A/N: This is my first Zelda fic! The end of windwaker was disappointing to me, so I decided to write my own version about Link and Tetra! Hurray!

Just Children

Chapter one: It begins

Link sat upon his bed on Tetra's ship. No matter what he did he couldn't fall asleep. He sighed before standing up and going up deck.

He didn't know someone else was up there already.

Tetra sat on the railing of the ship, perfectly balanced. She sighed, in deep thought. Her eyes scanned over the blue ocean. It was still dark, so blackness seemed to engulf her. She breathed in the ocean air, her beautiful hair blowing in the wind. She didn't notice Link. But he noticed her.

As Link approached her he smirked. He walked up behind her quietly. When right behind her, he put a hand on her shoulder. "Hello Tetra."

Tetra, not knowing he was there jumped and lost her balance. She slipped and fell of the railing, luckily on the side so she landed on the boat. She sat up dazed and glared at Link.

He smirked before jumping away as she stood. Then he ran.

Tetra chased him over the boat, all the time muttering about killing him. It wasn't long before the noise brought the pirates running.

"Whats going on?"

"Nothing," answered Tetra sweetly, who was only about a foot away from Link.

The pirates looked at each other, shrugged and went back to bed. (lazy)

Tetra watched to make sure they were gone, but in that time Link tackled her, pulling her to the ground.

He pinned her there and grinned.

Tetra, being the person she is, didn't just sit there. She struggled against his tight grip but he held her to the ground harder.

Soon, she relaxed against the floor, her body ready to spring up when Link's guard went down. About 15 minutes later, Link turned away briefly at the sign of light. Tetra took this to her advantage and pushed him off.

Tetra looked toward the light. She recognized it as a light from another pirate ship. She grabbed Link by the shoulder and pulled him down.

The two of them moved silently to the edge of the boat. There was a pirate sitting on a box on board. Tetra recognized him. His name was Jordo. She had kicked him of board after he had tried to kiss her last year.

'That jerk,' she thought. 'He goes up and joins with our enemy!'

Jordo had saw her though. He quickly moved to the side of the ship. "Tetra!" he yelled over, not thinking of the trouble it could bring.

Tetra groaned and glared at him.

"I was wondering if you wanted to quit being captain of this second rate group of pirates and come over here to join us!"

"Second rate?! Tetra yelled fiercely. "What do you mean second rate!"

Tetra and Link could hear the sounds of footsteps from both ships. Soon, pirates came up from both ships, staring fiercely at each other.

"I tried," said Jordo. "But now you'll face the same doom as your crew."

And so it went. Cannonballs back and forth, pirates jumping from ship to ship. Eventually, night turned to dawn, and seagulls were seen.

A small island came into view. It was a good swimming distance away.

Suddenly, clouds started rolling in. Both members or the ships scrambled to get below deck. Tetra stood in the crow's nest, yelling out orders.

Lightning flashed across the sky as rain pored down. The crew started filing below deck. Suddenly, a huge wave started coming at the ships.

It was a huge wall of water. It looked so solid that even if a drop of it fell of that massive thing that it would totally destroy a ship. It loomed closer, as if a cat slowly approaching a mouse, toying with the ship until it struck.

The wave crashed into Tetra's ship first. The impact sent Tetra flying, and she fell into the water. Link watched in horror as she fell.

He jumped in after her. The water rushed around him. The salty water was in his mouth, in his eyes, in his nostrils. The sea, so calm and beautiful not long ago, seemed to be fighting to drown him. He found Tetra's hand and grabbed it.

Tetra opened her eyes coughing. "Link...?"

Just hold on," Link said.

The waves carried them toward the island, but neither of them stayed conscious long enough to make impact.

Later that day after the storm passed, a young girl about Link and Tetra's age was walking along the beach when she found them.

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A/N: I know, short. So what do you think? Review please!