Happy birthday @skenandj, here’s a short fic with Digger and Fireball to celebrate, because your other requested fics are beyond my current ability. #LinksonaFic
The sun was warm on their faces, the wind in their hair and below them was a vast stretch of nothingness that faded to misty greys. And in front of them, getting ever closer, the green wilderness beyond Hyrule.
“This,” Digger shouted as the warning pings of Stasis got louder and more urgent, “is a terrible idea!”
“Yeah!” Fireball’s grin mirrored Digger’s own. The two of them gripped the minecart and each other as they prepared for launch. Whenever they were going, they intended to go together.
The next moment was a blur or speed and sound as they shot into the air. The red rock of the Badlands fell away and the distant cliffs of the land unknown race towards them. The sun was warm on their faces, the wind in their hair and below them was a vast stretch of nothingness that faded to misty greys. And in front of them, getting ever closer, the green wilderness beyond Hyrule.
Then they began to drop.
“Aw,” Fireball said as the minecart started its plummet to certain destruction.
Digger shrugged. Holding up his thumb and forefinger as the wind began to whip his hair upwards, he told Fireball, “We were literally this close.”
“Definitely,” Fireball replied as the minecart fell away from them so that they were sitting on air.
“Maybe next time?” Digger asked as they tumbled into freefall.
“Maybe?” Fireball laughed, his voice cutting through the howling of the wind. “You mean certainly.”
“Certainly!” Digger agreed, unhitching his Sheikah Slate. They’d fallen so far now that the sun couldn’t reach them. While Fireball would have no such troubles, Digger found the chill of the shadows and rushing air rather uncomfortable. He opened his map, squinting at the glowing shrines that dotted it. “Uh. Where were we meetin’ up again?”
Fireball, now upside-down, shrugged. “Dunno.”
Digger was sure they’d discussed it. Or at least discussed the intention of discussing it. Selecting a shrine at random, he said, “See ya there!”
“You bet!” Fireball answered before the world disappeared into blue.
The Ne’ez Yohma was, as always, a bastion of calm. The rippling reflections of the water across the ceiling. The gently swaying lotus seeds as the flowers floated serenely. The distant rumble of the waterfalls.
Digger pitched forward as someone slapped him on the back, almost sending him face-first into the water. Crabs scuttled away in fright as Fireball yelled, “WOOHOO, THAT WAS AWESOME!”
“Bloody hell ya bastard, I think ya fractured my spine,” Digger said, laughing.
Fireball grinned. “Sorry.”
“No worries; I ain’t need a spine when I have you t’support me, big guy.” They both laughed at that, laughed until there were tears in their eyes, until their hearts stopped racing and the adrenaline finally faded from their veins. Then Bazz had come running to see what the commotion was about. The expression the guard made when he saw who had arrived in Zora’s Domain made them burst out laughing again, all while being firmly but politely escorted out.
As they walked across the Great Zora Bridge, Fireball shook his head and did a surprisingly good impression of Muzu as he said, “The two of you are bad influences for the young ones!”
Wheezing, Digger said, “Ya think he means Prince Sidon?”
“It’s not our fault he’s too tall for shield surfing. We couldn’t have known that if we hadn’t tried.”
“Impeccable logic ya got there.” They were leaning on each other for support. Digger could barely breathe from laughing; Fireball had a hand on his aching stomach. Together they tottered across the bridge, plotting out impossible schemes and reckless stunts, charting a course for the impossible.
Because when Fireball said it, it didn’t sound impossible at all.












