Link was standing at the bow of a medium Hylian cargo ship. The sun had just set in the horizon and dark rainclouds started to gather in the sky. Proxi fluttered next to him, both looking silently at the open see in front of them, and the wind blew strong on the sails. He closed his eyes, feeling the wind on his face, and rememberd his parting from his dear friend, Princess Zelda, a few days ago.

-Flashback-

Link and Princess Zelda were standing at the peer at dawn, as some of his fellow knights suppervised the loading of many supply crates into a large cargo ship. The Kingdom of Holodrum had been devastated by a war and needed supplies to recover, so Link had been requested to take a group of soldiers and escort the supplies to their destiny.

"You take care of yourself Link," said the Princess with sadness.

"I'll be back soon, don't worry," he had replied.

"Remember that Holodrum needs these supplies as soon as possible, so try to make good speed, alright?"

"I will," replied Link. "I promise we'll be back before you know it."

One of the soldiers approached him and saluted.

"We're ready to leave, general," he announced.

"Thank you Nador," he nodded and saluted back.

"I guess you must leave now," said Princess Zelda.

"I'll be back in two weeks," said Link.

Zelda smiled and hugged his friend, whith whom he had developed a strong friendship after they had saved Hyrule during the War Across the Ages. Together, they had managed to vanquish the Evil King Ganondorf once and for all, and thwarted the sorceress Cia's plans, and now Link had become the closest person to her besides from her protector, Impa.

Link returned the embrace and then boarded the ship, which set sail into the extense ocean ahead.

-End of Flashback-

"General," said a voice behind Link, bringing him back to the present.

"Yes, Rassak?" he replied, turning around and addressing the sailor that had approached.

"It seems that we're heading into a storm. Shall we turn around?"

Link looked back into the horizon, dark clouds covering the skies ahead of them, turned to look at the sailor.

"It will take us longer to reach Holodrum if we do, but we won't make it at all if we try to cross," he replied. "Turn the ship to starboard and let's try to go 'round it."

"Aye," agreed the sailor and then returned to the bridge.


The storm raged all around the ship. Link's green tunic and blue scarf were soaked as rain poured down. They had tried to surround the storm, but it had eventually hit them before they could turn around. Large waves crashed against the wooden hull as the ocean unleashed all of its rage on the ship. Sailors and soldiers alike were running into the main deck to assist in reeling the sails to provent the wind from ripping them apart, as well as trying to secure their cargo on the storage rooms inside the hull.

"The waves are getting bigger!" yelled the ship's petty officer at Link. "General, we must try to turn back to Hyrule!"

"We're too far into the storm to try to turn arond!" yelled Link. "If we try, we will be ripped to pieces!"

"If we don't we will STILL be ripped to pieces!" replied the petty officer.

"Hey, Link!" called Proxi. "Remember that the Princess gave you the Wind Waker Baton when she assigned you this mission?"

"You're right!" remembered Link. "Let's see if we can get us out of this!"

He ran back down into his quarters and rumaged through his chest, finding the sacred item in a leather box at the bottom. He reached to grab it when there was an earsplitting thunder and a roaring crash, and Link heard the men above screaming. He climbed back up into the main deck and saw the mast of the main sail split in half, it's top burning in flames as it had been struck by a lightining.

"We're doomed!" yelled one of the soldiers, right before the ship was hit by a large wave and water flooded the main deck sweeping him and two other men overboard.

"MAN OVERBOARD!" yelled one of the sailors.

The ship was rocking insanely and another thunder roared as Link stumbled to reach the bow. He raised the Wind Waker and the ship was hit by another large wave, making him lose balance and falling over the rail.

"Link!" yelled Proxi.

He managed to hang into the railing before he fell, but the Wind Waker slipped from his hand and fell into the raging ocean. Two of his soldiers ran toward the bow and helped him back into the deck, but another wave hit the ship and they all fell on top of each other as watter flooded the deck again.

"We've got a hull breach!" yelled a sailor coming from the lower decks. "The ship is sinking!"

Link looked at the man and stumbled while he ran into the lower decks and verified a large crack on one side of the hull, water steadily pouring inside as men tried to gather their posessions and climb up to the higher levels. He ran back up and witnessed as the main mast finally finished cracking down and fell on the main deck, shattering part of it as another wave hit the ship and swept a few more men into the ocean.

"Link..." said Proxi with a low, whimpering voice.

Link was silent, praying to the goddesses as he saw the giant mass of water rising to the ship's port side.