AN: strike over, currently writing ch 5
Link sat wearily on his bunk, slowly trying to make sense of today's facts; he closed his eyes in memory as the flashback began. "Link, I don't understand these feelings, this has never happened to me before, I…I love you Link." that bombshell was dropped on him at lunch that day, Link was too shocked to tell her he didn't feel that way about her, the girl he fell in love with was in a temple far beneath the waves, waiting for the day that Hyrule could be sealed away. That day would come as soon as the Tower of the Gods was put to rest forever beneath the surface of the churning seas. Link knew seeds of Gannondorf's evil still rested within the ancient world. The last few weeks had been busy ones, the pirates had hauled his boat, a good likeness of the King of Red Lions, aboard onto the foredeck, but the mast was broken in the process. Link sat awake for hours by night carving a new one with the help of his now good friend Nico, he had also every time he was on kitchen duty, took some of the leftovers for the trip he would be taking, and as the days grew Link knew he wouldn't make it in one go, his course changed, he made plans to travel to Dragon Roost Island, to ask one Rito friend for a favor he'd earned not so long ago.
Link set out for the galley, he had put his provisions in a secret place, hidden in a box high on the shelves, wedged into his spoils bag. Link climbed the ladder in the pantry to retrieve the purple sack of provisions. And took little alarm in finding it slightly off from where he put it, Gonzo knew he was leaving, and as Link looked, he had put in two additional slices of bread, and a Red Potion, Link grinned happily as he put the bag on. As he walked back to his room he saw Nico in the hallway, he walked up to Link and gave a sad smile, "So your finally leaving for real then, well it's been fun Swabbie., I'll miss you." He held out his hand and Link shook it firmly. "It's been fun Nico, other than the time you "forgot" to tell me we got new candlesticks downstairs," Nico just smiled, he had thought it was funny, Link couldn't sit right for three days "I'll miss you too, bye" with that Link walked into his and Nico's room and grabbed the new mast from the corner, wait, the pirates charm was vibrating, he pulled it out of his pocket, took one last look, and flung it onto his bunk, he had forgotten he carried it until recently, when he realized since Tetra had no work to do on deck she watched him most of the time, she was probably standing by his boat waiting for him to show up, regardless he was going. Link gave one final farewell to Nico and opened the door, proceeding quickly and quietly to the foredeck. Link sighed as he saw his boat come into view, his true concern, however, came when he saw Captain Tetra leaning on the hull waiting for him. It seemed that for every step Link took Tetra's face fell farther and farther. Tetra started bawling as link approached. "Link, why are you doing this to me, I love you, if you're going to leave, then take me with you, please!" Link drew in a deep sigh,
"I cant, I'm going to find someone, someone I left a long time ago." Link's mind was filled instantly with the one promise he made before he left the temple,
"I'll come back to you, I promise." and he remembered Medli's reply, as she raised her harp
"I know you will."
Link came back to the present just in time to see Tetra run off sobbing, Link was sure Tetra knew, and when Tetra got mad, he needed to make sure Medli was in a place Tetra wouldn't look. His thoughts turned to his own island, and then to Grandma, he knew he would have to see Grandma, to get her blessing at least, but it would be nice to see her again. It would also buy Link time to think of the most remote location he knew to hide Medli and himself. Those were thoughts for another time though; the task at hand was launching his boat, the Link to the Past. Link jumped in and released the ropes. As the boat dropped into the sea with a calm splash, Link affixed the mast and raised the sails, the pirates were sailing into the wind, with the new steam engine Tetra had installed, making it easier for Link to depart. With the sails up Link started to pick up speed, and the full moon lit the way, Link saw that going upwind it took three days, so it would take him two to get back to mapped seas, then another day to the island, Link sighed, he would need to stop for a meal, he only planned for a two day trip, he would stop at Flight Control Platform and win breakfast, that game was so overrated, easily winnable, with food secured, Link began to relax and think about his mission, and, more importantly, the girl waiting at the temple, far underneath the glassy seas.
