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Chapter 26: I Kill Slenderman(Dakota's POV)

Being on a pirate ship was swell and all. I mean I've always wanted to be on a pirate ship and the fact that they hadn't tried to toss me overboard yet was a big plus (though I think Tetra would like to). But the thing is, I hadn't really pictured a ship like this. In my head it had been a more... One Piece-esqe ship. But, given the fact that I had been wanting to be on a ship, there wasn't really room to be picky. Especially since I was stuck here.

Another thing is that when you're from 2012 and there's no real reason to be on a ship unless you're on a cruise or something, you're used to your bedroom staying still. A ship on the middle of the ocean rocks like crazy and whether I liked it or not, I was a total land-lubber in this situation. It had taken me to fall asleep with the ship rocking around and through the bit of seasickness I was getting. When I told the other's about my little adventure, I'd make sure to leave that part out because Ruby would never shut up.

When I got tired enough I had dropped off and slept like a log. In fact I as sleeping so well after that, I was ticked as heck when the loud, ringing sound woke me up. Being a normal, technology adapted teenager from America, I immediately reached over to hit the snooze button on the alarm clock. Unfortunately, there was no alarm clock and all I succeeded in was smashing my hand against the table.

"Ow!" I shouted, holding my hand, "I hate you, table! I hate you! May you burn at my next bonfire!"

When my table rant was over, I sat up and climbed out of bed.

"Pft!" I snorted, jumping back onto the bed, "The people of Hyrule need some heaters."

Since we were in Hyrule in god-knows-what year and this world was completely technology ignorant, I doubted they had heaters. Even if they did, I doubted they'd have them on a ship. They're enough of a fire hazard when you're on land and have a place to run in case something goes screwy.

I slipped my socks and shoes on, putting my feet on the floor after I was sure they were covered. I walked around the perimeter of the room for a few minutes, not exactly sure what I was supposed to be doing.

The door creaked open a bit. "Hey, Dakota!" Nico shouted, "What are you still doing down here? Didn't you hear me ring the bell for everyone to get up and eat breakfast?"

"I thought I could slam the snooze and smashed my hand on a table," I grumbled, "Wazzes, bro. That sucked."

"O...kay?" he asked, not really understanding my rambling.

"Forget that," I said, feeling more awake, "Did you say breakfast?"

"Mm-hmm," he nodded, "And you'd better come up and get some before it's gone. We're probably going to have to stop and get more supplies sometime today or tomorrow."

"Aye-aye," I said, "Anything I should know about when we stop?"

"Just expect a night on land," he answered, "It takes a while to load the ship. It's hard work and they need all the help they can get but if you want you can sneak ou- I mean, help me observe the area."

"Observing the area sounds good to me," I snickered, "Now come on! Let's get some breakfast!"

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I'm used to knowing what I'm having for breakfast. You can smell it cooking or someone tells you "hey, we're having bacon!" Below deck you can't smell anything from above, especially when you're half asleep. But heck, food is food.

"GOOD MORNING, HYRULE!" I screamed as I threw open the door to the dining area, "How are you all this fine morning? Good?"

Every member of the crew was staring at me like I was some strange new species. Actually, since I was from another time and country and... let's just face it, a whole other dimension, I probably could have been.

"Good!" I said, even though nobody had opened their mouth to answer.

Link shook his head, trying not to laugh, and motioned for me to take the seat beside him.

"Link, my man!" I said, sliding into the seat, "I have a question of dire importance!"

"What is it?" he asked eagerly.

I took a breath and sang out. "Do you like waffles?"

"Pfft, what?" he snorted.

"Never you mind," I patted his back, "Just know that without waffles, you haven't truly been living all these years."

Link snickered and went back to eating his breakfast. Methinks he was getting used to my insanity.

"So," I started, "Where's Captain Failboat?"

"Linebeck?" Link asked, "Still not up."

"He'll pay for it later when he misses breakfast," I said without concern.

"Yeah," Link grumbled, "He's a lazy b- Linebeck! How are ya?"

I turned my head towards the entrance to see that the lazy sailor himself had just entered the room and was marching himself towards our table.

"Yeah, whatever, kid," he yawned, "What's to eat?"

He reached over and tried to take something off my plate. I slapped his hand and glared at him, being careful to guard my plate.

"Hey!" I snapped, "Leggo my Eggo!"

Linebeck made a snobby face. Oh wait, that's his normal face. "What are you babbling about now?"

"Call a cop we have a thief onboard!" I announced loudly enough that the entire ship turned to stare.

"You wouldn't mind keeping it down there a little, would you?" he asked.

"I refuse to shut my noise hole!" I argued loudly.

Linebeck rolled his eyes. "Someone please, shove something in that mouth of hers."

I gave him a creepy I'm-looking-into-your-soul stare. "I know you work with the aliens."

"There is something... seriously wrong with you, kid," he said, sitting down on the other side of Link, well away from me.

"Victory times over nine thousand!" I shouted, pumping my fist in the air.

"I'm the only sane person on this ship," Linebeck grumbled. He obviously hadn't meant for anyone to hear it but I interjected anyway.

"The voices say otherwise," I told him.

"Like I said," he sniffed, "I'm the sanest, smartest person on this ship."

"Oh, I'm not insane. There's only one voice," I said innocently, "That speaks English," I added.

"Oh good lord," Linebeck sighed, "I see the idiocy gathering in this room."

"I see dead people," I snickered.

Linebeck was about to reply when we heard a call from outside the dining area. "LAND HO!"

Tetra pushed her chair back and stood up. "Land's been spotted. It's settled, we're stopping for supplies."

I sighed with relief. After my night on the ship, it would be nice to be on land again and stretch my legs.

"Get ready to leave," she ordered, "We dock immediately."

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Land was nice after a while on the water. As soon as we docked, I had the money that I had won from Nico and I was ready to go.

"Whoa, watch out!" I said, pushing past several crew members on my way down to the dock, "Outta the way! I'm jettin'!"

"And just where do you think you're going?" Tetra demanded.

"Away," I answered, "You jelly?"

"You're not going anywhere," she snapped, "You're a temporary part of this crew and you're going to help us load the ship just like everyone else."

"I am doing something useful!" I stated, "I'm 'observing the area'!"

Tetra shot Nico a look. "She's been around you WAY too much."

As soon as she turned her head I shot off like a rocket. "I'M JUST GONNA OBESERVE THE AREA NOW! KAY? THANKS, BYE!" I shouted over my shoulder.

"HEY! YOU GET YOUR TAIL BACK HERE!" Tetra shouted angrily.

I laughed as I ran, not looking back at them to see if anyone was following. I was pretty sure that she would stay to help with loading the ship even though she was mad at me. After all, she was the captain and would have to be there to give the orders. I'd have to be sure to be back before they set sail though. I don't think my temporary captain would put a lot of thought into whether or not to leave without me.

Pleased that I had gotten away for a while, I began wandering down the street that lead through town. Now I could enjoy myself a bit and take the time to look around. I knew we were probably being tracked down and pursued but being uptight all the time wouldn't do anyone any good. When your brain's wired to be tense all the time, it can wear you out pretty quickly. Even with that being said, I knew that some members of our group were going to have a tougher time relaxing than others.

The street was lined with shops and houses. I began glancing around for anyone who might be selling anything of interest. For the love of god, it's an island in a medieval era fantasy world! There's got to be something cool out here! Maybe a weapon shop, or an armor shop! My stomach growled, reminding me that breakfast had been complete crap. I think I would have even been excited to see a food vender at this point, maybe some Hylian Micky D's.

I sniffed the air. Mmm... something smelled good. I traced the smell over to a nearby vendor and walked over to him. A pile of small cakes sat on his table and let me tell you, they looked epic!

"Something smells good," I commented.

"I'm glad you think so!" he smiled, "Would you like to try some?" He cut a small piece of one of the cakes as a sample and held it out to me.

I took the piece of cake from him and popped it into my mouth. "Mmph! Mother of freaking god! This is epicness baked into a cake!"

The man laughed. "Would you like one?" he asked.

"How much?" I asked, worried that I wouldn't have enough and that the twenty rupees that I had received from Nico would be like, two cents of Hylian money.

"Ten rupees," he said. Apparently the Hylian money doesn't go as far as American money.

"You're saying that this epicness is ten rupees?" I asked.

"Yes," he replied, "Why? You can't pa-"

"Shut up and take my money!" I cried, shoving the twenty rupees at him.

The man looked surprised for a moment then chuckled and took the money. "Pleasure doing business with you, miss."

I nodded and walked away. My ten rupee change had been placed in my pocket and I nibbled on the cake as I walked. If this piece of food could cost ten rupees, I figured that I probably wouldn't have much to afford anything else out here. Still, wandering and poking around couldn't hurt. It beat going back to the ship and getting yelled at, that was for sure.

I walked to the edge of town and sat down under a tree to finish my food, wondering if there was anything else to do around here. If these games had mini games, there might be something fun and inexpensive around here to do.

I stood up and brushed the back of my jeans off, starting back towards town. None of the signs above the buildings had anything of interest printed on them but that didn't stop me from looking. Frustrated, I was about to give up and return to the ship when something caught my attention.

"Bombchu Bowling?" I asked myself, "Well... bowling sounds good to me."

I pushed the door open and entered. Looking around, the inside looked a bit less high tech than the bowling allies back home with the electronic score boards, auto pin reset, and ball return, but really other than that it was something familiar.

"Can I help you?" the guy behind the counter asked.

"How much to play?" I inquired.

"Twenty rupees for twenty tries," he answered.

I made a face. I didn't have twenty rupees on me. "Will you take ten for ten?" I asked.

"Sure," he said, "I can do that."

I handed him the last of my money and he put ten oddly shaped things on the counter. I tilted my head a bit to look at them. Those were the weirdest balls I'd ever seen. How did they ROLL?

"What... are those?" I asked uncertainly.

"They're Bombchus of course!" he replied.

"Bomb... wha?" I was officially more confused than ever.

"You must be a first timer," he concluded, "Here, let me show you how to play."

He took and eleventh Bomb... whatever out from under the counter and stood at the end of the lane. "Here's how it works," he said, "All you have to do it aim it carefully and give it a little push. It'll go on its own after that, like so."

He aimed the thing and gave it a little push. It flew down the lane and hit the pins, exploding on contact and taking out about half of them.

I jumped back a bit, not expecting that but finding it impossibly cool at the same time. "Oh my god! I get to blow stuff up?" I asked.

"Yup!" he smiled, "Your turn now!"

I took one of the things off the counter, a bit afraid that it was going to blow up on me. Thankfully, it seemed to be made well enough that it wouldn't explode until you wanted it to.

I aimed carefully at the pins and gave the thing a little push. It skittered right into the gutter and blew up. God, this was going to be harder than he made it look.

I picked up another one and stared down the lane. The pins were plain, just back and the top was white. Wait a second! Black with a white top. I had just thought of a way to aim better.

"DIE, SLENDERMAN!" I shouted, shoving the bombchu, which went off to the side and exploded without hitting anything once again. Not that it mattered, I was going to hit those pins one way or another!

"THOSE ARE MY WORTHLESS PIECES OF PAPER!" I shouted, sending another one down the lane. It hit and cleared only one pin off the ally but I felt quite accomplished.

"There you go!" the guy shouted, "You're getting it!"

I was about to launch another one when the door opened behind me. "Hey, Dakota!" someone said, "Tetra sent me to tell you that we're loaded up and ready to leave. Sorry to interrupt your fun."

I turned towards the speaker. Link was leaning against the door frame, waiting for me to get a move on.

"Okay," I said, "I'm coming!"

"Good," Link nodded, "It's probably not a good idea to keep her waiting after your escape routine earlier."

"But that's my show stopper!" I protested, "How can you not like that?"

"Come on," he said, ignoring my question, "Tetra wants to get off soon. There's a storm coming and she wants to beat it and arrive to the mainland tomorrow."

"Why doesn't she just wait it out tonight?" I asked.

"Because she's stubborn," Link answered honestly.

I sighed. "Fine, let's go back to Captain Hook."

Link left the building with me following after and we made our way through town towards the docks. Little did we know, that storm would be coming faster than we thought.

Alright! I'll have a new chapter up after I update my HetaOni story. I've taken to alternating between the two of these so I can keep my thoughts flowing for both. So before we close out for now, I have a few questions for you guys.

Is there anything in my writing style I can improve on?

Are there any characters that I need to do a better job of keeping in character?

Are there any characters that you'd like to see more of in later chapters?

If I write a Yume Nikki story with the OC's after I finish my ongoing stories, would you read it?

AND FINALLY:

Do you like trains? :3