Disclaimer: I do not own the Zelda franchise in any way. The closest to that for me I have possibly gotten is buying some of the games.

Note: I went home early today since I didn't have a 5th hour, and I felt like typing this up since I have no homework AND about two hours before my mom gets home.


Much like on Steel Island, there were monsters on the path to the volcano on Volcanus Island. Instead of Chuchus, however, there were those ever-so-troublesome Miniblins, and as Tetra made her way along the path, she was getting annoyed at their pitiful attempt to imitate the Jaws theme. She took pleasure in slaying the annoying little imps as she made her way to a large door. There were no locks on this gigantic red door, yet it refused to open with one of her strongest pushes. She gave up for a moment and sat down to think.

"Let's see..." she mumbled to herself. "I think I saw one of these doors before, but where...?" She gasped. Link!!! He had to draw on a couple of these doors in the Ocean King's world to get through to the other side. Maybe this door is like those!

She got up and searched around the area to find something to draw with. Seeing nothing of use, she drew her sword and gently carved the image of the Triforce on the door. When she was finished, the lines glowed a yellowish red and the door slid open. She walked through, and once she was about three feet from the door, it slammed shut on her. She raised her eyebrow at it, then shrugged it off and continued climbing her way up the volcanic path. As she made her way along, more Miniblins charged after her, chanting their poor rendition of the Jaws theme, and she quickly exterminated them as if they were flies.

Eventually, she reached a part of the path that had more room between the edge of the volcano and the edge of the path. It was even a nice circular shape. There was something that appeared to be buried in the ground, however, and Tetra just couldn't shake off the feeling that this spot was suspicious. Her thoughts were confirmed when, as she was two feet away from the strange thing in the ground, a gate rose up all around the area, completely trapping her within the circle. A familiar, loud screech was heard, accompanied with hard flapping, and as she looked toward the source, she found another one of those parrot beasts, like the one from the rusty castle. This one had a strong red coloring theme to it, but it came with no shield.

Must've been lucky that time... Tetra thought, raising her shield to defend herself as she aimed her sword towards the creature. Once it landed, it screeched again charging at Tetra with all its might. She stopped this one with her shield as well, but its beak did not shatter into thousands of tiny shards. It didn't even crack, so the bird flew up into the sky. As it flew around, trying to figure a way beyond her defenses, Tetra noticed that it wore a belt, and that strapped to said belt was a bow and quiver, stuffed full with arrows. I just love how these things always carry a new weapon for me, she thought, smirking as she tossed her shield over the fence and onto the ground she was hoping to get to once the battle was over.

The bird took its chance and pulled a sky dive at Tetra, who skillfully dodge rolled out of the way, causing the creature's beak to get stuck in the ground. As she finished her roll, she sliced at the belt the creature had, releasing it from its waist and dropping the bow and quiver. She quickly slung the quiver over her right shoulder and picked the bow up into her left hand. She sheathed her sword and took an arrow out of the quiver, aiming it at the creature. Just as it had freed its beak, she released the arrow, hitting the creature so that the arrow went through both of its eyes. It screeched in pain and took to the sky, flapping around like there was no tomorrow.

Tetra drew another arrow from the quiver and aimed it towards the creature, closing her right eye. As she pulled the string back on the bow, the arrow glowed a golden color, and she shot it at the creature, making it dissolve into nothing the moment the arrow made contact. The fence shrunk back into the ground, and Tetra smirked as she recovered her shield. "Those things are too easy once you steal the weapons off of them," she declared, continuing her way up the path. She exterminated more Miniblins that dared tread their way on the path, and eventually she found herself in front of another door, this one with a creepy eye switch above it. In fact, the eye kinda reminded her of Vaati a little. Ignoring this, she shot it with an arrow, opening the door and allowing her inside the volcano.

Within the next room was a small circular area, enough for her to do some tight sword dueling with another parrot creature, and beyond that chunk of ground was a large lake of lava, about ten feet below her current altitude. "Wow," she mumbled, the words echoing through the chamber. "Sure wouldn't want to fall down there." Once she finished speaking, the door slammed shut behind her, suddenly sprouting a layer of spikes that protruded out by about an inch. A strange cackle filled the room, and the lava rose up as if it were a tiny geyser. Some of the lava returned to the lake from which it came, but the rest assumed Vaati's shape, with a strange sword handle stuck in his gut.

"Foolish girl," the lava roared in a monstrous version of Vaati's voice. "I know of your plot to resurrect the Four Sword. It is such a foolish goal! I will never allow you to get your hands on any more parts!!!!" It pointed a finger towards Tetra and a bolt of energy shot at her. She quickly raised her shield against it, and it bounced back towards the enemy. He dodged it without even a flap of his cape, and the beam bounced around the walls of the volcano. Vaati, who had concentrated on charging an orb within his palm, did not notice the beam bounce back at him, and so it hit, turning some of the magma he was made of into rock. This distracted him long enough for Tetra to shoot an arrow at him. She hit the handle that was in his gut, causing him to grunt in pain so loud that it made the walls crumble a little.

Tetra smirked, inquiring, "That lava form of yours is connected to the condition of that hilt, isn't it?"

Vaati smirked back, replying, "Why, yes, it is. In fact, I've made it so that you can only defeat me if you can shatter this hilt into millions of tiny shards, all unusable for the forging of the Four Sword!!!"

"I bet I can kill you without doing that," she dared, taking another arrow and aiming it at him.

"Like that puny arrow will do anything to me in this form, girl! I can just wave my cape around and set the thing on fire before it can even touch the hilt! Assuming you could defeat me before destroying it, anyways."

"Maybe you could do that if I shot a normal arrow, but what about one enchanted with magic?"

"Just what are you talking about?"

"This."

The arrow glowed a golden color as she pulled on the bow's string and she released it. It shot through the air like a magnificent golden rainbow and stole the hilt from Vaati's form. As it stuck into the wall behind him, Vaati gazed wide-eyed at the result as his form started to drip back into the bed of lava, starting with his feet. Just as his head was about to drip down into the lava, he cast a glare towards Tetra, which was almost as fiery as the lava he was currently made of. Once the last drop rejoined the lava, that last arrow dissolved, and the hilt floated its way towards Tetra, sparkling as if it had just been cleaned. Another Heart Container fell out of it, sinking into her head as she grabbed the hilt. Again she felt her strength and endurance rise, and another blue flower appeared just behind her. She stepped into it as she put the hilt away, and instantly she was back in front of the tailor's shop. The tailor was grinning at the sight of her.

"I suppose things went well?" he inquired.

"Of course they did!" Tetra replied, smirking. And your clothes did real well keeping that volcano's heat from torching me to a crisp!"

"You're welcome, Miss. I made it extra resilient, considering the dangerous task you were putting yourself through."

"Thanks, then. Would you mind fixing up my normal outfit, though?"

"Not at all, Miss. I was wondering when you'd get around to asking me about that."

"What'll it cost?"

"Nothing. I charged you for that the moment I charged you for your red outfit."

"You're a smart man, ummm..."

"Call me Taas. Now if you'll just give me your outfit, I'll have it fixed up in no time."

"Alright."

She handed him her normal clothes and he went into the shop to do whatever it was he needed to do to fix her clothes.


While she was waiting, Tetra had decided to sit just outside of the doorway to consider her battle with Vaati. If he had thought to make it so that I couldn't defeat that lava form of his without destroying the splitting hilt, what'll he do to keep me from obtaining the next ingredient? "Now what was that thing called again...?" She reached into her pockets to find the list Blom gave her, but gasped after a second of searching. "Crap!" she grunted, hitting her head against the building behind her. "Left it in my other pocket..."

The bell on the tailor shop's door jingled, and Taas came out with Tetra's outfit. "I'm done with it," he stated, handing it over. "And while I was at it, I used some Zora fiber to help patch things up. I hope it comes in use later on."

"What's Zora fiber?" Tetra inquired.

"It's a blue fiber that Zoras made for humans to use for deep diving. Having clothes with this fiber in it will allow you the gift of breathing while under water."

"Wow. Thanks, Taas!"

She waved as she got up and ran to the pier, where Linebeck was waiting for her. Once she was there, she pushed Linebeck out of the way and made her way below deck to change into her recently modified original set of clothes. Once she finished, she jumped into the water and blew the whistle Lenny gave her.

"I'm assuming you got the item, then?" Linebeck inquired.

"Of course I did!" Tetra replied. "Did you honestly think that I'd come back without it?"

"I was just wondering!"

Tetra saw some splashing in the distance, so she got out of the water and took her place in front of the prow on deck. Linebeck shrugged and went inside his ship, and Zolo and Lenny popped up in front of the bow.

"Off to get that last ingredient?" Zolo asked.

"Of course!" Tetra replied.

"Then it's off to Frigid Isle for the Four Crystal! Lenny, get on the boat!"

"Yes, sir!" Lenny saluted Zolo, then jumped onto the ship.

Zolo started swimming off, and the ship's horn blew loudly, signaling its departure. Lenny sat against one of the railings as the ship went into motion, and Tetra turned to face him. "Why did you guys only charge us once for the service?" she inquired.

"That fee was for the whistle," Lenny replied. "The actual guiding part is free."

"That's very kind of you two!"

"It's nothing. Zolo catches plenty of fish to eat along the way, so the job pays for itself."

"Do you really do anything besides tell Zolo when a whistle's been blown?"

"Nope. But it's cool. I'm not much of a worker anyways."

The air was starting to get cold, and Lenny's fins were tucking into his body. Tetra could see a chunk of ice not too far from where they were, and Zolo stopped swimming, popping his head out of the water.

"I hope you can survive the low tempuratures here at Frigid Isle!" he called out. "Last I heard, that Four Crystal thing was lodged in the bottom of this island. Good luck getting it out!!!"

With that, he swam away. Tetra was staring at Lenny, however, since he was still on board.

"What is it?" She asked. "Is there something about this island that reminds you of something?"

"No," Lenny answered. "I was just wondering what the hell a runt like you would want Blom to make a rare sword for."

"Have you ever heard of a guy named Vaati?"

"No, but do go on."

"Well, he's a sorcerer of the winds, and when I first encountered him, he had turned my friend to stone. I'm getting the sword made so that I can defeat him and find a way to undo the stoning."

"Good luck with that."

As the S.S. Linebeck docked at the only non-ice structure on the island, Lenny dived into the water and chased after Zolo.