Twilight blinked the sting out of his eyes as he looked up at the sky, a pale grey that was an unnatural color. The same smoke causing the color made the treetops disappear from sight, and he exhaled as he looked ahead of him where the other Links walked.
Their best guess was that there was a fire somewhere in the woods they’d been spat into. It must have been fairly far away since nothing was visible and the temperature wasn’t very warm, but the smoke was thick, and made hiking through the woods vastly more difficult than it normally was.
Legend suddenly leaned against a tree nearby, looking off, and Twilight walked up to him when he leaned his head against the tree, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
“You all right?” Twilight asked, voice muffled somewhat from the cloth over his mouth.
“Mm. It’s this smoke,” Legend said in a rough voice. He coughed then raised his head, eyes pink, expression weary. “It’s giving me a headache. And I’m not the only—”
He was cut off by a loud cough, followed by several more, and Twilight turned to see Sky bent over, coughing thickly into his arm. His coughing quickly turned to wheezing, Sky soon gasping for breath in between, and Warriors quickly went to his side, helping support him when he nearly fell over.
Twilight hurried over, but finally Sky managed to stop, his breath still loudly wheezing in his chest.
“I’m all... all ri...” Sky croaked, then began to cough again, Warriors quickly loosening the cloth over his mouth, and propping him up.
Twilight knelt down and handed him some water, and once Sky could manage to breathe again, he took it, wheezing a thank you before slipping it slowly. Twilight glanced at everyone while he drank, taking in the weary expressions as they watched, hearing thick breathing and heavy coughs from all of them.
“We need to get out of here,” Wild murmured, blinking tears born of smoke from his eyes, and Twilight looked up at the sky again, still pale, unnatural grey.
“We will,” he said firmly, slowly breathing in a dry breath. “We will. It’ll ease up soon.”
Please Ordona, let it ease up soon.