This is dedicated to brown phantom for being the first person to review other than my sister. And for clarification, this is set after Ocarina of Time, Majora's mask, Windwaker, twilight princess and all of the GBA games. It is mostly based of Ocarina with little influences here and there, like the song of healing and the masks. You'll find out what the masks do ;P. Tamesis, Tahira, and Aceline are my own characters, I made them up, but I'm pretty sure you all know I am not claiming LoZ as my own work, but for those super freaks out their, LoZ is a trademark brand or whatever and I do not own it. Now shutup, and read the story! Lol.

Chapter 4

As they walked into the town, they quickly realized that the inhabitants were the typical stereotypical people usually seen. Several people openly stared at them, and a child even threw a vegetable at them. Tamesis pulverized it midair with his sword, and sheathed it before anyone could blink.

"I have a feeling that we aren't welcome here." He whispered to his companions.

"You think?" Aceline replied. "People are openly staring at us and that kid even threw a vegetable at us. Oh, yeah. Sorry." Tamesis had opened his eyes and turned his blind gaze on her.

"Does it look like anyone is indifferent to us?" he asked Tahira.

"No, absolutely no one."

"We might have to leave today, at night." Tamesis said. "I know we're almost out of supplies, but if they raise the prices, we won't have enough rupees."

"Fair point" Aceline replied. "Guards are coming towards us."

Five guards boldly marched in front of them and blocked their path. "What brings you here to this town of ours?" the leader asked.

"Our travels." Tamesis replied. He stopped 'looking' at his companions and his sightless gaze found the captain. "We need food and supplies."

The guard was not intimidated by his gaze. All he thought was a kid was trying to pull a prank on the town guards by marking up his eyelids with some red dye. "We don't tolerate troublemakers in this town."

"And what would label us as troublemakers?" Tamesis asked as he opened his eyes.

The effect was immediate. The leader lost his cool, and the other guards lowered their spears. Tahira began to draw her short sword and Aceline her bow, but Tamesis stopped them. "We came in peace, and in peace we will leave, is that agreeable?" he asked.

"I think you should get your worthless hides out of town!" the leader shouted at them. Tamesis was slightly stunned; his eyes couldn't look that bad, could they? He could not ponder it a moment longer because one of the guards swung his spear at him. Damn! He thought. These soldiers are actually soldiers! The spear nicked his shoulder. Tamesis ignored until he realized that it was bleeding. My goddesses, they're trying to kill us! Another guard swung his spear at the same time the leader put his spear in a thrust at him. Tamesis easily dodged them. For some reason, their movements seemed sluggish. Tamesis closed his eyes to listen for a moment, and they moved in normal time. What is this power? Are my eyes cursed to root my enemies with fear? No, that can't be true; I must be wielding the darkness as a weapon then. Tamesis heard a telltale movement, a cart overloaded with something.

Another telltale sound alerted him, the fishmonger, he was a guard and he was going to catch them with a net! Without a second's pause, Tamesis hurled himself at the leader; the fishmonger couldn't throw the net without putting great danger on the other guards. Their spears would get caught while Tahira's and Tamesis' short swords would wreck havoc.

The fishmonger knew this too, so he threw it at Tahira and Aceline. Dammit! I didn't think of that possibility! Two guards menaced Tahira and Aceline onto the ground while the other three circled him. By the sounds of it, the leader was one of the ones confiscating his friends' weapons. An idea struck him. "Coward, fight me alone to prove your strength!" Tamesis shouted at the leader. "I challenge you to single combat!" A gasp went up from the onlookers. He didn't even realize that they were there. Even better, news of him being a coward would spread through the city like wildfire.

Then his hopes were dashed. "I am not of high enough rank to fight you in single combat, but there is one who will!" The guard gave a sharp whistle, and the cart that Tamesis had heard earlier unloaded its cargo, but promptly turned around and sped off. It was ten minutes before anything happened. The guards kept him in the center of a circle with their spears, but Tamesis wasn't going to go anywhere without Tahira or Aceline, and the leader knew it. Then, Tamesis heard a noise; A horse clopping slowly towards the circle. The rider dismounted, and with the impact, Tamesis was assured this person knew what he was doing. That altogether was not reassuring. His following steps told him he was confident, and of an athlete's build, not heavy or slim, but filled with muscle and ready to go.

Tamesis heard a noise behind him and realized that Tahira and Aceline where being gagged. Anger coursed through him. How dare they stop them when all they needed was supplies, and now his friends could be imprisoned if he lost. Not to mention he; one of the twin sages of the Shadow Temple would be dead. How dare they!? As soon as he heard the newcomer say "Ready" Tamesis charged him. Surprisingly, the enemy was calm, cool, efficient and not intimidated one bit by his eyes. That was fine by Tamesis, more embarrassment for the town. Tamesis swung his sword in quick circles, speeding up the duel and giving the way to a good disarming trick. Suddenly, his blade stopped, by the sound of it, it hit the hilt. By the feel of it, it was stuck. The newcomer yanked back hard and pulled the sword out of Tamesis' grip. He heard the distant rattle as his sword bounced on the ground. Tamesis was knocked backwards by the hilt of his adversary, he fell; he was too stunned. How could he lose? Their lives had depended on winning! He felt the sword on his neck, this unknown opponent had won. And he was about to die.

"Any last words?" asked one of the guards.

"Who are you?" he asked this person. Who are you and what will you do to my friends?"

The sword withdrew a fraction, enough to put Tamesis in a more comforting position, but not enough to put him at ease. His life was still forfeit.

"I am Link, prince of Hyrule. Before I answer your next question, who are you?"

Tamesis was stunned. This was the person he was supposed to be helping, not kill.

"I am Tamesis, one of the Twin Sages of the Shadow Temple."

Link was obviously as stunned as he was. The guards knew nothing and had no reaction. Link turned around and walked back to his horse, and began to leave. "Do not kill or harm them, those are my orders." And with that, he left. Two of the guards picked Tamesis up and tied his hands. Tamesis was still too stunned to resist. He didn't even know how many guards there were now.

Tahira watched as one of the twenty Guards talked to the fishmonger. It was obvious he had done things like that in the past, because she saw a moneybag being handed to him. Aceline was obviously not happy at how her adventure was going so far, and Tahira wasn't either. On reaching the first town, they were nearly killed! Even though their lives were spared, they didn't know what was in store for them. Tamesis was led onto the cart and Aceline followed. It was her turn last, but something stopped the guards. It wasn't Tamesis because he was still too stunned to do anything other than stare with his sightless eyes. She turned to look behind her and saw a Gerudo. She started to panic; they would die if they weren't sent to safety. Her wish was granted as a guard bodily lifted her and tossed her into the cart. The guard quickly ran over to the driver and whispered something in his ear. The driver started the cart moving as more Gerudos appeared and began to advance. That was strange, they usually charged in with fancy tactics. The cause was revealed as they did exactly that. A large horde of Moblin archers began firing at various things. The Gerudos attacked the guards as the Moblins shot at anything they wanted. Some of the braver citizens fought back with their bows as the Gerudo's engaged the guards in hand to hand. One thing she quickly noticed was that the guard that had tossed her in was a swordsman; swords were given only to the best. She looked carefully and saw two others, each obviously experienced in swordplay. Better than she was, as the largest one, the one that had thrown her, took on five at once and killed two in a matter of moments. Then they rounded a corner and the battle was lost from sight.

…

Tamesis had come out of his trance and finally told them what had happened. All that they had seen was him fall to the ground and have the sword put up to his neck. The cart slowed in front of a larger than normal house.

Tamesis was confused. "Driver, why are we stopping here?"

"Because one of the guards has offered you a place to stay other than the jail." Replied the driver brusquely. He had already taken off their gags so that they could speak, it was apparent that no one knew who they were and no one would attack the driver in an attempt to free them. The driver grabbed a small knife and cut through the ropes binding their feet together. "Now, be nice. Don't break anything or hurt anyone. Young lady." He said pointing to Tahira. "You saw the really big guard taking on five of the Gerudos right?" Tahira nodded. "That's who is kind enough to tolerate your presence. I know I'm not." He said. Thankfully, he only led them into the front hall where he called out to some other inhabitants.

A boy slightly older than Tamesis walked from the kitchen, sword strapped to his side, and a girl the same age as Tahira and Aceline came running down the stairs. Tahira saw that they were both blondes, but they each had midnight dark eyes. The cart driver left their weapons and packs in the boy's hands, who shouldered them with no struggle, and then left.

"I take it our father is letting you stay here instead of the jail?" the boy asked. He saw the looks on their faces and smiled. "He does that a lot."

He turned towards his sister. "Calista, go and show them their rooms." Calista led them up the stairs. "You," she pointed at Tamesis "Your room will be in there." Tahira pushed him to the door. Calista noticed the movement and looked at her.

"He's blind."

She seemed slightly taken aback, then turned and smiled to herself. Tamesis sensed the movement. He leaned back to Aceline. "She's having the same thoughts you had." He whispered. Tahira heard it and shot him a look, which he didn't notice.

"What's going to happen to our weapons?" he asked Calista.

"Jerod is taking them into the storeroom. The door is oak backed by metal and it has three locks on it. So don't think about trying to get them." Tamesis nodded, expecting as much. He entered his room and began to explore it.

Calista led them down the hall and gave the adjacent rooms to Tahira and Aceline.

"Dinner will be in about four hours. Feel free to talk to anyone in your spare time."

Tamesis stepped out of his room and caught Calista's shoulder. Startled, she tried to struggle free, and then realized who it was.

"Why did those people try harming us?" he asked her. It was obvious the question made her uncomfortable, but Tamesis was blind and didn't notice. She tried to struggle free again, but his grip tightened. "There is more to this town than the three Goddesses."

She stopped struggling. "Well, I think we attacked you because you look like a Gerudo, and red hair is considered bad luck."

Tamesis nodded. "Strange customs. Be sure that you are not blinded by them." He let her go and she walked off, slightly faster than her previous pace.

Tahira had watched the proceedings. Tamesis looked at her, and then withdrew into his room. Aceline had also watched the proceedings and followed him in. Tahira looked up and down the hallway, and then closed his door.

"We will need to leave this town as soon as possible. I have a feeling we will bring grief on our host." Tamesis told them. Aceline nodded.

"Some of the furthest towns have strange customs." She said.

"I think that we should wait a little and then leave when it is least expected." Tahira replied.

"Several problems." Tamesis told her. "One, we desperately need supplies, we only have three arrows and enough food for one day travel, two, we need to get some rupees somehow. Three, we don't have any first aid. So we can't just disappear. We need to convince our host to let us get some supplies. Then we're going to need our weapons back."

The door burst open and Jerod strode in. "I can't let you three planning behind our backs. If you need to tell us anything, say it up front, and we'll see what we can do."

"Tamesis looked at him. "We need more supplies for travel, some more arrows and our weapons back when we're going to leave." He stated.

"Is that it?" Jerod asked. "Usually people want to cut off everyone's head." He smiled at them. "I can go with you to the market so that you can get food." He pointed at the girls. "Sorry, traditions. And for once I don't mind my sister going with some guy. Dinner is ready if you want it."

As they walked down the stairs, the man that invited them into his house was waiting for them.

"So the Gerudos couldn't get you?" Jerod asked him.

"No, and they never will." He replied. He then looked at Tamesis. "You're a good swordsman young man, and your companions aren't ones to wait around, are they?" then he noticed his eyes. "I knew there was something odd about your fighting style. You listen to the blade, right?" Tamesis nodded. "Same here." He took off his helmet. His right eye was completely gouged out, and part of his left was missing. Frightening, but not as much as Tamesis next words, or the next action.

"And you still see clearly with your third eye." The man smiled and opened his left palm. A small eye was in the hand, it blinked and twinkled with laughter.

"That is why I don't fight with a shield."

Dinner was a cheery affair, the previous discussion remaining untouched.

Then the man leaned forward. "So, I understand you need some things from town."

Tamesis nodded. "And a map if one can be found."

He laughed. "I like you, call me Bernard rather than nothing."

Tamesis smiled. "I am Tamesis. I have a feeling we will have some interesting conversations."

…

The next day, the group set out to the market as Bernard went to the barracks. Calista was paired with Tamesis; she had to because of their customs. Jerod was with Tahira and Aceline. Tamesis was going to find everything that was not food related; it was what he was best at. As they parted ways, they decided that they would go to a nearby café for lunch. Tamesis walked slowly, following his nose to a potion shop set in a back ally. As he brushed the door handle, he heard a slight noise behind him. He swiftly pushed Calista away from the noise and he rolled to another position. A sword clanged against the ground, Tamesis seized his chance and tackled the assailant. A heavy impact stopped both their movement. He jumped up, but the assailant didn't move.

"Calista, who is it?"

"A Gerudo."

"Good, I didn't kill anyone important." He patted the scant garments of the corpse until he found what he was looking for. A large money bag filled with plenty of rupees came out of the hidden pocket. "No one ever uses a bank."

They entered the potion shop, Calista was used to seeing lone Gerudos attack people in dark alleys, and was not startled, but she was by how Tamesis fought. He didn't see anything, but tackled the Gerudo just perfectly so that its neck was broke.

"Ah, good morning to you both, and I will be happy to deplete your recently acquired rupees" the shopkeeper said. He stayed in the shadows, not wanting to be seen.

"Yeah, I'm not sure how you know that, but we just want some potions."

"Easy for both questions, I have windows, and you need red potions. I have only enough for five servings though."

"That should be enough." Tamesis replied. He counted out the rupees and gave them to the shopkeeper. In return, he got a satchel containing the five servings in magically separated pockets. The shopkeeper winked at them before they left.

Something about the shopkeeper had scared them both, he knew what they needed and why. The looked back at the alley, but saw only a blank stretch of wall. They continued around town, chatting about the recent events happening in Hyrule. They found a small Bazaar that was selling arrows.

"How much for a bundle of arrows?" Tamesis asked him.

The Bazaar keeper looked at him. "Fifty rupees for thirty, but I'll throw in an arrow crafting set for one hundred and fifty rupees."

Tamesis was slightly confused, everyone sounded so bored and unwilling to do things. Another custom? He counted out the money and ended up giving him the bag. In return, he received fifty arrows, and a small kit to make arrows. They turned and left the shop. Everything in the town seemed slightly robotic. It was just a normal town really, with just more automated approaches. He asked Calista.

"It's a part of the culture, while you work, you cannot indulge in idle things."

"You speak as if it isn't your culture."

"Well, it isn't. I was born up north from here. We moved when dad was enlisted into the military."

Tamesis nodded. It explained why they were more so than the other people.

"Is there anyone that sells maps?"

"No, only Tingle and he rarely shows his face around here."

Tamesis nodded. Everyone had heard about how he was so annoying he was constantly arrested. A large bell rang, and suddenly everything seemed a bit more active. When he asked Calista, she explained it was lunchtime.

"We need to meet up with the others then."

They walked towards the café and saw that it was not the best of times to be there. A riot had broken out and some guards were going in to stop the riot. The soldiers only increased the frenzy and instead of calming them down, and they began to move away.

Calista gasped. "Jerod!"

Tamesis instantly ran into the fight. He recognized Tahira's and Aceline's scents and he rushed over to where they were. On his way he picked up a fallen soldiers spear. Tahira and Aceline where against the far wall. Tamesis tried hard not to panic; the yelling and screaming reminded him of his tribe's last moments. Something whistled as it came it him. Tamesis raised his spear and deflected. Instead, it stuck in the wood. It was an arrow. Someone wanted him dead.

"Now would be a good time to leave." Tamesis told them, and he raised the arrow. "Some people don't like us."

"You think?! The riot started because of us." Tahira told him. Jerod is okay and Bernard's here. It should calm down soon."

A lighted bomb rolled against a wall and exploded. More people began rioting and weapons were drawn.

"Go out through the hole. We leave the town now."

They safely exited the building and got back to an anxious Calista. After reassuring her that her brother and father were fine, they rushed back home. She unlocked the door to the shed and gave them their weapons back. They shouldered their packs and got ready to leave.

"Tell your father we thank him for his hospitality. We wish we could have stayed a little longer." Aceline said to Calista. Then they turned and left.

…

Late that night they sat around a small campfire. Tamesis was carving arrows and what looked like a walking stick. He was chanting softly as he made the staff. The staff was curiously curved, flat and had four notches on it. Without even saying anything to Tahira and Calista, he walked off into the woods. They stared after him, unable to understand why he left. Then they saw him walk back towards them. About ten feet before the camp he jumped and rolled to the side. He struck out with the staff and obviously caught something with it. Tahira stood and grabbed her sword. Aceline knocked an arrow. Tamesis calmly walked back, staff caught on something and then they saw. Calista had followed them.

"Same way we picked up you." Tahira said to Aceline. "Though he didn't wander off."

Tamesis sat her down by the fire. Then went through the same routine. "Why did you follow us?"

"I want some adventure. I don't want to waste my life in a strange town like that."

"Did you bring any provisions or anything to travel with?"

"I brought a bedroll and some traveling food."

"Any weapons? Change of clothes?"

Her confidence faltered. "No…"

"Good. I made this bow for you, but it still needs a string. Besides, WE don't have changes of clothes, so we can't yell at you for that." Tamesis smiled. "Welcome aboard."

Two Days Later

The group of friends had been traveling at a good pace. They had no encounters on the road and none at night. The days were passing pleasantly.

"Hey Tamesis, stop!" Tahira shouted. Tamesis stopped and looked back at her. "There's a lake here, do you want to swim?" Aceline and Calista were also in agreement.

"Yeah, why not have a break from traveling." Tamesis wandered over to a tree and relaxed himself against it. Tahira walked to the lake edge and began to take off her Sheikah tunic and leggings. But Calista wasn't quite as anxious as Aceline and Tahira. They quickly caught on.

"He's blind, he's not going to see you." Calista sent a sheepish look back at Tamesis who smiled at her.

"Are you sure, he acts it, but how do you know?" Calista turned to go ask him but was instead of ten yards away, ten inches. She looked at his eyes and saw them up close.

"Not even my ancestor, Impa, Sage of the Shadow temple holds faith in my eyesight returning." He turned and walked back to the tree. Calista was slightly unnerved, but she took off her dress and joined Tahira and Aceline.

Tamesis listened to the happy sounds of his friends in the water. Slowly he was lulled to sleep by the soft waves lapping against the shore.

Tahira looked at her nearly lifelong companion. For once, he was relaxed. Maybe they should visit lakeside areas more often. She then realized something else. She hadn't bathed in a long while and was starting to stink. She walked onto the shore and grabbed her clothes. She took them to the water where Aceline was already scrubbing her dress. Calista was scrubbing herself off first. After they had bathed and splashed around a bit more, Tahira was struck by an idea. She took a look at Tamesis and he was still sleeping, and told them of her plan. They quietly snuck out of the water and advanced on him. Tahira, being a Sheikah and natural at silently moving, took of his sword belt. She carefully placed it down next to him. When they were all ready, Aceline and Calista grabbed one of his feet each while Tahira grabbed his arms. Tamesis awoke with a start, but was too late to stop them. He struggled but knew he couldn't overpower them while he was in the air. Then, they tossed him into the water. Tamesis took a quick breath and then was completely submerged. He surfaced and instantly heard his friends' laughter. He laughed with them. It was the first time he had laughed in a long while. He ducked under the water and swam, feeling his way along with his hands. When he surfaced again, his friends were coming back in. he dived and swam to a small rocky island not far from the shore. Once there, he took of his tunic and leggings and cleaned them. Then he cleaned himself. He put his clothes back on and swam back to his friends. It was the first time in a while that they all truly had fun. As Tamesis resumed his nap, Calista hung their clothes on a nearby branch. Tamesis said that he would try his clothes while he wore them. Aceline and Tahira lied on some grass, and then Calista joined them.

"So, how did you become travelers?" Calista asked.

Tahira swallowed. It was still a touchy subject, but one that needed to be told to her. It started a while ago, when a man named Bolverk killed our tribe with his Gerudo warriors…"

She told Calista everything, not leaving anything out. "What I don't understand is how Tamesis was the only one able to kill one of the Gerudo." She finished.

"I would like to know that too." Said a deep voice.

The girls instantly rushed to their clothing and equipment. Tahira shouted to Tamesis who promptly woke and grabbed his sword. Once everything had been done, they looked at the man. It was Bolverk, and his new captain was lowering her oversized scimitar from his eyes.

"So, how did you follow us?" Tamesis asked. Bolverk tapped one of the Gerudo surrounding him and she spoke loud and clear.

"We waited for you to wake, but you were taking too long and you had already killed one of us. Our only weakness. You had found that out. So we slashed your eyes and decided to ambush you along the road in case you made any friends who might want to be killed." She took in another breath and then gasped. Tamesis had thrown his sword into her stomach. As she collapsed, another took her place. Tamesis was beyond any words, and Bolverk knew it. "Know that we want you alive. We will give you some more time, but then you will fall to me again." As one, they threw deku nuts at them. Before they left, and before the nuts impacted, Tahira saw them strip the dead Gerudo of anything useful, including her magic armor and she saw Bolverk angrily turn to his new captain.

The effects of the nuts were instant. They were obviously allowed to ripen a bit more than usual because the combined force was enough to knock them all back in the water.

Tamesis came up sputtering and instantly walked over to the dead woman. He pulled his sword free and kicked her twice to make sure she was really dead.

"Some fight." He said. "Why didn't he just take us by surprise?"

Calista answered. "His captain was stopping him from seeing anything."

"And he wasn't too happy about it." Tahira added.

"Plus he wasn't too happy about you killing the person right in front of him." Aceline added.

"Next time we'll be ready for him. We need to move so that he can't follow us. We will only meet him when we're good and ready." Tamesis stated.

Writer's cramp! Three chapters in four days, phew. Well, if you need any clarifications, I will be happy to clear them up. Oh yeah, thanks to my older sisters for making the beginning of the lake part of the chapter possible. I got two of them and no brothers so, I don't think that was perfect, but it's the best a guy can do. If you don't like it and think I should research, think. The greatest question to man is What is woman? Lol. Hoping you will still review, Apoclypse. P.S. I told you that Link would be in this book Principessa!