I laid down, wanting to go to sleep but unable to. For the past few nights I had the same dream, where I'm standing before a white-robed figure. I couldn't see his face, and he had a large book floating in front of him. He was surrounded by monsters, although there was something strange about them, and they weren't attacking him; They were being commanded by him, and fighting me. Every night I had this dream, but I have no idea what the meaning of it was...

I pulled out the telescope my sister had given to me - she never actually got around to getting it back - and started stargazing. Not much to see out here, I thought We've been at sea for so long, I wonder when we'll find it?

I lowered the telescope and sat up, half expecting a voice asking me if I was still awake. But, this was just a recreation of the King of Red Lions, not the real thing. He would always make sure I did what I needed to, guiding me across the Great Sea, able to speak the words of men. Something about this boat I was sitting in was making me uncomfortable, although it might be that I was used to it talking for so long.

As I gazed into the distance, I spotted something; A light, yellow in color and very dim, but visible during the night. I couldn't tell what it was, even with the telescope. I looked up at the ship next to mine - about three times the length of my own, and five times as high. Tetra and her pirates were on board, probably sleeping.

"They won't notice if I'm gone for a few minutes..." I said to myself "I'll go check it out."

Thinking about it now, it never ceases to amuse me how ironic that statement was.

I sailed over to the source of the glow; There was a small island not too far off that we would have missed if we hadn't stopped where we did. I stepped off my boat and onto the island, wobbling for a second as I had been at sea for almost two months, and was used to the ground rocking back and forth all the time. In the center of the island was a rock, but the more remarkable sight was a large hole next to it.

Now, I'm used to holes being in random places on islands, but how many of those glow yellow along the rim and have a sideways forest clearing on the other side? This one did, and I stood on the edge for what must have been five minutes before walking over to and examining the rock. It had runes etched in six circles around the center on top, each circle growing larger. From the looks of it, these runes could be turned to line up different symbols to an arrow on the top, and the runes that were already lined up were glowing green, as well as the center. I had no idea what any of this meant, and if these were Ancient Hylian symbols it was too dark for me to read them anyway.

I looked back to the portal. Should I try it? I debated with myself. I had no idea what would happen if I jumped into the hole, but the only way to find out was to try it. I lowered my foot into the hole, and gravity brought my foot to the grass on the other side. Okay, so it should be safe then. I hopped in, gravity quickly changing direction and plopping me onto the grass. I laid there for a few seconds, disoriented by the sudden change of direction, and stood up, looking back at where I came from. The hole I came out of was on the side of a large tree, and through the hole I could only see the night sky of where I had just come from.

I circled around the tree a couple of times, trying to figure out how this was possible, but eventually I decided it was one of those things I would probably never figure out. I looked up at the night sky, and through the portal. Yep, they were the same sky, meaning I wasn't too far from where I started. I considered going back and waiting until morning before exploring this place, as it could be the land we were looking for, when I heard some rustling nearby.

"Who's there?" I called out. Getting no response, I drew Orca's sword and the Mirror Shield, approaching the nearby bushes cautiously. As I drew closer, I saw a figure in the shadows. Before I could say anything, it dashed away, deeper into the woods. I followed, but soon lost track of him as I realized I had no way of knowing which way to go to get back. With nowhere to go, I sat down on the grass, exausted from chasing after him. Who was that? I wondered as I laid back against a tree I couldn't get a very good look at him...

Before I could do anything else, I was interrupted by a voice in the trees, similar to my own "Aw, giving up so soon?" I sprang up as he landed next to me, the moonlight not quite bright enough to illuminate his face, although a sheen told me he was holding a sword "I'd hoped you'd have more determination."

"I'm more focused on other matters at the moment." I replied "But that's beside the point. Who are you?"

"Nobody you probably care about." he answered "But I know who you are. And I'm here to stop you."

I grinned "Well, I'm flattered. But you're messing with the wrong guy, I don't go down easily."

"Neither do I. But enough talk..." he said as he made a swing at me, which I easily blocked with my own sword "Let's see how good your sword skills are."

Things quickly escalated as I blocked blow after blow, trying to find an opening in his defenses. Unable to because of the darkness, I resorted to swinging at wherever I could, blocking his sword with my shield. His attacks were very quick, and it took nearly all of my concentration just blocking them alone. He's good I thought as we clashed again and again Very good. I haven't seen anyone this skilled with a sword before.

I soon had to start taking steps back to keep from getting hit. Of course, that didn't help much, as he took steps forward at the same pace. He started hitting harder, growing tired of this, and I started looking for possible avenues of escape. I could start running, but he had outran me in our little chase before. There was my Magic Armor Crystal, but I debated whether or not I could get it out fast enough. Before I could think of any more possible solutions, he spun around me and hit me in the back of the head, possibly with the hilt of his sword. He got the better of me, I was defeated...