he stood, his sweet smile gone to serious. "Trust me. You'd be better off somewhere safe. I've snuck in before, and I'd be less noticeable than a huge winged girl they're already bound to be looking for."

Though it made perfect, logical sense to me (plus I wasn't that confident in my own abilities in the first place), I didn't feel much better about the run and hide tactic. I tried not to brood or protest.

"But...but I can do something. Something big. If I could figure out how to get a hold of my imagination, who knows what I could do. Just running and hiding seems so...so-"

"A waste? Pointless?"

I deflated. "Yeah."

"I know how you feel. I've had to do it a few times before myself."

"What? Hide?"

"Well, yeah, didn't you know?" he looked both surprised and pleased I didn't know something for once.

"I don't remember any adventure where you had to hide." I admitted.

"Not on an adventure. In life. What do you think life would be like for me if everyone knew I was the Hero of Time? The Hero of Destiny—and all that other rubbish."

"Uh...freaking amazing. You'd be famous! Not to mention-"

"It'd be miserable."

I had not expected that. "Huh?"

"Come on, it's easy enough to figure out. If everyone knew I was the Hero of Time, I would never have peace and quiet. People from all over would come to me and expect me to fix their problems. I could never just...live normally."

I glared at him from underneath my eyebrows. "That's not the same at all. My situation is completely different."

"That's not the point." he lifted the sword to me. "How can I take this with me anywhere if it cuts everything I put it in?"

I took it from him to poke the ground with its tip. A small crater ensued. "That's pretty pointy all right."

"And where are we going to put you? You can't stay here, there's no food, and the fairy herself only comes out when she feels like it. We can't expect her to provide for you, not to mention it's awfully close to the princess. We don't want to endanger her."

"Let me guess, it's the great fairy by Hyrule Castle, eh?"

"Yeah."

We both fell into thought. I found myself wanting to laugh at the situation: a great hero and mutated me, trying to plot a scheme against Ganon to possible save the world. I couldn't help getting the impression that whatever ideas I came up with wouldn't get us anywhere. My knowledge of Hyrule was gaming knowledge, while with Link this was his life. Yet there was only one concern in my mind.