Sea Flower

Treasure

A young sailor and his sister were aboard a small boat casting fishing lines into the water hoping to catch fish for a tasty treat. Grandma had sent them to get fish for the birthday party of a special island member.

The young girl was wearing a green dress and her blonde hair was in short braids. Her sapphire eyes sparkled with excitement as she felt a tug on her fishing line. Her brother watched her in amusement as she pulled the string into the boat as fast as she could. She held up a shiny common fish and had a huge grin on her face.

"Big brother, I caught one!" she excitedly exclaimed. He laughed at her and shook his head in amusement.

"Good job Aryll, it's a decent size too, stuff it into this bottle so it will keep till we get back to Outset," the boy said to Aryll, passing her a clean bottle. She carefully put the fish into the bottle and threw her hook back into the water.

The boy smiled encouragingly at Aryll as she tugged vigorously on the fishing line. He had blonde hair and azure eyes as well. He was lean and quick, and he was a fighter. The sword strapped across his back proved that he was brave, but the kind look in his azure eyes also meant that he was honourable and just.

He had a lazy way of looking at the world, but you knew he meant business when the time of danger had arrived. Right now he was relaxed and tugging on his fishing line every now and then.

The familiar sound that issued up from under the boat told the boy that they had drifted over sunken treasure. He quickly used his grappling hook to pull the treasure chest to the surface. Aryll ignored him, focusing on her fishing line and waiting patiently for a fish to bite.

"Aryll! Look at this!" he exclaimed after seeing the contents of the chest. It was a parchment scroll that had a smaller chest within it. Confused, the boy looked at the chest to find the keyhole, but all he found was the carved out part in the shape of the Triforce on the top, and six small circular holes around the Triforce, and three small raised platforms.

"Link, it's just a chest in another chest, there is nothing special about it," Aryll said annoyed, still tugging on the line. Link's instincts were telling him something else though, this was something special and there was something very valuable in the chest if it sent you on a treasure hunt to find the keys to the lid.

Link carefully placed the parchment and the chest and the piece of silver carefully at the bow. He was turning the possibilities of the chest around in his mind. What was the thing in the box? Was it old? Did it belong to the Hero of Time? Did it come from that time?

These questions came one after the other, slowly turning around in his mind. Aryll was the only one catching fish anyway so he ignored his fishing line for a while until he could straighten out his thoughts. However he wasn't allowed to contemplate for long. There was a vicious tug on his fishing line that nearly pulled him into the water. Aryll dropped her own line to help her brother out and together they pulled the line out of the water.

"Jeez! Did you let it sink to the bottom of the sea?" Aryll demanded while pulling with all her strength. Link grunted in reply, as they pulled hard. Soon, they pulled it close enough to the surface that they could see what they had caught. It was a big fish that was still thrashing around. Link pulled hard and the fish came flying out of the water and landed on top of him.

The fish let out a loud scream and Link found himself staring into sparkling emerald green eyes. It didn't stop him from reacting quickly though, he quickly flipped it over and pinned it to the floor of the boat. Aryll carefully approached the creature that her brother was sitting on.

"It's okay, we won't hurt you, please hold still," Aryll said gently, pulling the hook out of its tangled fiery auburn hair. It was then that Link noticed the piece of silver that was around the creature's neck.

"Where did you get that?" Link demanded suddenly, scaring both Aryll and the creature.

"It was given to me by my mother," it hissed at him. Link pulled the other piece out and found that they interlocked. It flashed white light and floated away from the girl to the treasure box that was on the floor by the bow of the boat. They all watched it curiously.

The piece of silver placed itself in the right hand triangle, of the Triforce symbol. Link and Aryll and the creature gazed at it in confusion, but Link found his voice the fastest and he turned to the creature.

"Who and what are you?"

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