Chapter 37: Back to the Great Sea! An Unexpected Intrusion!
Link slowly sunk to the bottom of the ocean, nearly dead from the power of the head on lightning bolt. He slowly woke up as the cold depths of the sea hit his body. "I…survived the bolt?" He thought to himself. "But now I can't move in the water…I'm like a rock." Link looked around him, hoping to find a source of life. "Come on Link, surely you can do something."
He slowly moved his arm, but it took all of his might. "Why did the knights have to take this ability away? Why not some useless ability, like…I don't know! Just not swimming!" Finally, he gave up trying to move and continued to sink. Out from the depths of the sea, a mysterious figure swam up to Link. It looked like a human, yet it was blue and had gills.
"What the heck are you?" Both of them thought. "What are you doing here?" As they thought, the figure grabbed Link and stopped him from sinking. Link, with all of his force, took his hand and pointed up.
"Up?" The figure said. It stared into Link's eyes, which seemed to reply "yes." Without hesitation, the figure grabbed Link and started to swim to the surface. It was swimming so fast that Link's hat actually fell off. But, Link grabbed it by his fingers and they continued to climb to the surface at a tremendous rate.
Finally they bursted through the surface, and Link gasped for the air he so desperately needed. As they went up, Link looked ahead and saw the ships heading toward him. "Whoever you are, please, over to those ships. Than-" Link tried to thank it, but the mysterious helper immediately dove into the water and swam back over to the ships. Within a minute they were at the ships, and Link was thrown onto the deck of The Loyal Avenger.
"Link?!" Medli and Gladius shouted. Navi and Makar looked over and nearly fainted.
"Link!" They shouted. Link lay on the deck, breathing heavily, and then stood up. He nodded at everyone , and then turned out to the seas. The fairy island was about half a mile away now, and his helper was nowhere to be seen. "Link, what happened out there?" Navi asked.
Link tried to explain, but he was still weak. He wandered inside the room on The Loyal Avenger, stripped down, dried himself, and then fell onto the hammock. Quickly, he fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Link woke up and explained to everyone what had happened. They were all thankful he was okay, but all were confused by the mysterious figure that helped him. Once he finished his story, he immediately asked, "Medli, what's for breakfast?"
"Well, Link…we don't have any food." Medli gravely replied. "We used it all up on the fairy island, and then we lived off of the birds and fish and fruit. We didn't get a chance to restock before she drove us out. We can fish for some food though." Link nodded and had Navi hand him his fishing rod from the King of the Red Lions.
They were fishing peacefully, trying to get some food. After about two hours, Link had caught nearly 12 fish and Medli started to cook it up. They had a delicious lunch, and then once again Link fell asleep in the hammock. The water from yesterday really did a number on him. So again, he fell into a peaceful slumber.
A couple of hours later…
"Link!" Makar shouted as he bust through the door of the Loyal Avenger. Link awoke quickly and twisted around in the hammock, falling onto the ground after being flipped over.
"Makar? What is it?" Link asked. Makar was speechless, and his eyes were large.
"Oi, Link! The infamous youth from the Great Sea, surely you reside on this boat?" A rather strange voice uttered from outside. Link grabbed sword and shield from a table and ran outside. As he came outside, both the King of Red Lions and The Loyal Avenger were overshadowed by a magnificent and large ship. Medli, Gladius and Navi all stood in awe of the size. "Is that you?"
The man stood tall at six feet, and he had a large black overcoat on. His head was covered with a black pirate hat and contained a hot pink feather stylishly pinned on. He had black boots and brown pants. There was no physical description available for him, for he was only bones. "My name is Kasmir Tealt, leader of the Boney Pirates." He announced pridefully.
His crew consisted of only bokoblin, miniblin and other bone-people. They all held sabers and swords in their hands, except the captain. The captain held a large stick that had metal chains leading out of it. The chains led to a large ball, filled with countless spikes as sharp as a double-edged sword. "Where have you been the past four months? We've been looking all over for you!"
Link stood still, curiously. "Why me?"
"I've heard a lot of commotion about you, Link!" Kasmir laughed greedily. "I've also heard you've managed to obtain a gauntlet, is that correct?"
"What…what about it?" Link grabbed his hand.
"I want the ring that comes with its owner's defeat." He smiled.
"Wh-what? A ring?"
"Oh, tell me you've heard the rumors, correct?" Kasmir asked. "The rumors about the defeat of a gauntlet owner?
"I've only had it for a short time. I don't understand what you are getting at." And just like that, Kasmir's body collapsed on itself. It remained a pile of bones, but suddenly, one by one, the bones flew in front of Link and reformed in the image of Kasmir's body, including his clothing.
"Care for me to explain?" Link put his hand on his sword, but then saw that Kasmir didn't bring down his weapon. He let loose of the handle and then nodded at him. "Well, the tale goes like this. Long ago in the ancient times of old Hyrule, the knights could use the gauntlets and maintain massive control against evil. However, knights were still defeated by powerful forces of evil. In the remains of the battle, the gauntlet would detach from its user and teleport to a different part of the world to be found by another person." Kasmir paused for a moment to see if Link understood. Link nodded.
"Well, after the gauntlet teleported away, there was a rumor that a ring remained where the gauntlet once lay. These rings could be taken up by whoever, and they could wear it on their hand almost like a fashion statement. But, when they wanted, they could activate the power of the ring and gain complete control of the gauntlet the ring came from." Link's eyes grew wide with amazement and horror.
"The power was temporary, of course, and only lasted up to an hour. But, the sheer power of it was phenomenal. A normal gauntlet user may take up to five years learning everything about his gauntlet, depending on the power of it, but with the ring the user would have all of the power of the gauntlet, plus complete knowledge of how to use it. And, Link…" Kasmir silently rode off. "Even the original master couldn't unlock the full potential. Just imagine what I could do with it for only an hour! I could completely take over the world with that much power!"
The entire crew started to laugh wildly, and Link's crew cringed in fear. "You aren't going to get this gauntlet!" Link shouted.
"We'll just see about this then, won't we? Hahahaha!" Kasmir fell apart again and, one by one, floated back up to his own massive ship. Link stood there dumbfounded when the bones of his hands grabbed Link and carried him up there too.
"Link!" Everyone shouted. Navi turned to fairy form, Makar grew propeller leaves and Medli grabbed Gladius. They all flew up and met the Boney Pirates hand to hand. Quickly Gladius sliced at some of the bokoblin, knocking them unconscious or killing them. Navi fired a fire ball at Kasmir, but the fire barely damaged him. In fact, the bones caught on fire and stayed on fire. The clothes didn't even burn, like normal clothes would.
"Now I'm only stronger!" He laughed wildly. Link floated in front of Kasmir, his hands still holding on, but one of the hands let go and went back to its owner. He covered it in fire, and threw the punch at Link. He struggled to get free, but it was to no avail. The speedy punch hit Link directly in the face, throwing him backwards straight into a couple of barrels. He broke them all, and water poured all over him.
"Crap…water!" He shouted. His body locked up for a moment, and he could barely move. Kasmir walked toward him, both fists now raging with fire. He grabbed his giant flail and walked toward Link. He got close enough, and soon his shadow came across Link's entire body. Link's face was frightened, rigid with fear, and he could only manage to scoot backward. "Dang it…it can't end like this!"
"That ring will be mine!" Kasmir shouted, proceeding to swing his weapon.
Alright, beginning of Book/Season 2! I found some free time and was able to write this short chapter for you all, but sadly this will probably be it until Friday. Or, possibly tomorrow if I can get enough time. Either way, next chapter will be a bit late. R&R! Thanks!