Aria: Here's the sixth chapter, as promised! Again, I've put in a little,
ahem, slightly romantic scene between Link and Tetra. I hope you like it!
Hired announcer guy: Aria Zephyr does not own the Legend of Zelda games or
their characters! Also, 'words' are quotations when someone is talking or
someone's thoughts; "words" are someone speaking. Got it?
Aria: That's the guy I hired to do my disclaimers and various info. He's
annoying, but he's hired help after all. On with chapter six!

Chapter 6: Kindred Connecting, Mysterious Seeds, and a Little Wind Waking

When Tetra awoke the next morning, it was still very dim outside. She
yawned and sat up in bed. Medli was still sound asleep, with her face
buried in her pillow. Tetra quietly stole out of bed and opened the door
as quietly as she could. She could hear the sounds of the members of the
sleeping Rito tribe as she crept down the high stairs to the second floor
of the village. She walked down the smooth ramp to the first floor and
walked towards the hallway where Komali's room was.

When she peeked into the room, she could see a grand bed in one corner with
a sleeping figure in it and there was a cot nearby. When she looked
closer, she saw that the cot was vacant and its occupant was gone! 'Where
is he?' Tetra wondered as she shut the door carefully and crept out of the
hallway. 'Did he already wake up? Or did something happen to him?' she
thought as she left the cozy village.

She looked around outside, but she couldn't see Link anywhere. Starting to
become worried, she glanced at the beach below her. There was a pair of
monuments on a tiny island only a bit away from the beach below her and she
could see little crabs side-stepping their way across the sand. The
landing she was standing on faced east and as the sun rose, it lit up the
land with bright colors.

Tetra glanced at the beach again and thought she saw something. She looked
again and saw a small bit of green showing on the beach. She grinned and
ran down the pathway to the large beach. She remembered passing by a
tunnel on the beach when Link had led them to the village and when she came
to it again, she could clearly see a boy in green with blond hair sitting
on the small beach on the other side.

She walked through the tunnel and saw that Link was holding something in
his hand and he kept glancing back at the rising sun. She walked up
silently behind him and said, "It's awfully early to be already awake,
isn't it, Link? Or do you really believe in the theory of the early bird
and the worm?" He jumped in surprise and turned to see her. "Tetra!
Don't do that! You scared the heck out of me!" he said. She smiled and
sat down next to him. "So, why are you up this early?" she asked. "I, uh,
wanted to draw the sunrise," he said with modesty, showing her the sketch
he had been working on.

She gazed at the fine lines of the intricate details of the drawing and was
surprised. "You never told me that you were an artist, Link. This is
beautiful," Tetra said. He smiled with modest pride and said, "Do you
really think that? I never told anyone because I thought that no one would
think that my drawings were good. I have a whole bunch of them back at my
house on Outset."

"So, why did you come to this place to draw the sunrise?" she asked.
"Because, this is one of the best places on Dragon Roost to watch the sun
rise and because that monument over there adds something to the picture,"
he explained as he kept sketching. "What are those monuments for?" Tetra
asked. "Oh, those?" Link said, picking up his eraser and removing a
mistake briefly. "They're Zephos' and Cyclos'. They're the wind gods."

Then, he stood up and compared the sketch to the sunrise. He put the
picture down and took a small red picto box out. He quickly snapped a
pictograph of the sunrise and then, gave it a shake. "How is that going to
help? I heard that those things only print pictures in black and white,"
Tetra said.

"Not this one," Link said, patting the small machine with pride. "After I
caught a forest firefly from Forest Haven, the pictographer on Windfall
Island upgraded my picto box so that it can print color pictos. See?" he
said, showing her the pictograph. She looked at it briefly and saw that it
did have all the color. "So, how are you going to color that thing?" Tetra
asked. "I'm not sure yet, but I know that I'll come up with something,"
Link answered.

"Hoy! Link! Tetra! Where are you?" someone yelled. "Sounds like they're
getting their feathers in a knot," Tetra said with a mocking grin. "We'd
better get back or they'll think that we've been murdered or something."
Link caught on to her joke and smiled. He picked up his sketch and picto
box while Tetra waited. They walked back to the Rito village and saw Gonzo
running over to them just as he spotted them.

"Oh, thank goodness that nothing happened to you!" he said, rubbing worry
tears out of his eyes. "When Medli and the prince saw that both of your
bunks were empty, we all thought that you mighta' been kidnapped or
something!" "Do you even realize how ridiculous you sound, Gonzo? Get a
grip!" Tetra scolded. "Yes, ma'am; but where were you?" he asked. "I woke
up early and went for a walk and Tetra also woke up early and came outside
for some fresh air. Right, Tetra?" Link said. Tetra gave him a perceptive
look and winked before saying, "Yeah, that's exactly right." "Well, then,
why don't we get back to the village?" Gonzo said, stepping aside. The two
nodded and started walking back to the path leading to the village.

As they walked back to the village, Tetra noticed that Link and Gonzo were
slowing down. She turned around to see Gonzo whispering something to Link.
"Hey, what were talking about?" Tetra asked. "Uh, Gonzo just wanted to
know if Niko still considers me a swabbie or not," Link said glibly. She
looked at him doubtfully and turned to continue along the path.

When they reached the village, everyone in the Rito tribe was glad to see
that nothing had happened. Medli wasn't there because she was talking to
Valoo. Komali had gone out for an early morning flight and when he
returned, it was already time for breakfast. Link finished early and when
he did, he ran up to the second floor. Meanwhile, Tetra and Gonzo had gone
back to the ship to tell the others about their next destination.

"Where is he?" Tetra growled, looking back at the entrance to the Rito
village. "Maybe he was delayed, Miss," Nudge said. "Still, he should have
been back here by now. What could be keeping him?" Tetra wondered aloud.

Suddenly, she spotted a Rito flying towards them, who was carrying someone
on its feet. When the Rito got closer, they all could see that it was
Komali and he was carrying Link. Komali flew close enough to the ship so
that Link could drop out of the air and use his Deku leaf to float to the
deck.

"Thanks for the lift, Komali," Link said. "No problem! Akoot and Skett
say that I should be carrying heavier things to make my wings stronger, so
in the long run, this is helping me too!" Komali said, grinning. "I
suddenly feel so featherweight," Link said sarcastically. Komali laughed
and flew away, back to his village.

"So, why are you late?" Tetra asked when Link had turned around. "I was
talking to Baito and Quill and I lost track of time," he replied. "It
figures," Tetra said exasperately. Abruptly, just as the ship was setting
sail, they heard someone yell and start flying towards them. Medli flapped
her way onto the ship deck, grasping something in her hand.

"Medli, do you realize how crazy that was?" Link asked when she had landed,
his voice etched with concern. "I know, but Valoo gave me this and told me
to give it to you," She said, opening her hand to show them a small sack.
"What's that?" Tetra asked. Medli untied the top and poured out some of
the sack's contents.

It was filled with tiny, oval-shaped seeds that were bright black and
glistened in the sun. "Valoo called them temple flower seeds. He said
that they're very old and that they used to grow in the sacred areas during
ancient times. He said that if you're planning on visiting the forest to
the southeast, you'll need these for some reason," Medli explained, pouring
the seeds into the bag and tying it shut again.

"How would seeds help us?" Link asked. Medli shrugged and smiled weakly.
"I'm not sure, but maybe the great Deku Tree might have some ideas. Makar
might too," she said. "Um, okay. But, I hope that he's right about this,"
Link said, taking the sack of seeds. Medli nodded and took off into the
air. "Good-bye, my friends, and good luck!" she called after them.

"This is sure shaping up to be one heck of a mystery!" Tetra exclaimed
jokingly. "First, we hear about some enigmatic forest that only an ancient
tree knows about and then, a bagful of seeds is supposed to help us! I
think that the gods have too much of a sense of humor at this point," She
said. "It could be worse," Link said. "How?" She asked. "We could be
going to a place that's full of elves that we have to save. You know, ones
like that annoying Tingle," He said. "Ugh! After what you told me about
him, I think I'd rather suffer this one!" she groaned.

Link seemed to stare off into space for a moment before he said, "The wind
isn't blowing in the right direction. It's blowing southwest and if we
don't head straight for the south, we'll miss Forest Haven completely."
"So, what can we do about it? It's not like we can tell the wind god that
his breeze is heading in the wrong direction," Tetra said. Link gave her a
pitying smile and said, "Oh ye of little faith. Watch this."

Then, he drew a small silver wand out of his pocket and raised it into the
air. The tip of the wand glowed slightly and a shimmer of sparkles seemed
to follow its every movement. He swung the wand up, right, and then left
in a steady motion. Suddenly, a breeze picked up and swirled around him.
"A southern wind would be nice, if you please," Link seemed to say to no
one. The breeze almost seemed to answer him as it shifted and started
blowing southward.

Link put the wand away and grinned at the incredulous look on Tetra's face.
"You can control the wind? But, I didn't know the Wind Waker could do
that! What else can you do?" she asked eventually. "That song just
controls the direction of the wind; there's another song that can change
night to day and day to night. That one's called the 'Song of Passing' and
the one I just conducted was the 'Wind's Requiem'," Link said.

"So, what other songs do you know?" Tetra asked. "Um, there's the 'Wind
God's Aria', the 'Earth God's Lyric', the 'Command Melody', and the 'Ballad
of Gales'," Link said, ticking each one off on his fingers. "What do all
of those songs do?" She asked. "The 'Wind God's Aria' and the 'Earth God's
Lyric' really don't have much use to me anymore, but the 'Command Melody'
can allow me to control nearby things and the 'Ballad of Gales' lets me use
cyclones to warp to certain places on the Great Sea," He explained.

"Then, why don't we use one of those cyclones to get us across the ocean
and to Forest Haven?" Tetra asked, tapping her foot impatiently. "Because,
Cyclos won't like it and I think that this ship is too big for one of
Cyclos' cyclones. They would rip it apart like twigs," Link said. Tetra
sighed exasperately and said, "Then, I guess we'll just have to settle for
the wind."

Aria: Hate me if you must for the pirates not being able to use the
cyclones, but I had to come up with some logical reason for them not to be
able to use it! I want to add in some more chapters before they hit Forest
Haven, so please understand. If you haven't already noticed, I'm not very
fond of a particular annoying elf named Tingle. That dirty rotten little
blankety-blank extorting pain in the blank!
Link: *cringe* Aria really doesn't like that guy, does she?
Tetra: I think it's because he charged 398 rupees to get a single Triforce
chart deciphered.
Aria: @#%$&*! &%#$@*! @&#$*%@#&$%*#!
Link and Tetra: *exchange glances* Um, she's getting too worked up, so
we'll say it instead: please read and review! See you next chapter!