A Novel Hylian Concept

Rarity awoke to a warm, wet feeling, and tried to open her eyes. They were covered by cucumbers.

"Huh?" She slowly took the cucumbers off, revealing that she had a facial and a toweled up mane and was sitting in a large cauldron repurposed into being a hot tub. Before she could say "huh?" again, a small girl suddenly pressed a vial full of red liquid to Rarity's lips, causing her aches to go away. Red potion! Rarity sighed at the warm feeling as all her wounds healed.

"I would have let you drink it while you were still asleep, but it works best when one is awake and can register the healing."

"Thank you... But where am I?"

"Just a little witch's shack. We sell red, green, and blue medicine. Red restores health. Green restores magic. Blue restores both. Consider that little swig of potion a free sample." The girl giggled as Rarity looked around the place. It didn't look like just a shack, which was saying something considering Rarity's standards. The overall luxury of the place wasn't selling it.

"It took me forever, but I found a new set of eyelashes for you too."

Rarity just stared, baffled by this little girl who seemed so much more modern than the rest of Hyrule.

"Yes, I know about false eyelashes. My grandma found you passed out just inside the yard. And sure, we don't get many talking unicorns, but we know someone used to a life of luxury when we see one."

"Again, thank you." She leaned back in the cauldron with a sigh. "I haven't felt this good since I arrived here..."

"You were mumbling about a boy named Link."

"Oh yes?" Rarity's ears would have perked if they weren't being held down by the towel.

"Yeah. You know he's an outlaw, right?"

"Trust me, I know. Have you seen him around?"

"Just on posters. He came and bought a bottle of blue medicine once."

The girl helped Rarity out of the cauldron, and then they talked more. Rarity spent all her rupees to stock up on as many potions as she could, and not just red ones. She got a lot of green ones as well, because the less magically exhausted she was, the better. Before she could leave, a rather intimidating elderly woman with a pointy hat came in.

"After double toil and trouble, fire burned and cauldron bubbled... Made mushroom brew I did. Ah, I see our guest is awake. How are you, dear?"

"Very good. Your granddaughter would make for a great worker in a spa."

"Maple," the witch said, "did you even introduce yourself?"

"Oh! No, I... I forgot..."

"You seem to forget very important things." she turned back to Rarity. "I'm still teaching her her manners-"

"Hey!" Maple said, objecting to the witch's jab, but she was already on a roll.

"She's very young, you know, and doesn't quite understand etiquette yet-"

"Yeah I do!"

"Anyways, I'm Syrup, and this is Maple. She runs the shop while I mix brews."

Rarity chuckled. 'Maple Syrup.' "She's a very good shopkeeper, Syrup. I've already bought potions from her. My name is Rarity."

"Nice to meet you, Rarity. What do you do?"

"I own a fashion shop in, err... well, far away from here."

"Why don't you tell me more while we curl that mane of yours?"
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Link climbed on the bird's back, chuckling nervously. He liked heights just a little more than he liked deep water. The loftwing spread it's wings as he found a place to hold on, finally settling on the base of the neck. Right then, the bird took off with one mighty flap of it's wings.

"Okay! We need to find Rarity! Understand? The pony I-"

SCREEECH!

"Okay, okay! You get it! Jeez..." As if to agitate him, the loftwing did a few corkscrews in the air. "Are you looking for trouble?"

The bird was good after that, and started to idly glide, riding the thermals. Link had to admit, it was great. He enjoyed the wind for a while, and the warmth of the sun, before getting to work. He started looking around. They were above Hyrule castle at the moment, and Link had to laugh at all the little guards walking around. It was nice, being so high up. He just hoped the loftwing would catch him if he fell.

As he started to look for Rarity, he realized he had no idea where she had fallen. Or if she had even survived. He could only remember the blue of water, which was just great. That meant either the river or lake Hylia. He combed both places but found nothing. It was going to be a long while. His bad mood was lifted slightly as he watched the sun set. It was time to call it a day. He didn't want to know what flew around at loftwing height during the dark. So, he landed, and watched as the loftwing flew off. Then, he started to build a campfire.