Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Zelda or any of the characters in the Zelda series (if I did, I wouldn't waste my time here). I'm not making any money of this and if I forgot anything else in this disclaimer I did or didn't do that as well.


Chapter 1 - An unhappy birthday


Light peered through the window as the young boy slowly woke. He stretched and sleepily scratched his head. That's strange, he thought, his grandmother hadn't woken him yet to do the chores. Suddenly a thought struck him and he leaped excited out of his bed. How could he forget? It was his birthday today! He quickly rushed down the stairs and found his grandmother in the kitchen.

"Oh, you're up already?" she laughed as she roughed up his blonde hair, "well, happy birthday, Link. I have a special present for you."

She rummaged through a kitchen closet that she knew was too high for him, and thus a safe place to store his present.

"Here you go," she smiled as she gave him the package.

"What is it?" Link asked as he tore away the wrappings, "wow, new clothes! Thanks a lot, grandma!"

In a dash, he rushed back upstairs with his new clothes, and ten minutes later, he came running down the stairs again, dressed in a green tunic.

"These look great, grandma!" Link beamed, "thanks a lot."

"You're welcome," she smiled, "now go find your sister. I'm sure she has a present for you too. Oh, and there's going to be a surprise for you tonight too!"

"Really? What?"

"Well, it's not really a surprise for your birthday, I have to admit," the old woman smiled, "but due to fortunate luck, they will perform tonight."

"Who will perform?" the boy looked puzzled.

"I'm not going to tell you."

"Come on…" the boy whined.

"You're ten today, Link, so don't whine," his grandmother scolded him, "now go find your sister. And I'm sure someone else will tell you who's coming tonight. I believe they might arrive very soon."


Link quickly made his way outside and looked around. He didn't see his sister around, but he was sure where he could find her. Her favourite spot was also his favourite spot, the watchtower. Granted, there wasn't anything else on Outset Island, but it was enough to keep kids his age busy for hours. Shouting hello's to everyone he met, and accepting congratulations for his birthday, he made his way to the big tower that was standing on the shore of the island.

"Aryll!" he shouted when he reached it.

Above a small blonde girl popped her head over the wall and waved at her brother. Link jumped up, grabbed the ladder and started to climb. He was panting heavily when he reached the top and sat down next to his sister.

"Happy birthday, brother," his sister kissed him on the cheek, "want your birthday present?"

"Sure," he smiled, "gimme gimme gimme!"

"Now that's not really polite," she pouted, "it seems turning ten didn't do your manners any good."

"Oh, come on, sis," he sighed, "you know I was only joking."

"So was I," she laughed, "now hold out your hands and close your eyes."

Grumbling he closed his eyes and opened them when Aryll gave him something.

"Wow, you're giving me your telescope?" his eyes grew wide, "but this is your most priced possession! It was a gift from dad."

"It's only for today," she told him, "you have to give it back tomorrow."


A sound made her look over the reeling.

"And guess I gave it to you at a bad time," she sighed, "the performers are just arriving."

Link followed her gaze and saw a huge boat coming in the port.

"Wow, do you see those fish swimming next to the boat?" Aryll asked, "I wonder what kind of fish they are. I've never seen any like that."

Link put the telescope on his eye and peered through it.

"They're not fish," he said, "I mean, they look like fish, but…"

A sudden shriek made both of them look up at sea. A huge bird was seen in the distance, heading for the island, with a big ship after it, shooting it's cannons at the bird. The boy looked at the ship through the telescope.

"A black flag!" he shouted, "they're pirates! And that bird! It's bigger than I've ever seen before! I think it's holding someone!"

As the bird came closer, he saw the bird was holding a young woman with a dark brown skin and blonde hair. Just as the bird soared over the island, a cannon ball exploded right next to the bird, causing him to drop the woman, right over the forest on top of the island.

"We have to go help her!" he said as he started to climb down the stairs, "she could be in trouble."


As soon as he touched down, he started running towards the path leading up to the forest.

"Hey kid!" he heard someone shout and looked over his shoulder.

Two young men who looked very much alike were catching up. One of them was dressed in a blue tunic, while the other was wearing a red one. Both had blond hair that barely reached their shoulders and blue eyes.

"Kid," the closest one (and who wore the blue tunic) asked, "is there some way we can get up to where that bird dropped that woman?"

"Yeah," Link said, "up this path, and then over the bridge. Will you help her?"

"Yeah," the man nodded, "but we don't know the way. In case you hadn't noticed, we're not from the island. We're here with the Zora's."

"The what?" Link frowned.

"The Zora's," the other continued, "the performers who will be playing tonight. The Indigogo's. They're friends of ours, but now we better go help that girl."

The man looked up and saw three other, smaller birds fly up.

"And soon…"


Link led the two men up the path, but suddenly stopped as the road was blocked by some young trees. The man in blue didn't slow down but drew his sword, and in a swift motion he cut the trees down and jumped over the stumps. When the other one didn't slow down either, the boy just followed them. When they reached the rope bridge, a bird came swooping down, dropping two small monsters, with faces like a pig. Snorting like pigs, they raised a curved sword, but the both men didn't even slow down. They simply dodged the swords and struck them down, all in a fluent motion.

"On the other side of the bridge?" the man in red asked.

All Link could do was nod, and then stammered "yes".


When they reached the forest, they quickly found the woman, stuck in on a branch high above the ground, shouting things Link knew he was too young to hear. At the bottom of the tree were two Moblins, snarling and showing their tusks as they waited for their prey to fall. Suddenly they seemed to notice the two men had arrived and turned to face them, holding their poleaxes ready, but both men just threw some sort of nut on the ground, which bursted open in a flash of light, causing the two monsters to flinch. Quickly the two men drove their swords deep in the skulls of the monsters and both dropped dead at their feet.


"It's safe now!" the man in blue yelled up to the woman.

"Fuck yoaaargh!" the woman yelled as the branch suddenly snapped and she fell down.

The man quickly put his sword away and tried to catch her. He somehow managed to do this, although he fell down himself.

"You okay?" the other man asked as he extended a hand to help the woman up.

She simply slapped it out of her way and stood up. Link now saw she had her blonde hair tied up in a pony tail, and wore a blue jacket over a purple top with a red scarf, and white pants, which were now stained by the tree. She looked about twenty and pretty pissed.

"Stupid cocksuckers," she spat as she kicked one of the dead Moblins, "assholes were lucky I didn't have my sword with me."

"I'm fine too," the man in blue said as he got up, "thanks for asking."

"And where the fuck is my crew?" the woman yelled.

"We're here, captain Tetra!" one of the pirates waving a big sword came running.

"Where's that bird?" she shouted, "and who the fuck are these two? And who are you?"

With those last words she pointed to Link, who felt like crying.

"I… I'm…" he started, fighting back the tears.

"Leave the kid alone," the guy in blue sighed.

"I still don't know who you are," Tetra hissed as she turned her attention to the man.

"I'm Darmani," the man in red answered in his place, "and this is my brother, Mikau."

"Mikau, huh?" Tetra's eyes narrowed, "I know a Zora called Mikau."

"If it's who I think it is," Mikau grinned, "I was named after his father, just like him."

"And could you go easy on the kid?" Darmani said as he kneeled next to Link, "you're scaring him. You alright, kid?"

"I'm fine," Link nodded, "and my name's Link…"

"Really?" Mikau blinked, "well, how about that?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Tetra continued her rampage, "and where the fuck is that bird?"

"We don't know, captain," the pirate shrugged, "we lost sight of it."

"It's a big ass bird," Tetra threw her arms in the air, "how can you loose a big ass bird?"

"Let's get this kid back to safety first," Mikau said, "then we'll worry about the bird. What is this bird anyway? We saw it fly over when we docked here."

"Not your problem," Tetra said.

"Just asking," Darmani muttered and rubbed over Link's head.


"Link!"

Finally a smile appeared on the face of the young boy, when he saw his sister on the other side of the rope bridge waving at him. He wanted to start running until he suddenly heard Mikau mutter "fuck" and then was passed by the twins. Then he saw what they had seen. The large bird had returned and was headed straight for his sister.

"Arryl!" Link shouted, "run!"

Arryl frowned as the two men were coming towards and then noticed the bird. She screamed as the bird grabbed her, only seconds before Darmani reached her. The giant bird took off and disappeared over the Great Sea.

"Arryl," Link sniffled.

"I'm sorry, kid," Darmani sighed.

"You… you have to help her…" Link pleaded, "please, help her?"

"We will, Link," Mikau nodded, "don't worry about it."


AN: For those who don't really understand what's going on, I suggest you read Professional Hero and the Four Swords first.

For those that do, indeed, this is the next part of the series. I should be updating this every two weeks. Why every two weeks and not weekly you ask? Well, you'll see next week...

Oh, and review, damnit.