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[legendofzoodles]

Castaways...!

This song is so cute and has been stuck in my head for the past 24 hours. I also pictured Wind, Hyrule and Four singing it while adrift in the Great Sea separated from the chain. Wind turns it into a bonding moment. 

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Blue surrounded the trio from every angle. Their peripheral all blue, save for the brown of their hopefully sturdy raft and the bright green of Hyrule’s tunic strung up on the tiny mast of their boat, tattered fabric swaying in the strong breeze. They sat with their backs against it: Wind, Hyrule and Four, legs crossed with tired arms resting on their knees. Miles over yonder Wind could still see the isolated isle they’d managed to escape from, it’s sandy beaches growing further and further away until it was a yellow smudge soiling the horizon. 

Salty air filled their lungs, calm waves lapped stubbornly just shy of worn leather boots and the slow creaking of old wood sounded underneath. They were alone, drifting in a place unknown and an agonizing watery death awaited them just a few centimetres ahead. 

Wind should be afraid, should be feeling lingering anxiety mounting on itself every second that passed with any sign of help, should be diligently surveying the horizon for even the faintest smudge. Yet, fear and doubt eluded him.

To be fair he was looking carefully for rescuers, his stomach ached and his mouth was drier than the Gerudo desert- a couple days of little to no water and food would do that to anyone. Even a hero.  

That’s the thing, he wasn’t alone by himself, he was alone with friends. Every sigh, every cough, every time a slightly-too-warm damp shoulder nudged his, it was a reminder that they were in this together. 

Smiling defiantly at a blistering sun, cruelly reflected off of deceptively calm water, he started it sing with what little energy hadn’t been sapped away.

“Castaways, we are castaways Ahoy there, ahoy, we are castaways,”

his voice was hoarse and a lot to be desired, but that wasn’t the reason his companions tore their eyes from the monochrome landscape to glance quizzically his way,

“We're stuck where we are  With no house, no car  Castaways, ahoy, we are castaways

We were out at sea on a sailing ship  The rain began to rain and the wind began to whip  We felt the ship tip, it was going down  So we launched our lifeboat so we wouldn't drown.”

“Castaways,we are castaways-”

The tiny sailor spun around when they gleefully joined in, grinning brighter than the glaring orb above. Hyrule smiled back, cheeks slightly strained with effort and Four flashed a toothy grin beneath baggy eyes.  

“Ahoy there, ahoy, we are castaways. On an island at sea Just me, me, and me  Castaways, ahoy, we are castaways.”

Their tuneful SOS song rippled across azure waves and bounced between fluffy clouds floating too high, if they could see the fish swimming below them perhaps they’d catch them dancing. Wind guided them through the lyrics over and over, after each rendition a little vocal flare from Hyrule was added and Four steadily worked out a pretty complex beat, rhythmically tapping the mast. 

A sort of peaceful limbo washed over the group, all unsure of the passage of time, no longer rooted by the sky’s movements but the harmony following the next verse. Maybe they were going mad, and maybe Hyrule was just hallucinating the brown smudge with faint red and white smeared above it. Still, when he pointed hope to the others they all collapsed into laughter, cheering their hearts out, smiles wide and toothy. 

Suddenly bursting with energy, the trio rushed to the edge of the raft and make themselves noticed: Wind waving his arms furiously in the air, to the point of almost falling in, Hyrule digging his blistering hands trying to paddle them forward- ignoring the way they stung- and Four shimmying up the mast to manually wave their ‘flag’, clinging to it despite the splinters nipping his fingers. All happily shouting:

"Castaways! Ahoy! We are castaways!”

Later when they’re rescued...

“Sailor...what’s a car?” Four asked.

Wind shrugged. “Dunno man, those are just the lyrics.”

"I think Wild told me about those," said Hyrule, toweling his hair.

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Thanks for reading! This is my first songfic! Also a little TotK in there-so excited for it!  

Masterlist  

Headcanons: Flora is Feral, Parkour team  

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Recovered Regrets (LU)

Smoke Signal (LU Wild x reader)

LU character design ranking: 9th place  

Character analysis: Hero of the Wild part 1