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Wild’s Hyrule, like many others, has a Faron Woods. And it’s the perfect place for the Champion and the traveler to take a walk together, away from the rest of the Chain.
Hyrule has taken quite a liking for mushrooms. The reddish ones are called Hylian Shrooms, Wild taught him once, and the green ones Stamina Shrooms. Each time they come across one, he kneels down to examine it, running his fingers along its smooth surface and wondering if it’s edible. It has to be, as Wild eats things like this all the time.
But the Champion seems to have another idea, as he stops at a small clearing and pulls out his Sheikah Slate.
“Do you want to see something cool?” he asks, grinning.
Hyrule’s brow furrows in confusion. What?
“Um…sure. I guess.”
Wild presses a few buttons on the slate, and soon magical blue trails of light circle nearby, not much different from the ones they see upon teleporting at a Sheikah Tower. A strange object materializes next to the two Hylians, with what looks to be two wheels and…
“What is that??” Hyrule exclaims, eyes wide.
The Champion giggles. “This is called the Master Cycle. A piece of Sheikah technology I got from beating the shit out of a monk. As you can see here-“
“Wait, hold on.” Hyrule interrupts. “ You got it from what??”
“Yeah…long story, Rulie. It’s quite amusing, remind me and I’ll tell you later.”
Knowing Wild, the traveler can’t say he’s surprised. But still. Maybe if he finds this…monk and beats him up, he can get one of these things too?
“Anyway, as you can see it has a seat, handlebars for steering, think of it as like an electric horse. It’s a new mode of transport that we call a ‘bike.’ Maybe when we’re done inspecting the shrooms here, I can demonstrate for you?”
“Yeah!!” Hyrule’s heart skips a beat, unable to contain his newfound excitement. A mode of transport? He has never seen anything like this in his life! And a thought burns into him: I wanna try!!
And oh, he wants to try so desperately. But he knows Wild wouldn’t let him.
“Ok, sounds like a plan.” The Champion smiles again before walking up to a group of Hylian Shrooms. Hyrule can barely take his eyes off the Master Cycle in all its glory. It’s as if the bike is speaking to him, asking him to come over and ride it.
Another few minutes pass as they study the clearing, with Wild taking pictures on the slate for Flora, and Hyrule has come up with a different plan. He beams from ear to ear like a young child, positioning himself in front of the Champion and close to the bike.
“Hey, see that mushroom over there?” The traveler points to the green Stamina Shroom at the base of a small tree. “Walk over and grab it, then throw it to me. I wanna try something.”
Wild briefly narrows his eyes. “…Why?”
“Just trust me on this. I’m gonna try to catch it in my mouth.”
“Rulie…” Wild sighs, but pauses when Hyrule widens his eyes like a begging puppy. “Hmph. Fine.”
The Champion turns around to fetch the mushroom. Ok, he’s distracted. Go!
Hyrule locks eyes on the bike and darts over to it, quickly hoisting himself up with legs straddled like he saw Wild do earlier. Shit. How do you start this thing??
“Hey! Rulie, no!”
Wait, yes! The right side! He slams his foot on the small piece of metal underneath it and suddenly the bike is speeding forward. “WOOOO!!” he shouts, fluffy hair whipping in the breeze as the loud whirring noise of the bike overrides whatever the Champion is yelling. Laughing out loud, Hyrule rides in a straight line through the woods, making sure to follow the path. This is AMAZING!!
His grip on the handlebars remains strong. All he needs to do is just keep the bike upright. Easy!
“HAHA! YOU CAN’T CATCH ME, WILD!!” he shrieks. “TRY TO STOP ME!”
He’ll ride all the way out of these woods, maybe through the field and back toward camp. He has the power now, he’s carefree!
…Until a large tree looms in front of him, blocking the path.
Shit!! He doesn’t know how to turn! Oh no. Oh, fuck me.
Hyrule barely has time to think as the tree draws closer; at his current trajectory he will slam right into it. I can stop, right? Just-
Wait.
He also doesn’t know how to stop.
FUCK!!
In a frenzy he jerks the handlebars to the right, hoping the bike will follow. He hasn’t thought this through, but he doesn’t have the time to with the bike still speeding faster than a dragon. Just narrowly missing the tree, he manages to turn the bike…
…smack into another tree.
Hyrule yelps as the bike crashes, and next thing he knows it is… gone?? Shit!! Now without anything to sit on, he is flung forward, crying out in pain as he hits the tree before being tossed to the ground.
He can hear Wild’s shouting coming closer as he lies there, dazed, arm throbbing from taking the brunt of the blow. Somehow he had managed to shield his face, but Hylia, that aches too. Everything hurts.
Okay, that was a BAD idea.
“HYRULE!!”
He turns his head to see the shocked Champion running to his side. “Hyrule! Are you okay?? My god!”
Bad, bad idea.
“Mhm…” he groans, rubbing his forehead. “Where’d it go…?”
“What- oh, it disintegrates whenever you crash. Learned that the hard way once too.”
“So I…broke it?” Oh no. His eyes widen as he glances up at Wild, now standing over him. “I’m so sorry-“
“No, you didn’t break it. That’s what it was made to do,” the Champion explains. “But I digress. Why in Hylia’s name did you want to ride it with no supervision!?”
Hyrule sighs. “I…I thought it would be fun.” With a grunt he pushes himself up to sitting, despite the pain in his arm. “And- it was.”
He smiles weakly at Wild, who still looks less than pleased.
“Oh, Rulie…what am I gonna do with you?” He slowly shakes his head in disbelief. “Here, can you heal yourself? Or I think I have a fairy.”
“It’s okay…I can do it.” If Wild uses his fairy on something as stupid as this… no. He won’t let that happen.
“Well, well.” Wild smirks as the traveler begins to prepare his healing magic. “I can’t wait to see the old man’s reaction when we get back!”
Hyrule gasps. “No, please- don’t tell Time! He would kill me if he finds out-“
“I mean, you’ll still be a bit drained…he might ask why. And so I can deliver.” Wild’s voice is taunting, as the Champion keeps his cheeky smile. The horrified look on Hyrule’s face must be amusing.
“Please…I can’t stand a lecture from the old man,” the traveler whines. “I’ll speak for myself…”
Just like he did before when getting Wild to agree to his little trick, he gazes up at the Champion with his puppy-dog eyes.
“Okay… fine.” Wild luckily gives in. “This can stay between you and me. But you have to promise to never pull a stunt like this again.”
Hyrule huffs. Aw, man. He loves messing around with Wild…but he would rather escape the wrath of the entire Chain and their lecturing. Especially Time.
“Yes, I promise.”
“Good.” Wild gestures to Hyrule’s injured body. “Now heal yourself up, Rulie.”
With a sigh, the traveler closes his eyes as he feels the familiar warm glow of his magic, slowly placing his hands on each of his wounds to close them. Soon the pain fades away and strength returns to his body.