Chapter 11: The Pearls of the Gods

"Jabun!" Link shouted as King slowly sailed into the cavern that was now open in the side of the island. The cavern was at least fifty or sixty feet high, if not more, and at least the same size around. However, that's all it was, a single, fairly circular room and nothing more.

"Jabun, mii ye ya," King spoke. "Ani chien ani zeu disukabane ali Shinlu Hei ke Farore!"

"Shinlu Hei ke Farore?" a deep voice asked and the cavern began to shake. The water rose up high and once it subsided, a large whale was left there, though the lantern-like object on his head made him look more like an angler fish then anything else.

"Alu, ani chien alin Shinlu Hei ke Farore ijala ka jo chaihen."

"Haru itsuyzu tain oyan biken ae jhaan?"

"Jo chaihen jyun langene nah ke ali Jasrazu ije ai."

"Langene nah ke alli Jasrazu ije ai? Zei chen femen jyun dea lange ali lanome Jaszra, zei?"

"Alu."

"Ani alu."

"Bude fausana gane bae ikroma benvu. Chen jyun hilenne."

"Chen jyun hilenne? Hege jyun hilenne?"

"Ganon."

Jabun's eyes went wide at that word. He remained silent for a moment as he thought deeply. "Zei ein ihre hyanma. Jo chaihen…haru ye chell jea?"

"Link," King spoke, which perked Link's ears up.

"What about me?" Link asked.

"Not now, Link, I will explain later."

Link huffed up a bit and slouched onto the side of the boat as he stared at Jabun. Jabun was quite a sight, but he was ever so annoyed by how everyone important to his task seemed to speak in this ancient language, and yet, he had no understanding of it at all.

"Link, tain oyan?" Jabun asked. "Likahnga. Iste tain ziru buke jo Link ye ke ali hahrei valaenil bavu ali Mekkou Link?"

There was his name again, three times, and in a question no doubt! What the hell could they possibly be talking about that I don't need to know as well? Link thought.

"Na, jo Link ye maff tuo ke ali hahrei valaenil bavu ali Mekkou Link," King responded in the ancient language. "Bude ani chien chen ijala zah quah ali bavu mahchi bavu ali Mekkou Link."

Mekkou Link…those two words always seemed to be said together. His name with a word before it. What could that possibly mean? Was Mekkou Link the name of someone else? If so, then who else?

"Zei tain hise ya dea quinjei ali inari ke Hyrule dea jo chaihen beinel bolai dufe bae chen soia ka ista dea ehinu ali pallu?" Jabun asked.

"Ani iste!" King seemed to shout out. Jabun seemed to stare at him for a moment, quietly contemplating his next few words.

"Ani alu. Zei mii hoss ka meru kefu dea ali Jeilzu dea fala buke chell mahchi ye fausana. Zei ani ihuen tain ali hagei dea ali Jeilzu!" Jabun shook his body and a blue pearl jumped out of Jabun's lantern and Link quickly grabbed it. "Nayruzu Xami, mii fatei injin ali jin bae Ganon jyun imesh soksha ali pallu."

"So...that foul rain and endless night were indeed elements of a curse brought on us by Ganon!" King spoke now in the normal tongue that Link could understand. His words shocked him. "He must intend want to cast this land into pure darkness for all time..."

Was this finally the end? Link hoped so. King had switched back to their normal language, so it was possible that this meant their conversation was coming to a close. He could only hope so at least. He was tired of a boat and a whale carrying on a conversation that included his name without him knowing what they said.

"Helna ya, Hyrule Benkou," Jabun suddenly spoke up. "Zeu tain plenne ali dukkuganezu ke ali hei hege liffazu re ali valaenil ke ali Himare, Zelda?"

"Ani chien ani zeu," King responded once again in the ancient language.

"Dear gods…please let this end soon…" Link whimpered.

"Is something wrong, Link?"

"You two, talking in a language I don't know, about things I don't understand! Could you please speak in a more modern language? One I understand?"

"Jabun only knows the ancient language, I apologize, Link. We will be done speaking soon." Link grumbled at those words and slouched. "Ani de eimili."

"Mii ye oi," Jabun spoke. "Ani zoirun ali chaihenzu mukel."

"Tain ubou zoirun chen?" King asked.

Jabun shook its body as if saying no. "Bude ani zoirun chell ukene. Ani hoss quinjei tain senna jo. Tain lerol eshal ali Himare Zelda sosta neu mern jiise kakehga ihen Ganonzu dienzu."

"Ke guare, Jabun."

"Zeinne, Hyrule Benkou! Nahiku Himare Zelda qell."

"Soia." With King's final word, Jabun dived back down into the water. "Let's go, Link." Link pulled the rudder and King slowly sailed his way out of the island.

"Took you long enough," Tetra spoke from onboard her ship. She made a leap and landed into King.

"King and Jabun had to talk…" Link spoke.

"About?"

Link shrugged. "Ask him. It was all in some ancient language. So far, everyone who has had a pearl has spoken it."

"It was an old language passed down from an ancient kingdom that existed over a thousand years ago," King spoke. "It vanished overnight without a trace."

"Wait…this language is from the ancient kingdom? The one spoken of in the Legend of the Ocarina of Time?" Link asked.

"The very one. Tetra, I will need you and Link to make a journey with me, but only you two."

Tetra folded her arms. "Me, make a journey with Link and a talking boat?" Tetra asked. "No way, not going to happen."

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"How did I get stuck in this mess?" Tetra asked as she sighed. She was currently sitting inside King with Link only a short distance from her, still manning the rudder. They had traveled now for many hours, and at one point the two had docked on a fairly unknown island and rested the night away. It was now morning, and they were sitting in the middle of nowhere. "Tell me again, oh great King, what are we out here, in the middle of the ocean for?"

"Look around you, Tetra," King spoke. "You see the three island around us?"

"The ones that look kind of like triangles? Yeah, I see them." Tetra pulled out a map. "We seem to be right in the center of them according to my sea chart. Why?"

"We must travel to each of them. Link."

"Which one first, King?" Link responded.

"The one to the northwest. There you must place Din's Pearl. From there, we must travel to the southwest where you will place Nayru's Pearl. Finally followed up by the one to the east where you will place Farore's Pearl."

"Then that's where we'll go." Link pulled on the rudder and pulled up the sail once more. With a quick wave of the Wind Waker, the wind began to blow towards the northwest and the sail caught in the wind. With that, they were off to the northwest, where they finally stopped at a large island in the shape of a triangle. "Wait here, Tetra."

"I see no reason to get off, so I will," Tetra spoke, folding her arms. She then turned to King. "Exactly why was I needed on this mission, boat?"

"My name is the King of Red Lions, and that will be revealed shortly, oh Queen of the Pirates."

Tetra turned back to look at Link as he climbed his way up a slope on the island. There, in the center, he found an odd looking statue. It had a large round head and a fairly fat looking body. Its arms were outstretched, formed in such a way to hold an orb of a certain size. Link pulled Din's Pearl out of his pouch first, setting it onto the statue. Its eyes began to glow for a moment, then after a moment, the glow diminished. "Odd…" Link stepped away from the statue, then made his way back to King.

"The first is in place, now we must go to the island in the south," King spoke and Link nodded. He waved the Wind Waker once more making the wind blow to the south.

"Does that wand make the wind everywhere blow in the direction you wave?" Tetra asked.

"No, just in a certain area," King responded. "As we move, the Wind Waker uses its magic to make the wind blow in the direction we need it to. Thus, it has a constant control over the wind around us for a mile radius."

"Interesting." Link pulled up the sail once more and turned the rudder so they turned towards the wind. The sail caught and they sailed to the south, where they found a second island also shaped like a triangle. Once again, Link got off and Tetra watched as he climbed up to a second statue. This one looked exactly the same as the first. He pulled Nayru's Pearl from the pouch and set it upon the statue. Its eyes first glowed red, then began to glow a blue color. Finally, the glow vanished once more.

"Onto the last one, I suppose," Link spoke as he turned and made his way back down towards King. He hopped on and waved the Wind Waker to blow the wind to the northeast. He then pulled the sail and they were off once more.

"This is the last island, Link," Tetra spoke as they slowed to a stop next to the final triangle shaped island.

"When you place Farore's Pearl upon the statue, be prepared," King spoke. "I know not what will happen beyond a point."

"Beyond a point?" Link asked and King nodded.

"I will explain once you have placed the pearl."

Link got up from the boat and stepped off onto the island. He made his way up to the statue in the center of the island that looked oh so similar to the other two. Link pulled out Farore's Pearl, and at once the pearl began to glow brightly. The eyes of the statue seemed to glow a bright green color, and it seemed as if the two were only waiting to connect to unleash some great power.

Carefully, Link reached forward, setting the pearl upon the statue. At once he jumped back, expecting a release of power, but nothing happened. He noticed the glow of the pearl and the statue's eyes seemed to vanish before a red glow took over. The glow then shifted to blue, then back to green before finally vanishing.

Link stared intently, as if expecting something great to happen, but nothing did. "King…you sure we did this right?" he asked as he stepped closer to the statue. "It hasn't done anything…"

Suddenly, the statue's eyes began to glow a bright green and Link ducked down quickly. The statue shook hard and it began to crumble away. Suddenly, the statue exploded outward, revealing the statue of a beautiful girl underneath of it. The statue was of a girl dressed in a green, strapless dress. Her hair was fairly short, coming down only to the back of her neck. Two flowers rested in her hair, and her eyes were a beautiful shade of emerald. The statue stretched its arms out, raising the pearl high above it as if it was a living creature.

"Now…what…" Link spoke as he stared at the statue. Suddenly, he felt as if he was floating. The land around him began dark for a moment, then he looked down, seeing the other two statues. They exploded as the one he had stood next to had done, also revealing the forms of two statues modeled after beautiful women.

One wore a red, strapless dress and had long red hair that flowed down to near the end of her back. Two red, angel-like wings were set in her hair. They helped to bring out the bright red of her eyes, as well as accentuate her red hair. The other wore a blue strapless dress and had blue hair about as long as the red statue. She had amazing blue eyes, and in her hair seemed to be two bat-like wings. The third statue then appeared behind Link and they all rose the pearls above their heads.

A red beam of light then shot from the red pearl and into the blue pearl, which then shot a blue beam of light into the green pearl. Finally, the green pearl shot a green beam of light into the red pearl, and the three beams formed a massive triangle. It was then as if the statues separated, extending out to the same length they really were apart. Link now found himself floating over them, and in the center of the triangle formed three golden triangles, all coming together to form a single triangle.

The golden triangles glowed brightly, then shot downward, swirling and vanishing from sight. Link then felt himself drop, and the world seemed to return to him. He suddenly found himself standing upon King with Tetra at his side. What happened next dumbfounded him completely.

The Great Sea seemed to bow upward as something pushed against the surface of the water. Waves soon shot out from around it and soon a large piece of stone pushed through the surface of the water. The stone rose higher and higher soon showing it was a massive statue at least thirty stories high. Then a ring struck the surface and pushed out, forming a small circular ring of archways around the tower. Finally, the tower stopped rising and Link and Tetra were both left standing their, their mouths hung open in surprise.

"Welcome Link and Tetra, to the Tower of the Gods," King spoke. "In here, Link's courage shall be tested. There is only one man who could ever pass the Trial of the Gods and make his way through the Tower of the Gods."

"And who would that be?" Tetra asked as she looked down at King.

"The only one who could ever hope to pass the Trial of the Gods. The only one who could ever make it to the top and claim that which rightfully belongs to them. That man is the Hero of Time."