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The village and the houses are going to be a little different, like the house is going to be set up differently and the town is going to be a bit bigger.
Linebeck crossed his arms and leaned back on the back wall of the town hall. A small babble of conversation hung in the air as everyone filled in. He really didn't want to go through this, but he had been overruled by the crew and the captain of the supply ship. As the last few people showed up, Linebeck took a seat towards the front of the room by his Kirk.
"Alright, if everyone would settle down, we can begin," Sturgon said as he hit his staff against the ground. "Linebeck, if you would like to take my place at the podium, you can."
It took every last effort not to groan or roll his eyes, "Not really. It's a long story. We're going to be here for a while and I really don't want to stand for a majority of it."
Sturgon shrugged and made his way towards and took an empty seat. All eyes made their way towards him. It felt like the room had shot up in temperature, but Linebeck knew it was nerves. Kirk gave him a reassuring nudge with his elbow.
"Well, ehehm.." Linebeck said as tried to clear his throat, "so as most of you know we made our usual supply run to Windfall Island. On our way back we encountered the fabled Ghost Ship. This is where the story is going to get complicated. So when the Ghost Ship boarded us, we were given a choice, join its crew or die. We really didn't have much of a choice. So we joined its crew."
Looks of confusion flashed across the crowd and Linebeck pressed on with the story, "I know, I know, just hear this whole thing out. For about a year we served the crew. Every chance we got we tried to find a way home. What we didn't know is that the Ghost Ship traveled traveled between multiple worlds. Again, hear me out. This is a long and crazy story. Over the course of that year, we never came across another ship that came from our world, this world. After a year had passed we noticed something was wrong with the ship. It was cursed and was slowly draining the life from us. We tried to escape, but there were... complications.
It turns out the ship was a cover for an evil entity named Bellum. The monsters who served Bellum ran the ship and left everyone weak to the point that escape was futile for most of us. I was the only one who managed to get off the Ghost Ship, while everyone else was trapped on the ship. After I escaped I searched for years trying to find out all that I could about the Ghost Ship.
While all this was going on, in our world, we never came back. Our supply ship was reported as missing and was assumed to have sunk in a storm. Years passed with out event. Then Gannon returned and started gaining his power back."
"Wait. Gannon is going to return?" asked Sturgon.
"Unfortunately, I think he will. So Gannon's power grew. He began searching for the Triforce of Power. He used this giant bird thing, I forget what Link called it, the Hemlock King, King of Hemlocks, something like that."
"Sorry to interrupt you, but did you say Link? As in your son, your four year old?" asked Abe.
Linebeck let out a short breath, "Yes. Just let me explain." He pinched the bridge of his nose and continued, "So the Hemlock Bird King thing was sent by Gannon to find the recent incarnation of Zelda. I'm going to skip ahead to Links twelfth birthday. On that day the Helmock King was being chased by a pirate ship. The Bird King had captured their captain, a girl around Link's age. Her name is Tetra. The ship was firing something at the bird and knocked Tetra from its grasp. She fell into the forest and Link had to go rescue her. After she was rescued the Bird King mistook Aryll for Tetra. So Link and Tetra go off and search for Aryll.
So as it turns out Link is the reincarnation of all the previous Links and holds the Ttriforce of courage. Tetra is the reincarnation of the Princess Zelda and possess the Triforce of wisdom. A long adventure ensues and Link and Zelda Tetra defeat Gannon, hopefully once and for all."
Linebeck rubbed his face as he tried to remember what Link had told him, "The Triforce comes together and Zelda's father wishes for them to fulfill their destiny and find a new land to recreate Hyrule, or something like that. I don't remember exactly, but moving on. They save Aryll and go out looking for a new place to call Hyrule. During their trip they encounter the Ghost Ship.
Tetra gets trapped on the Ghost Ship and Link gets knocked off the ship and wakes up on Mercay Island. It's a key island in the realm where we were in. Link sets out to find Tetra and the Ghost Ship. Meanwhile I'm on Mercay Island looking into the Temple of the Ocean King to find out anything on the Ghost Ship. Link and I meet up, but we don't realize that I'm his father and he's my son until later on through the journey.
It's a long adventure, but we have to find three spirits, three metals that can be forged into a blade to defeat Bellum, who is basically the squid version of Gannon. Link winds up defeating Bellum and that realm is saved. The Ocean King, who is a powerful being sends us back to our own world. Then everyone wakes up on the boat, but it's like none of that really happened, because its like no time passed at all. Like I said, its a long and complicated story. But we're back now and that's all that really matters." Linebeck finished with a long sigh and rubbed is face as he prepared for the onslaught of questions he was sure was going to happen.
Orca stroked his beard, "Hmm, it seems as though we have plenty of time to train Link in preparation for his fight with Gannon."
"I want Link to have as much of a normal childhood as possible. Training him at an early age might do more harm than good." explained Linebeck
James thought for a moment, "So you have the opportunity to train Link, and you don't want to take it?"
Linebeck wanted to shoot his former captain a look, but kept his head level, "The Link I knew only got a few minutes of training with a sword before he set out, and he did fine. He defeated two incarnations of pure evil."
Link's grandmother voiced her opinion, "I still think we need to tell Link when he's old enough to understand. He needs to know what he's going up against."
Linebeck understood where everyone was coming from, but he knew first hand what Link could become, but they didn't. He needed for them to understand that.
"When you tell a kid their destined to battle horrible monsters, travel through treacherous temples, and defeat the incarnations of pure evil they're either going to grow up thinking they are better than everyone or be scared out of their mind. I talked with Link. The kind of pressure that was put on him was incredible and it scared him. He was scared to fail when he was discovering what he was supposed to be doing when it happened. What do you think that's going to do to him if he knows at an early age? It's going to make things worse. Sure, he'll get some training, but it won't be until its close to when he has to stop Gannon. He's only a child, and while he'll be old enough to wear the hero's clothes, he's still going to be just a child.I'm not putting my son through all that pressure when he doesn't need it." Linebeck explained.
"What about Aryll?" asked Sturgon. "You know what will happen to her? Are you going to try to stop her from being taken by the Hemlock King? Because if you do, we might run the chance of the Hemlock King grabbing Tetra. That means when Link goes to rescue Tetra from Gannon, he would have the Triforce sooner than in the other timeline. There is a great risk either way."
Linebeck's shoulder's slumped and he sighed, "I have no idea." He rubbed his face, "I have eight years to figure it out."
Well that went worse and better than expected. But it was over, and that made Linebeck happy. The sailor made his way back to his house. Home, oh how he missed home. He opened the door and stepped in inside. Out of habit, he went to Link's room and checked on him.
The young child was sound asleep in his bed. His little stuffed bear was snugly held in the boy's arms. He shut the door and moved onto Aryll's room. The toddler was sound asleep. Goddesses, he missed this. It took him eight years to get back to this point, but boy was it worth it.
