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“Those um... ‘Kids’ Have Quite The Temper”

An entirely unedited little fic for @unexpectedtraveler‘s prompt of ‘ Hyrule using his fairy form to commit shenanigans.’ (I have half an idea for the other, but this caught my brain). It... Got a little carried away with itself, as did Hyrule and himself, but shenanigans definitely occur! I hope you enjoy.

Is cut at the first scene change to save your dash.

All gen, all fluffy chaos, mostly Hyrule, the chain, and a surprise guest.

Summary: Hyrule makes a friend

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The Chain had stopped for the evening, somewhere in Time's Hyrule. It was a pretty evening, all calm with a sunset of pinks and oranges, and the mood was light. Time in his wisdom had declared their camping space entirely safe; Hyrule, as was his want, immediately requested to go exploring. To everyone's surprise, Time had agreed with no more than an offhand "don't go too far".

It really must have been safe, then.

Hyrule had quickly disappeared into the woods, woods which tasted of ancient magics. Once he was sure he was not followed, he relaxed, and pulled apart his Hylian form.

There, that was better. Even with all of the fighting the pressure of his magic had been building, it's only true release being to fly around.

In the form of a tiny fairy he darted around in a few circles, his latent magic causing a few flowers to bloom early. Oops. Oh well. It would be pretty - he plucked one, intent on doing... Something with it. But what?

He could give it to one of the other Links...

But, they did not know of his other form, and he did not think he wanted them to. He could... Just leave it in someone's bag, then! A gift from the forest. Despite his glow he was excellent at sneaking, even in this form.

Perfect!

He hoisted up the flower, only to quickly abandon it as he noticed a pile of seeds. Seeds were much better! It would be no strain to carry them, and he could just grow the flowers inside their bags. Pretty gifts, and something to spend his overflowing magic on!

Some part of Hyrule, some integral, Hylian part warned against the plan. Hyrule, currently a fairy and driven by the same impulsiveness, ignored it.

Flowers.

Flowers for everyone.

Consequences did not compute to his tiny fairy mind, only the pleasure that pretty flowers would bring.

So he tucked the seeds away, and fluttered back in the direction of camp.

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By the time he had reached camp, Hyrule had collected far, far too many seeds. Going entirely unnoticed he had planted a couple in every bag - his own included - and dusted them in fairy dust until they grew. Even then, however, he still had many left.

What to do, what to do... It would be sad to let the seeds go to waste, but he was already back at camp, and he still had them all...

From somewhere nearby, Hyrule heard a strange clackering. It sounded... Too close!

Without even thinking he darted up and into the overhanging trees. From his position he peered down, trying to find the source...

Warriors seemed to have had the same thought, for his was heading in the direction of the bags. A look around and he saw nothing, but then he looked down.

"Which one of you thinks you're funny?!" He called.

"I'm hilarious," Legend deadpanned back.

Warriors turned on him, wielding the three flowers from his bag, "is this your fault?!"

Fault?

Hyrule's wings quivered. Did... Did Warriors not like the gift? How... How would he not like the flowers? Life was so important! Hyrule had given him a gift of life! Did he not appreciate it?!

Time's eyes were the ones to narrow on the flowers, even as Warriors and Legend bickered. With a thoughtful frown he went to his own equipment, and pulled out the flowers between his sword and bedroll.

"It seems," he said, gesturing to Warriors with the flowers. "That the forest is granting us her blessing."

That caused Legend to go silent, but his frown to deepen. He marched over to his bag, pulling out the flowers. For a moment he stared at them, face paling, before rooting around.

"Hey! I've got some too!" Wind called over.

"Me and Hyrule as well," Four showed off his own, and pointed to the ones peeking through a hole in Hyrule's bag - a very cute display, if Hyrule said so himself.

Soon enough, every hero of courage had confirmed the presence of the flowers. Some had taken it better than others, but Time had somehow convinced them that it was all fine. Now satisfied that everyone liked his gifts, Hyrule swung his legs, and giggled. The grove below tasted of confusion and happiness, and the gentle smile on Time's face was worth so very much.

And if Legend was sneaking glances at his flowers, gently and carefully pressing them between book pages for preservation, then Hyrule would keep quiet. Fairies learnt all sorts of secrets, and they usually kept them. Not from their sisters, of course, but from Hylian ears at least.

And then, there was another clacking.

This time, Hyrule was in a position to see it. His eyes narrowed on... A wooden... Oh! A Skull Kid! Weren't they still playing hide and seek with time? He looked like one of those three...

Moments after Hyrule had noticed him, the Skull Kid put a little stick to his lips. With a harsh puff a seed burst from the end, tapping against Time's armour with an audible clang.

Audible to Hyrule at least; nobody else seemed to notice.

Well that wasn't to do! Time had promised to play with the forest friends, and failed to do so. Currently more fairy than Hylian, the very idea of that was a grave offence to Hyrule! Not one deserving of pain, but...

He looked at the bag of seeds in his hand, then at the Skull Kid, then at the seeds again.

With a dangerous grin, Hyrule fluttered down.

The Skull Kid started when he got there; Hyrule offered up the seed back. His new friend looked at it before taking a handful, putting them into his own pouch. The seed-shooter was reloaded, and the Skull Kid took aim again.

"Aim there," Hyrule pointed to a gap in Time's armour. "Then he'll feel it."

In either form Hyrule understood the chittering of all forest and magically inclined creatures, but only in this one could he speak it; understanding Hyrule the Skull Kid nodded, and adjusted his aim.

"I'll help," Hyrule whispered, taking back to the air.

Moments later there was a yelp as a seed hit Time squarely in the back of the knee. As Time turned to look - and the rest of the Chain grabbed their weapons - Hyrule threw a seed of his own.

His one-hand toss was less accurate than the Skull Kid with the little blowpipe; it clipped Time's ear, going unnoticed.

Time, being Time, found the Skull Kid moments later. He was looked dead in the eye before said spirit tooted in his horn, and launched another seed into Time's exposed skin.

"... I suppose this is revenge?" Time asked, surprisingly cheerful as he waved everyone else back to relax.

"You said you'd play," the Skull Kid chittered back. "You lied."

"I didn't lie, I just-"

No, Time had lied. As a fairy, Hyrule was certain of it. He grabbed a fistful of seeds, throwing them all at Time before he could make any stupid excuses.

The eye snapped upwards, focusing on him. With the height advantage and the glare of sunset Time could not possibly identify him, but he could certainly pick out a fairy form.

The Skull Kid blew another seed - a bigger one this time - into the back of Time's other knee.

Time looked a little less amused this time. Hyrule did not even think before upending the bag, dropping his whole collection on Time's head. In the startlement that followed he swooped down, grabbing the Skull Kid's hand.

"Run!" He called in the voice of the forest, already laughing.

The Skull Kid nodded, sprinting away. He did not let go of Hyrule, however, dragging him along for the ride.

Together they ran a little way, until they were sure they were free, before dropping to the floor. Immediately, Hyrule burst into a fit of giggles.

"Did you see his face?!" Hyrule giggled. "It was all scrunched up!"

"Like this!" Being a Skull Kid, Hyrule's newest friend could not imitate the face. He could, however, make the magic taste like it.

Hyrule nodded, giggling even more.

Skull Kid also burst out laughing - a sound that was surely terrifying to Hylians but was beautiful to fairy ears.

Together the two of them laughed, until the dark started to draw in.

Hyrule had to be back for dinner; he hugged the Skull Kid's arm as he made a reluctant goodbye.

The Skull Kid seemed reluctant, too, but let him go when another of his kind appeared, and he began explaining his terrible revenge...

Hyrule slipped away and shifted back, and began wandering back to camp.

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"Hyrule!" Warriors called as Hyrule rounded the corner. "You missed the excitement!"

Hyrule cocked his head to the side with a quiet "oh?"

"Skull Kid was back," Twilight was clearly trying not to laugh at the sight of Wild picking seeds out of Time's hair. "He wasn't happy, and seemed to have a friend."

"Twilight did warn you," Legend grinned, before turning back to Hyrule. "The rest of us just got flowers."

"Flowers?"

Wind nodded. "There's some in your bag too; Four saw them through the holes."

"Which reminds me - you need to patch that," Warriors followed up with.

Knowing that he was not going to until it was much worse, Hyrule none the less nodded. He wandered over, plucking out the flowers, and tucking them into his hair. With a twirl - maybe a little of the fairy was lingering on his personality, but there was nothing wrong with embracing that freedom - Hyrule showed the flower off.

Time's eye narrowed on him once again, but it was Wild that spoke, "you look just like a forest spirit, 'Roolie!"

Unable to help himself, Hyrule laughed, and shook his head, "I'm not nearly that pretty."

"That's what a hair brush is for!" Legend and Warriors called back, in perfect unison.

"Forest spirits don't brush their hair, though," Four looked thoughtful, but Hyrule could read the tiny bit of mischief in the studious frown. "So it can't be that."

Knowing danger when he saw it, Hyrule ran over to the campfire and wriggled himself between Sky and Wind. He would have preferred Wild, but the cook was busy

"So, dinner?"

"Just fixing Time's hair then it'll be done!" Wild called. "Or... No this will take a while - help yourselves."

As ever, food moved the conversation on.

It didn't stop everyone from giggling any time they looked at Time, or - worse - when he was still finding seeds on his person a week and two portals later, of course.

#linked universe #lu fanfic #lu hyrule #fairy hyrule #lu skull kid #lu time #look this is definitely lu its consequences of a canon occurence!#fanfic #fluff #friendship #i was going to doodle too but wrists #maybe another time #or if anyone else wants to draw hyrule and skull kid legging it they're welcome to #it'll probably make ao3 eventually but for now is just here #hope you enjoy!#fairy!Hyrule

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