The pirate ship was docked, or in this case beached, onto the yellow, sandy, shell speckled beach of Mirage Island. The island was a bit small in size, but it hat luxurious green plant life all over the surface. Tetra looked at the island eagerly and turned to Link, "C'mon, let's go!" She said energetically.
"Wait! Why me?" Link asked nervously.
"Because everyone else is needed to guard the ship, of course." Tetra said, in a matter-of-factly tone. She climbed onto the ships railing and jumped down onto the sand below never losing her balance, just like a cat. She looked up at Link who was leaning over the side of the boat to see Tetra, "Hurry up, hero!" She called.
Link sighed, "Great, here we go again," and jumped over the railing after Tetra. Link caught up with Tetra shortly, who had already begun to explore the Island. Tetra had taken the knife that she usually wore at her belt out of its sheath and was cutting down vines and large plants in their way. Link was constantly looking from side to side, keeping a look out for any danger out of habit. "So… What are we looking for exactly?" Link asked, as Tetra cut down yet another vine.
Tetra kept her eyes on the path in front of her, but made the effort to speak to Link, "Somewhere in the center of the island there should be a cave." She said. "Huh… And what's in the cave?" Link asked, as he tried to look up through the thick canopy of leaves above them. "The mirror, of course." Tetra replied.
"Right, right…" Link said, nonchalantly.
After quite some time, Link wasn't sure how long it had been, because there was no sun to be seen through the trees, Link stopped in the middle of the trail to look at some cut vines. "I've seen these a few times now… Hey Tetra! I think we're going in circles!" He called, while holding up one of the vines. When Link got no response, he looked up to see that Tetra had vanished. "Tetra!?" He called. He rushed ahead to see if he could spot Tetra, but he found nothing. "Tetra!" He called again.
A bit frantic now, he started running on the slightly worn down path that they seemed to have been following this whole time, "Tetra!" He called once more, his voice higher in pitch with anxiety. Just then, he tripped and fell onto the dirty earth floor, and something grabbed at his ankle. "Aaaggh!" He shouted, and clawed at the ground to get away. He was jerked back violently and onto his back, and a hand was slapped over his mouth. He looked wildly around for his captor and his eyes met with Tetra, who had her hand clasped over his mouth.
"Shhh!" She hissed. Link stopped his struggling and Tetra released her hold over his mouth.
Tetra pointed to a gap in the greenery, and Link looked in that direction. Trough the gap, Link could make out the shape of... Something. It looked a bit bulky, with an humanoid appearance. Link turned to Tetra and whispered, "What do you think it is?"
Tetra shook her head slowly, "I can't tell from here." She whispered back, and gripped the knife in her hand tighter.
Link reached around to his side to grab his sword, but when he groped at nothing but air, he realized that he had left his shield and sword back at the boat!
"I can see the cave behind it, whatever it is, it must be guarding it. Let's attack it before it notices us!" Tetra declared, and began to wriggle her way through the brush and to the figure.
Link reached out to grab Tetra but was too late, "Wait Tetra, I don't have… a sword…" Link sighed, and ran after Tetra, managing to get a scratch on his cheek on the way out of the shrubbery.
Link emerged from the growth to find Tetra staring at a large statue. She turned to Link and gestured towards the statue, "Looks like it wasn't a monster after all, eh?" She said, and tapped her knuckles on the side of the statue.
Link approached the statue and examined it; it resembled a frightening looking Wizzrobe with a jewel encrusted hat. He was checking out its robe when he noticed a thick layer of dirt or dust covering up the solid pedestal it was perched on. He quickly rubbed it off with his sleeve, turning it from green to brown.
"What's this?" Tetra inquired, and leaned down to see the spot that Link had rubbed the dust away from. "It's written in ancient Hylian, let me see if I can read it." Tetra said, and started mumbling to herself as she read it. Link continued to examine the statue, and noticed it looked different than a normal Wizzrobe, more humanly built with a human like expression.
Tetra tapped Link on the shoulder, and he leaned in closer to her, "From what I can make out, it says something like, "Cave… Image… A mirror… magic… traveling… Great… Great something, I don't know; and the word consequence. That's about it." She said, pausing in-between a few words here and there.
"You're a little rusty on your ancient Hylian, aren't you?" Link said, skeptical about Tetras translation. She just responded by giving him a whack on the head, "Ow!" He exclaimed, and rubbed the place where Tetra had hit him.
Tetra stood up from her crouching position and dusted her shorts off. "Well, whatever the consequence is, we can handle it." She said confidently, and began making her way to the cave entrance.
"T-Tetra… Oi…" Link gave up on trying to stop her, and picked up a lonely stick on the way inside.
(I fixed a sentence error in this one, it used to say that the statue looked like a Moblin, but I changed it and accidentally forgot to edit that part.)