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: Gah! Power went out just as I was about to write that last paragraph! Luckily, I had saved up until that part, so all's well. The first paragraph is just a recap of the last part, so feel free to skip if you just finished reading the last part or if it's still fresh in your memory.
Scar wasn't able to finish his last sentence, so Tetra quickly did as he told. As his eyes drooped shut, a smile grew on his face, and his body faded away. All that was left behind was his face, apparently a mask now. She took the mask and was about to put it away, but a scene ran through her mind. All the Zora she had seen were cheering for Scar, and one she hadn't seen before, a female with fins like a dress, smiled at him and said, "Thank you."
This froze Tetra in confusion for a moment as the scene faded away, but Scar's voice ran through her head, snapping her out of it.
"Put me on your face, and you will take my form," he said. "The great Mikau died in a similar fashion as I, and a hero came to his land, using his form to save it from a great evil. Please do the same with me."
Tetra nodded at the mask and put it on. Immediately, her body was filled with so much pain that she couldn't help but scream as her bones grew to the size of an adult's, and fins started emerging from her skin as it turned a blueish color. A set of gills appeared on her neck, and a second set of eyelids grew underneath her first. once the pain stopped, she opened her eyes and examined herself. She was now a Zora, and a female, too.
Thank Nayru, she mentally praised as she took a quick second to get used to the new body.
She didn't have any of her other weapons on her for some strange reason, but luckily the Four Sword hadn't gone away. It was instead, however, steadily drifting towards the bottom. Tetra quickly swam to grab it, amazed at her ability to control her new body, and put the hilt in her mouth.
This had better work... she thought as she crossed her arms in front of her before flinging them towards her foes.
A pair of boomerangs had shot out from her arms, causing less pain to her than she expected, and they flew right through the two jellyfish. When they came back, they brought a couple of eyes with them, so she quickly twisted her head to the side when the boomerangs let go of the organs to go back into her arms, thus cutting the eyes in half. In response, the jellyfish threw their tentacles at the fighter, but she swiftly swam out of the way while launching another set of boomerangs. When they came back this time, they only managed to grab eyes from one of the bosses, but that wasn't much of a problem, seeing as it made the extermination of one jelly much quicker.
After halving the eyes, Tetra was slightly taken aback that the one jellyfish only remained, but proceeded with the extermination of the other creature's eyes anyways. Once its eyes were gone, she put her sword back in her hands as if ready to celebrate, but something wasn't quite right. Neither of the creatures disappeared. Instead, their tentacles interlocked with each other and they eventually fused into a more grand jellyfish. This time, there was only one eye to slash at, and it was moving around throughout the creature's body. Its tentacles were sparkling with poison and electricity as they waved around the room.
Just why did I expect it to die so easily? Tetra wondered as she flung another boomerang to grab the last eye.
It cut through the creature and grabbed the eye, but as her weapon flew back at her, a small pod of miniature jellyfish followed after it. She stabbed the eye just once before the jellies caught up and stung her. It was only enough to stun her for a moment, but in that moment, the jellies took their chance and retrieved the eye, returning it to its owner. Once she recovered, she cast a glare at the creatures and threw her boomerangs at them. They slipped through them as if they were water, however, and came back. She pursed her lips for a moment as she studied her enemies, carefully thinking of a plan.
After a moment, she just lunged at the boss, the Four Sword in her mouth and her arms crossed in front of her. Just as one of the boss's tentacles was about to wrap around her, and electric barrier surrounded Tetra, and when the tentacle came into contact with it, the creature it belonged to roared in pain. Shaking off her confusion, she continued her attack, slashing a hole in the creature to go in and grab the eye herself. Once she got to it, she held it in her left arm and stabbed away with her right. Eventually, the eye exploded into smoke, and the rest of the boss followed suit. Once the smoke was gone, a heart container appeared, which she gladly grabbed.
Once her strength returned, a door opened opposite from where Tetra entered and someone swam out of that room. It was the Zora with the dress-like fins, only, she seemed rather plump around her belly, as if she were pregnant. There was a wide smile across her face as she swam towards Tetra.
"Thank you for saving me from that horrible monster!" the Zora exclaimed. "I am now in your debt, Miss."
"No problem," Tetra replied, sending back the Zora's smile. "I've been killing a lot of monsters lately, so it wasn't much trouble."
"Oh! I know how I can repay you!" the Zora declared happily. "I'll give your king or queen or princess or prince something of great value to show my appreciation! Tell me, what seas do your people come from?"
"Umm, the Great Sea."
The Zora stared at Tetra for a moment before speaking again.
"But all the Zora there have evolved into Rito..." she uttered.
"I know," Tetra responded. "I'm not sure if you'd be able to believe this, but I wasn't born a Zora."
The Zora paused once more.
"...Who did you get your mask from?" she inquired, which startled Tetra.
"Um, how did you...?"
"I heard the Song of Healing earlier. I'm assuming that one of my people took you down here to help rescue me. Who was it?"
"He said his name was Scar."
The Zora suddenly had a shocked look on her face and paused once more before continuing.
"I should've figured..."
"Figured what?"
"Scar's the only one brave enough to come down here, alone or not. He's also the one with the biggest reason to save me."
"And just what would that be?"
The Zora paused yet again.
"Forgive me, I have not introduced myself yet," she began. "I am Rutoko, current ruler of this tribe of Zora. I'm also Scar's fiance."
This put a shocked expression on Tetra's face.
"I was going to have him fertilize my eggs this year, since he's the one I like most, but now, I see that won't be possible..."
There was a sad look on Rutoko's face, and it seemed as if she wanted to cry.
"I'm so sor-"
"You don't need to apologise. I know what he did for me. But do tell me, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Well, for starters, I'd like to know how to change back..."
"Just take the mask off. You'll turn back to normal."
"But how...?"
Rutoko reached for the sides of her face and pretended to pull something off of it.
"Just like that, okay?"
Tetra had a sceptical look to her face, but he slowly tried it anyways. Suddenly she was back to her normal self again and looking at the inside of the mask that used to be Scar.
"A Hero long ago used a mask made from a musician named Mikau to save a land called Termina, much in the same way you just did," Rutoko began. "Since he is one of my people, I feel I should grant you permission to use Scar's mask for as long as you need to. Just do be sure to bring it back once you feel you don't need it anymore, will you?"
"I promise that I will," Tetra answered, nodding her head. "But before I leave to finish my quest, tell me, did the man in purple who imprisoned you drop anything or leave something behind?"
Rutoko stared upwards for a moment before reaching behind her. She pulled out a pretty blue jewel. This jewel seemed to instantly purify the water around the two to the point where it might as well be holy water, and it seemed to quench the thirst Tetra had worked up from fighting all this time.
"Just this jewel," Rutoko replied. "Why do you ask?"
"He took it from me because it was an important part of the only weapon that can defeat him," Tetra replied. "May I have it?"
Rutoko nodded and gave her the jewel. It immediately went into the hole where the Four Crystal used to rest in the hilt, and it made the sword glow a barley noticable shade of blue. After a moment of examining the sword, Tetra motioned for Rutoko to follow her as she made her way out of the cavern. Once they were above the surface, they swam back to the portion of the archipelago where Linebeck's ship was docked, and they were welcomed by the cheers of the other Zora, who were very glad their ruler was brought back to them safe and sound. Tetra took this chance to slip away unnoticed, but was greeted by Zolo about ten feet from the dock.
"I knew you could do it," he said, smirking. "Though, where's Scar?"
Tetra showed him the mask that Scar had become with a regretful look on her face.
"This is all that's left of him," she replied bitterly.
Zolo's smirk went away as he muttered something too softly to hear, earning a questionable look from Tetra.
"I'm sorry not to have informed you earlier, but while you were in that dungeon, that guy in purple came back," he stated, earning a look of surprise from the pirate. "He appeared right about here and held his hand by his face and muttered something for a moment. Once he finished, Lenny saw him and ran at him, yelling something stupid about how he was going to help you deal with that guy. The sorcerer totally owned him though, and went into your ship. I'm not sure if he ever left it, to be honest. I was too busy making sure Lenny was okay. I have been keeping an eye on the boat once I was sure Len'd make it, though."
"THANK YOU!!" Tetra shouted as she rushed past Zolo and towards Linebeck's ship.
Nothing was wrong on deck, so she went inside. Nothing was wrong with the ship, but Linebeck was frozen in some awkward position, making Tetra wonder how he could stay still like that, and-
"WHERE THE HELL DID LINK GO!?" Tetra shouted at Linebeck.
Apparently, that unfroze him, and he fell flat on his face. Once he recovered, he looked around the room with a shocked look to his face. Once he saw Tetra, he rushed to her.
"Miss, that Vaati guy came in here and-" he started, but Tetra cut him off.
"I'm very well aware of what he did," she stated with a hint of anger in her voice. "I just wish I could've realised it when he told me."
"Just what in the world are you talking about?"
"When I entered the boss chamber for this island's dungeon, an image of Vaati appeared and told me that he'd find a way to take my courage from me."
"And just what does kidnapping Link have to do with-"
"Are you aware of something called the Triforce?"
"No."
"The Triumph Forks, then?"
"Those I do know. What about them?"
"The Triumph Forks don't exist. They're just the result of old legends being garbled up as they were passed down orally. What they're supposed to be, however, is something called the Triforce. The Triforce is basically a gift from the goddesses, and it is in the shape of three triangles touching each other to make one big triangle with a triangular hole in the middle of it. Those three triangles represented courage, power, and wisdom. One day, an evil man from a desert got his hands on the Triforce, but it split into its individual parts the moment he touched it. He did keep the Triforce of Power, though, which made him a formidable enemy.
"The Triforce of Wisdom went into the hands of the princess of a land called Hyrule, where the goddesses had left the Triforce, and the Triforce of Courage went to a boy who had lived in the forest his whole life among a group of people known as Kokiri. They were basically children that never grew up, and the boy who got the Triforce of Courage wore their clothing. That boy traveled through time in order to defeat the man who held the Triforce of Power, and peace was restored to the land. The man came back, though, and wreaked havoc upon the kingdom once again. The goddesses sent the people of the kingdom to the mountaintops and flooded their kingdom in order to seal this man away.
"He had found a way to the surface, however, and after a while, Link and I confronted him. He kicked our asses, unfortunately, and revealed that I was the last heir to the kingdom sealed under the sea. Link and I were rescued by a couple of Rito and their guardian, a dragon named Valoo, and we fled to the undersea kingdom. I received the final shard to the Triforce of Wisdom, and Link left for the surface to get the Triforce of Courage."
"I still don't get-"
"Link was the last person to hold the Triforce of Courage before the entire Triforce was wished upon. Luckily, the wish wasn't something apocalyptic, but somehow Vaati had learned of these events. There's also reason to believe that the person Vaati was after has been Link this whole time, and there's no telling how quickly it'll take him to exact his revenge on the hero that defeated him so long ago. Because of that, we should hurry up and find the other three shards as soon as possible so that I can defeat Vaati and reverse the curse he put on Link. I'll take my spot on deck, and you just steer this ship in the next direction that locator jewel points to, got it?"
"Y-yes, ma..."
Tetra had already left for the deck before even waiting to hear Linebeck's response.
Voting is now closed for the next dungeon. The winner is (with one vote out of one) Gerudo. Thanks to tinybit92bck for voting, and thanks to The Spiked Dragon for inflating my ego with his/her review. Voting for the dungeon after Gerudo is now open, and your options are Moblin or Volcano. Oh, and sorry to not respond to your earlier review until now tiny, but when I write, I tend to do it on the spur of the moment(and I also have a crappy memory, so I try to check back in earlier parts of the story to make sure keep things from getting too confusing). I do plan on using Blom's outrageous prices later on in the story, so hopefully it'll make more sense to you if it hasn't already.