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Chapter 4 - The loss and gain of a captain

Tetra lay awake in her bed staring up at the ceiling. A soft knock came at the door.

"Enter." She said not bothering to look at her guest.

"Nudge and Mako have returned and have succesfully collected the treasure buried on Chu Chu Island."

"Great..." She said without any conviction.

"Senza and Zuko are showing the new swabbie Niko the ropes."

"Sounds like everything is going perfectly." She sighed.

"Somehow it doesn't. Miss Tetra what is wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong Gonzo..."

"That is not true Miss." He said as he held her hand in his. Tetra looked at him. He had grown so much in the past six years. He was nearly twice as tall as her and had large hulking muscles. He had even gotten a tattoo on his chest. She pulled her hand out of his and sat up. She then turned her back to him.

"Go away Gonzo I'm in no mood to talk." He remained in the room but closed the door. She felt his shadow fall upon her. Grudgingly she turned to face him, "I believe I gave you an order." She growled.

"Yes your head is ordering me to leave but your heart is ordering me to stay," Tetra blushed and gazed at the floor. Gonzo leaned closer and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. She stared at him in shock her heart beating rapidly. Their eyes locked and again Gonzo leaned forward. This time he was greeted by Tetra's hand as it struck him across the face. He felt the red hand mark and winced.

"How dare you do such a thing to your captain!?" She roared getting to her feet, "And trying to do it twice! What is wrong with you?"

"Miss I only did it so you could relax enough to tell me what's on your mind." He said quickly.

"Do I look relaxed now!?" She fummed though she quite enjoyed the kiss, "But fine, since you won't leave until I tell you what's on my mind you better sit down." Deciding against angering her he made sure there was a bit of space between them.

"So what's been troubling you Miss?"

"Well... I've been thinking about my mother and when she died..."

-Tetra's memory six years ago-

"You wanted to see me mother?" Tetra asked as she poked her head in her Zelda's room.

"Yes, it's something important. Hold out your hand." She dropped something light and cold into it. Tetra looked down at what appeared to be a small golden triangle.

"What is it?"

"Something you must cherish and protect for the rest of your life. It's a piece of the Triforce."

"What's a Triforce? Why are you giving this to me now?"

"I felt it was time. The Triforce is a powerful thing with which protected the great kingdom of Hyrule. The three forces are power, wisdom and courage. Long ago an evil man got ahold of the one of the Triforce and became the new holder of power. The second piece, wisdom, was give to the king's daughter. The evil man learned of this and kidnapped her. The last peice of the Triforce was shattered across Hyrule. A brave warrior clothed in green collected the shattered remains of courage and with the power of the master sword defeat the evil and saved the princess. The hero then sealed away the evil man and peace returned to the land. The peace did not last long though for the evil returned."

"So which Triforce is this? Power, wisdom or courage?"

"You do not need to know. What you do need to know is that the evil man is Ganondorf and that he has gone on a quest to find the princess from long ago and steal back the Triforce."

"Ganondorf... You mean that guy who commands the Forsaken Fortress?"

"The very same. But do not worry all is not lost. If Ganon can return so can the hero of time. The brave warrior clad in green and carrying the master sword. I urge you to find him if Ganon can not be defeated by... others."

"Others? There's other's fighting him? Well if we have a Triforce then we can help!"

"You will stay here."

"But what about the others they need help don't they?"

"They might..."

"Who are they?"

"Never you mind. Now run along."

As day grew into night Tetra had an uneasy feeling about her. She heard footsteps on the deck above. Suspious as to what was going on she crept up the stairs and to the door. Barely opening it a crack she watched as her mother and the rest of the adults boarded another ship.

'They're probably just going for a night raid... That's all...' She thought to herself as they sailed away. The next morning however was deathly quiet. As she stepped onto the deck she saw no one. A thick fog blocked any vision of the sea. As she took another step forward she was struck in the back with the hilt of a sword. She was quickly bound and tied to the mast.

"What a pretty little girl," A toothy man leered as he jumped down stern, "If you don't mind we'll be taking this ship." The other men behind him laughed eviliy.

"Gonzo! Senza! Zuko! Nudge! Help!" Tetra cried making the men laugh harder.

"Your buddies won't be able to help you." He jeerd as Mako, Senza, Nudge and Zuko were thrown forward.

'Where's Gonzo?' She thought quickly.

"You know it's pretty dangerous for a girl to alone on a pirate ship with a bunch blood thirsty men."

"She's not alone! She has me!" Gonzo roared as leapt at them swinging two swords.

"Gonzo..." She whispered as tears rolled down her cheeks, "You came to save me..." Unfortunalety for the men Gonzo, despite being clumsy most of the time, was a master swordsman.

"Retreat! We have enough gold! Retreat!" Their leader called as they fled back into the fog.

"Miss Tetra! Miss Tetra! Are you alright?" He called as he ran to her side. And before he knew it Tetra had given him a kiss on the lips and was clinging tightly to him. He blushed deeply and nearly fainted.

"Gonzo you saved my life!" She cried into his shoulder.

"Oh it was nothing." He mumbled.

"I hate to break this up but Miss Tetra what happened to the rest of our crew?" Nudge asked nervously.

"I don't know." She said wiping away her tears and pushing Gonzo away.

"I know..." Zuko said sadly. Everyone turned to him, "They went off to fight that man at the Forsaken Fortress. They were supposed to be back way before now." A rito landed between to group of them, booldstained and battered.

"It's one of the postmen!" Senza said and ran forward.

"Where is my mother?" Tetra asked him stepping forward. Sorrow was in his eyes as he handed her a small blue glowing rock.

"The owner of this has died and wished that it be given to her daughter." Tetra quickly pulled out her own pirate stone. The two glowed faintly together before going dark. Her heart froze as the realization of his words hit her.

"What happened to our fathers?" Gonzo, Senza and Mako asked.

"Dead too. They're all dead," Their eyes widened. He turned back to Tetra, "I have a message to deliver to you," She gazed at him with a look of utter hopelessness, "Your mother has instructed me to tell you to abandon the quest she asked of you yesterday. Ganon is too powerful for you to face right now. You are not ready."

-End of Tetra's memory-

"You think you are ready now?" Gonzo asked.

"I don't know. But I do know... that if I did you would be there to protect me from any danger." She gazed at him her heart racing. She put her hand on his cheek she had slapped. She was begining to regret her actions, "Did I hurt you?" She asked as she slowly scooted closer.

"Well yes Miss Tetra. You have quite a strong arm." He blushed suddenly as she kissed his sore cheek.

"Does it feel better now?"

"Y-yes! It feels much better! So much so that I could go shark fishing and bring you back about twenty of them!"

"Is that so?" She asked scooting even closer still.

"Yeah... Unless of course... You wanted me to do something else..." There faces were inches from each others now.