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Wood and Rock

Chapter 2: Splinters

The large ship drew close to the hull of the buccaneer, which the deck of was covered with men bringing out their next-to-last cannonball. Loading it up on the seemingly gigantic cannon, the Coliseum Champion was readying to destroy the Goron boat Rocks of the Holy Waters. The galley boy nervously nibbled a stone, watching from the galley, while the fat blubbery cook strode about collecting the most important of essentials. Once he was finished, he grabbed the young Goron's hand. "Trust me, lad, if you want to live, come with me. I know of a tavern, floating around here. Let's board it, shall we, lad?" Although a terrible cook, the Goron was a sympathetic person and thought that one so young did not deserve to die. The galley boy, who was done, tightened his grasp on the cook's hand, who was like a father to him. Together they snuck around the side of the boat and saw that the tavern, run by three Zoras, had almost bumped into the stern, made the trip quick and simple. Gingerly the two Gorons slid off the side of the boat, and once landed told the Zoras of the dilemma. The Zoras immediately understood and steered back toward where they came.

An hour or so later, the cook and he galley boy saw something quite extraordinarily sad. Rocking in the waves, barely visible, the cannonball was launched, and the Rocks of the Holy Waters split into hundreds of pieces of splintered wood. Gorons frantically swam as far as they could until they sank. Her hull was barely sticking out of the water, but the last-minute Gorons weighed it down and it sank into the sea. The cook wiped his grimy face and spoke to the galley boy. "She's gone."