Aria: Hiya! Sorry to disappoint the few people who thought that Link's
family heirloom was the Ocarina of Time! *hint, hint!* Anyway, I found out
that my monotonous hired announcer guy was not a robot; actually, he liked
saying the same thing over and over again like a broken record. And, if
you're wondering, I fired the guy. He was getting almost as annoying as
you-know-who. *hint, hint again!* Well, I was in need of a new announcer
person, so I went looking for one and found one who's more interesting than
the last person. Please let me introduce my new announcer: Navi!
Navi: Hi everyone! Yeah, I know I'm not from Wind Waker, but Aria doesn't
care and she gave me a.what did you call it?
Aria: Personality change.
Navi: A personality change. So, now I won't spurt out annoying and
virtually useless info. Instead, I get to read Aria's disclaimers and tell
you things you might not know/remember!
Aria: *in hushed voice* In other words, she's got the same job, just with a
different person and different info.
Navi: I HEARD THAT!
Aria: So? I'm the author. You pull any funny business and you'll end up
like Farore. I turned her into a frog for calling me a baka in chapter
seven.
Navi: Eep! Okay, I'll behave!
Aria: Good. Now, do the disclaimers and we'll stop this endless chatter.
Navi: The author, Aria Zephyr, does not own any of the Legend of Zelda
games or the characters to whom she refers in her story. But, she does own
the story and plot line, so no copying!
Aria: Like I said, more interesting, but I didn't say more diverse. Okay,
on with chapter ten! The beginning's a laugh, I warn you!
Chapter 10: Wake Up Call! It's Time to Head to Forest Haven!
"HEY! WAKE UP, SWABBIE!" someone yelled into Link's ear. Link yelped in
surprise and tumbled off his cot. He looked around sleepily and saw Niko
standing near his cot with a smug look on his face. "Ugh, what's the
matter, Niko?" Link said, getting to his feet. "Miss Tetra says that we
should get going soon and because your sea chart is the best, you gotta get
up!" Niko said. "Did you have to yell in my ear like that?" Link said
grumpily. "Yup," Niko replied. "Why?" Link asked. "Because, you were
sleepin' there, so peaceful and all, and it was time to get up!" Niko said
with a cheeky laugh.
Link grumbled to himself as he remade his rumpled cot. "Can you at least
go away so that I can get dressed in peace?" he asked finally. "Fine, but
if you're late even by one second, old Niko here is gonna drag you out,
whether you have your shirt on or not," Niko said, at last walking out of
the room.
Link sighed with relief and quickly grabbed his clothes out from underneath
his cot. He tugged off his pajamas and swiftly folded them and placed them
under the bed. He was pulling his boots on when Niko made a point of
stomping into the room again. "Okay! Okay! I get the idea! I'm coming!
Just let me grab my things and I'll be right up!" Link said exasperately,
snatching up his sword, shield, bow, quiver, boomerang, and so forth.
"It took ya long enough! The guys were wonderin' if you had jumped over
the side last night," Niko teased as they walked up the stairs. Link
groaned and opened the door. When they stepped through, Niko had the
impudence to yell, "Hey everyone! Sleeping Beauty here is finally awake!"
"We already know, Niko. We do have eyes, you know," Tetra said, walking up
to them. "Then, I'll be getting back to work," Niko said, and with that,
he vanished into the hold again.
"Thank goodness he's gone!" Tetra said. "No kidding! Do you even know how
he woke me up? He yelled at the top of his lungs, right in my ear! I
thought that all heck had broken loose!" Link exclaimed. Tetra laughed and
said, "If you don't want that to happen again, you should try to wake up
before him. Then, you could prank him and when he woke up, something
equally nasty would happen." "That's not such a bad idea," Link said with
a playful smile. Then, they both burst out laughing.
"So, I take it that you slept well," Tetra said as Link searched for their
location on his sea chart. "Yeah, until a noise bomb was dropped in my
ear," Link said jokingly. Tetra nodded with a smile and yawned sleepily.
"Are you okay? You look kind of tired," Link said with concern. "Nah,
it's nothing really. I just didn't sleep well last night. It's nothing to
worry about," Tetra said vaguely. "Well, if you say so," Link said, taking
the Wind Waker out of his pocket.
"We need to head southeast before we hit Forest Haven. Those Gyrogs really
threw us off course," Link said. "That's not surprising. At least it'll
give those goons something to do so that they're not bored while we're
gone," Tetra said. "What do you mean by that?" Link asked as he loosened
up his arm for the "Wind's Requiem". "I mean, that they can stay here and
check for any damages and fix them while we talk to the Deku Tree," Tetra
replied. "Oh, okay. I get it," Link said as he turned around and
conducted the song.
After Link had changed the wind's direction so that it blew southeast,
Tetra called for the pirates to ready the ship for sailing. They quickly
got to work and they were soon sailing smoothly on the strong wind
currents. "It's amazing that the wind has been blowing us in the right
direction lately. It's almost like someone's telling it where to go,"
Gonzo remarked as the ship was rocking steadily with the wind. When he had
left for his other jobs, Tetra and Link had to stifle their laughter so
that no one would notice.
Soon, however, they could see two large islands appearing over the horizon
and when Zuko peered through his telescope to look, he said that he could
see what looked like a tree rising from the sea floor.
"That's Forest Haven! We're nearly there!" Link said excitedly when he
heard the news. "So, you're sure that you don't want any of us to come
with you, Miss Tetra?" Gonzo asked as they approached the island. "Yes,
Gonzo, I'm sure. Link already told me that since the shadow of the
Forbidden Fortress is gone, Forest Haven is perfectly safe. And, anyway,
if we did get into trouble, I'm sure that Link and I would be more than a
match for any old monsters," Tetra said confidently. "If you say so,
Miss," Gonzo said disappointedly, walking away.
As they were nearly at the island, Link said to Tetra, "We shouldn't land
the ship too close. It might scare the Koroks and the ship might beach
itself on the shallow water." Tetra nodded and told Senza to keep the ship
in the deeper water. Link unhitched his boat and waited for Tetra to climb
in with him before he lowered it to the water. "We won't be gone long, so
don't any of you swabbies goof off! Just remember to make sure that the
ship wasn't damaged too much!" Tetra called up to the ship as Link directed
the boat to Forest Haven.
When Link stopped the boat, Tetra looked up at the island before her and
asked, "So, this is Forest Haven? It's awfully big." "It has to be big;
the Deku Tree fills up plenty of the inside. Just wait until you see it!"
Link said. "I can imagine!" Tetra said as they clambered up the large
steps to the pathway leading to the entrance.
Suddenly, a large bud in front of them shuddered and a large plant with a
gaping mouth popped up. "A Boko Baba!" Link groaned. "I thought that
they'd have died by now!" "Well, obviously, they haven't!" Tetra said as
she jumped out of the plant monster's way.
"Okay, playtime is over!" Link said, taking his boomerang out and slicing
the Boko Baba's large head off, destroying it. "How come it dies when its
head is cut off?" Tetra said as Link picked up the seed the plant had
dropped and cleaned the sap off his boomerang. "That's the weak spot. I
guess that they rely on their heads so much for attacking and stuff that
their heads get really heavy, making them an easy target," Link said with a
shrug. "How annoying." Tetra said.
Link nodded and they proceeded forward, taking out three more Boko Babas
along the way until they reached a waterfall. "How do we cross that?"
Tetra asked when she saw the water flowing past them. "We do the same
thing we did at Dragon Roost; we use the grappling hook and swing," Link
said, taking out the grappling hook. "Oh, well. It could be worse," Tetra
said evasively.
"I wouldn't say that, or it will get worse," Link said with a playful grin.
"And, who taught you that?" Tetra asked good-naturedly. "My journeys did.
If you say it can't get any worse or something like that, believe me,
it'll get worse; much worse," Link said. "Oh great. That's just what we
need; a jinx to mess things up," Tetra said sarcastically.
Link laughed and he tossed the grappling hook over a pole sticking out from
the guard wall. In about the same fashion that they had used to get to the
ledges on Dragon Roost, Link and Tetra swung over to the next platform.
They had to get rid of yet another Boko Baba, but they soon reached the
entrance to Forest Haven. "Let's go!" Link said when they had reached the
entrance, and soon, he had vanished into the darkness of the opening.
Tetra ran after him and presently found herself enveloped in a humid gloom.
Farore: Ribbit! *translates as: change me back!*
Aria: Sorry, I'm enjoying this. If you hadn't called me a baka, I wouldn't
have turned you into a frog. But, if you don't like being a frog, I could
change you into something else. Like a dissected frog, for instance.
Farore: Ribbit! *translates as: eep!*
Navi: What's a baka?
Aria: *sweat drops and slaps forehead* A baka is an idiot, baka.
Navi: Oh, so that's what it means! Hey!
Aria: *snickers* Gotcha there. Okay, I'm done with being spiteful. I hope
you liked this chapter! Please read and review!
Navi: Why are you asking them to do that when the next chapter is short?
Aria: YOU'VE BEEN READING THE STORY, HAVEN'T YOU?
Navi: Eek! *flies away quickly*
Aria: See you in chapter eleven! That is, after I kill a blabber-mouth
fairy. Come back here!
family heirloom was the Ocarina of Time! *hint, hint!* Anyway, I found out
that my monotonous hired announcer guy was not a robot; actually, he liked
saying the same thing over and over again like a broken record. And, if
you're wondering, I fired the guy. He was getting almost as annoying as
you-know-who. *hint, hint again!* Well, I was in need of a new announcer
person, so I went looking for one and found one who's more interesting than
the last person. Please let me introduce my new announcer: Navi!
Navi: Hi everyone! Yeah, I know I'm not from Wind Waker, but Aria doesn't
care and she gave me a.what did you call it?
Aria: Personality change.
Navi: A personality change. So, now I won't spurt out annoying and
virtually useless info. Instead, I get to read Aria's disclaimers and tell
you things you might not know/remember!
Aria: *in hushed voice* In other words, she's got the same job, just with a
different person and different info.
Navi: I HEARD THAT!
Aria: So? I'm the author. You pull any funny business and you'll end up
like Farore. I turned her into a frog for calling me a baka in chapter
seven.
Navi: Eep! Okay, I'll behave!
Aria: Good. Now, do the disclaimers and we'll stop this endless chatter.
Navi: The author, Aria Zephyr, does not own any of the Legend of Zelda
games or the characters to whom she refers in her story. But, she does own
the story and plot line, so no copying!
Aria: Like I said, more interesting, but I didn't say more diverse. Okay,
on with chapter ten! The beginning's a laugh, I warn you!
Chapter 10: Wake Up Call! It's Time to Head to Forest Haven!
"HEY! WAKE UP, SWABBIE!" someone yelled into Link's ear. Link yelped in
surprise and tumbled off his cot. He looked around sleepily and saw Niko
standing near his cot with a smug look on his face. "Ugh, what's the
matter, Niko?" Link said, getting to his feet. "Miss Tetra says that we
should get going soon and because your sea chart is the best, you gotta get
up!" Niko said. "Did you have to yell in my ear like that?" Link said
grumpily. "Yup," Niko replied. "Why?" Link asked. "Because, you were
sleepin' there, so peaceful and all, and it was time to get up!" Niko said
with a cheeky laugh.
Link grumbled to himself as he remade his rumpled cot. "Can you at least
go away so that I can get dressed in peace?" he asked finally. "Fine, but
if you're late even by one second, old Niko here is gonna drag you out,
whether you have your shirt on or not," Niko said, at last walking out of
the room.
Link sighed with relief and quickly grabbed his clothes out from underneath
his cot. He tugged off his pajamas and swiftly folded them and placed them
under the bed. He was pulling his boots on when Niko made a point of
stomping into the room again. "Okay! Okay! I get the idea! I'm coming!
Just let me grab my things and I'll be right up!" Link said exasperately,
snatching up his sword, shield, bow, quiver, boomerang, and so forth.
"It took ya long enough! The guys were wonderin' if you had jumped over
the side last night," Niko teased as they walked up the stairs. Link
groaned and opened the door. When they stepped through, Niko had the
impudence to yell, "Hey everyone! Sleeping Beauty here is finally awake!"
"We already know, Niko. We do have eyes, you know," Tetra said, walking up
to them. "Then, I'll be getting back to work," Niko said, and with that,
he vanished into the hold again.
"Thank goodness he's gone!" Tetra said. "No kidding! Do you even know how
he woke me up? He yelled at the top of his lungs, right in my ear! I
thought that all heck had broken loose!" Link exclaimed. Tetra laughed and
said, "If you don't want that to happen again, you should try to wake up
before him. Then, you could prank him and when he woke up, something
equally nasty would happen." "That's not such a bad idea," Link said with
a playful smile. Then, they both burst out laughing.
"So, I take it that you slept well," Tetra said as Link searched for their
location on his sea chart. "Yeah, until a noise bomb was dropped in my
ear," Link said jokingly. Tetra nodded with a smile and yawned sleepily.
"Are you okay? You look kind of tired," Link said with concern. "Nah,
it's nothing really. I just didn't sleep well last night. It's nothing to
worry about," Tetra said vaguely. "Well, if you say so," Link said, taking
the Wind Waker out of his pocket.
"We need to head southeast before we hit Forest Haven. Those Gyrogs really
threw us off course," Link said. "That's not surprising. At least it'll
give those goons something to do so that they're not bored while we're
gone," Tetra said. "What do you mean by that?" Link asked as he loosened
up his arm for the "Wind's Requiem". "I mean, that they can stay here and
check for any damages and fix them while we talk to the Deku Tree," Tetra
replied. "Oh, okay. I get it," Link said as he turned around and
conducted the song.
After Link had changed the wind's direction so that it blew southeast,
Tetra called for the pirates to ready the ship for sailing. They quickly
got to work and they were soon sailing smoothly on the strong wind
currents. "It's amazing that the wind has been blowing us in the right
direction lately. It's almost like someone's telling it where to go,"
Gonzo remarked as the ship was rocking steadily with the wind. When he had
left for his other jobs, Tetra and Link had to stifle their laughter so
that no one would notice.
Soon, however, they could see two large islands appearing over the horizon
and when Zuko peered through his telescope to look, he said that he could
see what looked like a tree rising from the sea floor.
"That's Forest Haven! We're nearly there!" Link said excitedly when he
heard the news. "So, you're sure that you don't want any of us to come
with you, Miss Tetra?" Gonzo asked as they approached the island. "Yes,
Gonzo, I'm sure. Link already told me that since the shadow of the
Forbidden Fortress is gone, Forest Haven is perfectly safe. And, anyway,
if we did get into trouble, I'm sure that Link and I would be more than a
match for any old monsters," Tetra said confidently. "If you say so,
Miss," Gonzo said disappointedly, walking away.
As they were nearly at the island, Link said to Tetra, "We shouldn't land
the ship too close. It might scare the Koroks and the ship might beach
itself on the shallow water." Tetra nodded and told Senza to keep the ship
in the deeper water. Link unhitched his boat and waited for Tetra to climb
in with him before he lowered it to the water. "We won't be gone long, so
don't any of you swabbies goof off! Just remember to make sure that the
ship wasn't damaged too much!" Tetra called up to the ship as Link directed
the boat to Forest Haven.
When Link stopped the boat, Tetra looked up at the island before her and
asked, "So, this is Forest Haven? It's awfully big." "It has to be big;
the Deku Tree fills up plenty of the inside. Just wait until you see it!"
Link said. "I can imagine!" Tetra said as they clambered up the large
steps to the pathway leading to the entrance.
Suddenly, a large bud in front of them shuddered and a large plant with a
gaping mouth popped up. "A Boko Baba!" Link groaned. "I thought that
they'd have died by now!" "Well, obviously, they haven't!" Tetra said as
she jumped out of the plant monster's way.
"Okay, playtime is over!" Link said, taking his boomerang out and slicing
the Boko Baba's large head off, destroying it. "How come it dies when its
head is cut off?" Tetra said as Link picked up the seed the plant had
dropped and cleaned the sap off his boomerang. "That's the weak spot. I
guess that they rely on their heads so much for attacking and stuff that
their heads get really heavy, making them an easy target," Link said with a
shrug. "How annoying." Tetra said.
Link nodded and they proceeded forward, taking out three more Boko Babas
along the way until they reached a waterfall. "How do we cross that?"
Tetra asked when she saw the water flowing past them. "We do the same
thing we did at Dragon Roost; we use the grappling hook and swing," Link
said, taking out the grappling hook. "Oh, well. It could be worse," Tetra
said evasively.
"I wouldn't say that, or it will get worse," Link said with a playful grin.
"And, who taught you that?" Tetra asked good-naturedly. "My journeys did.
If you say it can't get any worse or something like that, believe me,
it'll get worse; much worse," Link said. "Oh great. That's just what we
need; a jinx to mess things up," Tetra said sarcastically.
Link laughed and he tossed the grappling hook over a pole sticking out from
the guard wall. In about the same fashion that they had used to get to the
ledges on Dragon Roost, Link and Tetra swung over to the next platform.
They had to get rid of yet another Boko Baba, but they soon reached the
entrance to Forest Haven. "Let's go!" Link said when they had reached the
entrance, and soon, he had vanished into the darkness of the opening.
Tetra ran after him and presently found herself enveloped in a humid gloom.
Farore: Ribbit! *translates as: change me back!*
Aria: Sorry, I'm enjoying this. If you hadn't called me a baka, I wouldn't
have turned you into a frog. But, if you don't like being a frog, I could
change you into something else. Like a dissected frog, for instance.
Farore: Ribbit! *translates as: eep!*
Navi: What's a baka?
Aria: *sweat drops and slaps forehead* A baka is an idiot, baka.
Navi: Oh, so that's what it means! Hey!
Aria: *snickers* Gotcha there. Okay, I'm done with being spiteful. I hope
you liked this chapter! Please read and review!
Navi: Why are you asking them to do that when the next chapter is short?
Aria: YOU'VE BEEN READING THE STORY, HAVEN'T YOU?
Navi: Eek! *flies away quickly*
Aria: See you in chapter eleven! That is, after I kill a blabber-mouth
fairy. Come back here!
