Theme 83 – Heal
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There was a time for every song. Lullaby for bedtime. A song welcoming the sun for morning. And a healing song for those who were ill.
The Song of Healing was, no doubt, very useful to Link so far on his journey through Termina. It had returned him from a deku scrub to his Hylian form, helped find rest for a tormented spirit of a Goron, and healed countless others. And, oddly, every time he played the song, he received a mask.
Now, Link knew, he would have to use the song. The Zora he was dragging from the water was wounded and dying.
As he laid the Zora on the sand, Link noticed for the first time that the amphibious being was grasping a fish bone guitar tightly.
The Zora began to cough, and Link noticed the blood soaking into the sand. "Please," the Zora said, his voice betraying his pain. "Please, you must help me!"
Link knelt down next to the dying Zora, ignoring Tatl's exasperated and impatient sigh as he did so. "Of course I will."
The Zora gave a weary half-grin. "The name's Mikau. I'm the guitarist in the Indigo-Go's. And, I am a descendent of the Zoran heroes of the past. My..." He coughed again, and his face contorted with pain. "My wife's eggs...they were stolen. By the pirates. I promised her I would get them back." Mikau gripped Link's arm tightly, pulling himself up. "You have to get them! The eggs will die if they're not taken care of! The pirates have them!" The Zora was absolutely desperate now. His eyes held a desperate longing, and an urge to get up, despite the mortal wounds.
Mikau's grasp became weak, and he let go of Link, collapsing in the sand. His breathing was shallow. Link pulled out the Ocarina of Time. "Rest, Mikau, Hero of the Zoras. I will help you." And he began to play the Song of Healing. Mikau relaxed visibly.
"Thank you, stranger," he said, his voice weak. "Oh, how I wish I could play with the band one more time. How I wish I could see Lulu smile once more."
With one last sigh, the Zora was gone. There was a flash of light, and all that remained of the Zora was his guitar, and a mask that housed his spirit.
Link stopped playing. He had brought peace to another soul, but would the Zora's wife have peace?
Half an hour later, Link donned the mask, his spirit and Mikau's joining together, and, as a Zora, Link dashed into the water to save the eggs and awaken the third giant.
But Mikau was not forgotten. On the beach, with the fish bone guitar, Link had carved out of a plank of driftwood.
Herein lies Mikau, the legendary and heroic guitarist of the Zora.