4 Swords Eternal Journey Ch 15
Fly To The Talians

'Hey Sean(same as seen)! Come look what I drew!' the little girl lifted up a picture of a hamster eating a big sunflower seed. 'Do you like it?' She left a smile on her face, looking at the boy.

'It's great!' he replied, and smiled back, 'You put in a lot of effort in this didn't you?'

'Yeah! It was hard....but I finally finished it!'

'A hamster? Hm...when is your birthday coming up?' he questioned.

'In three days! I'm going to be seven!' she held up seven fingers. 'You want to get me something?'

'Maybe, maybe not' he grinned and looked at her.

'Sean! Don't lie to me like that!'

'Alright alright' he chuckled, 'I'm gonna get you something, its a secret'

'Can you tell me what it is?'

'It wouldn't be a secret then! Wait till you're seven, I got a special surprise up in my sleeves'

'Ok, I'll wait....'

The boy chuckled, and pats the little girl on the head. 'I know you're gonna love this gift'  He smiled and----

Mink opened her eyes, and with everything blurry, she looked to the left. There she saw a boy with wings.

"Hello sleepy head~" he grinned.

"S-S-Sean? Is that you?" she gave the boy a big sleepy hug, and buried her face into his chest, then fell off the bed with legs on the floor.

"Whoa whoa, I'm not this Sean, um, your friend." he slowly pushed her arms off him.

"Huh?" her eyesight cleared up, and saw him in front of her. "Ahh!" she blushed a little and jolted back. "Oh jeez! I'm so sorry! I just had a dream and and-"

"Shh"

"Hm?"

"You don't need to tell me, don't waste your breath, say, what's your name?"

"My name is Mink Hylia"

"Oh, a Hylia?"

"Yeah"

"Reminds me of the royal family"

"I heard about it, people say I belong in the Hylia family, hah, can you believe that?"

"Actually, I could" he lifted up her hand and showed her the mark. "And this is why"

"Oh, that thing? Everybody is telling me that, its not important. It must be a birth mark or something, a scar I guess."

"Alright then, oh! I forgot to tell you my name! Ah my bad~ Name's Glide, Glide Soorin, nice to meet you."

"You're kinda tall" She looked up, she only reached to his chest.

"Well! You're what? A teen? And what am I? I'm 17 Don't worry" he patted her on the head.

"Oh wow, you look kinda young"

"I do? Why, thank you"

"Um you're welcome" she looked around and turned to him "Where are the Links?"

"Oh, you mean those quintuplets(five) that look the same? They're outside, waiting for you to wake up"

"Wait, where are we now?"

"WindTail Island, where the Talians like me, live. You were coming here?"

"Yea, a whole bunch of sharks attacked us, and last thing you know, I got hit."

"Yes, look at your left arm, it's quite injured"

She moaned a bit, which caused Glide to move back. "Yeah, without my left, I'm useless, I can't do anything with my right."

"Really? It's uncommon to see left handed people, not that it's bad or anything, it's just a small chance to see them."

"....."

"What's the matter?"

"So, you're the one who saved me?"

"Yes, plus other Talians"

"What is a Talian?"

"Why, the only humans who can fly on this island! We are called Talians, also, the children of flight! We Talians are very unique! Our ancestors were birds with long beautiful wings, sharp edged beaks, and sharp eye sight. They've changed so much, becoming more human, and more advances for themselves, say, now we have hands which we can use to grab things, but we lose our beaks, then again, we still have our talons!" He showed her, and jumped up a post.

"Gah! How'd you do that?"

"Look" his talons were gripping onto the post with his tail dangling behind.

"Oh! You have a tail!"

"Yeah, wanna see it wag a bit?" the tail budged a bit.

"Its so big..."

"Yeah, it's normally suppose to anyway, helps me keep balance when I fly in the air." he jumped off the post. " So why are you guys visiting here?"

"Well we were suppose to help you on something."

"Ah yes, I've heard of something, it was the brutal one."

"The brutal one?"

"Yes, the brutal one, I have heard she has been making trouble, and killing every one of our kind, also, I've heard that she placed monsters plus a leader monster, on every island. We have to kill that monster in order to save us, and the phoenix."

"Phoenix?"

"A mystical bird who is able to reborn by turning itself into ashes, and coming out as just a baby phoenix."

"No I mean, why a phoenix?"

"Well, it is said that the gods placed the phoenix on each island to protect those who live on the island. We have the wind phoenix, with great speed and accuracy, she is able to strike in a blink of an eye. Then there are the fire, water, murky, earth, and cold phoenix, each able to protect the island with no problem."

"So who is the leader monster?"

"I've seen it with my own eyes, it was horrifying. A giant dragon with giant wings, and teeth usually covered in our brothers blood, ugh. No Talian has ever went in, and came out unharmed. If this keeps going on, we'll be extincted, wiped out of the face of the world! Damned brutal one, if I ever get my hands on her, I'll rip her limb from limb, then let her feast on her kind before I jab her in the neck to die..... painfully and slowly"

"I'm so sorry Glide, I wish there was a way I can help you."

"Hm....maybe there is...."

"Really? What is it? Oh please don't tell me it's about my birthmark."

"Afraid it is, see, in the legend, a hero next from the Hylia family was suppose to slay any one of those evil ones and protect this whole land."

"But I thought the phoenix were suppose to protect the island."

"Just one island, but they can't protect the whole land from danger, that is why the hero is there, the hero also can bring the land peace. And I believe you are the hero."

She looked down upon herself.

"What seems to be the problem?"

"Well- I-I-I can't do it!"

"Why not?"

"Because I'm not good at anything! I was never made to be good at anything, I can't do anything, I was never meant to do anything right nor wrong! Face it, I'm useless, even a burden would be better than me! I-"

"Hush little human....you must try, try to be good at something, you might be good at something right now...."

"No, I'm not, I can't do anything right! I try and try, and nothing!"

He sighed with grief. "Believe in yourself, don't just try, believe."

"Huh?"

"If you just try, but not believe, it will never work. That's what happened to me when I was your age, I wouldn't fly."

"Really? Tell me about it."

"Well, when I was a kid, I used to be scared of flying, every time I tried, I just fail, so I quit flying. But then this other Tailan, Jonathan, told me the exact thing. Believe in yourself, don't just try, believe."

"Wait, Jonathan? Does he have wings, like you, and.....glasses?"

"Yes."

"Where is he?"

"Hold on I'll get him. Wait here."

He ran outside, and started to fly. Then, Mink, poked her head out of the house, she twitched her ears. Then, a scent hit her.

'He-he-he's actually here....I know that scent, it's him' she thought. 'But, how did he get here?'

"He's here!" Glide went in and jumped on his post, and Jonathan came in.

"Mink...." he said.

She jumped on him, making a squeak noise. "Jonathan! It's you! But how did you get here?"

"This is my home."

"Your home?" she got off of him. "But I thought Hyrule was your home."

"No, this is, I haven't been here for years. I was lost in Hyrule. And when you left, I got worried, because you didn't have a home, a family, you would get hurt. So I followed you here."

"Why didn't you tell me Hyrule wasn't your true home?"

"I thought you would call me crazy, and leave."

"Jonathan! You know I wouldn't do that!"

"I'm sorry...."

"No, it's ok Jonathan....don't be sad....."

"Hm" Glide examined Jonathan. "You're an offense Talian?"

"A what?" Mink said.

"An offense Talian! You see, out of all the kinds of people, there are two kinds of Talians, and offensive, and defensive. The defensive live normally, while the offensive one fight. Although, the offense loses their talons, but grow wings on their arms instead of their backs, and they can fly much better. Defense has talons to give a little more protection, and grow wings oh their backs."

"Ohh, so you're a defensive?"

"Yup"

"But how can you fight?"

"Well, I don't actually act like an ordinary defensive Talian. Like your friend, he likes to be more calm than fight."

"Well that's true...." Jonathan said. "I don't like fighting...."

"But I do! I'm doing just fine~!"

"...." Jonathan said nothing.

"Jonathan, you don't need to fight, you don't have do."

"I know, its just that I think I should be....."

"Nah nah! Don't pull your feathers off because of that! Relax! Be what you are! Look at me, I'm not a fighting type, and I fight!"

"Ok...."

"Anywho~! So Mink, are you willing to help us with the monster?"

"I don't know if I'm suppose to...."

"Well, you did say you were suppose to help us, maybe this is what you're suppose to do, wouldn't hurt to try."

"It wouldn't hurt, it wouldn't kill to try...."

"Hey, don't cloud yourself with discouragement, just try, please, the monster is killing everyone of us....even the children, even the ones who haven't even touched blood."

"......You've touched my heart, Glide, I'll tell the others."

"I'm happy you're helping, this terrorism....we've been in it too long.....it has to be stopped."

She nodded. "I'll stop it, soon as my wound heals."

"Hm......hold up." He went to the cupboards while Mink and Jonathan watched. He was jumping all over the place, looking at different colors of bottles and pushing them to the side.

"Hah! There it is!" he grabbed out a green grassy bottle. "Here, drink some of this, but not to much."

She sniffed it, and pushed it away. "It doesn't look like liquid...."

"It's special, it can heal almost anything, its that one plant's name...I don't remember what it is....starts with an A....it has a green head, little freaky eyes, and it always drools....ew."

"Ok, now I just don't want to eat it, er drink it."

"Oh yeah.....Mink.....a little boy in red....gave me this...." He took out of his sleeve.

"Grawh!!" he said happily.

"Leafre! Oh no...are you hurt? Ow ow ow....nothing injured?" She lifted up his leaves and search for a cut.

Glide's eyes widen. "Ohhh no wonder why you don't want to, its from your plant! Hah! I didn't know you had a plant like that! It's an Aloel! A really young one. Anyway, just take a sip, it's not that bad."

She made a face. "Mh, alright, I'll do it." she took it and looked in it, it slowly slid down when she tipped it. She closed her eyes and tasted it, then drank some.

"Bleh! Tastes so bitter, and so sour, and that kind of grassy taste! Ugh!"

"Told you it wasn't bad. You could of just let Leafre drool on your arms....nasty...no offense"

Leafre moved his leaf a bit.

"Good."

"Oh now you tell me?"

"Well it would burn like shit for a while if you did that."

"Oh well, at least it's over. Now its time to tell- ow ow, ah, it hurts!....." she laid back on the bed.

"Let a day go past by, then you'll be cured. Sleep tight."

"But what about the monster?"

"Bah, don't worry, just sleep, now." he covered her eyes. She pushed his hand outta the way.

"Don't worry, I'll inform your little friends, just to not let them worry. Just sleep."

She closed her eyes, and tried to sleep.

He smiled. "Good human."