theshoelace

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'' Link slowly walked through the Castle Town, back to Midna. It was still incredibly busy, and everyone seemed to running around without a goal. He walked out the large gate, to find Midna, still on Epona. ‘‘And?’’, she asked anxiously. Link sighed, and explained ( somehow ) in body language that they would have to pay 580 Rupees for the diamond. ‘‘But... how can we get it then?’’, Midna asked. Link shrugged his shoulders- he had no idea how to get 580 Rupees before this valuable gem would be sold.

‘‘ Maybe, Link, we can trade it for some of my jewelry...’’, said Midna doubtfully. Link knew Malo wouldn’t trade- he would only take 580 Rupees. ‘‘ But we can sell the jewelry, and use the Rupees...’’, said Midna. Link shook his head and walked back to the Town- he could promise Malo to pay the diamond back later, perhaps. He started running- past the fountain and right back to the Malo Mart. He opened the door, and looked for the diamond- but he couldn’t find it anywhere.

He looked at Malo, the question of ‘who’ in his eyes. ‘‘ Oh, hey again, Link...’’, he said. ‘‘ Today’s been a great day for the Malo Mart- sales are going through the roof and we even sold the diamond...’’, he said. Link looked at him, and then at the place where the diamond had been. ‘‘ Oh... the diamond... we sold it to a freaky clown guy...the one with the cannon,,,’’, he said. Link sighed: he knew who this was, and that he had to make haste for Lake Hylia now. He ran out like before, and hurried to the gate through the crowd.

‘‘ And...?’’, Midna asked again. Link climbed on the horse ( Midna was already on it ), and rode off again. ‘‘ Where are we going?’’, Midna asked, already knowing she wouldn’t get an answer. This time, the wind helped them, and Link hurried in the direction of Lake Hylia. Midna was annoyed by the bouncing of her huge breasts, and not knowing where they were going there didn’t seem to be anything they were shooting for, and so it annoyed her more. Before long, they could see the Lake Hylia way down below them.

Soon they came to a narrow road, that led to a do a door. They both got off Epona ( which was somewhat troublesome ), and entered a strange kind of barn- they could hear the Cuccos making a huge amount of noise. Here, Link knew, was the Flight by Foal game, which was led by one of two clown-ish people, and his name was Falbi. He waited in the other side in the room, for people willing to fly to lake Hylia with a Cucco. It struck Link that he had to pay a fee of twenty Rupees to fly down.

He started searching his pockets ( to Midna’s dismay, who realised they needed more Rupees to continue ). He wondered if he could trade the bombs in his bomb bag for a Cucco flight. He He walked to Falbi, who greeted him with the usual ‘‘ Hiiiii!’’, and told him he had to pay 20 Rupees for the most exciting flight in his life. He offered a bomb, but Falbi wouldn’t take it- he shrugged his shoulders. Link stood there, not knowing what to do, when Midna saved him once more.

He heard a series of crashes, like the breaking of pottery, in the other side of the room. Link walked back to Midna. In the pottery, she’d found fifteen Rupees- three blue Rupees to be exact. Link hoped Falbi would give him a 5 Rupee discount- and he walked back to offer the Rupees. ‘‘ All right, but only for this time.’’, Falbi said after a few moments of awkward silence. ‘‘ I’ll wait here until you get back...’’, said Midna. Link nodded, grabbed a Cucco, took a deep breath, and jumped down to Lake Hylia.

The Cucco, fortunately, was very strong and his fall was slow. Far down below him, he could see Fyer’s cannon- and the prizes in treasure chests he could get by landing on the high platforms. He sent the Cucco there, because a lack of Rupees had bothered him too often. With some careful aiming, he landed eventually on the highest platform. A shining treasure chest stood there. He opened it- and to his incredible surprise, there was the diamond. It shone brightly in the setting sun. Apparently, Fyer had given it to Falbi.

He stood there looking at the cursed gem, when suddenly the cannon was fired. Startled, he accidentally dropped the diamond and it rolled in the Lake. Because of the wind, it floated away quickly. ‘‘ The diamond is in the water!’’, he thought in shock. He dived in after it and swam after it as fast as he could... ''