A/N: Ok so here's another chapter, thanks to those who have been reviewing, it perks up my long days some. Sadly I just do not have the hours in the day to write a whole lot, so updates will only be once a month again. I should be able to get Octobers done in time (midterms depending), but I may not update again after that until the end of December because I have papers to write and Christmas exams to worry about. Thanks to all who are reading and I hope you enjoy!

"Ok Link, its time to get moving now!" Tatl said as soon as they opened their eyes again and they were back on the First Day in front of the Clock Tower.

Link didn't say a word as he looked around at all the people, still thinking of Mikado as he silently made his way through the town. They moved to East Clock Town where the guard stopped them at the exit for the Ocean. Out of all the exits Link had to admit that this was probably his favourite.

The path leading down to the beach was lined with stone, and a stone railing ran around where the cliffs were. On either side of the path leading down were two fountains. Calling Epona, Link waited for her as she appeared next to him and then mounted her, heading down the stone path. When they reached the sand, lava like creatures he had seen back in the desert in Hyrule sprung out and moved to attack them, but Eponas' hooves put quick work to them. In front of them there were small borders of stone like there had been something built there before, and then a gate that blocked the way to Great Bay.

"Well at least Ilarie had been right when she said we needed Epona to get to the Bay." Tatl commented, looking out from under Link's hat.

They jumped over the fence and made their way down a path that had tall cliffs on either side of it before they made their way out onto the main beach. The area was nice over all: there were two houses to the far left of them, a large house out on the water that was held up on pillars with a ladder leading up to it, two beach towels on the sand under two umbrellas, two boats that were tied not too far away, and then a large cave that lead to another area.

Link rode Epona along the beach, looking up at the sky over the water where a bunch of seagulls were circling in an odd way. He looked down at the water where the seagulls were above and gasped.

"Tatl! There's someone in the water and they look like they're hurt!" Link said and moved Epona down to the waters edge.

Link ran into the surf before diving in and swimming out to the figure. When he got close he could hear them speaking weakly.

"Unghhh…. Somebody…Unghhh…Please…G-gu-hu…. Get me…to shore…" The figure said, and Link realized that it was a Zora.

Swimming around behind him, Link grabbed the Zora and began pushing him to shore. When they reached the shallows, the Zora suddenly stood up and began walking up the beach in a lifeless manner. He didn't get too far though when he stopped and then fell to the sand. Running out of the water, Link ran to the Zora's side and knelt down.

"Hey are you ok bud?" Link asked.

"Uuungh…" The Zora said lifting his head to look at Link. "I am Mikau of the Zora people… guitarist in the Zora band… I think this is it for me… My final message…. Will you listen to it?"

"Of course I will." Link said.

The Zora stood up and pulled out his guitar and began playing his final message. "One! Two! Three! Oh, baby, baby, listen to me! The carnival's beginning soon. We're the ones they're waiting to see. But that girl, our vocalist… She laid some strange eggs, And she's lost her voice, You can't hear what she says. Whoa-oh! In Great Bay now somethin' is a-happenin;. Is it now? Oh! Baby, listen to me. I don't wanna beg. Gerudo Pirates! They stole that girl's eggs. I went to stop the Gerudo Pirates, then pow and bam! I got knocked down, and here I am! Baby! If I die like this… Even if I die… It won't be in peace… That's for suuure! Somebody, please rescue her eggs before the pirates take their toil. Oh, somebody, somebody please heal my soul. That's all…Thank you!" The Zora finished and collapsed on the ground once more.

Link looked down at the poor Zora and pulled out his ocarina, playing the song of healing that had worked so many times before. The song echoed around the bay as the Zora went through happy memories of him and the Zora band before his body slowly disappeared in a cloud of sparkles, only a mask being left behind. Link picked up the Zora mask and took a step back as the ghost of Mikau appeared before him.

"Carve my farewell song on my grave…" It asked. "I'm depending on you to help that singer girl…" The ghost of Mikau slowly faded and then vanished from sight forever.

Link gazed for a couple more moments at where Mikau had stood before turning around and picking up his guitar that he had left behind. Walking back towards the entrance of Great Bay, he moved to the side where the wall of the houses stood and found a large piece of driftwood. Carving Mikau's last words into it, he laid it on the sand and stood the guitar up by it. Link took a moment to bow in front of it, quietly saying a few words and then stood back up again. Looking down at the mask in his hand, he carefully pulled it up to his face. The power of the mask flowed through his veins, and he could feel his body changing to the form of the Zora. Once his skin stopped crawling he looked down at himself. Out of all the forms, this had to be the most fit, the Zora being slender but muscled tone. He looked down at his hand and arms, looking at the fins to his side, too busy to hear someone approach.

"Mikau, thank the goddesses I finally…… You're not Mikau!" A female voice said behind him.

Link turned around to see another Zora standing there and he could barley suppress a gasp. She was probably the most beautiful creature in the world of Termia. She had a small and narrow face with the slick back head fin that he had, though hers was a little longer and she had side fins that draped on either side of her face that reached her shoulders. She was also slender with a muscle tone, though she was smaller then Link in his Zora form. The fins at her arms were longer then Links, reaching down past her knees when she stood still, and they flowed like the finest silk. Her clothing was also more exotic then what he would have expected from the Zoras. The top looked like a long strip of material that had been placed at the back of her neck and then crossed in front to cover her breast and then tied at the back, and a simple wrap around skirt that ended at her knees; both the colour of emerald. The colour of her body itself though surprised him. The usual Zora spots that were normally a duller blue were a socking sky blue on her, the rest of her skin bleach white, her eyes an odd mix of brown and green. Link would have loved to start a conversation with her, but with the glare she was giving him, gave him second thoughts, and the next words out of her mouth giving him no hope at all.

"What have you done with Mikau?" She said, and then her eyes trailed past him to look at the guitar. "You monster! You've killed him!" She said disbelief in her eyes.

"No! Wait!" Link said taking a step towards her, but she turned around and ran full out towards the cave arch that lead to the next part of the beach.

"Argh, she didn't even give me a chance to explain." Link said staying where he was.

"Uh, Link?" Talt said flying around him. "Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but she thinks you've killed the guitarist in the Zora band, if I'm not mistaken, considering the environment here, I would say she was running back to where the Zora's live. If she tells everyone what she thinks you've done, then trying to get into this temple is going to be next to impossible."

"Oh shit!" Link cried as he took off running in the same direction as the Zora girl.

He rounded the corner after the rock arch and looked out into the water. Tatl had been right, sitting a couple yards in the water was a stone structure of a ring with a fish in the center; its tail sticking out with its mouth open on the bottom, serving as the entrance. Without slowing down, Link ran to the water and dove in, his Zora body automatically taking control and propelling him gracefully through the water. Before he got close to the entrance though, a skeleton of a fish came out of nowhere and tried to take a chunk out of his leg. With the grace of the Zora he managed to move around it, but they seemed to be coming from everywhere at once. One of the fish managed to scratch him along his leg as he pulled into the stone ring before he got through the fishes' mouth and into the Zora's domain.

Pulling himself out of the water he walked up a small path and entered into the main area. There was a large sea shell in the center where a couple Zoras were working on some sound equipment, a large body of water surrounding the front of it. Beyond the shell Link could see four rooms with signs above it, and he guessed that was where the band members slept. To the right of him was another path that lead around the area, and he could see another small ramp which lead to another section. Zora's were walking about all over the place, and one walked past him, waving and greeting him as Mikau. Link waved back and waited until the Zora was out of earshot before speaking to Tatl.

"Well, at least no one else notices that I'm not actually Mikau like that girl did." He whispered to Tatl.

No sooner were the words out of his mouth when he felt a strong hand on his shoulder. He was swung back into the sheltered entrance to the hall with a surprising amount of force, actually knocking him down to the ground. Sitting up Link looked for his attacker, and realized it was the same Zora girl as before. She walked up to him and knelt down, pointing a finger in his face.

"Listen buddy, just because no one else realizes you're not Mikau doesn't mean you can waltz around here. I know you're not him, so you better watch yourself." She said in a hushed voice.

"If you know I'm not really him then why didn't you tell everyone else here?" Link asked a little slowly.

The zora girls' eyes filled with sorrow at his question and she sat back on her feet, arms resting on her legs. She stayed quiet for a moment, eyes looking down at the ground before she finally spoke up.

"I don't want to take even more hope away from the band members. There's been some strange stuff going on around here, and the main singer has lost her voice. Evan has been pretty good at keeping it all hushed up, but people are starting to wonder, and the band has been looking forward to playing at the carnival, it would break their hearts to learn of Mikau's death."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Link said, softly putting a hand on her arm. "I know you may not believe this, but I'm actually here to help. Mikau was almost dead when I found him, and he left me the quest to help the singer and find out what's been going on at the Temple."

The Zora girl looked up at him as he spoke, and he was happy to note that she hadn't pulled away at his touch. She studied his face for awhile as if she was trying to decide whether or not to believe him, but he must have checked out for the next words she spoke.

"Who are you anyway?"

"I'm actually a fourteen year old boy who was looking for a friend and got caught up in some things. Now I'm going around trying to find out what's wrong in the dungeons in the four main areas and to try and stop the moon from falling and destroying everything in three days….Nice to meet you" He answered, holding out his hand.

"……Three days….you're supposed to go through all four dungeons in three days…" She said without looking at his hand.

"Well, I have to go back in time and repeat these three days." Link answered pulling his hand back casually.

"……My name's Tyra." She said looking at him sceptically as she stood up. "Alright, if you are trying to do what you said then we need to get moving, we have a lot of work ahead of us. Mikau did trust you after all to take his form, that means a lot to me, so I shall also trust you. You should go talk to the other band members though before we get going just to make an appearance, Mikau hasn't been here for awhile, it'll make everyone calm down a little."

"Alright." Link said as he got back to his feet and walked past her a couple steps before he stopped and turned around. "Aren't you coming with me?"

"No." Tyra said looking at him with her arms folded across her chest. "I'm no one important, I wouldn't go into the band members rooms. Mikau and I have been friends since we were kids, but he got famous and everyone is always after him no matter where he goes. So I wouldn't have to deal with stuff like that we pretended we drifted apart and kept our friendship secret. So you go on alone, oh, and stay out of the last room, that's Lulu's."

Link gave a small nod to her before he began walking around the edge of the water before the giant shell, moving towards the rooms. As he walked every Zora he passed waved and said hello to him, some of them even stopping and asking when they were going to start rehearsing. He came up with short answers, saying that they would practice soon but he had to be on his way. He made it to the first door and waved a hello to the Zora who was standing in front of it, probably guarding it.

"Evens come by several times looking for you. Have you seen him yet?" The Zora asked him, though moved aside so he could go inside the room.

Opening the door and walking in, Link looked around to take in what the room looked like. There was a small pathway that lead to a small island at the back of the room, deep pools of water on either side of the pathway. To the left there was a small waterfall and a ledge that held another small room which he guessed was his own; under the ledge on the island was a large Zora playing the drums. When Link closed the door behind him and moved into the room, the Zora stopped playing the drums and waved to Link.

"Mikau? Where've you been? Where've you been? I was worried. The concert in town is coming up, but it seems like all the band members are in a funk. I betcha didn't know that, huh? Especially Lulu. I haven't heard her voice in a long time. She's usually in good spirits, too. Ooh! Ooh! I wonder if this is related to the ocean turning all weird… Actually… I know a little bit of Lulu's secret. Do you wanna hear it?" The large Zora said.

"I wanna hear it." Link said as he moved to stand in front of the big guy.

"There's a rumour that the ocean is getting weird 'cause there's trouble off shore at Great Bay Temple. And they say when that happens, something bad will befall the Zora descendant who's been protecting the temple. Do you catch my drift? And lately, Lulu has been looking kind of weird. Maybe Lulu's the…" The Zora said and left the sentence hanging to create suspense.

"Mmm, yeah, that would be something wouldn't it?" Link said, though he didn't wait for an answer.

Link turned around and waved his hand in a form of goodbye and left the room, turning to move to the next door. When the Zora said something about a Zora named Japas Link waved him off and continued onto the next door, knowing that it would be Evan's, the guy who was looking for him.

"Ah! Mikau! What have you been doing this whole time? Evan the bandleader has been waiting for you for a while now. Hurry! Go in! Go in!" The Zora in front of Evans door said and moved to the side so he could go in.

Evans room was much bigger then Mikau's own that he shared with the bands drummer. It had a high ceiling with a large back bone of a fish supporting the ceiling. Evan was playing the keyboard up on a high ledge, large stairs filled with water leading up to him; large spines ran up the back of the stairs creating a kind of railing. As Link walked up the steps he could see that Evan was a weird brown colour of Zora, something he hadn't seen before.

"Hey." Link said coming up behind him.

"Mikau! How was it? Did you get the eggs back?" Evan asked turning around to face him.

"Uh…no." Link said, feeling a little foolish that he had forgotten about the eggs.

"Oh… you couldn't do it, after all. Have you been to see Lulu out in the back by the ocean? Ever since the pirates stole her eggs, she's just been standing out there gazing at the sea and sighing…Mikau! We need those eggs safe so Lulu can get her voice back. We've grown accustomed to life in a peaceful sea…. The only one among the Zora tribe who is still able to go to blows with those wild pirates… It is you, with the blood of Zoran heroes flowing within you. I'm still keeping Lulu's problem a secret from the other band members. They've all been looking forward to our carnival of Time concert. And I can't tell them it's cancelled 'cause Lulu can't sing, can I?" Evan said and turned around, clearly dismissing Mikau.

Link turned around and made his way back out the door, pausing a moment to run his hand over his face. Looking back to the door he had skipped over, he moved back towards it and simply waved the Zora out of the way and entered into the room.

This room was also larger then Mikaus and the drummers, but not by much. This one was just simple, with water running down the walls into a small stream around a sandbar in the middle of the room. On the sand was a desk and a chair, with the bands bass player standing on the desk, playing a couple notes.

"Mikau!! Where've ya been?" Japas said as Link walked up to him. "I'm all like, "Hey, where's Mikau? The concert's comin' up soon!' And now our band leader has pulled a vanishing act--Evans all holed up in his room just writin' songs… And to top it off, Lulu just stands out back starin' at the sea. She doesn't even respond when ya talk to her. If you guys think it's just 'cause Lulu's not interested in me, I'd understand, but I'm tellin' ya, it looks like somethin's really wrong. Is there somethin' you're trying to hide from me? I'm not runnin' an inquiry or anything…. But, look…If we don't start rehearsin' real soon, we're not gonna be ready for the concert."

Japas looked so down and out that he was being left out of everything that Link actually felt bad for him. He looked around the room a little and then shook his head, thinking that he was down out crazy. Pulling out his guitar he looked up at Japas, and hoped to the goddesses that the spirit of Mikau would take over at this point and play for him, since he hadn't the smallest idea of how to play the guitar.

"Huh?" Japas said looking down at Link. "You wanna have a jam session? Try following this phrase I wrote on your guitar." Japas played a couple notes and then stopped to wait for Link to follow.

Link played the last couple of notes, his fingers finding the right strings to play. Japas got excited over the notes and played the next set, Link finishing it off.

"I got it! I got it! I got it!" Japas cried out. "Here I go!" Japas played the notes again and Link followed on his guitar, and the two of them played for a couple moments before Japas stopped. "That's got a good feel to it! Even Evan should like this. But…. He's so proud… He'd resent the fact that we wrote somethin' on our own. I don't think he'd even let the others try it out. Whaddya think we should do?"

"I don't know, maybe we could get someone else to play it." Link mumbled and turned and walked out of the room.

There was a whole bunch of Zora's outside the door and when he walked out they all cheered. Link looked around and gave an awkward smile to the others, and then his eyes fell on Tyra. She gave a small nod of her head and then turned around; walking towards the other pathway he had seen from the door. Excusing himself, he walked slowly after her to make sure it wasn't obvious that he was following Tyra. He moved up the small ramp and turned left past a shop entrance and moved out onto a small plateau next to the sea. He looked to the right and saw Tyra standing next to another female Zora. This one had the same head fin as Ruto had, what looked like two fish around her head, and she wore a blue dress. Link walked over to her and the Zora girl looked up before her eyes saddened and she looked back down to the ground.

"That sad face is trying to tell you something." Tatl said, "….You can see it in her expression!"

"Everything will be alright Lulu," Tyra said patting her lightly on the back, "Come on Mikau, we have work to do, we'll see you later Lulu, we're just going to go see the beavers."

Tyra pulled on Links arm and pulled him out of earshot before she stopped and turned to face him.

"Just so you know, Lulu knows about our friendship, so we don't have to hide it around here." Tyra explained.

"Well that's good to know, but what do we do now? We need to get her eggs back." Link said standing to face the water.

"I know, we're going to do that right now. You probably know how to fight, so I'll just give you some details. As soon as you strike out with your arm, your arm fins will expand and become deadly weapons. You can also concentrate and use them as boomerangs. Also while concentrating while you swim, you can summon up a shield of magic so you can protect yourself from the dead fish in there."

"Well that's good to know now." Link said and then looked back to Tyra. "Are you going to come with me?"

"As Evan said, you're the only one who can actually still fight among the Zora's, I can't do the same things as you either. Females were designed for beauty, not fighting, but yes, I will still come with you, but you're on your own for most of the fighting."

"That's fine, so, shall we?" Link said pointing to the water.

"I guess I'll lead the way since you don't know where you're going." Tyra said, and dove into the water.

Link followed after her and noted that when he first jumped in the water was all murky and hard to see through, but when they grew closer to shore it wasn't as bad. As they swam a couple dead fish came out of nowhere and went to attack Tyra, but a blue ray of light surrounded her and killed the fish. Link did the same as she had when the fish came after him, and he laughed to himself, this method being so much easier then trying to out swim them. When they reached the shore they climbed out and ran through the cave archway, and as soon as they were on the other side, Tyra ran back into the water and dove in, Link following again.

As they swam through the water Link noted that even though he was stronger then Tyra, she was a much faster swimmer. He could also keep her in his sights, but she jumped out of the water a lot and dove back in, twirled around all over the place, just to slow her pace down. They rounded a small gathering of rocks and Link could see small islands off in the distance and another place where they could go to shore. Tyra kept swimming though, through tall pieces of seaweed and then dove out of the water and onto a small platform next to a wall of metal. Link dove out of the water also and stood staring at the wall of metal for a moment before looking to Tyra.

"This would be the Pirates Fortress." Tyra said waving her arm towards the wall.

"And how are we supposed to get in through there?" Link asked.

"We don't go through there; I just wanted to show it to you." She said turning, and dove back into the water.

Link followed her again and when she turned towards the left Link could see a bunch of wooden gates, one of them having been broken by someone before. They swam through it and climbed up a small path of dirt before reaching the top.

"Oh…..boy." Link said as he walked out onto the cliff that over looked the area.

"Welcome to the Pirates Fortress Mikau."